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Elementary Student’s Mother: School Ignored Abuse, Bullying Eight-year-old Grant Elementary School student’s mother files claim against Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District By Sam Catanzaro A mother of an eight-year-old elementary student has filed a claim against the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) saying teachers and the principal ignored ongoing incidents of physical and verbal abuse against her child. A government claim was filed January 22 on behalf of an eight-year-old student at Grant Elementary School in Santa Monica, through his mother Sarah A. Mahir. It alleges that the district and its employees, including principal Christian Fuhrer and the school’s teachers, ignored ongoing incidents of physical and verbal abuse against the student and
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violated his civil rights through deprivation of his rights to free speech, expression and protection from bodily restraint, harm, personal insult and injury. According to the claim, although the student and Mahir consistently reported to the administration repeated instances of bullying, tormenting, and aggression, the administration and teachers responsible for the conduct of other students and the eight -year-old’s safety did not protect the student from severe physical, emotional and mental injury.
“The torture began shortly after his first day of kindergarten and has continued unchecked for more than two years,” says Los Angeles attorney and bullying expert Christa Ramey, who represents the African-American student. “One student told him he looked like ‘poop.’ Others called him ‘gay’ and said he would go to hell. Students threatened to kill him,” Ramey adds. “Sarah reported the bullying to the school, but was told she was ‘over-reacting’ and he must be doing something to attract the harassment. When her child began talking about suicide, however, Sarah knew she needed to seek the assistance of an attorney in order to save him.” The Santa Monica Mirror has reached out the SMMUSD and was told by a spokesperson that the district is not able to comment on ongoing litigation According to the claim, between August 2017 and December 2019, students kicked, spat at and pushed the claimant and verbally abused him daily. When his mother sought to move him into a different first-grade classroom at the beginning of the 2018-19 school year, Fuhrer said she submitted the request too late. The abuse became so severe, Mahir
removed him from class for two weeks to receive psychological counseling. The claim also alleges the district improperly trains its employees to handle bullies and responds inappropriately to student-against-student harassment and bullying. Fuhrer and Grant teachers acted carelessly, negligently, improperly, willfully, and inadequately supervised and monitored the claimant and other students during school hours, the claim asserts. “The school turned a blind eye to the bullying and then intimidated and embarrassed him when he asked for help,” Ramey said. “Instead of protecting a vulnerable child in their custody, the school staff further victimized him. Would you send your child to school there?” Ramey, in an email to the Santa Monica Mirror, claimed that the school’s principal – who she accused of victim-blaming – failed to resolve the situation. “Principal Fuhrer had multiple opportunities to right this ship. However, the attitude seemed to be boys will be boys. Principal Fuhrer also suggested to our young client that
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Man Arrested For Throwing Molotov Cocktails in SM Suspect in custody for possession of an explosive device. By S am C atanzaro Santa Monica police are investigating a man suspected of throwing multiple Molotov cocktails near two McDonalds in the city last weekend. According to Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Lieutenant Candice Cobarrubias, on January 19 around 3 p.m. police started receiving reports of a person throwing what was described as Molotov cocktails onto the streets in the area of both
Santa Monica Boulevard and Pico Boulevard. “It should be noted that we had been receiving calls about this same subject and vehicle over the course of the weekend,” Cobarrubias said. On Sunday, SMPD officers spotted a car matching the description in the area of Centinela Avenue and Pico Boulevard. A traffic stop was conducted and evidence was found inside the vehicle that tied the subject and the vehicle to the suspect who was seen throwing Molotov cocktails, according to Cobarrubias. SMPD arrest records indicate the suspect is Korie Schmidt, 31, who has been charged
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Witness films incident MIRROR CONTRIBUTOR near Lincoln and Rose United Postal Disservice FridayStates in Venice last week TIM BROUGHTON
