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Ask Rusty – About Difficulty with Social Security's Sign-in Process Dear Rusty: Last month I tried to contact Social Security who never picked up a phone on their end. The same with the IRS. When I finally got through, they said I had to join ID.me before they could help me. That took me over a week, and many applications and rejects, to get through. The last step was holding up my Social Security card and my driver's license on a Zoom call to an ID.me representative. I f...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale, jolted Santa Monica and other westside LA communities awake at 2 am on Wednesday morning. There were no immediate results of damage or injury. It was the biggest earthquake in 30 years in Santa Monica, California. The jolt was followed by an aftershock at 2:03 am, about 3 minutes later, which measured 3.5. The quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean about 10 miles south of Malibu, the earthquake registered...

Update, 4:20 pm PST: "On Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at approximately 3:42 PM officers were flagged down by an individual reporting shots fired near 6th and Broadway. Officers located two vehicles involved in a collision and one victim with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Witnesses report that the driver of a SUV involved in the collision exited the vehicle and shot at the other car. The victim was transported to a local hospital with a non-life-threatening wound." "No motive...

Seven people were shot to death Monday evening in Half Moon Bay, CA. This comes less than 48 hours after 10 people were murdered in Monterey Park by a 762 year old man named Huu Cam Tran. And this shooting also involved an Asian suspect and victims 67 year old Zhao Chunli was arrested after the San Mateo County shooting. Authorities said that at least 4 people were shot and killed. More shooting victims were reported at a second location. City councilwoman Debbie Ruddock said...

Update: 5:30 PM shooter identified at Huu Can Tran, 37, deceased. Update 2 pm:The suspect in the Monterey Park massacre was found shot and dead in a van in Torrance CA, according to multiple news sources. One hour ago, a witness saw a bullet hole in the side window of the van and a collapsed body. Update, 11 am PST: Police have a suspect wanted for questioning in the Monterey Park mass shooting last night in a white van. This SWAT barricade situation is currently unfolding in...

China today made an announcement long expected but still almost unbelievable: For the first time in 6 decades, the PRC's population declined in 2022. By the end of 2022, China's population had decreased by almost 850,000, to 1.41175 billion, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The National Bureau of Statistics thought that the sharp 2022 population decline was due in part to Covid restrictions, and would reverse itself in 2023. Foreign demographers doubted this...


A body was found in parking lot 1 on November 2, 2022, at 2:43 PM, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD), writes Lt. Rudy Flores. They discovered he had been stabbed by a friend. Almost three months later, a suspect was arrested in Michigan. Here is the press release: Officers were dispatched to the Lot 1 North Parking Lot at 1550 Pacific Coast Highway to check the status of a male inside a vehicle that appeared to be deceased. When officers arrived on scene, they confirmed...

A man pointing guns at cars brought the Santa Monica Police to Kansas Ave and Cloverfield on Wednesday evening, January 18, 2023. The man ran from officers as they arrived at about 9:25 pm. The suspect, later identified as Andres Isaac Solorio, jumped the fence to an enclosed and secured patio of an apartment in the 2500 block of Kansas Ave. Officers heard residents of the units, yelling for help. Solorio then jumped back into the breezeway and fled on foot into the...

Smash and grab robbers apparently drove an automobile in Santa Monica place early Monday morning, 1.9.23. They got away with various high end merchandise. "On Monday, January 9, 2023 at about 3:15 AM," wrote Lt. Rudy Flores, "SMPD Dispatch received a call from Santa Monica Place Mall Security who advised of a burglary alarm activation at Louis Vuitton (110 Santa Monica Place). SM Mall Security observed, on surveillance cameras, a vehicle that crashed into the store. Suspects...

16: The Daily Wire website was down due to a denial of service attack, as of Thursday at 5:52 pm PST. The apparent problem was described as a "Cloudfront" error. It is unclear who was attacking the conservative website, or why. The outage did not affect the company's Youtube or Apple TV products. It seems to have affected the laptop/desktop version of the website, but not the mobile version of DailyWire.com. The error reads as follows: "494 ERROR The request could not be...

January 19, 2023 - The luxury beachfront hotel, Loews Santa Monica Beach, has announced it is "temporarily" suspending operations effective March 4. The 320 workers at the hotel will be laid off. The hotel, which opened in 1989, replaced an earlier low-profile motel, sits cater-corner to Tongva Park and two blocks from the Santa Monica Pier. Both of these locations have been plagued by crime and violent incidents over the past few years. For example, in October, 2018, a...

On January 10, 2023 at approximately 12:30 am, SMFD and SMPD responded to the 1400 block of Santa Monica Blvd for a traffic accident with a person stuck in the vehicle. It appears that a vehicle traveling eastbound on Santa Monica Blvd. struck a parked box truck that had two occupants in it. One person had to be extricated and three individuals were transported to a local hospital, with one being listed as critical....

