Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

Articles from the June 23, 2016 edition


Sorted by date  Results 1 - 6 of 6

  • Five Large Fires Continue to Burn in California

    Observer Staff|Jun 23, 2016

    Over 4,600 firefighters are battling 5 large wildfires in California. Crews are making progress on several fronts and as a result, evacuations have been lifted for several communities including the Potrero area from the Border Fire in San Diego County and the Duarte area from the Fish Fire in Los Angeles County. 534 out of 770 evacuated households have been allowed to return home. Fire officials said Wednesday that crews are making good progress on the San Gabriel Complex Fire, which has burned...

  • Widespread Charter Internet Outage Affects Los Angeles, Atlanta, St. Louis and other U.S. cities

    Observer Staff|Jun 23, 2016

    June 22: A widespread outage starting at about 4 PM Los Angeles time, appears to be affecting Charter internet customers across the U.S. Citing sources within the company, Turlock California City news Says that the outage is due To a fiber optic cable which has been accidentally severed near Calabasas. Service was restored in Woodland Hills today just before 1 p.m. PST Downdetector.com says that outages have been reported in Charter Spectrum Internet, in Saint Louis, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, At...

  • Sanders appears to have conceded the Nomination to Hillary

    Stan Greene|Jun 23, 2016

    Amid concerns that his Secret Service detail was costing the nation too much (4360,000 a day); Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the first time appears to have conceded. "It doesn't appear that i'm gonna be the nominee, he said on CSPN. The fiesty 74 year old, speaking during a C-SPAN interview, said his presidential campaign is negotiating on an "almost on a daily basis" with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's entourage, urging them to stake out the most progressive positions she...

  • Mateen Kiled 49 Because 2 Men From Pulse Nightclub Had Infected Him With HIV/AIDS

    Observer Staff|Jun 23, 2016
    1

    A man in a disguise claiming to be the lover of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen said the June 12 massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida was motivated by revenge, not radical Islam. In an interview with Univision, the man said Mateen was "100 percent gay" and that the two had carried on a "friends with benefits" relationship after meeting last year through a gay dating app. He said he had reported his relationship with Mateen to the FBI and had been interviewed several times. The FBI also con...

  • Widespread Power Outage Affects North End of Santa Monica

    Observer staff|Jun 23, 2016

    As the fog rolled in to cool a hot summer day, the power went out West of 11th Street and North of California Avenue in Santa Monica on Wednesday evening at about 8:20 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. The power came back on at 8:59 p.m. Some residents reported that they heard a minor explosion. The Santa Monica Fire Department tweeted that it Is responding to reports of a Transformer fire in the 500 block of 7th Street, north of Montana Avenue. We could see lights on at the Methodist Church on 11th...

  • South Pole: Winter Rescue Underway in Antarctica

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Jun 23, 2016

    Update: After a 9 hour, 1500 mile flight, the first Twin Otter plane has successfully landed at South Pole Station. The outside temperature is 73 degrees, and there is as expected, no light. The Twin Otter plane has departed for Rothera with both patients on board. It is the coldest and strangest place on the planet. For three months, there will be no daylight. Yet one man's health requires other people to risk their lives, in the first winter over evacuation at South Pole Scott Amundsen...