Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Hammer Attack Santa Monica Police say they arrested a man accused of hitting another man several times in the head with a hammer. Authorities say it happened on the 800 block of Cedar Street at 3:50 in the afternoon on February 26. Officers were called to the home after they received a disturbance complaint. Lawmen report the door was open, when they arrived at the home, and they could see three people fighting inside. They say one person was holding a hammer while another person was bleeding from the head. Authorities say,...
When Matt Miller left his job in the Bill Clinton White House in 1995, he knew he wanted to run for office. His soon-to-be wife, however, had a different plan. "She said, 'You can do that or you can marry me, but you can't do both,' " Miller said. "At the time, I think that was the right choice." Almost two decades later, she is on board. So Miller, now a Pacific Palisades resident, as well as a progressive thinker, radio host, frequent television commentator and...
Tech Heavies to Speak at Miramar’s Oasis Top tech executives, including BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt are in town this week for a two-day technology and media conference. Oasis: The Montgomery Summit -- for a decade known as the Montgomery Technology Conference before a name change this year -- will take place at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica on Wednesday and Thursday. The invitation-only confab will feature panels, networking and presentations from chief executives o...
The annual LA Marathon is happening this weekend, and that means roads from Santa Monica to Dodgers Stadium will be closed for a good portion of Sunday. Closures will begin as early as 4 a.m. and continue through 5 p.m. In Santa Monica, San Vicente will be closed all the way from Wilshire Blvd, to Ocean Avenue. Ocean Avenue will be closed south to Pico Blvd. A detailed list of closures can be found on LA Marathon's website. As they pass the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Hollywood...
A West Los Angeles Community College student has been arrested on suspicion of stealing the identities of victims from Mississippi to Torrance to help put herself through college and purchase personal items, authorities said Wednesday. Reon Jordan, 34, was arrested Tuesday at her South Los Angeles home and booked on suspicion of grand theft, burglary and unauthorized use of personal identifying information, said Deputy Kim Manatt of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau. She was ordered Wednesday to remain held on $1.2 million b...
Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica will undergo a name change to Providence Saint John’s Health Center today, when Providence Health & Services Southern California assumes sponsorship of the hospital. The change — which was approved by the state Attorney General’s Office and the Holy See, the governing office of the Catholic Church — is essentially a transfer of sponsorship from one nonprofit Catholic organization to another, with Providence taking over for SCL Health System. The 266-bed hospital was founded i...
A 3.2 earthquake shook the west side on Friday evening at 814. Residents from Marina del Rey to Brentwood reported feeling a sharp jolt....
A storm dumping light to moderate rain across Los Angeles County on Thursday is moving faster than expected, which could mean an extended break starting in the afternoon before a more powerful system arrives, forecasters said. "We're moving good -- system is moving a little quicker than we thought," said Andrew Rorke, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Since rain began falling Wednesday evening, about 1 to 2 inches have dropped on the region's coasts...
The lack of rain this winter and a potential water shortage is a concern to Southern Californians, especially since Governor Brown declared a drought emergency a few weeks ago. On Monday night the Culver City Council heard a report on the drought as it might affect the local area. The presentation, given by Fernando Paludi, manager of water policy for the West Basin Municipal Water District, and Paul J. Rowley, district manager for the Golden State Water Company, was meant to...
Two Robbery Suspects Caught by Police Two accused of stealing a credit card and other items from a man at knife point were caught by Santa Monica Police. Authorities say Raul Solis and a teenager are accused of taking a cell phone, money and a credit card from their victim on February 23 at about 7:20 at night. They say the incident happened at Cedar Street and 11th Street in Santa Monica. Lawmen report the victim approached them and told them that he had been robbed at knife point by two people. Officers say a description...
It may not exactly be "Jaws", but as many as four leopard sharks have been seen swimming in the canals along Venice Beach. Experts say the sharks – which are believed to have swam through tidal gates into the canals – shouldn't pose any danger to beachgoers. Images of the baby sharks first appeared on Twitter in early February after Venice resident Sheena Duggal spotted them swimming along Grand Canal between Washington and Venice boulevards. Duggal, a volunteer photo document...
Suspect Flushed Out in Palisades Los Angeles SWAT officers fired tear gas into a residence at a mobile home park in Pacific Palisades today and flushed out a suspect, ending a standoff of nearly three hours, authorities said. The suspect had been sought for making criminal threats against a woman at the unit around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, said Los Angeles police Lt. Lonnie Tiano The suspect barricaded himself inside a residence at the mobile home park in the 17000 block of Pacific Coast Highway and was suspected of being armed,...
The two-year chain reaction of controversy that a gigantic sculpture of a nuclear mushroom cloud has set off across Santa Monica's otherwise friendly shores has ended. The City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night in favor of accepting more than $100,000 in donations and restoring the aging, three-story work called "Chain Reaction." Two years ago, fate looked grim for the hulking pop-art structure constructed of chain links big enough to secure a ship's anchor. City officials said...
