Week of December 23, 2024
Week of December 23, 2024
When the calendar turns over to 2025, parking in California cities will be even more of a hassle than it already is. Jan. 1 marks the day that cities can begin slapping tickets on cars parked too close to crosswalks. San Francisco is expected to lose nearly 14,000 street spaces. As many as 100,000 will be erased statewide. The California Road Diet, which has an insatiable appetite for chewing up useful concrete and asphalt, continues. Assembly Bill 413 passed and was signed in the fall of 2023,...
December 23, 2024 Ocean Water Use Warning for Los Angeles County Beaches The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the below Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters: BEACH AREA WARNINGS: Malibu Lagoon at Surfrider Beach 100 yards up and down the coast from the public restrooms. Pico-Kenter storm drain at Santa Monica Beach. Santa Monica South Tower 20 100 yards up and down the coast from the storm...
On Friday, December 13, 2024, the British American Business Council Los Angles held the 64th Annual Christmas Luncheon , with Special Guest Jane Seymour OBE ,at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, 101 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401. This was a very jolly Christmas party celebrated in Grand British Tradition which started at 1130 am with a hosted Champagne Reception and Silent Auction, with Emcee Carlos Amezcua. Loyal Toasts were given to The British American Los Angeles President,...
Thanks to BritsInLa I was fortunate enough to see the movie 'Day Of The Fight' at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica today. A huge fan of both Huston and Pitt's acting chops from the memorable days of the groundbreaking 'Boardwalk Empire' - I was enthusiastic to accept the invite and bring along two friends, and yes the brilliant Boardwalk Empire star Steve Buscemi is also in the stellar cast. The movie focuses on one single impassioned day in the life of a former middle-weight...
December 16, 2024 - Public Health Launches Los Angeles County Medical Debt Relief Program The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health today launched the Los Angeles County Medical Debt Relief Program, an initiative designed by the Medical Debt Coalition, which is working together to address the growing crisis of medical debt that disproportionately affects vulnerable communities across the County. The Medical Debt Relief Program will initially eliminate $500 million in debt by leveraging...
Santa Monica's City Council thinks the city is just fine. One councilmember called the homeless residents our neighbors, their wants and desires equivalent to those of people who pay rent and pay taxes. The 'freedom' of some, most of whom suffer from drug addiction and mental illness, to live in filth, disease and to commit crimes with impunity, is valued over the ability of the rest of society to live healthy lives in law and order. Watch the videos shot and distributed by the Santa Monica...
