California residents now pay the highest price for electricity in the continental US, state analysts reported last month. Costs have been driven in part by levies to prevent and insure
After its release late last year, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Board of Education recently took a detailed look at findings on the 2024 California School Dashboard.
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Around Town: Art Week & Black History Month Events
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Black History Month Celebrations, multiple art
MAHLER!
NATIONAL STRIKE, FEB. 28 - Silence is consent. Europeans have a tradition of taking to the streets if they strongly disapprove of what their government is doing in their
Annual Black History Greens Festival celebrates the community legacy of Virginia Avenue Park
The city of Santa Monica and the Black Santa Monica Community Group will host the 10th annual
For all the math taught at college, the California State University system is stumped over an arithmetics problem it has less than five months to solve: How to keep operating
By Marisa Kendall
CalMatters
The Fremont City Council gave final approval this week to an ordinance that bans camping throughout the entire city, while also making anyone “aiding, abetting or
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District officials attempted to assuage concerns from Malibu parents recently, particularly as it pertains to January’s school closures and how to handle future power outage
Several area high school teams are still alive in pursuit of championship glory.
With the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section playoffs kicking off this past week, teams from Samohi,
During the last City Council Meeting, Rachel Kwok, Environmental Planner with the City Planning Division and Lindsay Call, Chief Resilience Officer, gave a chilling account of the potential disasters the
By Devyn Hamilton, SMDP Intern
Still dealing with the stressors brought on by the Palisades Fire, teenagers at Samohi are both looking back on the traumatic events, and becoming more
Fewer California high school seniors are completing federal financial aid applications than in past years, which some analysts say is a sign that students may fear the Trump administration will
