Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Analysis examines role of emergent class of intermediary that galvanizes efforts of organizations and movements to create a new normal BOSTON, October 26, 2017-In much the same way that Adam Smith's "invisible hand" works in the private sector, there are unseen agents that are helping to accelerate social change, according to new research by The Bridgespan Group. "How Field Catalysts Galvanize Social Change," published in Stanford Social Innovation Review (Winter 2018 issue),...
A bomb threat closed Santa Monica high school early this afternoon. Students were sent home just after lunch and Pico Boulevard was closed west of Lincoln Boulevard for two hours. All available Santa Monica Police Department units responded at the time. It was determined that the telephone thread had no validity and ultimately the area was cleared and reopened. Lincoln Boulevard and Pico Boulevard may both be considered major Westside arteries....
No Questions Asked Drug Disposal Got Drugs? On Saturday October 28, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., you can get rid of them easily and anonymously. The Santa Monica Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will "give the public its 14th opportunity in 7 years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs," says the department in a press release. Bring your pills for...
A traffic collision on PCH near Entrada killed a man on a bicycle Sunday, Santa Monica police reported. The unidentified man died at the scene. The driver initially fled, then returned. It was night time and dark when the unidentified driver hit the cyclist from behind. He was alive when police arrived, but died soon afterwards. "At this point, we will not be releasing the name of the deceased or the driver of the vehicle. The deceased bicyclist is an Asian Male in his...
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Missing Person's Detail investigators have learned that Sook J. Velasco was found. Ms. Velasco had been reported missing Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 11:20 A.M., in the city of Lakewood. The missing person was found Sunday, October 15, 2017, later in the day, at a local hospital. Her family has been notified and will be reunited with them. Originally, Detectives asked for the public's assistance in locating Sook J. Velasco, a 71 year-old...
The Santa Monica Airport Runway shortening project has been halted by a TRO issued by Federal Court. The 100 year old airport is not popular among its neighbors, who say they did not signup for the amount of private planes that take off and land amid the unbelievably overpriced real estate. But the airport has its defenders too. Thus wrote the Santa Monica Airport Association, on its website: "Santa Monica City Council's shameful backroom deal to shorten the runway at the...
Judge Beverly Reid O'Connell was appointed Federal Judge in 2013. She died Sunday October 8th, 3 weeks after she mysteriously collapsed while speaking to a California State Bar section. The press release does not state the cause of death. She was just 52, and collapsed at a California State Bar Women's program on Friday September 15. The program was called "So You Want to Be a Judge?" and was co-sponsored by the State Bar and California Women Lawyers. She may have suffered a b...
1/12: The body of a woman washed ashore on Venice Beach Thursday morning. She was identified Friday as Yvette Mills, 48. Police said the body, which was still clothed, did not exhibit any obvious signs of violence or trauma and had not been attacked by marine life. A jogger spotted her body and alerted authorities around 6:30 a.m. The discovery was on the beach near Market Street. Coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said an autopsy was pending to determine her cause of...
An AirFrance Airbus 380 flight from Paris to LAX suffered a major engine problem over Greenland on September 30th, but was able to land safely in Canada. On 30 September, Air France flight 66 en route from Paris to Los Angeles suffered an engine failure over Greenland. The aircraft, an Airbus A380-861 powered by Engine Alliance GP7200 engines, suffered a failure of the number 4 engine-the outer, right engine. https://blog.flightradar24.com/blog/air-france-f...
On September 20, 2017 at about 3:14 p.m., residents reported a shooting near 20th Street and Pico Blvd. Witnesses said Hector Jehova Bonilla exited an SUV, and got involved in a verbal confrontation with an unidentified victim. Contrary to popular LA opinion, exiting your vehicle and yelling at another driver does not win you an award certificate, suitable for framing and wall mounting. Bonilla was a passenger anyway, so he wasn't eligible for the wall certificate. During the...
Update: Tom Petty did pass away Monday night at 8:40 pm. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/arts/music/tom-petty-dead.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Petty was found unconscious at his home not breathing and in full cardiac arrest on Monday, October 2, 2017. Initial reports indicated that he had died, but they were later retracted as his death could not be confirmed by the Los Angeles...
Update, 9/27: Her aunt reports that Amanda Allen has been found, thanks to all for your tips! Tonia Kitts Stephan last spoke to Amanda Allen on July 30th at 9:30 pm."That was the last I heard from her," says Stephans. "I tried to call her phone, but it goes straight to voicemail. "Since then I have put her picture and story all over Santa Monica and with the Department of Justice. Several people have contacted me stating they might have seen her at Venice Beach. Since that...
Update, 9/29: Lt. Saul Rodriguez issued the following statement: On September 27, 2017 at about 12:08 p.m. officers responded to a radio call for service of a possible burglary in the 200 block of 14th Street. The reporting party/victim saw the suspect in his backyard looking through his patio door. The victim contacted the subject. The suspect told the victim he was looking for his friend. The victim called the police and the suspect fled. The victim followed the suspect to...
