Join us at the Santa Monica Pier once a month for a curated series for locals. Gather your friends and family and head down to the Pier for amazing entertainment including live music, DJ sunset spins, Pier business local discounts, local artist installations, and so much more! You really won't want to miss out on this incredible and unique outdoor setting to unwind with friends and loved ones all while celebrating Santa Monica.

April 21



West End Stage

SUNSET SPINS | PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER

5:00-9:00 PM

Enjoy PYFC’s DJs who will be setting up at the very West End of the Pier spinning tunes as the sun sets over the Pacific.



Pacific Park Stage

LIVE MUSIC | SANTA MONICA MUSIC CENTER

4:00-9:00 PM

Enjoy live music from the Santa Monica Music Center’s awesome students and teachers.



Pier Parking Deck

CAR SHOW

5:00-9:00 PM

Come hang out and see the incredible cars of this local Santa Monica Car Club.



East End Stage

LIVE MUSIC | DOGTOWN PROPHETS

5:00-8:00 PM

Enjoy live music from the Dogtown Prophets, a local Santa Monica band.

For more info and a map of the Pier CLICK HERE

Video by 310FIRE
April 10th, 2022 - Venice Beach.

"Los Angeles Fire Department Engine 63 was dispatched to a reported transformer fire on the 800 block of E Superba Ave. While en route the incident was modified to a structure fire. Engine 63 was first on scene reporting a single story single family dwelling well involved with fire exposing a two story single family.

Truck 63 went to the roof while Engine 63 took fire attack, Truck 5 assumed Division A then transitioned to the roof on the exposed structure, which the fire extended into. Additional units were requested. Battalion 4 was known as Superba IC. Rescue 59 was medical.

The exposed building was updated to a three story single family dwelling. Knockdown was achieved in 36 minutes. No injuries, caused possibly from storage of combustibles on the side of the house."

Come volunteer to help The Bay Foundation and project partners remove non-native plants and keep our site beautiful. This project evaluates living restored shoreline with a diverse plant and wildlife community as an approach to increase coastal resiliency.

The Malibu Living Shoreline Project (MLSP) aims to restore approximately three acres of sandy beach and dune habitat at Zuma Beach and Point Dume Beach. This project will provide multiple ecosystem benefits such as increased shoreline protection and habitat for native flowering plants and shorebirds. Help us celebrate Earth month by volunteering with The Bay Foundation and project partners to remove non-native plants and keep our project beautiful at the Point Dume Beach location

Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PDT

Point Dume Beach
7103 Westward Beach Rd
Malibu, CA 90265

WAIVER AND REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Events are limited to 50 participants, so please sign up soon!

REGISTER HERE

Malibu Search & Rescue Team Malibu Search & Rescue Team responded to a vehicle over the side of Kanan Rd just north of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu at around 6AM on Thursday morning. The vehicle came to rest about 300' down the canyon. Sadly, the male adult driver perished in the accident, which is now under investigation.

Tomorrow, April 15, 2022, Malibu/Lost Hills’ Motors will be conducting a Bicycle/Pedestrian Enforcement Operation in the City of Malibu, from 8am – 4pm. If you are passing through or out to enjoy the city, #slowdown, #sharetheroad, and always be aware of your surroundings.

Do you like science AND long walks on the beach? Join Heal the Bay's MPA Watch for an early morning, low-tide tidepool tour and bioblitz.

Join Heal the Bay's MPA Watch team for an early morning tidepool tour and bioblitz to learn more about our local ecosystems and about one of Heal the Bay's most popular community science programs.

Date: April 16 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am (Yes, it's early but the low tide will be worth it!)

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park in Malibu

More info and to register, CLICK HERE

Join Your Local Veterans for Earth Week at a Santa Monica Pier Beach Cleanup!

Schedule & What To Expect:
9:30am - 9:45am | Check-In & Morning Brief
We will all gather by the designated meet-up point to go over all the information and route details before we kick-off. We will be handing out the buckets and bags as well.

