Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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January 14, 2026 — In an unprecedented move in the 25-year history of the International Space Station (ISS), NASA is bringing the four-member Crew-11 team back to Earth approximately one month ahead of schedule following a medical issue affecting one crew member. The affected astronaut is reported to be stable and not in acute distress, according to NASA officials. The agency has emphasized that the situation is precautionary, driven by the limited diagnostic and treatment c...
Minneapolis, MN - January 4, 2026. A Craigslist advertisement posted in Minneapolis has drawn widespread attention after it appeared to seek 20 child actors to pose as daycare attendees during a state inspection. The ad, titled "Daycare hiring child actors for 3 day contract," was shared on social media by journalist Liz Collin on January 4, 2026, and quickly amassed over 1.9 million views on X (formerly Twitter). The posting, attributed to "Help Us Daycare" in the Ventura...
Tehran, Iran - January 4, 2026 -- Dramatic footage circulating on social media shows protesters in Iran's Fars Province setting fire to Basij paramilitary bases affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as anti-regime demonstrations enter their second week with increasing violence. The video, shared widely on platforms like X (formerly Twitter), captures nighttime scenes in Neyriz and surrounding areas where crowds overwhelm security forces, igniting...
Caracas, Venezuela — January 3, 2026-- The United States has confirmed that it conducted military strikes on multiple targets inside Venezuela early Saturday, marking a significant escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro's government. U.S. officials told CBS News that President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on sites in Caracas, including military facilities, in the early morning hours. The operation targeted locations linked to what th...
San Francisco, CA – In a quintessential Bay Area moment blending urban life with wild surprises, a young mountain lion was safely tranquilized and captured in the upscale Pacific Heights neighborhood on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, after days of sightings that captivated-and concerned-residents. But the story took an even more ironic twist when a coyote casually strolled into the frame during a live television report on the big cat's removal. The 2-year-old, 77-pound male m...
San Francisco, CA - January 27, 2026 - Authorities are monitoring a rare urban wildlife incident after a young mountain lion was captured on security camera footage prowling streets in the upscale Pacific Heights neighborhood late Sunday night, January 25, 2026. San Francisco Animal Care and Control (SFACC) confirmed the sighting near Lafayette Park, located near Gough and Sacramento streets. The animal, estimated to be about one year old and described as a subadult, appeared...
A viral TikTok video by content creator John Hicks has once again drawn national attention to the persistent homelessness crisis in Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA), showcasing stark scenes of encampments, trash accumulation, and large numbers of unhoused individuals filling the streets, particularly in and around the Skid Row area.In the clip, titled along the lines of "What it's like in LA after dark" and posted on Hicks' account (@john_hicks ), the creator rides an e-bike...
New York, January 22, 2026 - Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research and a central figure in the dramatic 2022 collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been released from federal custody. The 31-year-old completed approximately 440 days - roughly 14 months - of her original two-year prison sentence, walking free on January 21, 2026, according to records from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and multiple reports. Ellison began her sentence in November...
California Governor Gavin Newsom attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2026, where he criticized international leaders for what he described as excessive deference to President Donald Trump. During remarks to reporters on the sidelines of the event, Newsom urged global figures to "stand tall and firm" and "have a backbone" rather than engage in what he called "complicity" or "appeasement" toward Trump. He likened the president's approach to...
January 18, 2026 – In a major milestone for NASA's Artemis program, the massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket topped with the Orion spacecraft completed its slow journey to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, January 17, 2026. The 322-foot-tall vehicle, weighing approximately 11 million pounds, traveled about 4 miles from the Vehicle Assembly Building at roughly 1 mile per hour, taking nearly 12 hours to reach the pad. This rollout paves t...
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia - Towns across Russia's remote Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula have been engulfed by historic snowfall, with accumulations exceeding seven feet in many areas and massive drifts reaching several meters high. The extreme weather, described as the heaviest in over 60 years, has buried vehicles, blocked roads and building entrances, and forced authorities to declare a state of emergency. The relentless storms, driven by powerful cyclones from the...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - The City of Santa Monica has named Darrick Jacob as its new Chief of Police, a decision announced by City Manager Oliver Chi on December 19, 2025. Jacob, a veteran of the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) since 2004, had been serving as acting chief since August 2025 following the resignation of former Chief Ramon Batista. The appointment, which took effect on December 14, marks the first time in more than 40 years that the department has selected...
San Francisco, CA - A harm reduction initiative known as the Managed Alcohol Program (MAP), operated in partnership with the nonprofit Community Forward SF and the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), has drawn widespread attention and criticism following viral social media posts highlighting its funding and participant numbers.Launched in 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program provides supervised, nurse-administered doses of alcohol - typically...
