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Santa Monica City Council Selects Doug Sloan as New City Attorney
At its meeting this week, the Santa Monica City Council appointed Doug Sloan to serve as Santa Monica’s next City...
Landmark Theater Closing in Former Westside Pavillion
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Santa Monica High School Among Top-900 Schools in Country
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Pico Marketplace Changing Small Businesses Access to Retail Space: Santa Monica Beat – May 10th, 2022
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Video: Westside E-Scooter Injury Rate High Than National Rate for Motorcycles
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Douglas Sloan Set to be Santa Monica’s New City Attorney
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Santa Monica Releases 2022 Homeless Count Results
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Amazon Bringing 1,000 News Jobs to Santa Monica
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LA Considering Emblem Program to License Cannabis Stores
Program would help Angelenos distinguish between licensed and unlicensed cannabis vendors and safe cannabis products By Dolores Quintana Members of...
Meet SMPD Beat Three Neighborhood Resource Officers
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McKinley Elementary School Awarded California Pivotal Practice Award
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UCLA Study Offers Strategy for Freeway Congestion Pricing That Reduces Burden on Low-Income Residents
Claudia Bustamante/UCLA Newsroom Among transportation experts, congestion pricing is the gold standard policy for managing traffic on freeways and highways....
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