CLASS ACT
Santa Monica College students returned to classes
Monday, August 25. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
students go back to school on Wednesday, September 3.
photo by James Allardice
Atrium, Public Safety Building.
photo by Kathleen Masser
Public Safety HQ Is High Tech “Green”
For 46 years, the Santa Monica Police Department has
occupied a nondescript structure in the shadow of historic City
Hall... Planning
Board Calls for Audit of Planning Dept.
The Santa Monica Planning Commission voted 6 to 1 to
ask the City Council to authorize an independent management audit...
Over 3,000 Seniors Take Parcel Tax
Exemption
Over 3,000 older people applied for exemption from the
Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) $225 per parcel
tax that was approved by voters on June 3...
City Talks Trash, But Delays Vote
The bulk of last night’s Santa Monica City Council
meeting was devoted to talking trash…and recycling…and...
School Board Makes Key Appointments
Last Thursday’s Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District’s (SMMUSD) Board of Education meeting was brief, only two
hours, but... SMC
Environmental Lectures Begin With Tour
Santa Monica College will launch its fall environmental
lecture series on Thursday, September 4, with a tour of its Center for
Environmental and Urban Studies...
Mar Vista Council Vetoes Patriot Act
The Mar Vista Community Council has, in effect, vetoed
a federal law, the U.S. Patriot Act...
Starbucks Foundation Gives
Grant to Inside Out
As part of its continuing effort to support youth
development in California communities, the Starbucks Foundation
recently awarded Inside Out Community Arts a $5,000 grant...
Youngsters Graduate at St. Joseph
Center
Seven five-year-olds received their diplomas on Friday,
August 22... Santa Monica
Dentist Is Honored
Stephen B. Effron, D.D.S. was recognized as a Life
Member of the Western Los Angeles Dental Society at the association’s
dinner meeting...
New Main Stage to Rise on SMC Campus
Construction will begin early next year on Santa Monica
College’s new $6 million Main Stage Theater...
Body Found on Beach Last Week Is
Identified
The body of a man found at the shoreline of the Pacific
Ocean adjacent to the 1300 block of Pacific Coast Highway Monday
morning, August 18, has been identified...
Local Woman Reappointed to State
Post
Governor Gray Davis has asked Santa Monica resident
Marilyn Kizziah to serve another term on the Commission on the Status
of Women... Lincoln
Student Attends Concordia Language Villages
Michael Litwak, a seventh grader at Lincoln Middle
School... Santa Monica Man To
Climb Kilimanjaro
Following in the footsteps of his father, who climbed
Mt. Kiliminjaro when he was 60, Santa Monica resident Randy Williams
will... |
