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
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
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
MAHLER!
NATIONAL STRIKE, FEB. 28 - Silence is consent. Europeans have a tradition of taking to the streets if they strongly disapprove of what their government is doing in their name.
POETRY MAN ROGER STEFFENS @CIOP SAT-courtesy photo
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ROGER STEFFENS, “Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry” – A bit of a misnomer, but you get the idea. Name anyone
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes a ton of Valentine’s Day dining options, anti-Valentine’s Day events, and
A proverb said to have arisen in 16th-century England postulates that “too many cooks spoil the broth.” When too many people are working on a project without clear accountability,
Any student of California history knows the story of the 1906 earthquake. San Francisco was torn apart by the quake itself, then ravaged by the fire that followed. California’s
