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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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The Landmarks Commission will hear a consultant’s report on the Village Trailer Park, 2930 Colorado Avenue, and decide whether to file an application to designate it as a City Landmark at tonight’s meeting. at 7 p.m. in City Hall. According to the City Landmark Assessment Report, “…the property located at 2930 Colorado Avenue appears to [...]
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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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