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Witness Says She Saw Rape of ‘Passed-Out’ Homeless Woman By Sam Catanzaro
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The 300 block of Lincoln Boulevard in Venice.
Los Angeles police say that they do not have sufficient evidence or information to show that an alleged rape of a homeless woman occurred. Fox 11 Los Angeles reported last week that video footage appears to show that a passed out homeless woman was raped by a homeless man on a sidewalk in Venice. A woman interviewed by Fox 11 told the station that she was at a store near Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue on the evening of Friday, January 17 when she noticed an inebriated looking woman laying on the ground outside the store. “I looked over an obviously she was pretty drunk,” the witness told Fox, adding that she
then saw a man running towards the woman from a nearby homeless encampment. “He basically ran over to her, pulled down his pants, laid down next to her and started pulling down her pants and kind of covering them and having sex with her.” The witness told Fox that she initially thought the sex was consensual because the woman did not resist but then when the witness approached the scene she noticed the woman was in her vomit with her eyes closed. “I definitely witnessed a rape,” the victim told Fox 11. “She was in her vomit, with her eyes closed like passed out. He was having sex with her like an animal. To me, it was absolutely rape.”
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Historic Church Converted into Millionaire’s Mansion? Lawmakers deny an appeal intended to stop conversion of First Baptist Church of Venice By Sam Catanzaro A half-century-old church in Venice with deep historical ties to the area’s African American community may soon become a mansion for a billionaire’s family. The church is the First Baptist Church of Venice, now owned by Jay Penske, the son of automotive billionaire Roger Penske. Jay and his wife Elaine want the City of Los Angeles to approve an exemption allowing them to change the use of the mid-century church into an 11,860 square-foot single-family home with a rooftop deck. Jay and Elaine, whose net worth is around $800 million, say they want to raise their children in Venice. In 2015 they bought the church for $6.3 million from First Baptist Church of Venice Bishop Horace Al-
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len after the congregation voted 41-9 in favor of selling the church, a sale that a judge later ruled was fraudulent. On Tuesday, January 14 the Los Angeles City Council Planning and Land Use Management Committee (Planning Committee) unanimously denied an appeal intended to overturn a West LA planning commission decision allowing for the conversion of First Baptist into a single-family residence. The appeal, filed by Venice resident and activist Mike Bravo, argued that the First Baptist Church of Venice, founded in 1910, is a historical resource and its conversion into a sin-
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gle-family home would degrade the character of the surrounding Oakwood neighborhood. “The Oakwood Planning District is significant as a rare example of an early-20th century African-American enclave in Venice,” reads the appeal. “The First Baptist Church was the place that helped represent, unify and strengthen the community throughout the years, from the early 1900s when the first African Ameri-
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A cleanup at the Venice Boulevard Globe Avenue homeless encampment over the summer.
Of the $1.2 million, $150,000 will go towards mobile showers, $800,000 towards mobile bathrooms and $200,000 to employ homeless and formerly homeless individuals to pick up trash. In addition, $50,000 will fund rat-proof trash cans and Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation pickup of trash at these two encampments.
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A major Venice-based restaurant group has confirmed its acquisition of Windward Farms, the longtime grocery store that closed down at the end of last year. In an email to Yo! Venice, Gjusta Group owner Fran Camaj said that the hospitality group plans on reopening the space as a market later in 2020. “We will bring market, grocery and deli offerings into the space,” Camaj said. “We look forward to opening another food venue for Venice.” Winward Farms owner John Shin – whose parents purchased the market in 1996 – said a 60-day notice announcing a 120 percent rent increase from his landlord in October forced the store’s closure. Gjusta Group, whose Venice roster includes Gjelina, Gjusta and MTN, said
that they arranged for Windward Farms to stay in business through 2019. “After discussions with the both the business and building owners, we arranged for the business owners to stay a few extra months to help with the transition,” Camaj said. Camaj says the space is currently empty and that the hospitality group has begun the process of updating compliance with the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. According to Camaj, Windward Farms previous employees will not be retained but that they have been offered the opportunity to interview at Gjusta Group restaurants. “I’m not sure it would be fair or realistic for employees to rely on construction and permitting timelines for employment. With that said, we have offered windward staff the opportunity to interview at any of our restaurants. We have openings and we are always looking for hard-working, honest people to help in our spaces,” Camaj said.
