Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Less than two months after the arrest of Eric Uller, a systems analyst with the Information Services Department, for lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, another city-related employee has been arrested for crimes against children. Transit Operations Superintendent Larry Jamieson of Big Blue Bus was arrested on Monday by the Los Angeles Police Department for alleged possession of child pornography. The news of Jamieson's arrest was posted on the Residocracy Facebook page via...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Earlier this week, National Park Service (NPS) researchers discovered the remains of P-64, a male mountain lion who survived the flames of the Woolsey Fire, but died a few weeks afterwards. Although the cause of death is not known at this time, P-64's paws were visibly burned. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will conduct a necropsy. "P-64 was a fascinating cat to study because he crossed our notoriously deadly freeways dozens of times,"...
An early-morning shooting between two party buses near the Santa Monica Pier last year resulted in the death of 28-year-old De'Ommie de la Cruz. Now her friends and relatives are suing the city and the bus company for negligence they say contributed to her demise. De'Ommie de la Cruz was on the Lion Limousine Corp. bus on November 3, 2017 in order to celebrate the birthday of a friend. When the passengers asked for a bathroom break just before 1 a.m., the driver pulled over in...
What is Hannukah? Imagine if your cellphone was at 10%, but lasted for 8 days. Now you understand Hannukah, says a new T Shirt that explains the Jewish holiday. Yes, but how did the Menorah get nine branches, when Deuteronomy specifies just 7 branches? Early Menorahs apparently had just 7 branches. Today they have nine. No one is certain precisely when and how this evolution took place. Take for example, the Arch of Titus, which has a 7 branch Menorah looted from the Ancient...
"The length of our days, is less important, than the love of our family and friends."--Gerald R Ford, on the occasion of his 90th birthday Former US President George HW Bush has died in Houston TX at the age of 94. The 41st US President lost his wife, Barbara, a few months ago, and hasn't looked well since. Although he was a one term president, he became popular as time went by. He was known for skydiving on his 85th birthday, and other such stunts George Herbert Walker Bush...
2/27/2018: About 100 protestors showed up at the City Council meeting Tuesday night to urge the City Council to abandon the City's appeal of the Voting Rights Act Lawsuit. Mayor Ted Winterer threatened more than once that he would clear the room if the protestors continued to interrupt speakers with cheering. "SMRR supposedly stands for Santa Monicans for Renters Rights," said Elaine Golden-Gealer, "but I say SMRR now stands for Santa Monicans for Ruling Residents." Los...
A group of alleged gang members and associates has been charged in a multi-city burglary ring targeting celebrity homes and other properties, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. The criminal complaint lists 33 felony counts, including criminal street gang conspiracy; first-degree residential burglary; first-degree residential robbery; first-degree burglary, person present; home-invasion robbery; second-degree commercial burglary; and elder or...
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced the repopulation of additional areas impacted by the #WoolseyFire – effective Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. On Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. the following approximate boundaries along Mulholland Highway will be repopulated. This will include the following areas along Mulholland Highway: Mulholland Highway opened from Mulholland Highway at Calamigos to Mulholland Highway at Encinal Canyon Road "...
An employee at a Chinese-language newspaper in Alhambra has been charged with fatally shooting his boss, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Zhong Qi Chen, 59, of El Monte faces one count of murder with allegations that he personally used a handgun and caused great bodily injury and death, according to the criminal complaint in case GA104674. Chen pleaded not guilty today and is scheduled to return on Dec. 18 in Department 5 of the Los Angeles...
Providence St. John nurses will strike on Tuesday, November 27 from 8 AM to 8 PM, wrote Labor and Delivery Nurse Lizabeth Baker-Wade, in a post on Facebook. "Since the Providence take over things have gone downhill," she wrote. "Providence is expanding so quickly that the nurses who take care of our community are left with poor staffing, increased workloads, decreased ancillary staff and a host of other internal problems. Providence has seen a profit of hundreds of millions...
The Crime Vons." That's what locals have taken to calling the Vons grocery store located on Broadway and Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica. It is widely understood that the least how to stop arresting people for petty theft of a sandwich or a case of beer. Privately, police say it is pointless to arrest people who have no ID, and do not appear in court. County jailers no longer hold suspects for a misdemeanor offense involving the theft of less than $900. So homeless people...
In a video posted on YouTube, women charge that Gardisil, a vaccine intended prevent infection with human papilloma virus, instead causes sterility, blindness, autoimmune disorder and death. The problem is that HPV has at least 200 strains that afflict human beings. Vaccines only prevent 10 or 15 of these strains, and while this number does include some of that cause cancer, it does not prevent others. In addition, the vaccines have numerous side effects. At least 20 depths...
