In light of the national news about Flint, Michigan, and more local concerns about water problems and fraking in our own county, the Committee for Racial Justice will hold its monthly workshop Sunday in Santa Monica with a focus on environmental racism.

There were all the trappings one expects from a movie premier: mingling among chicly-dressed actors, filmmakers and guests, red carpet photos and craft services. The presence of rescue dogs wandering between premier-goers’ legs, was not quite as standard, but “Rescue Dogs: The Movie” is in a class of its own.

“54 years ago a 15-year-old girl asked me to the ‘Cotton n’ Cord’ dance. Can you believe it: she kept the gold Cambell’s box with corsage all these years…. And I kept her!” Fred Allard – SAMOHI Alumni. Fred remains happily married to the then-15-year-old girl, Kathy.

Melissa Rauch is an east coast native who began her career doing stand-up. She did a one-woman show playing Jenna Bush in “The Education of Jenna Bush” and later segued into television where she had a recurring role on “The Big Bang Theory” as well as guest appearances on “The Housewives of Orlando” and “True Blood.”

Trailer Stash, Bicycle Repair Man, and All Bets Were Off

The Santa Monica Police Department will step up Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Saturday, April 2, 2016 and Sunday, April 3, 2016 with focused enforcement on primary collision factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

Spurred by insistence on the part of several council members that certain water was “just plain smarter” than other bottled waters, the Santa Monica City Council spent an entire meeting ferociously debating the merits of Smart Water.