9:45am - 10:30am | Service The Area
We will kick off the cleanup by following the designated route and servicing the area for trash, recyclables, and debris. (Around 1-3 miles)


10:30am - 11:00pm | Collect Trash & Sort
After we service the area we then head back and weigh the collected trash. From there we dump it out onto a tarp and sort through the materials looking for the items, such as glass, plastics, bottle caps, or cigarette butts so they are to be disposed of properly.

11:00pm -11:30pm | Education Brief & Closing Remarks
During the separation process, our Team Leader and supporting Eco Warriors will close out the event by educating the volunteers on conservation, sustainability, and environmentalism.



Date:
Sat, April 16, 2022
Time:
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
Location
200 Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica, CA 90401

REGISTER HERE

ATHR Beauty has partnered up with the Surfrider Foundation for a beach clean up!

In celebration of our Good Vibes Beauty Box partnership, to celebrate Earth Day, we invite you and up to 5 people of your team to help with a Good Vibes Beauty Box X Surfrider Foundation Beach Cleanup!

Besides contributing 100% of the proceeds to the Surfrider Foundation, we want to put some action in as well and help clean up the beach by Tower 27.

We hope to see you there! Please rsvp as soon as you can so we can get an accurate headcount for gear needed for the cleanup.

Date:
Tue, April 19, 2022
Time:
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Location
2701 Barnard Way
Santa Monica, CA 90405

REGISTER HERE

Earth Day Weekend Cleanup Hosted By Grayson x Surfrider LA at Tower 27 in Santa Monica

Date:
April 23
Time:
9:00 am - 11:00 am PDT

Sign up via the Golden App HERE

Earth Day Cleanup Hosted By Surfrider LA x For Days at the Venice Pier

Everyone who attends will receive a complimentary For Days Take Back Bag and $20 in Closet Cash, redeemable on any order at fordays.com. Our Take Back Bag Van will be at the cleanup to collect your filled Take Back Bag of used stuff. Come connect with community, make friends, have fun, and do good for the planet this Earth Day!

Date:
April 22
Time:
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

Sign up via the Golden App HERE

From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Construction workers replace wooden boards and support beams on the Santa Monica Pier deck, Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

The pier improvement project will increase the loading capacity of the pier deck to allow for large emergency vehicles.

The project improves safety on the pier deck and offers communal benefits for future events and activities held at the pier.

The project is scheduled to be completed by Fall of 2022."

Santa Monica Close Up is a photo blog by Santa Monica based Photojournalist/Press photographer Fabian Lewkowicz. Fabian is the former staff photographer for the Santa Monica Daily Observer Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Corsair.

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Work continues on Caltrans' Trancas Creek Bridge Replacement, requiring intermittent lane closures of the far-right lane and shoulder in both directions of PCH from Guernsey Ave. to Trancas Canyon Rd. weekdays 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Nightime work is scheduled on Monday, April 18 and Tuesday, April 19, 7:00 PM to 6:00 AM as well.

Expect lighting, noise, and movement of workers and vehicles in and around the work area. Cyclists, motorists and pedestrians should proceed with caution. Motorists must adhere to the 30 mph temporary speed limit, with signs posted. Fines for speeding are doubled in highway construction or maintenance zones when workers are present under the California Vehicle Code. There may be unplanned intermittent lane and shoulder closures.

As part of the Caltrans Trancas Bridge Replacement Project, a temporary traffic signal will be installed at Guernsey Avenue and PCH, with a pedestrian crosswalk across PCH. It is expected to be functioning in mid-April.

Caltrans is proposing to replace the existing 96-year old, 85-foot wide, 90-foot long concrete bridge, which was constructed in 1927 to span Trancas Creek on PCH in Malibu, with a new concrete bridge, which will be 105 feet wide by 240 feet long. The new bridge will provide two 12-foot traffic lanes, bike lanes, separate pedestrian lanes and 10-foot shoulders in each direction. Northbound and southbound traffic will be separated by a six-foot striped median. Completion is scheduled for summer of 2024.

Due to all the attention from the news that USPS has stopped mail delivery to a Santa Monica Neighborhood due to violent attacks, SMPD has decided to look into the issue and now the USPS will start deliverying mail to that area again. They will be escorted by the United States Postal Inspection Service to make sure Devon Ray Morgan, the suspect cauing all the trouble, doesn't attack or threaten the mail carriers anymore.

