Pedal Power: Santa Monica Cruises into Bike Month
By Jennifer Eden May is National Bike Month, with Santa Monica set to speed into high gear and take part in all of the action. Sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated […]
Santa Monica Lions Club Presents The 2nd Annual Kentucky Derby Day
The members of the Santa Monica Lions Club are excited to invite you to the 2nd Annual Kentucky Derby Day Celebration on Saturday May 6th from 1:00 to 4:00PM. This colorful event will be held […]
CBS Airs Nine of Thirteen Most Watched Programs For Eighth Consecutive Week
CBS aired nine of last week’s 13 most-watched programs to finish first in the prime-time ratings race for the eighth consecutive week, according to live-plus-same day figures released Tuesday by Nielsen. CBS averaged 6.21 million […]
Paint Recycling Gathers Gallons: Yearly Drop-off Event Helps Recycle Leftover Paint
By Sam Skopp For the second year in a row, PaintCare, a national nonprofit facilitating paint recycling, hosted a drop-off event at Santa Monica City Yards on Michigan Avenue on Saturday. The event invited […]
Political Polarization on College Campuses at All Time High
Political polarization on college campuses is the most extreme it has been in the 51-year history of an annual study of first- year students, which was released Monday by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute. The […]
Gardens of Learning
A dedication event was held Monday at the Ishihara Park Learning Garden as part of the GRO1000 gardens and greenspace program led by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. A $40,000 […]
Land of Mine – a Thrilling War Film
By Nick Boyd “Land of Mine” is a harrowing and moving German and Danish film. It is based on the true story of young German soldiers (many of whom were teenagers) who were forced […]
SMa.r.t.- In Santa Monica… Size Matters
Do you know how big our city is? Most of those I ask imagine Santa Monica to be between 25 and 35 square miles. Actually, it measures only 8.3 square miles. If our city were […]
Bigger and Better: Bergamot’s Spring Fling
By Sam Skopp Bergamot Station hosted their 2nd annual complex-wide Spring Fling Saturday, including participation from over 40 galleries and businesses; both by galleries located in Bergamot Station and pop-ups from outside vendors. Around Christmastime, […]
Top of the Pops
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) has been honored with the “Best Communities for Music Education” designation from the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation, for its outstanding commitment to music education. SMMUSD joins […]
The first protest at René Redzepi’s Noma pop-up at the Paramour Estate (Video)
The protest was organized by Jason Ignacio White and One Fair Wage after the owner and chef of Noma, René...
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Film Review: Oscars Landscape 2026
My Oscar choices and predictions. The 98th Academy Awards, Sunday, March 15th at 4:00 PM, on ABC, and streaming on...
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