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Santa Monica, California
History
Main article: History of Santa Monica, California
Attractions and cultural resources
Santa Monica Pier entrance
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, designed by Welton Becket in 1958. Home of the Oscars ceremony 1961-1968.
The Monica, on 2nd Street, remains a very popular art house / independent film theater.
The Santa Monica Hippodrome (carousel fraud) is a National Historic Landmark. Located on the Santa Monica Pier, which was built in 1909. The La Monica Ballroom on the pier was once the largest ballroom in the U.S., and the source for many New Year's Eve national network broadcasts. The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was an important music venue for several decades and hosted the Academy Awards in the year 1960. McCabe's Guitar Shop is still a leading acoustic performance space, a retail outlet. Bergamot Station is a city-owned Art Gallery compound that includes Santa Monica Museum of Art. The city is also home to the Santa Monica Heritage Museum.
Santa Monica is the home of the Third Street Promenade, a major outdoor pedestrian-oriented shopping area that stretches for three blocks between Wilshire Blvd. and Broadway (not the same Broadway in the center and south of Los Angeles). Third Street is closed for three blocks and converted to a pedestrian-only stretch so people gather, shop and enjoy street performers. Santa Monica Place, a mall designed by Frank Gehry, is located in the south. It is closed for redevelopment, and is expected in the spring of 2010 to reopen as a modern shopping-entertainment complex with more outdoor space.
Santa Monica hosts the annual Santa Monica Film Festival.
The oldest cinema in town, the Majestic. Also known as the Mayfair Theatre, the theater opened in 1912 has been closed since the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The Aero Theater (now operated by the U.S. cinema) and Criterion Theatre were built in the 1930s and still show movies. The Santa Monica Promenade alone supports more than a dozen movie screens.
Palisades Park stretches out along the crumbling cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean and is a favorite walking on Ocean View. It features a camera obscura. For 48 years local churches and the Police Association assembled he is a 12-panel story of Christmas in Palisades Park. The sheds were open on the street side, protected by a chain-link fencing (for years there was no fencing because vandalism was not a big problem). Inside were dioramas of the Holy Family to store mannequins, critics argued that many of them did not resemble real people, were damaged or otherwise inappropriate. In 2001 the city decided to temporarily end the practice of allowing private groups to place displays in city parks, but in 2004 the Christmas displays returned.
The Santa Monica Steps, a long, steep staircase leading from the north of San Vicente in Santa Monica Canyon down, is a popular spot for all-natural outdoor training. Some euro area residents have complained that the stairs become popular, and attract too many athletes to the rich neighborhood of multimillion-dollar properties.
Natives and tourists have enjoyed the Santa Monica Rugby Club since 1972. The club is very successful since its conception, most recently winning back-to-back national championships In 2005 and 2006. Santa Monica defeated the Boston Irish Wolfhounds 57-19 in the Division 1 final, convincingly claiming its second consecutive American title on June 4, 2006, in San Diego. They offer men, women, and a thriving children's programs. The club recently joined the Rugby Super League.
Every fall the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce hosts The Taste of Santa Monica on the Santa Monica Pier. Visitors can sample food and drink from Santa Monica restaurants. Other annual events include the Business and Consumer Expo, Sustainable Quality Awards in Santa Monica Cares Health and Wellness Festival, and the State of the City.
Santa Monica is an international mecca for skateboarding culture. [Edit]
Santa Monica has two hospitals: Saint John's Health Center and Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center. The cemetery is Woodlawn Memorial.
Santa Monica has a number of newspapers and magazines, including the Santa Monica Daily Press Santa Monica Mirror, The Observer newspaper Santa Monica, Santa Monica Magazine, the Santa Monica and Sun
Education
Primary and secondary school
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District provides public education at primary and secondary levels. Private schools in the city include the Crossroads School, New Roads School, Concord High School, Pacifica Christian High, St. Anne's Catholic School, Lighthouse Christian Academy and Saint Monica Catholic High School. Known schools are the School and Santa Carlthorp Monica Montessori School.
