Santa Monica Place offering an array of festive holiday fun for the whole family
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This holiday season, Santa Monica Place is offering an array of festive activities for the whole family to enjoy. Visitors and shoppers will catch special performances by the dancing sensation, Santa Monica Beach Belles and ballerina performances inside the 14-foot larger-than-life Snow Globe, live DJ holiday sets, visits with Santa, Pet Photos with Santa as well as festive light displays and a 50-foot iconic Christmas tree in Center Plaza.

Person stabbed in Santa Monica over masks
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A fight that is believed to have stemmed from not wearing masks left a person hospitalized with stab wounds.

Church in Ocean Park in need of $100,000 in donations in order to reopen

A church in Ocean Park is in desperate need of donations in order to pay for the cost of repairing its ceiling, which collapsed back in April and left the building unusable until it is repaired.

Tom Hanks crashes wedding on Santa Monica beach

Tom Hanks walked up to the couple who had just gotten married on the beach in Santa Monica. He told them he’d been watching the wedding and thought they were beautiful and asked if HE could take a photo with them.

Former ?Survivor? contestant Michelle Yi attacked by homeless woman in Santa Monica
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Michelle Yi, who was a contestant on "Survivor: Fiji," is recovering after she was attacked by a homeless woman outside the Pilates studio where she teaches classes in Santa Monica.

FOX 11 captures lightning over freeway
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Our crews captured lightning over the 405 Freeway in the West Los Angeles area.

Anti-vaccine protest held in Santa Monica

Santa Monica police will be out in force this weekend ahead of a rally planned at the city's famous pier by people objecting to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Santa Monica spa owner faces sentencing for price-gouging N95 masks, with some mark-ups as high as 220%

Niki Schwarz, 56, owner of Tikkun Holistic Spa, "is a small business owner from an affluent family who took advantage of the fear that gripped our nation at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic," prosecutors wrote in sentencing papers.

California school district removes COVID-19 test blood drawn language after parents pressure

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) sent out an email to parents Sunday night asking them to sign a consent form regarding COVID tests for their children – regardless of vaccination status.

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in Santa Monica

A pedestrian was killed Monday morning in a hit-and-run crash in the 3100 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in Santa Monica, police said.

Poolside cinema returns to Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica

Looking for a unique date idea this weekend? How about a poolside dinner and a movie? FOX 11's Amanda Salas tells us about the poolside cinema in Santa Monica.

Beachgoers asked to avoid water after high bacteria levels found near site of 17M gallon sewage spill

Elevated bacteria levels have been found in the water at El Segundo Beach, Dockweiler State Beach, near the Santa Monica Pier and near Will Rodgers State Beach after water tested near the site of a recent massive sewage spill.