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UCLA Community Health Workshops: Happiness and Hearts:

March 30, 2016 mirrormmg

April community workshops have been announced - get involved at UCLA.

The late Bill Rosendahl at the skate-dance arena in Venice.

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Updated: Former Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl Has Died Following a Four-Year Battle with Cancer:

March 30, 2016 mirrormmg

Former Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl has died following a four-year battle with cancer. Councilman Mike Bonin said Rosendahl died around dawn this morning at age 70.

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Induced Earthquakes Raise Chances of Damaging Shaking in 2016:

March 29, 2016 mirrormmg

For the first time, new USGS maps identify potential ground-shaking hazards from both human-induced and natural earthquakes. In the past, USGS maps only identified natural earthquake hazards.

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City of Santa Monica Clears Airplane Parking Lot: Park On Way

March 29, 2016 mirrormmg

The removal of all of the airplanes that were previously parked on the southeast six acres of the Santa Monica Airport from the future park site is complete, pro-park groups hailing a major milestone in the expansion of Santa Monica Airport Park.

(L-R) top: Anne-Marie Talmadge (Dark Creeper), Jones Welsh (the Hero), Alina Bolshakova (Master Criminal), bottom: Courtney Munch (Julie the Hunter), Syd Mason (Waitress), Jessica Carlen (Evil Dirty Witch), Joanna Bateman ( Julie), Laura Covelli (Julie the Changed)

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The SuperHero and His Charming Wife:

March 29, 2016 mirrormmg

A wonderfully absurd and deeply philosophical hero story dramatized in the world of the graphic novel, the premiere of “The SuperHero and his Charming Wife” is billed as an entertaining wild journey into our fear of the unknown, and opens in Santa Monica April 15.

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OpeEd: This Senate Race Just Got Better:

March 29, 2016 mirrormmg

For many months, California’s ongoing race to replace retiring four-term U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer has bored most voters to the point they’ve virtually ignored it.

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Pass the Water Please: Advisory Stresses Healthy Options for Kids

March 29, 2016 mirrormmg

A new campaign, “Water: The Healthiest Choice,” has been launched by ChooseHealthLA Kids. The campaign aims to increase parents’ knowledge of the health benefits of drinking water instead of sugary beverages.

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Statewide Minimum Wage Deal Struck for $15 by 2022:

March 28, 2016 mirrormmg

Labor activists, state lawmakers and local leaders, including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, today hailed a deal struck with Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislative and labor leaders to raise the statewide minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022.

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Traffic: "Could I have my 81 Hours Back Please?":

March 28, 2016 mirrormmg

Not every award or prize is a good thing. Santa Monica kind of won a Razzie this month from INRIX Inc., a firm that ranks the most congested auto traffic on the planet. In the category identifying the 10 worst stretches of roadway for traffic on earth – that’s right, the entire planet – our Santa Monica freeway was cited for the stretch of the 10 Freeway between 20th and Alameda streets.

Rebecca Pidgeon as Olivia, a failed writer in Laura Eason’s “Sex with Strangers.”

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Sex With Strangers: At the Geffen Playhouse

March 28, 2016 mirrormmg

Review: It was a cold and snowy night in the Michigan countryside. Olivia (Rebecca Pidgeon) is curled up on a couch in the living room of a bed and breakfast, which serves as a writers’ retreat.