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced Sunday evening that it would allow the repopulation of most areas impacted by the #WoolseyFire - effective Monday, November 19, 2018 at 9:00 A.M. Approximately 6,400 firefighters covering 617 fire engines, 91 dozers, 159 hand crews, 68 water tenders, 34 helicopters and numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the state, along with numerous out-of-state resources, are still battling two large wildfires in...
In a Superior Court lawsuit filed by the Pico Neighborhood Association against the City of Santa Monica, Superior Court Judge Yvette M. Palazuelas has issued a Tentative ruling against the City. She is inclined to find that the City is in violation of the California Voter Rights Act, and the Equal Protection Clause of the California Constitution, in having Citywide representation rather than City Council districts. She ordered further briefing, and set another hearing for...
As it became clear that Amazon would split it's "HQ2" between Arlington, Virginia and Long Island City, Queens, it also became clear that overcrowded Los Angeles has dodged a bullet. Los Angeles is already home to about 39,000 Amazon employees, reports the Los Angeles Times, who work in its film division in Culver City, in other film production facilities, in Whole Foods Markets and the like. Where on earth where these employees going to live? In the new $5000 a month one...
(Nov. 14, 2018) – Homicide Bureau investigators are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person in the unincorporated area of Agoura. Investigators learned deputies from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station responded to the 32000 block of Lobo Canyon Road, in the unincorporated area of Agoura, to check the welfare of a resident who was unaccounted for after the Woolsey Fire destroyed his home. Responding search and rescue d...
It seems too coincidental, that just after the shooting in Thousand Oaks, the hills lit up in fire. Conspiracists are asking, are the two thousand Oaks tragedies linked insofar as the shooting perpetrator also started the fire? Police identified the gunman as Ian David Long, a 28-year-old US Marine Corps veteran. He was dead when officers entered the bar, Dean told reporters. He is believed to have killed himself. The shooter wore a black trench coat and eyeglasses and had a...
With so many seeking refuge in Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Police Department are no longer enforcing preferential parking, they have tweeted: “SMPD Alert: To accommodate anyone from out of Santa Monica, all enforcement of "Preferential Parking Zones" will be suspended until further notice.“ It must be the end of the world! "Permit Parking Only" signs are all over the pricey beach community, where a one bedroom apartment can rent for $5000. Parking space included. 11/...
Retail giant Amazon will have its second and third headquarters in New York City and Northern Virginia, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday night, citing people familiar with the matter. The announcement is expected as soon as Tuesday, the Journal reported. Not everyone is happy with their new neighbors. Linda Clima tweeted: Hey @JeffBezos it's one thing for you to come in and make the community I live in even more unaffordable; it's another to take my tax dollars in "gran...
Streets in Santa Monica were filled with refugees from Malibu and communities immediately north which were affected by the Woolsey and West Hills fires. The fires could be seen reflecting off the water of Santa Monica Bay. At Shutters hotel, the manager told us the hotel was completely booked. "We had sooo soo many families from Malibu! We had to accommodate them in others hotels. Every hotel was packed," she said. Two fire related deaths were reported in Malibu. 35,000 acres...
If you were thinking of driving to Ventura County today, think again. The entire city is under mandatory evacuation order fas the Woolsey Fire burns South toward the ocean. From the roof of our condo building in Santa Monica, the plume of smoke seemed miles high. A separate fire burned near Griffith Park. The condor enclosure area in Griffith Park zoo was being evacuated of animals, and all humans were evacuated from the Griffith Park zoo, which is closed. At 7 am, CalFire...
The wind changed direction and suddenly Santa Monica is filled with smoke. It is difficult to capture in Photos but here are a few which show the haze and the yellow sunlight. SMPD Alert: To accommodate anyone from out of Santa Monica, all enforcement of "Preferential Parking Zones" will be suspended until further notice. California Statewide Fire Summary 11/10 9 am Over 5,000 firefighters covering 690 fire engines, 79 dozers, 101 hand crews, 31 water tenders, 23 helicopters...
The Sixth Street Santa Monica Family YMCA facility experienced a small fire Monday morning. Several units of the Santa Monica fire department responded. The small fire which appeared to be on the third floor was extinguished 10 minutes....
On Monday, November 12th the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission will decide whether to designate a handful of Craftsman-style bungalows on 11th Street to become the City's fourth historic district. Commissioners will meet at 7:00pm in City Council Chambers, 1625 Main Street in Santa Monica. Mid City Neighbors, a neighborhood organization, filed the nomination application which includes bungalows built in the first two decades of the 1900s located on the 1200 block of 11th...
Costa Mesa, CA: A private nursing school in Costa Mesa that was fighting back against a federal investigation based on allegations of financial-aid fraud, prevailed yesterday when the United States Attorney's Office officially declined to prosecute Pacific College, its owners or employees. Moreover, the government, which in October 2017 had seized over three million dollars in connection with the investigation, dismissed its civil forfeiture allegations and agreed to return...
