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Homeboys leave it to prose
MID-CITY A figure rose from amidst the seated group of tattooed ex-gang bangers from East Los Angeles and walked to the podium. He leaned his scarred face into the microphone.
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Supporting the subway to the sea
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CITY HALL Gridlock on the Westside is in City Council’s sights, as elected officials look to support the extension of a subway line as part of the MTA’s Long Range Transportation Plan.
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Checking out
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SUNSET PARK A local nesting ground for illegal activity was shut down Monday morning when narcotics investigators arrested 11 individuals on various charges at the Pavilion Motel on Ocean Park Boulevard.
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Thursday is the new Friday
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CAMPUSWIDE Fridays are so old-school.
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No ‘mini’ feat
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SANTA MONICA For Stephanie Negriff, deciding to move to Santa Monica and work for the Big Blue Bus wasn’t all that difficult.
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Who needs an ID?
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DOWNTOWN Being one of those kids who always looked considerably younger than my age, I’ve grown accustomed to the humiliation of being talked down to by middle schoolers, snickered at by club bouncers, even booted from the diving board at the UCLA pool. Understandably, I was a bit hesitant when I set out to affirm my right — as a barely legal adult— to give myself lung cancer, and maybe even crack down on some irresponsible businesses.
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Feeling ‘Sicko’ all over again
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CITYWIDE In a year of health care hype — with the passage of a universal health coverage bill in Massachusetts last April, the media buzz surrounding Michael Moore’s film “Sicko,” and three state reform proposals that have shined a spotlight on California’s uninsured — this weekend is one to watch.
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Westside feels the pinch
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CITYWIDE It’s been a long time since Santa Monica was a moderately affordable city in which to live, but the past year saw the city’s real estate costs reach a whole new level.
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Concert-goers can get their gospel groove on
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SM PIER A rocking conglomeration of gospel, pop and bluegrass will resound tonight at the Santa Monica Pier. Imagine jukebox rock paired with Sunday morning service — hand-in-hand with fiddle-riddled country — and you’ll have a good idea of what to expect from this week’s free Twilight Dance Series concert, featuring the Holmes Brothers and Carrie Rodriguez.
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What’s shaking in Santa Monica?
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UNDERGROUND Angelenos, tremble not.
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Disoriented? Surviving your freshman year can be trying
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As a college freshman last year, I made my fair share of rather large mistakes. For instance, I don’t know my advisor’s name — a minor problem when I wanted to drop a class a week after the deadline. I also neglected to do any reading for my political science class until two days before the mid-term, signed up for 8 a.m. classes that I attended just once, and had my bike stolen because I didn’t listen when everyone told me to lock it.
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Summer Strummer Fest rocks Bergamot Station
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MID-CITY If you’re a tattooed, punk dad with a preteen daughter hooked on bubblegum pop, this weekend could provide that elusive bonding experience.
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Hill of beans
There are 17 Starbucks in the city of Santa Monica. Initially, the idea of hitting every one of them in a single day didn’t seem all that daunting.
The premise was simple: For 24 hours, I would ingest only Starbucks products, and try to rack up as many milligrams of caffeine as I could stomach.
Piece of poundcake, right?
Not.
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Leave that iPod alone
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Gone are the days of note passing and spitball-shooting. In an age of text messages, iPods, Sidekicks and Macbooks, teachers have a little more to worry about than old school classroom nuisances.
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Communing with the commute
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CITY WIDE Los Angeles may be the notorious city of drivers, but Santa Monica might have a leg up on mass transit.
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Sprucing up the pier on agenda
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CITY HALL A trip to the restroom during a seaside outing at the Santa Monica Pier will be more enjoyable for beachgoers as the City Council looks to approve a construction project deal to revamp the existing facilities.
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