Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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As we all sit at home surrounded by our family 24/7 while searching for excuses to leave the premises for a brief break, many of us are wondering in this city where more than 70 percent of the population are not homeowners and a pro-renters group has dominated local politics for over four decades, "should I pay the landlord?" The short answer is yes, especially since contrary to popular belief, most local landlords are not large conglomerates, and many are equivalent to mom and pop stores....
How did an artist and her husband begin making Covid-19 masks for homeless people, nurses and others? "It all started with a friend of ours asking Jennifer to volunteer to make masks for the social workers and volunteers of Step Up on Second, who work with the homeless," says Edward Biagiotti. His wife Jennifer made masks for Step Up on Second, a Santa Monica charity serving the homeless. She has since made masks for homeless people themselves, which her neighbor has been distributing to them....
Citing an influenza epidemic somehow brought to the Island in March, the government of the world's most remote territory has banned any visitors for the time being. The hope is that the Wuhan Coronavirus will not infect the islands population of 246 people. Pitcairn island, home of the Bounty mutineers, is a bit more famous than Tristan de Cunha. But an examination of world maps shows that Tristan is in fact the world's most remote place to live. The British overseas territory lies in the South...
Has anyone else noticed that LA is hardly in an epidemic situation? What if they had a pandemic, and nobody came to the hospitals with the disorder? LA County released its daily death toll from Covid-19, and I'm frankly wishing they would contrast that with the number of deaths from auto accidents, heart disease and suicide. Because the number is extremely low, frankly. All this dislocation over a disorder that causes just 300 deaths in two months, among 10,000,000 people? We're all locked up...
