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  • Local Resident Says She Came Home To Find Burglar Typing on her Computer, Using her Credit Cards

    Samuel Alioto|Updated Aug 15, 2020

    A woman who lives south of Montana but north of Washington on Euclid, reports that she and her husband left home, and returned Friday evening to find a large gentleman using her credit cards in her computer. "Daisy" adds that 48 hours later, the same man tested the locks and attempted to gain entry again, despite the obvious presence of security cameras. Her entire "next-door" post is below. Lock your doors! Burglarized once and then returned 1:30am today. In the last 48 we...

  • Homeless Man Stabs Another Man in Reed Park Thursday Morning

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Aug 10, 2020

    Santa Monica police arrested one suspect, following the stabbing of a 35 year old homeless man in Christine Emerson Reed Park Thursday morning just before 9 am. The victim was transported to the hospital where he is reported to be in a fair condition with one stab wound. SMPD reports the suspect is in custody, and the incident is under investigation. The suspect was later identified as John James. Residents pointed out that the stabbing took place about ten yards away from...

  • Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Ended Saturday, With No Extension In Sight

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Aug 8, 2020

    The program that the US Congress set up to loan as much as 1.3 trillion to small businesses, appears to be ending on Saturday, August 8th. The end of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has not been much discussed. Congress could extend it, but with an apparent deadlock over the $600 weekly unemployment benefit extension, that appears unlikely for now. President Donald J. Trump extended several other Covid-19 relief programs by executive order on Saturday. Unemployment...

  • Herman Cain Dead at 72 of Covid-19, after 30 days in the Hospital

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jul 31, 2020

    Former US Presidential candidate Herman Cain has died of coronavirus, his website announced. www.HermanCain.com noted that he had climbed the corporate ladder at Pillsbury, then become known as the CEO of Godfather Pizza. Cain briefly led the 2012 Republican presidential candidate field. He dropped out amid allegations of sexual harassment. He became a conservative commentator with a show on Fox's Newsmax. Cain attended a Trump Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma in June. Some sources...

  • Seattle Police Allow Rioters to Loot and Smash in Capitol Hill Neighborhood Once Occupied by CHOP/CHAZ

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Wrioter|Updated Jul 25, 2020

    The Seattle Police Dept reports that it failed to take any action at all, when a group of 150 rioters attacked businesses in the 1400 block of Pine Avenue. For those not familiar with Seattle geography, this is near Cal Anderson Park. This is what the Seattle PD has done everytime the rioters come to smash windows. Meanwhile, Mayor Durkan and the Democratic City Government in Seattle objects whenever the Federal government attempts to protect property in the North West. We...

  • Chinese Army Shaving Uigher Prisoners' Heads, Blindfolds and Loads them on Train to Gulags: Video

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jul 21, 2020

    The US is focused on a few protestors in Portland, but meanwhile the human rights crisis in China has become really serious. Tape has emerged of a Muslim minority called the Uyghers, being shaven, blindfolded, handcuffed, then shipped on trains by the Chinese Army to concentration camps. "What you’re watching is Uigher Muslims escorted off of trains headed off to forced labor camps. All of their heads are shaved. A second holocaust is happening right now, in the age of t...

  • County of LA Vows Crackdown on Price Gouging during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jul 9, 2020

    The County of Los Angeles says it will crack down on price gouging during the Covid19 Pandemic. In late March, it was reported that prices for items such as face masks, hand sanitizer and toilet paper were at a premium. It is not entirely clear how the County will "file civil actions" when the Courthouses are not fully functional because of their own shutdown. But anyway, the press release from the Board of Supervisors reads: The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an...

  • Harvard Announces All 2020-2021 Academic Courses Will Be Taught Online; Tuition Remains $50,000 a year.

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jul 9, 2020

    America's oldest college, Harvard University has announced that it will teach all of next year's courses online. In addition, it will not decrease it's annual undergraduate tuition of $49,653 per year. 40% of students, mostly Freshmen, will live at Harvard and attend traditional lectures next year, living in single dormitory rooms and social distancing. These 3 decisions will no doubt influence the move of other prestigious college and universities. Covid-19 has forced online...

