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Becoming Santa Monica: Surviving this difficult moment
I don’t know about you, but I am feeling unmoored. After the wildfires and subsequent evacuations, then the disturbing new...
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California’s carbon crusade faces resistance due to its real world impact
For the past two decades three California governors have committed the state to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to battle...
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Re-View: Fitoor on Ocean Avenue
Yes, the times, they are a-changing. Some of my favorite restaurants in Pacific Palisades are gone, likely forever. The Draycott...
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Santa Monica Pacific Palisades Lions Club offer aid
The Santa Monica Pacific Palisades Lions Club extends our sincere sympathy to all those affected by the wildfires that popped...
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AI is already harming our children. Are California lawmakers going to do something?
Parents beware. The money-lusting billionaires in Silicon Valley who, through social media, have already caused unprecedented child suffering — including...
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Southern California wildfires could be a double whammy for the state’s shaky budget
By Dan Walters Three weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $322 billion state budget for the fiscal year that...
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Why California’s fire response could make or break the careers of several politicians
“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,” Stanford economist Paul Romer said at a venture capital seminar 21 years...
Read moreAround Town: DineLA Deals, Ice Cream for Breakfast Day, & More
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes a special Sunset Sessions at The Penmar,...
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Big names fire benefit tonight
GAGA. WONDER, JONI, ,many more -courtesy photo EILISH, STING, NICKS, JELLY ROLL, OLIVIA, FOGERTY Alanis, Katy, Stills, Nash, RHCP, EW&F,...
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Californians made it clear they want a different approach to addiction and homelessness
California’s drug crisis has only escalated, with so-called “compassionate solutions” like harm reduction and past policies that decriminalized hard drugs...
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