Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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An autopsy to determine what caused the death of iconic singer Prince was completed at 1 p.m. local time Friday (11 a.m. Pacific) in Ramsey, Minn. However, a spokeswoman from the Midwest Medical Examiner said that final test results may not be available for days or even weeks. Speaking at a press conference Friday afternoon, Carver County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jim Olson proved that you don't have to watch Dynasty, to have an attitude. He told the press nothing they...
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, the unlikely survivor of a once-crowded GOP presidential field, said Tuesday night that he was suspending his campaign to be his party's presidential candidate, which seems to end the contest over the 2016 Republican nomination. NBC News earlier in the night projected that Donald Trump would triumph in the Indiana GOP primary. Cruz was the only candidate to win multiple state victories against the real estate magnate, surviving a crowded field of...
"Dearly beloved, We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life Electric word life! It means forever and that's a mighty long time. But I'm here to tell u There's something else: the afterworld. A world of never ending happiness. You can always see the sun, day or night!" -- Prince, Let's Go Crazy Music legend Prince Nelson Rogers, who died Thursday at the age of 57, has been cremated and buried in a private ceremony. Prince is gone forever and that's a...
Ever wonder why Santa Monica's streets are so well maintained, while the alleys are generally as broken up as rural roads? Technically, the City of Santa Monica's alleys are County of Los Angeles roadways. Which means the City's road department could ignore them, the County did ignore them, and the State of California, well forget about it. They do give out parking tickets in the alleys (see photos). As I've said before, the City of Santa Monica functions like a corporation,...
Pilgrim's Pride company has issued a wide scale recall of chicken products after consumers and federal meat inspectors found contamination by such foreign material as wood, plastic, rubber and metal. Only the cooked chicken products from the brand are affected. The recall of more than 4.5 million pounds of pre- cooked chicken products ordered Tuesday, expands a recall of almost 41,000 pounds of cooked chicken nugget products announced April 7. A statement from the U.S. Food...
Ted Cruz and John Kasich suddenly issued statements that they will cooperate Sunday night. For the first time, the second and third running candidates will coordinate in a desperate bid to keep the Republican Party's presidential nomination, out of the hands of first place runner Donald Trump. The two men issued statements saying they will divide their efforts in upcoming contests. Ted Cruz focus on Indiana, and Kasich will campaign in Oregon and New Mexico. The strategy is...
At approximately 7:37 AM April 19, 2016, Santa Monica Fire Department received word of a construction accident in front of the Wyndham Hotel, 100 block of the Colorado Esplanade. Construction workers using excavating equipment, ruptured a high pressure natural gas line near the Hotel. The resulting gas leak spread through all floors of the adjacent Hotel, resulting in parts of all floors being briefly evacuated. 3 Engines, a Ladder Truck, a Hazardous Materials Unit, and a...
It was nightmarish, but also dreamlike, as a 32 year old female first tried to run over her parents. Failing that, the lady left in her SUV and led multiple law enforcement agencies from Pasadena, to Thousand Oaks and Downtown Los Angeles. When she got out of the vehicle and began, Police decided they had had enough. They arrested and booked her. The female suspect – whose identity has still not been released – was booked on several charges, including assault with a dea...
At approximately 5:50 PM on April 18, 2016, Santa Monica Fire Department was called to investigate a possible Southern California Edison Transformer fire in the 400 Block of Washington Ave. Ultimately the electrical problem was mitigated by SCE crews, but not until after an approximate 1.5 hour power outage. This power outage affected an area from Montana Ave to Colorado Ave in the Downtown area. This outage also caused problems as far East as 16th St. Santa Monica fire...
If you've seen the trains conducting "tests" for the last six months along Colorado Avenue, you're probably aware that the Expo opens on May 20. A recent City press release says: "Mobility options include 500 Breeze bikes at 75 locations citywide, extended North-South corridor Big Blue Bus service connecting to each Expo Line Phase 2 stations, 1.5 miles of new off-street bike/pedestrian path along the Expo route in Santa Monica, and 12 pedestrian scrambles downtown. These, alo...
The City of Santa Monica has it's own City forester, "Sustainability Manager," and ambassadors who rove downtown on two wheels. It does everything itself, from paving to publishing its own newspapers. But apparently managing the City's last trailer park, is just beyond it. The City Council voted 6-0 Tuesday night, to issue a Request For Proposals (RFP) for an "affordable housing organization" to purchase the Mountain View Mobile Home Park. The City acquired the 4.8 acre park...
The Board of Directors of Advocates for Malibu Public Schools (AMPS) has decided not to be part of a California Voting Rights Act lawsuit filed against the City of Santa Monica. In an attempt to force the City to change its Charter from city-wide to districted Council and School Board elections, several groups last week sued Santa Monica alleging civil rights violations. Board member Oscar de la Torre's wife, Mary Loya, was the organizer of the lawsuit. The Pico Neighborhood...