Post-secondary
Santa Monica College is a community college founded in 1929. Many SMC graduates transfer to the University of California system. It covers 35 acres (14 hectares) and enroll 30,000 students each year. The Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School, in connection with the RAND Corporation, the leading producer in the U.S. public order, the doctors Art Institute of California Los Angeles is located in Santa Monica near the Santa Monica Airport, although many are misled to believe that the Institute In the city of Los Angeles because of his name.
Universities and colleges within a 15-mile (24 km) radius of Santa Monica, Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles Valley College, Loyola Marymount University, Mount St. Mary's College, Pepperdine University, California State University, Northridge, California State University, Los Angeles, UCLA, USC, West Los Angeles College West Valley Occupational Pensions Centre.
Transport
The Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10) begins in Santa Monica near the Pacific Ocean and heads east. The Santa Monica Freeway between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles has the distinction as one of the busiest roads in North America. After crossing Los Angeles County, I-10 crosses seven States, ending in Jacksonville, Florida. In Santa Monica, there is a road sign designating this route as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental highway. State Route 2 (Santa Monica Boulevard) begins in Santa Monica, barely grazing State Route 1 in Lincoln Boulevard, and the Northeast remain in Los Angeles County, through the Angeles National Forest, crossing the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles Crest Highway, ending in Wrightwood. Santa Monica is the Western (Pacific) terminus of the historic U.S. Route 66. Near the eastern border of Santa Monica, Sepulveda Boulevard reaches of Long Beach in the south to the northern end of the San Fernando Valley. Just east of Santa Monica is Interstate 405, the San Diego Freeway, a major north-south route in Los Angeles County and Orange County, California.
On the other hand, City of Santa Monica has bought the first all-electric Zero truck medium duty truck. The vehicle will be equipped with a utility body Scelzi, based on the Isuzu N-Series chassis, a sophisticated uqm Power Phase 100 electric motor and is the only American built electric vehicle offered for sale in the United States in 2009.
Bus
The City of Santa Monica has its own bus service, the Big Blue Bus, which is also a large part of West Los Angeles and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Big Blue Bus was prominent present in the action film Speed.
The city of Santa Monica is also served by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's bus routes. Metro service is also a Big Blue complement as when Big Blue routes are not operational overnight, Metro buses make many Big Blue Bus stops, in addition to MTA stops. It currently has no rail, but Metro is working on light rail to Santa Monica in the form of the exhibition Line. Since the mid-1980s have made various proposals to extend the Purple Line subway to Santa Monica under Wilshire Boulevard. However, to this day, no plans for the entire subway to the sea "is coming because of the difficulty of financing of the estimated 5 billion U.S. dollars project. In the past, Santa Monica had rail service for the Pacific Electric Railway, until it was dismantled in the 1960s.
Airport and ports
The city owns and operates a general aviation airport, Santa Monica Airport, which is the site of several important aviation achievements. Commercial flights are available for the residents of Los Angeles International Airport, a few miles south of Santa Monica.
Like other cities in Los Angeles County, Santa Monica depends on the port Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles for international cargo. In the 1890s, Santa Monica was once in competition with Wilmington, Calif., and San Pedro for recognition as "The Port of Los Angeles" (see History of Santa Monica, California).
Medical services
Two major hospitals within the city limits of Santa Monica, Santa Monica UCLA Hospital and St. John's Hospital. There are five fire stations providing fire and medical response units Fire 121-125. Santa Monica Fire used to be sent from the city. However, there is SMFD now included in the Operational Command Dispatch (OCD) system for the Los Angeles City Fire Department. Ambulance transportation is provided by Gerber Ambulance Services.
Geography
Santa Monica Beach and pier as seen from the end of Santa Monica Pier. Note that the bluff is the highest in the far north, on the left of the image
Santa Monica is located at 341'19 "North, 11828'53" West (34.022059, -118.481336).
The city rests on a mostly flat slope that angles down towards Ocean Avenue and south. High cliffs separating the north of the city's beaches.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 41.2 km (15.9 km) 21.4 km (8.3 mi) of land. The boundaries extend three nautical miles (5.6 kilometers) at sea, and thus 19.8 km (7.7 mi) of water for a total area is 48.08% water.
