Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has picked two long-time educators to serve as principals at Webster and Franklin elementary schools. Tedd Wakeman, the co-founder and co-director of The Sycamore School in Malibu, has been tapped to head Webster Elementary while Eran Zeevi, the district’ s special education coordinator, has been named the new Franklin principal. The School Board is expected to approve both appointments at its Sept. 1 meeting. During his tenure at S...
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will honor American workers with the Ferris Wheel's dazzling display of red, white and blue colors, patterns and transitions. This along with a 90-feet-tall conventional American flag. Labor Day is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well being of...
14: Multiple callers called 911 to report a structure fire in the 1400 block of 17th Street in the Mid-City neighborhood. Firefighters arrived at 9:48 pm, to find a "well-developed fire" within one apartment unit. They "began an aggressive suppression effort and a rapid search for any potentially trapped occupants. Fortunately, all residents were able evacuate and there were no reported injuries," said SMFD Capt. Patrick Nulty in a press release. Firefighters extinguished...
12: Update electrical power was restored to the entire complex around 4 PM Wednesday. Electrical power was out in two towers at 2720 Nielson Way on Wednesday morning at 9 am, as Southern California Edison replaces transformers for the building. The outage had been scheduled and was not the result of any emergency, said workmen at the building. The Post Office on Nielson Way was without power and closed (except for the PO Boxes, which remained open to customers). The Post...
15: NASTEC - a private security pitched services to DTSM's board meeting Tuesday morning. Arthur Jeon, Ann Maggio, John Alle, Denise Barton, Elaine Golden-Gealer and the SMPD all attended, among others. "Homelessness is not a crime" said an SMPD officer, reminding the meeting of what we all know. "So we can't remove homeless people from doorways. The officer said that in Reed Park, various well intentioned charitable groups are bringing food to the homeless every day....
Los Angeles District Attorney Inside LA County Justice: Can DA Gascón bar longer sentences for repeat offenders? The California Supreme Court is being asked to determine if Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has the power to bar prosecutors from seeking longer sentences for repeat offenders. CBSLA's Suzie Suh talks about how the three strikes law has been the focus of an ongoing legal battle in Gascón's office. CBS News LA Progressive L.A. DA Gascon claims fe...
The Latvian government Thursday took down an Obelisk commemorating Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. The move, which was captured on video, was a protest of Russia's military adventure in Ukraine, which began six months ago. It follows a similar monument destruction in Estonia. Latvia has a total of 2,000,000 residents, of whom some 60% are ethnic Latvians. Most of the rest are Russians. The three Baltic states (Lithuanian Latvia and Estonia) have been very tense...
August 22, 2022 - Average gasoline prices in Los Angeles have fallen 5.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $5.28/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 2,135 stations in Los Angeles. Prices in Los Angeles are 52.2 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 92.0 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has declined 6.3 cents in the last week and stands at $4.97 per gallon. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheape...
August 22, 2022 - A man talking on his cell phone on the sidewalk near 2nd Street and Washington Avenue in Santa Monica after midnight on Sunday morning was approached by three men who held a gun to his head, beat him, and stole his wallet and phone. They drove off in a car that pulled up to help them flee. The entire incident was witnessed by a resident who provided security camera footage of the crime. Police arrived and about 30 minutes later caught the criminals who were...
August 24, 2022 - At the Santa Monica City Council meeting last night Santa Monica Police Chief Ramon Batista vigorously disputed what he called the "falsehood" that there are no police officers working at night. SMPD works "around the clock," he said and then displayed a slide showing the first names of 48 officers who he said "work at night." Another slide showed 34 officers had overtime assignments that "work most often at night, and a third slide showed 30 other officers,...
August 24, 2022 - Santa Monica Police Chief Ramon Batista gave a rosy picture of strides forward made by the department in cutting crime over the past few months at a City Council meeting last night. Along with adding additional officers to the downtown area, SMPD conducted five "Public Health and Safety Operations" that had been conducted with various subdepartments in the police force over the past month. Over the span of 8 weekends, in which these operations were conducted...
A private dive group says they have discovered the body of Kiely Rodni in 14 feet of water. The 16 year old has been missing since she sent her mom a text that she was leaving a graduation party near Sausalito, on August 7th. "I love you mom," she said. Police arrived at the reservoir later and pulled the light-colored SUV out of the water, but authorities held off on official confirmation. Images of the vehicle show it has front-end features that resemble those of Rodni's...
Los Angeles was shocked to hear of a gunfire incident at the Mobil gasoline station down the block from the Beverly Center. Two men jumped out of a white SUV and opened fire on the occupants of a black SUV. On August 19, 2022, rapper Tyquian Bowman aka "Quando Rondo" was shot at near the Beverly Center in West Hollywood. Bowman was reported to have been shot. However, on August 20th his representatives denied that he was wounded in the incident, or that he had been hospitalize...
