Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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An electrical transformer exploded near the corner of Idaho and Lincoln at 6:56 pm Friday. It was in the alley between 9th Street and Lincoln Blvd, between Idaho and Washington. Residents heard an explosion and saw a flash of light. Santa Monica fire units responded in force, as they customarily do. The power was out on the block. Edison respondents shortly there after with crews of lineman It was possible a balloon visible on the line caused the pop and smoke, said one firefighter. At least...
Update Saturday afternoon: The blue cut fire has consumed 37,000 acres and is 68% contained. 318 structures have been lost to the fire, including about 100 homes. Some residents are being allowed to return in Wrightwood and other areas. The Bluecut Fire tripled in size last night as we slept. Fed by breezes that blow through the banning pass, it is a thing of wonder and terror that, like a fire breathing dragon, forces entire populations to flee in its path. It is difficult to understate the...
Federal health authorities said Friday that pregnant women and their partners consider postponing travel to all of Miami-Dade County after Florida identified a second zone of local Zika transmission, a large area of Miami Beach that includes the popular tourist magnet of South Beach. This is an enormously important development. It is common for US authorities to urge people not to travel abroad to places where Zika is prevalent. But for them to tell Americans to avoid Miami, a US city of 3 milli...
Donald Trump and his family have appeared in a number of movies and TV shows. Of course there is The Apprentice , a reality TV show. In addition he did a cameo in Home Alone II, and also appeared in fresh Prince of Bel Air with his wife at the time, Ivana. #TrumpExplainsMoviePlots is trending on Twitter. Here are 140 character summaries of movies. Can you guess which movies these reference? 1. The Lovely Bones: I'll Save you some time. She's Dead, folks. Dead as a doornail. 2. Lincoln picks...
Daren Metropoulos has closed escrow on the Playboy Mansion. The home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, 85, was held up in escrow because Hugh wants to continue to live there. Ultimately, the sale price went down from $107 million to $100 million, and Located in LA's Holmby Hills, the "Beverly Hills adjacent" mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties. The mansion is also used for various corporate activities and serves as a valuable location...
In her first Olympic appearance, Kate Grace advanced to the Olympic 800 Meter finals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, by finishing third in her section behind Caster Semenya and Lynsey Sharp with a new personal best 1:58.79. More about Semenya below. The field went through 400 meters in 59.30, the slowest of the three semifinals, and though Wilson closed well, heats two and three were much faster. Ajee Wilson finished third in the first section and ended her Olympic run. Grace smashed her previous PB...
Hundreds of travelers stuck on the ground at Long Beach Airport on Friday night. A military jet made a hard landing just before noon, blocking runways 10 and 25, for more than five hours. The pilot was not injured, and neither was anyone on the ground. Other passengers were rerouted into LAX, then bussed into Long Beach airport. Delays ranged from 2 to five hours. The black military jet was the size of a fighter, and the malfunction involved it's landing gear. The air force is sending repair...
