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WEEKEND EDITION
11.04.17 - 11.05.17 Volume 16 Issue 306
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Police searching for stabbing suspect
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Santa Monica Rocks: Literally
MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
The Santa Monica Police Department is searching for a suspect connected to a stabbing at the intersection of 4th St. and Santa Monica Blvd. According to SMPD, officers responded to the intersection at about 11:25 a.m. for an assault with a deadly weapon call. “When officers arrived on scene they located a male victim with SEE STABBING PAGE 6
In high-tax states, worries about pain from GOP tax plan BY DAVID PORTER & GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press
Homeowners in high-tax states like New Jersey, where a modest house within commuting distance of New York City can easily carry property taxes of over $15,000 a year, are wondering whether the Republican bill being sold as a tax cut would actually result in higher bills for them. At issue are provisions that would end deductions for state and local sales and income taxes and would cap the property tax deduction at $10,000. James Ledoux, a computer programmer who lives in South Orange with his veterinarian wife
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ROCKING OUT: The Santa Monica Fire Department has joined the Santa Monica Rocks program to hide decorated rocks around town.
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There’s a lot of junk left lying on the ground and aside from the occasional quarter, most of it is better left in the gutter than your pocket but keen eyed locals can find some diamonds among the rough thanks to a new interactive art project. “Santa Monica Rocks”, launched in the beginning of October. It was created by Lynne Clark and Debra Bard, two artists from Ten Women Gallery on 1128 Montana Ave in Santa Monica. Ten Women Gallery originally opened on Main St. in 1994 and later opened a separate branch in 1995, showcasing original handmade art from local female artists. The project aims to bring the community together through painting and hiding rocks around Santa Monica to be found and hid again. The original idea came about over the summer during Clark’s family trip to Winnipeg in Canada.
“My husband’s a local Santa Monica teacher and we go up every summer with our two boys. We started hearing about these rocks in Winnipeg,” said Clark. “My kids, being boys, it’s hard to get them to go on a hike with me, but when they found out they might find rocks along the way then the whole story changed. They spent a good part of the summer not only searching and finding rocks, but also painting their own rocks.” Clark and Bard found that this idea was not exclusive to Winnipeg, but was also being practiced around the world and so they decided to start it up in Santa Monica. All that is required of somebody who wants to join in is that they find a rock, decorate it, find a place to hide it and post a hint online through the Facebook page the two created. The person can then find a rock, replace it with another and then hide their newlyfound rock somewhere else. “I just love watching people get involved SEE ROCKS PAGE 6
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