April 1, 2026
April 1, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in U.S. history, a sitting president personally attended Supreme Court oral arguments. President Donald J. Trump was present Tuesday as the justices heard Trump v. Barbara, the high-profile challenge to his January 2025 executive order that seeks to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. The executive order directs federal agencies not to recognize U.S. citizenship for children born in the United States after a certain...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - April 1, 2026 - NASA has officially kicked off the countdown for Artemis II, the agency's first crewed mission to the Moon since the Apollo era. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the space agency invited the world to "come watch with us" as the four-astronaut crew lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on an approximately 10-day journey that will send humans farther from Earth than ever before. The launch window opens at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 UTC) aboard...
Santa Monica, CA — A man was killed in a shooting late Saturday night near the intersection of 4th Street and Olympic Drive in what authorities describe as an altercation between occupants of two vehicles. According to the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD), officers responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 10:30 p.m. on March 28, 2026. Upon arrival, they located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers rendered aid until Santa Monica Fire...
March 31, 2026A powerful nighttime explosion illuminated the skies over Isfahan, a major central Iranian city with a population of approximately 2.3 million, as part of sustained US and Israeli airstrikes in the ongoing conflict with Iran. Video footage circulating on social media, https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2038762229839868151?s=20 showed a large fireball and secondary blasts, which analysts and witnesses described as one of the most significant detonations observed...
April 1, 2026--SANTA MONICA - In a move that stunned developers and housing advocates alike, the Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously late Tuesday night to abandon plans for a proposed 14-story mixed-use building at the corner of Euclid and Wilshire that would have replaced the beloved pet store Unleashed with 120 market-rate apartments and 40 units of supportive housing for the mentally ill. The project, which had been fast-tracked as part of the city's push to...
President Trump is scheduled to deliver a prime-time Address to the Nation on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 9 p.m. ET, providing an "important update on Iran." What is he likely to say? This comes amid a roughly five-week-old U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran (which began with strikes on February 28, 2026). Trump has recently signaled strong de-escalation, telling reporters the U.S. expects to wrap up operations and withdraw forces from Iran in "two or three weeks"...
Single-Family Homes and Overall MarketZillow data (through February 2026) shows the typical home value in Los Angeles at about $942,000, down 1.9% year-over-year. For broader Los Angeles County, the average home value sits around $879,000, down 1.1% over the past year. Redfin reports the median sale price in the city of Los Angeles at $1.01 million in February 2026, down 4.7% year-over-year, with homes taking longer to sell (around 80 days vs. 69 days previously). Other...
