Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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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...
Voters in San Francisco should understand exactly what they're getting if they vote for Saikat Chakrabarti. Because they're going to get it good and hard. Chakrabarti is not a moderate Democrat. He is a co-founder of the Justice Democrats, the group that helped launch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the most aggressive wing of the progressive movement. He served as AOC's Chief of Staff and has been one of the key strategists behind the push to pull the Democratic Party sharply...
The city is grappling with a dramatically increased Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) that has intensified debates over density, height limits, and the pace of new development. In the previous 5th Cycle (covering roughly 2013–2021), Santa Monica's RHNA was 1,674 housing units. For the current 6th Cycle (2021–2029), the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) allocated Santa Monica 8,895 units - more than a fivefold increase. Of the current allocation, appr...
Santa Monica, CA - The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday voted to re-ratify the city's local emergency declaration on homelessness, extending the measure through December 31, 2026. The declaration, first approved unanimously by the council in February 2023, enables the city to accelerate programs and services aimed at addressing homelessness and preventing residents from becoming unhoused. City officials say it facilitates faster hiring, expanded funding opportunities, and...
Denver, CO - A man who deliberately breached Denver International Airport's (DIA) perimeter fence was fatally struck by a Frontier Airlines Airbus A321neo on Friday night, May 9, 2026, causing the aircraft to abort its takeoff, triggering a brief engine fire, and leading to the emergency evacuation of all passengers and crew. The incident occurred at approximately 11:19 p.m. local time on Runway 17L as Frontier Flight 4345, bound for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX),...
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...
Santa Monica, Calif. — Santa Monica High School (Samohi) implemented a temporary shelter-in-place Friday amid a reported potential threat during Advanced Placement (AP) exams, according to a joint statement from the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) and Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD). This on Friday May 8 2026. At approximately 11:53 a.m., SMPD was notified of the potential threat reported to school officials. School Resource Officers and a...
LOS ANGELES - First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli announced today that Eileen Wang, Mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged in the Central District of California with acting within the United States as an agent of the People's Republic of China (PRC) without prior notification to the Attorney General, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 951. Wang appeared in federal court this afternoon for arraignment. According to the announcement, she has agreed to plead...
Delta, B.C. (5.10.26) — A startling collision on Saturday afternoon, May 9, 2026, in Delta, British Columbia, sent a motorcycle flying into a traffic light pole, where it remained lodged high above Scott Road in a scene that witnesses described as something out of a movie. cbc.ca Delta Police Department officers responded to the 7100-block of Scott Road, near 72nd Avenue and the Surrey-Delta border, shortly before 3 p.m. PT following a two-vehicle crash involving a m...
21- As the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race intensifies, Pacific Palisades resident and former reality television personality Spencer Pratt has emerged as a formidable challenger to incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, framing his candidacy not as a conventional political endeavor but as a "mission" for accountability and renewal in a city grappling with the aftermath of devastating wildfires, persistent homelessness, and institutional inefficiencies. Pratt, who lost his family home...
Santa Monica Observer - As the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race intensifies, Pacific Palisades resident and former reality television personality Spencer Pratt has emerged as a formidable challenger to incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, framing his candidacy not as a conventional political endeavor but as a "mission" for accountability and renewal in a city grappling with the aftermath of devastating wildfires, persistent homelessness, and institutional inefficiencies. Pratt's social me...
Santa Monica City Council has unanimously approved a $3 million economic revitalization strategy aimed at breathing new life into the struggling Third Street Promenade. Once the vibrant heart of the city's retail and entertainment scene, the pedestrian-only thoroughfare has faced mounting challenges in recent years, including persistent store closures, declining foot traffic, and shifting consumer behaviors. City officials say the multifaceted plan-funded through a mix of...
Santa Monica - Legislation that would exempt certain types of development in Santa Monica from individual California Coastal Commission permits is moving forward in the state Assembly, drawing both support for streamlining and criticism over reduced state oversight. AB 1740, introduced by Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Santa Monica/West Hollywood), originally proposed broader changes for multiple urban coastal cities. It was amended in April 2026 to apply exclusively to...
May 8, 2026 - Meta has discontinued support for end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) direct messages on Instagram, effective today.The company introduced the optional E2EE feature for Instagram DMs in December 2023. Users had to manually enable it for specific chats. Starting May 8, 2026, this option is no longer available. notebookcheck.net Meta stated that very few users opted into the encrypted mode, which led to the decision to remove it. The company has advised users with...
SANTA MONICA - Providence Saint John's Health Center has announced the largest philanthropic gift in its history - a transformative estate gift estimated at $100 million from the late Stan Lucas, a longtime friend, donor, and grateful patient of the hospital. The extraordinary donation, which names Saint John's Health Center Foundation as a primary beneficiary of Lucas' estate, will primarily advance prostate cancer research and care at the Santa Monica facility. The gift will...
NEWARK, N.J. — A United Airlines Boeing 767 arriving from Venice, Italy, struck a light pole above the New Jersey Turnpike while on final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon, 5.3.26, causing damage to a bakery delivery truck below and minor injuries to its driver.United Airlines Flight 169, carrying 221 passengers and 10 crew members, made contact with the pole around 2 p.m. as it descended toward Runway 29. According to New Jersey State P...
NEW YORK - A senior executive at JPMorgan Chase is facing serious allegations of turning a married junior banker into her "office sex slave," including claims of repeated sexual assaults, career threats, and vile racial insults directed at the employee and his Asian wife. According to a lawsuit filed in New York, Lorna Hajdini, 37, an Executive Director in JPMorgan's Leveraged Finance division, allegedly subjected the male plaintiff - an Indian-origin Senior Vice...
Washington, D.C. - Based on photos posted to social media, the same heavyset female Secret Service agent criticized after the 2024 assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, was also on duty during a chaotic security breach at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026. A widely shared X post by user @VladTheInflator sarcastically declared, "Don't worry guys, she saved the president again. She's fucking unstoppable," alongside...
In a recent floor speech addressing the Alien Enemies Act and historical precedents for detaining immigrants during wartime, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) appeared to misread "World War II" as "World War Eleven." While discussing the internment of Japanese, German, and Italian nationals during that conflict, she stated something to the effect of "Japanese Italian immigrants during World War Eleven," before pausing and correcting herself with a quick "Two, sorry." The verbal...
In the spring of 2026, the Royal Navy faced a stark structural imbalance: parliamentary records confirmed approximately 134 admirals and flag officers across the Naval Service and Royal Marines, a figure that comfortably exceeded the total number of major surface combatants then in commission. At that moment, the fleet comprised precisely six Type 45 air-defence destroyers and seven Type 23 anti-submarine frigates as its core escort force. A total of 13 ships. Availability...
Washington, D.C. - A chaotic shooting incident disrupted the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at the Washington Hilton, prompting the rapid evacuation of President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and other senior officials. No one was seriously injured, but the event-already notable as Trump's first attendance as president-has fueled intense scrutiny over security lapses and raised doubts about the...
