Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Update, 9/27: Her aunt reports that Amanda Allen has been found, thanks to all for your tips! Tonia Kitts Stephan last spoke to Amanda Allen on July 30th at 9:30 pm."That was the last I heard from her," says Stephans. "I tried to call her phone, but it goes straight to voicemail. "Since then I have put her picture and story all over Santa Monica and with the Department of Justice. Several people have contacted me stating they might have seen her at Venice Beach. Since that...
Legal Age is Bizarre It is generally accepted throughout the United States that to lawfully drive a vehicle on public streets and roads you must be at least 16 years of age. But upon reaching 16 years and passing both a written and practical test you may legally take out on public streets and roads a one ton vehicle often capable of speeds in excess of one hundred miles per hour and often in close proximity to scores of other people at any given time. So clearly those who...
Not since Wounded Knee in 1973, has there been such a great gathering of indigenous tribes as there were in Standing Rock. The first camps were set up in August, 2016, along the Missouri and Cannonball rivers. A year later, 2017, the tribe has achieved a significant victory over an environmental justice analysis. The case is Standing Rock v U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. What began as the protests aimed to protect and defend the water, sacred burial sites, and wildlife habitat...
A pedestrian was killed at about 5 am Weenesday morning, when he wandered into traffic on Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica Police said. The SSMPD "responded to a radio call for service regarding a traffic collision involving a pedestrian at the 1100 block of Pacific Coast Highway," wrote SMPD Spokesman Saul Rodriguez, Lt. Upon arrival, officers discovered a pedestrian in the roadway with significant injuries. The involved vehicle along with the driver were on scene when...
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District was ranked 29 in the 2018 Best School Districts in California by national academic ranking service, Niche. Nearly 500 school districts are included. The ranking is based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education. "We are honored to be recognized for the extraordinary achievements of our students and teachers," Superintendent Dr. Ben Drati...
It must be the August heat, or something. The LAPD Thursday night August 3rd, shot a Venice man after responding to a domestic violence call. LAPD spokesmen said he brandished an assault rifle when officers confronted him at his Venice Boulevard residence Friday night. The officer who fired the shot had gone to the home with a partner around 8:30 p.m. in response to a call "to keep the peace," Sgt. Barry Montgomery told reporters at the scene of the shooting. "Upon their...
James Damore, a Google engineer who wrote a now notorious memorandum, confirmed his dismissal in an email, saying that he had been fired for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.” Google's controversy is the latest in a long string of incidents concerning gender bias and diversity in the tech space. Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick lost his job in June amid scandals over sexual harassment, discrimination and an aggressive culture. Ellen Pao’s gende...
Local Briefs LAPD Shoots Venice Man in Domestic Dispute The LAPD Thursday night August 3rd, shot a Venice man after responding to a domestic violence call. LAPD spokesmen said he brandished an assault rifle when officers confronted him at his Venice Boulevard residence Friday night. The officer who fired the shot had gone to the home with a partner around 8:30 p.m. in response to a call "to keep the peace," Sgt. Barry Montgomery told reporters at the scene of the shooting. "Up...
Update, 12:34 pm: Police found the suspect dead inside his home. A Pacific Palisades neighborhood was evacuated as LAPD officers barricaded a man who had fired on them. The home, at 1691 Alta Mura Road, is in a neighborhood of $5,000,000 homes where nothing of this sort happens. Los Angeles Police Department West Los Angeles responded to a domestic disturbance call around midnight near Alta Murray Road and San Onofore Drive. During the response, a man in the home fired at...
On August 4, 2017 at about 6:28 p.m. the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) received numerous 9-1-1 calls regarding a possible shooting with a victim down in the area of Main Street and Strand Avenue. The incident appears to have evolved from an argument between two homeless men. As officers arrived on scene to find a male victim lying on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was treated at the scene by Santa Monica Fire Department Paramedics, then...
The City of Santa Monica will be accepting applications for moderate-income households to be considered for deed restricted apartments created through the City's Affordable Housing Production Program. The wait list application period beginning at 8 a.m. (PST) on Thursday, August 10, 2017. It will close when the City has received enough applications to meet referral requirements. Applications in English and Spanish will be accessible online through a secure website at...
(August 7, 2017) – The fifth Whole Foods Market 365 opens Wednesday, Aug. 9, at 9 a.m. in Santa Monica, CA at 2121 Cloverfield Blvd at Pico. Regular store hours are 7 a.m. – 10 p.m., seven days a week. This will be the second Whole Foods Market 365 location for the Los Angeles area. The vibrant 30,000-square-foot space takes "neighborhood grocery store" to the next level with its mix of affordable grocery items, unique venues and retail innovations for customers seeking con...
Let's Take a Cruise! Not long ago my wife and I wanted to do something different that would be fun, take us somewhere we hadn't been before, didn't cost too much and with which we could include our granddaughter. We considered many options, many involving driving lots of miles and some involved commercial air travel. But as we talked a little voice in my head started singing: Love, exciting and new Come Aboard. We're expecting you. And Love, life's sweetest reward. Let it...