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OPINION
Your Local Columnist: Endangered by AB5 TOM ELIAS Mirror Columnist
From Madera to Mill Valley, Eureka to Encinitas, Coalinga to Claremont, local columns are among the most popular features in newspapers that still survive in this era of Craigslist and eBay taking away classified advertising and many display ads moving to Google and Facebook. But now local columnists following in the large footsteps of the late icons Herb Caen of
San Francisco and Leon Emo of Madera are suddenly an endangered species. Few newspapers, especially weeklies, can afford to pay these writers regular salaries for the valuable work they do in feeling out and revealing the pulse of their own communities, and many of them have other jobs or sources of income. Now a new state law best known as AB 5, authored by Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego threatens the very existence of this vital species, without whose popular appeal some surviving newspapers might wither away. Many small papers also employ similar-
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suit of their own. Meanwhile, Uber and Lyft are pushing a proposed November initiative to overturn the law. These moves have not stopped news outlets from moving to protect themselves from possible lawsuits. The largest such action came from Vox Media, which announced in mid-December it would cut ties with more than 200 California contract writers and editors who covered sports for its blog network SB Nation. Even a large outfit like Vox, which also owns New York Magazine and blogs like Eater and The Verge, can’t afford to give all its workers full benefits, so it has dumped those in California and won’t say how it will replace the coverage they provided. If Vox can’t afford to keep writers under AB 5, how can small-town weeklies be expected to? Gonzalez and other AB 5 sponsors never say they intended to target freelance writers, yet they wrote a very specific article limit into the law. The solution, if lawmakers want newspapers to survive, including some classic small businesses with one editor-ad salesman-writer who needs help but cannot afford to pay much for it, is to fix AB 5 with a new law exempting freelancers and newspapers whose revenues don’t exceed a specific limit. Anything short of that ought to provoke a First Amendment lawsuit, for no California law has ever threatened to curb freedom of the press more than this one.
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Low-Income Housing Comes to West LA
By Jeff Hall
A new housing development that will provide affordable housing to low-income individuals – including some who are currently homeless – is now underway in the neighborhood. A ground-breaking for “Missouri Place” was held Jan. 16 at the southeast corner of Missouri and Bundy, between Santa Monica Blvd. and Olympic Blvd. This is the site of the former West LA Animal Shelter. Brentwood’s Tom Safran, whose Tom Safran & Associates firm is known for high-quality public housing projects, is the property manager. 74 units will be built on the site, which is close to parks and public transportation, including the Expo Line (the Bundy Station). Several elected officials, including Mayor Garcetti, CD-11 Councilman Mike Bonin and California State Representative Richard Bloom, were there. Several speakers acknowledged 74 units won’t solve the problem of homelessness in Los Angeles, but stated Missouri Place will make an important contribution. Mayor Eric Garcetti said homelessness will be solved one individual at a time but noted 14,000 units for currently homeless individuals are now in development. Mike Bonin noted that getting low-income housing built can be challenging because, in some neighborhoods, the opposition to such housing can become quite vocal.
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Sean Spear (Housing and Community Development, City of Los Angeles), Mike Bonin (City Councilman, CD-11) and Tom Safran, developer.
This was not the case with Missouri Place, according to Bonin. He said West LA is a community that knows how to say “yes.” He also stated having Tom Safran as the developer is a good thing: “If Tom is doing a project in your area, you know it’s going to be damned good.”
Assemblyman Richard Bloom talked about how long a journey it has been to get municipalities to do enough about housing. He was mayor of Santa Monica at one time, which has experienced persistent homelessness. Today he is more hopeful than ever, he said.
