Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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From SM City Hall, 8/7/17: Today, City Manager Rick Cole announced that Katie Lichtig has been selected to join him in leading the City of Santa Monica as Assistant City Manager/Chief Operating Officer. After a rigorous national search, Lichtig returns to Santa Monica where she began her career in local government as the Assistant to the City Manager for Management Services from 1992 to 2001. She has served as the City Manager for San Luis Obispo for the past 7.5 years and in leading positions...
Last week, Senator Cory Booker introduced the Marijuana Justice Act in an effort to legalize marijuana across the nation and penalize local communities that want nothing to do with this dangerous drug. This is the furthest reaching marijuana legalization effort to date and marks another sad moment in our nation's embrace of a drug that will have generational consequences. Our country is facing a drug epidemic. Legalizing recreational marijuana will do nothing that Senator Booker expects. We...
(August 7, 2017) – The fifth Whole Foods Market 365 opens Wednesday, Aug. 9, at 9 a.m. in Santa Monica, CA at 2121 Cloverfield Blvd at Pico. Regular store hours are 7 a.m. – 10 p.m., seven days a week. This will be the second Whole Foods Market 365 location for the Los Angeles area. The vibrant 30,000-square-foot space takes "neighborhood grocery store" to the next level with its mix of affordable grocery items, unique venues and retail innovations for customers seeking convenience and...
Let's Take a Cruise! Not long ago my wife and I wanted to do something different that would be fun, take us somewhere we hadn't been before, didn't cost too much and with which we could include our granddaughter. We considered many options, many involving driving lots of miles and some involved commercial air travel. But as we talked a little voice in my head started singing: Love, exciting and new Come Aboard. We're expecting you. And Love, life's sweetest reward. Let it flow, it floats...
In a recently leaked off-the-record speech to a group of congressional interns, White House senior advisor Jared Kushner said that the administration is committed to working "with the parties very quietly to see if there's a solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He followed this up with what seemed like a throw-away line that's actually very significant: "There may be no solution, but it's one of the problem sets that the president asked us to focus on. So we're going to focus on it and...
The Coast Guard, Long Beach Fire Department and Patriot Environmental Services are responding to a reported spill of propyl acetate from the commercial container ship, Harbour Bridge, at Pier G Berth 232 in the Port of Long Beach, Sunday. All Unified Command objectives, including clean-up and recovery operations on the vessel and the pier were completed Sunday night. The spill occurred when a tank, containing 6,600 gallons of propyl acetate was punctured during loading operations. The chemical...
James Damore, a Google engineer who wrote a now notorious memorandum, confirmed his dismissal in an email, saying that he had been fired for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.” Google's controversy is the latest in a long string of incidents concerning gender bias and diversity in the tech space. Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick lost his job in June amid scandals over sexual harassment, discrimination and an aggressive culture. Ellen Pao’s g...
It must be the August heat, or something. The LAPD Thursday night August 3rd, shot a Venice man after responding to a domestic violence call. LAPD spokesmen said he brandished an assault rifle when officers confronted him at his Venice Boulevard residence Friday night. The officer who fired the shot had gone to the home with a partner around 8:30 p.m. in response to a call "to keep the peace," Sgt. Barry Montgomery told reporters at the scene of the shooting. "Upon their arrival, they were met...
A homicide suspect was wounded in an officer-involved shooting in Santa Monica Friday evening. Neighbors reported a shooting in the 2300 block of Main Street around 6:30 p.m. A man was found shot to death in the area and police quickly located the suspect. When police found the suspect near Main Street and Hollister Avenue by 3rd Street, he displayed a gun. This of course lead to a shootout with police. "I just heard like kind of these firework sounds go off," witness Lucas Yancey said. "The...
Sarasota, FL, - Florida-based company Le Macaron French Pastries is pleased to announce the opening of their new Santa Monica location at 1301 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90403. With more than 40 locations in the United States and Puerto Rico, Le Macaron French Pastries offers delicious French macarons, gourmet chocolates, specialty coffees, homemade candies and other classic French pastries. "Our Le Macaron French Pastries shop features elegant, indulgent desserts, including authentic handcra...
