City seeks closure of infamous motel alleging history of drug sales and nuisances
The City of Santa Monica is seeking the temporary closure of a local motel alongside fines and security improvements due to ongoing…
SaMo Pride returns with Pride on the Promenade and Sounds of Santa Monica: Pride Edition
The month-long SaMo Pride celebration returns this June with interactive activities and experiences that honor and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community…
Successful Samohi season stopped short in title game clash
The Samohi Vikings baseball squad’s run towards a CIF Southern Section Division V championship came up three runs short, ending…
Busy events weekend
EVENTS: It was a busy weekend in Santa Monica with a wealth of events for locals including the Kidical Mass…
Why UC grad students are going out on strike
More than 1,500 graduate students, teaching assistants and researchers are expected to walk off the job at UC Santa Cruz…
Suspect arrested after random stabbing sends two victims to the hospital
A 29-year-old man has been arrested for an unprovoked stabbing in Downtown Santa Monica that has sent three victims to…
Boutique anything but budget during prom season
One of the last milestones in the high school career of Samohi’s 2024 class took place over the weekend, as…
Potential tough-on-crime ballot measure promises less homelessness. Experts aren’t convinced
Homelessness gets top billing in a measure likely to make it onto…
California’s staggering budget deficit squashes hundreds of bills
California’s budget crunch is forcing the Legislature to scale back its agenda…
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New appointments, district finance discussions held by school board
Faces old and new in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) will be taking on several district administrative roles going forward, including a familiar name being chosen as the new principal…
New heroes, Mean Girls make May Locals’ Night a special affair
Though it was the final edition of Locals’ Night on the Santa Monica Pier until September, the evening packed in enough activities to fill residents with Santa Monica spirit through the…
California commission seeks to rein in Big Tech, but small businesses could suffer
In 2006, after 31 years of research and collaboration with holistic health experts and practitioners, I decided to invest in my own holistic wellness practice in Sacramento. It’s been incredibly rewarding…
News Binge: All of last week’s stories in one place
Kids, adults agree on wellness during Mental Health Awareness MonthLocals of all ages and backgrounds have come together this month in the name of mental wellness. May marks Mental Health Awareness…
Becoming Santa Monica: The city’s efforts on the homeless emergency
In Tuesday evening’s meeting, City Council voted to extend the local emergency on Homelessness through May of 2025, signaling to the state that we are in fact, still in a crisis.…
Homeless woman sparks high-speed pursuit after trying to run over police officers
A high-speed chase through West Los Angeles involving a homeless woman driving a van ended dramatically Friday when she crashed into multiple vehicles on the San Diego (405) Freeway after driving…
Crime watch
On May 14 At about 7:26am Los Angeles County Lifeguards located a male, Hispanic, in his 50s, down and not breathing in the 2200 block of the Beach. The subject appeared…
Changes from Visa mean Americans will carry fewer credit and debit cards
Visa on Wednesday announced major changes to how credit and debit cards will operate in the US in the coming months and years. The new features could mean Americans will be…
HOA Homefront: 13 things I wish all HOA directors knew
Governance 1. HOA governance is a team sport. It’s different from our career jobs because the board legally controls the HOA, not the president. The president is not the boss but…
Gilbert’s celebrates five decades of culinary and cultural significance
Every town has a handful of institutions that define its essence. Establishments that are so beloved and intrinsic to living in a place that the city simply wouldn’t be what it…
Mid-City Cypress project in the works while another gets shot down by review board
Mid-City Santa Monica may be on the verge of adding a prominent housing location, while another proposal for the area was recently shot down by the city’s Architectural Review Board (ARB).…
Poetry, film merge to form unique festival atmosphere
Two art forms that continue to resonate on the Westside combined this past month in an affair crossing all genres and generations. In April, Beyond Baroque in Venice hosted the third…
How California’s bursting budget morphed into a $45 billion deficit in just two years
The much-revised 2024-25 state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom released last week contains hundreds of spending reductions and other actions to close what he says is a $44.9 billion deficit. Exactly…
Community News
Santa Monica College Guitar Showcase Presents Free Concert May 23
The Santa Monica College Music Department will present the SMC Guitar Showcase on Thursday, May 23, at 11:15 a.m. in…
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California to sell generic opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone
California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the drug that can…
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