Via press release from Food Forward, a local non-profit that fights hunger and food waste. How are we doing as a country in eliminating hunger? In his new book, Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance Between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups, long…
Via Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District press release. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announced its policy to serve nutritious meals every school day under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and/or Afterschool Snack Program. Effective July 1, 2017…
Via city of Santa Monica press release. What is the role of public art in Santa Monica? How can it benefit the community? What locations and places in Santa Monica would you like to see public art? The City of…
Via city of Santa Monica website. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2017 edition of Seascape. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District schools have once again received multiple awards in annual state and national rankings. U.S. News & World Report ranked…
Via the city of Santa Monica website. Santa Monica Public Library is taking its popular How-To Festival on the road! Celebrate National Parks Month at Christine Emerson Reed Park, 1133 7th Street, on Saturday, July 22, 2017 from noon to 3:00 p.m. for an afternoon…
Via city of Santa Monica’s website. As part of its continued commitment to preserve and increase housing in Santa Monica, the City Council voted at its June 27, 2017 meeting to ban the use of newly constructed accessory dwelling units…
Via city of Santa Monica press release. On July 1, 2017, Santa Monica workers will be one step closer to $15 minimum wage by 2020. All workers will now be eligible for the City’s increased minimum wage and workers in larger…
Via city of Santa Monica press release. At the Santa Monica City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, Council announced the selection of a new City Attorney, Lane Dilg. The City Council conducted a nationwide search for the key…
Watch the 2017 Santa Monica Little League Baseball championship games below, courtesy of City TV. In the minors division, the Pirates take on the White Sox and in the majors division, the Orioles go head-to-head against the Angels. Pirates v.…
The following post is by Santa Monica Mayor Ted Winterer from the city of Santa Monica website. As we start dusting off the beach chairs, firing up the BBQ, and getting into the mindset of warm days spent at the…
Much-needed winter storms may have relieved California’s historic drought, but all that rain came at some cost – poor beach water quality. Bacterial pollution at some of California’s most popular beaches spiked dramatically in 2016-17, according to Heal the Bay’s…
Via city of Santa Monica press release. What’s more fun than summer at the Beach House? Do a lot or do a little! Get active: Try one of our summer-inspired classes! BOGAFiT on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:15-8:15 p.m. is a dynamic way…
Via Santa Monica College press release. Don’t miss the free spectacular fireworks and entertainment of “Celebrate America” – Santa Monica College’s popular star-spangled salute to our nation’s independence – to be held Saturday, June 24. The celebration – the only…
Santa Monica will celebrate Juneteenth, the commemoration of the official end of slavery in the United States at the end of the Civil War, at Virginia Avenue Park on Saturday, June 17. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be…
Via Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation press release. The Sand & Sea Ball, a gala dinner and dance competition produced by Arthur Murray Santa Monica on May 21, 2017, raised $45,000 for the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation. About 200 guests attended…
