March 7, 2026
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415 PCH Letters to the Editor:

Dear Mayor Holbrook and Council Members: We are writing to enthusiastically add our voices to the hundreds of others speaking in support of Santa Monica’s Public Beach Club at 415 Pacific Coast Highway. The Public […]

Jobs This American Won’t Do:

A recurring theme in the current dust-up over immigration is the idea that we must have some program allowing for guest workers because there are some jobs that Americans just won’t do. A story last […]

Unkindest Cut of All:

Dave Quick Reporter-at-Large Last week President Bush signed a $70 Billion “tax cut” into law with the principal beneficiaries being households that receive substantial interest and dividend income. While signing the bill, Bush declared, “With […]

Mirror Endorsements:

Many voters already have a ballot in their hands and are preparing to vote by mail. Using mail to vote is a great idea that has been shown to increase voter turnout, so we encourage […]

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Mr. Rosenthal: I wanted to correct a piece of misinformation in your otherwise delightful nostalgic “Food Tour.” Max Von Sydow, not Jeff Chandler, portrayed Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told. Jeffrey Hunter had the […]

SMMUSD Teachers Pleased With Governor:

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning $5 billion to public education and the Santa Monica Malibu Classroom Teachers Association couldn’t be happier. The money, owed to public schools due to Proposition 98, is much-needed, and will […]

City Hosts Open House For Village Civic Center:

Hannah Heineman Mirror Staff Writer   The design team chosen by Santa Monica’s City Council for the mixed-use Village that will be constructed as part of the Civic Center Specific Plan (CCSP) hosted an open […]

Police Chief Butts Retires:

Santa Monica Police Chief James T. Butts, Jr., who has served the City in that capacity for 15 years, announced his retirement from the department. In a May 24 memorandum to “All Personnel,” the Chief […]

Building Community by Building Lives:

Frank Loweree Special to the Mirror   Imagine the joy of the young girl, the day she moves into a three-bedroom apartment with her family and gets a small bedroom all to herself, instead of […]