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When Don Grundmann took the podium to boos and jeers at a Modesto City Council meeting Wednesday, he appeared angry that some people had called his efforts to organize a "straight pride" event in the California city racist.He singled out Councilmember Kristi Ah You, accusing her of "pulling the race card" and allegedly inflaming tensions by "attacking us as racists."Then he appeared to make a slip of the tongue."We haven't done anything," he said. "We're a totally peaceful, racist group."The crowd erupted in laughter.As Grundmann tried to regain control of the room, he said his group was "here to defend all races" and claimed that Planned Parenthood was the "greatest mass murderer of blacks in this nation's history."Shortly after, he was told his time was up and the crowd booed as he left the podium.Grundmann, who previously ran two failed campaigns for the US Senate, leads a group called the National Straight Pride Coalition. It claims on its website that heterosexuality, the nuclear family and Western civilization, among other institutions, are under attack.The group is planning a "straight pride" parade in a local park on August 24.Modesto is home to about 214,000 people, according to the latest Census.Dozens of residents voiced oppositionOver more than four hours, almost 30 constituents spoke against the event. A handful spoke in favor of it, citing free speech.Matthew Mason, a Modesto native and Turlock resident, called event organizers "white supremacists.""I'm here to condemn the straight pride event and to unequivocally state that this white supremacist rhetoric is not speech that deserves protection," Mason said at the meeting. "Whenever this rhetoric is given a platform, violence always follows."CNN has attempted to reach Grundmann but was unable to leave a message because his voice mailbox was full. He has not responded to an email request for comment.Marjorie Sturdy, vice president of the Modesto Progressive Democrats, also voiced her opposition at the meeting."You've never heard of anybody losing a job because they're straight or white," she told CNN. "You've never heard of anybody not being able to obtain a job because they're straight. The entitlement of being straight and white shouldn't be celebrated. You get to celebrate that every day of your life."Sturdy said that the Modesto Progressive Democrats are teaming up with local community groups to organize an event on the same day as the "straight pride" parade. She said it will include music, speeches and prayer."It'll be a colorful, fun, celebration of life," Sturdy said.The 'straight pride' event needs city approvalThe City of Modesto said it hopes to decide on the "straight pride" application Friday.Thomas Reeves, spokesman for the City Manager, told CNN that officials are evaluating the risk to the city, residents and participants.He added that the city's final determination would not be an indication of where it stood on the issue."Whatever decision is made on the permit is no way is a reflection of the city's perspective, opinion or views on the issue," Reeves said.In late June, a "straight pride parade" planned in Boston on August 31 became 3183

Victor, Colorado is a historic town known for the Gold Rush where the town thrived in the late 1800s. However, the town is starting to move into a new golden era dedicated to preserving the city’s history. “Victor has a tendency to enchant people as soon as they enter the town,” said Becky Frank, who works for the city. “You can tell it has this feeling of ‘what is this place?’” Victor appears to be a place frozen in time, but those who live there like it that way. “Victor is kind of stuck,” said Karen Morrison, who owns the Victor Trading Post with her husband. “But it tends to captivate your imagination of what was here, and makes you wonder what could be here.”The small town is full of authentic history. Ghosts of the town are still here –-the headframes of gold mines hang above Victor reminding it of its roots. “It’s the site of the largest gold strike in Colorado, and it’s still mining to this day,” said Adam Zimmerli, the owner of the Monarch Hotel. “Victor was the historic mining community,” Frank said. “The gold camp was here, where all the miners lived at the turn of the century when gold was discovered here.The town at its peak during the gold rush had more than 18,000 people living in Victor. When mining stopped, people left. But when it resumed in 1990, things weren’t as vibrant as back in the day. “Our current population in Victor is about 400-year-round residents,” Frank said. While thousands of people left, all the buildings stayed. “We’re kind of stuck in the 1900s,” Morrison said. “That’s when our building was built after the fire.”Morrison owns Victor Trading Post where her and her husband are most famous for handmaking brooms. “We’ve lived here for 29 years,” Morrison said. “The shakers came up with this broom making in the 1790s. We can make brooms the same way because they were good.” Tradition, like Morrison’s, can be found on every corner in Victor. “We have lived here for 19 years,” said Gertrude Wuellner, the owner of Gold Camp Bakery. “My husband is German as well, and we came up to Victor on a visit and decided if we ever got those visas, we would move up here. It was the mining history and the area that made us move up here.” Victor is trying to progress its town by keeping things the same. The historic buildings are now occupied with current businesses to help keep things more authentic in the community. The 125-year-old town has put in million in improvements in the town and preservation of historic buildings. “A building that is occupied is maintained better,” Frank said. “It’s got a life to it that the empty building don’t have. And we have played some creative strategies to make that happen.” Zimmerli is one example of that creative strategy. “The building I owned was originally a saloon, brothel and casino when it was built in 1899,” Zimmerli said. “It was advertised as the finest gentlemen’s club west of the Mississippi. Now, it’s a hotel I owned, and we are continuing to expand into the building for more rooms.” Victor is now trying to stay on this path of preservation. For those who live here, it’s not about new development but preservation to remain stuck in time. “There was never enough money to modernize it in the sixties and seventies,” Morrison said. Now, people appreciate the history and the heritage, and the old buildings. We get a lot of people coming up here because of the history, and that Victor hasn’t changed a whole lot.” 3458

