Latest News


Surf Chats with Topanga Lou - Kylan, a grom at Topanga Beac



Prime Location 1 bedroom, partial furnished, rent controlled.
It appears after weeks of residents filing complaints, it took a fire that burned down people's homes to finally get the city to do something about the Venice Blvd homeless encampment:



From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Thousands of people protested on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica on Saturday, October 8, 2022, to demand justice for Mahsa Amini, and to stand in solidarity with Iranian women. Mahsa Amini is a Kurdish woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's morality police on September 20, 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.

Support Santa Monica Closeup/Fabian Lewkowicz with Venmo or PayPal to help earn money to make these videos:

https://venmo.com/u/santamonicacloseup

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/fabianlewkowicz


Strange summers in Malibu. Surfing from Highway Ones easiest stop, from Grant Hilling:


From Brad Jacobson:

" Imagine paddling out into an empty Malibu lineup watching near perfect waves roll by unridden. IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK
Ok, there's obviously a catch... you had to be ranked as one of the best longboarders in the world. This must have been what it was like to paddle out at Malibu in the 50's.
Thanks for watching. I'm Brad Jacobson and I'll see ya on the sand."


The weekly Homeless Clean Up on the Venice Beach Boardwalk.





People noticed a homeless man having seizures on the beach at the Santa Monica/Venice border, paramedics are called, the man refuses help, tries to walk away, falls down, police are called for assistance. .







Body Glove is having a sale on all hoodies and sweatshirts. Buy 1, Get 1 50% off. Use code: FALLBOGO50