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The Most Expensive Cities In America To Own a Dog
If there’s anything that 2024 has taught us, it’s that life is expensive. Things all over the world have become much more expensive in the past few years. Whether it’s inflation or the post-COVID economy, the prices aren’t what they used to be. Housing has been expensive for quite some time now, but now we’re […]
Fresh faces and fresh homes in store for Santa Monica
Rejuvenation for both Santa Monica residents’ bodies and homes were celebrated this past week as the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce welcomed one business while embracing another’s rebrand. On April 24, the Chamber held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly-branded Rejuve scalp-hair headspa treatments location at 319...
Police begin moving in on pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA
Police removed barricades and began dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators' fortified encampment early Thursday at the UCLA campus after hundreds of protesters defied police orders to leave, about 24 hours after counter-protesters attacked a tent encampment on the campus. The law enforcement effort comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loud speakers if people didn't disperse. Hundreds of people had gathered on campus, both inside a barricaded tent encampment and outside of it in support. The sound of flash bangs could be heard as police moved in.Police methodically ripped apart the encampment's barricade of plywood, pallets, metal fences and trash...
Multiple Victims Injured in Gardena Shooting
GARDENA, Calif., Apr. 30 (KNN) — Gunshots rang out Monday night on a street in the city of Gardena leaving multiple people injured. Gardena police officers and Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to reports of shots fired around 9:12 p.m. on 149th Street, just west of Vermont Avenue.
Suspect attempts to set fire to Santa Monica Daily Press office building
A homeless man tried to set fire to the Santa Monica Daily Press (SMDP) building on Monday and the suspect remained on the loose by the time the newspaper went to press. The incident occurred just days after the building was burglarized and follows a recent squatting incident at the adjacent property.
Captain faces 10 years in prison for fiery deaths of 34 people aboard California scuba dive boat
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A scuba dive boat captain was scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge Thursday on a conviction of criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel nearly five years ago. The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several ongoing lawsuits. Captain Jerry Boylan was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer last year. The charge is a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as seaman’s manslaughter that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters. Boylan’s appeal is ongoing. He faces up to 10 years behind bars.
UCLA Campus Protest Violence Includes Bloody Assault Injuries
LOS ANGELES, May 1 (KNN) — Acts of violence erupted at UCLA overnight when counter-protesters attempted to disassemble a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus grounds. As of 1 a.m. Wednesday, the violence was still in full swing on campus leaving one man bleeding from his head and another suffering burning eyes from being pepper sprayed. Multiple other people at the protest were also injured.
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