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Articles from the July 4, 2016 edition


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  • Coast Guard, County Lifeguards Search for Man Who Jumped off Venice Pier

    Observer Staff|Jul 4, 2016

    Updated, 11:25 a.m.: As per City News Service, David Matthew Rose has been found safe at home, after 7 hours of searching. According to a Marina del Rey Sheriff's Station watch commander, deputies found Rose, unharmed, at his residence at about 9:50 a.m. L.A. County Lifeguards would like to remind you that it is illegal to jump off piers. Los Angeles County Lifeguards are searching for a 39-year-old man who reportedly jumped off the Venice Beach pier early Saturday morning. Just before 2:30...

  • Flower Power. Summers Hottest Fashion Accessory.

    Courtney Sixx|Jul 4, 2016

    Being married to a musician or a being a "Rock Wife" as some people would like to call me although I hate that label, I've been very fortunate to have traveled all over the world watching my husband and his bands Motley Crue and Sixx: AM perform these past 6 years. In fact, as I sit here typing away on my laptop I'm looking out the window of a double decker tour bus overlooking the exquisite German countryside on our way from Frankfurt to Warsaw. It's early June, it's gorgeous out and there's...

  • 5100 Firefighters Battle 11 California Wildfires

    Observer Staff, CalFire Sources|Jul 4, 2016

    More than 5,100 firefighters are battling 11 wildfires throughout California. A weak low pressure trough will be over Northern California, with a deeper trough dropping in from the north today. The trough will then remain overhead through next weekend, CalFire said. Thunderstorm activity will be well east today and tomorrow, but there will be a few afternoon cumulus over the higher terrain. A cooling trend will bring afternoon temperatures in inland areas down to near normal by today or tomorrow...

  • Correcting the Myth of the Amercian Jaguar

    Cindy Coping|Jul 4, 2016
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    I am writing to inform you that your recent article, "Amazon jaguar shot dead after Olympic torch ceremony" contains statements of "fact" that are totally inaccurate. The myth that jaguars populated the USA prior to 1900 was started with a paper written by a political activist, and unfortunately accepted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service without due scientific diligence. There is no documented evidence of any naturally occurring female jaguar in New Mexico since the Pleistocene. The article...

  • Holocaust Chronicler Elie Wiesel Dead at 87

    Observer Staff|Jul 4, 2016

    Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel died Saturday at 87, of congestive heart failure. The Auschwitz survivor became an eloquent witness for the six million Jews and two million others slaughtered in World War II and who, more than anyone, seared the memory of the Holocaust on the world's conscience, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87. When Ronald Reagan agreed to speak at an SS cemetery in Germany called Bitberg, Wiesel confronted him at a public event. "You are the President of the United...

  • Hillary Clinton's Meeting with the FBI Means She Will Soon Be Indicted and Plea Bargain Guilty

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 4, 2016
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    Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton met agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Saturday. When investigators meet with the "target defendant," it generally means their investigation is swiftly coming to a conclusion, legal experts say. The investigators were ready to meet her because they’ve met with everyone else on her staff, and now they know what questions to ask. Depending on Mrs. Clinton's responses, they will recommend to the prosecutors whether or not c...