Mr. Nader Comes To Santa Monica
Green Party candidate Ralph Nader
was in Santa Monica Tuesday afternoon to endorse the
unionization of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel workers
and condemn the Chamber of Commerce backed proposed
Living Wage
Initiative.
photos by Michael Rosenthal
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SMMUSD Chief To Step Down In June 2001
As School Disteict Superintendent Neil Schmidt had
repeatedly stated that he had no plans to retire (see
Mirror, February23, 2000) the Santa Monica-Malibu
Unified School District (SMMUSD) was rocked last
Wednesday when... Beyond Baroque Creates City-Wide Poetry Festival
Beyond Baroque Literary Art Center, a unique L.A.
institution, has put together a unique event, the
World Beyond Poetry Festival, a six-day series of... Loews Hotel Is Target Of Demonstraton
With the Fairmont Miramar Hotel unionized, hotel
workers have turned their attention to Loews Santa
Monica Beach Hotel and are taking to... 400,000 People Hit City’s Beaches
Traditionally, Memorial Day marks the beginning of the
summer. If last weekend is any indication, area
beaches are in for a busy summer, with approximately
900,000 people visiting the... New System Is Used To Purify City H20 Wells
As part of a court-mandated obligation to make
reparations for the contamination of Santa Monica’s
water supply by methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE),
Mobil Oil Corporation turned on a new... Playa Vista Symposium Features Protests, Critics and Defenders
It was back to the '60s and the environmental hi-jinks
of George Hayduke when people gathered to protest at
the Ballona Wetlands Foundation at their... Mid-City Group Targets Traffic
Santa Monica Mid-City Neighbors Organization will hold
its eighteenth Annual Convention on Saturday, June 3,
at McKinley Elementary School, 2401 Santa Monica
Boulevard, from 1 to 4 P.M.
Traffic and parking issues will be the... Constitution Day Parade Set For Main Street in September
When it appeared that the City's massive sewer line
construction project would force the annual
Constitution Day Parade off its traditional Main
Street route, parade director Ron Pickard considered... Shoe Frenzy 2000 Benefits Women's Clinic
Shoe Frenzy 2000, the fifth annual shoe sale to
benefit the Women's Clinic and Family Counseling
Center will be held Saturday, June 3, at the... Correction S.M. City Council Okays Study Of Disabilities Board
The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously at its
regular meeting last Tuesday, May 23, to approve the
formation of... New Corporate Leases Replace Long-Term Rentals on Beach
It’s called "corporate leasing," and
it’s turning Santa Monica apartments into short-term
luxury suites for... Council Approves Parking Contract
Last month, the Santa Monica City Council approved a
new contract with Five Star Parking for the management
of... Public Safety Facility Is Now At Full Stop
The sound of bulldozers and earthmovers has ceased at
the big hole behind City Hall, because the Public
Safety Facility which will ultimately rise there has
been... Library Offers Joke Writing Workshop
The Santa Monica Library will present a Joke Writing
Workshop on Saturday, June 10, at which participants
will be instructed in the means of... Neighborhood Group Fights For Official Status, Recognition
Neighbors for a Safer Santa Monica (NSSM), a new
neighborhood group, is struggling for acceptance. The
group was formed eight months ago when... Curbs Get Massive Make-over
Curbs are being modified all over Santa Monica. At
locations such as Washington east of Lincoln, handicap
ramps are being added at corners.
The ramps are part of an annual City
program that will ultimately make... Police Seek Info On Indecent Exposure Incident On Ninth St.
Santa Monica Police are seeking information regarding
a possible case of indecent exposure.
Shortly after midnight on May 19, the
police received a call from a woman, 46, in the 1000
block of Ninth Street who said... Rent Control Loses Round To Landlord in Court Case
It was landlords, one, Santa Monica Rent Control,
zero, when the Second District Appellate Court decided
that...
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