In the precipice of Trump taking over our federal government everything is burning. After years of scientists telling us this would happen, it has. Much of the Palisades is gone.
“Trial by fire.”
It’s a cliché, but Los Angeles has a way of validating clichés — riots, earthquakes and fires are part of life here. One waits for locusts.
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Hollywood thrives on depictions of desperate battles against overwhelming forces of destruction.
A real life version, the equal of any cinematic disaster film, is raging today. Wildfires, driven by fierce
When California state Sen. Scott Wiener introduced the nation’s most ambitious AI safety bill last year, it became a flashpoint in the debate over how to govern artificial intelligence.
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SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the annual Polar Plunge, a Beatles Tribute, the final weekend for Cirque du
Hello and Happy New Year everyone! We are very excited to announce the 30th Anniversary of the Main Street Farmers Market. Hard to believe that this market was founded in
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the Last Week of Cirque du Soleil Kooza, Many Restaurant Parties Including Rustic Canyon, Orla,
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The writer Arthur Conan Doyles fictional character Detective Sherlock Holmes used a 7% solution of cocaine to assist him to solve crimes. America on the other hand just elected
Among the hundreds of bills introduced in every session of the California Legislature, a few deal with what state officials term “tax expenditures,” which requires some explanation.
The term refers
When asked by pollsters, Californians repeatedly rate homelessness as one of their top concerns — and for good reason.
This year’s federal count of Californians who lack housing neared 186,
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At a dark moment when I spied a photo of our newly-(s)elected City Council, agonized through the reporting of yet another another another horrid
