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Articles from the August 23, 2016 edition


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  • Synthetic Drug Spice Sickens Yet More Skid Row Transients

    Observer Staff|Aug 23, 2016

    9 skid row residents required medical treatment from paramedics called to 429 E. Fifth St. in downtown Los Angeles late this morning. The call to rescue homeless folks came at about 10:30 a.m., said the Los Angeles Fire Department. A similar mass sickness of transients occurred just a few blocks away on Friday, when 18 people were also treated. Fourteen people were transported to hospitals in Monday's incident. "Obviously, there's a particularly potent batch of some illicit drugs that...

  • Scientific American Editors Take Stand Against Trump

    Aug 23, 2016

    (August 18, 2016 as posted by SA) Donald Trump's Lack of Respect for Science Is Alarming The U.S. presidential election shows how far the political conversation has degenerated from the nation's founding principles of truth and evidence Four years ago in these pages, writer Shawn Otto warned our readers of the danger of a growing antiscience current in American politics. "By turning public opinion away from the antiauthoritarian principles of the nation's founders," Otto wrote, "the new science...

  • Eliminating the Mosquito is Technically Possible: Why Not Just Do It?

    Sarah Storkin, Observer Staff Writer|Aug 23, 2016
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    Thousands of species feed on the blood of various kinds of hosts, mainly vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even some kinds of fish. Some mosquitoes also attack invertebrates, mainly arthropods. Though the loss of blood is seldom of any importance to the victim, the saliva of the mosquito often causes an irritating rash that is a serious nuisance. Much more serious though, are the roles of many species of mosquitoes as vectors of diseases. In passing from host to...

  • US Gov't Hands the Keys to the Ladies Room Door to Men

    Christine Emerson, Observer Staff|Aug 23, 2016

    ​The federal government is opening all bathrooms in national buildings managed by the Government Services Administration (GSA) to use by transgender individuals. Under the new policy released by the GSA, employees and visitors to these properties must be allowed to use the bathrooms that match their alleged gender identity. ​Not satisfied with simply allowing transgender people to use the bathrooms opposite their biological sex, the regulation explicitly forbids providing single-user bat...

  • Fatal Motorcycle Accident Blocks McClure Tunnel to PCH Saturday night

    Observer Staff|Aug 23, 2016

    Last night at the McClure tunnel right where the 10 Freeway curves onto PCH, a couple were riding a motorcycle. It was just before midnight and the moon was full. The motorcycle entered the tunnel, but never came out. The collision with a black Toyota Camry ejected both motorcycle bikers onto the road. The bikers were soon in an ambulance and in critical condition, on their way to Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center. It will perhaps not surprise you to learn that the driver of the Camry was uninjur...