HAPPY ENDING

Shut down for 10 yeara, 415 PCH will be finally be
restored and open to the public. Photo by Margaret Molloy
And Now…The Renaissance of 415 PCH
When Marion Davies was a superstar, movie audiences
were often held in nail-biting suspense by wide-eyed damsels in
distress tied to railroad tracks by moustache-twirling villains...
City Plans To Address Pico Violence
The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously to
approve a City staff plan to stem ongoing violence in the Pico
Neighborhood... Council
Sets Guidelines for “The Village”
After a lengthy discussion last Tuesday, Santa Monica’s
City Council voted 6 to 1 to ask “The Village” developer-design teams
competing for a development agreement with the City...

Cummins Will Be Keynote Speaker at MLK
Celebration
Paul Cummins, well-known Santa Monica educator,
co-founder of Crossroads School and executive director of the New
Visions Foundation...

Venice Family Clinic’s Top Doctor
Leaves
Venice Family Clinic CEO Elizabeth Benson Forer
announced last week that Medical Director Susan Fleischman, MD, will
be leaving... The
Annenberg Foundation: No Small Dreams
Goethe’s dictum," Dream no small dreams for they have
no power to move the heart," is prominently displayed on the Annenberg
Foundation’s website... If It Isn’t
One Thing...Neilson Way Jam Up
A broken water line at Strand Street in Ocean Park
forced the closure of Neilson Way for two days last week...
Alcohol-related Deaths on Roads
Rise
Alcohol-related deaths on California highways and
streets have increased in California for the fifth consecutive year...

And A Big Dinner Was Had By All
Santa Monica seniors celebrated the holidays last week
at the Silvercrest Residence with a sumptuous Christmas dinner...
Kelly Hayes-Raitt Enters ’06 Assembly
Race
Santa Monica resident Kelly Hayes-Raitt kicked off her
campaign for a State Assembly seat at two fund-raisers earlier this
month... Still More
Corrections and Apologies
While it is absolutely clear that I committed our most
recent mistake, why I committed it is anything but clear... |