Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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A young man suffered cuts and bruises as an Eastbound Exposition Line train pulled out of the 17th Street Station on September 13th. This caused the train to sit on Colorado Blvd for almost 2 hours. A woman who claims to be an eyewitness says that the young man had just been dropped off by his father. He was on the island where it was permissible for passengers to wait for the train, and the train hit him anyway breaking his collarbone. Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department,...
$1 Million Prize for Excellence in Four Areas: Learning, Degree Completion, Employment and Earnings, and Access and Success for Minority and Low-Income Students; Winner to be Announced in March 2017 Washington, D.C., September 13, 2016 – California's Chaffey College and Pasadena City College were named today as two of ten finalists for the 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation's preeminent recognition of high achievement and performance in America's c...
Dramatic video has emerged of a purse snatcher pulling a purse from a woman's hands at Main St. and Ashland Avenue in Santa Monica. As the woman struggles with the perpetrator, two men park their car to pursue the suspect. He was later caught by Santa Monica police. The incident unfolded in front of the Starbucks on Main Street on Wednesday. Video is embedded below. The woman's purse was recovered. Good Samaritans left their car illegally parked in the intersection to pursue...
The block of Ocean Avenue immediately North of the Santa Monica Pier was closed to traffic after a car was stolen at gunpoint from a civilian. The car was taken in the 2600 block of Ocean Avenue, then pursued by the Santa Monica Police Department to the 1500 block of Ocean Avenue. "Please stay out of the area of the 1500 block of Ocean Ave until further notice," said a City of Santa Monica online advisory. Later police issued the following press release: This morning at approx...
Santa Monica has served thirty day notices to vacate, on two companies that service most day-to-day operations at the Santa Monica municipal airport. Atlantic Aviation and American Flyers are the airport's fixed base operators (FBOs in pilot parlance). They had master leases to operate airplane hangars, sell jet fuel and rent space to flight schools and offices on airport land. Without them, it is no exaggeration to say that SMO operations would cease. Which of course, is the...
Update Tuesday morning September 13: More than 160 firefighters eventually knocked down the blaze about two hours later, but several trucks remained at the scene Tuesday morning making sure no flare ups occurred. The 100-year-old two-story warehouse appears to be a total loss including all the businesses within it. Monday evening, 9/12: The Los Angeles Fire Department on its Twitter account is reporting a major fire burning at a smoking materials shop in little Tokyo near...
A car stolen from a dealership in Santa Monica, was involved in a police pursuit this afternoon. The pursuit ended on Washington and La Cienega when the stolen car collided with a Volvo driven by a father and an eight-year-old son. The father was killed in a collision. The pursued stolen vehicle I had at least four passengers. The female driver of that vehicle has been apprehended, is in custody, and will face charges and arraignment Monday. Other vehicle passengers in that...
Ivanka introducing her father at the Republican national convention in July, made the following comments: Thank you. One year ago I introduced my father when he declared his candidacy he sacrificed greatly when he entered the filed and he prevailed against a very talented list of competitors Like many of my fellow milenials, I do not consider myself categorically Republican or Democrat. I vote for whatever is best for the country and for my family. I m here to tell you that...
Authorities have closed Refugio State Beach in Ventura County, after a surfer was attacked Friday by a Great White Shark. The victim's Go Pro camera recorded the attack. His name has not been released, but local authorities said they expected him to make a full recovery. The beach remains closed after the attack, and into the long Labor Day weekend. Refugio State Beach (Chumash: Qasil, "Beautiful") is a protected state beach park located 20 miles west of Santa Barbara,...
Two Hillary Clinton aides denied it to Fox News, but as the Drudge Report first pointed out, Hillary clinton appears to have had the benefit of an earpiece last night during the presidential forum on the Aircraft Carrier Intrepid in New York Harbor. It was not immediately clear if the device was so she could be assisted with her responses, or if hearing can be added the the list of the former Secretary of State's health problems. Hearing loss is a known side effect of a stroke...
On September 7 2016 at about 10:52 a.m. the suspect entered the Pier Burger restaurant at 330 Santa Monica Pier. The suspect demanded food from the employees. The suspect was denied service. The suspect proceeded to walk into the kitchen area of the restaurant and assault an employee with a knife. The victim was struck multiple times. The suspect attempted to attack another victim/employee but did not strike the second victim. The suspect fled the area. Officers responded to...
Actor Jon Polito died Thursday in Duarte, Calif. He was 65. His manager, Maryellen Mulcahy, told the Associated Press that he had been treated for multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that strikes the white blood cells. Jon Polito as Da Fino, a private investigator hired by Bunny's parents, the Knutsons, to entice their daughter back home. He mistakes the Dude for a "brother Shamus". The movie was, to some extent, about coincidences and mistaken identities. The bald,...
