Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Santa Monica, CA – Santa Monica police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Monday, July 20, 2026, in a parking lot adjacent to the Santa Monica Pier. According to police, the shooting followed an altercation between two gangs. Officers responded to the scene where a man was found suffering from gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead. No suspect has been arrested in connection with the homicide. A person taken into custody Tuesday following a separate h...
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) crews have finished installing a new 25-foot section of pipe in West Hollywood following a major rupture of a 110-year-old, 36-inch water transmission main beneath Sunset Boulevard earlier this week. The break, which occurred around July 16, 2026, sent water flooding streets on the Sunset Strip, disrupting traffic, businesses, and residents in the area. The utility is now working around the clock to repressurize the line, test...
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump claimed in a Thursday night address from the White House that China carried out what he described as the largest known compromise of American election data, asserting that Chinese entities acquired voter registration files for approximately 220 million U.S. citizens. Citing newly declassified intelligence, Trump said the People's Republic of China illicitly obtained sensitive voter information-including names, addresses, phone numbers,...
New York City, NY - In a explosive 53 minute video, independent journalist Nick Shirley detailed what he describes as a widespread Medicaid fraud scheme in Flushing, Queens, involving adult daycares and pharmacies that allegedly bill the government for services while providing kickbacks to seniors. Shirley, who has collaborated with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz on on-the-ground investigations, claims the operations in Queens...
SANTA MONICA - California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officers arrested six men for poaching dozens of lobsters at the Santa Monica Pier while the fishery was closed for the annual seasonal protection period. According to a CDFW announcement released Tuesday, the suspects employed sophisticated methods to harvest and conceal the protected crustaceans. The poached lobsters were hidden inside duffle bags, backpacks, vehicles, and even a baby stroller. Wildlife...
Latest on the Yellowstone Bison Incident (as of July 16, 2026): Victim: Carl Isom-McDaniel, a 65-year-old grandfather from Whatcom County, Washington State, who serves on several local community boards. He was visiting Yellowstone with his 13-year-old grandson. Injuries and Recovery: Isom-McDaniel suffered multiple broken bones, including a femur fractured in four places near the hip. He underwent surgery and is recovering. Reports indicate he is already standing, conscious th...
7/13/26 Sam Neill, the acclaimed New Zealand actor renowned for portraying paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park franchise, has died at age 78. Family sources confirmed the news, stating he passed suddenly at St Vincent's Private Hospital in Sydney, Australia, surrounded by loved ones. Neill had been cancer-free since April 2026 after battling stage 3 blood cancer for nearly five years. - Born Nigel John Dermot Neill on September 14, 1947, in...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a longtime Republican lawmaker and one of President Donald Trump's closest congressional allies, has died. Preliminary findings released by the District of Columbia medical examiner point to a natural cause: aortic dissection (rupture of the aorta) due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease—hardening of the arteries. The death certificate remains pending full toxicology and microscopic testing, but i...
Santa Monica Montessori School will conclude its Summer Camp program on Friday, July 17, 2026, and will not reopen for classes in September, according to a letter sent by Executive Director Pamela Crisman to families. In the letter, Crisman wrote: “This decision was not made lightly. Due to family circumstances that now require my full attention, I have made the difficult decision to prioritize those responsibilities after much reflection and consideration.” She added tha...
Santa Monica, the sun-drenched coastal city long revered for its sweeping Pacific views, historic pier with its Ferris wheel, and bustling Third Street Promenade, is confronting a stark reversal of fortune. Once a symbol of effortless California glamour, the roughly 90,700-resident enclave declared a state of "fiscal distress" in September 2025. It is now scrambling to recover from layered crises that have left storefronts vacant, tourism strained, and confidence shaken. A...
Santa Monica - A chain-reaction crash involving a black SUV and three parked cars disrupted Main Street Monday around 11 AM, leaving an elderly couple hospitalized. According to witnesses, the black SUV rear-ended a gray parked SUV with enough force to push it forward into two additional parked vehicles ahead of it. The impact caused visible damage to all four cars. Emergency responders, including Santa Monica Fire Department personnel, arrived quickly and transported the...
Latest on Maine Senate Race: Democratic nominee Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and Marine veteran challenging incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, faces fresh rumors of an impending damaging revelation as of July 6, 2026, with multiple campaign events postponed amid speculation of explicit material tied to his past Kik app use. New Sexual Assault Allegation: A woman who dated Platner has accused him of forcing non-consensual sex in late 2021 despite her objections, per a Politico...
Corrected and updated version of the story (as of July 5, 2026): Yountville, CA - Paul Pelosi, 86, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was involved in a hit-and-run crash Friday afternoon in Yountville, according to the Napa County Sheriff's Office. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. on July 3 in the 6700 block of Yount Street. A witness reported seeing a brown Maserati convertible strike an unoccupied, legally parked car, briefly stop, and then drive away....
