DECLINE AT THE INCLINE
Monday, November 5, 4:27 pm
photo by Chris Zielin
District Planning Team Seeks
Key Question
The purpose of the first community assessment meeting of the Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s (SMMUSD) new Strategic
Planning Team, held October 27, was to determine where the District
stands now and...
Library Plans Top Next Week’s
Council Agenda
The Santa Monica City Council and the Public Library Board will hold a
special joint meeting to discuss plans for the new Main Library on
Tuesday...
Raw Sewage Spill Closes Beaches
On Monday, November 5, Los Angeles County Department of Health
Services officials issued an extended beach closure for approximately
9.5 miles of coastline as a result of a raw sewage spill...
Services for Annette Del Zoppo
Fri.
Local community activist Annette Del Zoppo passed away on Friday,
November 2. She had been hospitalized the previous Saturday for what
appeared to be complicated flu symptoms; but...
Model Center Is In Works
Architects Jeffrey M. Kalban & Associates have created
a new standard for community service center designs with the nearly
complete 40,000 square foot P.A.T.H...
Waste Board Awards $1.25 Million
for Bay Clean-Up
The California Integrated Waste Management Board has given a boost to
Santa Monica Bay cleanup efforts by awarding $1.25 million in grants
to the cities of Malibu and Santa Monica...
Area Students Plan Fast To Protest
War
Occidental College’s Students United for Peace, along with students
from other area schools, are scheduled to take part in a national
56-hour hunger strike from Wednesday to Friday this week...
Green Team Holds Holiday Workshop
On Friday, November 9, the Santa Monica Green Team Project will host
an evening of workshops focusing on how to make the holidays more
eco-friendly...
(L. to R.) Ben Levias, Derek Davis, Spiros Lazaris,
Dave Britton, Departing Big Blue Bus Director John Catoe, City Manager
Susan McCarthy, Tony Antich, Jancene de Martinez and Roy Neva.
City Breaks Ground On Bus Facility
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus broke ground last week for its new fueling
and bus service facility, which will serve Big Blue’s fleet of 183
buses...
Assembly Select Committee
Meets Here
The Assembly Select Committee on Air and Water Quality, chaired by
Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, will hold a hearing in Santa Monica on
global warming on Friday, November 9...
PP Community Council Meets Thur.
The Pacific Palisades Community Council will meet Thursday, November
8, at 7 p.m. in the Oak Room at Mort’s, 1035 Swarthmore...
Many District Schools Win State
Awards
Tony Dahl, Assessment and Evaluation Director for the Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) and Steve Canal,
District Coordinator of State and Federal Projects, reported to the
School Board last Thursday that many of the District’s schools have
once again qualified for state cash awards...
Former Mayor To Head Child
Development Services
Former Santa Monica City Council member and Mayor Judy Abdo has
been appointed by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD)
as Coordinator of Child Development Services (CDS)...
SMC Marks Intl. Education Week
As part of a nationwide celebration, Santa Monica College will host
its own “International Education Week,” November 13 to 16, with a wide
range of activities, including lectures, music, dance and art
exhibits...
Dolphin Program Raises $15,000
The Bayside District Corporation has presented $5,000 grants to three
local organizations. The money was generated by the Dolphin Change
Program, which was created to offer the community and visitors a means
to “give where it counts...”
Board Orders Ballona Clean-Up
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has adopted a
“zero trash tolerance” pollution limit for Ballona Creek...
Albert Lord and Disney’s Beverly Cole
Mirror Profile: Albert Lord:
Business, Networking and Empowerment
In an unassuming apartment building on Pico Boulevard
sits PoolSide Post, a post-production facility that houses, in what
used to be a one bedroom apartment...
Over-Enrollment Creates Problems
Over-crowded classrooms and too little attention from
teachers are two of the problems confronting students at Santa Monica
High School this year...
Local Scouts Honored For Heroism
On May 28, Boy Scouts from Troop 2 Santa Monica, their
leaders and families were returning from a weekend camping trip at
Lake San Antonio, when they came upon a catastrophic single-vehicle
accident on Interstate 5...
Court Favors City In Airport Suit
Superior Court Judge James A. Albracht signed a
judgment in a lawsuit for the City of Santa Monica last week which
City officials described as “gratifying...”
SMC Puts $160 Million Bond On Ballot
The Santa Monica Community College District Board of
Trustees voted unanimously Monday November 5, to put a $160 million
bond measure on the March, 2002, ballot to fund capital improvement
projects... |
