The Santa Monica-based Westside Chamber Orchestra won The American Prize in Orchestral Programming, the Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award for 2025 in the professional division, selected from applications nationwide.
Conducted
Two Santa Monica mothers are launching a new arts camp next month that aims to spark creativity in children while addressing a persistent challenge for working parents: what to do
A delegation from Fujinomiya, Japan, visited Santa Monica High School last week as part of the decades-long sister city partnership between the two communities, where they were greeted by
Downbeat 720, Santa Monica's longest-running open mic for teen performers, has returned for its 24th year to the newly reopened Miles Memorial Playhouse in Reed Park, offering
As legalized sports betting expands, recent polling suggests that Americans have become increasingly critical of its role in U.S. society and sports — although they're more tolerant of
Caltrans will implement lane and road closures on State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) in Malibu this weekend for the Malibu Moves 5K, Half Marathon and Kids Run.
The closures
Two years after four Pepperdine University students were killed by a speeding motorist on Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu officials gathered Friday to honor their memory while highlighting dramatic safety improvements
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive plan Tuesday to safeguard access to Medi-Cal and CalFresh benefits for 1.7 million residents who could lose coverage
When Mayor Lana Negrete shared with the City Council that she had breast cancer in February 2024, she didn’t expect to share the disease itself. But almost a year
City Manager Oliver Chi has been on the job in Santa Monica for just over three months and in that short time he’s learned enough to envision an entirely
City Manager Oliver Chi is asking Council to sign off on a wholesale rewrite of what it means to be Santa Monica in a widespread "revitalization plan" up
