THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003 Volume 2, Issue 297 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues L O T T O Homeless talks: New SUPER LOTTO PLUS 28-39-35-43-14 Meganumber: 14 plan, same approach Jackpot: $10 million FANTASY 5 Providers, business cate more resources to the cause. 22, 1, 32, 27, 6 Julie Rusk, City Hall’s manager leaders and homeless of human services, told council DAILY 3 people speak out members she is proud of the work Afternoon picks: 5, 6, 7 that’s been done to house home- Evening picks: 3, 0, 5 (Editor’s note: This is the third arti- less people over the last year. A DAILY DERBY cle in an ongoing series addressing the total of 10 city-supported agencies 1st Place: 12, Lucky Charms homeless situation in Santa Monica. placed 460 people into permanent 2nd Place: 5, California Classic Future articles will look at what social services will be provided in the coming housing, helped employ 682 peo- 3rd Place: 2, Lucky Star year and how effective the laws are that ple and helped a total of 2,700 Race Time: 1:42.48 City Hall uses to control the local home- people, Rusk said. less population.) “This whole system is about NEWS OF getting people into housing,” she THE WEIRD BY JOHN WOOD said, adding that the numbers are by Chuck Shepard Daily Press Staff Writer particularly strong because two- Former Ball State University thirds of homeless people suffer Gary Le Vine/Special to the Daily Press Homelessness — for years the A passerby holds a compress on the back of a bleeding man student Andrew Bourne, 23, most important and controversial See PLAN, page 6 who was stabbed at the corner of Arizona Avenue and Fourth and his parents filed a lawsuit issue for Santa Monica residents Street by a former co-worker Wednesday. in September against the and businesses — was at the heart Officials accept plan school and the manufacturer of an hour-long public hearing held late Tuesday in City Hall. with little comment of its aluminum football goal Man stabbed in back The meeting attracted business BY JOHN WOOD posts. Bourne suffered a bro- leaders, social service providers Daily Press Staff Writer ken leg and vertebrae when, and homeless people. Some asked after armed robbery during a raucous end-zone officials to do more to help those in Though there was little discus- sion between elected officials By Daily Press staff celebration after a 2001 vic- need, while others criticized City Hall for not adequately policing before the annual report on tory over the University of A man is in serious condition after he was stabbed in the back the large transient population. homelessness was approved Wednesday by a former co-worker who attempted to rob him at a busi- Toledo, students pulled down After asking a few targeted Tuesday night, council members ness on Fourth Street and Arizona Avenue. the goal posts, hitting Bourne. questions of the public and city asked pointed questions that Santa Monica Police arrested Kevin Carriker, 33, of Cerritos, short- staff, council members accepted a QUOTE OF reflect their individual positions ly after the 8:30 a.m. incident. THE DAY $1.8 million plan which will con- on the divisive issue. Armed with his description, officers stopped Carriker as he was tinue the social service programs, Only five of seven council walking in the 300 block of Santa Monica Boulevard. The victim, who while improving some areas and “You can pretend to See COUNCIL, page 6 was transported to a local hospital, positively identified Carriker. encouraging other cities to dedi- The business where the stabbing occurred is unknown. be serious; you can’t Carriker, who is a parolee at large from Nevada, has been charged pretend to be witty.” with attempted murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, violating parole SM firefighters save and other related charges, police said. He is in custody at the Santa — Sacha Guitry Monica Jail and has no bail because of the parole violation. A preliminary investigation revealed that Carriker and the victim INDEX homes, stave off flames once worked together. The victim, whose identity is unknown, was BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON received a call Wednesday for treated by Santa Monica Fire paramedics. Horoscopes Daily Press Staff Writer “immediate need for structure and Police asked anyone with additional information to call the rob- Aries, show up ...... 2 life protection” at the “Old Fire” bery/homicide unit at (310) 458-8451. The wildfires blazing through near Lake Arrowhead. Four addi- Local Southern California have gotten so tional Santa Monica firefighters out of control that the Santa joined Beverly Hills, Culver City The beginning, at SMC ...... 3 Monica Fire Department has sent and the City of Los Angeles Local jury decides actor’s an unprecedented amount of engine companies to create what’s Opinion resources into the battlegrounds. known as a “Strike Team.” head shot is worth zero Not only are the SMFD’s two Hone said he deployed off-duty Why all the construction? ...... 4 BY DAVE DANFORTH one juror described as a “ridicu- designated engines that are part of firefighters who are using the Daily Press Staff Writer lous” attempt to compare the department’s reserve engine. State a statewide mutual aid team on the value of his head shot, along with front lines, another crew was “We are now maxed out but still An actor claiming he deserved The phony firefighter ...... 7 have resources in the city,” he said. others on a postcard, to a national called into emergency duty a six-figure paycheck for a copy The nine local firefighters who television commercial. Wednesday afternoon. shop’s unauthorized use of his Nucci, 35, currently starring in National “We’ve never sent three were deployed at the outset of the photo has been rebuffed by a a new cop television series “10- North Korean defector ...... 