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BY MATTHEW HALLDaily Press Editor
There’s a deceptively shortagenda for the Aug. 23 CityCouncil meeting but Councilwatchers should expect a longnight because the main event forthe evening is a discussion of clos-ing the Santa Monica Airport(SMO).
Council will debate a resolutionthat specifies their intent to close
the airport and outlines steps thatcan be taken in support of that goal.
The proposed resolution declaresit will be Council’s policy to closeSMO on or before July 1, 2018 or assoon as legally permitted. It also callsfor the City Manager to implementsteps to prepare for closure includingthe city assuming control for someor all operations on the site.
The 227-acre airport was the
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The faculty of the SantaMonica-Malibu school district haschanged dramatically entering the2016-17 school year, a potentiallytroubling trend in a system whereteacher turnover is seen as anobstacle to student achievement.
SMMUSD had hired 64 newteachers and still was looking toadd about six more as of last week,according to district spokeswomanGail Pinsker. That amounts toabout 10 percent of the district’sapproximately 700 certificatedstaffers, a group that includes
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BY MARINA ANDALON Daily Press Staff Writer
In surf parlance, the EndlessSummer is a utopia of perfectwaves and never-ending explo-ration. However, a real endlesssummer of drought and escalatingtemperatures is more hell-like thanheaven sent and locals are doingwhat they can to protect the for-mer from the latter.
Residents formed ClimateAction Santa Monica (CASM) in2013 to explore local solutions toclimate change and the organiza-tion expanded this year to includea new youth focused component.The City, CASM and their newClimate Action Corps gatheredrecently celebrate their success sofar and discuss future efforts.
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BACK TO SCHOOL Matthew Hall [email protected] in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District returned to class on Monday. At Franklin School, theday included a resource fair for parents that provided coffee and breakfast alongside useful information.
Teacher turnovercostly for SMMUSD
Youth discuss summer transit outreach programs
Airport hearingexpected to dominate
Council meeting
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Bergamot StationFifth Installment finished in BergamotStation’s NationalEndowment for the Arts Our Town Program
The City of Santa Monica, with supportfrom the National Endowment for the Arts(NEA) Our Town creative placemaking pro-gram and the Craig Krull Gallery, hasannounced the opening of Because It Has aPeel, a temporary sculpture installation atBergamot Station Arts Center by NewYork-based artist Joy Taylor. The project ison view to the public through September2016 and is located in the Arts Centeradjacent to the east end of the Expo LineStation. This is the fifth in a series of sixtemporary art installations funded by theCity of Santa Monica and the NEA.
Taylor said, “Because It Has a Peel is asculpture built from traditional woodenpacking crates, the interiors painted todepict an enormous banana. Shipping isthe subtext of bananas—they will never beincluded in the ‘eat local’ movement, atleast in this country. Shipping is also a factof life for artists, gallerists and collectors.To move, art must be carefully crated.Having often shipped paintings myself, itwas a short step to imagining the crateitself as part of a work of art. And whatbetter image to feature than a banana?The work continues a theme in my sculp-
tural work, in which I have often used non-traditional materials to make construc-tions that convert the everyday into art.The effect is surprising and often humor-ous, and it forces viewers to take a secondlook at the uses and aesthetics of mun-dane objects.”
The NEA grant, which the City receivedin 2013, supports temporary public artinterventions in and around the BergamotStation Arts Center during the construc-tion and after the opening of the new, mul-timodal transit hub. Previous activities forthe program include Amir H. Fallah’sPerfect Strangers Art and PerformanceFestival and Kate Johnson’s Everywhere inBetween, an all-encompassing installationof video and light projections with livedance and music. Both projects werecurated by 18th Street Arts Center. Twoadditional components of the Our Townprogram are Ed Moses, an ongoing installa-tion by artist John Cerney, and P2S, a pro-jection piece by local artist Alia Malley onview nightly until August 24th.
Joy Taylor is a painter and sculptor wholives in upstate New York. Trained as a col-lage artist, her approach to public art isinventive and eclectic. She enjoys usingunusual materials to encourage viewers toconsider their world in new ways. She hasreceived commissions for public art fromthe MTA Arts for Transit program in NewYork City, for which she fabricated bothlarge-scale, steel sculptures and mosaicmurals. She is a recipient of the New YorkState Painting Fellowship and the Pollock
Krasner award. Ms. Taylor exhibits withCraig Krull Gallery in Santa Monica, and atGalerie Gris in Hudson, NY among others.
