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BY JESSICA UHLERSMC Corsair/Daily Press Staff Writer
“Station, this is Randy BresnikSenior here with the students. Howdo you hear me?”
“Well, Dad, got you loud andclear. Welcome, everyone fromSamohi, to the International SpaceStation!” Santa Monica High Schoolgraduate Commander RandyBresnik’s warm greeting to hisfather, SMSH students, and guests ofhis former high school from theInternational Space Station onMonday, October 30, 2017, beganthe morning’s interaction.
Bresnik’s parents opened thebroadcast from the high schoolwhich hosted students of the SantaMonica-Malibu Unified SchoolDistrict from Grant Elementary
School, John Adams Middle School,and Santa Monica College who camewith prepared questions forCommander Bresnik and fellowastronaut Joe Acaba. The two astro-nauts took a break from their spacemission to interact with the students.
SMHS students were in high spir-its while they waited for their oppor-tunity to interact with theInternational Space Station. Afterbeing ushered into Barnum Hallwhere the downlink to the astro-nauts would be broadcasted, theaudience anxiously watched thelarge screen over the stage waitingfor the transmission to begin. Selectstudents from around the districtwere chosen to ask questions whichranged from how SMHS helped
Students Interact With theInternational Space Station
KATE CAGLEDaily Press Staff Writer
Tucked away in an unassumingoffice building off ColoradoAvenue, a small group of engineersare diligently working on the nextgeneration of drone technology.
Walls covered in Post-it notesand complex math equations pro-vide the backdrop as former NASAAmes scientist Nicole Jordanrefines the technology she calls“game changing.”
Aerospace start-up launchingnew technology in Santa Monica
Local Climate Corp internship program grows
amid global concerns
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TRICK-OR-TREAT Courtesy photosYoung patients at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica didn’t have to skip trick-or-treating this year. People-Animal-Connection therapy dogs and volunteers helped them celebrate with games, crafts and candy collecting.
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Wednesday, November 1GED/HiSET Prep ClassGet prepared to take the Science subjecttest of the GED or HiSET. Main Library,601 Santa Monica Blvd. 7 – 9 p.m.
Family Night Storytime/Noche de cuentosCelebrate National Family LiteracyDay by joining us for a bilingual(English/Spanish) storytime with asurprise special guest. Light refresh-ments will be served. Pico BranchLibrary, 2201 Pico Blvd, 6 – 7 p.m.
Santa Monica CertifiedFarmer’s Market Today, the Wednesday FarmersMarket is widely recognized as one ofthe largest and most diverse grower-only CFM’s in the nation. Some ninethousands food shoppers, and manyof Los Angeles’ best known chefs andrestaurants, are keyed to the season-al rhythms of the weekly WednesdayMarket. 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
SCBWI Westside Writer’sMingleA monthly meeting of SCBWI, an organi-zation of children’s writers and illustra-tors. How I Found My Agent Q&A – thoseof us who have agents, bring your stories!Those of us looking, bring your questions!Open to all. Ocean Park Branch Library,2601 Main St, 7 – 8:45 p.m.
Ice OpeningEvery holiday season DowntownSanta Monica brings a little ice to ourbeachside community, transformingthe corner of Fifth Street and ArizonaAvenue into the winter wonderlandknown as Ice at Santa Monica, an8,000-square-foot ice-skating rink.The 2017-18 ice season runsNovember 1, 2017 to January 15,2018. Skate rental & all-day admis-sion: $15 locker rentals: $5 generalhours of operation Monday —Thursday 2 p.m. — 10 p.m. Friday 2p.m. — Midnight Saturday 10 a.m. —Midnight Sunday 10 a.m. — 10 p.m.
Thursday, November 2Read a Play: A StreetcarNamed Desire byTennessee WilliamsDiscover great plays while uncoveringyour inner actor. This new monthlygroup will read through a differentplay each month, with each in atten-dance taking part in the read through.Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 MainSt, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Santa Monica Eats! MovieScreening: Jiro Dreams ofSushi (2011)Jiro Dreams of Sushi is the story of85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered bymany to be the world’s greatest sushichef. (83 min.) This program is part ofthe Santa Monica Eats! series.Fairview Branch Library, 2101 OceanPark Blvd, 6:30 – 8:15 p.m.
Dia de MuertosDocumentary & DiscussionCelebrate Día de Muertos with ascreening of Noche de Animas, a doc-umentary on the annual celebrationof the Day of the Dead in Tzintzuntzanin Michoacan, Mexico. A Q&A with thefilmmakers, MetamorfosisDocumentation Project, and otherspecial guests follows. Main Library,601 Santa Monica Blvd., 6:30 – 8:30p.m.
