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High-speed PCH crash kills veteran Nobu Malibu chef resting in his parked car before work
The employee was resting inside his car before his shift when an SUV drifted onto the shoulder at high speed. By Carlos Reyes.
Authorities on Sunday publicly identified a 51-year-old sushi chef who died after a teenage driver slammed into his parked car Saturday morning along Pacific Coast Highway outside Nobu Malibu, according to multiple media reports and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Lost Hills and Malibu station. Ryo Uchimiya died from multiple blunt force trauma injuries, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. Uchimiya, a veteran of Nobu’s kitchen
staff who worked at the high-end Japanese restaurant for over two decades, had arrived early for his shift and was resting inside his parked sedan around 6:50 a.m. in the 22600 block of Pacific Coast Highway. Investigators said a 16-year-old boy driving a Range Rover at speeds estimated at 50 mph drifted across the white fog line separating the traffic lanes from the shoulder, striking the rear of Uchimiya's vehicle. Security cameras recorded the violent collision, showing the SUV plow directly
UCLA kidnapping and rape suspect Alexander Schecter found dead in Santa Monica The 26-year-old was out on bond awaiting a court appearance. By Sarah Lin.
Authorities opened a death investigation Monday after finding criminal defendant Alexander Schecter unresponsive inside a
Santa Monica home ahead of his scheduled court hearing, as reported by NBC LA News. First responders arriving at the 800 block of San Vicente Boulevard shortly before 6 p.m. pronounced the 26-year-old dead at the scene following a family member's emergency call. Law enforcement officers do not suspect foul play and are treating the incident as a suspected suicide. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner will render
the official ruling on cause and manner of death, according to the Santa Monica Police Department. Schecter faced severe federal and state charges following his April arrest in connection with the March 2026 abduction of a UCLA student and the October 2025 sexual assault of a woman in Culver City. Free on bond at the time of his death, Schecter had been scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.
into the stationary sedan with enough momentum to propel it forward into two adjacent automobiles. Local workers and residents noted that the specific stretch of Pacific Coast Highway where the crash occurred remains notorious for habitual speeding and dangerous driving conditions. Sheriff's officials have not released the identity of the minor driver, and an investigation into the crash remains ongoing.
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Main Street nightlife institution The Victorian shutting its doors in Santa Monica after two decades The three-story beachside venue plans final farewell parties leading up to its annual Halloween event. By Carlos Reyes
Popular Main Street hot spot and long-standing nightlife destination The Victorian will permanently shut its doors following the four weekends leading up to Halloween. The establishment announced the upcoming closure to patrons via a social media message, concluding a two-decade tenure at 2640 Main St., located a block from the beach. No reason for the closure was revealed. Since transforming into a multi-level dining and entertainment concept in 2010, the historic structure grew into one of the Westside's busiest weekend draws,
operating three full floors of DJ lineups, weekday happy hours, and weekend brunch service. The location combined a Mediterranean-influenced classic American menu with expansive wine and cocktail selections. The final operating weekend will be the spot's annual Halloween party, leaving four remaining weekends for visitors before operations officially cease, and the social media message told its patrons, “Let’s make the last ones count.
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FILM REVIEW THE HEART OF THE BEAST
October 9 – October 15, 2026
Rated PG-13 101 Minutes Released September 25th
BEHIND THE SCREEN By Kathryn Whitney Boole You think you had a tough day at the office? Impossible customers at the restaurant? You had to 86 a drunk at the bar? Had to deal with the caller from hell on the customer service line? Knocked heads with your construction foreman/ forewoman? Go see Heart of the Beast you’ll understand what tough really is, and you’ll feel like a wimp for complaining. This is one of the most riveting survival movies ever, and throughout almost the whole film, two stars alone carry the action and the poetic tone of the tale. Those two stars are Brad Pitt and a German Shepherd named Uber. The third lead is the wilderness, and here New Zealand subs in for Alaska. The film is about true friendship, in this case between a soldier hardened by war and his combat dog whom he raised from puppyhood. Pitt’s soldier, “James Belmont,” has spent most of his life fighting to survive in certain death situations. Here he is confronted with an adversary exponentially more lethal than any human: the elements of the rugged and isolated Alaskan mountains and forests – Mother Nature herself. Belmont and Odin survive a catastrophe, and then must trek 58 miles through the mountainous, forested wilderness to reach civilization - a road to which Belmont has calculated a route. I’ve been lost while hiking before, more than once, and the terror that overcomes you the moment you realize you don’t know where you are is almost incapacitating. Belmont is trained to avoid that waste of energy. He may feel the fear, but he does not let it take hold.
