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Airport hearing expected to dominate Council meeting

BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor

There’s a deceptively short agenda for the Aug. 23 City Council meeting but Council watchers should expect a long night because the main event for the evening is a discussion of closing the Santa Monica Airport (SMO).

Council will debate a resolution that specifies their intent to close

the airport and outlines steps that can be taken in support of that goal.

The proposed resolution declares it will be Council’s policy to close SMO on or before July 1, 2018 or as soon as legally permitted. It also calls for the City Manager to implement steps to prepare for closure including the city assuming control for some or all operations on the site.

The 227-acre airport was the SEE AIRPORT PAGE 5

Teacher turnover costly for SMMUSD

BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer

The faculty of the Santa Monica-Malibu school district has changed dramatically entering the 2016-17 school year, a potentially troubling trend in a system where teacher turnover is seen as an obstacle to student achievement.

SMMUSD had hired 64 new teachers and still was looking to add about six more as of last week, according to district spokeswoman Gail Pinsker. That amounts to about 10 percent of the district’s approximately 700 certificated staffers, a group that includes SEE TEACHERS PAGE 6

Youth discuss summer transit outreach programs

BY MARINA ANDALON Daily Press Staff Writer

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Students in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District returned to class on Monday. At Franklin School, the day included a resource fair for parents that provided coffee and breakfast alongside useful information.

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In surf parlance, the Endless Summer is a utopia of perfect waves and never-ending exploration. However, a real endless summer of drought and escalating temperatures is more hell-like than heaven sent and locals are doing what they can to protect the former from the latter.

Residents formed Climate Action Santa Monica (CASM) in 2013 to explore local solutions to climate change and the organization expanded this year to include a new youth focused component.

The City, CASM and their new Climate Action Corps gathered recently celebrate their success so far and discuss future efforts.

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A gathering of forthright and fascinating female poets. Amy Uyematsu’s latest collection confronts the world of drone warfare and post 9/11 unease. Jacqueline Tchakalian writes on life after loss in her collection of letters to a dead husband, offering an unflinchingly personal memorial. National Book Award finalist Kim Addonizio has been called “one of our nation’s most provocative and edgy poets” for her bold and candid work.

Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, 6:30 - 8 p.m., RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/o/beachculture-at-the-annenberg-communitybeach-house-199463539.

City Council Meeting Regular meeting of the Santa Monica City Council. 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 1685 Main Street.

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These meetings are open to people from all areas of the literary community—writers, teachers, editors, and organizations that host literary events—to exchange ideas, news, and resources. It’s also a chance for staff to share information about the Readings & Workshops program, which helps to provide fees to writers who give public readings and/or teach

Author Harriet Pike explores the theme of anti-Semitism through her book Enemy in the Garden and a conversation with the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Rick Eaton. 6 - 7:45 p.m., Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

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California court decision keeps teacher tenure protections SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press

In a victory for teacher unions, a divided California Supreme Court decided Monday to let the state’s teacher tenure law stand.

The high court decided 4-3 not to review a lower court ruling that upheld tenure and other job protections for teachers. That rul-

ing came in a lawsuit by a group of students who claimed that incompetent teachers were almost impossible to fire because of tenure laws and that schools in poor neighborhoods were dumping grounds for bad teachers.

The case was closely watched around the country and highlighted tensions between teacher unions, school leaders, lawmakers

and well-funded education reform groups over whether policies like tenure and firing teachers with the least seniority keep ineffective instructors in the classroom.

Dozens of states have moved in recent years to get rid of such protections or raise the standards for obtaining them.

Associate Justice Goodwin Liu voted for the California Supreme Court to take up the

case, saying it affected millions of students statewide and presented a significant legal issue that the lower court likely got wrong.

“As the state’s highest court, we owe the plaintiffs in this case, as well as schoolchildren throughout California, our transparent and reasoned judgment on whether the

tural work, in which I have often used nontraditional materials to make constructions that convert the everyday into art.

The effect is surprising and often humorous, and it forces viewers to take a second look at the uses and aesthetics of mundane objects.”

