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Articles from the February 6, 2020 edition


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  • Suicide from Downtown Santa Monica Parking Structure Two

    Observer Staff|Feb 6, 2020

    A woman reportedly jumped off Parking Structure Two Sunday morning. Her suicide attempt was successful, onlookers said. Santa Monica police responded to the suicide itself, but have not yet confirmed the woman's death. There have been a spate of recent suicides from the parking structures in downtown Santa Monica in the last few years, with about ten reported in 2019. The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has long been a magnet for suicides, but was able to reduce the number of suicides...

  • Homeless Man Sentenced to 22 years for Shooting at Venice Bar

    Observer Staff|Feb 6, 2020

    A 48-year-old man was sentenced to 22 years in state prison for shooting a bar patron during an argument at a Venice bar, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said. Robert Leo Mewhorter, a transient, pleaded no contest on Jan. 10 to one count of attempted murder and admitted allegations of using a handgun and causing great bodily injury. On March 7, 2018, Mewhorter got into an argument at a Venice bar, prosecutors said. The defendant left and returned soon after and opened fire, inj...