Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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The California housing market is showing signs of a significant slowdown, with home sales plunging to their lowest level in 17 months. According to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR), May 2025 saw 254,190 single-family homes sold, marking a 4% year-over-year decline-the largest drop since December 2023. This persistent downturn, coupled with a 37% drop from the pandemic peak and a 25% decline from the long-term average, has sparked concerns about a potentia...
London, UK – August 27, 2025, 06:45 PM PDT** – As the United Kingdom grapples with the resurfacing of the grooming gang scandal, political analysts are warning that Nigel Farage's Reform UK party could see its support double in the coming months if public outrage over the issue intensifies. With no general election scheduled until 2029, current polling trends suggest a seismic shift could be brewing, potentially threatening Labour's grip on power and splitting the conservative...
August 7, 2025 – After 33 years of spreading joy with her infectious smile and legendary charm, Kadi Cole is bidding farewell to her beloved role at See's Candies on 1227 Wilshire Boulevard. Today marks her final day at the iconic candy shop, where she has been a fixture since arriving from Sierra Leone in 1992. Kadi's journey began when she stepped into the quaint, white-walled shop, inspired by the original See's Candies founded in Los Angeles in 1921. Hired on the spot f...
7/31/25, SANTA MONICA, CA - In a heated special meeting of the Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday night, Mayor Lana Negrete stood alone in opposition to a 6-1 vote to remove all six city-appointed members of the Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) Board. The decision, which critics have labeled politically motivated, has sparked controversy over the council's motives and raised questions about whether the board's push to address crime and homelessness downtown played a role...
A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami alerts across the Pacific. This is the largest earthquake anywhere on the planet this decade, and one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. Tsunami warnings were active for Japan and Hawaii and tsunami advisories are in effect for California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska (including the Aleutian Islands), British Columbia, and Guam. Update from Los Angeles County E...
A tragic shooting unfolded Monday evening at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, where 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura of Las Vegas killed four people, including an NYPD officer, before taking his own life. The incident, which occurred around 6:30 p.m., sparked chaos in the bustling commercial district, prompting a massive police response and a lockdown of the 44-story office tower housing major tenants like the National Football League, Blackstone, and KPMG. Surveillance...
On July 18, 2025, at approximately 7:30 a.m. PDT, a devastating explosion at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Biscailuz Regional Training Center in East Los Angeles killed three veteran deputies assigned to the Arson/Explosives Detail. The incident occurred in the parking lot while the deputies were moving an unexploded ordnance recovered from a bomb call in Santa Monica the previous night. Sheriff Robert Luna described the event as “the largest loss of lif...
Update, 3:24 pm PST: Police department alerts residents that the Alert is over, barriers and tap removed, situation normal. 12 Noon 7/18/25: A clothing store brought the bomb squad to Montana Avenue Friday afternoon, after it called to report a suspicious package on Friday just before noon. The package had no mailing label or address on it and was simply left at the store. "There's more to it than that," one fireman told us. "But what it is, I can't say." The incident caused...
The 2025 4th of July Parade on Main Street in Santa Monica, organized by Jeffrey Jarow, Senior Vice President of PAR Commercial Brokerage, will celebrate the city's 150th anniversary of cityhood. Hosted by the Ocean Park Association, the parade begins at 9:30 a.m. on July 4, starting at Pico Boulevard and Main Street, proceeding south along Main Street, and concluding at Marine Street. This milestone event, honoring Santa Monica's founding in 1875, will feature festive...
SANTIAGO, CHILE – June 27, 2025, 12:09 AM PDT – In an extraordinary turn of events, the Atacama Desert, widely regarded as the world's driest desert, awoke to a stunning blanket of snow on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Captured by the ALMA Observatory at an elevation of 2,900 meters, this rare weather phenomenon marks the first significant snowfall in the region in a decade, challenging the desert's long-standing reputation for aridity. The Atacama, located in northern Chile, is...
Los Angeles, CA – June 27, 2025 – The Buss family has agreed to sell a majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to Mark Walter, CEO of TWG Global and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, for a record $10 billion valuation, sources confirmed this week. Walter, who has held a minority interest in the Lakers for years, now assumes controlling ownership of the iconic NBA franchise.[](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45539931/buss-family-agrees-sell-lakers-mark-...
Santa Monica, CA – June 27, 2025 – The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) has embarked on an ambitious renovation project at Roosevelt Elementary School, aiming to modernize the campus while preserving its cherished historical elements. As construction crews erect fencing around the school, signaling the start of work in June 2025, community members are eager to understand how the district will balance contemporary educational needs with the preservation of...
The reason Democratic politicians like Cal. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff object so strongly to deportation? None of them would have their jobs without illegal alien voters. The Trump Administration has been both deporting people and insisting on dead people's removal from the rolls. The result is that several California Counties have flipped Republican so far, in terms of voter party registration. The map highlights significant voter roll purges in...