The NEA grant, which the City received in 2013, supports temporary public art interventions in and around the Bergamot Station Arts Center during the construction and after the opening of the new, multimodal transit hub. Previous activities for the program include Amir H. Fallah’s Perfect Strangers Art and Performance Festival and Kate Johnson’s Everywhere in Between, an all-encompassing installation of video and light projections with live dance and music. Both projects were curated by 18th Street Arts Center. Two additional components of the Our Town program are Ed Moses, an ongoing installation by artist John Cerney, and P2S, a projection piece by local artist Alia Malley on view nightly until August 24th.

Joy Taylor is a painter and sculptor who lives in upstate New York. Trained as a collage artist, her approach to public art is inventive and eclectic. She enjoys using unusual materials to encourage viewers to consider their world in new ways. She has received commissions for public art from the MTA Arts for Transit program in New York City, for which she fabricated both large-scale, steel sculptures and mosaic murals. She is a recipient of the New York State Painting Fellowship and the Pollock

Krasner award. Ms. Taylor exhibits with Craig Krull Gallery in Santa Monica, and at Galerie Gris in Hudson, NY among others.

In 1994, Craig Krull became one of the founding galleries at the new Bergamot Station Arts Center. Since then, the gallery has expanded its scope and now represents Southern California painters and sculptors including Peter Alexander, Dennis Hopper, Llyn Foulkes, Astrid Preston, Dan McCleary, and Don Bachardy.

Additional works by artist Joy Taylor may be viewed at the gallery upon request.

of care and services to all Santa Monica animals. Responsibilities include participation in public meetings, fundraising and community outreach to promote the Shelter’s mission and programs.

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Fifth Installment finished in Bergamot Station’s National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Program The City of Santa Monica, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town creative placemaking program and the Craig Krull Gallery, has announced the opening of Because It Has a Peel, a temporary sculpture installation at Bergamot Station Arts Center by New York-based artist Joy Taylor. The project is on view to the public through September 2016 and is located in the Arts Center adjacent to the east end of the Expo Line Station. This is the fifth in a series of six temporary art installations funded by the City of Santa Monica and the NEA. Taylor said, “Because It Has a Peel is a sculpture built from traditional wooden packing crates, the interiors painted to depict an enormous banana. Shipping is the subtext of bananas—they will never be included in the ‘eat local’ movement, at least in this country. Shipping is also a fact of life for artists, gallerists and collectors.

To move, art must be carefully crated.

Having often shipped paintings myself, it was a short step to imagining the crate itself as part of a work of art. And what better image to feature than a banana?

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Friends of the Santa Monica Animal Shelter The Santa Monica Animal Shelter has announced the establishment of Friends of the Santa Monica Animal Shelter, a nonprofit organization created to assist city staff. The Shelter is seeking community members interested in participating as an inaugural board member with the nonprofit organization. The Santa Monica Animal Shelter is operated by the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD). The Shelter houses stray and surrendered animals, animal victims of abuse, and confiscated stolen animals.

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open on Sept. 1 which is great news for the city and more importantly for the future of the Twilight Concert Series. Diverting traffic from the Pacific Coast Highway onto Ocean Ave has been putting additional pressure on an already congested bottleneck. On Thursday nights the outflow of traffic has been exacerbated by the traffic patterns and the city has responded with putting in place additional officers and traffic diversion patterns that help slightly but don’t resolve the situation.

The great success of the Twilight Concerts this year is a blessing and a curse.

It’s great for the businesses that see an uptick in their customers like Casa Martin, Bruno’s or Chez Jay and Big Deans. There’s been many a Thursday this summer that I wanted to grab dinner after working out and there was not a seat available at either Casa Martin or Bruno’s.

To a degree that’s the point of the concerts, to bring people to the city and increase not just awareness but also business. It’s great for us to be supporting our local restaurants and retailers with this type of event. I haven’t been able to find out if a study has been done to track the dollars that are generated, maybe the Pier Commission has this info, or Santa Monica Travel and Tourism might. It’d be good to know but I’m pretty sure it’s a big number.

Then there’s the expense that must be examined. This number is also going to be a big number and given the record crowds we’ve had this year it’s sure to be much higher than in prior years. As I watch the traffic officers set up cones and diversions to deal with the traffic I’m adding up the costs.

