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Articles from the November 20, 2023 edition


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  • It's The Beatles! It's Christmas! It's Open Fist Theatre Company's 'BOTH: A Hard Day's Silent Night'

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    It's The Beatles! It's the Christmas story! It's BOTH! Celebrate the holidays with Both: A Hard Day's Silent Night, Open Fist Theatre Company's annual holiday charity concert spectacular. A rockin' choir and a swinging live band spread peace and joy, telling the Christmas story through effervescent Gospel arrangements of Beatles songs. Proceeds benefit Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), giving underserved kids an equal chance to succeed through a comprehensive array of after-school academic, arts,...

  • Decades Presents 100 Years of Style at The Georgian Vintage expert, Cameron Silver curates a century of fashion for a weekend-long pop-up at the iconic Santa Monica hotel

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    The Georgian Hotel is pleased to partner with Cameron Silver to introduce Decades to Santa Monica. The weekend-long pop-up, taking place from 8th until 10th December, at the recently restored Georgian hotel will feature a unique selection of designer vintage and archival fashion artfully curated by Decades' founder, Cameron Silver. The property will welcome the public and hotel guests alike to immerse themselves in the allure of the past ten decades. Fashion icon Cameron Silver will share a...

  • 99 Cents Only Store in Venice Will Close Permanently At The End of 2023

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 20, 2023

    The 99 Cents Only Store located next to the Whole Foods Market in Venice is about to close. The store is at Lincoln Blvd and Rose Avenue. According to the company, they were unable to renegotiate the lease for any amount of rent that made sense. 99 Cents stores sells all kinds of products from fresh fruit to electronics, to pharmaceuticals and clothing and housewares. Not all of their items cost 99 cents. I recently saw a small tree for sale there for $39, which is kind of at the upper end of...

  • Hammer Hitter David Depape Found Guilty in Federal Court of Assault on Paul Pelosi, and Attempted Kidnapping of Nancy Pelosi

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 20, 2023

    In an expected verdict, David Depape was found guilty of attempting to murder Paul Pelosi, Nancy's Pelosi's husband, on October 30, 2022. A federal jury in San Francisco unanimously found David DePape, the man accused of assaulting Paul Pelosi with a hammer, guilty of two federal charges: attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family of a federal official. Depape wandered through left wing and right wing conspiracy theories online. Depape testified that he hiked...

  • Moorpark College Computer Science Professor Arrested, Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of Pro-Israel Protestor Paul Kessler, 69

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 20, 2023

    A Moorpark professor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for the killing of a Jewish man Paul Kessler at a protest in Thousand Oaks on November 6th. Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter for the murder of Paul Kessler, 69, who was waving an Israeli flag across Westlake Blvd from a pro-Hamas rally. Alnaji was taken into custody Thursday 11.16.23, by The Ventura County Sheriff's Office. Witness accounts differ, with some saying Alnaji...

  • An Open Letter to: Rapper Tory Lanez, located at North Kern State Prison

    Amber S. Jackson, From California Institute for Women|Nov 20, 2023

    The world knows you as rapper Tory Lanez. However, the California Department of Corrections will call you by your birth name. So let me begin by saying "hello" to you, Mr. Daystar Peterson. Let me also state that I don't believe you shot at Megan Thee Stallion that day. That ship has now sailed. You are now in state prison. Your world is upside down. Your head is spinning. Congratulations on getting out of [unreadable] isolation and into the mainstream general population of that reception...

  • The Story of Barbara Phillips: A Potentially Innocent Woman with 26 Years Behind Bars

    Amber S. Jackson, Special to the Observer from Chino Institute for Women|Nov 20, 2023
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    UPDATED: to include Barbara Phillips's contact information. Behold, this is the story of Barbara Phillips. We call her "Ms. Bobbie" here on the prison women's prison yard. Ms. Bobbie is here with an LWOP sentence with 26 years down. As California courts implement new resentencing laws, male prisoners regularly get relief from the courts and ultimately leave BEFORE female prisoners. Younger prisoners also get relief before older ones. Now, honestly, you should know that I don't care about either...