To Friends of St. John’s Nurses
Tweet Since you have been with us through the long struggle for union recognition at Saint John’s, we thought you would appreciate an update on the progress we’ve made and the challenges we’ve faced recently. In late July, we notified management that we would be ready to begin negotiations in August. Management responded with a single date in September. That kind of set the... Read More
GROCERY CHAINS, WORKERS REACH “TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT”
Tweet Von’s, Albertsons and Ralph’s grocery workers were scheduled to go out on strike today, but late last night a “tentative settlement” was reached, the strike was averted – at least for the moment, and the stores opened this morning with their employees at their usual posts. The workers will vote on the settlement Saturday. Von’s had announced that it would... Read More
HOUSE VOTE ON AUTISM BILL IS TUESDAY
Tweet The Combating Autism Reauthorization Act (CARA) will be heard on the House floor tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, September 20th, for a final vote. In order to ensure that our Congressman, Henry Waxman, votes for this vital bill, please call and email him and ask him to vote yes for Reauthorization. Ideally, his phones will ring off the hook until the vote is taken. Rep. Waxman’s... Read More
RALPH’S WOULD CLOSE DURING STRIKE
Tweet LA Business Observed is reporting Ralph’s will close all its stores if there’s a strike. Now that’s an interesting tactic – and quite different than during the strike/lockout eight years ago when the three major chains (Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons) stayed open, using non-union personnel. “During a strike, it is difficult to create a good shopping experience... Read More
A PLETHORA OF ICONS
Tweet Like James Corner, who’s designing the Palisades Garden Walk in the Civic Center, Peter Walker, who’s designing the Esplanade at the western end of Colorado Avenue, is a “world-class” landscape architect. As noted in “Santa Monica Talking Hype, Not Truth” (see below), the Santa Monica City Council is crazy about “world class” people and “world class” stuff.... Read More
Special Olympics To Be Held in L.A. in 2015
Tweet The Special Olympics will return to the United States for the first time in 16 years in 2015, when they are held here in Los Angeles. Timothy Shriver, chairman of the unique organization, made the announcement yesterday. His sister, Maria Shriver, former first lady of California and a prominent journalist, was present for the announcement. Their late mother, Eunice Shriver,... Read More
Work on Expo Light Rail to Santa Monica Starts
Tweet The Los Angeles Times reports: Los Angeles transportation officials readily admit that building the first phase of the Expo Line has been trying, costing hundreds of millions of dollars more than originally budgeted and suffering nagging delays. But city and county leaders hoped to leave those problems behind when they gathered in Santa Monica today to mark the start of construction... Read More
SANTA MONICA: TALKING HYPE, NOT TRUTH
Tweet L.A. Observed reports that “the San Diego book store Mysterious Galaxy is opening a second store on Artesia Boulevard in Redondo Beach” later this month. And …”Diesel, a book store, Malibu’s beloved indie bookstore, is coming back….their new location to be up and running by mid-October…” Santa Monica once had nearly a dozen independent book stores on and... Read More
PRESERVING OUR PALM TREES
Tweet To The Editor: As people have said how much they enjoyed the poetry about palm trees that I sent out over the summer as part of our effort to preserve palm tree streetscapes on several Santa Monica streets, here is more poetry from various authors about palm trees. • As the palm-tree standeth so straight and so tall, The more the hail beats, and the more the rains... Read More
SAVE VIDIOTS!
Tweet SAVE VIDIOTS! Keep your independent Film Resource Alive Dear Friends of Vidiots, We are writing this letter with a request for support. Technologies change, but we believe the human touch and even the social experience of picking just the right film for “Movie Night” should remain. However, with the current economy, Vidiots faces a very difficult financial situation. “A... Read More
