Health & Fitness

Morning Scoop: Wilshire Joins Foie Gras Fight, St. John's Picket

Memorial honoring Santa Monica police and firefighters is at 10 a.m. at City Hall, St. John's nurses will continue protests of staffing ratios, local tourism industry news will be released today.

Good morning, and welcome to "Morning Scoop." It will be sunny and warm today with a high of 71 at the beach.

  • Here's what's happening today in Santa Monica:

From 6-9 a.m., registered nurses who work at Saint John’s Health Center will continue informational picketing over .

An annual memorial honoring Santa Monica's fallen police officers and firefighters will be held at 10 a.m. at the lawn in front of City Hall at 1685 Main St.

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The newest data on the economic health of the local tourism industry will be released by the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau during its Third Annual Travel and Tourism Summit.

  • From around the web, here's what we're reading this morning:

A new photo exhibit at the Annenberg Community Beach House showcases beautiful images of the sky as rarely seen by Angelenos.

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More foie gras! Wilshire Restaurant will join fellow Santa Monica restaurant in protesting the July 1 statewide ban on the French delicacy.

Philanthropist Eli Broad, who in 2008 gave a $10 million endowment for programming and arts education at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, spoke with KPCC's Larry Mantle about his new book, The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking.

Prosecutors' corruption probe of Assessor John Noguez is growing. The investigation is centered on allegations that tax breaks were extended to Noguez's election campaign contributors.

A jury Tuesday in the retrial of a man accused in the death of a 13-year-old Malibu resident Emily Shane. She died April 2010 in a crash on Pacific Coast Highway.


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