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Articles from the July 10, 2020 edition


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  • County of LA Vows Crackdown on Price Gouging during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 10, 2020

    The County of Los Angeles says it will crack down on price gouging during the Covid19 Pandemic. In late March, it was reported that prices for items such as face masks, hand sanitizer and toilet paper were at a premium. It is not entirely clear how the County will "file civil actions" when the Courthouses are not fully functional because of their own shutdown. But anyway, the press release from the Board of Supervisors reads: The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an urgency ordinance to...

  • Only Seniors and Students who Need to Maintain U.S. Visa Status, Invited Back to MIT for Fall 2020

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 10, 2020

    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced its plans for Fall semester 2020. In light of ICE's plan to deport foreign college students who are only enrolled online, MIT will invite all foreign students. Also Seniors are allowed to live at MIT and take classes conventionally. US Immigration has announced that it would deport students who outstayed their Visa's, if they are only taking classes in the US online. The theory is that they could just as easily take online classes in their...

  • Man Jumps to His Death from Pedestrian Bridge, Unto Pacific Coast Highway Saturday Morning

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 10, 2020

    7/5/20: A man died early Saturday morning after jumping from a pedestrian bridge, onto the 10 Freeway just north of the McClure Tunnel. The Santa Monica Police Department says that officers receive a report of a person down in the 1500 block of PCH at 4:40 a.m. Police say that they responded and located a male victim deceased in the northbound lanes. Evidence at the scene suggests the man jumped onto the freeway and was dragged a couple hundred yards by a vehicle. Suicides are said to have...