Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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This season, the Culver City Little League 9-10 year old All Star team showed the city, and themselves, what they could do. They started out with 14 boys of varying abilities. The players came from two different levels and nine different teams. They had different coaching experiences and demonstrated different skill sets. Only four had ever participated in a Little League All Star tournament. Their competition included nine other teams, most of which had been playing together for years. The...
Sillage: A participatory scent-scape project about Los Angeles June 28, 11 AM - 6 PM We need your nose! Sillage is a participatory olfactory artwork and collaborative endeavor with artist Brian Goeltzenleuchter, the Institute for Art and Olfaction, SMMoA, and you. Throughout the day, Goeltzenleuchter shares neighborhood-specific scents with SMMoA patrons and creates a collective scent-scape of Greater Los Angeles. Sillage takes place inside the exhibition Robert Swain: The Form of Color, an immersive exploration of color and its effects on perc...
City to Manage Traffic The City says it will manage the anticipated influx of people into Downtown during summer weekends and holidays. The City calls the program “Go with the Flow” and it aims to keep cars moving, streets safer and parking easier to find in Downtown Santa Monica. Until Labor Day, every weekend and holiday will be designated a “Go with the Flow” day. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. traffic officers and other city staff will be out in force; directing drivers in and out of parking structures, relieving crowded intersections and trouble...
City Manager Rod Gould’s controversial decision last week to rescind the hiring of Communications Director Elizabeth Riel, may have been due to her membership in a slow growth coalition called SMCLC. The rescission preceded her actual assumption of any job duties. SM City Manager Rod Gould, the beneficiary of a $300,000 annual salary, the highest of any City Manager in Los Angeles County (even before you take into account astounding benefits and pension); is, naturally, defending himself. He r...
The SMC Emeritus College Band will present a concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 22. The concert will be held in The Broad Stage at the SMC Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street, Santa Monica. The concert is FREE and ample free parking will be available. The band's lively concert program will include exhilarating marches and musical selections such as "An American in Paris," "Soaring with John Williams," "Tribute to the Count," "Caribbean Rondo," and "Pennywhistle Jig."...
The Santa Monica High School Girls Softball team, defeated the Ventura Cougars, 3-1, in the Division IV CIF-SS championship on Saturday, May 31, giving Samohi its second team championship since 2009. Samohi's last CIF trophy, came in 2010 over the North Torrance Saxons, 11-3. Junior pitcher Whitney Jones struck out three Ventura Cougars, while senior first baseman Francesca Golick served 2 Runs Batted In. Senior infielder Marina Coffin had one RBI for Ventura. Senior Sara Garcia opened the game...
13 Seniors graduate from Santa Monica High School this week....
Another year, another election. But this likely low-turnout election has a ton of interesting races that will help to shape the future of our region for a long time. We will replace Henry Waxman in Congress, who has been there for forty years. We'll also pick the successor to Zev Yaroslavsky, who has served ably as County Supervisor for twenty years, as well as the folks who will replace scandal-ridden Sherriff Lee Baca and even-more-scandal-ridden Assessor John Noguez. Remember, the lower the...
SM Fire Department Deployed to San Diego Wildfires On Tuesday, May 15, at 6:54am, The Santa Monica Fire Department was deployed as part of a mutual aid request to assist with the Cocos Fire in San Diego. Two SMFD Engine Companies were dispatched as part of Strike Team XLA-1075A with other resources from Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Los Angeles City Fire Departments. The Strike Teams arrived at the staging location at Cal State San Marcos at 10:24 a.m., and were immediately placed into an...
This past Saturday, the Santa Monica Women defeated both the San Diego Surfers and Tempe Women to claim the SoCal Division I title and berth to the the USA Rugby National Quarterfinals in Dallas, Texas. With the #1 seed going into playoffs, Santa Monica faced the San Diego Surfers for their qualifying match, with a final score to 31-15. The championship game began with Tempe coming out and immediately utilizing their speedy backs, notching a try just 3 minutes into the game. The second half was a gritty, but SM scored score a try with no time...
Dr. Louise Jaffe – a member of the SMC Board of Trustees and a longtime supporter of Santa Monica's educational institutions – has been elected President of the California Community Colleges Trustees (CCCT) for 2014-15. "Dr. Jaffe is a strong leader, an experienced trustee, and an accomplished education researcher. She is what the state needs at this time when we are focusing on student success," said SMC Superintendent/President Chui L. Tsang. "Trustees in the state play a very important rol...
