Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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While the police were investigating a robbery near the Metro Train station, a 32 year old homeless dude jumped on top of a detectives unmarked police vehicle, poured gas on it, and set it on fire. Not the wisest career move, maybe. This happened last Thursday and was not connected to the George Floyd rioting last Summer. The police press release from Lt. Rudy Flores follows. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has filed charges on George Joosten, a 32-year-old wh...
The Los Angeles Zoo is deeply saddened to announce the death of 12-year-old female Masai giraffe, Hasina, and her full-term stillborn calf. Based on the abnormal breech position of the giraffe calf, a natural delivery was not considered possible, and the Animal Health team made the decision to proceed with an anesthetized exam to remove the calf manually. The calf was successfully removed, and Hasina recovered from anesthesia and was doing well, but unfortunately, she passed...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced Vote Centers are open and available for voting for the March 2 Special Elections, including the Senate District 30 Special Primary Election. The election is limited to the City of Los Angeles and to this particular senate seat, which opened up when 30th District State Senator Holly Mitchell won a seat on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors last year. Seven candidates are running....
When Lady Gaga’s dog walker Ryan Fisher was shot by a couple in a white Nissan, he may not have known that the purpose of the assault was to steal her dogs. Fisher is expected to make a complete recovery. Lady Gaga meanwhile has offered $500,000 for the return of her two French bulldogs, no questions asked. Fisher was walking three dogs owned by Lady Gaga, when he was shot four times in the chest before two men stole two of the singer's French bulldogs. Two suspects fled t...
Santa Monica Police say that they are investigating a series of thefts where the suspects are targeting elderly residents. The thefts are of jewelry from people's arms or fingers. Police warned the elderly not to approach strange vehicles, and to be aware of suspicious persons when they are out on a walk "In each of the reported incidents in Santa Monica, a female suspect calls out to the victim from a parked car asking for directions or assistance in an effort to get the...
Reportedly a man jumped off the top of parking structure two Saturday afternoon around 4 PM. Santa Monica police and fire responded to the scene and cleaned up the site. Like the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Santa Monica's downtown parking structures have unfortunately become frequent venues for suicidal people. There have been a spate of recent suicides from the parking structures in downtown Santa Monica in the last few years, with about ten reported in 2020. The...
The owner of the luxury Le Merigot hotel on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica will have to face the California Division of Labor Standards in May to explain their side of a labor dispute with labor union UNITE HERE Local 11. Eleven housekeepers charge the hotel unfairly overburdened them with increased workloads after a minimum wage increase. Columbia Sussex, owner of the JW Marriott hotel on the beachfront, is currently attempting to sell the property, unencumbered by brand or...
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept announced today that a 41 year old Sheriff's deputy was killed in a traffic collision in Lakewood. Their press release follows: On Thursday, February 25, 2021, at 8:58 AM, Deputy Thomas J. Albanese, 41, was killed in an unfortunate traffic collision at the intersection of Del Amo Boulevard and Paramount Boulevard in the City of Lakewood. Deputy Albanese was traveling northbound on Paramount Boulevard, approaching Del Amo, when he...
The developer of the $1 billion Frank Gehry housing project across from the Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles is asking Santa Monica's Architectural Review Board for concessions with its plans to replace the "crime Vons" on Lincoln with a massive 63,000-square-footprint mixed-use housing development. Once a corridor of single-story commercial buildings housing such businesses as auto repair, tile, sewing and crafts, the area on Lincoln Boulevard near the 10 Freeway...
Golf legend Tiger Woods was seriously injured and taken to the hospital in a car crash near the Genesis Invitational Gold Tournament in Rancho Palos Verdes early Tuesday morninb. The accident involved only Woods' vehicle, which rolled down the side of a hill and appeared to have been crush. The sheriffs department corrected and said that the jaws of life were not used. Speaking at a press conference, a Sheriff's spokesman said Woods was rescued through the vehicles...
The number of Covid-19 cases is declining in LA County. Schools in Santa Clarita opened one day a week Monday. The Big Blue Bus Company in Santa Monica is now charging fares again. Passengers no longer need enter through the rear door. They enter up front and pay the bus driver, again. The number of coronavirus cases and deaths appear to be declining, just as the lockdowns reach a one year anniversary on March 16th. Cases and deaths have fallen 70% in six weeks. MTA busses in...
February 22 Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives and attorneys in the Cold Case Unit discovered the murderer of a man killed at an El Monte motel in 1978. Anthony Davis, 61, was charged on Friday with one count of murder. On or about January 7, 1978, the defendant allegedly stabbed Rudolfo Chavez, 42, more than 40 times. The murder occured at the Spic and Span motel in El Monte. The vitim was found the next day by a motel employee. The event happened so long ago that the...
