A previously-scheduled Oktoberfest event benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Monica has been canceled. The event, to have been held at Santa Monica Brew Works on Sunday afternoon, has been removed from the calendar due to low ticket sales for the affair. For more information on the Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Monica, visit www.smbgc.org.

Thomas Leffler has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism from Penn State University and has been in the industry since 2015. Prior to working at SMDP, he was a writer for AccuWeather and managed...