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32-year sentence expected for violent robbery suspect MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
A violent criminal will be sentenced to 32 years in prison for a string of Santa Monica assaults pending approval of a plea deal in July. Brian Noah Morgan pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted murder and two counts of seconddegree robbery this week. His admission included a special alle-
gation of using a knife during the crimes and a judge will preside over the sentencing hearing on July 6 where Morgan will be sentenced to 32 years in a state prison, according to prosecutors. Morgan was charged in connection with three incidents over a span of about a week. The first incident occurred on May 14, 2017. “… a couple had just returned
from their daughter’s wedding and were unloading the gifts in front of their house when they were approached by Morgan, who demanded money,” said a statement from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. “After a scuffle, Morgan took the woman’s wedding ring and some money.” The next day, Morgan and a juvenile accomplice broke into a home on 17th Street. The resident
was home at the time and ended up in the hospital with serious injuries after the suspects attacked him. The next week, Morgan and his accomplice struck again. The pair stabbed a resident in his home on 19th street. The victim’s wife and son were also home and tried to intervene, according to the District Attorney’s office. The D.A. also said Morgan attacked the family’s housekeeper, with a hammer.
Morgan initially escaped the scene but was later arrested in El Monte. The juvenile was arrested at the scene. The 17-year-old suspect was charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery and mayhem, according to the D.A.’s office but no information was available this week regarding his case. editor@smdp.com
Council to debate development measure Tuesday KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
On June 26, the City Council will consider placing a measure on the Nov. 6 ballot to require a supermajority Council vote to increase density in the city’s building guidelines: the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) and Downtown Community Plan (DCP). The two documents set maximum height and density throughout the city. If passed by Council, the measure would make development a key campaign issue two years after the grassroots initiative Measure LV failed to get enough votes. LV would have required a city-wide vote on most new development over two stories in Santa Monica. Instead of requiring citizen votes, the newly proposed measure would restrict the Council’s ability to tweak the rules that govern all new projects. Mayor Ted Winterer is the crucial swing vote on the measure, as the rest of the Council remains SEE DEVELOPMENT PAGE 8
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a principled Scotland Yard detective (Joseph Cotten) who methodically figures out why an evil, schizoid husband (Charles Boyer) is driving his innocent wife (Ingrid Bergman) insane. For our purposes, Robert Mueller is Cotten, Donald Trump is Boyer and America, except Trump Kool-Aid drinkers, is Ingrid Bergman. (I wonder if Kool-Aid manufacturers thought when Jim Jones convinced 900+ followers to commit suicide, “Why couldn’t they have drank Gatorade?”) This has been a thoroughly depressing and exhausting week. Actually, a thoroughly depressing and exhausting 511 days, two hours and eleven minutes. That leaves 2 years, seven months and seventeen hours until the end Trump’s first term. Assuming Boyer, I mean, Mueller, doesn’t drastically speed it up. I’m of course referring to the last six weeks of hell of Trump’s “zero tolerance family separation” policy, which has been condemned world-wide. It only came to light via audio recordings of crying migrant children, toddlers and infants, forcibly separated from their parents. They were housed in detention centers, many being wire cages like kennels where they slept on the floor with Mylar blankets. (On a cold winter night don’t you love to snuggle up with your “plush” Mylar blanket?) How has the family separation policy been described? Inhumane, cruel, sadistic, fascistic, sub-human and moronic. And these are some of the nicer adjectives. Frankly, I’m developing a zero tolerance for zero tolerance. What’s next for the Trump Administration? Adding to the inscription on the Statue of Liberty “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. (Just leave the kids at home.) Add incredible incompetence and you wind up with 3,000 children scattered in shelters all over the country but we don’t know exactly where, how or if they are going to be reunited with their moms and dads. Other than that, as Trump often says of his administration, “it’s running like a welloiled machine.” The pathological lies and the ghastly lack of empathy displayed have been hard to fathom and offended every living First Lady, including Melania. Laura Bush, in a Washington Post Op-Ed, said, “This policy is cruel. Immoral and it breaks my heart.” She added, “The scenario is eerily reminiscent of the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II, now considered to have been one of the most shameful episodes in US history.” (Unfortunately, Trump may be just getting started.) One of the blatant liars is Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielson who said emphatically, “There is no policy of family separation. Period.” They she pivoted to it was Congress’ fault and only they could fix it. Trump, typically blaming others, said it was the Democrats’ fault and also said he “didn’t have the power to issue an Executive Order.” That is until, the PR (17% approval) was so bad for even him. (Check out his weird, twisted signature on the Executive Order. I can’t tell if it’s a Rorschach test or a seismograph.)