The Santa Monica Police Department released the folowing statement:

A letter suspending mail service on a block in Santa Monica was brought to our attention late Saturday when it was posted on Twitter. Our Department has identified a subject as the perpetrator of an Assault with a Deadly Weapon (a broomstick) incident on a USPS mail carrier in the 1300 block of 14th Street that occurred on January 19, 2022. The victim sustained a minor injury to his arm and did not require medical attention. The officers who took the report contacted the United States Postal Inspection Service on the day of the incident to provide information for the incident should they wish to follow up.

The case was assigned to our detectives who reached out to the victim several times during the investigation. Approximately one month later, the mail carrier declined prosecution for the incident. Besides this particular incident, no additional crime reports involving the US Post Office have been made to SMPD.

Yesterday, representatives of the SMPD spoke with the postmaster who wrote the suspension letter; we were referred to an Inspector in the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) for additional information about other attacks on mail carriers in that area and possibly by the same subject. The Postal Inspector did not believe any reports were made to the USPIS by mail carriers and are working now to locate any other postal workers who may have been victims and obtaining information for an investigation.

As for information regarding the suspect, his most recent arrest was on April 6, 2022, for misdemeanor vandalism and possession of drug paraphernalia. Current Los Angeles County Emergency Bail Orders state certain misdemeanors are not subject to pre-trial detention, but instead the offender is provided a citation and released. While the suspect was arrested over the weekend, he was released from police custody with a citation to return to court in May. He is also currently under investigation for two incidents that occurred in March, a battery and criminal threats. Once completed, those cases will be presented to either the City Attorney (misdemeanor) or District Attorney (felony) for filing consideration.

SMPD continues to work diligently with investigators in our department and the USPIS to make sure mail can be delivered safely to all our residents.

Should you have any additional questions or concerns, we encourage you to contact SMPD's Community Affairs Team at 310-458-8474 to speak with your Neighborhood Resource Officer or Crime Prevention Coordinator. For immediate assistance related in an in progress emergency, please call 9-1-1.

3/5/22​, video by L L N

✨Wednesday 4/13
✨10am-12pm
✨Tower 27, Santa Monica
✨RSVP optional to thebeach@weareshadow.com

NW Gales will continue to affect much of the waters through Tuesday night, along with large and steep hazardous seas. Elevated to high surf will affect most beach areas during this time.

June 25-26, 2022 - Santa Monica Pier 360: Paddle & SUP Races (and more)!

Celebrating and honoring the birthplace of Southern California's iconic beach culture through competition, awareness, and entertainment.

Join us for an all-day, family friendly celebration of decades of surf, paddleboard and lifeguard history.

The pier deck will also feature hula dancing, beer and spirits garden, live music and a surf history museum celebrating the history of lifeguarding, paddleboarding, surfing, and skateboarding around the Santa Monica Pier.



Pre-register early online for the best price.

Main Event Categories:

Saturday, June 25th
One Mile Ocean Swim
Juniors 250m Ocean Swim
One Mile Fun Paddle
Lifeguard Competition
Amateur SUP Sprints
Kids Activity Clinics

Sunday, June 26th
5k Sand Run/Walk
Malibu to SM Pier Distance Race - 10 miles



Race Day Registration

Racers should leave ample time to park and check in at registration a minimum of an hour before their event start time. Day of registrations should allow at least 90 minutes to park and register.

For questions, please email info@genericevents.com. The Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival has a NO REFUND POLICY.

Visit www.smpier360.com for the most updated race information.

The world-famous Santa Monica Pier will host a weekend full of World Tour and Open racing, as well as our City Paddle Festival with a $25,000 prize purse on offer.

Jun 24, 5:00 PM – Jun 27, 5:00 PM

Registration for all Pro-Am and Amateur races can be found HERE and all pre-qualified athletes will recieve entry information directly from the APP.

