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From our archives...Can you identify any of these vintage Santa Monica buildings?

Lifetime Santa Monica resident, Evelyn Later identi� ed last month’s mystery cover photo.The photo in my September’s North of Montana publication was of Santa Monica’s Old City Hall & Fire Department. Evelyn remembers as a child, walking toe-to-toe on the sidewalk outside while her parents were inside city hall.

Can you identify this months’ cover photo?

Please join me at the Franklin School Carnival on October 29th.

Don’t Miss The Halloween Hop on Montana Avenue, Mon, Oct. 31, 3-6 PM . Treats & Treasures for little Montana shoppers and their grown-ups. Be sure to stop by to say hello to me at Coldwell Banker,

1608 Montana. I may, once again, be dressed up with a green face like the photo above. Yup, that’s me!

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Too much

traffic and development already?

There’s a lot more coming!

Right now in the pipeline and awaiting approvals from City Hall is:

4,000,000 square feet of New development!

(equivalent of 8 Santa Monica Place Malls)

resulting in 50,000 new daily car trips!

A Yes Vote on Measure LV will Stop Overdevelopment and Traffic

PAID for by: YES on Measure LV by RESIDOCRACY (FPCC# 1381356)

Right now in the pipeline and awaiting approvals from Santa Monica City Hall is: 4,000,000 square feet of NEW DEVELOPMENT (the equivalent of

8 Santa Monica Place Malls) resulting in 50,000 new daily car trips!

A YES Vote on Measure LV will Stop Overdevelopment and the Resulting Tra� c.

RESIDOCRACY’S LUVE INITIATIVE

If you think there’s already too much tra� c and development in Santa Monica,

there’s a lot more coming!

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The History of Halloween Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and

superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated

November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows’ Eve and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a secular, community-based event characterized by child-friendly activities such as

trick-or-treating. In a number of countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, people continue to usher in the winter season with gatherings, costumes and sweet treats.

Just a friendly reminder of ways to stay safe on Halloween...

Try to Trick-or-Treat while there is still sun light outside. Wear a costume that makes it easier for you to walk, see, and be seen. If you must be out at night, make sure that your costume is light in color. Carry a flashlight with you, so you can see and be seen easily. Use reflective tape on your costume to be seen easily. Use makeup instead of a mask. A mask may keep you from seeing well. Take off your mask before crossing the street. If someone older cannot go with you, Trick-or-Treat with a group. Plan your Trick-or-Treat route ahead of time. Pick well lighted streets. Tell your family which streets you will be on. Cross only at corners. Never cross between parked cars or mid-block. Wait until you get home to sort, check and eat your treats. Parents should help children check all candy. Unwrapped or unsealed candy should not be eaten.

The Spooky (and Saintly) Origins of HalloweenThe traditions of Halloween are a mixture of the pagan and spiritual, a way to celebrate harvest seasons that gradually took on depth of meaning. An ancient pagan Celtic harvest festival called Samhain is believed to be an early version of our modern Halloween. Samhain was seen as a time when the boundaries between the spiritual and the physical world were more easily crossed, when spirits could enter the physical world and when dead relatives would visit the living.

Later, the Catholic Pope Gregory III made November 1st, All Saints Day a Catholic festival celebrating saints and martyrs. The evening before All Saints Day came to be known as All Hallows Eve, which, eventually became known as Halloween. And so, the proximity of the religious festival next to existing pagan one in which both in some way commemorated the dead or recognized the spirit world gave rise to many of the traditions we recognize in our modern Halloween. A long time ago, your cat costume wouldn’t have been simply an incognito way to party–but perhaps a way to ward o� evil spirits roused on this very special night.