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When Brian Morgan peered through the thick window from the inmate room known as “the bubble” and into the Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday, he flashed a big smile and waved eagerly with both hands. His mother, along with a half dozen family members, had patiently been waiting all day for the quick glimpse of her son. There was little sign in his SEE SUSPECTS PAGE 7
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President Donald Trump has announced the United States will abandon the Paris Climate agreement but local organizations are pushing ahead with a variety of efforts aimed as sustainability and the environment. In the next week, Santa Monica will host six events tied to the environment including movie screenings, stormwater certification workshops, tours of green businesses, presentations on sea level rise and a discussion of electric vehicles. The events were not planned with Trump’s decision in mind nor
were they specifically coordinated with each other but city officials said Santa Monica has such a strong commitment to the environment that it’s not unusual to have several opportunities to participate within a short time frame. “Having represented Santa Monica as our Mayor at the Paris climate change summit, where we gave an international presentation on the coming solar electrification of the Big Blue Bus, I am personally appalled that our nation is worming out of a compact to save our planet,” said Councilman Kevin McKeown. “At our next meeting, I will ask the City Council
to reaffirm our commitment to the Paris goals, intensify our efforts in defiance of the Trump withdrawal, and work with California leadership to continue creating the 21st century clean energy economy.” The local events begin on Saturday, June 3 with a presentation on sea level rise. In anticipation of World’s Ocean Day, The City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment and Sustainable Works are working with the State Coastal Conservancy and coastal communities across California to educate and engage the community on the impacts of sea level rise.
The three hour “Shrinking Shores” workshop will run from 9 a.m. to noon and include the opportunity to learn from City officials and local nonprofit organizations on what’s being done to prepare for sea level rise, explore sea level rise through virtual reality, take a walking tour of the Santa Monica Beach Dune Restoration pilot project and networking. The event will be held on the Santa Monica Beach, just north of the Annenberg Community Beach House (415 Pacific Coast Highway), west of the bike path by Lifeguard Tower 2. The event is free but registration is SEE CLIMATE PAGE 6
Trump says US will abandon global climate accord BY JILL COLVIN AND JULIE PACE Associated Press
President Donald Trump said Thursday he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat climate change and distancing the country from many allies abroad. He said the U.S. would try to negotiate re-entry on better terms. “As of today, the United States will cease all implementation of the nonbinding Paris accord,” Trump said during a White House Rose Garden announcement. Suggesting renegotiating re-entry was not a major priority, he said, “If we can, great. If we can’t, that’s fine.” By abandoning the world’s chief effort to slow the tide of planetary warming, Trump was fulfilling a top campaign pledge. But he was also breaking from many of
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Family Heritage Show and Tell Do you have an item in your home that has been passed down from generation to generation? Did it arrive with your family from another country? Then bring it to our Family Heritage Show & Tell to share its’ story. Refreshments will be provided. This program is part of the California Center for the Book Community Conversations. Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main St. 2 – 4 p.m.
Concert: Orange County Guitar Orchestra OCGO, the first professional guitar orchestra in Southern California, plays music by Bach, Corelli, Ponce, Dyens and other contemporary composers under the direction of David Grimes. Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. 1 – 2 p.m.
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Einstein show Writer/actor Jack Fry’s acclaimed solo show, “Einstein!� (in which he plays the iconic scientist as a younger man) returns to Los Angeles with a special run at the Santa Monica Playhouse for six Saturday performances from June 3 - July 8. A dramatic solo show, ‘Einstein!’ explores Albert Einstein as a young father trying to prove his theory of relativity against the backdrop of WW1. Directed by Tom Blomquist. Santa Monica Playhouse is located at 1211 4th Street. For more information visit einsteintheplay.com.
SMC Chamber Choir The Santa Monica College Music Department will present a performance by the SMC Chamber Choir. The concert is free and will be held Saturday, June 3, at 5 p.m. in The Edye at the SMC Performing Arts Center (Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street, Santa Monica). Complimentary tickets available at the SMC Music Office (PAC 211). Free parking on premises. Seating is strictly on a firstarrival basis. For tickets and information, visit www.smc.edu/eventsinfo or call (310) 434-3005 or (310) 434-4323.