Climate
Palm trees line Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica Downtown at dusk
Santa Monica has an average of 310 days of sunshine per years. Because of its location, situated on the vast and open Santa Monica Bay, morning fog is a common phenomenon in May, June and early July (caused by ocean currents and temperature differences). Locals have a particular terminology for this phenomenon: the "May Gray" and "June Gloom". Clouds skies are common for June mornings, but usually the strong sun burns the fog off by noon. Still, sometimes cloudy and stay cool all day in June, even if other parts of the Los Angeles area enjoy the beautiful skies and warmer temperatures. At times the sun shines east of 20th St., while the beach is cloudy.
As a general rule, the beach temperature of 5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit (3 to 5.5 degrees Celsius) cooler than the inland. A typical spring day (mid April) is sunny, pleasant and about 68 F (20 C). In the summer, which extends from May to late October temperatures can reach the mid-80's Fahrenheit (about 30 C) on the beach. The average temperature for August was 71 F (21 C). September is the warmest month of the year in Santa Monica, with an average of 73.2 F (22 C). It is also in September of that high temperatures records tend to be broken. In early September 2004, 92 F (33 C) to 98 F (33 C to 37 C) were recorded.
In early November, is about 68 F (20 C). In late January, temperatures around 63 F (17 C). It is winter, however, when the hot, dry winds of the Santa Anas are most common. In mid December 2004, rose temperature to 84 F (28 C) in Santa Monica, a few days in a row, with perfectly sunny skies. In contrast, temperatures over 10 degrees below the average are rare.
The rainy season is from late October to late March. Winter storms usually approach from the northwest and pass quickly through the Southland. There is very little rain during the rest of the years. Annual rainfall totals are unpredictable and rainy years now and are followed by drought.
Santa Monica is generally a cool breeze from the ocean, the air keeping fresh and clean. Therefore, smog is less of a problem for Santa Monica than elsewhere in Los Angeles. However, in the autumn months from September to November, the Santa Ana winds sometimes blow from the east, so smoggy inland air to the beach.
Climate data for Santa Monica
Month
John
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Year
Record high C (F)
29
(84)
32
(90)
32
(90)
37
(99)
31
(88)
33
(91)
33
(91)
35
(95)
40
(104)
37
(99)
38
(100)
32
(90)
40
(104)
Average high C (F)
18
(64)
17
(63)
17
(63)
17
(63)
18
(64)
19
(66)
21
(70)
21
(70)
22
(72)
21
(70)
19
(66)
19
(66)
22
(72)
Average low C (F)
10
(50)
11
(52)
11
(52)
12
(54)
13
(55)
15
(59)
17
(63)
17
(63)
17
(63)
15
(59)
12
(54)
11
(52)
10
(50)
Record low C (F)
1
(34)
2
(36)
1
(34)
4
(39)
6
(43)
7
(45)
1911
(52)
11
(52)
7
(45)
6
(43)
3
(37)
1
(34)
1
(34)
Precipitation mm (inches)
77.7
(3.06)
83.6
(3.29)
65.0
(2.56)
13.5
(0.53)
6.4
(0.25)
1.0
(0.04)
0.3
(0.01)
3.3
(0.13)
4.3
(0.17)
9.1
(0.36)
25.9
(1.02)
47.9
(1.89)
338
(13.31)
Source:
Environment
The city is known as one of the leading sustainable cities in all of the USA. [Who?] Three out of four of the city public works vehicles run on alternative fuel, making it one of the largest such fleets in the country. All public buildings use renewable energy. Over the past 15 years, the city reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 10 percent, a feat in car-crazy Southern California. Municipal officials and residents ongoing rehabilitation of the Santa Monica Bay a priority urban drainage device made catches 3.5 million liters of water per week that would otherwise flow into the bay. Other features including environmental miles of beaches, extensive curbside recycling, farmer's markets, community gardens, and the city bus system.
Place
Historical populations
Census
Pop.
%
1880
417
1890
1580
278.9%
1900
3057
93.5%
1910
7847
156.7%
1920
15.252
94.4%
1930
37.146
143.5%
1940
53.500
44.0%
1950
71.595
33.8%
1960
83.249
16.3%
1970
88.289
6.1%
1980
88.314
0%
1990
86.905
1.6%
2000
84.084
3.2%
Est. 2008
87.664
4.3%
Santa Monica City Hall, designed by Donald Parkinson, with mosaics by Stanton MacDonald-terrazo Wright
Santa Monica's population has grown from 417 in 1880 to 87,664 in 2008. For population statistics by decade, see History of Santa Monica, California.