In 1994, Craig Krull became one of thefounding galleries at the new BergamotStation Arts Center. Since then, the galleryhas expanded its scope and now repre-sents Southern California painters andsculptors including Peter Alexander,Dennis Hopper, Llyn Foulkes, AstridPreston, Dan McCleary, and Don Bachardy.Additional works by artist Joy Taylor maybe viewed at the gallery upon request.
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The Santa Monica Animal Shelter hasannounced the establishment of Friends ofthe Santa Monica Animal Shelter, a non-profit organization created to assist citystaff. The Shelter is seeking communitymembers interested in participating as aninaugural board member with the non-profit organization. The Santa MonicaAnimal Shelter is operated by the SantaMonica Police Department (SMPD). TheShelter houses stray and surrendered ani-mals, animal victims of abuse, and confis-cated stolen animals.
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In a victory for teacher unions, a dividedCalifornia Supreme Court decided Mondayto let the state’s teacher tenure law stand.
The high court decided 4-3 not to reviewa lower court ruling that upheld tenure andother job protections for teachers. That rul-
ing came in a lawsuit by a group of studentswho claimed that incompetent teachers werealmost impossible to fire because of tenurelaws and that schools in poor neighbor-hoods were dumping grounds for bad teach-ers.
The case was closely watched around thecountry and highlighted tensions betweenteacher unions, school leaders, lawmakers
and well-funded education reform groupsover whether policies like tenure and firingteachers with the least seniority keep ineffec-tive instructors in the classroom.
Dozens of states have moved in recentyears to get rid of such protections or raisethe standards for obtaining them.
Associate Justice Goodwin Liu voted forthe California Supreme Court to take up the
case, saying it affected millions of studentsstatewide and presented a significant legalissue that the lower court likely got wrong.
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THE CALIFORNIA INCLINE IS SLATED TOopen on Sept. 1 which is great news for thecity and more importantly for the future ofthe Twilight Concert Series. Diverting trafficfrom the Pacific Coast Highway onto OceanAve has been putting additional pressure onan already congested bottleneck. OnThursday nights the outflow of traffic hasbeen exacerbated by the traffic patterns andthe city has responded with putting in placeadditional officers and traffic diversion pat-terns that help slightly but don’t resolve thesituation.
The great success of the TwilightConcerts this year is a blessing and a curse.It’s great for the businesses that see an uptickin their customers like Casa Martin, Bruno’sor Chez Jay and Big Deans. There’s beenmany a Thursday this summer that I wantedto grab dinner after working out and therewas not a seat available at either Casa Martinor Bruno’s.
To a degree that’s the point of the con-certs, to bring people to the city and increasenot just awareness but also business. It’sgreat for us to be supporting our localrestaurants and retailers with this type ofevent. I haven’t been able to find out if astudy has been done to track the dollars thatare generated, maybe the Pier Commissionhas this info, or Santa Monica Travel andTourism might. It’d be good to know but I’mpretty sure it’s a big number.
Then there’s the expense that must beexamined. This number is also going to be abig number and given the record crowdswe’ve had this year it’s sure to be much high-er than in prior years. As I watch the trafficofficers set up cones and diversions to dealwith the traffic I’m adding up the costs.Hourly wages and overtime mean addition-al staffing and admin costs that are incurred.
I noticed last week extra police fromCulver City were around. I assume that wehave to reimburse those costs. There mustalso be some insurance costs to all of this forthe increased risks that go up with eachincrease in attendance.
Crowds of humans can make huge mess-es and those messes have to be cleaned up. Ifyou have ever walked by the beach aftereveryone has left you see the huge amount ofdetritus that is left for someone else to cleanup. Among the pizza boxes and beer bottlesand dirty diapers and there’s the ever presentcigarette butts and burger wrappers that
have to be cleaned out by our sanitationstaff.
