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Get Planting! National Arbor Day in Santa Monica:

April 18, 2016

April 18, 2016

The City of Santa Monica will celebrate National Arbor Day Friday, by planting 24 new trees at Crescent Bay Park. ...

Ben Lee Wins Pony League Challenge and a Year’s Worth of Free Pizza:

April 18, 2016

April 18, 2016

In a thrilling final round of the first annual Santa Monica Pony Rosti home run derby yesterday, 12-year-old Ben Lee...

APB: The Latest from SMPD:

April 18, 2016

April 18, 2016

She Tightened Her Purse Swings. On Saturday, April 2, at 10:45pm officers of the Santa Monica Police Department were called...

Santa Monica Vegetation Fire Threatens Six Homes, Quelled by SMFD:

April 15, 2016

April 15, 2016

An early morning vegetation fire that threatened six Santa Monica homes around 1346 Sunset Ave was quelled by Santa Monica Fire Department, despite high winds.

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Swipe Right for NKLA Shelter Dogs on LA’s Tinder for Dog Dating:

April 14, 2016

April 14, 2016

Dog Borrowing App Bark’N’Borrow buddies up with the NKLA Pet Adoption Center to Promote Shelter Dog Adoption with Community of 50,000-plus Dog Lovers.

Santa Monica Moves Up to 2nd in Luxury Real Estate Market:

April 14, 2016

April 14, 2016

Santa Monica saw a drastic upswing in luxury home sales in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period last year, a market report released Wednesday revealed.

Kobe Bryant Scores 60 in Final Game, Metro Names "Kobe Station" for a Day on Expo Line:

April 14, 2016

April 14, 2016

Kobe Bryant scored 60 points in the final game of his illustrious 20-season NBA career last night, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 101-96 victory over the Utah Jazz at Staples Center. To honor Bryant, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority renamed the Metro Blue/Expo Line Pico Station the "Kobe Station" for a day.

When Did it Stop Being Fun?: Exhibition and Panel Discussion Focuses on Kids

April 14, 2016

April 14, 2016

A new exhibition aims at drawing attention to the burdens that K-12 students carry while at school, hoping to shed light on the importance of kids being kids. “When Did it Stop Being Fun” opens Saturday at DNJ Gallery in Santa Monica, with a panel discussion scheduled mid-way through the exhibition run.

Underground Parking Garage Concert Hits Santa Monica:

April 13, 2016

April 13, 2016

We are The West, an experimental folk band based in Santa Monica, will be hosting and performing in an underground parking garage of an office building in Santa Monica on Saturday April 16 as part their monthly concert series before the full moon.

Sterlings Sued for Drop Cloth in Santa Monica Apartment Building:

April 13, 2016

April 13, 2016

Donald Sterling and his wife were sued today by a woman who says she slipped and fell on loose drop-cloths laid on a laminate floor at a Santa Monica apartment building they own.