In a Facebook post, a visitor to Santa Monica claims that her dog was poisoned by eating oxycodone, while walking through Palisades Park. She claims that as a result of eating a stray pill Chance the Rapper Burns, her Yorkie nearly died. His organs started to fail, and now he is blind. Oxycodone is a narcotic used to treat moderate to severe pain. The downside is a high risk for addiction and dependence. Can cause respiratory distress and death when taken in high doses or...
8/18: After one student knifed another, the SMPD were called to SamoHi. They arrested one student as a suspect, and transported one victim to Santa Monica UCLA Hospital. His injuries were no life threatening. Names were not released because the students involved were minors. School resumed after the Summer break, just 2 days prior. Police released the following statement, from Rudy Flores, SMPD Public Information Officer. On August 18, 2022, at approximately 12:43 pm, Santa...
She had been reported missing after going on a Tinder date. But Laura McCulloch, an Australian actress reported missing by her family had, had in fact been arrested by the SMPD after biting a policeman at a Sushi bar in Downtown Santa Monica. About 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 12, Santa Monica police were dispatched to the 200 block of Arizona Avenue for a report of a battery. Officers were told a woman, later identified as actress McCulloch, threw a drink at a restaurant patron and...
There will be no recall election for George Gascon this November, says the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters Monday afternoon. Over 715,000 signatures were collected by proponents of a recall. However, about one third of them (195,000) were held to be invalid. This leaves LA County with less than the 5% of voters necessary to recall a County official. Consequently, the controversial prosecutor and Los Angeles County District Attorney will not face a recall election this...
Monday night at about 10 PM the power went out in a wide area of Santa Monica bounded by 10th St. on the west. The power was out at least as far north as Montana Avenue, and as far east as 14th St. Comment from a reader: "The power was out as far as 18th and Pico. Power also went out around the 1600 block of Ocean Ave. So I would say the affected areas was Appian Way on the west and at least 18th street to the east. 7-11 on Lincoln and Pico was shutdown as of 10:25pm. 14th...
The Santa Monica police have arrested a 38 year old man they believe is responsible for a string of robberies in Santa Monica. The SMPD found jewelry, electronics, credit cards and identification that did not belong to Ramiro Martinez. Police also found that Ramiro Martinez had "a small amount" of crystal meth on his person. The press release, written by Lt. Rudy Flores, Santa Monica Public Information Officer, reads as follows: On August 13, 2022, at about 4:45 PM, Santa...
The Ukraine military has detonated a large ammunition storage facility in Russian occupied Crimea. Video of the explosions were posted to Telegram and other social media. The explosions continued for a good twenty minutes. "Yet another “fire incident” at a Crimean ammo depot close to Dzhankoi, detonations ongoing," tweeted Illia Ponomarenko, reported for the English language website Kyiv Independent. "As always, for absolutely no reason whatsoever." He was referring to the...
Completed in 2011 at a cost of $60 million, the San Bernardino International Airport (SBD for short) has never previously offered flights before. But that changed on August 4. Now, Breeze airlines offers passengers tickets to San Francisco International Airport, and Provo Utah by way of SFO. The airport offers "affordable and convenient parking across the street, for $5 a day" says https://www.sbdairport.com/why-sbd/commercial-airlines/. Noting that SBD airport is close to the...
16: The US Consulate in Tijuana Mexico is advising US government employees to shelter in place and follow the directions of local officials. This as violence breaks out in Ensenada, Mexicali, Tijuana and other Northern Baja communities. "The cartels are unhappy because the Mexican police arrested a high ranking drug official," explained one source on Twitter. Burning tires, roadblocks and gunfire are reported throughout the Mexican state of Baja, California. "Caution,...
Actress Anne Heche remains in a coma. She will never recover from her injuries one week ago, says a family spokesman. They have declared her legally dead. "We've lost a bright light, a kind and loving mother, and a loyal friend," said her family in a statement. Life support has been turned off. After her death, her organs will be donated per her wishes. Her two sons issued a statement that they hope she will find freedom and happiness in the afterlife. "Hopefully my mom is...
August 12, 2022 - NMS, one of the largest developers of property in Santa Monica, won a bid to depose Santa Monica Mayor Sue Himmelrich's husband, Michael Soloff, in a court decision July 26 regarding NMS's lawsuit against a rent-control law passed by the city in August of 2020. The City's Motion to Stay Discovery was denied on July 26 by U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha. Soloff is co-chair of Santa Monicans for Renter's Rights, the progressive political party who...
Images have been posted to Twitter and other social media, showing that a major Russian Air Force Base was heavily damaged by Tuesday's explosion. A series of large explosions occurred at Saky Airport in Novofedorivka on August 9, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine heavily damaged the airfield. The airport had been seized by Russian forces during the 2014 annexation of Crimea, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Russian authorities declared a state of emergency and yell...
