Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Two people were found dead inside a home early Sunday after firefighters extinguished a fire that engulfed the structure, according to local officials. Helen and Anthony Spaulding, both 92 and married nearly 70 years, died in the house where they raised five children. Both were reported to have mobility limitations and used wheelchairs. The blaze was reported shortly before 3 a.m. (around 2:50–2:54 a.m.) on August 9 in the 500 block of Lincoln B...
Jackie, the internet-famous bald eagle whose nest-cam life with mate Shadow captivated millions worldwide, has died. The Ojai Raptor Center confirmed the 14-year-old raptor - known as Patient 26-519 - passed away in the early hours of Monday, Aug. 10, after more than three weeks of intensive medical care. "It is with profound sadness that we share that Patient 26-519 passed away," the center said in a statement. "Our team is heartbroken. It has been an extraordinary privilege...
CEUTA, Spain - As of 11 August 2026, local authorities in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta continue to estimate that between 8,000 and 11,000 migrants remain in the territory nearly two weeks after a mass border crossing from neighbouring Morocco, a figure far higher than central government estimates of roughly 2,000–2,500. Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas has repeatedly described the situation as "absolutely unsustainable" and rejected claims that the city has re...
LOS ANGELES - Multiple AutoZone stores in East Los Angeles and South Los Angeles were broken into and ransacked over the weekend of August 8–9, 2026, following illegal street takeovers, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and local news reports. No arrests were reported in connection with the primary weekend incidents as of early coverage. In East Los Angeles, the AutoZone at 1131 Atlantic Blvd. (near the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Atlantic A...
Two federal detention officers were stalked and beaten by protesters outside a downtown Los Angeles jail Saturday night - and both ended up in the hospital. The attack went down around 10 p.m. near the Metropolitan Detention Center on Alameda Street, where a crowd of 40 to 50 anti-ICE demonstrators had gathered, LAPD said. The protesters followed the off-duty federal employees to their cars in a nearby parking structure on East Commercial Street. There, the group "suddenly...
A woman riding an electric scooter was killed in a collision with a commercial truck on Friday morning, August 7, 2026, in downtown San Francisco. The incident occurred around 8:18–8:30 a.m. near the intersection of Market and Powell streets (also described as Fifth and Market), close to the cable car turnaround. San Francisco Police Department officers responded to reports of a vehicle collision involving injuries. They found the woman in the street with life-threatening i...
If you've been to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park before, you already know it's built around big, sweeping savanna views. But the Park's newest addition, Elephant Valley, takes that idea and turns it into something families won't be able to stop talking about: a chance to watch African elephants for hours, up close, from multiple vantage points. And the best seat in the house can be from your table at a restaurant that puts you right at the edge of their watering hole. We...
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Mahender Makhijani, a 44-year-old Corona del Mar financier and real estate investor, was arrested on June 10, 2026, on a federal criminal complaint charging him with bank fraud. Prosecutors allege he defrauded a federally insured bank out of nearly $100 million by falsifying title insurance documents to inflate the value of collateral. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California and an accompanying affidavit, Makhijani...
Thirteen of the largest coral trees along San Vicente Boulevard in Santa Monica were cut down on August 4 and 5, immediately before a scheduled community meeting about their future, according to longtime resident Caroline "Cai" Dixon. The trees had formed one of Southern California's most distinctive urban landscapes for nearly 80 years. Dixon said approximately 32 coral-tree vacancies had accumulated in only four years. She described the timing of the latest removals as...