Sunday, June 4 Summer Hats: Millinery Basics with Leslie Robinson A good foundation in the Millinery Arts begins with the shaping of the Hat. Learn how to form a hat using traditional and modern hat blocks in this twosession class. Students will get their choice of hat base to choose from, all in weights suitable for the upcoming Spring and Summer seasons. We will be working with Japanese Twisted Toyo, Visca, Raffia and Seagrass. Students will also be able to trim their finished pieces from a wide selection of modern and vintage ribbons, feathers and Millinery fruits and flowers. 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Cost: $60 + $30 material fee (please bring exact change for material fee!) To register, visit http://ow.ly/IehoU or call (310) 458-2239.
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Locals recognized for work with the senior community May being Older Americans Month, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, along with the county’s Commission for Older Adults and the county’s Workforce Development, Aging & Community Services held its 52nd Annual Older American Recognition Day Awards Program on May 31. The special luncheon honored senior volunteers from Supervisorial Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. In Sheila Kuehl’s Supervisorial District 3, 15 honorees were recognized. Among them, two Santa Monica residents, City of Santa Monica Commissioner Jennie Braun and WISE & Healthy Aging volunteer Mark Kaiserman (pictured with, left, Phyllis Amaral, vice president for Community-Based Services at WISE & Healthy Aging, and Santa Monica Commissioner Barbara Browning, right) Braun was recognized for her service on the Santa Monica Commission for the Senior Community, a post that she has held since 2009 and will be completing at the end this month. Retired from the American Red Cross of Greater LA, where Braun was its Chief HR Officer, she volunteers her time on the Commission and at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica. Braun is also active with the Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club. It was noted that her “common sense, good humor, and advocacy on behalf of the older adults have made her a valuable member of the Commission.” Kaiserman, a retired attorney, focuses his volunteer work with senior needing adult day care. At WISE & Healthy Aging’s Adult Day Service Center, located in the Ken Edwards Center, Kaiserman has a knack for making people feel welcome. He sets a tone of respect and hospitality that participants relish. Volunteering for more than five years with the Center, Kaiserman can be counted on for his individualized attention, whether he is leading a current events group, helping serve lunch or chatting with participants, he displays warmth and a genuineness that lightens the mood and brightens the day for Center participants. This annual county-wide luncheon was held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Music Center Grand Hall downtown Los Angeles, and attended by more than 200 people.
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Clif Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival returns to the Santa Monica Pier By Santa Monica Pier Corp. The 8th annual Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival returns to our shores on June 10, 2017 with a new title sponsor, Clif Bar & Company. Since its beginning nearly a decade ago the event has grown into
one of the must-attend events for both the elite competitive paddling and ocean racing crowd and thousands of spectators who come for the excitement, history and activities. The Santa Monica Pier provides a unique venue for the event unlike anything else on the coast.
The all-day ocean festival takes place on the main pier deck and the beach directly south of the Santa Monica Pier. Over 300 athletes from the globe will be competing for $15,000 in prize money and non-cash prizes. This year’s competitions include a 5.5 mile open ocean paddle for both prone and stand up. A 2-mile fun paddle. An open ocean swim. Also returning this year for its 3rd time is beach volleyball. Lifeguards from around the southland will compete in lifeguard dory racing, including the 3-lap course directly south of the Pier. This race features teams of two rowing in and out of the shore break, which can be thrilling with larger waves. This is typically one of the crowd favorites, with hundreds of spectators lining the pier for a bird’s eye view as the dories make their way through crashing waves. Music is also an important part of the Paddleboard Race and Ocean Festival, with a main stage featuring various performers throughout the day culminating in a big musical party after the awards presentation. This year’s headlining act is The Matteson 2, a jazz-rock guitar and drums duo from San Diego. The identical twin Mattson brothers have been described as sounding like a soundtrack of the jangle of the see and the jazz of the surf. Additional acts will be announced soon.
