Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Immigration sources confirm that Jose Solano Landaeta, the suspect who beheaded a 27 year old mother of two in a San Carlos, CA neighborhood September 8th, was in the United States illegally. Jose Solano Landaeta, 33 from Venezuela, entered the country on a tourist visa about ten years ago, say ICE sources. He never left. Landaeta is said to have swung a Samurai sword at his ex-girlfriend's neck, separating her head from her body. First responders were said to have been revolt...
15: Peets Coffee reopened on Sunday morning. 9.10.22: Three fire trucks responded to an early morning kitchen fire at Peet's Coffee on 14th Street and Montana Avenue Saturday morning. A note on the door said "unfortunately last night's power outage caused a small fire. We will remain closed until the store is cleaned and ready for customers and staff. Thank you for understanding. " A photo of the sign is at the bottom of this story. Disappointed customers lined up...
23 A single engine plane carrying two men crashed on Runway 2 at Santa Monica Airport this afternoon at 4;25 pm, reported multiple sources. Santa Monica Police released little information about the crash. Photos showed that the Piper Sport light plane disintegrated on impact,. One pilot posted to social media that the crashed plane "was a Piper LSA (light sport aircraft). Only two can fly on those, and lots of restrictions on their certifications." "It belonged to a...
It appears that the power outages at Santa Monica High School, go beyond one building. This with September heat creating the highest temperatures of 2022, with temperatures in the high 80's and low 90's. Yesterday, we reported that the $200 million Discovery Building completed last year had no air conditioning. One anonymous student replied to the story: "I'm a student in Samohi, I work as a TA for the I house building and I heard that AC isn't working in at least every other...
Rarely have I seen a turn in the weather so abrupt as this Friday afternoon. Suddenly, the 97 degree heat and humidity has persisted for 2 weeks in Santa Monica was just over. The palm trees started swaying in the wind. The clouds blocked the sun and rain started falling on the parched landscape. Hurricane Kay was expected to bring 100 MPH winds into the mountains east of San Diego. On pricey Montana Avenue, people hurried to escape the coming storm. While Kay has weakened to...
19: Students are back from summer vacation and the weather in Santa Monica is near 90 degrees Fahrenheit. This has been the hottest week of 2022 so far. Multiple reports from students are that the air conditioning in their brand spanking new $195,000,000 classroom building, doesn't work. The building was completed in 2021 and replaced older structures. The windows do open (unusual for modern construction); otherwise the structure would be unusable. An SMMUSD "Discovery...
21 Queen Elizabeth II, whose seven decades on the throne of the United Kingdom was a longer reign than any other British monarch, has died at the age of 96. The queen "died peacefully" on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral Castle, her estate in the Scottish Highlands, royal family officials announced. She died with her entire family gathered around her. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and of 14 other sov...
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...
17: DIRECTV, the nations largest provider of satellite television, appears to be suffering from a widespread outage on Sunday evening, at 10:30 pm PST. From New Mexico to California and from Kentucky to Missouri, DIRECTV receivers seem unable to acquire the Satellite Signal. "It has to be pretty widespread. I’m in Kentucky, and it’s been down since around 1am EDT. Got the 771 code. Reset twice, didn’t fix it. On hold for 30 minutes and finally hung up." tweeted JStef...
Manchester Police have released video footage of a Sikh priest being brutally attacked and left for dead on the street and are asking for the public to help identify the attacker. They blurred out the attacker's appearance. Manchester Police aka @gmpolice, have issued new images of a man and a woman wanted for questioning regarding a broad daylight attack on 23rd June which left a 62-year-old Sikh man in a coma and with life-changing injuries. A police spokesman said they...
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...
