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Articles from the November 25, 2018 edition


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  • Providence St. John nurses Call 12 Hour Strike for Tuesday, November 27

    Sarah Storkin, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 25, 2018

    Providence St. John nurses will strike on Tuesday, November 27 from 8 AM to 8 PM, wrote Labor and Delivery Nurse Lizabeth Baker-Wade, in a post on Facebook. "Since the Providence take over things have gone downhill," she wrote. "Providence is expanding so quickly that the nurses who take care of our community are left with poor staffing, increased workloads, decreased ancillary staff and a host of other internal problems. Providence has seen a profit of hundreds of millions of dollars yet there...

  • CSUDH Physicist Kenneth Ganezer, 65, Dead from Vascular Dementia in Los Angeles

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 25, 2018
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    Professor Kenneth Ganezer died Thursday of complications from Vascular Dementia. He was just 65. He was a kind and gentle man and teacher, who will be missed by his many friends and students. Ken was a physics professor at California State University Dominguez Hills from 1990 to 2016. He was renowned for his research into particle physics, and is credited with devising an experiment to prove the existence of Strange Particles. His research into Grand Unified Field theories proved central. "The...

  • Bitcoin Falls Below $3700, as US Dollar Rises, Bitcoin Cash Forks

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 25, 2018

    As the US Dollar rose abroad, and another approaching fork for Bitcoin remains, Bitcoin fell below $4000 for the first time in 15 months. The fork in Bitcoin Cash, which forked off from Bitcoin itself six months ago, appears to be frightening investors. This even though said fork does not affect Bitcoin directly. Plus there is the increasing determination by governments to crack down on what they clearly see as a threat to their own power. Beginning in 2018, there has been a large sell-off of...

  • Man Charged with Fatally Shooting Boss at Alhambra Newspaper

    Observer Staff|Nov 25, 2018

    An employee at a Chinese-language newspaper in Alhambra has been charged with fatally shooting his boss, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Zhong Qi Chen, 59, of El Monte faces one count of murder with allegations that he personally used a handgun and caused great bodily injury and death, according to the criminal complaint in case GA104674. Chen pleaded not guilty today and is scheduled to return on Dec. 18 in Department 5 of the Los Angeles County Superior...

  • Large Sections of Malibu Repopulated after Woolsey Fire Says LASD

    Nov 25, 2018

    The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced the repopulation of additional areas impacted by the #WoolseyFire – effective Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. On Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. the following approximate boundaries along Mulholland Highway will be repopulated. This will include the following areas along Mulholland Highway: Mulholland Highway opened from Mulholland Highway at Calamigos to Mulholland Highway at Encinal Canyon Road "Split." EXCEPTIONS and R...