Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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All 16 public schools in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District begin classes on Thursday, August 22nd. Parents and kids will need to figure out where they are going to be dropped off. The SMPD says this will cause increased traffic, and urged local drivers to leave early and be patient. LAUSD ended summer and began its school year on Tuesday August 20th. SMMUSD has about 12,000 students. It has ten elementary schools, two middle schools, three high schools, an adult high school, and...
At the August 2, 2019 graduation the girls presented their final projects, heard from Riot Games' Head of Technology Mike Seavers and commemorated their achievements from the past few weeks. For the last 10 years Riot has tried to expand opportunities in the game industry. This summer that involved working with Girls Who Code to provide 20 local high school students with coding lessons, activities like robotics design and creating their own esports broadcast, and overall exposure to the game...
Celebrate the last days of Summer with free salsa classes, outdoor comedy shows, live music or some quality time lounging in new outdoor seating options on Third Street Promenade in Downtown Santa Monica. Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) in partnership with local organizations, bands, and instructors, will host two months of free community programming and activations on The Experiment Stage at Third Street Promenade beginning August 11 through September 30 of this year. All events are free...
This weekend, from the 9th to the 11th August, Long beach will host the 32nd Annual Long beach Jazz festival at Rainbow Lagoon Park, East shoreline drive in Long Beach. It will be featuring a great line-up from classic R&B to hot summer night jazz. It is said to be the only Southern California Jazz Festival staged on a gorgeous grassy knoll in a beautiful Lagoon setting. The Long Beach Jazz Festival features some of the top artists of the year and includes VIP seating in an incredible outdoor...
With Hong Kong is paralyzed by a general strike, Beijing appears to have lost patience with its restive former British colony. The extradition law that initially sparked the protests has been withdrawn, but the protests have continued and China has decided to show who's in charge in this City of 4 million Chinese people. The People’s Liberation Army will mobilize and take control of the streets by Friday, according to mobilization orders released to the local press. On the eve of Thursday's a...
Santa Monica Public Library presents Dog Days @ the Library, a day filled with fun dog-related activities on Saturday, August 24, 2019. On this day, we are honoring dogs by recognizing the important roles they play in people's lives. In addition to giving love and companionship, dogs help humans in countless ways such as keeping us safe as watchdogs, assisting as service animals, and aiding in search and rescue. Main Library (601 Santa Monica Blvd.) will host an all-day celebration: 10:30 am:...
This summer, young Brentwood Filmmaker Alexander Paen -- a 20-year-old student at Chapman University in Orange – was found high up in the stands at Fairfax High School's gym, videotaping games of a basketball tournament. Paen is studying Broadcast News/Documentary and Filmmaking at Chapman. Although he just finished his sophomore year in college, Paen is no stranger to television making. His first documentary was about the California Missions while a fourth grader at St. Martin of Tours, f...
On Wednesday July 17, 2019 31,276 well-dressed men in flashy suits, woman with lavish dresses and extravagant hats came to celebrate and watch the races "Where the Turf Meets the Surf" at the Del Mar Racetrack. Since July 3, 1937 when Bing Crosby and partner Pat O Brian opened Del Mar, with a vision to create a racing palace by day and a Hollywood party playground at night, a racing legacy was established. The crowds where quieter than previous years, an aftermath of a Santa Anita race meeting...
A few weeks ago Edible Skinny was lucky enough to encounter the enchanting healing waters of Glen Ivy Hot Springs, a world class spa retreat located in Corona, California (less than an hour away from Los Angeles... depending on traffic...). For generations people have flocked to this rare oasis of wellbeing in SoCal. A spa destination since 1860 (that's right people, I said 1860!!!), it's the ultimate co-ed place to connect, escape, and rejuvenate with 17 pools, healthy cuisine, and activities g...
Maxine Wolf is meticulous. Her Pacific Palisades home is warm and inviting. She greets you at the door, welcoming you enthusiastically in to see her extensive glass figurine collection. Her lovely, California Design-inspired living room and dining room walls are lined with custom-made mahogany cabinets, filled with translucent or opaque-colored glass animals and figurines -- all carefully organized and categorized. A tour into a converted second bedroom reveals a museum-quality collection with...
Rome, Italy, June 24 2019- The famed Spanish steps in Rome, Italy was the home of the launch of the latest 5 star hotel in Europe. The Rocco Forte group has launched their latest addition, Hotel de la Ville on top of the famous Spanish steps in Rome on May 24th,2019. This has been a long- awaited unveiling and the hotel does not disappoint one bit. The unveiling was done in the perfect summer in the heat of tourism in possibly the best time of the year for such a grand opening. The confluence...
If you love tacos, you'll love Tacotopia. While from the name it seems like it could be a taco restaurant, Tacotopia actually an art installation presented by hot sauce brand Cholula, or as they phrase it on their website, an "instagrammable amusement park disguised as a pop-up museum." Inside, there are over 25 experiences to try! These line the walls on all sides in bright colors with fun themes. Just to list a few, there is a foam pit mimicking guacamole, an avocado chair, a salsa bar, and a...