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota - President Donald Trump delivered a forceful address on July 3, 2026, at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, framing communism as a direct threat to America's founding principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Speaking ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations, the President warned against ideological forces he said seek to undermine the country's heritage and future. In a speech that blended celebration of American...
Newport Beach, California — What began as a packed Fourth of July holiday celebration on the Balboa Peninsula turned chaotic on Saturday evening, July 4, 2026, with large unruly crowds leading to fights, illegal fireworks hurled at police and bystanders, widespread debris, vandalism, and reports of looting at a local grocery store. Authorities responded with a major show of force, including mounted officers on horseback, resulting in more than 400 arrests over about 36 h...
In a stunning blend of extreme adventure, activism, and romance, two experienced Russian "rooftoppers" scaled the antenna spire of New York City's Empire State Building on July 1, 2026. They unfurled a large peace banner before one proposed marriage to the other more than 1,450 feet above Manhattan—then both were arrested. Angela Nikolau , 33, and Ivan Beerkus , 32 — stars of the 2024 Netflix documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story — climbed the restricted 200-foot trans...
SANTA MONICA - After more than three decades as a beloved downtown fixture, the Britannia Pub at 318 Santa Monica Blvd. will close for the last time following the expiration of its lease on July 31, 2026. The British-themed pub and restaurant, long operated by the Cain family, is making way for a Taco Bell Cantina, a transition that has prompted a wave of nostalgia and some local concern about the changing character of the Third Street Promenade area. Paul and Sonya Cain,...
Indianapolis - A routine WNBA regular-season game between the Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury on June 22, 2026, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse turned into one of the biggest sports internet moments of the year, thanks to a prolonged, silent finger-pointing staredown by Fever forward Sophie Cunningham directed at Mercury veteran DeWanna Bonner. The Indiana Fever defeated the Phoenix Mercury 86-77, with star guard Caitlin Clark delivering a standout performance of 24 points and nine...
Greenbelt, Maryland (June 26, 2026) - John Bolton, who served as national security adviser during President Donald Trump's first term before becoming one of his sharpest critics, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of unlawful retention of national defense information in federal court. Bolton entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang as part of a deal with the Justice Department that resolves an 18-count indictment handed up last October. The original charges...
CARACAS, Venezuela — Two powerful back-to-back earthquakes that struck northwestern Venezuela on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, have left at least 235 people dead and more than 4,300 injured, according to the latest government figures released Thursday evening. The quakes—a magnitude 7.2 foreshock followed just 39 seconds later by a 7.5 mainshock—centered near Yumare in Yaracuy state, caused widespread collapses of buildings in Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira. Over...
Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance arrived in downtown Santa Monica on Friday as part of the Vice President's Southern California tour. He arrived at 1:30 p.m. PST on Friday, June 26, 2026. The purpose of his visit was to promote his book at the local Barnes & Noble. His wife Usha joined him on the trail, despite the fact that she was about six months pregnant. Fourth Street remained blocked off between Arizona Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard. Local police...
Chicago, IL – As the Obama Presidential Center officially opened to the public on June 19, 2026, online discussions have spotlighted a striking cost comparison with another iconic Chicago structure: the Trump International Hotel and Tower. The Trump Tower, a gleaming 98-story mixed-use skyscraper completed in 2009 along the Chicago River, cost approximately $847 million to build. The Obama Presidential Center, a 19.3-acre public campus in Jackson Park featuring a museum, libra...
California voters will decide in November whether to impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's roughly 200 billionaires as part of the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act. The measure, which qualified for the ballot after supporters submitted more than 1.55 million signatures-nearly double the required threshold-cleared verification by the Secretary of State and is set for certification on June 25. The initiative would levy the tax on California residents with a net worth...
Santa Monica, CA (June 11, 2026) — The City of Santa Monica has converted what had been a working Downtown street called Broadway, into a cluster screw of bike lanes, concrete barriers, bus lanes, and parking in the middle of the street. Yesterday, it nearly cost a motorcyclist her life. A motorcyclist was critically injured in a collision Tuesday evening at the intersection of 5th Street and Broadway, near the Target store in downtown Santa Monica. The crash occurred a...
In a dramatic early-morning raid, federal agents arrested Mahender Makhijani, a 44-year-old lawful permanent resident from India living in the exclusive Corona del Mar neighborhood of Newport Beach, on charges of bank fraud. Authorities allege he defrauded a federally insured bank of nearly $100 million by falsifying title insurance policies and concealing senior liens on real estate collateral. Makhijani, who controlled Cantor Group V LLC, a Newport Beach-based firm,...
