HORSE POWER
photo by Michael Rosenthal
Court Delays Horses’ Eviction
From Will Rogers
The California Department of Parks and Recreation’s effort to evict
boarded horses from Will Rogers State Historic Park in Pacific
Palisades has been delayed again...
Two Shootings in Santa Monica Last
Week
A Santa Monica Police officer was close at hand on the night of
February 17 when shots rang out at the 1550 Beach Parking Lot near the
Santa Monica Pier...
Playhouse, September 2000
photo by Jessie Drezner
Playhouse Suit Targets City,
Genser
At a press conference called late afternoon Friday, February 15,
attorney Chris Harding of the law firm of Harding, Larmore, Kutcher
and Kozal, accused the City of Santa Monica of “circling the wagons”
to protect one of its own...
The Friends, The Councilmember and Me
The Mirror received a media alert announcing a community meeting, at
which Santa Monica City Councilmember Herb Katz would discuss the
recently formed Santa Monicans for Responsive Government (SMRG) at a
meeting of Friends of Ocean Park...
Court Quashes Effort To Quash
Initiative
Superior Court Judge for Sacramento County, Judge Gail D. Ohanesian
ruled against the California Forestry Association’s effort to stall
the Heritage Tree Preservation Act Initiative earlier this month...
Planning Board Gives Public More
Time To Speak
In future when members of the public address the Santa Monica Planning
Commission they will be given up to four minutes to do so...
Two Purim Carnivals Will Be Held
On Sunday
Temple Beth Shir Sholom will stage its annual Purim Carnival on
Sunday, February 24, beginning at 10:30 a.m...
City Council Reverses Planning
Commission
The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved Howard Jacobs’
proposed two-building mixed-use project on the site of the old Boulangerie
restaurant and bakery on Main Street in Ocean Park...
Senior Housing Complex Opens
U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman spoke about the federal budget and other
issues relating to the concerns of aging Americans at the grand
opening of a new 65-unit senior housing complex in Santa Monica
yesterday...
District Planning Sessions
Scheduled
As part of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s (SMMUSD)
year-long effort to develop a strategic plan...
Terry Tempest Williams Comes
To LA
Naturalist and acclaimed author Terry Tempest Williams will appear at
a benefit for the Ballona Wetlands on Friday, February 22, and read
from some of her works...
Student Org. Gives $115,000 to Promote
SMC Bond
The Associated Students of Santa Monica College (SMC) has contributed
$115,000 to the campaign to pass Measure “U”, which would provide $160
million in funds for capital improvements to the College...
Comedy Benefit, “Love Your
Bluff,” To Be Held Feb. 28
The second annual benefit, “Love Your Bluff,” to save West Bluffs, the
last natural coastal bluffs in the Ballona Wetlands
ecosystem, will be held in Playa Del Rey on Thursday, February 28...
West Bluffs Is Subject Tues.
“The Crisis at Ballona Wetlands: Saving the West
Bluffs from Development” will be the topic of a Sierra Club Ballona
Wetlands Task Force program on Tuesday, February 26, at the Ken
Edwards Center in Santa Monica...
Council Names Reservoir
Contractor
The Santa Monica City Council unanimously voted to award the contract
for the Riviera Reservoir Rehabilitation Project to Spiess
Construction Company, Inc. last Tuesday, though it wasn’t the lowest
bidder... |
