Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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9/20/2018: The Santa Monica Police have discovered a body underneath the 100 year old Santa Monica Pier. Thursday morning at about 6:40 a.m., SMPD responded to a radio call for service regarding a dead body discovered underneath the pier. Officers say he dead man, a white male in his 30's, "suffered an injury consistent with blunt force trauma to the head." The Pier is the most popular tourist attraction in Santa Monica, and also the source of the most crime, statistically speaking. The LA...
Despite a severe housing shortage in California, Jon Dishotsky noticed that 60 percent of living spaces was not being used. Living rooms are not actually being lived in. Kitchens are empty most of the time. At the same time, he recalled his father, a Stanford psychology professor, renting rooms to students. From these observations, he came to an idea for a revolutionary new mode of housing, the community-based living experience. Dishotsky's startup, Starcity, takes underutilized buildings,...
Heal the Bay conducted its 29th annual cleanup day on Saturday, September 15th. "Our final totals are in for our 29th annual Coastal Cleanup Day," said the group in a press release. Some 13,342 volunteers joined us last Saturday morning at 75 sites spread all across Los Angeles County. Thanks to their hard work, we removed 40,066 pounds of ocean-bound debris from our shoreline and neighborhoods. Oddball items found this year: chainsaws (Palos Verdes), wedding rings (various sites) and three...
"Making Montgomery Clift" is a feature-length documentary focusing on the life and death of critically-acclaimed American film actor, Montgomery Clift, who had a major feature film and stage career spanning more than two decades. Clift was known for his diverse film personas, method acting, and striking good looks. Clift was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Actor in "The Search" (1948), "A Place in the Sun" (1951), and "From Here To Eternity" (1953), and Best Supporting Actor in "Judgment...
Santa Monica has more than its fair share of drama over local elections. The powerful and longtime influential group of Santa Monicans for Renter's Rights (SMRR) has recently noticed fierce (if futile) attacks from new groups of residents opposed to their policies of rampant over-development, unwise fiscal policy, and anti-business positions. Measure TL, which would impose term limits on city council seats that are now effective lifetime positions, is one heroic attempt to wrest some small m...
Los Angeles, September 15th, 2018--The EMMY'S are the gold standard for the best talent in TV industry. In this most awaited award seasons of the year, the best and most glamorous comes out to celebrate and recognize the best in the industry. EMMY Luxury gifting lounges have long been an exciting part of the festivities and GBK media marketing brand has been a pioneer in the celebrity gifting experiences. This year the premiere Media company set out to treat the stars to an array of exciting...
An illegal alien from El Salvador who has been deported from the U.S. 6 times, was arrested by Santa Monica Police for the murder of at least 3 men, and possibly the deaths of his own brother and sister in Texas Authorities arrested Ramon Escobar after he beat another homeless man at 7th and Broadway Monday morning at 6:51 am. Police say they believe Escobar killed the man found Saturday under the Santa Monica pier. They also believe he killed 2 homeless men in downtown LA. The modus operandi...
