Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Latest update: http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/06/05/news/all-evacuations-lifted-as-clabasas-topanga-fire-is-80-contained/1363.html Update, Sunday 6/5, 1:15 PM: Thousands of residents of Calabasas have been evacuated, and officials have asked them not to return yet due to the possibility of flareups. The fire has now consumed 525 acres of hilltops and burned several structures. Topanga has not been evacuated, as it is in Zone 1, but residents have been told to prepare to...
President Obama, visiting the "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," says that he is "worried about the Republican Party" with the emergence of Donald Trump as its presumptive nominee. When Fallon asked Obama whether he thought the Republicans were happy with their choice of Trump, Obama replied, "We are." The audience laughed. It was the President's first visit to Jimmy Fallon, and his first public appearance after endorsing his former Secretary of State. For readers who...
Hundreds of aftershocks have followed the magnitude 5.2 earthquake that shook the Palm Springs area on Friday. Aftershocks are common after significant quakes, and Friday's temblor – which was felt from San Diego to Los Angeles and beyond – produced a few larger than 3.0. Most were much smaller. The quake occurred in a sparsely populated area near Borrego Springs in San Diego County but the 1:04 a.m. quake was felt across a wide area. "It's the biggest one for a while," sai...
Really, can there be any more classic tabloid headline than "Jennifer Aniston Pregnant"? Jennifer Aniston's rep told the Daily News the actress is not pregnant, calling it "a fabrication." This after online rumors, citing the Actresses seemingly growing waistline, as proof that she and husband Justin Theroux were with child. Which after age 45, would pretty much require another woman's assistance. This isn't the first time the "Friends" alum has fallen victim to the pregnant...
The Egyptian government announced Wednesday that it has discovered the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, in several locations. A vessel contracted by Egyptair to join the search “identified several main locations of the wreckage" and the first images of the wreckage were provided to the investigation committee, the Associated Press reported. Searchers plan to map the wreckage's distribution on the seabed. The flight seemed t...
About 24,500 people are on the TSA's Terror Watchlist, and once you're on it, good luck flying. Soon, those 24,000 people won't be able to purchase guns legally either. Even though Omar Mateen was never on it. Donald J. Trump is ready to modify his position on Second Amendment protections on Wednesday, tweeting that he would be meeting with the National Rifle Association to discuss preventing individuals on the terrorist watch list from purchasing guns. This on a day when the...
Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, 29 lived about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from Orlando. Mateen was an American citizen born in New York to Afghan parents, and was a Muslim. He was a licensed security guard, attended the Haj in Mecca in 2012. His views became increasingly radicalized. At 2:02 a.m. EDT June 12, shots were heard and an Orlando Police Department (OPD) officer stationed at Pulse nightclub engaged Mateen and returned fire. Pulse posted on its Facebook page at 2:09 a.m. ED...
The Federal Bureau of Investigations was made aware of shooter Omar Mateen in 2013, says FBI spokesman Special Agent Hopper at a press conference at 3 p.m. EST. "He was not under current investigation, and he was not under surveillance by the FBI" at the time of the attack," he said. Mateen, 29, committed the worst mass shooting in US history last night at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FLA. He had been interviewed by the FBI twice, due to radical islamic views he had express...
Concerns were especially high as the 46th annual Gay Pride Parade, America's oldest and largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning gathering, had expected to attract over 400,000 along West Hollywood's Santa Monica Boulevard by the 11 a.m. start. Sheriff's Lt. Edward Ramirez told City News Service this morning, "In light of the unfortunate shooting incident in Orlando, Florida, the Sheriff's Department is fully prepared to respond to a similar situation, shoul...
DODGERS OPTION MONTAS LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today reinstated right-handed pitcher Frankie Montas (rib resection surgery) from the 60-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Montas, 23, posted a 1.50 ERA in six rehab games (three starts) with Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City, striking out 18 with only two walks and a 0.83 WHIP in 12.0 innings. He is in his first season with the Dodger organization after being acquired from the W...
The Santa Monica Police report heavy police activity, on the 1300 block of 14th street. This is the block between Santa Monica Blvd and Broadway. They don't tell us the nature of the police activity. The e mail reads in full: 1300 5th street closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic, heavy police activity This e-mail has been sent to you by the CITY OF SANTA MONICA. To maximize their communication with you, you may be receiving this e-mail in addition to a phone call with the...
Once upon a time, there was a beach city with a pier 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles, that held a fireworks display on July 4th on the beach. Then, the wrong crowd started showing up. There was a gang murder on Santa Monica beach in 1990, and 2 more in 1991. The City tried doing it the morning of July 4th, and called it "The Dawn's Early Light." The gangs stayed up all night, and there were 3 gang murders in 1994. So the beach City moved its display to Santa Monica...
Update: There is now a petition being cirulated to recall Judge Persky, who was re-elected to a 12 year term on June 7th. 44,000 residents who are properly registered to vote in Santa Clara County would have to sign it. PALO ALTO -- At least 10 prospective jurors who oppose Judge Aaron Persky's sentence imposted former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner prison for a sexual assault, more or less refused this week to serve on a jury in an unrelated case he presides over, says the...
