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Celebrity bakery still pending Downtown FRANCESCA BILLINGTON Special to the Daily Press
In May, owners at Lorin, a boutique shoe store on the 3rd Street Promenade, taped sale signs on the windows as they prepared to permanently close. The signs were soon replaced by new ones announcing that the space would transform into the West Coast’s first Carlo’s Bakery, a Hoboken business run by Buddy Velsastro and his family who star on the TLC show, “Cake Boss.” The bakery’s arrival aligns with
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WHAT’S UP WESTSIDE ..................PAGE 2 MOTORCYCLE ENFORCEMENT ......PAGE 3 CURIOUS CITY....................................PAGE 5 CRIME WATCH ..................................PAGE 8 MYSTERY PHOTO ............................PAGE 9
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Protest threats won’t disrupt local workshops
city efforts to encourage restaurants to open locations with outdoor seating in downtown Santa Monica. This trend isn’t just happening in Santa Monica but across the nation as consumers are shopping online instead of in-person and retail environments look to bring people out, said Jason Harris, the City’s Economic Development Manager. “They say food is the new retail,” Harris said. “And this is a good example of that adage.” Today, each block on the SEE BAKERY PAGE 6
MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Santa Monica’s Committee for Racial Justice (CRJ) is forging ahead with its plans for upcoming meetings despite threats of continued protests. The organization’s past two meetings, both held before the large protests in Charlottesville, were disrupted by individuals and organizations associated with the Alt-Right political movement. Some of those local protesters
engaged in anti-Semitic or racist behavior and organizers have been debating how to proceed in the wake of the now national conversation about racism. The July meeting was attended by several individuals in masks and the August event drew a large crowd that was ultimately barred from entering the workshop due to concerns over the room’s capacity and the possibility of violence between attendees and protesters. Despite rumors of more disruptions at their future meetings, CRJ
has decided the September meeting will occur as planed at their longtime meeting location. CRJ will meet on September 10 at Virginia Ave. Park to discuss the previously scheduled topic of education but officials said it will likely be a broader discussion. “We are kind of talking about education be we have to address the things that have been happening and how the kids have been affected by everything,” said CRJ
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Photos by Marina Andalon
Students returned to schools throughout the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District on August 22.
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