Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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SANTA MONICA – Caroline Torosis was officially sworn in as Santa Monica's mayor on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, in a ceremony at City Hall that blended pomp with pointed public scrutiny, as residents confronted her over a contentious county-backed plan to repurpose two luxury Ocean Avenue hotels into transitional housing for individuals with severe mental illness. Administered by California Secretary of State Alex Padilla in a departure from tradition, the oath-taking drew a p...
Pacific Palisades, Calif. - On Wednesday, the Palisadian Post, the community's newspaper of record since 1928, announced it will publish its final edition later this month, bringing to a close nearly a century of chronicling life in the tight-knit coastal enclave between Santa Monica and Malibu. In a heartfelt front-page letter to readers titled "A Farewell, With Gratitude," publisher Alan Smolinisky and editor Bill Bruns revealed that the devastating effects of the Palisades...
The young man drove his two door BMW over 100 miles per hour on Santa Monica Blvd at 11:30 pm Thursday night, December 11, 2025. He struck a light pole after losing control of his vehicle, then proceeded to crash into a 1970's era brick building on the corner, essentially demolishing the building. We spoke to the building manager examining the building teh next morning. He said that a BMW travelling at high speed hit a lightpole, then demolished the building. He added that...
According to Reuters, the United States has informed European NATO allies that it no longer intends to provide conventional assets for Europe's defence after 2027. While this approach is not entirely new, the combination of a clear deadline and the new National Security Strategy raises the question of whether Washington has fully thought through the implications. As a thought experiment, I attempted to estimate what it would actually cost the United States to withdraw its conv...
December 9, 2025 Malibu, Calif. - In a unanimous vote late Monday night, the Malibu City Council approved a package of agreements to separate from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD), marking a significant milestone in a decades-long effort by Malibu residents to establish their own independent school district. The decision, made during a 5:30 p.m. meeting at Malibu City Hall, follows a similar unanimous approval by the SMMUSD Board of Education just one...
19: Authorities are investigating a fatal stabbing in Santa Monica as a homicide after a neighbor identified the victim as Grammy-nominated opera and jazz singer Jubilant Sykes, a prominent figure in the global music scene known for his soulful tenor voice and collaborations with artists like Sting and the Soweto Gospel Choir. The incident unfolded late Monday evening around 9:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of Delaware Avenue, a quiet residential neighborhood near the city's...
Los Angeles, CA – Landlords filing limited-jurisdiction unlawful detainer (eviction) cases in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will soon face a new mandatory disclosure rule aimed at improving court notifications and access to justice. Effective January 2, 2026, all plaintiffs in limited-jurisdiction unlawful detainer actions must submit all known cellular telephone numbers for the defendant(s) at the time they file the complaint, according to General Order 2...
How can I avoid capital gains tax without a 1031 exchange? Understanding capital gains taxes from a property sale and the legal strategies you can pursue to manage tax liabilities from selling an asset can help you preserve the wealth you’ve built in your property. Although you may have heard of using a 1031 exchange to defer capital gains tax from real estate sales, do you have other options for avoiding capital gains tax without a 1031 exchange? In this story, 453 Trust P...
China-US freight shipping rates stabilize at lower levels as December bookings slow This week, global trade policy saw several notable developments suggesting a turning point in how major economies manage supply chains, resource dependencies, and trade imbalances. The EU’s push to reduce dependency on Chinese raw materials and China’s simultaneous move to streamline rare-earth exports reflect a recalibration of trade flows, away from old dependencies and toward div...
SANTA MONICA – Marking a revival for the historic Santa Monica Airport (SMO), semi-private carrier JSX announced the launch of daily nonstop flights to Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas starting December 19, 2025, offering Westside travelers a hassle-free alternative to LAX's congestion with just 30 seats per flight on sleek ATR 42-600 turboprops. The service, operating seven days a week during SMO's standard hours (6 a.m. to 10 p.m.), arrives on the heels of a t...
Santa Monica, Calif. - Frank O. Gehry, the visionary architect whose deconstructed bungalow on a quiet Santa Monica corner in the 1970s foreshadowed a career of audacious, curve-defying masterpieces that reshaped skylines from Bilbao to downtown Los Angeles, died on Dec. 5, 2025, at his home here. He was 96. The cause was a brief respiratory illness, according to Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners, the firm he founded in 1962 and led from offices overlooking the...
How much money can you inherit before paying taxes? Inherited assets from your loved one, whether in the form of cash, stocks or real estate, can be subject to inheritance taxes, depending on your relationship and inheritance value. While most states don’t charge such taxes, those that do have their own rules for the rates and exemptions. Additionally, reducing inheritance taxes is possible, provided the owner of the assets is still alive to make the arrangements. As a t...
