Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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According to a sign on the door the former location of Staple's office supplies, will soon reopen as a Target city store. This is also reflected on the Staples.com Upcoming Stores page. The store, located at 16th Street and Wilshire near the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center, will be smaller than most Targets, but still one of the largest retail stores located on pricey Westside real estate. It will be a "CityTarget." As of 2019, Target operated 1,844 stores throughout the...
The Santa Monica Transparency Project has written an open letter accusing SM City Council member Gleam Davis of a conflict of interest regarding the proposed expansion of the Miramar Hotel, a project which has been in the works for about a decade. "Ms. Davis' husband John Prindle is a highly paid, long-term senior executive at Dell Technologies. See Ms. Davis' Schedule C, Form 700 filings from at least 2013. Indeed, he is Global Accounts Manager," says the letter. Michael...
Traffic during the Covid19 epoch is a mere shadow of its former self. But an occasional crash reminds us of what we're missing. An automobile crash Sunday night in the McClure tunnel, which links the PCH with the Interstate 10 Freeway, backed up traffic to Pacific Palisades and Malibu. The crash caused a SigAlert. The California Highway Patrol cleared the accident, and did not immediately release a report of injuries....
A man has been arrested for molesting elderly patients at Santa Monica area old age homes, authorities say. The press release from Santa Monica Police Dept's Lt. Joseph Cortez reads as follows: The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office – Airport Branch has filed charges on Juan Victor Mendoza, a 55-year-old male, for his involvement in multiple sexual assaults against elderly patients at care facilities. These assaults occurred between 2012 and 2018. In 2019, M...
Update 10 PM: the suspect has been detained with the use of a canine unit, the LA County sheriffs department announced. Sheriffs office denied again that the suspect was wanted for the shooting of two sheriffs deputies Monday. The sheriffs department said that the suspect had a high powered rifle in his possession, which is why he drew 50 or so sheriffs deputies to search for him. This suspect was wanted for a car jacking on September 1. Update, 9:15 pm PST: Police continue...
Fires continued to burn in California, into a third week. There were reportedly 30 active fires in California Sunday night. Fires are normal in the far Western US, though this season has been particularly difficult for residents. "We are smack in the middle between two enormous fires...the Sqf Complex and the Creek Fire," posted Cara Elizabeth Brown, who lives East of the San Francisco Bay Area. "I was confident that after several weeks plus things would be better... However...
Police have released security camera screen grabs of 3 suspects who robbed an elderly woman, pushing her to the ground, on Sunday, August 20th. Video of the incident was widely seen on social media. SMPD's press release follows: On August 20, 2020 at approximately 8:50pm a robbery occurred near the 1500 block of 6th Street. After parking and exiting her vehicle, the victim was standing on the sidewalk when Suspect-1 grabbed her purse. During this effort, the victim was pulled...
Four men have admitted their role in a scheme where money and cigarettes were offered to homeless people on Skid Row in exchange for false and forged signatures on ballot petitions and voter registration forms, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Richard Howard, 64, and Louis Thomas Wise, 38, pled no contest Friday to one felony count each of subscribing a fictitious name, or the name of another to an initiative petition and registration of a...
A 7.8 earthquake struck the coast south of the Aleutian islands at 12:12 am PST, 11:12 pm Tuesday evening local time. It caused the US Geological Service to issue a Tsunami warning for the Alaska coast. The warning was cancelled at 1:26 pm PST. Kodiak island in particular, and other coastal areas were warned. A tsunami warning was in effect for the Alaskan peninsula and south Alaska.Homer was evacuated. Hawaii was outside the warning zone. So were California, Oregon and...
Citing budget constraints and Covid-19, Stanford University has announced that it will eliminate eleven sports for 2020. These include fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men's rowing, co-ed and women's sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men's volleyball, and wrestling for next year. Eleven sports in total will disappear. Nationally, experts have commented that swimming pools are unlikely to open this summer, given the potential for spread of coronavirus. " In cons...
Los Angeles County will heed Gov. Gavin Newsom's directive and bars in Los Angeles County must close today. The following is a press release from the LA County Dept of Public Health, dated 6/28/2020: The County Health Officer Order will be amended today to require that all bars, breweries, brew pubs, pubs, wineries and tasting rooms in L.A. County close unless they are offering sit-down dine-in meals. This includes closing bar areas in restaurants. The Los Angeles County...
According to a post on the Citizen App, a private automobile was hijacked Monday Morning around 9:00 am at San Vicente and 26th Street in Santa Monica. The perpetrators fled into Los Angeles, and were apprehended by the LAPD. Further details will be posted as they become available....
