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Editor’s note: This monthly feature uncovers Santa Monica’s history by compiling notable city happenings from a century ago. The stories are found in old newspaper archives. Developers and engineers were trying to turn Santa Monica beaches into a “bathers’ paradise” a century ago this month. Money was pouring into projects to make the local coast […]
