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Articles from the June 4, 2016 edition


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  • Boxing Legend Mohammed Ali is Dead at 74

    Observer Staff|Jun 4, 2016

    Update 6/5: Muhammed Ali shared his name with the Prophet of Islam, so he asked that his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame be up on a wall, not on the ground. It would have been disrespectful for people to step on the Prophet's name, so he made that request. Muhammad Ali has died of respiratory failure brought on by Parkinson's disease, an illness he battled for 3 decades. He died at Scottsdale Osborne Hospital near Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by his nine children, grandchildren and friends....

  • LA Film Festival Spotlight: "Beyond The Gates" Filmmaker Jackson Stewart

    Lisa McGill, Observer Staff Writer|Jun 4, 2016

    The Santa Monica Observer met up with Jackson Stewart, Director of the retro horror film, "Beyond The Gates", which had its sold out World Premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 2 at the ArcLight in Culver City. A second screening has been added by popular demand on June 6 at 8:45 PM, also at the ArcLight in Culver City. "Beyond The Gates" tells the story of two estranged brothers who reunite to liquidate the contents of their father's video store after his mysterious disappearance....

  • Put a Little LUVE in Your Heart

    David Ganezer, Observer Publisher|Jun 4, 2016

    Residocracy, the group behind signature gathering for the Land Use Voter Empowerment Initiative, has announced that they believe they have enough signatures from qualified local voters, to qualify for the November 2016 ballot. Enough signatures is about 6,500, and is based on a percentage of the number of registered voters in Santa Monica at any one time. Led by Laura Wilson, the group feels that City Hall has been too quick to grant large developers with massive projects, variances or...

  • Michael Hsu Charged Criminally In "Date Rape" Case

    Christine Peake, Observer Staff Writer|Jun 4, 2016
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    A 24-year-old Los Angeles man was charged today with attempting to slip a drug into a woman's drink that was thwarted by three good Samaritans, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said. The three women, Marla Saltzer, Sonia Ulrich and Monica Kenyon, who call themselves "Charlie's Angels" in a Facebook post that went viral, saw Hsu pour a black vial into a woman's drink while she was in the ladies' room at the Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica. Deputy District Attorney Oksana Sigal...

  • Houston Teacher Had Sex With Boy for Months, Got Pregnant--His Parents Approved

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Jun 4, 2016

    A Houston middle school teacher who police say had a long term sexual relationship with a former student, turned herself in to Police Wednesday. The odd thing about the case is, the parents approved of the relationship, knew about it, let the boy stay with Vera overnight. Odd that is, from an American Cultural Perspective. The whole thing has been highly destructive to Vera's life, and it's hard to say why, given that the boy and his parents both consented and approved, and Vera was a willing...