Santa Monica Public Library’s annual community reading program, Santa Monica Reads. During COVID-19, we are living in unprecedented times. The need for libraries and community connection is more important than ever.

The Santa Monica College 90th Commencement Ceremony will be online this year as a virtual event due to restrictions on large-scale, in-person events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beach parking lots will reopen in the coming weeks and locals eager to access the surf already have more options.

Today, like thousands of other people, I signed a petition to have Santa Monica Police Chief, Cynthia Renaud removed from office.

Guest Author 2 days ago Emergency Assistance Grants Santa Monica College Santa Monica College is providing emergency assistance grants to SMC Nursing Program students experiencing serious financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The First Response ...

Emeritus Art Gallery is pleased to present its annual SMC Emeritus Student Art Exhibition 2020 Online starting June 25. This year, the group exhibition will be presented at smc.edu/emeritusgallery and feature 160 works created by 91 student artists in SMC’s noncredit Emeritus program for older adults.

Santa Monica’s homeless population fell by 8% this year, officials announced Friday. The 2020 homeless count, which was conducted in January, found 907 people experiencing homelessness in Santa Monica,

For decades, Westside Ballet has bid farewell to graduating seniors during its annual Spring Performance, but with the recent pandemic, the performance was cancelled for the first time in nearly five decades.

I’m not much of an optimist. It’s a little hard to be optimistic when, for example, the U.S. Senate can’t pass an “anti-lynching law.” (As if there are two sides to the “lynching issue.”)

As a lifelong Liberal and huge supporter of Unions, I will probably shock my friends by saying: “There has to be something wrong with this”.

This is a happy story about one guy making a difference. In this instance, it is me raising a fuss with several layers of the Starbucks corporation.

Los Angeles County officials announced Wednesday that gyms, museums, hotels, day camps and campgrounds will be allowed to reopen throughout the county starting Friday. The relaxing of the health officer order also allows for the reopening of sports arenas without audiences,

Los Angeles County officials announced Wednesday that gyms, museums, hotels, day camps and campgrounds will be allowed to reopen throughout the county starting Friday. The relaxing of the health officer order also allows for the reopening of sports arenas without audiences,

The Santa Monica Alternative School House held a drive-by celebration for 8th grade students preparing to move on to high school. Tags :graduation high school santa monica alternative school house SMA

The first virtual commencement ceremony in the history of Santa Monica High School is in the books. And while the graduates of Samohi were unable to cross the stage as a group this year, they did enjoy a one-of-a-kind scavenger hunt that sent them circling around the city together one last time.

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I got emails telling me how important McCabe’s is to people and to their families, sharing memories of concerts they went to, guitars they bought, lessons they took here, and begging us to do a last run of T-shirts.

The first virtual commencement ceremony in the history of Santa Monica High School is in the books. And while the graduates of Samohi were unable to cross the stage as a group this year, they did enjoy a one-of-a-kind scavenger hunt that sent them circling around the city together one last time.

California judicial leaders are considering an early end to statewide emergency orders suspending foreclosures and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.

Santa Monicans will be asked to vote this November on a new tax on luxury real estate that would raise about $3 million each year for public services. The city of Santa Monica is looking for a way to generate some extra money as its traditional revenue sources — sales and hotel taxes and parking fees — suffer during the pandemic and accompanying recession.