Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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A Santa Monica area transient has been charged with the kidnapping and rape of four women between January of this year and July 2. Pablo Carlos Pineda, 32, though homeless, resides in the bay community of Santa Monica. According to the LA District Attorney, Pineda is alleged to have conducted his first sexual attack in Santa Monica on January 13. He is also believed to have raped a woman the next month, on February 5. By April, he'd moved his criminal activity to Beverly Hills, where he raped...
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 gunman, an...
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...
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 notable credits in...
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 early Friday...
Dear readers: I received this e mail from an old friend in Europe, and I wanted to see if my readers had any ideas. Hello Observer: I do not know whether you can help me in any way or not, but nevertheless I would like to ask your opinion about something. My daughter will spend four months in Santa Monica arriving in September 2016 (she is enrolled in a language course and will stay with a family), and her stay incited me to plan a stay in the United States as well. The objective of my stay is...
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 here. Friends,...
Defeated Republican primary candidate Ted Cruz defended his decision not to endorse Donald Trump at the Republican national convention last night. The speech was widely booed by trump delegates, while 1000 cruise delegates sat quietly with their arms crossed. While the speech was not unprecedented, it was without precedent in modern times. Apparently Goldwater did the same thing in 1964. Cruz - a conservative firebrand who famously read "Green Eggs and Ham" to the Senate floor to avoid voting on...
