Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Early Thursday morning, Santa Monicans came out in numbers to watch the US face Germany in the final match of group play. Both German and American soccer fans crowded the 3rd St. Promenade's bars and restaurants to get a glimpse of the game. The US fans were excited about the US's opportunity to advance to the next round, though they expressed some concerns about the talented German squad. "We're gonna have to play hard, but they can do it. It would be nice to get to the knock out round, but...
Following the city council's meeting on Tuesday evening, action has been put forth on banning the public use of e-cigarettes. The unanimous decision is raising questions over the validity of this new generation of smoking, particularly as now over 45 cities in California are getting behind the ban. E-cigarettes hit the US market in 2008, and have since boomed across the world. The e-cigarette stimulates tobacco smoking by vaporizing a mixture of propylene glycol, nicotine and various...
Drivers for the popular ride-share app Uber were protesting the company's business practices in Santa Monica Tuesday. Teamsters Local 989 organized the demonstration at 11 a.m. outside Uber Technology offices, 1437 Seventh St. in Santa Monica. The drivers of the app-based ride-sharing company protested its alleged "general lack of communication, arbitrary treatment and unfair business practices," one official said. The protest also included the drivers raising awareness of Assembly Bill 612,...
Whole Foods will pay about $800,000 in penalties and fees after an investigation found the grocery retailer was overcharging customers in California. State and local inspectors discovered that purchased foods weighed less than the label advertised and the weight of salad bar containers wasn't subtracted at checkout, prosecutors said. In addition, the grocer sold prepared foods like kebabs by the item rather than by the pound as mandated by law. The pricing discrepancies violated consumer...
Los Angeles County Lifeguard keeps watch over Santa Monica beach, as they have every year since 1914. This month, lifeguards, emergency personnel and concerned residents banded together to rescue a frightened deer that was drowning in the ocean in Malibu. See article "Deer Nearly Drowns in Ocean After Making Way to Malibu Beach."...
Santa Monica award winning actress, Tanna Frederick, not only has an undeniably big career as an actress but she has an even bigger environmentally conscious driven heart and mind! When not staring in movies, plays or directing and writing Tanna keeps herself busy with Project Save Our Surf, a charity she co founded with former world champion surfer, Shaun Tomson. Tanna recently hosted hosted her much anticipated third annual CAMP PSOS DAY at Inside The Outdoors beautiful Rancho Sonado location...
by Katie Wilmshurst Many Santa Monicans are concerned about the upcoming development project scheduled for Arizona Avenue, as its hearing at the city council looms. The unanimous approval to go ahead with the 148 foot tall build over the compromised 84 foot alternative has sparked tensions from the community. Its 12 stories, designed by architect firm Rem Koolhaas and inspired by the hanging gardens of Babylon would transform the picturesque Santa Monica skyline, adding to the already dominating...
Campus-Wide Lighting and Energy Upgrade Completed at SMC Los Angeles-based company, ReGreen, has successfully completed a campus-wide lighting and energy upgrade at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California and its satellite campuses. This project will save the college over $250,000 annually in utility expenses, reduce lighting-related energy consumption by 40%, and increase safety across the campus. The project also features the installation of controllable LED luminaires in the campus gym. The use of intelligent LED technology...
Santa Monica Public Library is pleased to present what is sure to be one of the most exciting YA (young adult) author events of the year, Books to Bond Over: YA Authors in Conversation, featuring Melissa de la Cruz, Ava Dellaira, Holly Goldberg Sloan, Andrew Smith, Margaret Stohl and John Corey Whaley, on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium. The six authors featured are Melissa de la Cruz (author of the best-selling The Witches of East End...
What life will we have after the next Wall Street bubble bursts? What practices are sustainable for our children's children? The first Conscious Voices Bookfair will feature 16 local authors presenting focused ten minute talks, followed with Q&A . Sat. June 28th, 2014, 10am – 5pm, At Gateway 2507-2511 S. Barrington Ave, 2nd Fl., NW Corner of Gateway Bl. & Barrington, by 405, WLA, 90064. Admission $10 at the door, $5.00 with RSVP to 310-280-1176 or Gateway 310-479-0430...
Sillage: A participatory scent-scape project about Los Angeles June 28, 11 AM - 6 PM We need your nose! Sillage is a participatory olfactory artwork and collaborative endeavor with artist Brian Goeltzenleuchter, the Institute for Art and Olfaction, SMMoA, and you. Throughout the day, Goeltzenleuchter shares neighborhood-specific scents with SMMoA patrons and creates a collective scent-scape of Greater Los Angeles. Sillage takes place inside the exhibition Robert Swain: The Form of Color, an immersive exploration of color and its effects on perc...
A Day at the Beach Ends with Kidnapping Charges for One Man Santa Monica Police say officers were called to St. John's Hospital Emergency Room, 2121 Santa Monica Boulevard on June 21 at approximately 11:38 p.m. They say they were told a young child was refusing to leave with the suspect, Dale Lucerne of Grand Junction, Colorado and a woman. Authorities say the child and the woman were both crying when the officers found them. They say the woman told officers that while she was at the beach...
The Culver City Little League 10U team advanced to the District 25 Winner's Bracket semifinals with victories on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, the Culver City 10 U team defeated City of Angels 9-8 in a thrilling walk off victory. On Monday, the Culver City 10 U team blasted Santa Monica West 20-5 en route to the semifinals. Culver City jumped out to an 8-4 lead against City of Angels behind the pitching of Jason Romero and the hitting of third basemen Travers Tobis. In the top of the sixth...
Adapted for the screen by Kelly Masterson and Bong Joon-Ho from the French graphic novel "Le Transpercenegie" and directed by Bong Joon-Ho, SNOWPIERCER is a post-apocalyptic thriller. Earth is frozen beyond being capable of sustaining any life but thanks to the genius of one man, a rattling, clattering super-train now carries not only the last survivors of the human race, but life itself, endlessly circling the planet, just waiting for the day when the world will thaw and man can once again recl...
A group including lifeguards, emergency personnel and concerned residents banded together to rescue a frightened deer that was drowning in the ocean in Malibu earlier this month, the Los Angeles County Fire Department announced on its website Saturday. Rescuers carry a doe to safety after coaxing it out of the surf at Malibu Creek State Park. (Los Angeles County Fire Department) On the morning of June 1, the 1-year-old deer wandered out of Malibu State Park and somehow made it across Pacific...
The days are as long as they get! Why not top off that day on the beach or in the park with a free concert? The Twilight Concert Series starts its 30th season on July 10th from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the Santa Monica Pier. The series will run every Thursday night for 10 weeks with the last performance occurring on September 11. Throughout the 30 year series the event has grown in popularity with regard to the number of participants who have come to watch the bands and enjoy the...