Pitt seems to have almost literally torn himself open to grab the tortured psyche of this lifelong battle-hardened soldier who has been taught to live off the grid in the elements for months at a time. Uber, as Odin, shows raw emotion throughout the story because, well, that’s what dogs do. He’s a natural. This is the best work I’ve ever seen from Pitt, because he had to become someone with a different past, and he is completely believable as Belmont. The camera follows the dog’s eyes as much as the soldier’s eyes. You will see the experience through both human and canine. Director David Ayer has lived experience that he’s poured into this movie. He’s not the type who strives to fit in with the incrowd. The protagonists in his films are mostly anti-heroes, and he often references the military. He grew up in Minnesota and Maryland but was kicked out of the house by his parents as a teen and went to live with his cousin in South Central LA. That universe became an inspiration for many of his films. He dropped out of high school and did electrical repairs and house painting for a living, then enlisted in the Marines as a submariner. His first assignment in the movie industry was as a script doctor. He collaborated on the screenplay for The Fast and the Furious in 2001. Ayer’s most celebrated screenplay
is Training Day, for which he did extensive research into the LAPD. He directed the WWII movie Fury in 2014, which stars Pitt. Pitt grew up in Missouri, the son of a school counselor and a truck company manager. He led a normal life for a highachieving Midwest boy, taking part in sports, debate, and student government. He also performed in school musicals. He studied journalism and advertising in college, then moved to California two credits short of graduating and supported himself as a limo driver, refrigerator mover, and wearing a giant chicken outfit on the street corner for El Pollo Loco (maybe he should have completed that advertising degree so he could hawk chicken dinners from behind a desk?). Anyway, no matter - as he was soon cast on the daytime soap Another World, and “the rest is history.” The star making his film debut is Uber, the 6-year-old German Shepherd. This dog is on screen throughout the movie, and his eyes and movements are so soulful that he carries the narrative on his shoulders superbly. Uber had three stand-ins, two of whom are his sons. Dogs are naturals on screen, with no self-consciousness. Scientific studies report that dogs can tell the difference between happy and sad and recognize fear, sadness, and anger. I applaud this film for honoring Combat
Dogs, or MWD’s (Military Working Dogs). These dogs fight bravely along with their soldier-handlers. They saved over 10,000 human lives during the Vietnam War and had a zero-ambush record during WWII. A single MWD can save 150 to 200 lives over the course of their career in the military. This is one of those movies that will play repeatedly in your head once you’ve seen it. The trees, mountains, rocks, and rivers anthropomorphize into almost human identities, as there is little in view to distract from them. I have never been a soldier at war, but my nephew has, and the stories he has told me about Iraq match the flashbacks in Belmont’s nightmares, and probably Odin’s as well. A Star is Born! Uber is a beautiful dog with great eyes and a great heart. I’m sure he will become a heartthrob. He and Pitt have tremendous chemistry, and their survival skills are something to be emulated, if you ever find yourself in the wild with no easy way out, or - any time you are in a tight situation physically or figuratively. Kathryn Whitney Boole has spent most of her life in the entertainment industry, which has been the backdrop for remarkable adventures with extraordinary people. She is a Talent Manager with Studio Talent Group in Santa Monica. kboole@gmail.com
Kayaker bitten twice near Paradise Cove after hooking a mako shark A fisherman attempting to unhook a shark in Malibu sustained leg injuries. By Carlos Reyes. Emergency responders came to the aid of a kayaker Sunday morning after a hooked shark bit the fisherman twice on the leg near Paradise Cove, according to multiple media reports. Lifeguard Alex Buford reported that the
incident occurred around 7:30 a.m. off the Malibu coast when a man fishing from a kayak hooked a shark and hauled it onto his vessel, as reported by NBC 4 Los Angeles News. The ocean predator bit the man's leg as he attempted to unhook and release it, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Lifeguard Division. The victim suffered a second bite to the leg shortly after, though California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson John Ugoretz noted it remains uncertain whether the kayaker tumbled overboard or was knocked into the water by the animal. Good Samaritans aboard a nearby fishing vessel pulled the injured man from the water and brought him to shore. The
exact severity of his leg injuries has not been released. Lifeguards identified the animal involved as a shortfin mako shark, a fast-moving predatory species that typically grows
between 6 and 7 feet in length. While mako sharks inhabit local ocean waters regularly, Ugoretz confirmed that California has no record of a verified mako shark bite since at least 1950.
