June 9, 2026
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Rosendahl Wins Key Committee Slots:

Fledgling L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl will chair the Council’s Committee on Education and Neighborhoods, and will sit on panels overseeing Los Angeles International Airport, environmental issues, the city budget, and juvenile justice. City Council […]

Memorial Service Held for Irish Moses:

Well over 100 people gathered last Wednesday afternoon on the tarmac at Santa Monica airport for a memorial service for Captain Robert Maguire, Jr., who was dubbed the “Irish Moses” for flying 50,000 Jews out […]

Letters to the Editor:

Saving Darfur To the editor: The leaders of the richest countries in the world recently just completed three days of discussion. A large part of their conversation centered on fighting poverty in the developing world. […]

SCENES:

* Recommended Submissions to the calendar should be directed to mirrorcalendar@yahoo.com; music and poetry events should be sent to groovesmirror@yahoo.com PLEASE DO NOT SEND attachments. A Walk through the Past, an interactive family archaeology Tour, […]

Performances:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, the most magical outdoor setting in Topanga, becomes the enchanted woods of Athens in this second offering of the Theatricum’s repertory season. 8 p.m., through September 24, […]

City Council Okays New Hedge Law:

After another lengthy hearing last Tuesday, Santa Monica’s City Council unanimously approved a new interim hedge and fence ordinance that’s meant to be more sensitive to the needs of property owners and their neighbors. After […]

Memorial Service For Irish Moses Is This Afternoon:

A memorial service for Captain Bob Maguire, who was known as the “Irish Moses” for his work on Operation Magic Carpet, will be held at 3 p.m. this afternoon at Santa Monica Airport, 3100 Donald […]

Letters to the Editor:

Correcting the record To the editor of the Ocean Park Gazette: 1. I would like to comment on a statement by SMC’s Don Girard in your July 7 article entitled “Neighbors Still Bristling about Bundy […]

A Suitcase Full of Blues:

It was duly and widely noted that residents of London returned to their normal living patterns just days after the bombings there on July 7th. More than just “stiff upper lip, and all that,” citizens […]

Continuing Exhibitions:

A.R.T.S. Anonymous, a support group for creative people, meets every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Wild Oats Community Room, 500 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 836-1495. Ballroom Dancing every Saturday in the auditorium of the Felicia Mahood Senior […]