Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Have you ever wondered how to find a fairy, mermaid or unicorn in LA? "That motherf@@@er is not real," you say? Then you need to visit the Sparkl Fairy Couture store just off Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade on Santa Monica Blvd. Wednesday night, the Sparkl Fashion store in Santa Monica conducted its annual Mermont Show at the Mondrian Hotel's Skybar. Few events are more fun for me to photograph, since the store specializes in mermaid merchandise, fairy couture and unicor...
September 22, 2023 - John Alle, the Santa Monica activist, business owner, and founding member of the Santa Monica Coalition who was attacked by a drugged homeless individual on Tuesday, wrote us to clear up some misconceptions that have been circulating in other news outlets. Below is his statement: 1) The attack occurred DURING THE DAY between 2:30 and 3 pm. 2) I was not filming the suspect or anyone in particular. I was taking a break from work and decided to walk the...
In a puzzling video posted to Twitter, a male walrus uses his tusks to puncture the flotation devices surrounding a Russian small boat as it is lowered into the Arctic sea near Franz Josef Land. "What are you doing?" asks a puzzled Russian sailor. It appears that the Walrus wanted to prevent the boat from being deployed, as he damages it badly. A second walrus, also with tusks, looks on during the action. It's unclear why the marine mammal would behave in this manner. But...
September 26, 2023 - Tonight the Santa Monica City Council will consider whether to add a paragraph about "hate speech" to their existing Civility Policy. The existing policy exhorts those attending city council meetings to treat others "courteously," "listen "respectfully," and "exercise self-control" while embracing "respectful disagreement." No part of this policy has the force of law but is merely a resolution. Tonight, acting on a recommendation put forward in July 2022,...
Smoke from the fires across Quebec and Eastern Canada and Western Canada has found its way to Greenland, on the far Northeastern corner of the continent. That smoke has also gathered just north of the border near the Great Lakes. Computer guidance forecasts suggest some smoky conditions will continue in a wide area beyond Canada. With 20,000 residents, Nuuk is the largest town in Greenland. 40% of the country's population live in Nuuk, formerly Godthab. From the Washington...
Thursday afternoon before 4 pm, an employee at Ralphs Grocery Company on Olympic Blvd was talking to a customer outside of the store. After conversation, a confrontation occurred. It's unclear who started the altercation. But the employee ended up pinned against a car while being beaten by his attacker. The employee then slashed the attacker with a knife that was on his person. It's unknown whether the employe needed any medical treatment at the time of the attack. Santa...
An unidentified person of interest in the homicide case has been detained, the department confirmed at about 6:15 a.m. Monday. A department news conference is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer was killed in an ambush shooting outside the Palmdale sheriff's station on Saturday. The sheriff's department said Deputy Clinkunbroomer had just left the Palmdale station and was sitting at a red light at the intersection of...
The Greenland's Arctic Command reported that an abandoned research station washed to sea, not far from the fjord where last week, a cruise ship briefly ran aground. The tsunami occurred in remote East Greenland. Greenland is twice the size of Alaska, and has only 53,000 residents. Very few of them live in East Greenland, which is colder than West Greenland. Here is the press release from Greenland's Arctic Command, which is a division of the Danish military: "TSUNAMI IN...
September 6, 2023 - The Los Angeles County Health Department claims they have no idea how deadly Covid-19 is any more. "We are unable to calculate the case fatality rate for COVID-19 using our disease surveillance data because many cases are not reported to Public Health," they wrote in response to a media query. Health officials say that, because of home testing kits, they have no idea how many people actually have had Covid and therefore do not have an accurate denominator...
After the 7th and final show of its second season, HBO announced that it would n ot renew the Showtime Lakers documentary for a third season. The show centers on the Los Angeles Lakers NBA team and their rise in the early 1980s. The first season dramatized Jerry Buss' first year as the team's owner and Magic Johnson's rookie year, 1979-80. The second season is set during the four-year period after that. Twitter posters protested the way the series was pulled after the Celtics...
Military officials are searching for a jet after a "mishap" that forced the pilot to eject. But officials said they believe that the aircraft has not crashed, and has continued to fly on autopilot. "We're working with @MCASBeaufortSC to locate an F-35 that was involved in a mishap this afternoon. The pilot ejected safely. If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600." tweeted @MCASB...
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept chief Robert Luna said that the investigation was ongoing. But police still had no person of interest or suspect in the murder of a sheriff's deputy in Palmdale Saturday. Security camera footage had been expected to yield clues in the murder of Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30. The murder took place at a red light just outside the sheriff's station, indicating that the killer had targeted a Sheriff's deputy (thought not necessarily Clinkunbroomer)....
