Santa Monica College has announced that two student film-production projects have won Awards of Merit at the Best Shorts Competition. The Award of Merit is given to works that qualify as “notable artistic and technical […]

Special Olympics Southern California athletes took photos of flowers at Palisades Park during a Santa Monica Close¬up special Photography Workshop on Saturday. The Santa Monica Close-up Photography Workshop is a three-week photo class led by […]

Salon Tru Santa Monica celebrated its grand opening on Thursday, April 10 with a ribbon cutting ceremony led by Mayor Pam O’Connor and Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce President Laurel Rosen. Michael Schoenfeld, owner of […]

Local pet adoption center No Kill Los Angeles (NKLA) in West Los Angeles has lots of loving cats and dogs that are looking for homes, including Jersey and Carly. Jersey is a delightful 14-pound Chihuahua […]

Santa Monica’s transit authority Big Blue Bus started construction at a new group of bus stop improvements on Friday, which are now officially closed until further notice. During construction, plan to board and alight at […]

The drama at Tuesday’s Santa Monica City Council meeting was not quite an edge-of-your-seat thriller, but in the end local residents came away with a storybook happy ending. This real life feel-good story is also […]

Earth Day Celebration — Saturday, April 26 — Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, 1600 Ocean Walk To honor Earth Day, local environmental group Heal the Bay hosts a Saturday full of eco-friendly and family-friendly activities on […]

The New West Symphony’s final concert of the 2013/2014 Masterpiece Series Season will feature Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67 this Sunday in Santa Monica. Music director Marcelo Lehninger will […]

To celebrate its 5th Anniversary, the Annenberg Community Beach House will feature a variety of free family-friendly programs this Saturday and Sunday. This two-day community open house will include beach activities and games, fitness and […]

Santa Monica has a brand-new healthy eatery, a place where the community has the options of drinking cold-pressed juices and devouring a healthy burger or salad. Chomp Eatery & Juice Station, located at 1612 Santa […]