Santa Monica Rallies for Low-Cost Housing
Inclusive Santa Monica and Abundant Housing LA advocate for affordable housing in Santa Monica.
SMC Football Players Test Positive For COVID, Game Against West LA Postponed
SMC's game against West LA College postponed because of COVID-19 concerns.
CMD Campus a Food Desert Once Again
At Santa Monica College's Center for Media and Design, affordable meals are in a state of limbo.
Pro-Recall Protests as Biden Campaigns for Newsom Rally
Protests broke out on the evening before the election results as President Joe Biden and Gov. Gavin Newsom campaigned.
Santa Monica College Requires Vaccines For All On-Campus Students
The institution also mandates masks at all times indoors and requires students pass a mobile screening through the SMC GO app daily.
9/11 memorial service at Beverly Hills Fire department:
Beverly Hills Fire Department held 9/11 memorial at The 9/11 Memorial Garden.
Opportunity Burglaries at SMC
As students and staff members return to campus for the Fall semester, the Police Chief of Santa Monica College advises protection against Opportunity Burglaries.
New Tsunami Hazard Map Shows Santa Monica's Vulnerable Areas
Southern California's coastal communities can mitigate the plausible risks of a major tsunami with awareness and preparation.
Santa Monica Faces Pandemic Pollution
Trash pollution on Santa Monica’s local beaches has increased due to previous COVID-19 protocols at restaurants. Single-use plastic masks litter the beaches and take-out bags flood the shores in an attempt to protect people from the virus.
California Incentiveses COVID-19 Vaccine
Maxim Elramsisy | The Corsair
The Dodger Stadium COVID-19 vaccination site in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The parking lot was converted to one of the largest vaccination sites in the country.
Open Season
As the number of vaccinated Californians rises and the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline, California remains on a slow but steady pace toward reopening. Despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) guidance that allows for fully vaccinated people to enter public indoor areas unmasked, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state's mask mandate will remain through June 15. With a majority of the state’s counties being in the orange tier, the state has hopes to reopen on June 15.
SMC Graduates Drive to the Finish Line
Soon-to-be graduate Valerie Matias is one of many students in the Santa Monica College (SMC) class of 2021, whose unusual and challenging online-learning experience will end with a unique event — SMC’s first Diploma Drive-Thru Celebration. “It’s gonna be a drive-thru, but I’m excited because even though [school] was difficult, I’m still here, and I was able to get here,” said Matias, who is graduating with an associate's degree in sociology.
Almost Back in Business
Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif. on May 17, 2021. For the first time since mask mandates began, people in Los Angeles County are allowed in public areas without masks. (Maxim Elramsisy | The Corsair)
Santa Monica College's Speech and Debate Team Host Intramural Tournament
Santa Monica College's Speech and Debate team hosted their first annual intramural tournament, resulting in one winner taking home the first place medallion.
City Evicts Unhoused Residents of Echo Park
Community activist David Busch-Lilly resting across the street on the Clinton Street Stairway no longer able to live on the grounds of the Echo Park a community that once was his home before he was removed from Echo Park by city of Los Angeles on March 25, 2021. David Busch-Lilly is still fighting for the right for the homeless to live there Thursday May 5th, 2021. (Photographer Kevin Tidmore/The Corsair)
UC & CSU Require Vaccine for Fall 2021 Semester
The UC and CSU systems join forces with a plan set to enroll over one million students and employees across 33 major campuses
Speaking Up to Open Up
Open Up Santa Monica and Malibu Schools Protesters hold signs up as they cross the street at 4th and Pico Blvd. Saturday, March 13, 2021 in Santa Monica, Calif. They started their march from Belmar Park to Virginia Park via Pico Blvd. They are urging the Sant Monica School District to open schools back up to the children.(Corsair | Brad Wilhite)
Collegiate Sex Work on the Rise
Students are using the popular site OnlyFans, a digitized content subscription service, to earn extra income during times of uncertainty.
Helping Students Succeed
Black Student Success Week is a daily webinar series with different topics each day directed towards Black students and their success in community college.