Taking it to the streets Christine Chang More than 200 students from New Roads High School in Santa Monica went out on the streets instead of class on Thursday, marching along Olympic Boulevard in protest of President Bush’s announcement on Wednesday that he will be sending 21,000 additional troops to Iraq. In the evening, the organization MoveOn staged a rally to stop escalation in Iraq in Palisades Park, at Wilshire Boulevard and Ocean Avenue.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 12, 2007. Read the original PDF.