Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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– On Tuesday, February 23, the Santa Monica City Council announced Denise Anderson-Warren as the City's new City Clerk. A 21-year veteran of the City Clerk's Office, Anderson-Warren brings vast knowledge of the department to her new role. She has served as Assistant City Clerk for the past five years. "Denise is uniquely poised to run the City Clerk's Office with her depth of experience managing elections and public records," said Mayor Tony Vazquez. "She is widely r...
Three days of formal mourning for American former first lady Nancy Reagan began with a private service in Santa Monica at the Little Chapel, before her coffin was taken in a police-escorted motorcade along an empty freeway for a public viewing at the Ronald Reagan presidential library in Simi valley, California, 40 miles north. Patti Davis, daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, greeted family members and close friends upon arrival at the Santa Monica mortuary, which held a 20-m...
Mayor Kevin McKeown, representing Santa Monica in San Francisco at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, today announced that he has joined the Mayors’ National Climate Action Agenda. McKeown thereby joins with Mayors across the country in calling on President Obama to fight for the strongest possible climate agreement at the upcoming 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris, and for federal action to establish binding national greenhouse gas emissions reductions i...
Don't miss the FREE spectacular fireworks and entertainment of "Celebrate America" – Santa Monica College's popular star-spangled salute to our nation's independence – to be held Saturday, June 27. The celebration – the only one of its kind in Santa Monica – will feature a dazzling fireworks show by Rialto-based Pyro Spectaculars. Entertainment includes the popular Derek Bordeaux Group playing a mix of Motown classics, Jazz, R&B, and Blues standards, with Eddie Jauregu...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Wednesday, June 17, 2015) –Southern California beach-goers heading to the shore this summer have an unusual force to thank in part for improved water quality – historic drought. With record low rainfall reducing the amount of polluted runoff funneled into our seas, water quality improved yet again at Los Angeles County beaches last year, according to Heal the Bay's 25th annual Beach Report Card, which the environmental group released today. Heal the Bay...
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I reach out to inform you that we have lost a student member of our Samohi family. This morning we learned that S House freshmen, Leo Castillo, was hit by a car last night while crossing Olympic Blvd on his razor scooter. While the owner of the vehicle stopped immediately and called for help, Leo died at the scene of the accident. This news has deeply shaken and shocked each of us who knew and loved Leo. Samohi as a whole is in mourning. Students who we knew were particularly close to Le...
A transient man was shot to death in Venice by Los Angeles police responding to a report of someone “disturbing the peace.” The man, identified as Brendon Glenn, was described as a black male in his mid-to-late 20s. The officer who shot the suspect is also black, LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith said. The shooting occurred near Pacific and Winward avenues around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday just a block or so away from the beach. Two LAPD officers responded to the scene after people called police saying a man was causing a disturbance out...
Property owners in Santa Monica, who rent out their properties using sites like AirBnB and VRBO, may soon find it’s hard to do business in the city. The Santa Monica city council will debate a proposal Tuesday night that would do away with most short-term rentals, often referred to as vacation rentals. Hosts in Santa Monica would only be allowed to rent their property to short-term guests if they stay on the premises with them. Those hosts would also need to obtain a city business license, and collect a 14 percent hotel t...
A Santa Monica filmmaker working on a documentary about the Mount Everest Base Camp was among more than 3,000 people killed by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated Nepal friday. According to ABC News, Tom Taplin was one of 18 people killed by the hurricane force winds generated from a massive avalanche triggered by the earthquake. Taplin's wife, Corey Freyer told ABC her husband died doing what he loved: exploring extreme landscapes. "We went to Antarctica together,"...
Hobie Did It Former “Baywatch” actor Jeremy Jackson, who portrayed David Hasselhoff’s son Hobie on the hit TV show for several years, was arrested on suspicion of assault over the weekend, authorities said today. Jackson, 34, was taken into custody Saturday and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison. Jackson, who was booked under the name of Jeremy Jackson Dunn, was released after posting $30,000 bail, according to the sheriff’s departm...
A federal appeals court today unanimously upheld a Santa Monica law that ended the decades-long tradition of displaying Nativity scenes every December in Palisades Park. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the ordinance, which banned all unattended displays in public parks, did not violate the free speech rights of the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee, the organizer of the displays....
As you stroll through Downtown Culver City you might notice a new face on the block - ArcLight Cinemas. While maybe not a completely new face, it's definitely a 21st century upgrade. As related by Gretchen McCourt, Executive Vice President & Chief Content Officer of ArcLight Cinemas, "We've been operating here in Culver City as Pacific Theatres for a number of years and with the transformation that Culver City has made with the restaurants, with the nightlife, with the...
