Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Michael Farahnik, the first US purchaser of a 77" TV, "the latest television Holy Grail," LG Electronics' new OLED Ultra HD TV. It "marries super-sleekness with better-than-current HD display performance" together with a 65-inch display It is the first OLED UHD set to hit the market and a sales event at Video & Audio Center in Santa Monica Thursday 10/2 marked its first availability to U.S. consumers. Also is the photo is Joseph Akhtarzad, the owner of Video & Audio Center on Wilshire...
The fishing village of Loreto on the Baja California Peninsula sits on miles of coastline with year-round sunshine averaging 80 degrees. Looking out on five islands on the Sea of Cortez, it offers majestic scenic backdrops along with a wealth of flora and fauna for hiking, trekking, bird watching, while its coast offers a wealth of water sports - island-hopping, snorkeling, kayaking or just plain relaxation on quiet beaches. The islands have formed a physical barrier that has created an 800...
The parents of a young woman killed in the crash of a small plane at Santa Monica Airport a year ago today are suing the heirs of the pilot of the aircraft, the aircraft’s manufacturer and three government entities. Gary and Carole Winkler of Irvine, the father and mother of Lauren Winkler, filed the wrongful death suit Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court against the estate of Mark Benjamin, the cities of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, Los Angeles County and Cessna Aircraft Co, maker of the 525A Citation that crashed. The suit seeks...
The Santa Monica Public Library is honored to welcome actor and longtime literacy advocate LeVar Burtonfor the launch of his first-ever children's picture book, The Rhinoceros Who Swallowed a Storm, on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Beloved by film and television fans for his iconic performances in Alex Haley's Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation, LeVar Burton is equally cherished by book lovers for...
A sleeping beachgoer run over by a truck allegedly driven by a Long Beach city maintenance worker is suing the city and the driver. Jonathan Soto filed the negligence suit Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against the city of Long Beach and driver Stanley Willie Delaney, who was picking up trash for the city Department of Parks, Recreation & Marine. The suit seeks unspecified damages. The Long Beach City Attorney’s office had not yet received and filed the lawsuit as of late Thursday morning. According to the complaint, Soto was...
Marking a celebration of its roots, Heal the Bay's board of directors today appointed veteran staffer Alix Hobbs as the environmental organization's new president and chief executive officer. Hobbs, who most recently served as chief operating officer, has a 16-year history with the Santa Monica-based nonprofit. Mentored by Heal the Bay founder Dorothy Green, Hobbs began as a volunteer at a beach cleanup in 1993 and has since taken on positions of increasing leadership, from Programs and...
Imagine it's 1965 and everywhere in smoky, crowded underground music clubs in the basements of London there are crazed British art students going mad for old American blues. Fueled by youthful energy, questionable substances and a distaste for pre-packaged bubble-gum pop music, bands pound it out on sweaty stages while fanatics shout, dance, and gyrate into the wee hours of the night. Their blues music is now pushed, amped, warped and exploded into a new extreme that has one foot in the...
Santa Monica Public is pleased to present An Evening with Andrea Martin on Monday, October 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Two-time Tony Award-winning actress Andrea Martin has been entertaining audiences for decades. From her show business debut playing a chicken on the Captain Kangaroo show in the 1970s, to her Emmy-winning run writing and performing on the 1980s sketch comedy show SCTV, and her Broadway stage successes in...
One suspect, 48-year-old Jami Lynn Burrows, was arrested about 9 a.m. Sept. 17 by detectives from the LAPD’s West Los Angeles Division, according to L.A. County Jail records. Burrows, a former landscaper, is accused of stealing credit cards from a number of houses in Pacific Palisades and Malibu and was allegedly caught on video tape inside a store trying to use the stolen cards, according to the LAPD. The day Burrows was jailed, detectives served a search warrant at her home and allegedly recovered stolen property that included jewelry,...
SM Apartment Building Trades at Peak Price A 60-unit apartment complex just five blocks from the beach in Santa Monica sold recently for $26.5 million, or nearly $442,000 a unit. Local multifamily landlords Thomas Yu and May Ling Yu of MLT Properties purchased the low-rise property at 3111 Fourth St. from a joint venture of M West Holdings of Sherman Oaks and GreenOak Real Estate of New York. Though apartment buildings with 20 or fewer units routinely sell for more than $440,000 a unit in the beachside city, it’s rarer for larger buildings to...
