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Articles from the December 6, 2020 edition


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  • Los Angeles Superior Court Continues Juvenile Dependency and Criminal Cases Due to Covid-19

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Dec 6, 2020

    In an attempt to limit the spread of Covid-19 in courthouses, the Los Angeles County Superior Court announced Wednesday that it would extend the time for criminal trials, under emergency powers granted by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye under Government Code 68115. Los Angeles County, which has escaped the kind of coronavirus statistics seen in greater New York, has recently seen diagnosed cases skyrocket to around 5000 per day. The County has closed restaurants,...

  • Los Angeles County Will Bury 1,547 Bodies In a Mass Grave Thursday

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Dec 6, 2020
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    Los Angeles County will bury 1547 unclaimed dead bodies in a mass grave. The event will be streamed online. The event will be held on December 3, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Since there is a three year lag between death and burial, none of these 1547 people, died of Covid-19. "With the cancellation of all large gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Ceremony of the Unclaimed Dead will be live streamed," said the County in a press release. "The Department of Decedent Affairs deeply...

  • Woman Shot, Killed On Venice Boardwalk in Front of Her Husband and Others. LAPD Searching For Suspects

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Dec 6, 2020

    3/1/20: Late Tuesday afternoon in Venice suspects shot a wife in front of her husband, sources on social media said. The shooting was said to be “gang related.” City News Service reports the shooting took place at 5:25 PM, and that the Los Angeles Police Dept. is searching for 4 or 5 men in connection with the shooting. "WItnesses say she was on the ground not moving.She was taken to the hospital. Husband is wailing and screaming and throwing up, all alone. He's crying that she just had his...

  • NASA Photos Show Utah Monolith On Mars, Martian Moon Phobos

    Stan Greene, Observer Science Editor|Dec 6, 2020

    Apparently the silver Monolith discovered in Utah's Red Rock desert is part of a family of monoliths, distributed throughout our Solar System by another civilization for some unknown purpose. Either that or it's moving around through our solar system, phasing into different locations at different times. The monolith (or monoliths), has previously been sighted by Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Mars and one of its moons, Phobos. The Mars monolith is a rectangular object discovered on the...

  • Are the New Lockdowns Really About Saving Lives?

    Corva Corvax, A Logical Opinion|Dec 6, 2020
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    State and local officials began instituting new lockdown orders with the declared purpose of slowing down the surge of cases beginning in mid-November. But is the shutdown of outdoor dining, the closing of playgrounds, and the heavy restrictions on retail store capacity really about saving lives? The scramble by government officials to impose more restrictions on a populace already exhausted by imposed isolation and unemployment seems more a tack to save face than to save lives. Given the...