Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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10: Work crews could be seen in Santa Monica 90402 cutting up trees that fell in the latest of a series of storms. In one case they smashed a 25 year old BMW. "Claim Filed," a sign said in the window of the smashed vehicle. The 2023 series of storms is at least a one in 25 year event. Rain totals for Los Angeles are above 24 inches. In a typical year, the County receives about 14.5 inches of rain. There have been 11 "atmospheric river" rainstorms so far this year, events...
14: A structure fire on Wednesday evening damaged a house in the 1300 block of Oak Street. The SMFD responded within minutes, and brought the blaze under control. One patient was transported. The fire occurred after the conclusion of a two day rainstorm that dropped 2 inches of rain today. One residence was reportedly displaced by the fire....
14: Dispatchers Wednesday morning received a report of debris in the middle of PCH. The report came on 3/15/23, just before 1 am. The debris may have accompanied a landslide or mudslide from the cliffs below Palisades Park. Such slides are rare in Santa Monica but do happen, and authorities have taken steps to stabilize the cliffs. The call to 911 dispatch came in the middle of a 2 inches of rain fell on Santa Monica, about midway through a 24 hour per...
10: A structure fire damaged a motel on the corner of 11th and Pico Blvd in Santa Monica. The Santa Monica Fire Dept. extinguished the fire at the 1970's era motel fire at around 3 pm PST. SMFD's PIO, Patrick Nulty, said that they began receiving multiple 911 calls about the fire at about 12:38 p.m. Saturday. "Police and Fire Department resources quickly responded and arrived to find a well-developed fire consuming one unit of the single-story motel. Firefighters...
IHG Hotels and Resorts (IHG), aka Regent Hotel Chain has announced that it will take over operation of the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, which suddenly closed in February. The flowery press release from the chain is below. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), marketed as IHG Hotels & Resorts, is a British multinational hospitality company headquartered in Windsor, England, says Wikipedia. IHG is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. It is also...
Santa Monica has many hundreds of hotel rooms for dogs. Now it has a hotel for pets, too. "With dogs and cats living in the majority of Santa Monica homes, Wag Hotels Santa Monica is a welcome addition to this pet-loving community, says WAG in a press release. "It has over 4,000 square feet of supervised outdoor play yards, a range of private rooms and suites, a retail boutique stocked with treats, toys and pet couture, and a luxurious grooming salon - that's a lot to wag...
Director BARBARA FERRER, Ph.D., and her 4th in command at the County of Los Angeles Public Health, Gary Tsai. M.D., are at it again, this time in Santa Monica. The City has acknowledged that without the knowledge of its Police Department, residents and businesses, it has funded and allowed over a year for the County and the Venice Family Clinic to administer a clandestine needle and synthetic drug distribution program in one of the City's largest parks (Reed Park), adjacent...
We are receiving reports that the body of a deceased person has been found in Pacific Palisades after the Los Angeles Fire Department performed a rescue operation. The deceased person may have been a hiker. Four engine companies were said to be on scene. This is breaking news, as of 3 pm on Saturday, March 4, 2023....
13: Shots were fired on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade Sunday night, Police dispatchers said. Witnesses heard 2 gunshots The suspect was described as a White male wearing all black, with a black baseball cap, on the short side. SMPD was said to be contacting a possible subject at the Sketchers Shoe Store on the Promenade. Later, two people were said to have been detained....
9: The Santa Monica Fire Department was investigating an incident where an automobile broke the front window of the Baskin Robbins ice cream store located at 2614 Pico Blvd. This on Wednesday evening in Santa Monica's Pico neighborhood. The store was reportedly open with customers inside, but no one was injured in the incident. Baskin-Robbins is an American multinational chain of ice cream and cake speciality shops owned by Inspire Brands. Baskin-Robbins was founded in...
Tickets are on Sale NOW for Samohi Theatre's production of The Drowsy Chaperone. Be transported by a tale of romance with a zany cast of characters, including dancing gangsters, huge musical numbers, mistaken identity, and vaudeville style gags all set in the roaring 20's. Purchase your reserved seat tickets now at samohitheatre.org. Performances in Barnum Hall on February 24, 25, March 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. and February 26 and March 5 at 3 p.m. Hailed as "the Perfect Broadway...
9: I'm dreaming of a white Easter? Some saw flakes of snow fall from the Santa Monica sky on Wednesday. Some called it snow and others say it was a type of loose hail called Graupel. But there's no doubt that this was one of the coldest weeks in a generation in Santa Monica, and across the Westside. All over LA County, some residents saw light snowflakes drifting from the heavens and floating down in 40 degree temperatures. Downtown LA had 9 days in a row of sub 60...
13: Video has emerged of plastic bottles and other garbage floating into Santa Monica Bay as a result of this week's storm. Every kind of trash one can possibly imagine — from plastic bottles and cans to blankets, pillows and mattresses — has floated down creekbeds and storm drains in Los Angeles County. It ends up floating on the area’s beaches. Recent rains have of course, some positive effects too; the areas reservoirs are closer to full now. But the rain’s side ef...
