Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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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...
UCs and Cal States Should Admit Students Totally on Merit The University of California system and California State University system are among America's great public universities. They built world-class reputations through rigorous standards and merit. But recent policies have eroded that foundation, leading to unprepared students, strained faculty, and long-term damage to California's higher education brand. It's time to return to pure merit-based admissions : objective measu...
LA - Seven suspects, all Colombian nationals, were charged Wednesday 5/20/26 with felonies in connection with a series of organized residential burglaries across Los Angeles County, authorities announced at a multi-agency press conference. Authorities detailed the arrests, which targeted members of a South American theft group responsible for dozens of home break-ins, particularly in the San Fernando Valley and surrounding areas. The suspects face charges including first-degre...
**San Francisco** - In a city where parking spots can fetch six figures and tech millionaires bid up multimillion-dollar homes, a 5,000-square-foot "lot" near Candlestick Point just sold for a jaw-dropping $250 - with one major caveat: it's entirely underwater. The parcel at 0 Bancroft Avenue, Lot 17, in the Bayview District, consists of roughly 4,996 square feet of San Francisco Bay seabed. Listed on Zillow as a "rare underwater parcel" offering "unique opportunity for...
SANTA MONICA - The iconic Santa Monica Pier and the surrounding beach waters have once again landed on Heal the Bay's notorious "Beach Bummers" list, ranking as the second most polluted beach in California during dry weather conditions according to the organization's 2025-2026 Annual Beach Report Card, released just ahead of the busy Memorial Day weekend. This marks the 10th consecutive year that the popular tourist destination has appeared among the state's worst performers f...
Hundreds of residents packed Santa Monica City Hall on the evening of May 12, 2026 (with the main public comment session spilling into May 13 coverage), delivering what organizers described as one of the largest and most passionate shows of support yet for keeping Santa Monica Airport (SMO) operational beyond its planned December 31, 2028, closure. An overflow crowd of approximately 200 airport supporters, many wearing white "Keep Santa Monica Airport Open" caps and gear,...
The Milken Institute Global Conference 2026 once again demonstrated why it remains one of the world's most prestigious and intellectually dynamic gatherings. Bringing together leaders from finance, technology, healthcare, entertainment, sports, philanthropy, government, and media, the conference delivered an extraordinary week of thought-provoking discussions centered on innovation, artificial intelligence, longevity, economics, global health, and the future of humanity. The...
In the heart of Dallas, Texas, at the facilities of Colossal Biosciences, a quiet revolution in biology unfolded on May 19, 2026. For the first time in history, 26 healthy chicken chicks hatched not from a natural egg laid by a hen, but from a fully artificial system engineered by scientists. These were not creations from nothing-the embryos came from fertilized chicken eggs-but their entire development occurred inside 3D-printed containers that mimicked the essential...
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...
IMPORTANT NOTE: ON 5/19/2026 the Santa Monica Police Department contacted us and denied most of the facts alleged in this article. Their email is posted here: https://www.smobserved.com/story/2026/05/16/news/span-classbrnwsbreaking-news-spanthe-smobserved-article-asserting-that-eight-dead-individuals-were-found-around-reed-park-415-to-5152026-is-incorrect-writes-smpd/9871.html In what some local residents are calling a "drug zombie apocalypse," Santa Monica authorities have...
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...
LOS ANGELES - A suspect wanted in connection with a kidnapping investigation in Santa Monica was arrested early Monday morning, May 18, 2026, following a vehicle pursuit that ended with an officer-involved shooting in South Los Angeles, authorities said. No one was injured. According to the Santa Monica Police Department, officers located the suspect around 3:15 a.m. while investigating an ongoing kidnapping case involving an adult victim that originated in Santa Monica. The s...
Good afternoon, I am writing to request a correction to the May 17 article claiming that eight bodies of homeless individuals were found in a half square mile area near Reed Park over the past four weeks. The article states this information was drawn from SMPD daily reports. That claim is inaccurate. SMPD has no information supporting that eight unhoused individuals were found deceased in or around Reed Park during the time period described. The death related calls referenced...
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...
I know many San Francisco voters have never voted for a Republican — and that’s completely understandable after nearly 40 years of one-party Democratic rule. If you’re one of those voters, I’m not asking you to change your party registration. I’m asking you to consider something simpler: vote for the person who will actually make life easier for you and your family. Here’s why I believe you should vote for me, even if this is your first time supporting a Republican:...
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...
(May 16, 2026) - A decomposed body was found Saturday morning in a homeless encampment beneath the California Incline near Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), according to local resident and City Council candidate Derrick Townsend. Townsend, who is running for Santa Monica City Council in the 2026 election, said he and his dog Frank discovered the remains while walking in the area. He described the body as "very decayed" with a strong odor, noting it was located in a known...
Beijing, China – May 15, 2026--In a display of stringent counterintelligence protocols, the entire U.S. delegation accompanying President Donald Trump discarded every item provided by their Chinese hosts before boarding Air Force One for departure from Beijing on Friday. According to reports citing New York Post correspondent Emily Goodin, who was traveling with the press pool, staff collected gifts, badges, pins, commemorative items, and other materials given by Chinese offic...
Washington, D.C. - More than a decade after her disappearance into the arms of America's adversaries, the FBI on May 14, 2026, announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Monica Elfriede Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist turned alleged Iranian asset. Witt, 47, once held a trusted position inside America's intelligence apparatus. From 1997 to 2008 she served as an Air Force Intelligence Specialist and Special Agent with the...
Last week, State Senator Scott Wiener publicly called 23-year-old investigative journalist Nick Shirley a "pedophile" and a "psychopath." There is no evidence to support those accusations. Nick Shirley has been doing the work that many in government and media refuse to do - exposing widespread fraud in California's Medicaid system. He recently uncovered what he claims are over 138 fraudulent hospice care agencies operating out of a single building in Van Nuys. This is serious...
Santa Monica, CA - A Santa Monica College (SMC) student was assaulted Tuesday morning, May 12, 2026, in what authorities described as an unprovoked attack by an unidentified individual, possibly homeless, near the college's Center for Media and Design (CMD) campus. The incident occurred at approximately 8:25 a.m. as she was walking across the crosswalk at the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and 26th Street. Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) and Santa Monica Fire...
Edmonton - Organizers of Alberta's independence movement delivered more than 300,000 petition signatures to Elections Alberta earlier this month, easily surpassing the legal threshold needed to potentially trigger a provincial referendum on separation from Canada. Stay Free Alberta, the group leading the citizen initiative, announced on May 4, 2026, that it had submitted 301,620 signatures - well above the required 177,732 (10% of votes cast in the previous provincial...
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...
In a striking demonstration of rapid humanitarian response capabilities, British paratroopers and military clinicians from the 16 Air Assault Brigade executed a high-risk parachute insertion onto Tristan da Cunha—the world’s most remote inhabited archipelago—on 9 May 2026. The operation delivered critical medical personnel and over 3.3 tonnes of supplies, including oxygen, to support a British national suspected of contracting hantavirus following exposure aboard the cruis...
Beijing/Washington - As President Donald Trump touches down in Beijing on Wednesday for high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, an unverified but notable claim has surfaced linking the fate of imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to the sudden legal troubles of a California mayor accused of acting as a Chinese agent. Suspicious timing: Trump is on the way to Beijing with a planeload of American business execs, and suddenly the Mayor of Arcadia is arrested...
