• Santa Monica Daily Press
    Glasses clink, candles flicker, and the cool ocean breeze sweeps by carrying hints of fresh rosemary and garlic. This is not the scene of a pre-COVID fantasy, but the serene new courtyard Chef Andrea Inio transported his restaurant to a mere three days after learning his recently reopened dining room must close indefinitely.
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    Volunteers, food and hungry families are all being sought out by a group of former PTA moms who are interested in little more than assisting those who find themselves in need during the current pandemic.
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    My name is Emma Crawford. I am a rising junior at Santa Monica High School, where I am heavily involved in the music program. I play oboe in the Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, and flute in the marching band, and during my frequent participation in ...
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    Santa Monica News
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    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 ...
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  • Santa Monica Daily Press
    First, the birth of NOTEWORTHY. I credit you, dear readers, and our illustrious, wise part-owner of the Santa Monica Daily Press, Todd James. Every time I would throw something about music into my CURIOUS CITY column, I would hear from people that I should ...
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    Nita is a Santa Monica resident who received an unsettling phone call last week — the caller said that someone diagnosed with COVID-19 had identified her as someone the person had close contact with before receiving the positive test result.
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    Negotiations concerning a proposed project at 4th and Arizona, known as The Plaza at Santa Monica, are set to resume after a vote by City Council Tuesday night.
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    The Santa Monica Police Department responded to a radio call reporting a man on the beach who was in possession of a holstered firearm on his hip. SMPD officers also received additional information that the subject was possibly brandishing the gun ...
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    “I always tried to hide who I was. I would straighten my hair and I would wear tons of makeup”. “It’s difficult growing up in Santa Monica predominantly around people with a higher socioeconomic status. I have received controversial statements ...
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    On June 9, 2020, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously affirmed the Obama Foundation’s Mayor’s Pledge and agreed to review its police use of force policies; engage the community by including a diverse range of input, experiences, and stories in its ...
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    Let’s take a quote: “They are absolutely determined to eliminate single-family zoning, destroy the value of houses and communities already built” This must be a Santa Monica homeowner ...
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    Local CYCLEBAR franchise owner, Steph Sklar-Mulcahy said the reversal was “pretty devastating” since she spent lots of time and money to make her Santa Monica and Culver City studios COVID ...
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    My ID #A059880 is available for adoption at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter, located at 1640 Ninth Street in Santa Monica. The shelter is closed to the public, and adoptions are by appointment ...
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    Santa Monica public libraries and recreation services remain closed as they uphold social distancing regulations, but a push for independent, online learning and emergency community support has ...
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    Letter to the Editor
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  • Santa Monica Daily Press
    That city government should be transparent and City Council and staff should respectfully listen to residents before deciding things. That the streets should be safe. Our tax money spent judiciously.
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    At the outbreak of COVID-19, native Westside resident Gaby Cornejo was studying in Great Britain, stressing on how she would make it home to the United States. Today, the rising senior finds herself a college student in Missouri,
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  • Santa Monica Daily Press
    In 2013, the City Council approved construction of a large market rate residential project on property that housed a thriving mobile home park community known as Village Trailer Park (VTP). The developer who got the approval had bought VTP a few years earlier and had the property rezoned for its new project .
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  • Santa Monica Daily Press
    Tonight, the City Council will take next steps in the redevelopment of a 2.57-acre site at the corner of 5th/Arizona in downtown Santa Monica. Purchased with public funds, the site combines nine contiguous parcels,
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