On Tuesday, January 31 at 10:10 p.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department spotted a By Sthat amwas C atanzaro vehicle violating a vehicle equipment code and failing to stop for a STOP sign in the area of Two people filmed having sex near a the 2900 block of Pico Boulevard. The officers folVenice homeless encampment has led to a lowed this vehicle and after a short distance initiwitness allegation of a potential rape occurated a traffic stop. The officers spoke with the ring. driver of the vehicle and discovered that this man Fox 11 Los Angeles has reported that was driving on a suspended license in addition to video footage appears to show that a passed being on probation for burglary and identity theft. out homeless woman was raped by a homeThe officers conducted a search of the vehicle and less man on a sidewalk in Venice. discovered that it contained burglary tools, A woman interviewed by Fox 11 told the methamphetamine and United States Mail under station that she was at a store near Lincoln the names of numerous individuals none of whom Boulevard and Rose Avenue Friday, Januwere the driver of the vehicle. The officers utilized ary 17 when she noticed an inebriated looktheir communication technology and discovered ing woman laying on the ground outside the that one of the named individuals on the mail had store. recently been the victim of identity theft. The offi“I looked over an obviously she was pretcers had enough evidence to arrest the driver, aged ty drunk,” the witness told Fox, adding that 30 years and a Santa Monica resident, and he was she then saw a man running towards the later charged with possession of methamphetawoman from a nearby homeless encampmine, possession of burglary tools, identity theft, ment. “He basically ran over to her, pulled driving on apants, suspended violation of down his laid license down and nexta to her and probation. Bail was set at $10,000. started pulling down her pants and kind of covering them and having sex with her.” With Friends Like That
The witness told Fox that she initially On Wednesday, 1, at 7:11 p.m. offithought the sex February was consensual because cers of the Santa Monica Police Department were the woman did not resist but then when the called out to an apartmentthe located on she the 400 block witness approached scene noticed the woman was in her vomit with her eyes
closed. of Montana Avenue in order to investigate a report definitely The witnessed a rape,” thestated vicof “I a disturbance. reporting party had tim they toldhad Foxheard 11. loud “Shenoises wasand in the hersound vomit, that of with her eyes closed like out. He objects being hurled around thepassed residence. When wasofficers having sex with likethey an animal. the arrived at the her location knocked To on me, it was absolutely rape.” the door of the apartment and the tenant answered. The witness thenfrom says second The officers learned thisa tenant thatman his came running across street, and chased “friend” was inside the the apartment that the his first man andintoxicated started hitting and be“friend” hadaway become after consuming rating the woman. copious amounts of alcohol (that is typically what “He said…’you are had gohappens). The tenantdumb added b***h, that his you “friend” ing toquite cheata on me?'” the apartment woman told made mess of the andFox. had The owner the requested. business the refused to leaveofwhen The witness officers was at the thenapartment called the to entered andpolice noticeddepartment that furniture report the incident. had been strewn around the room and that the According to the Los AngelesThe Police “friend” was indeed heavily intoxicated. offiDepartment Pacific ofcers attempted (LAPD), to reason with this Division drunken man ficers call at 6:24 p.m. of but to noreceived avail, andaasradio the officers continued to talk an assault with a deadly weapon that had with the man he suddenly punched one of the offijust in occurred thea 300 block of Lincoln cers the face atwith closed fist. The officers Boulevard, the area in which the immediately tackled the man and afterincident a brief occurred. struggle the man was overpowered and arrested. Police say the suspect, male This 26-year-old Venice residentawas laterHispancharged ic, assaulted the victim with a glass bottle. with resisting arrest and battery upon a police offiOfficers took a police report for an assault cer. Bail was set at $50,000. with a deadly weapon and the suspect was gone on arrival.Window Police say they cannot conA Glassless firm the battery suspect is the second male On Wednesday, February 1, at 12:58 a.m. offiwho berated and hit the woman. cers of the Santa Monica Police Department were According to the LAPD, during the inflagged down by a citizen in the 2000 block of Pico vestigation of the battery, the witness who Boulevard who told them that they had heard glass filmed the incident came forward to say the shattering and had spotted a man standing next to woman was sexually assaulted. the broken window of a parked car on the street. “During the investigation of the battery is when the witness came forward and said
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La Ciudad de Santa Mónica está aceptando registros para el programa piloto Preservando Nuestra Diversidad (POD) que brinda asistencia en dinero efectivo para inquilinos de edad avanzada que han vivido largo tiempo en Santa Mónica y que están en peligro de desplazamiento por no poder pagar por sus necesidades básicas. Para ser considerado para este programa, deberá completar el proceso de registro y cumplir con los siguientes criterios. Los pagos en efectivo ayuda a los hogares a alcanzar un ingreso mensual mínimo, después de pagar la renta, de $700 para un hogar de una persona y $1,225 para un hogar de dos personas. Criterios iniciales de elegibilidad: 1.) El residente debe ser una persona de 65 años en adelante; 2.) La familia debe haber ocupado el actual apartamento con renta controlada en Santa Mónica desde antes del 1 de enero de 2000; y 3.) El ingreso familiar anual debe ser igual o menor al nivel de ingreso muy bajo (50% del ingreso medio del área) para el Condado de Los Ángeles, según lo determine el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos.
