Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Even though Donald Trump is way down with women in the polls, some women are posting sexy photos of themselves on twitter in Make America Great Again hats, and otherwise using their sexiest selves to promote The Donald's political aspirations. Dare to express a politically incorrect political opinion! And while you're at it, draw attention to that opinion by showing some skin! That goes back at least as far as the ancient Greeks and Romans. The hashtag #Tru...
7/05/16: More than 5,200 firefighters are battling 14 wildfires throughout California. A low pressure trough over the West Coast will deepen through early Wednesday then move east. Clouds will increase over the north, with a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm near the Oregon State line late today into early Wednesday. A weak high pressure ridge will follow, but the next trough will approach the region by late Thursday. This trough will produce about the same results as...
More than 5,100 firefighters are battling 11 wildfires throughout California. A weak low pressure trough will be over Northern California, with a deeper trough dropping in from the north today. The trough will then remain overhead through next weekend, CalFire said. Thunderstorm activity will be well east today and tomorrow, but there will be a few afternoon cumulus over the higher terrain. A cooling trend will bring afternoon temperatures in inland areas down to near normal b...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Multiple bombings rocked the Arab world's richest country Monday, as violence against innocent Muslims continues to mar the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. CNN reports that four people were killed in the latest bombing in Mecca. State run Saudi news websites say an explosion occurred just outside one of Islam's holiest sites in the city of Medina, the same day that two suicide bombers struck different cities in Saudi Arabia. Sabq news site reported that...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will reclassify marijuana as a "Schedule Two" drug on August 1, 2016, essentially legalizing medicinal cannabis in all 50 states with a doctor's prescription, said a DEA lawyer with knowledge of the matter. Update 6/28: The Recreational Marijuana Initiative qualifies for the California's November Ballot. Will it be pre-empted by action of the DEA? http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/07/04/news/dea-source-confirms-sc...
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton met agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Saturday. When investigators meet with the "target defendant," it generally means their investigation is swiftly coming to a conclusion, legal experts say. The investigators were ready to meet her because they’ve met with everyone else on her staff, and now they know what questions to ask. Depending on Mrs. Clinton's responses, they will recommend to the p...
Updated, 11:25 a.m.: As per City News Service, David Matthew Rose has been found safe at home, after 7 hours of searching. According to a Marina del Rey Sheriff's Station watch commander, deputies found Rose, unharmed, at his residence at about 9:50 a.m. L.A. County Lifeguards would like to remind you that it is illegal to jump off piers. Los Angeles County Lifeguards are searching for a 39-year-old man who reportedly jumped off the Venice Beach pier early Saturday morning....
Attorney General Loretta Lynch met privately with President Bill Clinton on a private plane. A source tipped off the local ABC TV station about the meeting, which reportedly lasted about 30 minutes, at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport. President Clinton reportedly knew Lynch was arriving soon and waited to meet with her. So the meeting does not seem to be "Impromptu," but arranged. Lynch told reporters later that afternoon that their conversation was "primarily...
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton met agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Saturday. When investigators meet with the "target defendant," it generally means their investigation is swiftly coming to a conclusion, legal experts say. "Secretary Clinton gave a voluntary interview this morning about her email arrangements while she was Secretary. She is pleased to have had the opportunity to assist the Department of Justice in bringing this...
Donald Trump quashed a rumor that Mike Tyson would be among the speakers at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July. " "The media makes everything up," said the presumptive Republican nominee in a tweet. "But if Iron Mike were to speak, though, he'd do a good job." The convention won’t just be a family affair, says Politico. Trump has publicly talked about calling upon his celebrity friends to join him at the convention, and Bloomberg reported this week that h...
Actor Drake Bell pleaded not guilty today to a DUI charge filed after he was arrested in Glendale late last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. The complaint includes one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol within 10 years of another DUI offense. The D.A. filed charges on Jan. 6, alleging that Bell refused to take a chemical test and that Bell was convicted in 2010 of driving under the influence in San Diego. A second...
Lifeguards were called over Thursday night when beachgoers walking their dogs, found a 40-foot long humpback whale carcass washed ashore at Dockweiler State beach. Some feared a major smell event that would ruin the 4th of July Holiday on the beach. It required quick action. So a radical decision was made. The whale was located no more than half a mile from the West end of the runway at Los Angeles International Airport in Inglewood. People have barbecues there for the July 4t...
A series of major US airstrike near Fallujah, Iraq, is said to have killed 260 fighters. The Islamic State is believed to have about 25,000 fighters, so if confirmed, the death toll would be significant relative to ISIS size. Most of the fighters have been recruited from other Arab countries or from Europe. American airstrikes killed at least 250 ISIS fighters driving in a convoy outside Fallujah on Wednesday, a senior U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News. The strikes...