On the pier deck, the historic and popular waterman’s museum returns, celebrating the long history of paddleboarding at the Pier since the 1940s and features antique surfboards, paddleboards, lifeguard equipment and vintage automobiles. The event benefits The Surfrider Foundation and the Bay Foundation. Both are non-profit organizations dedicated to preserving coastal access, protecting the environment and improving the health of our ocean environment. For more information and the full schedule of events, please go to www.pierpaddle.com
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writing for the Daily Press. Including my monthly “The Snide World of Sports,” and the occasional book and DVD reviews, I’ve written over 600 columns. As some writers might relate, “I’m still trying to get it right.” While it’s a challenge each week to come up with a new subject, this week’s column literally came to me. In retrospect, I wish it hadn’t. Over the years I’ve received dozens of reader emails, which, for the most part, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. But I’ve had my share of “odd responses.” In one column many years ago I castigated J. Edgar Hoover, whose recorded included, in my opinion, so much abuse of power as to be criminal, I questioned then and still do, why the FBI building is still named after Hoover. Included in the column was a reference to Hoover’s J. Edgar’s infamous “pink chiffon dress” that he reportedly wore to numerous parties he hosted. I mentioned Hoover’s dress because of so many reported incidents where he blackmailed homosexuals. Hoover was FBI Director under seven presidents and even essentially blackmailed them. Lest they ever consider firing him, Hoover would cleverly let each know what he knew, “It’s a good thing this came to me, Mr. President, rather than one of your enemies.” After that column I received a series of emails from a seemingly very intelligent female reader who was offended by my “making fun of cross-dressers.” I wrote back that I wasn’t making fun of cross-dressers in general, I was making fun of Hoover who seemed to have a predilection for crossdressing. This exchange went back and forth until she accused me of being “a secret cross dresser.” No matter how I assured her that was not the case, she would respond, “Spoken like a true cross-dresser.” As I look back those exchanges were charming by comparison to a certain reader’s voice mails this week. At first I found them amusing but as I listened more I found them chilling. And, surprise, surprise it was from a Trump supporter and a very drunk one at that. On Monday I received an email from Matt Hall, the SMDP editor, saying that a reader had left 9 anonymous and somewhat disturbing voice mails in response to my column last week. Hall offered to make an audio copy and send them to me via email if I wanted to hear them. I thought why not.
Now I wish I hadn’t. (Or wish I could hit “delete” on my memory of them.”) Never revealing his name, the reader was completely drunk and, unfortunately, also completely anti-Semitic. Early on, he revealed such hatred for Jews, I found it depressing to say the least. He used about every anti-Semitic slur I’ve ever heard and added what should happen to Jews. “And you know what I mean,” he said menacingly, Later, and a more than once, he added, “The little guy didn’t finish the job.” (Clearly a reference to Hitler.) Having listened to two of the nine tapes, I started to get angry and concerned by his not so veiled threats. I decided to call the police. SMPD basically suggested I listen to all nine tapes, make notes of actual threats and get back to them. Frankly, I found the caller’s hate-filled rants so ugly, I’d rather be shot than to have to listen to one more word. Oddly enough, I also I sensed tragedy to his rants. In his drunken state, he lamented about serious injuries he sustained while a construction worker on a high-rise “Tishman building.” He apparently filed a law suit but complained, “Suing one Jew means you’re suing all of them.” Some might say I’m not being fair, but why am I not surprised the caller was such an avid Trump supporter. I’ve suggested for over a year now that Trump has somehow legitimized hate. Watching a hate-filled Trump rally during the campaign caused me to observe sadly, they were a rope away from a lynch mob.” Obviously, the vast majority of Trump supporters are not racists. That said, if you were a racist and looking for a party and a candidate in the 2016 election, the GOP’s Donald Trump would be your man. On election night in 2008, as Obama gave an inspiring speech from Chicago’s Grant Park before a huge crowd, I hoped we were entering a new post racial era. Sadly, I was naive. Talk about sad, on the eve of the NBA Finals, Lebron James revealed somberly that a racial slur was spray painted on the gate to his Brentwood mansion. Meanwhile, nine anti-Semetic voice mails are on my computer. Actually, after I send this column to print, I’m going to hit delete. In the real world, if only it were that easy. JACK is at facebook.com/jackneworth, twitter.com/jackneworth and jackdailypress@aol.com.
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America’s staunchest allies, who have expressed alarm about the decision. Under former President Barack Obama, the U.S. had agreed to reduce emissions to 26 percent to 28 percent of 2005 levels by 2025 — about 1.6 billion tons. But Trump said the agreement disadvantaged the U.S. “to the exclusive benefit of other countries,” leaving American businesses and taxpayers to absorb the cost. Scientists say Earth is likely to reach more dangerous levels of warming sooner as a result of the president’s decision because America contributes so much to rising temperatures. Calculations suggest withdrawal could result in emissions of up to 3 billion tons of additional carbon dioxide in the air a year — enough to melt ice sheets faster, raise seas higher and trigger more extreme weather. The U.S. is the world’s second-largest emitter of carbon, following only China. Beijing, however, has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting its targets under the Paris accord,
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recently canceling construction of about 100 coal-fired power plants and investing billions in massive wind and solar projects. White House talking points obtained by The Associated Press said the Paris accord was “a BAD deal for Americans” and that the president’s action would keep “his campaign promise to put American workers first.” “The Accord,” the document went on to say, “was negotiated poorly by the Obama Administration and signed out of desperation.” “The U.S. is already leading the world in energy production and doesn’t need a bad deal that will harm American workers,” it read. The White House had signaled earlier in the week that withdrawal was likely, but Trump has been known to change his mind at the last minute on such major decisions. White House aides were divided on the topic and had been deliberating on “caveats in the language” as late as Wednesday, one official said. Associated Press writers Ken Thomas, Erica Werner, Vivian Salama, Michael Biesecker and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.