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Biite Club hosts Southern biscuit pop-up event at Birdie G’s space in Santa Monica
week for those who love a good biscuit. Chef Nick They are presenting A Southern Drop Biscuit Revival with Pa’s Biscuitisserie. It Westbrook brings is called “A humble morning of biscuits, honey butter, strawberry Pa’s Biscuitisserie to vanilla-spiced jam, and Southern iced tea,” and will take drop biscuits you have ever tasted. The at 2421 Michigan Avenue, in the owner and chef, Nick Westbrook, debuted bake retail business for those who need Pa’s Michigan Avenue for place Birdie G’s space on Sunday, October 11, the pop-up in 2023 with just these biscuits, biscuits all week or for special occasions. whose recipe he spent years perfecting a Sunday morning of from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Westbrook painstakingly recreated The pop-up includes fresh hot biscuits, from memories of his Pa, his beloved the recipe from his memories and his drop biscuits, sweet all of the accouterments one would need, grandfather, and the Southern drop biscuits experience in the restaurant and hospitality sweet tea, and live Southern blues by the of his childhood in North Georgia. tea, and live blues. His pop-up has expanded to a weekly industry until he had a biscuit that he and band Sundial. There’s hardly a better way his Pa could be proud of and one that
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to spend Sunday morning than that. Some tickets are still available here. Pa’s Biscuitisserie is a pop-up that makes the fluffiest, tastiest, and lightest
presence at Saba Surf in Mar Vista, a new pop-up at Couplet Coffee in West Hollywood, biscuit catering for the entertainment industry, and a take-and-
would show Los Angeles how wonderful a biscuit could be. Don’t miss out because this is very special.
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SMC Start Up: Campus Event Supports New, Continuing Students Three weeks into the new semester at Santa Monica College (SMC), students may find themselves adjusting to new norms and juggling deadlines for multiple classes as the semester takes off. Whether they are new to college or returning, it’s easy to forget the many resources available to students presented at the beginning of the semester. That’s why SMC Start Up was created: an early-semester welcome and resource fair held on campus to re-engage students, connect them with campus student clubs and resources, and provide information on mental health and basic needs support. This year, SMC Start Up partnered with campus resources such as Health Services, Basic Needs and the Center for Health and Wellness. Community health and wellness organizations were stationed on site, offering booth activities, games and music as students passed through the main campus quad. Campus support services, student clubs and academic resources joined in to remind students: we are here for you. “We want students to feel cared about,” said Dr. Kiersten Elliott, Dean of Community and Academic Relations at Santa Monica College. Elliott has worked at the college for 22 years in various roles. Her current role includes onboarding new students and overseeing large-scale
student-support events, like this one. “We chose week three because that’s when we noticed that students may start to think, ‘this isn’t for me,’ or ‘I haven’t made one friend yet and I’m not liking this experience,’” Elliott said. “We’re trying to surround students with support and information, so they feel connected and like they belong.” Designed so that students would actively engage with resources instead of passively walking through, participants received a game card and could earn free food by interacting with organizations at the resource fair. Now that student schedules have settled and new or returning students are adjusting to the new semester, SMC Start Up serves as a gentle, helpful reminder for things that may have fallen off their radar since the semester started. “Knowing about the health center, knowing about tutoring, or clubs, and getting involved—those are things they may be ready to learn more about and try,” Elliott said. Rather than overwhelming students all at once, Santa Monica College reinforces available resources at different stages throughout the semester. “We bring the resources to them, otherwise, how else would they know?” Elliott added.