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The Link Between Hearing Loss and Dementia
Dr. Melissa Alexander helping patients minimize effects of hearing loss By Keldine Hull
The ability to hear can have a significant impact on all aspects of life, from someone’s emotional and physical well-being to their professional career and activities they enjoy outside of work. Despite research proving the link between untreated hearing loss and increased risks of falls, depression, anxiety, hospitalization and dementia, millions of people let their hearing loss go untreated. According to Dr. Melissa Alexander, an audiologist based in Santa Monica, “Twenty-five years ago a case-control study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association first reported that hearing impairment in older adults was strongly and independently associated with the likelihood of having dementia- raising the intriguing hypothesis that age-related hearing impairment may contribute to dementia risk.” Alexander added that over the last four years, growing epidemiologic and clinical research studies have bolstered that theory. “Longitudinal studies of community-dwelling older adults have demonstrated that hearing impairment is independently associated with a 30-40% rate of accelerated cognitive decline,” Alexander explained. Compared to individuals with normal hearing, individuals with varying levels of hearing impairment had an increased risk of incident in dementia over 10 years of follow-up. Alexander continued, “Neuroimaging studies have also demonstrated that individuals with untreated hearing loss have reduced neuron volumes in the auditory cortex, responsible for speech processing and understanding, and accelerated rates of whole brain atrophy.” According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association
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(JAMA), failing to treat hearing loss can also have a financial impact. Alexander explained, “The University of California San Francisco, Johns Hopkins with AARP, and Optum Labs also ran this study. They looked at data from 77,000 to 150,000 patients over the age of 50 who had untreated hearing loss. People with normal hearing created 26 percent less health care costs compared to people who were recently diagnosed with hearing loss.” Alexander continued, “That number continues to increase over time. After a decade, healthcare expenses increase by 46 percent. Those numbers, when broken down, average $22,434 per person.” Factors associated with the increase include dementia, decline of cognitive ability, depression, lower quality of life, and falls. Alexander also added that a second companion study done by Bloomberg School suggests a link between untreated hearing loss and higher morbidity. Through the study, it was revealed that people with untreated hearing loss had 3.2 more diagnoses of dementia per 100 over the course of 10 years, 6.9 more diagnoses of depression, and 3.6 more falls. And hearing loss continues to rise. According to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, hearing loss is prevalent in 55 to 64 year olds at a rate of 8.5 percent and approximately 2 percent of individuals 45 to 54 are significantly deaf. Alexander continued, “The number rises to 25 percent for individuals aged 65 to 74 and 50 percent for anybody above the age of 74. Those numbers are predicted to rise in the future. As many as 38
million people in this country could have hearing loss by the year 2060.” Even younger demographics experience hearing loss. About 15 percent of 18-year-olds have a hard time hearing and 2 to 3 out of 1,000 children have hearing loss. “I am now seeing younger and younger patients coming in for hearing testing, many reporting tinnitus. Noise exposure is a major problem and it is causing younger people to experience hearing loss in their teens and twenties,” Alexander explained. Using hearing aids can change these figures and help with some of the health issues connected with hearing loss. Alexander continued, “When I diagnose a patient with a hearing loss, I discuss with the patient how their hearing impairment affects their life. I routinely request a significant other be present to take part in the consultation, not only to obtain their feedback, but to inform them of the detrimental effects of untreated hearing loss.” Alexander continued, “Because hearing loss
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is typically insidious, it isn’t always evident to the patient how much they struggle to hear. And because hearing loss is essentially an invisible disability, it’s important that I share with the patient’s loved ones how to effectively communicate, why it’s necessary to wear hearing aids consistently and what they can realistically expect the patient to hear with their hearing aids on.” It’s important that hearing tests occur as early as possible to provide a baseline of hearing. Alexander continued, “Because the ramifications of hearing loss are so detrimental, hearing testing should be taken seriously and performed on an annual basis. Hearing protection, such as custom earplugs, ear muffs or over the counter hearing protection should be a routine staple of every household. For even younger children, parents should make sure headphones have a limiter so that even if their child turns up the volume, the sound cannot cause damage to the ears.”
