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Articles from the November 7, 2017 edition


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  • Expo Line Kills Pedestrian Sunday Night Near 17th Street Station

    Observer Staff|Nov 7, 2017

    In the third serious collision involving an Expo Line train in Santa Monica this year, an Expo Line Train collided with a pedestrian near the 17th Street Station Sunday night. The man died before the police arrived. Here is the SMPD press release: On November 5, 2017 at about 11:00 p.m., the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) responded to a radio call for service regarding a traffic collision involving a Metro Expo Line Train and a pedestrian near the 17th Street Station. Upon arrival, office...

  • A SamoHi Grad Takes Command of the International Space Station

    Observer Staff|Nov 7, 2017

    It's not every day that astronauts circling the globe in theInternational Space Station (ISS) take time out from space walks and science missions to talk to elementary, middle school, high school, and college students, live from space. But that's exactly what NASA Astronauts, Commander Randy Bresnik and Joe Acaba did during a NASA Educational In-Flight Event, on Monday morning, October 30, in Barnum Hall at Santa Monica High School (Samohi). Students from Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School...

  • Bus to Bus Shooting Kills Woman in Front of Santa Monica Pier--Suspects at Large

    Observer Staff|Nov 7, 2017

    A bus to bus shooting just before 1 am Saturday, killed one woman right in front of the Santa Monica Pier Arch. Two people were hospitalized. The area remained closed to traffic at 9 am Sunday, as police investigate. Police say that two groups of people got out of two different busses and started to argue with each other. Shots were fired from one group into the other, and the suspects fled into Palisades Park. Police could not immediately find them. The intersection of Colorado and Ocean...

  • Man With 365 Starbucks Cards and 365 birthdates, gets a free Coffee Every Day

    Samuel Alioto|Nov 7, 2017

    There is an apocryphal story going around social media, that a man has figured out how to game the system so every day is his birthday, at Starbucks' corporation's expense. "My neighbor bought 365 Starbucks Gift Cards & registered each card so now it's his "birthday" every day & gets free Starbucks," tweeted Hamza, in one version of the story. "TIL a man bought 365 Starbucks Cards and registered each one for a different birthday, so he got a free birthday drink every day of the year" We are...

  • Police Photo of Suspect in Stabbing on 4th Street Near REI Store on Santa Monica Blvd

    Observer Staff|Nov 7, 2017

    SMPD Seeks Assistance in Identifying Stabbing Suspect. Considered armed and dangerous. Santa Monica Police Seeks Community Assistance in Stabbing On November 3, 2017 at about 11:25 AM, Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) officers responded to a radio call for service of an assault with a deadly weapon incident in the area of Fourth Street / Santa Monica Blvd. When officers arrived on scene they located a male victim with multiple stab wounds to his upper body area. Santa Monica Fire...