ORPHANS IN THE STORM

Westwood National Guard Armory, Monday night photo by Margaret Molloy

Emergency Homeless Shelter Is at Capacity
The National Guard Armory in Westwood functions is one of only two winter emergency homeless shelter on the Westside...

center court, Santa Monica Place. Photograph by Margaret Molloy

Planning Board Votes To Delay Santa Monica Place Redevelopment
Following another lengthy discussion last Wednesday on Macerich’s proposal to redevelop Santa Monica Place (SMP)...

Will Rogers School Seeks Sponsors
The students at Will Rogers Elementary School are largely from Sunset Park and the Pico neighborhood...

Deasy Freezes School District Expenditures
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Superintendent John Deasy told the School Board last Thursday...

MLK Salute Is Monday
Renowned Santa Monica educator Paul Cummins will be the keynote speaker at this year’s celebration...

Boxer, Waters Challenge ’04 Election Results
George W. Bush was officially declared the winner of the 2004 presidential election last week...

New Ocean Park Association Takes Shape
A new neighborhood group has materialized in Ocean Park, filling the void left when the once-influential Ocean Park Community Organization (OPCO) imploded two years ago...

Student Scholarships To Interlochen Offered
Fifty students from across the United States will receive full scholarships funded by St. Louis-based Emerson to the...

Landmarks Board Given Role in 415 Rehab
The Santa Monica Landmarks Commission kicked off the new year Monday with the formation of a subcommittee...

Fire Engulfs Ocean Park Home
A Santa Monica couple and their two dogs are safe after a bedroom fire badly damaged their rental home...

City Seizes Ocean Park Apartment Building
Last week a Superior Court judge appointed a receiver to take control of a residential building in Santa Monica...

Clinic Names New Medical Director
Venice Family Clinic CEO Elizabeth Forer announced late last week that Dr. Karen Lamp...

City Awards Nine Garden Grants
The City of Santa Monica’s Environmental Programs Division has awarded nine grants...

The Oil Factor To Be Screened
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror, narrated by Ed Asner, will be screened Saturday...

PP Council Board To Meet Thur.
The Pacific Palisades Community Council board will meet on Thursday, January 13...