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Articles from the March 7, 2016 edition


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  • Workmen redoing the parking lot in front of Nelsons.

    Gelson's Opens Market on OP Blvd

    Observer Staff|Mar 7, 2016

    GELSON'S MARKET TO OPEN MARCH 17 Gelson's Markets will open its first store in Santa Monica, located at 2627 Lincoln Boulevard, just south of Ocean Park Boulevard, on Thursday, March 17 Less than two weeks after announcing the closure of all stores in California, Nevada and Arizona, embattled grocer Haggen Inc. said in November that supermarket chains Gelson's Markets would buy some of Haggen's locations. The Bellingham, Wash.-based grocery chain said in a statement that Gelson's signed a...

  • pallbearers were Secret Service agents who had guarded Mrs. Reagan

    Nancy Reagan leaves Santa Monica For the Last Time.

    Mar 7, 2016

    Three days of formal mourning for American former first lady Nancy Reagan began with a private service in Santa Monica at the Little Chapel, before her coffin was taken in a police-escorted motorcade along an empty freeway for a public viewing at the Ronald Reagan presidential library in Simi valley, California, 40 miles north. Patti Davis, daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, greeted family members and close friends upon arrival at the Santa Monica mortuary, which held a 20-minute service. When...

  • Official City Photo of the swearing in ceremony for new City Clerk

    Santa Monica Appoints New City Clerk

    City Press Release|Mar 7, 2016

    – On Tuesday, February 23, the Santa Monica City Council announced Denise Anderson-Warren as the City's new City Clerk. A 21-year veteran of the City Clerk's Office, Anderson-Warren brings vast knowledge of the department to her new role. She has served as Assistant City Clerk for the past five years. "Denise is uniquely poised to run the City Clerk's Office with her depth of experience managing elections and public records," said Mayor Tony Vazquez. "She is widely respected within the d...

  • Brie Larson on the Blue Carpet at the Independent Spirit Awards.

    THE 2016 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS CELEBRATE DIVERSITY IN FILMMAKERS AND FILMMAKING

    Daniel Margolis, Observer Staff|Mar 7, 2016

    In a year during which the Academy Awards were mired in protests and boycotts over the lack of diversity of Oscar nominees, the 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards, America's most prestigious award ceremony for independent filmmakers, celebrated diversity. Held on February 27 in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, the Spirit Awards honored non-white and transgender performers in a wide range of movies including Spotlight, Beasts of No Nation, Room, and Tangerine. Spotlight, a film about a...

  • Madison & Mulholland Award gifting Event- The Awards Gifting Event with a difference.

    Preity Upala|Mar 7, 2016

    For one of the most awaited award seasons of the year, Madison & Mulholland was once again the sponsor for the 2016 Award season gift bag. This year they teamed up with premiere Media company Revele Inc spearheaded by top Publicists Marilynne Mungovan and Chaz Brewer to treat the stars to an array of exciting and cutting edge brands and products. Madison & Mulholland, a leader in celebrity gifting was founded by Jane Ubell-Meyer in 2002 whose vision was to show her genuine appreciation to well...