Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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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...
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....
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...
Fire Chief Scott Ferguson announced that on May 10th, he leaves Santa Monica to lead the Murrieta Fire Department. Ferguson has been at the helm of the Santa Monica Fire Department since March of 2010. "For the past four years, our City has benefitted from Chief Ferguson's leadership, fire expertise and the integrity that is ingrained in his work. He committed himself to his department, his colleagues and our community. Scott will be missed and Murrieta is lucky to have him as...
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...
Now more than ever families, neighbors and community members need to come together to help one another - to prepare for any eventuality. The City of Culver City emphasizes the need for people to be prepared and to build a network of friends and families that are trained and able to help in a disaster. There are steps that everyone can take to help ensure their safety in these uncertain times: Make a plan, Build a kit, Get trained, and be informed. During the month of April, which is Earthquake Preparedness Month, the City of...
Street Closures Pretty Much Everywhere Local Drivers encountered a large number of street closures this week, including Second Street, which is closed at the south end of downtown, where it meets Colorado Blvd. Colorado Blvd is of course closed in several places Workers installing traffic circles on Michigan Avenue at 9th, 10th and 11th streets were chopping up the sidewalks. Stret closures are detailed on the City of Santa Monica’s AM radio station, KFSM, 1440 on the AM dial. --David Ganezer Big Black Building Sells for $...
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...
Piano atop Santa Monica Mountains Taken Down A piano discovered by hikers at the top of the Santa Monica Mountains for a music video shoot has been removed. The group who lugged it to the site brought it back down the trail overnight into Sunday after they say authorities asked them to remove it. Michael Faner, who took part in the night hike, posted a photo of a dog on the piano and said the instrument is back in his possession. Hikers had taken pictures of the so-called...
On April 1st, the long-awaited launch of the assessment of Chain Reaction, Santa Monica's landmarked art piece will begin. The assessment is needed to determine the integrity of the interior structure and the scope of work required to restore it. Chain Reaction has a structural steel interior frame, a fiberglass shell and copper chains on the exterior of the artwork which are in various conditions. The fiberglass shell will also be tested for strength. Due to the unique...
This past Saturday, SaMoHi Team Marine members Martin Liu, Kimberly Fuentes, and Zoe Parcells were awarded first place out of 16 teams in the Environmental Management category at the Los Angeles County Science Fair and will now advance to the state fair. Their project titled, Cigarette Pollution and Mitigation in Santa Monica, CA, examined short-term (≤ 7 days) and longer term (≤ 2 months) cigarette accumulation rates for seven urban streets over a one year period. Their stu...
In a region known for romanticizing its roads, the California Incline in Santa Monica has long been a beloved landmark. The road, which connects the beach with the bluffs, affords spectacular coastal views that have made it a subject of postcards and tourist photos for more than a century. The ramp has remained a constant in the beachside city from the days of horse-drawn buggies. But time has taken its toll. Now, after years of delays, the incline is finally about to get a...
On Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved a ban on anyone bringing any reptile, bird, or non-human primate into any city park. Though the Council alleged this ordinance was directed toward the handful of opportunists on the Pier who offer tourists a photo with their snakes and birds, the new law will affect every owner of a reptile or bird in the city of Santa Monica - probably several thousand citizens. It will also prevent veterinarians at the VCA...
SMMUSD On Spring Break Santa Monica Malibu School District began it’s 2015 two week spring break on Friday, March 27, 2015. For two weeks, 9,122 students will have not a care in the world, as they travel with their parents, play video games, go to the beach, or really do anything that isn’t school. This year, the semester is over in May. Students return on April 6, 2015. Public Input Sought on Concept Design for Reed Park Improvements Community members are invited to participate in the second workshop on improvements to the...
In the wake of actor Harrison Ford’s crash landing near Santa Monica Airport this month, the Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday established new leasing policies for tenants of its embattled airport, but declined to discuss exhaust limits that were recommended for jet aircraft. Santa Monica City Council revises leasing policy for tenants of the city’s embattled airport Several major tenants at Santa Monica Airport will get 3-year leases, while many to get month-to-month terms More than 100 members of the public comment on...