SMC Start Up is one of several events designed to meet students with different kinds of support as they progress through the semester. VIP Welcome Day is held over the summer before classes start, followed by SMC Start Up during the third week. Ahead of midterms, Santa Monica College plans Midterm Motivation and toward the end of the semester, students can feel more prepared for finals during Fuel for Finals Week. Midterm Motivation focuses on helping students de-stress. This event features yoga instructors in the quad, relaxing music and another reminder about free tutoring. The
College’s Center for Health and Wellness also shares tips on reducing test anxiety and managing stress during tests. “We try and give them even more tools as the semester progresses,” Elliott said. Toward the end of the semester, Fuel for Finals Week provides students with a hot breakfast and coffee while encouraging them to finish the semester strong. “This is our culture of care. We want to tell students, ‘We got you. You’re going to be ok,’” she said. To learn more about Santa Monica College, visit smc.edu
Audit uncovers housing violations in Santa Monica, leading to a $20,000 penalty and extended rent limits
City Attorney's Office resolves compliance disputes with two apartment owners to preserve below-market rental units.
By Carlos Reyes. Santa Monica officials secured extended tenant protections across five apartment units and a $20,000 penalty following an audit into local rent restriction compliance. City prosecutors announced settlements with two property owners after investigations by the Santa Monica City Attorney's Office and the Housing Division uncovered multiple reporting and occupancy infractions. Inspectors flagged violations at residential developments located at
1047 4th Street and 1537 15th Street. City allegations against the building managers detailed improper verification of tenant income, failure to prove units were occupied by qualified households, prolonged unexcused vacancies, and submission of incomplete annual reports. Quest Properties, LP, which owns the 4th Street building, agreed to pay $20,000 toward citywide affordable housing programs. The owner also accepted a fiveyear extension on rent limits, mandatory disclosure notices to residents, and a probation period allowing local officials to
mandate third-party property management if future violations occur. LA Urban Townhomes II, LLC, owner of the 15th Street property, accepted a oneyear extension on its affordable unit rent limits. Neither property owner admitted liability under the terms of the settlement agreements. City staff routinely monitor properties under Santa Monica's Below Market Housing Program to ensure compliance, particularly within newer residential buildings that fall outside traditional state rent control protections.
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OPINION
SMO part 1 of 2
SMa.r.t. Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow
As the Santa Monica Airport (SMO), initially known as Clover Field, approaches its next transformation, its remaining historic infrastructure becomes increasingly important. Why are those historic elements: the hangars, the runway, the navigational devices, the control tower, etc. so important? It’s because they tell the story that, at one time, Santa Monica’s Municipal Airport, one of aviation’s most significant institutions, was set right here in our very own seaside town. Aviation’s progress, anchored at SMO, perfectly mirrors the progress of our City’s development. Their two stories are indivisibly intertwined. The glory of SMO’s 108 -year history started in 1924 when four Douglas seaplanes (built at what is now Douglas Park on Wilshire Blvd) took off from SMO for an around-the-world flight. Two of them made it, placing Douglas and Santa Monica both in the history books. Note this was actually three years before Lindbergh’s famed trans-Atlantic flight. The success of Douglas’s round-the-world flight put Douglas Aircraft Company on the map, and his aviation business boomed along with the City’s reputation. Thus began a four-decade marriage where Douglas supported Santa Monica and vice versa. His business got our beach tourism-dependent City through the Great Depression when very few businesses prospered during that trying time. From the 1920s through the 1950s, aviation was peak technology: the equivalent of having Apple or Microsoft headquartered here in our tiny, at that time, 37,000 population to 71,000 population city. But SMO was not just an extension
