By Dan Walters
As wildfires swept through Los Angeles County last month, the New York Times published a commentary by former insurance commissioner Dave Jones, who suggested that oil companies
It is no surprise that after the recent Palisades fire someone came up with the idea to dust-off the tired old “you need the airport for disasters” meme from the
California’s Capitol has seen countless conflicts between economic interests, but few match the intensity of a duel between the fast food industry and labor unions that seemingly ended two
Most Santa Monicans likely can’t identify the large crumbling building that has sat empty on the corner of Main Street and Pico Boulevard for over a decade. To others,
Santa Monica may be the most comfortable place to live in the entire world. We have excellent year around weather, access to world class amenities and enough affluence as a
A run-of-the-mill update from the Los Angeles city administrator late last month contained a passage that sent a shiver of anxiety through this city’s leadership.
Describing an upgrade of
The timing could not have been better — or worse.
The horrendously destructive and deadly Los Angeles wildfires erupted in January just as Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s historic and very
Around Town: Art Week & Black History Month Events
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Black History Month Celebrations, multiple art
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