Coast Stars in New Exhibit

Tweet “Along the Coast,” a group show, featuring gallery artists Michael Chapman, Patricia Chidlaw, Kenny Harris, Michael Knud Ross, and several guest artists – Hank Pitcher, Vezna Gottwald and Maria Dudley — opened Sunday at Terrence Rogers Fine Arts. It will run through October 25. ALONG THE COAST …. From plein-air landscape to plain old congestion — The complexity of of life along the coast –... Read More

This Week’s PCH Closures

Tweet The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close one lane of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in both directions at the McClure Tunnel nightly, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., Monday, September 22, through Thursday, September 25. Work will include the installation of tubular handrail on the bridge. Detour signs will be in place. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "This Week’s PCH Closures", url: "http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2008/09/this-week%e2%80%99s-pch-closures/"... Read More

Whither the Weather 9/20 – 9/26

Tweet By Ava Tramer Beaches Mostly sunny Highs: 71-75; Lows: 60-65 Inland Hot and sunny Highs: 88-99; Lows: 57-62 Deserts Clear and hot Highs: 98-107; Lows: 70-79 And Santa Monica… This week looks like every other week. The biggest news in weather is that we’ll see a gradual warming trend over the course of the week. But I’m not talking anything major, just low 70s turning in to mid 70s. So spend your time doing something more useful than reading the weather... Read More

CORRECTION

Tweet www.BondFatigue.com is the correct email address in the NO on SMC Bonds story below. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "CORRECTION", url: "http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2008/09/correction-3/" }); Read More

Ocean and Coast Threatened

Tweet Pacific Palisades Residents Associations, Inc. PO Box 917 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 www.pprainc.org info@pprainc.org Via email: Governor of the State of California Representatives for the State of California Representatives for the City of Los Angeles Dear Governor and Representatives Pacific Palisades Residents Association is a community wide volunteer organization incorporated in 1958 whose goals are to preserve the quality of life in the Los Angeles Basin, the Coastal... Read More

Mechur Off Ballot. In Winner’s Circle

Tweet When an elected official resigns in mid-term, either someone is appointed to finish his or her term, or a special election is held to fill the empty seat. In 1999, Asha Greenberg re-signed from the City Council as she was noving out of Santa Monica. A special election was held, with Richard Bloom and Susan Cloke battling to take Greenberg’s pkace. Bloom won the highly contentious race, completed Greenberg/s term, and ran for a full term the following year. In contrast,... Read More

Treesavers Run for Council Seats

Tweet Tresavers was organized about a year ago to oppose the City’s plans to remove more than 50 ficus trees from downtown streets as part of an “improvement” project. They marched. They protested. They sought meetings with City Council member and City officials, but were ignored, because as then-Mayor .Richard, Bloom said, “When a decision is made, it must be respected.” The Treesavers persisted. They collected over 10,000 signatures on petitions protesting... Read More

NO on SMC Bond Measure

Tweet Re: Santa Monica Democratic Club endorsement of SMC bond Measure AA By Phil Hendricks I presented the opposition to Santa Monica College’s Measure AA to the Democratic Club. I am an 18-year Santa Monica college employee representing the Bond Fatigue Committee ww.BondFatigueCommittee.com This is the third misleading Santa Monica College bond measure in six years (2002, 2004, 2008), which would total nearly $ 600 Million! By the college’s own formula the bonds would have... Read More

Another PCH Closure

Tweet The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced the closure of one northbound lane of Pacific Coast Highway between Corral Canyon Road and Latigo Canyon Road Thursday, September 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for work by Los Angeles County Waterworks. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Another PCH Closure", url: "http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2008/09/another-pch-closure/" }); Read More

She Said….

Tweet Editor: I was disgusted to read (”Following the money,” page 4, Sept. 8) on the anti-Proposition T campaign. A few months ago, I got a letter from Planning Commissioner Terry O’Day co-chair of the anti-Prop T campaign asking fellow community leaders for our support in opposing this anti-traffic initiative. The letter referred to a grassroots campaign to defeat this measure though we now know Terry knew full well at the time what Bill Bauer reported in the Daily Press... Read More