Santa Monica Conservancy launches Ocean Park neighborhood initiative

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The Santa Monica Conservancy has announced a new initiative to engage the community in a program of events, neighborhood walks, garden tours, open houses events and community meetings. The aim is that these programs will spotlight local culture and history for neighbors and visitors to Ocean Park and beyond.
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Joan Benoit Samuelson’s Olympic gold medal run still significant 40 years later

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But this was different. When she stepped to the starting line on the Santa Monica Community College track on Sunday, Aug. 5, 1984, to begin a 26.2-mile trek to the Los Angeles Coliseum, the whole world would be watching. It was the first Olympic women’s ...
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Gail Lumet Buckley, Chronicler of Black Family History, Dies at 86

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Gail Lumet Buckley, who rather than follow her mother, Lena Horne, into show business, wrote two multigenerational books about their ambitious Black middle-class family, died on July 18 at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 86. Her daughter Jenny Lumet, a screenwriter and film and television producer, said the cause was heart failure.
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Separation setback: Back to square one

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City of Malibu renews its petition for school district split On July 18, the City of Malibu suspended mediation sessions regarding the establishment of an independent Malibu Unified School District and issued a letter to the Los Angeles County Office of Education Committee on School District Organization to resume the process for the previously filed petition,
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Harris freshens up her message on the economy as Trump and Republicans go after her on inflation

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All of the sudden it’s Kamala Harris ‘ economy — a major opportunity as well as a possible risk for the likely Democratic presidential nominee. Shortly after President Joe Biden left the race a week ago,
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