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Articles from the June 13, 2018 edition


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  • Woman Hangs Over the Edge from a Parking Garage on 4th Street After collision

    Observer Staff|Jun 13, 2018

    Vehicle Collision at Santa Monica Parking Garage On Monday at 10:30 a.m. Santa Monica Firefighters responded to City Parking Structure # 5 located at 1440 4th Street for a report of a vehicle hanging off the side of the 5th floor parking level. Fire resources arrived within 5 minutes 47 seconds and found a late model Honda Civic that had driven off of the parking platform and was precariously hanging over the edge, only held in place by steel barrier cables. Prior to first responders arriving,...

  • Less than 50% of Victims Report Crime Victimization, Says Survey

    Michele Hanisee, Deputy DA|Jun 13, 2018

    A tremendous amount of coverage of the criminal justice system is focused on the perpetrators of crime and what should happen to them upon arrest and conviction. However, the unexplored and uncovered story is the number of violent and property crimes never reported to police, and the fact that few victims of violent crime receive any support services. The Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) has been conducted annually since 1972. The survey, which...

  • Lime, Bird Scooter Companies Both Laud City's Pilot Program for Electric transports

    Jun 13, 2018

    both Lime and Bird issued statements applauding the City of Santa Monica's pilot program, adopted 6/12/18. Here are their statements: "We applaud the City of Santa Monica for formally embracing innovative transportation, and look forward to collaborating with them as they work to further establish regulations around an environmentally-clean, shared mobility program for scooters. We are supportive of a regulatory framework that prioritizes rider safety and accessibility, but also enables us to...