Contributor: How does a 3-year-old hire an immigration attorney?
Nothing can prepare you for the image of a child sitting alone in an American courtroom, expected to argue for her own right to safety. Lucy is a 3-year-old girl…
CHP officer pleads guilty to insurance fraud, sentenced to jail
He told his physician he couldn’t stand or sit without “significant pain,” authorities say. Household chores were anything but routine. California Highway Patrol Officer Jordan Roy Lester claimed a medical…
Santa Monica Approves Partnership for Major Events Leading to 2028 Olympics
The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved agreements Tuesday to transform the city’s beachfront into a hub for major entertainment events over the next three years, capitalizing on a wave…
Rams’ Puka Nacua apologizes for offensive gesture on livestream
As the Rams prepared for their game on Thursday night against the Seattle Seahawks, star receiver Puka Nacua, the Rams and the NFL issued statements related to Nacua performing a…
Christmas holiday travel could set records despite California storms
A daunting rainfall forecast isn’t expected to stop Californians or the rest of the U.S. from traveling in record numbers over the end-of-year holiday season. An estimated 122.4 million people…
A DEVELOPING STORY – EPISODE 5: THREE PROJECTS
Episode Notes Santa Monica, like much of Los Angeles County, is a city dominated by neighborhoods of low-density, single-family homes. But low density has played a role in California’s housing…
Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy…
With his Rob Reiner insults, Trump showed he’s literally an anti-Christ
Let the annals of this country show it was the murder of a Jewish couple on the first night of Hanukkah that showed how profoundly un-Christian Donald J. Trump is…
Newsletter: Dec 18, 2025
Yesterday afternoon we launched our new SMDP.com website and newsletter! Please pardon the dust and glitches. More to come.. FIRST UP House purchase prompts protests at School District The Santa…
A very American story of immigration, Christmas trees and Los Angeles
It’s mid-November, a full week before Thanksgiving, and the progeny of Francisco Robles, a Mexican immigrant who peddled watermelons in East L.A., have converged in West Covina to commemorate the…