Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

Articles from the January 29, 2021 edition


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  • Bernie Sanders Reflected in Monolith in Utah Desert, Next to Bruce Springsteen, in Famous Paintings.

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Jan 29, 2021

    Some say we Americans are fascinated with winners. But sometimes we are just as fascinated with losers. Take Bernie Sanders, for example. The old communist has run for President since I was in Grade school, never coming closer than runner up for the Democratic nomination. But now the commie from Vermont is making bank (for charity) off his cold discomfort on January 21. During the Inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, a photograph of Vermont senator Bernie Sanders was taken. The...

  • You Were Dreaming of a Big Wedding, but - Covid? Never Fear: Lovely Little Weddings Has Got You

    Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff|Jan 29, 2021

    When the lockdowns hit Southern California, it didn't take wedding industry professional Andrea Cohen long to realize she could turn what seemed like devastation into a new business. The owner of Chuppah Studio, a business that provides custom and rental chuppahs for Jewish weddings, Cohen saw by May of 2020 that the restrictions on gatherings made by state and local officials was not going to end soon since COVID-19 was continuing to move through the population. She reached out to other...

  • Why Pay Rent? Federal, State and Local Moratoriums Protect Tenants from Eviction for Non Payment of Rent

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Jan 29, 2021

    The City of Santa Monica has extended its emergency order preventing residential and commercial tenants from being evicted for nonpayment of rent, to March 31, 2021. Which begs the question, why pay rent? Eviction defense lawyers we spoke to, said they recommend remaining on good terms with your landlord. He's still expected to pay property taxes, after all. The State of California does have a record of helping landlords collect rents, through strict laws and summary unlawful detainer...

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