AFTER THE FIRE
Site of fire, Sunday, March 3. Additional photos in
the Online Photo Gallery
Photo by Chris Zielin
Beach Residences Destroyed
in Blast
A natural gas leak triggered an explosion and fire in
the 1300 block of Palisades Beach Road last Friday morning, March 1...
Judge Rules For City, SMC In PNA
Lawsuit
Superior Court Judge Terry B. Friedman ruled on
February 21 that the City of Santa Monica’s approval of Santa Monica
College’s 486-space replacement parking structure was...
Council Speeds, Then Parks in
Zone
Speed seemed to be the motif of the Santa Monica City
Council on Tuesday night...
Partial Results: Primary
Election
In the only significant local vote in the Tuesday,
March 5, election, Santa Monica College’s $160 Million bond measure,
Prop U, seemed on its way to approval...
DA Delays Filing Charges in Maran
Case
More than three months after the death of Santa Monica
High School student Deanna Maran...
Court Refuses to Dismiss Playhouse
Suit
As Monday’s hearing neared an end in West Los Angeles
Superior Court, David Levy whispered to a member of his defense team,
“Did we win...?
53rd Stairway of the Stars To Be Held
Mar. 21, 22
“Let Music Unite Us,” will be the theme of the Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s 53rd Annual Stairway of the
Stars concert on Thursday and Friday, March 21 and 22...
City Council Reiterates
Planning Priorities
The Santa Monica City Council decided unanimously last
Tuesday that the Department of Community Planning and Development’s
workload priorities, which were established last June, should not be
altered...
Girl Scout Cookies Still Good To
Go
A grocery store manager’s comment after being cited by
the City for an unpermitted outdoor art sale on Saturday, February 23,
led to a widespread misunderstanding...
Pier Work Puts Kink in Bike Path
Repair work on the Santa Monica Pier roadway, including
removal of deteriorated asphalt, broken deck boards and damaged
stringers began Monday...
Environmental
Lectures Continue
Santa Monica College’s free Environmental Lecture
Series continues in March with a wide range of topics...
SM Optometrist Is First To Become
‘Diabetes Educator’
Santa Monica resident Tina MacDonald, the first
optometrist to receive the certification of Diabetes Educator...
Venice Neighborhood
Council Seeks Certification
Having met regularly for a year and a half, the Grass
Roots Venice Neighborhood Council is now on its way to gaining
certification as a neighborhood council for Venice...
Cedars To Hold First Women’s Health
Conference
Cedars-Sinai Health Center’s first annual Women’s
Health Conference Friday, March 8...
RAND Corp. Names First Trustee From
Abroad
RAND Corporation President and CEO James A. Thomson has
announced the election of Carl Bildt, former prime minister of
Sweden...
Student Earns Perfect SAT Score
Santa Monica High School junior, Brent Besson, 17,
scored a perfect 1600 on the January 2002 Scholastic Aptitude Test...
Greens Meet Garment Workers
The Westside Greens have scheduled a meeting on
Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. at their office at 2809 Pico Boulevard
with garment workers and representatives of the Garment Workers
Center...
Samohi Students Become
Teachers
Several classes of Santa Monica High School students
recently instructed over 180 elementary students in the scientific
aspects of plants...
SM Firm Wins Major Contract
Competing with several international insurance firms,
Thomsen & Pratt Insurance Associates of Santa Monica has won a
one-year contract with the U.S. State Department...
Linda “Tish” Tisherman: Shaper
and Mover
Linda Tisherman, the recently named President-elect of
the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, is President of Staff Support,
Inc., an employee placement agency...
Learning Garden Is Planted at
Venice High
Venice High School and Yo San University will hold a
ground-breaking ceremony at The Learning Garden, a collaboration of
the school, the university and the community...
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