In immigrant-rich Westlake in Los Angeles, stores were empty Friday morning. The computer repair place was closed.
Gates were down in front of a check-cashing operation. One of the area
I applaud the young leaders interviewed in SMDP's June 25, 2025, article “SMASH community rallys to save school name’”(https://smdp.com/featured/smash-community-rallys-to-save-school-name/).
SMMUSD would be wise
GETTY VILLA REOPENS -courtesy photo, LA Opera
By CHARLES ANDREWS
BRIAN WILSON
I wrote last week that I needed more space to write of my intersection with the great songwriter
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Pier 360 Festival, Eeeeeatscon, Voodoo Doughnut Opening, and much more!
Last Thursday Venice Summer Concert
When James Marshall discovered traces of gold in the American River in 1848, he ignited the famous California Gold Rush that attracted a tidal wave of immigration and led to
With Santa Monica Airport (SMO) scheduled to close on January 1, 2029, the public process to plan the land’s conversion is well underway. Input has been received on a
By Michael Feinstein
It’s extremely rare that any community ever has a legacy opportunity on the scale that Santa Monica does today.
With 190 acres of public land returning
Editor:
Thank you for your wonderful coverage of the June 14 No Kings Santa Monica protest.
As organizer and co-host (with Lisa Bellomo), I’d like to thank the city,
As I navigate my new life in California, there is a question that echoes in my mind. There’s a subtle, almost reflexive sympathy that surfaces from California natives when
Historically, the annual process of writing a state budget has often stumbled over how much money California should spend on its public school system and its nearly 6 million students.
WHAT IS REAL, OR BS? -courtesy photo
By CHARLES ANDREWS
IN AMERICA
An opportunity, a privilege. At the beginning of the Second American Revolution.
Or the end of the first
HUNCHBACK JESTER RIGOLETTO (far R) -courtesy photo, LA Opera
By CHARLES ANDREWS
R.I.P. TWO GREAT ONES, SLY STONE, BRIAN WILSON
That was from my previous NOTEWORTHY column, and
