Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Update, 8:45 pm PST: Simi Valley police issued then cancelled an Amber Alert for 31-year-old Anthony Giarraputo and his 4-year-old son, Jaden. An hour later, they found both and cancelled the alert. Police said there was a domestic dispute during which the child's mother was assaulted, and Anthony fled with their child, indicating he might harm himself. Less than half an hour after the Amber Alert was issued, both were found safely, CHP officials said. At 7:35 pm PST Sunday...
Mitt Romney posted on his Facebook page on Monday night that that Donald Trump had selected someone else to be US Secretary of State. The post is the most prestigious cabinet position, in part because the SOS not only leads the State Department, but is 4th in line to the President. "It was an honor to have been considered for Secretary of State of our great country," the 2012 Republican nominee wrote. "My discussions with President-elect Trump have been both enjoyable and...
Chain Reaction is a peace monument and public art sculpture composed of a metal framework of stainless steel and fiberglass surrounded by concrete, depicting a mushroom cloud created by a nuclear explosion. The much loved and much hated work is finally undergoing renovation across the street from a US Military think tank. Designed by LA Times editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad and built by Peter M. Carlson, the 5.5-ton, 26-foot high sculpture was installed in 1991 adjacent to...
John Herschel Glenn Jr., 95 has died, reports the Washington Post. Cause of death was not immediately disclosed, but was rumored to be cancer. Glenn was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. He was one of the "Mercury Seven" group of military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA to become America's first astronauts and fly the Project Mercury spacecraft. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission and became the first...
A honey oil lab exploded in Sun Valley on Wednesday afternoon. The Los Angeles Fire Dept. responded. The garage of a recently renovated home was blown off its foundation. The force of the explosion also blasted 2 men out of the garage. Both of them were critically inured, they were transported to a local hospital suffering from 2nd and third degree burns. Honey oil is synthesized from marijuana plants using butane. The fire broke out around 3:50 p.m. in the 8300 block of...
A University of Southern California graduate student has been charged with fatally stabbing a professor on campus last week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. David Jonathan Brown (dob 7/11/88) was charged in case BA452257 with one count of murder as well as a special allegation that he personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife. He is scheduled to be arraigned today in Department 30 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center. Deputy District...
The Ghost Ship fire in Oakland killed at least 33 people, including David Cline of Santa Monica. He was apparently moved to Berkeley and studied there. His name was released along with the names of 12 other victims in the historic tragedy. Other names and ages of victims released Sunday night include: Cash Askew, 22, Nick Gomez-Hall, 25, Sara Hoda, 30, Donna Kellogg, 32, Nex Iuguolo, 32, Family have also identified Pete Wadsworth, Barrett Clark, Ara Jo and 17-year-old Draven...
The converted warehouse was known as "The Ghost Ship," and that turns out to have been destiny in a name. Firemen and Oakland Police say as many as 40 young people have been killed in a massive fire that happened Friday night during a concert inside a converted warehouse in Oakland. 30 people have been confirmed dead and 5 others remain missing. Sgt. Ray Kelly, spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, told reporters during a press conference Saturday that officials...
Firefighters have contained a 10-alarm blaze in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Residents from as many as seven buildings caught in the flames were evacuated and taken to a nearby community center. No fatalities, but 2 injuries so far. Cars are reported to have burned. Firefighters battled a 10-alarm fire in Cambridge Saturday near Berkshire Street and Vandine Street that jumped from building to building. The area is close to Kendall Square and the Kendall Square Cinema, said WBUR...
A Billinghurst, England auction of a Dodo bird skeleton garnered $416,000. The rare bird was extirpated by hungry sailors in its native New Zealand during the 1700's. Adult Dodo birds were the size of a German Shepherd dog. The bird's name recognition was enhanced by Lewis Carroll, who included a dodo in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Sailors hunted the dodo into extinction in the 17th century and it has come to symbolize the harsh impact man can have on the world's...
Now here's a headline you probably never expected to read: Former NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was medically evacuated form South Pole Station, Antarctica on Wednesday. He will travel by air from South Pole Station to McMurdo Station, and from there to New Zealand. The second man to walk on the moon, 86 year old Aldrin was on a privately funded tour of Antarctica, where he developed water in his lungs. South Pole Station is at 9300 feet elevation, and is below freezing even...
A suspect in his 40's walked up to a Loomis security truck in Midtown Manhattan Sept. 29, 2016 and walked up with a bucket full of gold flakes worth $1.6 million. Security cameras were rolling, and shot very clear images of the suspect. Police are seeking your help in apprehending the suspect. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit...
