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National General Multiple Theaters has announced it will soon break ground on Santa Monica’s first 48 screen Enormoplex movie theater. Referred to by industry insiders as “The Flickinator,” new technology will allow the 48 screen venue to show comic book franchise movies as they are being shot and produced. “All the waiting for another loud movie with cartoon people in it is over!” stated

Making good on a promise to give Santa Monica shoppers “time-saving help” in taking care of their grocery needs, the new Gelson’s will build a drive-through salad bazooka that blows a varied mix of lettuce, greens, and kale from a huge canon aimed at the open passenger side window of customer’s vehicles.

Spurred by insistence on the part of several council members that certain water was “just plain smarter” than other bottled waters, the Santa Monica City Council spent an entire meeting ferociously debating the merits of Smart Water.

The United States Healthful Food Council (USHFC) announced today that True Food Kitchen’s locations, including the Santa Monica location, have become REAL Certified, a nationally recognized symbol of culinary nutrition and environmental excellence.

Mac Part 2! Phil continues with James "Mac" McPherson, lifetime Santa Monica resident and legendary volunteer coach and mentor to hundreds of Santa Monica kids for over 50 years.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica presents Irish actress Lisa Dwan, performing her internationally acclaimed “Beckett Trilogy” Not I / Footfalls / Rockaby for five performances only, April 7 through 10.

U.S. Congressman Ted W. Lieu, supported by local elected officials and advocates, formally announced his new legislation this morning to study an expansion of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

A 17-year-old valedictorian candidate drowned after being swept away by a wave while helping with a beach clean-up in Santa Monica, the coroner's office confirmed today.