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Coming in first
Over 130 entries were received, more than 4,000 people voted, and now Rachel Malovany has been declared the winner of...
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Putting on a parade
MAIN STREET — A growing, popular, local tradition celebrating America’s birthday continues this summer as a coalition of neighborhood groups...
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Concerns revolve around daycare center
26TH STREET — Rosemary Esparza appreciates the peace and quiet of retired life in her Sunset Park home, enjoying lunches...
Read moreScience team places fourth in national competition
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defending champion Santa Monica High School finished fourth in the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy National Science...
Read moreCOMMUNITY BRIEFS
SUNSET PARK Containing a leak Roughly 500 gallons of raw sewage flowed from a pipe clogged by tree roots near...
Read moreDust in the wind
Dear EarthTalk I run a sorting machine at the post office, and am worried about all the paper dust swirling...
Read moreSMC to award posthumous degree
I-405 — Freeway An exciting evening awaited Luke Dunphy as he jumped on a motorcycle and headed home to Santa...
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Samohi students become young marine biologists
SAMOHI — Every Wednesday morning while his peers are still rolling out of bed and rubbing the crust from their...
Read moreSlew of affordable housing in works
BROADWAY — An old nursing home that’s been put out of commission sits quietly on a corner here, mostly shielded from...
Read moreResidency requirement for cemetery may be lifted
CITY HALL — A 112-year-old cemetery where more than 60,000 Santa Monica residents have been laid to rest could soon be...
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