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Until Trump’s embarrassing back flip, just seeing the photos (the ones the government lets us see) and hearing the plaintive cries from the young children over and over put me in a state of grief. How did America become this? They say never to compare anything to Hitler, but Trump uses some of the exact terms in describing immigrants as “animals” and that they will “infest” America. Hitler used those very words to describe Jews. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, however, points out “Hitler tried to keep the Jews from leaving the country.” (Good grief!) In supporting the family separation policy Sessions quoted from the apostle Paul, apparently ignorant of the fact that same passage was frequently used to defend slavery. Bill Maher joked we ought to be more compassionate toward Sessions who never fully recovered from a childhood trauma, the Civil Rights Voting Act. Some forget that the KKK was and still is, a Christian-based organization. Only since Trump they’ve been emboldened and don’t need the sheets anymore. Quoting Woody Allen, “If Jesus came back to earth and saw what was being said and done in his name, he’d never stop throwing up.” The trauma these poor children have suffered has brought numerous newscasters to tears. (And this columnist.) Many psychiatric experts predict it will likely be with these kids for the rest of their lives. Others note somberly many will likely never see their parents again. (Trump held these children hostage to get his beloved border wall. #Evil.) Former Trump campaign manager (the one not in jail) Corey Lewandowski, mocked the plight of a 10-year-old migrant girl with Down’s Syndrome separated from her parents. Meanwhile Trump has no plans to reunite the thousands of migrant children with their parents. (#Shame.) Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for “Gaslight.” I’d settle to have a sane and compassionate America back. JACK is at facebook.com/jackneworth, twitter.com/jackneworth and jackdailypress@aol.com
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“Students talk among themselves, together, so they learn from each other as well as the teacher,” Orum said. Orum said this helps in a multitude of ways by exposing students to “the real world” and teaching them to work with different people from different walks of life. Furthermore, students can act as a failsafe of sorts. “I may not be able to catch something you said wrong, but a native speaker will,” she said. Steve Richardson, principal of John Adams High School, lauded the benefits of starting students with a new language from an early age and said those skills transfer through middle school and hopefully, on to high school. He also showed how multilingual programs integrate humanities courses at his school. Dr. Amy Teplin and Dr. Claudia BautistaNichols described how the multilingual programs also tie into the districts social justice standards. They noted that in 5th grade, they want students to be able to “stand up and speak when they see injustice”; in 8th, “students become change agents and recognize injustice in their broader communities”; and in 12th, “students view themselves as activists, recognize injustice locally and globally and speak up and inspire others.” Bautista-Nichols said the program should have students speaking Spanish at a high-level or at least have students speaking enough of the language for the important stuff. “You shouldn’t be done in two years with Spanish and not be able to order a burrito,” she said to laughs. Aside from program proficiency at school sites, both elementary and secondary sites said recruitment of staff was problematic, particularly for staff that are proficient and possibly native speakers of the languages being taught. Other challenges included a dearth of materials to teach with at the secondary level and a desire for an expansion of language options. Another challenge facing the multilingual programs is bandwidth; it was noted that 410
students across the district are already accessing Spanish at the “speaker level”, with over 1,000 students looking to take a Spanish language class additionally. “How we find room for this?” Board VP Jon Kean asked. “It’s a recurring question. Maybe the problem is what we have structured as the academic day. We need to tie in the role of world language into our grads and the knowledge base and emotional skills that come with that. The other thing is if we accelerate world languages early on, other languages are that much easier. Until we embrace the struggle of how to open our day, this is all pie in the sky. But I’m excited to work on this.” Board member Oscar de la Torre discussed his bilingual upbringing, adding that “these days, I don’t