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  • Santa Monica College Employee Has Died From Shooting Injuries

    Edited, Observer Staff Writer|Oct 17, 2024

    Felicia Hudson, 54, Custodial Operations Manager at Santa Monica College, tragically lost her life following a violent encounter with fellow employee Davon Dean, 39, on Monday. The shocking incident at the SMC Center for Media and Design has left the community reeling. Dean's actions triggered a two-day manhunt, ending in a standoff with law enforcement in El Segundo on Tuesday. Cornered by Sheriff's deputies, Dean died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, bringing the tragic events to a close....

  • Recycle Your Cell Phone at the LA Zoo and Help Save Gorillas in the Wild and at the Zoo

    Brenda Scott Royce - edited for length|Jan 29, 2022

    Sounds overly simplistic, but it's true. Recapturing the precious minerals locked inside the 500 million dead or dormant phones estimated to exist in the U.S. alone would drastically reduce the need for mining in the Congo, where the activity has wreaked havoc on gorillas and other animals that share their embattled habitat. When cell phones are tossed in the trash, the problem is compounded-and the effects hit closer to home. Electronic devices in landfills leach arsenic and other toxins into...

  • L.A. County Qualifies for Orange Tier Threshold, Relaxed Restrictions to Begin Monday

    LA County Department of Public Health edited|Apr 2, 2021

    Los Angeles County has met the threshold for the less restrictive orange tier in the State's Blueprint for a Safer Economy. A revised Los Angeles County Health Officer Order will go into effect on Monday, April 5 at 12:01 a.m. to reflect newly permitted activities. This allows the County to follow the state guidelines and wait until three weeks are completed in the red tier to be sure that case numbers do not rise this third week since the County's earlier re-openings. The Health Officer Order...