December 24, 2025
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Students at Santa Monica College seen here in between classes.

Town Hall Meeting Tonight on SMC Budget Crisis:

For the past two years Santa Monica College (SMC) has been able to maintain most of its services, class offerings, and employee benefits despite the on-going state budget crisis. However, a March 3 e-mail from […]

Local children display Buy Local bag at the Thirds Street Promenade

First Buy Local Day Brings People From All Over:

Shoppers mobbed the Third Street Promenade on March 19 to support the first Santa Monica Buy Local Expo and Buy Local Day. Shoppers had the opportunity to shop for a variety of goods and services […]

Fault map of Santa Monica Bay and vicinity as provided by USGS and SCEC (1994). Approximate Santa Monica Location indicated in red.

Santa Monica Officials Talk Emergency Preparedness:

In the Hollywood culture of the U.S. – and even more prominent in Southern California – disaster movies can make the real possibility of a catastrophic natural disaster seem like an absurd abstraction. But video […]

Downtown Santa Monica as seen looking northwest atop Parking Structure No. 5.

Downtown Vision Gets Community Input Injection:

Nearly 75 residents and community members filled the East Wing of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on March 16 to provide valuable input on how to best make use of three acres of city-owned land […]

This Week:

LAST CHANCE Debbie Han: The Eye of Perception, through March 19, Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery, SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street, 310.434.3434. Valley Song, play by Athol Fugard, through March 20, 8 p.m. […]