This of course is nothing new, it’s beenlike that for the last 20 years I’ve beenattending these concerts. The issue really isin scope of mess that is being created. Backwhen this was a small local event, most of uscleaned up after ourselves leaving a smallamount of trash for the city to clean up. Butwhat I have noticed lately is that as thecrowds grow, and it becomes easier to walkaway from your trash, people are lessresponsible because they can hide amongstthe crowd.
Many people are complaining about howcrowded the concerts are. They’re saying theconcert are no longer enjoyable. I under-stand that there is a sense of nostalgia for theway things used to be, but that is no reasonto end, or stop enjoying, the concerts.
It’s been reported that we have 30,000 to40,000 people each week at these concerts.That’s a large population that is beingexposed to the city and the beach on a regu-lar basis. Over the course of a year if 10% ofthose people come back and spend an addi-tional $150 in our restaurants and movietheaters that’s about 3.6 million dollars.
Now I understand that the city’s revenuesand the city’s expenses are not offset by thatprivately spent $3.6 million, howeverexpenses could be offset by additional spon-sorship deals. It strikes me that in the city asconnected as we are to the entertainmentworld, we should be able to figure out a wayto have the concert series be a major revenuesource, and self-supporting for all of itsexpenses.
I’d hate to see the concerts end because ofsomething as easily fixable as money. I’veheard that there are safety concerns ala thefireworks displays we used to have, but thosetoo are overblown in my opinion and I don’twant to live in a constant state of fear thatthe nervous nellies would have us live in.
The concerts are an excellent event for thecity, its businesses and its residents. Weshould do all we can to keep the series free,open to the public and going long into thefuture.
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Council united on airportEditor:
At the very moment our Council and community are uniting to end the unacceptableimpacts of Santa Monica Airport on neighbors, and move us toward the great park somany residents want, a few misguided individuals are playing politics and threatening thevery real progress we are making together.
Mailers and fliers being distributed in some of our neighborhoods distort verifiablefacts. Let’s be clear: Your City Council has voted unanimously on every move toward air-port closure. Check the meeting minutes; it’s a matter of record. Our battle is with theFederal Aviation Administration, not among Council colleagues.
The producers of these political messages have every right to express their opinion,no matter how twisted their thinking. When they publish inaccurate facts, though, theydo real damage to our Santa Monica public process.
Kevin McKeownCouncilmember
Nothing funny about changeEditor:
I much preferred “Speed Bump,” “Garfield” and “The Meaning of Lila” to the newreplacement comics.
Santa Monica has suffered more buildings, more traffic, more bicyclists, Pokemon Gomaniacs — and now no “Lila.”
It just proves, yet again, that change is rarely for the better.Thomas M. Sipos
Santa Monica
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subject of dueling ballot measures in 2014.Measure LC prevailed and calls for a park onthe property. In addition, City Hall haspicked closing the airport as one of its fivestrategic goals for the city at large.
If passed, the resolution lists severalactions as next steps including: begin thepark planning process, investigate whethercertain fractional jet operators are imper-missibly operating as scheduled airlines,submit an application to FAA which wouldalter the Airport runway by removing a por-tion from aviation use, tightening noiseordinances, transition aircraft hangar usesfrom lease agreements to permits, eliminatelead fuel, enhance security and create a Cityof Santa Monica Fixed Based Operation.
While the City may choose to pass a reso-lution specifying its intent to close the air-port, its ability to actually take action will bedetermined in the court system.
A Federal lawsuit is pending to settle the ques-tion of airport land ownership. The City con-tends the land was surrendered by the FederalGovernment and that the City has absolute con-trol of the land. The Federal Government con-tends the City is required to operate the airport inperpetuity. The trial will likely be next year.
Santa Monica recently lost a case filedwith the FAA regarding the city’s obligationsto continue operations at SMO. The City is
expecting to appeal that decision soon.
SANTA MONICA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT RENEWAL
Council will be asked to verify petitions frommore than 50 percent of the hotel businessesand extend the term of the marketing district.
Santa Monica Tourism and Travel mar-kets the city to tourists. The organization isfunded primarily through an assessmentlevied on local hotels. That assessment dis-trict is set to expire in 2017 and Council isbeing asked to extend the term for nine anda half years.
