Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Alexander Anthony Clever, 28, today pleaded no contest to murdering his then-35-year-old girlfriend in a motel in Pomona. Clever not only plead to first degree murder, but admitted the special circumstance of committing torture during the course of the murder. On November 29, 2014, Clever, his girlfriend, Yvette Silva, and two others were in a motel on South Garey Avenue, near the junction of the 60 and 71 freeways. The couple's companions could hear Clever and Silva arguing i...
Churchgoers pleaded with attackers not to kill priest, nun tells CNN affiliate Tuesday , in Normandy, northern France, two Islamic State terrorists killed 86-year-old priest Jacques Hamel (born 1930 in Darnétal) of the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, during Mass. Two nuns and two churchgoers were taken hostage. The attackers were shot and killed by Rouen's BRI police after they left the church. A Priest was killed after two men take hostages in Catholic church in N...
7/26 update: Earlier Tuesday, another wildfire caused officials to close the signature state parks of California's grand Big Sur coast. Closures as of Tuesday included Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Andrew Molera State Park and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, among others. California state parks spokesman Dennis Weber says facilities aren't threatened. Nevertheless, officials decided to clear the public for safety and to keep roads clear and avoid exposure to bad air quality....
Two people were killed and at least 16 others wounded in a shooting early Monday morning at the Club Blu in Fort Myers, Florida. A 14-year-old and a high school basketball star lost their lives as the nightclub hosted a late night teen event called the "Swimsuit Glow Party." Two other locations were involved in the incident, and the police have detained three people for questioning. Police were first called to Club Blu at 12:30 a.m. on Monday. They arrived to find several...
Unilver announced on Tuesday evening that it is getting into the razor business, by agreeing to acquire Dollar Shave Club. No financial terms were disclosed, but a source close to the deal tells Fortune that Unilver is paying $1 billion in cash for the Santa Monica-based business. Dollar Shave Club is a Venice, California-based company that delivers razors and other personal grooming products straight to consumers by mail. The company positions itself as a cost-effective and...
Peter Thiel, the founder with Elon Musk, of Paypal, just addressed the Republican National convention. The speech was much anticipated because he is openly gay, and also because he is from Silicon Valley. Donald Trump is popular with neither groups. Here's what Thiel said: Where I work in Silicon valley, it's hard to see where America went wrong. But Silicon valley is a small place. If you drive across the bridge to Oakland, and you won't see that same prosperity. That's how...
Hindus are urging Blizzard Entertainment to withdraw the Devi (Goddess) skin of Symmetra character in its Overwatch video game, calling it inappropriate. Skins are alternate appearances that players can apply to characters in video games. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, urged Irvine (California) headquartered Blizzard Entertainment CEO Michael Morhaime and its parent Santa Monica (California) based Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick to withdraw...
Donald Trump's prepared speech to the Republican National convention, annotated Trump takes stage ahead of convention speech Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said "I love the media" as he tested his microphone. (Video: Reuters/Photo: Ricky Carioti) Donald Trump's prepared remarks accepting the Republican nomination in Cleveland Thursday night were provided on an embargoed basis. The embargo was broken by other news organizations -- therefore we are posting them...
A shooting began at a McDonald's in a shopping mall in Munich Germany, with as many as 9 people reported shot and killed, plus the perpetrator, a man of Iranian descent. At 0:34 CEST (22:34 UTC), the Munich Police department tweeted their belief that they had found the suspect, a lone gunman, who committed suicide. At 02:20 CEST, the Munich Police Department held a press conference. Police commissioner Hubertus Andrä confirmed the events that took place and identified the...
The Super 8 Motel, a large hotel near the 215 and 10 freeway interchange was heavily damaged by a brush fire that crossed the road and involved two buildings belonging to the Super 8 late Thursday night. The fire in the San Bernardino County has caused considerable damage to the Super 8 Motel. It was evacuated, along with 2 other hotels, La Quinta Inn and the Doubletree Motel. No people were reported as injured. The San Bernardino County Fire Department extinguished the fire...
He was responsible for most of the situation comedies on prime time U.S. television during ten years in the late 70's and 80's. He was one of the most important men in Hollywood. Yet Happy Days star Ron Howard says he told people "show business is not life," and that "while it's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice." Garry Marshall was born Garry Kent Masciarelli 82 years ago. He was an American actor, director, producer, writer, voice artist, and comedian. His...
In another probably futile attempt to rest control of the Internet away from cats and their owners who are mostly owned by their cats; dog owners have posted certain photos designed to go viral. Among them is a now famous photo of two dogs, one black one white wearing a sign that says "black labs matter ". The other sign says "white labs matter". Another is a cute photo of a floppy eared cocker spaniel, carrying a cocker spaniel puppy in his backpack. Is it any coincidence...
