Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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A street vendor has sued Santa Monica in federal court, alleging that the city is targeting Black and Latino people by illegally towing the vehicles of unlicensed drivers. Reyes Murcia alleges in the proposed class-action complaint that Santa Monica is targeting poor Black and Latino people by depriving them of their property in violation of the Fourth Amendment while "arbitrarily" imposing an unjustified impound fee, according to the civil rights lawsuit filed last Friday in...
Becoming the first US Speaker of the House to visit Taiwan since Newt Gingrich in 1997, Nancy Pelosi visited the rogue Chinese island nation Tuesday evening local time. She was met by cheers of citizens and actually, very little in the way of military activity from the Mainland Chinese. In video, Taiwan's children chased after the Speaker's car in excitement. A loudmouth Chinese broadcaster connected with the Chinese Communist Party had suggested that the PLA shoot down...
July 28, 2022 - There will be no reinstitution of an indoor mask mandate in public spaces, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer announced today in a media briefing. She had announced two weeks ago that if the number of Covid-related hospitalizations remained above a certain level for two weeks in a row, she would issue a Health Order requiring masks be worn in all public indoor spaces. But she said that a recent decline in hospital admissions was bringing the county out of...
The Santa Monicans for Renters Rights is bitterly divided over competing proposals for this year's annual rent increase. At a time of high inflation, some members of SMRR, the organization that has run Santa Monica since 1979, want to raise all tenants 2.5%, an adjustment that is only about a quarter of this years increase in the cost of living i.e. inflation rate. Another faction of SMRR argues that high income tenants, for example those paying $5000 a month for a two...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi will arrive in Taipei, Taiwan for a Tuesday night visit, on August 2nd. This according to Ting Ting, a reporter with ties to the Taiwan military. Pelosi and several other Congress members are visiting Singapore -- their first official stop in a high-profile Asia tour that has attracted international attention over speculation she may visit Taiwan. "From my sources, @SpeakerPelosi is arriving in Taipei tomorrow night."...
After a three year hiatus, Starbucks Coffee Inc has opened a location on Main Street in Santa Monica again. Main and Ashland, to be precise. It offers no seating, nothing to steal in the small lobby. Not even a cash register to rob. But it does offer the full menu of Starbucks products. The store, which replaces the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf that moved out two years ago, has no seating. And you can't just walk in and order; you have to use the mobile app. (In the interest of...
The Santa Monica City Council this week voted to place multiple measures on the November 8 election ballot, including two competing transfer tax propositions and one dealing with cannabis business tax license. The first tax measure would establish designated funds for local schools, homelessness prevention and affordable housing, an 11-member oversight committee, and provide a third-tier transfer tax rate of $56 per thousand dollars for property transfers valued more than $8 m...
Editor's note: We were personally repulsed by a video on social media of 2 Russian soldiers castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war. It's impossible to verify the authenticity of this graphic and disturbing video. Two news organizations have picked up the story so far, and respected reporters like Illia Ponomarenko of the Kyiv Independent, believe it's authentic. https://kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/prosecutor-generals-office-launches-investigation-foll...
Los Angeles District Attorney Taxpayers on hook as Gascon brings in nation's highest-paid attorney in legal battle with his own prosecutors Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, whose own deputies sued him for permission to charge repeat offenders to the fullest extent of the law, has pulled out all the stops in his California Supreme Court appeal against them, retaining one of the nation's top lawyers. Neal K. Katyal, a former Acting U.S. Solicitor General who represen...
15: A long narrow light has been seen over towns from Ontario Canada through Boulder Colorado to Texas. There is some suggestion that it is a satellite, though it doesn't look like something SpaceX launched. "what did it look like for you?? It looked like a string of lights that wasn't always in a straight line either?" tweeted Pottery Maven. "I think those are the Starlink satellites that Musk keeps sending up," tweeted Alex Morris "They just launched from California...
Santa Monica has won a $65,000 stipulated judgment against a local landlord who 'allegedly attempted a wrongful eviction" against a family in a rent-controlled apartment. Last April, the city's Attorney's Office filed a lawsuit alleging that the landlords of the apartment building at 848 18th Street used "fraudulent and coercive tactics" to attempt to force a family to leave their apartment after the tenants asked for repairs and maintenance work, Santa Monica officials said....
In dramatic video posted to social media, Ukraine military intelligence rescues a black cat abandoned by Russian soldiers on snake Island. In the video, one soldier is seen handing the small black cat to another soldier. It was not immediately know what condition the cat was in, or where she was taken. "Ukraine's military intelligence operators, among other missions, have evacuated a cat 🐈 that has lived months under Russian occupation on the Snake Island and was ab...
At midnight on Sunday July 17th, First Citizens Bank replaced One West Bank at 17th Street and Montana Avenue. "First Citizens Bank has been operation for 124 years (founded in 1898), and we're the largest family controlled bank in the United States," explained Frank Smith in an email. Smith is the Sernior Communications VP for the company. "While we're headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, we've served customers in California since 2003." "OneWest Bank previously...
