Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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As you no doubt know, California ballots were mailed to voters the first week of October. About 9 million ballots have already been cast, easily breaking the California records for early voting. Nevertheless, polling stations will open for election 2020. Remember to bring your mask. If you forget, poll workers will hand you one, actually. Authorities intended changes to voting in California this year to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Voters and poll workers will space...
The Silverado fire has "exploded" in size authorities said Monday night. 90,000 people living in North Eastern Tustin and Irvine have been urged to evacuate. Three firefighters have been critically injured. "Irvine evacuation, Tustin on alert," KTLA reported at 6:40 pm PST. "The Silverado Fire is currently 0% contained, says the Orange County Fire Dept. " 90,000 people evacuated in Irvine? That's huge. Where do you out 99,000 people in a state already ravaged by fire?" wrote...
It may not go down as the most significant endorsement of the political season, but a local storage unit operator has come out against Proposition 15. "Normally, we do not communicate with our customers about ballot measures," writes "Your SoCal Self Storage Team." We prefer to talk ab out our Nice customer service, cool organizational tips, rainbows, and sunsets. But Prop 15, also known as the Schools and Communities First initiative, has us REALLY concerned." reads a letter...
When President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he famously said, "I'm truly honored. But I haven't done anything yet." You probably won't hear about it at all on American mainstream media, but US President Donald J. Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian Parliament member Christian Tybring-Gjedde nominated the president, citing efforts to resolve world conflict. He said: "Trump has broken a 39-year-old streak of American Presidents...
In shades of the famous Rachel Dolezal case, a white Jewish woman from Kansas has come forward and said that her career as an African American studies professor was a fraud. George Washington associate professor Jessica A. Krug admitted in a Medium post Thursday that, despite publicly identifying as a black woman, she is white. Twitter, of course, loved it. "The only reason Jessica Krug finally admitted to this lie is bec on Aug 26th one very brave very BLACK Latina junior...
The LAPD says that lives of officers were threatened by a mom of BLM rioters on Friday night, August 28, 2020. The Black Lives Matter inspired rioters, spray painted the building with graffiti and allegedly threatened the lives of police personnel. The LAPD's statement is as follows: Last night an unruly mob surrounded the Van Nuys Community Police Station, vandalizing the station and threatening the lives of police officers. Some of the damage can be viewed at this social...
Los Angeles was the scene of yet more protesting on Monday night, after an incident in which Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies shot a suspect in their custody Monday afternoon. The deceased individual has been identified as Dejon Kizzie. Sheriff's say that Kizzie, an African American male, punched one of the deputies in the face after a foot chase. He then dropped a bundle of clothing containing a handgun, Sheriff's deputies said. When he tried to pick up the gun and fire...
The president's younger brother Robert Trump has died at 71, after a fall and a cerebral hemorrhage. He also developed COVID-19 and complications of coronavirus while in the hospital. Update: Robert was hospitalized at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital in New York City on August 14, 2020. President Donald Trump visited him the same day, later stating that he was very ill and was having a hard time. He died the next day, the cause was not disclosed. The New York Times reported a...
A woman who lives south of Montana but north of Washington on Euclid, reports that she and her husband left home, and returned Friday evening to find a large gentleman using her credit cards in her computer. "Daisy" adds that 48 hours later, the same man tested the locks and attempted to gain entry again, despite the obvious presence of security cameras. Her entire "next-door" post is below. Lock your doors! Burglarized once and then returned 1:30am today. In the last 48 we...
Santa Monica police arrested one suspect, following the stabbing of a 35 year old homeless man in Christine Emerson Reed Park Thursday morning just before 9 am. The victim was transported to the hospital where he is reported to be in a fair condition with one stab wound. SMPD reports the suspect is in custody, and the incident is under investigation. The suspect was later identified as John James. Residents pointed out that the stabbing took place about ten yards away from...
The program that the US Congress set up to loan as much as 1.3 trillion to small businesses, appears to be ending on Saturday, August 8th. The end of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has not been much discussed. Congress could extend it, but with an apparent deadlock over the $600 weekly unemployment benefit extension, that appears unlikely for now. President Donald J. Trump extended several other Covid-19 relief programs by executive order on Saturday. Unemployment...
Former US Presidential candidate Herman Cain has died of coronavirus, his website announced. www.HermanCain.com noted that he had climbed the corporate ladder at Pillsbury, then become known as the CEO of Godfather Pizza. Cain briefly led the 2012 Republican presidential candidate field. He dropped out amid allegations of sexual harassment. He became a conservative commentator with a show on Fox's Newsmax. Cain attended a Trump Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma in June. Some sources...
The Seattle Police Dept reports that it failed to take any action at all, when a group of 150 rioters attacked businesses in the 1400 block of Pine Avenue. For those not familiar with Seattle geography, this is near Cal Anderson Park. This is what the Seattle PD has done everytime the rioters come to smash windows. Meanwhile, Mayor Durkan and the Democratic City Government in Seattle objects whenever the Federal government attempts to protect property in the North West. We...
