Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

Articles from the June 27, 2016 edition


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  • 3 dead, 4 injured in Boat Capsize on Far Side of Catalina Island

    Observer Staff, City News Service|Updated Jun 26, 2016

    - Three people were killed and four others were critically injured when their 15-foot boat capsized Saturday on the far side of Catalina Island, authorities said. The Coroner’s Office identified the three men killed as Young Joon Park, 64, and Kyung Hwam Kim, 47, both of Los Angeles, and Jason Jung Noh, 62, of Buena Park, said Capt. John Kades of the coroner’s office. Everyone on the boat was Korean or Korean American, and they were out fishing in a boat so small that 4-6 foo...

  • Kern County Wildfire Destroys 150 homes

    Observer Staff|Updated Jun 26, 2016

    LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. – A stubborn wildfire near Lake Isabella in Northern California has killed at least two, and probably 3. 3 firefighters suffered some inhallation injuries. 35,711 acres and 150 homes have burned, 1500 remain evacuated. The fire is 0% controlled. The tally rose from 80 homes as firefighters began going through neighborhoods in South Lake. They counted houses and mobile homes destroyed by the fire. In one mobile home, they found what appears to be a set o...