Update: “2 Americans, a Canadian and a Swedish citizen were killed July 18 when a Russian tank opened fire on them during an hourslong battle north of Siversk, their commander confirmed to me. The Americans killed were Luke Lucyszyn and Bryan Young.” Reports Christopher Miller, of Politico. The US State Dept. has confirmed that two American servicemen fighting for Ukraine, have died in a Russian artillery attack in Eastern Ukraine. "Out of respect to the families of the deceas...
21: A power outage Tuesday morning in Santa Monica denied power to 24,000 residents. The area affected was said to be West of 15th Street, and North of Broadway Avenue all the way to San Vicente Blvd. The outage lasted from 6:15 AM to 10 AM; in some areas it lasted until noon. Many the businesses on Montana Avenue West of 15th Street were closed. Power provider Southern California Edison did not have immediate information on the cause, though one could speculate it was...
Authorities in Boulder City, Nevada, say they are headed to the Hoover Dam after reports of an explosion Tuesday morning. This according to the AP. Videos posted on social media showed what appeared to be a fire or explosion in a building near the base of the dam. Officials say a transformer briefly caught fire Tuesday at Hoover Dam, there were no injuries reported. “There is no risk to the power grid and power is still being generated,” according to Jacklynn L. Gould of the...
July 14, 2022 - Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health for Los Angeles County, says they will impose a universal indoor mask mandate for public spaces starting July 29. She thinks it highly unlikely the county will reverse course and the number of Covid-19-positive hospital patients will decrease given a steady increase in the number of infections. Today, the county moved into a "high" level of transmission per guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control, with more...
Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former Pres. Donald Trump, has died at age 73, the family told reporters. She was found dead in her Manhattan apartment by police, who said the cause of death was a "Cardiac Event." The mother of Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, Ivana was a quiet, behind the scenes figure. The Trumps divorced in 1992. The former president immediately issued a statement. “I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are m...
It is a landmark known around the world. The Santa Monica Pier is 112 years old, but this is the first year where retailers have had to close stores due to "unsafe conditions." Starbucks cited safety as the reason the woke corporation was closing six west coast stores, including one on Hollywood and Vine, and one on the Santa Monica Pier. People in Santa Monica are furious about the crime and dirt in their formerly beautiful city, though not necessarily angry enough to stop...
16: The Ukrainian Army confirmed that a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) supplied by the US, has hit and destroyed a command center near Kherson, occupied Southern Ukraine. "It is reported that the Russian Major General Nasbulin, Colonel Kens and the Chief of Staff of the 22nd Army Corps were killed as a result of HIMARS attack on the headquarters in Kherson region. In total, 150 dead soldiers are reported." https://www.5.ua/ru/rehyoni/v-khersonskoi-oblast...
Santa Monica firefighters extinguished a fire at 100 Palisades Drive early Tuesday morning, by chopping a hole in the building's roof. This according to Capt. Patrick Nulty, who sent the following press release: On Tuesday July 12th, 2022 at approximately 8:36 a.m. Santa Monica Firefighters responded to a report of a structure fire in the 100 block of Palisades Avenue. Upon arrival, Firefighters found a two-story apartment building with a working fire in one unit on the...
Legendary explorer and troll Coyote Peterson claims to have found the skull of a bigfoot or sasquatch skeleton. A self described "Animal Expert, Adventurer, Author, and Host!" Peterson is seen in recently released video, pulling the skull of a large primate out of the mud in a place he identifies as British Columbia, Canada. Peterson posted the discovery on Facebook: "BREAKING NEWS: Leaking pics here before they are taken down and before government/official try to cease our...
NASA is set to launch the second of three suborbital sounding rockets from Equatorial Launch Australia’s Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory on July 5 after it was delayed on Monday due to weather conditions, with the final launch targeted for July 12. NASA and private space companies located in Australia, have launched the first spacecraft from a new space launch facility in Australia's Northern Territories. The Arnhem Space Centre is Australia's first and only c...
A video is trending on social media of a family 4th of July do it yourself fireworks display gone very wrong. In the apparent security camera video, fireworks go off underneath the family car, causing them to run away from the driveway as quickly as they can. It is unknown what happened to the vehicle, but it appears to have been completely immolated On social media, people are celebrating the creation of a new meme. It is being compared to the Russian army's critical...
Buoyed by the success of a pandemic-era pilot program, the Santa Monica City Council this week approved a permanent program to allow local businesses to convert curbside parking spaces into sidewalk dining and retail areas. The permanent Santa Monica Outdoors Parklet Program takes effect October 1 and includes a streamlined review and permit process and provides standards for traffic safety and neighbor outreach, said city officials. "The Santa Monica Outdoors Program has...
