President Donald Trump sparked nationwide outrage when he declared a ‘National Emergency’ along the southern border. Many argue he knowingly exercised an unneeded executive order, by Trump saying, “I don’t need to do this,” before signing the documents making the order official, which would unlock funding to his long-promised border wall.

Over a thousand Central American migrants have made their way to Tijuana, Mexico after an on-foot journey from Honduras. A caravan of over two thousand people left Honduras on October 13 to flee poverty and violence, according to CBS News. Their plan was to travel through Guatemala and Mexico to eventually reach the United States to seek asylum. 

Protestors gather at The Immigration Building in Los Angeles to remember Claudia Gomez González and protest the injustice of her death after getting shot near the border.

Mt. Olive Lutheran Church re-opens homeless shelter for college students in Santa Monica

Liberals and conservatives alike exercise their right to free speech

A whole week's worth of spirited activities

Santa Monica College kicks off spirit week with Monday Night Football at The Cayton Center

Earlier this week, Sustainability Week commenced with a number of events for Santa Monica College students to attend for free, including an art show, a documentary, lots of fruits and vegetables, and student-ran workshops. SMC hosted its annual Sustainability week from Oct. 16 to 19. The week consisted of different events each day hosted by…

Join in the seasonal festivities with some of these awesome events happening right here in Los Angeles!

Whole Foods 365 posses as a new lunch spot for SMC students

Dotted along the coast of Venice Beach with a backdrop of grey skies, early morning beachgoers for miles carried buckets and scanned the sands. Instead of filling their buckets with typical beach treasures such as shells, stones, or the occasional starfish, these shore hunters were filling them with cigarette filters, straws, and plastic bottle caps.

"It makes it a lot less a highway and more a parking lot," Gigi Grase said.