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Samohi Alumnus Questions Nancy Pelosi at Washington DC CNN Town Hall
In one of those moments that shortens the seven degrees of separation between Santa Monica residents and the power brokers in Washington, Samohi alumnus Dean Chien was chosen to ask Speaker of the...
Winter Storm drops rain and snow on Southern California as Thanksgiving Approaches
Winter Storm in Santa Monica By Samuel Alioto 11/27: A storm from the Gulf of Alaska dropped rain on Southern California Wednesday. Snow in the mountains, and cold winds were expected through...
Events: Military Family Documentary this Saturday at Santa Monica Bay Women's Club Set for Saturday, November 9th 2019
A free screening of "A Military Family Documentary - While Time Stands Still" will be presented by the Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club, this Saturday Nov. 9 in Santa Monica. The documentary follows...
Multiple Victims in Long Beach Shooting near Nail Salon on 7th and Temple
Three men were shot dead and nine other people were injured in a shooting that took place at a home next to a Long Beach nail salon at Seventh Street and Temple Avenue. The shooting happened just...
SMMUSD Malibu Schools Closed Friday, October 25th 2019
The fire emergency in Southern California has caused the SMMUSD to close all schools on Friday, the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District announced at 8 pm on Thursday night. The largest fire,...
As 4 Fires Burn in the Valley, Ash begins to Fall in Santa Monica
As several fires burning in the San Fernando Valley, Ash has begun to fall in Santa Monica. The largest fire is a 3700 fire in the Santa Clarita Valley called the tech fire. There is also a fire in...
Really?? There exists an International Dental Spa Association? What's a Dental Spa anyway?
Yes.....that's right folks. No need to order new contact lenses or clean your eyeglasses. Local dentist and residents Lynn Watanabe and John Chien actually founded this amalgam (yes....pun intended)...
Electrical Power Outage Friday Night In a Wide Swath of West Los Angeles. August 2, 2019
From Pico and Sawtelle to Bundy and Wilshire, the lights were out across a wide section of West Los Angeles Friday night. The blackout began around 7:39 pm PST. The power outage reportedly affected...
Santa Monica Pier is Happy with a C Grade on the Heal the Bay Beach Report
According to Heal the Bay's annual Beach Report Card, the beach at Santa Monica Pier improved its water quality. For the first time since 2013, the Pier missed getting put on Heal the Bay's "Beach...
A Devout Muslim Advocates for Gender Equality, Freedom of Conscience and Expression. And People Hate Him
Normally, there is one security guard standing outside the door of Kehillat Ma'arav Synagogue in Santa Monica. For this Sunday morning lecture, however, there were two guards. The reason: the speaker...
Starbucks Coffee Cup Finds it's Way Onto Game of Thrones Set
Apparently, A Man Needs caffeine to get through a dark and stormy night on Westeros. A Starbucks coffee cup was spotted in a scene of "Game of Thrones" on Sunday night. Many such errors have become fa...
SMPD Arrest in 2017 Party Bus Shooting of De'Ommie de la Cruz
Over a year after the fatal shooting of a young woman on a party bus and the shooting injuries of four others, the Santa Monica Police have arrested a man as a person of interest. Camron Aaron Lee,...
Fire Scorches Apartment Unit at the Santa Monica Shores So Tower
The greatest concentration of population anywhere in Santa Monica is the Santa Monica shores, at 2800 Nielson Way. Built in the 1970's the apartments start at around $5000 a month for two bedrooms....
Kamala Harris, the Harpy of Climate Change and Poster Child of By Any Means Necessary
In her first campaign speech as a presidential hopeful for the 2020 election, Kamala Harris, presently the junior Senator from California, roused the crowd with her progressive agenda and...
Do You Hate Football? Free Admission to LA Museums for Superbowl Weekend
I must confess nothing about the Superbowl is interesting to me, except the guys at football parties. Do you secretly feel like I do? If you don't want to watch the superbowl, the Los Angeles Area...
Jeff Bezos said: "Alexa: Get me a Victoria's Secret Model."
Now why would the richest man in world history leave his wife and 4 children? For a good friend's wife, that's why. Numerous sources report that Jeff Bezos had a long time affair with a married woman...
New Year's Day Power Outage In Santa Monica East of 11th St, North of California Ave
Update 8pm: power has been restored to affected areas of Santa Monica. A morning transformer explosion dimmed lights in Santa Monica North of California Avenue and East of 11th Street, residents...
Venice Homeless Shelter Approved. 154 Beds for temp shelter
On Tuesday, 12/11/18, the Los Angeles City Council voted to construct a temporary homeless shelter on a former Metro bus yard located at Sunset and Pacific Avenues, blocks from the beach. Designated a...
City Water Sustainability Delayed 3 Years After A Decade of Non Stop Construction
It may come as a disappointment to city cheerleaders and cause an eye-roll to the rest of us that the city has announced their plan to become "self-sufficient" in water use has been delayed by three y...
LAPD Arrests Big Blue Bus Transit Superintendent Jamieson on Child Pornography Charges
Less than two months after the arrest of Eric Uller, a systems analyst with the Information Services Department, for lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, another city-related employee has been arres...
Lawsuit over Party Bus Shooting Near SM Pier, Alleges Failure to Provide Security
An early-morning shooting between two party buses near the Santa Monica Pier last year resulted in the death of 28-year-old De'Ommie de la Cruz. Now her friends and relatives are suing the city and th...
Providence St. John nurses Call 12 Hour Strike for Tuesday, November 27
Providence St. John nurses will strike on Tuesday, November 27 from 8 AM to 8 PM, wrote Labor and Delivery Nurse Lizabeth Baker-Wade, in a post on Facebook. "Since the Providence take over things...
HPV Vaccines Prevent Only Some Strains, Cause 20 deaths
In a video posted on YouTube, women charge that Gardisil, a vaccine intended prevent infection with human papilloma virus, instead causes sterility, blindness, autoimmune disorder and death. The...
Over $13 Million Allegedly Lost in Santa Monica Based Ponzi Scheme by Now Dead Principal
Before Chris Trigg died of brain cancer on July 31, 2018, he and his partners ran an automobile title loan company on Santa Monica Blvd and 16th Street, and Santa Monica Check Cashing on Pico Blvd....
SMC Malibu Satellite Campus Begins Construction: Four years to Build 27,500 Square Feet
A project begun in the early 2000s to construct a satellite campus for Santa Monica College in Malibu finally won all the necessary approvals for construction, roughly 18 years later. The...