Regístrese en línea (en inglés y español) a través de una computadora, tableta o teléfono inteligente, a través de un sitio web seguro en www.santamonica.gov/pod o por teléfono al (310) 458-8743 (lunes a jueves: 9 a.m. a 4 p.m.). El periodo de registros permanecerá abierto. Tenga en cuenta: registrarse no es lo mismo que solicitar. Después de registrarse, solo aquellos que cumplan con los criterios enumerados anteriormente recibirán una solicitud de la Ciudad. Todas las solicitudes enviadas a la Ciudad se colocarán en una lista de espera. Los solicitantes serán seleccionados por sorteos. Para obtener información adicional o preguntas, visite nuestro sitio web en www.santamonica.gov/pod. Los solicitantes que necesiten solicitar adaptaciones razonables o asistencia de idioma para registrarse pueden llamar al 310-458-8743. La Ciudad de Santa Mónica no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, religión, sexo, género, identidad de género, expresión de género, orientación sexual, estado civil, origen nacional, ascendencia, fuente de ingresos, estado familiar, discapacidad, información genética, edad, ciudadanía, idioma principal o estado migratorio en el acceso, admisión o empleo en programas o actividades de vivienda.
The City of Santa Monica is now accepting registrations for the Preserving Our Diversity (POD) pilot program providing financial assistance to long-term, very low-income Santa Monica senior renters whose inability to pay for their basic needs may result in residential displacement. The cash-based assistance aims to help households achieve a minimum monthly after-rent income of $700 for a oneperson household or $1,225 for a two-person household. To be considered for this program you will need to complete the registration process and meet the following criteria. Initial Threshold Eligibility Criteria: 1.) Resident must be a senior aged 65 or older; and 2.) Household must have occupied current Santa Monica rent-controlled apartment prior to January 1, 2000; and 3.) Annual household income must be equal to or less than Very Low Income (50% Area Median Income) for Los Angeles County, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Register for an application (in English and Spanish) online via computer, tablet, or smartphone, through a secure website at www.santamonica.gov/pod or by phone at (310) 458-8743 (Monday – Thursday: 9am – 4pm). The registration period will remain open. Please note: registering is not the same as applying. After registering, only those who meet the criteria listed above will receive an application from the City. All applications submitted to the City will be placed on a waitlist. Applicants will then be selected by lotteries. For additional information or questions, please go to our website at www.santamonica.gov/pod. Applicants who need to request reasonable accommodation or language assistance to apply can call 310-458-8743. The City of Santa Monica does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, source of income, familial status, disability, genetic information, age, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status in the access to, admission into, or employment in, housing programs or activities.
