BACK TO THE BEACH

As happens every year, the Memorial Day weekend
signaled the return of summer to the Santa Monica beach.
photo by Chris Zielin
Council Orders Review Of More
Downtown Projects
On a vote of 4 to 2 last Tuesday, the Santa Monica City
Council directed City staff to draft an ordinance that would lower the
threshold for the requisite City review...
Canyon Residents Rebuff L.A.
Parks Dept. Plan
Outrage over a proposed plan by the City of Los Angeles
Recreation and Parks Department (DPR) to alter Rustic Canyon Park in
Santa Monica Canyon came to a head...
Jacobs Appeals ARB Rejection
Developer Howard Jacobs is appealing the Santa Monuca Architectural
Review Board’s (ARB) rejection of his proposed development at 2012
Main Street...
Six School Playgrounds Now
Open
After years of talk and months of planning, the
Playground Partnership, a collaborative effort of the City of Santa
Monica and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District...
Big Blue Bus Changes, Expands Line 4
The Big Blue Bus announced that effective June 16, Line
4 and Line 15 will be combined to create a new Line 4...
Virginia Avenue Park Mural Back
to Drawing Board
East Los Streetscapers, a group of muralists known for
their colorful style and melding of modern scenes with ancient iconic
imagery...

SM Students Take Part in Ocean Day
Tenth grade environmental biology class and teacher
Eileen Corliss from Santa Monica High School joined 3,000
other students to clean up...
Council Tackles 2002-03 Budget
The Santa Monica City Council spent last night working
on the Fiscal Year 2002-03 budget...
Samohi Class of 2002 To Go to Rio on
Grad Night
For more than a decade, each Senior Class at Santa
Monica High School has chosen a fantasy destination to which it
travels on Grad Night...
Turning Point To Hold Benefit Brunch
The Resource Board of Turning Point Transitional
Housing, a shelter program that assists homeless men and women...
Malibu Schools Schedule
Graduations
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District schools
in Malibu have announced their graduation plans...
New Principal Named at Point Dume
At its last meeting, May 16, the Santa Monica-Malibu
Unified School District board named Chi Kim principal at Point Dume
Science Elementary School...
AIDS Ride to End at Corsair Field
More than 1,000 bicycle riders and their support teams
will end the 2002 California AIDS 575-mile, seven-day ride at Corsair
Field, Santa Monica College...

Schwabe Retires as Head of
Samohi’s Music Programs
After 39 years of teaching, 29 of which he spent in the
Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School District...
SM Student Wins National Scholarship
Maria D. Muria, a graduating senior at Santa Monica
High School...
Pacific Park Adds New Nautical Ride
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier has added a new
play area, Kid’s Cove...
SMMUSD Planning Team Makes
Progress Report
Members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District’s Strategic Plan “action groups” presented a progress report
to the community on May 18 at the Museum of Flying...

photo by Chris Zielin
BEACH ENCOUNTER
As the Mirror has reported, an unusually large number
of sea lions have turned up on the Santa Monica beach this spring... |