The US is focused on a few protestors in Portland, but meanwhile the human rights crisis in China has become really serious. Tape has emerged of a Muslim minority called the Uyghers, being shaven, blindfolded, handcuffed, then shipped on trains by the Chinese Army to concentration camps. "What you’re watching is Uigher Muslims escorted off of trains headed off to forced labor camps. All of their heads are shaved. A second holocaust is happening right now, in the age of t...
The County of Los Angeles says it will crack down on price gouging during the Covid19 Pandemic. In late March, it was reported that prices for items such as face masks, hand sanitizer and toilet paper were at a premium. It is not entirely clear how the County will "file civil actions" when the Courthouses are not fully functional because of their own shutdown. But anyway, the press release from the Board of Supervisors reads: The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an...
America's oldest college, Harvard University has announced that it will teach all of next year's courses online. In addition, it will not decrease it's annual undergraduate tuition of $49,653 per year. 40% of students, mostly Freshmen, will live at Harvard and attend traditional lectures next year, living in single dormitory rooms and social distancing. These 3 decisions will no doubt influence the move of other prestigious college and universities. Covid-19 has forced online...
Dewayne Michael Carey, 59, who died of COVID-19 on July 4, 2020, had been incarcerated at San Quentin since 1996. Carey was convicted of the murder of a Harbor City woman in 2003. Carey was actually the second California death row inmate to die of Coronavirus. A death row inmate who died last week tested positive for Covid-19, reports the Associated Press. Scott Erskine, who bound and gagged two boys before sexually abusing them and murdering them, was convicted and sentenced...
Two gay clubs in Palm Springs down again Saturday, because employees contracted covid 19. Hunters Streetbar said it would temporarily close on Saturday, so that other employees who were in contact with the two infected employees could be tested. Desert resort Palm Springs California was pretty hoping place one recent Saturday night. Riverside regards itself as rather hard hit, but a walk down Palm Canyon Drive revealed a few hundred people walking up and down the main drag....
The City of Santa Monica appears to have successfully appealed Council election redistricting. Division Eight of the California Court of Appeal, issued a tentative ruling in favor of the City. A court of appeal may reverse its tentative ruling after hearing argument, which they heard this afternoon. But such reversals are relatively rare. The argument took place Tuesday afternoon over a "Zoom" style argument, before a 3 judge online appellate panel. The City Council did not...
Santa Monica Police spent three hours Saturday afternoon, talking a man who threatened to jump onto the Santa Monica Freeway from an exit sign, and kill himself on the 10 freeway below. Traffic was snarled from 2 pm on. Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, an automobile was carjacked in front of the El Pollo Loco in the strip mall at the Southwest corner of Lincoln and Pico Blvd. We are told that it was an armed carjacking, and that ultimately the LAPD arrested two suspects...
A carjacking that began in Venice, ended after a police pursuit, at the farmers market in downtown Santa Monica on Saturday afternoon. Los Angeles Police reportedly arrested the perpetrator in one of the porta potties at the weekly market, after the suspect crashed the stolen car in a parking garage....
Police body camera footage shows Seattle police doing what police all over America do on a daily basis: Protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Bodycam footage shows about six Seattle Police officers, guns drawn, entering the zone over the objections of occupation protestors. Mean and women in blue put themselves at great personal risk at 3 am Saturday morning, to retrieve the body of a young, mortally wounded young African American male. After gunshots rang out and...
Approximately 120 Santa Monica businesses were looted or broken into, the evening of Saturday, May 28th. This list of 81 looted businesses in Santa Monica is incomplete. After the 1992 Rodney King riots, looted stores were rebuilt rather quickly on the Westside. The real estate is much more valuable than the inventory, and it won’t sit idle for long. Anyway, here is the list: 1. 7-11 (Wilshire) 2. Adidas (3rd) 3. Anthropologie (3rd) 4. AT&T (Wilshire) 5. Autozone 6. Bay C...
Upset at the killing in custody of George Floyd Tuesday by a white police officer, African-American looters emptied the Target store in South Minneapolis. They wore masks, and took TV sets and other electronics. They emptied the shelves of a large Target, then proceeded to Cub Foods, a grocery store. They set fire to the local Auto Zone store. "This is not a poor area, particularly" explained one local resident. "It just happens to be across the street from the police...
Two men, one in his 60's and one in his 70's, shot an intruder at their deceased relatives home, drawing a large SMPD response just after 8 pm Thursday. Santa Monica Police describe the man who was shot as a white male in his 30's. None of the men resided at the property. The shooters were executors of the Estate of the previous owner of the property. They had arrived at the house to prepare it for sale. The updated SMPD press release reads as follows: "On Thursday, May 21,...
