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Driven SMC student is branching out
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Marlene Ruiz knows that achieving the American Dream doesn’t come easy.
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Art from a special perspective
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LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL — It is said that art is in the eye of the beholder and for 10 students here, it was the process of creating it and displaying it that resonated with them.
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Teenagers get to take Action! with own fest
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DOWNTOWN — Mention teenagers and the film industry together and images of Corey Haims and Leif Garretts gone wrong may spring to mind, but the adolescent auteurs who gathered here on Saturday have bigger ideas than landing on “True Hollywood Stories.”
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Man’s Frantic Search Rolls On
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SUNSET PARK — Each day, Rejelio Munoz resumes the search for his wife following her disappearance more than a month ago from the 31st Street home they share.
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Bigger bang at Pier show
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SM PIER — Summertime in Santa Monica means free live music every Thursday, beginning tonight with Latin rock and jazz.
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Living well is best revenge
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PICO BLVD. — For nearly Jennifer Carslake’s entire existence, drugs and alcohol have been her passion. For the first half of her life, it was about abusing them. Now, at 41, it’s about helping others become free of them.
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Seeing what’s in the works
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CITYWIDE — The continual construction in Santa Monica makes some wonder what the city is doing with their tax dollars. Sitting through City Council meetings to find out can prove time-consuming, but there are other ways to be in the know.
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City’s perpetual motion foretells changes to come
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Here’s a rundown of the other construction projects visited during a citywide tour this past weekend:
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Keeping it real at a recovering market
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Yesterday marked three years since the driver of a Buick LeSabre barreled westbound on Arizona Avenue through the bustling Santa Monica Farmers’ Market, killing 10 people and injuring more than 50 others.
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The bling just isn’t his thing
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SM PIER — Lyrics Born and Daara J present their fresh brand of hip-hop, taking the stage at the Pier tonight for the fifth installment of this year’s Twilight Dance Series of free concerts.
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No jacket required for new valets
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MAIN STREET — Those who have taken to the bicycle in efforts to avoid the traffic snarl around the Farmers’ Market on Main Street have created their own congestion. On a typical Sunday, there are 130 bicycles or more locked up to fences, posts, parking meters and trees — clogging up the roads and sidewalks of the surrounding Ocean Park neighborhood, said Luis Morris, transportation management specialist for the city of Santa Monica.
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From street sleepers to street sweepers
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CITYWIDE — Dozens of local businesses are being asked to put the city’s homeless population to work.
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Teacher brings authenticity to students
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Santa Monica — Chon Lee wanted to bring South African literature to his eighth grade English class at Lincoln Middle School, but it wasn’t enough to bring it from the library — he went straight to the source.
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Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels fights for justice and peace
NORTH OF WILSHIRE — Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels was destined to be a doctor but divine intervention turned him into a rabbi and an activist in the local community.
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