Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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8/24: California's highest court has reversed the decision in Pico Neighborhood Association vs. City of Santa Monica. The City may (or may not) be required to implement a system of districts in local elections, in order to rectify alleged bias against Latinos and other minorities. The State Supreme Court ruled that the Cal. Court of Appeal applied the wrong standard under the California Voting Rights Act, or CVRA. In 2018, the PNA and Maria Loya convinced a Los Angeles...
Will democrat prosecutors indict an outcropping of rock? Well, they might if it looks like Donald J. Trump. The former president's image appears on an outcropping of rock in the Arctic country, one of the world's most remote places. All this, just before Republican presidential hopefuls such as Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy meet to debate on Wednesday night. All to the exclusion of Donald Trump, who chose instead to be interviewed by Tucker Ca...
Video of an automobile floating in the LA River was posted to social media on Sunday, August 20 at 3 pm PST. This during tropical storm Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit Los Angeles in many years. It is unclear who was inside the vehicle and what their fate was. The vehicle appeared to be a black SUV, the kind often favored by Uber drivers. The video was shot in East Los Angeles. This is breaking news; more details as they become available. The Los Angeles River's...
8/20: The rain began to fall in my Westside neighborhood at 9:15 or so Sunday morning. It looked and felt a lot like, well, rain. Los Angeles County does get 14 inches of rain a year, most of it in the winter and not in August. I did see a video of floods in Mexico where the Category One storm came to shore. The tropical storm is expected to lose power and wind speed as it moves further north into Southern California. But on Twitter (now X), people pilloried Hilary and those...
A Federal judge has revoked the bail of former FTX crypto exchange CEO Sam Bankman Fried, alleging that the former billionaire had engaged in witness tampering. In judge parlance, that typically means contacting former friends and asking them not to testify against the Defendant. CNBC reports that SBF made over 1000 phone calls and sent over 100 emails to members of the press. In particular, the Judge was concerned that SBF hoped to intimidate his ex girlfriend, Ellison, from...
Update, 8.11.23: State authorities say the death toll has risen to 59. Emergency workers and volunteers from Maui and other parts of the State search the burned out town. The governor and sheriff pledged to rebuild Lahaina, which is 80% destroyed. The fires on Maui were said to be 80% contained by Thursday night. Hotels and shelters were lined up for several months of housing. Power and water were still out in West Maui. Update, 8.10: At least 36 deaths were connected to the...
Update: Stockton mayor denies that the 7-eleven clerks in the now famous video, are or ever were under criminal investigation. 8.9.23 Stockton, CA police say that they are now investigating the Sikh 7-Eleven workers for assault on a shoplifter. The shoplifter, who emptied cigarettes, aspirin and other inventory into a trash can to wheel them off, happens to be African American. So they are being investigated for assault and for violating his civil rights. The employees were...
LAS VEGAS (CelebrityAccess) - Eight prominent show business managers have been announced as the latest inductees to the Personal Managers Hall of Fame. These managers have played pivotal roles in shaping the careers in a wide range of artists, including Nirvana, Laura Branigan, Cat Stevens, Steve Earle, Billy Gardell, The Allman Brothers, Robert Goulet, Bad Company, Richard Moll, Christina Ricci, Joe Walsh, Jerry Seinfeld, Billy Bob Thornton, Bonnie Raitt, and many others....
In a viral video, a Sikh grocery store owner beats a man stealing his inventory with a stick. The owner was repeatedly told by a counter clerk and a grocery store robber that "there ain't nothing you can do," and that "ay, just let him go" as the man loaded his inventory into a trashcan on wheels. The Sikh man, identified as the owner, disagreed and takes out a stick to beat the robber. "South Asian business owners in Stockton bravely defend their livelihood against perpetual...
A dead man was found in a 55 gallon barrel on Malibu beach Monday afternoon. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies were seen looking into the black barrel on Monday afternoon. Authorities did not immediately identify the victim, who appeared to be an African ancestry male. They did not say how the man died or whether his death appeared to be foul play. It's hard to imagine, however, a non criminal manner in which the man's body could have found its way into the barrel. "No...
A suspect is in custody after a stabbing at the public bathrooms on the beach. The victim was said to be a 26 year old homeless man. He died the next morning at the hospital. Authorities have not yet released the name of the victim or the perpetrator, who will likely be charged with murder. Police did not know the relationship of the two men. Street People of Beverly Hills posted it to their Instagram account. Half a dozen Santa Monica police officers were seen on video...
The US recovered non-human biological pilots from crashed alien aircraft, said a UFO whistleblower Wednesday. If true, it is the biggest news story since the birth of Christ. The revelation came in an exchange between David Grusch, and Rep. Nancy Mace. Grusch led analysis of unexplained anomalous phenomena (UAP) within a US Department of Defense agency until 2023. He made his claims in front of a House oversight committee in Washington, as the issue of alien life received its...