Santa Monica AirportDiscussion At NOMA North of Montana Association(NOMA) holds its monthly communitymeeting Thursday, November 2, atMontana Branch Library, 1704Montana Avenue at 7 p.m. Guestspeakers include Santa MonicaAirport Association President,Christian Fry, and Suja Lowenthal,Senior Advisor to the City Manageron Airports. Social hour from 6:30 -7p.m. NOMA meets each first Thursdayof the month to discuss relevant com-munity issues. For further informa-tion, go to www.smnoma.org
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGSBEFORE THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
LANDMARKS COMMISSION
SUBJECT Public hearings will be held by the Landmarks Commission on the following:
423-429 Ocean Avenue, 17ENT-0218, Zoning: R4 (High Density Residential) District.The City Landmarks Commission will be conducting a public hearing to consider aCertificate of Appropriateness application for design approval of a three- and four-story,12-unit condominium project with associated subterranean parking located at 423-429Ocean Avenue. The scope of the project incorporates new construction on the parcel andrehabilitation and adaptive re-use of substantial portions of the City Landmark-designatedColonial Revival style garden apartment complex. The project includes demolition of twobuildings on site as required in order to temporarily lift up the structures from their foun-dations and shore them in order to excavate for subterranean parking. Both structures willbe placed on new building foundations in their current location/siting on the parcel andrehabilitated and adaptively reused as condominium units. The proposed project alsoincludes demolition of the rear (east) building and new construction to replace it thatincorporates the existing building’s courtyard-facing façade. Finally, the project designincorporates new landscaping in the front yard and courtyard areas. The PlanningCommission approved the project’s primary entitlements, certified the Final EIR, andadopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program on June 21, 2017.
305 Alta Avenue, 17ENT-0232, Zoning: R1 (Single-Unit Residential) District. The CityLandmarks Commission will be conducting a public hearing to consider an amendment toLandmark Designation 15ENT-0261 to remove from the Designation the non-originalwooden lattice hoods identified as a feature of the Mediterranean/Classical Revival style.The proposed amendment is in conjunction with a request for a Certificate ofAppropriateness (17ENT-0234) application to remove the wooden lattice hoods from theLandmark building and the addition of a new trellis on the front building elevation. Thesingle-unit residence is known as the Mel Ule House, a designated City Landmark.
305 Alta Avenue, 17ENT-0234, Zoning: R1 (Single-Unit Residential) District. The CityLandmarks Commission will be conducting a public hearing to consider a Certificate ofAppropriateness for design approval for the removal of existing non-original wooden latticehoods from the Landmark building, and the addition of a new steel trellis on the frontbuilding elevation as a part of a bifurcated approval. The proposed removal of the existingwooden lattice hood features is in conjunction with a request for an amendment (17ENT-0232) to Landmark Designation 15ENT-0261 to remove from the Designation the wood-en lattice hoods identified as a feature of the Mediterranean/Classical Revival style. Thesingle-unit residence is known as the Mel Ule House, a designated City Landmark.
1659 Ocean Front Walk, 17ENT-0158, Zoning: R3 (Medium Density Residential) District,Beach Overlay. The City Landmarks Commission will be conducting a public hearing toconsider a Certificate of Appropriateness for design approval of exterior façade improve-ments including but not limited to the removal of non-original exterior finishes and win-dow treatments, the replacement of non-original windows, new lighting fixtures, and mod-ifications to the existing building colors. The subject multi-unit residential building isknown as the Purser Apartments, a designated City Landmark.
445-449 San Vicente Boulevard, 17ENT-0233, Zoning: R2 (Low Density Residential)District. The City Landmarks Commission will be conducting a public hearing to considera Certificate of Appropriateness for design approval of façade improvements including therepair of existing wood windows, repair/replacement of gutters and downspouts, in-kindreplacement of roofing material, exterior stair replacement, roof deck resurface, and arepaint of the building’s exterior, light post, and railing to an existing multi-unit residen-tial apartment complex and Contributing building located in the San Vicente BoulevardCourtyard Apartment Historic District.
When: Monday, November 13, 2017 at 7:15 pm
Where: Santa Monica Institute (SMI) Training Room (2nd Floor)330 Olympic Drive, Santa Monica
Questions/CommentsThe City of Santa Monica encourages public comment on this and other projects at thePublic Hearing, or by writing a letter addressed to Steve Mizokami, Senior Planner, CityPlanning Division, 1685 Main Street, Room 212, Santa Monica, California, 90401, byphone (310) 458-8341, or by email at [email protected].
