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NOVEMBER 12-13, 2011
Volume 11 Issue 1
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE STAY DRY ISSUE
Food trucks get earlier bed time on Main Street Concerned about safety, police ask City Council to restrict food trucks during weekends BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
CITY HALL If you’re looking for a little latenight nosh after an evening of carousing at the popular bars on Main Street, you’re
going to have to stagger a bit farther than usual. The Santa Monica Police Department has declared the presence of food trucks on Main Street between Ocean Park Boulevard and Marine Street a hazard that attracts
intoxicated people and gums up the streets, sidewalks and other public spaces. Deputy Police Chief Al Venegas and Cap. Carol Larson called on council members to ban food trucks on the four blocks bounded by those two streets between the hours of 1
Bike plan passes Planning Commission, on to council
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Three’s the magic number for v-ball
BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
Samohi, Pacifica Christian, Lighthouse Christian advance to third round of playoffs
CITY HALL Within a year, Santa Monicans will begin to notice changes on their city streets. Within five, it’s going to be a whole new ballgame. That’s the promise of the Bicycle Master Plan, a 400-page document that got the Planning Commission’s stamp of approval Wednesday night. The plan proposes a 20-year timeline to transform Santa Monica’s roadways into bicycle-friendly thoroughfares in an attempt to get people out of their cars and cycling to improve health, reduce traffic and cleanse the environment. Santa Monicans mandated that shift in priorities when they helped to create the Land Use and Circulation Element, or LUCE, an overarching policy for the development of every aspect of Santa Monica, said Lucy Dyke, a transportation manager with City Hall. The Bicycle Action Plan represents one way in which the LUCE is being fulfilled. “Everything in this plan was suggested or approved by the people in this community,” Dyke told commissioners Wednesday. The plan is ambitious and far-reaching. It proposes to improve intersections across the city and add expensive new infrastructure and facilities to make bicycling more accessible and safer to all strata of Santa Monican society. It seeks to create north-south and eastwest connectors for bikes that guide people across the city and through major economic areas to ensure bike lanes lead to popular destinations. It will also link Santa Monica with its
a.m. and 3 a.m., Saturday and Sunday, to cut down on drunken loitering. “Traditionally, drinking establishments have their last call at 1:30, and by 2 a.m. they
BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor
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Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com People walk by the memorial crosses at Arlington West just north of the Santa Monica Pier on Veterans Day. The crosses were built in memory of those who have sacrificed their lives for the United States while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
VICTOR VALLEY Victor Valley pushed, but Samohi pushed back even harder. Santa Monica High School’s girls’ volleyball team was taken to five games on Thursday at Victor Valley, but were able to hold off a late rally in the fifth game to advance to the quarterfinals of the CIFSouthern Section Division 3AA playoffs. “We had to play hard,” Head Coach Liane Sato said. “It was a real battle.” No. 3 seed Samohi won the first game, 25-18, but Victor Valley came back to take the next two, sending the Vikings to the brink of elimination heading into the fourth game. Samohi was able to tie the match at two games each, setting up a dramatic finish. The deciding game began with both teams racing out to a 6-6 score, but Samohi was able to put the pressure on, going up 139 in a game that requires just 15 points to win. Sato said a few unforced errors by her Vikings brought the game to 13 all, but Victor Valley would serve into the net setting up Samohi for the game winner. Senior Sarah Krenik would notch a kill to win the game on the next serve advancing Samohi to round three. Samohi will again take to the road Saturday, this time at Santa Ynez. The match
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