Hourly wages and overtime mean additional staffing and admin costs that are incurred.

I noticed last week extra police from Culver City were around. I assume that we have to reimburse those costs. There must also be some insurance costs to all of this for the increased risks that go up with each increase in attendance.

Crowds of humans can make huge messes and those messes have to be cleaned up. If you have ever walked by the beach after everyone has left you see the huge amount of detritus that is left for someone else to clean up. Among the pizza boxes and beer bottles and dirty diapers and there’s the ever present cigarette butts and burger wrappers that

have to be cleaned out by our sanitation staff.

This of course is nothing new, it’s been like that for the last 20 years I’ve been attending these concerts. The issue really is in scope of mess that is being created. Back when this was a small local event, most of us cleaned up after ourselves leaving a small amount of trash for the city to clean up. But what I have noticed lately is that as the crowds grow, and it becomes easier to walk away from your trash, people are less responsible because they can hide amongst the crowd.

Many people are complaining about how crowded the concerts are. They’re saying the concert are no longer enjoyable. I understand that there is a sense of nostalgia for the way things used to be, but that is no reason to end, or stop enjoying, the concerts.

It’s been reported that we have 30,000 to 40,000 people each week at these concerts.

That’s a large population that is being exposed to the city and the beach on a regular basis. Over the course of a year if 10% of those people come back and spend an additional $150 in our restaurants and movie theaters that’s about 3.6 million dollars.

Now I understand that the city’s revenues and the city’s expenses are not offset by that privately spent $3.6 million, however expenses could be offset by additional sponsorship deals. It strikes me that in the city as connected as we are to the entertainment world, we should be able to figure out a way to have the concert series be a major revenue source, and self-supporting for all of its expenses.

I’d hate to see the concerts end because of something as easily fixable as money. I’ve heard that there are safety concerns ala the fireworks displays we used to have, but those too are overblown in my opinion and I don’t want to live in a constant state of fear that the nervous nellies would have us live in.

The concerts are an excellent event for the city, its businesses and its residents. We should do all we can to keep the series free, open to the public and going long into the future.

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At the very moment our Council and community are uniting to end the unacceptable impacts of Santa Monica Airport on neighbors, and move us toward the great park so many residents want, a few misguided individuals are playing politics and threatening the very real progress we are making together.

Mailers and fliers being distributed in some of our neighborhoods distort verifiable facts. Let’s be clear: Your City Council has voted unanimously on every move toward airport closure. Check the meeting minutes; it’s a matter of record. Our battle is with the Federal Aviation Administration, not among Council colleagues.

The producers of these political messages have every right to express their opinion, no matter how twisted their thinking. When they publish inaccurate facts, though, they do real damage to our Santa Monica public process.

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subject of dueling ballot measures in 2014.

Measure LC prevailed and calls for a park on the property. In addition, City Hall has picked closing the airport as one of its five strategic goals for the city at large.

If passed, the resolution lists several actions as next steps including: begin the park planning process, investigate whether certain fractional jet operators are impermissibly operating as scheduled airlines, submit an application to FAA which would alter the Airport runway by removing a portion from aviation use, tightening noise ordinances, transition aircraft hangar uses from lease agreements to permits, eliminate lead fuel, enhance security and create a City of Santa Monica Fixed Based Operation.

While the City may choose to pass a resolution specifying its intent to close the airport, its ability to actually take action will be determined in the court system.

A Federal lawsuit is pending to settle the question of airport land ownership. The City contends the land was surrendered by the Federal Government and that the City has absolute control of the land. The Federal Government contends the City is required to operate the airport in perpetuity. The trial will likely be next year.

Santa Monica recently lost a case filed with the FAA regarding the city’s obligations to continue operations at SMO. The City is

Council will be asked to verify petitions from more than 50 percent of the hotel businesses and extend the term of the marketing district.

Santa Monica Tourism and Travel markets the city to tourists. The organization is funded primarily through an assessment levied on local hotels. That assessment district is set to expire in 2017 and Council is being asked to extend the term for nine and a half years.

According to the staff report, SMTT’s efforts have expanded international awareness of the city and had a measurable impact on the collection of Transit Occupancy Tax (paid by visitors staying in hotels).