More InformationThe meeting facility is wheelchair accessible. If you have any disability-related accommo-dation requests, please contact (310) 458-8431 or TTY (310) 458-8696 at least threedays prior to the event. All written materials are available in alternate format upon requestSanta Monica Big Blue Bus Lines 1, 2, 3, Rapid 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 18 serve City Halland the Civic Center area. The Expo Line terminus is located at Colorado Avenue andFourth Street, a short walk to City Hall. Public parking is available in front of City Hall,on Olympic Drive and in the Civic Center Parking Structure (validation free).
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BY JONATHAN J. COOPERAssociated Press
California gas prices are about to go up.Gasoline taxes will rise by 12 cents per
gallon Wednesday — and diesel taxes byeven more — to raise money for fixing roadsand highways.
It’s the first of several tax and fee hikesthat will take effect after Democratic law-makers approved them earlier this year, avote that Republicans see as a key issue in the2018 election.
The price increase for gasoline will be mit-igated because it coincides with the annualshift to a winter blend of gasoline, which gen-erally reduces prices by about 6 cents per gal-lon, said Marie Montgomery, a spokeswomanfor AAA of Southern California.
It’s tough to predict how much prices willrise overnight, Montgomery said, but pastgas tax increases have generally led to grad-ual price increases.
“We don’t know. We’ve seen gas pricesincrease in the last week, so they could bealready building that increase in,”Montgomery said. “Or we may see a sizeablehike on Wednesday.”
Diesel taxes will go up by 20 cents a gal-lon and diesel sales taxes will rise by 4 pointsto 13 percent.
Californians will also have to pay a fee of$25 to $175, depending on the value of theirvehicle, when they renew their registrationnext year. Zero-emission vehicle owners willpay $100 per year starting in 2020 since theydon’t pay gas taxes.
The gas tax increase passed with supportfrom nearly all legislative Democrats and oneRepublican, capping a yearslong effort by Gov.Jerry Brown to line up support for a dedicatedsource of road maintenance dollars.
The measure has emboldenedRepublicans, who have watched their influ-ence diminish as California tilts increasinglyto the left. They see higher gas taxes as a win-ning election issue that could motivate their
base and win over voters frustrated withCalifornia’s high cost of living.
Republicans put the gas tax at the centerof a campaign to recall Sen. John Newman, aFullerton Democrat who narrowly won hisseat last year. Republican candidates for gov-ernor and for Congress are backing compet-ing initiatives to repeal the gas tax, one ofwhich would also require voter approval forany future increases.
Californians already pay some of thehighest gas prices in the country. OnTuesday, California’s statewide average of$3.04 per gallon was about 57 cents higherthan the national average and the highest inthe continental U.S., according to AAA.
Assemblyman Travis Allen, a HuntingtonBeach Republican who has made oppositionto the gas tax a centerpiece of his campaignfor governor, said the money won’t widen orextend freeways to relieve traffic.
“Californians will still be stuck in theworst-in-the-nation traffic. We’ll just bepaying a lot more for it,” Allen said.
The taxes are projected to raise about $5billion a year to be split between state andlocal governments. Much of it will pay forfixing potholes and rebuilding crumblingroads and bridges. Some will also pay forpublic transportation, biking and walkingtrails, and other projects.
Wednesday’s increase will put the stategasoline tax at 41.7 cents on top of theunchanged federal gas tax of 18.3 cents.
The price of gasoline is driven muchmore by global supply and demand affectingoil prices than by taxes, said RogerDickinson, executive director ofTransportation California, an advocacygroup funded by construction companiesand trade unions that lobbied for the taxincreases.
“When it’s a price change because of thecost of a barrel of oil, it’s the oil companiesor producers that get all the benefits,”Dickinson said. “In this case, the people aregoing to get a great benefit.”
California gas tax rises 12cents to pay for road repairs
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ing meat. She grows a community gardenoffset any emissions from her day-to-day lifeand composts to keep carbon in the ground.
“In every facet of my life, I’m trying tosensitize myself to how I can do it with lesscarbon use,” said the Climate Action SantaMonica co-chair and community educator.
While one person may not be able toreverse climate change, Gutierrez’s growingsummer internship program, ClimateCorps, is giving her an opportunity topreach among the converted. For the secondsummer in a row, about a dozen paid internsspread the gospel of carbon neutrality at thePier, farmer’s markets and other city events.
“It was a way to help the young peopleshow people in the community we are pay-ing attention ... and here is what you can doabout this crisis we all face,” Gutierrez said.
The United Nations issued a newEmissions Gap report Monday, warning thateven with full implementation of the ParisAgreement, global temperatures are still ontrack to rise by 3 degrees Celsius by 2100.The report urges the private sector, cities andprivate citizens to urgently pursue actionsthat will bring deeper and more-rapid cutsto carbon emissions.
“Should the United States follow throughwith its stated intention to leave the ParisAgreement in 2020, the picture couldbecome even bleaker,” states the report. Nextweek, global climate change leaders includ-ing Gov. Jerry Brown will meet in Germanyfor the U.N. Climate Change Conference.
