A storm is still possible next week Tue - Thu, but details remain uncertain. Latest projections have backed off a bit on potential and amounts of rain.

Elderly couple walking their dogs is attacked by a pit bull, the women gets was bit several times.

Santa Monica Police Officers were dispatched to what originally was reported as an armed robbery @ 332 Santa Monica Blvd. SMPD officers arrived within less than 2 minutes. Witnesses reported a male armed with a sharp object went into the store acting hysterical and asking for help. The male ran out before police arrived. SMPD personnel observed the described male go into the T Mobile store in the 1400 block of 3rd Street Promenade. When they attempted to make contact with him, he pulled out two knives.

BOARD SWAP COMING November 13!!! At Bay Street Boards

Come sell/swap/display all your boards, whether they be shitters or collectors items! Bay Street Boards will surely be having a massive sale of all boards in the shop.

Best of all, Citrea Bakery will be making authentic Italian pizzas

Bay Street Boards
3216 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica,
CA 90404, United States

Surfing Clips from the Venice Pier and Breakwater shot on October 26th. Originally posted to our Instagram stories on that day.

Rumor is that the Santa Monijca Pier Hot Dog On A Stick will reopen on Thursday, October 27th.

Homeless man gets beat up for threatening to kill someone.

From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Santa Monica Police Officers in the Homeless Liaison Unit (“HLP”) arrest a healer at Santa Monica Beach on Thursday, October 13, 2022. The Officers were enforcing public camping when the person intervened. She was charged with Penal Code 148 a 1 PC, California statute makes it a crime to willfully resist or obstruct a police officer, or EMT, in the performance of their official duties."



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The fate of the Venice Surf-A-Thon is now unknown.

Contest founder & organizer, Ger-I Lewis, made two announcements this morning via his social media accounts. Both announcements statimng he has decided not to produce the contest anymore, and the second announcement was the same as the first but he added in a sentence about gifting the contest to "the Venice neighborhood" , which he called aa "a strong and responsible group".

This news comes just 12 days after Ger-I had announced the 2022 Venice Surf-A-Thon date.

His full announcement:



"Family, friends and supporters of Venice Surf-A-Thon Surf Contest, I have decided to not to produce the Venice Surf-A-Thon Surf Contest any longer. Thank you for the support and a wonderful 28 years of fun and surfing! I decided to gift the contest to the Venice neighborhood and a strong and responsible group that is considering keeping the 'Thon going into the next 3 decades.
Sincerely, Ger-I"

Is the Venice Surfing Association the group Gert-I is talking about?

And does that mean the 2022 contest is still on?