Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Calabasas-based artist Tyler “Enso” Barnett is looking for a benefactor to help reopen Ensō Gallery in Malibu after he closed the space during the pandemic. The former owner is currently selling paintings and accepting commissions to fund the effort, with the goal of returning to his previous location on Pacific Coast Highway, which remains available. Barnett’s work centers on interpretations of the Japanese ensō, a single-brush circular form associated with presence, the univ...
On Saturday, October 10, the Santa Monica Pier stopped being a postcard and became a private backyard for kids from underserved communities across Los Angeles County. The second annual Youth Day at the Pier gave roughly 200 children and their caretakers a full day of free entertainment, amusement-park rides, performances, and, for many, their first look at the Pacific Ocean. Presented by the Santa Monica Pier Corporation and made possible by Goldenvoice, the event is part of...
She sounds kinda like Taylor Swift, but she's imaginary. Claude has sung a courtroom speech about why the Doomers are wrong about her and her ilk, comparing it to fears of the Loch Ness monster. An AI-generated music video titled "Nothing Went Foom!" has circulated widely since late September 2026, turning a long-running argument in AI safety circles into a five-minute pop track. Posted by @_brightmirror and credited as made with Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 "from the...
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It falls at the end of the High Holy Days and is observed with fasting, prayer, and reflection. The day is devoted to atonement, seeking forgiveness, and resolving to begin the new year with a cleaner moral slate. Services begin the evening before and end at sundown the next day, traditionally marked by the sounding of the shofar. High Holiday Yom Kippur services at Temple of the Arts, held at the Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire...
A 46-year-old Maryland woman allegedly removed her pants and masturbated during an American Airlines flight from Baltimore to Miami, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office incident report and passenger statements. The incident occurred on September 11 aboard Flight 1779. About 20 minutes after takeoff, passenger Alexander Pichardo told flight attendant Gabriel Barrero that the woman in seat 9D had removed her pants and "began to actively masturbate while making...
The following is an excerpt from the Tompkins County DA's office, addressing a civil lawsuit that resulted from "a series of heinous and despicable acts committed by members of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell University against a fellow Cornell student on October 19, 2024." "The following are facts from Jane Doe's statement that were relevant and determinative to the issues of sexual conduct and the legal definition of consent. To be clear, these are not conclusions made...
Sydney Sweeney has met with two rabbis while considering conversion to Judaism as her relationship with music executive Scooter Braun moves toward discussions of marriage and children, according to reports published this week. Page Six, citing sources familiar with the couple, said the 29-year-old actress is exploring the process amid talks about starting a family, a matter on which Braun, 45, "feels strongly." The reports follow the pair's attendance at Rosh Hashanah...
A week after a, err, business trip to Beijing; Elon no longer follows Shivon, mother of 4 of his kids. She took that as proof that, well, he met someone else. Perhaps even in Beijing. Who hasn't Been there, done that, right? I mean, not with Elon necessarily, but with some other guy women find attractive..... Chads, right? A week after Elon texted Shivon Zilis that he would've invited her to a dinner with Xi if he'd known partners were coming, he unfollowed her on X. She...
AIFascinated (@aifascinated ) is a popular Instagram account making short, glossy AI videos in a very specific vibe: 1950s pin-up women dropped into Atomic Age "future of the past" scenarios. Chrome kitchens, hover-bikes that fold into suitcases, food enlargers, shrinking machines, hidden portals, jetpacks, pastel suburbs that suddenly become spaceports. The captions read like little pulp-magazine stories, and the look is high-gloss mid-century magazine illustration come to...
In an incredibly salacious story as old as the internet, influencer Tia Billinger, known as Bonnie Blue, announced first child after C-section at London's Lindo Wing over the weekend. She did not name the father but teased that she might later. Influencer Bonnie Blue, whose real name is Tia Emma Billinger, has announced the birth of her first child. She said the delivery was by Caesarean section at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington - the same private maternity...
"Talent, enthusiasm and commitment, not circumstance, decide who has the extraordinary opportunity to receive ballet training from Westside Ballet." Los Angeles, California. (September 23, 2026) - California Dance Institute (CDI) and Westside Ballet of Santa Monica today announced the official launch of the Pathways Partnership, a structured collaboration that carries a child from a first dance class in their own elementary school classroom to full scholarship training at...
Modern womanhood is sold as an upgrade. Better products, better language, better lighting. The work itself is less advertised. What follows is not a manifesto. It is a field guide to the problems that arrived with the century and the older ones that simply learned new branding. The quiet-luxury hangover For a few years the uniform was obvious: cream coats, quiet handbags, the performance of not needing to perform. Then the look leaked into every feed and lost the thing that...
A reclusive Chinese video-game billionaire has built one of the most extreme family operations on record - using American surrogates to produce U.S.-citizen children who are then raised by nannies on two continents. Xu Bo, founder of Guangzhou gaming firm Duoyi Network, is the man at the center of the story. A December 2025 Wall Street Journal investigation and a fresh CBS News report this month laid out the scale: Xu's company has acknowledged "a little over 100" children...
