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Articles from the July 27, 2018 edition


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  • Armen Melkonians and Kate Bransfield Visit City Clerk to Petition for City Council Race

    David Ganezer, Observer Publisher|Jul 27, 2018

    Santa Monica for Renters Rights have had a near lock on City council elections since the group was founded in 1979. Are local voters finally fed up enough by the non stop construction, traffic and enormous block apartment projects, to choose someone else? Armen Melkonians thinks so, The man behind the "Residocracy" page on Facebook, used that platform to announce last Sunday that he had pulled papers to run for Santa Monica City Council. Joining him on a local anti development slate, will be...

  • Mesut Özil Walks Away from German Team Alleging Racism on a Sad Day for German Football

    Preity Uupala, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 27, 2018

    One of the most scandalous stories to hit the soccer world was yesterday's news surrounding mid-fielder Mesut Özil's departure from the German national team due to "racial and disrespect". A shocking departure following the 2018 world cup in Russia, of Arsenal star Özil, who also played for Germany and is of Turkish descent. In a statement, Özil writes: " It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that because of recent events, I will no longer be playing for Germany at an in...