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Uber posts $708 million loss and says finance head left Uber posted a $708 million loss in the most recent quarter and said its head of finance is leaving the company, the latest executive to depart in what has been a very tough year to date. Uber told The Associated Press Thursday that its first-quarter loss was narrower than the $991 million loss it posted in the previous quarter. It had revenue of $3.4 billion, up 18 percent from the final three months of last year. Even before the announced departure of head of finance Gautam Gupta, which the company announced Thursday, Uber has struggled . The San Francisco company recently lost its head of communications, president and other senior executives as it faces allegations of sexism and sexual harassment in the workplace. CEO Travis Kalanick had to apologize earlier this year after video of him arguing with an Uber driver was made public. And the Justice Department is probing allegations that Uber used an app to thwart authorities who were trying to determine if the company was following local regulations. Gupta’s departure comes just days after Kalanick’s mother was killed in a boating accident. The company this week followed through on threats to fire star autonomous-car researcher Anthony Levandowski, whose hiring touched off a bitter trade-secrets fight with Waymo, the former self-driving car arm of Google. Waymo has alleged that Levandowski downloaded 14,000 documents containing its trade secrets before he left the company to found a startup that was later purchased by Uber. On Thursday, an Uber driver was killed outside of Chicago by a 16-year-old girl in a bizarre and apparently random attack with a knife and machete. Uber said it’s launching a search for a chief financial officer. Gupta, who had been with Uber for four years, is going to work at another startup. Uber is looking for a chief financial officer with experience at a public company as it considers its own initial public offering. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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check at the door (lunch and materials included). Visit http://bit.ly/2rvNwW9 for an RSVP form and instructions. Locals can also take a tour of a Green Business on June 7 with Living Homes, recipient of a 2017 Sustainable Quality Award Grand Prize. The company will showcase of their prefabricated homes and highlight the sustainable features. The tour will begin at 2914 Highland Ave from 9 – 10 a.m. Free registration at SMGreenBizTourLivingHomes.eventbrite.com. The week of environmental efforts ends with a screening of Before the Flood at the Aero Theater, 1328 Montana Ave. from 5 – 7:30 p.m. on June 10. Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, traveling to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand. A panel discussion will follow moderated by Bill Selby, retired Geography and Earth Science Professor, Santa Monica College. Panelists will include Producer and Director, Fisher Stevens, who has worked in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. Before the Flood, is his third environmental film, following the Academy Award-winning film The Cove and Racing Extinction. Also participating will be Garrett Wong, Sr. Sustainability Analyst, Climate & Energy, City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment. Free Admission to Sustainable Works members, Santa Monica residents and High School/College students who reserve their seats here on Eventbrite. Organizers recommend arriving by 4:40 to guarantee a seat. There will also be a compost giveaway on June 10. Get up to five free bags of compost at the City Yards, 2500 Michigan Avenue. editor@smdp.com
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demeanor of the enormity of the crimes Morgan faces. He’s accused of the attempted murder of two Santa Monica neighbors – both alleged victims are still recovering in the hospital. He’s facing three counts of firstdegree residential robbery, assault with a deadly weapon – a hammer – and firstdegree burglary among others. After hours of waiting to see the judge, Morgan’s arraignment was postponed until Tuesday to give his public defender more time to review his case. This is not the first time Morgan has been through the system – in 2012 he was convicted of assault with a firearm. Police say fingerprints link Morgan and a second suspect – a 17-year-old who has not been identified because he is a juvenile - to two break-ins in the NOMA neighborhood that sent three people to the hospital. Police say the young men broke into Andrew West’s house around 3:00 p.m. on 17th Street May 15. West was home at the time and ended up in the hospital with serious injuries after multiple men attacked him. When officers got to the home, they say it was ransacked so badly it was hard to tell at first whether anything had been stolen. Less than ten days later, police believe Morgan and the 17-year-old struck again,
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this time allegedly stabbing Imtiaz Tar in his home on 19th street. Imtiaz’s wife and son were also home at the time and tried to intervene, according to details outlined in the District Attorney’s Criminal Complaint. The DA alleges Morgan attacked the Tar family’s housekeeper, Dinah Barrera, with a hammer. She also was sent to the hospital but has since been released. The 17-year-old suspect was arraigned Thursday In Inglewood Juvenile Court on charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery and mayhem, according to the DA’s office. Police say he was running away from the Tar’s home when the first officers arrived on the scene. The suspect barricaded himself in the rear yard of a nearby home but was eventually arrested with the assistance of a K-9 and SWAT officers. Morgan was arrested in the alleged get away car by the El Monte Police Department after officers added the license plate to a law enforcement database. The two men had taken some cash and a cell phone from the house, according to Lt. Saul Rodriguez with the SMPD. Police do not have any evidence the victims and the suspects knew each other. No bail has been set in Morgan’s case, but the DA is recommending the judge set it at $1.32 million when he is arraigned next week.
