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  • Synagogue Shooter Robert Bowers Left Twitter, Social Media Trail Hinting at Motives

    Updated Oct 28, 2018

    Robert Bowers' Facebook page says that he is from Turtle Creek PA, and lives in Versailles PA. He has 310 Facebook friends. His Twitter account @onedingo, rants about “Hebrew Immigration Aid Society” or HIAS, a 60-year-old Jewish refugee agency that brings in refugees including Syrians, to the United States. Bowers' Gab.com social media profile was registered in January 2018 under the handle onedingo, and the account's description was: "jews are the children of satan. (john 8:...

  • Microsoft Co-Founder Has Died of Complications of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. #paulallen

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Oct 28, 2018

    Bill Gates' statement on the death of fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: "He deserved much more time, but his contributions to the world of technology and philanthropy will live on for generations to come." http://abcn.ws/2CMy8eM Allen,65, was a business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft alongside Bill Gates in 1975. At the time of his death, he was estimated to be the 46th-richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $20.3...

  • Google Negotiating Office Lease on Westside Pavilion

    Updated Oct 19, 2018

    Alphabet Inc., the mother company best known for its Google search engine division, is said to be negotiating a lease on the Westside Pavilion. Like the Sherman Oaks Galleria, the west side pavilion will be converted from retail to office space, its owners announced in March. The negotiations are said to be in the final stages. The Google home device, the equivalent of Amazons Alexa, is one possibility for the 700,000 square-foot, 30-year-old shopping center. The Westside...

  • Old White Dude Sleeps with Young NY Times Reporter. He gets 6 months in Jail, She Gets Promoted

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Oct 15, 2018

    Does this strike anyone else as unfair? James Wolfe pleads guilty to lying to the FBI about his relationship with Ali Watkins, a young Washington journalist, Ali Watkins. At the time, she covered national security in Congress, where she met Wolfe. He just plead guilty in Federal Court to lying to the FBI about the affair. She, on the other hand, received a promotion at the New York Times. Fair? Well, it's complicated. The former head of security for the Senate intelligence...

  • Alien Encounter Investigated After Second US Space Telescope Fails in One Week. #UFOs

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Oct 15, 2018

    Two twenty year old US Space Telescopes have failed within one week and the evidence points toward extraterrestrial sabotage for the snafus. Three days ago, the Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode following a component failure. It's worked for 30 years since a 1990 launch. But suddenly the gyroscopes went wacky, as if a powerful magnetic field had passed by the spacecraft. NASA said its Chandra X-ray Observatory entered safe mode on October 10. The space agency said on...

  • Why Won't Any of the Incumbents Talk About Crime? It's All Residents Talk About

    David Ganezer, Observer Publisher|Updated Oct 7, 2018
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    It’s shaping up to be a weird and wild election season, despite the fact that the City Council incumbents will walk into their 40th terms as City Council members. Surprise! It may not count, as the redistricting lawsuit marches on. Armen Melkonians is a local rabble rouser (my term), founder of Residocracy on Facebook, “which has grown quite a bit, we’re getting more readership and it continues to grow. And it goes to show you that people are very concerned about crime, becau...

  • Murder Victim: For Steven Ray Cruze, Death was the Price of Avoiding Traffic

    Updated Oct 7, 2018

    An avid fisherman who sometimes camped outside in Santa Monica to avoid a commute to his home in San Gabriel was murdered as he slept on Thursday morning, September 20. Steven Ray Cruze Jr, 39, a father of two, decided to sleep under the Santa Monica Pier after a night of fishing, his lifelong hobby according to his family. He planned to wake up and go to his two jobs working on charter fishing boats in Marina del Rey. Instead, he was beaten in the head with a blunt...

  • Another Homeless Man Murdered in Tongva Park Wednesday Evening: SMPD

    Observer Staff|Updated Oct 4, 2018

    A murder in Tongva Park last night, the third murder in Santa Monica this year, resulted in an arrest. Santa Monica Police did not release any information about the victim, including his name or whether he was a homeless person living in the multi million dollar, 1 acre park. A suspect has been arrested for his possible involvement in a homicide. The suspect has been identified as Joseph Ramirez Perez, a 21-year-old male. "I am not certain where he was "living" but our...

