Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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UCs and Cal States Should Admit Students Totally on Merit The University of California system and California State University system are among America's great public universities. They built world-class reputations through rigorous standards and merit. But recent policies have eroded that foundation, leading to unprepared students, strained faculty, and long-term damage to California's higher education brand. It's time to return to pure merit-based admissions : objective measu...
IMPORTANT NOTE: ON 5/19/2026 the Santa Monica Police Department contacted us and denied most of the facts alleged in this article. Their email is posted here: https://www.smobserved.com/story/2026/05/16/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spanthe-smobserved-article-asserting-that-eight-dead-individuals-were-found-around-reed-park-415-to-5152026-is-incorrect-writes-smpd/9871.html In what some local residents are calling a "drug zombie apocalypse," Santa Monica authorities have...
Nancy Pelosi has finally made it official: she is hand-picking Connie Chan, San Francisco's District 1 Supervisor, as her successor in California's 11th Congressional District. After nearly four decades in the seat she has treated as a family heirloom, Pelosi's endorsement is being presented as a coronation. But San Francisco voters deserve more than a dynastic passing of the torch-they deserve transparency, accountability, and genuine representation. Let's be clear about...
Nancy Pelosi has just hand-picked San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan as her successor in California's 11th Congressional District, the seat she has held for nearly 40 years. After decades of dominating San Francisco politics, Pelosi is not leaving anything to chance. She is endorsing Chan as the candidate "best prepared" to carry forward her legacy in Congress. If you are tired of that legacy - if you believe San Francisco and America deserve better - then I have a simple...
LOS ANGELES - A suspect wanted in connection with a kidnapping investigation in Santa Monica was arrested early Monday morning, May 18, 2026, following a vehicle pursuit that ended with an officer-involved shooting in South Los Angeles, authorities said. No one was injured. According to the Santa Monica Police Department, officers located the suspect around 3:15 a.m. while investigating an ongoing kidnapping case involving an adult victim that originated in Santa Monica. The s...
I know many San Francisco voters have never voted for a Republican — and that’s completely understandable after nearly 40 years of one-party Democratic rule. If you’re one of those voters, I’m not asking you to change your party registration. I’m asking you to consider something simpler: vote for the person who will actually make life easier for you and your family. Here’s why I believe you should vote for me, even if this is your first time supporting a Republican:...
(May 16, 2026) - A decomposed body was found Saturday morning in a homeless encampment beneath the California Incline near Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), according to local resident and City Council candidate Derrick Townsend. Townsend, who is running for Santa Monica City Council in the 2026 election, said he and his dog Frank discovered the remains while walking in the area. He described the body as "very decayed" with a strong odor, noting it was located in a known...
California just received its last shipment of Middle Eastern oil. Nothing else is on the way. This should be a national wake-up call. Instead, San Francisco seems poised to reward an author of such anti-automobile policies with a seat in Congress. California sits on over one billion barrels of proven oil reserves and produces roughly 250,000 barrels per day. Our refineries have the capacity to process 1.4 million barrels daily. And yet, we now import roughly 60% of our crude...
As the only Republican running for Nancy Pelosi's former seat, voters deserve to know exactly how my views differ from the leading Democratic candidate, State Senator Scott Wiener.Here is a clear, side-by-side comparison on the issues that matter most to San Francisco residents:Housing Scott Wiener has authored several major bills (SB 35, SB 423, SB 79) designed to force more housing development by overriding local zoning. While we both want more housing, I believe we must...
Beijing, China – May 15, 2026--In a display of stringent counterintelligence protocols, the entire U.S. delegation accompanying President Donald Trump discarded every item provided by their Chinese hosts before boarding Air Force One for departure from Beijing on Friday. According to reports citing New York Post correspondent Emily Goodin, who was traveling with the press pool, staff collected gifts, badges, pins, commemorative items, and other materials given by Chinese offic...
Washington, D.C. - More than a decade after her disappearance into the arms of America's adversaries, the FBI on May 14, 2026, announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Monica Elfriede Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist turned alleged Iranian asset. Witt, 47, once held a trusted position inside America's intelligence apparatus. From 1997 to 2008 she served as an Air Force Intelligence Specialist and Special Agent with the...
Last week, State Senator Scott Wiener publicly called 23-year-old investigative journalist Nick Shirley a "pedophile" and a "psychopath." There is no evidence to support those accusations. Nick Shirley has been doing the work that many in government and media refuse to do - exposing widespread fraud in California's Medicaid system. He recently uncovered what he claims are over 138 fraudulent hospice care agencies operating out of a single building in Van Nuys. This is serious...
