ABC7: SoCal food distribution event draws long lines, some turned away after food runs out

"...BALDWIN PARK, Calif. (KABC) -- A drive-through food distribution event drew lines of cars that wrapped around the block in Baldwin Park Wednesday, but not everybody was able to get food.

The event, hosted by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, was supposed to run until noon, but food ran out about half an hour before that. Organizers had to turn away an unknown number of people after giving away food to some 2,000 families...."

https://abc7.com/post/food-distribution-event-baldwin-park-draws-long-lines-turned-away-runs/19094936/

#hunger #inflation #food

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Georgia governor calls for Republicans to gerrymander maps ahead of 2028 elections

#Redistricting #BrianKemp #2028Elections #GOP #Gerrymandering

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/georgia-governor-calls-for-republicans-to-gerrymander-maps-ahead-of-2028-elections/

San Diego Pol Targets 'Junk' Fees Squeezing City Renters
https://hoodline.com/2026/05/san-diego-pol-targets-junk-fees-squeezing-city-renters/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Hoodline San Diego @hoodline-san-diego-Hoodline

The Stratos AI datacenter in Utah got the go-ahead. 2x the size of Manhattan, & at 9GW, it will consume more electricity than Utah itself. It's also likely to directly imperil the Great Salt Lake, due to the absurd amount of water needed for cooling.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash

If you use BigAI, you are driving up demand for such computational obscenities, projects whose sole purpose is to mal-distribute wealth, power & control to those that already have far too much of it.

To use is to support.

> NV Energy, the Nevada utility that has supplied the bulk of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades, told Liberty Utilities—the small California company that services the region—that it will stop providing power after May 2027. The reason? NV Energy needs the capacity for data centers. As in: the energy supplier for the Lake Tahoe region is telling the utility company that it has less than a year to find another power source.

https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/

We have understood all along what we need to do, but we have refused to do it because...?

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/10/economy/us-work-commute-gas-prices?Date=20260510&Profile=CNN