edy, and then reclaim our public safety, our streets, our libraries, and our civic pride. ~The city continues to add staff members, over 100 in the past four years, even as they continue to find ways to tax our residents more. Our sales tax rate, absurdly high utility taxes, and the looming threat of higher wastewater and water service rates tax us to the breaking point. Yet, 3,114 city staff members (the most per capita in California) make a median salary and benefits package of $130,862 (2018). Our taxes paid staff $326,960,289 in 2018. The next time the city council threatens to cut services to residents, they need to look in the mirror first. Neither Santa Barbara, Manhattan Beach, Pasadena, nor Newport Beach has the amount of city staff we have nor the ceiling breaking salaries of the City of Santa Monica. Perhaps our highly compensated City Manager ($472,172 salary/benefits) will decide to take real steps to reduce the budgetary excess, not by reducing services to children and seniors, but by cutting the amount of senior staff in our city. ~ We will commit to public art by saving the art spaces in Bergamot Station. If need be, we will further subsidize the rent at Bergamot, especially since the City Council is willing to sell our soul for another hotel. We'll celebrate public art through the construction of a public art trail. And, heads must roll after the disastrous loss of the mosaic at 2600 Wilshire Blvd. ~ The City and DTSM seem flummoxed that they have destroyed the Golden Egg of Downtown Santa Monica. Residents stay away because of parking woes, safety concerns, and fleeing businesses. The city's consultants have declared that it is the fault of the "sidewalks." It is the fault of greed and lack of concern for residents. Downtown worked when the city cared. As crime increased, parking rates skyrocketed, and businesses residents wanted to shop at got chased away by developer greed. On top of that, traffic became gridlocked throughout downtown. The city can restore two hours of free parking in the city parking structures. Big Blue Bus must offer free service within Santa Monica to residents; after all, it is supposed to be OUR bus
line. Santa Monica Police must be visible on foot and bicycle in and around what's left of our crumbling promenade. The City Manager and City Council need to use the bully pulpit to get developers in line so that stores and shops relevant to our residents take hold. It is a shame that only 12% of residents visit our downtown. Here's a clue, it is not because of the sidewalks. ~We continue to hear about our dire housing shortage, both in our region and in Santa Monica. Let's be clear; there is no shortage of high priced housing in Santa Monica or the surrounding areas. Every time you nod your head in agreement when you hear "housing shortage," you are agreeing with developers who are destroying our town. What we have is a housing shortage caused by developers who are gentrifying whole swaths of our city and chasing out the housing for working-class families. We have a working-class housing shortage caused by the rapid increase in rents beyond the CPI index, assisted by city hall acquiescence to developers trying to maximize profits. Tackling "developer greed" can be an easy task for the city staff to control. They need to wrap their minds about controlling those excesses. Building more "market-rate" housing helps destroy our community and adds nothing to the fabric and thread of Santa Monica. Preserve existing housing and allow our residents to stay in place and live in peace. Stop destroying Santa Monica! ~More hotels, more high rises, Say NO! 4th & Arizona, Michigan at Cloverfield, Santa Monica Blvd at Ocean Avenue are among the new projects coming to the Planning Commission and City Council. Twelve stories times three (including the Miramar "re-model") plus a six-story hotel at Bergamot Station. Listen to the wise words of the Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City and Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow concerning these projects. If the City Council and related commissions say yes to these oversized, unneeded mid and high rise projects, then SAY NO to them.
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from page 4 ~We have metal debris on our streets, parks, lawns, sidewalks, and alleys. The city gave e-scooters their valuation, and in return, some of your neighbors visited our local hospitals with serious injuries. People in wheelchairs have lost access to our sidewalks, and some seniors have permanently lost their mobility due to bone-shattering injuries. And, even with the city painting lines and geofencing, there are still problems. When will our city's staff and leadership begin to value our residents, of all ages, over seemingly innovative transportation options that do nothing to help the
wellness of our residents? Walk a mile to the Metro line or take an e-scooter? Which helps the fitness of our residents and visitors more? Other cities in Los Angeles and Orange County continue to ban e-scooters. Why is our city council and city staff's wisdom so stunted? The above is just the tip of the (melting) iceberg. More next week. By Phil Brock for SMart (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) Thane Roberts, Architect, Robert H. Taylor AIA, Ron Goldman FAIA, Architect, Dan Jansenson, Architect, Building and Fire-Life Safety Commission, Samuel Tolkin Architect, Mario Fonda-Bonardi, AIA, Planning Commissioner, Phil Brock, Santa Monica Arts Commission.