Traffic lanes on the Sunset Strip are expected to be fully reopened Monday after a water main rupture flooded the streets of the famous thoroughfare known for its nightclubs and boutiques. The break occurred Friday afternoon near Queens Road, sending 9,600 gallons of water spewing per minute, said LADWP spokeswoman Kim Hughes. Water to the main was shut off as crews repaired the 36-inch steel pipe -- installed in 1916 and cement-lined in 1957. Traffic was closed between La Cienega and Crescent Heights Boulevards. Hughes said no residences...
Santa Monica College is pleased to present a screening and discussion of "La Corona" by SMC's National Hispanic Heritage Month speaker Isabel Vega. The FREE event will be held Oct. 9 at 11:15 a.m. in Art Lecture Hall 214 on the main campus, 1900 Pico Blvd. Seating is on a first-arrival basis. Vega, who made the Oscar-nominated documentary with Amanda Micheli, will talk about the film, which explores the lives of women in prison in Bogotá, Colombia, through a unique beauty pageant. Though...
Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to attend the National Park Service's inaugural Recreation Festival on Saturday, October 25 from 10:00 a.m until 4:00 p.m. Also known as Rec Fest, this free, family-friendly event will take place at Paramount Ranch in Agoura and will feature several hands-on opportunities to introduce families to the outdoors. "Everyone who enjoys the outdoors learned about it from an informal guide, whether it was a friend, family member or co-worker," said David Szymanski,...
The Santa Monica College John Drescher Planetarium is pleased to present three special feature shows – including a telescope viewing session – on Friday evenings in October. The shows are: • “Special Observing Event: 10-Day-Old Moon!” on Oct. 3. Come take a look through the eyepiece at the waxing, 10-day-old gibbous Moon and its prominent craters, and catch a glimpse of some double stars and other fascinating wonders in the sky. • “2015: Dwarf Planet Exploration!” on Oct. 10 and 17. Come preview the DAWN spacecraft’s first...
The Santa Monica College Music Department is pleased to present five concerts – plus the premiere of Locals Only! – in October. Performances will be held in The Broad Stage or The Edye at the SMC Performing Arts Center (Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street, Santa Monica), except the Locals Only! performances, which will be held in the Theatre Arts Main Stage (1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica). The performances are: • Thursday, Oct. 2 at 11:15 a.m. in The Edye: Joan Mills: Piano Concert. The former SMC Music Department Chair who built...
Create Karma Fundraiser October 11th 2014 , 6:30pm to 10:30pm The W Hotel - Westwood 930 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Purchase your tickets today! Tickets are $95 online and $110 at the door. All tickets held at will call. Free valet parking. Mingle with fellow animal-loving Karma Rescue friends, volunteers, and forever families while you enjoy a night of fun and excitement...all for a great cause! ~Open Bar & Delicious Vegetarian Cuisine~ ~Bingo by Hamburger Mary's Legendary Bingo~...
Front Porch Cinema at the Santa Monica Pier October 3 - 24, Fridays Music starts at 6pm; Film starts at 7:30pm Unwind on the front porch of California after a long week. We’ve got films, food, drinks and fun each Friday night this Fall. Oh, and the movies are really good too, and free! There are even old-timey lawn chairs for rent that melt away the stress of the week while you relax and enjoy the ocean breeze. Lineup includes: Frozen, Gravity, Grand Budapest Hotel and Ferris Bueller’s day Off. Special opening night movie on Thursday,...
During most of my lifetime the New York Yankees have been baseball's biggest spenders and often had the best team. They piled up World Series championships but in some years they didn't win in the best-of-seven final test. So I learned as we went along. It became clear to me that in baseball, where there is no salary cap, a team could virtually assure itself of being in the playoffs by accumulating the most talent for a 162-game season. But in a short series a team with a smaller payroll could...
As a professional volleyball player in my younger years I have a special affinity to that sport. As an Israeli woman I was obligated to serve in the army for two years which unfortunately ended my indoor volleyball career. But as we know, everything happens for a good reason. That was the trigger that started my beach volleyball days. Kerri Walsh Jennings is the best beach volleyball player in the world. She's won three Olympic gold medals representing the United States. But as we know it's not...
Simon Bolivar is a name known throughout the world. A military leader, a statesman, a politician, Bolivar helped shape the face of the world - and particularly the Americas - as we now know it. Instrumental in leading Venezuela, Columbia (which at the time included Panama), Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia to their independence from Spain in the early 19th century, anti-colonialist Bolivar was the founding force behind the formation of Gran Columbia, the first republic of nations within Hispanic...
