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Designers that are completely out of touch with surf and skateboard culture, show off their guady "surf and skate inspired" clothing designs.



From Loic Prigent:

"Kim Jones is working with emerging brand ERL for his Spring 2023 DIOR collection! We decipher all the references to surfing and skateboarding (skateboarding was born nearby in Santa Monica). We have fun annoying almost all the guests with our absurd questions. The show is a variation on blue, HAute Couture, the Belle Epoque, skateboarding, the wave, all together. Oh and Christina Aguilera was here! The young couple Brooklyn and Nicola Beckham pelz too! They were on their honeymoon and barely restrained themselves from french kissing in front of the camera! "



A man was fatally struck Saturday by a hit-and-run vehicle in Malibu, authorities said.

The man was in the number two lane of Pacific Coast Highway, near Via Escondido, when he was struck at about 12:45 a.m. by a vehicle traveling westbound on PCH, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The vehicle fled the scene and paramedics rushed the man to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

No further information was immediately available.

The sheriff’s Malibu/Lost Hills station urged anyone with information regarding the crash to call them at 818-878-1808 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

Lavonte Anthony Montgomery (left) and Roderick Germell Thompson (right). Photo: SMPD

On May 30, 2022, at about 2:30 PM, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Officers responded to a radio call of a robbery in the area of 3rd & Strand Street. The caller reported a male subject took the victims purse by force, then entered a nearby Ford Explorer and fled the scene. The caller gave Dispatch the suspect vehicle’s last known direction of travel.

While responding to the call, SMPD Officers located the suspect vehicle, occupied by two subjects. The suspect vehicle failed to yield, and a short pursuit was initiated. The suspect vehicle collided into an unoccupied parked car in the 2300 block of 14th Street. The driver, later identified as Roderick Thompson, exited the vehicle and was immediately taken into custody. The passenger, later identified as Lavonte Montgomery, ran from the vehicle, and entered the backyard of a residence in the 1300 block of Pine Street. A perimeter was established, and Thompson was taken into custody without incident.

SMPD Officers located the victim’s belongings inside the suspect vehicle. Officers also learned from the victim that during the commission of the crime, Montgomery pushed the victim’s baby stroller with her 4-month-old inside it. The infant was not hurt.

The suspects were transported to the SMPD Jail and booked for the following:

• Suspect 1: Lavonte Anthony Montgomery a 32-year-old male of Los Angeles was booked for Robbery, Delaying Arrest, Reckless Driving / Evading, Child Cruelty and Parole Violation

• Suspect 2: Roderick Germell Thompson a 35-year-old male of Los Angeles was booked for Robbery, Delaying Arrest, and Reckless Driving / Evading.



From Santa Monica Close Up:

" Los Angeles County Firefighters retrieve a Public Works bulldozer that was stuck in the Santa Monica Beach shoreline on Saturday, June 4, 2022.

According to Los Angeles County Public Works Spokesman Kerjon Lee, Los Angeles County Public Works was performing seasonal maintenance at the outlet of Pico drain on Santa Monica Beach on June 3, when a small dozer became stuck at the shoreline. A second, larger dozer was brought in to assist and, while the initial piece of equipment was freed, the second dozer was caught in the rising tide and remained in the shoreline overnight.

Early this morning, LA County crews returned during low tide with an excavator to clear sand in front of the dozer. Two additional dozers and winches were brought in and the dozer was dislodged and safely removed by 9 AM."



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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"Santa Monica Police Officers and Code Enforcement Officers from the Safety Task Force clean-up a homeless encampment at Santa Monica Beach on Friday, June 3, 2022."

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

"A Los Angeles County Public Works bulldozer got stuck in the Santa Monica Beach shoreline on Friday, June 3, 2022. The bulldozer got stuck while working on the annual Pico storm drain project."



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Remember that hit-&-run that involved a baby?

Ten months ago, a lady and her baby were run over on Speedway in Venice. It happened the morning of Aug. 6 at Speedway and Galleon streets. The car was driven by a drunk/drugged up 16 year old who did not have a license. He tried to drive off after hitting the lady and her 8-month-old son , but was stopped by a guy in a pickup truck.



Multiple videos show the car veering directly at the mother and child while speeding the wrong way down a narrow backstreet with no sidewalks.

Investigators say the 16-year-old driver was under the influence of drugs and was driving a rental car. It's unknown how he got possession of the rental car.

The teen was finally sentenced, and all he recieved was 5 month in "juvenile probation camp," an alternative sentence less severe than juvenile detention.

The baby was uninjured, and the mother received a laceration to her elbow. In her statement, repeatedly called the attack an attempted murder and lambasted LA District Attorney George Gascon for what she called a policy of seeking juvenile justice with "the lightest touch possible".

Gascon’s office called the final sentence of five to seven months in youth camp "an appropriate resolution."

The victimn said she lived in fear for seven months before the driver was taken into custody on a bench warrant after skipping court and added she will continue to live in fear after his short sentence is complete.

"I was also told that his record would be wiped clean when he turns 18," she continued. "How on earth can that be? He tried to murder two innocent pedestrians. Murder. And we have video evidence. My child would be dead if I hadn’t been there to protect him."



"I was also told that his record would be wiped clean when he turns 18," she continued. "How on earth can that be? He tried to murder two innocent pedestrians. Murder. And we have video evidence. My child would be dead if I hadn’t been there to protect him."
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