England's Stephen Paddock carries a baby on his back in his profile photo. He loves football, lives in Lichfield, and owns no automatic weapons, and had nothing to do with the October 2, 2017 shooting already being called the worst mass shooting in US History. Yet, he will have the roughest day imaginable on twitter. "Shout out to @stephenpaddock for having the most unfortunate twitter handle of 2017." tweeted a woman named KS. "@stephenpaddock I'd like to apologize in...
BOSTON, MA (9/22/17) – giggle, inc. – a retailer offering the best in high-end baby products will be closing its store locations within the next several weeks. The company has 4 locations, one of which is at 2212 Wilshire Blvd in Santa Monica. The closing is a symptom not only of US retail moving online, but also of high rents in Santa Monica, and other high end retail locations. It is a curious paradigm that just as retail has moved increasingly online, rents in Santa Mon...
Santa Monica Police activity in the area of Cloverfield Blvd and Kansas Ave. Poiice are investigating reports of shots fired. Police are working a containment and are searching for outstanding suspects. Please avoid the area. This in an alert from the SMPD on September 15, 2017 at 3:25 PM...
Los Angeles Protest Photographs 2003 -2017 by Cindy Bendat at the University Art Gallery at California State University Dominguez Hills runs from September 11, 2017 through October 10, 2017. The Opening Reception is on Monday September 11th from 5:30 -7:30 p.m. with an artist talk at 6:00 p.m. There will also be two Saturday morning artist walkthroughs on September 16th at 10:30 a.m. and October 7th at 11:00 a.m. Speaking truth to power, people join organizations, make demands...
Three Santa Monica city blocks located between Wilshire Boulevard in Montana Avenue lost power at 8:30 Wednesday morning, when a transformer blew. The outage is unrelated to the trenching incident at Lincoln middle school on Monday morning which caused several other blocks to lose power. The supervisor on the job, Paul, reports that power will be restored at 10 PM Wednesday night....
The latest from Walt Disney World is that the park will reopen on Tuesday. Hurricane Irma forces only the 4th closure since Disney World opened in 1971. There may be modifications to some attractions and entertainment offerings, says a press release from Disney: "After an initial assessment of our property, Walt Disney World's Theme Parks and Disney Springs will reopen tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 12 with normal, advertised operating hours. Special events, such as Mickey's Not So...
Hurricane Irma came ashore as a Category 4 storm in the Florida Keys on Sunday morning. The eye of the storm passed over Cudjoe Key. The Florida Keys are a chain of islands connected by the Overseas Highway. On a Facebook group for the Florida keys, one resident noted that Big Pine experienced "up to 14 foot surge . . . . Ramrod Key aerial view "no longer detectable" which means it's underwater not viewable by drones . . . . Cudjoe, Little Torch, and Summerland all hit hard" O...
The United States Geological Survey reports an extremely powerful Magnitude earthquake has hit Mexico City. A tsunami is possible. An 8 earthquake would make it the largest earthquake anywhere on the planet this year, and the second largest earthquake ever to strike Mexico. The Richter magnitude scale (ML, also Richter scale) assigns a magnitude number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... As measured with a seismometer, an earthquake that registers 5.0 on the Richter...
Los Angeles police detectives are searching for a suspect after a hit-and-run in West Los Angeles that left a local woman dead. It happened at 8:25 p.m. Wednesday, August 30. The suspect was eastbound on Wilshire Blvd as the pedestrian crossed in the marked crosswalk at Federal Avenue. The driver struck the woman and fled the scene without stopping to help her, police said. The victim is a woman in her 50s. Police have declined to release her identity pending notification of...
Anuj Gupta's primary qualification seems to be that he worked for Democrat such as Gil Garcetti and Barack Obama. And as they usually do, the City of Santa Monica has awarded him with a quarter million dollars a year. Way to go, guys! City Manager Rick Cole has selected Anuj Gupta as Deputy City Manager and Director of Policy. Gupta, a Santa Monica resident, currently serves as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's General Counsel in the Office of Immigrant Affairs. He previously...
A pedestrian was killed at about 5 am Weenesday morning, when he wandered into traffic on Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica Police said. The SSMPD "responded to a radio call for service regarding a traffic collision involving a pedestrian at the 1100 block of Pacific Coast Highway," wrote SMPD Spokesman Saul Rodriguez, Lt. Upon arrival, officers discovered a pedestrian in the roadway with significant injuries. The involved vehicle along with the driver were on scene when...
The Coast Guard, Long Beach Fire Department and Patriot Environmental Services are responding to a reported spill of propyl acetate from the commercial container ship, Harbour Bridge, at Pier G Berth 232 in the Port of Long Beach, Sunday. All Unified Command objectives, including clean-up and recovery operations on the vessel and the pier were completed Sunday night. The spill occurred when a tank, containing 6,600 gallons of propyl acetate was punctured during loading...