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At least 504 terminally ill Californians have requested a prescription for life-ending drugs since a state law allowing doctorassisted deaths went into effect in June 2016, marking the first publicly released data on how the practice is playing out in the nation’s most populous state. The number released Thursday represents only those who have contacted Compassion & Choices, an advocacy group that provides information on the process. The organization believes the overall figure to be much higher. State officials have not released data yet. How the new law is used in California could provide a window into what would happen if the practice spreads nationwide. Some see providing the choice to the dying as a logical evolution in a medical care system advanced in helping people live longer but limited in preventing slow, painful deaths. Critics say they are concerned that the option will lead to hasty decisions, misdiagnosis and waning support for palliative care, in which dying people can be sedated to relieve suffering. Betsy Davis was among the first Californians to use the law. The 41-year-old artist with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, held a party to say goodbye to her family and friends before taking the lethal dose of drugs July 24. Her sister, Kelly Davis, said the family has no regrets about her decision. “It’s only strengthened my belief in the law,” Kelly Davis said. “Sometimes I think about where she would have been in the progression of the illness at this point. Would she be on a breathing machine? Would she be able to eat? I think the answer would be yes to the breathing machine, and no to the eating. “I think how much it would have broken my heart to see her suffering. The fact she had that option, she embraced that option, it gave her back a sense of control,” Davis said. Oregon was the first state to adopt such a law in 1997. It reported 204 people received life-ending prescriptions last year, and of those, 133 people died from ingesting the drugs, including 19 recipients from prior years. Most were older than 65 and had cancer. Doctor-assisted deaths are also legal in
Colorado, Montana, Vermont, Washington state and Washington D.C. Under California’s law, which marks its anniversary June 9, patients must be given six months or less to live, make two verbal requests within 15 days of each other and submit a written request. “We won’t have the full picture until the state releases its data about how many people have utilized the law, but we have enough evidence to show it is working remarkably well in a state with 10 times Oregon’s population,” said Matt Whitaker, Compassion & Choices’ California director. “The personal stories of the people who have utilized the law show it has provided comfort and relief from intolerable suffering, just as the state Legislature intended it to do,” he said. The group says 498 health care facilities and 104 hospice centers in California have adopted policies to allow for such prescriptions.More than 80 percent of insurance companies in the state also cover the cost of the drugs, the group said. Sherry Minor called the law her 80-year-old husband’s “greatest relief.” Retired psychologist John Minor took the lethal drugs in Sept. 15 to end his suffering from terminal lung disease. He wrote two weeks before dying that even morphine was not enough for the intense pain. “It was such a miracle the law passed,” said Minor, 79, of Manhattan Beach, outside Los Angeles. “He was so incredibly lucky in that way. It was important for us to know that he go the way he wanted to go.” The law passed in California after 29year-old Brittany Maynard, who was dying from brain cancer, had to move to Oregon in 2014 so she could end her life. Her husband said Maynard would be happy to see others like her don’t have to leave her home state to get relief. “Like Brittany, these terminally ill Californians didn’t want to die — but they were dying — and just wanted the option to die peacefully,” Dan Diaz said in a statement. The California law is being challenged by the Life Legal Defense Foundation, American Academy of Medical Ethics and several physicians who say determining when someone has six months or less to live is an arbitrary decision that opens the door for abuse. A hearing is scheduled for June 16.
