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WEEKEND EDITION
03.18.17 - 03.19.17 Volume 16 Issue 108
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WHAT’S UP WESTSIDE ..................PAGE 2 SPRING INTO KINDNESS ..............PAGE 3 SNIDE WORLD OF SPORTS ..........PAGE 4 GARDENING AND COMMUNITY ..PAGE 5 MYSTERY PHOTO ............................PAGE 9
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City plans Los Angeles Marathon expected to pack Downtown on Sunday April launch of major planning document
More than 24,000 runners from all 50 states and 63 countries will participate in Sunday’s Los Angeles Marathon beginning at Dodger Stadium and ending in Santa Monica. Downtown Santa Monica will be flooded with runners, spectators and their families. Local officials are warning that several roads along the route will be closed throughout the day and parking is expected to be extremely limited (see Page 3 for road closure information). Anyone that does make it to the finish line, whether they run the route or just camp out to cheer a friend, will have access to some of the post-race entertainment options. There will be a security controlled Reunion Area at the end of the finish line on Ocean Ave. between Santa Monica Blvd. and Colorado Ave. The area is open to the public and will have exhibitors, live music and other interactive entertainment. Spectators who arrive early can watch the race progress on a big screen and wait for runners to cross the finish line. Aside from the designated areas, spectators will have limited access to the finish line. Runners will finish the race in a secured zone inaccessible to spectators on Ocean Ave. from California Ave. to Santa Monica Blvd. Runners will exit the zone at Santa Monica Blvd. and enter the reunion zone. An official Finish Festival will be set up on Santa Monica Blvd. between 2nd and Ocean. The Pier and Downtown Santa Monica will also be open for business as usual. Spectators at the finish line will see some additions to the race this year. More than 40 runners are taking advantage of the new partnership with Guinness World Records to attempt an official World Record during the event. Record attempts include siblings aiming to run the fastest combined marathon time and many costumed runners (a
BY KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
After two years of public meetings, committee discussions and redrafts, the City will unveil the finished Downtown Community Plan (DCP) Wednesday, April 12, at a public meeting. That night the Planning and Community Development Department will host an informal event at 6:30 p.m. at Civic Center East Wing to hand out booklets and flash drives containing the plan. The DCP will outline a set of SEE DOCUMENT PAGE 10
Utility boxes get a facelift throughout the City BY KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
Rosemary Regalbuto knows if you want to get something done, sometimes you have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. So more than two years after the City Council approved a program to paint utility boxes on Montana Avenue with local art, Regalbuto was out there herself with a can of primer and a brush. “I got paint all over me to prove it,” Regalbuto said in a phone interview with the Daily Press. “I now SEE BOXES PAGE 7
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MARCH 19: The Los Angeles Marathon will end at the Santa Monica Pier on March 19. YOUR SANTA MONICA LUXURY REAL ESTATE SPECIALISTS
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