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# Santa Monica Reader was fooled
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-reader-was-fooled-editor/
- Published: 2004-04-02T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:08:41.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pico, #archive-import

I enjoyed today’s (SMDP, April Fool’s edition) paper very much. Well done. I especially liked “meanwhile, shots rang out in the Pico Neighborhood.” You’re a riot.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 2, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040204.pdf?ref=smdp.com)