know how you get by knowing only one language.” He praised the programs thus far and advocated for home growing multilingual teachers within the district, offering incentives, scholarships, and training to attract or keep talent in a city with rising housing costs. Board president Dr. Richard TahvildaranJesswein encouraged staff to come back to the board with more details on how to maintain the programs and enrich them. “We don’t want staff to stretch so far they can’t deliver,” he said. “The sequencing, coming up with long term plans ... being strategic is important. We want to do big things but also not set us up for failure, let’s not harm anything were doing well right now.” He further echoed Kean’s point of getting creative with the traditional school day, saying students should have a hand in crafting their school day or exploring other options such as block schedules or a “European style” of teaching. The lone public speaker was Dr. Berenice Onofre, a champion for Latino representation in the community. “I’m very excited for this movement, the expansion of bilingual education,” she said. “It’s so exciting to hear that this is happening here in our district.” angel@smdp.com
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Craig was born in Los Angeles on December 21,1967. Craig graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School then continued his education attending San Diego State University. Craig married his wife Glynna Grimala in Pismo Beach on Sept 29, 2007. Craig was truly one of a kind. No one was able to light up a room and have such an aura of positivity and levity the way he did. His smile and laugh could win anyone over in an infectious way. He was a force to be reckoned with and anyone that met him held him in the highest regard.
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Police shoot stabbing suspect in LA gated community Police say an officer has shot and wounded a stabbing suspect inside a gated community in Los Angeles. Officers dispatched late Wednesday in Porter Ranch found a woman with a stab wound and a man wielding a sharp object. Officer Christopher No says police ordered the man several times to drop the object and used non-lethal force, including a stun gun, to get him to comply. No says when the man charged at police, an officer opened fire. City News Service reports the suspect and the victim were hospitalized in stable condition. Investigators didn’t immediately know what the relationship is between the man and woman. No officers were hurt. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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divided over the necessity of a super-majority vote. In past discussions, Councilmember Kevin McKeown has characterized the ballot measure as a path to “development peace” in Santa Monica. Both Councilmembers Sue Himmelrich and Tony Vazquez voted to direct staff to draft the measure. On the other side, Mayor Pro-Tempore Gleam Davis and Councilmembers Pam O’Connor and Terry O’Day have argued the measure would unnecessarily inject development into the 2018 election cycle. Himmelrich and McKeown are both running for reelection this year. O’Connor’s term is expiring but she has not said yet whether she is running. The current Council approved the DCP less than a year ago, allowing three projects to negotiate development agreements to exceed nearby height requirements. The proposed measure would not require a super-majority vote for those contracts. The measure currently includes an exemption for amendments to increase height and density for 100 percent afford-
able housing projects. If passed, the supermajority vote requirement would expire after ten years. “A ten-year sunset of this charter amendment would give future Councils and voters the opportunity to revisit the issue as a new citywide planning framework is developed,” said a report by Planning Director David Martin. The debate comes after decades of controversy surrounding large projects in the city. Before the recent zoning updates, all large-scale buildings required development agreements approved by the City Council. The process laid the groundwork for controversy since large projects that would increase traffic, alter the skyline or develop the beachfront could pass by a 4-3 vote. City Manager Rick Cole told the City Council, however, that the DCP’s clear rules have changed the game. Cole recommend the Council move onto other issues during its last discussion of the measure in May. The City Council will meet Tuesday, June 26 inside Council Chambers at 1685 Main Street, and will discuss public items no earlier than 6:30 p.m. kate@smdp.com
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Sudoku Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle.
