WEATHER
WENT WILD this weekend, with rain here, hail in Malibu
and snow in Orange County. Photo by Suzanne
Karp-Graham.
California Primary Election
Nationally, Democratic Presidential candidate Al Gore
took all the Super Tuesday primaries. In California,
he...
School Board Fails To Accept $2.1 Million
After a series of maneuvers that turned its March 2
meeting in Malibu into a political chess game, the
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD)
Board remained...
SMC Faculty And Board Resume Talks
After a week on the picket line, Santa Monica College
faculty are back at the bargaining table. Last
Friday, representatives of the faculty association and
the administration met to...
Council Considers Tighter Building Regulations
When Councilmember Paul Rosenstein suggested that the
complex agenda item 8-B be postponed six weeks for
lack of...
SANTA
MONICA SCENES
Robert Pollin Begins City Study Of Living Wage Impacts Here
Dr. Robert Pollin is about to open the door on the
possibikility of a manadatory Living Wage in Santa
Monica. Over the next four months, Pollin.,
together with a team from...
Business Owners Cite Problems Of Living Wage
Speaking at a workshop organized by the City of Santa
Monica to discuss the proposed...
Shot Fired At Funeral
Santa Monica Police report that a shooting occurred on
Thursday, March 2, at about 8:30 p.m. at...
SM Third Grader Shanni Goldman Wins Poetry Prize
Shanni Goldman, a Third Grade student at Will Rogers
Elementary School in Santa Monica, has been awarded an
honorable mention in the...
SMC Students' Lawsuit Is Rejected by District Court
On the same day that the Santa Monica College
administration re-opened negotiations with the
teachers, a district court judge slammed the door on...
850 Students To Appear In Stairway of Stars
850 students in the music programs in the schools in
the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified school District will
appear in the...
OPCO Names Co-chair
The Ocean Park Community Organization (OPCO) Board of
Directors announced this week that...
SM Chamber of Commerce Honors Big Blue Bus Drivers
Several Big Blue Bus drivers were honored at a Santa
Monica Chamber of Commerce luncheon on February 14 at
the Fairmont Miramar Hotel. The veteran drivers
took first place in the...
Continuing Education Scholarship for Moms
The Westside Pregnancy Resource Center is sponsoring
the Hugh and Mary Moore Continuing Education
Scholarship to assist a young woman who has...
School Board's Chapman Issues Three Statements
Following last week's Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
School District Board meeting (see story page 1,
column 1), School Board member Dorothy Chapman issued
statements to residents on...
School Reform Movement Picks Up Speed
A hailstorm of dissatisfaction over the Santa Monica
Malibu Unified School Board’s performance may have
sown the seeds for an alternative to...
Council Hands Residents' Plea For 30-Day Notices to Staff
Members of Santa Monica neighborhood groups joined to
protest a consistent lack of notice to residents of
public projects and meetings, particularly from...
Park Art Work To Be Finished In May, 2000
The large aquamarine cylinder rising out of Palisades
Park just south of the California Incline is not the
barrel of an anti-aircraft gun resurrected from World
War II. It is, in fact, the...
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