10 engines before,” said Capt. Lee Southern California wildfires spent more than 60 hours battling flames Santa Monica jury. 8,” sued CopyMat in Hollywood McNett, who returned from the after the copy shop culled his People in the News front line on Monday. with little or no rest. 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Money for the bus By Daily Press staff Cheese breeze and eddy conditions may chop up the water Today the Thanks to a new transit plan the City Council authorized Tuesday, Santa some more today, but look for a mixture of slowly fading SW Monica’s Big Blue Bus system soon will be eligible for more money. swell and a touch of NW windswell. water Is: Called a “Short Range Transit Plan,” the submission to the L.A. County OUTLOOK: Conditions stay poor into the weekend. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority will ensure that the Big Blue Bus is up for minor S hits Saturday. º federal, state, and local transit funds through 2006. 67 Every year a transit plan must be filed. It is a planning document that includes a Write us at [email protected] and tell us what the surf is Sunrise: 7:15 a.m. forecast of operating expenses and other infrastructure needs — including fleet doing today at your local break. Sunset: 6:12 p.m. replacement, facility improvement, and equipment updating. This information, based upon the current year’s financial plan which is approved LOW TIDE HIGH TIDE by the City Council, allows the LACMTA to allocate transit funding. Short range Morning Height Evening Height Morning Height Evening Height transit plans do not bind City Hall to a specific plan. During the fiscal year of 2003-2004 the LACMTA estimated the operating budg- SATURDAY 3:09 0.7 4:01 -0.6 9:22 6.5 10:14 5.0 et for the Big Blue Bus at $37.6 million with transit subsidies at $23.1 million — 61 SUNDAY 2:43 1.1 3:49 -0.9 8:56 6.7 10:08 4.6 percent of the operations budget. The remaining 39 percent is made up from local operating revenues — a combi- MONDAY 3:17 1.6 4:42 -0.9 9:33 6.8 11:10 4.1 nation of fares, charter, advertising, leasing and special transit services which total TUESDAY 3:54 2.2 5:42 -0.7 10:15 6.5 N/A N/A $14.5 million. The fiscal year 2004-2005 includes an $18.5 million capital improvement pro- WEDNESDAY 4:37 2.7 6:53 -0.4 12:28 3.7 (11:04) 6.1 gram, covering replacement vehicles and maintenance costs. In 2005-2006, another THURSDAY 5:38 3.2 8:14 -0.1 2:13 3.6 12:08 5.6 $13.5 million will be spent on capital improvements. Approximately $7.5 million of that is for ongoing expenses. The remaining $6 million is expected to fund upgrades FRIDAY 7:36 3.4 9:34 0.0 4:01 3.8 1:35 5.1 to the Transit Mall. The Surf Report is sponsored by: From ashes to stardust pecial: Today’s S Store Hours: By Daily Press staff / lb Open To find out how human beings and the world were created, look to the local com- munity college. Bacon Burger Daily from “From Stardust to Us,” a look at the trail that leads from the unclear cauldron of  tax included T am to he hes exploding stars to the atoms that make up our bodies, will be the feature show Nov. Tast wic pm 7 and Nov. 14 at Santa Monica College’s Friday night astronomy series. includes: iest Ha n Sand Pickles or coleslaw waiia The guest lecture Friday, Nov. 21 will be “In the Heat of the Night.” Michelle french fries or salad Thaller of NASA’s Space Infrared Telescope Facility will talk about unveiling the and drink Broadway Santa Monica hidden secrets of star and galaxy birth. The feature show and guest lecture are at 8 p.m. Each is preceded at 7 p.m. by “The Night Sky Show,” which re-creates the night sky and provides the latest infor- mation on space exploration. “The Night Sky Show” and “From Stardust to Us” will be held in the John Drescher Planetarium, which features the Digistar projection system. It is located on the second floor of Drescher Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd. “In the Heat of the Night” will be in room 140 of the science complex, 1900 Pico Blvd. Tickets are $5 each or $9 for the double bill, with discounts for children and sen- The Santa Monica City Council is area as a result of its vagrant population. ior citizens. For information, call (310) 434-4223 or (310) 434-3000. reviewing an annual report of how well its For the past five years, Santa Monica’s social service programs have helped the homeless population has been the top concern Get green with new directory city’s growing homeless population become among residents, according to a city survey. By Daily Press staff self-sufficient through shelters and work So this week Q-Line wants to know, programs. While City Hall contributes $1.8 “Do you feel City Hall’s efforts have Copies of the new “Environmental Directory,” a guide to environmental services offered by the City of Santa Monica, and local businesses and organizations, are million in funding toward the cause, mil- made a positive difference here? Why or now available. lions more are spent in controlling the anti- why not?” The directory has been updated for 2003 and provides information on a variety social behavior of vagrants, as well as clean- Call (310) 285-8106 with your response of environmental topics, from recycling pick-up to advice on “green” products. ing up after them. before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Visit www.smepd.org to download an electronic version, e-mail And business owners, residents and Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments [email protected] or call (310) 458-2213 to get a printed copy. Copies tourists say Santa Monica loses out from lost to a minute or less. It might help to think first are also available at the Information Desk in the City Hall lobby. revenue because they shy away from the about the wording of your response.