The Climate Corps started as a pilot in2016 to help spread the word about the ExpoLine and how public transportation canreduce carbon emissions from cars. Over thefirst summer the thirteen interns handed outabout 1,000 TAP cards to encourage newridership. A year later, Gutierrez receivedtriple the amount of applications to join thegroup in 2017. Participants can earn a$1,000 stipend if they meet certain intern-ship obligations.
The Corps takes high school and collegestudents but received applications from a
wide age range. Gutierrez joked they wouldsoon be making “future Climate Corps” one-sies for infants. Part of the surge in applica-tions came in response to the currentnational political climate.
“Every single one of the applicants saidthey want to be a part of this because it’s get-ting so urgent – because the climate is heatingup and people don’t get it,” Gutierrez said.
For three of the interns, the summer cul-minated in a trip to Pittsburgh to attend AlGore’s Climate Reality Leaders Corps tolearn from the former Vice President andtop scientists about Climate Change. Thosestudents are now trained in giving Gore’sfamous slideshow.
The Corps is part of a city-wide effort toset the standard for how a community canmake a meaningful impact on the planet.Later this year, the City plans to release anambitious Climate Action and AdaptationPlan. The City is committed to water self-sufficiency by 2020, zero waste by 2030, andcarbon neutrality by 2050.
The interns focused on projects thatinterested them and engaged the communi-ty through about 1,2000 conversations overthe course of a few months. The one-on-onetalks about Climate Change ranged from fiveto thirty minutes, when the Corps aimed toeducate residents and tourists on the stepsthey can take to reduce their personal car-bon footprint.
“We wanted to focus on the education ofthe Climate Corps members themselves,”Environmentalist Zachary Gaidzik said dur-ing a recent presentation to the CityCouncil. “We wanted to give them anopportunity to delve deeper into a specialproject…facts need to matter again.”
About 700 people (half of them locals)filled out Climate Corps surveys, with near-ly half of those respondents promised tomake a personal shift such as riding theirbike more often to fight Climate Change.
The program left the leadership feelingoptimistic about the future.
“The real Paris Agreement is between all ofus and the planet,” Gutierrez said. “It’s aboutunderstanding your own individual actions.”
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ADOBE NOT IVYWould describe the look of the University
of New Mexico in Albuquerque, which finally,if reluctantly, granted me a degree, after anearly decade-long on-again off-again under-grad career. (Hard to put off getting draftedinto the Army during Viet Nam, or the oppor-tunity — tiny windfall — to travel Europe fora year in a VW camper. Being married and afather at 22 was a bit of a distraction too.)“Offering a distinctive campus environmentwith a Pueblo Revival architectural theme, thecampus buildings echo nearby Pueblo Indianvillages,” is the way they officially describe it.
We who come from New Mexico are usual-ly dang proud of our tri-cultural heritage.First and foremost, we love our unique cui-sine: sopapillas (with honey, of course),posole, pinons, blue corn enchiladas, biscochi-tos, and anything made with our famoushomegrown green and red chiles (NOT “chili”— that’s Texas, son, a place and state of mindNew Mexicans are mostly none too fond of)— carne adovada, chile rellenos, cornbread,green chile stew, huevos rancheros with“Christmas” (when you can’t decide betweenred and green on any dish, you order both and“Christmas” solves the problem deliciously).
We revel in the amazing, goes-on-foreversky and the most spectacular sunsets you canfind anywhere on earth. We love our lobosand coyotes, the mythical thunderbird andthe strange but real roadrunner, our statebird (that would rather run than fly — that’sokay, pequena, we embrace the peculiar inthe Land of Enchantment).
AS FOR HUMANSEither born or lived a significant period of
time in NM: authors Tony Hillerman (chairedthe Journalism Dept. when I was at UNM),D.H. Lawrence, N. Scott Momaday, RudolfoAnaya, Edward Abbey, George R.R. Martin,Robert Crichton and Charles Fletcher Lummis,painters Georgia O’Keefe, Peter Hurd, NicolaiFechin and R.C. Gorman, Pulitzer-winningwar correspondents Bill Mauldin and ErniePyle, Cochise and Geronimo, Conrad Hilton,Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, music’s JamesMercer, Norman Petty, MJQ’s John Lewis, JohnDenver and Jim Morrison, Hollywood’s MikeJudge, Dennis Hopper, Julia Roberts and BillHanna, rocket man Robert H. Goddard, fash-ion’s Tom Ford, current politicos BillRichardson and Janet Napolitano, Bill Gatesand Jeff Bezos, racing’s Unser family, and wecan’t forget the beloved mustachioed TVweatherman-science guy Dr. George Fischbeck.