of Douglas. During the ’20s and ’30s, aviation novelty was a form of public entertainment. Wing walkers, parachute jumpers, air races, and flying stunts of all kinds were performed at SMO. Probably the most famed were the “aviatrixes” who flew, at great personal risk, in monoplane races to Cleveland. Featuring stars like Amelia Earhart and Pancho Barnes, among others, they were a staple news item for thirty years starting in 1929 as the Women’s Air Derby (eventually known as the Powder Puff Derby). Their association, The Ninety Nines, advocated for and sponsored scholarships for women in aviation. They painted the landmarked navigation compass rose now at the west end of SMO’s runway. Also during this time, Hollywood discovered airplanes as an important adjunct to filming, a revolution similar to the diffusion of filming drones today. Finally, the spirit of innovation extended beyond Douglas to include such pioneers as Waldo Waterman, who built many innovative airplanes, including five flying cars, a science fiction dream still present today. Another innovator was Bill Lear, of future Lear Jet fame, who had an electronics factory at SMO in the late ‘40s. This aviation explosion was worldwide, but Douglas was its local manifestation. In 1935, Douglas rolled out the revolutionary DC-3, “The plane that taught America to fly,” which you can see on the pedestal in front of the Museum of Flying, and some of which are still flying today, 90 years later. By the time WWII came, Douglas had built a 2000-foot-long behemoth factory along Ocean Park Blvd, which was the biggest factory in Santa Monica and, most likely, will never be exceeded here. That factory, and its 16,000 workers, many of them living in Sunset Park, cranked out over 11,000 airplanes round-the-clock for the war effort. Again, no single
employer had, and most likely will ever have, that many workers in our city. By the late 40s, Douglas was building 90% of the civilian aircraft in a warrecovering world. Again, no single airplane manufacturer has ever had, or probably will ever have, such complete dominance of a whole industry. That beneficial relationship between Douglas and Santa Monica ended in the mid ’60’s when jet passenger planes became too big for SMO’s runway. The City refused to allow the runway/airport expansion for this next generation of jets, which Douglas needed to win its DC8 vs. 707 duel with Boeing. Douglas then moved the whole operation to Long Beach, and in 1967 merged with St. Louis-based McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, creating the McDonnell Douglas Corporation (a company that was eventually merged with Boeing thirty years later). If you were flying in the late ’70s, you may have flown in airplanes with the “MD” prefix such as the MD-80, which was the new identifier for planes built by McDonnell Douglas. And if you have lived in Santa Monica for the last few decades, everyone has a relative, friend, or acquaintance who were among the many men and women who worked at Douglas. Those engineers, mechanics, pilots, painters, and riveters were the backbone of Santa Monica’s labor force for four decades. Douglas’s departure did not end SMO’s importance as an aviation hub. Douglas’s story only covers the first half-century of SMO’s history. The next half century is the story of the ballooning of private aviation. SMO became one of the busiest private airports in America, averaging 450 flights per day, including jets and a handful of commercial flights. This number of flights, plus increasing noise, particularly from jets, accounts for the opposition of Sunset Park and Mar Vista residents to SMO because
of the continuous noise and the crash hazard, including, recently, the famous 2015 crash when Harrison Ford took his airplane golfing at the Penmar golf course. SMO also became a center for private aviation-adjacent activities including flying schools, Angel’s Flight (medical air transport), maintenance and repair, sky writing, rare firefighting activities, and airshows. When US Presidents come to visit the Westside, the presidential helicopter often lands at SMO. And innovation continues at SMO with a sprinkling of VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) aircraft and futuristic new all-electric planes appearing on its runway. With such a distinguished pedigree, you would think there would be some incredible celebratory marker or monument somewhere celebrating the Douglas saga and SMO’s exceptional importance to Santa Monica, right? Today there just are three recognized markers of this fabulous history: the landmarked compass rose and the rotating beacon plus the Museum of Flying with its DC-3. This is just not enough to tell the full story for future generations. Next week’s article will cover what could be done to remedy this deficit and recognize SMO’s importance in Santa Monica’s and Aviation’s history. By Mario Fonda-Bonardi, AIA, for S.M.a.r.t.: Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow Dan Jansenson, Architect (former Building & Fire-Life Safety Commissioner); Robert H. Taylor, Architect, AIA; Mario FondaBonardi, Architect, AIA (former Planning Commissioner); Sam Tolkin, Architect (former Planning Commissioner); Michael Jolly, ARECRE; Jack Hillbrand, AIA, Landmarks Commission Architect; Matt Hoefler, Architect, NCARB; Charles Andrews, columnist. journalist.
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