SAN DIEGO – Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, whose North San Diego County district was upended by California's voter-approved redistricting measure, announced Thursday that he will seek re-election in the battleground 48th Congressional District in 2026, turning down overtures from Texas Republicans to run in a safer GOP seat there. The decision caps a week of intense speculation about Issa's political future, following reports that the 72-year-old, multi-term lawmaker was...
5 holiday home insurance tips to stop package theft The increasing reliance on e-commerce, particularly during the peak holiday season, has led to a parallel rise in package theft, a persistent property crime impacting millions of homeowners and renters annually. The moment a delivery is marked "completed," that parcel sitting on your doorstep becomes a vulnerable asset. The scope of this issue is significant: Current data indicates that up to a quarter of Americans have been...
How Google organized opposition to a California privacy proposal In April, Rhode Island resident Navah Hopkins received a plea for her help to defeat legislation thousands of miles away in California. The ask came from Google, maker of the world’s most used web browser, Chrome. The tech giant sent a message to an email list that Hopkins and other small business owners were subscribed to. Google’s request: To sign a petition opposing Assembly Bill 566, which would require bro...
LOS ANGELES - The great Thanksgiving getaway is officially underway, and this year it's bigger than ever. AAA projects a record 81.8 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more between November 20 and December 1, an increase of 1.3 million people over last year. Nearly 6 million will fly domestically, while the vast majority - more than 75 million - will hit the highways in what is shaping up to be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record.At the nation's airports, t...
Los Angeles, November 24, 2025--In a case that has gripped Los Angeles and the music world alike, 20-year-old rising singer David Anthony Burke, known professionally as D4vd, has been named a suspect in the death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. What began as a missing persons report in early 2024 has escalated into a full-scale murder investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), with Burke's abandoned Tesla at the center of the probe. No arrests have been...
How economic uncertainty is shaping Black Friday and Christmas spending frenzy Market participants, analysts, and economists have all been looking for signs of a recession since 2022. An economic hard landing following the post-COVID boom seemed almost inevitable, given the numerous warnings that had appeared throughout. But as the end-of-year holiday shopping season approaches, a real test could be coming for the North American economies, which OANDA examines here. The...
What the top 1% pays in taxes across the US The top 1% of earners across the U.S. earn an average of 19.5% of all income — sometimes garnering criticism from pundits and politicians — but pay 37% of total income taxes. This cohort thus contributes the largest chunk of funding for infrastructure, healthcare, welfare programs, and more, despite advantages that may enable them to minimize their taxes through professionally guided strategies or more tax-friendly locations. Pol...
ChatGPT vs. Grok: Stock-picking contest Last week, Finder.com built two portfolios using Webull’s and eToro’s paper trading platforms to see which portfolio would make the most money over the next year. The twist? ChatGPT and Grok picked the stocks. In light of the public feud between Sam Altman and Elon Musk, the CEOs behind the companies of these two AIs, it seemed only fitting to pit the two head-to-head in a stock-picking contest. Here’s what’s gone down so far. The con...
How to be a digital detective, with just Wi-Fi and a little curiosity You don’t need a trench coat, a fedora, or a magnifying glass to solve a mystery these days — just a good internet connection and a little curiosity. In the digital age, we’re all amateur sleuths at heart. Whether you’re trying to figure out if that new neighbor is really who they say they are, reconnect with an old classmate, or double-check that the person you matched with online is legit, the interne...
Washington, D.C. – November 18, 2025 -- In a significant blow to Republican efforts to reshape the U.S. House ahead of the 2026 midterms, a three-judge federal panel in El Paso, Texas, blocked the state's newly enacted congressional map on Tuesday, finding it likely constitutes an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The decision, which mandates the use of the 2021 maps for the upcoming elections, comes amid a nationwide surge in redistricting battles and could have ripple eff...
Want to find out what it's like to dance with Agnes, Enid and Wednesday Addams? Experience this and other Netflix series, in real life for yourself. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – November 12, 2025 – Netflix officially opened the doors to Netflix House, its first permanent brick-and-mortar entertainment venue in the United States, inside the King of Prussia Mall on Wednesday. The 100,000-square-foot space marks the streaming giant's boldest move yet to transform its on-screen con...
In the vast, unforgiving theater of space exploration, where heroes are forged in fire and isolation, the human heart remains a fragile engine—prone to overheating, misfiring, and exploding under pressure. Two women, both NASA astronauts, both trailblazers who touched the stars, found their orbits shattered not by cosmic debris, but by the gravity of jealousy. Their stories, separated by nearly two decades, echo like distress signals across the void: reminders that even t...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - November 14, 2025An intense atmospheric river storm is bearing down on coastal Los Angeles County, with forecasters predicting up to 3 inches of rain to fall across Santa Monica through Saturday night. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Pacific Palisades until 2:15 AM PST Saturday, while a broader Flood Watch remains in effect for all of Santa Monica and surrounding areas through Sunday morning.The NWS Los Angeles...
