Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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An Instagram influencer flashed her chest in front of bystanders peering through a portal installation at the NYC-Dublin exhibition. Viewers looking through the portal in Dublin were left stunned after the woman pulled up her top in an effort to go viral on Instagram. The portal was temporarily shutdown "due to inappropriate behavior," reported the Irish Times. Needless to say, reaction on Twitter was swift and not always positive. "Tell me you've never had a father figure without telling me...
May 16, 2024 Ocean Water Use Warning for Los Angeles County Beaches The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the below Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters: BEACH AREA WARNINGS: Malibu Pier in Malibu 100 yards up and down the coast from the pier. Escondido Creek at Escondido State Beach The entire swim area. Mothers Beach in Marina Del Rey The entire swim area. Malibu Lagoon at Surfrider Beach...
May 10, 2024 - Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock released a statement today that he adamantly opposes the distribution of needles in public spaces and does not want any public money spent on activities that involve the distribution of needles outdoors anywhere in the city. "My position on the distribution of syringes in any of our city parks, around our schools, recreation areas, or business districts is simple. It must not occur under any circumstances. In addition, I am adamantly opposed to any...
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced they have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights against two California colleges -- Occidental and Pomona -- for permitting severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish students in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Arnold & Porter joined the Brandeis Center and ADL in the filing against Pomona...
May 8, 2024 - In the midst of a hurricane of "anti-Israel" protests on college campuses around the country, the University of California's Academic Senate Executive Council is once again reviewing the idea of requiring all students wishing to be admitted to take an "ethnic studies" course with curriculum designed by the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council. The ESFC has been known to despise Israel in the past, at least as far as it is inhabited by any Jews, but since October 7, they have been...
A Santa Monica rabbi, Michael Gotlieb has asked his congregants to write to Santa Monica City Councilmembers opposing a pro-Hamas resolution before the Santa Monica City Council. The measure is sponsored by Councilmember Jesse Zwick and calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, with no conditions, at a time when Hamas is holding about 100 living Israeli hostages. No one is sure of the number, but 133 Israeli's are still missing since Hamas' unprovoked, vicious attack on Israel. The attack...
First Daughter Ashley Biden confirms that her stolen diary is authentic. This is important because she confirms that her dad used to shower with her, that this was "Probably authentic." She also muses "Was I molested? I think so. (But) I can't remember." The revelations come at a time when the older Biden is seeking another term as President, against Republican Donald R. Trump. Trump is on trial for multiple criminal and civil offenses. His supporters have accused Democratic prosecutors of...
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SUPPORTING THE RESUMPTION OF A NEGOTIATED BILATERAL CEASEFIRE IN GAZA AND REITERATING ITS CONDEMNATION OF ALL ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTIARAB RACISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA, AND ALL FORMS OF HATE AND INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE WHEREAS, the horrific slaughter of Israeli civilians perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023, was the largest mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust, and 240 Israeli civilians were taken as hostages; and WHEREAS, in response, the ongoing war in Gaza has exacted a catastrophic toll...
The NYTimes.com posted an article entitled "R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain." The article posits that RFK Jr. has undisclosed health problems the public has yet to learn about. "The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain," says the article. The narrative is that RFK Jr., 68, is as compromised mentally and physically as Democratic President Biden. Biden is running for re-election this...
Update 5/13/2024: We were contacted by the deceased's family, who asked us to correct the article and add that the deceased woman was not, in fact, homeless. 5.6.24: The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner and Santa Monica Police were seen loading a deceased homeless woman into the Examiner's van on Monday afternoon, just after the US Post Office closed at 5 pm on May 6th. A Santa Monica Police officer guarded her body in front of the US Post Office on 7th Street just North of Olympic. This...
May 9, 2024 - At 2:43 am the Santa Monica Alert system warned of a closure of the Pacific Coast Highway in both directions from the California Incline to Entrada. The reason given was a brush fire. Homeless individuals camp on the palisades below the park along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica and have started fires on other occasions, but it is unknown if that is the case here. At 3:25 am, the Alert system notified the public that the highway was again open....
May 10, 2024 - Southbound Lincoln Blvd. between Colorado Ave. and Olympic Blvd. will be closed from Friday May 10th at 8 AM to Saturday May 11th at 6 PM. One lane southbound will be opened for hours of Friday 6 PM to Saturday 8 AM. Alternate route to I-10 East, use Santa Monica Blvd. to Cloverfield Blvd. This block of Lincoln blvd has several large apartments blocks under construction....