“Over the last ten years, transient occupancy taxes (TOT) collected by the City have increased at a compound average annual growth rate of 7.8 percent,” said the report.

“The strong 3 of 6 growth rate of TOT revenue can be correlated with the success of SMTT’s tourism marketing efforts and the associated funding provided by the SMTMD.” Tourism taxes support the City’s General Fund and are used to pay for basic services.

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teachers as well as senior managers, directors, principals, assistant principals, coordinators and other administrators.

The district’s hiring blitz followed significant attrition at the end of last school year, when more than 30 teachers and classified staff members retired.

The turnover is similar to that of previous years and “not unusual for a district of our size,” Pinsker said.

But the district’s employment dynamic carries a significant financial burden, according to education experts.

SMMUSD was unable to provide the Daily Press with an estimated cost of recruiting, hiring, processing and training all of the new teachers. Much of the expense comes in the form of the salaries of the district’s human relations staff and training consultants, Pinsker said.

The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, estimates the cost of teacher turnover based on a variety of factors, including the number of new hires, the size of the district and whether or not the schools are located in urban areas.

Using the nonprofit’s estimation calculator, which accounts for expenses at both the district and site levels, the Daily Press found the cost of teacher turnover in SMMUSD to top $1.73 million.

“The estimate does not include the costs of teacher turnover to student learning,” the

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The district has support systems in place for new employees, including its Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment program.

Professional development and guidance are available to teachers through the district and the local Classroom Teachers Association.

“Each school site typically assigns a permanent teacher as a ‘buddy’ to a new teacher to help them acclimate to the culture and school community,” Pinsker said.

Teacher retention is a component of the district’s plan to close the achievement gap.

Pedro Noguera, the UCLA professor and education reformist hired by SMMUSD to improve equity in the district, has said that changes in leadership can prevent schools from boosting student outcomes.

Noguera has urged the district to recruit a staff that reflects the diversity of the student body. He said the district must also recognize success, provide constructive feedback and work with union heads to keep keep qualified teachers.

Noguera said there’s greater potential for progress when principals and other school leaders are promoted from within. The district recently hired Antonio Shelton, who has been working in Ohio, to serve as principal at Santa Monica High School.

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challenged statutes deprive a significant subset of students of their fundamental right to education and violate the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws,” he said.

Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar echoed those concerns in a separate dissent.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge sided with the students in a 2014 ruling that threatened to shake up the state’s public school system, which teaches more than 6 million students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

In striking down several laws regarding tenure, seniority and other protections, Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu said the harm inflicted on students by incompetent teachers “shocks the conscience.” Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, appealed the ruling, and an appeals court overturned that decision in April, saying the students had failed to show California’s hiring and firing rules were unconstitutional.

Justice Roger Boren, who presided over the 2nd District Court of Appeal, wrote in the 3-0 opinion that some principals get rid of highly ineffective teachers by sending them to low-income schools, but those decisions have nothing to do with the teacher tenure law.

Teachers have long argued that tenure protects them from being fired on a whim, preserves academic freedom and helps attract talented people to a profession that

doesn’t pay well.

“I hope this decision closes the book on the flawed and divisive argument that links educators’ workplace protections with student disadvantage,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said in a statement. “It is now well past time that we move beyond damaging lawsuits like Vergara that demonize educators and begin to work with teachers to address the real issues caused by the massive underinvestment in public education in this country. “ The Vergara v. State of California lawsuit, including Beatriz Vergara among the public school student plaintiffs, was backed by Students Matter, a nonprofit group founded

by Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch.

Welch assembled a high-profile legal team including Theodore Boutrous, who successfully fought to overturn California’s gaymarriage ban.

Boutrous said additional lawsuits in state and federal court challenging the teacher tenure law were possible. Welch said he was hopeful the legislature would take up the issue.

“While we are disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision to not grant review, we are grateful to the courts for shining a much-needed spotlight on these shameful laws and the enormous harm they inflict on thousands of children every year,” Welch said in a statement.

Assemblyman Chad Mayes, R-Yucca Valley, said the court’s decision was disappointing and that legislators needed to act to “stop protecting bad policies that deprive low-income and minority students of a good education.”

