November 2, 2025
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Woolsey Fire Burns Through Nearly 100,000 Acres

47 percent containment as parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties still in danger.  By Sam Catanzaro Over a devastating week of destruction, the Woolsey Fire has burned through nearly 100,000 acres of the Santa […]

Cinema Italian Style’s Student Short Contest

By Sam Catanzaro Cinema Italian Style, the five-day film festival bringing the best of contemporary Italian filmmaking to Santa Monica, is putting on a short film contest for film students from Santa Monica College, USC, […]

Judge Rules Against City in Voting Rights Case

Future of Santa Monica’s at-large elections at stake.  By Sam Catanzaro  Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos has ruled in favor of the Pico Neighborhood Association in a voting rights case against […]

Santa Monica Apartment Fire Displaces One Resident

Northside apartment unit catches fire Sunday morning.  By Sam Catanzaro Early Sunday morning a unit within a two-story apartment building on the Northside of Santa Monica caught fire, displacing one resident. At 4:55 a.m. on […]