SUB HEAD: SMDP’s Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Off the Hook Seafood Festival, Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch, and much more ...
By Marisa Kendall Los Angeles voters’ decision about a new sales tax next month will have a significant effect on the resources dedicated to California’s largest homeless population: Either the county will be set to receive about $1 billion annually,
District infrastructure and learning opportunity items are on the plate of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education this week.
The weekend assault on a Santa Monica police officer has prompted a groundswell of support for the injured officer and reinvigorated Public Safety debate going into the final weeks of the election. A Santa Monica police officer shot and killed a man on Oct.
Dear Santa Monica Community, On behalf of the entire Santa Monica Police Department, I want to extend our deepest gratitude for the incredible outpouring of support following the recent attack on one of our officers.
A series of four traffic accidents unfolded last week and there seems to be no apparent reason to link any of them together. Not even poor visibility as we’ve found ourselves in a soup-like fog a few times this week.
Dear Editor, We were alarmed when in 2021 signs were erected to communicate that an outsized development under the legal “Builder’s Remedy” would be coming our way at Ocean Park and Lincoln and there was not a damn thing any residents of the affected neighborhoods could do about it.
Top city officials and housing partners gathered to celebrate Santa Monica’s first Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) project opening in nearly a decade.
Tuesday’s City Council meeting will be dominated by two Study Sessions, the first of which addresses the economic issues faced by the City associated with hosting the beach volleyball event during the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
October 2024 blog Hello dedicated farmers market community. There’s a lot to celebrate this month! And it all has to do with food! Join us as we celebrate National Food Day all month long. The annual observance has been held every October 24 since 1975 in awareness of the importance of healthy sustainable food choices,
By CHARLES ANDREWS HARD TO BELIEVE Jack was “a fixture,” kind of a legend, in Santa Monica for much of his life. He was always there in Friday’s Santa Monica Daily Press with his “LAUGHING MATTERS” column (such a great name),
With the calendar flipping to October, Santa Monica's top two high school football units are in good positions to make playoff runs, as the Samohi Vikings (3-2) and Saint Monica Mariners (5-1) are coming off of respective Friday victories.
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON – courtesy photo SO LONG KRIS Kristofferson struggled to get into the business – landing a chopper on Johnny Cash’s front lawn helped (he was an Army ranger and helicopter pilot) – but he wound up recognized as one of the great songwriters.
Rickwood Field was the ballpark of Willie Mays’ dreams. Start with Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth among those who played there, continue on with Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, then turn to Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams.
Shaq is a doting father to Me’arah, Shaqir, Amirah, Shareef, Myles, and Taahirah. Here’s everything to know about the former basketball player’s six children.
Some big games are on the docket in and near Santa Monica. Football athletes are among the local stars excited to play and compete before their families, friends and community fans. Check with schools for the latest information on possible capacity restrictions and admission policies.
His mom, Denise Crosby, is an actor with credits that include recurring roles on “Star Trek: Next Generation,” (as Tasha Yar and, later, Commander Sela), and “Mad Men,’’ and whacking Eddie Murphy with a baseball bat in the 1982 film “48 Hours.
A vital part in the " Greatest Show on Turf ," Isaac Bruce's Hall of Fame career consists of 14 seasons with the Rams, including an essential part in the team's only Super Bowl victory. Known for his detailed route-running and immense professionalism,
A look around the South Bay as local high school football teams start to practice and get ready for the first games that are less than three weeks away.
A new Red All Over newsletter led off with the fact that, while preseason polls don't mean much in college football, they do offer an exercise in perception.
Kevin Durant wasn’t about to miss the Olympics basketball tournament. Even if his Brooklyn Nets had made the NBA Finals, he’d show up in Tokyo at the earliest possible time, wondering how soon he could hit the practice court.