Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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It was emotional night at the SMMUSD school board meeting Thursday, as three departing school board members said goodbye and shared memories of their tenure on the board. The exiting members, Nimish Patel, Ralph Mechur and Ben Allen were presented with plaques for their service. In attendance were Craig Foster and Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, who will be assuming responsibility of Mechur and Patel's seats. Allen's seat will be filled via an appointment process that will take...
Bike-Pedestrian Safety Enforcement The Santa Monica Police Department conducted a Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operation on Monday, November 24, 2014. It focused enforcement on primary collision factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. "The department has mapped out locations over the past five years where pedestrian and bike collisions are prevalent, along with the violations that led to those collisions," police said. "Extra officers will be on duty...
A Japanese firm said it will go ahead with plans to build light-rail cars in Los Angeles County, a month after threatening to pull out when talks with organized labor groups stalled, transportation officials announced. The county Metropolitan Transportation Authority said at least 150 jobs will be created when Kinkisharyo International of Osaka retrofits an existing manufacturing facility in Palmdale. The company will also recognize a labor union if a majority of employees request one, the Los Angeles Times reported...
Join Santa Monica’s Police Chief, Fire Chief, and the Chamber of Commerce in a rewarding and vital community event. Over 200 volunteers will be assigned to teams that will cover every street, alley and park to enumerate homeless individuals. This annual count not only informs our homeless strategy but is a great way to be a part of the solution to address homelessness. Security will be provided and all volunteers will receive training! To learn more about the City’s Homeless Count and efforts to address homelessness in San...
Shouting at Jack’s A homeless man was convicted of shouting at customers at the Jack in the Box in the 1800 block of Lincoln Blvd. The incident took place on Friday, November 14, and resulted in a weekend in jail. Jamie Miranda, 44, was convicted at the LAX Courthouse of “Drunk & Disorderly Conduct,” a violation of Cal. Penal Code Section 647(f). He was ordered to serve six days, and to pay a fine of $200. He was also ordered to stay 100 yards away from Jack in the Box at all times Selling Marijuana at Reed A woman convi...
The parent company and owner of a Santa Monica restaurant pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges stemming from serving meat from the endangered Sei whale to undercover investigators in 2009 and 2010. Typhoon Restaurant Inc. and owner Brian Vidor each pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sale of a marine mammal at thenow-closed restaurant The Hump at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport. As part of the plea, Vidor admitted that he was aware his sushi chefs, who have previously pleaded guilty, were serving whale at the...
The mother of a man who died from injuries suffered when his motor scooter collided with a Santa Monica police cruiser is suing the city for wrongful death. Ermine Nelson’s son, 30-year-old Walter James of Highland, died at a hospital from injuries suffered in the collision at Pico Boulevard and Fourth Street about 7:40 a.m. April 5, according to California Highway Patrol officers and the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. Nelson is seeking unspecified damages. A representative for the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Offic...
The city of Santa Monica sued the Federal Aviation Administration Thursday in an effort to clarify ownership and control of its municipal airport, the future of which is being debated by city officials and residents. According to the city, Santa Monica leased the airport to the federal government during World War II, and local and federal officials made improvements to the facility. After the war, the airport was returned to the city under an "instrument of transfer," but...
Last weekend Phase Two 0f the Expo Line (Santa Monica) was being connected to Phase One (Culver City). As the electrical components were being tied together the day grew closer to riders being able to lengthen their travel. Work on the tie-in will be completed this weekend (Nov. 15-16). Traffic on Venice Blvd. and surrounding streets will not be affected during the work activity. Construction that began two years ago is scheduled to be completed in 2015. Additional...
Santa Monica became the latest smoke-free Southern California city Thursday as its ban on e-cigarettes went into effect. The ban restricts e-cigarettes from any place regular cigarettes are not allowed, such as bars, restaurants and clubs, as well as outdoor areas including beaches, bus stops, ATM lines, public parks, the Santa Monica Pier and Third Street Promenade. The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously in June to join a growing list of cities that have restricted...
1Th Annual SM International Teen Film Festival Call for Submissions! Santa Monica, California. The Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 10th annual festival to be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 6th and 7th, 2015. The Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival accepts any film made by youth 12-18, from anywhere in the world, in any genre between 60 seconds to 30 minutes in length. SUBMISSION IS FREE. Multiple submissions are accepted. There are two ways to submit a film: 1)...
Voters returned Pam O'Connor to office for a 6th term, despite the repeated protestations of neighborhood groups such as SMCLC that she has never seen a large development project she didn't like. SMCLC tried to put the best face on it: "Pam O'Connor squeaked by in a distant third. In a city of almost 59,000 registered voters, she received 4,933 votes. Not a lot of support, but in an over-crowded field, just enough to win. "Ms. O'Connor enters what likely will be her last term...
Leading into Tuesday's midterm election, some pointed to a record-low voter turnout in California, and Los Angeles County voters did not disappoint. Only one in four registered voters in Los Angeles County turned in a ballot on Tuesday, according to an early analysis from the county's Registrar-Recorder. Among the state's counties, only Imperial County had a lower turnout with 22.4 percent of voters casting ballots. Los Angeles County's turnout was 25.5 percent based on the re...
