Santa Monica’s Annual Homeless Count Tonight:
The sight of homeless people in Santa Monica can inspire a range of emotions and thoughts on what can be done to reduce, prevent, or eliminate homelessness in the city. Next week offers a chance […]
30-Year Convention & Visitor’s Bureau Icon Passes: Thelma Parks Remembered
Thelma Parks, who worked at the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau (SMCVB) for the last 23 years, died on Jan. 15 at St. John’s Hospital at the age of 97. A statement from the […]
Man Steals Crab Leg, Hits Staff With It: Alert Police Blotter: He Didn’t Have A Leg To Stand On!
On Friday, Jan. 14. at 5:51 p.m. officers went to the Enterprise Fish Company, located at 100 Kinney Street, in response to a report of a stolen crab leg. Upon arrival at the restaurant, the […]
Federal Court Invalidates City’s Jet Ban at Santa Monica Airport:
On Jan. 21 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied Santa Monica’s appeal of a 2009 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) decision that the City could not ban Category C and D […]
Council member Bobby Shriver’s Father “Sarge” Remembered: Sargent Shriver: Nov. 9, 1915 – Jan. 18, 2011
On Jan. 18, Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. died surrounded by his five children, five children in-law, and his 19 grandchildren, after being hospitalized for several days in his native homeland in Maryland. Better known simply […]
Community Announcements/Ongoing Events:
ICE at Santa Monica, ice skating through Feb. 15, 12 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 12 to midnight Fridays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays, $10 (includes skates), ICE at Santa Monica […]
Exhibits:
Ain’t, a group show, through Feb. 8, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.0211. Stephen Aldrich, The Time Traveler, Yamamoto Kasao, KAWA+Flow, Stephen Aldrich and Barret Oliver, Photo-Synthesis, through Feb.19, Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.6410. […]
Music:
January 21 Gary Allegretto @ Harvelle’s Cynthia Ford, Luke Walton, John Wicks and The Records, Kevin Never Talks @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch January 21-22 Tom Paxton @McCabe’s Guitar Shop January 22 Arthur Adams @ Harvelle’s […]
Star Gazing:
Raven Nightwood, Mirror Astrologer ARIES There will be a big buildup, an operatic chorus singing an introduction to a new experience in your life. What actually occurs won’t be that huge a change or as […]
Theater:
All Join In, a Fairytale Sing-Along Afternoon, 12:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Jan. 30, $10.50 to $112.50, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 Fourth Street, 310.394.9779 x2. Awake in a World that Encourages Sleep, a play […]
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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