Articles written by Mary Leipziger
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 37
By 
Nike Turns Australian Kangaroos Into Running Shoes, Group Alleges in Protest Outside the Nike Store in Santa Monica
7/9/22 a protest outside the Nike Store in Santa Monica demonstrate against the shoe giant’s continued use of kangaroo skin in soccer cleats. "Nike is one of the biggest buyers of kangaroo skins...
Trade Your Junk For Gas, One Local Junkyard Owner Offers Los Angeles County Customers
Errol Segal says he will give out a free $20 gas card in exchange for 3000 LBS of paper, cardboard or metal. Segal, a nice Jewish boy from Chicago, issued the following press release: Almost every...
Protest of the Tigray War At the Federal Building in Westwood.
A protest of the Tigray War took place at the Federal Building in Westwood Saturday. The conflict over a semitic ethnic minority in Eritrea, has led to accusations of war crimes against both sides....
St. Monica's Catholic Church quietly Provides Thanksgiving Food and Supplies for All Comers
St Monica's Catholic Church couldn't provide its annual Thanksgiving dinner for those in need, due to the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic and the Los Angeles County Health shutdown. So instead,...
Guard-a-Heart Offers Free Covid Antibody Testing to the Community at Calvary Baptist Church
Medical staff in the parking lot at the Calvary Baptist Church on 20th Street in Santa Monica, tested about 600 people for Coronavirus antibodies, during a free event from November 19-21....
Day of the Dead Memorial Held at Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica
Woodlawn Cemetery is owned and operated by the City of Santa Monica. Anyone who drives by the neighborhood of 14th and Pico can see that it's a cemetery. There is a long list of celebrities who's...
Dozens of Local Ballots Found in Trash Bin, Alleges SM City Council Candidate
Oscar de la Torre, the often outspoken candidate for Santa Monica City Council alleges that dozens of ballots were found in a trash can. He has called a press conference for 3 pm Wednesday. We sent...
Massage Parlor Reopens in Santa Monica, But This time The Action is on the Street For All to See
Who are those masked men and women massaging backs and feet on Wilshire Blvd? We sent our most senior photographer to find out. After a 6 month closure mandated by Governor Newsom because of Covid...
Life in Santa Monica Returns to Normal, Sort Of, as Coronavirus Pandemic Rules Ease a Little
Most Santa Monica residents are trying to obey Gov. Newson suggestions about interacting with people, wearing masks and flattening the curve, during this pandemic crisis. One of his dictums was that...
Rip City Suddenly Has a Near Monopoly on Skateboard Stores in Santa Monica
Jim McDowell and William Poncher were very serious when they opened RIP CITY - a skateboard shop at 2709 Santa Monica Blvd on April 1, 1978--April Fools Day . They were semi retired , and had come to...
Life at Costco has Changed. Not entirely for the good.
Life has changed. Usually Sunday a parking space at Costco was golden- you had to walk to one edge of the lot to find one, but not any more. I found one in aisle A Getting into the building before...
Santa Monica Pier Reopened, Partially. What Does That Mean? We Sent Our Most Senior Photographer to Investigate
The Santa Monica Pier is opened- sort of. The usual entrance is off Ocean Ave and Colorado, on a steep incline. This has been closed and pedestrians are directed to Seaside, several blocks south. A...
Cycle Bar Moves Exercise Machines and Social Distances to Keep Clients Coming During Covid
Cycle Bar in Culver City has taken extreme measures to continue classes during the most recent County of Los Angeles health closures. Steph Sklar-Mulcahy told Inside Edition that moving outside is...
Virginia Tokunaga's 90th Birthday Party at Silvercrest Underlines Stop Senior Scams
A party with her friends from the community and fellow residents at Silvercrest Senior Apartments was planned but it did not happen. Instead there was a birthday parade to celebrate Virginia Tokunaga...
Local Man Celebrates his 100th Birthday With Drive-by Neighborhood Block Party
Sam Marquez turned 100 on Tuesday, and his family, friends and neighbors didn't want to let a little thing like Covid-19 get in the way of a celebration. So they threw him a drive-by 100th birthday...
Topping Off Ceremony on Discovery Building at Santa Monica High School
1/30: Would that I could aligned the world and its intricacies similar to the delightful "Steeling Topping Out" ceremony, - given by the McCarthy Building Companies Inc. on the grounds of Santa...
Story Corps Oral History Project Records on SM's Promenade
Slightly south of Wilshire Blvd on the Third Street Promenade sits a big silver van, with Story Corps scrawled in flowing red letters. A red metal desk sits near by. When I arrived yesterday Mia...
Chabad of Simcha Monica conducts Sukkos Festival on 12th Street Thursday
Chabad in Simcha Monica is located on 17th Street. It held its annual Sukkot Extravaganza Block party, closing the street at Broadway and 12th Street Thursday afternoon. Chabad invited the entire...
Seafood Centric Restaurant Bottlefish Uncorks Your Fishiest Fish Wish List
Three years ago Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax opened Bottlefish, a seafood-centric restaurant. They had been successful for 25 years owning a California Pizza Kitchen (the one across the plaza) and...
Friends and Family Gather Under Santa Monica Pier to Remember 34 Divers
Friends and loved ones gathered in front of the Santa Monica Pier aquarium on Thursday, for a memorial to those killed in the boat fire on September 2nd. Two of the 34 divers killed in the Labor Day...
Lou D'Elia artist at California Heritage Museum- exhibit extended to Aug 28
Lou D'Elia is an assemblage artist working with found/obsolete objects to create 3 dimensional artworks. D'Elia frequently incorporates vernacular photography, artificial light and visual puns in his...
What Drives a Salesman to Suicide Makes for Compelling Theater in "Death of a Salesman"
Deception, ambition, illusions, reality all play a part in the" Death of a Salesman" at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica . Set in New York and Boston in 1949, the action takes place in the...
Can a Soft Hearted Waitress Find Happiness With New Jersey's Favorite Wedding Singer?
A raucously enthusiastic "The Wedding Singer," adapted from the Broadway musical and hit movie opened June 29th at the Morgan-Wixson theatre. A cast of 28 multi racial singers and dancers told the...
Classic Book "The Diary of Anne Frank" Retold From a Feline Perspective
In 1996 Steven Rubin had the idea for retelling this tale in another media. His friend David Miller was a knowledgable of children's literature, had a poetic nature and they worked well together. Orig...
Carousel of Time: LGBTQ Prom on the Pier Was A lot of Fun for all
Despite the fact that the United Methodist Church nationally is in limbo about the LGBTQ community, the Church in Ocean Park sponsored its 8th dance for this community last Saturday night. The City...
