Get your entire crew on board for this fun outdoor festival June 4 and 5, featuring an in-water boat show, tall ship tours and cruises, a wine-and-beer garden, live music, food trucks, kids’ activities and maybe even a pirate or two, at Marina del Rey’s beautiful Burton Chace Park.

Phil rides the new Expo Line with Don Knabe, Supervisor Fourth District, County of LA. Phil and Don discuss the Expo Line, homelessness, parks and other issues in our sprawling county.

Every Saturday on Arizona Ave., is a weekly farmers market. From organic produce to fresh-squeezed juices, what all of these vendors present have in common is products that are fresh and local. Check out some of the vendors present this past Saturday.

Santa Monica Auctions has some great pieces for auction Sunday, including selected works of renowned artist Ed Moses for a fraction of the cost.

Heal The Bay’s latest beach report card is in, and the news is not good for Santa Monica Pier beach. The popular tourist spot ranks fifth on the environment group’s annual Beach Bummer List for the most polluted beaches in California.

In the wake of their highly anticipated European tour cancellation due to the Brussels terrorist attacks, student members of the Santa Monica High School Symphony Orchestra have turned their disappointment into positive action.

OpEd: Voting Day for the Presidential Primary Election is Tuesday, June 7. Santa Monicans are talking about the upcoming event. Really they are talking about the issues impacting us and the world: what is the future of our health care, education, immigration, human rights, international rights, women’s rights, worker’s rights, can we put an end to terrorism, the place of the United States around the world, civil rights, safety, violence of all kinds, and who is the most qualified, in all ways, to be able to do the best job of being our president.

Santa Monica City Clerk, Denise Anderson-Warren, announced that the City Clerk’s Office has partnered with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office in a new pilot Will Call Ballot Pick Up and Drop-Off program for the June 7 Presidential Primary.

Colorado Esplanade to open with a ribbon cutting by Santa Monica.Mayor Tony Vazquez followed by the kickoff of Coast

Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in light of yesterday’s tragedy at UCLA.

“My thoughts and prayers – and those of my entire staff – are with those affected by today’s tragic events at UCLA.