Barricaded subject caused the Santa Monica Police Department to declare a "Code 4 just before 11 pm PST Sunday night." The Subject of the investigation was passed out behind the wheel, and had a gun in the glove compartment. The Special Weapons and Tactics Squad (SWAT) was said to be on scene. On Monday afternoon 1/9/23, Lt. Rudy Flores, SMPD Public Information Officer, issued the following press release: On January 8, 2023, at approximately 10:00 PM, Santa Monica Police Depar...

A stabbing has been reported at 1905 Pico Blvd. in Santa Monica. The SMPD is on scene and searching for a suspect near the intersection of Delaware and 20th Street. The incident occurred at about 10:45 pm Wednesday evening, and may have involved homeless people. There is an encampment near that address....

15: During a brief break in the rain Monday night, Los Angeles drivers reported that some streets near Melrose and Fairfax Avenue in Mid Wilshire, were impassable due to flooding. 3 inches of rain has fallen on LA in the last 24 hours. Local residents also pointed out on social media, that the drainage system is 100 years old in some places near DTLA. "It's not the weather that's life threatening actually, it's the poor drainage systems here. I'm from the east and there...

Conservative commentator "Diamond" of Diamond and Silk fame suddenly died on Monday, according to the duo's official twitter account. A page on Givesandgo.com, has raised over $17,500, to be given to Lynette Hardaway's family. The page says: "The World just lost a True Angel and Warrior Patriot for Freedom, Love, and Humanity! Diamond blazed a trail, founded on her passion and love for the entire race of humanity. The memory of her passing should forever remain in our hearts....

11: High wind and rain fell on Los Angeles County last week, as a major Pacific storm came to the State. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency throughout California. Flash floods, mud flows and debris flows are all risks as a dangerous storm dropped 4 inches of rain on Santa Monica. Elsewhere in LA County, the coast and the valleys saw up to four inches of total rain through Thursday, said the National Weather Service. Elsewhere in the State, storm surge damaged...

During a Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Hamlin collapsed on the field after delivering a hard tackle and was administered CPR before being rushed to the hospital. Damar Hamlin is just 24 years of age. After a tackle near the end of the first quarter, he stood for a few seconds and then collapsed. He is in critical condition at a local hospital. Bills players knelt together in a circle, and then the game was called due to the incident. His fans have...

7: At around 11:45 this morning, the Santa Monica Fire Department along with the California Highway Patrol's West Los Angeles office responded to reports of a 5 vehicle collisions with one vehicle have flipped over. The original report was that there were people trapped inside the overturn vehicle which had 5 people inside at the time of the crash. There were no reported injuries. CHP will be handling the investigation and the cause is still under inve...

18: At about 5:20 PM Thursday evening, Santa Monica Fire Department received a report of a structure fire located on the 1800 block of ocean park boulevard near 20th street. Upon the first arriving Engine, they located smoke coming from the roof of a 1-story apartment building. They began evacuating residents who may still be inside as well as searching to see where exactly the fire was coming from. Firefighters believed us was coming from a condo towards the back of...

December 29, 2022, Los Angeles, CA – Holiday shoppers and gift recipients can close out the holiday season with just one more daunting task -- returning merchandise for replacement, exchange, or a refund. E-commerce purchases can be more of a challenge than a simple return to a local retail store, as e-commerce sites each have their own policies and practices. Consumers will find that the return period is usually extended over the holidays, but don't wait on returns. You m...

The suspect in the brutal stabbing murders of 4 students at the University of Idaho left an Instagram account with just one post. The post is a chilling video in which a man in a mask breaks into a car, then is in turn murdered by an actor carrying a baseball bat. In the 30 second video, a professional production using actors and not video of an actual crime; a second suspect washes blood off the hood of an automobile after committing murder. The video is embedded below at...

Update, 12/26/22: "On December 23, 2022 at about 5:30 PM, a male victim was walking in 1700 block of Ocean Front Walk when he was approached and assaulted by 4 males, for unknown reasons. The victim was transported to a local hospital to be treated for his facial injuries. The suspects, described as Hispanic males, left southbound before the officer’s arrival."-- Lt. Rudy Flores, SMPD PIO. On Friday, December 23rd The Santa Monica Police and fire department responded to an a...

Analysis Cocaine is flooding into Europe and it's terrorizing cities Cocaine often hitches a ride from Latin America in the same ships that carry produce. The drug is swamping Europe, and some communities have been terrorized. Latin America is experiencing history's largest boom in cocaine production. And record quantities of it are landing in Europe, the world's second-largest market for the drug...