Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Adored the world over, the Australian koala has now been honoured with its own official koala tartan for the first time in history. To celebrate this milestone, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) have launched an international raffle to win a beautiful, handcrafted throw made from the unique koala tartan design. The Australian weavers who designed the koala tartan, Fred and Marie Lawson, have already created 10 registered tartans before turning their attention to the...
January 28, 2022 - Of the Covid deaths tabulated by the LA County Department of Public Health over the last two weeks, 80% are noted as involving underlying conditions. Now health officials have admitted that they do not actually know if these individuals died from the fact they had Covid or from the underlying condition. As long as the death was not from a traumatic accident, the "Covid" label is applied based solely on whether or not the death occurred less than 30 days...
UPDATE: LA County Department of Public Health has explained that deaths are regarded as from Covid rather than the underlying condition if any non-accidental/traumatic death occurs less than 30 days of a positive covid test (used to be less than 60 days until recently). January 27, 2022 - Health officials at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health sporadically release statistics regarding whether deaths listed as from Covid involved underlying conditions. They do...
Danny Alvarez has been appointed as the new Fire Chief of the Santa Monica Fire Department, city officials announced on Thursday. Alvarez comes to Santa Monica from fellow ISO Class 1-rated Burbank Fire Department where he has spent the last 25 years and currently serves as Deputy Fire Chief. He will start his new post on February 28 with an annual salary of $282,048. "We had an exceptionally strong talent pool for our next Fire Chief, but ultimately, Alvarez rose to the top...
The federal government recently announced that every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-19 tests. The tests are completely free and can be now ordered at covidtests.gov. Orders typically ship in 7-12 days. Click the banner below to place your order. Insurance companies are also now required to reimburse you for 8 tests per month for each individual on the plan up to $12 per individual test. Your health plan may cover the cost of your test if they hav...
Sounds overly simplistic, but it's true. Recapturing the precious minerals locked inside the 500 million dead or dormant phones estimated to exist in the U.S. alone would drastically reduce the need for mining in the Congo, where the activity has wreaked havoc on gorillas and other animals that share their embattled habitat. When cell phones are tossed in the trash, the problem is compounded-and the effects hit closer to home. Electronic devices in landfills leach arsenic and...
Citing his battle with clinical depression, Westside Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin released a video Wednesday night announcing that he will not seek re-election. The father of LA's uber tolerant attitude toward the homeless, who are allowed to encamp pretty much where ever they want; Bonin was the subject of a recent attempt to recall him from office. Bonin represents the 11th district. Bonin took office on July 1, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he is...
Early Friday morning I met an unhoused person charging his phone on the 3rd level of Garage 4. He gave me his permission to record our conversation. We spoke for 40 minutes, sitting between one filthy water drain and a phone charging outlet. His answers and information corroborate my other interviews with the homeless in our garages. The following is information he volunteered (that we already know) - - 1) Garages 3, 4 and 6 are the places to charge one's phone. Garage 6 is be...
January 21, 2022 - Matters can always change over the next few weeks, but a comparison of the same 6-week period spanning the New Year shows 10 times less deaths for the number of Covid-19 cases this winter over last winter. The surge of Covid-19 occurred over the same basic period of time last year as this year. Using a span of 6 weeks, approximately the length of time it could take a Covid-19 patient to move from diagnosis to death, the following numbers were recorded by...
LA was shocked to hear on January 13th, that a young woman working at a high end furniture store on La Brea, was stabbed and killed by a homeless man. Police made an arrest Monday in the murder investigation surrounding the murder of Brianna Kupfer. Pasadena police arrested Shawn Lavall Smith, 31, on Fair Oaks Blvd. TMZ is reporting that Wednesday morning, a citizen thought he recognized Smith on the street and called police. The homeless man was filmed walking into the...
The LAPD has named a homeless man as the prime suspect in the stabbing murder of Brianna Kupfer, 24. The murder has shocked Los Angeles and the rest of the United States. The 24 year old graduate student was working alone at a furniture store in the high end part of Hancock Park, an area that had been regarded as safe previously. "31-year-old Shawn Laval Smith has been identified in connection with the murder of Brianna Kupfer, which occurred in the 300 block of North La Brea...
Update 1/14/22: The LAPD now describes the suspect as "homeless," adding that it is unlikely the victim and perpetrator knew each other. Separately, departing LA mayor Eric Garcetti asserted that Los Angeles crime statistics were still much better than they were in 50 years. 1/13/22: Los Angeles police are seeking a suspect who stabbed and killed a 24 year old woman from Pacific Palisades, as she worked alone in a furniture store on La Brea Avenue in LA's Fairfax Corridor. The...
If you didn't get that laptop you ordered on Amazon, I think I can explain why. A video posted to twitter shows men looting a freight train as it stops in a Chicago rail yard. This problem which has recently come to light in Los Angeles, appears to be affecting other rail yards in other towns as well. It is one of the causes of the supply chain crisis in the United States. A crowd of men loot a freight train in Chicago in a video posted by @ronmilnerboodle, which may be seen...