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Need a Podiatrist? Dr. Steven L. Rosenberg treating foot injuries with traditional, regenerative and homeopathic medicine. By Staff Writer If you suffer from persistent foot problems, look no further than Steven L. Rosenberg DPM a Santa Monica-based podiatrist who helps patients resolve foot injuries with a combination of traditional, regenerative and homeopathic medicine. “I enjoy working in Santa Monica and the Westside because my patients are open to alternative medicine which I perform as well as traditional medicine. I blend traditional medicine with homeopathic and regenerative medicine to give my patients the best opportunity to resolve their foot problems,” Dr. Rosenberg said. For the past 38 years, Dr. Rosenberg has been practicing out of the same office on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica treating a wide range of foot injuries. “I specialize in pain management using homeopathic therapeutic treatments, electrical current
therapy and custom made orthotics for such problems as ankle sprains, tendinitis, nerve problems, plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, and many other soft tissue injuries to the foot and ankle,” Dr. Rosenberg said. “I treat patients of all ages from infants to adults. I do perform in-office surgery for ingrown toenail problems. I also treat plantar warts along with many more common foot problems in my practice such as painful corns, callouses, pain on the ball of the foot and neuromas. There is no
problem that is too big or too small that I will not try and help my patients resolve.” Dr. Rosenberg also utilizes a cold, non-invasive laser to treat all types of soft-tissue injuries from shin splints, tendonitis, foot fractures, heel pain, plantar fasciitis and other sport and activity-related injuries. In the late 1980s, Dr. Rosenberg invented a product called Instant Arches®, a simple device that fits into shoes directly on the arch giving
patients support and comfort by taking pressure away from the ball of the feet. Since their invention, Instant Arches® have been used by countless of individuals in everything from fashion footwear, sportswear, sandals and flip-flops. “I developed my arch product Instant Arches® in the late 1980s out of necessity because my patients wanted an arch support for all their footwear that was not too bulky or too hard and fit in their fashion footwear, athletic footwear, casual footwear, sandals of all types and flip flops. By using a combination of custom orthotics and Instant Arches®, I have the ability to support all my patients’ footwear, which helps resolve their foot problems,” Dr. Rosenberg said. After nearly four decades of treating patients, Dr. Rosenberg continues to evolve his practice with innovative ways to treat many conditions previously believed to be untreatable. He is now offering injectable regenerative therapy, treating issues such as plantar fasciitis, foot fractures and other hard to treat soft tissue and bone injuries to the foot. For more information about Steven L. Rosenberg DPM, call (310) 828-3336, log onto www. rosenbergstevendpm.com, or visit his office at 2901 Wilshire Blvd. # 110 Santa Monica, CA 90403. For more on Instant Arches Foot Products Inc®, visit www.instantarches.com.
New Permanent Makeup Studio on the Westside Sandy Allbright’s permanent makeup studio in Brentwood By Staff Writer For women who want to look their best all the time, a brow artist’s boutique studio in Brentwood offers the perfect solution. Lily The Pink, established by Sandy Allbright, a talented Los Angeles brow artist at the chic Sola Salon Studios on Wilshire Boulevard in Brentwood, creates, through permanent makeup and microblading, the ideal eyebrow that perfectly enhances her client's unique facial features. “Permanent makeup is for women who want to look their best all the time. For women who struggle with traditional makeup. For working moms who would like to save time every day. For active people: swimmers, divers, tennis players, sailors, gym-goers, hikers etc. For women who like to travel, its such a hassle to lug around makeup and mirrors. For people who have lost eyebrow hair due to alopecia and chemotherapy,” Allbright, said. “Every client is a unique individual with different aesthetics, bone structure and skin. We custom design the permanent makeup to naturally beautify each face while collaborating very closely with the client to make sure she is 100 percent happy before we begin.” According to Allbright, eyebrows are vitally
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important to the overall aesthetic of the face and can make or break a look. There is no need to appear tired or unpolished or spend hours trying to get brows even and symmetrical looking, permanent makeup is the perfect answer to this daily dilemma. Out of the many brow artists in the Los Angeles metro area, Allbright and Lily The Pink stands out for its attention to detail and professionalism at her sanitary and OSHA compliant studio. “Lily the Pink is my passion. It merges my love of make-up and my love for helping people look and feel beautiful. As an eyebrow challenged individual, I found myself having to face the day with a startlingly bare forehead or spend hours (yes, hours) getting my eyebrows to even look like actual eyebrows. I knew there had to be a better way,” Allbright said. “Enter the amazing world of permanent makeup and microblading. When I saw what could be done with this miraculous art form I was floored, I had to be a part of it, I had found my raison d’être.” Permanent makeup is less invasive than traditional tattooing and lasts between 1-3 years and Allbright works with only the highest quality pigments especially formulated for the face. “Permanent makeup has come a long way in the last five years, gone are the days of harsh and unnatural looking permanent makeup, we at Lily the Pink specialize in soft and natural-looking work that looks just like regular well-applied makeup except it does not smudge or smear or come off at the most inconvenient of times. It is a perfect marriage of art and science.”