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My question goes to the City Council, who I believe we should hold responsible Good riddance to corporate greed for this problem. Who is in charge of this project and how accountable are they being Editor: held for going so far past their deadline? Also, is the construction company who has Good-bye to Ralph’s, Vons and Albertson’s markets. this contract being held accountable for this transgression of time? I’m tired of the grocery strike. I’m also tired of huge profitable corporations refusing to share living wages and benefits with their average employees. I apologize to the strik- Mike Lipsey ing workers because even if you go back to work, you’ve lost me as a repeat customer. Santa Monica There are other stores with happy employees who want my business. Shame on our government’s role as one of the top causes of escalating health care costs. Shame on those laws that encourage the increasing discrepancy between the Ditto on kudos to Big Blue Bus salaries of top corporate executives and the regular, full-time American worker who keeps our nation running smoothly. Editor: Since there are only so many hours in a week, there is a limit to the absolute value In response to Joanne Gamlin’s letter, (SMDP, Oct. 28, page 4), she is right on the of top executives. Every worker deserves the fruits of their labor. I don’t think the money in all of her comments in regards to Big Blue Bus. union bureaucracies care any more than the faceless representatives in Washington, As a 56-year transit rider (Big Blue Bus, Culver City Bus, MTA and predecessors), D.C. Do you? and a transit advocate-historian and a member of various transit-rail advocacy and historical groups, I would like to offer additional comments. Ed Sharrow I have had occasion to ride Big Blue Bus No. 10 during the current MTA strike to Santa Monica downtown LA (Union Station) and in most instances, my bus was also “sardined.” All of the Big Blue Bus drivers involved with my trips did an outstanding job and one of them got me to Union Station just in time to see and say hello to the president Reader wants answers from City Hall of Amtrak, David Gunn, who was departing Los Angeles on the Southwest Chief. Editor: As Joanne stated, extra buses are being operated on Big Blue Bus Line No. 10 and, Is it just me or is the city allowing an awful lot of road construction in the same in one instance, I boarded a bus in downtown Los Angeles that ran ahead of the usual area at one time? I live just off of Ocean Park Boulevard around 14th Street and the hourly departure from Union Station (after 7 p.m.). This was extremely helpful, and current construction, while I’m sure has good reason to be there, has been expanding, convenient to me and other riders. it seems, as well as taking a very long time to complete. In addition to Big Blue, don’t forget the other “munis” currently operating: Culver When it originally started, the permit stated completion on Sept. 30 — clearly this didn’t happen and the permit was extended to Oct. 21. This permit is still posted and City Bus, Long Beach Transit, Torrance Bus Lines, Montebello Bus Lines, Gardena it is well past that date. Now I see similar permits on Cloverfield Boulevard and that Bus Lines, Norwalk Transit, Glendale Beeline, etc. And also, DASH, LADOT they are tearing up Lincoln Boulevard just south of Ocean Park Bouelvard as well. (Commuter Express), Foothill Transit and Metrolink. Who is in charge of this? I come home in the middle of the day and my whole street In the current MTA Strike crisis situation, all of the aforementioned transit and rail is blocked off to where even I, a resident, can’t enter. It’s very frustrating. Then there operators are doing a yeoman’s job of serving the transit riding public. is the noise. My fiancé works from home once a week and since this construction started she’s been hindered by the noise generated by this project which is clearly past Ken Ruben its publicly posted deadline. Santa Monica Push her button, Coulter speaks for all that’s right fighter pilot uniform, remember? When I to rework the battered Iraqi oil fields. sell books. Coulter’s “Treason: Liberal NEWS joked about pulling a string on the Bush Though he told NBC’s Meet the Press last Treachery…” still hovers around the top figure’s back and hearing him speak time- month that he has “no financial interest in ten of the New York Times bestseller list. on the less inspirations like, “I’m embarrassed to Halliburton of any kind,” a new ■ “At least when right-wingers rant be from the same state as the Dixie Congressional Research Service report there’s a point.” The point must be “do as EDGE Chicks,” the manufacturers must have reveals that Cheney continues to hold a I say, not as I do.” One ranting right- By Ron Scott Smith been reading the SMDP. Because, sure mere 433,333 unexercised stock options winger, the guy who wrote “The Book of enough, the new “Ann Coulter Talking in the company, constituting “a clear Virtues” of all things, William F. Bennett, Action Figure” has a button you can push financial interest” in the giant Texas firm. Fox News Channel talking head par “Which one is more hated?” screamed to hear her bash liberals 14 times in her Yes, Ann, we need oil and we know where excellence — has been exposed as a com- the top headline on the AOL home page own voice, taken from her own diatribes. to get it and we know who will go to war pulsive gambler who’s blown more than yesterday, next to head shots of Presidents The ad for the toy invites us to “Listen to to get it for us. $8 million in slot machines over the past Bush and Clinton. Underneath them it her speak,” and here's some of what she ■ “Liberals can’t just come out and say few years. Bennett was the Drug Czar said this: “Forget about civil discussion. says when her button is pushed. they want to kill babies.” That’s true, it’s a under Bush the senior, and I can only Hatred is hot now in America.” ■ “Liberals hate America. Even very tough thing to admit, doesn’t look at imagine the get-togethers with his buddy, ■ Just how hateful has it gotten here in Islamic terrorists don’t hate America like all good on the resume. Sen. Barbara fellow ranter and pillar of conservative Bushamerica? If AOL, the lowest com- liberals do. They don’t have the energy. If Boxer (D-Calif.), led the fight last week principle, Rush Limbaugh, who reported- mon denominator for all of us reluctantly they had the energy they’d have indoor against a bill which passed through the ly had some 10,000 illegal pain pills obedient Internet patrons, is willing to plumbing by now.” Whew, that’s quite a Senate imposing the first federal ban on stashed at his Florida mansion when he trumpet the nastiness, you’d have to say toilet full there from the lean mean blonde an abortion procedure in 30 years. “For checked out of his radio show and into this “new American civil war” the right machine. But who really are the America- the first time in history, a procedure is rehab. A rejuvenated and once again holi- wing pundits have gleefully been declar- haters? Think about it. In case you forget, banned that is considered necessary by er-than-thou Bennett had this to say on a ing is slightly worth noting. like all the arrogant right wing talking physicians,” she said. “This is a radical, recent Sean Hannity show, “Liberals are ■ Take Ann Coulter. Away. Please. heads conveniently do, a half-million radical thing that is about to happen.” The liberals because they have doubts on what There is no better front person to exempli- more Americans voted for Gore, the liber- controversial procedure — “partial birth” to think.” Well, though it’s true I have fy the new “hot hatred” in America than al, than they did for Bush, the conserva- abortion — will become illegal as soon as some serious doubts on what to think the omnipresent “Queen of the Vile” her- tive. So if your gig is to bash the folks the president signs the bill as he promises about laying a $20 down on the Eagles self. You can’t get away from her, she’s who make up the majority of this country, to do. This is as divisive, and morally this Sunday, there’s no doubt what to everywhere. On bestseller lists, on cable who’s really the America-hater? tough an issue as there is out there on the think of a guy who blows millions of his news shows, on op-ed pages all over the ■ “Why not go to war for oil, we need political landscape. But like Sen. Boxer family’s money by obsessively pulling on nation, and now she’s an action figure oil.” Well, now, that’s at least getting right asked, and you have to be able to answer the one-armed bandits all across America. going for a cool $29.99 plus S&H from a to the point. The woman does not beat this, Ms. Coulter, “What kind of country Dumb-ass comes to mind. site called talkingpresidents.com, the around the Bush. Or the Cheney. The vice would say to half of the population, ‘We ■ Goes for you too, Annie. same folks that brought you the “George president’s Halliburton firm continues to don’t trust you, we think you would W. Bush Top Gun Action Figure,” the one thrive under the billion-dollar contract choose murder.’?” The lowly name-call- (Ron Scott Smith lives on the edge. E- that came dressed in the custom-tailored awarded them — without open bidding — ing only serves to inflame, and , oh yes, to mail him at [email protected]).

