Breaking & Latest news in Santa Monica, California
Breaking & Latest news in Santa Monica, California
Sex Offender Turns Himself In, LAPD Seeks More Victims
Damian Denzell Robinson, 29, surrendered April 22 at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lancaster Station. A registered sex offender accused of sexually assaulting multiple women during a hours-long spree in the San Fernando Valley has […]
California Accepted as Member of International Union for Conservation of Nature
Membership gives California a platform to help shape international environmental policy and share knowledge. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that California has been accepted as a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, […]
Bills Aimed at Protecting Policyholders Advance Out of Committee
California has the fourth-highest rate of insurance nonrenewals in the country. Many policyholders receive notices without clear explanations. Two bills aimed at strengthening protections for insurance policyholders in California advanced out of committee this week, […]
Two days only: How to score the Basqueria x Like a Friend Said Earth Day sandwich
Chef Sebastien Pourrat debuts a limited-edition sandwich to benefit charity. Malibu’s Basque mini-mart Basqueria and local recommendation newsletter “Like A Friend Said” are teaming up on a limited-edition sandwich collaboration in Surf Canyon to mark […]
Gabrielle Amster Appointed as LA General Manager of Animal Services
If confirmed, Amster will oversee Los Angeles Animal Services, which operates shelters and animal welfare programs across the nation’s second-largest city. Karen Bass has appointed Gabrielle Amster as general manager of the city’s animal services […]
Santa Monica College’s Wind Ensemble Spring Concert to Feature Spencer Danielson
The performance is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Eli and Edythe Broad Stage, located at the college’s performing arts center. The Santa Monica College Music Department will present a spring concert by its wind ensemble […]
Fifth Annual International Poetry Festival Comes to Venice This Weekend
Organizers said the festival aims to showcase work that pushes the boundaries of both poetry and cinema. The fifth annual International Poetry Film Festival will return to Los Angeles on April 24–25, presenting 64 poem-based […]
Beach Boys-Themed Fitness Event to Debut on Third Street Promenade
Organizers say the event aims to celebrate the group’s long-standing association with California culture while promoting health, community engagement and environmental awareness. A new community fitness and music event inspired by The Beach Boys will […]
Film Review: Normal
FILM REVIEWNORMALRated R91 MinutesReleased April 17th Wow! This is one of those movies that will play repeatedly in your memory. It starts with a bang, it pulls you in, and the characters draw you closer […]
Curious City 4/24/26: NEED A LYFT? BE CAREFUL…
By CHARLES ANDREWS NEXT FRI 5/1: GENERAL STRIKE We have the numbers, we have the economic power. We have seen that pushing back, protesting in large numbers, works. Trump and his clowns back off. The […]
SM.a.r.t. Column: The Man Who Built a Better City on Borrowed Power
There’s a story urban planners love to tell. A visionary architect-politician in a mid-sized Brazilian city looked at the chaos of modern urban life, the traffic, the pollution, the sprawl, and decided it didn’t have […]
Paramore’s Hayley Williams debuts ‘The Parachute’ taco at HomeState to benefit the Immigrant Defenders Law Center
The singer partners with HomeState for a limited-edition vegetarian taco to raise funds for L.A.’s largest deportation defense firm. Paramore frontperson Hayley Williams has partnered with Tex-Mex staple HomeState to debut “The Parachute,” a limited-edition […]
