Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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City Manager Rod Gould’s controversial decision last week to rescind the hiring of Communications Director Elizabeth Riel, may have been due to her membership in a slow growth coalition called SMCLC. The rescission preceded her actual assumption of any job duties. SM City Manager Rod Gould, the beneficiary of a $300,000 annual salary, the highest of any City Manager in Los Angeles County (even before you take into account astounding benefits and pension); is, naturally, d...
Venice City Council To Consider Banning Segways From Boardwalk The Venice City Council will consider banning Segways from the boardwalk after the city's transportation committee Wednesday supported the ordinance. The two-wheeled, electric vehicles, which is operated with the user standing upright, have reportedly caused several accidents on the boardwalk. "A lot of folks have begun to use Segways to get around on the boardwalk and it's just too damn crowded and the cops have...
Running a stop sign on a bicycle leads to slew of charges Santa Monica Police say officers conducted a traffic stop after a man failed to stop for posted stop sign while riding a bicycle. The incident happened on June 6 at about 3 in the afternoon. They say the officers asked the suspect Faraji Foster if they could search his backpack and he consented. Lawmen report they found debit cards in names other than his own. Authorities say they placed Foster under arrest for possessi...
A beachfront home in Santa Monica, Calif., will list for $29 million, according to listing agent Santiago Arana of the Agency. The roughly 10,000-square-foot home sits on Santa Monica State Beach, on a sandy stretch north of the Jonathan Club where there are only a few other homes, Mr. Arana said. The 11,000-square-foot lot is one of the biggest in the area, he said, and the house has 10 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. The home also has an underground garage that fits around eight...
A small fire and explosion at a new mixed-used building near the Santa Monica civic center on Tuesday left two workers burned, including one whose injuries were described by fire officials as critical. The incident was reported about 11:45 a.m. in the basement area of the multi-story structure at 1725 Ocean Ave., the Santa Monica Fire Department said. One of the workers had burns over 40% of his body, including his face, arms and chest, Deputy Chief Tom Clemo said. The victim...
Santa Monica Startup Gets New Financing The venture capital firm Canaan Partners has led a $10.5 million round in Washio, which makes an app for on-demand laundry and dry cleaning services, both companies said on Monday. Earlier investors — Ashton Kutcher’s A Grade Investments, Pejman Mar Ventures, the Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and Sherpa Ventures — also participated. With the new round, Washio, based in Santa Monica, Calif., has raised a total of roughly $13 million since its 2013 founding, the company’s co-foun...
A part-time employee with the city of Santa Monica has been put on leave and could face misdemeanor charges for allegedly taking inappropriate photos of children while chaperoning a field trip to Dodger Stadium. Donald Condon, 55, was arrested May 30 on suspicion of child annoyance, a misdemeanor, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. He allegedly took photos of the minors while chaperoning the field trip for the Santa Monica Police Activities League. He was placed on administrative leave last week, according to a...
Santa Monica police have determined that a report of a 2-year-girl who was possibly abducted in downtown Santa Monica on Thursday afternoon was unfounded, the city stated in an email that was sent to residents. Initially, Santa Monica police Sgt. Francisco Franco said the department was investigating a reported abduction at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Second Street that had occurred around 3:40 p.m. The location is about a block away from the Third Street Promenade and a short distance away from the beach....
Sandra Fluke, the women's rights activist who gave Rush Limbaugh heartburn, finished a surprise second place behind SMMUSD School Board Member Ben Allen, in Tuesday's Open primary. Fluke and her husband Adam moved to California several years ago and bought a house in West Hollywood while she was in law school at Georgetown.* Fluke and Allen both advance to the Nov. 4th General Election Fluke gained national fame in 2012 when Limbaugh called her a "slut" and a "prostitute" on...
The Santa Monica Firefighters Association has established a Fund to assist the Looney Family that was involved in Friday’s tragic crash in Santa Monica’s McClure Tunnel. The firefighters opened the fund with a $1,000.00 donation. The accident occurred when the family was on their way to the beach from their home in Las Vegas. The family’s 2 year old child was killed in the accident and another child suffered a severe injury. Several other members of the family received injuries ranging from mild to moderate. Donations recei...
On Friday, May 30, 2014 the Los Angeles Police Department reported the arrest of Donald Condon, age 55, of Culver City for misdemeanor child annoyance. It is alleged that he took inappropriate photographs of minors in public while chaperoning them on a Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) outing to a Dodger’s game. Mr. Condon is a part-time employee of the City of Santa Monica. He was placed on paid administrative leave on Monday, June 2, 2014 pending the outcome of the ongoing criminal and administrative i...
7:36 PM, a sharp earthquake lasting 5-7 seconds was felt in Santa Monica, and as far away as Oxnard. USGS says it was a 4.2 magnitude centered 3.3 miles NW of Westwood Village, which makes it similar to an earthquake in mid-April. A 4.2 is a moderate quake which can cause mild damage....
