GRAND OPENING
(L. to R.) Hiro Masa Ikeda, representing his father SGI
President Daisaku Ikeda, Santa Monica mayor Michael Feinstein, Jay
Gomez District Director for County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, and
Danny Nagashima, SGI-USA General Director.
photos by
Michael Rosenthal
Soka
Gakkai International Unveils World Culturen Center
Soka Gakkai International (SGI) officially opened its new World
Culture Center, which includes the 1,100 seat Ikeda auditorium...
Chamber of
Commerce Names Kathryn Dodson To Succeed Dan Erhler as Executive
Director
Kathryn Dodson began her new job as the Santa Monica Chamber of
Commerce’s new Executive Director on August 20...
Photo byJames Allardice
Venice Tenants
Rally on Boardwalk To Protest Landlords’ Eviction Plan
With the blessing of the Pope and the backing of Congresswoman Jane
Harmon, a group of 150 Venice residents marched to Venice Beach...
Big Blue Bus’s Top
Driver Resigns
Big Blue Bus Director John Catoe has accepted a position as Deputy
Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles’ Metropolitan Transit Authority
(MTA)...
CALPIRG
Finds Renewable Sources Could Supply 25% Of State’s Energy Needs
A recent CALPIRG report finds that, in the next decade, California
could generate a quarter of its electricity from renewable sources...
Legendary SMC
Band Will Reunite To March In Hollywood In November
It will be something to see...
60s Movie
Musclemen Will Be Honored On Labor Day
The City of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation’s Muscle
Beach Bodybuilding Championship at Venice Beach on Labor Day will...
School Board
Discusses Selection Process For New Strategic Planning Design Team
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s (SMMUSD) Board of
Education held a lengthy discussion Thursday, August 16...
Volunteers
Sought For Lymphoma Study
Researchers at UCLA’s Jonnson Cancer Center are seeking volunteers for
a final phase clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of
individually tailored vaccines to fight a common type of lymphoma...
Santa Monica,
Malibu Students Go Back To School Wednesday
On August 21, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD)
school principals met...
Applications
for New Apartments Will be Available September 4 to 6
Applications for 65 one-bedroom apartments in a new Senior housing
complex at 1122 Fourth Street will be distributed...
Liberty Hill
Makes Grant to SMART, 17 Other Groups
On announcing more than half-a-million dollars in grants to eighteen
grassroots groups in the Los Angeles area...
SM-UCLA Medical
Center Completes Phase I Of Its $231 Million Project
The recent opening of its new parking structure at 16th and Arizona in
Santa Monica (shown above) marked the completion of the first phase of
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center’s $231 million replacement project...
MOPS Series
Begins At Calvary
Palisadian Janelle Howatton will deliver “A Mother’s Resume’” at 8:45
a.m. Friday, Sept. 7 in the Fireside Room at Calvary Church in Pacific
Palisades...
Advaita Yoga
Ashrama To Hold Grand Opening September 8
The Advaita Yoga Ashrama’s grand opening is scheduled for Saturday,
September 8...
WWII Vets
Eligible For Certificate of Recognition
World War II veterans who were involved in the liberation of France -–
on the ground, in the air, or on the sea...
5K/10K Run Will
Raise Awareness, Funds For Suicide Prevention Center
The fourth annual “Alive & Running” 5K/10K Walk/Run to benefit the
Suicide Prevention Center of Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health
Center will take place on Sunday...
Government Help
Is Available To Pay Energy Bills
Financial Assistance Network in Washington, D.C. has just published a
booklet, “How to Get Government Help to Pay Your Energy Bills...”
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