Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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In 1991, when Jamie S. was 13 years old, she was kidnapped, raped and sodomized by Danny Brown while walking to her junior high school. In 1991, Jamie S. and her family could rely on the governmental agencies responsible for investigating and prosecuting Brown. In 2022, that radically changed when Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon abandoned Jamie S. Although prosecutors in every other county attend parole hearings with victims, Gascon's policy is that prosecutors in his office...
8: Construction caused a major gas leak on Wilshire Blvd and Chelsea in Santa Monica. The site is across Chelsea Avenue from Douglas Park, near 26th Street. Witnesses said they could smell the leak within 150 feet, and hear it within 50 feet. "The staff of VCA has been evacuated along with their animal patients and they are on the sidewalk. The weather is cold, and the staff is shivering," one witness said. Candice Lee, SoCal Gas Company Public Information Officer, confirmed the leak and...
Chile--Cadem: Approval of President Gabriel Boric falls to 29% Faced with the query: "Regardless of your political position, do you approve or disapprove of the way Gabriel Boric is conducting his Government?", 63% of those surveyed stated that they disapprove of the President's management and 29% that they approve. In addition, 5% "neither approve nor disapprove" and 3% "don't know / don't answer...
November 30, 2022 - The City of Santa Monica plans to swear in new members of the city council and other elected office before the county has finalized the election results on December 8. "Elected officers will be sworn in at the December 6 City Council meeting," reads the city's website. But the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder has until December 8 to complete official results and send them to the Secretary of State - who then has until December 16 to certify the election. The city...