July 17, 2026
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July Walking Tours Highlight Ocean Park and Downtown History

Participants can discover stories behind iconic buildings, famous figures and Santa Monica’s evolving neighborhoods. The Santa Monica Conservancy is offering two guided walking tours in July that explore the city’s architectural heritage, cultural history and […]

Palisades Native Wins Prestigious Portrait Prize

In a post following the 2025 Fire, he wrote that he became an artist because of “how beautiful I found the natural world around me” and described the Palisades as “a magical place”. Marc Dalessio, […]

Spongebob Musical Comes to Santa Monica This Month

Theatre Arts Department production runs July 17-26 at SMC Main Campus. Santa Monica College’s Theatre Arts Department will present “The SpongeBob Musical: Theatre for Young Audiences Edition” from July 17 to 26 on the main […]

Japanese Cultural Gifts Restored at LA Convention Center

The Los Angeles-Nagoya sister city relationship was established in 1959, the first such partnership for Los Angeles. Historic cultural gifts from Nagoya, Japan, Los Angeles’ oldest sister city, have been restored and placed on public […]