Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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A brush fire crept up hillsides next to Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades Tuesday afternoon, closing lanes for nearly six hours. Firefighters were spraying water on the fire from PCH and from the top of the hillsides to protect residential structures. A fixed-wing firefighting plane was deployed to drop water on the fire. No evacuations were ordered. PCH lanes were closed in both directions between Temescal Canyon Road and Chautauqua Boulevard while firefighters battled the flames from...
ArcLight Cinemas is broadening its footprint in Los Angeles County. The L.A.-based luxury cinema chain will open a new theater in Santa Monica in spring 2015, company executives said. The 14-screen theater will occupy the third floor of Santa Monica Place, just above Bloomingdale’s. The multiplex would be ArcLight’s sixth location in Southern California. ArcLight recently signed a leasing agreement with Macerich Shopping Centers for the new venue, which would include a cafe and lounge where patrons 21 years and older can order wine, beer and...
The Santa Monica Community College District is seeking applications from District residents interested in being appointed to a vacant seat on the Board of Trustees until the next regularly scheduled Board election in November 2014 when a new four-year term will be filled. The seven-member Board of Trustees, elected by voters in the Santa Monica Community College District, is the governing body for Santa Monica College, which serves approximately 33,000 students and provides vital educational services to communities in the region. The Santa Moni...
In court documents filed late Jan. 10, the FAA has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the city of Santa Monica over use of the site of Santa Monica Municipal Airport. The lawsuit is the latest in a long line of legal challenges aimed at closing the venerable field. In its lawsuit, filed Oct. 31, 2013, the Santa Monica City Council asks the court to give the city clear title to airport property and challenges the current effectiveness and constitutionality of agreements that...
Former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver is officially running for Los Angeles County supervisor, emailing supporters Monday that he plans to announce his bid imminently. "In a few days, I will formally announce that I am running for Los Angeles County Supervisor," Shriver emailed, citing his record on environmental and homeless issues during his Santa Monica council tenure. "I am running for supervisor because there is even more work to do at the county level!" Shriver wrote, noting the county board oversees a range of services, from...
A Torrance woman is suspected of stealing $1.2 million from a boss who had trusted her to run his office, only to discover she had pilfered profits and deposited them into her own bank account for three years, the victim and authorities said Wednesday. Jennifer Robinson, who also went by the name Jennifer Osborn, was arrested Tuesday at a Starbucks coffee shop in Norwalk. She was released on $20,000 bail, county jail records show. “I entrusted her with the keys to the kingdom,” said Larry Miceli, owner of LM Auto Wholesale in Norwalk. “I would...
A Santa Monica man is among Gov. Jerry Brown’s appointees this week. Mark Silverman, 63, has been appointed to the California Board of Accountancy. Silverman has been an advisor at Twistory Entertainment Studios and entrepreneur in residence at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business since 2013. He was an advisor at WynnStarr Foods Inc. in 2013 and held multiple positions at ScrollMotion Inc. from 2009 to 2013, including executive vice president and chief operating officer. Silverman was a principal at YQ Holdings Group from 2...
A magnitude-4.4 earthquake, centered in San Bernardino County, jolted a widespread area of Southern California early Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the 1:35 a.m. earthquake was three miles north of Fontana and four miles west of Rialto, about 50 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. “It felt like somebody (crashed) into our building,” said Sgt. Chris Hice of the Rialto Police Department. Multiple aftershocks were reported in the minutes that followed the initial earthquake, according to USGS. The lar...
A Thousand Oaks woman acquitted last year of killing an aspiring model is suing the Santa Monica Police Department. The lawsuit filed by 48-year-old Kelly Soo Park alleges police damaged her reputation and intimidated witnesses. Prosecutors described her as a killer-for-hire who strangled 21-year-old Juliana Redding with her bare hands in 2008. Park was arrested in 2010 when police said she matched many DNA samples collected from the crime scene. A jury found her not guilty in June. Park’s lawsuit says three witnesses who planned to testify o...
Los Angeles police are investigating a hit-and-run in Pacific Palisades that killed a young film director whose father and grandfather are federal court judges. David Pregerson, 23, was hit by an unknown driver Dec. 27 about 3 a.m. on Chautauqua Boulevard north of Borgos Place. The driver never stopped to render aid and the UCLA graduate was found by a passerby on the tree-lined residential street. Pregerson succumbed to his numerous injuries at UCLA Medical Center on Dec. 31. Since graduating from UCLA, Pregerson had begun working on movies...
Speaking to several members of the media recently, the subject came up of outstanding college football coaches who had failed in the NFL. Lou Holtz was high on that list. His college teams won 388 games, including 132 at Notre Dame, but one year he went into the NFL and his New York Jets had a 3-11 record. When Pete Carroll was presiding over a collegiate dynasty at USC from 2000 to 2009 he seemed to find his niche. His Trojans were nationally prominent, so why would he leave? The Trojans had...
An injury-depleted Lakers team was dominated by the Clippers, their intra-Staples Center rivals, being blown-out, 123-87, on Friday. The 36-point victory margin was the Clippers’ largest ever against the Lakers, besting a 125-94 victory in 1992 at the Sports Arena, then the Clippers’ home. Some might say that an asterisk needs to be printed next to this game in the record book since both teams were playing without their injured superstar guards, Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul. The Lakers were also playing without Steve Nash, Steve Blake and Jor...
The Los Angeles Sports Council has named L.A. Clippers point guard and six-time NBA All-Star Chris Paul the 2013 Sportsman of the Year. Paul will be honored during the ninth Annual LA Sports Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, March 5 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The LA Sports Awards are presented annually by the Sports Council to celebrate the greatest moments of the year in sports in the Los Angeles/Orange County area. The Sportsman award is given to the local male athlete whose...
In order to promote its sport the National Hockey League began having an annual outdoor game a few years ago. Known as the Winter Classic, the Kings and Ducks will play at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25. A sellout crowd of 55,000 is expected for the first outdoor hockey game in Southern California. One goal will be near first base, the other near third base. The opening faceoff will be near where the pitching mound is on baseball nights....
One of the great strengths of THE LEGEND OF HERCULES lies in the story origins and bringing in Sean Hood and Daniel Giat as screenwriters, tapping into Hood's experience with mythology and reimagination with films like "Conan the Barbarian" (2011). The other is having Renny Harlin direct. The mythology of Hercules is a centuries old favorite and one of the most enduring legends. Hollywood has long ago embraced its wonder as it provides ample fuel for fantasy and visual mastery of technology as...
