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  • Eleven Dallas Police Officers Shot During Black Lives Protest; Five Dead

    Observer Staff|Updated Mar 27, 2018

    A pair of gunmen shot eleven police officers in Dallas Texas, Dallas Police Chief David Brown confirmed. Two snipers shot police officers from elevated positions. A once peaceful Black Lives Matter rally was hijacked by the shooters. 4 suspects are now in custody and five police officers are dead. Three officers were in surgery in critical condition. The two snipers began to shoot at about 8:45 pm CST. A total of eleven officers were shot, as were two civilians. Dallas police...

  • Dog owners attempt to seize control of the Internet from cat owners.

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 21, 2016

    In another probably futile attempt to rest control of the Internet away from cats and their owners who are mostly owned by their cats; dog owners have posted certain photos designed to go viral. Among them is a now famous photo of two dogs, one black one white wearing a sign that says "black labs matter ". The other sign says "white labs matter". Another is a cute photo of a floppy eared cocker spaniel, carrying a cocker spaniel puppy in his backpack. Is it any coincidence...

  • Two small earthquakes rock Malibu

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 21, 2016

    Malibu residents reported feeling two mild earthquakes Monday evening. One was in the ocean at 1:52 PM and measured 3.3 on the Richter scale. The second was at 4:17 PM and measured 2.7 magnitude. No damage or injuries were reported...

  • Santa Monica Police Apprehend Serial Rapist Suspect in West Los Angeles

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 21, 2016

    A man suspected in 4 sexual assaults that took place in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West LA was arrested Wednesday. He was not immediately identified He was suspected in sexual assaults that took place in Santa Monica January 13 and February 5th, an April 15th assault in Beverly Hills, and a July 2nd assault in West LA The Beverly Hills and West LA assaults were very violent. Initially, a sexual assault in Beverly Hills on July 2nd, was also thought to be related, but police...

  • Sewage Spill in Boyle Heights Causes Long Beach Closure

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 18, 2016

    A sewage spill in downtown Los Angeles flowed into the L.A. River on Monday and prompted officials in Long Beach to shut down the city's beaches. The spill occurred near 6th Street and Mission Road in Boyle Heights, according to Paul Gomez, a spokesman for the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. Long Beach officials estimate the spill involved about 108,000 gallons. Dr. Mauro Torno, the acting health officer for Long Beach, decided to shut down swimming along the...

  • Anton Yelchin's Parents Take Out Ad in Hollywood Reporter

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 18, 2016

    Anton Yelchin's parents have taken out a full page ad in The Hollywood Reporter, to thank well wishers and others for their comforting thoughts during this difficult time. The 27 year old actor died in a car crash involving ugly his vehicle, June 19th. Yelchin's parents, Irina and Viktor, took out a full-page ad in the July 17 issue of The Hollywood Reporter to show their gratitude to those who've comforted them in recent weeks. "Thank you to all of you who have sent flowers...

  • Pokémon Go Players Walk Off Cliff in San Diego

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 17, 2016

    The San Diego County sheriffs department rescued two men who fell off the bluff in Encinitas near San Diego today, while playing Pokémon GO. They were not paying attention to where they were and evidently fell off the bluff down 50 to 100 feet. The sheriffs department rescue them and took them to the hospital with moderate injuries. The incidents come as law enforcement agencies across the nation are reporting a plethora of Pokemon-related attacks and odd happenings since...

  • Kevin McKeown Negotiates Treaty with Galway Ireland

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 15, 2016

    Santa Monica soon may have a new "sister," on the intensely Gaelic west coast of Ireland. Councilmember Kevin McKeown, while on personal vacation, met this week with senior leadership of Galway about entering into a "sister city" relationship like Santa Monica currently enjoys with Hamm, Germany, Mazatlan, Mexico, and Fujinomiya, Japan. Last year, while Mayor, McKeown visited Fujinomiya to celebrate forty years of friendship. Galway would in many ways make an ideal sister...

