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Articles from the May 13, 2016 edition


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  • Obama Gives Ladies Room Key to People With Penises

    Observer Staff, Observer Publisher|May 13, 2016

    It was something the far right warned would happen, should Obama be re-elected in 2012. "Men who think they're women will be allowed inside women's restrooms! It'll be the apocalypse!" said Glenn Beck. "What these people want, is to include everyone in everything. If you're a man, and you're curious what goes on inside the ladies' room, being born a man shouldn't disqualify you. All you need do, is wake up one morning and realize you're a woman, a woman trapped in a man's body." Said Rush...

  • Metro Train vs. Car Collision

    Observer Staff|May 13, 2016

    The Metro Train has yet to open and Santa Monica has it's second train vs car collision! Says the SMFD: "At approximately 7:30 PM, May 11, 2016, Santa Monica Fire Department received word of a train vs. car collision at the intersection of Lincoln and Colorado Blvd. 3 Engines, 1 Ladder Truck, 1 USAR Heavy Rescue Vehicle, and a Battalion Chief Supervisor responded. 1st arriving units found a train into a single vehicle. The train stayed on the tracks, and there were no injuries to the occupants...

  • Police Looking At Prince's Doctor -- very closely

    Observer Staff|May 13, 2016

    The LA Times reports that, according to Court records, Prince saw a Minneapolis doctor the day before he died. In fact, the Doctor came to Paisley Park the morning Prince died to give the singer his test results. Family Practitioner Michael Todd Schulenberg saw Prince on April 7 and April 21. According to a search warrant, Prince Rogers Nelson was supposed to fill a prescription at Walgreens, though it remains unclear whether he had a chance to do so before he died. A Search Warrant for...

  • City to Require Rooftop Solar Panels on all new construction

    Observer Staff|May 13, 2016

    Your dishwasher doesn't clean dishes. The nanny state took one yet further move into your bedroom last week. Well, your rooftop anyway Just one week after San Francisco became the largest U.S. city to require rooftop solar installations on new buildings, Santa Monica dittoed. On April 26, the Santa Monica City Council enacted law requiring rooftop solar systems for all new construction; residential and commercial. The measure, which goes into effect May 30th, updates the Santa Monica Municipal...

  • State Bar Pays Employees Lavish Salaries

    David Ganezer|May 13, 2016

    The State Bar, perhaps California's most useless and anachronistic organ, overpays its leaders and its recent financial reports "contained errors and lacked transparency." This according to a new Audit released Thursday. The review, released by State Auditor Elaine Howle, says the top 13 executives at the bar are paid more than Gov. Jerry Brown, who takes home $182,791 a year. This in addition to lavish pensions, full medical and dental coverage, travel expenses, and other stuff you can only...

  • Baca's Potential Sentence Is a Slap On the Wrist but Allows Us to Move On

    George Hofstetter|May 13, 2016

    Although some may claim justice was achieved when former Sheriff Lee Baca pleaded guilty in February to lying to FBI agents and federal prosecutors investigating inmate abuse at the Men's Central Jail, in reality, he received a slap on the wrist. In fact, former disgraced Sheriff Baca may serve no time at all when he is formally sentenced by U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson on May 16. We don't celebrate the day that the person the voters elected to lead our department is convicted of a...

  • An Allegory On Social Class Warfare

    debbie lynn elias, Observer Movie Reviewer|May 13, 2016

    British director Ben Wheatley first caught the attention of many when he threw his hat into the feature film ring with "Kill List". Already known for his episodic television work across the pond, "Kill List" made one sit up and take notice of Wheatley's directorial storytelling skill. Now, with HIGH-RISE, Wheatley firmly solidifies himself as a visionary thanks to his stylized interpretation of Amy Jump's adaptation of the 1975 J.G. Ballard sci-fi novel of the same name which, in the hands of...