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Santa Monica High school students gather promotional recruiting materials and fill out applications for summer seasonal and permanent job opportunities during the community job fair at SAMO High school on Wednesday April 26, 2006. The job fair was sponsored by the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, City of Santa Monica and the JVS West Hollywood Work Source Center.
Mr. Bubbles is back


Tim Dillenbeck, 54, also known as the ‘Bubble Man,’ performs for children at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday April 22, 2006. Following a stay-away order, and then a plea bargain last week on multiple charges of illegal camping, Dillenbeck is back in business. The former sound technician for arena rock bands was ordered to serve three years summary probation. See previous blog entry of Mr. Bubbles
"...fair contract now!"

Lantz Simpson, 52, president of SMCFA (Santa Monica College Faculty Association) yells through the megaphone during SMC faculty march down Pico Bl. on Tuesday April 25, 2006.

Mitra Moassessi, 51, a math professor and the chief negotiator for the SMCFA also yells through the megaphone during SMC faculty march


A crowd between 100 and 200 marched from campus to SMC's administration office to demand a pay raise. The college has offered faculty professors a 3.5 percent raise. The professors want 5 percent.
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