Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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une 20, 2024 Heat Advisory High Temperatures Forecast for Parts of Los Angeles County The Los Angeles County Health Officer has issued a heat advisory as high temperatures have been forecast for the following areas: West San Fernando Valley: Saturday June 22, 2024 through Sunday June 23, 2024 until 8PM East San Fernando Valley: Saturday June 22, 2024 through Sunday June 23, 2024 until 8PM San Gabriel Valley: Saturday June 22, 2024 through Sunday June 23, 2024 until 8PM Santa...
June 26, 2024 - The Santa Monica Police Department has once again put online for public viewing their daily arrest log. In the past, SMPD daily arrests were reported automatically in the City's Open Data Portal and were available for two weeks. But on May 1, the department switched to a new records management system, and the arrest reports were temporarily discontinued, according the SMPD spokesperson Lieutenant Erika Aklufi. "We lost several automated reports during the...
An LA Times article published 6/14/24, said that major marijuana brands were found to have poisons and carcinogens. Commercial weed contained Chlorfenapyr, an insecticide which causes difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, memory loss, and Trifloxystrobin, a fungicide that causes similar effects. "Here are major brands listed in article to have higher levels of pesticides. @purplelotusca in @CityofSanJose sells Stiiizy. Many dispensaries thought products were safe, but privat...
Update, 6/13: Protestors left the student services building at 1:15 am, as did the University president and 12 or so members of her staff who denied having. been detained in the building. Thousands of dollars in damages were left by pro-Hamas demonstrators, in the form of graffiti, broken windows and damaged equipment. Pro Hamas students and others numbering perhaps 30, took over a major building at Cal State University Los Angeles Wednesday afternoon and evening. They...
May 29, 2024 - In an email to alumni, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hillel Rabbi, Michelle H. Fisher, politely expressed her concerns about ongoing anti-Israel protests at the university and expected disruptions at the upcoming graduation ceremony. A large pro-Hamas encampment had been installed in April, contrary to Institute policy, on the Kresge Oval, an expansive grassy area connecting the dorms to the student center and classrooms. Outside agitators...
June 12, 2024 - During the lunch hour today, John Alle, business and property owner, witnessed paramedics dealing with an overdose situation in popular Palisades Park in Santa Monica. As EMTs attempted to help the victim, two individuals, apparently homeless, harrassed them in their efforts. Palisades Park runs from the Santa Monica pier along Ocean Avenue all the way to the north end of Santa Monica. It is a major destination point for tourists with its clear views of the...
May 31, 2024 - During the safety meeting last Thursday I asked the POA Chairman Cody Green, in front 5 sitting council-members, how many police we need in Santa Monica. Without caveats he said 300 (we now have around 225). I was reminded of the defense of Thermopylae, a narrow pass that was held by 300 Spartans for three days against a vast Persian army, because we too are a city under siege. I spent part of my Memorial Day weekend on a ride-along with one of our current Spart...
UPDATE: The planned demonstration grew larger than Answer Coalition had even anticipated. However, there carefully worded press releases celebrating this face entirely omit the fact there were openly pro-Hamas (terrorist) participants who called for the death of all Jews and worldwide intifada (bloody revolution). Also, a public statue of a revolutionary war hero was defaced and park rangers assaulted. It ended up an antisemitic, anarchist embarrassment. The Answer Coalition...
Odd video has emerged of a man said to be Hunter Biden chasing a woman down the hallway of a hotel, then dragging her back into his hotel room. The woman is in a bathing suit, and the man is naked. While the video is probably not of Hunter Biden, some said it was easy to identify President Joe Biden's son, because of his distinctive back tattoos. But others thought the tattoos on the man in the security video did not in fact, match Hunter, Biden‘s tattoos. So the identificatio...
The Israeli Defense Force announced that they rescued 4 live hostages from the clutches of Hamas in Gaza on Saturday. The rescue is the first of live hostages since October 7th, except for one Israeli female soldier rescued about a month after the operation began on October 27th. "Shlomi Ziv (40) was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 at the Nova festival" posted the IDF to X.com. "Shlomi was working as security director at the festival when he was brutally taken hostage for 245...
June 6, 2024 Heat Advisory High Temperatures Forecast for Parts of Los Angeles County The Los Angeles County Health Officer has issued a heat advisory as high temperatures have been forecast for the following areas: Antelope Valley: Effective Friday, June 7, 2024. Eastern Antelope Valley: Effective Friday, June 7, 2024. Public Health reminds everyone to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness, especially older adults, young children, outdoor workers, athletes, and...
May 29, 2024. LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Los Angeles General Medical Center, a public hospital run by the L.A. County Department of Health Services, is seeking the media and public’s help in identifying family for a male patient who had been hospitalized since 05/23/2024. Name: John Doe Age: Approximately 55-60 years old Height: 5'10’' Weight: 227 lbs Build: Heavy Build. Hair: Black & White Eyes: Brown Other descriptive information: The patient was found in or around the Wel...
