COWABUNGA!

On the beach, Monday, July 15, 5:30 p.m.
photo by Chris Zielin
Coastal Commission OKs Lincoln
Expansion
The California Coastal Commission approved a proposal
by CalTrans Monday, July 8...
Doubletree Is Focus of Living
Wage Debate Again
Only a narrow two-lane drive divided activists on
opposing sides of the living wage debate last Thursday...
Bayside District, Local
Leaders Confront Promenade Problems
In a concerted effort to reduce what they are calling
“unacceptable behaviors” on the Third Street Promenade and surrounding
areas...
Council
Approves New Skatepark
The Santa Monica City Council voted last Tuesday to
build the City’s first skate-park in Memorial Park...
PRC Names
Interim Director
The Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation (PRC) has
named Ben Franz-Knight interim executive director...
New SM Preschool Collaborative To
Open
Signaling a new era in child care, Santa Monica College
is embarking on a partnership with Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District...
Advisory Groups Complete
Reports To School Board
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s (SMMUSD) Advisory
Committees (DAC) have completed their annual reports to the Board of
Education...
RAND Elects LAX Director and
Pittsburgh CEO to Its Board
RAND President and CEO James A. Thomson announced
Monday that Los Angeles World Airports (LAX) Executive Director Lydia
Kennard and PNC Financial Services Group Chairman...
Arts Info Workshop Is Scheduled
On Monday, July 22, the City of Santa Monica will host
the first in a series of four free Traveling Arts Information
Workshops ...
Three SM Students Make Colby Dean’s
List
Three students from Santa Monica were named to the
Colby College dean’s list for the spring semester of the 2001-2002
school year...
St. John’s Doctor Scores With New
Program
There are an estimated 80,000 anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) injuries annually in the United States...
Barker Named To Drescher Chair of Excellence
Dr. Joan Barker, a Santa Monica College anthropology
professor whose areas of explorarion range from...
Noise is Subject of City Meeting
Noise, like traffic, has become a chronic problem in
Santa Monica, and it will be the subject...
Martin Sheen Endorses Jerry
Rubin
Santa Monica City Council candidate Jerry Rubin
announced last week that actor Martin Sheen, who has houses in Santa
Monica and Malibu...
SMC Bond Oversight Board Holds
First Meeting
The new Santa Monica College Citizens Bond Oversight
Committee will hold its first meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 26...
Rotary Club Gives Grant to Museum
The Santa Monica Historical Society Museum has received
a $1,500 grant from the Rotary Club of Santa Monica for its
educational programs...
Code Enforcement Update Given
to Board
Tim McCormick, Santa Monica’s chief Building and Safety
official, gave his first code enforcement quarterly update...
Webster Art Studio Program Has
Banner Year
The 11th Annual Art Show and Multicultural Dinner at
the Webster Elementary School in Malibu capped a year of achievement
for the school’s unique Art Studio program...
Promenade Launches Concert
Series
Taking a page from the Santa Monica Pier, the Third
Street Promenade will launch its own concert series Friday...

Ocean Woods Terrace Condominium from Sunset Boulevard.
photo by Michael Rosenthal
Palisades Project Proposed
on Site of Old Slide
Neighbors of a proposed 82-unit apartment building on a
steep hillside overlooking the ocean in Pacific Palisades worry
that...
The Lights Go Out at Midnight
The Midnight Special bookstore, a community nexus for
the last 32 years...
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