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...
Events in Russia are moving almost too quickly to follow. Reuters is reporting that the Pirgozhin Wagner mutiny has taken Voronezh. This city is on the way to Moscow from the military town of Rostov, which Prigozhin secured Saturday morning. "Wagner PMC reports they have taken control of military objects around Voronezh and the Russian army there has chosen to side with 'the people.' They mean Wagner PMC," said a tweet from Igor Sushko and others. Voronezh is six hours by...
The Santa Monica Fire Department has responded to a "major gas leak" in an underground parking garage. The address is 720 Raymond Avenue, Santa Monica 90405. Southern California Gas Company is likely also on scene, since this involves their installation. This is breaking news as of 5:30 pm PST on Monday afternoon, 6/19/2023...
The US Coast Guard says it has 96 hours to rescue five people on a missing, overdue submarine that visited the wreck of the Titanic on Sunday, June 18th. The submersible had one crew member and 4 passengers, who paid about $250,000 each to visit the world's most famous wreck, to the West of Newfoundland Canada. "The purpose of the submersible was to study the wreck site," said Rear Adm. John Mauger, commander of the US First Coast Guard District. He said one could speculate...
In unrelated developments, Westfield Shopping Centers has announced it will ditch a mall in Downtown San Francisco. This, a week after Hilton Hotels successor said it was walking away from the City's largest hotel and its 4th largest hotel by room numbers, so that it won't have to make payments on a $725 million debt. Both companies cited San Francisco's abysmal security situation. Homeless people cover San Francisco like zombies, and no part of town is safe from crime. For...
Terminal 1 at LAX was evacuated by LAPD Friday night after work crews found a suspicious package. Home to Southwest Airlines, Terminal 1 was busy as we head into a three day weekend in early summer. This was breaking news on Friday night 6/16, at 10:30 pm PST. Details as they become available. KNX and Channel 7 have both reported that Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is closed on the upper level, and traffic is barely moving through the lower level. Traffic is backed...
UPDATE Jun 13, 2023 - Samples taken on June 11 and 12 show bacteria levels lower than State standards. Closure notice removed. UPDATE Jun 12, 2023 - Malibu Lagoon State Beach remains closed. June 8, 2023 - Yesterday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued the following press release: LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued beach closures for the following areas due to the release of approximately 5,000 to 6,000 gallons o...
June 14, 2023 - The Los Angeles County Health Department has issued a warning for the beach at the Santa Monica Pier along with other beaches. The warnings have been issued due to bacterial levels exceeding health standards when last tested. Other beaches that have been posted include: Ramirez Creek at Paradise Cove Escondido Creek at Escondido State Beach Malibu Pier in Malibu Las Flores Creek at Las Flores State Beach The Bel Air Bay Club at Will Rogers State Beach Santa...
The Superior Court has announced that effective July 3, 2023, all small claims hearings in the Court's West District will be moved from the Santa Monica Courthouse, 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, to the Beverly Hills Courthouse at 9355 Burton Way, Beverly Hills. This from the office of Clerk of Court David W. Slayton. "While in-person small claims hearings will transition from the Santa Monica Courthouse to the Beverly Hills Courthouse, litigants can continue to appear remotely...
19: A large number of Santa Monica Police gathered Thursday just South of the Santa Monica Pier. A "Code 3 Incident" was declared at 5:30 pm, after a beach brawl got out of control. Two men were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon (Cal. Penal Code §245). The SMPD stopped the combatants from fighting. There was also an auto accident involving a lifeguard vehicle and a pedestrian. However, that would not be considered a "Code 3 Incident." The Santa Monica Pier is a...
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...
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...
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....
