November 27, 2025
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Annual event attracts 250 volunteers

The City of Santa Monica will conduct its annual street-by-street homeless count on the night of January 25, rain or shine, and all 250 volunteer slots have been filled. The annual count “helps assess the City’s […]

LA County Chair of Quality and Productivity Commission

Santa Monica’s Shawn Landres has been elected chair of the Los Angeles County Quality & Productivity Commission, which oversees the nation’s oldest and largest local government innovation fund. Landres chairs his first meeting Monday Jan. […]

Flu Vaccine Facts vs. Fiction

While there are many myths about the flu vaccine, there are also many compelling truths about the benefits of the flu vaccine. Alejandro Sanchez, M.D., an infectious disease physician at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles […]

Walk With Diana Nyad in Santa Monica Sunday

24 Hour Fitness  is hosting an inspiring event/walk Sunday workout with Olympic long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad to celebrate her EverWalk initiative, the biggest walking movement in American history. As one of the first EverWalk event sponsors, 24 Hour Fitness supports the […]

OpEd: SMa.r.t: Reinforcing the Future

  Hidden in thousands of corners in buildings around the city, vulnerable bolts, screws and welded joints lie in silence, covered in layers of paint, stucco and wood siding, awaiting the next earthquake. The 1994 […]

Letter to the Editor: Replacing Obamacare

Dear Editor, With Republican Congress bent on depriving 22 million Americans of medical insurance, this is a great time to provide our own, totally free and totally effective health insurance – a plant-based diet. A […]