Whew! The most actively contested California presidential primary election in decades is over. Candidates Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernard Sanders were ubiquitous for a month, logging thousands of miles and dozens of rallies. New voters registered by the hundreds of thousands.

As the LGBT community in Los Angeles gets ready to celebrate nearly half a century of civil rights progress during this weekend’s Pride Festival, most states across the country do not provide any protection for their LGBT residents in critical areas of life, such as employment, housing and qualification for loans.

Six Santa Monica teenagers will be awarded the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America on Sunday June 12.

Parker Racie Furlong, Ronald JJ Hawthorne Harris-Gavin, Aiden Jeffrey Metz, Matthew Lee Morawiec, Sasha Steffes, and Eli Warshauer will be honored with the rank of Eagle Scout at the Troop 2 Eagle Court of Honor to be held at Camp Josepho.

The Santa Monica YWCA, which has been serving the Santa Monica community from its location on the corner of Pico and 14th since 1972, is closing down and going up for sale on June 30.

The Pie Bake a’la Beverly Hills & Piesta, the pie-loving, pie-baking event of the season, returns to the Beverly Hills Farmers’ Market this Sunday, June 12 from 9am to 1pm at the market’s Civic Center Drive location.

Dinner, Bike & Cupcakes!
Friday, June 17th

Elly Blue, Joshua Ploeg, Joe Biel
Traveling to tell stories and show movies on Bicycle Culture while serving up tasty Gourmet Vegan Food!

Santa Monica Police Seek to Curb Underage Drinking During Graduation Season

This week, more than 4,300 Santa Monica households will receive mailings notifying them of the Santa Monica Police Department’s increased enforcement of youth drinking laws during graduation season and throughout the summer.

A measure authored by Senator Ben Allen, Congressional representatives to work to overturn the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision will appear on the November 2016 ballot.

Getting around parts of West Hollywood will be a little more difficult beginning tonight as street closures begin in advance of this weekend’s 2016 LA Pride Celebration, which will include musical acts, a festival and parade.

A transient was convicted today of strangling two women whose bodies were found in Santa Monica more than a decade ago.