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Articles from the December 8, 2017 edition


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  • Malibu, 300 LAUSD and Calabasas Schools Remain Closed due to #Creekfire

    Observer Staff|Dec 8, 2017

    Latest on #CreekFire: -Fire is 10% contained-15 buildings destroyed, 15 damaged-Some evac orders will be cleared. Updates here: http://emergency.lacity.org/creek-fire -LAUSD schools remain closed, but libraries will be open. The situation is STILL insecure - embers & hotspots are a risk. State Sen. Bob Hertzberg, Twitter. Smoky Monica: 405 and other Fires Smoke Out the Town The worst wind blown, Santa Ana fire event in Southern California history, resulted in smoke and health warnings in Santa...

  • Bubba Gump: Life is Like a Drunken Fight, Attempted Murder

    Observer Staff|Dec 8, 2017

    Santa Monica Police broke up the fight on the pier at 1:18 Sunday morning. Two groups of guys had an “altercation. Neither party was desirous of prosecution, and that both groups went their separate ways," police said in a press release. Presumably meaning neither side wanted to press charges against the other. However, at 4:30 am one of the men came back to the pier to retrieve his car. Daniel Arroyos, 21, got into another argument with the other group of men. He tried to run over his a...

  • Local Briefs: Apartment Fire Displaces 12 Tenants--Airport Provides Firefighting Support

    Observer Staff|Dec 8, 2017

    Twelve residents were displaced after a fire erupted early Thursday morning November 30, at a three-story apartment building in Ocean Park, SMFD officials said. The blaze was reported at 2:05 a.m. after a man smelled smoke at a residential structure in the 300 block of Ashland Avenue, according to the Santa Monica Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the scene, where intense flames burned through two floors and multiple rooms. The fire was extinguished about 35 minutes after it was first...

  • Charles Schwab Closes Accounts of "Deplorable" Customers from OptionsXpress Brokerage

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Dec 8, 2017
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    A merger dragged Optionsxpress Customers into Charles Schwab Bank last month. They had no choice in the matter, as one bank had purchased a smaller bank. Now, some of the customers dragged kicking and screaming into Schwab, are being evicted with no explanation. Some are in danger of being unbanked, or having their credit diminished through no fault of their own. Charles Schwab bank, the nation's second largest brokerage, has more than ten million customers. Giant banks like Schwab routinely...

  • OPCC Provides Wonderful Services for the Homeless Population in Santa Monica

    Larry Arnstein, Santa Monica|Dec 8, 2017
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    I have been volunteering for a couple of hours every Monday morning at the Access Center, operated by OPCC to serve the homeless population here, for the last 25 years. Having read the article about OPCC by Mr. Louis, I think he must be living in some alternate universe. http://www.smobserved.com/story/2017/11/20/opinion/ocean-park-community-center-opcc-accused-of-human-rights-violations/3202.html Wherever that alternate universe may be, the charges he makes about the abuse and neglect of the...