Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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May 9, 2025 - An email sent out from Northeast Neighbors requests parents and other residents to protest the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District's plan to remove natural grass at two elementary schools and replace it with "synthetic turf" made in Dubai. "TenCate makes a product in Dubai they call "sustainable synthetic grass." Santa Monica-Malibu school district has chosen to install it at Franklin and Grant elementary schools. TenCate claims their plastic grass is...
May 6, 2025: India and Pakistan are not officially at war, but tensions are extremely high, and military actions have occurred, bringing the two nations to the brink of conflict. Here's a detailed breakdown: Recent Military Actions On May 7, 2025, India conducted a significant military operation named Operation Sindoor, where the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force jointly carried out missile strikes on nine terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). This was...
Update 5/6/25: According to a Newsweek article (published at 10:10 AM PDT on May 6, 2025), the university has already taken a firm stance against the activists’ actions, explicitly opposing antisemitism and confirming the arrests of around 30 individuals. The university’s statement indicates a crackdown on the protest, likely in response to the property damage (dumpster fires) and the occupation of the engineering building. Footage mentioned in the article also shows pro...
By Sarah Storkin One man. was arrested in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, for cutting down at least 13 trees with a chainsaw over a 12-day period starting April 13. Samuel Patrick Groft, 44, had been taken into custody on suspicion of felony vandalism. The suspect, identified as a homeless man named Groft, was apprehended after a 12-day rampage during which he allegedly cut down at least 13 mature trees while bicycling in and around downtown LA. The tree-cutti...
In 2021, Chicago launched a counterterrorism initiative to teach city employees to respond to life-threatening injuries caused by dangerous events, like mass shootings. To do that, the city installed more than 1,000 blood control kits in over 500 municipal buildings. Since then, the Office of Emergency Management and Communications has grown the program by partnering with other agencies and departments. The expanded effort, community leaders say, serves a critical purpose:...
Gerardo Valerio had been looking for a bathroom in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo neighborhood for 20 minutes when he stumbled across a blue and white trailer with "FREE BATHROOM" at the top. At first, he was hesitant to enter the bathroom, which had been installed by the Washington, D.C.-based portable toilet startup Throne. To get in, he had to scan a QR code which pre-loaded a text onto his phone. After sending the text, the door would automatically slide open. "What do I text,...
By Dick Hertz Jean Jordan, the Executive Assistant City Attorney for San Diego, is on a four-month cruise while working remotely and is paid slightly more than $280,000 a year, though she does not permanently live on a cruise ship, and she is not the City Attorney herself. "While Executive Assistant City Attorney Jean Jordan is allowed to work remotely while on a four-month vacation cruise, some taxpayers are left speechless by the arrangement." Said NBC7 in San Diego. "Soon...
Southern California Edison (SCE) announced plans to bury over 150 miles of power lines in response to the devastating Los Angeles County firestorms, specifically the Eaton and Palisades fires in January 2025. According to multiple sources, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Reuters, SCE plans to underground 153 miles of power lines in fire-prone areas of Altadena and Malibu to reduce wildfire risk. The project, estimated to cost between $860 million and $925...
From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using "gravity batteries," these underground facilities aim to tackle one of renewable energy's greatest challenges: storage. Reasons to be Cheerful reports that the method is simple: Excess renewable energy is used to power winches that lift heavy weights—such as containers filled with sand or rock — up...
In a small recording studio near Nashville, Tennessee, conservative activist Kelly Schenkoske urged an online audience of parents to scour school district websites for contracts that mention social and emotional learning. "Social-emotional learning is far more than just kindness," Schenkoske said. "It is a bait and switch." The bait, according to Schenkoske and other panelists at the recent Moms for Liberty training event, is small shifts in the school day to introduce student...
ZJ Boarding House is closing at the end of April, after 37 years in Santa Monica. The shop was founded in 1988. Founding and History: ZJ Boarding House, a surf and skate shop located at 2619 Main Street, Santa Monica, was opened on December 16, 1988, by Mikke Pierson and Todd Roberts. Initially a small 2,000-square-foot store, it grew into a cultural hub for the local surf, skate, and snowboard community. Closure in 2025: ZJ Boarding House closed permanently in April 2025 due...
A preliminary 6.0 #earthquake has jolted Southern California. The epicenter was in North #SanDiego County at Julian, near Escondido. This on Monday Morning, April 14, 2025. The earthquake at 10:10 am, was felt over a wide area of Southern California and Mexico. "This the first time I actually got at least a 10 second warning on my phone before feeling the earthquake." posted one man in Temecula. "I placed down my phone, went to get my coffee, then me and my girlfriend heard...