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CASM KIDS: Councilmembers Tony Vazquez, Ted Winterer and Gleam Davis were on hand to recognize the Climate Action Santa Monica Climate Corps last week.

information about climate change. The interns went from the Santa Monica Pier to high schools to the Farmer’s Market, making sure to inform locals about the issue and asking for feedback.

Students were particularly focused on discussion transportation choices and attempted to engage people in a discussion of movement without a car.

Abderezak Azib, a local student at the Santa Monica University participated as a Climate Corps member and felt this program not only helped the community but also helped him with self-development.

“It was definitely eye opening to see how many people were unaware of how much public transportation is around us,” he said.

“I am looking forward to sharing my experience and eager to see what else the program will do for the city these next years.”

With the summer winding down, CASM members gathered at the Church in Ocean Park recently to debrief the program and discussion future outreach efforts. Members of the Corps were able to discuss their efforts and were presented with a City Council proclamation from Mayor Pro Tem Ted Winterer.

Although the youth corps is a pilot program, Gutierrez is hoping to make it an ongoing program for students who can be the next environmental leaders in the community.

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“I am excited that this event is happening especially since it is relatively new,” said Cris Gutierrez, Lead Co-Facilitator of CASM Climate Corps of the reception for the Climate Corps members. “We, CASM, want people especially the youth to know there are other ways of transport. Doing this and showing our appreciation to the people who worked to help our city can also help our environment.”

The idea for youth climate ambassadors grew out of a forum CASM organized in 2015. At that time, officials appreciated that youth leaders would be strong advocates for sustainability and the program received a boost this year during a meeting between CASM and City Manager Rick Cole.

According to Climate Action Santa Monica member Zac Gaidzik, CASM brought their idea of youth ambassadors and Cole suggested sending them out into the streets to gather useful data.

“We all kind of looked around at each other and said ‘oh yeah, that would be kind of nice, how do we do it?’ and then what followed was when a bunch of people all get an idea and all figure out how to make that idea a reality,” he said.

The members of the youth program are interns of all ages, ranging from high school students to college students, all living in Santa Monica. Their goal each weekend has been to get the word out on the street to the community about different forms of transit that can benefit the environment along with

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Person down, 300 block California, 12:54 a.m.

Hit and run, 1600 block Ocean Front Walk, 1:31 a.m.

Fight, Franklin/Santa Monica, 2:02 a.m.

Auto burglary, 1300 block 2nd, 2:08 a.m.

Disturbance, 2300 block Pico, 2:20 a.m.

Vandalism, 14th/Pine, 2:49 a.m.

Lewd activity, 4th/Olympic, 3:03 a.m.

Disturbance, 600 block Wilshire, 4:58 a.m.

Trespassing, 2400 block Main, 5:05 a.m.

Battery, 2400 block Oak, 5:30 a.m.

Trespassing, 2400 block 4th, 7:17 a.m.

Person down, 1500 block 2nd, 7:43 a.m.

Lewd activity, 1200 block 2nd, 9:46 a.m.

Trespassing, 1000 block Wilshire, 9:56 a.m.

Person down, 700 block Wilshire, 10:02 a.m.

Disturbance, 1400 block Wilshire, 10:09 a.m.

Assault with a deadly weapon, 300 block Colorado, 10:15 a.m.

Auto burglary, 1300 block 4th, 10:42 a.m.

Petty theft, 1200 block 3rd, 11:10 a.m.

Petty theft, 2000 block Lincoln, 11:12 a.m.

Hit and run, 1300 block 16th, 12:02 p.m.

Domestic violence, 1800 block 19th, 12:51 p.m.

Urinating/defecating in public, 1900 block Ocean, 1:05 p.m.

Drunk driving, Ocean/Georgina, 1:30 p.m.

Auto burglary, 1300 block 4th, 1:59 p.m.

Fight, 400 block PCH, 2:03 p.m.

Battery, 400 block Colorado, 2:14 p.m.

Threats, 1900 block Stewart, 2:14 p.m.

Auto burglary, 1200 block 2nd, 2:49 p.m.

Disturbance, 2nd/Arizona, 3:18 p.m.