Sheila Kuehl said the bid for the Third District seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was the toughest race in a political career that's included several runs for state legislative seats dating back to the '90s. The difference here, she said, was she actually had to run twice. "I had to do a primary and then a general," she said. "When I ran before, we didn't have 'top two' and so when I won the primary in 1992 through 2004, I was in. I didn't have a general...
One day after easily dispatching a political opponent who burst on the national stage in dramatic fashion, Ben Allen was taking a break from the rigors of his state Senate campaign Wednesday - hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains with his father. From the mountains of Topanga State Park, Allen gazed to the south and could see the great expanse of the 26th District he would soon represent in Sacramento. "I can see a straight shot from my current vantage point on the trail to...
Kye’s Opens in SM Superfood purveyor Kye’s will open its first store at 1518 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica, California, today. Kye’s will introduce its signature item, the KyeRito, which feature wraps made of options like nori or romain rather than the typical flatbread or tortilla. The wraps, many of which are vegetarian, gluten-free and /or paleo-friendly, come in four categories: Breakfast, Deli Style, Classic Comfort, and Asian-Inspired. Kye’s will also offer superfood-inspired beverages and desserts. Kye’s will give...
Statewide polling this summer found that most voters supported a ballot initiative to lift a decades-old cap on courtroom damages for medical negligence. The favorable opinions didn’t last. A multimillion-dollar torrent of negative advertising, mostly financed by insurance companies and doctors, doomed Proposition 46 on Tuesday, again affirming the power of deep pockets in California politics. The battle over Proposition 46 pitted trial lawyers against doctors and insurers and became an example of how money can tip the b...
The Santa Monica City Council in California will retain the right to make decisions about the city’s airport now that voters have defeated a proposal backed by national aviation interests. At issue was a dispute over the noise and pollution generated by the small but busy airport. Though there is no scheduled passenger service, 95,000 flights operate in or out of the airport every year — 15 percent of those are private or business jets. The 227-acre airport is bordered on three sides by residences, and noise from the jet...
Get SM Election Night Results Live Election Day is on November 4 and real-time election results will be coming in all night long at smvote.org. All Santa Monica races and ballot measure returns are consolidated on one web page to make it easy for Santa Monica residents to track the results. The semifinal official results will come from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office. The page will go live once the first round, usually absentee ballot results, is received shortly after 8 p.m. The results w...
On October 28, the Santa Monica City Council advanced the City’s call for immediate water conservation and dedicated an additional $400,000 towards incentive and conservation programs. “We need to move quickly and go further. Every dollar invested today that results in lasting conservation is a dollar we’re investing in our long-term water sufficiency.”, Mayor Pro Tem Terry O’Day. In response to the statewide drought, the Council called on Santa Monica residents, visitors, businesses and their employees to take immediate...
As Shriver tries to move up to Supervisor, Gleam Davis decides to scratch out his eyes, while Holbrook defends him. The contest for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor seat left open by the retirement of Zev Yaroslavsky took a nasty turn this week, starting with an “open letter” by Santa Monica Councilmember Gleam Davis. Davis’s letter trashes Bobby Shriver, who’s running for the Supervisor seat. It was distributed to media outlets by the campaign for Shriver’s rival, Sheila Kuehl. Kuehl has been a longtime member of...
Two influential aviation organizations have contributed more than half a million dollars to support a Santa Monica ballot measure that would halt efforts to shut down the city’s airport until the public can vote on future proposals to close the embattled facility, long a source of complaints from nearby residents. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn. and the National Business Aviation Assn. have donated at least $540,000 so far to the campaign for Measure D, which, supporters say, is a reaction to a City Council decision t...
Complaints AGainst O’Connor Referred to DA Santa Monica’s City Attorney has referred the Transparency Project’s detailed 31 Complaints, along with over 70 exhibits, against Mayor Pam O’Connor--which allege repeated violations of the Oaks Initiative for illegally accepting campaign contributions from developers after voting to approve their projects--to the Public Integrity Division of the LA District Attorney’s Office. City Attorney Marsha Moutrie stated that because she “report[s] directly to the City Council (of whi...
Theodore Greenberg lawsuit against the Art Institute of Los Angeles will proceed to trial, Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg ruled Thursday. Greenberg alleges that he was sexually harassed by Mark Lowentrout, a supervisor at the school’s Santa Monica campus. In his complaint, Greenberg alleges that on December of 2011 he was employed as a teacher at the Art Institute, with Lowentrout as his supervisor. Greenberg was originally hired by the Art Institute in D...
Theodore Greenberg lawsuit against the Art Institute of Los Angeles will proceed to trial, Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg ruled Thursday. Greenberg alleges that he was sexually harassed by Mark Lowentrout, a supervisor at the school’s Santa Monica campus. In his complaint, Greenberg alleges that on December of 2011 he was employed as a teacher at the Art Institute, with Lowentrout as his supervisor. Greenberg was originally hired by the Art Institute in D...
