Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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News2Share covered a confrontation Saturday May 13th, between protesters identified as "Antifa," others identified as pro-life, and members of the Santa Monica Police Dept. Some of the SMPD officers were mounted on horses. The confrontation took place just East of the 100 year old Santa Monica Pier, in Palisades Park. "#Antifa members violently clashed with law enforcement as they gathered to try to attack participants of a "Baby Lives Matter" rally in Santa Monica, Calif. on...
Russia has bombed and damaged the Kakhovska hydroelectric power plant. The dam, on the Dnipro river, is the largest such installation in Europe. President Zelenskyy will hold an emergency meeting of the National Security Council of Ukraine due to the explosion of the dam of Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, says Anton Gerashenko, a Ukrainian source connected to the government. "Kakhovka HPP is the sixth (lower and last) stage of the cascade of Dnieper hydroelectric power pla...
5/31: Federal police detained a musician performing on the Promenade on Wednesday afternoon at 5:50 pm. The reason for the arrest was not immediately apparent. We have reached out to authorities for comment. The suspect did not resist arrest. The arrest was recorded on the Citizen app and may be seen at this link: https://citizen.com/-NWoQloP7Q_rYNvGa66r?_branch_match_id=868598465448350304&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXT8%2FXS84syaxKzdNLzs%2FVz64...
6/1/23: A vehicle hit the CVS Pharmacy on Wilshire Blvd and Franklin in Santa Monica on Thursday. One patient was transported by ambulance to hospital. There was no property damage to the CVS, only to City of Santa Monica property. A Santa Monica Observer Newspaper rack also at that location, was undamaged....
May 28, 2023 - At a meeting with member of the Santa Monica Coalition, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer defended her program to distribute needles to drug addicts in public places in Santa Monica even as she was unable to answer questions about the program's effectiveness or safety. The Santa Monica Coalition is a group of local business owners and leaders who are concerned about the humanitarian, public safety, and crime issues present in the city....
May 29, 2023 - Today, the Santa Monica Police Department issued a press release about a multiple stabbing on Saturday night around 7u:30 pm at the pier, a popular holiday tourist attraction. Two women were assaulted by a man grabbing their breasts. Separately, two men associated with the women were stabbed by the assailant when they tried to defend the women. Both men were taken to the hospital. The suspect, 25 years old, is Jonathan James Peck. Below is the press release:...
On Saturday evening, May 28th, a criminally insane person went on a stabbing spree on the Santa Monica Pier. He stabbed several people before being apprehended by the SMPD's Harbor Patrol. The 100 year old pier is a major tourist attraction for Los Angeles County, ranking with the Hollywood sign and Griffith Park Observatory as among the biggest draws in LA County. "Crime Depravity Outdoor Mental Asylum! Santa Monica is not safe." say signs above PCH, directly below fires set...
Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier's Ferris wheel will feature a high-flying 90-feet tall, animated waving American flag throughout Memorial Day weekend in special salute to military personnel who died in service. The patriotic light program will also have brilliant colors and patterns in red, white and blue. Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday each May in the United States as an opportunity to honor and mourn the military personnel who have died in the...
IMG 1) Left Marcus Vlok from the Crean Lutheran boys' varsity lacrosse team along with center Ryan Schatzow and Luke Helmacy both from Santa Monica High battle for possession of the ball at Downey High School the home for the Division 3 CIf-Southern Section boys Lacrosse finals on Saturday May 13th 2023 as Samohi beat Lutheran 9-8 in overtime to capture the CIF-S.S. Division 3 boys lacrosse title. IMG 2)Left Ryan Schatzow from the Santa Monica High School boys' varsity...
A 15 year old boy was taken to a hospital Monday in stable condition after accidentally shooting himself in Santa Monica, the SMPD said. The Santa Monica Police Department responded to the 800 block of Second Street about 2:20 p.m. to a report about a gunshot wound. Officers arrived and located a boy, whose age was not disclosed, with an apparently self-inflicted accidental gunshot wound to his hand, wrote Myesha Morrison, SMPD PIO. It’s unclear how the boy obtained the f...
15: John Spahi, 70 and his son, Omar Spahi, have been arrested after a grand jury indicted them for converting HOA funds to their personal use. Ocean Towers is the only Cooperative apartment building in Santa Monica. For years, residents have alleged that the Spahis dominated the board of Directors of the HOA, and improperly used HOA funds for personal uses. Also indicted were Joe and Dorothy Orlando, who managed the building. The complaint alleges that the Spahis owned or...
May 4, 2023 - We received an email today from Darcy O'Brien-Holt: "I'm a Santa Monica resident and mom of a Roosevelt Elementary 1st grader. In late January, I found out that one of my son's kindergarten classmates was experiencing a medical emergency in the family: his mom, Tereza, had suffered a massive hemorrhage due to a condition I'd never heard of called AVM." "I learned she was in the ICU fighting for her life at only 34, unable to take care of her amazing boys, ages 7...
