March 19, 2026
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SMMUSD Hosts LCAP Webinars To Solicit Input From Public:

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will be hosting a series of LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Webinars to solicit input from parents, students, staff and community members. In 2013, the state of California adopted […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

A GOP Statewide Win Probably Won’t Happen:

These are days of optimism, maybe even delusion, for the California Republican Party, which hasn’t won a statewide race of any kind since 2006. Despite the fact that Democrats won majorities in June primary races […]

10 Cars Collide In Chain-Reaction 405 Freeway Crash:

As many as 10 cars collided in a chain-reaction crash on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway in Hawthorne on Friday, leaving several people injured and most of the freeway temporarily shut down, a California […]

Pacific Palisades Fire Knocked Down In 23 Minutes:

Firefighters were able to put out a stubborn fire at a Pacific Palisades home today, which began inside a fireplace and extended into the three-story structure’s walls. Firefighters were dispatched to 974 Enchanted Way at […]

The seven SMMUSD Board of Education candidates.

SMMUSD, SMC Candidates Vie For Last Minute Votes:

As part of Mirror Media Group’s election forum season, all candidates running for positions on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Board of Education and Santa Monica College Board of Trustees met the public […]

Santa Monica Votes: Measures H & HH:

The issue of increasing real estate transfer tax will be on Santa Monica ballot papers Nov. 4 with Measures H and HH calling for votes on whether to increase transfer tax rates and if so, […]