This Sunday at sundown marks the first day of Hanukkah and eight days later, on Monday at sundown the wonderful Jewish festival of lights holiday ends. Unfortunately we’re experiencing the worst anti-
The surging number of Covid cases in Los Angeles County has started to level off but officials said this week they think the region has plateaued rather than peaked and warned that upcoming holiday ga
Growing up in a large family with a culinary-inclined mother, food was at the center of every holiday celebration Chef Sean Michael Runyon remembers as a child.
A motorcycle rider injured in a collision with a Big Blue Bus will receive a total of $7 million after settling his case with the city but Santa Monica will only pay $1 million of the total with the r
This can’t be what the NFL’s schedule-makers and ESPN executives had in mind. When the league’s slate of prime-time games came out in the spring, a mid-December matchup between the Super Bowl champion
Maggie Marks Special to the Daily Press The Varsity Girls Santa Monica High School soccer team had a triumphant victory against Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance this week. The varsity team wo
ADAM BEAM Associated Press California will stop making companies pay employees who can’t work because they caught the coronavirus while on the job. For the past two years, California workplace regulat
A former United States Postal Service mail carrier pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for stealing debit cards containing unemployment insurance benefits while on duty and giving them to an
The wave front of an incoming development Tsunami caused by the City’s failure to adopt a compliant housing element has reached local shores thanks to a flurry of admin
Grace Inez Adams SMDP Staff Writer The futuristic-looking trash removal feature introduced to Ballona Creek several months ago was put to the test recently with the first major rain events since its i
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Wednesday by raising its key interest rate for the seventh time this year and signaling more hikes to come. B