Our weekly guide to food and entertainment goings-on in and around town includes the annual Polar Bear Plunge, a new beachside brunch spot featuring "Millionaire Bacon" and much
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That’s the thing about writing. Every time you are faced with a blank page, there are endless possibilities, endless choices. I
The California Public Utilities Commission is finalizing a proposal to secure $1.86 billion in federal funds allocated to California through a program aiming to close the digital divide and
When I joined the city of Santa Monica a little more than two years ago, the city was in the midst of responding to a global pandemic, recovering from a
Often when someone reaches remarkable fame and fortune if and when there's a fall from grace, it can be all the more humiliating. Enter Rudy Giuliani. As Mayor
A big hit in1966 by the Spencer Davis Group. You must have come across it sometime. The original Brit hit blows away any of the many cover versions that followed.
SMDP's weekly guide to food and entertainment goings-on around town has where to eat, drink and party in and around Santa Monica on New Year’s Eve, including
There I was, watching The Grinch Who Stole Christmas for the 100,000th time. Sitting with my daughter, watching her face light up, looking remarkably like Cindy Lou Who, I
It wasn’t the most important political story in California this year, but Gov. Gavin Newsom’s headlong plunge into national — and international — politics was the most interesting.
Newsom insists
I was standing in the grocery check-out line behind a 20-something girl who had put a bag of organic cat kibble on the counter, waiting for her turn to pay.
In the 19th century, California began experimenting with regulating the prices of vital services and commodities. Nearly 150 years later, Californians still don’t know if it’s working as