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 22)
By PETER GALLAGHER
Strange Brew
By JOHN DEERING
Arrange your life around what delights you. That may seem like a stretch — something you might have been able to manage when you were younger but not now that your responsibilities have changed. And yet, there really is a way to make your own happiness more central to your being. You will find it this year! Libra and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 3, 33, 28 and 45.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
The more fun you have, the more effective you’ll be with the serious work of the day. The improvisational spirit of play will be entwined with the mysterious magic of intuition.
It’s an effort to challenge yourself, but it’s a delight to intrigue yourself. What if you looked at the goal with more curiosity? There’s a magic mix of determination and curiosity that could lift your attitude about this.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The way you mirror people will be flattering because you have your “flattering” lens on: It’s a mindset that helps you see positive qualities in others. You’ll see them how they want to be seen and beyond.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21)
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Socializing has its challenges, and maybe that’s what makes it fun for you today. You’ll overcome social obstacles, earn trust and create rapport with someone who doesn’t open up easily.
It will take you a few minutes to warm up to new situations today, and that only proves that you’re humble enough to realize that strangers are never kings; however, they may be made to feel that way by gracious hosts.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Because you don’t walk around thinking about creating a legacy that will live beyond you, you’re totally unaware of how your mood, behavior and actions are making a difference in the lives of others.
Most people are not conscious of what it takes to move between states of mood and mind, but the more aware you are of this, the better. People get comfortable in their own ways and processes. Whatever yours is, it’s OK.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Hone the ability to manage expectations. If you can paint an enticing but accurate picture of what’s to come, this will help everyone to maximize what’s there and avoid being disappointed by what isn’t.
Keep moving. If you hang out in any environment for too long today, you’ll get bored and your thoughts will be vulnerable to looping — not always a terrible thing, but it depends on the thought.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Know your audience. Read the room. These are show business tropes that will apply in every area of life today. Getting it right in your own head is satisfying, but it’s nothing compared with winning “the room.”
The cosmic nudges don’t come from out of the blue. They happen mid-pursuit — when you have some information but not all the information you need. To get another clue or develop a hunch you’ll have to investigate a little further.
You can begin again, now and now and now. Any day — any time of day — is a valid starting point for doing the thing you want to do and being who you want to be.
Agnes
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Moon Calls for Authenticity Under this moon, do the real you. As the Skin Horse told the Velveteen Rabbit: “By the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get ... very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” — Margery Williams
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Crime Watch is culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
ON JUNE 13, AT ABOUT 2:30 A.M. Officers responded to a radio call for service at 3000 Virginia Avenue regarding a burglary in progress. As officers were walking up to the residence, they saw a male subject walking in the driveway towards the street. Officers ordered the subject to stop causing the subject to flee towards the rear of the property. A perimeter was established and two subjects were located in the immediate area. Officers reviewed the victim’s surveillance video. The video showed two subjects hoping over a fence and walking onto the property. Officers discovered a window screen removed with a window partially forced open. The subjects were taken into custody. Emmanuel Frank Njomo, 22, homeless, was arrested for burglary and resisting/delaying arrest. Bail was set at $50,000. Noah Zackery Quest, 21, homeless was arrested for burglary and resisting/delaying arrest. Bail was set at $50,000.
DAILY FIRE LOG
The Santa Monica Fire Department Responded To 22 Calls For Service On June 20. HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. Emergency Medical Services 1400 block 17th 1:48 a.m. Automatic alarm 200 block Wilshire 2:33 a.m. EMS 2100 block Montana 3:38 a.m. EMS Clover/Pier 6:03 a.m. EMS 1800 block Michigan 7:16 a.m. Automatic Alarm 1400 block 4th 7:18 a.m.