Waves from an undersea eruption near the island nation of Tonga, came ashore Saturday morning in Santa Cruz, California. The waves reportedly raised water levels a full 3 feet in some areas. The tsunami caused minor flooding in Santa Cruz, California. https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1482389879304642565?s=20 In Neskowan, Oregon, the Tsunami came ashore as a three foot wave as well. https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1482415410674868235?s=20 A tsunami advisory was issued for...
January 11, 2022 - Health officials at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health have only recently released statistics regarding whether deaths listed as from Covid involved underlying conditions. They do not give such data every day. Over the last week, LACDPH officials specified on five days how many of the deaths listed as from Covid involved underlying conditions: January 4: Of 24 deaths, 20 individuals had underlying conditions January 5: Of 27 deaths, 18...
January 14, 2022 - While the rate of the vaccinated contracting Covid-19 remained somewhat below the rate of the unvaccinated contracting the disease, 36% more of the vaccinated caught Covid last week compared to the previous week. On Thursday, the county hit a new record, with 45,584 new Covid cases. The percent of the vaccinated population who'd contracted Covid was 1% on September 30. That percent has steadily been increasing. As of January 8, 4.6% of the vaccinated...
9: LASC Judge Mitchell Beckloff has ordered the City of Santa Monica not to demolish parking structure 3 and replace it with homeless housing, unless and until certain procedural requirements to do so have been met. The Superior Court order is a major setback in the City's continuing campaign to replace parking with homeless services. Referring to 2006 and 2011 Environmental Impact Reports filed by the City, the Court ruled: "For purposes of this motion, the court finds...
January 7, 2022 - Dr. Ferrer, Los Angeles County Director of Public Health, announced yesterday that the number of patients hospitalized with Covid that officials have been publicizing does not actually constitute individuals hospitalized because of their infection with Covid-19. The percent of patients in the hospital with the direct cause of Covid-19 was 75% at the beginning of November. By the end of December, only 45% of the patients in the hospital with Covid were there...
January 14, 2022 - While the rate of the vaccinated contracting Covid-19 remained somewhat below the rate of the unvaccinated contracting the disease, 36% more of the vaccinated caught Covid last week compared to the previous week. On Thursday, the county hit a new record, with 45,584 new Covid cases. The percent of the vaccinated population who’d contracted Covid was 1% on September 30. That percent has steadily been increasing. As of January 8, 4.6% of the vaccinated populat...
SMMUSD schools began again on Monday and Tuesday, Jan 3 and 4th. But the majority of parents report sending their kids to just one or two days, then keeping them home in light of increasing covid numbers. Those who did send children to school noted that traffic was light, and the classrooms were sparsely populated with students. On social media, various parents compared their experiences. "My daughter went to school on Tuesday. 2 absent teachers, hardly any students. This in...
January 11, 2022 - Data from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shows increasingly good news regarding the Omicron variant, which is responsible for 85% or more of new Covid cases in the region. Out of a 7-day total of 253,085 cases - an unprecedentedly high number - there are only 3,400 people in the hospital who have Covid and there were only 151 deaths. The ratio of hospitalizations and deaths to the current number of cases is better for the week ending Janu...
Update: A spokesman for the MTA denies that this incident ever took place. However, it was described on the LAPD scanner, sources say. Well, it's not the first ever. But it is the first in a really long time. In a scene out of an old western movie, thieves in downtown Los Angeles have blocked a train from moving, and robbed the passengers. This was reported in a tweet from @downtownlascan. "Possible robbery of a train in progress. Suspects stopped the train and has multiple...
January 7, 2022 - New Health Officer Orders have been issued by the LA County Department of Public Health. They require employers to upgrade the efficacy of masks provided to employees and restrict the size of mega events, both indoors and outdoors: Masks Employers required to provide upgraded masks (e.g. well-fitting medical grade masks, surgical masks, or N95/KN95 respirators by January 17, 2022 Mega event attendance thresholds lowered to 500 attendees (indoor) and 5,000 (ou...
A sign in the window of the United Parcel Service store at 1223 Wilshire Blvd in Santa Monica, reports that the store is closed due to an outbreak of Covid-19 among the staff. "Due to an outbreak of Covid and in compliance with CDC requirements, our store will be closed until 1/12/22," according to two signs in the window. This as of Monday, January 10th. The Santa Monica UPS store boasts over $1,500,000 in annual gross sales. The store hosts about 1000 mail boxes that rent...
The owner of the Lincoln Center has proposed replacing the 1980's era parking lot and stores, with 521 residential units. The building would be 5 stories in height--around 65 feet. It would also contain 36,000 square feet of retain and restaurant space, 880 automobile parking spaces and 816 bicycle spaces. Balboa Retail Partners owns the complex and Cypress Equity Investments (CEI) is the development company behind it," explains one opponent. "CEI is also behind many massive...
