Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Get your feet off the damn couch, Kelly Anne! Screamed Twitter as Kelly Anne Conway was asked to take a picture during President Donald Trump's meeting with the leaders of historically African American colleges. And so another Internet meme was born. On Social media, a debate raged over a photo showing White House adviser Kellyanne Conway’s casual posture while sitting on an Oval Office couch, she stressed to reporters Tuesday that the focus should instead be on the reason s...
This shocking press release just in from Constance Farrell, the City of Santa Monica's Information Minister. We give Santa Monica City Hall an A+ in Political Correctness. Please don't read it while driving, operating heavy machinery, or taking off from Santa Monica Airport: Santa Monica City Council Adopts Resolution Embracing Diversity and Clarifying the City's Role in Enforcing Federal Immigration Law SANTA MONICA, CA – At its meeting on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the S...
Why would a billionaire even want to be President? All the responsibility, people on the other side politically hate you, secret service agents accompany you to the bathroom and beyond. I wouldn't want it. But Oprah apparently does. Oprah Winfrey may end up running for U.S. President, both inspired by and to challenge President Donald Trump. Her affirmative response to the question of would she run, is a reversal for Winfrey, who in 2015 told "CBS This Morning" she would not...
His body was found on a dark and rainy night on 16th Street in Santa Monica, his hometown, where he had gone to high school. He had been a member of the Santa Monica High School football team and graduated in June, 2016. Juan Castillo was born and raised in Santa Monica. He had a job working at Burger King, but he was planning on enlisting in the military soon, and he was just 18 years old. KNBC Los Angeles is reporting that Police found shell casings around a liquor store at...
NASA scientists released one of the great scientific discoveries of the 21st Century today: There are 7 Earthlike planets circling a star 39 light years from Earth, in the Constellation Aquarius. From the perspective of a person (or alien) standing on the surface of one of the planets, some of the other worlds would appear larger than the moon in the Earth's sky. Google has marked the Earth-shattering discovery with a Doodle, featuring the seven planets squeezing into view on...
Alan Samuel Colmes, 66, has died of cancer. He was an American radio and television host, liberal political commentator for the Fox News Channel, and blogger. Colmes died at a Manhattan medical center on February 23, 2017 after suffering from lymphoma. He was the host of The Alan Colmes Show, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show distributed by Fox News Radio that was broadcast throughout the United States on Fox News Talk on Sirius and XM. From 1996 to 2009, Colmes served...
The Coast Guard has ceased for a possible missing swimmer near Bolsa Chica State Beach Saturday. Initially, authorities searched for three young men who went swimming. 2 were quickly found, but 18 year old Shaun Linn was not found as of noon Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a call from a good Samaritan at 5:17 p.m., reporting that Shaun Linn, an 18-year-old male, entered the water and did not return to the surface approximately...
Susan Fowler joined Uber as a Site Reliability Engineer and immediately was treated like an attractive cat living in a frat house with a bunch of mutts. She was chased all over the building, fed cat food, threatened with being let out the door, and not given a leather jacket. Uber is about to find out that this particular cat has claws and lawyers. Uber's CEO said Sunday that he was "investigating" the former employee's online account of sexual harassment and gender bias...
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has ordered the immediate evacuation of the lower levels of Oroville, CA and the areas downstream. Lake Oroville went from 8-% full to over 100% full in just one week. The danger is not to the earthen dam itself, but to the emergency spillway which has been operated in full activation mode, for the first time in 48 years. Some did try to find the humor in the situation, tweeting "California's about to get waterboarded!" or...
St. Monica's Catholic Church was overflowing with crowds, as hundreds of family members, friends and classmates came to mourn the unexplained loss of a beautiful teenage girl name Kelly Cano. She was remembered as a kind, conscientious and loving member of her family and of the broader community. The emotionally charged ceremony saw family members and friends alike leave the church heads bowed under the weight of this sudden tragic loss. A loss that brought a community...
Update 2/19: Sunday a Falcon 9 rocket took off carrying supplies to the ISS. The historic launch marked the first time that a private company lifted off from historic launchpad 39A. SpaceX delayed its launch of a space station supply mission moments before liftoff Saturday morning. Publicly, the company said there was a possible problem with the second stage of its Dragon rocket. But viewers at the launch site said there was a drone or other UFO near the site. A UFO was...
A four story hotel burned in Baldwin Park, CA tonight. 5 guests suffered smoke inhalation, but quick work by the Los Angeles County Fire Department prevented anyone from being seriously injured. A heavy presence of fire fighters were seen at the La Puente exit to the 405 freeway. The fire was contained to one unit on the third floor. The 2 alarm fire at the Regency Inn, a 187 room hotel located at the intersection of Merced and Dalewood Street, caused delays on the...
