Chamber’s political bent attracting newcomers
DOWNTOWN — In the game of Santa Monica politics, the local chamber of commerce has found itself playing on the defensive side — a strategy not
By Daily Press staff
St. Joseph’s Center will hold its Second Annual Black History Celebration, complete with soul food, entertainment and slave narratives.
The free event will be held
Make a turn on... Highway revisited:
By Daily Press staff
A small stretch of road leading into Santa Monica could soon be named “Homeless Haven Hill,” “Bum Boulevard,” or “Re-
Same officials will set up shop near LAX
SM COURTHOUSE — Starting in June, there will be no criminal courtroom in Santa Monica.
More than 20 top judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys
By Faye Riley Santa Monica
Wake up Editor: We moved our brothers and sisters Off our sweeped business streets With no food to eat … Wake up.
We watch others push
By Mark Sanderson Santa Monica
I’m responding to Janet Phelan’s “From the Street” column (SMDP, March 2, page 5) how the homeless are “under attack by the government.
By Janet C. Phelan
It is beginning to rain in Palisades Park. The sky is the color of despair. Inclement weather notwithstanding, approximately 140 homeless are gathered for the Wednesday
Asked why he joined the Navy, Rico replied, “Being black, in the South, in the 1950s — you had to get out of there. Things was weird.” After six years homeless,
OCEAN PARK — Despite six years on the streets of Santa Monica, Alberto Rico said he refuses to panhandle or beg.
The 66-year-old native of Cuba, widely known by
By Daily Press staff
The lord giveth, and the lord taketh away.
Well, not exactly. But a homeless woman tried to taketh away from a local church.
A homeless woman