According to the staff report, SMTT’sefforts have expanded international aware-ness of the city and had a measurable impacton the collection of Transit Occupancy Tax(paid by visitors staying in hotels).
“Over the last ten years, transient occupan-cy taxes (TOT) collected by the City haveincreased at a compound average annualgrowth rate of 7.8 percent,” said the report.“The strong 3 of 6 growth rate of TOT rev-enue can be correlated with the success ofSMTT’s tourism marketing efforts and theassociated funding provided by the SMTMD.”
Tourism taxes support the City’s GeneralFund and are used to pay for basic services.
Council meetings are held at City Hall,1685 Main St. Closed session items begin at5:30 p.m.
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teachers as well as senior managers, direc-tors, principals, assistant principals, coordi-nators and other administrators.
The district’s hiring blitz followed signif-icant attrition at the end of last school year,when more than 30 teachers and classifiedstaff members retired.
The turnover is similar to that of previ-ous years and “not unusual for a district ofour size,” Pinsker said.
But the district’s employment dynamiccarries a significant financial burden,according to education experts.
SMMUSD was unable to provide theDaily Press with an estimated cost of recruit-ing, hiring, processing and training all of thenew teachers. Much of the expense comes inthe form of the salaries of the district’shuman relations staff and training consult-ants, Pinsker said.
The National Commission on Teachingand America’s Future, a nonprofit researchand advocacy organization, estimates thecost of teacher turnover based on a variety offactors, including the number of new hires,the size of the district and whether or not theschools are located in urban areas.
Using the nonprofit’s estimation calcula-tor, which accounts for expenses at both thedistrict and site levels, the Daily Press foundthe cost of teacher turnover in SMMUSD totop $1.73 million.
“The estimate does not include the costsof teacher turnover to student learning,” the
commission website reads.The district has support systems in place
for new employees, including its BeginningTeacher Support and Assessment program.Professional development and guidance areavailable to teachers through the district andthe local Classroom Teachers Association.
“Each school site typically assigns a per-manent teacher as a ‘buddy’ to a new teacherto help them acclimate to the culture andschool community,” Pinsker said.
Teacher retention is a component of thedistrict’s plan to close the achievement gap.Pedro Noguera, the UCLA professor andeducation reformist hired by SMMUSD toimprove equity in the district, has said thatchanges in leadership can prevent schoolsfrom boosting student outcomes.
Noguera has urged the district to recruita staff that reflects the diversity of the stu-dent body. He said the district must also rec-ognize success, provide constructive feed-back and work with union heads to keepkeep qualified teachers.
Noguera said there’s greater potential forprogress when principals and other schoolleaders are promoted from within. The dis-trict recently hired Antonio Shelton, whohas been working in Ohio, to serve as princi-pal at Santa Monica High School.
The staffing changes go all the way to thetop of the administrative ranks, where inter-im co-superintendents Chris King andSylvia Rousseau are running the district as asearch continues for Sandra Lyon’s long-term replacement.
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office for review.
The Santa Monica Coalition for
a Livable City filed a complaint last
month against O’Connor alleging
violations of the City Charter in
connection with the firing of
Elizabeth Riel and at least one part
of that complaint has been sent to
the county.
Riel was offered a position with
the City of Santa Monica in 2014,
only to have the offer rescinded
before her first day of work. Riel
sued the city and the case was set-
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Daily Press Editor
Prices are going up for the Big Blue
Bus and officials are holding a public
meeting on Sept. 10 to preview changes
and hear public feedback.
BBB will host a meeting from 6-7:30
p.m. at the Main Library (601 Santa
Monica Blvd.) to update customers on its
proposed fare updates and service
changes.According to staff, BBB will be adding
11 percent more service over the next 12
months as part of the Evolution of Blue
campaign to provide connections to the
upcoming Expo Light Rail Line.
To offset costs and bring some if its
products inline with regional averages, the
base fare will increase by $0.25 to $1.25
per ride. Express fares increase to $2.50
(50 cent increase), seniors/disabled fares
will be unchanged, tokens will increase to
$1.25 (25 cent increase), day passes are
unchanged, the 13-ride ticket increases to
$14 ($2 increase), a 30-day pass goes to
$50 ($10 decrease), a youth 30-day pass
drops to $38 ($2 decrease), an express 30-
day increases to $89 ($9 increase). A new
rolling 7-day pass will be available for $14.
