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Articles from the August 2, 2016 edition


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  • Water Main Break in Hollywood Hills Causes Road Closure

    Liz Miller, Observer Staff Writer|Aug 2, 2016

    Update 08/01/16 - as of 7:30 am pipe is repaired and all traffic lanes are now open. About 30 customers have been left with low water pressure as a result of an 8-inch main break that caused flooding in the Hollywood Hills and impacted multiple businesses on Sunday afternoon. The incident was reported just before noon at 3365 Oak Glen Drive near the Cahuenga Pass, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. LAFD reported around 12:45 p.m. that about 1,000 gallons of water was gushing out each...

  • Donald Trump and Secret Service detail Trapped In An Elevator for Half An Hour

    Observer Staff|Aug 2, 2016
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    Donald Trump was trapped in an elevator in Colorado Springs prior to a rally on Friday, multiple new sources reported. He and nine other people including the Secret Service agents we are finally rescued after half an hour. As you might imagine, The Republican presidential candidate emerged from the elevator feisty as hell. "The firefighters were able to secure the elevator, open the top elevator hatch, lower a ladder into the elevator which allowed all individuals to self-evacuate, including Mr....

  • Big Sur Fire Expands as it Burns for ten straight days, threatens 5000 homes

    Observer Staff|Aug 2, 2016

    BIG SUR, Calif. – Firemen battled a massive wildfire near California's Big Sur that is threatening 5,000 homes and has burned for ten straight days. Meanwhile a third fire in Fresno County started and quickly spread, damaging homes as it grew to more than two square miles Sunday. The newer blaze had damaged some of the 300 evacuated homes in the area, but it wasn't yet clear how many, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. The Soberanos blaze north of Big Sur expanded t...