Around Town: City Tree Lighting, Pupsgiving Play Date, & Scrubs Actor Donuts

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 11/14 2:00A Sean Besser

SMDP s Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes the Official City of Santa Monica Tree Lighting Ceremony , Holey Grail Donut collab from Scrubs actors Zach Braff + Donald Faison, other great food events , and much...

Such variety to choose from

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 11/14 2:00A Charles Andrews

TONY GILKYSON – courtesy photo by Margaret Olivares-Gilkyson NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ARTS But I would like to acknowledge a couple of local eateries who have been giving back to the community for years. JERSEY MIKE’S sub sandwiches gave 20% of...

Huge crowds celebrate the seasonal spirit as Ice at Santa Monica opens

Santa Monica Daily Press (Life) 11/13 2:00A Scott Snowden

The annual Ice at Santa Monica seasonal spectacular installation opened last week as massive numbers gathered to celebrate the seasonal spirit, filling the temporary ice rink to capacity on Friday...

October Sunrise

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 11/12 2:00A Guest Author

You could hear a pin drop at Yankee Stadium. On October 30, 2024 the Los Angeles Dodgers had just clinched the 2024 World Series with a 7-6 victory in game 5. In the midst of the deafening silence, a...

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at...

NBCLosAngeles.com (Entertainment News) 11/3 7:02P Hillel Italie | The Associated P

Quincy Jones died at age 91. His publicist says he died Sunday night at his home in Los Angeles.

Letter: Outstanding community servants

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 11/2 2:05A Guest Author

Dear Editor, We are writing to express our support for four outstanding community servants who are running for seats on the Santa Monica City Council: Dan Hall, Ellis Raskin, Barry Snell, and Natalya...

Signs of the time, virtue-signaling and the City Council election

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 11/1 6:43P Mike Feinstein

By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside . October 2024 My dear former colleague on the City Council Bob Holbrook always used to say that “once election season comes, it seems rules no longer apply and...

Newsom provides welfare to the wealthy, skimps on anti-homelessness programs

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 11/1 2:00A Cal Matters

Gov. Gavin Newsom has played Santa Claus for the last week, promising bigger state subsidies to Hollywood’s film and video industry and giving cities and counties a new tranche of state aid to combat...

Jack Merrill’s one man show ‘The Save’ is a 100 percent must see

Santa Monica Daily Press (Life) 10/31 2:00A Scott Snowden

You might not know the name Jack Merrill, but chances are you’ve probably heard of the name John Wayne Gacy. And while that connection is not the only major event in his life, it’s as good a place as...

Why Newsom wants taxpayers to spend millions more subsidizing Hollywood

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 10/30 8:00A Cal Matters

Each month, the California Center for Jobs & the Economy, an offshoot of the California Business Roundtable, publishes a summary of economic data , including a list of California businesses that have...

Día de los Muertos holiday takes over Promenade

Santa Monica Daily Press (Life) 10/29 2:00A Thomas Leffler

The Third Street Promenade was taken over Saturday by an annual Día de los Muertos celebration, bringing hundreds of visitors dressed in traditional holiday garb taken from indigenous Mexican and...

Vote No: Proposition 33 (Extreme Rent Control)

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 10/26 2:00A Guest Author

Editor: Santa Monica, Berkeley, Oakland and several other cities, including Los Angeles, have well established, very “over protected” RENT STABILIZATION ordinances; therefore, Proposition 33 is...

It’s a livign thing …

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 10/24 8:00A Charles Andrews

BOO! – courtesy photo HIGHLY RECOMMENDED : HOT CLUB OF LOS ANGELES — You can go to the Cinema Bar any Monday night, 9-11:30, for more than a decade now, and hear these hot players run through Django Reinhart-style ‘30s jazz. This amazing ensemble...

Opinion: Reforming Los Angeles County government for the 21st century

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 10/24 2:00A Guest Author

Los Angeles County’s form of government hasn’t changed since 1912, when our population was just 500,000 and women didn’t have the right to vote. Today, we are home to over 10 million people — one of...

The rise and fall of iconic restaurants: Gone but not forgotten

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 10/22 2:00A Guest Author

When I read in The New York Times that La Grenouille, my favorite restaurant in New York City, was closing after 60 years of service, it struck a personal chord. La Grenouille wasn t just a place to dine — it was an institution, a pillar of...