Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Update, Monday morning: The suspect, later identified by as Edgar Salazar, finally surrendered. He was taken into custody around 1:30 a.m. Monday, Buena Park police said. The search then ended. Firemen rushed to the 7700 block of 11th Street and Stanton Avenue just at 5:30 PM Sunday, as the Buena Park Fire Department fought a fire in a detached garage. Officials confirmed that one burn victim, a civilian man, is at UCI Medical Center with third degree burns. They have not confirmed that the...
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump last week criticized the rulings of U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over a case involving Trump University. Trump told the Wall Street Journal that Curiel's Mexican heritage represents an "inherent conflict of interest," because the candidate has proposed construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Curiel was born in Indiana. Trump says Curiel "has treated me very unfairly, he is a Mexican, and there's something going on."...
Update: At a 5 PM press conference, LA County Fire announced that residents will be allowed to return to their homes at 6 PM. 400 Firemen declared victory over a fire near Topanga, as the weather turned cooler and 5,000 evacuees were allowed to return. Topanga Canyon Blvd is now open to traffic. Residents said the hills has sharp lines distinguishing burned areas from unburned areas. "The footage is amazing. Acres of charred hills ending right at the edges of the residential areas. Very exact...
"Pity the poor Russians, the heirs to Byzantium, in an Era dominated by the descendants of Rome." -- Richard Pipes According to a poll conducted by the Levada Center, 72% of Russians consider the U.S. is a threat, 48% think Ukraine is "hostile" and 29% think Turkey is an enemy, newspapers reported. The United States topped the list of countries, being named as hostile by 72 percent of respondents, followed by Ukraine with 48 percent of respondents. It is the highest level ever recorded for the...
What better place for a 73 year old to close out a US Presidential campaign, then a 100 year old pier? Bernie Sanders made a surprise visit this afternoon on the Santa Monica Pier. He looked like any other grandfather, as he rode the Pier's 120 year old carousel with his grandson. Sanders shook hands and stopped for photos and mingled with the always huge summer crowd on the pier. For more than an hour Sunday along the shops, restaurants and amusement park rides of the California landmark. The...
What is it with Chinese boys, anyway? A $15,000 Lego sculpture of a "Zootopia" character stood for about an hour Sunday at the Lego Expo in China before a little boy smashed it into it's constituent plastic blocks, CCTV reports. The artist took 3 days to complete the sculpture of character Nick Wilde, a fox from a hard-luck background in Zootopia. It cost a little over $15,000, said Chinese TV, and had just been put on display. Meanwhile, a boy in Beijing went to a museum and put his fist...
Today Hillary Clinton wrapped up the Democratic Presidential nomination (AP). Roger Clinton, half-brother of former president Bill Clinton was arrested in Redondo Beach over the weekend on drunken driving charges, police said. Roger Clinton, who resides in Torrance, was taken into custody at around 7:20 p.m. Sunday after police stopped his SUV near the intersection of Torrance and Prospect Blvd. He refused a blood test, which is a defendant's right when pulled over, and explains why he was...
