June 18, 2026
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Homeless Court Scores Successes:

The Santa Monica Homeless Community Court scored a couple of notable successes in its second session held Friday, March 2, in the City Council chambers. Among the 13 cases handled by Superior Court Judge Bobbi […]

What’s Hot:

Richard Thompson, March 15, 7pm Richard Thompson is one of the more interesting talents of the last 40 years. He is a terrific guitarist and singer/songwriter who spent the late sixties and early seventies playing […]

Live on Stage:

Audition! The Musical, through June 10, 7pm Saturdays/6pm Sundays, $25.50, Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x1. Cinderella for the whole family, 6pm most Fridays through May 11, 6pm, $12.50 adults, $10.50 […]

This Week:

March 9 Biloxi Blues, Neil Simon’s comedy, through April 14, $16, Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester, 310.645.5156. Postcards From Jupiter, 8pm, preceded by The Night Sky Show, 7pm, $5/$9 for both, John Drescher Planetarium, […]

Legislators Push Westside Rail:

A bill to create a Green Line Construction Authority, with the sole purpose of connecting the MTA Green Line to Los Angeles International Airport, was introduced Friday, February 23, as AB 889 by Assemblymember Ted […]

Live on Stage!:

Alice and the Wonderful Tea Party, a family version of the classic Lewis Carroll story, Saturdays and Sundays through June 17, 12:30pm and 3pm, $10.50 kids, $12.50 adults, Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 4th […]

Publisher’s Notebook:

It is interesting that the Big Blue Bus has delayed some of its construction plans. The politicians who keep insisting this project, deep in the heart of Downtown Santa Monica, is too far along in […]

Publisher’s Notebook:

I am curious if other people out there are as frustrated by the crows in Santa Monica as we are.  There seem to be thousands of them that line the trees and power lines around […]

Letters to the Editor:

In the February 1-7 issue, Michael Rosenthal, your publisher, complains because an employee of Groundwork Coffee on Main Street wouldn’t serve him while the former was talking on a cell phone. In this relatively new […]

Calendar:

Last Chance Calliope Caloyera Babu-Khan, art exhibit, through February 28, Pacific Palisades Library, 861 Alma Real Dr., PP, 310.454.3067. Robert Benet Bonfort, art in the Modern School of Marseilles style, through February 28, Cambridge Art […]