• Laughing Matters – Second Banana, First Class Mensch

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Laughing Matters column SMDP
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    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The new Miss Santa Monica USA Carolina Urrea and Miss Santa Monica Teen USA Athenna Crosby were crowned at the...
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  • City wins voting rights appeal

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The City of Santa Monica has won its appeal in the voting rights case that could have upended local elections. Under the ruling issued Thursday, Santa Monica’s at-large election system was affirmed and the city will not be forced to move to a district based system.
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  • Noteworthy – DYLAN ROARS BACK, QUIETLY

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    At the bottom of last week’s NOTEWORTHY column was, “The reason I started off noting that I had retired as a record reviewer, was that I had half a mind to report on the new Dylan double album, ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways.
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  • Arrests for Patagonia looting

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    On July 3, Santa Monica Police Department Detectives from the Special Investigations Unit and officers from the Crime Impact Team served multiple search and arrests warrants at different locations in Los Angeles County related to the damage and looting of ...
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  • Candidate Nomination Period Begins July 13

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Santa Monica’s election season begins next week with the opening of the candidate nomination period: Monday, July 13 through Friday, August 7. The open seats for elected office are: City Council: four full-term and one partial-term seats. Rent Control ...
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  • Ed Foundation navigates a new landscape

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    For nearly 30 years, the Santa Monica Education Foundation has funded programs in local schools, but the recent Covid-19 outbreak and safer-at-home orders have had quite an effect on the longtime 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. During a quarterly update ...
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  • FBI serves arrest warrant at downtown building

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Multiple witnesses reported seeing FBI agents on the 1000 block of 4th street at about 10 a.m. The Los Angeles Bureau confirmed that agents were in Santa Monica with a court authorized arrest warrant but no additional details were provided as the investigation remains sealed.
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  • 117 applications for vacant council seat

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    More than 80 people have applied to be an interim council member following the unexpected resignation of Councilman Greg Morena last month.
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  • Santa Monica launches Emergency Rental Assistance Program applications

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    In an effort to provide assistance to local residents who have experienced a loss of income or increase in expenses due to the pandemic, the City of Santa Monica is now accepting applications for the recently launched COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
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  • Curious City – RIGHT HERE IN BAY CITY

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Way, way too many. And if you think that doesn’t apply in Santa Monica, you may be fooling yourself. (More on this later.) That’s not to say all cops are bad, or even most. But look at what we’ve learned from the horrifying number of police killings ...
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  • archiveBike Shop Santa Monica

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    What a wonderful way to roll into summer! Andrew Smith of The Bike Shop Santa Monica donated two beautiful Virtue...
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  • Two arrests for REI looting

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Martinez, from El Segundo has been charged with looting and burglary. He was released from custody due to COVID restrictions on the jail population. Gutierrez was arrested for looting and assault with a deadly weapon.
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  • COVID patients getting younger

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    COVID-19 patients are getting younger as the county’s case count increases according to new numbers provided Monday.
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  • Early Epstein accuser demands SMPD investigation

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    It’s been more than two decades since Alicia Arden first accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually battering her at a Santa Monica hotel.
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  • What’s the Point? – PRESIDENT BURR (nee TRUMP)

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    What a Fourth of July this was! We had the President holding a COVID party at Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota, and we had record increases in COVID cases. The winning is just not stopping with this man in the White House.
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  • Man dies in July 4 suicide

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    He said the incident appeared to be a suicide with a related traffic collision and that officers are waiting for additional information from the coroner’s office before determining the cause of death.
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  • SMMUSD approves budget

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Malibu Unified School District has adopted its 2020-2021 budget but the board of education and district leaders are hoping some extra funding comes SMMUSD’s way from the state budget.
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  • Letter to the Editor – Slaughter on Main Street

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Santa Monica’s Main Street businesses are suffering greatly from COVID shutdowns and all agree something must be done—after all, the City is losing much needed revenue while restaurants risk going out of business altogether.
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  • The teacher who said no to Harvard to stay at Samohi

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Toumayan declined an opportunity to teach at Harvard University in order to have a greater impact right here in her own community.
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