What Water Crisis? Beverly Hills’ Water Wasters Put On Blast: “It’s Not Brain Surgery.”
The Gist: California’s State Water Resources Control Board ordered Beverly Hills residents to reduce usage by 32% compared to 2013 levels. So why isn’t it happening? Now, fines are being handed out in the five figures and some of the A-list water wasters – most blaming “pipe leaks”-  are being publicly named and shamed.
Source Article Here: The Los Angeles Times
Author: Matt Stevens

“These girls are hauntingly real to me, and should be to everyone.” – The Case Behind The “Beware The Slender Man” Documentary
The Gist: An update on the real-life case of two 12 year-old Waukesha, Wisconsin girls who – thinking an Internet meme was real – stabbed a classmate 19 times in the woods, is now an HBO Documentary that premiered at SXSW last Friday. The victim survived the 2014 homicide attempt and it is still in appeal whether the teenagers will be tried as adults.
Source Article Here: Twin Cities
Authors: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Sexy” experiences that are anything but; a desire for stability foiled by an inability to make concrete life choices.” – The Millennial Sitcom Trope
The Gist: Girls, Broad City, Love, and Master of None are just some of the millennial sitcoms reflecting the demographics of those “who have had the world’s information at their fingertips for most of their adult lives, and learned to take in conflicting information from different sources at once.” A comparison/contrast is here.
Source Article Here: Vulture
Author: Jenny Jaffe

A Living Testament: Life After Death In Social Media
The Gist: It’s estimated that 8,000 Facebook users die each day and 30 million Facebook users passed away in the first 8 years of the platform. Yet, many accounts are left open to comment and persusal, which can be helpful to future family and generations. Here’s a look at how living databases are progressing in the social media sphere.
Source Article Here: BBC
Author: Brandon Ambrosino

Fake IRS Thieves Netting $26.5 Billion: How To Avoid The Latest Scams
The Gist: Scammers posing as IRS agents who ask you for your social security number or any other information have even created alter Caller IDs to mimic the federal agency. The IRS Commissioner: “The IRS won’t be calling you out of the blue asking you to verify your personal tax information or aggressively threatening you to make an immediate payment.”
Source Article Here: Forbes
Author: Kelly Phillips Erb

Zadie Smith’s Top 4 Books Ranked
The Gist: A literary-world favorite since her 2000 debut novel, White Teeth, here’s a look at her Top 4 books, in advance of the Fall 2016 release of her next novel, Swing Time.
Source Article Here: Ebony
Author: Demetria Irwin