December 18, 2025
Breaking News, Latest News, and Videos
A firefighter solicits a donation in 2008.

Firefighters Stand Streetside to Fill the Boot:

Firefighters from the Santa Monica Fire Department are participating in a Fill the Boot fundraising campaign which benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), an organization dedicated to finding a cure for muscular dystrophy, ALS, as […]

City Wants More Than Developer Can Give:

A proposed bicycle lane wheels in controversy between Santa Monica’s city government and the bio-tech company Agensys Inc. which has an office development planned for the east side of the city. Bike advocates on City […]

The end-of-summer festival.

What’s Hot:

Fiesta La Ballona August 27-29, 4:30-10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m-10 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m-6 p.m. Sunday, free Veteran’s Park, 4117 Overland Ave., CC www.fiestalaballona.org. This end-of-summer festival in neighboring Culver City offers music, food, carnival […]

This Week:

LAST CHANCE Susan Holcomb, Nocilucent, paintings, plus Shades of Blue, group exhibit, through August 28, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.1133. Dori Silver Simons: August, through August 31, performance weekdays 8-10 a.m., conversation with the […]

Music:

August 27 Mark Olson @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Secret Citizen, Karma, Kounterfeit Change, The Beeters @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch Vintage Trouble @ Harvelle’s August 28 Delgado Brothers @ Harvelle’s John Jorgenson Quintet @ Boulevard Music, […]

Exhibits:

Martin Durazo, Pain Management, Ana Guajardo, Tianguis, through September 24, 18th Street Arts Center, 1839 18th St, 310.453.3711. Engaged Observers, documentary photography since the 1940s, through November 14, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr., LA, […]

Theater:

All Join In: A Fairy-Tale Sing-Along Afternoon, through September 26, 12:30 and 3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, $10.50-$12.50, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x2. All My Sons, Arthur Miller’s family tragedy, through October 2, 8 […]

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS/ONGOING EVENTS:

Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (AFICE) is looking for individuals to work as Community Representatives, who will find host families for international students and will work with them and their families. Call Anne Ring, […]

Alert: Police Blotter:

There and Back Again On Thursday, August 19, at 10:47 a.m., officers were on a routine patrol in the area of High Place and Virginia Avenue when they witnessed a vehicle commit a traffic violation. […]

A Pet of the Different Color: Green:

DIANE ROSE-SOLOMON SPECIAL TO THE MIRROR Choosing “eco-friendly” or “green” products for our homes is becoming increasingly more common. Why not choose pet products that have a gentler impact on our environment too? Not only […]