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Good thing you recycle your paper... 1521 Santa Monica Boulevard • 310-395-1158 Chances are you’re reading it again. Located between 15th & 16th St. on the Northside of SM Blvd. Page 6 ❑ Thursday, October 30, 2003 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press LOCAL City Hall funds 10 nonprofits for homeless people PLAN, from page 1 many hotel guests have decided not to “The deranged people are scary when they stand outside return to Santa Monica because of the from mental illness or substance abuse. large homeless population. In her report to the City Council, Rusk your business or your hotel ... But if illegal activity is not acknowledged the concerns of residents, “The homeless issue ... has become an who have ranked homelessness as their occurring, there’s nothing that we can do.” unbearable situation,” he said. top concern in random telephone polls for Police Chief James T. Butts Jr., who the past five years and have repeatedly has been with the SMPD for 12 years, said — POLICE CHIEF JAMES T. BUTTS JR. officers are working vigilantly to enforce brought up the issue in community out- SMPD reach meetings. the new ordinances, regularly patrolling “We continue to hear about the grow- less and encouraging other cities to pro- “They are frustrated by the increasing downtown and the parks, conducting ing concern about the impact of home- vide more services. number of homeless. The continuum of weekly panhandling stings and issuing lessness and some anti-social behavior of Nicholas Vrataric, executive director of care has a limited ability to help just a citations whenever possible. The bottom homeless people on our streets,” she said, the nonprofit CLARE Foundation and finite number of individuals. I think we line, Butts said, is officers are limited by adding that Santa Monica’s emergency chair of the nonprofit Westside Hunger need to start disincentivizing people from what the law allows. workers also are put to work by the and Shelter Coalition, spoke to council coming here.” “The deranged people are scary when vagrant population. members, thanking them for continued Sean Waldron, director of security at they stand outside your business or your In 2002, a team of five Santa Monica support and said his agency’s goals aren’t Casa Del Mar, a beachfront luxury hotel, hotel,” he said. “But if illegal activity is not Police Department officers dedicated to any different from those of local business- agrees. He told council members that occurring, there’s nothing that we can do.” the homeless responded to 770 calls, she es — to get the homeless off the street. said. And between Oct. 1, 2002, and June Though City Hall recently passed three 30, 2003, paramedics were called out 900 ordinances aimed at limiting the visibility Councilman Genser pushes times for incidents related to homeless of homelessness downtown, a handful of people. Police officers not part of the spe- merchants appeared before the council to cial homeless unit also spend much of voice their concerns and asked that the for stronger policing of laws their time responding to calls related to laws be more strongly enforced. do with people who’ve had too much to the homeless. One law requires groups that hand out COUNCIL, from page 1 eat. They’re mostly about people who’ve A handful of homeless people praised food to large groups in area parks to members were present for the report. One had too much to drink.” the council for its social service programs obtain health and event permits so they of the absent council members, Herb Mayor Richard Bloom, who sits on a but asked it to be careful in how it handles can be regulated more closely. The second Katz, is on vacation. The other, Council- regional board of leaders formed to end the growing homeless population. law makes it illegal to sleep in doorways man Bob Holbrook, left in the middle of homelessness in Los Angeles in the next “When you’re dealing with homeless downtown. The third law bans people the hearing. 10 years, asked whether or not the cham- people, it’s better to ask the homeless from sleeping in the bluffs between Holbrook was the first to ask questions ber belongs to the nonprofit Westside what they need themselves,” said Charles Palisades Park and the Pacific Coast after Julie Rusk, City Hall’s director of Hunger and Shelter Coalition. Kathy Springer, homeless for nearly seven years, Highway below. human services, made her annual presen- Dodson, the chamber’s executive director, who works with a group of six or seven “The No. 1 issue that resonates with tation to the City Council. He asked Rusk said she didn’t know they were eligible pushing vending carts on the Third Street businesses is the homeless issue,” said Dr. whether the amount of money spent on for membership and would look into it. Promenade. Springer suggested creating Mike Gruning, chairman of the board of the homeless — or the number of home- more opportunities for the working home- the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce. less people in Santa Monica — has been reduced significantly in recent years. “This is a shame on Rusk conceded that neither had, but said homelessness has increased through- our country, on our state, out the country and pointed to the high on our community. It’s number of people being helped locally. & Holbrook later said that was all he something we have to presents needed to hear. “I’m fed up with it,” Holbrook said. address seriously.” ‘DAY OF THE DEAD’ “There wasn’t any point in staying after that. It’s nine years now and no reduction — MAYOR RICHARD BLOOM Tequila Dinner, November 5th at 6:30pm in the homeless population in Santa Monica. It’s not an issue of people not Menu Items doing their best ... The purpose of the city City Councilman Ken Genser said the GIANT CORN TOSTADA W/ BEANS, AVOCADO & CHEESE homeless problem isn’t caused by the pro- Sauza Gold Maragarita spending millions of dollars over the $45 grams but rather by the anti-social behav- years was to get the homeless people off TAMALE W/ CHICKEN, PASILLA & GUAJILLO CHILE ior of some. Shot of Sauza Commemoritive per person the streets in Santa Monica.” Genser asked City Attorney Marsha MARINATED CHICKEN WRAPPED IN BANANA LEAVES Immediately