Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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If you were anywhere near Gate 206 at LAX last week, go see your doctor and check for Measles LAX 7.21.26: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of measles in an international traveler who arrived on Delta Airlines Flight 614 from Cancun, Mexico, and was infectious while passing through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The traveler landed at Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT), Terminal B, Gate 206 on July 16, 2026, at 9:45 p.m....
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. - Paul Pelosi, 86, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run following a July 3 collision in Napa County's wine country. According to the Napa County Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. on July 3rd on Yount Street in Yountville when Pelosi, driving a brown convertible, struck a legally parked, unoccupied vehicle. A witness reported that the driver briefly stopped before...
24: Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday by U.S. Marshals in Miami following a UK extradition warrant for more than 50 charges, including rape, human trafficking for sexual exploitation, assault, and offenses related to indecent images of a child, according to the UK Crown Prosecution Service. The alleged offenses span 2010 to 2017 and involve seven victims in the East of England; the brothers, who maintain their innocence, were taken...
West Hollywood, CA - Early risers in the City of Stars got more than their usual dose of drama Thursday morning when a water main older than most Hollywood marriages decided it was time for retirement. Shortly after 3 a.m., a 36-inch trunk line installed in 1916 burst near Sunset Boulevard and Holloway Drive, sending a raging torrent through the streets like Mother Nature was auditioning for her own action movie. Aerial footage from AIR7 captured the chaos: fast-moving rivers...
In the latest development in the long-running Jolie-Pitt family saga, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's adopted children Zahara and Maddox have published formal legal notices in a Los Angeles newspaper as part of their petitions to remove "Pitt" from their last names. And presumably to change it to Jolie. Zahara, 21, and Maddox, 24, each ran the required public announcements for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, fulfilling a mandatory step before...
"A sudden cardiac arrest 24 hours after a Kyiv appearance is the kind of timeline that raises more questions than answers. Publicly healthy, politically active, then gone. The sequence is hard to ignore." "Amid speculation that Russia may have assassinated Senator Graham by using a sophisticated biochemical agent designed to mimic a natural heart attack that uses the body's natural metabolic processes to destroy the evidence, modern forensic methods will likely identify it."...
Updated Story – July 4, 2026Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk posted a nearly five-minute video montage on X early on July 4, 2026, celebrating America's 250th Independence Day (the semiquincentennial). The post has drawn massive engagement throughout the holiday.The video is a fast-paced, cinematic montage that blends:Archival historical footage, prominently featuring former President John F. Kennedy Iconic scenes from the Back to the Future films (including time-portal effects, t...
PORTLAND, Maine - Graham Platner, the embattled Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, announced his withdrawal from the race Tuesday, just days after a woman accused him of sexual assault in 2021. The decision comes amid mounting pressure from party leaders and a rapidly closing window to name a replacement before the November ballot is finalized. Platner released a statement confirming he is stepping aside, citing the "political reality" of the allegations while...
White House Insider Report on McConnell's Condition: A high-level source close to the White House has informed investigative journalist Laura Loomer that Sen. Mitch McConnell is officially brain dead following his recent cardiac arrest and hospitalization, with no expectation of recovery, according to Loomer's breaking report shared on X and retweeted by outlets like the Santa Monica Observer. McConnell's Ongoing Hospitalization: The 84-year-old longtime Senate leader was...
HOUSTON, Texas - A 49-year-old nurse practitioner from Las Vegas has been indicted in what federal prosecutors describe as one of the largest health care fraud cases in U.S. history. Marizel Cambri Yukee, a Filipino-American originally from Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines, faces multiple federal charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, illegal kickbacks, and transactional money...
SAN FRANCISCO — California State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said he was harassed and physically intimidated during two separate incidents in San Francisco this week, including while attempting to attend the annual Trans March. San Francisco's leading candidate for Congress, reports that he was physically intimidated and screamed at as he walked through Dolores Park. This over his alleged lack of support for Gaza. In a statement released Saturday, Wiener d...
In the wake of the June 2026 California primary elections, particularly the closely watched Los Angeles mayoral race, a provocative theory has gained traction among election integrity advocates. It posits a coordinated system in which Democratic operatives and allied organizations systematically exploit California's expansive mail-in voting infrastructure to maintain political dominance. According to this view, undeliverable or unreturned ballots are collected and held in...
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County election officials are investigating fire-related damage to a small number of Vote-by-Mail ballots found inside an official ballot drop box at the Department of Public Social Services-Civic Center location. Separately, LA Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt released a video showing homeless people encamped near that same ballot box. According to a May 31, 2026 news release from the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, the damage was discovered during...
