• Who’s to blame for the massive project proposed at Lincoln and Ocean Park? Not who you think.

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The fault lies right here in Santa Monica, with the folks who thought they could say “No” to everything forever and not suffer any consequences. Currently the site is occupied by a Gelson’s ...
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  • SMC’s Drescher Planetarium Presents Free, Live Virtual Shows in November

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Santa Monica College’s John Drescher Planetarium continues its Friday evening events in November 2022 with free, live virtual shows presented online at smc.edu/planetarium. This month’s friendly presentations will explain how to buy a telescope,
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  • Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. honors Día de los Muertos with display of La Catrina sculptures along Third Street Promenade

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) is honoring Día de los Muertos, highlighting the traditional Mexican cultural celebration of life and death, with live entertainment and a display of nine La ...
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  • FRI – TUES, LOOK OUT!

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    This will likely be amazing, based on the inspiration, and the line-up, pretty much a jazz hall of fame: the legendary (Santa Monica) drummer PETER ERSKINE, ALEX ACUÑA, BYRON MILLER, LUCIANA ...
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  • 16 projects, 4,562 housing units: How did we get here?

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The builder’s remedy window may now be closed, but with 16 new housing projects gaining state-issued permission to be built larger and denser than Santa Monica zoning rules would have allowed ...
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  • Santa Monica students Bike it! Walk it! Bus it!

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Bus it!” to school event last Friday. The week-long initiative, coordinated by SMMUSD Sustainability Manager Austin Toyama and the City of Santa Monica, is a friendly, bi-annual competition ...
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  • Candidates tinkering with what works on the School Board

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Santa Monica’s political climate has long stifled voices outside its political machine and we may have reached a point where the attitude of some Board members has galvanized a coalition that ...
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  • Special needs parents win $45 million lawsuit over abuse at SMMUSD school

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    A Los Angeles jury determined this week that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) must pay out $45 million to the family of special needs twins after a behavioral aid at a ...
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  • City Council race is a toss-up

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The following is an analysis of the race from the SMDP Editorial Board. The forecast of how this year’s council race will turn out hinges on whether you base your prediction on the city’s established history as a progressive bastion (and,
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  • Forum shows bridges and rifts among SMMUSD candidates

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Students took the mic this week as hosts of a public forum with candidates running for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board in the upcoming November election. The forum, held by the Samohi Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Executive Board and facilitated by three Samohi students on Tuesday night,
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  • FOLLOW THE (BIG) MONEY

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Early in this election season I urged the Daily Press and local voters to follow the (big) money to understand the real issue alliances in Santa Monica election year politics. “Change slate ...
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  • SMDP endorsements on props and measures: Taxes, taxes and more taxes at play on this year’s ballot

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    While Santa Monica’s seems high at 14%, it’s on par with our neighbors and this proposal would increase that to 15% for hotels and 17% for homeshares. The measure is estimated to create about ...
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  • SMC Candidate Questions: Patrick Acosta II

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Born and raised in Santa Monica, I am a proud product of SMMUSD. After graduating from Samohi in 2011, I attended SMC as a student-athlete, received 2 AA Degrees and transferred to UCLA. I have ...
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  • City takes first step toward offering lease on Civic Auditorium, other site

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Some of that land is useful — like Santa Monica Airport and Bergamot Station — and some of it is vacant, underutilized or otherwise “mothballed” — like the Civic Auditorium, which has ...
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  • 2 MORE CENTS WORTH?

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Do most people here want Santa Monica to be a dense, high-rise Miami Beach? There are those who do, and they may well be sincere, though some are certainly driven by the opportunity of personal ...
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  • New Tu Madre restaurant brings fire, flowers and organic tequila to Downtown Santa Monica

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Grace Inez Adams Food and drinks come out with a bang at the recently opened Tu Madre restaurant in Santa Monica. Flights of margaritas are served accompanied by a sizzling firecracker and ...
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  • SMC Candidate Questions: Sion Roy

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Santa Monica College is a community college and by state law only allowed to have a single Bachelor’s degree program, which we currently have in Interactive Design.
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  • Four more 12-story projects en route due to Housing Element snafu

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The final count is in: 16 new medium- and high-density residential projects — most of them between nine and 15 stories  high — slipped through the door held open by a non-compliant Housing Element, allowing them to bypass local oversight and head straight into permitting under state rules.
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  • Crime watch: Familiar face

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Crime Watch is culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. On Saturday,, Officers responded to the CVS located near the 2500 block of Santa Monica Blvd for a theft report.
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  • Economic rebound continues in latest sales tax report

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    As tourists once again fill Santa Monica streets and residents continue to venture out to dine, the City is reporting continued economic growth and recovery following the pandemic. The most recent quarterly sales tax revenue report,
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