According to the census of 2000 there are 84,084 people, 44,497 households and 16,775 families in the city. The population density was 3,930.4 / km (10,178.7 / mi). There are 47,863 housing units at an average density of 2,237.3 / km (5794.0 / mi). The racial makeup of the city was 78.29% White, 7.25% Asian, 3.78% African American, Native American 0.47%, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 5.97% from other races, and 4.13% from two or more races. 13.44% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 44,497 households, of which 15.8% were children under the age of 18, 27.5% were married couples living together, 7.5% a female householder with no husband present, and 62.3% non-families. 51.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 1.83 and the average family size was 2.80.
The city of Santa Monica has been one of the most developed cities in the United States, as measured by the percentage of residents with graduate degrees.
The population is diverse in age, with 14.6% younger than 18 years, 6.1% 18 to 24, 40.1% from 25 to 44, 24.8% 45-64, and 14.4% 65 years or older. The average age is 39 years. For every 100 women there are 93.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years and older, there are 91.3 males.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city is $ 71,796, and the median income for a family is $ 100,657. Males had a median income of $ 55,689 compared to $ 42,948 for females. Per capita income for the city was $ 42,874. 10.4% of the population and 5.4% of families below the poverty line. Of the total population, 9.9% of those under the age of 18 and 10.2% of persons 65 years and older live below the poverty line.
Government and Infrastructure
The Santa Monica City Council, a Council-Manager form of government with seven members of the Council's large, current administration of the city. Mayor Ken Genser died on 01.09.2010, and Pam O'Connor took the title of interim mayor. In the state legislature Santa Monica is located in the 23rd California State Senate District represented by Democrat Fran Pavley, and the California State Assembly 41st District District, represented by Democrat Julia Brownley. Federal, based in Santa Monica 30th Congressional District of California, where a cook of 20 PPI, and D is represented by Democrat Henry Waxman.
Economy
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Headquarters Activision
Santa Monica is home to the headquarters of many notable companies, including Lions Gate Films, Experian subsidiary LowerMyBills.com, The RAND Corporation, Dimensional Fund Advisors investment firm, search engine company Business.com, and film / TV production company and record label, the Play Tone Company, led by actor Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman producer. Large companies with offices in Santa Monica: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Universal, MTV and Edmunds.com. The Design Center California for Volkswagen, formerly located in Simi Valley, moved to the former site of the Museum of Flying at Santa Monica Airport in 2006. Volkswagen only styling studio in North America is responsible worked for many notable automotive designs, including The New Beetle and Audi Road Jet concept seen at the Detroit Auto Show. The offices for the Comedy Central show South Park are located in Santa Monica. Super Marine, now Atlantic Aviation, at the Santa Monica Airport. [Edit]
A number of game development studios are located in Santa Monica, which an important location for industry. These include:
Activision
High Impact Games (Work with the PSP system and the makers of Ratchet: Size Matters)
Insomniac Games (creators of Spyro the Dragon (19.982 million), Ratchet & Clank and Resistance franchises)
Naughty Dog (makers of Crash Bandicoot (19,961,999), Jak & Daxter Uncharted and franchises)
SCE Studios Santa Monica
Studio Santa Monica (an in-house studio of the SCE and the makers of God of War)
Former Santa Monica businesses under more Douglas Aircraft (now merged with Boeing) and MySpace (now headquartered in Beverly Hills). [Edit] In December 1996, GeoCities was located on the third floor of 1918 Main Street in Santa Monica.
Crime
In 2006, crime in Santa Monica hit 4.41% of the population, slightly lower than the national average crime in that year of 4.48%. The majority of this building was crime, which is 3.74% of the population of Santa Monica in 2006 hit, this was higher than the rates for Los Angeles County (2.76%) and California (3.17%) but lower than the national average (3.91%). This crime per capita rates are calculated on the basis of full-time Santa Monica's population of about 85,000. However, the Santa Monica Police Department, the real per capita crime have suggested, is much lower, as tourists, workers, and beachgoers, the city by day the population to increase to between 250,000 and 450,000 people.
