Little League Begins Spring Session
photo by Jessie Drezner
more pictures here in this week's Santa Monica Scenes
Commentary: The Morning After
Gore-Bush. Deep down, we all knew it would come to
this. Bush-Gore. Maybe it will be good for our
character. It's really superficial, you know, this
desire for a chief executive with...
51st Stairway of Stars Debuts Thursday
The biggest show in Los Angeles every spring is the
Oscars, but the biggest spring show in Santa Monica
is, without question, the Stairway of the Stars, the
showcase for...
SMMUSD Report Urges Reforms Of Procedures
Last Wednesday afternoon, the Santa Monica Malibu
Unified School District’s (SMMUSD) Financial
Oversight Committee delivered a Draft Report of its
findings and recommendation for...
Shootout At Pier Injures Five Men
Seaside revelry ended abruptly last Saturday night
when gunfire broke out on the Santa Monica Pier,
injuring five and sending four of them to...
Assistant City Mgr Comes To Santa Monica
City Manager Susan McCarthy announced the appointment
of Gordon R. Anderson as Santa Monica’s new
Assistant City Manager last week. The post
has stood open since...
S.M. Breakfast Club Marks 50 Years Of Fund-Raising
The Santa Monica Breakfast Club will celebrate 50
years of fund raising for the Children’s Dental
Clinic at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center when it
holds its annual...
Which Way, West L.A.?
The Westside Urban Forum will focus on public transit
issues at a breakfast meeting on Friday, March 17.
Following up on the recently released...
Chamber Women Schedule Panel
"The Times They Are A'Changin!" is the theme
of a panel discussion to be held at the Chamber of
Commerce March 20 Membership Luncheon. The discussion,
organized by...
Marathon Marty To Be Honored
"Marathon Marty" Lipstein was born in the
Bronx, New York, on March 18, 1920, has lived in Santa
Monica for 50 years and has run in 120 marathons. He's
also a senior competition gold medal winner in...
Chamber Women Schedule Panel
Raymond G. Beers, Exalted Ruler of Santa Monica Elks
Lodge No. 906 has announced that the 2000 Citizen of
the Year Award will be presented to...
Mediation To Be Demonstrated
Harold R. Starr and Geraldine Starr of Santa Monica
and Jerry Aronow will discuss mediation as a means of
resolving differences at a meeting of the...
City Digging Up Ocean And Neilson
Originally scheduled to begin in mid-January, the City
of Santa Monica's sewer repair program on Ocean Avenue
and Neilson Way finally got underway this week. A
54-inch diameter sewer line will be...
Second Annual Bowl-A-Thon Set For Sunday
Westside Special Olympics will hold its 2nd Annual
Shamrock Bowl-A-Thon on Sunday, March 19, at AMF
Bayshore Bowl in Santa Monica to raise awareness and
funds for...
Archiectural Review Board Approves Landmark Status for Two Structures
Two historic craftsman structures moved a step toward
official preservation when the Landmarks Commission
met on Monday night, March 6, but discussion of the...
Will Rogers Third Grader Wins Poetry Prize
Shanni Goldman, a Third Grade student at Will Rogers
Elementary School in Santa Monica, with her poetry
teacher, Shelly Berger at Beyond Baroque Saturday,
following ceremonies at which...
Lincoln Middle School: An Academic Champion
When Joyce Smith and her husband, Greg Jackson, moved
to Santa Monica eight years ago, they began scouting
public schools for their children. Lincoln Middle
School struck Smith as...
2000 Census Off to Rocky Start
The 2000 U.S. Census got underway in Santa Monica last
week with introductory letters to residents, asking
them to cooperate and participate in the big count. The
thing is, according to...
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