December 22, 2025
Breaking News, Latest News, and Videos
Downtown Santa Monica as seen looking northwest atop Parking Structure No. 5.

Downtown Santa Monica Navigates the Recession:

Downtown Santa Monica has felt the recession but not as much as the city’s other commercial districts. Kathleen Rawson, the Executive Director of the Bayside District Corporation, who manages the city’s downtown, explained that Santa […]

who will be leaving her position as Chief Leadership Officer in the Palmdale School District to take over as Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District's superintendent this summer.

SMMUSD Superintendent Announces Retirement:

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Tim Cuneo has announced that he will step down from the position after his current contract expires at the end of the 2010-11 school year on June 30, 2011. […]

Alert: Police Blotter:

Good Lord! On Wednesday, September 15, at 7:55 p.m., officers responded to assist Santa Monica College Police who needed help with a suspect that was disturbing the peace in the area of 1700 Pearl Street. […]

Bill Short's Primal Source

What’s Hot:

GLOW September 25, 7 p.m-3 a.m., free Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica Beach, Palisades Park http://glowsantamonica.org/ Produced by the City of Santa Monica, GLOW is returning this year (it made its debut in 2008) for […]

Santa Monica has Room for Sustainable Improvement:

Santa Monica’s high marks on its 2010 Sustainable City Report Card reflect why the city has become known nationally as a model of sustainability. The report card grades the City’s progress toward goals in eight […]

This Week:

LAST CHANCE All Join In: A Fairy-Tale Sing-Along Afternoon, through September 26, 12:30 and 3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, $10.50-$12.50, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x2. Martin Durazo, Pain Management, Ana Guajardo, Tianguis, through September […]

Theater:

All My Sons, Arthur Miller’s family tragedy, through October 2, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $15-$20, Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., 310.397.3244. Dracula, the original vampire, dramatization of Bram Stoker’s novel by Hamilton […]

Star Gazing:

RAVEN NIGHTWOOD MIRROR ASTROLOGER ARIES You are ready to go but other people seem to be stuck, like traffic that doesn’t move on a freeway. Ignore the slow-mos and make your moves as you see […]

Music:

September 24 Beausoleil @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Derik Nelson Band, Rozzi Crane, Luke Walton, Dainty @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch Vintage Trouble @ Harvelle’s September 25 The Backboners @ The Rumor Mill, CC Cow Bop @ […]

Exhibits:

Phoebe Beasley, retrospective, through November 6, M. Hanks Gallery, 3008 Main St., 310.392.8820. Combustione: Alberto Burri and America, plus Italian Artists’ Books (in the Project Room), through December 18, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot […]