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410,000+ Signatures Submitted To Qualify Bold New Initiative For L.A. County Ballot
A coalition of housing affordability and mental health experts, community advocates, firefighters, business and union leaders, and front-line service providers...
Read more9th Annual MAINopoly: A Taste of Main Street Returns to Santa Monica on Sunday, May 19th with Board Game-Inspired Fun
The 9th Annual MAINopoly: Taste of Main Street returns Sunday, May 19th from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. This all-ages,...
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Santa Monica College annual student art show gallery reception May 11
The Santa Monica College Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery will present the annual SMC Art Department Student Exhibit. The...
Read moreSMC Orchestra and CSUN Animation Department present Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
The Santa Monica College Music Department will present the SMC Symphony Orchestra and the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Animation...
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From music to mortgages, Winston Bernard Cenac Jr. dies at 73
Santa Monica resident and realtor extraordinaire Winston Bernard Cenac Jr. passed away on January 22, 2024 at Cottage Hospital in...
Read moreSMC presents Applied Music Showcase May 3
The Santa Monica College (SMC) Music Department will present the SMC Applied Music Showcase featuring students in SMC’s distinctive Applied...
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Hotel union reaches agreement with final Santa Monica hotels
Workers at the Hampton Inn Santa Monica, Courtyard Santa Monica, Viceroy Santa Monica, Le Méridien Delfina and the Four Points...
Read moreSMC’s Drescher Planetarium Presents Free, Live Virtual Shows on Fridays in May
Santa Monica College’s John Drescher Planetarium continues its Friday evening events in May 2024 with free, live virtual shows presented...
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SMC to host free talk by inspirational speaker Dee Hankins on May 7
Santa Monica College (SMC) will host renowned inspirational speaker Dee Hankins in a talk on “Life. Curveball. Homeruns. Helping Students...
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$4.1 million grant available for small businesses affected by COVID and Hollywood strikes
The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and the County Film Office, in partnership with Los Angeles County...
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