  • Kavanaugh Will Be Confirmed as a US supreme court justice this Friday

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Oct 3, 2018

    Res Ipsa Loquitor: The thing defines itself. Lisa Mirkowski, Jeff Flake and Susan Collins are on board with confirming judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court Friday. The mere fact that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has invoked cloture and moved the nomination to a vote is proof of that. This despite Democratic pleading for yet more investigations, more hearings and more delay. The White House — after reviewing interview reports from the FBI’s probe into Sup...

  • Murder Suspect: Suspected Serial Killer Caught in Santa Monica Was 6-Time Deportee

    Amanda Ball, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Oct 1, 2018

    On Monday morning, following a 6:51 am radio call regarding a male victim suffering head trauma on 7th and Colorado, Santa Monica Police detained a suspect in the 600 block of Broadway Avenue. Although the police initially cautioned they had not made a link between this attack and the series of attacks against mostly homeless individuals in Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles, eventually they did conclude they were all connected. ​Suspect Ramon Escobar, 47, was charged W...

  • Kavanaugh Defeated, Trump Will Nominate Amy Coney Barrett for US Supreme Court on Monday

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Sep 29, 2018

    It’s increasingly clear Kavanaugh is out. But guess who’s next? Since his election, president Donald J Trump has consistently selected courses of action that would be in the face of the liberal mainstream media. In the Supreme Court nomination that he will announce on Monday, July 9, President Trump will again select a person condemned by the Los Angeles Times as not qualified for the position. Amy Coney Barrett refused to call the ADF racist, when challenged by Senator Al...

  • Police Arrest Illegal Alien as Suspected Serial Killer of 4 Homeless Men, After Beating on 7th Street

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Sep 27, 2018

    An illegal alien from El Salvador who has been deported from the U.S. 6 times, was arrested by Santa Monica Police for the murder of at least 3 men, and possibly the deaths of his own brother and sister in Texas Authorities arrested Ramon Escobar after he beat another homeless man at 7th and Broadway Monday morning at 6:51 am. Police say they believe Escobar killed the man found Saturday under the Santa Monica pier. They also believe he killed 2 homeless men in downtown LA....

  • #KavanaughHearings: Did the Nominee Redeem Himself from a Credible Ford?

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Sep 27, 2018

    Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell is scoring a lot of points on Christine Blasey Ford. Like the fact that she claimed she could not fly, but scuba dives all over the world—Tahiti, Hawaii. And ultimately flew to Washington. And contacted the Washington Post rather than Congress, her Congressman, the White House about her allegations. Judge Napalitano on Fox: "In my mind, she's very credible and Ms. Mitchell is actually helping her credibility by the gentle nature of her q...

  • Tearful Brett Kavanaugh Denies Having Ever Met Christine Blasey Ford

    Sarah Storkin, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Sep 27, 2018

    "Among examples of sexual behavior includes grinding his genitals against someone else, and horseplay." Dr. Ford has stated that somewhere between 5 or 6 people were present at the gathering. You, Mike Judge, Patrick PJ Smith, Dr. Ford, Leland Kaiser and 2 other other people. How do you know Mike Judge? A friend starting in 9th grade. We were a friendly group at Georgetown Prep. He was a funny guy, bright, developed an addiction problem, nearly died from his addiction. I...

  • Police Investigate Connection Between Homeless Slayings in LA and Homeless Man Found Dead Under SM Pier

    Observer Staff|Updated Sep 24, 2018

    9/20/2018: The Santa Monica Police have discovered a body underneath the 100 year old Santa Monica Pier. Thursday morning at about 6:40 a.m., SMPD responded to a radio call for service regarding a dead body discovered underneath the pier. Officers say he dead man, a white male in his 30's, "suffered an injury consistent with blunt force trauma to the head." The Pier is the most popular tourist attraction in Santa Monica, and also the source of the most crime, statistically...

  • Who's that Brunette Sitting Behind Judge Kavanaugh During the Senate Confirmation Hearings?

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Sep 22, 2018

    The woman sitting behind Judge Brett Kavanaugh is a Twitter star. It is the question all of America is asking. Who is brunette bombshell sitting behind judge Kavanaugh? Zina Bash, 36 has been accused of smirking when Democrats speak and looking "smug." But this is only because she owns the Libs, given her stellar resume. Bash was sitting directly behind Kavanaugh during the first day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on September 4. The hearing has been subjected to...