Batten Down the Hatches: Maintenance workers prepare for the biggest storm since 2011, as pedestrians walk by on a sunny Wednesday in the middle of a rainy week. The weather service said the second storm will be stronger and move across Southern California from late Thursday through late Saturday, reaching Los Angeles County early Friday morning with rainfall amounts ranging from 3-6 inches in the foothills, and up to 8 inches in localized areas. A so-called Pineapple Express...
Suspect Arrested for Hit-And-Run Police arrested a woman accused of hitting a 28-year-old man with her car on Pacific Coast Highway and then driving off. Authorities say it happened on PCH north of Temescal Canyon Road on Valentine’s Day at 7:55 in the afternoon. Lawmen report 74-year-old Anna Soon Ma of Fullerton allegedly hit the man with her Prius who was walking across PCH in a marked, flashing pedestrian crosswalk. They say Ma left the scene without providing any information. Ma has been charged with Hit and Run Felony,...
County Approves New Zoning Plan for Santa Monica Mountains A local zoning plan for the Santa Monica Mountains that would allow the county to issue land use permits directly to applicants was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors last week. Known as the Santa Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program (LCP), the zoning plan encompasses 80 square miles of the Santa Monica Mountains. Currently, property owners are required to obtain project approval from both the county and California Coastal Commission. The LCP no...
A 73-year-old Fullerton woman has been arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run in connection with a crash that severely injured a pedestrian as he walked across Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades. Anna Soon Ma was arrested Monday on suspicion of felony hit-and-run, but was released Tuesday morning after posting $50,000 bail. Police say a 28-year-old man was walking across Pacific Coast Highway, north of Temescal Canyon Road, in a marked, flashing pedestrian crosswalk at about 7:55 p.m. Friday when a silver 2010 Toyota...
A poll commissioned by Wendy Greuel’s congressional campaign reportedly shows that she leads Torrance Democrat Ted Lieu by 8 percentage points in a five-way race to succeed Rep. Henry Waxman in Congress. But the primary election in the 33rd Congressional District is nearly four months away, and representatives for most of Greuel’s opponents either say they believe it is too early to predict how the race will go, or that they’re not concerned with the numbers reported by the opposing campaign. According to a memo circu...
This week, the City hosted a series of workshops to discuss the integration of the Expo Light Rail Transit and Big Blue Bus systems "The service area of Big Blue Bus (BBB) is changing in ways that promise to have significant impact on public transportation," said the Big Blue Bus Co. in a press release. "Further expansion of the Exposition Light Rail Line in 2016 will increase the number of stations served from four to eleven, and bring rail from the fringes of the BBB...
Assault on the Pier Santa Monica police say they arrested a man accused of hitting another man in the face at the Santa Monica Pier early Saturday morning. Lawmen report it happened on the 300 block of the Pier on February 8th shortly after three o'clock in the morning. Lawmen say the victim told them that he was walking on the Pier with his aunt when the suspect, Gonzalo Alberto Sanguin, who asked the victim where he was from, approached him. According to authorities, the...
A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the City of Santa Monica, on grounds that the City filed it about half a century too late. The City had tried to argue it, and not the Federal Government, owned Cloverfield, the City's airport. U.S. District Judge John F. Walter said city officials said that no only had the City failed to meet any imaginable statue of limitations applicable to Airport ownership, but that the City had not sought relief inthe Court of...
Two chefs who worked at a now-closed Santa Monica sushi restaurant pleaded guilty Tuesday to serving meat from federally protected Sei whales. Kiyoshiro Yamamoto and Susumu Ueda, who worked at the now closed The Hump at Santa Monica Airport, have pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges of conspiracy and offering to, and selling, a marine mammal product for an unauthorized purpose. Typhoon Restaurant Inc., parent company of The Hump, and the two chefs were charged in 2010....
Santa Monica will become the first city in California to inspect concrete, steel and wood-frame buildings and require seismic retrofitting for those deemed vulnerable during a major earthquake. The city will spend more than $100,000 over the next year identifying potentially dangerous buildings, then property owners must show they are safe or fix them. City officials said they would determine over the next few months how much time the owners have to complete the retrofitting....
Sandra Fluke now has some Democratic competition in the race to fill the South Bay's seat in the state Senate. Ben Allen, a Santa Monica school board member, jumped into the race Monday, while Betsy Butler, a former state Assembly member, has told supporters she plans to run. Allen, who is from Santa Monica, said he enters the race with a strong Westside base, having been elected to the school board in 2008 and 2012. The new 28th Senate District starts in the Palos Verdes Peni...
On Tuesday, as predicted, the Santa Monica City Council voted, 4-3, to approve a Developer's Agreement allowing the Hines development company to build a 767,000 square foot mixed commercial/residential project. The "Bergamot Transit Village" project requires Council approval because it outstrips current zoning limits for the site, the one-time Papermate factory at 26th and Olympic. The Council vote was delayed a week past its original date so the Council members could make a...
