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# Wednesday, May 27, 2026
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/tuesday-may-26-2026-2/
- Published: 2026-05-27T19:09:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-27T19:09:02.000Z
- Author: Natalie Simpson

Experts are predicting a strong "El Niño" event for July of this year potentially developing into a "super" event that would last through 2027 with significantly above-average rainfall, coastal erosion, and higher temperatures.

Mostly cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. High 64F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph.  
Today 🌤️ 64º/53º  
Tomorrow 🌤️ 65º/55º

### FIRST UP

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### College Board erupts over layoffs as financial crisis deepens

Accusations of anti-labor bias, a decade of poor financial stewardship and a leadership vacuum collided at Santa Monica College’s Board of Trustees May meeting...[READ](https://www.smdp.com/college-board-erupts-over-layoffs-as-financial-crisis-deepens/)

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[Santa Monica Senator Advances 8 Bills on Insurance, Housing, ClimateState Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) advanced eight bills through the Senate Appropriations Committee, addressing insurance protections, mobile home rights, disaster relief, and energy affordability in California.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)SMDPMaaz Alin![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/thumbnail/COVER---Ben-Allen-2-1-338c279ae60fe3e10745d71c41ea58cfbe71b475906499eb3fbd70e006e2ecdc.jpg)](https://www.smdp.com/sen-allen-advances-eight-bills-through-senate-appropriations-committee/)

### IN CASE YOU MISSED

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[SMC Jazz Ensemble Honors Miles Davis & Coltrane CentennialsSanta Monica College Jazz Ensemble performs ‘Miles and Trane’ on June 1 at 7 p.m., celebrating the centennial of Miles Davis and John Coltrane with special guest trumpeter Clay Jenkins.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)SMDPMaaz Alin![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/thumbnail/Clay_Jenkins_IMG_1610-687ba828d0b78358fbabc6501e80dc030a0a761df9a8d2f119062352059c9eee.jpg)](https://www.smdp.com/smc-jazz-ensemble-to-celebrate-miles-davis-john-coltrane-centennials-june-1/)

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