Thanks to community advocacy, City Council approved $669K in funding for improvements to Samoshel - an interim housing facility located on City property, leased and operated by OPCC dba The People Concern. The facility is a tent that has not been improved by the City or by The People Concern for a quarter of a century. During that time, vulnerable homeless individuals - many of them seniors, disabled or with serious health conditions - have been warehoused, sometimes for years, in substandard...
Washington (dpa) - Markets were rattled on Friday as President Donald Trump restarted the North American side of the global trade war, just as China announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States and created a blacklist of foreign entities. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong closed down, as did major European indices, with the German Dax recording the first monthly loss this year. Trade tensions have been coming on top of a wider sign of a slowdown in the world economy. Key US stocks were...
Los Angeles (dpa) - Pop princess Taylor Swift criticized President Donald Trump while calling on her senator to support a law that would protect Americans from gender or sexual orientation-based discrimination. In a letter shared with Swift's over 270 million followers across her social media platforms, the pop superstar called on Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander to support the Equality Act. "For American citizens to be denied jobs or housing based on who they love or how they identify, in my...
Buenos Aires (dpa) - Nayib Bukele, a 37-year-old businessman, was sworn in on Saturday as the new president of El Salvador. The conservative politician is the youngest head of state in the history of the Central American country. Bukele promised in his swearing-in address that he would fight against "every barrier, against every wall" in order to achieve a transformation in the country plagued by violence and corruption. "I will rule for the 7 million Salvadorans in the country and the 3...
My entire life I had never visited Texas, and in the last four years I've been lucky enough to now drive across the state seven times. That being said I never really got Texas... I always thought of it more of a character of itself than anything else. That was until I found myself in Austin in mid April. All my previous visits to the state had been during the summer, so SUPER DUPER hot and dusty, but southeastern Texas in April. Simply Amazing!!! Austin, Texas' capital, fully embraces the...
Berlin (dpa) - South African 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya has filed an appeal to Switzerland's highest court to challenge a recent ruling preventing her from competing unless she takes hormone medication. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland had ruled in favor of the international athletic federation IAAF. On filing the appeal to Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland , Semenya said in a statement: "I am a woman and I am a world-class athlete. The IAAF will...
(tca/dpa) - The Europa Hotel was once known as the most bombed hotel in Europe, but on a Friday morning in April, it's bustling with tourists and weekenders enjoying a hearty breakfast buffet. Almost no one recognizes Conleth Hill, the actor who plays Varys, the bald eunuch and royal adviser whose cunning enabled him to survive nearly eight seasons on one of TV's bloodiest shows, "Game of Thrones," without ever lifting a sword. The anonymity (aided by the reappearance of his thick, silver hair)...
Co-working is often more pleasant these days than putting in eight hours at a traditional office. If you'd prefer a workspace that looks like a chic hotel lobby with waiters at your service, that can be arranged. Want to be around other women in a cabana on an outdoor terrace? There's a place in West Hollywood for you. Is your goal to hang with other creative types? There are co-working clubs that want you as a member. But while the offices strive to be oases of fellowship, the co-working...
(tca/dpa) - A year ago, Bird Rides Inc. was flying high - and Silicon Valley was betting that it would keep on climbing. Thousands of the Santa Monica start-up's signature black-and-white scooters appeared on street corners across the world, bought with venture capital and rented to smartphone-toting riders. Investors saw how quickly riders took to the new mode of transit, and visions of Uber-size growth and revenues flitted through their heads. In March 2018, just six months after the first Bir...
A suspect in a terror plot arrested by the FBI planned to bomb the 100 year old pier last summer. Domingo recently converted to Islam. He bought a bag of nails to put into an IED. Mark Steven Domingo, 26, of Reseda, a former U.S. Army infantryman with combat experience in Afghanistan, faces federal charges in a terrorist plot in which he planned to detonate an improvised explosive device (IED) for the purpose of causing mass casualties. The complaint alleges that he intended to detonate his...
Charges have been filed against a homeless man who allegedly set a number of fires near Sepulveda Boulevard and Getty Center Drive on Easter Sunday, April 21. Steven William Adkison, 31, now faces four felony counts of arson of a structure or forest. A good Samaritan saw the defendant setting the fires and struggled to restrain him until police and firefighters could arrive. This brave citizen, unnamed in the LA County District Attorney's Office press release, undoubtedly saved many structures a...
By Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny Don't panic, it's organic!!! A few weeks ago Edible Skinny was lucky enough to have a AB FAB meal at the AWESOME Kreation Organic Kafe in Brentwood. Dining with the AMAZING Yoga Guru Jordana Reim (who just finished summiting Everest Base Camp with her company 180 Retreats!!!) we sampled complimentary activated charcoal water, were dazzled by blooming napkins, contemplated which flavor to pick from a juice selection that went into the hundreds, and embraced the...
Ground broke on Tuesday for a new structure, dubbed the Discovery Building, at the Santa Monica High School campus. Its function is to replace the Science and Technology buildings which were demolished last summer. The building will form a U around an interior courtyard. Planned to open at the end of 2021, it will contain 38 classrooms, offices for the M and O houses, 3 multipurpose rooms, some common areas, and a full kitchen and cafeteria. A rooftop garden will serve as another classroom and...
