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Articles from the September 6, 2016 edition


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  • Panic at LAX for the Second Straight Sunday

    Observer Staff|Sep 6, 2016

    At about 9 am, Airport Police came across a stolen vehicle parked in the white zone in Terminal Three An officer who was there explained, "Some people who were concerned for their safety," panicked and rushed the security area without being screened-i.e., they got passed TSA without being screened. "A small number of people even made it out onto the airport tarmac," he said. Police decided to prescreen everyone in Terminal 3. Officers in explosive protection gear with dogs ("K9s") searched...

  • Beverly Hills Tennis Academy Toddler Hit Hot Tennis Shots

    Beverly Hills Tennis Academy|Sep 6, 2016

    Beverly Hills Tennis Academy has created the impossible possible! A 2 year old (26 months old) baby can literally play tennis! It took more than 30 years to a USPTA Elite Tennis coach Roger Zamudio to proof his theory that a 2 years old baby can learn how to play tennis and his Godson Noah is the living proof that it can be done! A 26 months old baby that can play tennis with the same technique like Rafa Nadal! Noah is capable to serve, rally, volley and get over the net as many as 80 balls...

  • Tanna Frederick And Star Studded Cast To Appear in Project Save Our Surf's Benefit Reading "Starlight"

    Christine Peake, Peak PR Group

    Award winning movie and stage actress Tanna Frederick is gearing up to share Santa Barbara's New Vic stage this upcoming holiday weekend on Saturday September 3rd in a benefit reading of the critically acclaimed play "Starlight" written by Gina R. Tracy. This special one time event will be directed by renown Director Jenny Sullivan. The featured talented cast consists of Gregory Harrison, Jeff Kober, Joanna Strapp and Amanda McBroom. The play is about a mystical journey, set against the...

  • SMC Grad Off to Japan with $10K Scholarship from Assn. of Teachers of Japanese

    Grace Smith, SMC PIO|Sep 6, 2016

    Santa Monica College (SMC) graduate Daniel Zarate has been awarded a $10,000 Bridging Scholarship for Study Abroad in Japan by the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ). Zarate, who earned his Associate degree in Business Administration at SMC, was one of only 79 undergraduate students from colleges and universities across the United States to receive the AATJ scholarship, which is sponsored by the US-Japan Bridging Foundation. Zarate is now a student in Tokyo at Temple...

  • Peeping Tom with Foot Fetish Lurks near Long Beach State University

    Observer Staff|Sep 6, 2016

    The local affiliate of ABC News in Los Angeles reports that a peeping Tom has been reported in Long Beach near Long Beach State University. The man opens and pierce through the window of women's bedrooms and in several cases, has expressed admiration for their feet. At least six different women have reported the man to Long Beach police. He speaks without a discernible accent, and wears a ski mask during his late night escapades. "You have the most beautiful feet" he told one woman, 22, who...

  • Dignitaries Attend Opening Ceremony for California Incline

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Sep 6, 2016

    After almost 18 months of construction, the new seismically safe California Incline opened to traffic on Thursday morning at 5 PM. The California Incline connects Ocean Avenue with PCH below. Since it closed in April of 2015, drivers have had to go through Santa Monica Canyon. This added 20 minutes to drives to Malibu or Pacific Palisades. Regular readers know that I'm very skeptical of anything the City does, but they really did need to improve the 1930's era California ramp, and reopening the...