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Santa Monica College (SMC) will present three free events in February honoring Black History Month. The informative talks, film screenings, and discussions are all held on the main SMC campus at 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis. SMC’s Black History Month events are: • Thursday, February 20 ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards will have a few things the Oscars won’t. Diverse nominees. Female filmmakers. And J.Lo. Held in a seaside tent on the beach in Santa Monica, California, the day before the Oscars, the preeminent independent film event often diverges greatly in tone from the weekend ...

Editor’s note: Primer is an ongoing series of stories providing readers with background on an institution, law, issue or trend that impacts Santa Monica. To suggest a topic, email editor@smdp.com. The streets of Santa Monica are filled with homeless people in desperate need of housing and services, but only those with the most severe mental ...

With a respectable overall record of 21 wins and 7 losses this season, Santa Monica High School now hopes to make a deep push in the CIF playoffs, but, before then, the team took some time to reminisce on how far they’ve come. Forward Iternite Reed, center Chantal Moawad and guard Allison Lee are three of the team’s many seniors who have ...

Santa Monica claims to be a “Sustainable City of Wellbeing.” And yet, housing continues to be a severe challenge in Santa Monica. Our communities are dying as more and more of our friends and neighbors leave due to the high cost of homes. For those that remain, housing is a constant worry. Santa Monica has a rent-burden rate of nearly 50%.

Santa Monica, CA - The Santa Monica Center For Oral Surgery And Dental Implants is today delighted to announce that due to increased demand, they are now accepting customers from Marina Del Ray. Previously their main area of focus and the area where all of their clients came from was within Santa Monica. However, as the business has continued ...

Most recently, Bean and Mills had been performing in a play called "Bad Habits" at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, which just ended its scheduled run last week. Additional details about the collision and information about the driver were not immediately available.

He said 25% of Reonomy's customers are on the West Coast. He is looking at opening an office in either Santa Monica or Venice and exploring other locations such as Irvine and other cities in Orange County. "That was very important to us," Sarkis said of opening in the Los Angeles region. "We wanted to be closer to our customers." Sarkis said ...

Tesla's stock broke records this week and is up around 82% since the beginning of the year, but investors should be cautious about putting too many eggs in one basket.