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Running home LA Marathon carries special significance for Santa Monica residents BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN
WHAT’S UP WESTSIDE ..................PAGE 2 VENICE HISTORY ............................PAGE 3 CURIOUS CITY ................................PAGE 4 CONSUMER CORNER ....................PAGE 5 MYSTERY PHOTO ............................PAGE 9
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Activist memorial saved during mural removal
Daily Press Staff Writer
When she moved to Santa Monica on March 5, 2014, Cortney Jantzer didn’t know anyone other than her husband and her young son. She was excited to be in Southern California, but she was nervous about starting a new life away from home. Four days later, she was surrounded by tens of thousands of new friends. It was all thanks to the LA Marathon, which has become an annual tradition for the 36-yearold Atlanta native. On Feb. 14 she will join the mass 26.2-mile exodus from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica, buoyed by support of the
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RUNNERS: Cortney Jantzer is one of the Santa Monicans to run the Los Angeles Marathon.
throngs of people around her. “The running community, they’re a second family,” she said. “They’re the first people I met. SEE MARATHON PAGE 7
Banking program SMMUSD outlines coming to SMC preschool plans JVSLA partnering with college to offer 8-week training course
Pilot program scheduled to launch at Edison, Grant next fall
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN
Daily Press Staff Writer
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Santa Monica College is joining forces with an area nonprofit to offer a career-focused training series through its extension program. Campus officials are working with JVSLA to bring the organization’s existing BankWork$ program to the local community college by May. The 8-week program, one of several job training and workforce development initiatives orchestrated by JVSLA in Southern California, aims to promote upward economic mobility by
Imagine a world in which children go to preschool at the neighborhood elementary campus they plan to attend. The Santa MonicaMalibu school district already has. District officials last month unveiled a proposed early learning pathway and introduced a pilot program that would include preschool programming at two SMMUSD sites this coming fall. Although the local Board of Education did not take any action following the study session, district spokeswoman Gail Pinsker said
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WASHED AWAY: City workers are removing the mural from Joslyn Park to make repairs to the retaining wall. The city will preserve a plaque dedicated to Valerie Nordstrom Barnard.
BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Safety concerns have prompted the removal of a mural from Joslyn Park, but at least part of the display will be retained and relocated within the area. The mural is located on a retaining wall adjacent to Kensington Road. Water damage has cracked the wall and damage to the surrounding area has forced the City to remove the painting to facilitate repairs. A plaque at the site honoring a local activist will be saved and relocated at the park. Jessica Cusick, cultural affairs manager for the city of Santa Monica said the Arts Commission had already removed the painting from its list of preserved works and planned for the work to be painted over when repairs were made to the wall. SEE ART PAGE 6
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