9. A suspect tried to assault the owner of Santa Monica Music Center this morning. He is not the same suspect who had been arrested for the theft of a guitar, said owner Lana Negrete, who is also a Santa Monica City Council member. The suspect had tried to pass a counterfeit hundred dollar bill Thursday at the music store. "Today he came back in and when my manager asked him to leave, he attacked him with a stool swinging it out his face the cops just arrested him," she...
The 24th Annual Beverly Hills International Film Festival ran May 1-5, 2024 at the TLC Chinese-6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood. There was a dazzling post party opening night at the Hollywood Rosevelt Hotel, Tropicana Pool/ Bar, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, .Hollywood. I was very impressed and amused with one of opening nights films 'My Divorce Party, directed by Heidi Weitzer. Five women, who have been best friends for a long time, travel to a remote desert location to...
Update, 5/29/24: An F-35 Fighter jet has crashed into a hillside in New Mexico. The fighter jet went down near International Sunport in Albuquerque while travelling to an Air Force base in California. The pilot survived the crash but was seriously injured, according to officials. 5.28: Emergency crews are on the scene after a military F-35 fighter jet crashed near Albuquerque International Airport, causing a huge explosion with dust rising into the air. Witnesses saw a large...
The Israel Defense Forces struck a Hamas regional headquarters Sunday night northwest of Rafah. The strike, which followed a Hamas rocket strike on Tel Aviv, killed two major Hamas leaders as well as Palestinian civilians Hamas leaders were hiding behind. Eliminated in the precise airstrike in northwest Rafah: Hamas Chief of Staff in Judea and Samaria and an additional senior Hamas official. Terrorist #1: Yassin Rabia, had managed the entirety of Hamas' terrorist activity in...
On Monday, the UN National Security Council held a moment of silence to honor the "Butcher of Tehran." The US Ambassador joined. The Iranian President dubbed the 'Butcher of Tehran' is confirmed dead in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Ebrahim Raisi oversaw the executions of thousands of civilians during his political career, Iranian human rights sources confirm. "A profoundly shameful moment at the UN Security Council as the US ambassador stands for a moment of silence to honor...
An Instagram influencer flashed her chest in front of bystanders peering through a portal installation at the NYC-Dublin exhibition. Viewers looking through the portal in Dublin were left stunned after the woman pulled up her top in an effort to go viral on Instagram. The portal was temporarily shutdown "due to inappropriate behavior," reported the Irish Times. Needless to say, reaction on Twitter was swift and not always positive. "Tell me you've never had a father figure...
13: Precautions were taken after a resident found bomb making materials left by a deceased relative, SMPD Lt. Myesha Morrison wrote. That resident put the potentially explosive materials in his car, and began to drive to SMPD headquarters. He was stopped near the 4th and Colorado train station. Here is the press release from SMPD: On Sunday, May 19, 2024 at approximately 4:00PM, the City of Santa Monica’s Police/Fire Dispatch Center received a call reporting the discovery...
A Santa Monica rabbi, Michael Gotlieb has asked his congregants to write to Santa Monica City Councilmembers opposing a pro-Hamas resolution before the Santa Monica City Council. The measure is sponsored by Councilmember Jesse Zwick and calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, with no conditions, at a time when Hamas is holding about 100 living Israeli hostages. No one is sure of the number, but 133 Israeli's are still missing since Hamas' unprovoked, vicious attack on...
First Daughter Ashley Biden confirms that her stolen diary is authentic. This is important because she confirms that her dad used to shower with her, that this was "Probably authentic." She also muses "Was I molested? I think so. (But) I can't remember." The revelations come at a time when the older Biden is seeking another term as President, against Republican Donald R. Trump. Trump is on trial for multiple criminal and civil offenses. His supporters have accused Democratic...
May 8, 2024 - In the midst of a hurricane of "anti-Israel" protests on college campuses around the country, the University of California's Academic Senate Executive Council is once again reviewing the idea of requiring all students wishing to be admitted to take an "ethnic studies" course with curriculum designed by the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council. The ESFC has been known to despise Israel in the past, at least as far as it is inhabited by any Jews, but since October 7,...
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced they have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights against two California colleges -- Occidental and Pomona -- for permitting severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish students in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Arnold & Porter joined the Brandeis Center and ADL in the...
May 10, 2024 - Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock released a statement today that he adamantly opposes the distribution of needles in public spaces and does not want any public money spent on activities that involve the distribution of needles outdoors anywhere in the city. "My position on the distribution of syringes in any of our city parks, around our schools, recreation areas, or business districts is simple. It must not occur under any circumstances. In addition, I am...
