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...
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...
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....
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...
The severe drought has given Los Angeles County residents another reason to flock to local beaches - water quality has significantly improved up and down the coast in the summer months, according to Heal the Bay's annual Beach Report Card released Thursday. In what has become an annual tradition before the Memorial Day weekend, the Santa Monica nonprofit doled out grades based on the amount of bacteria in the ocean for all the beaches along the West Coast over the past year....
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...
Santa Monica Fire Department to Host Third Annual Sidewalk CPR In recognition of National CPR Week, the American Heart Association (AHA) is collaborating with the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency to coordinate a County wide effort to teach the public how to perform hands only CPR. Emergency healthcare providers, such as fire departments, ambulance companies, hospitals and education programs will be going out into the community to teach residents how to save a life with CPR. This service is free to the...
One woman was treated for smoke inhalation and as many as 20 are left without housing after a transformer exploded in an alley behind the 800 block of Second street at around 11:30 PM on May 15. At least one apartment was destroyed, and the rest of the third floor was cordoned off limits afterward. 42 firefighters from both Santa Monica and Los Angeles were called to the scene, which is still under investigation. With wildfires raging throughout the state and extreme drought...
On May 10th, 2014 at 08:00 hours the Santa Monica Fire Department graduated 8 new recruit Firefighters from the first SMFD fire academy of 2014. Please join us in welcoming (L-R): Jeff Cusick, Armando Reyes, Benjamin Braun, Andrew Klein, Jason Silva, Eric Wickland, Jeff Adams, and Evan McManus....
Man Caught Riding His Bike Against Traffic Ends Up with Drug Charges Santa Monica Police say officers stopped a man for riding his bicycle against traffic and on the sidewalk on May 9 at around 9:30 at night. They say the suspect, homeless Terry Richards, started sweating profusely and acting jittery when they confronted him. Lawmen report Richards had no identification on him and consented to a search. Officers say they found a plastic container with methamphetamine inside....
SM Fire Department Deployed to San Diego Wildfires On Tuesday, May 15, at 6:54am, The Santa Monica Fire Department was deployed as part of a mutual aid request to assist with the Cocos Fire in San Diego. Two SMFD Engine Companies were dispatched as part of Strike Team XLA-1075A with other resources from Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Los Angeles City Fire Departments. The Strike Teams arrived at the staging location at Cal State San Marcos at 10:24 a.m., and were immediately...
The Federal Aviation Administration is checking the story of a San Francisco writer who claims his flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles was nearly involved in a mid-air collision with another passenger jet last month, one that could have been the worst aviation disaster ever. Kevin Townsend wrote in an essay his United Airlines flight 1205 pitched into a steep dive at 33,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean to avoid hitting a US Airways flight. He told KPIX 5 the collision happened...
Missing radio icon Casey Kasem has been found and was on vaction -- not in danger -- during his disappearance, authorities said. Kasem's family confirmed early Thursday that the longtime "American Top 40" host had been located in Washington state, three days after a California judge ordered an investigation into the 82-year-old's whereabouts. The sheriff's office in Kitsap County, west of Seattle, tracked him down. He was at a home where he and his wife, Jean, had been...
Following community outcry and a successful referendum campaign, the Santa Monica City Council has rescinded a controversial development agreement for one of the city's largest projects. The Bergamot Transit Village - a 765,000-square-foot office, residential and retail development near a coming Expo Line rail stop - was narrowly approved in February after years of debate. But when council members were forced to decide Tuesday between putting the project's fate on the ballot...
President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive today for a two-day visit to Los Angeles for two political fundraisers and a speech at a gala for an organization founded by Steven Spielberg to keep alive memories of the Holocaust and other genocides. The trip will be Obama's 17th to the Los Angeles area since taking office in 2009. All but three of his trips have included political fundraisers. He has made 10 trips to the area solely for fundraising. "Since the Clinton...
