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The city of Santa Monica has announced it is moving up its curfew to 4:00 p.m. and closing the highway ramps into the city. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti had announced an 8:00 p.m. curfew for the city earlier on Sunday, prompting other areas to follow suit. Beverly Hills, hit by looting and property damage…
May 31, 2020 SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The City of Santa is devastated by today’s events in Santa Monica, throughout Los Angeles County, and across our country. We are a community that values equity, inclusion, and safety. The peaceful protest to honor the life of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery has devolved to include looting and property destruction. “This has been a gut-wrenching day in Santa Monica. Our…
A peaceful protest in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday over the death of George Floyd descended into chaos after some of the protesters started looting local businesses, with the ransacking caught on video.Hundreds of people gathered around noon to march down Ocean Boulevard, holding signs that read: “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe,” among…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…