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Kool Happenings: Water Water Everywhere, Increasingly Not To Drink

Opinion May 22, 2025 0

Millennia before Mark Twain (allegedly) wrote, "Whiskey is for...

OPA Update 5/22/25: MAINopoly Sunday, PCH to Reopen Friday, & Other Things To Do This Weekend

community news May 22, 2025 0

NO OPA UPDATE MONDAY IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAYMAINopoly This...

PCH Reopens Tomorrow

News Wire May 22, 2025 0

The following is a press release from the Office...

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OPA Update 5/15/25: OPA May Monthly Meeting Recap, Pier Locals’ Night Season Finale, Konamon Japanese Street Food Festival, & Other Things To Do This...

Bike Anywhere Day Is May 15! Here’s What SM Spoke and the City Have Planned…

Fun on the Agenda : First-of-its kind Entertainment Zone Approved for Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade

OPA Update 5/12/25: Mayor Negrette, State Assembly-Member Zbur & Others Speaking at TONIGHT’S OPA Meeting, SMDP Coverage on the “New Single School to Replace...

SMC Opera Theatre Performs Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, May 23-25

Final “Locals Night” of the Year, Rick Crocker Run on Thurs., 5/15 at the Pier

SMC Seeks Applicants for Bond Oversight Committee

OPA Update 5/8/25: OPA May 12 Monthly Meeting This Monday, Mother’s Day Events, & Other Things To Do This Weekend

Support Mental Health Awareness Month with a Benefit at the Pier This Thursday at 6

The Mexican Flag Will Fly at the Ferris Wheel to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

OPA Update 5/5/25: Major Ocean Park School Updates, Cinco de Mayo Events, & Other Things To Do This Week

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Kool Happenings: Water Water Everywhere, Increasingly Not To Drink

OPA Update 5/22/25: MAINopoly Sunday, PCH to Reopen Friday, & Other Things To Do This Weekend

PCH Reopens Tomorrow