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Articles from the August 11, 2021 edition


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  • The pandemic we're now in is Stupidity Pandemic 21. Why did Jeff Bezos blast off in the middle of it?

    Michael Kerr, Special to the Observer|Aug 11, 2021

    Last week, just as Jeff Bezos blasted off from our overheating, burning, flooding, Covid-ridden planet, something happened. I'll leave it up to you dear reader to determine what. Hint: you don't get to joy-ride into space. WARNING: The following is dark-ish. The pandemic we're now in is Stupidity Pandemic 21; more dangerous than anything humanity has ever dealt with. What's at hand is nothing less the breakdown of civilization & its institutions and a more and more rapid loss of control; we're...

  • California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Rigging Bids at Foreclosure Auctions

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Aug 11, 2021

    A California man has plead guilty to rigging bids at public foreclosure auctions, federal court officials announced this week. Yama Marifat was indicted for conspiring with other real estate investors to rig bids when purchasing selected properties at foreclosure auctions in San Joaquin County between April 2009 and October 2009, according to court documents filed in Sacramento. His trial was scheduled to begin on August 17. The one-count indictment alleges Marifat and his co-conspirators...

  • Federal Court Orders Calif. Company to Stop Selling 'Poly-MVA' Products

    Jack Simon, Observer Staff Writer|Aug 11, 2021

    A federal court has ordered a California company and its owner to stop distributing unapproved and misbranded drugs and adulterated animal drugs which they "claimed could cure, treat and prevent disease, including cancer, in both humans and animals," court officials announced yesterday. In a complaint – filed in the federal court for the Southern District of California in December 2020 at the request of the Food and Drug Administration – the United States alleged that AMARC Enterprises Inc. and...

  • Santa Monica's 'Secret Story Tour' Digital Interactive Experience Beneath the Santa Monica Pier

    Chanin Victor, Contributing Editor

    August 10-20 events include: 1) Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Now through August 28, The Wallis is celebrating the return of in-person audiences, The Wallis maintains a firm commitment to the health and safety of staff, artists, and patrons. Launching with the World Premiere performance of Tevye in New York!, The Wallis' pop-up outdoor performance space has tiered seating and accommodates 100 socially distanced audience members each night. 2) ​​The Drive-In at Santa Monica Air...