Santa Monica's Montana Avenue is known for it's five star cuisine but Osteria Bigoli just took it to another level. World famous chef Claudio Marchesan and his longtime manager and loyal 20 year business partner Mark Arreola have opened their new venture at 714 Montana Ave. The culinary famed duo had Hollywood's attention when they helmed the Celebrity and foodie favorite Pane e Vino for over 15 years. This dynamic duo prides themselves on dishes such as Denis Leary favorite Rigatoni Carbonara,...
8/7/17: Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier hosted the 13th Annual PALpalooza on Tuesday, July 25 from 5-9 p.m. The Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) and more than 18 California Police Activities League (CAL-PAL) chapters, from Santa Barbara to Victorville, received a free, fun-filled back-to-school treat. PALpalooza had its largest attendance with more than 900 kids enjoying Pacific Park's exciting rides, midway games and a food selection from the Park's oceanfront food court....
The City of Santa Monica will be accepting applications for moderate-income households to be considered for deed restricted apartments created through the City's Affordable Housing Production Program. The wait list application period beginning at 8 a.m. (PST) on Thursday, August 10, 2017. It will close when the City has received enough applications to meet referral requirements. Applications in English and Spanish will be accessible online through a secure website at smgov.net/livelocal. The...
On August 4, 2017 at about 6:28 p.m. the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) received numerous 9-1-1 calls regarding a possible shooting with a victim down in the area of Main Street and Strand Avenue. The incident appears to have evolved from an argument between two homeless men. As officers arrived on scene to find a male victim lying on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was treated at the scene by Santa Monica Fire Department Paramedics, then transported to a local...
Update, 12:34 pm: Police found the suspect dead inside his home. A Pacific Palisades neighborhood was evacuated as LAPD officers barricaded a man who had fired on them. The home, at 1691 Alta Mura Road, is in a neighborhood of $5,000,000 homes where nothing of this sort happens. Los Angeles Police Department West Los Angeles responded to a domestic disturbance call around midnight near Alta Murray Road and San Onofore Drive. During the response, a man in the home fired at officer, police said....
Dimples, dents, divots, lines, ripples, lumps, bumps, saddlebags, sagging skin, any which way you label it, it's the one thing that no women wants to be caught dead wearing: Cellulite (with a Capital C). But according to Ashley Black, self-described Fasciology guru and best-selling author of The Cellulite Myth: It's Not Fat, It's Fascia, the ban of women's existence, Cellulite, doesn't really exist at all. "Fat is not what's making everyone dimply and dented," states Black in her book. "In...
Local Briefs LAPD Shoots Venice Man in Domestic Dispute The LAPD Thursday night August 3rd, shot a Venice man after responding to a domestic violence call. LAPD spokesmen said he brandished an assault rifle when officers confronted him at his Venice Boulevard residence Friday night. The officer who fired the shot had gone to the home with a partner around 8:30 p.m. in response to a call "to keep the peace," Sgt. Barry Montgomery told reporters at the scene of the shooting. "Upon their arrival, t...
8/6/2017: The Festival of the Chariots included a parade which started at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and winded its way down to Venice. It also included free food, entertainment, exhibits and booths. The annual event is put on by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) or more commonly known as Hare Krishna movement. "The Festival of the Chariots is now performed in many cities, and dates back thousands of years to Jagannatha Puri, India," said the group's website. T...
San Diego is a critical distance from Los Angeles: just far enough away from to feel as though you've escaped the rat race. Coronado Island, across the bay from San Diego via a high, arched bridge, takes you another step further from your harried life. The Loews Coronado Bay Resort, five miles down a narrow strip of sand from Coronado Island, takes you as far as you can go without getting on a boat. Obligations and worries drift away with the sea breeze as you open your car door on the 15-acre...
It has been just little over a year now since the passing of Garry Marshall. Garry was born in New York City on November 13th 1934 and passed away in Los Angeles, California on July 19th 2016. During those many years Garry Marshall accomplished more than the vast majority of people even dream of doing. Garry Marshall was a brilliant creative person who throughout his life brought joy and happiness to many by directing films such as Flamingo Kid, Beaches and Pretty Woman to name but a few. He...
