Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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San Diego, California - December 22, 2025--A federal judge in the Southern District of California issued a ruling today declaring that state-guided school policies requiring educators to withhold information about a student's gender identity changes from parents violate constitutional rights. U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez, in the case Mirabelli v. Olson, held that such "parental exclusion" policies infringe on parents' Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process...
San Francisco, CA - December 20, 2025A widespread power outage affected approximately 130,000 Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) customers in San Francisco on Saturday, impacting roughly 30% of the city. The blackout, which began with smaller interruptions in the morning and escalated in the afternoon, was linked to a fire at a PG&E substation located at 8th and Mission Streets in the South of Market neighborhood.The San Francisco Fire Department responded to reports of the...
As California heads into 2026, the state's gasoline market faces significant disruption from the closures of two major refineries: Phillips 66's Los Angeles-area facility, which ceased operations in the fourth quarter of 2025, and Valero's Benicia refinery, scheduled to shut down by April 2026. Together, these closures eliminate roughly 17-20% of California's in-state refining capacity, raising concerns about supply shortages, increased reliance on imports, and higher prices...
Brookline, Massachusetts — December 17, 2025. As of this morning, there are no significant new developments in the homicide investigation into the death of MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, who was fatally shot at his home on Gibbs Street in Brookline on Monday evening, December 15.Key points from the latest reports: Loureiro, director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor of nuclear science and engineering and physics, was found with multiple g...
Los Angeles, December 15, 2025 - Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of acclaimed Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer Michele Singer Reiner, has been booked on suspicion of murder following the deaths of his parents at their Brentwood home. The bodies were found with both throats slit and the subjects having bled to death, LAPD sources said. A former classmate of Nick's told The New York Post that the suspect - who had been in and out of rehab since age 15 -...
Los Angeles, December 15, 2025 - Federal authorities announced Monday that the FBI has thwarted a planned series of bombings in the Los Angeles area scheduled for New Year's Eve, arresting four individuals alleged to be part of a radical extremist group. FBI Director Kash Patel stated on social media that agents disrupted a "credible, imminent terrorist threat" over the weekend, apprehending four suspects connected to the Los Angeles region. The individuals reportedly...
The young man drove his two door BMW over 100 miles per hour on Santa Monica Blvd at 11:30 pm Thursday night, December 11, 2025. He struck a light pole after losing control of his vehicle, then proceeded to crash into a 1970's era brick building on the corner, essentially demolishing the building. We spoke to the building manager examining the building teh next morning. He said that a BMW travelling at high speed hit a lightpole, then demolished the building. He added that...
Sydney, Australia – December 14, 2025 -- A father-and-son duo carried out a terrorist attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 40 others in what authorities have declared an antisemitic act of terrorism. The attack targeted the "Chanukah by the Sea" event organized by Chabad of Bondi, where hundreds of families had gathered in Archer Park near the Bondi Pavilion to mark the first n...
How can I avoid capital gains tax without a 1031 exchange? Understanding capital gains taxes from a property sale and the legal strategies you can pursue to manage tax liabilities from selling an asset can help you preserve the wealth you’ve built in your property. Although you may have heard of using a 1031 exchange to defer capital gains tax from real estate sales, do you have other options for avoiding capital gains tax without a 1031 exchange? In this story, 453 Trust P...
China-US freight shipping rates stabilize at lower levels as December bookings slow This week, global trade policy saw several notable developments suggesting a turning point in how major economies manage supply chains, resource dependencies, and trade imbalances. The EU’s push to reduce dependency on Chinese raw materials and China’s simultaneous move to streamline rare-earth exports reflect a recalibration of trade flows, away from old dependencies and toward div...
SANTA MONICA – Marking a revival for the historic Santa Monica Airport (SMO), semi-private carrier JSX announced the launch of daily nonstop flights to Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas starting December 19, 2025, offering Westside travelers a hassle-free alternative to LAX's congestion with just 30 seats per flight on sleek ATR 42-600 turboprops. The service, operating seven days a week during SMO's standard hours (6 a.m. to 10 p.m.), arrives on the heels of a t...
SANTA MONICA – Caroline Torosis was officially sworn in as Santa Monica's mayor on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, in a ceremony at City Hall that blended pomp with pointed public scrutiny, as residents confronted her over a contentious county-backed plan to repurpose two luxury Ocean Avenue hotels into transitional housing for individuals with severe mental illness. Administered by California Secretary of State Alex Padilla in a departure from tradition, the oath-taking drew a p...
Pacific Palisades, Calif. - On Wednesday, the Palisadian Post, the community's newspaper of record since 1928, announced it will publish its final edition later this month, bringing to a close nearly a century of chronicling life in the tight-knit coastal enclave between Santa Monica and Malibu. In a heartfelt front-page letter to readers titled "A Farewell, With Gratitude," publisher Alan Smolinisky and editor Bill Bruns revealed that the devastating effects of the Palisades...