  • Tunisian Terrorist Kill 84 Including 2 Americans in Nice, France

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 15, 2016

    7/15, 8:10 am PST: The man who used a truck to fatally mow down dozens of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, has been identified by authorities as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhel, a French-Tunisian resident of the southern coastal city. The attack began around 10:45 p.m. Thursday, with Bouhel driving a rented, refrigerated truck, French prosecutor François Molins said Friday. The attacker fired several times at three police officers close to a hotel, and the police...

  • Justice Ginsburg Walks Back Comments About Donald Trump

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 15, 2016
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    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg walked back a bit today from her disparaging remarks about Donald Trump. The 83 year old said she should not have commented on the Republican presidential nominee and that she regrets her statements. In three separate interviews with news organizations in one week, Ginsburg criticized Trump, calling him a "faker" and saying she feared for the nation or for the Supreme Court if he were elected. Those comments brought criticism and questions over...

  • Trump to announce VP pick Friday at 8 am PST

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 14, 2016

    "You can't marry all the girls" my mother once told me. Mother was right! And Donald Trump has announced that he will publicly select a running mate at 11 AM New York time on Friday. Indiana Governor Mike pence faces a deadline. He must tell The state whether he will be on the ballot for another gubernatorial term or whether he doesn't plan on running by next week. And the convention begins in Cleveland next week anyway. Newt Gingrich once considered the brains of the...

  • FBI Abandons DB Cooper Case after 45 years.

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 13, 2016

    The FBI has closed the book on one of the greatest mysteries in history. The only agent assigned to find parachuting hijacker D.B. Cooper, was reassigned to other dead end cases of the FBI on Friday, effectively shuttering the 45-year-old case after the Bureau - and troves of tipsters - failed to identity the infamous hijacker, the FBI announced. "Unfortunately, none of the well-meaning tips or applications of new investigative technology have yielded the necessary proof,"...

  • LAPD Seeks Possible Serial Rapist in West Los Angeles

    Observer Staff, From Press Release|Updated Jul 13, 2016
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    Law enforcement officials believe two sexual assaults that occurred on July 2 and July 4 in West Los Angeles are related. Both assaults occurred near Santa Monica. Police believe the suspect, described as black and 25-30 years old, may have committed other similar crimes. On Saturday, a woman walking home was grabbed from behind by the suspect and dragged to a dark path. A statement from the LAPD described the assault. "He threw her onto the ground and got on top of her. The...

  • Three people shot in Michigan Courthouse

    Observer Staff, Wire Sources|Updated Jul 11, 2016

    Two bailiffs were killed and a deputy sheriff wounded in a shooting Monday afternoon at a courthouse in Berrien County, Mich., authorities said. The gunman was also killed. The Berrien County sheriff did not go into detail about the nature of the incident, saying only that there was "a disturbance" on the courthouse's third floor shortly before 2:30 p.m. "We don't have all the details as to what happened or whatever occurred or how he got the weapon," Sheriff L. Paul Bailey...

  • Biblical Noah's Ark Encounter Opened July 7 in Kentucky

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 9, 2016

    It took Noah 40 days and 40 nights to wait out the storm. And visiting a full size replica of the Ark opening in Williamston KY this weekend, will set you back $40. Ark Encounter is a Christian theme park that opened in Grant County, Kentucky on July 7, 2016. The centerpiece of the park is a full-scale model of Noah's Ark 510 feet (160 m) long and 81 feet high. Plans for additional phases of the park include a model of the Tower of Babel, along with replicas of an ancient...

  • Coast Guard Recruit Collapses after Training Run and Dies

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 7, 2016

    CAPE MAY, N.J. – A U.S. Coast Guard Seaman recruit who collapsed last week after a physical fitness run at a training center in New Jersey has died, said a Coast Guard spokesman The USCG confirmed the death Wednesday, but said the cause of death hasn't been determined. The young man was participating in a training run last month at the Cape May boot camp, the only one in the 43,000 member coast guard. He collapsed last Friday morning just after the completion of a 2 k...

  • Trump Meets with Potential Vice Presidents

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 6, 2016

    There was no rest for the weary during the Independence Day holiday on Monday, Donald Trump seems to have named three Republican politicians as his possible vice-presidential pick at the party's national convention in Cleveland later this month. "The only people who are not interested in being the V.P. pick are the people who have not been asked!!" Tweeted Trump. Nominated were first-term Iowa senator Joni Ernst, the first-term Arkansas senator Tom Cotton – like Ernst a m...