  • Third California Death Row Inmate Dies From Covid-19, Within Ten Days in San Quentin Prison

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jul 7, 2020

    Dewayne Michael Carey, 59, who died of COVID-19 on July 4, 2020, had been incarcerated at San Quentin since 1996. Carey was convicted of the murder of a Harbor City woman in 2003. Carey was actually the second California death row inmate to die of Coronavirus. A death row inmate who died last week tested positive for Covid-19, reports the Associated Press. Scott Erskine, who bound and gagged two boys before sexually abusing them and murdering them, was convicted and sentenced...

  • Two Palm Springs Gay Nightclubs Closed After 2 Employees Contract Covid19

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jul 5, 2020

    Two gay clubs in Palm Springs down again Saturday, because employees contracted covid 19. Hunters Streetbar said it would temporarily close on Saturday, so that other employees who were in contact with the two infected employees could be tested. Desert resort Palm Springs California was pretty hoping place one recent Saturday night. Riverside regards itself as rather hard hit, but a walk down Palm Canyon Drive revealed a few hundred people walking up and down the main drag....

  • Voting Rights Act Lawsuit by Pico Neighborhood Association, Argued Before Cal. Court of Appeals

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jun 30, 2020

    The City of Santa Monica appears to have successfully appealed Council election redistricting. Division Eight of the California Court of Appeal, issued a tentative ruling in favor of the City. A court of appeal may reverse its tentative ruling after hearing argument, which they heard this afternoon. But such reversals are relatively rare. The argument took place Tuesday afternoon over a "Zoom" style argument, before a 3 judge online appellate panel. The City Council did not...

  • Police Talk Jumper Down from Lincoln Blvd Overcrossing of the Santa Monica Freeway

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jun 25, 2020

    Santa Monica Police spent three hours Saturday afternoon, talking a man who threatened to jump onto the Santa Monica Freeway from an exit sign, and kill himself on the 10 freeway below. Traffic was snarled from 2 pm on. Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, an automobile was carjacked in front of the El Pollo Loco in the strip mall at the Southwest corner of Lincoln and Pico Blvd. We are told that it was an armed carjacking, and that ultimately the LAPD arrested two suspects...

  • Carjacking that began in Venice, Ends at the Farmers Market on Arizona in Downtown SM

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jun 25, 2020

    A carjacking that began in Venice, ended after a police pursuit, at the farmers market in downtown Santa Monica on Saturday afternoon. Los Angeles Police reportedly arrested the perpetrator in one of the porta potties at the weekly market, after the suspect crashed the stolen car in a parking garage....

  • Despite Resistance, Seattle Police Enter CHAZ to Recover Murder and Shooting Victims

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jun 21, 2020

    Police body camera footage shows Seattle police doing what police all over America do on a daily basis: Protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Bodycam footage shows about six Seattle Police officers, guns drawn, entering the zone over the objections of occupation protestors. Mean and women in blue put themselves at great personal risk at 3 am Saturday morning, to retrieve the body of a young, mortally wounded young African American male. After gunshots rang out and...

  • 120 Santa Monica Businesses Looted in the George Floyd Riots

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jun 10, 2020
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    Approximately 120 Santa Monica businesses were looted or broken into, the evening of Saturday, May 28th. This list of 81 looted businesses in Santa Monica is incomplete. After the 1992 Rodney King riots, looted stores were rebuilt rather quickly on the Westside. The real estate is much more valuable than the inventory, and it won’t sit idle for long. Anyway, here is the list: 1. 7-11 (Wilshire) 2. Adidas (3rd) 3. Anthropologie (3rd) 4. AT&T (Wilshire) 5. Autozone 6. Bay C...

  • Looting Breaks Out in South Minneapolis Over Killing of George Floyd. Arson Burns Grocery Store

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated May 28, 2020
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    Upset at the killing in custody of George Floyd Tuesday by a white police officer, African-American looters emptied the Target store in South Minneapolis. They wore masks, and took TV sets and other electronics. They emptied the shelves of a large Target, then proceeded to Cub Foods, a grocery store. They set fire to the local Auto Zone store. "This is not a poor area, particularly" explained one local resident. "It just happens to be across the street from the police...

  • 2 Elderly Men Shoot Homeless Trespasser at Dead Relatives House North of Montana Thursday Evening

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated May 26, 2020

    Two men, one in his 60's and one in his 70's, shot an intruder at their deceased relatives home, drawing a large SMPD response just after 8 pm Thursday. Santa Monica Police describe the man who was shot as a white male in his 30's. None of the men resided at the property. The shooters were executors of the Estate of the previous owner of the property. They had arrived at the house to prepare it for sale. The updated SMPD press release reads as follows: "On Thursday, May 21,...