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Update: The evacuation order was lifted on February 14, 2017 at 2 pm PST, for communities below Oroville dam. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has ordered the immediate evacuation of the lower levels of Oroville, CA and the areas downstream. Lake Oroville went from 8-% full to over 100% full in just one week. The danger is not to the earthen dam itself, but to the emergency spillway which has been operated in full activation mode, for the first time in 48...
The Santa Monica Malibu Unified School district has cancelled all "optional group activities such as dances, field trips, camp trips and music rehearsals at all our schools." The decision was made on the advice of the Dept. of Public Health. The District has been struggling with a Norovirus outbreak 10 days ago during a 7th grade field trip to Yosemite. Separately, a 17 year old girl died at Santa Monica High School last week. Her death has been attributed to a mysterious...
Former General Michael Flynn "Couldn't be 100% certain he hadn't discussed the lifting of sanctions with the Russian Ambassador to the US." So as a consequence, Flynn has resigned as National Security Advisor. As he resigned, many noted his loyalty to president Donald Trump. He was one of Trump's first backers, and led chants of "Lock her up!" at the Republican National Convention in July, 2016 referring of course, to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. "I inadvertently briefe...
The Los Angeles Department of transportation announced the full reopening of Laurel Canyon Blvd on Saturday, February 11. Laurel Canyon opened at 1:30pm and will remain open thereafter. Laurel Canyon road closed on Jan. 11 after part of the foundation and patio of a home in the 8100 block of West Gould Avenue gave way, causing a mudslide. "City agencies have worked around the clock to provide safeguards to hillside neighborhoods due to unprecedented rainstorms. This has been...
As dawn broke over West Los Angeles, early risers were treated to a rare sight: an enormous geyser of water. An inattentive driver, possibly one who fell asleep in the early morning hours of Thursday, hit a fireplug on Pico Blvd near Veteran Avenue in West LA. Our photographer caught the 50 foot geyser that resulted. It filled the early morning sky in front of the Mattress Town Mattress store. After about 45 minutes, crews from the Department of Water and Power had the water...
Sara Lee Deli is voluntarily recalling approximately 734 cases of Sara Lee® Sliced Monterey Jack Cheese with Jalapeno Peppers and Sara Lee Sliced Colby Jack Cheese. The products were distributed to food retailers in Alabama, California, Louisiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Texas. The products are being recalled out of an abundance of caution because they were made by an outside supplier on the same day and with the same equipment as Deutsch Kase Haus, LLC-supplied...
Gerardo Vasquez stabbed his roommate in Simi Valley on Saturday, then led Police on a chase to Santa Monica. He got out of the car and waved a knife at officers, apparently hoping they would grant his death wish. They did. Sheriff's investigators identified the dead man as Gerardo Vasquez, "male Hispanic, 52 years-old." Simi Valley Police wanted him for trying to kill his roommate on February 3, 2017. He fled the scene after the stabbing and was considered "armed and dangerous...
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Deputies removed a man who was wearing a Kafiyeh from the Westbound Metro Exposition Line train early Sunday afternoon in Santa Monica At least one passenger heard a rumor that the man claimed to have a bomb. The Sheriff's Department would not confirm or deny this account. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provides security throughout the MTA train system, because it moves through jurisdictions. The keffiyeh is a traditional Middle Eastern...
Rapper "The Game" pleaded no contest today to assaulting an off-duty police officer during a basketball game at a high school in Hollywood, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jayceon Terrell Taylor, 37, entered a no contest plea to one misdemeanor count each of criminal threats and battery. Taylor also pleaded no contest to one felony count of grand theft. Deputy District Attorney Deann Rivard said the rapper was immediately sentenced to three years...
Richard Hatch died Tuesday. The Santa Monica born actor, writer, and producer best known for his role as Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica television series, and also as Tom Zarek in the 2003 remake of Battlestar Galactica. Richard Hatch, star of the original "Battlestar Galactica" and the Syfy remake, died on Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his manger confirmed to Variety. Hatch died around 1:30 p.m. at his home in Santa Clarita, Calif., with...
An SMMUSD robocall informed parents Monday afternoon, that Santa Monica High School was on Lockdown as the Santa Monica Police Department searches for a Robbery suspect. The lockdown began at 1 pm and lasted for about an hour. At 152 PM, the Lockdown was lifted, and SamoHi apparently resumed with a modified schedule: "Lunch will go until 2:05 pm; period 5, 2:10-2:40 pm, period 6, 2:49-3:16 pm," said the School Principal in an email to parents. Most SamoHi students finish the...
Sierra Nevada snow drifts are at a drought-busting 173 percent of average, with the most snow recorded since 1995, California water managers said Thursday. State water managers poked rods into drifts as high as tree branches to measure the snowpack. They found far more snow than at the height of California's more than five-year drought, when the measurement was done in almost-bare mountain meadows. "The winter storms across California are a welcome relief from five years of...
