In observance of April’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a nonprofit that advances the dignity and quality of life for older adults, wore the color gray on Denim Day, April 24, to shed light on sexual abuse that is chronically underreported and under identified in the aging community. As an organization, WISE & Healthy Aging started participating in Denim Day, an international campaign designated to protest erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault, in 2018. Denim Day in Los Angeles was founded in 1999, when a rape conviction was overturned in Italy because the victim was we ..read more

Among the expected talent attendees are Anjelica Huston, Chuck Lorre, Elisabeth Shue, Richard Chamberlain, Robby Krieger, Tom Morello Venice Family Clinic announces eight-time GRAMMY Award-winner Beck as the headlining performer for its inaugural HEART (Health + Art) Gala on Saturday, May 11. The event, set to take place at 3Labs in Culver City, will bring together a star-studded lineup of attendees from the entertainment industry and art world to support the Clinic’s vital health care services. Among the expected talent attendees are Anjelica Huston, Chuck Lorre, Elisabeth Shue, Richard Chamb ..read more

City Leaders Lobby Federal Lawmakers for Solutions During Washington DC Visit Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock joined Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass this week in her junket to Washington, D.C., with 47 mayors from all regions of the US. The goal was to engage federal lawmakers personally in urgent conversation to request assistance with the crisis of homelessness in our region and other areas of the US. Only Karen Bass could have pulled off this extraordinary “meeting of the minds.” With her unique experience as a member of Congress from 2011 to 2022, and then being elected as LA’s Mayor in 2022 ..read more

Faculty Calls for Legal Protection After Violent Crackdown on Campus Demonstration A group of UCLA faculty members have issued a statement to the Daily Bruin in support of the Students for Justice in Palestine, University of Southern California. The statement calls for amnesty for the students who were arrested and enumerates their reasons for doing so.  As Faculty for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, we call upon the governor of California, the mayor of Los Angeles, the University of California system, and all other complicit authorities to grant full legal, academic, and disciplinary amnes ..read more

The Kiosk Will Reportedly Give the City of Santa Monica 50% of Revenue @smmirrornews The Kiosks are a new fun way for Santa Monica passerby to learn about their community #santamonica #losangeles #california #public #transit #la #fyp ♬ Eyes Like Blue Skies (Instrumental) – SoulChef ..read more

The Building Houses the Offices of a Legal Services Company and a Local Newspaper By Zach Armstrong An investigation is underway after an unidentified suspect, or suspects, stole several items and cash from a Downtown Santa Monica office building last week. On April 25 at approximately 7:30 p.m., the assailant broke into the “Comma Building” located at 1640 5th St. Although damage was done to a doorknob, the first business the suspect entered had no items stolen from it. However, about ten hours later, the suspect entered another office space within the same building. He or she stole a laptop ..read more

Cinema Libre Studio, a Burbank-based independent distribution company with a focus on social issue films, has two powerful films opening this weekend, following a New York City run, which focus on human rights.  Beyond The Raging Sea, a documentary, follows the harrowing tale of Egyptian adventurers Omar Nour and Omar Samra (Team 02) as they take on the Talisker Atlantic Challenge, an unsupported 3,000 nautical mile journey from the Canary Islands to Antigua.  After two years of preparation, with little open water experience, Team 02 embarked on the world’s toughest row. In collabora ..read more

LAPD and Other Agencies Sent in For “Student Safety”, Students Arrested  The UCLA Gaza Solidarity Encampment was removed during the early morning hours of May 2. Students were told by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt during an afternoon press conference on May 1 that the decision had been made to disperse the camp using the Los Angeles Police Department because of the violence of the previous night when the students were attacked by violent counter-protesters.  Hunt stated that this decision was made for the safety of the students. Some students who were questioning ..read more

Violence Erupts as Demonstrators Face Aggression During Tense Overnight Attacks On the night and early morning of April 30 into May 1, UCLA students’ Gaza Solidarity Encampment was attacked by a group of counter-protesters who did not seem like students, many of whom were masked or wearing balaclavas. Counter-protesters had been antagonistic since the first day of the protest, but on this particular night, they seemed emboldened and infuriated by the continued existence of the camp and the students’ defiance. I can say that this was the one time in my career as a reporter that I felt the most ..read more

This reporter was grabbed and cursed at the end of the video. @smmirrornews Footage of the Violent Counter Protesters at UCLA. TW: For Language and Violence. This reporter was grabbed and cursed at the end of the video.#UCLA #protest #college #israel #fyp #capcu #gaza #palestine #gazaencampments ♬ original sound – Santa Monica Mirror ..read more