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Around Town: Polar Plunge & More
WEEKLY HEADLINE: SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the annual Polar Plunge, a...
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January at the market
Hello and Happy New Year everyone! We are very excited to announce the 30th Anniversary of the Main Street Farmers...
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Around Town: New Years Events
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the Last Week of Cirque du Soleil...
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The game is afoot
Editor The writer Arthur Conan Doyles fictional character Detective Sherlock Holmes used a 7% solution of cocaine to assist him to...
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My Favorite Restaurants
This is the time of year when people tend to eat out more often. As a result, I often get...
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Tax loopholes cost California and its cities $107 billion but get little scrutiny
Among the hundreds of bills introduced in every session of the California Legislature, a few deal with what state officials...
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Billions of dollars later, California’s homeless crisis persists under Newsom
When asked by pollsters, Californians repeatedly rate homelessness as one of their top concerns — and for good reason. This...
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One Love, Y’all
PICK ME UP, BOB-STYLE At a dark moment when I spied a photo of our newly-(s)elected City Council, agonized through...
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Around Town: Holiday Happenings
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Locals' Night Holiday Cheer on the Pier and...
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Can new state regulations resolve California’s existential insurance crisis?
There’s no law requiring California property owners to carry insurance, but the vast majority buy it to protect themselves from...
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