after Holbrook walked off Sauza Hornitos Seabreeze w/ Grapefuit & Cranberry Moutrie and Santa Monica Police A special ‘Day of th Dead’ altar will be the dais, City Councilman Kevin OAXACAN BREAD PUDDING W/ PUMKIN CREMA built to honor those who have died. McKeown, who called City Hall’s pro- Department Chief James T. Butts what the grams a “phenomenal success,” asked obstacles to policing the current laws are, Rusk to reiterate, for emphasis, that 460 such as keeping people from urinating homeless people were placed in perma- and defecating in public. Butts said the Phone for Reservations: 310-392-5711 SMPD does a thorough job of patrolling 2720 Main Street in Santa Monica nent housing last year. About 15 people addressed the council the streets for violators, but that particular during the public hearing, which didn’t law is difficult to enforce because people begin until after 11 p.m. Everyone from don’t tend to break it in front of officers. business leaders to social service group Neither City Councilman Mike representatives to homeless people gave Feinstein nor City Councilwoman Pam their opinions on the issue. O’Connor made many comments during During public testimony, McKeown the public hearing. asked Chamber of Commerce representa- In the end, the council voted 5-0 to tives if they had looked into pressuring accept the homeless plan and directed city liquor stores to stop selling alcohol to staff to look into ways of educating the people who are intoxicated. He said tack- public about available resources. ling homelessness should be a group Bloom said Santa Monica’s services effort and any pressure the chamber can are an important component of a regional apply would help. approach to ending homelessness. “Much effort’s been focused on the “This is a shame on our country, on our feeding programs,” McKeown later said. state, on our community,” he said. “It’s “But the complaints we hear don’t have to something we have to address seriously.” Do you have community news? Submit news releases Email to: [email protected] or fax 310.576.9913 Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Thursday, October 30, 2003 ❑ Page 7 LOCAL❑ STATE WHO IS? We work for.... Phony firefighter arrested By The Associated Press

SAN BERNARDINO — A man who apparently wanted to battle Southern California’s wildfires was arrested Wednesday for investigation of impersonating a firefighter, authorities said. Employees... Employers... You! Matt Alverson, 44, of Azusa, was stopped by sheriff’s deputies in Highland because his van appeared similar to that described in a wanted poster for the arsonist who set www.buzybodies.com the devastating Old Fire, said Robin Haynal, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Fire Department. Alverson was wearing a firefighter’s outfit and had some kind of firefighter protec- What’s Up With Your Hair? tion equipment, she said. “He’s obviously not a fireman, so he’s not qualified to fight a fire or go into any of Receive a complimentary hair cut with those restricted areas,” Haynal said. “They’re not letting anybody other than fire or any chemical service! Book now with police in those areas.” “He said he was affiliated with the Inglewood Fire Department. We found that not Teresa, Marion, Gilbert, or Edward. to be the case,” sheriff’s Sgt. Dave Caddell said. “Reports have it that he was trying to hitch a ride on a fire truck and go up to fight Get Your: ■ Hair cut the fire.” Caddell said it doesn’t appear that the man is the arsonist sought in connection with ■ Color/Tint the 28,000-acre fire that has burned 800 homes and caused four deaths. ■ Highlights/Lowlights Santa Monica jury ■ Extensions & Perms All under one roof. awards nothing to actor 1419 Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice DECISION, from page 1 “They were really deluding them- (310)396-7600 • medusahair.com selves,” Steiger said of Nucci and his face, along with numerous others, from its “Medusa Goes Out” lawyer. “It didn’t make any sense. How computer files to print up 600 postcards to do you compare a postcard going to 600 illustrate its work. The shop, which didn’t talent agents to a star getting half a mil- know the identities behind the faces it was lion from a Coke commercial?” SAVE MONEY! using, pulled Nucci’s head shot after his Turner tried to persuade the jury in publicist had been there to get the shot closing arguments to consider what talent IT’S AS scanned onto a disc. is paid for television programming. He “It’s unfortunate that someone who’s cited a dancer who received $500,000 for EASY AS... talented would want to make money on a role in a Coca-Cola commercial, and something like this,” said Joel Citron, $1.9 million for an endorsement ad by a CopyMat’s lawyer. He said the shop was late-night talk show host. one of five loosely affiliated copy outlets in Southern California. Nucci didn’t see the CopyMat post- “It’s unfortunate that some- card, mailed to various talent agents in a bid to demonstrate its work, for over a one who’s talented would year after its 2001 appearance. But his lawyer, Tom Turner, claimed Nucci sued want to make money on in order to protect his right to avoid com- something like this.” mercial work while his acting career was taking off. $20 FLAT FEE TO LAX While the jury agreed that CopyMat — JOEL CITRON CopyMat’s lawyer $50 FLAT FEE TO LONG BEACH had violated a 1971 privacy statute signed with ad only into law by Gov. Ronald Reagan, it found that Nucci had suffered no loss. After a Nucci had been paid $75,000 per buyer for the ad agency, Chiat Day, mini- episode for guest appearances dating back mized the value of a print headshot on a to 2000, and had also pulled down postcard, the jury decided Nucci didn’t $105,000 for a film role. Turner used an require pay for his work. There was little expert witness to say that for major print evidence that anyone in the Santa Monica advertising, such talent is priced at about Superior courtroom knew who Danny 15-25 percent of film rates. Nucci was. But Citron, arguing for CopyMat, The actor’s most prominent role until laughed off the comparison, noting that at now had been as Leonardo DiCaprio’s the time of the postcard episode Nucci’s sidekick in “Titanic.” He now commands star “was still rising” and that he’d