On November 30, 2021, 39-year-old Beau Mann vanished in Los Angeles. He had just been dropped off by an Uber. The Santa Monica police announced on Twitter Monday morning that they had positively identified human remains found in Santa Monica two weeks ago, as Mann. Nearly a year and a half after Beau Mann, the founder of a digital health company, went missing from his Uber ride in November 2021, authorities located his remains in a courtyard area near an abandoned building in...
May 10, 2023 - At 2:10 pm, Twitter user @heyelliday reported that a SWAT team was in the lobby of the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica. The tweet reads: "potential active shooter situation at huntley hotel in santa monica. friend stuck in lobby with swat team. i just got in my car seconds before swat team surrounded entrance. i drove off after getting permission from officer with rifle 3 feet from my car.” She tweeted the information to ABC7, FOXLA, and NBCLA. A higher end t...
May 10, 2023 - To reduce the risk of contracting or transmitting mpox at upcoming festivals and Pride events, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) strongly recommends people at higher risk for mpox get fully vaccinated with two doses of the mpox vaccine for maximum protection against severe illness. While there have been only three confirmed new mpox cases reported since March 1 in Los Angeles County, the recently reported cluster of at least 14 m...
Analysis: Latin American dictatorships strengthen relations with Iran The regimes of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela strengthened their geopolitical alliance with Iran during a "friendly tour" carried out by the Foreign Minister of the Islamic country Hosein Amir-Abdollahian. However, experts consider that Iran is not a reliable ally, since it is distanced from the international community and abuses its commercial relations with other nations to finance and carry out acts of...
A man was killed in a road rage shooting on Lincoln Blvd near Bali Way. The unidentified victim was shot in the chest and succumbed on scene to his injuries. This at about 12 noon on Monday afternoon, May 8, 2023. Reports of the incident originated on the Citizen app: https://citizen.com/-NUwnHp_JagGOsv2h6zK The suspect was last seen fleeing northbound through the area in the black Kia with passenger-side damage from a collision. From KTTV: One person was shot to death Monday...
Seismographs recorded a 3.4 magnitude earthquake 2 miles West of Malibu Beach Monday morning, May 8th 2023. The earthquake struck at 8:05 AM PDT. It was felt as a rolling motion in Santa Monica, which was about 7 miles away from the Epicenter....
A white sedan has driven through the window of the Yoshinoya Bowl restaurant located at 2360 Pico Blvd in Santa Monica. This on Tuesday afternoon May 9, at about 2 pm PDT. "Since 1899, Yoshinoya has been cooking up delicious Japanese rice bowls, fast and at an affordable price," says the restaurant website....
On Saturday evening 5/6/23, the Santa Monica Fire Department was handling traumatic injuries suffered in an assault, at 2030 Ocean Ave lot 4 South. The assailant still on scene, in the area, this in the Southeast Corner of the parking lot. The victim was transported to UCLA hospital in Westwood. Separately, a structure fire was reported on Saturday night in Venice. The location was 2214 S Glyndon Ave cross of Victoria and Glyndon. An injured firefighter was reported to have...
April 26, 2023 - Santa Monica Auctions, a longtime art business in Santa Monica, will be holding a two-day auction which will include the original canvas artwork for the iconic “Hope” poster of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign for president. Two later versions of the image were created by Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey, but that to be auctioned is the sole original work of art for the campaign poster. Of the later versions, one is in the Smithsonian Institution’s Nationa...
PCH Collision 4.29.23. Pacific Coast Highway was closed in Santa Monica Saturday afternoon, after a collision north of the McClure Tunnel that demolished at least 2 vehicles. All of PCH was closed between the 10 Freeway and the California incline from 3 pm PST. The collision wasn't completely cleared until 8 pm. Santa Monica Police Department and Fire Department responded. At least 8 people were transported to the hospital with injuries. The collision occurred when a Kia...
The SMFD Hazmat team was called to 2701 Olympic Tuesday night at about 10 pm PST. The nature of the hazardous material is unknown. Both the Fire Dept. and Santa Monica Police were present. The staging area or command post was reportedly at 26th and Pennsylvania. It was not immediately clear what sort of hazmat incident was involved. "Holding Batt 1, Engine 5 & hazmat 5, and McCormick; It’s a unified command between PD and Fire."...
After a foot chase, the SMPD arrested 3 men involved in the theft of a vehicle. Multiple stolen credit cards and a stolen handgun were recovered during the arrest. This according to an instagram post Monday evening....
The Santa Monica Fire Department responded to an incident involving multiple possible drug overdoses on Monday afternoon. This at 2702 Main Street. The E-2 and E-7 fire battalions responded to the report that several people were suffering the effects of a drug overdose. 2 additional ambulances responded to the incident. There were a total of 8 patients, none of them critical. All recovered consciousness, none were transported....
