April 3, 2026
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A City Crying for Change 

SM.a.r.t. Column In the waning days of summer, SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) turns its thoughts to the fall which means the upcoming elections where residents will elect a City Council that might […]

BREAKING: Woman Shot on SM Pier

Shooter remains at large, victim in stable condition. By Sam Catanzaro At 6:05 a.m. Thursday morning, a woman was shot in the thigh at the west end of the Santa Monica Pier. The woman remains […]

Is Desalination Feasible for Santa Monica?

Debating desalination for Los Angles’ water supply. By Sam Catanzaro “Water, water everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink,” wrote Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the 1834 poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Coleridge was […]

Man Found Guilty of Juan Castillo Murder

Sherwin Mendoza Espinosa faces 40 to life. By Sam Catanzaro A Los Angeles man has been found guilty in the 2017 murder of an 18-year old Santa Monica High School graduate and now faces a […]

Wheelchair Backflips

Wheelchair Motor Cross rider Katherine Beattie is the first women to do a backflip in a wheelchair. “You have to learn how to fall,” Beattie said. “It has really helped me in my everyday life.” […]

Key Steps to A Healthy, Happy Liver

  By Barbara Bishop Last week, I had my gallbladder removed.  My doctors discovered that it was inflamed, and contained many gallstones.   One of the gallstones was stuck in a pathway where the gallbladder, […]