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Articles from the November 1, 2018 edition


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  • Uber Driver Kidnaps 4 Passengers in Santa Monica, Police Pursuit to Montana Follows

    Observer Staff|Nov 1, 2018

    The ghouls and goblins were not the only one's threatening Santa Monica revelers on Halloween. The Uber drivers were pretty bad, too. Wednesday at about 6:43 p.m. the SMPD responded to a radio call for service in the area of 23rd Street and Santa Monica Blvd. A woman called 911 and said that her Uber driver refused to stop and let her out of the vehicle. Three other passengers called 911 reporting similar accounts involving the same vehicle. The victims involved were unharmed and reported the...

  • Vigil at the Westwood Federal Building in Solidarity with Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 1, 2018

    Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti headlined a rally at the Federal Building in Westwood, to protest the violence that unfolded Saturday morning at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA. And the person most of the Democratic speakers blamed, needless to say, was--well, you can probably guess. The vigil which was organized in 24 hours, stood up against anti semitism and hate. Garcetti, Jewish himself, read the names and ages of all 11 victims, which included at least one holocaust survivor (he wa...

  • Mobster Whitey Bulger Beaten to Death by Inmates Under Order from Italian Mob Bosses

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 1, 2018

    Hours after being transferred to a maximum security prison, former Santa Monica residence and mobster Whitey Bulger collapsed and died of apparent blunt force trauma. He was "found unresponsive" by prison guards who failed to protect him from other prisoners, after his transfer early this morning to a West Virginia Federal prison. Bulger, 89, had been on the FBI's most wanted list for years when it was revealed in 2011 and that he had been living quietly in a rent controlled Santa Monica...

  • Prisoner Serving 5 Years for Armed Robbery, Escapes from California Men's Prison at SLO

    Observer Staff|Nov 1, 2018

    SAN LUIS OBISPO - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for inmate David Gray Hall, who was found missing this morning during count from California Men's Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo. Hall, a minimum-security inmate who is assigned as a worker in the CMC garage, was last seen at approximately 10 a.m. When CMC staff members went to check on Hall for the inmate count at about 10:15 a.m., they found that a state vehicle, a white 1997 Ford Aerostar...

  • Deals, Films, Finance, Production and Distribution at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff|Nov 1, 2018

    The American Film Market opened on Halloween at the Loews. The film convention projected over 7000 attendees. Finance, production, sales and distribution executives will attend screenings, meetings, networking, panels. AFM typically includes deals on both completed films and projects. 70 companies from 28 countries will attend for the first time. Buyers are mostly from the United States, followed by China, Italy and South Korea, as well as Canada, Germany, Spain, Taiwan, and Vietnam, including...