PCH Construction Threatens Business: Construction work along Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica is being blamed by some local businesses for a steep drop in revenue. Traffic along State Route 1 has slowed considerably since the city of Los Angeles began construction in early April on a sewer line that will divert polluted dry-weather water runoff from canyons leading to the Santa Monica Bay and transfer it to the Hyperion Treatment Plant. The effort marks the city’s second attempt after plans to build more than a mile of new 4-foot-high s...
By Christine Peake Local Santa Monica High School senior Ryan Roberts was deservedly named the first–place grand prize winner in the classical instrumental category (oboe) at the 26th Annual Music Center Spotlight Awards. Born and raised in Santa Monica by parents Birgit (Exec producer at HIFI music company) and father Kevin who is a renown Director of Photography, Ryan was surrounded by the arts and music as he grew up as a big brother to pretty sister Maya, herself an accomplished violinist a...
Students arrive at Santa Monica high school in the morning under the watchful eyes of S house principal Blaine Watson...
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...
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...
A Santa Monica High School science teacher who was placed on leave after being caught on video fighting with a student will be back to work on Monday. Wrestling coach Mark Black was placed on paid leave after the April 4 confrontation, a move that upset some parents and students who rallied in support of Black. "Based on what we have learned, it is appropriate to return Mr. Black from paid administrative leave at this time," SMMUSD Superintendent Sandra Lyon said. District officials said they expect to receive an investigator's report on the...
Holding red apples, a crowd of more than 100 parents, teachers and students raised their arms high on Sunday in a salute to Mark Black, Santa Monica High School's suspended veteran science teacher and wrestling coach, and to besieged teachers everywhere. The rally in support of Black, who was put on leave 10 days ago after physically tangling with a student carrying drugs in class, was also an implicit rebuke to the school district's superintendent, who appeared to side with an unruly student,...
The first new classroom building at Santa Monica High School in a generation nears completion at Michigan and 7th Street on the Samohi campus. The building is expected to open fall semester, 2014....
Arraignment for Suspect in Samo Scuffle Police said that on April 8, 2014 Mr. Blair Moore was arraigned at the West Los Angeles Airport Court for the assault incident that occurred at Santa Monica High School on April 4, 2014. He was charged with: 2 counts of 71 (a) PC, threatening a public school official, 1 count of 626.10(a) (2) PC, possession of a box cutter on school grounds, 1 count of 11357 (d) H&S, possession of less than 28.5 grams of marijuana on school grounds, and 1 count of...
An 18-year-old Santa Monica High School student pleaded not guilty Tuesday to assault and drug possession charges in connection with a fight with a teacher, authorities said. Blair Moore, of Los Angeles, was charged with two counts of threatening a public school official, one count of possession of a box cutter on school grounds, one count of possession of less than 28.5 grams of marijuana on school grounds, and one count of force or violence against a school employee in retaliation for an act...
Nobody wants to touch this one, do they? In case you left town the last 2 days, SamoHi's wrestling couch Mark Black (Yeah, the same 60 year old dude who was involved in the whole wrestling dummy thing 2 years back), was trying to confiscate a bag of weed from an 18 year old, male student. The student refused. The story from here varies, but there's agreement that the kid put the weed back into his backpack, and the two tussled in the classroom, while another student filmed the whole thing on an...
The 6th annual Sustainable Santa Monica Student Poster Contest will raise awareness about Santa Monica's Water Self-sufficiency Plan & educate the community about water conservation. Rules and Guidelines - Open to all K-12 students who live or attend school in Santa Monica - Only original artwork will be accepted - Only one poster submission per student - Students may work in 2 person teams but the prize will be shared. - Posters must be hand drawn on white paper, bright colors are recommended...
Santa Monica Public Library (SMPL) begins its Big Read celebration of Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea with a free outdoor concert and festivities on Saturday, March 29 at 12:30 p.m. in the Main Library North Courtyard at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard. Alfredo López, Isaac Ruben Izquierdo and Jorge Andres Herrera take us on a musical tour of Mexico highlighting the richness and variety of traditional Mexican music. A master of more than 20 styles of Latino American music and skilled...
Santa Monica restaurant, Upper West welcomes artist Vicki McClay with an opening reception Sunday March 9th. An advocate of art, at any day of the week, you can walk into Upper West to find the walls filled with art. On March 9th, Vicki McClay takes her turn. The artist was first introduced to the restaurant when she attended an opening reception at the restaurant for her friend. She explains, "I met the owners through an artist friend, Imelda Healy, when she showed her work at Upper West last...
