Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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The City Council seems inclined to allow a referendum on the Bergamot Transit Village project to go to voters. The council unanimously voted to "receive and file" the petition. Over 13,500 signatures were gathered over the course of 30 days in February and March by opponents of the 765,000 square foot project, which the City Council had previously approved. The Council scheduled a hearing at its May 13 meeting to decide whether to rescind approval of the project, schedule a special election or...
Within months, Los Angeles County will have the power - for the first time - to enforce tougher restrictions on development in its scenic Santa Monica Mountains, including banning the building of mansions on ridgelines and vineyards on hillsides. Under a land-use plan debated for decades but now approaching final approval, the county would become the primary guardian of an 80-square-mile area with gorgeous landscapes and fragile ecosystems that impacted by multimillion-dollar construction...
Colorado Closed: If you've driven in Santa Monica at all this week, you've probably noticed that Lincoln Blvd, the City's main North South artery, is closed at Colorado Blvd. Here, workers scramble to lay down tracks for the Metroline, within the one week closure period....
Remember that restaurant scene in "When Harry Met Sally"? While sampling some of the offerings at LA Spice Café I came close to emulating Sally, except my reactions were to the food and totally and deliciously genuine. For that I must thank Executive Chef Chris DeVillier, truly a magician in the kitchen, who recently joined LA Spice and brings his 25 years of culinary experience to this Culver City café. As the former lead culinary consultant and associate producer for Master Chef USA, he e...
New CityTV Live Call-in Program "It's Your Call" Tackles SM Parking and Traffic on May 1st CityTV's new live call-in program "It's Your Call" premieres on Thursday, May 1st from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on cable channel 16. Viewers can call in with their questions about parking and traffic in Santa Monica. Guests Sam Morrissey, the City of Santa Monica's Traffic Engineer, and Frank Ching, the Parking Administrator for the City, will be on hand to give answers, background and information. The program is...
Tommy's Original World Famous Hamburgers on Lincoln and Pico opened 20 years ago. The landlord plans to replace Tommy's with Santa Monica's 1,000,000th Starbucks. Tommy's burgers smothered in Chili were well, unique. But it could not compete with a national chain like Starbucks when it came to the rent said Brent Maire, the general manager of the local, family-owned chain. The building is on the edge of a strip mall parking lot at the corner of Pico and Lincoln. It features a wall mural painted...
The Santa Monica College Emeritus College Art Gallery is pleased to present its Annual Student Photography Exhibition from May 1 through June 13. The opening reception for the exhibit will be from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1 in the Emeritus College Art Gallery, located on the first floor at 1227 Second St. in downtown Santa Monica. Parking is available next door in Santa Monica Public Parking Structure No. 2. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The salon-style group exhibition features approximately 80...
On Saturday, April 12th, the Santa Monica High School Winter Guard performed at the Winter Guard Association of Southern California Championships at Marina HS in Huntington Beach. They received the gold medal for the 2014 Winter Guard competition season, with a score of 89.81 out of a possible 100. Led by captains Liza Mirkin and Rachel Theis, this is the highest score and placement the group has received in many years. The group, which meets five days a week before school, plus outside evening rehearsals, is coached by Mr. Juan Gonzalez and...
Arrested for cursing in public Santa Monica Police say they received a disturbance call on April 21 at approximately 12:30 at night. Authorities say, Officers when the officers arrived at the scene, an alley behind 1515 Ocean Ave they found Ali Gholami of Los Angeles yelling curse words with his belongings strewn across the alley. They say the property owner told officers he asked the suspect to stop yelling and to leave the property several times but he refused. Lawmen report the property...
The Santa Monica College Music Department is pleased to present seven spring concerts in May in The Broad Stage or The Edye at the SMC Performing Arts Center (Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street, Santa Monica). The concerts include a benefit performance to support SMC's acclaimed Applied Music Program. The May concerts are: • Friday, May 2 at 7 & 9 p.m. in The Edye: Spring Jazz Concerts: Jon Mayer, with Special Guest Gilbert Castellanos. Award-winning trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos joins p...
I saw two versions of Blake Griffin in the opening games of the current playoff series between the Clippers and Golden State Warriors. In Game One I was wondering why Griffin was committing useless fouls, scrapping too hard for rebounds even as the whistle was blowing. Get away, I thought. You don't need this. Being competitive is good but, man, use your head. Griffin has been a star from the day he joined the Clippers but he took a significant leap this season which elevated him right behind...
By Bosmat Eynav Observer Columnist Clippers and the Warriors - two young teams that long to make history and bring championship to their club and fans After decades at the bottom of the league and not being a real threat, this year a big change is happening. In the first game we saw how the high pressure to win was paralyzing a number of Clippers players, and prevented the team from flowing freely and playing as naturally and joyfully as they know and can. The desire of both teams to make the ch...
The Lakers said they had no position for Phil Jackson, so he joined the New York Knicks and made his first move this week, firing Coach Mike Woodson. The Knicks didn't make the playoffs and needed a change in direction. As the new man in charge Jackson acted quickly. Had he been given the same position with the Lakers Mike D'Antoni would most likely have been fired by now. Instead, the Knicks are moving toward hiring someone with a background in the Triangle Offense, which brought championships...
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah, the centerpiece of a defense which held opponents to a league-low 91.8 ppg, is the recipient of the 2013-14 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, the NBA announced. Noah becomes the first Bulls player since Michael Jordan in 1987-88 to earn the honor. Noah received 555 of a possible 1,125 points, including 100 first-place votes, from a panel of 125 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Indiana's Roy Hibbert (166 points,...
Intensity, intelligence, introspection. That's what each of these films bring. Brimming with testosterone and sensitivity, our main men - Tom Hardy and John Turturro - in LOCKE and FADING GIGOLO, respectively, carry their film with a powerful dignity from under which unexpected understanding of those around them as well as themselves, emerge. Two very different films. Two very different men. Two cinematic levels of excellence. LOCKE When I first heard about LOCKE, I had no idea what to expect fr...
The invitation read "Wear your favorite little black dress and get ready for a night of fun!" So began "Ladies Night Out," an evening of gorgeous gems hosted by Bulgari and benefitting the Geffen Playhouse and Determined to Succeed, an educational program helping low-income, at risk students get into college....
