Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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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...
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...
Dana Point Harbor continues to present live music performances throughout the month of August 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 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...
Stan's Donut Virtual Race. Thru August 31, 2020 DONUT YOU LOVE DONUTS? Stan's is going VIRTUAL! WHAT IS THE Stan's Donut Virtual Race? Due to Covid-19 Coronavirus and the current limitations set by the state of Illinois and city of Chicago, the 2020 Stan's Donut race has been modified to a virtual race. For this year, the Stan's Donut Virtual Run will consist of a kids dash, 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon option. We'll ship (or you can pick-up) the shirt, medal, donut...
If you dream of innovating and working in Silicon Valley, one of the best ways to get there is an Uber internship. Along with other San Francisco-based startups like Salesforce and Google, Uber is one of the best companies to work for. Whether you're studying software engineering, computer science, data science, marketing, or product management, the company offers a wider range of internship opportunities. Interested in finding out more about an Uber internship? Here, we'll...
Citing budget constraints and Covid-19, Stanford University has announced that it will eliminate eleven sports for 2020. These include fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men's rowing, co-ed and women's sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men's volleyball, and wrestling for next year. Eleven sports in total will disappear. Nationally, experts have commented that swimming pools are unlikely to open this summer, given the potential for spread of coronavirus. " In cons...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced its plans for Fall semester 2020. In light of ICE's plan to deport foreign college students who are only enrolled online, MIT will invite all foreign students. Also Seniors are allowed to live at MIT and take classes conventionally. US Immigration has announced that it would deport students who outstayed their Visa's, if they are only taking classes in the US online. The theory is that they could just as easily take...
For the 19th straight night in a row, protestors had blocked the Interstate 5 freeway that runs through Seattle, in order to conduct their protest. A white Jaguar evaded several police vehicles serving to block the highway for the protestors, hitting two transgender women who were attending a Black Lives Matter rally. All the major news networks replayed the video footage on TV. Summer Taylor, 24 of Seattle was killed Saturday night, when the white Jaguar driven by Kelete...
Saturday night social justice warriors shut down I-5 in Seattle, the way they have shutdown freeways since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25th. They used their bodies. The Seattle police reacted with tolerance by shutting down I-5. But one driver either accidentally or deliberately took matters into his own hands, plowing into a crowd of protestors, injuring 4 and killing one. "Summer Taylor, 24, and their friend, Diaz Love, were hit by a c...
Today Governor Gavin Newsom ordered all restaurants, museums, zoos, cardrooms, theaters, and wineries in LA County to stop indoor operations for at least 3 weeks, writes LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn. "This joins a similar announcement this past Sunday closing LA County bars. LA County beaches will also be closing for the holiday weekend," Hahn writes. "All of these closures are for the same reason: Our cases are simply too high and our hospitalization rate is increasing...
The Five Westside Ballet graduating Seniors look forward to an uncertain Freshman year at Universities and accept they leave the legacy ballet school with no final performance or cast party to say goodbye to their peers, teachers, and ballet community of over a decade. Westside Ballet's annual Spring Performance has for decades provided a final performance opportunity and send off to countless graduating high school seniors. Due to the coronavirus health emergency, their...
The Pier has been a bit of a mystery since the Coronavirus lockdown began 9 weeks ago. It's closed, and the police won't allow you to walk down the ramp to see it for yourself. The 110 year old Santa Monica pier was almost destroyed by storms in 1982, 1983 and 1992. But nothing has threatened the pier's businesses like the Coronavirus shutdown. To find out more about what's going on at the closed monument at the center of Santa Monica's 4 miles of beaches, we spoke to the...
If you're planning to be a Freshman next year at SMC, you'll have to do it online. Santa Monica College has cancelled its fall semester due to Covid-19. "Can you believe this? It's not easy for many kids to learn online," said one local mom. "This probably means the middle school next door (John Adams Middle School) will also be closed. The moms are all going crazy now. It's not easy for parents to become teachers. I didn't use to think that this coronavirus lockdown had gone...
In the next few days, inside sources say, California Gov. Gavin Newsom will close all California State Beaches, due to Covid-19. This according to a source with access to the Governor's office, by way of Bill Melugin, a reporter at FoxLA. Gov. Gavin Newsom called images of packed California beaches from over the weekend "an example of what not to do," during his daily media briefing Monday. The lockdown was initially intended to not overwhelm the health care system. Outside...
A woman wrote us today that she is suffering from an acute medical problem of the female variety. She needs an obstetrician to perform a hysterectomy on her. It will not wait, she is in great discomfort, she writes. She is told she has 4 fibroids the size of grapefruits, she says. The woman went to a local emergency room today. "You are not bleeding, hence this is not an emergency. Here's some codeine. Thank you, please go home now and shelter in place like everyone else."...
Today is April 1, school is out for the rest of the year, and that's not an April fools day joke. Gov. Gavin Newsom gave his daily update at today's press conference. 8,155 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in CA. 1,855 people are hospitalized; the number has tripled in six days. Total deaths in California now stand at 774, a 16.4 per cent increase. That's quadrupled in six days. "The surge is coming," Newsom warned, adding that 27,000 hospital beds needed by mid-May. "...
Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District won't reconvene on April 20th. The District had previously announced it would be closed until April 20th. Writing on behalf of the district, spokeswoman Gail Pinsker now reports schools will be closed until further notice. The full e mail is below: Superintendent's Message: Distance Learning and School Closures Dear Parents, Guardians and Staff, I hope that you and your loved ones are safe, healthy, and weathering this crisis as well...
"What will the final overall mortality rate be? It seems highly likely that it will be south of 1% (versus the current media reports of greater than 3%). Perhaps 0.5% or less? We'll see. But it's not like the 1918 Spanish flu that had a mortality that some estimated to be as high as 10%." Subject line: An update from Dr. Otto Yang, Doctor of Infectious Disease at UCLA: Hi Everyone, I hope you find this helpful re the Corona Virus issue: I've seen so much misinformation making...
As the Stock market sold off for the second day (I mean 1800 points down on the Dow in 2 days); the Centers for Disease Control warned American citizens to get read for the Coronavirus to reach epidemic levels in US cities. "It's not a matter of if but when a pandemic will happen in the US" said a spokesman for the CDC today. "Coronavirus cannot be contained, and will cause significant disruptions in our lives." On a cruise ship called the Diamond Princess in Yokohama Japan,...