Drinking in public, 800 block Michigan, 3:43 pm.

Battery, 2800 block Main, 3:59 p.m.

Drunk driving, Main/Strand, 4:34 p.m.

Burglary, 800 block 4th, 4:55 p.m.

Disturbance, 2700 block Pico, 5 p.m.

Medical emergency, 300 block SM Pier, 5:24 p.m.

Petty theft, 1200 block 3rd, 5:48 p.m.

Battery, 2700 block Neilson, 7:01 p.m.

Grand theft, 1200 block 3rd, 7:30 p.m.

Domestic violence, 1500 block 6th, 7:59 p.m.

Person with a gun, 1300 block Centinela, 9:10 p.m.

Public intoxication, 1300 block Montana, 9:21 p.m.

Defrauding innkeeper, 1500 block Lincoln, 9:53 p.m.

Fight, 5th/Arizona, 10:49 p.m.

Fight, 5th/ARizona, 11:09 p.m.

Disturbance, 1800 block 11th, 11:53 p.m.

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EMS, 1100 block Arizona, 12:31 a.m.

EMS, 1400 block 21st, 12:36 a.m.

EMS, 300 block California, 12:56 a.m.

Automatic alarm, 2100 block Colorado, 1:18 a.m.

Structure fire, 700 block Arizona, 1:48 a.m.

EMS, 2300 block 14th, 2:08 a.m.

EMS, 2700 block Santa Monica, 2:59 a.m.

EMS, 1300 block 2nd, 3:03 a.m.

EMS, 800 block Ocean, 4:47 a.m.

Automatic alarm, 2200 block Colorado, 5:38 a.m.

EMS, 15th/Wilshire, 6:16 a.m.

EMS, 2600 block Broadway, 6:20 a.m.

EMS, 16th/Colorado, 6:38 a.m.

EMS, 2nd/Broadway, 7:44 a.m.

Automatic alarm, 1200 block Euclid, 7:55 a.m.

EMS, 1300 block 17th, 8:22 a.m.

EMS, 15th/Wilshire, 8:25 a.m.

EMS, 1600 block Ocean Front Walk, 8:55 a.m.

Automatic alarm, 1300 block 15th, 9:13 a.m.

EMS, 2nd/Broadway, 9:26 a.m.

Automatic alarm, 2000 block 4th, 10:07 a.m.

EMS, 1800 block Wilshire, 10:12 a.m.

EMS, 1500 block 2nd, 10:14 a.m.

Assistance, 1500 block 2nd, 10:20 a.m.

EMS, 1600 block Ocean Front Walk, 12:03 p.m.

EMS, 2900 block 11th, 12:33 p.m.

EMS, 1700 block 14th, 12:48 p.m.

EMS, 2100 block Santa Monica, 12:52 p.m.

EMS, Cloverfield/Interstate 10, 1:18 p.m.

EMS, Centinela/Pico, 1:18 p.m.

Assistance, 22nd/Wilshire, 1:46 p.m.

EMS, 800 block 21st, 2:31 p.m.

EMS, Ocean/Bay, 2:39 p.m.

EMS, Lincoln/Pico, 2:42 p.m.

EMS, 2100 block Ocean, 3:04 p.m.

EMS, 800 block Palisades Beach, 3:39 p.m.

EMS, 400 block Palisades Beach, 3:54 p.m.

Injuries from assault, 2800 block Main, 3:58 p.m.

EMS, 1400 block 21st, 4:17 p.m.

EMS, 200 block SM Pier, 5:34 p.m.

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– Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc “About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War”.

– Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.

– World Council of Churches is formed.

– First flight of the C130 Hercules transport aircraft.

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– Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.

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– A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathize with their captors, leading to the term “Stockholm syndrome”.

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Safe Routes BACK to School The new school year is here! Start it off right with a new activity. Walking, biking, skating, and scooting to school are great ways to wake up, enjoy some fresh air and boost your student’s attentiveness at school.

Try it once a week, or enjoy the time with your little ones every day. Form a walking or biking “school bus” where parents accompany a group of students on the trip to school.