The US Open of SUP at Santa Monica Pier will be the most inclusive and high-profile SUP event to have taken place in the US for many years. The Event will bring together Professional Competition, with Amateur and Corporate participation, as well as youth and health and wellness enthusiasts all wrapped up into our City Paddle Festival and World Championship Tour stop.

As the US flagship stop of the APP World Championship Tour, the US Open of SUP will feature all the World’s very best Stand Up Paddle Racers as they kick off their 2022 campaign for the World Title and for the 25k prize purse at the iconic Pier.

The Sprint Racing in the surf will provide a dynamic sporting spectacle in a fast paced, elimination format that will see the top contenders competing round after round until the Final. This 300m course will provide the most spectacular racing imaginable, and the view from the Pier will be unparalleled in terms of sports entertainment. There will also be amateur, open sprint racing for all non-professional attendees.

The Pier-to-Pier Distance Race will provide an iconic and high- performance course for the World’s Best, leaving from Malibu Pier and finishing at Santa Monica Pier, a 16km/ 10-mile race. It will be particularly poignant given the significance of this stretch of coastline in history as the regular commute that California’s first Surfer of African American and Latino descent made from Santa Monica to surf up at the famed waves found in Malibu. There will also be a slightly shorter, 8km/ 5 miles distance race from Topanga to Santa Monica Pier for all non-professionals to compete in.

Whilst there will be non-stop competitive SUP action, our City Paddle Festival will provide plenty more opportunities to enjoy the water and the ‘So-Cal’ life. With SUP yoga, youth clinics, fun racing and relays, our City Paddle Festival will fully immerse you into the life of Stand Up Paddling and will provide plenty of entertainment in-between. There will be live music, entertainment and food and drinks for when you need to relax in between adventures or cheering on the pros.

Whether you're hanging with the family, competing on land or at sea or partying with your friends– the City Paddle Festival has got it all!

The Santa Monica City Paddle Festival will mark the launch of our global corporate challenge, the APP Nautical mile, which is an immersive team building experience, which takes place in the heart of Major Cities across the globe as an integrated element of the APP World Tour’s City Paddle Festivals.

A West Hills man was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for starting a fire that caused substantial damage to a Santa Monica restaurant during the civil disturbances that erupted during the spring of 2020.

Micah Tillmon, 20, was sentenced by United States District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald. A restitution hearing will be scheduled for a later date.

Tillmon pleaded guilty in September 2021 to one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device.

On May 31, 2020, Tillmon entered Sake House by Hikari, a Japanese restaurant located in downtown Santa Monica, without authorization and while the business was closed because of the civil unrest occurring in the city at that time. While inside the restaurant, Tillmon possessed and used an incendiary device to ignite a fire that rapidly grew, enveloped the entire restaurant space and spread to other areas of the building adjacent to the restaurant.

According to court documents, security video from the restaurant shows Tillmon removing “a red tube-shaped object from his jacket, which he placed behind the reception desk area of the restaurant before walking away. Within seconds of that action, smoke and fire appeared from the area.”

The Santa Monica Fire Department (SMFD) responded to the fire and extinguished the flames using several fire trucks and numerous personnel. Due to safety concerns that accompanied the city’s civil unrest, SMFD prematurely abandoned the scene. As a result, SMFD needed to return to the scene several times throughout the night to extinguish additional flare-ups. The restaurant has since permanently closed.



Tillmon was identified by detectives with the Santa Monica Police Department, who reviewed numerous security videos and social media posts. Tillmon was also linked to the fire when investigators uncovered a video showing his white Ford Explorer parking next to the Sake House four minutes before the fire started and then reversing across the street soon after the fire started, according to court documents.

Tillmon possessed an incendiary device that had not been registered with the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, the central federal registry for all items regulated under the National Firearms Act.

“[Tillmon’s] actions on May 31, 2020, were only possible because of a complete breakdown in social order,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum. “Riots like the ones that convulsed this district in the summer of 2020 are a stark reminder of the thin line that separates state control and anarchy.”



The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Santa Monica Police Department investigated this matter.

Assistant United States Attorney Shawn T. Andrews of the Violent and Organized Crime Section prosecuted this case.