Picturing Santa Monica without the Pier is like picturing the Hollywood Hills without the Hollywood Sign or New York without the Empire State Building, but with all the changes that have happened around Santa Monica Bay since 1909,

Santa Monica-based Kite, which makes immunotherapy drugs that target cancers has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration certified ready for commercial production the company’s fourth manufacturing facility – this one in Oceanside.

Santa Monica-based sports metaverse platform LootMogul announced an agreement for Hoop Culture Inc., a basketball lifestyle brand, to acquire the naming rights for a digital sports arena in “Orlando.” The company has several metaverse arenas named as if they are in real-world cities.

I thought the guys did great,” Mira Costa coach Don Morrow said. “They played hard and made some big plays when they had to.” The game was decided early as the Mustangs took advantage of some early Vikings’ miscues to jump out to a 21-0 lead.

God of War Ragnarok will feature Odin as a central antagonist, and the All-Father will likely use various tricks and guises to achieve his goals.

RETURN TO SPACE Australia’s SLR Productions has announced production on season two of the award-winning original CGI animated series, “Space Nova” for ABC ME. The 15 x 22-minute season has received significant production funding from both Screen Australia and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation as well as development funding from ABC ME and Create NSW.

The world’s largest wildlife corridor is now under construction over one of the busiest highways in Southern California. The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Corridor, a $100-million project, will span 10 lanes of Highway 101 off Liberty Canyon Road in Thousand Oaks.

The Georgian Hotel once attracted Hollywood A-listers like Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe to its oceanfront location.

Snoop Dogg and Web3 are becoming a familiar combo, akin to coffee and donuts. The iconic West Coast rapper dropped a music video on Saturday for “Crip Ya Enthusiasm,” featuring a digital performance captured by Web3 startup Astro Project.

Santa Monica’s iconic turquoise hotel, The Georgian, will relaunch in January. The Ocean Avenue property, which first opened in 1933, was acquired by downtown-based BLVD Hospitality and Beverly Hills-based ESI Ventures in 2020.