A homeless man who assaulted an 11-year-old boy outside the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles was sentenced today, June 30, to six years in state prison. The man, Raul Villalba Ocampo, 33, pleaded to one count of child abuse. Last December, in 2015, the boy was standing outside of Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of a school field trip. Ocampo placed the boy in a chokehold and punctured his neck with a sharpened key, apparently a homemade weapon. He continued...
Update, 6/29, 5 pm PDT: Authorities report that they have killed the 120 pound bear involved in this attack. It's unknown whether or not the iPad was retrieved. Rangers hunted the hills above Altadena for a black bear who would not be Rickrolled one more time. He pushed through a tent wall, slashed a man across the forehead and stole his iPad. Stealing an iPad is a death penalty offense when it comes to black bears, authorities said. The small bear pushed through a tent wall...
In a striking case of product liability, the household name Ikea has been implicated in the deaths of six children due to a dresser that losses its balance when the drawers are out. Swedish furniture retailer IKEA Group is recalling almost 36 million chests and dressers in the United States and Canada that have been linked to the deaths of six children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. The furnishings can topple over if they are not anchored...
Is there anything that says Summer Solstice better than a huge pile of wood being set on fire? Jonsok (St. John's Passing), or St. Hans (St. John's Day), i.e. 24 June, is a commonly observed holiday in Norway. It marks midsummer and the beginning of summer vacation, and is often celebrated by lighting bonfires the evening before. In Northern areas of Norway, this day has 24 hours of light, while southern areas have only 17.5 hours. T"he Sankthans (Midsummer) bonfire on...
As buyer's remorse settled in today, Brexit became #Regrexit. An online petition demanding another referendum on Britain's decision to leave the European Union has gathered 3 million signatures. Even people who voted to leave the EU, felt buyers remorse. Some voters said they didn't understand what the EU was, or what leaving would mean, or that their vote really counted. Meanwhile, other EU countries were talking of leaving the Union. Sweded threatened Swexit. Netherland has...
The L.A. County District Attorney's Office will seek to have convicted murderer Raymond Lee Jennings released from state prison on Thursday after new evidence was uncovered that raises doubts about his conviction in 2009. The D.A. will not discuss the nature of that evidence. Antelope Valley College Student Michelle O'Keefe, 18, was found dead in her Mustang in a dark parking lot in 2000. Raymond Lee Jennings worked at the mall attached to that parking lot, and like most men...
A strike by 1,300 registered nurses begins today at Kaiser's Los Angeles hospital. The strike is scheduled to last 4 days and involves the nurses' call for improved staffing. California Nurses Association/National Nurses United claims Kaiser made profits of $1.9 billion last year, money which should be invested in hiring more nurses and "protect economic gains." In other words, they want a raise. "Kaiser spends millions of dollars advertising that Los Angeles Medical Center...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Ten people were wounded - two of them with life-threatening injuries - on Sunday when counter-protesters clashed with members of a white nationalist group that planned to rally outside the California state Capitol building in Sacramento, authorities said. California Highway Patrol Officer George Granada said about 30 members of the Traditionalist Worker Party were gathering for a rally around noon Sunday when they were met by about 400 counter-protesters...
A Burbank man was charged today with the attempted murder of 10 Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies followed by an eight-hour standoff in Bellflower late Thursday night, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Juan Manuel Martinez (dob 7/19/76) is scheduled to be arraigned today in Department 2 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Bellflower. Prosecutors will ask that his bail be set at $11 million in case VA142260. Deputy District Attorney...
- Three people were killed and four others were critically injured when their 15-foot boat capsized Saturday on the far side of Catalina Island, authorities said. The Coroner’s Office identified the three men killed as Young Joon Park, 64, and Kyung Hwam Kim, 47, both of Los Angeles, and Jason Jung Noh, 62, of Buena Park, said Capt. John Kades of the coroner’s office. Everyone on the boat was Korean or Korean American, and they were out fishing in a boat so small that 4-6 foo...
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. – A stubborn wildfire near Lake Isabella in Northern California has killed at least two, and probably 3. 3 firefighters suffered some inhallation injuries. 35,711 acres and 150 homes have burned, 1500 remain evacuated. The fire is 0% controlled. The tally rose from 80 homes as firefighters began going through neighborhoods in South Lake. They counted houses and mobile homes destroyed by the fire. In one mobile home, they found what appears to be a set o...
A moderate earthquake rocked Southern California this afternoon. It was felt as a sharp jolt at 6:45 pm PST. USGS reports 2.9 magnitude earthquake, just 4 kilometers SW of Santa Monica. The earthquake was felt across the westside, as far east as the 405. Authorities, however, reported no damage or injuries....
