• Hey SMMUSD, It’s Time We Rethink Our Sex-Ed

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    During sex-ed in seventh grade, a girl asked if sperm could crawl up your leg and impregnate you in that way. We all laughed while secretly waiting for the answer. Sex and sexuality have become such t
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  • City Hall to pay $1 million to settle BBB crash case

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    A motorcycle rider injured in a collision with a Big Blue Bus will receive a total of $7 million but Santa Monica will only pay $1 million.
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  • Covid surge levels off … for now

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The number of Covid cases in Los Angeles County has started to level off but officials said this week they think the region has plateaued.
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  • 1 Pico Chef hopes to make the holidays memorable with simple, fresh food

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The Executive Chef at the 1 Pico restaurant is on a mission to help others create positive holiday memories through food.
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  • Samohi Girls beat Bishop Montgomery

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Maggie Marks Special to the Daily Press The Varsity Girls Santa Monica High School soccer team had a triumphant victory against Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance this week. The varsity team wo
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  • Disappointing seasons remove buzz from Rams-Packers matchup

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    This can’t be what the NFL’s schedule-makers and ESPN executives had in mind. When the league’s slate of prime-time games came out in the spring, a mid-December matchup between the Super Bowl champion
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  • City Hall braces for the Builder’s Remedy development boom

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Developers have begun filing permits to build large housing projects throughout the city that far exceed local zoning restrictions.
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  • Former Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Charge for Stealing Jobless Benefit Debit Cards from Her Mail Delivery Route

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    A former United States Postal Service mail carrier pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for stealing debit cards containing unemployment insurance benefits while on duty and giving them to an
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  • Mel’s Drive-in celebrates 75 years

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Mel’s Drive-In is a relatively new feature in the Santa Monica area, the family-run restaurant chain has been around for decades.
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  • Anniversary celebration at Mel’s

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Mel’s Drive-in celebrated its 75th anniversary recently with discounts and celebrations at all locations, including Santa Monica.
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  • SMMUSD to seek new trial in $45 million lawsuit case

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The School District will appeal a $45 million judgement in a lawsuit brought against the district by the family of two special needs twins.
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  • Ballona Creek Interceptor collects 49,845lbs of trash during recent rains

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The futuristic-looking Ballona Creek Trash Inceptor 007 trash removal feature introduced several months ago was put to the test recently.
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  • STEVIE WONDER plays Santa

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Stevie Wonder plays Santa BOO CHRIS MARTIN! Never liked your lame band Coldplay or some of your celebrity antics, but now you’ve demolished your star architect John Lautner-designed Malibu home, to bu
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  • US deaths fell this year, but not to pre-COVID levels

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer The number of U.S. deaths dropped this year, but there are still more than there were before the coronavirus hit. Preliminary data — through the first 11 months of the ye
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  • Mel’s celebrates 75 years

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Anniversary: Mel’s Drive-in celebrated its 75th anniversary yesterday with decorations and a special 75% off deal on select menu items. The restaurant chain opened its Santa Monica location in the […]
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  • Los Angeles man gets 10 years for $25M cellphone scheme

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    A Los Angeles cellphone store owner who stole some $25 million from wireless carriers by illegally unlocking phones was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison. Argishti Khudaverdyan, 44, […]
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  • Spain’s Queen Letizia visits Los Angeles to promote language

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Spain’s Queen Letizia was in Los Angeles on Tuesday where she celebrated the opening of a center that promotes the Spanish language and culture throughout the world. Letizia Ortíz opened […]
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  • Focus on real solutions, please

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    WINNING AN ELECTION Not an easy thing to do. It takes a lot of work,  a lot of hours. You have to want very badly to be of service to […]
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  • Famed Hollywood mountain lion captured after killing dog

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    CHRISTOPHER WEBER Los Angeles' most famous mountain lion, known for roaming across freeways and making a sprawling urban park his home, was captured Monday by wildlife officials who w
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  • Menorah Lights

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Downtown Santa Monica’s holiday celebration, Winterlit, will celebrate the Festival of Lights with nightly menorah lightings beginning this Sunday, December 18 through December 26. Different synagogue
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