Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

Articles from the September 13, 2020 edition


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  • It is Time for Santa Monica to Reckon With its Deeply Racist Past (Meaning Yesterday)

    Corva Corvax, A Logical Opinion|Sep 13, 2020
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    The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday will be presented with suggestions from The Black Agenda for ways to spend the $200,000 already earmarked in June for efforts to support racial justice. The Black Agenda is comprised of a group of the city's Black community leaders (capital letters are theirs) whose steering committee includes Barry Snell, a former SMMUSD Board member and current Santa Monica College Board Trustee. Also on the steering committee are Dr. Karen Gunn, a retired SMC...

  • Bobcat Warning Issued for Arcadia, Monrovia, Pasadena, Altadena Adjacent to the Bobcat Fire

    Sep 13, 2020

    Those of us who awoke Wednesday morning to reddish skies and orange sunlight, should not be surprised to learn that LA County Fire has issued an evacuation warning for the area. "The Unified Incident Command of the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County Fire Department, Monrovia Fire Department and the LA County Sheriffs Department are directing the residents of Duarte, Bradbury, Monrovia, Arcadia, Sierra Madre, Pasadena and Altadena below the Bobcat Fire to be prepared to evacuate, as...

  • Two LA County Sheriffs Deputies Ambushed and Shot in Compton

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Sep 13, 2020

    Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies are in critical condition and undergoing surgery after being ambushed Saturday night in their patrol car outside the Metro Blue Line station in Compton, suffering multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said. The two deputies, a male and female officer with the Transit Services Bureau, were shot multiple times at the Compton Police station on Saturday night. Video released by LASD shows a male suspect walking up to the car and immediately opening fire. He...