• District reports progress on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) have long been topics of discussion in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD), but, for many years, Executive Director of Elementary Schools Steve Richardson said efforts to improve in this arena have ...
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  • Emergency preparedness front-of-mind at Samohi

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The bomb threat came in to Samohi at 11:46 a.m. on Thursday.  That call triggered a series of actions by teachers, campus staff, district administrators and the Santa Monica Police […]
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  • Bruno’s legacy to live on post retirement

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Pantaleone Bruno came to California from Italy in 1975 as a young man with a dream of being a chef and creating his own restaurant. In 1986 he did just […]
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  • Questions persist about aid involved in $45 million settlement

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District has said ongoing legal concerns prevent it from answering questions about the employment status of Galit Gottlieb while the district considers whether to appeal the recent judgment. Last month, a jury said ...
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  • An Opinion About Opinions

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The piece states, “As an example, the owner of a home in Santa Monica or Malibu assessed at a value of $1 million will pay $900 a year for the bond,” but this is in direct contradiction to an ...
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  • Careful When Getting the Mail

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    One case involved Synanon here in Santa Monica, a so-called drug rehab founded by Charles Dederich. He may have started with good intentions but power and money (estimated as high as $30 million ...
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  • Healing our wounded School District

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    My name is Wendy Dembo. I am a Santa Monica resident and my daughter attends SAMO. Last year, she applied to and was accepted to Windward, Archer, and Crossroads. But I believe in public education.
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  • Transparency at PACs

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    And why is a Glendale dentist so interested in the Santa Monica-Malibu school board race?
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  • Business leaders discuss Santa Monica’s future at Chamber event

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Complete with a Santa Monica-inspired rap performance, the Chamber of Commerce held one of its first events under new CEO Judy Kruger this week, bringing together business leaders from around the ...
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  • Whither Santa Monica?

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Really? In the uber-progressive People’s Republic of Santa Monica? Yup. As Casey Stengel used to say “You could look it up.” So have the populist strategies of Trumpism taken root in Santa ...
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  • Who’s backing City Council candidates?

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Note: The chart below is incomplete because the Santa Monica Democratic Club, SMRR, Yes on HMP, Save Our Santa Monica and Safe Santa Monica PACs failed to disclosure spending on candidates in ...
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  • Bomb threat prompts lockdown at Samohi

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Once the campus was deemed safe and the threat deemed a hoax, students were released at about 2 p.m. “The Santa Monica Police Department has given an all-clear that our school is safe to ...
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  • Council vetoes support for measure that could allow supervisors to remove rogue sheriffs

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Whatever voters choose, the City of Santa Monica has elected to not take a formal position on the matter. Simmering tensions between the LA County Supervisors and LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva ...
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  • Early voting off to a ‘slow and steady’ start

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Among those is one in Santa Monica: the Vote Center at St. Anne’s Church on Colorado and 20th Street. There, a dedicated team of poll workers and volunteers has been hard at work checking in ...
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  • Schwenker at the helm of the history museum

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Museum: Rob Schwenker is the new leader at the History Museum. Courtesy photo Santa Monica History Museum (SMHM)’s new Executive Director is a familiar face around the institution located on 7th ...
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  • As housing prices surge, rent control is back on the ballot

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Voters in the San Francisco suburb of Richmond and Southern California beachside city of Santa Monica will consider measures to further tighten existing rent caps to a maximum of 3%. In the city of Pasadena — home to the annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl ...
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  • Tinseltown trade show returns to Santa Monica

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    AFM: The Loews hotel is the hub of AFM activity in Santa Monica. Courtesy photos Santa Monica is rolling out the red carpet to welcome the Independent Film & Television Alliance’s banner event back to town this year. The American Film Market (AFM ...
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  • Emergency air conditioning repair work needed at several school sites

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    This year’s September heatwave put Santa Monica school’s air conditioning systems to the test and proved SMMUSD’s current cooling infrastructure is unprepared for the extreme heat climate ...
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  • Musk boosts surge in misinformation about Pelosi attack

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    On Monday, posts falsely suggesting a personal relationship between Pelosi and the alleged assailant, soared on Twitter, a day after Musk tweeted and deleted a link to an article suggesting one from the Santa Monica Observer. Musk hasn’t said why he ...
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  • Big Blue Bus ridership is up, but still down 50% compared to pre-pandemic numbers

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Santa Monica’s regional transportation system, Big Blue Bus (BBB), is still struggling to bounce back from COVID-19, with annual ridership in fiscal year 2021-22 (July 2021 through June 2022 ...
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