S.M. CIVIC: LANDMARK OR WHITE ELEPHANT?
Future of Civic Auditorium Is Discussed By Working Group
At its May 14 meeting, the Civic Center Working
Group discussed a variety of options for civic/cultural programming...
Council Amends, Approves Living Wage Ordinance Tues.
It was, by now, a familiar scene. Dozens of people
appeared before the Santa Monica City Council last night to speak for
or against a proposed Living Wage ordinance...
Council’s Mid-Year Budget Review Scheduled To Be Held May 29-31
Priorities expressed in the City’s 2001/02 $357.2
million budget in January will be reviewed by the Santa Monica City
Council...
Proposed SMC Theater Moves From Wings To Center Stage, As City Gets Into Act
On the drawing board since 1998, Santa Monica
College’s proposed Madison Site Theater suddenly moved to center
stage three weeks ago...
Man Killed in Explosion on 24th Street
On Sunday, May 20, at approximately 4:11 p.m.,
Santa Monica Police and Fire department personnel responded to a call
of an explosion...
Venice Agency Raises $384,500
St. Joseph Center in Venice, which aids low-income
and homeless people on the Westside...
Planning Board Approves Church In Light Industry/Studio Zone
By a 4 to 1 vote the City of Santa Monica’s
Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) last
Wednesday...
McNulty To Speak At Franklin School Next Wednesday
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s
Assistant Superintendent for Special Education...
Hayden, Weiss To Appear In Final Debate
Former State Senator Tom Hayden, who is now running
for the Fifth District seat on the Los Angeles City Council, will meet
Jack Weiss...
Davis Appoints Three S.M. Residents to Superior Court
Governor Gray Davis recently made five appointments
to the Los Angeles Superior Court. Three of the five new judges are
from Santa Monica...
Oaks Project Calls For Writ of Mandate To Enforce Initiative
Volunteers with the Oaks Project have petitioned
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley and California
Attorney General Bill Lockyer to file an action...
Pacific Palisades Community Council To Meet Thursday
The purposes of the Pacific Palisades Community
Council are...
NCSF Distributes Nearly $1 Million To So Cal Charities
The National Charity Support Foundation (NCSF) has
distributed $925,109 to 50 of Southern California’s charities...
SMC Students’ Acceptance By NIST Is A First
A handful of students from Santa Monica College
will soon have the distinction of being the first ever to be accepted...
First Woman Rotarian Honored
Esther M. Johnson, the first woman admitted to the
1.18-million-member Rotary International, was honored for 50 years of
service to the Rotary Club...
SMMUSD Reviews Access Plan For Lower School Playgrounds
At the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District’s (SMMUSD) Board of Education meeting last Thursday, May 17...
Activist Snider Dies
Carol Snider, an outspoken Santa Monica activist on
disability, homelessness and AIDS issues, was found dead in her
apartment over the weekend...
Community & Special Events
State Mandates Chicken Pox Vaccine For All Children
In an ongoing effort to eradicate chicken pox (Varicella),
as of July 1 all children entering...
Discussion Of SMC’s Madison Site Theater Dominates Meeting
At last Wednesday’s meeting of the City
College-School District Liaison Committee, Santa Monica College (SMC)
consultant Dennis Zane...
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