WINTER FIREWORKS
photo by Chris Zielin
Council Amends, Approves Park
Expansion
At its regular meeting last Tuesday, January 22, the
Santa Monica City Council approved the proposed Virginia Avenue Park
expansion, after adding some amendments...
Board Acts To Limit Pollution in SM Bay
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
approved a requirement last Thursday limiting the bacterial pollution
for all of Santa Monica Bay during dry weather...
Pico Youth & Family Center Opens
In the wake of a series of Pico Neighborhood shootings
in October 1998, the concept for the Pico Youth & Family Center
emerged...
District Rehab Management
Flayed
Serious concerns about the performance of Jacobs
Facilities Incorporated’s management of Proposition X bond
construction projects in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District...
SM Fire Department Offers Disaster
Training
The Santa Monica Fire Department will offer a one-day
course in Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) training to Santa
Monica residents...
WEIRD STUFF
School District, SMC and City
Discuss Money Woes
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, Santa
Monica College and the City of Santa Monica are all facing significant
budget deficits...
California Sets Nation’s
First Safe Nursing Standards
California has set the naton’s first safe nursing
standards, with the introduction of minimum nurse-to-patient ratios
for California’s acute care hospitals...
SMC Student Named To CCC Board
Gov. Gray Davis has appointed former SMC Student
Trustee Annie Bird as a student member of the California Community
Colleges Board of Governors...
One-Stop Center Matches Businesses
and Workers
At the Annual Open House of Palms/Mar Vista One-Stop
Center (soon to be known as Worksource California) on
Wednesday, December 19, Executive Director David Abelar was
recognized...
State Green Party Holds Assembly at
UCLA
Elected officials, delegates and members representing
the over 140,000 registered Greens in California convened on the UCLA
campus in Westwood on January 19 and 20...
Shots Fired At SMPD Officers
On Thursday, January 24, Santa Monica Police Department
officers attempting to stop a man on a routine traffic violation were
led on a chase during which the officers allegedly had shots fired at
them...
Of Particular Interest: Booth at the
Santa Monica Playhouse
Edwin Booth was the most successful actor of his day
until his brother John assassinated the president...
City Seeks Applications For
Promenade Uses Task Force
The Santa Monica City Council has mandated a Task Force
to develop recommendations of steps that can be taken to maintain the
appropriate mix of uses on the Third Street Promenade...
Canyon Association To Meet
Tues.
The Santa Monica Canyon Civic Association Board will
meet on Tuesday, February 5, at 7 p.m... |
