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LAPD Arrests Big Blue Bus Transit Superintendent Jamieson on Child Pornography Charges
Less than two months after the arrest of Eric Uller, a systems analyst with the Information Services Department, for lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, another city-related employee has been arres...
City's Water Sustainability Delayed 3 Years After A Decade of Non Stop Construction
It may come as a disappointment to city cheerleaders and cause an eye-roll to the rest of us that the city has announced their plan to become "self-sufficient" in water use has been delayed by three y...
Lawsuit over Party Bus Shooting Near SM Pier, Alleges Failure to Provide Security
An early-morning shooting between two party buses near the Santa Monica Pier last year resulted in the death of 28-year-old De'Ommie de la Cruz. Now her friends and relatives are suing the city and th...
Providence St. John nurses Call 12 Hour Strike for Tuesday, November 27
Providence St. John nurses will strike on Tuesday, November 27 from 8 AM to 8 PM, wrote Labor and Delivery Nurse Lizabeth Baker-Wade, in a post on Facebook. "Since the Providence take over things...
HPV Vaccines Prevent Only Some Strains, Cause 20 deaths
In a video posted on YouTube, women charge that Gardisil, a vaccine intended prevent infection with human papilloma virus, instead causes sterility, blindness, autoimmune disorder and death. The...
Over $13 Million Allegedly Lost in Santa Monica Based Ponzi Scheme by Now Dead Principal
Before Chris Trigg died of brain cancer on July 31, 2018, he and his partners ran an automobile title loan company on Santa Monica Blvd and 16th Street, and Santa Monica Check Cashing on Pico Blvd....
SMC Malibu Satellite Campus Begins Construction: Four years to Build 27,500 Square Feet
A project begun in the early 2000s to construct a satellite campus for Santa Monica College in Malibu finally won all the necessary approvals for construction, roughly 18 years later. The...
Tearful Brett Kavanaugh Denies Having Ever Met Christine Blasey Ford
"Among examples of sexual behavior includes grinding his genitals against someone else, and horseplay." Dr. Ford has stated that somewhere between 5 or 6 people were present at the gathering. You,...
SMRR Basically Endorses the Incumbents for Santa Monica City Council
Santa Monica has more than its fair share of drama over local elections. The powerful and longtime influential group of Santa Monicans for Renter's Rights (SMRR) has recently noticed fierce (if...
Conversion to Office Space Breaks Ground for Sears in Santa Monica
The Sears building on 4th Street in Santa Monica will follow the trajectory of several Southland sites, moving from retail to office space. Owners Seritage Growth Properties and Invesco Real Estate an...
Two Million Visitors Worship the Graven Image of a Big Plastic Cow at the Minnesota State Fair, 2018
The Minnesota State Fair's slogan is "The Great Minnesota Get-Together." It is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance. It is also the second-largest state fair in the...
Burt Reynolds Dies of Cardiac Arrest at 82. Star of Smokey & the Bandit, Deliverance, etc.
Actor Burt Reynolds has died of cardiac arrest at a Florida hospital on September 6, 2018. He had been suffering from heart problems for a number of years. "Burt Reynolds was one of my heroes. He was...
Fireside Cellars: Liquor License Suspended on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica
A sign in the door informs customers that Fireside Cellars has had it's alcohol license suspended by the California State Depart of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC). It is unknown why it was shut...
Conviction in Juan Castillo Murder from February: 18 year old who died outside SM UCLA Hospital
Local Briefs Juan Castillo, 18, was found dead on February 26, 2018 at 5 am, in the 1300 block of 16th Street in Santa Monica. He appeared to be on the way to Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center with a...
Mars Rising Over the Atlantic Visible to Millions, Creating Martian UFO Reports
A poster on Reddit recently shared this photo of Mars reflecting off the early evening sky, as it rises in the East. "Right now Mars is closer and brighter than it's been since 2003. It's so bright...
"How to Shop for a Banana Split" Becomes a Viral Video With Unknown Star
In the video, the woman walks up to a table at a grocery store, picks a banana, then does a split. Simple enough, ehh? Watch it for yourself, when your wife isn't watching you.Men cannot usually do th...
Main Street Celebrates Solstice with "Soulstice," Rock Climbing and Face Painting
Main Street Celebrates Solstice The annual Summer SOULstice block party event was held on Saturday June 24th. The event included live music, a wine garden, beer tent, local vendors and a petting zoo...
SMMUSD School Board to Hear Conflict-of-Interest Findings
An internal investigation into the possibility of conflicts of interest among members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board will be presented at their meeting on Thursday. After...
Scooter Roto Rooter: Criminal complaint against Bird to be heard February 1
The City of Santa Monica, ever vigilant to protect others from ripping them off, has filed a criminal complaint against Bird, the company providing phone-app electric scooters for rent. Bird provides...
Motor Scooters Run Amok in Santa Monica, Authorities Say
Motor Scooters Run Amok in River City Paparazzi photographed Baywatch actress Charlotte McKinney riding one down Ocean Avenue near the Santa Monica Pier. Tourists ride them, and SMC students love...
Early Release of Elderly Lifers, "Sanctuary State," Vote by Mail, and Outlawing AIDS
Massive increase in Gas & Car Tax: First SB-1: increases your gas taxes by .12 Cents and the car tax (Vehicle License Fee) by an average of $150. Then 9 sellout traitor Republicans voted to renew...
Santa Monica in Transition: Top Ten Local News Stories of 2017
It has been a year for the record books! While a Santa Monica Observer Intern goes to Washington and writes speeches for a Republican president, 3 of 7 members of the SMMUSD Board end up under...
Elon Musk Plans to Launch His Tesla Roadster to Mars in January 2017
No, this isn't fake news. The CEO and founder of Hawthorne based SpaceX rocket company, plans to use the maiden voyage of the Falcon Heavy Lift rocket to take his Tesla Roadster to Mars. Elon Musk's...
NYC Going to the Dogs--How To Take Your Dog On The Subway In a Bag
It is a good example of the law of unintended consequences. A New York City transit rule went into effect in October 2016 prohibiting animals on the subway. The law has an exception for service dogs...
King of Holland Has a Part Time Job: Airline Pilot on Dutch KLM Airlines
What's a bored king of the Pays Bas do on his off hours? Sneak out of the palace to fly jumbo jets, it turns out. The kind with passengers. King Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht and is the oldest...
