Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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A suspected sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhun in Syria's Idlib Province has killed at least 60 people. The Syrian government, alone among the factions in the Syrian Civil War, is known to possess poison gas, though they consistently deny using it. The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, described the carnage as "reprehensible" and directly blamed the Syrian leadership. But he also laid some of the responsibility on Barack Obama, saying: "These heinous actions by the...
In Niles Michigan, Quality Inn employees discovered one 1 child dead, 13 people unconscious and in critical condition. The incident is being blamed on a carbon monoxide accident at hotel swimming pool. In a chemical reaction, Chlorine can be converted into carbon monoxide, chemists say. A broken swimming pool heater can cause such a reaction, in a situation where a pool is fully enclosed. ABC News is reporting that one child is dead and six other children are hospitalized for...
A Boston man named Davis was on his way to work Monday when he saw a preternatural ritual: a group of wild turkeys marching in a circle around a dead cat. "I've got three dogs and four fish tanks at home... I enjoy nature, I enjoy wildlife," says Jonathan Davis of Randolph, Massachusetts, who filmed the scene on his phone on March 2. "It's not every day you see something like that." Once Davis posted his footage to Twitter, it went viral. Davis and others noted the incident's...
In an apparent April Fools Day joke, the Russian Foreign Ministry posted a message offering interference in your next election. "To arrange a call from a Russian diplomat to your political opponent, press 1," the recording begins, in Russian and English. Press 2 "to use the services of Russian hackers," and 3 "to request election interference." President Donald Trump has called upon NBC News, and also other news organizations, to stop covering Russia's purported interference i...
The Santa Monica Conservancy has filed an appeal of the Landmarks Commission's technical denial of an application to designate the former Home Savings building at 26th and Wilshire Blvd and the parcel on which it is located. The appeal hearing is scheduled for the City Council meeting next Tuesday, March 28th. Legal challenges by the property owner over the past four years have delayed resolution of whether this building merits designation as a Santa Monica Landmark, said the...
Pigeon people appear to have descended upon a street near Tokyo Japan, from their secret base in the Gobi Desert. This according to images just revealed from Google Street maps. Google street view has captured people doing everything they do, from murder to mayhem to making love. Now, it has captured an alien invasion, and not the kind Donald Trump's wall is designed to keep out. Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides...
Meanwhile, in flyover country, 1000's of acres burned in Kansas and Oklahoma, touched off by lightning and fueled by dry winds. Hundreds of farmers and ranchers were forced to shoot hundreds of cattle, either because they were injured or because nothing remained for them to graze upon. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of th...
In the beginning, there was the vanishing photo. Then Snapchat created the vanishing video, allowing millennials to share their most private moments without threat of parental retribution. And millennials saw the light, that it was good. But today Facebook put the kabosh on everything, putting three day sensing and filters into the same use of putting glasses and rainbow vomit onto your tongue as well as Snapchat. For Snapchat, the filters are an existential threat. You can...
Despite traditional opposition to sports gambling, the owners of NFL teams have approved a proposed merger of hte Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas NV. Monday at a Phoenix resort for the annual league meeting, they voted to ratify the Raiders' proposed move. Raiders owner Mark Davis set his sights on Las Vegas after the owners last year chose the Inglewood stadium proposal of Rams owner Stan Kroenke over the Carson project proposed by Davis and the Chargers' Dean Spanos. The L.A....
A barricade situation on the world famous Las Vegas Blvd, ended peacefully Saturday evening, when a suspect surrendered to officers of the Las Vegas Municipal Police Department. Another person was also wounded, said police spokesman Officer Larry Hadfield. The shooting took place on the bus, he confirmed. The shooting suspect was barricaded on a bus, and tactical teams and negotiators were on Las Vegas Boulevard, which is closed between Flamingo Road and Harmon Avenue. "This...
3/21: Santa Monica suffered yet another fatality automobile accident Tuesday afternoon at 4:20, this time a few yards away from the headquarters of the Santa Monica Police Department. A sedan hit a male pedestrian in the parking lot between The Santa Monica courthouse and the Rand corporation. A 40-year-old man who had just paid a traffic fine, was paying for parking at an electronic kiosk. Allegedly, Cal State University Los Angeles Student Absadi Kidane drove a vehicle at a...
Update: Two boys in the backseat of a car when it was stolen, were found safe in the abandoned Honda Accord early Friday in Desert Hot Springs, police said. Jayden and Carlos Cortez were found by Riverside County Sheriff's deputies inside the abandoned white Honda Accord, with its engine still on, at around 2:40 a.m. parked at a church in the 17400 block of Bubbling Springs Road, Cathedral City police said. Jayden, 1, and Carlos, 2, was taken to a hospital for evaluation and h...
