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Articles from the November 3, 2017 edition


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  • Amazon Studios, Other Creative Departments, Leaving the Water Gardens for Culver Studios

    Observer Staff|Nov 3, 2017

    Just as the Pen Factory added more space to the office parks on Olympic Blvd near 26th Street, Amazon's expanding studio division announced Monday that it is relocating from Santa Monica to Culver Studios in Culver City. All entertainment divisions of the giant corporation, IMDB, Amazon Video and World Wide Advertising, will move by January 1, 2018. Reportedly, Amazon will move into Culver Studio's historic mansion featured in the opening credits to the movie "Gone with the Wind." The mansion...

  • No Zombie Parking: Santa Monica Enforces Parking Against the Undead on Halloween Night

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 3, 2017

    It is an open secret that the City of Santa Monica will have to pay off its enormous debt to its overpaid and under-occupied staff, long past the lives of anyone now living. It apparently intends to pay off that debt, by issuing parking tickets to anyone using the cemetery on Halloween. Signs in the City of Santa Monica's only cemetery, Woodlawn Memorial Park, indicate that zombies will not be tolerated in the park unless they use public transportation. "Tow Away No Parking Anytime on Cemetery...

  • Terrorist Sayfullo Saipov Entered the US After Winning Lottery Under the Diversity Visa Program

    Observer Staff|Nov 3, 2017

    Update 2:President Donald Trump says that he will ask Congress to end the Diversity Visa Program, saying that Saipov should never have been allowed to use it to enter the United States. Update: Ridesharing companies Uber confirms that the suspect in this case was an Uber driver. " he passed our background check. Nevertheless, he has now been banned from the app," says an Uber spokesman Ann Coulter just tweeted: "Hey, I have an idea: How about a zero immigration quota for the Arab Middle East and...

  • Gas Leak in Venice Causes Evacuation of 50 homes, Loss of Gas Service to 60 homes

    Observer Staff|Nov 3, 2017

    LA Firemen responded about 1:35 p.m. Monday, to a report of a natural gas leak in the area before the containers were found at 2013 S. Walgrove Ave., near Palms Boulevard, said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. "When they arrived, they identified what they believed was a tampered gas meter, and there were some unidentified items near that meter," Det. Meghan Aguilar told reporters Monday night. It was not immediately clear whether the line had been tampered with or simply...

  • Active Shooter America Under Fire Will Examine SMC Shooting on Friday, November 3

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 3, 2017

    The gunman enters the college library wearing black fatigues. He left a suicide note, five dead people, and a lot of questions. An episode of Active Shooter: America Under Fire will feature the 2013 Santa Monica College Shooting. The episode will air on Showtime on Friday, November 3, 2017 at 9 pm. On June 7, 2013, a killing spree occurred in Santa Monica that left a total of five people dead, including the gunman, and injured five others. The incident started several miles off-campus before...