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Volume 12 Issue 241
Santa Monica Daily Press
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Local photog captures city’s beauty with every picture BY KRISTEN TAKETA Special to the Daily Press
OCEAN AVENUE Street festivals, summer
when the community from the Pico Neighborhood expressed a need for a library in its midst. The library has a two-building design
concerts, synchronized breastfeedings and sumo wrestling tournaments — Fabian Lewkowicz has photographed them all. For eight years, the Santa Monica resident has documented daily the story of his city — landmarks, people and events both big and small, from folk art shows to lawn bowling games to Santa Monica Pier sunsets. “I’m just interested in the beauty of Santa Monica, and plus, that’s what people want to see,” Lewkowicz said. “I want people to look at the pictures, kind of make them jealous and wish they were here.” For several years, Lewkowicz said he felt the same way. He was raised hundreds of miles away from the Pacific Ocean in the city of El Paso, Texas, and said he fell in love with the California coast even before moving here, having just seen it on TV. After moving to Santa Monica, Lewkowicz fixed himself into the community, not only doing street photography for his blog but also taking photos of Santa Monica for several newspapers, including the Santa Monica Daily Press. He has also served on many community boards, organizations like the Police Activities League and the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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HERE IT COMES: A construction crew works on the roof of the forthcoming Pico Library on Thursday. The library is expected to be done in January.
Pico library is coming along BY AMEERA BUTT Daily Press Staff Writer
PICO BLVD Construction of a much-needed library in the Pico Neighborhood is on
schedule, city officials said. The $11.1 million Pico Branch Library will be completed in January, boasting completely new books and new media for the public to borrow and read. The way for the new library was paved
Fewest Americans since 2007 seeking jobless benefits CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 320,000, the fewest since October 2007 — a sign of dwindling layoffs and steady if modest job growth.
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The Labor Department said Thursday that the less volatile four-week average fell 4,000 to 332,000, the fewest since November 2007 and the fifth straight decline. Companies are laying off fewer workers, a trend that has lowered applications for unemployment benefits 14 percent this year. But hiring is still sluggish, resulting in only modest net job growth.
At the depth of the recession in March 2009, weekly applications for unemployment benefits numbered 670,000. They have fallen steadily ever since. “The underlying story in jobless claims is one of a continued improvement,” Yelena Shulyatyeva, an economist at BNP Paribas, wrote in a note to clients. But “we need to see the pace of hiring pick up in order for pay-
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