The spring 2018 issue of Santa Monica Review (SMR)—Santa Monica College’s (SMC) esteemed bi-annual literary arts journal—is now available. SMR is the only nationally distributed literary magazine published by a U.S. community college. Readings and other celebratory events scheduled to mark the spring issue’s launch... Read more →

There will be no April Fools edition of The Daily Press this year due to the date falling on a Sunday. The paper doesn’t have a dedicated Sunday paper; rather, we publish a joint weekend edition covering Saturday and Sunday. A Sunday, April 1 has only happened a few times in the paper’s history and the April Fool’s edition has been... Read more →

The same woman who helped revolutionize the local food movement by growing lettuce in her backyard for Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck is now baking bread for Santa Monica tables. In fact, Andrea Crawford isn’t just baking the bread. She’s growing the wheat herself on Kenter Canyon Farms, milling the flour and then baking incredibly... Read more →

Hidden beneath all the hype in Santa Monica surrounding the dockless scooter app Bird, there’s a second electric vehicle company in town still zooming under the radar. If you see one zipping down the street, the first thing you’re likely to notice is the bold, blue Ford emblem on the front. Unlike the thousands of Birds scattered... Read more →

The Santa Monica College Music Department will present four events in April, including a piano concert by George Lepauw, and a benefit to support the SMC Applied Music Program. All events except the SMC Applied Music Program benefit concert are held in performance spaces at the SMC Performing Arts Center, located at 1310 11th Street (at Santa... Read more →

Community service, be it through volunteer opportunities or project funding, is the cornerstone of being a Lion. On March 17, the Santa Monica Lions participated in the 4th Annual Lions Eyes Across of California with free vision and hearing screenings and the distribution of free eyeglasses. Your vision is one of the most valuable... Read more →

On March 22, at about 5:20 p.m. Officers responded to a radio call for service at the 1500 block of 2nd Street regarding a suspect wielding a metal pipe and chasing a person. Upon arrival, officers saw the suspect holding a metal pipe. As officers approached the suspect, he began to run off and threw the pipe striking the passenger side... Read more →

The Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District is debating the future of its spending in the event revenues decline. At a March 20 budget workshop board meeting, SMMUSD analyzed their budget and pinpointed programs and resources that could hypothetically be excised or changed in the event they didn’t have an excess of public funds and... Read more →

Daniel Figueroa, teacher at New Roads School in Santa Monica, was one of 10 teachers from around the country honored recently by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) for excellence in teaching students with advanced academic abilities. Figueroa was honored during the Sarah D. Barder Fellowship Conference, held Feb. 23-24 at... Read more →

The City of Santa Monica has filed a new argument to have a lawsuit challenging its voting system thrown out of court. The city filed a summary judgment motion last week asking the court to rule in its favor and terminate the lawsuit before going to trial. Plaintiffs (Pico Neighborhood Association, including co-chair Oscar de la Torre... Read more →

Santa Monica’s civic leaders are concerned about the retail apocalypse damaging the city’s economy but if Hollywood is to be believed, the city’s tech industry can withstand an actual apocalypse. The Santa Monica pier and some adjacent downtown streets play a role in the recently released Pacific Rim Uprising, with the film’s... Read more →

The City of Santa Monica will not pursue new legislation to enforce local election laws but will instead ask for more communication from state regulators when their investigations cross into the local jurisdiction. A debate over local enforcement options was prompted by a recent California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC)... Read more →

An unrestored 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey" is coming to select U.S. theaters in May in celebration of the film's 50th anniversary. Warner Bros. Pictures says Wednesday that the cut will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 12 before launching in select U.S. theaters on May 18. Filmmaker... Read more →

In advance of the moratorium on non-emergency construction lane closures between Memorial Day and Labor Day to alleviate summer-time traffic congestion, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is working to complete several projects on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). Caltrans and the City of Malibu remind residents to... Read more →

UCLA’s chapter of Circle K International (CKI) attended the 64th Annual Circle K International California-Nevada-Hawaii District Convention in Los Angeles, California on March 23-25, 2018 where the club was recognized in outstanding achievements, placing in five competitive categories with a total of 13 award acknowledgements and two... Read more →