December 21, 2025
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Letters to the Editor:

The music plays on To the editor: A recent publication, “The Sound of Silence” (available at http://music-for-all.org/sos.html), details a 50% decline of enrollment in public school music classes over the last five years in California […]

City Hall vs. The Rest of Us:

After 22 years in the Santa Monica Planning Department and 10 years as Planning and Community Development Director, Suzanne Frick will ease down the 405 later this month to become head of the Long Beach […]

John Muir Holds Annual Auction/Dinner Dance:

The John Muir School PTA will hold its annual silent auction and dinner dance in the grand ballroom of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on Friday, April 22. Established more than 80 years ago, John […]

Adult Ed Launches Distance Learning:

A new program, “Distance Learning,” takes instruction to students who cannot attend traditional classes at Santa Monica Adult Education Center (SMAEC), according to Mary Yarber, the program’s Coordinator. Since SMAEC’s founding in 1993, thousands of […]

Sat. Is Earth Day on Promenade:

The 35th anniversary of Earth Day will be celebrated Saturday, April 16, on the Third Street Promenade, which will be transformed into an Eco-Fest from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.with 60 exhibits and a solar-powered […]

Vacancy Decontrol Redraws SM Housing Picture:

Since the state-mandated rent decontrol law Costa Hawkins went into effect in January, 1999, 44 percent of Santa Monica’s rent-controlled units are now market rate rentals. Costa Hawkins allows landlords to raise the rents on […]

Looking for Santa Monica: At The Pier:

Do you live in the city? Mos def. Do you work in the city? What’s your definition of work? Bushels of homework? Then yes. Day and time of your walk: Sunday, April 10, 2005 12:45 […]

Workshop Focuses on Steps To Quell Gang Violence:

Last Saturday, about 240 community members and others gathered at John Adams Middle School as part of a continuing effort to craft a two-year “action plan” to curb gang violence in Santa Monica. It was […]

Workshop Focuses on Steps To Quell Gang Violence:

Last Saturday, about 240 community members and others gathered at John Adams Middle School as part of a continuing effort to craft a two-year “action plan” to curb gang violence in Santa Monica. It was […]