Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Update: Coach Kampmann's Memorial is set for Feb. 4, 2017 at 11 am at University High School's Stivelman Theater. 2/23, 2 pm PST: With deep sadness, this message is to inform you that Coach Dick Kampmann passed away this afternoon at 2:12 p.m. at his home in Santa Monica. He was with family at the end and at age 92, lived a full and meaningful life. He and Deb are now once more united, forever. Bill Stimming is now busy making the necessary arrangements and there will be a memorial service for...
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has announced that a "SoCalGas Advisory," will be issued beginning January 23, 2017. A SoCalGas Advisory asks customers to immediately reduce their natural gas use to help lower the risk of possible natural gas and electricity shortages. The Advisory will be in effect beginning at 7am Monday and remain in effect until further notice. Beginning at 7am Monday SoCalGas and SDG&E are also issuing a system-wide curtailment watch for noncore customers (large comm...
Last Thursday, while the media worried about whether a Springsteen tribute band might play for Trump's inauguration, The Boss, himself, slipped into the White House to give a small concert in honor of the staff who have stood with the Obamas during the last eight years. A unnamed contributer at fan blog backstreets.com was one of the staff in attendance as Springsteen performed 15 songs for a group of no more than 250 people. According to the writer, the group filed in for a reception at about 7...
American and British rowers have combined efforts to break the world record for the fastest four-man crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, known as the world's toughest row. Americans, Jason Caldwell (34) and Matt Brown (34) and Brits Angus Collins (27) and Alex Simpson (27), Latitude 35, completed the epic 3,000 mile crossing in 35 days 14 hours and 3 minutes, smashing the record by nearly 2 days. They arrived in English Harbour, Antigua, during the late...
Susan "Spooky" Schueler, 51, taught high school English at Culver City High. But in 2015 she left the public education system in order to become a professional psychic medium. While a psychic involves herself in a soul to soul connection with people in order to help them with life issues, a medium connects people to their loved ones on the other side, according Schueler. All mediums are psychics, but not all psychics are mediums. She is both psychic and medium and always has been. Even before...
Something fishy is going on in the Los Angeles sushi industry. Local diners might be shocked to find out that sushi restaurants have been casting a lie for years, serving yellowtail that might not be yellowtail at all. A new UCLA and Loyola Marymount University study examined the DNA of fish items at 26 Los Angeles restaurants over the course of four years. The researchers also tested fish sold at high-end grocery stores over the course of one year. The study appeared this week in the journal...
PetDoors.com has created a program to benefit animal rescues. When someone buys an applicable Endura Flap Pet Door from their website, the consumer receives a 10% discount on the product by mentioning a non-profit animal rescue organization. PetDoors.com then donates a matching 10% of the original price to the mentioned rescue group! A company made up of pet lovers, launching a program to benefit animals in need was a no-brainer for CEO Nick Pullano, "Loving dogs is a requirement to work at...
Donald Trump is backtracking on campaign pledges to create American jobs and cut wasteful government spending by issuing an executive order to freeze federal employee hiring across the country, The order will result in more work being outsourced to more expensive contractors, the American Federation of Government Employees said today. "President Trump's action will disrupt government programs and services that benefit everyone and actually increase taxpayer costs by forcing agencies to hire...
