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We Like the New California Law Punishing Doctors for Delivering Covid-19 Misinformation: Here's Why

I'm all for doctors being subject to discipline for misinforming patients with false or misleading statements about COVID-19. In fact, could we make this law retroactive, and hold doctors accountable...

 

Whiplash and the Media Regarding New Covid Boosters

September 5, 2022 - As the latest vaccine aimed at Omicron is about to be unleashed upon us, it would be helpful to all who can read to pay attention from one paragraph to the next when trying to...

 
 By Jill Chapin    Opinion    July 15, 2022

Shame on Santa Monica

If you have walked our iconic bluffs overlooking the ocean, you will find discarded cans, old backpacks, blankets and clothes on the other side of the concrete railings that spoil the otherwise...

 
 By Jill Chapin    Opinion    April 19, 2022

As Dr. Fauci Says, We Don't Yet Know What We Don't Know

In my recent article, News not Fit to Print? some responded in a way that is best summed up by this one reader: "I genuinely believe that Dr. Fauci is a dedicated and HONEST public servant. Clearly...

 
 By Jill Chapin    Opinion    April 9, 2022

News Not Fit to Print?

I read an article in the Observer with the headline stating that 80% of covid deaths in a one-week period in Los Angeles County in March were among the vaccinated. Although this was astonishing...

 

Traffic Collision at Pico and Stewart Tuesday Morning Kills a Female Pedestrian.

Tuesday morning at about 8:00 a.m., the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) responded to a radio call for service regarding a traffic collision involving a female pedestrian and vehicle at Pico Blvd...

 
 By April Miller    Crime    June 29, 2019

Sen. Kamala Harris: Proposing Crime and Homelessness, for the Entire Country

When she was Attorney General of the California, Kamala Harris claimed to resist taking sides when voters had ballot initiatives to consider. However, when you look at the language Harris chose to...

 

Four injured after cruise ship rams into tourist boat in Venice

Rome (dpa) - A cruise ship rammed into a moored tourist boat as it docked in Venice on Sunday, leaving at least four people with minor injuries, according to city officials. The ship, which dwarfed...

 
 By AP    Lifestyle    February 21, 2019

Toxic Masculinity: #Metoo Movement Demands Mural of Leda and The Swan be Reburied at Pompeii

The #MeToo Movement, or certain of its leaders, have demanded that archeologists rebury a "sexist and patriarchal" depiction of the mythological figure Leda and the Swan. "The mural shows a...

 

Santa Monica Animal Shelter and Police Sponsor an Adoption Event December 15th

The Santa Monica Animal Shelter will be hosting a pet adoption event on Saturday, December 15, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Santa Monica Police Department Holiday Substation located at 131...

 

Santa Monica Fire Dept Rescues Dog from Burning Building at 1435 26th Street

On Monday January 8th at 6:53 a.m. The Santa Monica Fire Department received multiple 911 calls reporting a structure fire at 1435 26th Street in the City of Santa Monica. Firefighters arrived 5...

 

Lost Power Caused Elevator Entrapment, Structure and Transformer Fires on 9/11

On Monday September 11th, 2017 at 10:40 a.m. the Santa Monica Fire Department received multiple 911 calls in the "Wilmont" neighborhood of the City of Santa Monica reporting various emergencies...

 
 By AP    Crime    March 5, 2017

2 Illegal Aliens Murder Girl, 15, "Because Satan Demands We Sacrifice a Soul."

Two illegal alien MS-13 gang members from El Salvador, held three teenage girls against their will and killed one of them in what was described as a satanic ritual, police in Houston said Friday....

 
 By Reuters AP    News    February 24, 2017

Kim Jong Nam's Killer Was Known as a Singer and Reality TV Contestant

A woman bearing a close resemblance to Huong sang on the show as contestant number 67816 on June 3, 2016. Facial recognition tools give a match to the pictures released by Malaysian police of Huong...

 
 By AP    Crime    December 1, 2016

Kansas Mom Who Provided Mass Shooter Cedric Ford with Weapons, To Be Sentenced.

A federal judge will weigh the mental state of a woman who gave her ex-boyfriend guns he used in February's mass shooting at a Kansas lawn equipment factory in deciding what her sentence should be...

 
 By AP    Crime    October 18, 2016

Kendall Jenner Testifies Against Stalker in a Los Angeles Criminal Courtroom

Kendall Jenner testified Thursday at the trial of a man accused of stalking her that she was terrified when he followed her up the driveway of her Hollywood Hills home and repeatedly knocked on the...

 
 By April Gray    Events   

The Walking Dead Meets World of Warcraft: Come Over To The Darkside of Comic Con

If you think Star wars is the only fantasy franchise with a dark side think again. Having just returned from an exhausting five days at the con I was exposed to several, little talked about, quirks of...

 
 By AP    News    April 18, 2016

Bernie Sanders Apologizes After Local Doc Calls Clinton, Democrats 'Whores'

Update: Dr. Paul Song abruptly resigned from his position on the progressive group called "The Courage Campaign," five days after making the controversial comments described below. Dr. Paul Song,...

 
 By AP    News    April 11, 2016

Cal State Univ. May Avert a Strike

California State University management and the California Faculty Association said on Wednesday in a joint statement that they're putting strike preparations on hold as they give contract talks...

 
 By AP    News    April 4, 2016

Report: 80 Indians Dead in Temple Fire

A huge fire broke out at Puttingal temple at Paravaur (Kollam District), Kerala early Sunday morning leaving at least eighty dead and over a hundred injured, local media said quoting police...

 
 By AP    News    March 28, 2016

North Korea Says it Successfully Tests Long-range Rocket Engine

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea says it has successfully conducted an engine test of a new intercontinental ballistic rocket it claims will strengthen its ability to stage nuclear strikes on the...

 
 By AP    News    March 21, 2016

State Legislature Reaches $15 Minimum Wage Deal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California legislators and labor unions on Saturday reached a tentative agreement that will take the state's minimum wage from $10 to $15 an hour, a state senator said, a...

 

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