The Argonaut

12/16/2025

With the holiday season in full swing, now is the time to start giving serious consideration about what you’re getting those lucky enough to have made it on your list this year.

With the holiday season in full swing, now is the time to start giving serious consideration about what you’re getting those lucky enough to have made it on your list

12/15/2025

Caroline Torosis has been sworn in as the next mayor of Santa Monica. Jesse Zwick is mayor pro tem. Details at https://www.argonautnews.com/news/leadership-transition-santa-monica-names-caroline-torosis-as-new-mayor/article_51ac0bb3-8a21-4f7d-8db2-f0f3ad8800d6.html.

12/12/2025

Started in 2008, the Santa Monica Pub Crawl is one of the largest and longest-running charity pub crawls on the West Coast. It returns this weekend. More info at argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/a-holiday-tradition-santa-monica-pub-crawl-offers-holiday-merriment-for-a-cause/article_13617292-9e71-4495-80f8-4266889807bc.html.

📸: AE Media

12/11/2025

A former physician from Santa Monica has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for repeatedly selling vials of ketamine to actor and author Matthew Perry, known best for his role in “Friends.”

A former physician from Santa Monica was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for repeatedly selling vials of ketamine to actor and author Matthew Perry, known best for his

12/10/2025

Necessity is the mother of invention, so when Dr. Carmen Dones, Dean of Academic Affairs at West Los Angeles College, was meeting with the 19 community colleges that make up the Los Angeles Regional Consortium to learn about the needs of the healthcare industry, it became clear that the answer was more licensed vocational nurses.

Necessity is the mother of invention, so when Dr. Carmen Dones, Dean of Academic Affairs at West Los Angeles College, was meeting with the 19 community colleges that make up

12/09/2025

Kathryn Pellman has four of her quilt-like pieces hanging in the gallery at Village Well Books & Coffee in Culver City. As the organizer of the current exhibit, “Free to Sp%!,” which runs through Jan. 7, she has the least number of works featured that take up the most real estate, as her pieces are large.

Read more at https://www.argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/free-to-sp-k-art-exhibit-champions-the-first-amendment/article_84a428fd-96eb-49bd-a650-dc6f3aea1253.html.

📸: Chris Mortenson

12/08/2025

After several sessions and heartfelt experiences, a new art exhibit has come to life at the Santa Monica Christian Towers.

When Michael “Mick” Flaum moved into the Santa Monica Christian Towers, he found there was plenty to love about the senior community originally founded in the 1960s. It is full

12/05/2025

In Culver City this winter, The Actors' Gang celebrates the holidays with a new family play featuring two children escaping the circus and the clutches of an evil circus queen and her strongman sidekick. Preview the show at argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/puppets-dragons-and-bonkers-actors-gang-premieres-a-whimsical-quest-of-holiday-fun/article_6f75fedd-75d0-44ca-aeab-a8695c0d7f47.html.

📸: Bob Turton Photography

12/04/2025

A West LA man was arrested for over a dozen child sexual exploitation crimes, using his positions of authority to sexually exploit at least six children he babysat.

12/03/2025

Sollis Health, the concierge urgent and emergency care provider, has opened a new location in Santa Monica, intending to bring more comfort and convenience to residents.

12/03/2025

The Santa Monica Swim Center will undergo its annual preventative maintenance closure this month.

The Santa Monica Swim Center will undergo its annual Preventative Maintenance Closure from Monday, Dec. 15, through Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. During this time, the center will be closed and

12/02/2025

Despite all his other accolades, including starring in 29 episodes of “Anger Management” and in the films “Little Big League” and “Black Panther,” among Tony Todd’s greatest prides is being from Santa Monica.

Despite all his other accolades, including starring in 29 episodes of “Anger Management” and in the films “Little Big League” and “Black Panther,” among Tony Todd’s greatest prides is being