EMS 1900 block Pico 7:40 p.m. EMS 1200 block 20th 7:44 p.m. EMS 1500 block 4th 8:58 a.m. EMS 4th/Santa Monica 9:42 a.m. EMS 2900 block 31st 9:52 a.m. EMS 800 block 9th 10:31 a.m. EMS 31st/Ocean 11:03 a.m. EMS 2400 block Wilshire 11:45 a.m. EMS 1700 block Franklin 11:49 a.m. EMS 2500 block Centinela 3:38 p.m. Traffic collision Centinela/Interstate 10 4:54 p.m. EMS 300 block Santa Monica 7:08 p.m. EMS 300 block Santa Monica 7:59 p.m. EMS 1900 block Pico 8:05 p.m. EMS 1400 Block 10th 9:38 p.m.
The Santa Monica Police Department Responded To 371 Calls For Service On June 20. HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. Shots Fired 200 block Pico 12:05 a.m. Prowler Just Left 2900 2nd 1:57 a.m. Threats Report ocean/Colorado 2:10 a.m. Trespassing 1400 block 23rd 2:53 a.m. Person with a Gun 1400 block 2nd 4:08 a.m. Suspicious Person 1100 block 5th 4:31 a.m. Traffic Collision - No Injuries Cloverfield/Interstate 10 6:40 a.m. Fire request police 800 block Palisades 7:40 a.m. Person Down 4th/Colorado 7:52 a.m. Auto Burglary 3000 block Ocean 8:09 a.m. Grand Theft Auto 700 Marine 8:35 a.m. Loitering 600 block Wilshire 8:43 a.m. Battery 1800 block 14th 9:11 a.m. Burglary 1700 block Ocean 10 a.m. Drunk Driving 800 block Ocean 10:30 a.m. Encampment 1600 block The Beach 10:17 a.m. Grand theft auto 500 block Wilshire 10:33 a.m. Fight 1900 block Pico 10:33 a.m. Person with gun 1500 block 2nd 10:47 a.m. Vandalism 1700 block Ocean 11:39 a.m. Violation of restraining order 1200 block California 12:03 p.m. Counterfeit suspect 1300 block 3rd 12:14 p.m. Family disturbance 600 block Santa Monica 12:45 p.m.
Fraud report 300 block Santa Monica 12:47 p.m. Petty theft 100 block Wilshire 1:15 p.m. Fire 100 block Marguerita 1:18 p.m. Auto burglary 1400 block 4th 1:20 p.m. Suspicious circumstances 2700 block Santa Monica 1:35 p.m. Hit and run Ocean/Pico 2:07 p.m. Burglary 1500 block Berkeley 2:19 p.m. Auto burglary 1400 block 2nd 3:08 p.m. Person down 1600 block Lincoln 3:12 p.m. Battery 1000 block Broadway 3:29 p.m. Fight 1500 block Ocean 3:48 p.m. Assault 220 block Virginia 3:49 p.m. Person with gun 1600 block The Beach 4:41 p.m. Loitering 2000 block 21st 5:01 p.m. Battery 300 block Colorado 5:07 p.m. Person with gun 4th/Bay 5:27 p.m. Traffic Collision 4th/Colorado 5:34 p.m. Trespassing 1200 block 10th 5:55 p.m. Auto burglary 200 block Santa Monica 6:07 p.m. Medical emergency 300 block Santa Monica 7:09 p.m. Person with gun 1800 block Lincoln 7:13 p.m. Medical emergency 300 block Santa Monica 8 p.m. Malicious mischief 1000 block Oxone 8:04 p.m. Trespassing 17th/Delaware 9:05 p.m. Petty theft 700 block Broadway 9:38 p.m. Battery 100 block Santa Monica 9:46 p.m. Found person 1900 block Wilshire 10:18 p.m. Missing person 200 block Ocean 10:40 p.m. Trespassing 800 block Arizona 11:14 p.m. Disturbance 1700 block Lincoln 11:35 p.m.
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