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Burglary arrest

On Wednesday, November 8, at 3:27 a.m., Santa Monica Police Department officers responded to a call of a Prowler Now in the 200 block of 24th Street. The

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/ 14 Nov 2023

L.A. Metro encourages commuters to use public transit to navigate around I-10

Due to the recent fire that has led to the closure of I-10 in Downtown Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), in partnership with the California

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/ 14 Nov 2023

L.A. Metro encourages commuters to use public transit to navigate around I-10

Once homeless, California makes it needlessly difficult for people to regain housing

For all the billions that California has invested to solve the homeless crisis, we have yet to commit to the most critical changes. I know because I’ve lived it.

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/ 13 Nov 2023

Once homeless, California makes it needlessly difficult for people to regain housing

Protecting Californians’ Social Care Access

California has a healthcare and social services crisis on its hands. This state’s people live in a time of great generational vulnerability. Homelessness, food insecurity, and mental health diagnoses

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/ 13 Nov 2023

Protecting Californians’ Social Care Access

A pair of Samohi alumni are tackling the vaping crisis

Vaping, the use of non cigarette nicotine devices, has become a crisis among the youth and a growing challenge for users of all ages. While government efforts have been focused

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/ 13 Nov 2023

A pair of Samohi alumni are tackling the vaping crisis

A salon with a side of sculpture

Mauricio Navvaro is a man of creative passions who currently channels his artistic endeavors into a combination mens hair salon and art gallery in Santa Monica’s mid-city neighborhood. As

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/ 13 Nov 2023

Housing alone won’t solve homelessness, California must expand its mental health system

I have learned a lot about how easy it is for someone to fall through the cracks, especially when it comes to the mental health system where all those cracks

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/ 10 Nov 2023

Housing alone won’t solve homelessness, California must expand its mental health system

How Houston curbed homelessness

When I joined the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County almost 10 years ago as an eager 28-year-old, I had no idea what I was signing myself up

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/ 10 Nov 2023

From SMC to Stanford, the dream of Nia Patton Comes True

For years, Nia Patton thought she might never complete a college degree. After gaining an online Associate of Arts for Transfer from Santa Monica College, she now studies philosophy at

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/ 10 Nov 2023

From SMC to Stanford, the dream of Nia Patton Comes True

Focus on street mess and justice

Street Mess All of the new construction in Santa Monica is making a mess of our streets. Developers and contractors should be required to fully repave streets around their projects

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/ 9 Nov 2023

Library Alehouse: One of LA’s Oldest Craft Beer Bars Newly Renovated

Lila Victor Special to the Daily Press Main St. is bustling with new business, from morning hangouts to late-night haunts. The Library Alehouse proves a rarity, having opened in 1995

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/ 9 Nov 2023

Shifting how California funds its mental health system is critical to getting more people off the streets

What if we could reach each person suffering from mental illness or addiction on California’s streets and assertively surround them with the resources they need to get well and

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/ 8 Nov 2023

Shifting how California funds its mental health system is critical to getting more people off the streets