Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and cocteles that will make your tongue roll with a passion. On a weekend, we think Mexican food is always a good idea! I recently got a chance to have a date-night with my husband, our first since Covid-19 disrupted our lives. We wanted something casual and were interested in trying out a "new" restaurant, one we hadn't been to before. Those who speak Spanish understand why we went to Nueva! Cuando quieras algo nuevo, dirígete a Nueva!...
Los Angeles-based author Laura Segal Stegman's Summer of L.U.C.K., the story of three youngsters finding their way to self-acceptance with the help of a ghost who haunts a magical carnival, was released September 15, 2020, by INtense Publications. Available wherever books are sold, the middle grade fantasy novel for ages 8 to 12 is Stegman's debut. INtense, the Texas-based independent publishing house, acquired Summer of L.U.C.K. last year and will release two sequels, the fir...
Little Tokyo's diverse and authentic selection of family-owned eateries, historic legacy restaurants, and modern culinary offerings have transformed into safe, enjoyable al fresco dining experiences with extended patio areas for all to enjoy dining out, takeout, or curbside pick-up options. Restaurants in Little Tokyo have expanded their outdoor offerings for the community to enjoy a sit-down dining experience in a fresh-air outdoor setting this summer. Outdoor dining options...
All summer long, the country has been rocked by street protests and outright riots, most organized by either Black Lives Matter or Antifa. But abruptly, after October 10 - roughly three weeks before the national election - all protests by BLM ceased. The protest on October 10, dubbed a "BLM-Antifa Soup Drive," was arranged to counter a "Patriot Rally" in Denver. During the demonstrations, a security officer for a TV news company allegedly fatally shot one of the Patriot Rally...
Courts & Rulings Gang member's life prison sentence upheld for Long Beach student's murder A state appeals court panel Thursday rejected an appeal filed on behalf of a gang member serving a life prison sentence without the possibility of parole for the robbery and murder of a 15-year-old boy targeted while walking home from Cabrillo High School in Long Beach. My News LA US judge mulls competency of Mexican man who shot Kate Steinle A federal judge in San Francisco is mulling...
On October 15, former Mexican defense secretary and army leader General Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested as he arrived at Los Angeles International Airport. According to KTLA's anonymous sources, the former Mexican cabinet minister was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. Cienfuegos is the second high-ranking Mexican official to be arrested on such charges in one year. Mexican security official Genaro Garcia Luna was arrested in Texas on drug trafficki...
This summer multiple members of the Edible Skinny family were lucky enough to vacation in Lake Tahoe, CA! As anyone in 2020 knows, COVID-19 was the hurdle to this year's summer, with many metropolitan dwellers searching for the perfect relaxable place, ideally somewhere that was easily drivable so you could nix a plane ride and embraced the world of social distanced activities. And thus Lake Tahoe, with the pine-scented atmosphere and its multitude of summertime water sports,...
Courts & Rulings Officers who arrested man for photography have immunity The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an order denying summary judgment to three Department of Veterans Affairs police officers who were sued by a man they arrested on two consecutive Sundays in June 2016 for taking photographs at the Great Lawn Gate entrance to the Los Angeles National Veterans Park, in alleged violation of a regulation, holding that they are entitled to qualified immunity...
Governor Newsom signed an executive order requiring all passenger vehicles sold after 2035 to be zero-emission. The order commands the California Air Resources Board to develop regulations that will make this goal of all-electric vehicles a reality. Once these regulations are drafted, they will go through a process of legal, economic, and environmental analyses, as well as public comment and hearings. Newsom's order, which he calls "the most impactful step our state can take...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.- This summer, biologists with the National Park Service (NPS) at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) attempted to foster two orphaned mountain lion kittens and keep them in the wild. Fostering involves getting a wild mountain lion mother to "adopt" the orphaned animals and care for them as her own. Link to footage of kittens https://www.facebook.com/80124818659/posts/1015773929...
The Black Lives Matter organization (not to be confused with the idea that black lives matter) recently removed a page from their website that outlined the beliefs of the group. The page, titled "What We Believe," set forth a number of Marxist and radical LGBTQ tenets that could hardly be deemed relevant to their generally perceived goal of combating racism and uplifting the black community. "We are self-reflexive and do the work required to dismantle cisgender privilege and u...
Santa Monica lost its progressive cred as the state surpassed the school district in shoving radical left indoctrination down our students' throats by passing AB 331, a law requiring a semester of ethnic studies for high school graduation, together with a model curriculum that sounds more like a Marxist manifesto than a public school resource. This summer, SMMUSD approved embedding "antiracist" elements in the K-12 curriculum and revised the 11th grade U.S. History class to...
For 324 weeks over the past 35 years music has filled the sunset skies of summer in Santa Monica with the "Twilight" series featuring 534 bands playing multiple musical formats ranging from zydeco, blues, and rock to jazz, reggae and funk – plus much more. Since 1985 the Santa Monica Pier has been home to the City's most loved music stage sitting 40-feet above the Pacific Ocean with sweeping views of the Southern California coastline and showcased "Queen Ida & Her Zydeco B...