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Altercation at Wilmont Residence Results in Death Fight between two people ends in death over the weekend By S am C atanzaro An altercation at a Santa Monica home last weekend resulted in a death, Santa Monica police say. According to Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Lt. Candice Cobarrubias on Sunday, January 19 around 8 p.m. officers responded to a call of a fight at a residence at 1100 14th Street in which one of the people inside was unconscious. Officers and Santa Monica Fire Department (SMFD) personnel began CPR on the unconscious victim, however, they were unable to revive him, Cobarrubias says. “As of now, what we know is that there was a physical altercation between two individuals inside the home and as a result, one of the individuals passed away. We are still
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This problem is not just downtown but exists in residential areas too where here heavy and potentially dangerous bikes are parked in the middle of sidewalks, in the entrances to shops and restaurants or in front of schools. I regret the serious injury already done to certain of the elderly from tripping over the misplaced scooters but my emphasis is on the potential harm to children. We live in an area bounded by three schools and many walking children. We have young couples with toddlers running ahead of them for which illplaced bikes and scooters create a real danger. The city of Santa Monica needs to make pedestrian safety their priority.
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Contrary to ‘Experts,’ CA Dream Far From Dead TOM ELIAS Mirror Columnist
It happens almost every winter: pundits from eastern news outlets make weeklong pilgrimages to California, interview top officials here and generally report back that there’s something rotten in the state of the Golden State, as Shakespeare might have put it. Rarely have they had more fodder for pushing that narrative than this year, when
millions of Californians spent chunks of the last few months without certain basics of modern civilization, including electricity and the use of their longtime homes. The implication of all this, they say, is that the California Dream, the mythical force which drew millions here over the last 150 years, has somehow died. Wrote a longtime contributor to the New Yorker magazine, who fairly recently followed the old path from East Coast to West Coast, “The problem with the dream is that it is one, founded on a lie.” She cited a wildfire historian saying “California is built to burn. And it’s built to burn explosively.”
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and snow ravaged much of the East and Midwest this fall, temperatures in Los Angeles reached the 90s in late November and even foggy San Francisco saw highs mostly in the upper 60s. Earthquakes? No one here hides that. It’s
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On Sunday, January 26th, 2020, two Santa Monica teenagers will be awarded the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America. Josh Reardon Eaton and Michael Vigman will be honored with the rank of Eagle Scout at the Troop 2 Eagle Court of Honor on January 26th, 2020. Josh Eaton is a senior at Harvard Westlake and Michael Vigman is a senior at Santa Monica High School. The Eagle rank honors exemplary effort, leadership, and service. Only six percent of Boy Scouts achieve the rank of Eagle. In addition to demonstrating proficiency in first aid, citizenship, camping, swimming, emergency preparedness, and many other skills, Eagle candidates must coordinate and complete a community service project that demonstrates significant leadership abilities. Each of the Scouts being honored led a major project to improve quality of life in the community. All projects included many hours of planning and manual labor by Troup 2 Scouts working together under the direction of the Eagle candidates. For his Eagle Project, Josh Eaton created two climbing walls for children at the Westchester Parents Nursery School coop in Inglewood. One wall has a flat face and the other is at a slant, with a mountain landscape painted on both. Eaton said his biggest challenge in completing the project was keeping everything organized while making sure that everyone had a job to do. Michael Vigman’s Eagle Project took place at the First Presbyterian of Santa Monica Nursery School and consisted of the removal of a deteriorating bamboo thatch fence in order to replace it with a wooden fence that affords the nursery more
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privacy from the street. The scouts sanded and stained the wooden slats before attaching them to the pre-existing wrought-iron fence. Additionally, they filled in half of the play yard with decomposed granite so that water run-off would be directed towards the drains installed by a prior Troop 2 Eagle Scout. Vigman said that his project improved both the safety and aesthetics of the school. Troop 2 is one of the oldest and largest Boy Scout troops in the western United States. In its 71-year history, Troop 2 has graduated 358 Eagle Scouts and traveled to Scout camps and high adventure destinations throughout the United States. Troop 2 Scouts are known to have saved at least 67 lives.
