ROLLING REVENUE ENHANCERS

Having increased fines for violations, the City is counting on its large fleet of parking enforcement vehicles to, in its words, substantially enhance its revenues this summer.
                                                         photo by James Allardice

Back to Baghdad Democracy’s Price
June 27, BAGHDAD — The dinar’s value is so volatile that money-changers operate from curbside card tables bearing foot-and-a-half stacks of the Sadaam-monikered bills...

Council Sends Message to Sacramento
At last week’s meeting, the Santa Monica City Council’s business ranged from an inconclusive discussion of the state budget crisis...

Investigation of Anti-Prop. JJ Campaign Is Urged
Created some months ago by supporters of a living wage in Santa Monica...

School Board Approves 2003-04 Budget
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s (SMMUSD) Board of Education approved a $98.25 million budget...

State Assembly Committee Considers Ancient Tree Act
The Heritage Tree Preservation Act, which will preserve California’s ancient heritage trees...

Wedding Photographer Finally Delivers
The Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office is in the process of returning long-missing wedding photographs and other materials to some forty-nine couples who were customers of Juli Armitage...

Obituary
Marcile Sullivan was born on September 7, 1915 in Cullom, Illinois...

                                                         photo by James Allardice

City’s New Traffic Study Gets Mixed Reviews
Santa Monica’s Transportation Planning Manager Lucy Dyke presented the Planning Commission with a new traffic count study that...

Clean Sand Bill Passed by Assembly
A hazardous mess on Will Rogers State Beach last fall inspired a bill that passed out of the State Assembly early this month...

Historical Society Names New Board
Louise Gabriel, president of the Santa Monica Historical Society Museum...

                                                          photo by Anita Allardice

Riding for Life: The SF-LA 2003 AIDS/LifeCycle Ride
Somewhere between Ventura and West Hollywood – on the final leg of the seven-day...

Residents Propose Alternative To City Noise Ordinance
A group of residents met Monday to discuss an alternative to City staff’s proposal for revising Santa Monica’s noise ordinance...

Palisades 10 and 5Ks To Be Run on 4th
Billed by Runner’s World magazine as a race not to be missed, the 26th Annual Palisades Will Rogers 5K and 10K Run and Kids’ Run is...

Samohi Marching Band Plays Capitol
The Santa Monica High School Marching Band and Color Guard will march in the National Independence Day...

OPCO Board Ends Hiatus
After a hiatus of several months, the Ocean Park Community Organization (OPCO) Board met last Thursday...