According to the staff report, the goal is to
incentivize prepaid media and limit the
amount of cash transactions as a means of
increasing efficiency. Currently, cash cus-
tomers take an average of 23 seconds to
board while prepaid customers take less than
4 seconds.“Currently, 2 percent of customers use
30-day passes, 2 percent use 13-ride pass-
es, 3 percent use day passes, and 1 percent
use tokens,” said the staff report. “These
low percentages of current prepaid fare
media use are directly attributable to the
BBB outreaching to explain fare increasesCase against
O’Connor forwarded to
County District
Attorney
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CHANGES COMING: There will be a meeting on Sept. 10 at the Main Library to discuss impending fare increases at the Big Blue Bus.
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challenged statutes deprive a significant sub-set of students of their fundamental right toeducation and violate the constitutionalguarantee of equal protection of the laws,”he said.
Associate Justice Mariano-FlorentinoCuellar echoed those concerns in a separatedissent.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge sidedwith the students in a 2014 ruling thatthreatened to shake up the state’s publicschool system, which teaches more than 6million students from kindergarten through12th grade.
In striking down several laws regardingtenure, seniority and other protections,Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu said theharm inflicted on students by incompetentteachers “shocks the conscience.” Gov. JerryBrown, a Democrat, appealed the ruling,and an appeals court overturned that deci-sion in April, saying the students had failedto show California’s hiring and firing ruleswere unconstitutional.
Justice Roger Boren, who presided overthe 2nd District Court of Appeal, wrote inthe 3-0 opinion that some principals get ridof highly ineffective teachers by sendingthem to low-income schools, but those deci-sions have nothing to do with the teachertenure law.
Teachers have long argued that tenureprotects them from being fired on a whim,preserves academic freedom and helpsattract talented people to a profession that
doesn’t pay well.“I hope this decision closes the book on
the flawed and divisive argument that linkseducators’ workplace protections with stu-dent disadvantage,” American Federation ofTeachers President Randi Weingarten said ina statement. “It is now well past time that wemove beyond damaging lawsuits like Vergarathat demonize educators and begin to workwith teachers to address the real issuescaused by the massive underinvestment inpublic education in this country. “
The Vergara v. State of California lawsuit,including Beatriz Vergara among the publicschool student plaintiffs, was backed byStudents Matter, a nonprofit group foundedby Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch.Welch assembled a high-profile legal teamincluding Theodore Boutrous, who success-fully fought to overturn California’s gay-marriage ban.
Boutrous said additional lawsuits in stateand federal court challenging the teachertenure law were possible. Welch said he washopeful the legislature would take up theissue.
“While we are disappointed in theSupreme Court’s decision to not grantreview, we are grateful to the courts for shin-ing a much-needed spotlight on theseshameful laws and the enormous harm theyinflict on thousands of children every year,”Welch said in a statement.
Assemblyman Chad Mayes, R-YuccaValley, said the court’s decision was disap-pointing and that legislators needed to act to“stop protecting bad policies that deprivelow-income and minority students of a goodeducation.”
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“I am excited that this event is happeningespecially since it is relatively new,” said CrisGutierrez, Lead Co-Facilitator of CASMClimate Corps of the reception for theClimate Corps members. “We, CASM, wantpeople especially the youth to know there areother ways of transport. Doing this andshowing our appreciation to the people whoworked to help our city can also help ourenvironment.”
The idea for youth climate ambassadorsgrew out of a forum CASM organized in2015. At that time, officials appreciated thatyouth leaders would be strong advocates forsustainability and the program received aboost this year during a meeting betweenCASM and City Manager Rick Cole.
According to Climate Action SantaMonica member Zac Gaidzik, CASMbrought their idea of youth ambassadorsand Cole suggested sending them out intothe streets to gather useful data.
“We all kind of looked around at eachother and said ‘oh yeah, that would be kindof nice, how do we do it?’ and then what fol-lowed was when a bunch of people all get anidea and all figure out how to make that ideaa reality,” he said.