Mar Vista, Los Angeles - Homeless addicts targeted streetlight poles in the Mar Vista neighborhood overnight, stripping copper wiring and plunging multiple blocks into darkness, according to local reports and on-scene footage captured early Tuesday, January 13, 2026. The incident affected areas along Purdue Avenue, Stanwood Drive, and Corinth Avenue, where dozens of streetlights were vandalized. Residents reported entire blocks left unlit, raising immediate concerns about...
Sacramento, CA – January 13, 2026 – A proposed 200-megawatt solar farm in eastern Sacramento County, which would require the removal of thousands of mature and old-growth native oak trees, has hit a major roadblock after the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) canceled its power purchase agreement with the developer. The Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Ranch Project, spanning roughly 2,700 acres on the historic Barton Ranch near Scott Road and White Rock Road (southeast of...
January 12, 2026: As of January 12, 2026, Iran is experiencing a major nationwide anti-government uprising that began in late December 2025 (around December 28) and has now entered its third week (approximately Day 15–16). What started as demonstrations against severe economic hardship—including hyperinflation, a collapsing rial currency, soaring food and fuel prices—has rapidly escalated into widespread calls for regime change, the end of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's rule,...
Tehran, Iran – January 12, 2026 – Human rights organizations and international media outlets are raising urgent alarms over reports that Iranian authorities plan to execute a 26-year-old protester, Erfan Soltani, as early as Wednesday, January 14, 2026. This would mark the first reported execution linked to the ongoing nationwide anti-government protests that erupted in late December 2025. According to Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), Soltani was arrested on January 8, 2026, in...
Iran experienced a near-total nationwide blackout of internet, mobile networks, landlines, and electricity on Thursday evening, January 8, as anti-government protests entered their 12th day. The shutdown, confirmed by monitoring group NetBlocks as a deliberate act by authorities, coincided with massive demonstrations across the country, including in the capital Tehran, where crowds responded to a call for action from exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. The protests, which began...
Minneapolis, MN - January 7, 2026--A confrontation between federal immigration agents and protesters in south Minneapolis turned deadly Wednesday when an ICE officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, a local resident and self-described legal observer, as she sat in her vehicle during a large-scale enforcement action. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) described the incident as an act of self-defense, stating that Good "weaponized her vehicle" in an attempt to...
As the new year unfolds, Iran finds itself gripped by widespread unrest that many observers are now labeling a full-scale revolution. Sparked by a plummeting economy and long-simmering grievances against government repression, protests have erupted across the nation, drawing international attention and even eliciting pointed exchanges on social media between global figures.The demonstrations began in late 2025 amid a dramatic collapse of the Iranian rial, exacerbated by...
Washington, January 8, 2026 – The Trump administration is exploring the idea of offering direct lump-sum payments to Greenland's residents, potentially up to $100,000 per person, as part of efforts to encourage the Arctic island to secede from Denmark and align with the United States, according to a Reuters report citing sources familiar with internal discussions.Greenland, the world's largest island with a population of approximately 57,000, is an autonomous territory of D...
Pacific Palisades, CA - January 7, 2026 - Hundreds of residents gathered today in Palisades Village for the "They Let Us Burn" rally, a community-led protest on the exact one-year anniversary of the deadly Palisades Fire that ignited on January 7, 2025. The fire, which burned over 23,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes and claimed multiple lives, has left survivors frustrated with slow rebuilding efforts, permitting delays, and what organizers describe as inadequate govern...
Sacramento, Calif. - January 1, 2026--The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has extended the cancellation deadline for approximately 17,000 non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) held primarily by immigrant truck drivers from January 5, 2026, to March 6, 2026. The delay, announced on December 30, 2025, follows a class-action lawsuit filed by immigrant advocacy groups and aims to provide additional time to verify which drivers remain eligible while...
Santa Monica, CA - December 30, 2025 Entities linked to Beverly Hills-based developer Leo Pustilnikov and his partners Ely Dromy and Eli Taban have defaulted on a $37.5 million loan secured by a retail building on Santa Monica's iconic Third Street Promenade, according to Los Angeles County records.The five-story, approximately 30,000-square-foot property at 1315 Third Street Promenade was reported past due by about $39 million as of early November. The building currently hous...
Tehran, December 30, 2025 – Iran has experienced three consecutive days of protests and strikes, primarily in Tehran but spreading to multiple cities, triggered by a sharp depreciation of the Iranian rial and high inflation. The unrest, described as the largest since the 2022-2023 "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement, began on December 28 with merchant strikes and evolved into broader demonstrations involving students and residents. Triggers and Economic Context The protests e...
