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WEEKEND EDITION
01.27.18 - 01.28.18 Volume 17 Issue 60
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Annual women’s conference grows in year of Me Too MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
In recent months, awareness of gender equity issues has skyrocketed thanks the Me Too movement but as students at The Brentwood School prepare for their annual “It’s Our Turn: Young Women’s Conference,” it seems like culture has finally caught up to their curriculum. The sold-out 2018 event is the fourth since 2012 and the student created event is a chance for local
girls to develop leadership skills in a real-world setting. The school’s conferences are open to anyone in grades 7 through 12 and attract hundreds of attendees from the greater Los Angeles area to discuss a variety of issues. Speakers this weekend include Senator Barbara Boxer, Amy Wakeland, Katy Tur, Iskra Lawrence, Debbie Allen and Cleo Wade. Topics this year will include advocacy, entrepreneurship, profesSEE CONFERENCE PAGE 5
US economy A weekend of grew at solid 2.6 feminist empowpercent rate in erment in store fourth quarter for Santa Monica Kate Cagle
BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER
ANGEL CARRERAS
AP Economics Writer
Daily Press Staff Writer
The U.S. economy grew at a solid rate of 2.6 percent in the final three months of last year, helped by the fastest consumer spending since the spring of 2016 and a big rebound in home construction. The fourth quarter advance in the gross domestic product, the country's total output of goods and services, followed gains of just above 3 percent in the second and third quarters, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The slowdown in the October-December period reflected a worsening trade deficit and less growth in inventory restocking by companies. For all of 2017, the economy grew 2.3 percent. That is a significant improvement from a 1.5 percent gain in 2016 but little changed from the modest 2.2 percent average growth rate turned in since the Great Recession ended in June 2009.
In the wake of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, Santa Monica will have a weekend devoted to feminine empowerment. Two (non-associated) events, ‘Me Too: Art and Feminism Now’ and Beautify Earth’s ‘Every Woman Mural Painting Event’will lead Santa Monica into a thought-provoking art and discussion filled weekend designed to empower feminine activism. “Inspiration came when, with millions of others, I marched on January 21, 2017 in the Women’s March,” Gregg Chadwick, founder of the ‘Me Too: Art and Feminism Now’ event, says. “I wanted to help carry the spirit forward. With the full support of our artist community at Santa Monica Art Studios, we turned our focus to create a platform where ideas about feminism and women’s rights would be center stage.” Chadwick’s event will feature a congregation of creative “artists, film-
SEE ECONOMY PAGE 6
SEE EMPOWERMENT PAGE 7
MARKET: Alex Weiser sells Broccoli Rabe at the Santa Monica Farmers Market. Editor’s Note: Starting this Saturday, the Daily Press will feature a local vegetable, fruit, flower or food you can find at Santa Monica Farmers Markets.
KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
“Call it rapini,” Alex Weiser said as he handed me the loose bundle of dainty yellow flowers and leaves. “I like saying rapini.” Weiser is telling me the Italian word for broccoli rabe. I’ve seen its name in cursive below the bold letters of a main entree on a special night out: validation I’ve chosen a good restaurant because they are very specific about their broccoli. And who can blame the chef for being a little more selective? Broccoli is the tiny tree relegated to the most neglected corner of the party vegetable tray. In contrast, Broccoli rabe, looks more like a blossoming bouquet than the sad tiny trees left at the bottom of a dieter’s lunchbox. It’s not even SEE FRESH PAGE 4
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