Power outages due to lack of supply affected nearly half a million customers in California last weekend. The shortage of available power was at least in part due to the state's commitment to clean power, closing fuel-generating plants and investing in unreliable solar and wind power. Almost a year ago, the California Independent System Operator, the nonprofit agency charged with maintaining the power grid, had warned there would be shortages this summer. Nothing was done...
Over the weekend, the state's California Independent System Operator, the overseer of the state's power grid, instituted the first rolling blackout due to power shortage in 20 years. Three of the utilities under CAISO's governance, Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric, cut power on Friday evening to more than 410,000 businesses and homes. Customers experienced outages for about an hour over a 3-1/2 hour period. A second outage...
Poolside Cinema season at the Fairmont Hotel and Bungalows in picturesque Santa Monica, California. Each showing begins after sunset, approximately 8pm, every Saturday night this summer. Dinner, wine, and cocktails provided by Fig restaurant. Feel free to book online or call Fig at 310-319-3111 to make your reservation today! Reservations can also be made through Resy - https://resy.com/cities/la/venues/fig-santa-monica/events Upcoming films: 8/22 - "Hotel Transylvania" 8/29...
Dana Point Harbor continues to present live music performances throughout the month of September as part of "You, Me + Vitamin Sea," welcoming the community back to a safe Harbor. Guests can enjoy free live music at select locations throughout the Harbor while indulging in al fresco dining along the water's edge. Music performances will include a variety of genres including folk, jazz, country, contemporary island music, and reggae. Dana Point Harbor restaurants are offering...
The Santa Monica Pier is opened- sort of. The usual entrance is off Ocean Ave and Colorado, on a steep incline. This has been closed and pedestrians are directed to Seaside, several blocks south. A visitor is deposited at Hot Dog, a good place for a snack. Bubba Gump Shrimp , some ice cream stores/cake shop/coffee bars are opened, with seating nearby to enjoy a warm summer afternoon. It is possible to order food to take out as well. Pacific Park is an oceanfront amusement...
In case you were wondering whether or not you have to show up for jury duty during the pandemic, the answer right now is no. "The Los Angles County Department of Public Health has expressed concerns to the Court about commencing jury trials and bringing jurors into County courthouses given the current COVID-19 numbers and trends," Presiding Judge Brazile said. The LA Superior Court has extended the deadlines for Civil and Criminal trials. Non Jury civil trials are on hold...
The Wayuu are an Indigenous American ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula in northernmost part of Colombia and northwest Venezuela. - Wikipedia. Wuitusu is a local business that was born two years ago from the passion of immigrant Lisset Verde-Sungur. About 2 years ago, Lisset fell in love with a Wayuu hat and bag online. However, they were too expensive, and she could not afford them. She started doing research and found out that Wayuu is the original name of the people she...
Every two years in August, there is an event that designates who will be the leaders in Santa Monica-the Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights Convention. Receiving an endorsement from this organization, commonly known as SMRR, is vital to winning an elected position in this city. SMRR endorsees are four of the seven council members, six of the seven SMMUSD board members and the entire Santa Monica College and Rent boards. At one time, the SMRR Convention was an occasion for...
Following a zoom conversation last week with author Lisa Napoli about her new book "Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and The Birth of 24-Hour News'' I immediately ordered my copy on Amazon. It is a well written and compelling history and launch of 24 –hour news CNN in 1980 by the genius and quirky Ted Turner. Lisa Napoli started her career in the summer of 1981 as an unpaid teenage intern at CNN'S New York Bureau. She is an accomplished journalist having worked at the New York T...
Downtown Santa Monica invites guests to find their space under the sun in the newly expanded al fresco dining patios along the world-class Third Street Promenade and surrounding streets. To provide a safe and comfortable experience for the community restaurants, as well as fitness studios and retail stores, in the beachside downtown district are providing physically distanced outdoor operations on public sidewalks, Third Street Promenade and in parklets. For those who would...
The Getty Villa presents a virtual theater presentation, The ODDyssey, every Sunday at 3:00 PM PDT on the Getty Museum YouTube channel through August 16. Co-produced by the Getty Museum and the Troubadour Theater Company, The ODDyssey recounts Homer's 24 books in five episodes of about 15-20 minutes each, in a whimsical retelling of Odysseus's adventure for audiences of all ages. "The ODDyssey is a family-friendly, seat-of-our pants, stay-at-home ordered-up mix of wacky and...
Arts Learning Lab @ Home - Summer 2020 August 5th, 12th, and 19th Wednesdays at 11:30am via ZOOM Free with RSVP - full schedule below and at https://18thstreet.org/arts-learning-lab-home/ Para espanol: https://18thstreet.org/allathome_espanol/ Santa Monica, CA - For three consecutive Wednesdays in August (August 5th, 12th, and 19th) at 11:30am via Zoom, 18th Street Arts Center will launch their summer 2020 series of live online arts classes for kids and families schooling...
