Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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News2Share covered a confrontation Saturday May 13th, between protesters identified as "Antifa," others identified as pro-life, and members of the Santa Monica Police Dept. Some of the SMPD officers were mounted on horses. The confrontation took place just East of the 100 year old Santa Monica Pier, in Palisades Park. "#Antifa members violently clashed with law enforcement as they gathered to try to attack participants of a "Baby Lives Matter" rally in Santa Monica, Calif. on...
The US Coast Guard says it has 96 hours to rescue five people on a missing, overdue submarine that visited the wreck of the Titanic on Sunday, June 18th. The submersible had one crew member and 4 passengers, who paid about $250,000 each to visit the world's most famous wreck, to the West of Newfoundland Canada. "The purpose of the submersible was to study the wreck site," said Rear Adm. John Mauger, commander of the US First Coast Guard District. He said one could speculate...
In unrelated developments, Westfield Shopping Centers has announced it will ditch a mall in Downtown San Francisco. This, a week after Hilton Hotels successor said it was walking away from the City's largest hotel and its 4th largest hotel by room numbers, so that it won't have to make payments on a $725 million debt. Both companies cited San Francisco's abysmal security situation. Homeless people cover San Francisco like zombies, and no part of town is safe from crime. For...
Venice Blvd was designed to be a working street. It looks like a freeway, or used to. People drive 70 miles an hour on it's 4 lanes of grandeur and utility, that also angle from Southwest to Northeast. It was a quick route between downtown LA and Venice. Venice High School and the former Helms Bakery are some of the sites on its 12 mile length, down to sunny Venice Beach. So what was the problem? The problem is working class Venice Blvd travels mostly through minority...
Russia has bombed and damaged the Kakhovska hydroelectric power plant. The dam, on the Dnipro river, is the largest such installation in Europe. President Zelenskyy will hold an emergency meeting of the National Security Council of Ukraine due to the explosion of the dam of Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, says Anton Gerashenko, a Ukrainian source connected to the government. "Kakhovka HPP is the sixth (lower and last) stage of the cascade of Dnieper hydroelectric power pla...
A recent petition states that LA County is conducting a free needle distribution program in the 7 Eleven parking lot, across the street from the Santa Monica Proper Hotel. A luxury hotel, the Proper's rooms start at about $1,000 a night. A petition to rid Santa Monica of the County of LA's distribution program has the signatures of at least one Santa Monica City councilmember, Phil Brock. "The City of Santa Monica and the County along with Venice Family Clinic have been...
Seismographs recorded a 3.4 magnitude earthquake 2 miles West of Malibu Beach Monday morning, May 8th 2023. The earthquake struck at 8:05 AM PDT. It was felt as a rolling motion in Santa Monica, which was about 7 miles away from the Epicenter....
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 Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign for president. Two later versions of the image were created by Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey, but that to be auctioned is the sole original work of art for the campaign poster. Of the later versions, one is in the Smithsonian Institution’s Nationa...
Tucker Carlson had an average of 3.5 million daily users, much higher (by a factor of 10) then any CNN personality. So why did Fox News dump their most popular and most famous act? Because he violated the cardinal rule of media: Don't go after the advertisers. The $785 million dollar Dominion Voting settlement, while it did not help Tucker's case with Rupert Murdoch, was a survivable event for Tucker. but going after their advertisers was not. Tucker spent part of his April...
Buzzfeed.com has announced that it is closing its news division permanently, effective today, 4.20.23. Staff were given notices and escorted to the door. The company plans to focus on the Huffington Post brand, which it says has more readership. On April 20, 2023, CEO Jonah Peretti announced that BuzzFeed Media would be shuttering BuzzFeed News and focusing The Huffington Post, laying off about 180 workers. Turns out that carrying water for the Democrat Party does Not, in...
A spectacular murder that was thought to have been committed by some random homeless person, turns out to be a fellow tech executive. San Francisco police say they have arrested a fellow tech executive for the stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee. April 13 (UPI) -- A tech industry company owner was arrested Thursday in connection with the killing of Cash App founder and widely known tech executive Bob Lee in San Francisco earlier this month. Police announced that a...
