January 22, 2026
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In Remembrance of Jennifer Pust

Jennifer was born on March 31, 1977, to Erhard and Patricia Hofmann in Chatsworth, California. Jenn began planting the seeds of many of her life’s great loves— Theater, literature, learning and general fandom— early in […]

Wonder Women

Santa Monica’s Debbie Powell and Barbara Leanse joined Tuesday Nov. 14 some of the region’s most influential women at the 5th Annual Woman to Woman Conference in Support of JVS Programs Serving Women in Career […]

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Alert Police Blotter 11/13/17-11/17/17

Smoke And Gas. On Tuesday, November 7, at 7:17 a.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department received a radio call informing them that a robbery attempt had just occurred at the Chevron Gas Station, […]

Governor Jerry Brown

Brown Still Helping Developers Evade CEQA

By Tom Elias   “I’ve never seen a CEQA exemption I don’t like.” – Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown made that observation shortly after starting his second go-‘round as California’s chief executive in early 2011, reacting […]

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Hot Flash: Navigating the Holiday Buffet

By Barbara Bishop Thanksgiving is next week. It’s my favorite holiday. I usually start the holiday feast at a specialty food store in Houston with my sister in law. Then we cook for two days […]

Victory Supreme for SMC Women

Santa Monica College (SMC) Women’s Soccer Team travelled to Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) Friday Nov. 10 for a Western State South conference soccer match and won 4-0 to end the season perfect in conference […]

Westside Beat: Healing Through Art

Meet John Delgado, a patient of the UCLA the UCLA Medical Center, paints his way through pain. Discover more about this treatment as Heather Dodge, a Registered Nurse and the founder of Healing Through Art […]

Love’s Passions and Potions in Concert

The Verdi Chorus will present its Fall 2017 concert “Love’s Passions and Potions” for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica Nov. 18 and 19 led by Founding Artistic Director […]

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SMa.r.t.-Depositions and Lawsuits, Oh My!

Last week’s SMart Group column discussed the history of at-large representation for city council seats in Santa Monica. A proposed change in the election system would result in city council and school board seats chosen […]