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What? What was that? I CAN’T HEAR YOU With Barbara Bishop
I had to finally face it. I’ve lost enough hearing in my left ear to require a hearing aid. And, it’s really not an age thing. I’ve had hearing problems in my left ear for years. Ask my friends – if they want me to hear them, they always stand or sit near my right ear. I’ve been tested several times over the years. The first time I get tested, in my 40s, I went to the House Ear Institute. I was there almost all day, taking every test known at the time. When testing was complete, I found out that I had (guess what) hearing loss! No reason. I went on with my life, hearing better in my right ear than my left. The great thing about not being able to hear so well out of my left ear was I got much better sleep, with nothing waking me up when I slept on my right ear (my left ear exposed.) It’s awesome. I think that might be why I have not done anything about it. I got tested again in my 50s, and my doctor thought that part of it was a build up of ear wax he extracted from my ear. Eeww. Turns out I had some hearing loss in my left ear, not just ear wax build up. It sucks getting older. I took a hearing test about 3 years ago. This
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time, my right ear was 100% able to hear and my left ear was 80% able to hear. Doctors told me if I wanted to get a hearing aid, I could, but my hearing loss was not acute enough to run out and get one right away. I looked into the possibility, but lost interest when I discovered how expensive they were. The “light bulbs began going on” when, at social gatherings or client meetings, the people who didn’t know that I was leftear hearing impaired were somewhat put off when they asked me a question and I
didn’t answer or even acknowledge them. My friends at my right ear had to tap me on my arm to let me know the person at my left ear was talking to me. I did not hear them. At all. Shit. The final straw came last week, when I was at a dinner party. My friend David, who knew I had a hard-of-hearing issue in my left ear, purposely sat next to me on my left. He thought it was funny that he could say whatever he wanted to me and about me and I did not hear a stitch of sound from
him. Kinda freaked me out. I started to research hearing aids. Turns out no matter which I buy, I have to buy A PAIR. I don’t get that. But I must say, I did not have the choices available to me 20 years ago as I do now. Most are so small, you can’t detect them in your ear. I can’t wait until I get them. Yes, I will be able to hear better, but I’m not telling my friend David. Next time he sits next to me I will have a surprise for him. And I will still take them out to sleep better!
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FILM REVIEW: “Parasite”
BEHIND THE SCREEN By Kathryn Whitney Boole Nominated for 5 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Production Design, Best Editing Director Bong Joon Ho and his team have created a film that is beautifully written, shot, staged, and acted. The audience gets to know each of the characters, and their short-lived successes and tragedies affect each viewer. The communication in the movie is beyond language. That’s why it plays so well in Korean with subtitles to those who don’t speak the language. The players are colorful, fascinating and complex. The director says that he had several more hours of ideas for backstories of these characters, so consider this movie a 132-minute “slice” of their lives. “Parasite” has been nominated for and won a huge list of awards around the world. It was unanimously voted winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the 2020 Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 2020 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and
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“Parasite” is a story of what happens when people become alienated from one another while living in the same world but existing in diverse layers of race culture, wealth, poverty and society.
the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast – the equivalent of “Best Picture,” given out by this professional actors union. This is a great piece of existential cinematic literature that seems to mix the style of a classic Max Sennett (research) silent comedy with a Shakespearean tragedy
and modern day “RomCom.” Somehow it works. You never know what to expect in the next minute, and you will feel along with these people on the screen. This movie poses questions we must address about the world we live in today. It would seem that perhaps the most unhinged “character” in the movie is the house
in which most of the action takes place. This upscale and unique home, supposedly designed by a popular “starchitect,” named Namgoong Hyeonja, is in fact an entirely production-built outdoor set. Production designer Lee Ha-jun focused the design on the sun’s influence. It’s not a haunted house, yet it holds many juxtaposed lives inside whose goals are secretly in conflict. Not always beautiful, each scene’s setting does well in saying its thousand words about the people who have built their lives within its walls. The visual art of this film is something that could bring you back for a second viewing. “Parasite” is a story of what happens when people become alienated from one another while living in the same world but existing in diverse layers of race culture, wealth, poverty and society. This is not a horror film, though it is horrific. It is not a comedy, though there is laughter. In the world depicted in “Parasite”, no one takes responsibility for anyone else. It’s a story about what happens when everyone operates on a “me first” basis. 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
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from page 1 he must be doing something to bring this on. This sort of attitude of let boys be boys or victim blaming are part of the larger cause of the bullying epidemic that is occurring across Cali-
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fornia schools,” Ramey said. Mahir is seeking unspecified damages for past and future expenses for medical treatment and other care for the claimant’s injuries; emotional trauma; future loss of earnings and ability to earn; and past and future damages for pain, suffering, loss of functions and other personal injury losses.
