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Articles from the July 17, 2016 edition


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  • Three LA. police killed in Baton Rouge; 3 wounded by masked shooter

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 17, 2016

    A masked man shot and killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, La.. Three more have been wounded, the City confirmed on Sunday. The shooting began around 9 am CST. Police sources confirmed at 11:35 am that the shooter himself is also dead. The City has been a hotbed of Black Lives Matter protests recently, after Baton Rouge police shot and killed Alton Sterling, an unarmed black man.one suspect is dead. Police have determined that the deceased suspect, a former US Marine, acted alone. Two...

  • Local Doc: Macular dystrophy is a hereditary condition, which is a type of macular degeneration.

    Jessica Avetis|Jul 17, 2016

    The ability to drive a car, recognize friends and family in public and see words on your computer, cell phone or on a printed page are a few of the many activities in our daily lives that depend heavily on the normal function of the macula; the part of the eye that deals with fine focus. Dr. Kent W. Small, an ophthalmologist who practices in Glendale and Los Angeles, has made an exciting discovery on a gene that directly effects the vision loss for individuals with an eye disease called North...

  • Pokémon Go Players Walk Off Cliff in San Diego

    Observer Staff|Jul 17, 2016

    The San Diego County sheriffs department rescued two men who fell off the bluff in Encinitas near San Diego today, while playing Pokémon GO. They were not paying attention to where they were and evidently fell off the bluff down 50 to 100 feet. The sheriffs department rescue them and took them to the hospital with moderate injuries. The incidents come as law enforcement agencies across the nation are reporting a plethora of Pokemon-related attacks and odd happenings since the game was released...

  • Spiderman burglar convicted of 1972 Hollywood murder

    Christine Emerson, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 17, 2016

    ​A 70-year-old man, currently serving a 45-year sentence for murders and burglaries, was convicted of the first-degree 1972 murder of Helen Meyler in Hollywood. ​Harold Holman was known during the 1980s at the "Spider Man burglar" to law enforcement. He was originally arrested in 1975 after Los Angeles police observed him scale the outside of a 14-story apartment building and then move from balcony to balcony. After his incarceration for this burglary, he resumed his criminal activity. ​Me...