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Volume 13 Issue 144
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THE ROCKING OUT ISSUE
More infant and toddler care needed Police targeting BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
CITYWIDE Childcare is plentiful in the city by the sea but there’s a lack of transportation and programs for infants and toddlers, according to a recent study by the RAND
Corporation, a Santa Monica-based think tank. In 2012, City Hall and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District commissioned the study on the state of early and school-age care in Santa Monica. “Santa Monica providers have more
than enough (early childhood education) slots to serve the city’s preschool-age children,” RAND experts said. “However, there appears to be a shortage of infant and toddler spaces.” SEE CARE PAGE 7
speeding drivers Extra scrutiny is part of a monthly focus on dangerous behaviors BY MATTHEW HALL Editor in Chief
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY The Santa
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Paul Alvarez Jr. editor@smdp.com Bag pipe players walk down the Third Street Promenade Saturday afternoon during Brit Appreciation Week festivities.
Faces of Silicon Beach: Aaron George BY ERIK HUBERMAN Special to the Daily Press
Editor’s note: This is an ongoing series of question and answer pieces focusing on Santa Monica’s emerging
technology industry. This week’s subject is Law Kick and its founder Aaron George. Erik: Start with what got you to be an entrepreneur and what got you to
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Monica Police Department (SMPD) Traffic Unit will have an additional focus on unsafe speed violations during the month of May as part of their monthly efforts to highlight the most dangers behaviors on local roads. According to Traffic Collision Investigator Jason Olson, the city issued 671 speeding tickets in the last six months and of the 1,541 traffic collisions listed in the last year, 287 had speed as the primary collision factor. Speeding was listed as the primary factor in three fatal accidents since 2011 and the department said it is a contributing factor to many more collisions. “Speeding is the primary or associated factor in many collisions which also creates an unnecessary increased risk of injury or death for all those utilizing the roadways,” said Olson. According to SMPD officials, the traffic unit focuses on different dangerous behaviors each month based on an internal database that tracks the most common collision factors. “These collision factors are then divided up for the monthly focus in no particular order other than some that coincide with national campaigns and our California Office of Traffic Safety Grant Campaigns such as distracted driving,” said Olson. “The monthly focus extends throughout the entire city, but we do use information such as citizen complaints, collision statistics, and other available data to look at specific areas as needed.” Santa Monica’s traffic unit includes one lieutenant, one sergeant, one traffic investigator, one commercial enforcement officer, and nine motor officers. Officers are always aware of, and responding to dangerous SEE SPEEDING PAGE 9
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