Sydney Sweeney posted a new carousel of images to her Instagram account on Sunday, September 13, 2026, featuring outtakes from her recent advertising campaign for the sports trading app Novig. The post was captioned "it's gamedayyy @novig #novigpartner." Downside of 2026 is that Artificial General Intelligence will likely kill all of us. The upside is, we did get to see Sydney Sweeney's butt. The photographs show the 28-year-old actress nude or topless, using sports equipment...
Sofia Tsarsitalidou remains one of the most watched young long jumpers in Greece, but the 2026 World U20 Championships came and went without her in the pit. The 19-year-old from Ptolemaida, born 17 August 2007 and competing for Aiolos Ptolemaidas, still has a personal best of 6.25 metres from the Alexandrinó meeting in Alexandria, Imathia, on 24 May. That jump remains her listed World Athletics best and was the mark that first put her over the World U20 qualifying standard....
At 930 Montana Ave, the latest outpost of the Venice-born smash-burger favorite opened with the kind of energy that turns a sidewalk into a social event. The line snakes out the door most days. It is the living punchline to Yogi Berra's old line: nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded. People go anyway. They wait. Then they eat. Then they talk about coming back. This is the seventh-ish Southern California location, and the prices travel with the brand. A cheeseburger...
Women's pole vault has long combined extreme athleticism with a visual spectacle that cameras love. Over two decades, a handful of vaulters have drawn extra attention for how they look in photos and videos as well as how high they clear the bar. The most durable example is Allison Stokke. Others-Yelena Isinbayeva, Clara Fernández, Alysha Newman, Molly Caudery, and Polina Knoroz-have also become household names among fans who follow the event for both performance and...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth posted a photograph of two women in uniform from a Canadian youth cadet program on X on Sept. 1, 2026, with the caption "🇨🇦 (this is real)." The post, viewed more than 17 million times, was widely interpreted as mocking the physical appearance of a Cadet Instructors Cadre officer. The image originated from an Aug. 24 Instagram post by the Vernon Cadet Training Centre in British Columbia celebrating the conclusion of its 2026...
GLENDALE, Calif. - A Porsche Panamera driver tore the car's rear bumper off Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, while trying to escape a tow truck that had already lifted the vehicle's rear wheels off the ground. Video posted by Instagram account @kakonauto shows the sedan hooked to the truck with its back end suspended. The driver then accelerated. The car's all-wheel-drive system pulled it free, dragging the tow arm down the street as the bumper ripped away and other parts scattered...
On a late-August Saturday in Downtown Santa Monica, the city's premier indoor public amenity performed its most honest civic function yet: it stopped pretending the air was conditioned. The Main Library at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard has spent years on the municipal highlight reel as a "cooling center." Official posts show books, sunlight, and the gentle implication that if you are overheating, civilization still has a plan. The plan, it turns out, has a compressor. By...
In a stunning reversal of their 2020 "Megxit," Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are packing up their life in Montecito and relocating to the United Kingdom later this month with their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5. The couple, who have made the exclusive Santa Barbara County community their primary home for the past six years, will establish a private, non-royal residence outside London while keeping their California property,...
Gina de Baca and the Santa Monica Ballet Folklorico and Cultural Center (also known as Cabeza de Vaca Cultural Dance School / Center) are offering Adult and children's Hula Dance classes in partnership with the City of Santa Monica. They are also offering both adult and child Folklorico Dance classes with the city, along with Belly Dance classes. Founded by Gina de Baca more than 20 years ago in response to the loss of local cultural programs amid rapid gentrification on the...
Actress Hayden Panettiere died on Sunday, August 16, 2026, at age 36 in Greenville, South Carolina. As of Friday, August 21, 2026, the official cause and manner of death remain pending further testing, including toxicology results that could take several weeks (or up to about eight weeks or longer). Panettiere was found unresponsive in cardiac arrest at Judson Mill Lofts (an apartment complex where she had been temporarily staying) after a 911 call around 1:51 p.m. local time....
SANTA MONICA - A rare hammerhead shark was filmed swimming near Malibu Pier on Thursday afternoon, August 13, 2026, just a short drive up the coast from Santa Monica, drawing attention from local anglers and marine experts. Video captured by a Los Angeles County fisherman and posted under the account @PIERMACKEREL shows the shark swimming roughly a football field from shore at Surfrider Beach. In the footage, the angler briefly hooks the animal before it spits the bait and...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — On a sunny Saturday, August 8, 2026, Ocean Avenue temporarily traded car traffic for creativity as the inaugural Art on Ocean – Palisades Park Arts Festival transformed a stretch of the iconic roadway into a vibrant, car-free outdoor gallery overlooking the Pacific. The free, all-ages event ran from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. along Ocean Avenue between California and Montana Avenues, adjacent to Palisades Park. More than 100 visual artists from across Cal...