Two men were shot dead when a gunman opened fire in the parking lot next to Whole Foods Market in Venice Monday night at 9:20 pm. The shooting occurred about 9:15 p.m. Monday in the parking lot at 119 Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue. "Victim one and victim two were standing in the parking lot when a suspect approached on foot striking both victims," Officer Jader Chaves of LAPD said. A motive for the shooting was unknown, and the shooter was at large Wednesday. About fifty...
6/15 Venice Family Clinic, a nonprofit community health center that serves nearly 28,000 low income patients, said today that it is resuming in-person appointments for routine health care. This for the first time since Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the March 19 stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Their press release is below Venice Family Clinic has continued to provide in-person appointments for patients who had urgent needs, and it relied on telephones for...
According to a post at the City's official website for news and information, www.santamonica.gov, a City Councilmember appointed just two years ago has suddenly resigned. Restauranteur Greg Morena said he has to focus on his own business, in the wake of Covid19. Morena's term ends in 2022, so the Council will appoint someone to fill out his term over the next thirty days. The official press release is below. Today, Santa Monica Councilmember Greg Morena announced that he will...
National: Garden Fresh one of the nation's largest restaurant chains operating as Souplantation and Fresh Tomato is liquidating all assets under a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. The chain, which employed thousands, was a popular place to dine with self-service food bars, was not able to survive the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and permanently closed all 97 restaurants and 3 distribution centers nationwide in early May. It is to-date the largest restaurant bankruptcy and liquidation...
The SMPD is appealing for your help in identifying people who participated in an unlawful way, in the events of May 31, 2020 in downtown Santa Monica. This from Lt. Joseph Cortez, SMPD Public Information Officer: On June 2, 2020, at the direction of the Chief of Police Cynthia Renaud, the Santa Monica Police Department has partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, and the Los Angeles County District...
Public Information Officer Constance Farrell responded to our questions regarding the George Floyd riots. Note: The Los Angeles County District Attorneys' office files felony charges against suspects. The Santa Monica City Attorneys Office files misdemeanor charges. From the Santa Monica City Attorney's Office: How many people have been charged in Santa Monica with misdemeanors? We are still in the process of receiving reports from SMPD to make charging decisions - we have...
The City of Beverly Hills has cancelled all planned curfews, effective immediately. "The protests in our City have remained peaceful over the last several days," said Mayor Lester Friedman. "We thank our residents and business community for their patience and cooperation as we work to keep our community safe." The Beverly Hills Police Department continues to actively patrol the entire City with the support of partner law enforcement agencies. For the latest emergency...
The City of Santa Monica Friday apologetically announced a curfew from dusk to dawn, due to the George Floyd rioting. This closely following the loosening of Covid19 restrictions in LA County. Here is the press release from the City of Santa Monica: Tonight, we follow the City of Los Angeles in imposing a City-wide curfew from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. to ensure public safety across our region. Emergency responders are exempt, as are those traveling to and from work or seeking or...
A moderate earthquake shook West Los Angeles and Santa Monica Just after midnight, on Wednesday morning April 22. The temblor was centered 12 KM southwest of Los Angeles, in Windsor Hills. Preliminary estimates measured the magnitude at 3.7 on the 10 point Richter scale. "I'm happy to have slept thru last night's little quake," tweeted Caltech's Dr. Lucy Jones. "It appears to be on the Newport-Inglewood fault, at almost the same location as 4 M3 quakes in April, May and June...
An unidentified UC Santa Cruz bus driver became the first Union employee to die from Coronavirus, the local union said. The man was a grandfather in his 60's, with apparent underlying health problems. Laboratory testing confirmed he was positive for COVID-19, which health officials believe he contracted via community spread. He died in a local hospital early Tuesday. The man was a shuttle driver at UCSC who last worked on the campus April 2. UCSC learned of his diagnosis over...
Queen Elizabeth, as she occasionally does, delivered a stirring speech to her subjects telling them that one day they will look back with pride on how they acted during the latest challenge to the United Kingdom, and to the world. The "disruption in the life of our country," which she said had "brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all." "I hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they...
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department has lost one of its deputies to Coronavirus. Deputy Terrell Young died on Thursday April 2, wrote Eric Rose, Riverside Sheriffs Association Spokesman. Young was married for 31 years and had 4 children. They are now in self quarantine, along with their mother. Young last worked at the Riverside County detention center in Murrieta on March 23. It now has 11 inmates who have tested positive for coronavirus. Riverside has 25 sheriff's...
Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District won't reconvene on April 20th. The District had previously announced it would be closed until April 20th. Writing on behalf of the district, spokeswoman Gail Pinsker now reports schools will be closed until further notice. The full e mail is below: Superintendent's Message: Distance Learning and School Closures Dear Parents, Guardians and Staff, I hope that you and your loved ones are safe, healthy, and weathering this crisis as well...