12: A fire above the McClure Tunnel Thursday was said to have been set by an arsonist. One suspect of interest is in Santa Monica Police custody. The fire which occurred at 7 am, affected the brush alongside the tunnel and was said to have briefly closed the connector between the !0 Interstate and PCH. "On my way to work today, and there was a raging fire over the McClure Tunnel. The overpass. Because of the hanging overgrowth burning embers were falling. I would have...
5: Natural gas and electrical power will remain shut off for most of Saturday, in the area of the 2400 block of Ashland Ave in Ocean Park. This problem is due to a downed tree that ruptured gas lines and brought down power lines. Southern California Gas Company had no estimate for the completion of repairs. There are AI bot tweets on Twitter about the event. One says "Santa Monica, CA (4:27...
13: "SMPD Officers were dispatched to Ralphs Grocery Store at about 10:00 PM to take a burglary report. Two unknown males entered the second floor offices by using an unknown pry tool. Suspects rummaged through the drawers of two offices. No known loss at this time." wrote Lt. Rudy Flores, SMPD Public Information Officer....
A burst fire hydrant or water main at 2602 Santa Monica Blvd flooded the CVS Pharmacy at 26th and SM Blvd on Monday night. Both a broken water main and sparking electrical box were reported at that intersection. The large parking lot at 26th and Santa Monica Blvd was flooded. Starbucks workers were forced to lock the door to keep out the water. The Santa Monica Fire Dept. secured the fire hydrant by 6 pm, about 2 hours after the accident that caused it....
Is it my imagination, or is this the coldest winter in LA in like fifty years? And this last week in February is predicted to include the coldest storm of the year. This week, snow levels could fall to 1000 feet. The Hollywood sign is at 1000 feet, so it's entirely possible a white blanket could cover the Griffith Park area around the sign. The cold storm should start hitting the westside of Los Angeles County around 4 am PST on Friday, February 24th. In Southern California...
LA County Sheriff Robert Luna has identified the suspect in the February 18, 2023 murder of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell as Carlos Medina, 65. Suspect Medina is the husband of the Bishop's housecleaner, and drove an SUV. He had previously done work in the Bishop's residence. A tipster said Medina had left his Torrance CA home for Central California. Homicide investigators served a warrant. They conducted callouts for Medina to surrender, but he refused to come out of h...
Dominguez High School in Compton is on fire, according to dispatchers. One building is fully engulfed in flames. Several fire companies are battling the blaze. The fire started at 7 pm, and fire fighters are said to be in defensive mode. #Breaking: Dominguez High School in #Compton is on fire, reports Jeff Vaughn @kcalnews...
16, 11 am: There was a shootout underway Saturday in Venice on Venice Blvd and Louella Ave. Shooting began at 10 am approximately. "Looks like at least one shot at 2018 Lincoln." The Los Angeles Police Dept. is on scene. Venice Blvd was closed in both directions. There is a fire fight in progress, following a robbery. Suspect is described as a Black male red shirt black shorts about 5'8. This is breaking news. More details as they become available....
Img 1)Christian Recendez from the Santa Monica Prep High School boy's varsity baseball team throws a pitch to a batter from St. Monica baseball team at Samohi on Wednesday Feb 15th as Samohi hosted St. Monica in a non-league baseball game and won 6-0. With the win Samohi's record improve to 2 wins and 1 loss while St. Monica's record dropped to 0 wins and 2 losses. Recendez would end up pitching 6 shutout innings only giving up 1 hit. Img 2)Left Daniel Salcedo from the St....
Update, 2.14.23: "The male was identified as, 42 year old, Jesse Rankin, of Los Angeles," writes Franco Pepi, Public Information Officer for the CHP. "The cause of death is unknown at this time, the LA County Coroner has custody of the body, although they did indicate, preliminary, there is NO foul play suspected. We also do believe the male was homeless. Nothing further at this time," Pepi wrote. 2.12.23: A deceased person was found on the embankment Lincoln off-ramp from...
IMG 1)Left Teddy Levin from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity baseball team waits with his glove open to catch the baseball which was thrown to him as Tyler Steere from South High School slides into 2nd base at Santa Monica High on Saturday February 11th 2023 as Samohi hosted south in game 2 of a double header non-league baseball game and won 1-0 improving their record to 1 win and 1 loss on the year. IMG 2) Kian Naimi from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity...
IMG 1)Center Joshua Hecht from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity basketball team drives to the basketball hoop in between left Mark Jones and Anggulio Guerra both Hesperia High School inside the North Gym between located on Friday February 10th 2023 as Samohi hosted Hesperia in the Division 3AA boys basketball game in which Samo lost 63-50 IMG2) Left Jayden Xu from the Santa Monica High School boys varsity basketball team jumps into the air as Don Henrys from Hesperia...
