Assembly Bill 1413 seeks to quietly rewrite California’s water laws, raising alarm among local water agencies, business groups, lawmakers and many advocates of California’s agriculture industry. The Indian
A few weeks ago, a video popped up on YouTube, purporting to be a verbal clash between Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, and Gov. Gavin Newsom during a congressional
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Chez Jay’s 66th Anniversary Party, AJA Vineyards’ Yoga & WIne Tasting Event, multiple events
Kamala Harris’ penchant for strings of abstruse verbiage — popularly known as word salads — was one of several reasons her presidential campaign failed last year.
Her tendency was on display again
An unfathomable drafting blunder threatens to wreck years of painstaking work to make Los Angeles County government more responsive to the needs of its 10 million people. The magnitude of
Editor's Note: The vote to remove the board was 6-1 with Mayor Lana Negrete opposing the decision.
The Santa Monica city council executed a good ol’fashioned power
Last Friday, President Trump fired the Commissioner of Labor Statistics when she provided data that displeased him, which suggests we may have officially crossed into an Orwellian era. But if
My life changed 20 years ago, when my friend and I were floating down the Rogue River in Oregon. Suddenly the motor fell off the boat, which tipped over. I
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes National Night Out, Festival of Chariots, Dine LA Restaurant Week, and much more!
Community Picnic
Plenty of Angelenos these days complain about what they see as the city’s lack of leadership, a critique that often is directed at the city’s mayor and council.
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Santa Monica has numerous problems that are abundantly obvious to anyone who cares to look and City leaders deserve all the criticism they get for their many failings. However, the