VERY STORMY WEATHER

The most recent rainstorm of this record-breaking
rainy season has been marked in Santa Monica by thunder, lightning and
water spouts.
Photo by Nate Rawner

Beach architecture City Survey Shows Rising
Dissatisfaction
Commissioned by the City of Santa Monica and conducted
by Goodwin, Simon Strategic Research (GSSR) last month... Looking for
Santa Monica: On the Beach
This is the final installment in the Mirror’s “take a
hike” series that has explored different neighborhoods throughout
Santa Monica...
School Board Amends Permit Policy
Last Thursday, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District’s (SMMUSD) Board of Education modified and extended... SM
Dems To Discuss Death Penalty
The Santa Monica Democratic Club will discuss the need
for a death penalty moratorium at St. Anne’s Community Room tonight...

John Wayne Cancer Institute Receives Grant
The U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research
Program has awarded a $413,000 research grant to the...
Chrysalis Schedules Almost
Open House
Chrysalis is throwing an almost open house party at its
new building at 1853 Lincoln Boulevard... Gold, Perkins Named
to Prop O Oversight Board
Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn has appointed Heal the Bay
Executive Director Mark Gold and Craig Perkins, Director of the City
of Santa Monica’s Environmental and Public Works...
Westside Business Expo Is March 1
The third annual Westside Business Expo will be held on
Wednesday...
Planning Board Rejects SM Studios
Pact
Last Wednesday, Santa Monica’s Planning Commission
unanimously voted to recommend that the City Council not pursue...

Jim Weaver (center) talks with guests. Angel Flight
Spreads Wings
More than 75 guests attended Sunday’s open house at the
new headquarters of Angel Flight West at the Santa Monica Airport...
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| Steel and glass
elephant Santa Monica Platz |
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Santa Monica Abroad: Hamm
Last week, the Mirror explored Ville-d’Avray, one of
Santa Monica’s sister cities...

Shwa Dagon Pagoda,Yangoon So Near, So
Far: Myanmar During the Tsunami
On the morning of December 26, 2004, I was in a hotel
bungalow in an unspoiled and rather isolated part of the world...

Going, Going, Gone: Saint John’s Original Building
The demolition of Saint John’s Health Center’s Main
Wing, which was erected more than 60 years ago...

Bill Lloyd
Peace Table Protests Iraq War
Saturday’s storms didn’t deter a handful of activists
from holding their planned rally at Cannon Green in Palisades Park
next to the Pier...

NAACP Theatre Awards nominees (l. to r.) actors
Steve Seagren, David Wells, Michelle Johnson, Santa Monica Civic Light
Opera Managing Director Brett Fisher, actor Tony Brown, producer Jayme
Mechur, and actors James Costello, Stephanie Evans and Eugene Lebowitz.
Fisher and Mechur hold the awards.
Samohi/SMCLO Win Two NAACP Awards
Santa Monica High School students and their alumni
partners in the Santa Monica Civic Light Opera...
Topanga Traffic Crunch Is Eased
…Sort Of
Topanga Canyon Boulevard between Pacific Coast Highway
and Grandview Drive... Special
Olympics Athletes Gear Up for Winter World Games
Twenty-two Southern California Special Olympics
athletes are on their way to Nagano... |