Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Two gay clubs in Palm Springs down again Saturday, because employees contracted covid 19. Hunters Streetbar said it would temporarily close on Saturday, so that other employees who were in contact with the two infected employees could be tested. Desert resort Palm Springs California was pretty hoping place one recent Saturday night. Riverside regards itself as rather hard hit, but a walk down Palm Canyon Drive revealed a few hundred people walking up and down the main drag....
Outlook India reports that a 30 year old software engineer from Patigang, died of mysterious causes 2 days after his wedding on June 15th. 80 to 100 of the hospital guests have since tested positive for Covid-19, depending on which report you believe. The groom apparently felt ill the day of his wedding, and wanted to delay the event, but was prevailed upon to continue with the event by his family. Weddings are important culturally, in India, and he didn't want to disappoint...
Today the Second District Court of Appeal issued a tentative ruling in favor of the City of Santa Monica in the California Voting Rights Act case brought by the Pico Neighborhood Association. The plaintiff has argued that the city's at-large system of voting for city council members disenfranchises voters from a protected minority group because their votes become 'diluted' by the majority of voters. The city maintains that Latino voters have not been unduly affected by the...
LA County's ten million residents can look forward to a 4th of July with no fireworks, no bars, no public gatherings. But the marijuana dispensaries will be open, because after all that is an essential business. "It feels like the disintegration of the country is exacerbating and accelerating," says political commentator Ben Shapiro "LA County beaches are closed from July 3 through July 6 at 5:00 a.m. to prevent crowded situations that could result in more spread of COVID-19....
Today Governor Gavin Newsom ordered all restaurants, museums, zoos, cardrooms, theaters, and wineries in LA County to stop indoor operations for at least 3 weeks, writes LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn. "This joins a similar announcement this past Sunday closing LA County bars. LA County beaches will also be closing for the holiday weekend," Hahn writes. "All of these closures are for the same reason: Our cases are simply too high and our hospitalization rate is increasing...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered closed all bars, wineries, nightclubs and brewpubs closed in 7 counties. This is similar to an order issued on March 15, then mitigated on June 15 in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Restaurants may remain open but can serve only half as many as their maximum occupancies to create space between diners, Newsom said at a news conference. The counties under the mandatory bar closure order are: Los Angeles, Fresno, San...
The City of Santa Monica appears to have successfully appealed Council election redistricting. Division Eight of the California Court of Appeal, issued a tentative ruling in favor of the City. A court of appeal may reverse its tentative ruling after hearing argument, which they heard this afternoon. But such reversals are relatively rare. The argument took place Tuesday afternoon over a "Zoom" style argument, before a 3 judge online appellate panel. The City Council did not...
Two months after Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole called it quits in the wake of the City's serious financial problems coming to light, another local official has stepped down. City Councilman Greg Morena announced his resignation last week because remaining on the dais would make him unable to renegotiate the lease of his family restaurant on the Pier that has been closed since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak. Morena's final council meeting was Tuesday. "Like so...
According to a post on the Citizen App, a private automobile was hijacked Monday Morning around 9:00 am at San Vicente and 26th Street in Santa Monica. The perpetrators fled into Los Angeles, and were apprehended by the LAPD. Further details will be posted as they become available....
The Northern California town of Fort Bragg is in desperate need of a name change ASAP! Sure, there will be some relatively minor expenses for residents from the municipal name change, but the cost of keeping the town's current obnoxiously racist name will be far greater. First of all, no self-respecting Californian could ever possibly justify or countenance any town or city in the Golden State being named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, who was not only a traitor and...
They will allow you to reinstate registration for an impounded vehicle, reinstate a suspended drivers license, and get a California ID Card. But forget about getting a learners permit. The California Dept of Motor Vehicles cancelled thousands of appointments in March, April and May. They are not rescheduling those appointments. However, residents may drop in for Real IDs, and certain other services. (If you need a learners permit, word on the street is you may still get one...
A carjacking that began in Venice, ended after a police pursuit, at the farmers market in downtown Santa Monica on Saturday afternoon. Los Angeles Police reportedly arrested the perpetrator in one of the porta potties at the weekly market, after the suspect crashed the stolen car in a parking garage....
Two men were shot dead when a gunman opened fire in the parking lot next to Whole Foods Market in Venice Monday night at 9:20 pm. The shooting occurred about 9:15 p.m. Monday in the parking lot at 119 Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue. "Victim one and victim two were standing in the parking lot when a suspect approached on foot striking both victims," Officer Jader Chaves of LAPD said. A motive for the shooting was unknown, and the shooter was at large Wednesday. About fifty...