The members of the youth program areinterns of all ages, ranging from high schoolstudents to college students, all living inSanta Monica. Their goal each weekend hasbeen to get the word out on the street to thecommunity about different forms of transitthat can benefit the environment along with
information about climate change. Theinterns went from the Santa Monica Pier tohigh schools to the Farmer’s Market, makingsure to inform locals about the issue andasking for feedback.
Students were particularly focused ondiscussion transportation choices andattempted to engage people in a discussionof movement without a car.
Abderezak Azib, a local student at theSanta Monica University participated as aClimate Corps member and felt this pro-gram not only helped the community butalso helped him with self-development.
“It was definitely eye opening to see howmany people were unaware of how muchpublic transportation is around us,” he said.“I am looking forward to sharing my experi-ence and eager to see what else the programwill do for the city these next years.”
With the summer winding down, CASMmembers gathered at the Church in OceanPark recently to debrief the program anddiscussion future outreach efforts. Membersof the Corps were able to discuss their effortsand were presented with a City Councilproclamation from Mayor Pro Tem TedWinterer.
Although the youth corps is a pilot pro-gram, Gutierrez is hoping to make it anongoing program for students who can bethe next environmental leaders in the com-munity.
For more information, visit www.cli-mateactionsantamonica.org.
— DAILY PRESS EDITOR MATTHEW HALL
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DAILY POLICE LOG
The Santa Monica PoliceDepartment responded to 355calls for service on Aug. 21.
HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE
SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF.
Disturbance, 2400 block 4th, 12:08 a.m.Person down, 300 block California, 12:54 a.m.Hit and run, 1600 block Ocean Front Walk,1:31 a.m.Fight, Franklin/Santa Monica, 2:02 a.m.Auto burglary, 1300 block 2nd, 2:08 a.m.Disturbance, 2300 block Pico, 2:20 a.m.Vandalism, 14th/Pine, 2:49 a.m.Lewd activity, 4th/Olympic, 3:03 a.m.Disturbance, 600 block Wilshire, 4:58 a.m.Trespassing, 2400 block Main, 5:05 a.m.Battery, 2400 block Oak, 5:30 a.m.Trespassing, 2400 block 4th, 7:17 a.m.Person down, 1500 block 2nd, 7:43 a.m.Lewd activity, 1200 block 2nd, 9:46 a.m.Trespassing, 1000 block Wilshire, 9:56 a.m.Person down, 700 block Wilshire, 10:02 a.m.Disturbance, 1400 block Wilshire, 10:09 a.m.Assault with a deadly weapon, 300 blockColorado, 10:15 a.m.Auto burglary, 1300 block 4th, 10:42 a.m.Petty theft, 1200 block 3rd, 11:10 a.m.Petty theft, 2000 block Lincoln, 11:12 a.m.
Hit and run, 1300 block 16th, 12:02 p.m.Domestic violence, 1800 block 19th, 12:51 p.m.Urinating/defecating in public, 1900 blockOcean, 1:05 p.m.Drunk driving, Ocean/Georgina, 1:30 p.m.Auto burglary, 1300 block 4th, 1:59 p.m.Fight, 400 block PCH, 2:03 p.m.Battery, 400 block Colorado, 2:14 p.m.Threats, 1900 block Stewart, 2:14 p.m.Auto burglary, 1200 block 2nd, 2:49 p.m.Disturbance, 2nd/Arizona, 3:18 p.m.Drinking in public, 800 block Michigan,3:43 pm.Battery, 2800 block Main, 3:59 p.m.Drunk driving, Main/Strand, 4:34 p.m.Burglary, 800 block 4th, 4:55 p.m.Disturbance, 2700 block Pico, 5 p.m.Medical emergency, 300 block SM Pier,5:24 p.m.Petty theft, 1200 block 3rd, 5:48 p.m.Battery, 2700 block Neilson, 7:01 p.m.Grand theft, 1200 block 3rd, 7:30 p.m.Domestic violence, 1500 block 6th, 7:59 p.m.Person with a gun, 1300 block Centinela,9:10 p.m.Public intoxication, 1300 block Montana,9:21 p.m.Defrauding innkeeper, 1500 block Lincoln,9:53 p.m.Fight, 5th/Arizona, 10:49 p.m.Fight, 5th/ARizona, 11:09 p.m.Disturbance, 1800 block 11th, 11:53 p.m.