The Coast Guard, Long Beach Fire Department and Patriot Environmental Services are responding to a reported spill of propyl acetate from the commercial container ship, Harbour Bridge, at Pier G Berth 232 in the Port of Long Beach, Sunday. All Unified Command objectives, including clean-up and recovery operations on the vessel and the pier were completed Sunday night. The spill occurred when a tank, containing 6,600 gallons of propyl acetate was punctured during loading...
A homicide suspect was wounded in an officer-involved shooting in Santa Monica Friday evening. Neighbors reported a shooting in the 2300 block of Main Street around 6:30 p.m. A man was found shot to death in the area and police quickly located the suspect. When police found the suspect near Main Street and Hollister Avenue by 3rd Street, he displayed a gun. This of course lead to a shootout with police. "I just heard like kind of these firework sounds go off," witness Lucas...
From SM City Hall, 8/7/17: Today, City Manager Rick Cole announced that Katie Lichtig has been selected to join him in leading the City of Santa Monica as Assistant City Manager/Chief Operating Officer. After a rigorous national search, Lichtig returns to Santa Monica where she began her career in local government as the Assistant to the City Manager for Management Services from 1992 to 2001. She has served as the City Manager for San Luis Obispo for the past 7.5 years and in...
The Whole Foods Market at the corner of Fifth Street and Wilshire Blvd will close for good on Sunday, according to Pablo, a "team member" who works behind the oven. "It's sad," he said. A manager said that nearly all employees who wish to continue working for Whole Foods market, have been given positions at other local Whole Foods stores. "I wouldn't count on the Montana Avenue store staying open much longer, though" he added. The Whole Foods chain acquired local markets Wild...
A fishing boat named Point Estero ran aground July 31st at Point Estero in SLO county. Call it destiny in a name. The Coast Guard and other agencies became concerned that oil and other toxic materials could leak from the stricken craft, and endanger local wildlife. The Coast Guard and partner agencies completed the removal of oil and hazardous materials from a grounded commercial fishing vessel near Estero Bluffs State Park Tuesday afternoon. Removal operations of the Point...
In yet another example of how polarized our country has become, an online petition calls on musicians to boycott a concert of the Santa Monica Symphony to be guest conducted next month by Dennis Prager. He is a radio host whom some consider to be right wing, and the left cannot tolerate the right lately. Some cannot conscience someone with his views conducting an orchestra, even though he won't say anything. Now that's tolerance for you! Prager has been 'enthusiastically'...
Katla Volcano near Reykjavik, Iceland is showing such an increase in seismic activity, that some volcanologists are saying an eruption of enormous magnitude is imminent. 400 tremors or quakes have been reported in the last 24 hours, and the alert level has been stepped up to yellow, one step below Orange. Orange indicates an eruption is imminent. http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/iceland-about-to-experience-biggest-volcanic-blast-ever/ "Katla has been showing this kind of behavior...
We Americans are constantly "upgrading" our Smartphones and similar devices – the new software demands new hardware, the fashions change, the company carefully makes things fall into place so the device is out of date within about a year ("planned obsolescence.") In fact, the average U.S. Smartphone user will ditch the old phone and buy a new one every 14 months. Many obsolete phones end up in landfills. Others sit invisibly in their owner's forgotten enclave, waiting for t...
Approximately 160 teenagers will work with high-level technology executives and entrepreneurs during the intensive, six-day program. BEL-AIR, Calif. – The Israeli-American Council (IAC)'s Eitanim program will host its second-annual hackathon for approximately 160 Jewish middle and high school students from across the country for six days, from July 30 to Aug. 4, on the campus of the American Jewish University. Icons of Israeli innovation will mentor the teenagers throughout t...
One local resident started a go fund me page after a Santa Monica Police officer cited a fruit seller on Santa Monica beach. Writes Jenn Salcido on Gofundme.com: Have you ever heard the jangling bells of the paleteros on Santa Monica beach, pushing their carts full of ice cream through the sand, hats and sweatpants on to protect themselves from the heat? Have you ever heard a fruit vendor's call of "Mango, Mango, Watermelon Mango!" and looked up to see someone trudging through...
On July 14, 2017, the Superior Court rejected Santa Monica Rent Control Board's attempt to dismiss at inception the complaint of ACTION Apartment Association seeking a judicial declaration that housing providers with master meters for water, can apportion the water charges among the tenants based upon a sharing arrangement allowed in the City of Los Angeles and most other municipalities. "The RCB tried to avoid judicial review of their policy by asserting procedural arguments...
The 1447 Lincoln Blvd Building is now reopened for business. Businesses downstairs, including Jersey Mike's, a Starbucks, Fresh Brothers Pizza and Chase Bank have now reopened. Tenants have been allowed to reoccupy to the apartment units upstairs in the 5 story building. 97 residential units were evacuated, and 6 business shut down on April 23, 2017 after a fire in the building's underground electrical vault in April. The vault is in the garage. The buildings owners are...
