
NEWS
DHS agents deployed a volley of less-lethal and chemical rounds on Labor Day anti-ICE protesters at the Metropolitan Detention Center.
Santa Monica Mayor, Lana Negrete, turns to social media to clear up fiscal concerns, as the city prepares to decide on a financial resolution and new Downtown Santa Monica board.
A felony investigation is underway after Santa Monica Police Department attempted a traffic stop of a wanted vehicle by LAPD, leading to a short pursuit. The driver was found to be suffering from an injury and was transported to the hospital.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The SMC short film inspired by a 2013 missing person cold case with an SMC connection, explores trauma, survival, and the realities of living undocumented in America.
Santa Monica College’s Fashion Program hosted its annual LA Mode Fashion Show on June 20
After losing their home in the Eaton fire, artist Camilla Taylor curated an exhibition made up of just artists whose houses have burned down. “My House Burned Down”, located at Track 16 in Downtown LA, hosts 8 different artists, 4 who lost their home in the recent LA fires and 4 who have lost their home from fires in the past. Taylor explores themes of loss, destruction and grief, as well as what happens when you have nothing left.
SMC’s Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra close the spring semester with “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart.
CULTURE
SMC students, and local church leadership celebrate the canonization of Saint Carlo Acutis.
In a blooming garden in Santa Monica, Santa Monica College’s English professors invited their students to share and read their poetry works.
Amidst closures and charred hillsides, a quiet recovery continues as the Santa Monica Mountains heal from the Palisades wildfire devastation.
Students and community members gather for a morning of language, culture, and connection over tea.
SPORTS
SMC men’s soccer ended their match 4-4 with Fullerton College in the first home game of the season.
SMC women’s soccer shutout the LA Pierce Brahma Bulls 1-0 to secure a win in their first game in front of the home crowd.
The Santa Monica College (SMC) Chess Club hosted their last chess tournament of the school year with Navarro emerging as the winner in the Armageddon tie-breaker.
Santa Monica College’s Business in Sports Club presented the Run to Rebuild fundraiser for wildfire victims on May 15 at Corsair Field on Morrison Track.
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