Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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January 26 - On Monday, following an announcement by California Governor Gavin Newsom that the state was lifting its Stay Home Order, the LA County Public Health Department also announced an easing of restrictions. The County's directive aligns with the state and allowed the immediate opening of: • Private gatherings outdoors up to 3 households and up to a total of 15 people • Museums, zoos, aquariums outdoor operations at 50% occupancy • Cardrooms outdoor operations at 50% oc...
The State of California announced Monday that the Statewide ban on outdoor dining has ended. Each California county may decide whether to allow diners to return to outdoor dining. “Together, we changed our activities knowing our short-term sacrifices would lead to longer-term gains. COVID-19 is still here and still deadly, so our work is not over, but it’s important to recognize our collective actions saved lives and we are turning a critical corner,” Dr. Tomas Aragon, the s...
Because of the recent rainfall, Los Angeles County Health Officer, Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, is cautioning residents that bacteria, chemicals, debris, trash, and other public health hazards from city streets and mountain areas are likely to contaminate ocean waters at and around discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers after a rainfall. Individuals who enter the water in these areas could become ill. This advisory will be in effect until at least Wednesday, January 27 at 7:30...
You may have noticed the block apartment building that replaced Denny's at the corner of Lincoln and Colorado Avenue, on your way to the 10 Freeway. It’s hard to miss. The thing blocks out all the light from the West side of Lincoln, and helps create an urban canyon. No progress has been noted there in over six months. The project was fully framed, and then the hammers and circular saws fell silent. Neighbors are beginning to wonder whether the project remains fully funded a...
"There's a new video this morning that some say is proof we are not alone in the universe.." says the announcer on Good Morning America. A UFO in the shape of a disk appears to settle on the 1500 year old mosque, then bouncing into the sky. #UFO above the 'Dome of the Rock' in Jerusalem is from February 11, 2011, and we are coming up on the ten year anniversary. Assuming you live on planet Earth, that is. The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount...
LA County's Department of Public Health announced today the opening of large-scale COVID-19 vaccination sites and introduced a website for making appointments. The vaccine is now available to health care workers, staff and residents of long-term care facilities, and county residents 65 years and older. The actual process of obtaining a vaccine may be more difficult than advertised, however. The website offers multiple pharmacies which then do not allow appointments to be made...
Einstein Brothers Bagels on Pico Blvd in West Los Angeles has permanently closed, store employees have confirmed to The Observer. Opened in 2013, the store served bagel sandwiches, knishes, delicatessen meats and schmaltz of all sort to the community. Workmen were seen removing the Einstein signs from the roof of the building on Friday, January 22, 2021. The store was recently said to have "closed for deep cleaning" connected to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, but will...
Though Santa Monica is prime destination for tourists, celebrities and international jet set, it is not as safe as its neighbors, according to MoneyGeek's safest cities study. Out of more than 30 California cities included on the 989-town list, Santa Monica placed 808, well below Culver City at 492, Redondo Beach at 419, Rancho Palos Verdes at 520 and Beverly Hills at 608. Every year, MoneyGeek, a personal finance company, calculates the safest small cities and towns in the...
Local resident Steve Beauregard caught this photo of fog rolling into Santa Monica Bay Monday evening. The fog was unusually think and marked a change in the weather from unseasonably warm, to windy, to rain. Fog is a common weather phenomenon along the entire coastline of California extending south to the northwest coast of the Baja California Peninsula, says Wikipedia. The frequency of fog and low-lying stratus clouds is due to a combination of factors particular to the...
The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) has experienced a drastic decline in the test positivity rate and number of individuals out sick with COVID-19 within its workforce. "With a nearly 75 percent acceptance rate in our Department, the COVID-19 vaccine is allowing us to keep our first responders on track to stay as healthy as possible during these most challenging times of the pandemic," said Fire Chief Daryl L. Osby. "With the second dose of the vaccine now being gi...
Those of you who like me, are constantly searching for their fix of chocolate dipped cookies and Rugala, we will just have to find your daily pastry elsewhere. Vienna Bakery has closed its doors after 67 years on Wilshire Blvd and 12th Street in Santa Monica. The kosher bakery has supplied my shul for many years. I have attended countless bar and bat mitzvahs featuring challah and deserts from Vienna Bakery and Restaurant. But as Joni Mitchell sang, everything comes and goes,...
On Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. EST, a ceremony in Washington D.C., will feature a lighting around the Lincoln Reflecting Pool to memorialize American lives lost to COVID-19. Cities and towns across the country have been invited. Individuals wanting to participate are invited to light a candle in the window of their home in memory of loved ones lost to COVID-19. Pacific Park and the City of Santa Monica will join other communities across the country by lighting the...