Santa Monica, CA (March 16) - Rain Pryor's sold-out solo tour-de-force, Fried Chicken and Latkes, is extended to June 3 at The Braid, home of Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT), 2912 Colorado Ave., #102, Santa Monica. Critics call Fried Chicken and Latkes, a "poignant and hilarious tale," (Jewish Journal), and write, "Diversity, Culture and Laughter Come to Santa Monica" (Santa Monica Daily Press) and "Rain Pryor Embraces the Jewish and African-American Heritages that Make Her...
3/21/17: Santa Monica Firemen rescued a dog named Malu, who had been overcome with heat and smoke, from a fire in a 2 story apartment building across 7th Street from the main entrance to Santa Monica High School. Santa Monica firefighters were able to revive the dog. Fireman Andrew Klein and Captain Eric Himler, pictured performing CPR on the dog, both work on Engine 1 in downtown Santa Monica. From the SMFD's press release: During the fire fight, Firefighters searching the...
SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of 25 passengers and crew after their vessel began taking on water near San Clemente Island, Sunday. At 2:51 a.m., Sunday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego's Joint Harbor Operations Center, received a distress call from the 63-foot charter-fishing vessel Truline, reporting they struck a submerged object and were taking on water approximately one-half mile south of San Clemente Island. A Coast Guard Sector San D...
The SMMUSD has confirmed that a Santa Monica High School boy died over the March 17-20th weekend, after falling out of a window during "a bad trip on acid." Principal Antonio Shelton released a statement this evening. It's below. Two female students died of illnesses this year, one in September and one in February. Santa Monica High School has just under 3000 students. 3 deaths of students in six months must be considered a concerning death rate for a US high school, even if...
Update, 3/21: Romario Snow has been located in the City of Inglewood. He will be reunited with his mother shrotly and is in good health. He was locsted as a result of the media coverage. Thank you very much. -- Lt. Saul Rodriguez, SMPD The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is seeking the public's assistance in locating a critical missing adult, Romario Snow, a 21-year old autistic man. On March 19, 2017 at about 1:52 p.m., the critical missing adult was last seen by Los...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., (March 06, 2017) --- Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier is hiring for new employees for Spring and Summer positions during its annual Job Fair on Saturday, March 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Seaside Pavilion, which is located at the west end of Pacific Park next to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Pacific Park looks for fun, outgoing, energetic team members to work in areas that include rides, games, retail and security, among others. Potential employees...
3/16/17--The City of Santa Monica reports a fatality collision which closed Lincoln Blvd and Hill Street after 7 am Thursday. At 6:15 a.m., the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) says, it responded to a radio call for service regarding a traffic collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of Lincoln Blvd and Hill Street. The woman was said to be a local grandmother. "Upon arrival, officers discovered a pedestrian in the roadway with significant injuries. The...
Just after the appointment of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, but before she could be confirmed, the Federal Aviation Administration decided to sell out the airport and give the City of Santa Monica what it wanted. And the City Council wanted a shutdown desperately; they've promised it to their constituents, who, like FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, are pretty much all Democrats. As we have wrote in January, Huerta, an Obama Appointee, basically double crossed his new...
At the U.S. Army Yuma Proving ground in Arizona, a test of the Orion space capsule's parachute system helped NASA taken another step toward flying Orion with people on board. But some are wondering, why is it taking the US over a decade to develop a new space vehicle? The time between the last flight of the space shuttle in 2011, and the first flight of a manned Orion spaceship, is sometimes referred to as the Space Gap. It is fair to point out that this is the first time in...
A woman was hit by a sports car on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica today around 10:30 AM. This accident took place on Wilshire between fifth and fourth Street. The pedestrian was not seriously injured and was transported to a local hospital....
Last night was the first of three Stairway of the Stars concerts, this one featuring Orchestra. Nearly 1,000 students from all schools in Malibu and Santa Monica participate combined. The Guest Conductor and Stairway Award Recipient for Orchestra was Mark Barnard. Most other SMMUSD extracurricular events have been cancelled due to Norovirus, which first appeared in John Adams middle school over Christmas break. The district has been struggling with Norovirus ever since. Why...
The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach is warning vessel operators and the general public of illegal charter boats in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area. In an effort to ensure public safety on local waterways, the Captain of the Port issued several "Captain of the Port Orders" to specific vessel operators to cease operations as commercial vessels carrying more than six passengers, including one passenger for hire, and in some cases to cease operations carr...
3/15/17--A water main broke on Colorado between 20th St. and Cloverfield Blvd. Tuesday night, said the city manager's office in a press release. The break caused a loss of water and other services to several commercial buildings near the intersection. "Since 5 a.m. Public Works crews have been on site to excavate the area and patch the pipe to resume water to water customers in the surrounding area. Once excavated, it became clear that a Los Angeles County storm drain pipe...
