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Articles from the August 15, 2021 edition


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  • Fatality Traffic Collision of Nine Vehicles, Closes Santa Monica Freeway for Five hours

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Aug 15, 2021

    A fatality collision at the East end of the McClure Tunnel closed the 10 freeway for a few hours Saturday afternoon, the Santa Monica Fire Department said in a press release. Four people were injured and one was pronounced dead at the scene. 27 Fire fighters in addition to Santa Monica Police and CHP units responded. The Freeway was closed for five hours Eastbound past the McClure Tunnel. Official press release written by Patrick Nulty of the SMFD, follows. On Friday August 14th, 2021 at 5:46...

  • Letter to the Editor: StepUp's Hidden Abuse of Mentally Ill Clients

    Name Withheld, sensitive health information disclosed|Aug 15, 2021

    I am a 64 year-old person suffering from AIDS, diabetes and severe mental illness. StepUp is providing formerly homeless people with dysfunctional housing and mental health counseling. Over the past year, I have gone through five therapists who offered no assistance but harmed me. All of the therapists were untrained interns right out of school. They don't have any supervising therapists. They each only served as my therapists for one or two months, then dumped me without any interim...

  • Los Angeles County Okays Putting Noncitizens as Department Heads and Employing Noncitizen Workers

    Corva Corvax, A Logical Opinion|Aug 15, 2021

    On Tuesday, August 10, the County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to end citizenship requirements for county department heads. They are also giving each department head the authority to waive such requirements for the employees within their departments. The County's public statement on the vote did not specify that employees had to have legal status to work in the country. It is a federal crime, subject to civil penalties, to knowingly hire a person who does not have a legal right to...

  • County Health Department Maintains that Masks and Vaccines Work Despite Evidence in Their Own Data That Neither Makes Much Difference

    Corva Corvax, A Logical Opinion|Aug 15, 2021

    The Los Angeles County Health Department sent out a newsletter justifying their return to mandating masks three weeks ago. "We are now seeing a slowing down in the increase of cases," the LADPH wrote. They compared data from Los Angeles, where the number of new cases only increased 6.5% over the last week, to the rest of California, some of which does not have a mask mandate, where the number of new cases increased 20.2% over the same week. The reason for the difference in increase in case rates...