As Missouri lawmakers debate open enrollment for a fifth consecutive year, a new report is shedding light on how public school residency restrictions can discriminate against low-income students The 74 reports. The report, published Feb. 19 by the nonprofit watchdog group Available to All, finds that Missouri has some of the strictest school residential assignment policies in the nation. District attendance boundaries mirror historic racist housing redlining maps and are...
At least 27 people were killed and more than 130 injured when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed in Santo Domingo early Tuesday, local officials said. The Jet Set nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo occurred during a performance by Rubby Pérez, a renowned Dominican merengue singer known for hits like "Buscando Tus Besos." Octavio Dotel, a former MLB pitcher who won a World Series and logged 36 saves in 2004 with the Astros and A's, was among those rescued from...
It appears that amidst the Trump Tariffs and all that stock market volatility, the Trump Administration is also actively preparing for a military conflict with Iran and its Revolutionary Guard Corps. The U.S. typically maintains 156,000 troops overseas, but the post highlights a significant increase to 300,000 in the Middle East, aligning with a Haaretz report of 140 heavy transport aircraft delivering equipment to the region in March 2025, signaling a major military buildup....
China's non-tariff barriers (NTBs) are a significant hurdle for international trade, often more impactful than its tariffs, which have dropped considerably over the years (averaging around 3.5% today). NTBs are tough to quantify precisely because they're not as straightforward as a tax-think opaque regulations, sudden inspections, or licensing rules that seem to shift depending on who's asking. But their effects are real and hit hard, especially for countries like the U.S....
If you're headed to the airport soon, you might want to double-check your identification. Starting May 7, 2025, every resident (18 years or older) of a U.S. state or territory attempting to board a commercial aircraft will need to present security with a Real ID license or identification card, or another acceptable form of identification such as a passport. If you're not able to present a Real ID-compliant card to a Transportation Security Administration agent, you won't be...
A new quarter-cent sales tax aimed at funding homelessness programs in Los Angeles County starts on Tuesday. This increases the county's base sales tax from 9.5% to 9.75%. This change comes shortly after a federal judge raised concerns about how previous homelessness funds were used. Such timing has sparked worries about transparency, especially since there have been indications that millions in public funds may have been mismanaged by agencies meant to tackle homelessness. Th...
We found a seal suffering on Santa Monica beach Saturday. Her stomch was undulating, and she was apparently unable to move away from the waves. We called a rescue organization, and also a marine biologist. "I’d be happy to explain what’s happening to that poor seal in simple terms," he said. "Domoic Acid Toxicosis is a condition caused by a natural toxin called domoic acid, which is produced by certain types of microscopic algae (specifically, a group called diatoms). The...
3/30: Shell Station in Santa Monica Site of Car to Car Shooting Saturday Night On Saturday, March 29th at 4:50 am, Santa Monica Fire and Police Departments responded to a report of a gunshot victim at the Shell gas station located on the corner of Linclon and Pico Blvds. When first responders arrived on the scene, they found an SUV that had both its front passenger windows shattered, believed to be from a gunshot that was shot by another person from a vehicle. The driver of...
Twenty-one percent of adults without access to a vehicle or public transit went without needed medical care in 2022. It's a sobering stat that points at a real problem: Unlike online shopping or dinner delivery, people need to get to health care to actually receive it. This is trickier in regions where essential medical services are hard to reach, often called "medical deserts." In these areas, even routine medical visits can become ordeals. Take the simple act of picking up...
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The city of Reno, Nevada, is breaking records in ways it doesn't like: A 2024 analysis of 241 cities showed that Reno has heated up faster than any other city in the United States. While the country as a whole warmed by 2.6 F on average between 1970 and 2023, Reno saw an increase of 7.6 F. A heat wave that hit Reno in July 2024 made for the hottest month in the Biggest Little City's documented history, Knowable Magazine explains. Reno's heat is not evenly spread. In the...
In January, Louisiana state troopers, alongside other state agencies, swept homeless encampments in downtown New Orleans and bused over 100 people to an industrial warehouse away from the city center in an effort to hide the city's homelessness crisis from Super Bowl tourists. The Louisiana governor's office told the Associated Press that people weren't forced to go to the center, but had to leave their encampment or could be arrested. But an unhoused person named Christopher...
A 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand today, destroying a number of building and killing hundreds of people. Hundreds of km from the epicenter, a 40 story building in Bangkok Thailand collapsed, burying many of the 400 men working on the project. 1. Overview of the Earthquake and Building Collapse On March 28, 2025, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, causing widespread damage in Myanmar and affecting neighboring Thailand. According to the web search results: Mya...
