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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...
Ivanka Just Got An Office In The West Wing. Tiffany Trump Deserves One, Too
The big item on the national news wire tonight is that Ivanka Trump is getting an office in the West Wing of the White House. Well, Ok, the big item was James Comey was testifying to Congress,...
Platte Library in Wisconsin Referencing the Epic Oscar Fail by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty
Someone at the Platte, Wisconsin Public Library has an eye on the Oscars and a sense of humor. Not bad for an account with less than 200 followers, but 1000 likes! Lulu in La La Land, Oops! Midnight...
Ten Reasons To Love Tiffany Trump, Despite Being the Black Sheep of the Family
Tiffany Trump is enormously popular, much more so than any other recent Presidential daughter. This despite not living in the White House, or being a mere half sister to her flashy siblings. Sweetness...
Emmy Award Winning TV Producer Convicted of Stabbing His Own Tenant
When the victim laughed at the victim's prospects to win Emmy's, the TV producer stabbed him. And the TV producer had won an Emmy, writing about a tenant who had been stabbed by his landlord. No...
We Have Detected 234 Alien Civilizations, Say Laval, Cornell University Astronomers
Two Cornell University astronomers have published a paper postulating that light modulations visible in 234 stars, are most likely signals generated by Extraterrestrial Intelligence....
Woman Alleges MTA Employees Left Her for Dead on Blue Line Train
A civil lawsuit was filed against the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority ("LACMTA") today by a 57-year-old woman who was the victim of an unprovoked, racially-motivated verbal and physical...
Breitbart Accuses Betsy DeVos, Trump Education Secretary, of Supporting Common Core
Breitbart news accuses President Elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Department of Education, as a supporter of Common Core. Amway co-founder Betsy DeVos is a billionaire known for her...
Forward-Thinking Soledad High School is Going Solar, Says School District
The Soledad Unified School District approved a contract with OpTerra Energy Services, Inc. (OpTerra Energy Services) at its last board meeting of August to design and construct the first solar...
Samsung Smartphones Recall: Serious Fire and Burn Hazards
Consumers should immediately stop using and power down the recalled Galaxy Note7 devices purchased before September 15, 2016. Samsung has received 92 reports of the batteries overheating in the U.S.,...
Suicide Prevention: New State of the Art Mental Health Crisis and Resource Tool
In honor of National Suicide Prevention Week, the Therapy Live team has released a new tool that is designed to save more lives. Located at www.Therapy.Live/Suicide, visitors will find a state of the...
Eliminating the Mosquito is Technically Possible: Why Not Just Do It?
Thousands of species feed on the blood of various kinds of hosts, mainly vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even some kinds of fish. Some mosquitoes also attack...
How the Black Lives Matter Movement Became Anti-Israel and Anti-Semitic
The Black Lives Matter movement stands to lose potential support from influential Jewish organizations after release of a platform that slanders Israel. The activist movement associated with protests...
McClure Tunnel Closed Tonight For Maintenance
PCH Will have intermittent lane closures tonight after 10 pm to 5 am, from the McClure Tunnel to Malibu, for cleaning and maintenance. This was in a tweet from the California Department of...
