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Alert Police Blotter 4/9/18-4/13/18

April 13, 2018

April 13, 2018

By Tim Broughton The Rifleman. On Monday, April 2, at 9:17 p.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department received...

City of Malibu Presents the Writing Workshop “Emerging from the Slush: How to Get your Short Story Published”

April 12, 2018

April 12, 2018

The City of Malibu will be hosting “Emerging from the Slush: How to Get your Short Story Published,” a writing...

Santa Monica Public Library Announces 2018 Santa Monica Reads Selection “Farewell to Manzanar” by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

April 12, 2018

April 12, 2018

2018 marks the sixteenth anniversary of Santa Monica Public Library’s annual community reading program Santa Monica Reads. Popular with local residents...

Resistance Doomed? Secession Move Could Result

April 12, 2018

April 12, 2018

Since the Civil War, no state has resisted the policies of a single President more than California today as it...

Artist Co-op Shutdown

April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

What happens when a 45 year old artist co-op is shut down? Meet potter and photography teacher Antara Scales. Video made possible by Jeffrey J...

LA Wants Updates on Earthquake Retrofit Compliance

April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to get a full update on seismic retrofits required by law in roughly...

Malibu Library Speaker Series Features Environmental Entrepreneur and Author Paul Hawken at Pepperdine University

April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

Paul Hawken, a leading environmental activist, entrepreneur, author, and pioneer of corporate reform dedicated changing the relationship between business and...

SMPD: April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

–Drivers are using their cell phones less often while driving, 10 years after “hands-free” became the law, but distracted driving...

Geffen Playhouse Launches the Writers’ Room, a Los Angeles-Based Playwrights Group

April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

The Geffen Playhouse today announced the launch of the inaugural cycle of The Writers’ Room, a forum for engagement and...

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Baroque Conversations Adds Second Evening in Santa Monica For Program of Bach, Handel and Rameau

April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s (LACO) popular Baroque Conversations series adds a second night in Santa Monica for its final program,...