According to Reuters, the United States has informed European NATO allies that it no longer intends to provide conventional assets for Europe's defence after 2027. While this approach is not entirely new, the combination of a clear deadline and the new National Security Strategy raises the question of whether Washington has fully thought through the implications. As a thought experiment, I attempted to estimate what it would actually cost the United States to withdraw its conv...
Santa Monica, Calif. - Frank O. Gehry, the visionary architect whose deconstructed bungalow on a quiet Santa Monica corner in the 1970s foreshadowed a career of audacious, curve-defying masterpieces that reshaped skylines from Bilbao to downtown Los Angeles, died on Dec. 5, 2025, at his home here. He was 96. The cause was a brief respiratory illness, according to Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners, the firm he founded in 1962 and led from offices overlooking the...
December 9, 2025 Malibu, Calif. - In a unanimous vote late Monday night, the Malibu City Council approved a package of agreements to separate from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD), marking a significant milestone in a decades-long effort by Malibu residents to establish their own independent school district. The decision, made during a 5:30 p.m. meeting at Malibu City Hall, follows a similar unanimous approval by the SMMUSD Board of Education just one...
19: Authorities are investigating a fatal stabbing in Santa Monica as a homicide after a neighbor identified the victim as Grammy-nominated opera and jazz singer Jubilant Sykes, a prominent figure in the global music scene known for his soulful tenor voice and collaborations with artists like Sting and the Soweto Gospel Choir. The incident unfolded late Monday evening around 9:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of Delaware Avenue, a quiet residential neighborhood near the city's...
How much money can you inherit before paying taxes? Inherited assets from your loved one, whether in the form of cash, stocks or real estate, can be subject to inheritance taxes, depending on your relationship and inheritance value. While most states don’t charge such taxes, those that do have their own rules for the rates and exemptions. Additionally, reducing inheritance taxes is possible, provided the owner of the assets is still alive to make the arrangements. As a t...
Los Angeles, CA – Landlords filing limited-jurisdiction unlawful detainer (eviction) cases in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will soon face a new mandatory disclosure rule aimed at improving court notifications and access to justice. Effective January 2, 2026, all plaintiffs in limited-jurisdiction unlawful detainer actions must submit all known cellular telephone numbers for the defendant(s) at the time they file the complaint, according to General Order 2...
SAN DIEGO – Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, whose North San Diego County district was upended by California's voter-approved redistricting measure, announced Thursday that he will seek re-election in the battleground 48th Congressional District in 2026, turning down overtures from Texas Republicans to run in a safer GOP seat there. The decision caps a week of intense speculation about Issa's political future, following reports that the 72-year-old, multi-term lawmaker was...
5 holiday home insurance tips to stop package theft The increasing reliance on e-commerce, particularly during the peak holiday season, has led to a parallel rise in package theft, a persistent property crime impacting millions of homeowners and renters annually. The moment a delivery is marked "completed," that parcel sitting on your doorstep becomes a vulnerable asset. The scope of this issue is significant: Current data indicates that up to a quarter of Americans have been...
How Google organized opposition to a California privacy proposal In April, Rhode Island resident Navah Hopkins received a plea for her help to defeat legislation thousands of miles away in California. The ask came from Google, maker of the world’s most used web browser, Chrome. The tech giant sent a message to an email list that Hopkins and other small business owners were subscribed to. Google’s request: To sign a petition opposing Assembly Bill 566, which would require bro...
What the top 1% pays in taxes across the US The top 1% of earners across the U.S. earn an average of 19.5% of all income — sometimes garnering criticism from pundits and politicians — but pay 37% of total income taxes. This cohort thus contributes the largest chunk of funding for infrastructure, healthcare, welfare programs, and more, despite advantages that may enable them to minimize their taxes through professionally guided strategies or more tax-friendly locations. Pol...
ChatGPT vs. Grok: Stock-picking contest Last week, Finder.com built two portfolios using Webull’s and eToro’s paper trading platforms to see which portfolio would make the most money over the next year. The twist? ChatGPT and Grok picked the stocks. In light of the public feud between Sam Altman and Elon Musk, the CEOs behind the companies of these two AIs, it seemed only fitting to pit the two head-to-head in a stock-picking contest. Here’s what’s gone down so far. The con...
How to be a digital detective, with just Wi-Fi and a little curiosity You don’t need a trench coat, a fedora, or a magnifying glass to solve a mystery these days — just a good internet connection and a little curiosity. In the digital age, we’re all amateur sleuths at heart. Whether you’re trying to figure out if that new neighbor is really who they say they are, reconnect with an old classmate, or double-check that the person you matched with online is legit, the interne...
