December 24, 2025
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4200 Kids Take a Stand in the Sand:

On Ocean Day, May 20, 7500 students turned out up and down the coast, from Humboldt County to San Francisco and Los Angeles to San Diego, for the 12th annual Kids Adopt A Beach Clean […]

Planning Board Rejects Civic Center Plan:

After a lengthy discussion last Wednesday, Santa Monica’s Planning Commission decided not to make a recommendation to the City Council on the comprehensive update to the Civic Center Specific Plan (CCSP) or its associated Environmental […]

STRING OF PEARLS:

Eric Johnson’s “Pearl Necklace” floated in Sherman Canal during the 26th annual Venice Art Walk on Sunday. Photo by Margaret Molloy

The Week That Was: A Festival, A Funeral:

Santa Monica Festival Maeve Theresa, 2, from Pasadena Drive Time on the 405 Ed Begley, Jr. and other environmental activists send message from Sunset Boulevard Freeway overpass last week. Mourning a Lost Leader Supporters hold […]

Grooves:

Rock/Pop   John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Groove Divinities at The Malibu Inn, 5/19   Peter Case, Marvin Etzioni, Stan Ridgway at Molly Malone’s, 5/25   Tony McManus at Boulevard Music, 5/21, 8pm.   […]