DAILY FIRE LOG
The Santa Monica Fire Departmentresponded to 50 calls for service
on Aug. 21. HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE
CALLS CHOSEN BY THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS), 800block 4th, 12:29 a.m.EMS, 1100 block Arizona, 12:31 a.m.EMS, 1400 block 21st, 12:36 a.m.EMS, 300 block California, 12:56 a.m.Automatic alarm, 2100 block Colorado,1:18 a.m.Structure fire, 700 block Arizona, 1:48 a.m.EMS, 2300 block 14th, 2:08 a.m.EMS, 2700 block Santa Monica, 2:59 a.m.EMS, 1300 block 2nd, 3:03 a.m.EMS, 800 block Ocean, 4:47 a.m.Automatic alarm, 2200 block Colorado,5:38 a.m.EMS, 15th/Wilshire, 6:16 a.m.EMS, 2600 block Broadway, 6:20 a.m.EMS, 16th/Colorado, 6:38 a.m.EMS, 2nd/Broadway, 7:44 a.m.
Automatic alarm, 1200 block Euclid, 7:55 a.m.EMS, 1300 block 17th, 8:22 a.m.EMS, 15th/Wilshire, 8:25 a.m.EMS, 1600 block Ocean Front Walk, 8:55 a.m.Automatic alarm, 1300 block 15th, 9:13 a.m.EMS, 2nd/Broadway, 9:26 a.m.Automatic alarm, 2000 block 4th, 10:07 a.m.EMS, 1800 block Wilshire, 10:12 a.m.EMS, 1500 block 2nd, 10:14 a.m.Assistance, 1500 block 2nd, 10:20 a.m.EMS, 1600 block Ocean Front Walk, 12:03 p.m.EMS, 2900 block 11th, 12:33 p.m.EMS, 1700 block 14th, 12:48 p.m.EMS, 2100 block Santa Monica, 12:52 p.m.EMS, Cloverfield/Interstate 10, 1:18 p.m.EMS, Centinela/Pico, 1:18 p.m.Assistance, 22nd/Wilshire, 1:46 p.m.EMS, 800 block 21st, 2:31 p.m.EMS, Ocean/Bay, 2:39 p.m.EMS, Lincoln/Pico, 2:42 p.m.EMS, 2100 block Ocean, 3:04 p.m.EMS, 800 block Palisades Beach, 3:39 p.m.EMS, 400 block Palisades Beach, 3:54 p.m.Injuries from assault, 2800 block Main,3:58 p.m.EMS, 1400 block 21st, 4:17 p.m.EMS, 200 block SM Pier, 5:34 p.m.
Crime Watch is culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
ON AUG. 11 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:55 A.M.A man and his girlfriend were standing at a bus stop in the 1600 block of Santa MonicaBoulevard and started arguing because the suspect believed his girlfriend was cheatingon him. The suspect became increasingly angry and eventually struck his girlfriend’s facewith an open-handed palm, which knocked off her sunglasses. The suspect then pickedup the sunglasses and walked away. Shortly afterward, the girlfriend walked across thestreet and met up with her mother at a nearby Taco Bell. As the two women started walk-ing away from the location, the suspect walked up behind the victim and poured a cup ofwater over her head. The suspect ran away immediately afterward, but circled the blockand then snatched the victim’s cellphone out of her back pocket. When the victimdemanded the suspect give her phone back, the suspect refused and again walked awayfrom her. The victim called Santa Monica police and pointed out the suspect to the arriv-ing officer. The suspect, Tyler Jon Sanford, 24, homeless, was then taken into custody,booked for grand theft and issued a temporary restraining order. Bail was set at $25,000.
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1954– First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport
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Strait Crisis begins with the
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This year you put a great deal of emphasis on your dreamsand desires. You are likely to get what you want, as long asyou don’t become too distracted. Focus and endurance count.Try not to put too many irons in the fire; otherwise, you couldfeel overwhelmed. If you are single, you are likely to meet a dreamy suitor through a friend. Don’t expectto find any similarities between your friend and this person; they are likely to be very different people.If you are attached, the two of you work together to manifest a long-term dream. TAURUS knows how toexpress his or her affection in a meaningful way.
