Scott Snowden

4 days ago | smdp.com | Scott Snowden

One hundred days after wildfire swept through Pacific Palisades, Altadena and parts of Malibu, local, state and federal leaders gathered on Friday afternoon at Will Rogers State Beach to outline the scale of the devastation and the scope of the response. The press conference, led by State Senator Ben Allen and framed by the charred hills behind the Palisades Bowl mobile home park, featured a parade of high-level speakers.

5 days ago | smdp.com | Scott Snowden

In the shadow of the most devastating natural disaster in Los Angeles County history, regional leaders, UCLA faculty and policymakers gathered at the 2025 Luskin Summit this week with a shared goal: turning catastrophe into an opportunity for transformative, community-driven recovery. The fires that tore through Altadena and Pacific Palisades in January left behind more than ash and ruin.

1 week ago | smdp.com | Scott Snowden

The long closed Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) will reopen in the foreseeable future with Governor Gavin Newsom saying traffic should flow again by the end of May. The new opening date is significantly ahead of schedule, following a surge in cleanup efforts tied to the Palisades Fire. The highway, one of Southern California’s most iconic coastal routes, has been closed to non-residents since the fire in early January.

1 week ago | smdp.com | Scott Snowden

Fogo de Chão, the 45-year-old Brazilian restaurant chain known for its upscale churrasco-style dining, opened its 11th Southern California recently at 1551 Ocean Ave, where Del Frisco's Grille used to be. The new outlet joins other Fogo de Chão locations across the Los Angeles metropolitan area, Orange County and San Diego. If you’re unfamiliar with rodízio-style dining, you’re in for a treat.

1 week ago | smdp.com | Scott Snowden

On Sunday afternoon, April 13, 2025, at approximately 1:35pm, Santa Monica Police officers responded to a radio call of a traffic collision in the 900 block of Broadway. Upon arrival, officers located two overturned vehicles. The initial investigation revealed that one vehicle had struck an unoccupied parked car at a high rate of speed. The driver, who was the sole occupant of the moving vehicle, was located at the scene and transported to a local area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.