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Former Santa Monica Director of Transportation John Catoe was inducted into the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Hall of Fame...

Almost half of the 40+ galleries that make up the Bergamot Station complex are showcasing new works. The Ruth Bachofner Gallery, which opened 30 years ago and has been located at Bergamot Station since 1998, premiered new exhibits by artists Trang T. Lê and Trygve Faste.

Phil finds treasures from Samohi's history at the Samohi Heritage Project, with celebrated Samohi Football Coach and Teacher Tebb Kusserow, who is one of the archivists of the project.

While there are many myths about the flu vaccine, there are also many compelling truths about the benefits of the flu vaccine. Alejandro Sanchez, M.D., an infectious disease physician at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, clears up some of the misperceptions about the flu and explains why the flu vaccine is so beneficial.

Heal the Bay’s next Coastal Cleanup Day Saturday, September 17, will coincide with the largest volunteer day on the planet that takes place every third Saturday of every September.

Contagious energy and enthusiasm filled the large 1st floor south room of the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in West Los Angeles on Friday, September 9. Women veterans from all the armed services were celebrating being together.

Tongva After Dark will continue its third season of cultural programming with The Wonder Room, an evening of curated performances by an interdisciplinary group of extraordinary artists who will activate the intimate “rooms” of Tongva Park simultaneously, on Wednesday, September 21, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

“Indignation,” a movie set in the early 1950s and based on a novel by Philip Roth, centers on the sexual awakening of a working class freshman college student named Marcus Messner, who has high intellect, but little experience with female relationships. Logan Lerman plays the young man, one of the few Jewish students at a Midwestern Christian school. By enrolling in college, Messner was able to get out of serving in the Korean War. The film explores his adjustment to campus life and courtship of an attractive coed named Olivia Hutton, played by Sarah Gadon. Hutton has emotional and psychological issues, which she tries to hide from Messner at first, for fear that he will reject her.