Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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We are nearing the Summer Solstice, and it was hotter than a pistol in Southern California today. It was 106 in Woodland Hills and Monday will be yet hotter. Similar temperatures were recorded in Beverly Hills and Woodland Hills, Glendale and Burbank, in San Bernardino and Riverside. In downtown Santa Monica, it was 90 degrees Farenheit. The beaches offered little relief from the heat Fies burned, in Santa Barbara of course, but there were also dangerous fires in Silver Lake...
It is difficult to find motive in the insane ravings of a madman like Kevin James Loibl. But it has become increasingly apparent to police from an examination of Loibl's cell phone and computer records, that singer Christina Grimmie was murdered because of her outspoken Christian faith. Loibl, 27, traveled from St. Petersburg to Orlando, a distance of some 107 miles, with the specific intent to kill the contestant from NBC's 'The Voice,' said police, adding that Grimmie and...
The FBI instructed the former wife of the Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, Sitora Yusufiy, not to speak of his homosexuality or the fact that she, his family and others believed he was gay, Yusufiy's current fiance, Marco Dias, told a Brazilian TV channel in an interview. Dias told the Brazilian television station SBT Brazil Tuesday that Yusufiy believed Mateen was gay and that his father called him gay several times in front of her. However, "the FBI asked her not to tell this to...
Eric Trump asserts 20% of the $1 billion raised by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, comes from the Saudis. Yet on Monday, Clinton issued a pointed warning to US allies in the Middle East, saying countries like Saudi Arabia must crack down on citizens supporting extremism. It is known that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia donated around $25 million to the Clinton foundation. This has been known since 2008, when the new Secretary of State disclosed potential conflicts of...
According to CBS News, a San Diego father who chased an alligator away from his five year old son last year at Disney World in Orlando, has been interviewed. He said he told resort officials, and they responded that he "should not worry, because the alligators are tame as pets." In April of 2015, San Diego lawyer David Hiden took his family to the theme park. His five-year-old son waded calf-deep into a lagoon behind their hotel. "I saw something rapidly coming on like a...
It is a tale as old as men in tall ships sailing the sea. Shore leave, bar fight, murder, and flight from police. A decorated Navy SEAL beat and stabbed a man Sunday after a bar fight on the Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica police said Tuesday. Theo Andrew Krah, 28, was arrested in San Diego on Monday. He fled back to the Naval base where he lived, two days after he and the other man had to be separated at the Santa Monica Pier by the SMPD. They then proceeded to meet each...
Presumptive Republican Nominee Donald Trump has ordered that the press credentials of all Washington Post reporters be revoked. Political campaigns do control who gets credentialed as reporters at campaign events, though presumably one could always attend as a participant. "Donald Trump Suggests Pres. Obama Was Involved with Orlando Shooting" headline was the last straw, apparently, that broke the proverbial camels back. The Washington Post later softened its headline, saying...
Hundreds of aftershocks have followed the magnitude 5.2 earthquake that shook the Palm Springs area on Friday. Aftershocks are common after significant quakes, and Friday's temblor – which was felt from San Diego to Los Angeles and beyond – produced a few larger than 3.0. Most were much smaller. The quake occurred in a sparsely populated area near Borrego Springs in San Diego County but the 1:04 a.m. quake was felt across a wide area. "It's the biggest one for a while," sai...
Sacramento – A bill that strengthens California's conflict of interest laws and restores public trust and accountability was approved today by the State Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee on a bipartisan vote. Senate Bill 1011 now goes to the State Assembly Local Government Committee. SB 1011 will strengthen conflict of interest law by expanding the definition of family and what constitutes a financial conflict of interest for public officials when voting on g...
The Egyptian government announced Wednesday that it has discovered the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, in several locations. A vessel contracted by Egyptair to join the search “identified several main locations of the wreckage" and the first images of the wreckage were provided to the investigation committee, the Associated Press reported. Searchers plan to map the wreckage's distribution on the seabed. The flight seemed t...
About 24,500 people are on the TSA's Terror Watchlist, and once you're on it, good luck flying. Soon, those 24,000 people won't be able to purchase guns legally either. Even though Omar Mateen was never on it. Donald J. Trump is ready to modify his position on Second Amendment protections on Wednesday, tweeting that he would be meeting with the National Rifle Association to discuss preventing individuals on the terrorist watch list from purchasing guns. This on a day when the...
Federal investigators continued Wednesday to methodically retrace Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen's recent activities and contacts. Reportedly the investigation is now focused on Noor Salman, his wife. Authorities say she knew about her husband's plans to machine gun people in the Pulse nightclub. Salman could be charged with 49 counts of accessory to murder, 53 counts of attempted murder, and of knowing about a terrorist plot in advance and not telling authorities. The Palestin...
State legislators in our Democrat dominated California State houses, will meet Wednesday and approve the 2016-7 state budget, hitting their deadline for a new spending plan. The proposal includes $170.9 billion in state spending, which includes the general fund, dedicated funds and bond money. The Assembly and the state Senate are each scheduled to start their floor sessions at 3 p.m. The final budget deal includes extra money for the state's rainy-day fund, as well as new...