Lily the Pink founder Sandy Allbright applies permanent makeup on a client.
Allbright, who has lived in Santa Monica for 16 years, needless to say, loves her work and also serving her own community. “I am so glad to be able to serve the Westside with my talent in permanent makeup, I love this wonderful, active and engaged community and am excited to elevate their lives with my expertise. My aesthetic is natural, I want my clients to feel
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beautiful and confident and for people to not even realize that they had anything done, Allbright said. “So natural no-one will know but you.” For more information about Lily the Pink, visit LilyThePink.com, call (310) 592-6337 and follow on Facebook @lilylovespink, Instagram @ lilythepinkla and at https://www.yelp.com/biz/lilythe-pink-permanent-makeup-la-los-angeles
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Fire your lazy agent? Not as easy as it seems COLUMN: Yo! Broker Dear Yo! Broker, Last week I walked into an open house -- for my own home. My agent was nowhere in sight. Instead, there was some sleepy looking dude at my dining table, working on his laptop. He barely looked up. When I asked about him the number of bedrooms in the house, he got it wrong. When I asked him where my agent was, his cellphone rang and he held up one finger, for me to wait. My question is simple. How do I fire my agent? Hi David, It’s good news that you’re asking “how”. The fact of the matter is that you probably signed a 90 day or more listing agreement. And there probably isn’t a “dump” clause in there that allows you to part ways at will. You’ll find plenty of “gross” clauses, gross malfeasance, gross dishonesty, etc. This all means that you could sue. But the listing would have expired by the time you got any results, the listing will have expired. The good news? Many agents and brokerages will cancel your agreement just to keep good will. But maybe the better thing (they call it “win
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win”) is to talk to your agent. He clearly hired the wrong showing assistant to sit your open. But he may be doing other things exceptionally well. Don’t be afraid to insist he “show and tell.” If they don’t listen… well, let’s hope that you signed a reasonably short listing agreement. Best of luck! Winston Cenac
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glect by the City of Los Angeles.” In 2000, Los Angeles City Council designated the corner of Westminster Avenue and 7th Avenue where the church stands as a permanent ceremonial location and created Bishop E.L. Holmes Square named after the longtime pastor of the First Baptist Church of Venice. In 2018, however, Los Angeles’ Cultural Heritage Commission found the church did not meet the conditions to become a historical landmark, a major setback for activists trying to save the building. While there has been no survey or polling to determine if the public at large supports the Penske’s family attempt to redevelop the church, according to a West Los Angeles Planning Commission report, 20 out of 21 emails and letters received regarding the project were in opposition. “Approximately 21 emails were submitted by members of the community, of which 20 letters voiced opposition to the project and one letter was in support. Several phone calls were received, from members of the previous congregation of the First Baptist Church, in opposition to the proposed change of use,” reads the report. Yo! Venice has reached out to the law firm representing the property owner of the church for a statement but they could not immediately be reached for comment. Under terms that the Penske family agreed to, the facade and aesthetic of the church must be retained. Councilmember Mike Bo-
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nin, a member of the Planning Committee who voted to deny the appeal, said in a Facebook post that this agreement achieves many of the same results as a landmark status. “Our Planning Committee approved a plan requiring the new owners of the former First Baptist Church of Venice — which did not receive official landmark designation from the commission — to preserve the facade and aesthetic, achieving many of the goals of landmark designation,” Bonin said. The post, however, has prompted a backlash in the comments section from some Facebook users. “Just to be clear, the billionaire kid gets to tear down the community church and build his oversized McMansion, but he has to keep the church facade…and you think you’ve accomplished something for the community?” wrote a Facebook user named Steve in a comment. Supporters of the church say that preserving the facade and aesthetic of the church is not enough to honor the building’s legacy, wanting the church to function as a community space instead of a private residence. “This church should be gifted back to the community that it was stolen in the form of reparations,” wrote Laddie Williams from the organization Venice Lives in a letter to City Council. “This church should be respected by the City of Los Angeles and restored to its integral beauty and be used once again to gather together in worship in all denominations, house families, feed families, educate children, give people hope that is so desperately needed in our city.”
