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City settles lawsuit over Downtown Expo station BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor

The Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority and the City of Santa Monica have settled a lawsuit over the price of land at the Downtown station. Santa Monica will receive $20

million for a nearly 34,000-squarefoot plot of land at 402 Colorado Ave., where the terminus station has opened. In October 2014, the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority filed a lawsuit against the City of Santa Monica seeking eminent domain and declaratory

Awakened Family Gathering brings Westside families together outside the city

relief relating to the compensation for land on Colorado Avenue owned by City Hall. The City and Expo disagreed on the price. In their original filings, both sides agreed the property was purchased with rail reserve money derived from the Transportation

Development Act. However, the City maintained it has complied with all agreements and requirements related with Expo. The city claimed Expo and its contractors had occupied the site without just compensation but they did acknowledge, and reject, an initial offer of $14.4 million.

Samohi concert at Disney Hall to support Red Cross Orchestra organizes benefit following Belgium terror attacks

The 6.6-mile Expo extension runs from Culver City to Santa Monica and includes seven stations: Palms, Westwood/Rancho Park, Expo/Sepulveda, Expo/Bundy, 26th Street/Bergamot, 17th Street/Santa SEE EXPO PAGE 9

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BY JENNIFER MAAS Daily Press Staff Writer

After years of attending festivals and workshops without her children, Lisa Arshawsky wanted to create a venue where her entire family could “unplug and dive in to spirit together.” That is where the Santa Monica-based yoga instructor got the idea for the Awakened Family Gathering. “At festivals, there is a flavor for adults rather than children,” Arshawsky, co-founder of the “urban family retreat,” said. “Because of my experience of wanting to attend these festivals, but yearning for my kids when I’m away from them, I thought finding a way to bring the whole family together in a festival setting that was kid friendly would be great.” Arshawsky has been teaching yoga, as well as Mommy and Me classes, kids’ circles and mindfulness circles, for years in studios is very excited to take Santa Monicans out of their natural habitat and into the nearest counSEE RETREAT PAGE 9

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CONCERT: Local students are participating in a fundraiser for the International Committee of the Red Cross.

BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer

The students of Santa Monica High School’s symphony orchestra are trying to make the best of a terrible tragedy. After having their trip to Europe canceled due to the March bombings in Belgium, they imme-

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diately expressed interest in figuring out a way to support victims of terror around the world. Their goal will come to fruition at 7:30 p.m. June 12, when they will perform a benefit concert at Disney Hall in Downtown Los Angeles to raise money for the International Committee of the Red Cross.

“They really have their hearts into this concert,” Samohi orchestra director Joni Swenson said of her student musicians. “They felt their lives had been affected by terrorism in the world, and they wanted to do what they could do help victims of terrorism and vioSEE MUSIC PAGE 10

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When people at social functions find out that Jason Kaye does impressions, they often ask him to perform. It’s not that other people can’t alter their voices to sound like SEE TV PAGE 8

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