Update: Mike Van de Ven, Chief Operating Officer at Southwest, says the website is now fully functional. He says customers may rebook at Southwest.com at no additional charge. "Our systems are back up and running. We have an incredible backlog of customers and their bags. The recovery is staring off slowly, we have 335 cancellations, which will allow us to improve during the day." "We had a technology failure in our network yesterday, we're doing a deep dive on it to...
Malibu residents reported feeling two mild earthquakes Monday evening. One was in the ocean at 1:52 PM and measured 3.3 on the Richter scale. The second was at 4:17 PM and measured 2.7 magnitude. No damage or injuries were reported...
A man suspected in 4 sexual assaults that took place in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West LA was arrested Wednesday. He was not immediately identified He was suspected in sexual assaults that took place in Santa Monica January 13 and February 5th, an April 15th assault in Beverly Hills, and a July 2nd assault in West LA The Beverly Hills and West LA assaults were very violent. Initially, a sexual assault in Beverly Hills on July 2nd, was also thought to be related, but police...
A sewage spill in downtown Los Angeles flowed into the L.A. River on Monday and prompted officials in Long Beach to shut down the city's beaches. The spill occurred near 6th Street and Mission Road in Boyle Heights, according to Paul Gomez, a spokesman for the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. Long Beach officials estimate the spill involved about 108,000 gallons. Dr. Mauro Torno, the acting health officer for Long Beach, decided to shut down swimming along the...
Anton Yelchin's parents have taken out a full page ad in The Hollywood Reporter, to thank well wishers and others for their comforting thoughts during this difficult time. The 27 year old actor died in a car crash involving ugly his vehicle, June 19th. Yelchin's parents, Irina and Viktor, took out a full-page ad in the July 17 issue of The Hollywood Reporter to show their gratitude to those who've comforted them in recent weeks. "Thank you to all of you who have sent flowers...
The San Diego County sheriffs department rescued two men who fell off the bluff in Encinitas near San Diego today, while playing Pokémon GO. They were not paying attention to where they were and evidently fell off the bluff down 50 to 100 feet. The sheriffs department rescue them and took them to the hospital with moderate injuries. The incidents come as law enforcement agencies across the nation are reporting a plethora of Pokemon-related attacks and odd happenings since...
Santa Monica soon may have a new "sister," on the intensely Gaelic west coast of Ireland. Councilmember Kevin McKeown, while on personal vacation, met this week with senior leadership of Galway about entering into a "sister city" relationship like Santa Monica currently enjoys with Hamm, Germany, Mazatlan, Mexico, and Fujinomiya, Japan. Last year, while Mayor, McKeown visited Fujinomiya to celebrate forty years of friendship. Galway would in many ways make an ideal sister...
7/15, 8:10 am PST: The man who used a truck to fatally mow down dozens of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, has been identified by authorities as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhel, a French-Tunisian resident of the southern coastal city. The attack began around 10:45 p.m. Thursday, with Bouhel driving a rented, refrigerated truck, French prosecutor François Molins said Friday. The attacker fired several times at three police officers close to a hotel, and the police...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg walked back a bit today from her disparaging remarks about Donald Trump. The 83 year old said she should not have commented on the Republican presidential nominee and that she regrets her statements. In three separate interviews with news organizations in one week, Ginsburg criticized Trump, calling him a "faker" and saying she feared for the nation or for the Supreme Court if he were elected. Those comments brought criticism and questions over...
"You can't marry all the girls" my mother once told me. Mother was right! And Donald Trump has announced that he will publicly select a running mate at 11 AM New York time on Friday. Indiana Governor Mike pence faces a deadline. He must tell The state whether he will be on the ballot for another gubernatorial term or whether he doesn't plan on running by next week. And the convention begins in Cleveland next week anyway. Newt Gingrich once considered the brains of the...
The FBI has closed the book on one of the greatest mysteries in history. The only agent assigned to find parachuting hijacker D.B. Cooper, was reassigned to other dead end cases of the FBI on Friday, effectively shuttering the 45-year-old case after the Bureau - and troves of tipsters - failed to identity the infamous hijacker, the FBI announced. "Unfortunately, none of the well-meaning tips or applications of new investigative technology have yielded the necessary proof,"...
Law enforcement officials believe two sexual assaults that occurred on July 2 and July 4 in West Los Angeles are related. Both assaults occurred near Santa Monica. Police believe the suspect, described as black and 25-30 years old, may have committed other similar crimes. On Saturday, a woman walking home was grabbed from behind by the suspect and dragged to a dark path. A statement from the LAPD described the assault. "He threw her onto the ground and got on top of her. The...
Two bailiffs were killed and a deputy sheriff wounded in a shooting Monday afternoon at a courthouse in Berrien County, Mich., authorities said. The gunman was also killed. The Berrien County sheriff did not go into detail about the nature of the incident, saying only that there was "a disturbance" on the courthouse's third floor shortly before 2:30 p.m. "We don't have all the details as to what happened or whatever occurred or how he got the weapon," Sheriff L. Paul Bailey...