made $65,000 per episode for the hour-long $3,000 per episode on one series and had “10-8,” which began this fall. Described worked on a film for “scale” — $248 daily. as an “edgy humorous take on the L.A. “I would be offended if I were on the Sheriff’s rookies and their trainers,” it jury and asked to award these kinds of stars Nucci as a street tough-turned damages,” Citron told jurors. “My client trainee. For the period Sept. 22 to Oct. 5, didn’t make five cents on this thing.” He ratings placed it No. 52, between “Happy termed the use of the photo an “honest Family” and “Life with Bonnie.” It had mistake” made by a CopyMat employee. about half the number of viewers as “Law The shop apologized and cut Nucci’s head and Order.” shot out of its promotional postcard after “He’s not looking for an extra his lawyer complained. $50,000,” said Turner. “He’s making that “I bet if (the) William Morris (talent for each episode.” agency) got one of these babies it never The 1971 privacy law forbids the made it past the mail room,” Citron argued. “knowing” use of a photograph or like- The 1971 law specifies a minimum of ness without permission. But it’s unclear $750 be awarded in such cases. However, if the language protects a user if it didn’t Steiger said the jury interpreted the lan- know whose photograph it was using. The guage to mean that the amount was man- jury decided that it did not, according to dated if it decided to award damages at Lowell Steiger, a juror in the case who all. In this case, after 90 minutes of delib- happens to be a plaintiff’s attorney. eration, it settled on nothing. Page 8 ❑ Thursday, October 30, 2003 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press STATE Give your smile a facelift. Hunt on for those who set devastating SoCal fires BY ROBERT JABLON A $60,000 reward was being offered Associated Press Writer for information leading to the arsonist’s LOS ANGELES — Even as crews capture. Investigators had no motive for the Premium Quality Veneers battled Southern California’s ferocious and Crowns. and fatal wildfires, investigators were try- arsons. In the past, people have set “vani- ing to determine who set them. ty fires” so they can point them out and 20 years of experience with “Over half of the fires in Southern appear to be heroes, Frias said. Others actors and entertainment California are of suspicious origin or defi- have tried to torch houses out of revenge. industry professionals. nitely arson,” said James Wright, chief of fire protection for the California Bite and tooth analysis. Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Victims of SoCal Wildfires More than 13 fires have started since By The Associated Press Safe, fast effective bleaching last week, with eight continuing to burn systems. Wednesday. On Wednesday, 20 confirmed deaths No arrests had been made, but federal, had been blamed on Southern state and local investigators said they California’s wildfires. were making progress. Several people have been detained in connection with the CEDAR FIRE (San Diego County): 28,000-acre Old Fire in San Bernardino ■ Galen Blacklidge, 50, Lakeside. County that has killed four elderly people Died Sunday while trying to escape in who had heart attacks. her vehicle. Several were released after questioning. ■ Mary Peace, age unknown. Died On Wednesday, U.S. Forest Service Sunday on the Barona Indian employees on patrol detained a man they Reservation. believed matched the description on a ■ wanted poster issued by the San Bernardino One man found dead Sunday in a Santa Monica County Sheriff’s Department, said Jerry motorhome on Muth Valley Road near Moore, a Forest Service special agent. Moreno; identified by family members as Stephen Shacklett, 55. Center for Cosmetic Dentistry However, the man was released after ■ being questioned by authorities, said One man found dead Sunday on Robin Haynal, a spokeswoman for the Wildcat Canyon Road near Moreno. Dr. David Taft, DDS ■ San Bernardino County Fire Department. One woman found dead Sunday Investigators had not determined on Wildcat Canyon Road near Moreno. 310-315-3676 ■ UCLA Parkside Medical Center - 2428 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 303 whether there was any link between the One man found dead Monday on Old Fire and the Grand Prix Fire, which Wildcat Canyon Road near Moreno. started near Fontana and had torched 50 ■ One woman found dead Monday homes and 68,000 acres. on Wildcat Canyon Road near Moreno. Moore also said a man had confessed ■ Three people found found dead to starting the Piru fire that burned three Sunday on Lake Vicente Drive near homes and nearly 56,000 acres in Ventura Moreno; identified by neighbors and in County, but the case remain under inves- published reports as James Shohara, 63, tigation. Solange Shohara, 58, and their son, “Anybody can come in and say ‘I did Randy, 22. it,’” Moore said. ■ One person found dead San Diego County authorities, mean- Wednesday in a home on Vista Viejas while, said they are positive a wildfire Road in Alpine. that has so far killed 12 people and burned ■ Steven Rucker, 38, a Novato fire- more than 1,000 homes was sparked by a fighter who was killed Wednesday lost deer hunter who set a signal blaze. while trying to save a home near Sergio Martinez, 33, of West Covina Wynola. was rescued by a San Diego County sher- ■ Two people who were found dead iff’s helicopter on Saturday in the Wednesday on the Barona Indian Cleveland National Forest. He was given Reservation. a misdemeanor citation for setting an unauthorized fire. The fire was only 50 square yards PARADISE FIRE (San Diego County): when he was rescued. The pilot who res- ■ Nancy Morphew, 51, Valley cued him, Deputy Dave Weldon, said Center, horse rancher. Killed Sunday as Martinez initially denied setting the fire she attempted to drive away from her but then said, “I’m sorry about all this” home on Yellow Brick Road. and apologized repeatedly. ■ Ashleigh Roach, 16, Valley Arsonists could face federal or state Center, student. Killed Sunday when SSantaanta MMonicaonica DDailyaily PPressress charges, including aggravated arson, her car was trapped in flames near Hell which in California carries a 10-years-to- Hole Canyon. life sentence. They could even face mur- Has an ‘E-dition!’ der charges. Investigators from various agencies are OLD FIRE (San Bernardino County): Home delivery by E-mail receiving as many as 100 tips a day from ■ James W. McDermith, 70, San as far north as San Francisco, said Daniel Bernardino. Died Saturday when he Frias, a fire investigator with the collapsed as he was evacuating his California Department of Forestry and home. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE! Fire Protection. ■ Charles Cunningham, 93, San Finding wildfire arsonists can be diffi- Bernardino. Died Saturday when he cult, he said, because they can set time- collapsed as he stood in the street Check the day’s headlines, news stories, delay devices or wait until the coast is clear. watching his home burn. classifieds, comics, horoscopes and ads “Usually when we get a good lead, it’s ■ Chad Williams, 70, of Crestline. all before you leave the house! because a witness just happened to be Died Saturday of a heart attack while driving by,” he said. evacuating. That happened in the Old Fire near San ■ Gene Knowles, 75, of Big Bear. For more information, please call: 310.458.Press (7737) Bernardino. Witnesses said they saw a man or sign up on our Web site @ www.smdp.com Died Sunday of a heart attack while in his 20s in a gray van throw something evacuating. into the brush and start a fire on Saturday. Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Thursday, October 30, 2003 ❑ Page 9 STATE One firefighter killed, three injured in San Diego County BY PAULINE ARRILLAGA flared up and rolled in there and engulfed them.” area in the past 24 hours to make a stand against the AP National Writer Off Highway 78 and Orchard Lane near Wynola, yel- Cedar Fire. Word of Wednesday’s death quickly spread low police tape cordoned off the area. San Diego County through fire crews. WYNOLA — Fast-moving flames overtook a four- Sheriff’s Sgt. Conrad Grayson said the firefighters were “We know our job is dangerous,” said Jim Venneau, a 31- man fire crew on Wednesday, killing one firefighter and overcome about a mile down Orchard Lane. year-old firefighter who was stationed in downtown Julian. injuring three others as they tried to save a home threat- “It just swept right over them,” Grayson said. “We know the chances we take when we do these kinds of ened by the largest blaze in Southern California. “I was hoping we wouldn’t have to do this with a fire- things. It bothers you. You want to know exactly what hap- It was the first firefighter death in the outbreak of fires fighter or a deputy,” he said as he walked away to meet that have ravaged the region this week. Twenty people pened because you don’t want it to happen to you.” the coroner. have now died in the fires, many of them trying to escape Gov. Gray Davis offered his condolences. the flames. In San Diego, John Hawkins of the California “Our hearts go out to his family,” Davis said. “Be Steve Rucker, a 38-year-old fire engineer, died while Department of Forestry struggled to sum up the loss. assured that his family will receive all the benefits that battling the Cedar Fire in San Diego County. The fire has “It’s a tragic event to the people of San Diego County lawfully are due to him because of his heroic service.” burned more than 230,000 acres and nearly 1,100 homes. and it’s an example of the American spirit of protecting In Novato, Fire Chief Jeff Meston prepared to fly south Rucker was part of a fire engine crew from the Novato our assets,” he said. “Steven Rucker gave his life today with members of the firefighters’ families. He said Rucker Fire Protection District, just north of San Francisco, that in pursuit of saving someone else’s house.” was “really one of those firefighters that we all love.” was trying to save a mountain home near Wynola. The Rucker, an 11-year veteran firefighter, is survived by a “He’s the kind of guy that organizes for the families _ town is a few miles northwest of Julian in eastern San wife and two children. Capt. Doug McDonald was the Easter Bunny coming, Santa Claus coming for the Diego County. burned on 18 percent of his body _ mainly to his legs, kids. A great family man, lives here in Novato. I just The firefighters were overrun so quickly that they did- arms and face _ and was in critical condition at the spent a bit of time with his wife and of course his family n’t have time to reach their engine and flee, said Fred University of California, San Diego Medical Center. He is completely devastated. He was just a great man.” Batchelor, a state fire marshal. They took refuge in the is expected to make a full recovery. house they were trying to protect, but one of the fire- The two other firefighters in the crew, Shawn Kreps fighters was overcome on the porch. and Barrett Smith, were treated for minor burns. “It’s calm one moment, and the next moment you have Hawkins said they probably would be released Thursday. an explosive situation,” Batchelor said. “In this case, it Hundreds of firefighters have converged on the Julian California wildfires at a glance By The Associated Press Start: Oct. 21 near San Bernardino Cause: Under investigation. National Forest. Major Southern California wild- Key facts: Mandatory evacuations in PIRU FIRE: (Ventura County) fires Wednesday: Silverwood and Lytle Creek where 200 Size: 55,812 acres. homes threatened. Homes: Three homes, four outbuild- Personnel: 1,569 firefighters. ings, and one commercial property TOTALS: Cause: Arson. Size: 662,904 acres. destroyed. Deaths: None. 20 minor injuries. Homes: 2,608 destroyed. OLD FIRE: (San Bernardino County) Deaths: 20. Containment: 20 percent. Personnel: 11,917 on major fires. Size: 47,968 acres. Start: Oct. 23 west of Lake Piru in Homes: 850 homes destroyed, includ- Ventura County. Key facts: The fire in Los Padres CEDAR FIRE: (San Diego County) ing about 300 in the Lake Arrowhead area, 10 commercial buildings destroyed. National Forest was moving north Size: 251,000 acres. Deaths: Four. 3 minor injuries to fire- Wednesday night into the rugged terrain of Homes: 1,483 homes destroyed, fighters. Sespe Wilderness and the Sespe Condor including 40 in Poway, 349 in the city of Containment: 10 percent. sanctuary. There were no condors in the San Diego, and 1,027 in unincorporated Start: Oct. 25 near San Bernardino refuge. The fire also is threatening oil county areas. 