| Santa
Monica Poised to Approve Bag Ban
September 2, 2010 -- The thin plastic single-use bag could soon
become a thing of the past in Santa Monica as the City Council prepares
to approve a proposed local ban in September.
An
Expert Take on Santa Monica Place
September 2, 2010 -- Perhaps the first thing you notice about
the remodeled Santa Monica Place is how open and welcoming it is compared
with the original 30-year-old complex. The change is most evident as you
enter from Broadway across from the south end of the Third Street Promenade.
Dr.
John to Cast Spell in Final Pier Concert
September 2, 2010 --Get out those voodoo dolls, the Night Tripper
is coming to the Pier. Dr. John will close out the Twilight dance Series
season Thursday night with the bewitching rhythms of his trademark New
Orleans sound, which blends Zydeco with a strong dose of blues and psychedelic
rock.
Plastic
Bag Ban Defeated in Senate
September 1, 2010 -- The State Senate rejected AB 1998, the proposed
ban on single-use plastic bags, Tuesday night during the closing hours
of the legislative session. The final vote was 21-14. The Santa Monica
City Council will consider a local ban next month.
 Children
at the 6th Annual PALpalooza at Pacific Park
Magic,
Poetry and All That Jazz at Santa Monica College
September 1, 2010 -- Santa Monica College's fall literary series
kicks off September 14 with Award-winning author Graciela Limon's talk
"Where Reality and Magic Intersect."
No
Plastic Bag Ban Vote Taken Monday, Final Day for Passage Today
August 31, 2010 -- The expected Senate vote on AB 1998, the bill
to ban plastic bags and most paper bags from most stores, did not take
place on Monday. AB 1998, which received Assembly approval in June, must
get through the Senate and return to the Assembly for a concurrence vote
by the end of today. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he will sign
it.
Tomorrow's
Classroom Opened Monday at Santa Monica College
August 31, 2010 -- Forget laptops. They're old hat. And no need
to blurt out an answer. It can be projected. And that blackboard just
turned into three walls filled with multiple images and high-definition
video clips.
Santa
Monica Women's Shelter Offers Training for Volunteers
August 31, 2010 -- Training for those who wish to volunteer at
Sojourn Services for Battered Women and Their Children will begin on Tuesday,
September 14 and will be held twice a week through November.
Plastic
Bag Ban Battle in Final Stretch
August 30, 2010 -- The clock is ticking to pass a bill that would
make California the first state in the country to ban single-use plastic
bags. AB 1998, which was authored by Santa Monica Assemblymember Julia
Brownley, has until Tuesday to get full Legislature approval. The plastics
industry is putting on a fierce campaign to prevent that from happening.
Nordstrom
Opens at Santa Monica Place
August 30, 2010 -- Cheering workers greeted customers as they
entered Nordstrom's new 122,000-square-foot store at Santa Monica Place
Friday. The store joined Bloomingdale's as the remodeled mall's new anchor
department stores.
Santa
Monica College Kicks Off Environmental Lecture Series
August 30, 2010 -- Buildings and food are the topics of this
fall's "Environmental Issues Lecture Series" at Santa Monica
College. The series kicks off September 7 with "Making Santa Monica
College More Sustainable."
WHAT
I SAY-- Smart
Equity
August 30, 2010 --My views about how to deal with the disparity
in parental support between “high-income” schools and “low-income”
schools are shaped by the school funding court cases of the ’70s.
These were the cases where plaintiffs from poor school districts sued
to get per-student funding equal to that provided by taxpayers in rich
districts.
State
of the Arts Part I-- It's Not a Pretty Picture for Santa Monica's Artists
and Galleries
August 27, 2010 -- It’s safe to say that Santa Monica lives art.
According to the Cultural Affairs Department, 43 percent of Santa Monica
residents make all or part of their living in “the arts” as
broadly defined – the greatest per capita concentration of artists
in any city in the country.
August 27, 2010
Santa
Monica to Move Ahead with Bag Ban
August 27, 2010
PUBLIC
NOTICE: Business
License Tax Renewals Due August 31
August 27, 2010
Police
to Enforce Motorcycle Safety
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