★★★★★Dynamic ★★★★ Positive ★★★ Average
★★ So-So ★ Difficult
JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARSThe stars show the kind of day you’ll have:
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★★★ Curb your assertive side. Your intuitiveself emerges when dealing with others. Youknow when someone is not on the up-and-up. Aboss seems to believe that he or she is on top ofa problem, but you might not feel the same way.Tonight: Watch your budget closely.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)★★★★★ You refuse to back down, and otherscount on that trait. The Moon is in your sign,bringing opportunities with it. Be responsiveand return calls. Someone at a distance mightlet you know that he or she has had a change ofheart, which will be a relief. Tonight: Confirmplans.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)★★★ Take your time. How you see someoneelse’s vision could be quite different from howthe majority of people see it. You might chooseto keep your opinion to yourself for now. Yourperception of a work-related matter seems to betransforming. Tonight: Kick back and relax.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★★★ Zero in on what you want, and don’tsell yourself short. Others will respond to yourefforts. Get to the bottom of a situation, and youwill see all the different pieces fall into place. Beimaginative in how you solve a hassle thatemerges. Tonight: Get some extra R and R.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★★ Allow others to give you their opin-ions. Revise your schedule to incorporate theseconversations. People observe what you aredoing and saying. Before you know it, you couldhave even more support for a project than youhad imagined. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ Reach out to a loved one at a distance.You’ll see how much this person cares, and willhear what he or she has to offer. Your ability tostay grounded is likely to be emphasized. Othersnote this stability and often flock toward you.Tonight: Consider taking a trip for Labor Day!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)★★★★ Examine what you need and expectfrom someone you care about. Open up a talkwith knowledge of what is happening. You willwant to discuss what interests you. Be ready fora conversation that might be contentious butnoteworthy. Tonight: Visit with a favorite person.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)★★★★ You might not be ready for what is com-ing down the pike, but your imagination andingenuity will step right in. Your ability to adjusthas increased, and you will demonstrate thisskill once more. Tonight: Agreement might feellike support. Play devil’s advocate.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★ You will need to pace yourself in orderto accomplish what you want. Do not push afamily member too far. Listen to news. Youmight be ecstatic about information that comesforward, but take what you hear with a grain ofsalt. Are you being realistic? Tonight: Out late.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)★★★★★ Allow your creativity to emerge whenyou sense that something is off. Follow throughon your priorities, but feel free to revise yourthinking, if need be. You seem to say the rightwords at the right time. Tonight: Seek out afriend or associate for dinner and some compa-ny.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★★ Remember that the basics count. Ifyou’re feeling out of sorts, or if you think thatsomething is running amok, confirm what youare sensing. You could stop a problem from aris-ing by following through on your intuitive hunch-es. Tonight: Happily head home.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★★ You might feel as if you are in a hazeand not exactly sure of what is going on. A dis-cussion with a friend will make your content-ment soar. Someone around you could be two-faced. Be aware of this tendency, and keep yourdistance. Tonight: Where the crowds are.
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAMECase No. SS026222Superior Court of California, County of Los Ange-lesPetition of ANGELA JOAN CASTELLANO for Change of NameTO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: ANGELA JOAN CASTELLANO filed a pe-tition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: ANGELA CASTELLANO ETTEN-GER to ANGELA JOAN CASTELLANO. The court or-ders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indi-cated below to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not be granted. Notice of Hearing: Date: SEP 16, 2016 Time: 8:30 AM, Dept: WE-K, Room: The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 1725 MAIN STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be pub-lished at least once each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Monica Daily Press.Date: JUL 28, 2016
Name Changes
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAMECase No. SS026367Superior Court of California, County of Los Ange-lesPetition of LINDSEY JEANNE GREENBERG for Change of NameTO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: LINDSEY JEANNE GREENBERG filed a petition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: LINDSEY JEANNE GREENBERG to LINDSEY JEANNE GORDON. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Notice of Hearing: Date: SEP 23, 2016 Time: 8:30 AM, Dept: K, Room: A203 The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 1725 MAIN ST., SANTA MONICA, CA 90401A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be pub-lished at least once each week for four succes-sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Monica Daily Press.Date: JUL 25, 2016
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