When Santa Monica pediatrician offered coronavirus tests for $250, they sold out immediately

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As people across the country were unable to get tested for COVID-19, a Santa Monica pediatrician emailed the parents of his patients with a pricey but tempting offer. For $250, they could buy a cheek-swab test for the virus to be administered at home, Dr. Jay Gordon wrote. The tests could be purchased by his patients’ parents even if they ...
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Aparavi Opens Up Early Access

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Santa Monica-based Aparavi, which develops data automation software and services, says it is opening up its platform for an early access release. The company said its customers and partners can join a new Early Access Program (EAP), which will enable them to access the company's software platform before it becomes generally available to the ...
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Emmy-winning sitcom writer Earl Pomerantz was a keen observer of life’s absurdities

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“Americans behave like there was a contest for Best Country and they retired the award in 1945.” Mr. Pomerantz, who died March 7 of an aneurysm at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, was a resident of Santa Monica. He leaves his wife, the former Myra Yoelin; daughters Anna Pomerantz and Rachel Braude; three ...
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Kathryn M. Ireland Plans Design Bootcamp, Object Permanence Holds Sale, and More News in Los Angeles

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Kathryn M. Ireland has announced that her next session of Design Bootcamp is scheduled to take place October 22–25. The three-day intensive workshop is based at the designer's own studio in Santa Monica, with an itinerary that provides inspirational outings to Ireland's preferred galleries, showrooms, and markets. The event also includes food ...
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Coronavirus: California closes hiking trails, beaches due to overcrowding

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This is serious. Stay home and save lives.” The Mountains Recreation Conservation Authority, which manages parks in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, said it would close all of its parks and trails, which include land owned by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. The Ventura County Star reported that the governor will also close parking ...
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New Santa Monica City Services Building will produce more energy than it uses

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The City of Santa Monica will soon welcome a new civic building that will not only bring the various municipal departments scattered throughout the city under one roof but will also fulfill the Living Building Challenge — making it the largest civic building of its kind to meet the world’s most rigorous and comprehensive green building ...
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Ben Affleck Enhances Gaiety of the Nation by Kissing Ana de Armas on Deserted Street in Full View of Paps

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Ben and Jennifer continue to co-parent their three children— daughters Violet, 14, and Seraphina, 11, and son Samuel, 8. (Intriguingly, on Monday, Garner was seen out for a walk on the beach in Santa Monica with her children. Was this Ben’s counterpunch?) ET reported Monday that Ana and Ben “instantly had a connection” when they first ...
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