"Carol," the Cate Blanchett romance between a pair of women in 1950s New York, will carry a leading six nominations into today’s presentation of the 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, which honor the best in independent film.

Students from Crossroads Elementary joined more than 6,000 fifth grade students from across Los Angeles and more than 18,000 in total as part of the 46th Annual Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival with a simultaneous performance of a Hip-Hop dance on The Music Center Plaza.

The Pico Youth & Family Center (PYFC) is hosting its 8th Annual Art for Hearts Fundraiser tonight, Friday, February 26, from 6pm to 10pm at the Robert Berman Gallery.

Recent heavy winds have caused havoc for some of the City’s youngest trees trying to make it on their own. Thanks to Santa Monica’s Urban Forest Task Force and vigilant residents, support stakes have been returned to help the saplings survive.

Santa Monicans will be hit with a 5 percent increase in water rates this year, City Council Tuesday night shaving 4 percent off the previously-approved 9 percent year-on-year five-year rate rise.

Santa Monica’s Museum of Flying is marking its 4th year anniversary this weekend with Saturday and Sunday offering talks, presentations, hands-on activities, and entertainment.

“The Big Short,” based on the 2010 Michael Lewis book, is a really good, but very complicated movie about the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

Families and ocean enthusiasts alike had a whale of a time this past Saturday and Sunday at the Whale of a Weekend, hosted by Heal the Bay and Santa Monica Pier Aquarium.

After being without rail transit for 63 years, Santa Monica will be connected to Metro’s system this spring, with much-awaited Expo Line services beginning Friday May 20, 2016, the transportation authority announced today.