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Rapper Kanye West Posts On Instagram That He No Longer Hates Jews, After Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street.
Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) just posted this on Instagram with a message that says "Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump street made (him) like Jewish people again." He then went on to say nobody...
Ceiling Collapses at Non-Stop Sushi at Lincoln and Ocean Park Blvd in Santa Monica.
3.26: A ceiling collapse on the street in front of a Japanese restaurant in the mall at the corner of Lincoln Blvd and Ocean Park Blvd, damaged the restaurant on Saturday. Six engine companies...
Like Putin, Hitler Once Visited Occupied Mariupol. And That Did Not Work Out Well for Hitler
History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. Old file photos have emerged showing the World War II Nazi leader visiting occupied Mariupol. Ukrainian historian Anton Gerashchenko points out on...
Putin and Trump Both Face Indictment In the Same Week, as does Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan
Beware the Ides of March. Three leaders or former leaders of major countries face indictment this week. Supporters of all 3 denounced the charges or threatened charges as politically inspired. Law...
LA Marathon To Cause Street Closures on Sunday March 19, 2023
The 33rd annual running of the Los Angeles Marathon is set for Sunday morning. Weather should be overcast but dry, which is perfect weather for a marathon. 30,000 participants will compete in over 20...
Silicon Valley Bank Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
In an expected move, Silicon Valley Bank's former parent company SVB Financial Group filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday. Last Friday Silicon Valley Bank went into FDIC receivership...
City of Santa Monica is Aware of LA County's Needle Exchange Program, Is Negotiating Modifications
This week, the biggest local story is that the County of Los Angeles' needle exchange program for addicts operates in several Santa Monica parks. These include Tongva Park, Palisades Park and Reed Par...
Hundred Year Old Santa Monica Trees Fall on Cars, Houses in Latest Storm
3.16: Work crews could be seen in Santa Monica 90402 cutting up trees that fell in the latest of a series of storms. In one case they smashed a 25 year old BMW. "Claim Filed," a sign said in the...
Woman Found Beaten and Bloodied in her Car. Santa Monica Police Are Looking For a Suspect.
Santa Monica Police have issued a press release for a January recent incident, where a woman was found beaten and bloodied in a passenger seat of her jeep. She could not remember the details of the...
Regent Will Take Over Loews Santa Monica Hotel and Resort at 1700 Ocean Avenue
IHG Hotels and Resorts (IHG), aka Regent Hotel Chain has announced that it will take over operation of the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, which suddenly closed in February. The flowery press release...
SAMOHI Mathletes Raise Funds to Attend a Tournament in Torrance
MAthletes from Santa Monica High School, are raising money to attend a competition in Torrance. Their Samohi Faculty advisor is Emily Lee Anderson. We caught up with the Mathletes conducting a bake...
Was that Snow in Santa Monica Wednesday? Some in West LA and Santa Monica Say They Saw Snow
3.1.23: I'm dreaming of a white Easter? Some saw flakes of snow fall from the Santa Monica sky on Wednesday. Some called it snow and others say it was a type of loose hail called Graupel. But there's...
Video Emerges of Garbage Spilling into Santa Monica Bay as a Result of Recent Storms
2.24.23: Video has emerged of plastic bottles and other garbage floating into Santa Monica Bay as a result of this week's storm. Every kind of trash one can possibly imagine — from plastic bottles...
City of Santa Monica Declares Homeless Emergency to Access Federal Funds
There have been a lot of homeless people in Santa Monica for the last 30 years. But last Tuesday, the City of Santa Monica declared it an emergency. Like the City of LA and the County, Santa Monica...
Snow on the Hollywood Sign? National Weather Service issues First Blizzard Warning for So. Cal. Since 1989
Is it my imagination, or is this the coldest winter in LA in like fifty years? And this last week in February is predicted to include the coldest storm of the year. This week, snow levels could fall...
LASD Arrests Suspect in Murder of Bishop David O'Connell, 69, in Hacienda Heights
LA County Sheriff Robert Luna has identified the suspect in the February 18, 2023 murder of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell as Carlos Medina, 65. Suspect Medina is the husband of the Bishop's...
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez in Dunkin Donuts Commercial on the Superbowl
2.12.23: In August, Ben Affleck was "caught" by Papparazi kissing J Lo outside a Dunkin Donuts, while holding a bag of Dunkin Donuts. Today, Affleck appears in a Super Bowl commercial where he gives...
Two Different Jewish Men Shot in 24 Hours in Los Angeles Leaving Synagogues in Pico Robertson. Suspect in Custody
Update 9:30 PM PST (AP) A person was taken into custody Thursday in connection with the shootings of two Jewish men outside synagogues in Los Angeles this week, police said. The violence set off fear...
Mysterious UFO Lights in the Sky Over NE Nevada Turn Heads After 4 Incursions by Balloons in a Week
Is it a precursor to a Chinese invasion, or an alien invasion? Well, probably not, but a series of lights over the skies of North Eastern Nevada have people wondering. This comes after a series of...
School District Headquarters Moves Closer to Santa Monica High School
The Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District is moving its headquarters to a new location. And it's SamoHi adjacent. The building at 1717 4th Street currently houses offices for the City of Santa...
Multiple Injuries at LAX After a Passenger Bus Collides With an Jumbo Jet On a Taxi way
Feb. 11 (UPI) -- A collision between an American Airlines Airbus A321 and a shuttle bus on a taxiway at Los Angeles International Airport Friday left five people injured, officials said. Airport...
Woman Grills Pigs, or Perhaps Rats, On a Rotating Spit on a New York City Street
In a 9 second video posted to Twitter, a pedestrian walks by a sidewalk vendor grilling 3 animals, possibly cats or rats or rabbits, on a hand rotated spit. The posting account is "Clown World." "We...
Assemblyman Richard Bloom Appointed to LA Superior Court Bench
Gov. Gavin Newsom has made a round of appointments to the Superior court bench. Our retired former Assemblymember is one of them. Richard Bloom, 69, of Los Angeles County, has been appointed to serve...
Ancient Castle Destroyed in Turkish Earthquake, But Most of the Damage is to Restoration Constructed in 2016
Gaziantep Castle is a castle on top of a mound in the center of Gaziantep, Turkey. First used as an observation point during the Hittite Empire, it was expanded into a castle during the Roman Empire....
Communist China Prepares For War By Passing New Draft Law, Effective 3/1/23
The People's Republic of China is apparently preparing for war by passing a mobilization statute. This according to independent reporter Jennifer Zeng, who has been both right and wrong about Beijing...
