Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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A homeless man was charged with kidnapping, carjacking and other offenses Wednesday in connection with a 45-minute crime spree that began in Pacific Palisades and ended in Malibu. Brian Thomas Cruz, 44, faces 19 counts, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. His arraignment was expected Thursday at the Airport Courthouse. Cruz allegedly broke in a woman’s apartment in Pacific Palisades on Monday morning and, armed with a box cutter, forced her to drive him en route to the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Police Dep...
On August 12, 2014, as part of the unique deployment of Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) resources to the California-Oregon July Complex Wildfires, Santa Monica Firefighter Joe Cavin, led by Los Angeles City Captain Secci and a six member team, was dispatched to a water tender accident where it rolled 150' down the side of a mountain trapping the driver/operator. The team responded and successfully extricated, treated, and rescued the operator with a two line rope rescue system and a wheeled...
By now everyone knows about the drought, although some people seem to be in denial about the problem it presents. The governor has asked for a 20% reduction in use, and our City has followed suit and asked residents to reduce water use by 20%. In the meantime, new developments–some of them especially water-intensive– continue to make their way through the approval process. Even as residents try to reduce their consumption, the city’s overall consumption is well on its way to new heights. Santa Monica gets most of its water from its own wells...
Want to see live sharks during Shark Week? Visit Heal the Bay's Santa Monica Pier Aquarium to check out three species of sharks on exhibit and the marine center's shark nursery. Special activities to honor the Elasmobranchii (learn what that is and how to pronounce it!) are planned all week long. Watch the sharks eat on Tuesday and Friday afternoons or hear a special presentation about these misunderstood animals while they enjoy their Sunday dinner at 3:30 p.m. The Aquarium, at 1600 Ocean...
Big Blue Bus Fall Service Changes Start August 24, 2014 Route 3 is being restructured into two routes and 15 other routes are changing. It’s that time again: students start classes, commuters head back to the office after summer vacations and Big Blue Bus (BBB) adjusts its schedules and routes for these annual changes in ridership demand. This year, the fall service change will begin Sunday, August 24. BBB is making many changes, including a major service modification on Route 3 and other smaller changes on 15 different routes that include n...
‘No Taxes to Fund Development’ (NTFD), a citizen’s group formed to oppose a City Hall sponsored tax hike that will appear on this November’s ballot, filed a lawsuit Monday, Aug 11, 2014 against the City of Santa Monica in Superior Court. NTFD’s lawsuit seeks to prevent the publishing of the rebuttals to the ballot arguments opposing the tax hike measure in all places including the official Sample Voter Guide mailed by the City. The lawsuit contends the City Clerk of Santa Monica wrongly accepted the proponent’s rebuttals because of irregularit...
Jazz on the Lawn 2014 August 3 - 31 Sundays, 5-7pm Santa Monica Cultural Affairs presents the 9th annual Jazz on the Lawn summer concert series. Bring a picnic, blanket, beach chair, and family and friends of all ages for a sampling of jazz each Sunday in August. Stewart Street Park Free admission, parking & bike valet Cardboard Yacht Regatta August 23, 6:30-9:30pm Join us this summer for our 3rd Annual Cardboard Yacht Regatta! Teams of two construct yachts from corrugated cardboard and duct tape and vie for awards in a variety of categories....
Shots Fired on 5th Street Santa Monica police say on 08/09/14 at about 6:05pm, their officers responded to the 1500 block of 5th St, regarding several 911 calls of shots being fired from an upper level apartment. They say when officers arrived, they found three spent shell casings on the ground in an adjacent alley. Lawmen report a brief moment later officers saw the suspect, Bennett Morehouse of Santa Monica, who fit the description of a man involved in an earlier disturbance call at the same building, walk out onto a balcony at the apartment...
Donald Sterling tried everything to prevent the sale of his Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. But when the sale was finalized Tuesday Clipper fans could rejoice. This is the right decision, the proper outcome of the prolonged court cases. Sterling owned the team for 33 years but it was time for a change. The Clippers are now one of the NBA’s elite teams and deserve the opportunity to focus on basketball instead of allowing Sterling to cast a shadow o...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor The San Antonio Spurs are not only NBA champions they have the reputation of frequently being a few steps ahead of opponents in a variety of ways. I admire the Spurs for adding someone to their roster every season, usually a relatively unknown player from Europe or a U.S. collegian who wasn't an All-American. Frequently these players become key additions to support Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Mano Ginobli. So it didn't surprise me when last week the Spurs became...
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw got off to a rocky start in the second game of the two-game homestand against their “I-5” rival Angels, but thanks to closer Kenley Jansen striking out all three batters he faced in the ninth, and then pinch-hitter Andre Ethier sealing the deal with a walk-off hit, the Dodgers got the win, 5-4. It was Ethier’s 12th career walk-off hit and the Dodgers fifth of the season. With five Angel players defending the infield, Either hit a slow-roller to third base scoring Juan Uribe from third base on a throwing error by Da...
In recognition of Steve Ballmer becoming the new owner of the Clippers the team will hold a Fan Festival Monday from 12”30 pm to 1:30 at Staples Center. Ballmer and Coach Doc Rivers will then meet with the media AT 1:30....
You know them. You love them. You have a kick-ass time with them. And they're back! Bigger and badder than ever, THE EXPENDABLES 3 has you breathless within the first 10 minutes, setting the stage for the most explosive film of the year; after all, who else but Sylvester Stallone along with director Patrick Hughes and second unit directing guru Dan Bradley, would buy an entire train and blow it up "just to get it right and real". The third installment in this highly successful franchise finds th...
The Santa Monica Patriots won the ASA Western national championship in softball in Wyoming last week for 16U. Among the players helping the team win the championship were third baseman Sarah Dunn from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, outfielder Jammie Dunn from Notre Dame, outfielder Hali Norris from Malibu, pitcher Paulette Ely from Palisades, catcher Vanessa Temblador from Notre Dame Academy and first baseman Amanda Gonzalez from St. Sebastian. Pitcher Ely dominated in the semifinals and championship...
The Miss Malibu Pro Women's Longboard Invitational debuted at Surfrider Beach on Aug 9/10, 2014 and it was a huge success!! The winner and first Miss Malibu Pro is Kaitlin Maguire of Oceanside, California. Kaitlin's performance was on point all weekend! Not only did she win the final, she also earned the Wave of the Day award and cash prize, by Jericho Poppler, for scoring a perfect 20 in her semi final. Runner-up was awarded to Makayla H. Smith. The Most Inspirational Surfer in memory of Diane...