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ON MAY 25, AT ABOUT 10:42 P.M. Officers responded to radio call for service of a residential burglary in progress at a vacant property in the 1200 block of Palisades Beach Road. A reporting party reported seeing lights and loud noises coming from the residence. Officers arrived to the residence and secured the perimeter. Officers observed several female suspects on the third floor of the residence. The suspects complied with officer’s requests to exit the property. The suspects were taken into custody without incident. A thorough search of the property revealed the discovery of several broken windows and forced entry points. Brittney Jiminez, 18, from Sylmar, was arrested for burglary. Bail was set at $50,000. Jasmine Nicole Davis, 23, from Palmdale, was arrested for burglary. Bail was set at $ 50,000.
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The Santa Monica Police Department responded to 351 calls for service on May 31. HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. Prowler 1400 block 5th 1:21 a.m. Assault w/deadly weapon 1900 block Wilshire 2:01 a.m. Burglary 1200 block 20th 6:08 a.m. Auto burglary 3000 block Colorado 7:11 a.m. Encampment 2400 block Ashland 7:40 a.m. Burglary 800 block 21st 8:08 a.m. Vehicle blocking driveway 1500 block 11th 8:18 a.m. Injured person 400 block Washington 8:23 a.m. Burglary 1500 block 6th 8:39 a.m. Auto burglary 1400 block Ocean Park 8:51 a.m. Encampment 1500 block Palisades Park 9:07 a.m. Battery 500 block Colorado 9:18 a.m. Burglary 900 block 4th 9:42 a.m. Drinking in public 800 block Broadway 9:49 a.m. Hit and run Lincoln/Ocean Park 9:59 a.m. Hit and run 1100 block 6th 10:13 a.m. Auto burglary 1400 block Harvard 11:00 a.m. Petty theft 3100 block Wilshire 11:17 a.m. Traffic collision 11th/Ocean Park 11:28 a.m. Burglary 2000 block Main 11:34 a.m. Burglary 1400 block Broadway 11:39 a.m. Hit and run Ocean/California 12:01 p.m. Indecent exposure 1600 block Ocean
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Your work gets simultaneously more challenging and more creative over the next two months, and by the end of August you’ll have a prize to show for your dedication. Loved ones will have interesting propositions in September. You won’t regret what you do, only what you don’t do, so be adventurous in your choices. Libra and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 44, 42, 30 and 15.
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Once the drama stirs up, you’re sunk. If you defend yourself too well, you look guilty. If you don’t, there will be regrets. The best defense is prevention. Don’t let conversations drift into dangerous waters. Stay in control.
The rightness of an action makes you brave. You don’t even have to think about it. You dive in and do the necessary thing. The time to be frightened is not before or during; it’s after.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your attention is a treasured gift, but your neglect is not a terrible insult. It’s just that you can’t focus on everyone at once. Be careful not to set up expectations you won’t want to or be able to fulfill.
Of course no one is really better than another, but our egos have us flexing as though there’s something at stake that can be won with an air of superiority. You’ll really win by going in the opposite direction.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) GEMINI (May 21-June 21) It’s a good thing you have quick reflexes, because you’ll need them in today’s dicey social scenario. You might have to backpedal, pull your proverbial foot out of your mouth, or jump in to save someone from sure embarrassment.
Patience isn’t the most exciting virtue, and there are many who don’t see its appeal. However, those who have patience can win the whole game just by avoiding the mistakes that impatient people make.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) CANCER (June 22-July 22) Your No. 1-priority task will get done. The rest may not. So put the important stuff first. What’s important? It’s not a trick question. You know the answer; it’s just not the same one that another person wants you to choose.
To complain is to release some tension and perhaps gain the acknowledgement of a person who agrees. But this comes at a cost. Maybe the tension is a good thing if it forces you to take action instead of complain.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) The work will be much more pleasant when you have the right tools for the job. Do research. Getting this one right before you even start will save you time, money and headaches.
When a bee becomes incensed, it stings the offender and then shortly after pays a price with his own life. Anger is not usually as costly an emotion for humans, and yet it’s still a good idea to de-escalate conflict.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
If you’re too strict with yourself, you will surely rebel. Loosen up. Otherwise you may find yourself craving forbidden fruits (maybe ones you didn’t even know you liked!) in reaction to trying to be too perfect.
Just because you’re not in step with the others doesn’t mean your timing is off. Awareness is key here, because you’re really good at adjusting to the pace of others when you want to. The question is, “Do you want to?”
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