Violent Crimes affected 0.67% of the population in Santa Monica in 2006, according to the Los Angeles County (0.65%) but higher than the averages for California (0.53%) and the nation (0.55%).
Hate crime is usually low in Santa Monica, with only one incident in 2007. But the city had a peak of anti-Muslim hate crimes in 2001 after the attacks of September 11. Hate Crime levels have returned to their minimum level of 2000 by 2002.
In 2006, Santa Monica voters passed "Measure Y" with a 65% majority that the issuance of marijuana smoke moved to the bottom of the Police priority list. A 2009 study by the Santa Monica Daily Press show that since the Act came into force in 2007, the Santa Monica Police had "all unissued citations for offenses related to the adult, personal use of marijuana in private homes. "
Gang Activity
While gentrification has transformed much of the city, some areas of Santa Monica experienced gang activity. The city estimates that fewer than 50 gang members in Santa Monica, although some community organizers of this claim challenged. Gang activity is predominantly decades in the Pico neighborhood, particularly the portion of the area runs roughly from 14th Street to just east of Cloverfield, and between Pico Boulevard and Colorado Ave. This war has sporadically spilled into the halls of the Santa Monica High School and the impact daily life of students at Olympic High School (corner of Ocean Park Blvd and Lincoln Blvd). These various feuds have claimed dozens of lives over two decades.
Culver / Pico feud
One of the most violent feud was between the Latino Santa Monica 13 gang and the rival Culver City 13 gang. In 1998, five deaths shootings occurred in a period of two weeks between these two gangs.
In October 1998 claimed Culver City 13 gang member Omar Sevilla, 21, of Culver City was slain. A few hours after the shooting of Sevilla, German tourist Horst Fietze was slain. Several days later Juan Martin Campos, 23 years, a Santa Monica City employer and former gang member was shot and slain. Police believe this was a retaliatory killing in response to the death of Omar Sevilla. Less than noon hours later, Javier Cruz was injured in his home at 17 and Michigan, a bag full force of the Pico area.
In 2006 there was a double homicide in the Westside clothing store on Lincoln Boulevard. During the incident, Culver City gang members David "Puppet" Robles and Jesse "Psycho" Garcia entered the store masked and began opening fire, killing Anthony and Michael Juarez. Then ran out to a holiday vehicle driven by a third Culver City gang member, now in custody. The clothing store was probably a local to hang out for Santa Monica gang members. The dead were two men from Northern California, who was alone a visit to the store owner, their cousin, to see if they had a similar store to open in their area. Police said the incident was in retaliation for a shooting committed by the Santa Monica gang 13 days before the Juarez brothers were gunned down.
Besides the rivalry with the Culver City gang, the Black and Latino Pico gang members also fight with Venice and West Los Angeles gangs. The main rivals in these regions include Venice 13, and Venice Shoreline Crips gangs located in the Oakwood area of Venice, CA. The gang Sotel 13 is located in West Los Angeles has long been the main rival of Santa Monica's Latino gangs.
In popular culture
Film and TV
Hundreds of films have been shot or in part within the city of Santa Monica. One of the oldest outdoor recordings Santa Monica is Buster Keaton Spite Marriage (1929) which shows a lot of 2nd Street. The comedy is a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) included several scenes shot in Santa Monica, including those of the California Street hill, which led to estimates of the film site, "The Big W". The Sylvester Stallone movie Rocky III (1982) shows Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed Clubber Lang fight training by running on the Santa Monica Beach, and Stallone's Demolition Man (1993) includes Santa Monica institutions. Someone indie Henry Jaglom to Love (1987), the last film in which Orson Welles appeared, held in Santa Monica's venerable Mayfair Theatre. Heathers (1989) used Santa Monica's John Adams Middle School for many outside shots. The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) is fully in Santa Monica, in particular, Palisades Park, and is equipped with a radio station KCRW in Santa Monica College appears. 17 Again (2009) was shot on High Samo. Other significant films exterior shots show Santa Monica, Fletch (1985), Get Shorty (1995) and Ocean's Eleven (2001).
The documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) and the related drama movie Lords of Dogtown (2005) are both on the culture of the skateboarding influential Santa Monica's Ocean Park neighborhood in the 70s.
The Santa Monica Pier can be seen in many films, including They Shoot Horses, Do not They? (1969), The Sting (1973), Ruthless People (1986), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), clean slate (1994), Forrest Gump (1994), The Net (1995), Love Stinks (1999), Mobile (2004) and Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009).
Some of the TV series set in Santa Monica, including Baywatch, Three's Company, Pacific Ocean Blue and Private Practice. In Buffy The Vampire Slayer, the main exterior set of the city of Sunnydale, including the infamous "sun sign", is based in Santa Monica a lot on Olympic Boulevard.
The film The Doors (1991) and Speed (1994) Recommended Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus.
The city of Santa Monica (and especially Santa Monica Airport) was featured in Roland Emmerich's disaster movie 2012 (2009). An earthquake destroyed the airport and the surrounding area as a group of survivors escape into a personal level.
Literature
Raymond Chandler's most famous character, private detective Philip Marlowe, is often a part of his adventures in one place called "Bay City", based on a Depression-era Santa Monica. In the world of Marlowe's, Bay City is "a very open city, where gambling and other crimes flourish as a result of a massively corrupt and inefficient police.
The institution of a certain part of the book by Mitch Albom, The Five people you meet in heaven, has similarities to the Pacific Ocean along the pier at Santa Monica Beach. In the book is named Ruby Pier. Mitch Albom even acknowledged Pier Pacific for cooperation.
Music
The band "Linkin Park" was named after Lincoln Park in Santa Monica.
The modern rock band Theory of a Deadman's title song "Santa Monica "is a first-person account about a girl left her significant other to a new life in Santa Monica.
The band Everclear released a song titled "Santa Monica "in 1995, which was their first mainstream hit.
The band Savage Garden also released a song titled "Santa Monica" from their # 3 U.S. album Savage Garden (1997).
The ska / reggae band, Bedouin Sound Clash has a song titled "Santa Monica".
One of the few songs that musical satirist Tom Lehrer wrote down since the 1970s is a tribute to the holidays of the Communication of the Jewish calendar "I'm spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica."
Santa Monica has been made in Jack's Mannequin's debut album Everything in Transit.
In 1968, the British singer-songwriter Noel Harrison came up with a song and album titled Santa Monica Pier.
In 1948, bandleader Kay Kyser released a 78-minutes of the novelty song "When Veronica from the Harmonica (Down played on the pier in Santa Monica)."
Gaming
Santa Monica has the video game True Crime: Streets of LA (2003), Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines (2004), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004), Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (2005), and Midnight Club: Los Angeles (2008).
See also
Los Angeles Portal
Of the City of Santa Monica Historic Monuments Identified
List of people from Santa Monica, California
Muscle Beach
Santa Monica neighborhoods
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^ Police Chief calls for regional approach to Gang Violence
^ Death of gangster Omar Sevilla.
^ Los Angeles NBC report on the capture of the killer Fietze
^ Gang Bullets Pierce Santa Monica's Image
^ Violence in Pico
^ Suspects Charged in Shooting Westside Clothing Store
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Blues Harmonica Accompaniment Playing Book/CD Set $14.99 "By David Barrett. For Harmonica (Diatonic). Play Along. School of Blues. Blues play along. Intermediate-Advanced. Book/CD Set. 48 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc" |
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Improvising Blues Harmonica Book/CD Set $19.99 "By David Barrett and John Garcia. For Harmonica (Diatonic). Improvisation. School of Blues. Blues. Intermediate-Advanced. Book/CD Set. 80 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc" |
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Basic Blues Harmonica Method, Level 1 Book/CD Set $16.99 "(Level 1, Complete Blues Harmonica Lesson Series). By David Barrett. For Harmonica (Diatonic). Methods. Harmonica Masterclass Lesson. Blues. Beginning. Book/CD Set. 40 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc" |
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Blues Grooves for Harmonica Book/CD Set $14.95 "By Doc Span and Ross Williams. For Harmonica (Diatonic). Play Along. Building Excellence Audio Series. Blues play along. Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 28 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc" |