FOUND AND LOST
May is Historic Preservation Month in Santa Monica.
Ironically, on Sunday, a historic façade (top photo) was unearthed,
but by late Tuesday afternoon (bottom photo), it was gone. See stories
below for details.
photos by Kathleen Masser (top) and Chris Zielin (bottom)
City, District Staffs Draft
Agreement
Santa Monica City Manager Susan E. McCarthy and Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District Superintendent...
Hearing To Be Held on Bayside Zoning
Changes
A public hearing will be held by the Santa Monica
Planning Commission next Wednesday...
A Piece of Santa Monica History Is Unearthed
Even as the Santa Monica Conservancy was holding its
annual meeting in an ersatz basement speakeasy at the Georgian
Hotel...
Effort Is Underway To Salvage
Boulangerie’s “Archaeology”
Responding to the unearthing of historic signage on the
site of the former Pioneer Boulangerie on Main Street...
School Board OKs Funding Proposal
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s (SMMUSD)
Board of Education...
Council Also OKs $6 Million For Schools
Following a discussion, during which two Council
members condemned the tactics employed by a citizens’ group backing
increased City funding for the schools...
New Midnight Special store last fall.
photo by James Allardice
The Twilight of Midnight Special
Midnight Special, a local highly independent and
thoroughly idiosyncratic bookstore with a long history of political
activism...
Edgemar façade.
photo by Chris Zielin
“Listen Edgemar” Debuts on Sunday
In Los Angeles one expects the unexpected, but the
debut of a new sound installation in the subterranean parking garage
at Edgemar...
Job Fair Will Be Held at SMC Next Week
On Saturday, May 22, more than 100 employers from both
private industry and the public sector will gather in front of the
Santa Monica College Library...
RAND Finds “Wonder Years” Not
Wonderful
According to “Focus on the Wonder Years: Challenges
Facing the American Middle School...
Will be given Caritas Award at May 21 gala
Anthony Hopkins To Be Honored At St.
John’s Health Center Benefit
Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins will be
given the 2004 Caritas Award on Friday...
Four Dale Ride Interns Go To D.C.
Four Santa Monica College students have been named Dale
Ride Interns for 2004...
Planning Board Approves Day Care
Center
After a lengthy hearing last Wednesday, the Santa
Monica Planning Commission approved a proposal for the construction...
New Roads School To Honor Trives, Hines
Santa Monica civic leader Nathaniel Trives and the late
actor/dancer/choreographer Gregory Hines...
HUD Group Makes SM Stop
An award-winning National Register building that is
home to adults with cerebral palsy and other disabilities in Santa
Monica...
Lantana Wins Sustainable
Quality Award
Lantana Media Campus, owned and managed by Hines, an
international real estate firm, swept all three award categories...
Rents Soar In Wake of Decontrol
The Costa-Hawkins Act (vacancy decontrol) has caused
the rents of 40 percent...
City Considers New Electric Purchase
Plan
The City of Santa Monica and electricAmerica, one of
the nation’s leading energy service providers...
City’s “Energy Champions” Are
Named
The Energy Coalition, a non-profit facilitator of
energy management...
City’s EMIGA Wins Award
The City of Santa Monica has won a PTI Technology Solutions award for
its Enterprise Management Intranet GIS Application (EMIGA)...
Julia Butterfly Hill To Speak at
Benefit
Julia Butterfly Hill, who spent spent more than two
years living in a 2,000-year-old redwood tree to protect it from
loggers... |
