From Santa Monica Close Up:

"ity of Los Angeles Department of Public Works sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits, with Clean Harbors Hazardous Waste Management and clean-up homeless encampments at Venice Beach on Friday, November 4, 2022. LAHSA (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority) provided homeless outreach. Park Rangers were onsite during the cleanup. The Venice Beach clean-ups are conducted every Friday."

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On Saturday at 10:20 a.m, trhe #2 westbound lane of PCH was closed at Dan Blocker beach due to a rockslide.

Another storm system headed our way could bring widespread rain to the area sometime between Sunday to Wednesday. Could potentially be the wettest period since last March

This house on 16th Street in Santa Monica goes all out every year on Halloween.

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The Santa Monica Police Department was on the Santa Monica High School campus for a bomb threat on Tuesday. No device or suspicious items were located. Students remained on campus as staff conduct a precautionary search of the area. Please see the message below from SMMUSD personnel:



Students were kept on campus, while everyone waited for a bomb sniffing dog to arrive and do a search. This angered a lot of parents and faculty.



After the police gave the school an all clear, that no bomb was found, the students were dismissed for the day.

Many parents think this made no fucking sense. KJeeping the students in the same location where a bomb may be, then releasing them after it was decide there was no bomb.

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"Venice Healer Daisy discusses spirituality at her Healing Hut at the Venice Beach Boardwalk "

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Video recap of the 2022 Haunted Heats, featuring all the costume performance, some surfing, and the awards ceremony.

Held by ZJ Boarding House, this Halloween contest is part surfing, part costume performance.

Check out the all the photos in our 2022 Haunted Heats Photo Gallery, this Halloween contest

This happened overnight on November 1st.