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the bright orchids of the U.S. Botanic Garden sits a 200-year history of protecting America’s most fragile plants.“We're a living repository for rare and endangered plants,” said Saharah Moon Chapotin, director of the garden.The U.S. Botanic Garden is the oldest one in the country, an idea envisioned by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. It’s about to celebrate its 200th year. About 60,000 plants, lying within several acres in the heart of Washington, D.C.Conservation at the garden is always in season.“Many of our plants are rare and endangered and we are providing a home for them,” Chapotin said.Here in the U.S. there are 1,300 species that are considered threatened or endangered. Nearly 20 percent of those are plants adding up to hundreds of flora on the brink.Some already fell off the cliff, like Hawaii’s “Cabbage on a Stick.” Because of overdevelopment, the insect that pollinated it disappeared and in 2014, the plant went extinct in the wild, too.There are others endangered, too, like a cactus from Arizona and bushes which are native to Florida. Endangered plants don’t always get the kind of attention endangered animals do.“Often people do think about animals they have faces and they're sort of cute,” USBG deputy director Susan Pell. “So, we kind of think people generally can sort of sympathize with them a little bit more, than maybe with a plant that they're not familiar with.”At the garden, they emphasize how much plants are tied to the habitat of endangered animals, at risk from invasive species, development and climate change.“They're really interconnected and so I think plants are a fundamental part of conserving environment and conserving habitats,” Chapotin said. “And if you just focus on conserving the animals you're leaving out a huge part of the equation in terms of the plants.”That all adds up to a continuing mission of saving plants there in the hopes of one day taking those that are now extinct outside the walls and reintroducing them back to Mother Nature. 2049

Two of America’s largest retailers, Walmart and Kroger, announced this week that the open carry of firearms would no longer be welcomed at their stores in states that permit open carry. The announcements follow a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, that killed 21 people in August. CVS and Walgreens also joined the list of retailers that request customers to leave their guns at home.At several other retailers, customers have not been allowed to carry weapons, concealed or open, at their locations for years. Target established its policy prohibiting weapons in its stores in 2014. Then CEO John Mulligan said.“Bringing firearms to Target creates an environment that is at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create.”Costco has a similar policy, stating that its members agree to abide by its membership conditions, which prohibit weapons in stores.“At Costco, we don't believe it's necessary to bring firearms into its warehouses, except in the case of authorized law enforcement officers,” the company says. “For the protection of all our members and employees, we feel this is a reasonable and prudent precaution to ensure a pleasant shopping experience and safe workplace.” But not all retailers have adopted such policies. Home Depot said it permits weapons in its stores.“The Home Depot allows concealed carry and open carry where permissible by local laws,” a Home Depot spokesperson said. Representatives from McDonald's, Kohl's, Lowe's, and and Best Buy have not responded to a request for information. 1573

Two Chicago police officers have been placed on administrative leave after a shooting on a subway platform that left one person injured.According to 161

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