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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: HOT CLUB OF LOS ANGELES — You can go to the Cinema Bar any Monday night, 9-11:30, for...
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Around Town: Your guide to Halloween fun and Spooktacular adventures
Our weekly guide to food and entertainment goings-on in and around town includes Halloween celebrations all around town, a Dia...
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Opinion: Reforming Los Angeles County government for the 21st century
Los Angeles County’s form of government hasn’t changed since 1912, when our population was just 500,000 and women didn’t have...
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Letter: Sounds like Trump
Dear Editor, “...I can’t even pronounce her last name because I haven’t seen her long enough to know who she...
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Letter: Revenue from the airport park
Dear Editor, While I have no comment on the various political opinions expressed in Devan Sipher’s October 2 piece “Keep...
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Members of Congress call on companies to retain DEI programs
Dear Editor, Substituting one form of discrimination for another is in noone’s best interests. DEI ideology — which enjoys privileged...
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Lion’s Roar: Oktoberfest
At our Oktoberfest themed meeting, thanks to Chef Anne, the Santa Monica Pacific Palisades Lions members came together to also...
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The rise and fall of iconic restaurants: Gone but not forgotten
When I read in The New York Times that La Grenouille, my favorite restaurant in New York City, was closing...
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Many workers can’t ask for better pay. Prop. 32 lets voters speak for them
California is an incredibly beautiful place. It’s a very expensive place, too. When you’re at the bottom of the food...
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Why raising the minimum wage won’t make California more affordable
Californians are paying more for everything these days. Trust me when I say that, as small business owners, we are...
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