Katz Memorial Service Is Monday
Tweet A memorial service will be held Monday, January 12, at St. Monica’s Catholic Church for veteran Santa Monica Councilman Herb Katz. Katz, 78, who completed a one-year term as mayor last month, died Wednesday, following an extended bout with cancer. The public is invited to attend the 10:30 a.m. memorial service. At the conclusion of the St. Monica’s service, a procession will wind through Santa Monica to graveside burial services at Woodlawn Cemetery at Pico and 14th. The... Read More
Herb Katz Dead at 78
Tweet On November 4, 2008, Santa Monica mayor Herb Katz won his fifth term on the City Council. On December 9, he finished his one-year term as mayor. Yesterday, January 7, he died after a long bout with cancer. He was 78. The following text was posted on the City of Santa Monica website yesterday afternoon: “City Mourns Councilmember and Former Mayor Herb Katz “Councilmember and former Mayor Herb Katz passed away peacefully on January 7, 2009, with family and close friends... Read More
Fitness Flap Subject of Meeting Tonight
Tweet The City will hold another community meeting tonight, January 8, to discuss the clash of the fit, the would-be fit and their trainers who congregate daily at dawn at the north end of Fourth Street and area residents. According to the residents, hundreds of people gather daily to exercise on the wide Fourth Street median and run up and down the stairs that connect Adelaide Drive at the end of Fourth and Entrada Drive in Santa Monica Canyon. Residents’ complaints include... Read More
Dolores Huerta Cancels as Keynote Speaker at Jan. 19 MLK Event
Tweet The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Westside Coalition will present three events Jan. 15, 18 and 19 to celebrate the birthday of the slain civil rights leader. Human rights leader Dolores Huerta, who was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Jan. 19 event but she has cancelled in order to attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C.. Scroll down to full story about the celebration. SHARETHIS.addEntry({... Read More
Tree Commission Report Scheduled
Tweet The possible creation of a Santa Monica Tree Commission will be the subject of a City staff report to the Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Commission on Thursday, January 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ken Edwards Center, > 1527 Fourth Street. > > SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tree Commission Report Scheduled", url: "http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2009/01/tree-commission-report-scheduled/" }); Read More
The Power of Partnership in the New Year
Tweet By Rebecca Kennerly President, Santa Monica Malibu Council of PTAs From a speech delivered to Santa Monica Malibu Council of PTA Officers, Presidents and members, along with SMMUSD leadership and Principals, Board of Education members and City Council members from the cities of Malibu and Santa Monica Santa Monica Malibu PTA Council’s Holiday Breakfast December 9, 2008 — Dukes, Malibu When I look around this room to take note of dignitaries to acknowledge, I am overcome... Read More
Whither the Warm
Tweet By Ava Tramer Beaches Mostly sunny Highs: 59-65; Lows: 46-48 Inland Mostly clear and warm Highs: 61-71; Lows: 38-42 Deserts Sunny Highs: 65-74; Lows: 43-46 And Santa Monica… Although things might seem a bit chilly now, by the weekend temperatures will have moved into the mid-sixties and the sky will be mostly clear and blue. Enjoy these cool temperatures in high 50s. Make yourself hot chocolate, bundle up, sit by the fire, and see what it feels like to live in cooler... Read More
2009: City Hall vs. Santa Monica
Tweet In 1980, as Ronald Reagan took America right, the shiny, new Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) took Santa Monica left. In 2008, as Barack Obama moved America forward, restoring the spirit, energy and hope that had been stomped out by the Bush gang (see following article), the cynical SMRR/City Hall/ developer axis tromped all over the residents’ campaign for change, and maintained the status quo. It was a thoroughly bizarre election, as residents in what is... Read More