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The citizen added that this person had appeared to have been picking items off the ground next to the vehicle before leaving the area. The citizen gave the LETTER TO THE EDITOR officers a detailed description of the suspect and the officers went in search of this man. As the officers were searching the area they spotted another vehicle with a smashed window that was parked at the side of the street. The officers then drove back to theWhat 2000 block of PicoisBoulevard where they spotexactly “an intended attack” ted a manfor Homeless who fit the description of the suspect. (Search Shelter Bomb Threat The officers detained this man and moments Motive Continues, January 17,a few 2020)? later the citizen who for had aflagged the officers down Failing to wait full and comprehenappeared and by positively the suspect. sive report LAPD identified that currently says Shortly thereafter the ownerwhy of theisfirst vandalized “the motive is unclear,” Councilman vehicle appeared and stated that numerous items Mike Bonin further fanning the flames of that had been recovered from the suspect hadact been controversy suggesting some terrorist in stolen from his car.ofThe owner of the vandalized our community Venice? vehicle was desirous a prosecution so the officers Responsible andofmature political leaders in arrested 19-year-old Santapeople Monica together. resident and times ofthis crisis try to bring he To wascalm charged withtroubled vehicle burglary in addition to those waters. possession of opiates. Bail set at $20,000. His comments are was directly opposite of what Venice needs in will and character. He Speed ToTried go public with comments based on incomplete information divides an On Wednesday, Februaryfurther 1, at 3:40 a.m. offiincredibly Venice.Police Department cers of the divided Santa Monica It does nothing to assist in the received a call for service in regard to a healing possible process. bicycle theft that had just occurred in the 1300 There is Street. real reason why Venetians block of 10th As the officers hastened to are the uncomfortable with theradio current homeless scene they learned via police that a victim had crisis thatstealing has spun out ofthat control Mike seen a man her bicycle at that on time, had Bonin’s watch apparently been lockedwatch, up in a abicycle rackthat’s in the courtyard of
the apartment complex in which she resided. The victim had been able to supply a detailed description of the suspect, which had also been conveyed to the officers, as they were en route to the location. The officers arrived in the vicinity of the apartment complex and began to scour the area. The officers soon spotted the suspect lurking in the 1300 block of Alley Number 10. The suspect was easy to recognize due to the fact that in addition to the description given by the victim the suspect was riding one bicycle whilst pushing a second one with his free hand. The officers attempted to stop this suspect but he tried to speed away and in doing so discarded the second bicycle. The officers eventually caught the man and he was arrested and taken off to jail. A search of this 21-year-old Hemet, California resident resulted in the discovery of not only the seemingly obligatory burglary tools but also a packet of methamphetamine. This man was later charged with possession of burglary tools, possession of methamphetamine, theft and resisting or delaying arrest. Bail was set at $10,000.
Letter to the Editor: Troubled Waters?
Editor’s Note: These reports are part of a regular police coverage series entitled “Alert Police Blotter” (APB), which injects some minor editorial into certain police activities in Santa Monica. Not all of The Mirror’s coverage of broken involving and cannot incidents policetell are time! portrayed in this manner. Just lastcrimes week Evan Nelson, 32More serious andone police-related activities area reguyearreported old Las Vegas transient who ofisthe apparlarly without editorial in the pages Santa ently also to kidnap a child Monica Mirrorhomeless tried and its website, smmirror.com.
