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By Karen Jashinsky I love how parents play such a positive influence in the lives of many kids in the community. They lead by example by being physically active as well as being active in the schools and communities their kids live in. I love living here and being a part of it all.
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The most unusual choir concert of the year, “Motus Perpetuus VII: The Winter Choral Concert of Perpetual Motion,” will be presented Thursday, December 15. The Santa Monica High School choirs will simultaneously make beautiful vocal music and make the most of all of Barnum Hall’s performing spaces. For Motus Perpetuus, the choirs’ annual concert of [...]
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On December 6, Los Angeles became the first major city to endorse a proposed Constitutional amendment that would subject corporations to regulations. The text of the proposed amendment: Section 1 [A corporation is not a person and can be regulated] The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural [...]
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Metro said it has no cause yet for the failure of a retaining wall section on the 405 freeway improvement project in Sepulveda Pass, but is aware of it, in a statement released this week. “A MSE (Mechanically Supported Engineering) retaining wall, located along the southbound I-405 at Mountain Gate, suffered a localized failure on [...]
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According to Santa Monica College spokesman Bruce Smith, Amber Katherine is “a philosopher who has blended her passion for the environment with teaching and mentoring,” and Dan Nannini is “a counselor who has become something of a statewide guru on transferring to universities,” and they have been named Santa Monica College’s 2011 Co-Faculty of the [...]
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Last week, the Dispatch ran the last installment of NO DICE, a Santa Monica murder mystery, by Mar Preston. It was a first for us, serializing a novel. We thought it fitting to conclude with an interview with the author. You obviously know Santa Monica well. When did you live here? I lived here from [...]
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Dr. Margaret R. Quiñones-Perez has been elected chair and Dr. Nancy Greenstein vice chair of the Santa Monica Community College District Board of Trustees for 2012. Quiñones-Perez succeeds Dr. Andrew Walzer and Greenstein succeeds Quiñones-Perez in posts that rotate annually. This is the second time Quiñones-Perez is serving as chair, having previously held the post [...]
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The annual Rustic Canyon Park Boutique and Art Show will be held Saturday, December 10 at the Park from 11:a.m. to 3 p.m. Students and their instructors will display their work, and local artists and vendors have been invited to participate. Items on display and for sale are ceramics, jewelry, skin care products, purses, scarves, [...]
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As it turns out, the American Film Market (AFM®), the principal event of the Independent Film & Television Alliance® (IFTA®), will not move to downtown Los Angeles, but will remain in Santa Monica through 2017, IFTA leadership announced today. A new agreement keeps the AFM at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, its home since [...]
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DOWN WITH PEOPLE, UP WITH CARS Tuesday night’s City Council meeting was proof, if any further proof were needed, that Santa Monica residents and City staff and the City Council do not speak the same language. At the behest of City Councilman Kevin McKeown, the Council was to ask City staff to explore all means [...]
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By Hannah Heineman School nutrition programs not only provide nutrition for school children but can influence children’s eating habits for the rest of their lives. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s nutrition program provides a variety of options for students, including breakfast and lunch programs, salad bars and, with ingredients from Santa Monica’s Farmers’ Market, [...]
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LA Observed: Kevin Roderick • November 29 2011 9:57 PM I’m downtown where the LAPD has begun closing down streets headed toward City Hall. Spring, Broadway, Los Angeles and Alameda have been blocked off at the 101 freeway, which seems like a huge perimeter. Earlier I was outside Dodger Stadium and saw the staging area [...]
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The deadline for the departure of OCCUPY LA from City Hall was 12:01 a.m. this morning. LAPD officers in full battle gear were at the ready, but they didn’t move. An official said later that they would move when they were “ready.” Last night, a group of veterans from all branches of the military descended [...]
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Occupy LA is under attack. The mayor and city officials have pledged to evict Occupy LA from the encampment at City Hall lawn at 12:01, just after midnight, Sunday night. In a press conference yesterday, Mayor Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck called the ongoing protest “unsustainable” and gave notice of their intention to have [...]
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