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Unanimous vote puts beach club renovation into motion
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BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
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CITY HALL — Despite threats of a lawsuit by six beachfront property owners, the City Council on Thursday unanimously approved plans to turn the historic Marion
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The annual for-real crucifixion rituals in San Pedro Cutud, Philippines, took place again this Easter, with at least nine martyrs allowing themselves to be nailed to crosses. Among those scheduled was Scottish media personality (and lapsed Catholic) Dominick Diamond, who publicly vowed in February to endure the 4-inch nails this year as a way of respiritualizing himself. However, when his time came, Diamond knelt before the cross, prayed, contemplated the blood and pain of those before him, started crying and was taken away in an ambulance, as the unforgiving crowd jeered.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 147th day of 2006. There are 218 days left in the year.
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State No bones about it
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including public meeting rooms, an expanded beach house, pool, cafe and expanded areas for beach activities. The move was hailed as a major victory for residents, many of whom staged a “beach party” rally earlier
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Davies estate into the city’s first public beach club. The project, which will be funded primarily through a $28 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation, will preserve and restore existing portions of the estate while adding elements to benefit the public,
Santa Monica’s reshaping gets some attention
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INDEX As you like it, Gemini
File Photo STORIES UNFOLD The Santa Monica Public Library — which includes features such as air filters, a sunlight reflecting roof and low-flow restroom facilities — received an Architectural Award from the Los Angeles Business Council for its “sustainability.”
CITYWIDE — No longer the cozy little beach town of yesteryear, characterized by blocks of bungalows and garden apartment buildings, the city of Santa Monica is remaking its image in a decidedly forwardthinking arena — contemporary architecture. Six projects, all located within the city’s eight square miles, were recently honored by the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) as being “the best of the breed” of the region’s architectural projects. “Santa Monica is a big winner this year,” said the Council’s Christy Moody, alluding to the city’s grip of honors at the 36th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards. All told, Santa Monica claimed six of the total 19 awards, as chosen by a ninemember jury of architects, contractors and developers. The project teams for The Santa
On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., was opened to the public.
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Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Odin Saric, 2 and still wearing diapers, does an ollie on his skateboard along the Santa Monica boardwalk. Saric has been riding skateboards since he was just 9 months old.
City warms to idle chatter at airport BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
CITY HALL — Siding with residents concerned about airport pollution, the City Council on Thursday voted in support of a bill requiring Santa Monica Airport staff to monitor and record the length of
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said. If costs to the city look like they may exceed $35,000, the council directed staff to immediately draft an ordinance in opposition to AB 2501, known in Sacramento as the “Santa Monica Airport bill.” City Hall has a policy against
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time aircraft engines are left idling. However, with that support comes conditions, the most important being funding. If AB 2501 is approved by the state Legislature and signed by the governor, it must include money to pay for the monitoring, estimated to cost City Hall around $400,000, council members
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