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EKEND EDITI Whale of a story EE ON W N Visit us online smdp.com InsideInside ScoopScoop PAGE3PAGE3 a Santa Monica Daily Press January 13-14, 2007 A newspaper with issues Volume 6 Issue 53 DAILY LOTTERY BOTTOM DOLLAR 12 14 26 40 42 Meganumber: 22 Rise of Jackpot: $12M 6 10 20 42 45 Meganumber: 21 Jackpot: $9M the new 4 25 28 29 34 MIDDAY: 5 0 8 EVENING: 4 4 2 1st: 07 Eureka! Z-boys 2nd: 09 Winning Spirit 3rd: 05 California Classic RACE TIME: 1.49.65 Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site at http://www.calottery.com in town BY MELODY HANATANI NEWS OF THE WEIRD Daily Press Staff Writer BY CHUCK SHEPARD Buddy, a 6-year-old German shepherd OCEAN PARK LIBRARY Taylor Lane mix, wandered into the emergency room and his friend Cory Micas look up to at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in the guys who helped create the mod- Bellflower, Calif., in October after having just been hit by a car, and he resisted ern version of skateboarding and efforts to remove him, apparently wait- would like to see their history hon- ing until someone attended to his injured ored in a way befitting the Z-Boys. hind leg (which turned out to be broken), according to local animal control offi- Taking an interest in what might cials interviewed by the Whittier Daily become of the rundown building on News. Owner Fabian Ortega was called (by virtue of Buddy’s implanted the corner of Main and Bay streets, microchip), and a vet fixed him up. Lane, 13, and Micas, 16, both of Venice, attended a community meet- TODAY IN HISTORY ing on Thursday night, expressing President Washington their desire to see a new structure 1794 approved a measure that would welcome skaters by adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission incorporating elements like a rail or of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. staircase. (The number of stripes was later reduced “The Z-Boys wouldn’t want a to the original 13.) Robert C. Weaver became museum or a plaque,” Lane said of 1966 the first black Cabinet the site of the former Zephyr skate member as he was appointed Secretary shop. “They would want something of Housing and Urban Development by you could skate on.” President Johnson. During the first community WORD UP! workshop, a dozen or so people threw ideas around on how they incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyn\, adjective: SIGN LANGUISH would like to see the cultural history SIGN LANGUISH 1. Having a fleshy pink color. 2. Red; blood-red. that occurred at the former Zephyr CoiningCoining aa goodgood phrasephrase equalsequals paydaypayday STORYSTORY PAGE18PAGE 18 shop commemorated. The building INDEX today houses Horizons West Surf Christine Chang [email protected] Inside Scoop Shop and artists studios. RHYME FOR A REASON: Royce Hummer displays a sign on the intersection of Third Street and Santa Monica Blvd. Drinks on us 3 Holding a copy of the Santa ‘The police says that I'm not allowed to ask for money so I decided to offer a poem in return instead.’ Food Monica Daily Press from Jan. 11, Blending prep styles 14 Jerry Rubin quoted a story where Surf Report former Z-Boy Nathan Pratt is quot- Water temperature: 59° 23 ed as saying he would like to see a Horoscopes skate park created to honor the Not your dad’s storage shed Live it up, Cancer 24 memory of the Z-Boys. Both Lane and Micas, sitting a few rows behind BY KEVIN HERRERA comprehensive land-use plan for airport property, instead asking city MOVIETIMES Rubin, nodded their heads in agree- Daily Press Staff Writer the Santa Monica Airport. staff to come back with detailed mit- Feel the reels 25 ment. The Friends of Sunset Park igation plans, including landscape Comics & Stuff The teens are hopeful that a new A plan to build a 21,000 square neighborhood group and the drawings and specification. Strips tease 26-27 proposed building for the site, foot storage shed near homes Airport Commission have rejected They feel the storage shed as it is Classifieds in Sunset Park has renewed calls the current proposal to build the Find your place 28-31 See HORIZONS SURF, page 16 for the City Council to develop a shed south of Fire Station No. 5 on See STORAGE, page 17 IZZY’S DELI GABY SCHKUD BEST ON THE WESTSIDE Serves up Super Dinner Specials (310)586-0308 SINCE 1972 For ’07 From 4pm-10pm MUSIC LESSONS INSTRUMENTAL & VOICE 1433 Wilshire Blvd S.M. The name you can depend on! (310) 453-1928 1901 Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica (310) 394-1131 Open 24 Hours www.santamonicamusic.com Calendar happy new year! 2 WEEKEND EDITION, JANUARY 13-14, 2007 A newspaper with issues TO CELEBRATE OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY WE ARE OFFERING... 