LA County Department of Public Health has closed Dockweiler and Venice beaches, after a a discharge of 14,400 gallons of sewage entered Ballona Creek. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is updating its ocean water closure due to the release of approximately 14,400 gallons of untreated sewage to include: Dockweiler State Beach from Ballona Creek to one mile South. Venice Beach from Ballona Creek to one mile North. The expansion of the closure area was due to information provided b...
Law enforcement agencies including the CHP, LAPD and campus police cleared the grassy field between Powell Library and Royce Hall early Thursday morning. Pro-Hamas demonstrators remained on Janss Steps, reported the Daily Bruin, the campus newspaper. After police arrested or detained hundreds of pro-Hamas protestors, it could be seen that they had trashed UCLA's iconic Royce Hall, covering the landmark building in graffiti. "UCLA campus looks like a landfill after pro-Palestine protesters, many...
May 2, 2024 - The Santa Monica Coalition says they have discovered evidence that Santa Monica officials, including the City Manager, were aware that money given to the Venice Family Clinic was specifically designated for distributing clean needles to drug addicts in the city's parks. The Santa Monica Coalition is a group of business owners and residents who seek to restore safety to the city. They have filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County and the Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer...
According to the DOE, American universities and colleges have received $19 billion in foreign donations with no recorded dates of receipt as of April 6, 2023. Since 1981, American colleges and universities have disclosed $40.2 billion in foreign funding, with $1.1 billion in foreign payments in 2021 alone. According to a report from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), over 200 American colleges and universities received $13 billion in previously undisclosed contributions from...
May 2, 2024 Around 1:40 pm, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block shared the following message about the immense toll the events of the past week have taken on Bruins. Subject: Our Community is in Deep Pain Dear Bruin Community: Our community is in deep pain. We are reeling from days of violence and division. And we hope with all our hearts that we can return to a place where our students, faculty and staff feel safe and, one day, connected again. Our approach to the encampment that was established on...
Wednesday night, police in crowd control gear with non lethal weapons arrived and posted themselves just outside the UCLA encampment. LAPD continues to secure the perimeter where hundreds of pro Palestinian protesters have gathered. The only reason to have several hundred officers from three different departments on campus is obviously that they intend to break down the encampment and force the demonstrators to leave. The LAPD has declared the protest at UCLA to be an unlawful assembly. Which...
May 1, 2024 - A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck just moments ago at 1:49 pm local time. The epicenter was located 9 km southwest of Corona California at a depth of 1.5 km....
April 25, 2024 - The Santa Monica Coalition conducted 3 separate walks and surveys of every ground floor retail business with its owner or store manager in November 2023, January 2024, and February 2024. The purpose was to determine the amount of retail theft and shoplifting. The 3 dates were selected to analyze any difference before and after DTSM, Inc.'s hiring of Legion Corporation, a Fresno-based company selected to patrol the 3rd Street Promenade and Downtown. There was less than a 15%...
The City of Santa Monica and Community Corporation of Santa Monica broke ground on Berkeley Station, Santa Monica's newest affordable housing development. "The all-electric, LEED Gold building will offer 13 units of 100% affordable housing for low-income families and youth aged 18 to 24. It will offer residents a community garden, a rooftop deck, laundry facilities, a central courtyard and terrace garden, and a community room," wrote CCSM in a press release. What's envisioned on the property,...
UCLA's grassy quadrangle in front of Royce Hall has been occupied by protestors calling for the elimination of Israel and it's replacement by a Palestinian State. The protestors are living in tents which they say echoes the conditions of Gazans since Hamas' October 7th attack on Israel which killed 1200 Israelis, mostly civilians. There are also pro-Israel and Jewish counter protestors. So far, the protests at UCLA have been peaceful. But there is the potential for them to get out of hand,...
20 — Today, I was fortunate enough to run into 11 members of the Santa Monica Police Department equine patrol, participating in a first ever photo shoot involving officers and their horses. Officer Del-Cornejo, who prefers to be called Dell, was astride a topically light colored horse. Dell told a photographer that he felt fortunate to be able to come to work and ride. Officer Barajas rode a dark brown horse with a brown mane. She said that she has been with the department’s horse pat...
“I don’t think he’s well. He doesn’t look well at all,” remarked one distrustful employee as Vieira tried to get her elderly relative to guarantee a 17,000 reals ($3,250) loan. Paulo Roberto Braga, 68, had died at least two hours before, authorities said. Ten minutes after visiting the bank in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday afternoon with her dead uncle, local police arrested Vieira. She was charged with violating a corpse and attempted theft through fraud, according to the Rio newspaper O Dia. “She...