We love the endless stretches of mesmeriz-ing flat desert punctuated by mesas, the soar-ing mountains, White Sands, the Rio Grandeand the mind-blowing Carlsbad Caverns,ancient ruins and the old church at Taos andthe hot air balloon fiesta, and pueblo feastdays and dances. The pueblo art is unique,beautiful and culturally significant. I havekachinas and Acoma and other pottery in myhome. A whole lot of place names areSpanish, mostly pronounced correctly.
WE LOVE THAT ENGLISH AND Spanish are the official languages of
government, unique among the 50 states —oh wait, that’s a popular misconception. Butit was true when I was a kid. The state consti-tution, written in 1911, wouldn’t have passedwithout that provision, but it was only goodfor 20 years, renewed a couple of times. Butmany accommodations still exist, by law.
If you’re picked for a jury and can’t speakEnglish (only Spanish, or Navajo, or some
Pueblo tongue), you’ll get a translator.Another lore we grew up with in
Albuquerque was our doomsday scenario:everyone knew there were incredible piles ofatomic bombs stored at a secret Air Forcefacility in the Manzano Mountains at theedge of town (true: largest stockpile in theworld), and a direct hit would obliterate mostof a four-state area. It actually seemed kindacool that we were such a target for the coldwar Ruskies. Yeah, they’d go for Albuquerquefirst. (Take that, LA and New York.)
But back to UNM and those gorgeousadobe-style buildings. UNM is pretty old.1889. Its first building (and only building for10 years), Hodgin Hall, stuck up like a thumbon the flat landscape of dusty oldAlbuquerque. Built RichardsonianRomanesque style in 1892, it was reborn in1908 in it present adobe style, and everyoneliked it so much it spread across the campus.But those are slowly disappearing now, Inoticed on my last trip back in September,being demolished and replaced with shinyglass and steel ones. ¡Que lastima! Don’t youknow when you’ve got a good thing? In a landconsidered ancient in the US, where is therespect for history and tradition, especiallywhen it’s so distinctive and aestheticallypleasing? Must you look like everywhere else?
WHAT ABOUT SAMOHI?Santa Monica High School is five years
older than UNM. Its list of famous gradswould almost equal that of the whole state ofNM. Are its buildings historic, beloved,famous? My daughter was horrified to learnof the 35-year plan to remake Samohi bytearing down nearly every building nowthere. “What?! Every time I watch ‘RebelWithout a Cause’ I smile — that’s MY highschool! They can’t do that!”
Well, it’s already moving forward, with atotal campus remake that will leave only
Barnum Hall, the Greek Theater, and thenew Innovation Building standing. Everythingelse will be… history. But history for the books,not for the living. How many tens of thousandsof students have spent an important part oftheir lives in those buildings? Do we really wantto make Samohi unrecognizable?
Come on, every place except the USA val-ues its history and restores and renovatesbuildings that matter. But there’s more moneyto be made in tearing down and building new.
This is an initial study, the SMHS CampusPlan Project, and though most of these things aredecided behind closed doors long before the pub-lic gets to see the plans and “comment” on them,the school district is soliciting public response, byNov. 27. Once our history is torn down, it’s goneforever. Or what? I know the school desperatelyneeds to be modernized, but Rome, London andParis seem to be doing just fine in the 21st centu-ry in their adapted ancient buildings.
Study the plans, online now, and send yourthoughts by email to the school district, or toCarey Upton, Chief Operations Officer, [email protected], (310) 399-5865 x79383.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Red, or green?
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “If we don’t care about ourpast, we cannot hope for the future… I caredesperately about saving old buildings.” —Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
CCHHAARRLLEESS AANNDDRREEWWSS has lived in Santa Monicafor 31 years and wouldn’t live anywhere else inthe world. Really. Send love and/or rebuke tohim at [email protected]
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SUBJECT Public hearings will be held by the Joint Design Review Body (JDRB) on the following:
710 Wilshire Boulevard, Zoning: C3C (Downtown Overlay), C3 (Downtown Commercial)
District. A Public hearing will be held by the 710 Wilshire Boulevard Landmarks
Commission/Architectural Review Board Joint Design Review Body (JDRB) for review and
approval of the minutes and Statements of Official Action approving modifications to the
previously approved building design, colors, materials and landscape plans for the con-
struction of a new 271-room hotel that includes the retention and adaptive reuse of a des-
ignated City Landmark office building (Santa Monica Professional Building) from the
meeting held by the JDRB on October 12, 2017.