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Faith Odyssey 2007 725 California Ave., 8 a.m. — 6 p.m. St. Monica Parish Community’s speaker event will feature Barbara Hall, creator of the television series, “Joan of Arcadia” and the developer and executive producer of “Judging Amy” as keynote. For more information, call (310) 566-1500. Debbie Merrill’s Inline Skate Group Class 2400 Ocean Front Walk, 1 p.m. — 2 p.m. Register for flag football Locations vary, times vary Register now for five-man, all-passing flag football leagues in various locales. Must be 18 and over to play. Call (877) 846-3178 for information or to register, or visit www.TopGunFlagFootball.com. Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007 Al Kooper at McCabe’s Guitar Shop 3101 Pico Blvd., 9 p.m. Tickets for this performance are on sale now by calling McCabe’s at (310) 828-4403. Break Point Bridge Sunday Meeting 1210 Fourth St., 10 a.m. — noon Debbie Merrill’s Inline Skate Group Class 2400 Ocean Front Walk, 1 p.m. — 2 p.m. “And Awaaay We Go To Wonderland” 1211 Fourth St., 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. For tickets and information on this Rudie-DeCarlo Family Theatre Musical for families, call (310) 394-9779 or visit www.SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com. Come Visit a Truly International House of Breakfast For more information on any of the events listed, log on to smdp.com and click the “Events” tab for the given day’s calendar. Enjoy a Traditional Arabian Breakfast Eggs Lebanese Sausage Cheese Plate Hummus with Meat and More! Arabian Coffee with breakfast, FREE every Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm 716 Santa Monica Blvd. SM 90401 Mediterranean Restaurant & Catering (310) 716-SHAM 7426 Inside Scoop Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, JANUARY 13-14, 2007 3 Whales eye SM shoreline BY KRISTIN MAYER Special to the Daily Press SM BEACH When Caroline Gerstley and her Sierra Club friends were strolling along the beach just south of the Santa Monica Pier ear- lier this week, they spotted a whale pop out of the water and break an otherwise smooth horizon. The Pacific gray whale surfaced several times, to the amazement — and concern — of the beach-goers. Gerstley instinctively thought the whale was in distress, as she had never seen a whale swimming by itself so close to that area of the coastline. The friends approached lifeguards out of concern for the mammal, but were soon reassured that the sighting, though rare, was no cause for stress. Gerstley’s reaction is a common misper- ception of the mammals, which average 40 feet in length and weigh about 40 tons, said John Fabian Lewkowicz [email protected] Nietl, a whale observer for the past decade at BRINGING THEM TO JAMBA: Erick Lopez (right), 24, and Katrina Swietek, 18, hair students from the Vidal Sassoon Academy drink juices from the Point Vicente Interpretive Center in Jamba Juice on Thursday. Swietek drinks a 24-ounce Aloha Pineapple packing 500 calories. Lopez sips a fresh-squeezed 16-ounce orange juice con- Rancho Palos Verdes. taining 220 calories. “People tend to look out in the ocean and see water, so when they see something they aren’t used to seeing all sorts of assumptions come to mind,” Nietl said. Contrary to popular perception, gray You are what you drink whales swim in solitude and navigate coves along the shore, rarely gathering in pods like BY MELODY HANATANI Griffith at the Third Street Promenade on killer whales.
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