On November 3, 2013, David Guyer entered the W.I. Simonson Mercedes dealership in Santa Monica and requested to test drive a car. Guyer provided the salesperson an Arizona driver's license, which was then photocopied and retained for the dealership's records. During the test drive, Guyer stopped the vehicle, told the salesperson he had a gun, and ordered the salesperson out of the vehicle. He then fled the scene. The vehicle was recovered six days later in Hermosa Beach. On Ma...
The runoff election pitting Sheila Kuehl against Santa Monica's former Mayor Bobby Shriver for an open seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is shaping up to be a pivotal contest that could shift the balance of power on a panel with regionwide influence. The winner will join a board flanked on one side by two labor-friendly Democrats, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and newly elected Hilda Solis, and two Republicans, Mike Antonovich and Don Knabe. Retiring...
Suspicious Behavior Lands Man in Jail Santa Monica police officer say they saw a man looking into a parked car at the 1400 block of Lincoln Blvd on May 30 at approximately 5:20 in the afternoon. They say an officer kept an eye on him as he walked across the street and into the alley east of Lincoln Blvd. Lawmen report they saw the suspect Derric Jones look into two other parked cars, as if he was looking for items to take from inside. Authorities say they stopped Jones and...
City to Manage Traffic The City says it will manage the anticipated influx of people into Downtown during summer weekends and holidays. The City calls the program “Go with the Flow” and it aims to keep cars moving, streets safer and parking easier to find in Downtown Santa Monica. Until Labor Day, every weekend and holiday will be designated a “Go with the Flow” day. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. traffic officers and other city staff will be out in force; directing drivers in and out of parking structures, relieving crowded interse...
Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Missing Persons Unit are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Francisco Mazzola, a 79 year-old male White who was last seen at a residence located on the 8700 block of Shoreham Drive, West Hollywood, on Friday May 30th, 2014 at approximately 10:00 p.m. Mr. Mazzola is described as 5’ 06”, 130 lbs, brown hair, balding. He suffers from memory loss and becomes easily confused. He was last seen wearing a blue “New England Patriots” NFL football jacket, black...
Another year, another election. But this likely low-turnout election has a ton of interesting races that will help to shape the future of our region for a long time. We will replace Henry Waxman in Congress, who has been there for forty years. We'll also pick the successor to Zev Yaroslavsky, who has served ably as County Supervisor for twenty years, as well as the folks who will replace scandal-ridden Sherriff Lee Baca and even-more-scandal-ridden Assessor John Noguez....
The Santa Monica Police Department's Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver's License Checkpoint on June 6, 2014, at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m....
Hidden camera catches thief Santa Monica Police say officers responded to a residence in the 800 block of 12th St. on May 20 after a woman told them that she had set up a clandestine camera in her house after noticing that she had been missing clothing and lingerie from her residence over the past 5 years. Lawmen report after returning from a trip the victim reported looking at the video and noticing that on May 17 she checked her video and found that the camera recorded a man...
Santa Monica on Tuesday took a significant step in boosting seismic safety by agreeing to hire a top earthquake engineering firm to help the city identify older buildings potentially at risk of collapse in a major temblor. The City Council authorized city officials to hire Degenkolb Engineers for a budget that will not exceed $91,524. Once the buildings have been surveyed and cataloged, owners would eventually be notified and given a chance to show their structure does not...
In another legal skirmish over the future of embattled Santa Monica Airport, a lawsuit was filed Friday challenging a proposed city ballot measure that would require voter approval to shut down the facility, alter its land use or restrict aviation activities. A group of Santa Monica citizens sued in Los Angeles County Superior Court in an attempt to derail a petition drive by airport supporters and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn. to qualify a pro-airport measure for a...
The fish kill in Marina Del Rey on May 18 was likely caused by the lack oxygen in the water and is nothing too unusual according to Wildlife officials. "A large anchovy school traveling outside the surf may have sought cover from a predator species. Once in the harbor, the fish school became trapped, and subsequently depleted all of the available oxygen in the water, " said Janice Mackey with California Department of Fish and Wildlife in a statement. Parts of A basin between...
A transformer may be to blame for a late night apartment fire in Santa Monica, officials said Friday. The fire was reported around 10:45 p.m. Thursday at 850 2nd Street, the Santa Monica Fire Department said. When crews arrived on scene, they saw heavy fire and smoke coming from the third floor of the complex. Firefighters were quickly able to put out the flames in under an hour and limit the damage. The cause of the fire was under investigation, but "witnesses accounts have...
Authorities were looking Tuesday for a man who slashed up to 80 tires on cars parked in Santa Monica's Ocean Park neighborhood. KTLA-TV reported that the man argued with an employee at ZJ Boarding House, a surf shop on Main Street, about 3 a.m. Sunday. After the argument, the man walked around a corner, approached a van believed to belong to the employee and slashed one of its tires. But the rubber rampage didn't stop there. The man can be seen on surveillance video from a...