no-contest to shooting a man at the now closed Surfside Bar & Grill located on Windward. Nine rounds were fired at the victim according to local reports. He too was a Venice transient. There is an out-of-control epidemic taking place in Venice which has resulted in violent crimes that are destroying the very fabric of this urban beach enclave. Venice deserves political leadership that has the confidence of its residents. Clearly, that is no longer the case. Sincerely, Nick Antonicello Venice Beach
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The witness then says a second man came running across the street, chased the first man away and started hitting and berating the woman. “He said…’you dumb b***h, you are going to cheat on me?’” the woman told Fox. The owner of the business the witness was at then called the police department to
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The writer is the former Ad-hoc Chairman of the VNC sponsored committee on Cityhood and secession more commonly referred to as VEXIT. Have thought to share about any Venice-related matter? Email sam@yovenice.com! report the incident. According to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Pacific Division officers received a radio call at 6:24 p.m. of an assault with a deadly weapon that had just occurred at the 300 block of Lincoln Boulevard, the area in which the incident occurred. Police say the suspect, a male Hispanic, assaulted the victim with a glass bottle. Officers took a police report for an assault with a deadly weapon and the suspect was gone on arrival. Police say they cannot confirm the battery suspect is the second male who berated and hit the woman. According to the LAPD, during the investigation of the battery, the witness who filmed the incident came forward to say the woman was sexually assaulted. “During the investigation of the battery is when the witness came forward and said she [the victim] was sexually assaulted,” said an officer with the LAPD Media Relations division. The LAPD says the woman was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment where officers brought up the possible rape. “At the hospital when they brought up the potential sexual assault she said that it did not occur and that she did not want to file a police report,” the LAPD said. According to the LAPD, there is not enough evidence to show that a sexual assault occurred. “We’ve reviewed two video clips from an anonymous citizen and video from a neighboring business. In conjunction with the video and a statement from the victim that she was not sexually assaulted, we do not have sufficient information or evidence to show that a sexual assault occurred. I can confirm that we are conducting an investigation into whether the victim was assaulted with a glass bottle by a second man whom we believe may be in a dating relationship with the victim,” wrote Luis Jurado, a detective at the Pacific Division in an email to Yo! Venice.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) The end of this working week will delight Aries. You received a high opinion of your professionalism, and your boss has promised that you will be sent on a prestigious business trip. This is what you decide to properly celebrate, gathering your best friends at home in the evening. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Taurus will spend today in high spirits, not knowing what boredom or fatigue is. Everything will inspire you, even colleagues you did not like in the past. The only unpleasant episode of the day comes in the evening, before going to bed. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today for Geminis’ will include no major victories. The only highlight of today for you personally is to purchase a new accessory. Everything that happens to you afterward will be concentrated around this purchase. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Cancers today will not be able to free themselves from unrest. First, you will worry that your new boss is too strict for you, and in the evening you will be disappointed by someone close to you. You will ask this person to help, hinting that you yourself have helped him many times in the past. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Leos today will gain an understanding of the reasons for their difficulties in the sphere of love. In the evening, you go on a date, mentally thinking of it as the start of a very serious and lasting relationship. But no, these relationships never hit it off, and the reason is your excessive self-confidence. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Virgos on this day should not overestimate the strength of their immunity. Do not forget that the window is cold January, which means you cannot leave the house without a hat and heavy coat. Caution should be shown in financial affairs. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Libras on this day will attract great interest from some high-ranking person. He even promises to assist your professional life, but you do not need to be too grateful. To get a higher professional rank or a new position, you do not need patrons, but new accomplishments at work. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) Scorpions will refuse to understand the intentions of someone close to them. Planning for leisure, you will only think about how to get rid of the fatigue accumulated at work. As a result, you will veto the wish of your household to organize a big party. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Sagittarius will spend this Saturday as if the weekend is unending. You will be able to keep upbeat mood both during the daytime while you work around the house, and in the evening when a busy meal starts at your best friend’s house. These gatherings will last until the very early morning. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Capricorns today should be as careful as possible carrying out current projects. If you allow yourself to rush in this task, the risk increases that you will commit a number of very large errors. You can fully relax only when this day is over. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Aquarius will take in all the events of today with melancholy. Knowing that your day will be exactly the same (at work), you will cease to rejoice that the long-awaited weekend is almost here. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Pisces today should not boldly experiment with their appearance. After doing so, you will experience nothing but disappointment and regret. Instead of changing something in your appearance, try out small reforms in your personal space.
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