Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Sorted by date Results 676 - 700 of 907
Los Angeles police said Wednesday they were looking for a man whom a security camera filmed assaulting a woman just outside a Venice Beach store. The video is embedded below. The man not only slugged the woman, who is seen sitting on the sidewalk rubbing her jaw; he also throws a man who tries to detain him over his shoulder. The LAPD says they know the man's name. But they are withholding it from the media--meaning that Police think they know where to find him. When they do, Police intend to...
You may have wondered why you haven't heard much about Tiffany Trump, the only child of Donald Trump with actress Marla Maples. Well, as always, there's an internet meme that explains it. It went all over Twitter early this year: Trump: I need Secret Service protection for Ivanka, Don Jr and Eric Eric: What about Tiffany? Trump: Who? - Purify (@TheToast2016) September 20, 2016 Poor Tiffany Trump. "But I DO have a meeting with a Congressman! His name...is George! George Glass!" above a photo of J...
Western Exterminator Company, one of the nation's leading pest control company, has partnered with Mondo Taco to show that insects aren't always pests – sometimes they are delicious. On Saturday, October 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Western Exterminator and Mondo Taco will host a pop-up "Pestaurant" at the Santa Monica Third Street Promenade. Menu items will be made of bugs and includes "Jamaican Me Hoppy Jerked Seasoned Grasshoppers with Pineapple Salsa", "Deep South BBQ Beetle Tacos", "...
Dear Ask the CPA: My wife and I have two children, ages 19 and 16. One is off at College. Our monthly budget is $5000, half of which goes to health insurance. I am 60 years old. This morning, during our morning walk, I told her we'd be better off using medicare/mediCal, and putting the $ into a Medical Savings Account. She said, the kids need health insurance, but I would assume it's much cheaper to just buy health insurance for them. What do you recommend? At what age do we qualify for...
A commuter train loaded with people crashed through barriers and into a New Jersey terminal during the Morning commute Thursday. Officials, who had initially said 3 people were dead, now say that one person was killed and 75 are injured. A New Jersey Transit train derailed during rush hour on Thursday morning and crashed into Hoboken terminal, one of the busiest in the state, and a huge commuter hub for those traveling to and from New York City. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie confirmed the...
A " suspicious package" closed the Santa Monica Courthouse on September 28th. At about 12:45, Santa Monica police warned people to stay away from Main Street and Olympic Drive near the Santa Monica Courthouse. At 1:15, police and that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Arson-Explosives Detail found a suspicious package, that they ultimately determined to be papers and documents someone had left in the hallway. They gave the all clear at 3:30 pm. Santa Monica High School students were released at 3...
Breaking news: when asked by MSNBCs Chris Matthews to name a foreign leader he admires, libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson was unable to name a single foreign leader. Today's #1 campaign topic: Fat. Today's #1 campaign question: Has Gary Johnson smoked too much weed? Good Lord. This is absurd. At Stuart Rothenberg MODERATOR: Where do you stand on abortion rights? GARY JOHNSON: On the floor, usually. -- Sam Grittner gary johnson is living proof you literally don't have to know a...
Santa Monica city attorney Marsha Moutrie publicly announced that she will be retiring at the end of the year. Her 20 year reign has not been without controversy, so some are glad, some are not. But it is beyond question that the most powerful official, elected or unelected, in the City of Santa Monica will be gone at the end of the year. Moutrie blames her family. "Santa Monica is an incredible place and my 22 action-packed years as City Attorney have flown by. My husband has been retired for...
Los Angeles Unified School District has decided to push back the start of school to a later date, unnamed LAUSD board members told Fox 11 News (KTTV). Parents complained that the school beginning on August 16th as it did this year, was just too early. Kids had to endure the lack of school air conditioning, and the District had to pay increased air conditioning costs. The downside: The new plan will cut into the December holiday break. And pupils will no longer get an entire week off for...
A self described former Jihadi Maajid Nawaz, speaking on FoxNews' the Kelly File, said that The Islamic State terror group, will increase the pace of US terror attacks as we move toward the November 8th US Presidential election. This is based on chatter overheard in ISIS online chat rooms, he said. Nawaz is well educated and tours the Middle East, he explains in a British accent, to lecture young people at Universities of the danger of extremism. ISIS prefers and wants to help Donald Trump to...
Police attempted to serve an arrest warrant this afternoon in Charlotte, NC. It's a community that has had riots and police shootings recently. Police shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott, a black man in the attempt to serve an arrest warrant. It was uncertain whether Scott was the subject of the Arrest Warrant, but Police say he was armed. His family denies this and says Scott was simply attempting to pick up his son from school. About 30 riot officers were outnumbered by 100's of protestors, on...
Gabe Rygaard, star of the canceled History Channel reality TV series Ax Men and one-time candidate for Clallam County commissioner in Washington state, died on 16 September 2016 in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 101 near his hometown of Port Angeles. He was 45 years old. The Washington State Patrol investigation reveals that Rygaard veered to avoid a slow truck, and his Ford Bronco struck that and another vehicle coming from the opposite direction. A total of seven people were in the two...
Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, an Afghan-born American, was arrested by the FBI for the 2016 New York metropolitan area bombings. He was asleep outside a bar at the time, and the bar owner called police He was arrested Monday Morning in Linden, New Jersey after a shootout that wounded two police officers. One officer was shot in the vest, and another in the hand, both are expected to recover. http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/new-york-explosion-investigation/index.html Rahami is the son of Muhammad...
Authorities are investigating an explosion in a trash dumpster at 123 West 23rd Street Saturday night as terrorism. The event occurred at 8:30 pm New York Time, in the Chelsea area of Manhattan. At an 11PM press conference, Mayor de Blasio described the Chelsea explosion as an "intentional act." He said a second site four blocks away at 27th street was being searched. He said there was no evidence so far of terrorism. The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) says 25 people were injured, mostly...
Minnesota mall attacker referenced Allah before stabbing rampage, St. Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson said. ISIS claimed responsibility after a knife-wielding man injured eight people at a mall in central Minnesota Saturday evening, a bloody rampage during which he reportedly asked victims whether they were Muslim, shouting "Allah." As of Sunday morning, six of the nine victims had been treated and released from a local hospital and all were expected to survive their injuries. An off...
A huge moon balloon rolled through a city-scape following typhoon Meranti in Fuzhou, China. It rolled across a construction site and down major boulevards. Surprised residents used the Chinese phrase 'furious moon' to describe it (or perhaps that's a phrase from a David Bowie song?) For Chinese, the incident coincided with China's middle-autumn festival, where moongazing is part of the traditional rituals. Moon Balloons are tethered to building across China, as part of the festival. The Moon is...
Dramatic video has emerged of a purse snatcher pulling a purse from a woman's hands at Main St. and Ashland Avenue in Santa Monica. As the woman struggles with the perpetrator, two men park their car to pursue the suspect. He was later caught by Santa Monica police. The incident unfolded in front of the Starbucks on Main Street on Wednesday. Video is embedded below. The woman's purse was recovered. Good Samaritans left their car illegally parked in the intersection to pursue the suspect. I...
The block of Ocean Avenue immediately North of the Santa Monica Pier was closed to traffic after a car was stolen at gunpoint from a civilian. The car was taken in the 2600 block of Ocean Avenue, then pursued by the Santa Monica Police Department to the 1500 block of Ocean Avenue. "Please stay out of the area of the 1500 block of Ocean Ave until further notice," said a City of Santa Monica online advisory. Later police issued the following press release: This morning at approximately 7:15 a.m.,...
$1 Million Prize for Excellence in Four Areas: Learning, Degree Completion, Employment and Earnings, and Access and Success for Minority and Low-Income Students; Winner to be Announced in March 2017 Washington, D.C., September 13, 2016 – California's Chaffey College and Pasadena City College were named today as two of ten finalists for the 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation's preeminent recognition of high achievement and performance in America's community colleges. T...
A young man suffered cuts and bruises as an Eastbound Exposition Line train pulled out of the 17th Street Station on September 13th. This caused the train to sit on Colorado Blvd for almost 2 hours. A woman who claims to be an eyewitness says that the young man had just been dropped off by his father. He was on the island where it was permissible for passengers to wait for the train, and the train hit him anyway breaking his collarbone. Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, MTA police, Santa M...
Santa Monica has served thirty day notices to vacate, on two companies that service most day-to-day operations at the Santa Monica municipal airport. Atlantic Aviation and American Flyers are the airport's fixed base operators (FBOs in pilot parlance). They had master leases to operate airplane hangars, sell jet fuel and rent space to flight schools and offices on airport land. Without them, it is no exaggeration to say that SMO operations would cease. Which of course, is the City's endgame....
Update Tuesday morning September 13: More than 160 firefighters eventually knocked down the blaze about two hours later, but several trucks remained at the scene Tuesday morning making sure no flare ups occurred. The 100-year-old two-story warehouse appears to be a total loss including all the businesses within it. Monday evening, 9/12: The Los Angeles Fire Department on its Twitter account is reporting a major fire burning at a smoking materials shop in little Tokyo near downtown Los Angeles....
A car stolen from a dealership in Santa Monica, was involved in a police pursuit this afternoon. The pursuit ended on Washington and La Cienega when the stolen car collided with a Volvo driven by a father and an eight-year-old son. The father was killed in a collision. The pursued stolen vehicle I had at least four passengers. The female driver of that vehicle has been apprehended, is in custody, and will face charges and arraignment Monday. Other vehicle passengers in that stolen vehicle are...
Ivanka introducing her father at the Republican national convention in July, made the following comments: Thank you. One year ago I introduced my father when he declared his candidacy he sacrificed greatly when he entered the filed and he prevailed against a very talented list of competitors Like many of my fellow milenials, I do not consider myself categorically Republican or Democrat. I vote for whatever is best for the country and for my family. I m here to tell you that this is the moment...
Authorities have closed Refugio State Beach in Ventura County, after a surfer was attacked Friday by a Great White Shark. The victim's Go Pro camera recorded the attack. His name has not been released, but local authorities said they expected him to make a full recovery. The beach remains closed after the attack, and into the long Labor Day weekend. Refugio State Beach (Chumash: Qasil, "Beautiful") is a protected state beach park located 20 miles west of Santa Barbara, California. It is 2.5...