A spectacular video of an unidentified flying object which past through water without disturbing the surface, as been taken down by Youtube. Big Tech has revealed it's not just anti-Trump, it's also Anti UFO. "The object witnessed by CBP and tower personnel and recorded on the CBP DHC-8 aircraft's thermal imaging system is of unknown origin," reads a 169 page report from the US Department of Homeland Security. "There is no explanation for an object capable of traveling under...
The Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter has detected an FM radio signal coming from the Jovian moon, Ganymede. This is the first of its kind discovered. Reports are that it originates from a monolith photographed on the surface of Jupiter's largest moon. What exactly was the content of the five second signal from the surface of Ganymede? NASA hasn't released that yet. Juno was traveling across the polar region of Jupiter, where magnetic field lines connect to Ganymede, and...
Even during a pandemic, Hollywood must carry on. The film franchise considers the possibility that we are all living in a franchise. Video from the filming of the Matrix IV, has emerged on Twitter. It shows two men dangling on wires as they tussle over downtown San Francisco. The film industry has of course, been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/kv08a3/matrix_4_filming_in_downtown_san_francisco/?u...
'Dating Game' serial killer connected to victims decades after their deaths Rodney Alcala was at the height of his murderous spree in the 1970s when he put himself in the spotlight of primetime television - winning a date with a woman on the hit TV show "The Dating Game." It was decades before authorities discovered he was a prolific serial killer. Alcala has been connected to the murders of at least eight women, according to authorities. He pleaded guilty to murdering two...
Public Works Director Susan Cline has been appointed Acting Assistant City Manager, the City said in a press release. The PUblic Works department is the City's largest department. The Acting Assistant City Manager position is slated for a six-month term beginning January 18, 2021, the city said. Interim City Manager Lane Dilg leaves the City this Spring, reportedly because her husband is taking a position in the Biden administration. So presumably when Dilg leaves, Cline will...
For the remainder of January, the Santa Monica Pier will be closed on the following dates: January 16-18, January 23-24 and on January 30-31, 2021. A major draw for tourists, the Pier was closed from May 15, 2020 to the end of September, and also during the last 3 days of 2020, and first three days of 2021. Los Angeles County, which has over ten million residents and is the biggest county by population in the entire United States, has had 12,500 Covid-19 deaths. 950,000 local...
Police officers and firefighters responded to a call on the 1500 block of 4th Street at about 4:30 a.m. on Monday morning for a report of a person on the sidewalk. A man aged about 30 appeared to have fallen from the top of the nearby parking structure. They closed the intersection of 5th Street and Arizona for 3 hours Monday morning as police investigated the incident. Officers found the man in acute distress with obvious injuries. Police attempted to treat him, until...
In a stunning move, Twitter Inc has announced the "Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump." The President who came to power using Twitter to communicate with his base without going through the main stream media, leaves power just 11 days after Twitter kicked him out. The carefully crafted release at www.twitter.com seems to be saying that Mr. Trump's tweets lead directly to the events at the US Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. This despite the fact that Trump's actual...
Four local hospitals experienced over 90 percent Intensive Care Unit capacity in late December, tweeted the City's official account on Tuesday, Jan. 5th 2021. "Our hospitals continue to be overwhelmed w/few remaining ICU beds. We're saddened by the passing of 12 Santa Monicans last week & extend our thoughts to those families. Please stay home and protect our hospital system," said the tweet. Providence Saint John's Health Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and Santa M...
SACRAMENTO - Taking action to maintain life-preserving healthcare system capacity amid the current surge in COVID-19 cases, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the California Health and Human Services Agency today formally requested the deployment of 500 additional federal medical personnel into the state to staff hospitals, skilled nursing homes and medical surge hospitals. The request comes after the federal government notified the State...
Multiple witnesses reported that saw a large blue monolith shaped UFO in the skies above Oahu. The aircraft, if that's what it was, appeared to drop into the ocean. This would make it an Unidentified Submersible Object or USO, rather than a UFO. However you designate it, the sighting was one of the clearest and most well documented mass UFO sightings in years, and paranormal types were all over it. "UFO Lives Matter!" tweeted one. Others noted that it was a perfect ending to...
According to the World Health Organization, the purpose of a lockdown should only be "to buy you time to reorganize, regroup, rebalance your resources, protect your health workers who are exhausted," as stated by Dr. David Nabarro, WHO envoy. Yet California officials have squandered the past three weeks of curfew and Stay Home Orders, mobilizing no more than 3,000 additional possible hospital beds. Meanwhile, they forced 40 million people to curtail their daily lives and made...
In an announcement on the City's website, the City of Santa Monica said its 100 year old pier would close during the long new year's weekend. The Pier was closed from March 16th to October 14th, when it partially reopened. The amusement park, Pacific Park, has never reopened. "In an effort to slow the rampant spread of COVID-19 throughout Los Angeles County, the Santa Monica Pier will temporarily close for the New Year's holiday weekend," reads the City press release. "The...
