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Car Versus Pedestrian Accident Closes Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica
September 29, 2023 - A car driving north on Ocean Avenue hit a pedestrian jogger in the crosswalk at Marguerita and Ocean Avenue this morning. The city sent out an alert at 8:58 am warning of a...
Apparent Suicide in Alley Behind Sephora Near Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica: Jumped from Parking Lot 2
September 27, 2023 - An individual apparently jumped from the top of Parking Lot 2 into the alley behind Sephora in the 1200 Block of the Third Street Promenade this afternoon. Photos taken by John...
Anti-Hate Resolution Could be Added to Santa Monica Council Civility Policy
September 26, 2023 - Tonight the Santa Monica City Council will consider whether to add a paragraph about "hate speech" to their existing Civility Policy. The existing policy exhorts those attending...
How Dangerous is Covid Now? Los Angeles County Health Department Claims They Don't Know
September 6, 2023 - The Los Angeles County Health Department claims they have no idea how deadly Covid-19 is any more. "We are unable to calculate the case fatality rate for COVID-19 using our...
"Sandra, something happens to you that's completely different when you have a brush in your hand."
September 7, 2023 - Artist Sandra Frankel looks at California, and paints it, in her own, unique way, with bold colors and passionate brushstrokes. Raised in what she describes as a "rundown beach...
Do You Want Yet Another Covid Booster Shot? Los Angeles County Health Department Advocates Masks and Boosters, at Least for the Elderly
August 18, 2023 - The County Health Department, which oversees the distribution of free needles to the homeless drug-addicted, has advice regarding an apparent increase in transmission of the Covid-19...
Santa Methica is Not Safe Reads New Sign on the Santa Monica Promenade
August 10, 2023 - A new sign warning tourists and shoppers on the Santa Monica Promenade was erected today by the Santa Monica Coalition, a group of property and business owners dedicated to...
Celebrity Gets Harshest Possible Sentencing for Shooting Celebrity in Gascon's "Justice Reform" World: Ten Year Prison Sentence for Tory Lanez Shooting Megan Thee Stallion
August 9, 2023 - "Justice Reform" Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced yesterday a ten-year prison sentence for rap artist Tory Lanez for shooting another musical artist,...
Just Keep Taking Those Drugs, Says Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
August 9, 2023 - The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health appears to have given up on getting addicted residents off of drugs. In a recent press release warning of the potential presence of...
Suspect in Beach Bathroom Murder, Has Long History of Arrests
The man accused of stabbing to death another man outside a Santa Monica beach public restroom has a long history of arrests beginning about two years ago. Juan Evarastico Bahena, 48, identified by...
Man Beaten in Palisades Park by Scooter Riders
July 25, 2023 - The Santa Monica Police Department has confirmed the details of an email circulating regarding a 66-year-old man getting beaten by a group of six people on scooters in Palisades Park....
LA County is also Handing out Crack Pipes to Drug Addicts
June 2, 2023 - According to Fox News, a report shows that Los Angeles County is handing out free pipes that can be used to smoke crack cocaine, methamphetamine and other opioids. Included in the kit...
County-Contracted Workers Offer Synthetic Meth to Whoever is in the Public Park, Do Not Offer Drug Counseling or Housing Services as Required by Los Angeles County Health Department Policy
June 6, 2023 - On Friday afternoon, three members of the Santa Monica Coalition and one journalist observed Los Angeles County-contracted workers hand out hypodermic needles, synthetic meth, and...
Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County Public Health Director, Defends Needle Distribution Program While Unable to Show it is Successful or Safe (Not to Mention "Healthy")
May 28, 2023 - At a meeting with member of the Santa Monica Coalition, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer defended her program to distribute needles to drug addicts in public...
Why Doesn't the City of Santa Monica Provide Immediate Shelter for the 800+ Homeless on the Streets?
May 2, 2023 - The Santa Monica Coalition released a YouTube video this week outlining four city-owned properties that could be used for what they term "short and near term safe sleeping sites" for...
Barack Obama: Santa Monica Auctions the Most Famous Political Artwork Painted This Century, On May 7th, 2023.
April 26, 2023 - Santa Monica Auctions, a longtime art business in Santa Monica, will be holding a two-day auction which will include the original canvas artwork for the iconic “Hope” poster of...
Santa Monica City Councilmember Phil Brock Will Hear Resident Complaints of Hazards of Separated Bike Lane on 17th Street
April 26, 2023 - A petition demanding change to the altered nature of 17th Street between Pico and Wilshire has garnered 637 signatures in a few day and received the attention of Santa Monica City...
SMPD Allows Men to Threaten Rape Without Consequences? Victim Reportedly Told Police Won't Act Unless Violence Occurs
April 21, 2023 - Officers of the Santa Monica Police Department reportedly declined to help a young woman who was threatened by an apparently homeless man while she was taking a tennis lesson at Reed...
Santa Monica's Ban on Gas Piping to Prohibit Gas Appliances Was Just Ruled Illegal by U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal
April 19, 2023 - A Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeal in San Francisco overturned the city of Berkeley's ban on installing gas piping in new construction. Santa Monica and roughly 70 other...
Santa Monica Business and Property Owners Taking Steps to Secede from Downtown Santa Monica Inc
April 12, 2023 - Citing out-of-touch leadership and mismanagement of funds, 54 business and property owners on the Third Street Promenade have hired an attorney to create their own business district,...
Santa Monica City Council Should Increase Penalties for Catalytic Converter Theft
March 24, 2023 - The City Council of Los Angeles is one vote away from passing a law to create penalties of 6 months in jail or $1,000 in fines for each catalytic converter theft. A person would be...
Conditions at the Santa Monica Main Library are Worse than Ever After Murder
March 9, 2023 - In an email to the Library Board, Santa Monica business and property owner John Alle included dozens of sobering photos and video clips illustrating the unsafe and unclean conditions...
Santa Monica Housing Commission Subcommittee Urgently Recommends City Shift Priorities to Affordable Homeownership Rather than Renting
February 2, 2023 - In a 32-page report dated January 26, 2023, the Affordable Homeownership Subcommittee of Santa Monica's Housing Commission outlined the compelling reasons the city should make...
Suspect in Downtown Santa Monica Armed Robbery Arrested As He Arrives in Court for Unrelated Case
February 2, 2023 - A suspect in an armed robbery that occurred in the 200 block of Broadway in downtown Santa Monica was arrested when he showed up in court for an unrelated case. The armed robbery...
For the Third Street Promenade and Downtown Santa Monica to Succeed, DTSM Inc Needs to Be Disbanded Immediately, Say Some Business Owners
January 25, 2023 - Citing a budget that is heavy on salaries and failed programs, incompetent leadership, and the economically and physically depressed state of the Third Street Promenade, property...