Over the weekend, protesters pulled down the much loved statue of the homeless meth addict outside the former bank building at 26th and Wilshire. Chanting "F**k the Police," a group of around twenty activists swung rope over the image of the bearded panhandler and pulled it off its base and onto the plaza that once housed the statue of a healthy family cavorting in a fountain. The statue of the healthy family and the mural behind it of a beautiful California landscape were...
The Los Angeles County District Attorney has made sure to tell the press that she is charging the owner of a South Pasadena bar with a misdemeanor for opening his pub on Saint Patrick's Day in defiance of the then-new lockdown order. In post-COVID-19 Los Angeles, no one charged with a misdemeanor is held in jail. Since the county moved to empty the jails to prevent an outbreak of the virus among prisoners, nobody even convicted of a non-violent misdemeanor is serving any jail...
The Ocean Park Association (OPA), which has run Santa Monica's Fourth of July parade for thirteen years, announced on Wednesday that they have cancelled this year's festivities. For over a decade, the parade has marched down Main Street, an amalgamation of home-made car floats, school marching bands, and other local groups. Spectators are residents of all ages who are willing to get up by 9:30 am, the parade's start time. This year, however, organizers decided there were too...
Police body camera footage shows Seattle police doing what police all over America do on a daily basis: Protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Bodycam footage shows about six Seattle Police officers, guns drawn, entering the zone over the objections of occupation protestors. Mean and women in blue put themselves at great personal risk at 3 am Saturday morning, to retrieve the body of a young, mortally wounded young African American male. After gunshots rang out and...
In a County wracked by looting, arson, and rioting during the end of May and beginning of June; LA County's chief law enforcement officer, District Attorney Jackie Lacey, declined to file charges for curfew violations or failure to disperse. Curfews were imposed for several days during this period, both county-wide and within cities. In Santa Monica, curfews were imposed as early as 1:30 pm on June 1 and 2:00 pm on June 2. Obviously, these curfews were a severe imposition on...
With people protesting worldwide against police violence, the most liberal city in the United States will likely be experiencing major changes over the coming months. What specific direction the movement will take is unclear, but what is clear is that Santa Monica Police Chief Cynthia Renaud will not be around for the final destination. Her days at the top of local law enforcement are numbered whether it be by her choice or the city manager's. The Observer has no special...
Henry Runge, the cerebral and deeply inoffensive man who owns Wonders of the World Gallery and Museum at Lincoln and Broadway, reportedly is in the hospital recovering from injuries he suffered when he was attacked by rioters and looters the evening of May 31, in his Santa Monica store. The store sells archaeological artifacts and dinosaur bones, and is one of the few places in the world where you can buy a triceratops skull, if you have an extra $10,000 or so to spend on it....
The City of Beverly Hills has cancelled all planned curfews, effective immediately. "The protests in our City have remained peaceful over the last several days," said Mayor Lester Friedman. "We thank our residents and business community for their patience and cooperation as we work to keep our community safe." The Beverly Hills Police Department continues to actively patrol the entire City with the support of partner law enforcement agencies. For the latest emergency...
This is a press release from Downtown Santa Monica Inc or DTSM DTSM is working to keep residents and businesses safe while providing support to help the community recover from the ongoing economic challenges faced as a result of COVID-19 and the vandalism and looting incidents that took place on Sunday, May 31. "What happened to our community yesterday was truly devastating. The peaceful protests taking place were overshadowed as our home was taken over by destruction and civi...
Sunday afternoon began positively in Santa Monica with a peaceful march protesting police violence that moved down Ocean Avenue from the Montana Avenue intersection to Colorado Avenue and back. But the situation soon turned chaotic and dangerous as stores were looted throughout the Downtown. Looters could be seen on video from various local television stations running out of shoe and clothing stores with large amounts of items. Many entered cars waiting for them. "We welcomed...
I am woefully disappointed in what we saw yesterday..for hours our police force stood in stark formation confronting and protecting the mostly peaceful protesters on Ocean Ave and the Pier. This was good but only a few blocks away downtown Santa Monica was being ravished, looted and destroyed with not a policeman in sight, nor a fire hose as deterrent..locally businesses were destroyed and owners left with nothing. All this was going on on national tv much to our...
As one group of people chanted "Black Lives Matter!" another group of people looted Santa Monica place. " I live in Santa Monica & all the instigators are from out of town - one had Florida plates." tweeted one local resident. People blamed the police for monitoring the demonstration, and leaving the Promenade alone while looters, most of them shall we say, "members of the community," smashed store windows and disappeared with Vans shoes, Gap clothing and Bloomingdales...