A moderately large earthquake rocked rural Southern California nearly 30 miles south of Palm Springs. The epicenter was in the desert. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-5.2 temblor struck just after 1 a.m. Friday. USGS geophysicist Amy Vaughan says it was strong enough to have awakened sleepers. She says the shallow quake touched off a series of smaller aftershocks, registering between magnitude-2.6 to 3.6. The Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Riverside...
SourceFed, a news website with a very popular internet channel, has performed an analysis of Google search recommendations only to find that it appears Google is whitewashing search recommendations for Hillary Clinton. In comparison, Bing and Yahoo! produce fairer results. Here's how it works: Soucefed says news.google.com site’s auto search feature intentionally omits items that might be hurtful to Hillary Clinton. Example: Hillary Clinton CRI suggests "Hillary Clinton C...
An unloading accident caused an acid spill that prompted the evacuation of a Starkist Foods canning facility in Eastvale, Riverside County. 15 workers went to a hospital for hazardous chemical inhalation, said the Riverside County Fire Department. A firefighter also went to the hospital with unspecified minor injuries not related to breathing difficulty, officials said. Roughly 40 gallons of concentrated cleaning acid spilled about 2:45 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at the expansive...
Fifteen years after his first victim was found strangled to death in an abandoned Santa Monica home, transient Edric Dashell Gross, 50, has been found guilty of her murder and that of a second victim. This is the second trial for Gross regarding the two murders. A 2015 trial ended with a hung jury. In April, 2001, Jacqueline Ovsak, 42, was found raped and strangled to death in an abandoned building in Santa Monica. A murder investigation was initiated, but led nowhere. Over a...
What better place for a 73 year old to close out a US Presidential campaign, then a 100 year old pier? Bernie Sanders made a surprise visit this afternoon on the Santa Monica Pier. He looked like any other grandfather, as he rode the Pier's 120 year old carousel with his grandson. Sanders shook hands and stopped for photos and mingled with the always huge summer crowd on the pier. For more than an hour Sunday along the shops, restaurants and amusement park rides of the...
In a 2016 interview, Robert Shapiro said that he knew the gloves would not fit Simpson because he, Shapiro, had tried them on the week before. "I could barely get them on, and my hands are much smaller than OJ's." When asked if OJ Simpson was guilty of the double murder, Shapiro said: "There is legal guilt and moral guilt. As to legal guilt, OJ Simpson is definitely not guilty of the murders. As to moral guilt, I have never answered that question from anyone. Not even my...
It's sold, but Hugh Hefner gets to live there for the rest of his life. And with his life, that could be a long time. Even though he's 90 years old. The Playboy mansion, an historic even iconic 1927 villa in Holmby Hills, is in escrow to be sold to a financier who owns the adjacent property, according to the buyer's real estate agent. Agents love to brag about such sales. The mansion owned by Playboy Enterprises was listed for $200 million by broker Mauricio Umansky of the...
On Monday an LA jury recommended the death penalty for Lonnie David Franklin, Jr, also known as the "Grim Sleeper." Franklin was already conviced on May 5 of all 10 counts of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of multiple murders. He is believed responsible for the gruesome murders of at least nine women and one teenage girl over a 22-year period, from 1985 to 2007. Prosecutors presented evidence in the penalty phase that suggest he could be responsible for an...
Today Hillary Clinton wrapped up the Democratic Presidential nomination (AP). Roger Clinton, half-brother of former president Bill Clinton was arrested in Redondo Beach over the weekend on drunken driving charges, police said. Roger Clinton, who resides in Torrance, was taken into custody at around 7:20 p.m. Sunday after police stopped his SUV near the intersection of Torrance and Prospect Blvd. He refused a blood test, which is a defendant's right when pulled over, and...
Update: At a 5 PM press conference, LA County Fire announced that residents will be allowed to return to their homes at 6 PM. 400 Firemen declared victory over a fire near Topanga, as the weather turned cooler and 5,000 evacuees were allowed to return. Topanga Canyon Blvd is now open to traffic. Residents said the hills has sharp lines distinguishing burned areas from unburned areas. "The footage is amazing. Acres of charred hills ending right at the edges of the residential...
Early Sunday morning, 4 passengers clinging to the side of an overturned small boat were rescued from the water by Los Angeles County Lifeguards. A tanker saw the hapless sailors and called County Lifeguards at 6:20AM. The County Fire Department Lifeguard Division was on scene minutes later, in the waters just off Long Beach. " Long Beach Fire Department Rescue Boat 2 found an 18′ Aluminum Crestliner capsized with 4 passengers in the water," says the Lifeguard press r...
A public school in Palmdale directed a Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff to call on the family of a seven-year-old child in order to forbid him from handing out bible verses and stories on a public sidewalk outside of the school. The deputy told the family that "someone might be offended." The child, who attends Desert Rose Elementary, had originally been receiving short notes with bible verses from his mother, Christina Zavala, packed with his lunch. After sharing the notes with...
