Garcetti To Non-Complying Businesses: 'We Will Shut You Down'

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Here's how the mayor described the escalating measures, according to Garcetti: Joining other cities and county agencies that have shut down public trails and beach parking, Garcetti also said L.A. and Santa Monica are closing the Santa Monica stairs, a popular spot for workouts. Gov. Gavin Newsom gave updates about supplies and the toll of the ...
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‘I Had to Fight to Show What I Could Do’: How Artist Elias Sime Emerged as One of Africa’s Leading Contemporary Artists

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A year later, theater director Peter Sellars commissioned the artist to stage his production of Oedipus Rex, which inspired a 2009 retrospective at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. After the show, Sime turned his focus to making new work back home. Five years later, Meskerem Assegued—an anthropologist and Sime’s longtime collaborator ...
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Santa Monica Gets A Brief Reprieve Before The Next Rainstorm

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Heavy rainfall early Monday triggered a mudslide and power outages in parts of Los Angeles, but dry weather will reign for a day. (Shutterstock ) LOS ANGELES, CA — The Southland will get a brief reprieve from the series of storms buffeting the region before yet another cold storm moves in Wednesday,
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Upgrade your bar cart with these take-home cocktail kits from Chicago’s top mixologists

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The best part? You can opt for delivery or takeout when you order through Grubhub. Head to DoorDash to browse Summer House Santa Monica's six cocktail kits available for delivery, including the cleverly-named Can't Travel to Manhattan bundle ($150), complete with enough bourbon, vermouth and Angostura bitters to make 16 cocktails. (You'll find ...
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When Santa Monica pediatrician offered coronavirus tests for $250, they sold out immediately

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As people across the country were unable to get tested for COVID-19, a Santa Monica pediatrician emailed the parents of his patients with a pricey but tempting offer. For $250, they could buy a cheek-swab test for the virus to be administered at home, Dr. Jay Gordon wrote. The tests could be purchased by his patients’ parents even if they ...
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Aparavi Opens Up Early Access

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Santa Monica-based Aparavi, which develops data automation software and services, says it is opening up its platform for an early access release. The company said its customers and partners can join a new Early Access Program (EAP), which will enable them to access the company's software platform before it becomes generally available to the ...
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Emmy-winning sitcom writer Earl Pomerantz was a keen observer of life’s absurdities

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“Americans behave like there was a contest for Best Country and they retired the award in 1945.” Mr. Pomerantz, who died March 7 of an aneurysm at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, was a resident of Santa Monica. He leaves his wife, the former Myra Yoelin; daughters Anna Pomerantz and Rachel Braude; three ...
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