Will Walk For Food
Participants in the Westside Food Bank’s Hunger Walk on
Sunday passed between two of Santa Monica’s luxury hotels – Casa del
Mar and Shutters on the Beach. The 5k walk started at Santa Monica
High School and went down Pico, along the beach and up to Main Street
and back to the high school.
Photo by James Allardice
Day of Dead Celebration Begins With
Parade
Santa Monica’s third annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
celebration will include a parade and a multi-media art exhibit...
New SMC Theater Advisory Group Meets
The group that will advise Santa Monica College (SMC) on its proposed
performing arts center at the Madison campus held its first meeting
last Thursday, October 25...
PAL Expects 5,000 At Halloween Party
Tonight
The Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) expects over 5,000
people to attend its annual Halloween carnival tonight at Barker
Hanger at the Santa Monica Airport...
Council Votes To Fluoridate Water
Last Tuesday, November 23, Santa Monica’s City Council voted voted 4
to 3 to fluoridate the City’s water supply...
Working Group Reaches Consensus
After a number of meetings and workshops, the six-member Civic Center
Working Group came to what Working Group member and Mayor Pro-Tem
Richard Bloom called...
City Officials, Residents
Disagree on Park Plans
In recent weeks, various boards, committees and commissions have
reviewed the schematic design for the restoration and 3.7-acre
expansion of Virginia Avenue Park...
Left to right, Richard Roeder, chair, Orthopaedic
Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees, “ER” star Alex Kingston, Dr.
Michael Karpf, director, UCLA Medical Center, Lawrence Goodman, chair,
Santa Monica-UCLA Board of Advisors, Dr. Jack Borsting, chair,
Orthopaedic Hospital Board of Directors, Dr. James V. Luck, president,
CEO and medical director, Orthopaedic Hospital, Dr. Gerald Levey,
provost, UCLA Medical Sciences, and Marvin Elkin, Santa Monica-UCLA
Foundation Advisory Board.
SM-UCLA Center Celebrates
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital offered over
2,000 people “a look back and a look ahead” at its groundbreaking and
Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, October 14...
Planning Board Orders Senior
Project Redesign
At its meeting on October 17, Santa Monica’s Planning Commission
agreed with an appeal of the Architectural Review Board’s (ARB)
approval of plans for a new five-story 26 unit 100 percent affordable
senior housing project...
New Textbooks Do Not End Math
Instruction Debate
In response to parental complaints, all Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
School District (SMMUSD) middle school students (grades 6-8) began
this academic year with the same mathematics textbooks...
Pavley Backs Major Ballot Measure
Assemblymember Fran Pavley joined Governor Davis and other members of
the state legislature on October 15 at the signing of AB 1602 that
will allow California voters to consider a $2.6 billion resources bond
on the March 2002 ballot...
St. John’s Prepared for Biohazards
Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica is one of the few
California hospitals to receive Level B State Certification in
biohazard awareness and operations...
MJC&S Breaks Ground For New Synagogue
Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue (MJC&S), a
Reconstructionist congregation, will celebrate the ground-breaking of
its new Synagogue on Sunday, November 4...
Area Watershed Green Map Is
Unveiled
The Santa Monica and Ballona Watershed Green Map was
unveiled at a launch party on October 14...
Police Officer Hit By SUV In Bizarre
Incident
Last Friday, October 26, a Santa Monica Police officer
responding to a call was struck and dragged 10 feet by an SUV...
Report Shows Storm Drains Are Major
Polluters
After spending several years analyzing water samples
from nearly 350 drains in the Santa Monica Bay area, Santa Monica BayKeeper
released a report last week which indicated that many of the samples
exceed state and federal standards...
Feinstein Named to SCAG Committee on
Growth
Santa Monica Mayor Michael Feinstein has been named to
the 18-member Growth Visioning Committee of the Soutern California
Association of Governments (SCAG)...
SMMUSD Seeks Personnel
Commissioner
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD)
is seeking applications for appointment to a three-year term on the
Personnel Commission, commencing December 1...
Group Raises Funds For NY Victims
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is hoping to raise
$1 million for long-term assistance to the victims of September 11
terrorist attacks... |