A pre-dawn fire scorched the sculpture at the entrance to the California Incline, connecting Santa Monica to the Pacific Coast Highway. The blaze, which may have been intentionally set, occurred at the sculpture Beacon Overlook (2000)] by Jody Pinto, near California Incline. This is at the terminus of California Avenue, as it descends to PCH. While the cause of the fire was not immediately known, dozens of homeless people reside in Palisades Park and on the cliffs that...
19: Work crews from the Dept. of Transportation and the City of Santa Monica have prevented a partial collapse of mud and dirt unto Pacific Coast Highway. On Tuesday, they removed part of a natural formation that seemed in danger of falling. Traffic on PCH was interrupted for 3 hours while the crews worked, in order to prevent damage or injury to traffic on the highway. There are occasional mudslides from Palisades Park. This year has seen about 42 inches of rain in LA...
The Biden administration says that it has secured voluntary commitments to "manage the risks" posed by AI. The companies named in the press release include Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI. "Today, these seven leading AI companies are committing to: Ensuring Products are Safe Before Introducing Them to the Public." People like Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey have said that artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to mankind. Frequently the...
In a closed session last Tuesday and this coming Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council will discuss two offers from developers who want to replace the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium with ten stories of luxury condominiums. The 3000 seat auditorium is part of Santa Monica history, but has been closed since 2003. The move is a desperate measure to right the City financially, by loping off a piece of its Civic Center. Santa Monica wasn't in great shape financially prior to the...
In a very flowery email written by Jerry Yang, Chair of the Stanford University Board of Trustees, the University accused Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne of misconduct in 12 research papers apparently written years ago. The email also announced Appointment of Richard Saller as Interim President. Stanford (which is my alma mater), has been involved in a number of scandals in recent years. Crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried grew up as a faculty brat there. Recently...
Wilshire Blvd is blocked in a Westbound direction, at 2321 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica. There are at least 3 Santa Monica Police vehicles present. It seems to involve a homeless resident, though it was uncertain how....
The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was built in 1958 and holds about 3000 people. The City closed it permanently in 2002, stating that it was too small and acoustically challenged to serve as a concert venue any longer. One local resident says that in a closed session, the Santa Monica City Council could sell it off to developers in a desperate attempt to close a budget shortfall. Tricia Crane, Chair of the Northeast Neighbors Association, believes the potential sale is a...
There seems to be an epidemic of screaming homeless people in and around Santa Monica. Some draw a connection to LA County Dept of Public Health's free needle and pipe distribution program. One homeless man in an alley behind block apartment buildings, screamed all night about a woman who had, well, apparently broken his heart. "We have had a mentally unstable woman in our neighborhood screaming her head off for weeks. I remember someone mentioned some sort of mental health...
There is a report on Twitter that the LAPD are searching for a missing girl South of the Santa Monica pier. "Critical missing child in Santa Monica. 13yo girl last seen walking SB from the Santa Monica Pier. Wearing a white top with blue jeans. Also wearing a blue bathing suit underneath." says the Tweet, from @downtownlascanner. The account monitors police scanners and is ordinarily reliable....
The modeling and fashion world is mourning the loss of Jane Birkin at 76. An iconic actress and model, she moved from her native Britain to France, where she found fame singing with Serge Gainsbourg. "Jane Birkin, the British-French singer and actress whose collaboration with the artist Serge Gainsbourg made her a defining figure of the 1970s and whose personal style inspired a luxury handbag, has died at 76." tweeted the NY Times on July 16, 2023. "Farewell to this endlessly...
7/5/23: Tenants of Victor's Cleaning and Tailoring, Santa Monica Rubber Stamp, Crisp Imaging, Tibetan Arts and Santa Monica Guitar this week received notice that they must be out by August 15th, 2023. The one hundred year old structure is about to be demolished and replaced by density. Four stories of pack and stack apartments will replace the 1920's era, one story building with parking in back. Downtown Santa Monica has pretty much turned over and into block apartments which...
7/5/23: When asked by a reporter, Hunter Biden vehemently denied that he had anything to do with the Cocaine found at the White House. https://nypost.com/2023/07/07/post-irresponsible-for-asking-about-cocaine-in-white-house/ Mainstream media will ignore it. But cocaine was found in the White House Library Tuesday, where Hunter had been using his laptop. So put two and two together, folks. Hunter was kicked out of the military over his cocaine use. The White House tried to...
Santa Monica Police report that they have arrested a man who had a knife fight with one or two other men. In the course of that fight, a dog was injured. The dog was taken to a veterinarian, where the animal is said to be in good condition. "A suspect is in police custody following an altercation this evening on Colorado Avenue near 4th Street," the SMDP posted to Facebook. "The fight between two subjects (possibly 3) resulted in minor injuries to the suspect under arrest as...
