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Articles from the June 1, 2018 edition


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  • City of Santa Monica Study Session on City Budget Ignores Elephant in the Room

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Jun 1, 2018

    On Tuesday night, May 22, the Sant Monica City Council conducted a study session on the City's budget. Residents were invited to send in letters and share opinions in an open forum. The main problem is the City's current $461 million unfunded pension liability, which the City hopes to retire within 30 years. The City of Santa Monica pays over 200 employees more than $120,000 per year, and is notorious for overpaying its employees. "We are not in a position of crisis, but a period of reshaping...

  • Latina Woman Racially Insulted for Being White in Santa Monica Parking Lot

    Observer Staff|Jun 1, 2018

    Gina Fuentes, a longtime resident of Santa Monica and a person active in the local Latin community, says that she was verbally assaulted at Extra Space Storage on 3250 Olympic Blvd in Santa Monica. "Yesterday afternoon I was blocked in and verbally assaulted by a man who repeatedly yelled orders at me, including racial slurs and threats," she posted. "He repeatedly called me a "white bitch" and the only thing that kept him from physically assaulting me was the fence between us. “This was a...

  • SMPD Arrests Suspect in Curated Jewelry Store on Montana Avenue last February.

    Obesity Society|Jun 1, 2018

    He said he had a bomb, then split with nothing, and now he'll do time. The SMPD says it has arrested a suspect in the robbery of a jewelry store on Montana Avenue on February 28, 2018. Robert Art Abalov, 32, was found and arrested Tuesday in West LA, just over three months after he allegedly robbed Curated Los Angeles at 1603 Montana Ave. carrying a fake bomb. After Abalov left the store without any merchandise in the Feb. 28 incident, he got into his SUV and fled, crashing into several parked...

  • Apparent Stabbing at 26th and Pico

    Jun 1, 2018

    6/3: Residents in the neighborhood of a liquor store at 2600 block of Pico Blvd posted on social media that a patron of the liquor store was stabbed Saturday night as he exited the building. The assailant was apprehended by Santa Monica police, who taped off the area in order to conduct an investigation. The victim is at at UCLA Santa Monica hospital, sources say....