  • Metro Church Feeds Homeless During Coronavirus Pandemic

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated May 24, 2020

    Metro Church at 6th Street and Arizona Avenue in downtown Santa Monica feed a number of homeless people and others in need on "Giving Tuesday," says the groups website. "At Metropolis we have been given a unique opportunity to put love in action. We have served hundreds of bags of groceries and hot meals to-go for the most vulnerable in Santa Monica during this time. Our seniors and homeless neighbors need us right now. We need your partnership", says metropolischurchsm.com....

  • Coronavirus: LA County Judges to Wear Face Masks by Order of the Presiding Judge

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated May 10, 2020

    It may appear like a scene out of a movie. But for the foreseeable future, Los Angeles County Superior Court judges will be wearing face masks, to prevent the spread of Covid-19. This by order of the presiding judge, Kevin C. Brazile. The good news is the Courts are preparing to reopen. They have been closed to the public since March 15th, 2020. “The Court is committed to protecting the health and safety of the public, attorneys, justice partners, judicial officers and e...

  • Facing a Groundswell of Popular Discontent, Governor Appears to Back Down on #Covid19 #Lockdown

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated May 5, 2020

    One of the loudest Coronavirus alarmists in the United States, California Gov. Newsom said Friday that California will Reopen in "days not weeks." This is the man who just days before had tried to close Orange County beaches, over the objections of local officials. I think it was the mayor of Newport Beach going on Fox News. He said that Orange County had 3 million people, more than 22 states, and had just 50 Covid-19 deaths. "That's 0.001% of the population," he said, adding...

  • Reports China Has Rushed Doctors to DPRK to Treat Kim Jong Un, in a Coma After Heart Surgery

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Apr 25, 2020

    China is desperately trying to save Kim Jong Un from dying of Unspecified health problems, reports the Hong Kong Television. HKSTV is backed by Beijing, and the Chinese Foreign Minister's niece, Jennifer Zeng. She has been posting on Weibo that Kim is in a persistent vegetative state following coronary surgery, after a heart attack. Weibo is the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Kim has not been seen in public since April 4th. Despite much speculation in the Western Press, the...

  • SBA Appears to be Making $2000 Payments on Emergency Disaster Relief Loans

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Apr 22, 2020
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    The US Small Business Administration has begun to make $2000 advance payments on the $10,000 loans we were encouraged to apply for 30 days ago when the Covid-19 lockdowns began. This has been confirmed by several posting people on Reddit, and this author personally received $2000 in the interest of disclosure. The $10,000 EIDL payments were approved in the third $2.2 trillion package approved by Congress on April 3, 2020. Wall Street received $500 billion, small businesses...

  • After Surgery for Heart Attack, Kim Jong Eun is Brain Dead According to Reports

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Apr 21, 2020
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    CNN reports that US Intelligence is investigating reports Kim, who has ruled North Korea for ten years since his father's death, is fighting for his life after coronary surgery. MSNBC's Katy Tur just tweeted then deleted, that North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un is brain dead following open heart surgery. He has not been seen in public in weeks, which was presumed to be about germaphobia and Coronavirus annoyance. Katy Tur is a reporter for MSNBC. In the interests of disclosure, I...

  • In Video Message, Barack Obama Endorses Joe Biden for President The Day After Bernie Sanders Did the Same

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff writer|Updated Apr 17, 2020

    The former president apparently wanted to avoid charges of bias that plagued the 2016 campaign of Hillary Clinton. People such as Tucker Carlson on Fox TV could say that Hillary was promoted as the successor to Obama, over the objections of Bernie Sanders' supporters. This time around, Obama did not support his former VP until after Sanders himself had endorsed Biden for US President. Obama remains quite popular with Democrats, and his late endorsement will be important in tur...

  • New York Burying its Covid-19 Dead on Hart Island, Says New York Medical Examiner

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Apr 15, 2020

    Hart island has got to be one of the creepiest places on this planet. Used at various times as a sanitarium, a prison and a Potters Field type cemetery, the City of New York admits it's burying its Coronavirus dead on the 100 acre Island at the West end of Long Island Sound. Hart Island can be seen from nearby City Island, which unlike Hart, has a population and a bridge to nearby Bronx. The coronavirus pandemic is killing hundreds of people in New York City each day. To...

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