When: Monday, November 13, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Where: Santa Monica Institute (SMI)
Training Room (2nd Floor)
330 Olympic Drive, Santa Monica
Questions/Comments
The City of Santa Monica encourages public comment on this and other projects at the
Public Hearing, or by writing a letter addressed to Steve Mizokami, Senior
Planner/Landmarks Commission Liaison, City Planning Division, 1685 Main Street, Room
212, Santa Monica, California, 90401, by phone (310) 458-8341, or by email at
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The engineer remembers when she firstapplied to work at the small start-up tack-ling one of the biggest leaps in drone tech-nology – combining the vertical take-off of ahelicopter with the energy efficiency of anairplane.
“If this works, this is really going to changethe industry,” Jordan remembers thinking.
In August, Jordan and her colleagues atSanta Monica-based FlightWave AerospaceSystems, Inc unveiled the Edge, a tri-copter,fixed-wing drone that can take off straightup into the sky and then fly like an airplanethrough the air.
The technology has promising applica-tions for a variety of industries – a video onthe company’s website shows the drone deli-cately landing on a small square on a rockingboat at sea. While many consumers arefamiliar with quad-copters, the battery-sucking blades often restrict flying time tojust a dozen minutes.
“What happens when you fly fixed-wing,it takes less energy, less power to fly thedrone so it can go long distances,” Jordansaid, explaining the edge still has ability tohover. The Edge can fly for up to two hours,allowing the operator to track wales, mapcrops, or soar to the scene of a traffic acci-dent before returning to base
Jordan brought her experience as a pilot(she did her Checkride at Santa Monica
Airport) and as an engineer at NASA Amesworking on the QSRA, a failed experiment inshort-runway takeoff aircraft. The aircraftwas discontinued because it was so expensive.
“I like to work on game changing tech-nology,” Jordan said, who grew up inColumbia dreaming of becoming an astro-naut. For her fifteenth birthday her familysent her to Space Camp in Alabama, wherethe teen soaked up the experience whilebarely speaking a word of English. Shemoved to California for the last two years ofhigh school in the hopes of joining theAirforce or Navy. They wouldn’t take herbecause of her Columbian nationality.
Instead, Jordan focused on pursuing multi-ple engineering degrees and getting her pilotlicense on her own. She’s worked in experi-mental aviation ever since, and sees dronesplaying an integral part in the future economy.Jordan recently became an American citizen.
The company was founded by twoStanford grads, Michael Colonno and TrentLukaczyk in 2014. Colonno said the two wentback and forth over where to establish theirbusiness, but eventually settled on SantaMonica because its proximity to aerospaceinfrastructure companies along the coast.
“It’s actually a great place to be an aero-space company,” said Colonno who workedat Space-X in Manhattan Beach before start-ing his own company. “It’s just very, veryexpensive. It’s also very, very easy to con-vince people to move here.”
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A winter-like Pacific storm is expected to bring widespread rain and mountain snow toCalifornia by the end of the week, and a second cold front could bring even more after ashort break.
The National Weather Service says the storm will enter the north coast on Thursdayand spread southward, including over this month’s wildfire burn scars.
Forecasters predict 12 inches (305 millimeters) to 18 inches (457 millimeters) of snowalong the northern crest of the Sierra Nevada, with 2 feet (a half-meter) or more on thehighest peaks.
The Central Valley can expect up to 2 inches (50 millimeters) of rain, with up to dou-ble that in the foothills.
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LOS ANGELESEx-tenant suspected in LA gas leak that prompted evacuations
Los Angeles police are searching for a person suspected of tampering with a gas linein a Venice neighborhood, causing a gas leak that triggered the evacuation of about 50homes.
Investigators say the suspect was a former tenant of the building where the leakstarted Monday.
Hazardous-materials crews and utility workers responded after residents reportedsmelling gas. Fire officials called for precautionary evacuations and later said no one wasinjured.
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DAILY POLICE LOG
The Santa Monica PoliceDepartment Responded To 389Calls For Service On Oct. 30.
HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE
SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF.Arson 2600 block 24th 12:09 a.m. Encampment 1000 block 2nd 1:10 a.m. Living in a vehicle 1500 block 14th 1:24 a.m. Theft recyclables 1200 block Princeton2:25 a.m. Petty theft 1600 block Santa Monica 2:30 a.m. Auto burglary 600 block Marine 5:23 a.m. Person with a gun 2400 block OceanFront Walk 5:27 a.m. Domestic violence 1100 block Harvard5:50 a.m. Petty theft 1300 block 15th 6:35 a.m. Person down 4th / Pico 6:58 a.m. Traffic collision Ocean / Olympic 7:28 a.m. Encampment 2800 block Ocean FrontWalk 8:04 a.m. Hit and run 21st / Montana 8:11 a.m. Prowler 700 block Marine 8:27 a.m. Encampment 1700 block 18th 8:34 a.m. Out order traffic lights 3rd Street Prom /Arizona 8:36 a.m. Strongarm robbery 2000 block Montana8:57 a.m. Auto burglary 700 block Pacific 9:04 a.m. Silent robbery 500 block Santa Monica9:05 a.m. Out order traffic lights 20th / SantaMonica 9:07 a.m. Petty theft 300 block Arizona 9:11 a.m. Encampment 2100 block 21st 9:17 a.m. Encampment 1000 block 3rd 9:22 a.m. Burglary 1300 block 4th 9:26 a.m. Vehicle with excessive tickets 2700 blockArizona 9:30 a.m. Auto burglary 600 block Marine 9:50 a.m. Burglary 1300 block 4th 9:54 a.m. Encampment 2700 block the Beach 10:25 a.m. Found senile person 300 block Olympic10:26 a.m.
