Rita Lowenthal lives in Santa Monica and devotes much of her life to activism. At one time a housewife with two sons, she went back to school to become a social worker, taught at several […]

Back in 2000, inspired by the new millennium, poet W.S. Merwin received a request to respond to a “What if?” scenario. “What if” a nuclear Trident submarine were at sea, commanded by men who could, […]

One-act plays are alive and well on the Westside, as the successful run of In Front of the Eight Ball at the FanaticSalon theater in Culver City has attested.  Written and directed by Santa Monica […]

Stephen Bennett has been traveling for the last 15 years, doing portraits of the people he encounters. His style is known as “Photo-Realism,” with the portraits rendered from photographs. No tracing is involved; Bennett interprets […]

For the 17th year running, Santa Monica College remains the #1 school in transfers to the University of California (UC). SMC also leads all other schools in transfers to the California State University and USC. […]

Last month, a local student won a major prize at a national science competition held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Santa Monican Catherine Haber, an 8th grader at St. Martin of Tours […]

Three young Santa Monicans showed a lot of community spirit recently when they decided to raise money for American Red Cross wildfire relief efforts. (l-r) Marissa Fitzgerald, Alexa Rodriguez, and Julianne Kelly – all nine-year-olds […]

Dissed Off Sunday, November 25 at 9:45 p.m. – corner of 10th Street and Olympic Boulevard – Police responded to a call concerning a Fight on the corner and located a homeless man who said […]

Several Malibu parents requested the School Board to reconsider their October 18 decision to increase the allocation of Measure “BB” funds to Santa Monica High School. Malibu parent Colleen Baum told the Board on November […]

Santa Monica Treesavers held a pre-Thanksgiving vigil in downtown Santa Monica on Wednesday, November 21, asking supporters to sign a 100-yard-long “Thanks for the Trees” message scroll. The scroll will be presented to the Santa […]