WHEEL IS NOW
RED, WHITE AND BLUE
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11,
Pacific Park on Santa Monica Pier has changed the lights on its Ferris
wheel, all 5,392 of them, from green and purple to red, white and
blue. On Saturday, September 29, the Park will donate 50% of its
revenues to the disaster relief fund.
photo by Chris Zielin
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Exhibition Of Public Art Opens
in Clover Park
The artworks in the City of Santa Monica’s latest aesthetic foray,
Fresh Art, are not only new, they’re temporary...
Downtown Parking Task Force To
Hold Workshop
The City of Santa Monica’s Downtown Parking Task Force will hold its
second public workshop on Saturday...
City Opts to Replace Main Library
In 1998, Santa Monica voters passed a bond measure setting aside $25
million for expansion of the existing Main Library building located at
Santa Monica Boulevard and Sixth Street...
SMMUSD Test Scores Improve
Significantly In All Grade Levels
An analysis of the Stanford 9 Achievement Test (SAT-9) and STAR
testing results from 1999-2001 which was presented to the Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s (SMMUSD) Board of Education...
SM-Malibu Education Foundation
Awards $46,000 in Grants To Variety Of Programs
The Santa Monica - Malibu Education Foundation (SMMEF)
has announced the recipients of this year’s Academic Enrichment Grants
(AEGs)...
Debate Resumes On Fluoridation of
City Water
Another debate on whether to fluoridate the City’s water supply was
staged Saturday, September 16...
Planning Commission Orders
Staff To Issue Its Project Reports Earlier
In January 2002, Santa Monica’s Department of Community Planning and
Development will launch a six-month trial of a Planning Commission
request...
Library To Host Peace Corps Writers\
Santa Monica Public Library will present “40 Years of Peace Corps
Writers: The Tour” on Sunday, September 30...
Meals on Wheels Holds Fund-Raiser
Meals on Wheels of Santa Monica, Malibu, Pacific Palisades will hold
its annual two-day fund raiser on Sunday, September 30 and Monday,
October 1...
Sunday Salon: Beyond Baroque
The first In a series of literary evenings featuring both novelists
and writers of non-fiction will be held at Beyond Baroque Literary
Foundation on Sunday... City
Hall Bomb Threat Turns Out To Be Bogus
Santa Monica City Hall was evacuated last Thursday
afternoon following a telephoned bomb threat...
How To Help Our Children
The emotional effects on our children of a crisis or
disaster, such as the horrific recent terrorist activities, can be
tremendous... Palisades
Council To Meet Oct. 4
In addition to its regulur business, at its next
meeting the Pacific Palisades Communuity Council will discuss cable
service currently provided by the City’s contracting agency...
St Monica’s Octoberfair Begins
Friday
The St. Monica Community Parish’s annual Octoberfair,
its thirty-seventh, will kick off Friday, September 28, with a chili
cookoff and the Cajun music of Lisa Haley and the Zydecats...
Venice Council To Meet Fri.
The September Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council
Meeting is scheduled for Friday, September 28, at 7 p.m. in the First
Lutheran Church’s community room, 815 Venice Boulevard...
Director Will Be Honored At Chrysalis
Gala
Chrysalis’ annual Spirit of Chrysalis Awards dinner and
fund raiser on Wednesday, October 3, will honor director Brett Ratner...
Catalina-Santa Monica Swim Is
Saturday
The third annual “Turning the Tides on MS 2001,” an
extreme 38-mile international swim race, will begin on Saturday...
Ex-SEC Chair, Former Defense Chief Are
Elected To RAND Corp. Board
RAND Corporation President and CEO James A. Thomson
announced last week that former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown and
former Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Arthur Levitt
had been elected to the Board of Trustees...
All-Day Dialogue at SMC Focuses On
Events of September 11
A group of Santa Monica College professors began an
all-day Teach-In this morning at 9 a.m. in the college amphitheater...
St. Monica’s Tears
It is said that soon after the Los Angeles pueblo was
settled in 1781, a priest came across a spring in what was to become
West Los Angeles... |
