THE RUNNERS ARE COMING!
Tweet More than 3,000 runners will gather in Santa Monica for the 8th Annual Santa Monica Classic 5K and 10K races—both of which finish steps away from the Santa Monica Pier – tomorrow, Sunday, May 19. Following the run, a post-race expo on the Pier will fea- ture vendors promoting nutrition and fitness, and dispen- sing free samples. Registration is taking place today... Read More
ST. JOHN’S SOLD TO ANOTHER CATHOLIC CHAIN
Tweet Los Angeles Times story The owner of St. John’s Health Center intends to sell the storied Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & Services. The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System in Denver said it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Providence, which owns St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank and four other Southern California... Read More
MIRAMAR EXPANSION/DEIR REPORT UNVEILED THURSDAY
Tweet BREAKING NEWS! The Fairmont Miramar Hotel’s re- vised expansion plans ignore community input and propose adding a Las Vegas-style condominium/ hotel/retail complex to a quiet residential neigh- borhood. The Miramar expansion Scoping Meeting/draft EIR will be held Thursday, May 16, 6:30 to 8:30pm Santa Mon- ica Main Library, Multi-Purpose room. If you care about this... Read More
STATE SENATOR VOWS TO SAVE EMERITUS COLLEGE
Tweet By Hannah Heineman Santa Monica College’s Emeritus College, which primar- ily serves older students, has, like other state-sup- ported educational programs, suffered cuts in its bud- get during the recent recession. Now, despite the im- provement in the state’s financial picture, a bill (SB 173) has been proposed that would eliminate all state funding for the program. On... Read More
HIGH-STAKES BIDDING WAR ERUPTS OVER ST. JOHN’S
Tweet LOS ANGELES TIMES story A high-stakes bidding war has erupted for St. John’s Health Center, a storied Santa Monica hospital, with a local billionaire teaming up with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles on an unsolicited offer. The latest bid, expected to be formally announced Wed- nesday, comes from former drug-company executive and healthcare entrepreneur... Read More
DRUMMING FOR HEALTH
Tweet Mike Temple will lead a “Healthy Rhythms Workshop” at the Church in Ocean Park on Sunday, May 19th at 2pm. The class is FREE and participants will learn how to heal themselves, using the vibrations from drums and other percussions,and have a great time in the doing. The people who attended Mike’s Drum Circle during the Church’s Kwanzaa celebration... Read More
…URBCONN
Tweet …harmonica players from New Orleans wrote a piece called “Between Iraq and a Hard Place” – about how NOLA got shortchanged and the War in Iraq made a mess. But it wasn’t just NOLA that got short shrift, so did most of America. And the damage goes deeper than mean… http://fryingpannews.org/2013/05/14/the-debt-of-war/#more-21687 It’s a sad time in America,... Read More
SUPERSMASH NEIGHBORHOOD FAIR IS SATURDAY
Tweet The 2013 edition of the annual SuperSMASH Neighbor- hood Fair and Silent Auction will be held on Satur- day, May 18, from 11:30AM-5:30pm, on the SMASH cam- pus, 2525 5th Street, Santa Monica, 90405 Admission and Entertainment are FREE. Food and Ac- tivities are $1 and up Description: The ultra-affordable annual SMASH celebration fea- tures fun for the entire family. Kids enjoy... Read More
CHAIN REACTION IS SUBJECT OF LANDMARKS HEARING MON>
Tweet On Monday evening. the Landmarks Commission will discuss the current status and ultimate fate of CHAIN REACTION. If you care about art, esp. public art, please read the follow- ing letter and attend the meeting. Dear Commissioners: This letter is written on behalf of Dave Conrad, the son of Paul Conrad. This letter is written concerning Chain Reaction. On January 22, 2013,... Read More
DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN DRAFT DRAWS RESIDENTS’ FIRE
Tweet By Hannah Heineman More than 300 residents attended a community meeting on Santa Monica’s Downtown Specific Plan (DSP) and the majority of them expressed extreme displeasure with what is currently being proposed. The city has been working on the plan since 2011. Francie Stefan, the planning manager for the project, emphasized at the beginning of her presentation on May 6... Read More
