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Articles from the July 4, 2019 edition


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  • Mountain Lion Removed from Tahitian Terrace Trailer Park by LAPD Officers

    Observer Staff|Jul 4, 2019

    Trailer Park residents called LAPD Officer Rusty Redican and his partner Earl Wright Monday, after sighting a mountain lion in The Tahitian Terrace mobile park. Officer Redican located the mountain lion. Officers from the California Department of Fish and Game "later sedated the big kitty and transported her back to the wild," according to neighbors posting on Nextdoor.com. As human beings have moved further and further into the forest, sightings of mountain lions, also called cougars, have...

  • Santa Monica Pier is Happy with a C Grade on the Heal the Bay Beach Report

    Sarah Storkin, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 4, 2019

    According to Heal the Bay's annual Beach Report Card, the beach at Santa Monica Pier improved its water quality. For the first time since 2013, the Pier missed getting put on Heal the Bay's "Beach Bummer List." The beach at this location did receive a C grade, however, even in dry weather, when bacteria levels are usually lower. Heal the Bay assigns A-F letter grades for 500 California beaches with the grades based on the weekly levels of bacterial pollution found in the water. In the 2018-2019...

  • In A Community With 5,000 Homeless People, a 200 Bed Shelter Replaces a Bus Terminal

    Observer Staff Writer|Jul 4, 2019

    The Los Angeles City Council finalized a lease Tuesday allowing the city to build a temporary homeless shelter at a former Metro bus yard in Venice. A spokesperson for Council-member Mike Bonin, who represents the neighborhood, tells Curbed that construction on the contentious project is scheduled to start July 1, but could begin as soon as this week. Workers have already begun assembling parts of the shelter offsite and are expected to finish construction within the next three months. When...

  • #LASD Homicide Assisting Baldwin Park PD with Fratricide Murder Investigation

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 4, 2019

    Gregory Kingsbury shot and killed his brother on the 14600 block of Demblon St in the City of Baldwin Park, police say on the 28th of June 2019. The suspect fled the location in a vehicle, but it has been recovered. The suspect frequents the Baldwin Park, West Covina, and Monrovia areas. Anyone with information on his location, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau Detectives are continuing to...