Yesterday marked the first day for a new approach of policing in Santa Monica. A community patrol model has been adapted, as told by the LA Times. For those who live in Los Angeles, the Senior Lead Officer (SLO) program comes to mind. In Santa Monica, this is how it will work:Under the plan, the 8.5-square-mile city of about 88,000 has been divided into eight areas with nine or 10 officers assigned to each,......

Take note as Spaceland produces two great concerts tonight. One, a free concert downtown at Pershing Square featuring clean and well orchestrated story telling sounds of the Mezzanine Owls. It's the Spaceland On Ice series, so go skate and listen to music! At Spaceland itself, The Airborne Toxic Event is in residency this month starting tonight where they will place with the Henry Clay People, Natural Disasters and Frankie Palmer. Getting a little more wordly,......