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Boarding for Breast Cancer will celebrate its 30th anniversary this month by sending hundreds of riders dressed in pink down the Southern California coast, with the nonprofit aiming to raise $100,000 at its biggest fundraiser of the year. The 19th annual Skate the Coast, set for Saturday, Oct. 24, is a 15-mile skate, bike and roll from the Santa Monica Pier to Dive N' Surf in Redondo Beach. The event typically brings in close to $75,000, said Lisa Hudson, co-founder and president of the organiz
Students at Santa Monica High School walked out of class Tuesday to protest malfunctioning air conditioning on campus, as a record-breaking heat wave pushed temperatures along the coast well above normal. Students organized the impromptu protest via social media after students said cooling systems in multiple buildings at the high school have failed to maintain a reasonable temperature for the second time this year. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District said Tuesday that its faciliti
A local man suspected of kidnapping and rape killed himself at his home on Monday, the day before his court case was set to begin. Schecter, 24, of Santa Monica, was arrested at his residence on suspicion of rape by force, forcible oral copulation, robbery, extortion and battery following a monthslong investigation by the UCLA Police Department in March. He was released on bail and was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. The investigation began after UCLA police responded to a reported k
Trader Joe's is scheduled to go before city officials next week seeking permission to sell alcohol at 1331 Wilshire Blvd., the clearest sign yet that the grocer plans to open a store in the former Rite Aid building it bought last year. The hearing is set for Oct. 13 when “Trader Joe’s Company” is scheduled to request a Minor Use Permit to allow the sale of a full line of alcohol for off-premises consumption in conjunction with a 17,633 square foot grocery store. Trader Joe's paid $22 million,
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Oct. 1 to ask county officials, once again, to excuse the district from a state rule requiring it to spend 55% of its expenditures on classroom salaries and benefits. The district fell short of the mark by 7.66%, or $16,096,765.33, in the 2025-26 fiscal year. District officials attributed the gap to one-time state and federal money that must be spent on items other than teacher pay. The request now goes to the
A one-year update to the city’s Realignment Plan says a variety of actions in recent months has increased safety and improved the city’s finances. The report from City Manager Oliver Chi's office says the city needed $26.7 million in one-time reserves to close the 2025-26 fiscal year, $7.3 million less than the $34 million budgeted. Excluding $22.5 million in capital spending, the General Fund operating budget ran a $4.3 million deficit in a year when most of the plan's new revenue measures wer
Italian gelato chain Bacio di Latte has opened its second Santa Monica shop and 30th U.S. location at 1510 Montana Ave. Founded in 2011 by Edoardo Tonolli on Rua Oscar Freire in São Paulo, Brazil, the company has more than 250 locations in Brazil and calls itself the world's largest artisanal gelato chain. It expects to reach 35 U.S. locations by December, with shops planned in Mission Valley, Los Cerritos, Walnut Creek, Manhattan and Scottsdale, Arizona. The shop offers more than 22 regular f
City leaders are welcoming the planned conversion of the longtime Main Street restaurant and nightclub into a family-centered membership club, saying the deal keeps a historic city-owned building active while writing public benefits into its lease. The Victorian will close after its annual Halloween Party this month and reopen as The Santa Monican, a membership club with dining, recreation, wellness and children's programming at 2640 Main St. City records show a plan to convert the Victorian i
Arc'teryx Equipment has opened a store on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice that the company calls its first retail concept dedicated exclusively to climbing. The store at 1116 Abbot Kinney Blvd. opened Saturday, Oct. 3. It is the North Vancouver, Canada-based apparel and equipment company's fourth location in Los Angeles and fifth in Southern California. Along with Arc'teryx climbing apparel and equipment and a curated selection of third-party climbing products, the store includes a climbing w
A 48-year-old man was arrested Saturday after a resident reported seeing him pull wiring from a utility box in Santa Monica, cutting off internet service and television services for a swath of residents North of Montana, police said. Santa Monica police responded at 1:06 p.m. to the 100 block of Marguerita Avenue. Officers found a man matching the resident’s description nearby, and the resident identified him, according to police. Fred Hudson was arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism. Repa
The Santa Monica College Music Department will open its fall Friday Night Jazz Series on Oct. 16 with the Marvin 'Smitty' Smith Octet. A benefit concert, 'Some of My Best Musicians Are Friends,' follows Nov. 13. Concerts begin at 7 p.m. in the Music Hall at the SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St. (at Santa Monica Boulevard). Smith, a renowned drummer, has performed around the world for the past 50 years with artists including Steve Coleman, the late Sonny Rollins, Dave Holland and Sting.
As shoppers look for ways to celebrate Halloween without overspending or adding to the landfill, swapping, thrifting and do-it-yourself costumes are emerging as a theme of the season, and two upcoming events give local residents a chance to trade in last year's getup for something new to them. A Santa Monica resident will host a gothic-themed costume and trinket swap in Douglas Park on Saturday, while a costume donation drive that collected nearly 200 costumes in its pilot year returns with dro
Susan Sheu asks whether voters should judge Doug Trussler by the companies he invested in. Fair enough. But the standard has to apply to everyone, including those who criticize him. If you own a standard S&P 500 index fund, as tens of millions of Americans do, you co-own these companies: Palantir builds the data and targeting software behind immigration enforcement. Sheu objects to ICE-linked work, yet index investors own it directly. Lockheed Martin makes the F-35s and missiles at the center
A bill by state Sen. Ben Allen, D-Pacific Palisades, has been signed into law to help more Californians at risk of losing coverage on the private insurance market. SB 1301 requires insurers to explain why they are dropping a policyholder, including by identifying a specific risk to the property. Insurers must then give the policyholder a chance to keep coverage by addressing that risk to meet the insurer's underwriting standards. 'Californians are facing more expensive and fewer insurance opti
John Kerwin has built a broadcast career interviewing famous names. Now, he is turning his microphone toward a different kind of guest: his fellow students at Santa Monica College. Kerwin, a longtime Santa Monica resident enrolled at SMC as a Media Production student, will launch “Kerwin at SMC: Live on the Quad” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. The live outdoor interview series will place two armchairs and broadcast gear directly on the campus grass for unscripted, real-time conversati
