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Volume 21 Issue 234
08.19.22 Student slashed in fight on Samohi campus
ASSAULT: The first day of school at Samohi included a fight that sent a student to the hospital. MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
A Santa Monica High School student was transported to a local hospital with cuts to his face area
following a fight on campus on Thursday. According to SMPD, officers were dispatched to the campus of Santa Monica High School for a fight involving multiple students
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and upon arrival, officers located one student with a facial laceration he suffered during the fight. Officers said the investigation SEE CAMPUS PAGE 6
Monkeypox cases City getting closer to ‘contracted model’ spike while Covid for e-scooter and bike share programs place a program that only permits concerns wane EMILY SAWICKI certain companies to operate in SMDP Staff Writer
GRACE INEZ ADAMS SMDP Staff Writer
As COVID cases continue to decline in LA county, Monkeypox cases have doubled since last week, according to the LA County Department of Public Health. For the second week in a row LA County has been classified as medium COVID risk by CDC criteria, with case numbers and hospitalizations both down from recent worrying highs. SEE COVID PAGE 5
In its ongoing effort to regulate shared mobility options — electric scooters and bike shares — the City of Santa Monica is working to launch a “contracted model” for shared mobility. When Bird Scooters first came to town five years ago, the burgeoning industry was largely unregulated, leading to frustration among both residents and visitors that devices were clogging the boardwalk and downtown sidewalks and being used unsafely. In response, the City put in
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town, in accordance with various rules about how many of each type of device can be operational in town at any time and where devices should be placed. The next step in the program is moving toward a “contracted model,” which city staff say will “reduce the number of operators but maintain enough devices to meet rider demand.” Currently, four approved companies — Lyft, Spin, Veo and Wheels — supply about 2,200 SEE COUNCIL PREVIEW PAGE 4
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SCHOOL: Students returned to school on Thursday across SM-
MUSD. While the day was marred by an assault at Samohi, the rest of the district reopened without significant problems.
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