Three people were injured in a structure fire Sunday morning on Idaho and 4th Street in Santa Monica. An apartment complex on 4th and Idaho, all were smoke inhalation patients. All 3 were transported via ambulance to a local hospital....
Even in a sluggish real estate market and with mortgages at 8%, there is endless developer money for massive apartment construction in Santa Monica. Developers have proposed 570 housing units on a commercial parking lot just south of the train station on 4th Street and Colorado Avenue. This will join the massive apartment complex City Council is contemplating granting an exclusive agreement to a set of corporations, as part of a Surplus Land Act sale of city owned property....
Is nothing sacred in Hollywood? Does history account for nothing? A golden era which is long gone and almost forgotten is about to become a little bleaker. The only home that Marilyn Monroe owned and was tragically found dead in, is about to be destroyed as mercilessly as she was by the Hollywood machine that used her up. If the walls in the late icon's former residence could talk, they would whisper tales and secrets far more intriguing and glamorous that today's Instagram...
September 7, 2023 – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued a beach closure for the following areas due to the release of approximately 10,000 gallons of untreated sewage: Charley Beach The area ½ mile north of Ballona Creek and ½ mile south of Ballona Creek Public Health officials are advising residents or visitors planning to visit Los Angeles County beaches to avoid contact with ocean water and wet sand in the areas noted above. The c...
The Santa Monica Fire Department will have their annual September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. Each year, SMFD conducts a brief and solemn ceremony consistent with the International Association of Fire Chief recommended protocols. All five community fire stations will participate. The public, especially neighbors of our fire stations, are encouraged to attend at any of the fire stations listed below promptly at 6:45 a.m. at Station 1 1337 7th Street, Station 2...
19: You can pretty much do whatever you want to in Santa Monica lately. We all know there are plenty of drugged out, crazy folks in Santa Monica recently. But the naked truth is, you can walk down main street in Santa Monica and no one will stop you. To be fair, Main Street is right by the beach, and people have always worn beach clothing there from time to time. But a dude walked by me with it all hanging out on Tuesday morning. And I knew that man kind had now returned...
On the last day of August, the Hazmat team was called to Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation. ”We responded to assist with a report of a suspicious package containing white powder. The substance was collected by the Fire Department and we have since cleared the call,” wrote Erika R. Aklufi, Lieutenant, Office of the Chief of Police, Santa Monica Police Department at 1:41 pm PST. “Santa Monica Fire units were dispatched to a reported “Haz-Mat Level 2” located at 2700 Colo...
September 5, 2023 - Students from Santa Monica High School have informed the Observer that students were sent home from the school this morning due to a power outage. School was not in session yesterday because of the Labor Day holiday, but students were sent an email informing them that school would be closed. There is apparently a problem with the fuses at Samohi....
TORRANCE, Calif. -- On August 25, 2023, at approximately 3:30 a.m., a patient was brought to the hospital by ambulance after bystanders witnessed him being struck by a van. This incident occurred near Imperial Highway and Budlong Avenue in Los Angeles, CA 90044. He is currently intubated and sedated and the hospital does not have any information to help identify him. Below is a general description and photo of the patient; anyone with information that may help to identify him...
Courts, Rulings & Lawsuits Court trims Gascón recall supporters' access to voter records, but recall supporters call it a win The committee seeking to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said a California appellate court decision handed down last week was a win for recall supporters, even though the appeals court limited their access to some voter records. The recall supporters said the decision does not slow down their effort to allow L.A. voters the c...
Santa Monica police announced that they have found a deceased homeless person in Palisades park, near the steps at Broadway Avenue. They did not immediately release the man's identity. The press release is below: "The Santa Monica Police Department is actively investigating a death that occurred early this morning in Palisades Park, near the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Broadway and the Broadway stairs. The deceased appears to be a male in his 40s, possibly homeless but...
Will democrat prosecutors indict an outcropping of rock? Well, they might if it looks like Donald J. Trump. The former president's image appears on an outcropping of rock in the Arctic country, one of the world's most remote places. All this, just before Republican presidential hopefuls such as Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy meet to debate on Wednesday night. All to the exclusion of Donald Trump, who chose instead to be interviewed by Tucker Ca...
8/19: A garbage dump caught fire in Qaqortog, Greenland Saturday. The fire was extinguished by helicopter. Greenland is wet and cold and fires outside of settlements are rare, though not unheard of. No one was injured in the blaze. The remote Arctic country, part of the Danish Realm has a total population of 50,000 in an area about a third the size of the United States. Qaqortoq, formerly Julianehåb, is a city in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located near...
