CITY IS ALL WET

One of the two new municipal swimming pools on the SMC
campus.
photo by Chris Zielin
New Swim Center Opens Next Week
Santa Monica’s municipal pools, aka Swim Center, will
open with a ceremonial splash...
One Man Killed, One Injured in Pico
Shootings
One person was killed and another injured in two
apparently unrelated shootings in the Pico neighborhood last week...
Museum of Flying Closure Shocks
Douglas Heir, Raises Questions
The Museum of Flying, located in the Santa Monica
Airport...
City Workers Put to the Test
With her calm demeanor and unassertive voice, Pat
Gordon appears more at home in a garden than at City Hall...
City Adopts Naming Policy
Though any number of parks, streets and public
buildings in Santa Monica bear the names of prominent people...
Bay Days Draws 50,000 People
Organizers estimate that about 50,000 people attended
the second annual Bay Days Festival at Windward Plaza in Venice on
June 29...
Coastal Board Has Last Word On
Chevron’s PCH Mini-mart
The California Coastal Commission will have the final
say on an application for a mini-market at the Chevron Station at
Pacific Coast Highway...
The Poll That Put The $300 Parcel Tax
on Ballot
In November, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District voters will be asked to approve a new $300 parcel tax...
McKeown, Breisch to Speak at W/M
Confab
The Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition will hold
its annual neighborhood meeting...
Justice Dept. Says Loews Workers
Were Not Discriminated Against
Two hotel workers who filed a discrimination complaint
late last year recently learned that their case might never see the
inside of a courtroom...
Free Clinic Benefit Will Be July
20
More than 30 restaurants and 80 wineries will take part
in the Los Angeles Free Clinic’s Fifth Annual Extravaganza for the
Senses...
Group To Interview Candidates
The Committee to Protect the Living Wage will be
holding candidate interviews for individuals running in the upcoming
November election...
Garment Workers Stage Protest on
Promenade
Latino and Chinese garment workers, and other
protestors, descended on the Third Street Promenade Saturday... |