2/17: A woman was crossing the street in front of Laemmle's Monica Film Center. It was just before 6 pm on Nov. 15, andthe driver of a 2005 Nissan Sentra was in a hurry to get home for dinner. As a security camera recorded, the Nissan pulled out from behind a Blue Bus then slowly made a right turn. It accellerated and carried the woman on the hood of the silver car for 100 feet. The driver hit the brake, and the woman fell off the hood, seriously injured. The Santa Monica...
A blue 2002 Honda Accord sedan flew off the 405 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley near the Roscoe offramp, and landed on a homeless encampment, the CHP said. The incident happened at about 6:15 pm PST on Tuesday evening, November 29th. Haskell Avenue was closed near the accident site as an investigation proceeded. Three patients were transported to a hospital -- two in serious-to-critical condition. The other person was in fair condition, with injuries that were described as...
On a day when Donald Trump doubts the level of Clinton support in California, a 37-year-old woman was charged with tagging messages against Donald Trump at government buildings in downtown Los Angeles' Civic Center. This caused thousands of dollars in damages, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office alleged. Victoria Jayne Bay, 37, of Los Angeles faces four felony counts of vandalism over $400 damage, graffiti. Arraignment is scheduled today in Department 30 of the...
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Embraer 900 slammed into the mountain at 225 miles an hour, killing seventy-one of 76 passengers died late Monday night. It was on approach to land at the Medellin airport. The plane was chartered by Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, going to play the first of two games for the final of the Copa Sudamericana. As Brazilian and Colombian rescuers sifted through debris looking for survivors of crash that killed most of the Chapecoense soccer team. "Very s...
2/27: If you're flying out of LAX after Thanksgiving, you'd be well advised to arrive early. There is about a one hour wait just to enter the loop at LAX . Frustrated passengers exited Uber and Lyft rideshares, trying to illegally walk into the airport and make flights. The crowds begin to build at 1:30 pm. The terminal will probably get busier as the day progresses, and stay busy through Monday. LAX officials say 2.3 million people are expected to pass through the airport...
"The press swooned over Barack Obama and cried over Trump as they did over Bush. They keep connecting him to neo-Nazis, whom they call the Alt-right. Did the press go nuts about Farrakhan endorsing Obama in 2008? No," said former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. This explains why the President Elect released a holiday message on Facebook, rather than through the TV networks. Eric Bolling interviewed Fleischer on FoxNews' O'Reilly Factor. Bolling point out that the...
Cuban revolutionary and dictator Fidel Castro has died, said his brother Raul in a statement read on Cuban State TV. Raul, 87, succeeded his brother years ago as the country's leader. Born in Birán as the son of a wealthy farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imperialist politics while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President...
Traditional bamboo scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China collapsed into a deadly heap on Thursday, said Chinese State TV. Iron pipes, steel bars and wooden planks tumbling down on about 70 workers in the country's worst work-safety accident in over two years. The application of bamboo scaffolding to large modern construction sites has lead to many accidents, in combination with the lack of safety enforcement by the Chinese government. Chinese President Xi...
5 year old Jasmine Preciado was on a date with her boyfriend Monday night in Venice, near Pacific and Windward. This is a very busy intersection, full of pedestrians, and lined with the historic buildings built by Abbott Kinney 100 years ago. It's also near the famous VENICE sign. Preciado got into an argument with a man, who stabbed her and left in a vehicle with two women. The Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Station responded. The young mother was taken to UCLA...
2/21/2016: Saturday Night Live began with a 6 minute segment with Alec Baldwin reprising his role as Donald Trump. The actor no doubt has steady work for the next 4 years. Kate McKinnon, who last week did a moving rendition of Hillary Clinton singing "Halleleujah" by the recently deceased Leonard Cohen, Now plays Conway. I suppose any role with a blond woman is hers. "You're the reason I got elected," says Baldwin as Trump. "I think about that every day," says McKinnon...
Ten years ago, Jared Kushner's Dad, Charles Kushner, was convicted of Tax Evasion and Campaign finance law violations. The prosecutor: A young man named Chris Christie. "The unceremonious removal of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as chairman of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team," says CNN, "won't be the last power play by Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a young businessman who is shaping up as one of the central figures of the new administration. Kushner is far...
In what is no doubt an opening salvo in a trade war with the People's Republic of China, Donald Trump has threatened to add 45% tariffs to iPhones not built in the United States. This echoes what the Republican President Elect said during the recently concluded, 2016 US Presidential campaign. China's response? President Xi Jinping of China stated to Trump that he placed "great importance on the China-U.S. relationship, and look[s] forward to working with you to uphold the...
When Donald Trump said he intended to deport illegal aliens, he was referring to the Earthly kind. But like Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, President Elect Donald Trump's helicopter has been photographed with an Unidentified Flying Object in pursuit. This according to images appearing in the British and American press. http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/603088/Does-picture-show-UFOs-are-tailing-Donald-Trump-during-Presidential-election-campaign The Express says that the...