  • Samohi Hall of Fame and Samohi Distinguished Alumni Inducted at Elks Club Brunch

    Observer Staff|Updated Sep 20, 2018

    Samohi inducted new members into the ranks of the Samohi Hall of Fame and Samohi Distinguished Alumni. A celebratory brunch was held at the Santa Monica Elks Lodge at 1040 Pico Blvd on Sunday, September 16. Fewer than 100 people have achieved this level of recognition in Samohi's 127-year history, said Crystal Reed, SAA Secretary. The current inductees include author and radio personality Sandra Tsing Loh; astronaut Randy Bresnik; Nobel Prize winner Jeremy Pal; John Dahlem,...

  • Brett Kavanaugh's Mom Was the Judge in Christine Blasey Ford's Mom's Foreclosure Case

    Preity Uupala, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Sep 18, 2018
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    Never before has a Supreme Court justice appointment caused so much division and drama in the Senate Judiciary Committee. After hours upon hours of Senate hearings, President Trump's Supreme Court Nominee, District of Columbia Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh, 53, was all set to be confirmed at the senate vote this Thursday. And then a shocking allegation of sexual assault merged a few days ago by Christine Blasey Ford, 51, a California professor who claims that Kavanaugh...

  • New Santa Monica HR Director Hired for $216,000

    Updated Sep 16, 2018

    "Gentles comes to Santa Monica with over 20 years of experience in strategic organizational transformation and employee empowerment, whatever that is, said the City in an effusive press release. Since 2016, she has been the Human Resources Director for the County of Santa Barbara. There, she delivered comprehensive HR services to 23 county departments. "In her new role as Santa Monica's Chief People Officer, Gentles will engage the City's diverse workforce and help shape an...

  • Mac Miller Suddenly Dies; Had Spoken of his battle with Addiction to Drugs

    Updated Sep 7, 2018

    Reports have surfaced that Mac Miller has died. Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), best known by his stage name Mac Miller, was an American rapper and singer. He was also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. In early 2010, Mac Miller signed a record deal with Pittsburgh-based indie record label Rostrum Records. He subsequently began recording his debut studio album Blue Slide Park, and released it on November 8, 2011. The a...

  • Actor Vince Vaughn Charged with DUI in Manhattan Beach Checkpoint

    Observer Staff|Updated Sep 7, 2018

    Actor Vince Vaughn has been charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence after he was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint in Manhattan Beach earlier this summer, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Vincent Anthony Vaughn is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. Vaughn began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 comedy-drama film Swingers. Vaughn Starred in...

  • Killed Kayaker ID'd as Chief of Staff, Dept. on Disability at City of Los Angeles, Nicole Willet

    Allie Smith, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Sep 6, 2018

    9/5 Sheriffs identified the woman who was hit and killed by a power boat while kayaking in Marina del Rey on Labor Day, as Nicole Willett, the chief of staff of the City of Los Angeles' Department on Disability. Willett, 46, of Venice was fatally injured about 1:10 p.m. Monday near the south jetty, the coroner's office said. Willett had been chief of staff of the Department on Disability since December 2014, according to her LinkedIn page. The driver of the boat was not...

  • Headless Body Found in Santa Monica Parking Garage, Apparent Suicide Victim

    Allie Smith, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Sep 6, 2018

    9/5: It was a grim reminder of how badly wrong things can go when they go badly wrong. A man attempting to kill himself by leaping from Parking Structure 4 near Arizona and 2nd St., somehow managed to decapitate himself on the way down. Santa Monica police have apparently found the headless body in one part of the parking structure, and the head someplace else. This is a developing story and presumably an SMPD press release will no doubt be forthcoming. The police have blocked...

  • Rent Control with Teeth: Prop 10 Means the End of Costa Hawkins in California

    Updated Sep 5, 2018

    Prop 10: Major Expansion of Rent Control on Nov. Ballot Proposition 10, otherwise known as the Affordable Housing Act, will be on the California ballot on November 6, 2018. A vote yes, by repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995. Prop 10 would grant local governments throughout the state the ability to adopt rent control. Costa -Hawkins set limits on rent control policies throughout the state and Prop 10 will give cities new tools to protect affordable housing....

  • Small Earthquakes Shake Westside Tuesday Night

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    2 Small Earthquakes Centered near La Verne were felt across a wide area of southern California Tuesday night. The first occurred at 7:34 pm PST, and measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale, according to the United States geological survey. The USGS said that the second occurred at 7:40 PM, and measured 4.4 on the Richter scale. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. A few Los Angeles county residents posted on Twitter under the #Earthquake. “Dogs are supposed to w...

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