Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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The People's Republic of China is apparently preparing for war by passing a mobilization statute. This according to independent reporter Jennifer Zeng, who has been both right and wrong about Beijing in the recent past. " Ready for #war?" @jenniferzeng97 tweeted. "#CCP has quietly passed its Reserve Military Service Law, which will take effect on 3/1/2023. Anyone who is 18 years or older is obliged to enlist after a national defense mobilization is announced. "After receiving...
Gaziantep Castle is a castle on top of a mound in the center of Gaziantep, Turkey. First used as an observation point during the Hittite Empire, it was expanded into a castle during the Roman Empire. The castle was severely damaged by the earthquakes in February 2023. However, some on Twitter are saying that the section that has collapses is a 'restored' part, not the original Roman castle. "Theodosian Walls have been restored several times and they collapse every time...
An initial earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8, whose epicenter was in south central Turkey, downed buildings and raised the specter of a humanitarian crisis. A second earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.5, struck southeastern Turkey hours later, the United States Geological Survey said. This is Turkey's earthquake map. "A huge fault line broke between Kahramanmaraş and Malatya. This is the reason why such strong and frequent earthquakes occur. The last time such an earthquake...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale, jolted Santa Monica and other westside LA communities awake at 2 am on Wednesday morning. There were no immediate results of damage or injury. It was the biggest earthquake in 30 years in Santa Monica, California. The jolt was followed by an aftershock at 2:03 am, about 3 minutes later, which measured 3.5. The quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean about 10 miles south of Malibu, the earthquake registered...
Seven people were shot to death Monday evening in Half Moon Bay, CA. This comes less than 48 hours after 10 people were murdered in Monterey Park by a 762 year old man named Huu Cam Tran. And this shooting also involved an Asian suspect and victims 67 year old Zhao Chunli was arrested after the San Mateo County shooting. Authorities said that at least 4 people were shot and killed. More shooting victims were reported at a second location. City councilwoman Debbie Ruddock said...
Update: 5:30 PM shooter identified at Huu Can Tran, 37, deceased. Update 2 pm:The suspect in the Monterey Park massacre was found shot and dead in a van in Torrance CA, according to multiple news sources. One hour ago, a witness saw a bullet hole in the side window of the van and a collapsed body. Update, 11 am PST: Police have a suspect wanted for questioning in the Monterey Park mass shooting last night in a white van. This SWAT barricade situation is currently unfolding in...
China today made an announcement long expected but still almost unbelievable: For the first time in 6 decades, the PRC's population declined in 2022. By the end of 2022, China's population had decreased by almost 850,000, to 1.41175 billion, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The National Bureau of Statistics thought that the sharp 2022 population decline was due in part to Covid restrictions, and would reverse itself in 2023. Foreign demographers doubted this...
A body was found in parking lot 1 on November 2, 2022, at 2:43 PM, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD), writes Lt. Rudy Flores. They discovered he had been stabbed by a friend. Almost three months later, a suspect was arrested in Michigan. Here is the press release: Officers were dispatched to the Lot 1 North Parking Lot at 1550 Pacific Coast Highway to check the status of a male inside a vehicle that appeared to be deceased. When officers arrived on scene, they confirmed...
A female Santa Monica resident was sexually assaulted by a male while walking back from the beach in the afternoon of January 10. The victim was walking up the steps from the Arizona Avenue bridge over PCH, toward Palisades Park when a young male reached between her legs from behind and slid his hand over her crotch. The victim immediately called Santa Monica police. The officers arrived within ten minutes, arrested the man, and offered to the woman a referral guide for...
Smash and grab robbers apparently drove an automobile in Santa Monica place early Monday morning, 1.9.23. They got away with various high end merchandise. "On Monday, January 9, 2023 at about 3:15 AM," wrote Lt. Rudy Flores, "SMPD Dispatch received a call from Santa Monica Place Mall Security who advised of a burglary alarm activation at Louis Vuitton (110 Santa Monica Place). SM Mall Security observed, on surveillance cameras, a vehicle that crashed into the store. Suspects...
16: The Daily Wire website was down due to a denial of service attack, as of Thursday at 5:52 pm PST. The apparent problem was described as a "Cloudfront" error. It is unclear who was attacking the conservative website, or why. The outage did not affect the company's Youtube or Apple TV products. It seems to have affected the laptop/desktop version of the website, but not the mobile version of DailyWire.com. The error reads as follows: "494 ERROR The request could not be...
9: Lisa Marie Presley passed away in a coma after an incident at home today, where she lost consciousness in her bathroom. She was found by Danny Keough, her ex husband who gave her CPR. She survived in a hospital for a time, but never came out of a coma. "She looked awful at the Globes two days ago - dead eyes - probably heavily medicated - still in deep grief over her son Ben's suicide," said our Hollywood reporter. Lisa Marie Presley (February 1, 1968 – January 12, 2...
Our picks for the top ten local stories of 2022 come mostly from politics, Santa Monica being a political town and last year being an election year. 1. Gas, water and power prices all went through the roof. At one point it was over $7 a gallon to fill up your car. Prices did go down a little after the election. 2. Homelessness: The homeless get blamed for every crime but are responsible in fact only for some crimes. And most of those are committed against other homeless people...