At about 9 am, Airport Police came across a stolen vehicle parked in the white zone in Terminal Three An officer who was there explained, "Some people who were concerned for their safety," panicked and rushed the security area without being screened-i.e., they got passed TSA without being screened. "A small number of people even made it out onto the airport tarmac," he said. Police decided to prescreen everyone in Terminal 3. Officers in explosive protection gear with dogs...
The local affiliate of ABC News in Los Angeles reports that a peeping Tom has been reported in Long Beach near Long Beach State University. The man opens and pierce through the window of women's bedrooms and in several cases, has expressed admiration for their feet. At least six different women have reported the man to Long Beach police. He speaks without a discernible accent, and wears a ski mask during his late night escapades. "You have the most beautiful feet" he told one...
Tributes have come in from Mark Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, for the man known as Juan Gabriel. Alberto Aguilera Valadez, better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel, 66, was a Mexican singer and songwriter. Colloquially nicknamed as Juanga and El Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel was known for his flamboyant style, which broke barriers within the Latin music market. Having sold over 100 million copies worldwide, Juan Gabriel is among Latin America's best-selling...
Southwest airlines is not giving away free tickets for its 90th anniversary. This is a scam that has been around periodically since 2011. The scam says that if you share the link with 15 friends after answering three survey questions, you will win 2 free tickets to any destination. File this one under too good to be true! Scammers and malware perps are always looking for ways to lure in the unwary. Tickets seem like something that a business could give away as a promotion. If...
Six Santa Monica police units and 12 police officers responded to a report that an elderly man had hit a pedestrian in the alley between 9th Street and 10th Street, and between Washington Avenue and Idaho Avenue. The pedestrian, a younger man was injured but not seriously, police said. Perhaps the police reacted with so much force over the report of a simple accident, because of the 2006 incident at a Farmers Market on 4th and Arizona Avenue, where an elderly man killed 10...
Santa Monica resident Rita Payne had her motorized scooter stolen by thieves. Thieves broke into her rented garage at 32nd Street and Pico Blvd. The theives cut a chain designed to prevent theft, and stole the motorized scooter worth $3,000 to $4,000. It happened Monday night at 8:44, said KTTV. The Santa Monica Police Department is investigating the crime. Just last year, the disabled woman's family had raised funds to buy the scooter for Payne, 61. She needed to use the...
Any newswatcher knows that Syria has completely collapsed from its 3 year civil war, and it's no place for children or families. As of February 2016, the United Nations (UN) has identified 13.5 million Syrians requiring humanitarian assistance, of which 6.6 million are internally displaced within Syria, and over 4.8 million are refugees outside of Syria. Turkey is the largest host country with over 2.7 million Syrian refugees. Jordan has taken in over 1,000,000 Syrian...
About once every five years, a policeman in the US is saved by his badge, when the badge deflects a bullet. The last time was in New York City in 2010, reporte the New York Times. Last night, however, it happened to two different policemen in two states. In Huntington Beach, California, officers were involved in a high-speed pursuit when gunfire broke out. A 10-year veteran of the Huntington Beach Police Department had bullets shoot through his windshield and strike him. But h...
Reports of gunfire in Terminals 6, 7 and 8 were made about 8:45 p.m., prompting airport police to set up a command post and shut down the central terminal area to incoming traffic. Airport police confirmed recently to the Los Angeles times that the reports were simply false. There have also been reports of a stampede and injuries at baggage claim. Flight operations were stopped from 9 to 9:30 p.m. on the airport's two southern runways because passengers, who self-evacuated...
It's wrapped in wax, and as orange as Donald Trump's hair. If you don't specify what cheese you want to, it's going to end up on your sandwich at Subway. And there is so much of it that the government may have to buy the excess. Yes, it's cheddar cheese folks, and due to an oversupply of milk and less buying from China than expected, there is an over supply of cheddar cheese in the United States, reports the US Department of Agriculture. The Feds bailed out the auto...
Brandy Young, a second-grade teacher in Godley Independent School District just outside Dallas-Fort Worth, sent home a letter to parents promising that she will not assign homework to students this year. Her letter has been shared more than 100,000 times on Facebook in one week, indicating that this is indeed a national issue. "After much research this summer, I am trying something new," Mrs. Young wrote. "Homework will only consist of work that your student did not finish dur...
WESTWOOD VILLAGE, Calif., August 25, 2016 – Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary announced that it will expand its service to meet the needs of families previously served by Gates, Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy Funeral Directors, which closes on August 31. In addition, all service prearrangements from Gates, Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy will be en-trusted to Pierce Brothers Westwood Village after the Santa Monica funeral home closes. Both entities a...
A federal judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a lawsuit saying that Starbucks to see use its customers by putting ice in their drinks instead of products. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles federal court in June, alleged that Starbucks' iced drinks "contain significantly less product than advertised." Judge Percy Anderson dismissed the suit as ridiculous, saying even a kid knows better. "If children have figured out that including ice in a cold beverage decreases the amount of...