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Santa Monica police arrest an individual on Pico Boulevard near Centinals suspected of throwing Molotov cocktails Sunday afternoon.
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from page 8 part of the bargain most non-native Californians made when they moved here: They weighed the risk of losing many of their material resources against the benefits of much warmer weather than where they came from. At about the same time as the New Yorker took its cheap shot at California, just when it was suffering serious damage, the Wall Street Journal did much the same. On the state’s housing problems, “Politicians have bulldozed market forces.” But as documented in this column several times, market forces have not been “bulldozed” at all; rather, they are a big reason for California’s housing difficulties: So many people want to buy in the choicest parts of this state that prices are too high for many would-be buyers. When buyers evaporate, prices normally drop. But there is no sign of that today. This is market forces at work, as expensive properties do actually sell. On the “public safety power shutoffs”: “Californians are learning to live like the Amish.” If so, that’s partly the fault of politicians, but mostly of utility executives who redirected maintenance money paid by electric customers for decades, rather than using it to fireproof their transmis-
lotov cocktails near both the McDonalds on 2712 Santa Monica Boulevard and on 2902 Pico Boulevard. In a phone conversation, the department said they cannot confirm that the McDonalds were targeted but that it is a possibility. More information will be available once investigators finish interviewing the suspect. This story is still developing and will be updated online at smmirror.com as new information becomes available.
sion lines and other equipment. On high gasoline prices, “Blame Democrats.” Are most oil company executives Democrats? This is merely the latest installment of eastern-based fiction about California, which is anything but on its knees. In fact, construction is booming all over California, from fire areas where rebuilds abound to big cities where new, large housing projects aiming to ease shortages are underway. And what if a few thousand more Californians departed California in recent years than have arrived here? One thing that does is alleviate California’s housing and traffic problems just a little. Not enough, as anyone who has house shopped or driven a freeway in the last year knows. But there is no way the California Dream is dead, or even seriously threatened. That’s because the concept of a better life here has never been absolute, but always tempered by the fact that there can be trouble in paradise, as seen lately via high winds, arsonists, degenerating power lines and the big fires they combine to push. Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol. com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It,” is now available in a soft cover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net.
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 19SMCP00605 Superior Court of California, county of Los Angeles 1725 Main Street | Santa Monica, CA 90401 Petition of: Mateo Luca for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Mateo Luca Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Mateo Luca to Luca West The court orders that all persons interested in this matter 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 2/07/2020 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: K Room: A copy of this ORDER to SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: SANTA MONICA MIRROR | Dated: DEC. 31, 2019 Judge Lawrence H. Cho Published: 1/10/2020, 1/17/2020, 1/24/2020, and 1/31/2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2019 321909 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 12/16/2019. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as VIDINA 730 ARIZONA AVENUE SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. The full name of registrant(s) is/ are: VIDINA SOLUTIONS, INC. 730 ARIZONA AVENUE SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed GORDON ALEXANDER LANG. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on Dec. 16, 2019. NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). SANTA MONICA MIRROR to publish 1/10/2020, 1/17/2020, 1/24/2020, and 1/31/2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: 2019 320798 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 12/13/2019. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as SANTA MONICA VENTURE, LP 2325 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 203 SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: SANTA MONICA VENTURE, LP 2325 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 203 SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/1982. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed CHERYEL L. KANAN. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on DECEMBER 13, 2019. NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). SANTA MONICA MIRROR to publish 1/17/2020, 1/24/2019, 1/31/2020, and 2/07/2020. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 20SMCP00040 Superior Court of California, county of Los Angeles 1725 Main Street | Santa Monica, CA 90401 Petition of: Katie Ann Jasper for change of name. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all interested persons: Katie Ann Jasper Petitioner: filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Katie Ann Jasper to Katie Ann Wadsworth The court orders that all persons interested in this matter 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 3/20/2020 | Time: 8:30AM | Dept: K Room: A copy of this ORDER to SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: SANTA MONICA MIRROR | Dated: Jan. 17, 2020 Judge Lawrence H. Cho Published: 1/24/2020, 1/31/2020, 2/07/2020, and 2/14/2020
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