Santa Monica College, for the first time, will host a Visiting Scholar in 2012-13 through the prestigious Fulbright Program – Dr. Paolo Torresan, a renowned Italian language professor whose teaching methods and innovations have kept […]

The arraignment of St. Anne’s Church priest Rafael Venegas on a sexual battery charge was continued to August 21. Venegas was originally scheduled to be arraigned at the LAX Courthouse earlier today on two charges […]

The fifth night of this summer’s Twilight Concert Series unfolded an assortment of talent hailing from “down under” on Thursday. Australian singer/songwriter Kasey Chambers headlined the night — a petite woman with a sense of […]

Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier has now hosted more than 5,500 birthday parties at the two-acre amusement park since January 1996. Among the several thousand party-goer organizers is Jolene Perry who recently brought […]

The Vidiots Foundation — a separate entity to the Santa Monica Vidiots DVD rental store but still associated with it — has announced its first online auction to kickoff Vidiots’ new nonprofit arm. The Vidiots […]

Reality TV stars Kendall and Kylie Jenner will sign the September Issue of “Seventeen Magazine” at 2 p.m. today, Aug. 2 at the Barnes & Noble store on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. […]

A Tennessee teenager who had been missing for more than a month was located sleeping inside his car that was parked in Santa Monica Parking Structure 3 on Wednesday morning. Hunter D. Barnes, who turns […]

The illustrious Australian singer/songwriter Kasey Chambers will be headlining this Thursday, Aug. 2 at the Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier. American folk music seems to be no hurdle for “down under” musicians, […]