Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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5/24: A phoned in bomb threat made an American Eagle jet that landed with 80 passengers on board at LAX sit on the runway for about an hour, before disembarking passengers and luggage. The American Eagle Flight 5931, operated by Compass Airlines, originated Houston George Bush Intercontinental and landed at LAX shortly before 9 a.m. scheduled, according to American Airlines. "The plane is sitting at a remote gate and airport police and their canine units are checking it out along with the L.A....
Through a robo call left on our message machine and perhaps yours, Santa Monica High School Principal Eva Mayoral has confirmed that Bernie Sanders will be speaking at SamoHi tomorrow (Monday) evening. "While the program doesn't begin until the evening," Ms. Mayoral says,"folks will start lining up in the afternoon. Therefore, the 4th street gate will be closed all afternoon. Traffic is expected to be more congested than usual," she says. The call says that the Bernie Sanders campaign "reached...
Iconic Singer Prince Rogers Nelson had likely been dead for at least six hours before his staff found him inside an elevator at his Paisley Park home April 21, says the Minneapolis Star Tribune, quoting sources. The Star-Tribune report stated that it was Prince's old friend and drummer Kirk Johnson and Prince's assistant, Meron Bekure, who found the singer's body in the elevator. People close to the investigation into Prince's death told the Star-Tribune that the pop icon was given intravenous...
9am on a 61 degree morning Metro Expo Culver City Station The train to Santa Monica felt like it had always been there. You know when a piece of furniture looks right after you tried it in a few places? That's how this train felt. Of course it's there. Hasn't it always been? It was mind-boggling when I first heard you could go from downtown LA to Santa Monica by train. It defeats the very LA-ness of LA; everyone knows it's hard to get around here. Not anymore. The train coming in was new and...
Today at approximately 5:20 PM, the Santa Monica Fire Department began receiving calls of a fire in the 500 block of 22nd Street. Upon arrival Santa Monica Fire Units found a 2 story single family residence, at 529 22nd Street, with one room well involved with fire. 4 Fire Engines, 1 Ladder Truck, a Hazardous Materials Unit, and a Chief Officer Supervisor all responded to the incident. Quick work by Firefighters extinguished the fire in approximately 10 minutes. No injuries were reported to...
I have heard from many voters recently who are confused about why their sample ballot or vote by mail (VBM) ballot for the June 7 Presidential Primary Election does not list the presidential candidates. I am writing to offer clarification on this matter so that everyone who wants to cast a vote for president has the opportunity to do so. Voters who registered to vote without stating a political party preference are called "no party preference" or "NPP" voters. NPP voters will automatically...
President Obama awarded a 2013-14 Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor- the highest national award for valor presented to a public safety officer- to Captain Raymond Bottenfield of the Santa Monica College Police Department (SMCPD) at a ceremony held Monday, May 16 in the White House in Washington, D.C. Officers Jason Salas and Robert Sparks of the Santa Monica Police Department also received Medals of Honor for their response-along with Bottenfield-to a 2013 shooting rampage which ended on the...
The 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival made waves in Hollywood this year with stars, classic film restorations, celebrity interviews, gala parties, and huge crowds. Held at venues throughout Hollywood, the festival kicked off with a red carpet screening of "All the President's Men" at the historic TCL Chinese Theater. Celebrity guests included Alec Baldwin, Gina Lollobrigida, Lou Gossett Jr., Roger Corman, Carl Bernstein, Anna Karina, Illeana Douglas, Lee Meriwether, Katherine Houghton, Margaret...
Kraco Enterprises, LLC, is primarily a fabricated rubber products manufacturing company. While they mainly produce floormats, they have also produced tire walls and even audio equipment including car speakers, stereos, and CB radios. Kraco was founded in 1954 in Compton, California. Their first product was "Snap-on" white walls to create temporary white-walled tires. They moved into making rubber, vinyl and soon thereafter, carpet floormats as the business expanded. Bobby Rahal's...
The Founding Chapter of the Worldwide Cancer Support Community, The Benjamin Center of West Los Angeles, is proud to present Amy's Power Wig Workshop© by Amy Gibson on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Celebrating its 10 year anniversary, Amy's Power Wig Workshop©, has been helping women learn the tools and find the confidence necessary to move through the hair loss process with greater grace and ease at a most vulnerable time, while discovering the fabulous world of wigs. As a woman's emotional...
Bill Cosby went back to court Tuesday in Pennsylvania, for a preliminary hearing on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted Temple University employee Andrea Constand 12 years ago. She says she only came forward after numerous other women accused the famous comedian of rape or sexual assault. Counsel for Cosby argued People v. Bill Cosby couldn't proceed, because Cosby settled Constand's claim civilly, but this is not much of an argument, given that criminal cases are handled separately from...