Update: Dr. Paul Song abruptly resigned from his position on the progressive group called "The Courage Campaign," five days after making the controversial comments described below. Dr. Paul Song, railing against the relationship between politicians and corporations before Sanders' supporters on Wednesday, said, "Medicare-for-all will never happen if we continue to elect corporate Democratic whores who are beholden to big pharma and the private insurance industry instead of...
Authorities on Thursday sought the public's help in locating a 78-year-old man who was last seen 15 days ago in Marina del Rey. Howard Bruce Vein was seen about 8 a.m. March 30 leaving the marina area in a silver 2007 Saturn Aura XE, California license plate 5XNC749, according to Deputy Trina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Information Bureau. Vein is described as white, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 145 pounds, with gray hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information regarding...
The SpaceX Dragon docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. Its cargo includes a Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to the ISS in its cargo, which will dock to the station and expand out to create a new workspace for scientists, NASA explained in a blog post. In the future, the BEAM could be used for setting up living quarters on Mars. Mars is 100 times further than the Earth's moon, and so supplies need to be compacted as efficiently as possible. An...
At approximately 1:35 AM, on April 15, 2016 Santa Monica fire department received multiple calls of a large vegetation fire behind 1346 Sunset Ave. upon arrival firefighters found large flames, described as 100 feet high, threatening six homes, and spanning several streets. Highwinds, arcing and falling power lines were all factors that the firefighters had to deal with in controlling the blaze. Ultimately 6 Fire Engines, 1 Ladder Truck, 1Rescue Ambulance, 1 Hazardous...
The California Highway Patrol found a kidnapped 2-year-old boy who was the subject of a statewide Amber Alert, in a Monterey County barn. A thief had stolen the car with the boy in the back seat. The car was found abandoned, and no suspects were apprehended. A 911 caller reported seeing the Honda in a barn on River Road south of Salinas, said CHP spokesman Officer Oscar Loza. Monterey County sheriff's deputies responded to the scene, where the caller led them to the car and fo...
Will Smith, 34, former defensive end for the NFL's New Orleans Saints, died of "multiple gunshot wounds" after a traffic accident in the City's Lower Garden District. New Orleans City Police Department said in a statement that Smith had bumped into Cardell Hayes, 29, and the matter escalated. The Courthouse website indicated that Hayes pleaded guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia and weapons in 2014. The Smith family released a statement through a PR firm: "On behalf of...
California State University management and the California Faculty Association said on Wednesday in a joint statement that they're putting strike preparations on hold as they give contract talks another chance. "CFA and CSU management are working to find a solution, rather than continuing the dispute that began over 11 months ago," the emailed statement said. "Both parties have agreed to honor a 48-hour blackout period, effective today, on internal strike planning,...
After several unsuccessful attempts to land an unmanned rocket on a football field-sized floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean, Elon Musk's SpaceX finally successfully completed it Friday afternoon. This follows its first resupply of the International Space Station, since the company's Dragon rocket exploded in 2015. The landing, the first ever of a rocket's first stage at sea is a step toward the future for the commercial spaceflight industry, and for Hawthorne's SpaceX....
The Boston Globe printed a mock front page Sunday, ripping what the paper's editorial board called Donald Trump's "flippant and reckless" White House run and contending his vision for the country is "profoundly un-American." The mock front page screams "Deportations to Begin" in large type and reminds readers of the GOP frontrunner's promises to build a wall on the Mexican border and target "scum" reporters. It also suggests that the military would refuse to kill family...
Despite criticism from the local pundit class, including yours truly, Caltrans appears to be nearing completion of the California incline, reasonably on time and within its $4 billion budget. The bridge deck appears to be entirely completed, save the striping. Two years have passed since they closed the bridge, and while the original time estimate was 18 months, they did say at the time that the project could easily require two years for completion. The bridge was originally...
A shallow magnitude 2.6 earthquake was reported Friday morning six miles from Malibu, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:11 a.m. PDT at a depth of 9.3 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was eight miles from Thousand Oaks, nine miles from Agoura Hills, and 11 miles from Agoura. In the last 10 days, there have been three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby. A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Wednesday...
It's always such fun when President Barack Obama's motorcade is in town. As he and his entourage visit rich Hollywood celebrities to raise money for "House and Senate campaigns," you will be expected to wait patiently in traffic, possibly for hours. Of course, you do that on normal days, so what's the diff? Obama is due to arrive in Los Angeles tonight and leave Friday around midday. Mostly he will be in Westwood, Brentwood and Bel Air. Although the president's exact travel...
An hour before dawn on April 5, a man was stabbed to death. No one saw it but the murderer. Officers responded to a homicide call at 1548 5th Street, Apt. 408. The building is a homeless halfway shelter called Step Up on 5th" at 4:30am on Tuesday April 5, according to the SMPD. Police said they found an unidentified adult male inside the apartment, with an apparent stab wound to the chest. Paramedics were called to the scene at 4:34am . They took an adult male in critical...