Encampment 1800 block the beach 10:42 a.m. Vehicle with excessive tickets 700 blockWashington 10:42 a.m. Traffic collision 26th / Colorado 10:49 a.m. Assault 1400 block 3rd Street Prom 10:52 a.m. Petty theft 1600 block Cloverfield 11:24 a.m. Rape 1000 block 4th 11:26 a.m. Living in a vehicle 1500 block 14th 11:44 a.m. Petty theft 1200 block 3rd Street Prom11:51 a.m. Burglary 200 block Ocean 12:01 p.m. Burglary 2400 block Colorado 12:14 p.m. Encampment 800 block San Vicente12:28 p.m. Encampment 1200 block the beach 12:43 p.m. Encampment 100 block the beach 1:02 p.m. Assault w/deadly weapon 3200 blockWilshire 1:36 p.m. Grand theft 1000 block Ashland 1:44 p.m. Petty theft 300 block Colorado 2:02 p.m. Panhandling 1400 block 3rd Street Prom2:05 p.m. Traffic collision 23rd / Pico 2:15 p.m. Encampment 1600 block 9th 2:23 p.m. Identity theft 400 block Raymond 2:25 p.m. Bike theft 700 block Marine 2:40 p.m. Grand theft 2500 block Broadway 2:42 p.m. Assault w/deadly 1100 block Lincoln 2:46 p.m. Hit and run 2400 block 17th 3:10 p.m. Domestic violence Ocean / California 4 p.m. Hit and run 18th / San Vicente 4:22 p.m. Sexual assault 0 block Pico 4:29 p.m. Hit and run Lincoln / Navy 4:31 p.m. Identity theft 800 block 4th 4:32 p.m. Elder abuse 600 block Ocean 4:33 p.m. Hit and run 2000 block Arizona 5:27 p.m. Indecent exposure 1300 block 3rd StreetProm 5:40 p.m. Petty theft 1200 block 3rd Street Prom5:46 p.m. Encampment 700 block Santa Monica6:04 p.m. Encampment 700 block Grant 6:21 p.m. Burglary 2800 block Neilson 6:34 p.m. Burglary 1000 block 7th 6:49 p.m. Auto burglary 1600 block Appian 7:14 p.m. Battery 400 block Broadway 8:24 p.m. Person down 14th / Montana 8:27 p.m. Traffic/vehicle stop Main / Pico 8:30 p.m.
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The Santa Monica Fire DepartmentResponded To 35 Calls For
Service On Oct. 30.
HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE
SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF.EMS 1200 block of 14th 12:06 a.m. EMS 1000 block of 9th 2:32 a.m. EMS 2100 block of Ocean 4:20 a.m. EMS 2000 block of Cloverfield 4:21 a.m. EMS 1300 block of 15th 6:23 a.m. Automatic alarm 2900 block of 31st 7:25 a.m. EMS 1900 block of Santa Monica 7:52 a.m.
EMS 1300 block of 15th 7:54 a.m. EMS 1300 block of 15th 8:23 a.m. EMS 100 block of Wadsworth 8:26 a.m. EMS 200 block of 19th 8:34 a.m. EMS 1800 block of 19th 9:14 a.m. EMS 2600 block of 28th 9:46 a.m. EMS Ocean / Bay 10:18 a.m.EMS 26th / Colorado 11:09 a.m.EMS 6th / Santa Monica 11:16 a.m.EMS 1700 block of Maple 11:21 a.m. EMS 900 block of Ocean 11:31 a.m. EMS 800 block of 2nd 12:07 p.m. EMS 4000 block of Interstate 10 12:41 p.m. EMS 1200 block of 15th 1:08 p.m. EMS Cloverfield / Interstate 10 1:52 p.m.EMS 2600 block of Centinela 1:54 p.m. EMS 23rd / Pico 2:15 p.m.