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. - James Wesley Howell was charged with child molestation on Wednesday, officials with the Clark County prosecutor's office said. Howell, 20, is accused of sexually penetrating an underage girl on May 31, just days before he was arrested in Santa Monica. He was found in possession of weapons and an explosive mixture called Tannerite. He told Santa Monica Police that he was on his way to the West Hollywood Gay Pride Parade. Howell left Indiana because he...
Tragedy has struck again Orlando, what can only be described as a week of hell. Breaking news that a two-year-old boy is missing after being violently dragged into the nearby water by an alligator near a Disney World hotel in Orlando, authorities said. Update: 6/15, 4 p.m. EDT: Updated Breaking News: The 2-year-old boy, Lane Graves, whom witnesses said was pulled by an alligator into a lagoon near a Walt Disney World hotel last night has been found dead. The alligator drowned...
http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/06/15/news/police-arrest-james-howell-20-for-illegal-possession-of-explosives-guns/1428.html Police arrest James Howell, 20 for illegal possession of Explosives, Guns. Santa Monica Police said they arrested James Howell, 20, in Santa Monica Sunday morning for possession of weapons. They originally said he had the intent to harm people at the West Hollywood gay pride event today. Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrook tweeted Sunday...
One person was killed and six others injured following a shooting during a vigil in downtown Oakland late Tuesday afternoon, police said. In a statement Tuesday evening, police said all the victims, described as young men and women from the mid-teens to early 20s, were taken from the scene to area hospitals, where they were initially listed in stable condition. One victim, a 16-year-old girl, was listed in grave condition and died later at the hospital, police said. Three...
The National Nurses United union, the largest nurses union in the country, is threatening one- to seven-day walkouts in eight hospitals in three states at the end of June. Cited are understaffing issues and consequent reduction in patient care. The states with scheduled walkouts are Minnesota, Massachusetts, and California. 1,300 registered nurses plan a four-day strike at Kaiser Permanente's flagship hospital, Los Angeles Medical Center. Short staffing and lack of adequate...
He married women twice, but went to gay nightclubs to meet men. He beat wives and they left him. Unable to resolve his own sexuality, Mateen took out his rage on those at Pulse Saturday night. Shouting "Allahu Akhbar" was just a part of his cover. It was about his sexual identity, not his religious identity. Since the tragic Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting, a portrait has emerged of a young man with issues of emotional instability and sexuality. Orlando shooter Omar Mateen...
Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, 29 lived about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from Orlando. Mateen was an American citizen born in New York to Afghan parents, and was a Muslim. He was a licensed security guard, attended the Haj in Mecca in 2012. His views became increasingly radicalized. At 2:02 a.m. EDT June 12, shots were heard and an Orlando Police Department (OPD) officer stationed at Pulse nightclub engaged Mateen and returned fire. Pulse posted on its Facebook page at 2:09 a.m. ED...
Not only did Al Gore create the internet, but Bill Clinton invented the iPhone. Okay, that's an exaggeration, but not by much. San Francisco's representative in Congress and the House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, says the federal government created the components--GPS, alloys, voice recognition. "Steve Jobs did a good job putting it all together, but federal research built the components. The youtube video of Pelosi is below. It's ironic that Pelosi would claim the Feds inven...
The Federal Bureau of Investigations was made aware of shooter Omar Mateen in 2013, says FBI spokesman Special Agent Hopper at a press conference at 3 p.m. EST. "He was not under current investigation, and he was not under surveillance by the FBI" at the time of the attack," he said. Mateen, 29, committed the worst mass shooting in US history last night at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FLA. He had been interviewed by the FBI twice, due to radical islamic views he had express...
Dear Judge Persky: I am writing to provide a statement describing the impact of the three felony sex crimes that Brock Turner committed against Jane Doe. Specifically, I want to lay out my observations on the impact of Brock Turner's crime on five individuals: Jane Doe's father, her mother, her surrogate grandmother, myself, and most importantly, Jane Doe. Jane Doe's father was one of the two first family members to hear that Brock Turner had sexually assaulted his daughter....
(June 11, 2016) Two people were killed on Friday after the small plane they were flying crash landed into a condominium building in Hawthorne, local police and fire told the AP. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said the two people aboard the Grumman American AA-1B were killed on impact. A Los Angeles County fire dispatcher said nobody else, including the residents of the Hawthorne home , were hurt. Neighbor Antwahn Nance told KNBC-TV he could hear the...
She died at 22 while signing autographs after a concert. The senseless killing of Christina Grimmie in front of fans, her band and her brother, shocked Orlando Florida and the Nation later Friday night. The singer was pronounced dead when she arrived at the emergency room. At 1:15 a.m. EST Saturday, Christina Grimmie died as a result of gunshot wounds. According to an anonymous intern at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), Grimmie passed away shortly after being brought...