  • Full Statement from FBI Director James Comey

    Observer Staff, FBI Press Release|Updated Jul 6, 2016

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation won't recommend that Hillary Clinton or her colleagues be prosecuted over her use of a private email system while Secretary of State, FBI director James Comey said Tuesday morning. Here is the statement by Comey, as provided by the FBI. Statement by FBI Director James B. Comey on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton's Use of a Personal E-Mail System July 05, 2016 Good morning. I'm here to give you an update on the FBI's...

  • 5100 Firefighters Battle 11 California Wildfires

    Observer Staff, CalFire Sources|Updated Jul 5, 2016

    More than 5,100 firefighters are battling 11 wildfires throughout California. A weak low pressure trough will be over Northern California, with a deeper trough dropping in from the north today. The trough will then remain overhead through next weekend, CalFire said. Thunderstorm activity will be well east today and tomorrow, but there will be a few afternoon cumulus over the higher terrain. A cooling trend will bring afternoon temperatures in inland areas down to near normal b...

  • Several Bombings Mar Ramadan in Jeddah, Qatif, Medina

    Observer Staff, Wire Sources|Updated Jul 5, 2016

    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Multiple bombings rocked the Arab world's richest country Monday, as violence against innocent Muslims continues to mar the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. CNN reports that four people were killed in the latest bombing in Mecca. State run Saudi news websites say an explosion occurred just outside one of Islam's holiest sites in the city of Medina, the same day that two suicide bombers struck different cities in Saudi Arabia. Sabq news site reported that...

  • Holocaust Chronicler Elie Wiesel Dead at 87

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 3, 2016

    Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel died Saturday at 87, of congestive heart failure. The Auschwitz survivor became an eloquent witness for the six million Jews and two million others slaughtered in World War II and who, more than anyone, seared the memory of the Holocaust on the world's conscience, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87. When Ronald Reagan agreed to speak at an SS cemetery in Germany called Bitberg, Wiesel confronted him at a public event. "You are the...

  • Coast Guard, County Lifeguards Search for Man Who Jumped off Venice Pier

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 3, 2016

    Updated, 11:25 a.m.: As per City News Service, David Matthew Rose has been found safe at home, after 7 hours of searching. According to a Marina del Rey Sheriff's Station watch commander, deputies found Rose, unharmed, at his residence at about 9:50 a.m. L.A. County Lifeguards would like to remind you that it is illegal to jump off piers. Los Angeles County Lifeguards are searching for a 39-year-old man who reportedly jumped off the Venice Beach pier early Saturday morning....

  • Hillary Clinton to Meet with FBI Saturday

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 2, 2016
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    Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton met agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Saturday. When investigators meet with the "target defendant," it generally means their investigation is swiftly coming to a conclusion, legal experts say. "Secretary Clinton gave a voluntary interview this morning about her email arrangements while she was Secretary. She is pleased to have had the opportunity to assist the Department of Justice in bringing this...

  • Mike Tyson Will Not Speak At the Republican National Convention, Trump Tweets

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 2, 2016

    Donald Trump quashed a rumor that Mike Tyson would be among the speakers at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July. " "The media makes everything up," said the presumptive Republican nominee in a tweet. "But if Iron Mike were to speak, though, he'd do a good job." The convention won’t just be a family affair, says Politico. Trump has publicly talked about calling upon his celebrity friends to join him at the convention, and Bloomberg reported this week that h...

  • "Future Shock" Author Alvin Toffler Dead at 87 in Bel Air

    Observer Staff|Updated Jul 2, 2016

    Alvin Toffler, the author of Future Shock and other works predicting social, economic and technological trends, has died at the age of 87 at his Bel Air home. Future Shock, which sold 15 million copies, defined people's anxiety at the pace of social change in the 1960s. He connected social change to technological change and foresaw the information age. Toffler popularized terms such as "information overload" and his works led world leaders and business moguls to seek his...

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