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 OCTOBER 19, 2017 AT ABOUT 1:06 P.M.Officers responded to a radio call for service at the Apple Store -1415 3rd StreetPromenade– regarding a petty theft suspect in custody. Officers determined the suspectentered the store and was monitored by Loss Prevention Staff. The suspect selectedseveral items from the sales floor and placed them in a bag. The subject exited the storewithout paying for any merchandise. Approximately $299.00 worth of merchandise wasrecovered. The store was desirous of prosecution. The suspect was taken into custody.Ghalasi, Sagar, 31 was booked and later issued a citation for shoplifting.
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Move with the music of souls on this All Saints Day. The moon slips into the warrior realm of Aries with allof the celebratory feeling of the gospel hymn “When the Saints Go Marching In.” The configuration shouldhelp us remember the joyful aspects of the lives of our loved ones who have passed to the other side.
The Saints Go Marching in Aries
ARIES (March 21-April 19)Notice who takes your feelings into considera-tion. Notice who has your back. Notice whoshows up, who offers first, who laughs at yourjokes. You deserve a supportive team.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)The fever of a retail crush, flirtation, love affairor seductive business deal is not a good stateof mind for decision-making. The wantingmakes you think irrationally. Cool down first.Come back to it tomorrow.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)If you’re hesitant about sharing things aboutyourself because you think it might be too bor-ing or you might be opening yourself to judg-ment, it’s a sign that you could use some morerelatable friends in your life.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)Family will require more tending than usual. It’sa good thing, because they need you and youneed to give, so all will feel better for it.Warmth is your specialty.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)Of course, memory never tells the whole story.When looking back, people get fuzzy on thedetails of interacting with one another. What theytend to remember is how you made them feel.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)It’s impossible to be permanently excited.Excitement is the top of of an arc of energy.Without the low of boredom or normalcy, therewould be no high of excitement. You’ll ride outan uneventful period. A higher energetic stateis coming.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)It’s a day of many tones and feelings. You’llpass through numerous states of mind — twiceas many as you usually would in the course ofa day. It’s a kind of workout for your feelings.You’ll gain strength and balance.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21)A good story is a family heirloom. A good sto-ryteller is the custodian of that treasure. Yourheart and mind are open. You’ll understandwhere the story is in the seemingly everydayevents of you and yours.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)There’s too much at stake to leave an interac-tion to chance. Decide before going in whatimpression and message you want to relay. Getclear about what’s in it for you and what you’rewilling to give in return.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)As for those who monopolize the conversation,steamroll you when you’re trying to expressyourself and don’t ask for your thoughts andideas on the matter — well, it’s more than self-ishness. It’s a warning sign.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You’re not in the most sensible mood, butthere are some things that are better accom-plished from an irrational state. If you’re apply-ing yourself to the right endeavor, it will allwork out perfectly.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)Don’t get too disillusioned. When the beautifulpicture starts to crack as falsities are revealed,think of it as another phase. Keep looking. Getin closer until it’s lovely again.
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Your birthday will turn on a light in a far-reaching corner of your mind. If you’ve been fulfilling some-one else’s dreams instead of your own, that stops this year. In January, keep studying or trying untilyou get your breakthrough. You will become a fan, friend, teacher or lover to an exceptionally tal-ented person in 2018. Leo and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 17, 4, 21, 19 and 42.
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Commander Bresnik prepare for space to whatspace smelled like, which there was a debateover: Bresnik says cream of mushroom soupwhile Acaba believes it smells more metallic.
The astronauts even gave a few demon-strations. One question about fidget spinnersled to one spinning in the air around Bresnikand Acaba. Another student, 8th grader RileyRosenthal, asked about what experimentsthey were conducting. Acabe produced a pic-ture on a floating iPad which displayed a headof lettuce that they had grown. The two astro-nauts happily entertained the students whilegiving them words of encouragement aboutwhat they can achieve through learning.
Santa Monica College students JesseTorres, an Aerospace Engineering major, andNicholas Rodriguez, a Physics major whoserves in the Marine Corps Reserves, wereselected to present a question to the astro-
nauts. Both students are part of the STEMProgram at SMC which is a student supportprogram for those interested in careers inScience, Technology, Engineering, or Math.The students are also graduates of SMHSwhich is why they were chosen to questiontheir fellow alumni, Bresnik.
Torres asked, “What was the most diffi-cult task you’ve been faced with and how didyou go about dealing with it?” Bresnikanswered that his most difficult challengewas training for this flight and learning touse the Russian equipment. He studiedRussian at SMC and that training is whathelped him on his current mission. Torresand Rodriguez were joined at the event bySMC President Dr. Kathryn Jeffry.
After the selected students were finishedasking their questions, the broadcast endedwith the astronauts wishing their guests asafe and successful year. Bresnik left his almamater with a more personal message: “GoVikings!”. The students cheered while themen floated off screen and back into space.
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