Good Taste: Pimples – No More Picking, Please
By Barbara Bishop Recently, although I am several decades past puberty, I have been getting these whiteheads on my cheek. They drive me crazy. So what do I do? I pick them. Then they […]
Healing the Bay: More Than 2,000 Volunteers Participate in Earth Day Cleanup
By Sam Skopp In celebration of Earth Day, Heal the Bay held a “Super Saturday” event April 15, centered around a cleanup of the beach just north of the Santa Monica Pier, with a […]
Writer’s Guild of America to Go Ahead With Strike If Negotiations Break Down
Armed with a strike authorization vote from its members, the Writers Guild of America will resume labor contract talks Tuesday with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The union announced Monday that its […]
Rocking the Waves: Real Life School of Rock Comes to Wake With the Waves
By Sam Skopp Starting this past Saturday, April 15, and continuing through May 20, Santa Monica Pier will be host to a weekly children’s music education and concert series called Wake Up With the […]
Hopping Down the Bunny Trail: Peter Rabbit Day Returns to Santa Monica For 25th Year
By Sam Skopp For the 25th year in a row, Santa Monica families celebrated Peter Rabbit Day at Douglas Park off Wilshire Boulevard Saturday, April 15. The event was staffed by volunteers from Santa […]
Marching for Science- What Say You? Santa Monicans Weigh-In on the Issues
By Susan Coke The Los Angeles March for Science is one of over 500 Science Marches taking place in the U.S. and around the world on Earth Day, Saturday April 22, 2017. The organizers of […]
Annual Walk to Africa Event Returns to Santa Monica
By Sam Skopp On May 6, Crescent Bay Park, located south of the Santa Monica Pier, will be host to the 9th annual Walk to Africa event, organized every year by Dr. Bob Hamilton. […]
Community Comes First at Lincoln Boulevard Yogurtland
By Sam Skopp Last Thanksgiving Chris Hong and his wife, Cari, opened a Yogurtland store at Lincoln and Pico in Santa Monica. Chris previously worked as a finance executive at the world’s largest real […]
Santa Monica Public Library Celebrates Free Comic Book Day with a Week of Activities
Since 2002, comic book stores and libraries around the world have celebrated Free Comic Book Day on the first Saturday in May. This year, Santa Monica Public Library joins the fun, beginning with a week […]
Sony Pictures Classics and Tadmor Entertainment Present “NORMAN” “The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer”
By Beverly Cohn With the Academy Award ceremony far behind us, it may be untimely to think about next year’s nominees. That said, I’m here to tell you that I just saw one of the […]
Meals on Wheels West LA Urgently Seeks Holiday Volunteers for Meal Deliveries
Brentwood-Based Program Needs Help Delivering Meals During the Holidays Meals on Wheels West Los Angeles is urgently seeking additional volunteers to...
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Housing Group Sues State Over Limits on Post-Wildfire Rebuilding in L.A. County
YIMBY Law Challenges Governor’s Order Allowing Cities to Restrict SB 9 Housing in High Fire Hazard Zones The housing advocacy...
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