The School of Social Work at the University of Southern California, has announced that Field Work" will now be referred to as "Practicum." The Field Education Department has in fact, changed its name to "Practicum Education Department." This according to a memo dated January 9, 2023 from the "Practicum Education Department (formerly the Field Ed Dept), to the USC Suzanne Dvorak Peck Practicum Education Community, Faculty, Staff and students. "We have decided to remove the...
Southern California Gas Company has put out an explanation for why Gas is so damned expensive: It's mostly the one month freeze in the Eastern part of the United States. Gas prices to consumers are believed to have doubled in the last sixty days. "There's no easy way to put this: January bills are likely to be shockingly high. An unprecedented cold snap across the nation in part has caused natural gas market prices in the West to more than double between December and January...
15: During a brief break in the rain Monday night, Los Angeles drivers reported that some streets near Melrose and Fairfax Avenue in Mid Wilshire, were impassable due to flooding. 3 inches of rain has fallen on LA in the last 24 hours. Local residents also pointed out on social media, that the drainage system is 100 years old in some places near DTLA. "It's not the weather that's life threatening actually, it's the poor drainage systems here. I'm from the east and there...
The deceased passenger from Thursday's plane crash on Santa Monica beach has been identified as a former city Mayor and Superior Court judge. Minter served as Santa Monica mayor 1963-1967. Later, he was elected a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge. The airplane crash-landed and flipped upside down 200 yards South of the Santa Monica Pier just before 3 pm on Thursday, December 22nd, with hundreds of people watching. Two people were removed from the aircraft, police said,...
15: Veterinarians from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and CDFW officials have carried out a decision to euthanize the world's most famous mountain lion, almost a decade after he crossed 2 freeways to reside in Griffith Park. He is the cougar in the famous photograph by Steven Gentzler that made the cover of the National Geographic in 2014. Here is the press release from the Cal. Dept of Fish and Game: Mountain Lion P-22 Compassionately Euthanized Following Complete...
In a 4 to 3 vote, Gleam Davis was elected Mayor of Santa Monica. She was supported by Caroline Torosis, Jesse Zwick, Lana Negrete, and of course her own vote. Christine Parra and Oscar de la Torre supported Phil Brock for mayor. Lana Negrete will be the mayor Pro-Tem for 2022-2024. Phil Brock will become Mayor in December 2023. Gleam Davis will serve as Santa Monica Mayor now through next December. Mayor is a mostly ceremonial post, with no particular powers under the Santa...
11: About 15 protesters held signs in front of the Balenciaga Store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills Saturday. The signs protested an advertising campaign last month that appeared to feature images of child bondage and pornography. The protest lasted about 3 hours "It's hard to communicate with each other as we are mostly banned from Twitter, Facebook and all the usual suspects," said one protestor. She was referring to big tech. In November 2022, an advertising campaign...
12: In what may be an important development in the war, the Ukraine Air Force today hit a Russian airfield located 400 kilometers (about 260 miles) Southeast of Moscow. This is important because it may indicate the Ukraine armed forces now have the capability to strike Russia deep within its territory, bringing the war home to Russians. "The Russian airbase "Engels-2" has been hit. The base is located 400 km Southeast from Moscow. It hosts strategic bombers of Tu-95 and...
8: Construction caused a major gas leak on Wilshire Blvd and Chelsea in Santa Monica. The site is across Chelsea Avenue from Douglas Park, near 26th Street. Witnesses said they could smell the leak within 150 feet, and hear it within 50 feet. "The staff of VCA has been evacuated along with their animal patients and they are on the sidewalk. The weather is cold, and the staff is shivering," one witness said. Candice Lee, SoCal Gas Company Public Information Officer,...
Throughout major cities in China, crowds of people are marching and chanting for the Chinese Communist Party to resign. These are the biggest anti government demonstrations since the 1989 anti government demonstration. People are chanting “down with the Chinese Communist Party” and “step down Xi”, wrote Jennifer Zheng, a respected journalist based in Hong Kong. "This is happening in cities across the country. Something big is brewing." "Incredible scenes from China" writes...
9. SBF: I made a lot of mistakes. But I didn't try to commit fraud on anyone. “Obviously that was a pretty big oversight. I was nervous because of the conflict of interest of being too involved. But that shouldn’t have meant that I didn’t have real oversight. I lived with one or two Alameda people, but I don't live with them anymore." “I haven’t been thinking about Alameda’s oversight or its finances.” But you ran it, said the interviewer. “Yes, I had a lot of exposure...
13. Jennifer Zeng, a Hong Kong based reporter, has tweeted that a woman in China delivered a baby standing in front of the hospital today, because she did not have a valid Covid negative test and therefore could not be admitted to the hospital. "Graphic warning! I cried when watching this. Woman forced to labor standing in front of Gulan People's Hospital in Gulan County, Luzhou City, #Sichuan Province, #CCPChina as she didn't have a #COVID test report! This is a shame to...
