DOWNTOWN IN TRANSIT
Broadway, looking west, 4 p.m. Monday.
photo by Chris Zielin
$15 Million Downtown Face Lift
After months of traffic-tangling construction, noise
and detours, Santa Monica’s new Downtown Transit Mall will officially
open on Saturday...
Creating An Urban Legend
At the center of the intersection of Broadway and
Fourth Street an urban legend has been born...
Rewrite of Veritas Ballot Text
Ordered
At its June 11 meeting, Santa Monica City Council
members reviewed the ballot language proposed for Voters Election
Reform Initiative...
City OKs Additional Grant Of $1.5
Million to Schools
Immediately following the public hearing at last
night’s City Council meeting during which residents outlined their
budget priorities...
$300 Parcel Tax Is Likely
Members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District’s (SMMUSD) Board of Education seem ready to ask voters to
approve a $300 parcel tax...
Pier Concerts Tune Up
The Santa Monica Pier’s long-running Twilight Dance
Series of free summer concerts will kick off its 18th season
Thursday...
Third Street Driveway Feud
Escalates
The uncertain fate of a single, narrow driveway in the
Third Street historic district is enough to make Patricia Abel
nauseous...
Madison Theater
Environmental Review Begins
Santa Monica College (SMC) and its consultants began
the environmental review process for its proposed Madison Theater on
May 18...
Gary Zukov to Appear in Culver City
Best-selling author Gary Zukov and Linda Francis will
conduct two workshops in Culver City later this month...
Angel Returns to Venice Saturday
Venice artisan Tracey Corinne and her sponsor,
Lighthouse Stained Glass...
HIV Testing Days Are June 24-28
To identify an estimated 13,000 Angelenos who are not
aware that they are infected with HIV and who are infecting others
unknowingly...
Venice Loses Councilmember, Residents
Cry Foul
In a once-in-a-decade happening, Los Angeles City
lawmakers voted June 11 to redraw the boundaries of the City’s
districts...
Two Local Scouts Become Eagles
Two area teenagers, members of Boy Scouts Troop Two of
Santa Monica, were awarded...
School Board Surveys Community
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD)
has issued an invitation to residents of the District to participate
in the first community-wide assessment survey...
Bus Maintenance Course To Begin
Santa Monica College will offer its introductory
training program in bus maintenance and mechanics during the summer
session, which begins June 24...
The Perfect Los Angeles City
They call it Kidville, and by all accounts, it is the
most efficiently run city in Los Angeles...
Big Blue Fares To Rise July 7
The Big Blue Bus has announced that the new fare
structure approved by City Council will go into effect system wide on
July 7...
Liberty Hill Honors Paul and
Betsy Mazursky
Director Paul Mazursky (Bob & Ted & Carol & Alice, An
Unmarried Woman, Down and Out in Beverly Hills) and his wife Betsy
received...
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