Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Orange County Police arrested Orlando karate instructor Stephannie Figueroa, 21, after she allegedly told an 11-year-old student she wanted to have sex with him and sent him more than a dozen nude photos . The instructor was arrested after the boy's mother opened the messaging app Kik on his phone and found inappropriate messages from the teacher, police said. The local District Attorney has filed charges against Stephannie Figueroa, 21 alleging child abuse, attempted lewd or...
If you've ever driven with Waze, you've noticed two things: Your wife constantly yells at you to put down the phone, and the Waze App directs you to "difficult intersections." Meaning you have to take a left turn off of some small street, onto Olympic Blvd. At rush hour. From now on, the default setting on Waze will avoid "risky turns," and instead allow you to make a series of right turns, or another alternate route. Users may disable this feature, if they're just totally...
A 300 ton crane collapsed at Torrance's ExxonMobil refinery at about 9:30 a.m. The collapse inflicted minor injuries on three workers. The 300-ton crane was being used in the operational portion of the refinery, on 190th Street near Crenshaw. It suddenly fell for reasons that are under investigation, said Torrance Fire Department Battalion Chief Bob Miller. "Initially, some flammable gas was suppressed by water monitors," Millea said. "There were no offsite impacts." The...
We are nearing the Summer Solstice, and it was hotter than a pistol in Southern California today. It was 106 in Woodland Hills and Monday will be yet hotter. Similar temperatures were recorded in Beverly Hills and Woodland Hills, Glendale and Burbank, in San Bernardino and Riverside. In downtown Santa Monica, it was 90 degrees Farenheit. The beaches offered little relief from the heat Fies burned, in Santa Barbara of course, but there were also dangerous fires in Silver Lake...
Disney, Inc. could face a stiff legal fight following the alligator attack at its resort in Orlando last Tuesday. Two year old Lane Grey from Elkhorn, Nevada, was drowned by the gator. His body was found the next day "Disney is strictly liable for creating a hazard (a pool of dark water at a family resort. They knew or should have known about the danger of alligators inhabiting such a pool, in South Florida. Historically, the area was a swamp. Disney World should never have be...
A small plane has crashed into BART tracks in Hayward, CA killing the pilot. At 11:57 a.m., fire officials received a report that a small plane ent down near 150 Sandoval Way, said fire Capt. Don Nichelson of the Hayward Fire Dept. The crash caused a small fire. No other injuries have been reported, said Nichelson BART halted served on the Fremont Line, said BART officials, suggesting passengers take the ACT Transit bus line 99 between the South Hayward and Fremont Stations....
Update, 6 PM 6/18; progress has been made on the fire which is now 45% contained and has consumed some 7500 acres. The weather is expected to be hot tomorrow perhaps as much as 90°F even in the coastal zone. This will not help firefighters. 10 p.m. 6/17A water treatment plant at El Capitan State Beach burned down overnight as the Sherpa fire has grown to more than 6,000 acres, threatening crops, homes and an oil refinery. 600 firemen cannot slow it down, much, as the sundowner...
Five people are dead after an illegal alien allegedly set fire to a vacant building in the Westlake District of Los Angeles. Johnny Josue Sanchez, 21, allegedly started the blaze after a dispute with other transients at the site, a large vacant commercial building at 2411 W. Eighth Street near MacArthur Park. He has been arrested for drug possession, domestic abuse, and breaking and entering. Now he faces 5 counts of murder. Those killed include Jerry Dean Clemons, 59, and Mar...
A five year old was playing in his front yard along with an older brother in a rural area not far from Aspen. Suddenly their mother heard screaming and ran outside to find a mountain lion had jumped him. The mother pulled the cat off the boy. The boy's father called 911 and drove him to a hospital. This in a week when America has been transfixed by an alligator attack on a 2 year old boy at Orlando's Disneyworld Resort. The Mountain lion, often called a cougar or Puma, is...
The FBI instructed the former wife of the Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, Sitora Yusufiy, not to speak of his homosexuality or the fact that she, his family and others believed he was gay, Yusufiy's current fiance, Marco Dias, told a Brazilian TV channel in an interview. Dias told the Brazilian television station SBT Brazil Tuesday that Yusufiy believed Mateen was gay and that his father called him gay several times in front of her. However, "the FBI asked her not to tell this to...
According to CBS News, a San Diego father who chased an alligator away from his five year old son last year at Disney World in Orlando, has been interviewed. He said he told resort officials, and they responded that he "should not worry, because the alligators are tame as pets." In April of 2015, San Diego lawyer David Hiden took his family to the theme park. His five-year-old son waded calf-deep into a lagoon behind their hotel. "I saw something rapidly coming on like a...
Sen. John McCain said Thursday that President Barack Obama was "directly responsible" for the massacre at the gay nightclub in Orlando. The former presidential candidate later walked back the comments, saying he misspoke. The Arizona Republican, who has been sharply critical of the President's foreign policy strategy, argued that his failure to adequately address terror threats led to the rise of ISIS. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's spokesman immediately blasted McCain's...
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...
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., May 10, 2016 – Kinecta Federal Credit Union announced it will host a free home seller workshop on "How to make your Home Selling experience a SMART MOVE" on Saturday, May 21 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.at the Santa Monica Member Service Center, 3027 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403. Expert, seasoned loan consultants will share their insights on today's real estate market and financing options – as well as tips for success in the home selling pro...
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...
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...