Santa Monica is taking a tougher stance against landlords who have ignored the eviction moratorium and aggressively tried to force out long-term tenants during the pandemic. The SM City Attorney's office has filed a lawsuit against Youseph Golshirazian, Hanokh Golshirazian, and SoCal Investment Company, LLC – owners and managers of a multi-residential property at 153 San Vicente Boulevard – for violations of the city's Tenant Harassment Ordinance and the eviction mor...
2/17: The theft of a car part called a catalytic converter is an ongoing problem in Los Angeles County. All cars sold in California after 1974 are required to have catalytic converters. When cars are not parked in a secure area, thieves steal the converters, which are designed to clean automobile exhaust. The main reason that catalytic converters are stolen is because they're valuable to scrap metal dealers, auto experts say. They contain precious metals, including rhodium,...
A Change.org petition of "Mandalorian" fans to reinstate actress Gina Carano to her role as Cara Dune reportedly has thousands of signatures. The actress was fired by Disney from her spot in the "Star Wars" TV series, "The Mandalorian" after an allegedly anti-Semitic post that compared the way the Nazi government encouraged its citizens to hate Jews with the way today's society is encouraging people to hate others with different political views: "Jews were beaten in the...
Quickly following the announcement of three new groups of workers who will be eligible to receive the vaccine against Covid-19, the State of California's Department of Public Health announced it will permit vaccinations on March 15 of persons with serious health conditions making them more at risk to die from Covid-19. The three groups of workers who will soon be eligible to receive vaccinations are education workers, food and agriculture workers, and emergency services...
Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh is dead at the age of 70 from lung cancer, reports his family. Limbaugh hosted a national television show from 1992 to 1996. He was among the most highly respected figures in American radio. President Donald Trump awarded the medal of freedom to Limbaugh in January of 2020. In December 2019, Talkers Magazine estimated that Limbaugh's show attracted a cumulative weekly audience of 15.5 million listeners to become the most-listened-to...
The Santa Monica-Malibu School District has announced that it is "committed to in-person instruction as our priority for the fall" as the Center for Disease Control just released its guidance for reopening schools during this pandemic. In an email to parents, Superintendent Dr. Ben Drati said the local school district is planning for 2021-22 school year "with the expectation that our students will back in campus learning in-person to the greatest extend possible. We say this...
ADDA Lawsuit Judge blocks some of LA district attorney's reform policies A judge has decided some of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon's justice reform policies aimed at reducing punishment for some of the most serious crimes were, "unlawful," and cannot be implemented as the new DA ordered. L.A. Superior Court Judge James Chalfant said in a ruling Monday Gascon cannot direct prosecutors to dismiss sentencing enhancements for certain prior convictions, or...
A bill introduced by Senator Eggman in the California State Legislature would significantly change the legal position of doctors regarding the state's 2015 assisted suicide legislation. Currently, doctors may opt out of assisting patients who want to commit suicide based on their personal and professional code of ethics. This was what the California Medical Association was promised at the time the legal death legislation was first proposed. Because of this promise, the CMA...
UPDATE FEBRUARY 11: Hello Everyone, I hope you are safe and well. The latest update is that CDFW Wardens will be patrolling the Freshwater Marsh soon (they may have started already, I am not sure). They will be mainly patrolling the Jefferson parking area in an attempt to increase safety and deter bad behavior, however, they may also patrol the inside gate which has restricted access. If you visit the marsh, please stick to the public trail if you do not an authorization lette...
A suspected drunk driver hit the concrete barriers erected on Main Street outside Urth Cafe, to allow for outdoor dining in the Covid era, Santa Monica police and witnesses said. Police allege Piper Pollard, a 21-year-old Pacific Palisades resident, was going northbound on Main Street when she struck a portion of the concrete barrier. Pollard was booked for felony DUI. The accident which occurred Friday night, Feb. 12, caused several injuries among diners. #SantaMonica...
The Third Street Promenade, the three-block, open-air retail and entertainment district, may be getting a facelift this year. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Santa Monica City Council discussed revitalization plans for the Promenade which has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the state's Stay at Home orders. City officials said the Promenade is a vital economic engine for Santa Monica and major contributor to community-serving programs, generating 15% of sales tax r...
California Governor Newsom announced the opening of a new group of workers who will be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. As part of Phase 1B Tier 1, education and childcare workers, food and agriculture workers, and emergency services workers will be able to sign up to get vaccinated. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said they plan to start these vaccinations in two to three weeks. Decisions regarding who gets prioritized to receive the Covid-19...
An attorney who appeared before the 394th Texas Judicial District had to argue that he was not, in fact, feline in nature. The judge assured him that it was some sort of filter, and that his appearance as fluffy, would not prejudice his client. "I'm not a cat," he argued. The court released the video to show how "attorneys were struggling to produce justice during the pandemic," and not to poke fun at attorneys. The video has gone viral and is the subject of numerous internet...
