Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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In the midst of the greatest outbreak of fires in California history, at least one firefighters union is threatening to strike for more pay and benefits. The reason is jealousy. Firemen make more when they put out for municipal fire departments, like Santa Monica's. CAL FIRE Local 2881 represents the 6,500 firefighters of CAL FIRE. They don't feel that their $40,000 a year average annual salary, is enough. The state of California does appear to pay firefighters appreciably less than some cities...
Just before 3 am Sunday morning, Ethiopian cab driver Asfawosen Alemseged picked up a passenger in downtown LA. They drove to a gas station in Hollywood. A fist fight erupted over whether the cab fare was too high, because it was "more than twice what Uber charges" to drive passengers from downtown LA to Hollywood. A Lakewood man was charged today with fatally attacking Alemseged, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. Witnesses say Alemseged died when his head hit...
Madeleine Lebeau, an actress known best for her role as Rick's girlfriend in the classic film "Casablanca," died May 1. Coincidentally, a remake of one of the three most romantic films of all time is in the works. Paul Feig, who recently directed Ghosbusters, has been asked to direct it, but has not yet signed. The French actress played the jilted girlfriend of Rick in the legendary film. LeBeau is seen singing "La Marseillaise" while tears well up in her eyes as the French citizens drown out...
Update 8/19: Jimmy Feigen, one of the U.S. Olympic swimmers caught up in Ryan Lochte's fabricated tale of robbery in Rio reached a deal with authorities to donate $11,000 in order to leave Brazil, his lawyer said early Friday. Two American swimmers were pulled off their flight to the United States by Brazilian authorities, United States Olympic officials said Wednesday night, the latest indication that the police are skeptical of the swimmers' claims that they were held up at gunpoint during...
Longtime ESPN broadcaster John Saunders has died, ESPN's Hannah Storm announced live on the ESPN network in an emotional broadcast from the Rio Olympics. He died Wednesday at 61. The apparent cause of death is congestive heart failure. Saunders wife reportedly call local police around 4 AM, after she could not awaken him. They sent paramedics to the Saunders home, who found him non-responsive. http://m.tmz.com/#article/2016/08/10/john-saunders-wife-called-911-found-him-unresponsive/ Saunders...
Update: On August 10th, Anthony (Tony) Steman aka Anthony Snow posted at some length on his Facebook account denying any relationship to dead singer Prince Nelson Rogers. This despite his having originally filed a claim with the Minnesota Superior Court. His mother, Sheila Steman left him several plaintive messages in early May, two weeks after the Singers April 21, 2016 death. "Prince might be your father, call me" she posted at 9:30 AM on May 4. Sheila Steman posted repeatedly, apparently...
The fire was first reported on Friday, July 22, 2016, at 8:48 am, reportedly the result of an unattended campfire. By Saturday morning, the fire had grown to 2,000 acres and forced the evacuation of the community of Palo Colorado. By August 3, the fire had grown to nearly 46,000 acres and was 25% contained; 57 homes and 11 outbuildings had been destroyed. The fire is not expected to be completely extinguished until the end of August. By Sunday morning, July 24, the fire had grown to over 10,000...
Marvin Ponce of San Fernando was killed in the Wednesday afternoon shooting, according to the L.A. County coroner's office. Friends of the victim said he was the father of a 1-year-old daughter. "Marvin was a family man, and he worked hard to take care of his family, especially his daughter," said his co-worker and close friend, Mario Recinos, in a statement. "He was never negative, always gave positive advice and always had a big smile on his face." Ponce worked for Right of Way Inc. for three...
Other than Monica Lewinsky, Chandra Levy is the most famous DC intern in History. But she's famous for a bad reason: Having an affair with a Congressman, Gary Condit, then being murdered while jogging in a DC park in 2001. On Thursday, July 28, the illegal alien convicted of her murder, Ingmar Guandique, was cleared of all charges by the prosecutor's office. He will soon be deported to El Salvador. Guandique's 2005 conviction was based on the testimony of his cellmate, another illegal alien...
Leaders of the Black Lives Matter Movement have charged Pokemon Go, Nintendo's new hit game app, with inherent racism. No, I'm not making this up. There are three respects in which Pokemon Go is regarded as racist by those in the know in the BLM movement. The first respect, is that it's much safer to play Pokemon Go, which requires you to walk around your own neighborhood; if you're white and living in your own neighborhood. Second, if you're black and you play Pokemon in Beverly Hills, chances...
Isaiah Crowell apologized Monday for posting an Instagram illustration of a police officer having his throat slit by a hooded figure. The Cleveland Browns running back's post includes a caption which says: "They give police all types of weapons and they continually choose to kill us....#Weak" Crowell removed the image shortly after posting it. In a statement, the athlete, who earns $10 million a year; said it was an "extremely poor decision" in response to police shooting and killing Alton...
On July 7, 2016, five police officers were killed by sniper fire in Dallas, Texas. Six other officers and two civilians were wounded. A shooter fired at a protest against police killings in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. This is all generally known. It seems improbable that Black Lives Matter members would fire on a Black Lives Matter demonstration. And that is in fact, not what happened. Among the five suspects now in Dallas Police custody are self...