Those who live in the tech Mecca of Silicon Valley enjoy the highest level of well-being in the nation. Residents live more than four years longer than the average American, earn nearly double the income and have nearly triple the number of graduate degrees, according to a recent report measuring opportunity in the nation's 435 congressional districts and Washington D.C. In Santa Monica, residents enjoy the highest life expectancy in Los Angeles County (though other beach...
As cities across Southern California wrestle with how best to regulate the booming short-term rental industry, Santa Monica is poised to take the hardest line yet. The SM City Council is considering a measure that would ban most of the vacation rentals listed on Airbnb and websites like it, and set up strict new regulations for those who want to rent out space in their homes. The use of short-term rentals has exploded in recent years, especially in tourist-friendly spots such...
Authorities Thursday announced two separate drainage systems would be built underground to capture runoff from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). “Right now, when it rains — and it does still rain occasionally in this city — that pollution is washed out, untreated to Santa Monica Bay,” L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti told CBS2/KCAL9’s Adrianna Weingold. Around 12 p.m., a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and the Los Angeles City Bureau of Sanitation to establish developme...
Chef at SM Whale Sushi Restaurant Sentenced A chef who worked at a Santa Monica restaurant that illegally served whale meat has been sentenced. City News Service says Susumu Ueda was sentenced Monday to probation, fined $5,000 and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service. He pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy and violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Ueda worked at The Hump at Santa Monica Airport. An investigation was launched after producers of the documentary “The Cove” secretly filmed meat from the...
In order to provide clarity and transparency to the removal process of harmful substances from Malibu SMMUSD school sites, Environ International Corporation, which provides scientific consulting for the district, outlined SMMUSD’s progress and future plans at the March 19th board meeting. Over one year ago, community members in Malibu raised questions about the safety of Malibu High School and Juan Cabrillo Elementary School. Specifically, parents, staff and students worried about the presence of PCB’s in old building mat...
Detectives sought the public's help Friday to provide information that would lead to the arrest of those responsible for fatally shooting a 27-year-old man and injuring four others. Around 3 p.m. Thursday, officers were sent to Woodbine Park, located in the 10300 block of Woodbine Street, for numerous reports of shots fired. Upon their arrival, police located three men near the park who were suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced one victim - who was...
Unswayed by a relentless parade of opposition, a key Senate panel on Wednesday passed an incendiary bill that would strengthen California's vaccination requirements, capping an emotional hearing that marked the beginning of a battle over what has become Sacramento's most contentious issue this year. For more than 11/2 hours, an extraordinary wave of parents and children from across the state crept one by one to a microphone to implore the Senate Health Committee to kill the...
Representatives with Consumer Watchdog say California drivers spent $1 billion more on gasoline in March than the rest of the nation. Although Thursday marked the 35th consecutive dayof gas price drops in Los Angeles and Orange counties, the Southland experienced 34 consecutive days of increases prior. According to a report, Californians paid $550 million more for gasoline than the rest of the country in February, when prices soared to among the highest in the nation. State energy officials said the reason for that was...
Zoning in Santa Monica has become so contentious that it's the center of a city council meeting that will span two days, starting Tuesday. The city is updating its zoning rules, last revised in 1984, to bring it in line with its vision for infrastructure, land use and transportation in future decades. That's where a fight is brewing. The proposed rules would allow for denser growth in parts of the city, especially major boulevards in Santa Monica's downtown. Future housing...
by David Ganezer Observer Publisher Lincoln Middle Schools principal Suzanne Webb has announced that she is leaving to take a new position as Director of Human Resources for our Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. She will leave effective July 1. "It has been a true honor to serve the Lincoln community as principal for the last seven years. Each and every one of you has had an impact on me and I will never forget everything I have learned. The Lincoln Staff are true...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 rattled the Los Angeles area Sunday night April 12, but no injuries or damage were reported. The quake struck two miles north of Inglewood at 9:17 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and was felt across a wide swath of the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles city and county fire departments were doing assessments but reported no immediate injuries or damage. The quake followed a magnitude of 2.5 temblor that struck near Baldwin...
Just in time for summer, the fabled California Incline that connects Pacific Coast Highway and trendy downtown Santa Monica will close Monday so it can undergo a yearlong rehabilitation. The roughly $20 million project will completely demolish the existing 1,400-foot roadway, including the 750-foot-long bridge, which will be replaced with a wider, more earthquake-safe structure. According to the city, the existing bridge includes an 8-foot concrete slab that is supported by...
Santa Monica Museum of Art to Leave Santa Monica Local Drivers encountered a large number of street closures this week, The Santa Monica Museum of Art is leaving Bergamot Station, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Mike Boehm. It will cease operations temporarily to assess its options elsewhere. Boehm writes, “Executive director Elsa Longhauser and the museum’s eight full-time employees will pack up and starting in June work out of offices in Century City that will become the planning hub for whatever is to come next—with rent pa...
