Tough decisions this weekend. Too many incredible offerings. No, wait – there can never be too many. This is exactly why I moved here 40 years ago and I’ve never
The builder’s remedy window may now be closed, but with 16 new housing projects gaining state-issued permission to be built larger and denser than Santa Monica zoning rules would
Car-free commuters: Franklin Elementary School students participated in the District-wide “Bike it! Walk it! Bus it!” to school event last Friday. The week-long initiative, coordinated by SMMUSD Sustainability Manager Austin
Third graders with laptops and middle schoolers swapping chalkboards for Smartboards may have once seemed like a futuristic fantasy, but is now a reality in SMMUSD schools. Since 2014, the
Ever since COVID-19 was first identified in December 2019, in Wuhan, China, the world has not been the same. (Nor, some critics might say, has my sense of humor.) Odd
The following is an analysis of the race from the SMDP Editorial Board.
Santa Monica has excellent public schools. Samohi ranks in the top six percent of schools in the
The following is an analysis of the race from the SMDP Editorial Board.
The forecast of how this year’s council race will turn out hinges on whether you base
A Los Angeles jury determined this week that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) must pay out $45 million to the family of special needs twins after a behavioral
Making a splash: Locals flocked to the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday evening for this season’s second Locals’ Night. The monthly event features activities for all ages. The next Locals’ Night is set for Nov. 17.
Students took the mic this week as hosts of a public forum with candidates running for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board in the upcoming November election.
The forum,
There are nine local ballot measures before voters in November. Two-thirds are new taxes in some fashion, two strengthen rent control protections for tenants and one is an administrative item.
