November 2, 2025
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JAMS Staff Outlines Plans To School Board:

John Adams Middle School’s (JAMS) staff members appeared before the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District board of education last Thursday to outline their plans for comprehensive improvements that will assist All JAMS students, “regardless of […]

SMMUSD Schools Post Gains on ’04 API Index:

Last week, the State Superintendent of Schools released the 2004 Academic Performance Index Base Report. The Index (API) is the cornerstone of the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999, as it measures the academic performance […]

Downtown Workshops Are Scheduled:

Another pair of community workshops has been scheduled by the City. The subject this time out is the “pedestrian and streetscape enhancement design” of Second and Fourth Streets between Wilshire Boulevard and Colorado Avenue in […]

Civil Liberties Abuses on Democratic Club Agenda:

At a meeting next Wednesday, the Santa Monica Democratic Club will “consider action regarding the threat to our civil liberties, the Bill of Rights, and the U.S. Constitution through abuse of the Federal ‘Patriot Act,’” […]

Los Angeles Mission To Feed 3,000 Friday:

The Los Angeles Mission will hold its annual Easter celebration on Good Friday, March 25. The Mission staff and volunteers will serve nearly 3,000 free hot meals to adults and children, and, in addition, will […]

It Wasn’t Thunder!:

It was raining hard in Santa Monica late yesterday afternoon, when many residents felt a short shudder followed by a quick boom and assumed it was thunder. It wasn’t. It was a 3.4 earthquake, whose […]

Court Rejects Housing Group’s Fee Request:

A Superior Court judge has struck down a Santa Monica Housing Council (SMHC) request for attorney’s fees in the amount of $218,000. The Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office defended the case on behalf of the […]