Mall towers to go before City Council this month
CITY HALL — The debate continues to rage over plans to build five high-rise towers in downtown Santa Monica.
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Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission declares the 1924 service station a historic landmark; pending $2.1M sale expected to be called off
DOWNTOWN LA — The fate of an 80-year-
Samohi choir to compete nationally in Honolulu
CITY HALL — A group of 42 Santa Monica High School students will head to Hawaii this spring, courtesy of City Hall.
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By Daily Press staff
News in Santa Monica is never boring. High-profile politics, individuals and issues propelled Santa Monica into the spotlight in 2004.
Bobby Shriver, a Kennedy family
Something old, something new in works for 2005
FOR HIGH-RISE TOWERS An ultimate question mark had been lingering for years about what was going to become of the archaic
A group of local school supporters in January forced City Hall’s hand by pushing for a measure on the fall ballot that, if passed, would have mandated $6 million
HEDGES HIS BETS It all started around Thanksgiving 2002 when a City Hall inspector photographed Bobby Shriver’s hedges at 6 a.m. two days before the holiday. The 17-
By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica once again captured world-wide attention in 2004 with its politics and high-profile players.
Those two elements combined garnered the attention of citizens
Stripped of its historic pumps, Canyon Service is in escrow to be sold
SM CANYON — Fences have gone up around an 80-year-old service station here, but the fight
More time given to pay parking tickets, water bills
CITY HALL — Starting next year, Santa Monica City Hall will be open when the rest of the working world is.
Part
City officials have proposed opening a sobering center, or “drunk tank,” to help curb the problem of public drunkenness in Santa Monica. Some officials champion the idea as a way
