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Articles from the May 30, 2016 edition


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  • Alice as Captain of Her Father's Ship, The Wonder

    debbie lynn elias, Observer Movie Reviewer|May 30, 2016

    ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is an extraordinary visual wonder from beginning to end, exhilarating the senses with eye-dropping kaleidoscopic imagery and a sweet sensitivity between Alice and the Hatter that touches the heart and the tear ducts. The magnificence and magic of ALICE comes not only from a cleverly written script by Linda Woolverton, but from the meticulous attention to detail by director James Bobin on both the technical and creative levels, melding the "Carrollian" world and...

  • Trump Stumps for Cash in Santa Monica

    Observer Staff|May 30, 2016

    The ink is barely dry on the joint fundraising agreement between Donald Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee, but discord is already brewing. As Trump sweeps through California this week holding high-dollar fundraisers to benefit the party and his campaign, a small group of Trump loyalists planned to huddle at an unofficial finance meeting Wednesday to discuss whether the party has Trump's best interests at heart, according to one GOP donor. Chief among their concerns: A...

  • 1000's Feel the Bern at SamoHi Rally

    Observer Staff|May 30, 2016

    Thousands gathered for a Monday night rally held at Santa Monica High School for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Supporters and speakers included Hollywood actress Rosario Dawson and Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke, who helped introduced the Vermont senator with a few words of encouragement to get the crowd to vote. Sanders brought energy to the crowd as he said, confidently, his campaign will not give up on California and will get the state's vote. The Democratic presidential candidate...

  • Small Plane Overshoots Runway at Santa Monica Airport

    Observer Staff|May 30, 2016
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    At 1:34 PM on Sunday May 22, 2016, Santa Monica Fire Department was notified of a single engine private aircraft crash, at the east end of the Santa Monica Airport Runway. 4 Engines, a Ladder Truck, a Hazardous Materials Unit, and a Chief Officer responded. The first arriving unit found the aircraft of the end of the runway, fairly intact, with no ensuing fire. The pilot was out, and uninjured. Santa Monica Fire Units remained on scene, along with Santa Monica Police, awaiting an NTSA...

  • Local Businesses Suffer As Frontier Outages Spread

    David Ganezer, Observer Publisher|May 30, 2016

    The pizza dough was ready to be tossed; the fresh vegetables were ready to be diced and and the mozzarella cheese had already been shredded. Nevertheless, Dagwoods Pizza Parlor on Wilshire Blvd had to close early Sunday night, unable to take orders since the phone was down; unable to take internet orders, since their internet access was down, and unable to do business. Frontier was experiencing another widespread outage. "It's a bad situation," said Dagwoods manager Mark Peters. "We can't take...