LOS ANGELES — June 23, 2025, 7:30 AM PDT In an unusual and swiftly retracted move, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) posted a statement on X early Monday morning expressing condolences for victims of recent bombings in Iran, only to delete it hours later amid a storm of public backlash and confusion. The post, timestamped 01:14 UTC (6:14 PM PDT Sunday), read: "Our hearts go out to the victims and families impacted by the recent bombings in Iran. While this t...
SANTA MONICA, CA - Organizers of the Santa Monica Main Street Independence Day Parade have extended a warm invitation to Pacific Palisades community groups to participate in the 2025 celebration, fostering a spirit of regional unity. Set for July 4, 2025, the 19th annual parade will showcase the vibrant artistic spirit of Santa Monica, with this year's theme centered on "Celebrating the Arts." Discussions between Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades organizers aim to include...
Spacex and Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted his own urinalysis results early Tuesday morning. Speculation about Musk's mental health followed his appearance at the White House 2 weeks ago with a black eye, then tweeting that President Trump was on Epstein's client list, then apologizing for it. The report's public release may reflect Musk's response to ongoing speculation about his drug use, as noted in a June 6, 2025, New York Times article citing Trump's private claims of Musk's...
It must be hard to hire generals in Tehran these days. The Israel Defense Force has announced the elimination of Major General Ali Shadmani, the Commander of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters of the Iranian General Staff, who was just appointed to the position two days ago by Iranian Supreme-Leader Major Ali Khamenei, following the elimination on Friday of the previous commander, Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, in an Israeli strike on Tehran. The rapid succession of...
Midnight, Monday 6/9/25, Los Angeles, CA - For the fourth consecutive night, downtown Los Angeles has been the scene of violent riots, with leftist protesters clashing with local law enforcement. The unrest, sparked by recent immigration enforcement operations, has left parts of the city in disarray, with reports of vandalism, looting, and assaults on police officers. Despite the escalating violence, Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom have pointed fingers at President...
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has already surpassed the U.S. Navy in terms of sheer fleet size, with around 370 warships compared to the U.S. Navy's approximately 290 as of recent reports. Between 2015 and 2020, the PLAN overtook the U.S. Navy in the number of battle force ships, and projections suggest it could grow to 395–425 ships by 2030, while the U.S. Navy struggles to maintain its current fleet size, targeting 350 ships by 2045. China's s...
The controversy surrounding Xi Jinping's daughter, Xi Mingze, and calls for her deportation from the U.S., as highlighted by Laura Loomer, is likely a major international story on May 31, 2025. The post cites Loomer's claims that Xi Mingze, who graduated from Harvard in 2014, still resides in Massachusetts with security from the People's Liberation Army (PLA). This claim, though unverified by public evidence, ties into broader U.S.-China tensions. Context and Developments:...
Testimony in the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, which has been unfolding in May 2025. According to her girlfriend Cassie Ventura, he made a plastic surgeon remove her breast implants the day after he put them in. . According to reports from 2023, Sean "Diddy" Combs allegedly pressured Casandra Ventura (known as Cassie) to get breast implants in 2009 and then demanded she have them removed the very next day, despite warnings from her...
As of May 25, 2025, the decision to cancel NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft in favor of SpaceX's Starship has not been finalized. However, significant developments have occurred since the proposal was first mentioned in the X post from May 2, 2025. The X thread by Rod D. Martin references a Trump administration proposal, supported by a summary budget released on May 2, 2025, which called for NASA to phase out the SLS and Orion programs after two more...
The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in Malibu opened to through traffic this morning, May 23, 2025, at 8 AM. It had been closed due to damage from the Palisades Fire and subsequent mudslides. This reopening is expected to help local businesses and improve access for residents and travelers along the coast. An 11-mile stretch between Santa Monica and Malibu, closed since the Palisades Fire on January 7, 2025, now has up to two lanes open in each direction with a 25 MPH speed...
On Thursday, May 22, 2025, Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem sent Harvard University a letter revoking their Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification. "Harvard is being held accountable for collaboration with the CCP, fostering violence, antisemitism, and pro-terrorist conduct from students on its campus." wrote Noem in a statement. She cited Harvard's inability or unwillingness to protect Jewish students during pro Palestine riots, in particular. The...
Update, Monday afternoon: An attempted robbery took place at a shoe store called Sole & Laces on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade, as reported in the Los Angeles Times article published today, May 19, 2025. The incident occurred on Sunday night, May 18, 2025, around 9:30 p.m., according to the Santa Monica Police Department. The identity of the man who was fatally shot by the store owner has not been disclosed in the available sources. Additionally, while a second...
