You're invited to our 2nd Annual Dia de Los Muertos Exhibition and Celebration taking place on Tuesday, November 1 from 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm and Wednesday, November 2nd from 5:30pm - 9:30pm!

Santa Monica Pier pays tribute to the cultural tradition of Dia de Los Muertos – Day of the Dead– with a two-day public art installation taking honoring people, places, and ideas that are important to Santa Monican’s through free, family-friendly programming. Presented in partnership with the City of Santa Monica, Pico Youth & Family Center, and Mariasol, Santa Monica Pier’s Dia de Los Muertos Celebration is a community-oriented space located inside the Merry Go-Round building, inviting Pier-goers to contribute to the community altar as well as to view the altars made by local artists, Sylvia Sanchez and Daniel Alonso. This year, we will also be bringing back Letters of Life, an art installation where we ask members of the community to share their favorite Pier memories and anecdotes of family and friends who have passed. These memories will decorate our space via our digital murals that surround the historic 100-year-old Carousel and will be displayed over the course of our celebration.
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The City of Santa Monica joins the U.S. Army for a Veterans Day commemoration on Friday, November 11 at 11 a.m. on the western half of the Pier parking deck

The program will include:
- Posting of the colors and national anthem
- Remarks from Santa Monica City Council
- Remarks from Congressman Ted Lieu
- Remarks from Scott Painter, Army Veteran and CEO of Autonomy
- Future soldiers swearing in ceremony
- Musical performance

"I encourage everyone in our community, on Veterans Day and throughout the year, to reflect on the extraordinary contributions the courageous individuals in the armed forces have made to our country," said Mayor Sue Himmelrich. "We proudly join the U.S. Army in this tribute and ask the community to join us in recognizing and honoring the veterans in our lives and across Santa Monica."

The event is open to the public and the Santa Monica community is invited to attend. The program will include remarks from Congressman Ted Lieu and distinguished guest speaker Scott Painter, and other special guests will include the Mayor Sue Himmelrich, City Council Member Gleam Davis, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army Sonki Hong, Army Reserve Ambassador Bill Wenger, and Brigadier General John Cushing. There will be a special blues band performance.

"I'm honored to be joining the Los Angeles Army Recruiting Battalion and the California Army National Guard for a Veterans Day celebration in Santa Monica this year. Our veterans represent the very best our nation has to offer," said Congressman Ted Lieu. "Each day, we are endlessly inspired by their courage, selflessness, and patriotism. As a proud Air Force veteran, I am forever grateful for my time in the service. I look forward to honoring our brave men and women who’ve served in uniform this Veterans Day, and encourage community members to join us in this celebration. Happy Veterans Day!"

November 11th is the day the United States signed the armistice that ended our first World War. Over 100,000 Americans made the ultimate sacrifice and died in service of their country. Since then, the U.S. has fought in six major wars. Each time, calling on the men and women in our military to brave the battleground and fight for our country.

"Our military veterans show us what honor looks like every day through their patriotism, service, and willingness to put country ahead of self. On Veterans Day, let us show them the honor they deserve, and the gratitude for their service," said Sonki Hong, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army.

Here's our photo coverage of the Haunted Heats Surf COntest.

This set of surf photos was shot by Six12 Media.

These are just a few of the 300+ photos from the contest. If you were in it, you probably got some shots, probably multiple photos, they will be in the complete contest photo gallery, check them out, the link to the complete gallery is down below.

As always wijth the Haunted Heats. the costume performance portion is first. Every contestant has 30 seconds to act out their costume.









Then comes the surfing portion of the contest.














You can find all the photos from the contest, all full size and in high-resolution, in this photo gallery:

ZJ Boarding House Haunted Heats 2022 Photo Gallery


If you were out there, we probably got some cool surfing shots of you, go check them out!

Wanna see photos from previous days at this and other local surf spots from this photographer?
Click Surf Spot Galleries and look for the spot and then the date.

Trejo's Tacos (Santa Monica) is excited to finally host the official grand opening party for the newest location in Santa Monica this coming Tuesday 11/1 from 1pm to 3pm

During the opening, they will be offering BOGO tacos (buy one get one free), live mariachi and a meet-and-greet with Danny Trejo.

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.