Elon Musk has reportedly acquired thousands of Nvidia GPUs and has been recruiting AI researchers and engineers to start ChatGPT rival. Tesla CEO is said to be working to launch an artificial intelligence firm to rival OpenAI, the Financial Times reported. Musk has reportedly acquired thousands of Nvidia GPUs and has been recruiting AI researchers and engineers. Musk was once a major investor in OpenAI but ruptured with the entity over issues of progress, direction and...
"Elon Musk is worth $188B," tweeted Gaut. "One of the richest people in the world. This is his bedroom," with a picture of a mattress on the floor. "Not totally wrong," tweeted Musk himself in reply. "Slept on a friend's couch last weekend." Musk was in the news recently since he appeared only 4th on the Forbes list of world billionaires. He is said to have lost $20 billion buying twitter. Gaut added: "this proves that all you need in life to be happy is a mattress, and $188B...
Her hair is long curly or wavy strawberry blonde hair. She has green eyes, weighs 161 lbs, stands about five foot five and is about 34 years old. No one is sure what her name is or who her next of kin might be. Can you help solve a mystery? LA County USC Medical Center seeks the public's help in identifying family for a female patient who had been hospitalized for 2 days. Name: Jane Doe, Age: 34, Height: 5`5ft, Weight: 161lb. Build: average. Hair: long curly/wavy strawberry...
A fire in an apartment building at 1011 4th Street burnt an apartment unit on Sunday morning, April 2, 2023. The fire started at about 10:30 am. 3 fire units responded and put out the blaze by 11:15 am PST. "I saw the fire smoke from my bedroom window - we walked over but there were like 8-9 fire trucks and two paramedics and a ton of police. They wouldn't let us walk down the street - not even the people who live in the neighborhood." Capt. Patrick Nulty SMFD PIO, issued the...
You may have noticed SUV's with the Motional and Uber logos driving up and down Washington Avenue North of Wilshire in Santa Monica. They are also to be found elsewhere in SM, as is their competitor, Google owned WAYMO. Automated driving system development company Motional is expanding its operations in California, and already moves passengers on the Las Vegas strip. They are now an option on the Strip when you order Uber. This according to two testing supervisors, Kenly and...
11: 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 responded to the situation. Firefighters taped off the block and examined the damage. "How did they have a fire in the kitchen of a sushi restaurant? wondered one onlooker. I mean, isn't sushi like raw fish? " The bystander was correct: There was no fire. The ceiling collapse apparently...
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 should Project anger toward two people onto millions of people. He still remains banned on Twitter. “No Christian can be labelled antisemite knowing Jesus is Jew. Thank you Jonah Hill I love you" Kanye, an actor and rapper, reportedly knows Jonah Hill. There are a handful of photos o...
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 Twitter that like Russian president Vladimir Putin, Adolf Hitler once visited occupied Mariupol. "Another dictator also visited Mariupol once. We know how his story ended. Photo 📷: Hitler visiting Army Group South HQ at Mariupol, Ukraine in December 1941. Many historians and co...
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 professors from Jonathan Turley to Alan Dershowitz immediately condemned the New York State investigation and impending indictment of former US President Donald J. Trump. Trump himself announced that he would be "arrested" on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. CNN said they spoke to...
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 divisions. The Los Angeles Marathon (formerly known as the City of Los Angeles Marathon) is an annual running event typically held each spring in Los Angeles, California, since 1986. The marathon was inspired by the success of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games hosted in Los Angeles,...
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 after it was unable to produce cash for its depositors. The Biden Regime bailed out SVC depositors over the $250,000 FDIC insured threshold. Meanwhile, it was revealed that California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) failed to disclose he was a client of Silicon Valley Bank as he lobbied...
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 Park, among other locations. Giving needles to addicts so they can shoot heroin and other drugs seems inconsistent with family life. So we asked Councilmember Phil Brock to comment on the issue. "We have known about this program since November," said Brock, a former Parks and Recreat...
10: 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 window of the smashed vehicle. The 2023 series of storms is at least a one in 25 year event. Rain totals for Los Angeles are above 24 inches. In a typical year, the County receives about 14.5 inches of rain. There have been 11 "atmospheric river" rainstorms so far this year, events...
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 incident. Police believe the person driving is the person who beat her. Security camera footage shows nothing useful to the investigation, because the street was dark. "The female victim told officers she had trouble remembering several hours of the day, including how she sustained...
