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On Friday August 20th, the SMMUSD school board approved a set of Covid mandates under the SMMUSD COVID Surveillance Program. The Covid mandates requires students to wear a mask indoors & outdoors as well weekly PCR testing regardless if your child has been vaccinated. Parents were give little to no time to fully review the COVID Surveillance Program registration and make an informed decision regarding the District's COVID Mandates and the potential effect on our children. The roll out of the COV...
By Don Belton, LA Animal Care and Control It's that time of year again! NBC4 and Telemundo 52 Clear the Shelters” annual pet adoption and donation drive kicked off on August 23 through September 19, and Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control (DACC) is excited to participate for another year and offer special adoption promotions for the entire month of September! Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control's seven animal care centers are offering $20 adoption fees for large dogs over 35 pounds and all cats. The discounted r...
With the statewide eviction moratorium expiring September 30, Santa Monica officials are urging local tenants in need to apply for the state’s rental and utility assistance program. Currently, California has available $5.2 billion in rental assistance and $2 billion in utility assistance through its COVID-19 Rent Relief program, commonly called “Housing is Key,” said local officials. City officials said that more than $10 million in state rental assistance has been distributed to over 650 households in Santa Monica so far and they urge tenants...
By Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer Los Angeles police are looking for a sexual predator who broke into a Westwood apartment and groped a sleeping woman Friday morning. The assault occurred around 4 a.m. in the 11000 block of Strathmore Drive, near UCLA, according to Los Angeles Police Department. The victim reported that she was awakened by movement in her bedroom. “She saw a white male standing over her,” LAPD said in a press release. “He groped her over her clothes before she jumped up and pushed him out of the apartment.” Suspect...
By Jack Simon Observer Staff Writer Amid the statewide drought that turned flowing streams into dry river beds, the City of Santa Monica has secured over $45 million in grants to advance “water self-sufficiency projects to diversify and increase the local water supplies,” local officials announced this week. “These grants come at a critical time and will help fund local water supply projects to enhance drought resiliency and reduce the City’s reliance on imported water,” said Rick Valte, the city’s interim Public Works Director. The grant a...
LOS ANGELES--Former USC All-American fullback Sam "Bam" Cunningham, a College Football Hall of Famer whose performance in USC's 1970 win at Alabama has often been credited with helping integrate Southern football and whose 4-touchdown outing in the 1973 Rose Bowl earned him Player of the Game honors before going on to a record-setting career with the New England Patriots, died on Tuesday (Sept. 7) in Inglewood, Calif. Cause of death is pending. He was 71. Cunningham, a 3-year (1970-72) letterman at USC, earned All-American first team honors in...
