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Articles from the November 13, 2020 edition


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  • Santa Monica Pandemic Dining Parklets Could Become Permanent, Usurping Parking Spaces and Placing Diners in Harm's Way

    Alyssa Erdley, News with Attitude|Nov 13, 2020
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    Santa Monica city staff plan to propose making "parklets" permanent, the outdoor dining areas set up in parking areas along city streets. The otherwise illegal outdoor dining, usurping parking spots, was instituted as a way to allow restaurants to stay in business by allowing on-site dining. Indoor dining is still prohibited by the County of Los Angeles. The dining parklets can be seen along Lincoln Boulevard, Montana Avenue, and Main Street. The outdoor dining areas appear well-used, despite th...

  • Santa Monica Welcomes Vagrants to Northeast Neighborhood, Approves 7-Eleven in former Bank of America building on Wilshire and Berkeley

    Alyssa Erdley, News with Attitude|Nov 13, 2020
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    The Santa Monica Planning Commission approved a permit for 7-Eleven convenience store to move into the former Bank of America building on Wilshire at Berkeley. The applicant requested the store be allowed to operate 24 hours a day but did not request an alcoholic beverage license. Neighbors forcefully opposed the project, which they said would generate noise, traffic, and crime. Concerns were circulated on social media claiming FBI statistics show 24-hour convenience stores are magnets for...

  • Over $20,000 Raised for PAL At Spooktacular Drive-Thru Halloween Event

    Cameron Andrews, Pier Communications|Nov 13, 2020

    It was a spooktacular gathering of cars, candy and kids as the Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL) safely celerbated Halloween at the Memorial Park parking lot while raising over $20,000 for PAL on October 31. PAL took its annual indoor "Spooktacular" celebration and created an outdoor drive-thru Halloween event for more than 140 cars so families could experience frightful scenes and scary scenarios all at a safe distance and in the comfort of their own vehicles. Leading the fright-fest...

  • California is Slow to Count Ballots, Some Ballot Measures Still Too Close to Call

    Alyssa Erdley, News with Attitude|Nov 13, 2020

    As of Tuesday, a full week after the national election, California has only counted 82 percent of the vote. An estimated 2,740,846 ballots have not yet been counted. If this were a battleground state, important in determining a national election, we would be a complete laughingstock. Even under normal conditions, California allows county election officials nearly a month before they have to report their final results for presidential electors to the Secretary of State. After that, the election...

  • Street Celebrations in Santa Monica and other American Cities as Biden is Declared Victor of 2020 Election

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 13, 2020

    Thousands took to the streets of major US cities to celebrate as Joe Biden seemed to have clinched the 2020 Presidential election. "Joe Biden and I are ready to get to work on behalf of the American people," tweeted Vice President elect Kamala Harris. President Elect Joe Biden said he was honored and humbled by his election, something he has sought for decades. He planned to address the nation at 5 pm PST. US Senators Lindsey Graham and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that they...

  • Trump Tweets, Twitter Blocks Post That A Ballot Counting Company Deleted 2.7 Million US Trump Votes.

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 13, 2020
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    Update 11/15: USA Today and other main stream media sources have labelled the OANN report and other reports about Dominion software, a debunked conspiracy theory. See Fact check: "Dominion voting machines didn't delete votes from Trump, switch them to Biden," https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/14/fact-check-dominion-voting-machines-didnt-delete-switch-votes/6282157002/ It's clear that Big Tech doesn't want Donald Trump sworn in as President on January 20th., 2021. It irks...