HISTORIC BATTLEGROUND
18th Street, north of Montana, appeared to be serene
Monday afternoon, but it is ground zero in the debate over historic
districts.
photo by Chris Zielin
Dennis Gives Council Good
Financial News
The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved the
issuance of refunding bonds to reduce the City’s long-term debt and
$7.5 million in additional bonds for new low and moderate-income
housing projects last Tuesday...
SMC Foundation Gives $1 Million
to Madison Project
The Santa Monica College Foundation announced on
Thursday, March 28 that it has allocated $1 million of undesignated
funds to the college’s Madison Theater Project...
PAC Formed, Takes On Historic
Districts
On Monday, March 25, “Homeowners for Voluntary
Preservation,” (HVP) a political action committee formed by opponents
of historic districting in the North of Montana neighborhood ...
SM Man Kills Mother-In-Law, Wife
William Wheeler, 41, of Santa Monica died of a
self-inflicted gunshot wound after being pursued by police in Kimball,
Nebraska on March 27...
Oil-Soaked Rag Fire Damages House
Oil-soaked rags spontaneously ignited early Sunday
morning, March 31, causing $13,000 in damage at a Santa Monica
house...
SMRR Joins Other Groups In Tenants’
Coalition
Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights leaders gathered in
front of City Hall Tuesday, April 2, to announce the creation of a new
statewide coalition to fight for affordable housing and tenant
rights...
County Launches Campaign To
Slow Spread of HIV
Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services has
launched a new advertising campaign that challenges individuals as
well as families...
Directory of Services for
Seniors Now Available
An extensive directory of Westside services for seniors
and their caregivers is now available from the UCLA Center on Aging
and the City of Santa Monica Commission on Older Americans...
CALPIRG Sets New Budget Priorities
CALPIRG (California Public Interest Research Group) has
developed a set of public interest budget principles and called on the
Governor and the Legislature to abide by them as they construct the
state budget over the coming months...
(l. to r.) Basilia Yao, Richert, Viet Tran, and past
Chamber president Carol Tantau
Venice Chamber Opens New Office
The grand opening of the new Venice Chamber of Commerce
office at 327 Washington Boulevard was well attended, though it
conflicted with Passover...
Douglases Give Mar Vista Seed $$
Anne and Kirk Douglas, who have underwritten the
refurbishment of a number of school playgrounds, have now literally
provided seed money for the greening of the playground at Mar Vista
Elementary School...
Redistricting May Move
Venice’s Galanter to Valley
The Los Angeles City Council is now considering a
redistricting plan that would move Councilmember Ruth Galanter’s 6th
District to the San Fernando Valley...
Commissioner Johnson To Serve
On 3rd St. Task Force
The Santa Monica Planning Commission named Commissioner
Jay Johnson to the Third Street Promenade Retail Moratorium Task Force
last Wednesday...
Surgeon To Receive “Duke” Award At
Gala
Renowned surgeon Armando E. Giuliano will be given the
John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary’s Special Service “Duke” Award
at the 17th annual Odyssey Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly
Hills on Saturday, April 6...
City Sponsors “Smart Garden”
Tours
The City of Santa Monica is sponsoring “Smart Gardens
for Santa Monica...”
Relay Marathon Forms Are
Available
The 21st Annual Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon will be
held on Sunday, April 21, in Griffith Park...
Prominent
Dermatologist Victor D. Newcomer Dies
Victor D. Newcomer, UCLA clinical professor of
dermatology for 46 years and former chief of dermatology at the
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System...
S.M. Woman Named to Hall Of Fame
The Automative Hall of Fame has named Mary Simonson
Rehwald as one of the five inductees into the 2001 Distinguished
Services Citation...
City Removes Dozens of Trees In
SM Neighborhood
On Monday evening, Ozone Street was a quaint, quiet
street with dozens of healthy, mature trees lining the sidewalks...
Daylight Saving Time Begins
Clocks Ahead!
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, April 7, at 2:00 AM. Unless you
choose to stay behind, set your clocks and watches ahead one hour. We
will lose an hour of sleep and, given the thickness of the marine
layer, we may not have more sun, but we will have more light. |