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OUT LATE TONIGHT, SAG ARIES (March 21-April 19)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

★★★★ Curb your assertive side. Your intuitive

★★★★ Examine what you need and expect

self emerges when dealing with others. You know when someone is not on the up-and-up. A boss seems to believe that he or she is on top of a problem, but you might not feel the same way.

Tonight: Watch your budget closely.

from someone you care about. Open up a talk with knowledge of what is happening. You will want to discuss what interests you. Be ready for a conversation that might be contentious but noteworthy. Tonight: Visit with a favorite person.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

★★★★★ You refuse to back down, and others

★★★★ You might not be ready for what is coming down the pike, but your imagination and ingenuity will step right in. Your ability to adjust has increased, and you will demonstrate this skill once more. Tonight: Agreement might feel like support. Play devil’s advocate.

count on that trait. The Moon is in your sign, bringing opportunities with it. Be responsive and return calls. Someone at a distance might let you know that he or she has had a change of heart, which will be a relief. Tonight: Confirm plans.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★ Take your time. How you see someone else’s vision could be quite different from how the majority of people see it. You might choose to keep your opinion to yourself for now. Your perception of a work-related matter seems to be transforming. Tonight: Kick back and relax.

★★★★ You will need to pace yourself in order to accomplish what you want. Do not push a family member too far. Listen to news. You might be ecstatic about information that comes forward, but take what you hear with a grain of salt. Are you being realistic? Tonight: Out late.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★★★ Zero in on what you want, and don’t

★★★★★ Allow your creativity to emerge when

sell yourself short. Others will respond to your efforts. Get to the bottom of a situation, and you will see all the different pieces fall into place. Be imaginative in how you solve a hassle that emerges. Tonight: Get some extra R and R.

you sense that something is off. Follow through on your priorities, but feel free to revise your thinking, if need be. You seem to say the right words at the right time. Tonight: Seek out a friend or associate for dinner and some company.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

★★★★★ Allow others to give you their opin-

★★★★ Remember that the basics count. If

ions. Revise your schedule to incorporate these conversations. People observe what you are doing and saying. Before you know it, you could have even more support for a project than you had imagined. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

you’re feeling out of sorts, or if you think that something is running amok, confirm what you are sensing. You could stop a problem from arising by following through on your intuitive hunches. Tonight: Happily head home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

★★★★ Reach out to a loved one at a distance.

★★★★★ You might feel as if you are in a haze

You’ll see how much this person cares, and will hear what he or she has to offer. Your ability to stay grounded is likely to be emphasized. Others note this stability and often flock toward you.

Tonight: Consider taking a trip for Labor Day!

and not exactly sure of what is going on. A discussion with a friend will make your contentment soar. Someone around you could be twofaced. Be aware of this tendency, and keep your distance. Tonight: Where the crowds are.

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JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: ★★★★★Dynamic ★★ So-So ★★★★ Positive ★ Difficult ★★★ Average

This year you put a great deal of emphasis on your dreams and desires. You are likely to get what you want, as long as you don’t become too distracted. Focus and endurance count.

Try not to put too many irons in the fire; otherwise, you could feel overwhelmed. If you are single, you are likely to meet a dreamy suitor through a friend. Don’t expect to find any similarities between your friend and this person; they are likely to be very different people.

If you are attached, the two of you work together to manifest a long-term dream. TAURUS knows how to express his or her affection in a meaningful way.

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING CONDITIONS: REGULAR RATE: $11.00 a day. Ads over 15 words add 75¢ per word per day. Ad must run a minimum of twelve consecutive days. PREMIUMS: First two words caps no charge. Bold words, italics, centered lines, etc. cost extra.

Please call for rates. TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we do not issue credit after an ad has run more than once.

DEADLINES: 2:30 p.m. prior the day of publication except for Monday’s paper when the deadline is Friday at 2:00 p.m. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, credit cards, and of course cash. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, (310) 458-7737; send a check or money order with ad copy to The Santa Monica Daily Press, P.O. Box 1380, Santa Monica, CA 90406. OTHER RATES: For information about the professional services directory or classified display ads, please call our office at (310) 458-7737.

HOURS MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00am - 5:00pm

LOCATION 1640 5th Street, Suite 218, Santa Monica, CA 90401

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