In a move blending sci-fi aesthetics with pointed political messaging, the Trump administration has unveiled a new page on the official White House website: https://www.whitehouse.gov/aliens/. The site opens with dramatic, glowing green text against a starry backdrop: "THEY WALK AMONG US." It teases a "closely guarded secret" held for 60 years, complete with "TOP SECRET" stamps and a call to "SCROLL TO CONTINUE." But this isn't about little green men from Mars or declassified...
On May 18, 2026, two teenage males opened fire outside the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in San Diego County, killing three men before dying from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds in a vehicle nearby. Law enforcement is investigating the attack as a hate crime. ### The Attack The shooting occurred around 11:43 a.m. near the mosque. The suspects, armed with multiple weapons, fired on people outside the facility. A security guard, identified as Amin...
SANTA ROSA ISLAND, Calif. (May 19, 2026) - A human-caused wildfire that began after a shipwrecked sailor fired emergency flares has scorched approximately 16,942 acres of Santa Rosa Island, making it California's largest wildfire of 2026 and the biggest recorded on the island in modern history. The blaze, known as the Santa Rosa Island Fire, started on the southeastern side of the island between Ford Point and South Point on May 15, 2026. Officials believe it was sparked when...
BRENTWOOD - Los Angeles police are searching for three suspects who broke into a home on Montana Avenue near Bristol Avenue Monday night while residents were inside, authorities said.Officers responded to a call of a burglary in progress around 8:41 p.m. on May 18, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Three individuals dressed in all black used a crowbar to smash the glass of the front patio door and entered the residence. A female tenant of the residence says that...
Santa Monica - A pedestrian was killed Friday afternoon after being struck by a westbound Metro Line 33 bus in Santa Monica, authorities said. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. near the intersection of Main Street and Ocean Park Boulevard, close to the Santa Monica Pier area. Santa Monica police responded to the scene where the woman was pronounced dead. According to a statement from LA Metro: "A westbound Metro 33 Line Bus, pulling away from the bus stop at Main Street and...
Denver, CO - A man who deliberately breached Denver International Airport's (DIA) perimeter fence was fatally struck by a Frontier Airlines Airbus A321neo on Friday night, May 9, 2026, causing the aircraft to abort its takeoff, triggering a brief engine fire, and leading to the emergency evacuation of all passengers and crew. The incident occurred at approximately 11:19 p.m. local time on Runway 17L as Frontier Flight 4345, bound for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX),...
Washington, D.C. - The United States has formally refused to participate in the United Nations' International Migration Review Forum and rejected its latest declaration, accusing UN agencies of actively promoting "replacement migration" into the United States and Western European nations. In a detailed thread posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, the U.S. State Department outlined its objections to the 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration - a...
Santa Monica City Council has unanimously approved a $3 million economic revitalization strategy aimed at breathing new life into the struggling Third Street Promenade. Once the vibrant heart of the city's retail and entertainment scene, the pedestrian-only thoroughfare has faced mounting challenges in recent years, including persistent store closures, declining foot traffic, and shifting consumer behaviors. City officials say the multifaceted plan-funded through a mix of...
NEWARK, N.J. — A United Airlines Boeing 767 arriving from Venice, Italy, struck a light pole above the New Jersey Turnpike while on final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon, 5.3.26, causing damage to a bakery delivery truck below and minor injuries to its driver.United Airlines Flight 169, carrying 221 passengers and 10 crew members, made contact with the pole around 2 p.m. as it descended toward Runway 29. According to New Jersey State P...
Jeremy Ferguson, a longtime operations director for Downtown Santa Monica Inc., and his wife, Mandy Zelinka, were found dead inside their Venice home this week in an incident Los Angeles police are investigating as a possible murder‑suicide. Police and first responders were called Tuesday to the 600 block of Superba Avenue in Venice, where officers discovered both victims with fatal gunshot wounds, according to LAPD statements and a coroner's report. The L.A. County D...
Washington, D.C. - Based on photos posted to social media, the same heavyset female Secret Service agent criticized after the 2024 assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, was also on duty during a chaotic security breach at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026. A widely shared X post by user @VladTheInflator sarcastically declared, "Don't worry guys, she saved the president again. She's fucking unstoppable," alongside...
Washington, D.C. – April 24, 2026 - House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) have sent formal letters to the FBI, Department of Energy, NASA, and Department of Defense, demanding briefings on a string of deaths and disappearances involving at least 11 scientists, researchers, and officials with access to highly sensitive U.S. nuclear secrets, advanced rocket technology, and aerospace programs. The lawmakers warned that if the r...
