Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

Articles from the June 5, 2016 edition


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  • Brush Fire in Calabasas (Mulholland Heights), West Hills Cause Mandatory Evacuations

    Observer Staff|Jun 5, 2016

    Latest update: http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/06/05/news/all-evacuations-lifted-as-clabasas-topanga-fire-is-80-contained/1363.html Update, Sunday 6/5, 1:15 PM: Thousands of residents of Calabasas have been evacuated, and officials have asked them not to return yet due to the possibility of flareups. The fire has now consumed 525 acres of hilltops and burned several structures. Topanga has not been evacuated, as it is in Zone 1, but residents have been told to prepare to evacuate....

  • City Gives You a Chance to Have "A Conversation" with "An Urbanist."

    David Ganezer, Observer Publisher

    Inventing yet another word that no one has heard before to explain why their hiring yet another staff member who will be paid more than Governor Brown; the City of Santa Monica has announced a Downtown Community Plan workshop features urbanist John Bela". John's an architect with an impressive resume and experience. The City press release, which is too difficult for us to translate says: "The City of Santa Monica will host I © Downtown Because... a community conversation about Downtown...

  • School Calls Sheriff to Stop 7-Year-Old From Handing Out Bible Verses

    Observer Staff|Jun 5, 2016
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    A public school in Palmdale directed a Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff to call on the family of a seven-year-old child in order to forbid him from handing out bible verses and stories on a public sidewalk outside of the school. The deputy told the family that "someone might be offended." The child, who attends Desert Rose Elementary, had originally been receiving short notes with bible verses from his mother, Christina Zavala, packed with his lunch. After sharing the notes with his friends, he...

  • 4 Sailors Rescued From Overturned 18' Boat in Long Beach Harbor

    Observer Staff|Jun 5, 2016

    Early Sunday morning, 4 passengers clinging to the side of an overturned small boat were rescued from the water by Los Angeles County Lifeguards. A tanker saw the hapless sailors and called County Lifeguards at 6:20AM. The County Fire Department Lifeguard Division was on scene minutes later, in the waters just off Long Beach. " Long Beach Fire Department Rescue Boat 2 found an 18′ Aluminum Crestliner capsized with 4 passengers in the water," says the Lifeguard press release. "The passengers h...