Voters in San Francisco should understand exactly what they're getting if they vote for Saikat Chakrabarti. Because they're going to get it good and hard. Chakrabarti is not a moderate Democrat. He is a co-founder of the Justice Democrats, the group that helped launch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the most aggressive wing of the progressive movement. He served as AOC's Chief of Staff and has been one of the key strategists behind the push to pull the Democratic Party sharply...
While a student at Stanford in the early 1980s, I served as a U.S. Coast Guard reservist at Station Fort Point in San Francisco's Presidio. As a Second Class Boatswain's Mate, I performed search and rescue operations on the often treacherous waters of the San Francisco Bay. That experience gave me a deep love for this city and taught me that public service must be measured by real results. As San Francisco's representative in Congress, I will work aggressively to secure...
In a striking demonstration of rapid humanitarian response capabilities, British paratroopers and military clinicians from the 16 Air Assault Brigade executed a high-risk parachute insertion onto Tristan da Cunha—the world’s most remote inhabited archipelago—on 9 May 2026. The operation delivered critical medical personnel and over 3.3 tonnes of supplies, including oxygen, to support a British national suspected of contracting hantavirus following exposure aboard the cruis...
Beijing/Washington - As President Donald Trump touches down in Beijing on Wednesday for high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, an unverified but notable claim has surfaced linking the fate of imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to the sudden legal troubles of a California mayor accused of acting as a Chinese agent. Suspicious timing: Trump is on the way to Beijing with a planeload of American business execs, and suddenly the Mayor of Arcadia is arrested...
While a student at Stanford in the early 1980s, I served as a U.S. Coast Guard reservist at Station Fort Point in San Francisco. As a Second Class Boatswain's Mate doing search and rescue on the Bay, I learned that public service is supposed to be about duty and putting the public first - not about securing sky-high salaries and ironclad pensions. That lesson feels increasingly forgotten in California today. In San Francisco, Nancy Pelosi and her husband got rich off inside...
San Francisco used to be the undisputed capital of technology and innovation. Today, it is rapidly becoming a city that talented people and companies are desperate to escape. If you talk to engineers, startup founders, or mid-level managers in the Bay Area, you'll hear the same stories over and over again: "I'm tired of stepping over tents and used needles on my way to work." "My company just raised our remote work policy because nobody wants to come into the office anymore."...
Santa Monica, Calif. — Santa Monica High School (Samohi) implemented a temporary shelter-in-place Friday amid a reported potential threat during Advanced Placement (AP) exams, according to a joint statement from the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) and Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD). This on Friday May 8 2026. At approximately 11:53 a.m., SMPD was notified of the potential threat reported to school officials. School Resource Officers and a...
LOS ANGELES - First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli announced today that Eileen Wang, Mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged in the Central District of California with acting within the United States as an agent of the People's Republic of China (PRC) without prior notification to the Attorney General, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 951. Wang appeared in federal court this afternoon for arraignment. According to the announcement, she has agreed to plead...
After nearly 40 years of Nancy Pelosi representing San Francisco in Congress, the seat is finally open. This is a rare generational opportunity - and San Francisco voters deserve more than just another Democrat promising more of the same. I am running as the Republican candidate for California's 11th Congressional District because one-party rule has failed too many people. Despite incredible wealth from the technology sector, San Francisco struggles with sky-high housing...
For nearly four decades, Nancy Pelosi has represented California's 11th Congressional District. She earned admiration in the 1980s for her strong advocacy during the HIV/AIDS crisis, when San Francisco was at the epicenter of the epidemic. Yet today, many residents see a different legacy: a city of extraordinary beauty and innovation that has struggled with chronic homelessness, fentanyl deaths, retail theft, and housing costs that have priced out the middle class. As her...
Santa Monica Observer - As the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race intensifies, Pacific Palisades resident and former reality television personality Spencer Pratt has emerged as a formidable challenger to incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, framing his candidacy not as a conventional political endeavor but as a "mission" for accountability and renewal in a city grappling with the aftermath of devastating wildfires, persistent homelessness, and institutional inefficiencies. Pratt's social me...
Santa Monica, California - The City of Los Angeles is moving forward with a $40 million reconstruction of the historic Griffith Park Pool, a project that has drawn scrutiny for its escalating price tag and extended timeline amid broader questions about public works efficiency in high-regulation jurisdictions. Originally constructed in 1927, the Griffith Park Pool has remained closed since approximately 2020. The current plan calls for complete replacement of the leaking...
SANTA MONICA - Providence Saint John's Health Center has announced the largest philanthropic gift in its history - a transformative estate gift estimated at $100 million from the late Stan Lucas, a longtime friend, donor, and grateful patient of the hospital. The extraordinary donation, which names Saint John's Health Center Foundation as a primary beneficiary of Lucas' estate, will primarily advance prostate cancer research and care at the Santa Monica facility. The gift will...
