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Articles from the February 21, 2022 edition


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  • Bernie Madoff's Sister and her Husband Found Dead in Apparent Murder Suicide

    Observer Staff, and Wire Services|Feb 21, 2022

    2/20/22 Bernie Madoff's sister and her husband died from gunshot wounds at their home, authorities said today. They added that the case was being investigated as a murder-suicide. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office announced that they would inquire into the deaths of Sondra Wiener, 87, and Marvin Wiener, 90, after their deaths at their home in Boynton Beach, Fla., "Deputies responded to a 911 call advising a male and female were unresponsive inside their residence," the sheriff's office said...

  • On Day II, It Seemed that the 2022 Genesis Golf Invitational Would Become the Joaquin Neimann Run Away and Hide. 

    Robert Butchko, Observer Staff Writer|Feb 21, 2022

    Midway through the second round, it looked like the 2022 Genesis Invitational was going to turn into the Joaquin Neimann Run Away and Hide.  Chile's best-known PGA  tour member-and, other than Mito Pereira, its only one-opened the tournament with a record-tying first round score and promptly broke the rule that the hardest thing to do was follow up a great round with a good one. Neimann's second round was not better than his first round, but it was exactly as good.  His second 8-eight 63 in a...

  • Swiss Immigrant Who Never Worked In US Asks About Social Security

    Rusty Gleer, Association of Mature American Citizens|Feb 21, 2022

    Dear Rusty: I am originally from Switzerland. I moved to the States, got married in 2012, and became a US Citizen in 2016. I never worked in the United States but have 44 years of Social Security contribution in Switzerland and have received a pension from there since I turned 62 (I'm now 64). Is it correct that I cannot apply for Social Security here in the States on my husband's account unless he is collecting his Social Security benefit? He will turn 62 this year but is still working and...

  • "Aggressive Hostility?" Boo-hoo-boo, Mayor Himmelrich!

    Whitney Scott Bain, SM Resident|Feb 21, 2022
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    Mayor Sheds Crocodile Tears While Ruining Santa Monica Permanently for Residents: Letter from Santa Monica Voter Boo-hoo-boo, Mayor Himmelrich. Cry me a river with your comments. If you and this City Council were doing your jobs for the people who voted for you, the citizens of Santa Monica would not be upset with your inadequate performance. You close off Parking Structure 3 so no one can park there, especially on Wednesdays during the Farmer's Market. People can't go to the Promenade from...

  • SMPD Catch Felony Hit-and-Run Suspect

    Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff|Feb 21, 2022

    2/15/22: It took Santa Monica Police less than two days to identify and locate a suspect who allegedly downed a female bicyclist at Chelsea Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard during a nighttime crash. At about 2:08 am on February 13, police were called to help a 16-year-old female bicyclist who'd been hit by a car. The reporting party told officers the vehicle had fled the scene via 23rd Street, traveling north. Santa Monica Fire Department personnel took the victim to a local hospital where she...

  • Proclaiming "Peace In Our Time," Biden Agrees to Meet with Putin in Paris

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Feb 21, 2022

    The AP Reports that in a last minute meeting brokered by French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joseph R. Biden has agreed to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, possibly in Paris, in a summit next week. Perhaps I'm being a bit harsh. But the comparison between Biden and 1938's British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, are obvious. In 1938, Chamberlain agreed to meet Hitler, and came away with a deal allowing the Fuhrer to walk away with the Sudetenland, the German speaking part...