15 homes damaged, 316 out- National Forest. fields and gas lines. buildings destroyed and 10 damaged. Key facts: Mandatory evacuations in Personnel: 1,465 firefighters. Several historic landmarks in the Summit Valley, Oak Hills, Silverwood Cause: Under investigation. Cuyamaca Rancho State Park destroyed. Lake and areas along Highway 38 corri- Deaths: 14, including one firefighter. dor. Threats to 50,000 homes, 2,000 busi- CONTAINED: Containment: 15 percent. Full con- nesses and 80,000 outbuildings worth $10 MOUNTAIN FIRE: (Riverside County) tainment expected Nov. 5. billion in property value. Start: Oct. 25 in eastern San Diego Personnel: 2,392 firefighters. Size: 9,742 acres. County. Cause: Arson. Homes: 21 destroyed, including three Key facts: Burned 33,000 acres inside houses and 18 trailers and mobile units San Diego city limits, and 100 percent of PADUA FIRE: (Los Angeles County) used as residences. those acres were contained Wednesday Deaths: None. Size: 10,223 acres. afternoon. Fire was moving northeast Burned: Oct. 26 to Oct. 29. Homes: 59 homes destroyed in Wednesday, threatening Ramona, Pine Claremont. Hills, Julian, Cuyamaca, Mt. Laguna and OTAY (DULZURA) FIRE: (San Diego County) Deaths: None. Wynola. Containment: 80 percent. Full con- Size: 46,291 acres. Personnel: 3,662 firefighters. tainment expected Oct. 31. Homes: 1 home, 5 outbuildings, and Cause: Authorities believe a hunter set Start: Flames entered L.A. County on 11 structures damaged. signal fire when he got lost. Oct. 25 from Grand Prix fire. Deaths: None. Key facts: Originally part of Grand Burned: Oct. 26 to Oct. 28. PARADISE FIRE: (San Diego County) Prix fire, but separated at county line. Size: 49,800 acres. Mandatory evacuations of about 50 homes CAMP PENDLETON: (San Diego County, also Homes: 117 destroyed, 116 outbuild- in the Mt. Baldy Village area remained in called Roblar No. 2) ings destroyed. effect Wednesday. Small part burning in Size: 9,000 acres. Deaths: Two. the Angeles National Forest. Homes: None. Containment: 20 percent. Full con- Personnel: 488 firefighters. Deaths: None. tainment expected Nov. 1 and full control Cause: Arson related to Grand Prix Burned: Oct. 21 to Oct. 27. on Nov. 5. fire. Start: Oct. 26 in Valley Center area VERDALE FIRE: (Los Angeles County) near Interstate 15. SIMI VALLEY: (Ventura, Los Angeles counties) Key facts: Mandatory evacuations for Size: 8,680 acres. Size: 105,665 acres. Homes: None. Mount Palomar, a community of 10,000 Homes: 24 destroyed. 74 outbuildings residents. Escondido, Deer Springs and La Deaths: None. destroyed. Seven homes damaged. Burned: Oct. 24 to Oct. 27. Jolla threatened. Deaths: None. Personnel: 1,336 firefighters. Containment: 40 percent. Full con- WELLMAN FIRE: (Riverside County) Cause: Under investigation. tainment expected Nov. 4. Start: Flames entered Simi Valley on Size: 100 acres. GRAND PRIX FIRE: (San Bernardino County) Oct. 25 from the Verdale fire. Homes: None. Size: 68,463 acres. Key facts: Winds picked up Deaths: None. Homes: 50 homes destroyed, 40 dam- Wednesday afternoon in the Santa Clarita Burned: Oct. 26 to Oct. 27. aged. 300 homes and 100 commercial area, pushing flames east toward the properties threatened. 48 outbuildings Porter Ranch and Canyon Country com- HAPPY FIRE: (Santa Barbara County) destroyed. munities. Parts of Interstate 5 intermittent- Size: 160 acres. Deaths: None. ly closed. Evacuation lifted for Sunset Homes: None. Containment: 25 percent. Point. Deaths: None. Containment expected Oct. 31. Personnel: 1,005 firefighters. Burned: Oct. 24 to Oct. 27. Page 10 ❑ Thursday, October 30, 2003 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press

Main Street’s NATIONAL Newest and Hottest Boutique U.S. officials are hopeful Clothes! defector will shed some Gifts! insight about N. Korea Collectibles! BY GEORGE GEDDA word of his visit was disclosed, pro-North Associated Press Writer Korean groups in South Korea issued death threats. Here, armored cars are WASHINGTON — Kim Jong Il has being made available for his travels. befuddled official Washington since he In a recent interview with the South took office nine years ago on the death of Korea's Yonhap news agency, Hwang said 2400 Maiin Sttrreett,, Santta Moniica his father, North Korea's Great Leader. the Washington trip was part of his campaign American officials hope a defected 81- to “save the North Korean people moaning 310.314.6472 year-old propagandist can demystify the under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Il.” new Great Leader. After defecting in 1997, Hwang Jang Yop is making his first visit to The Bush administration Washington. The highest ranking North is sparing no effort to Korean defector, he had served in such posts as the government's chief ideologue ensure Hwang’s safety. and head of propaganda operations. Conservative U.S. groups have been When word of his visit was eager for Hwang to come to Washington, disclosed, pro-North Korean but until now South Korea has said no because of worries about his security. groups in South Korea Another possible reason, cited by U.S. issued death threats. “Home of L.A.’s Most Famous English High Tea” officials, is that former South Korean Since 1986 President Kim Dae-jung feared that a visit He envisions the United States as key to the United States would set back Kim's to the eventual evolution of a democratic Open 7 Days — 11a.m. to 6 p.m. efforts to reach out to North Korea. North Korea. Soon after Kim stepped down in ZAGAT’S 2001 AWARD OF DISTINCTION Last July, he said Kim told him in February, South Korea became more 1996 that North Korea had nuclear amenable to a Washington visit by Hwang. weapons. The CIA has believed for years 355 S. Robertson Blvd. American officials and lawmakers will that North Korea has one or perhaps two Beverly Hills be curious to hear Hwang's thoughts nuclear weapons. More are believed to be about Kim's decision-making processes. on the way. North Korea has frustrated U.S. officials (310) 652-0624 Under the late Kim Il Sung and later by repeated shifts on whether it is inter- his son, Kim Jong Il, Hwang was one of ested in continuing the six-nation process the regime's most trusted lieutenants, at begun last August in Beijing to resolve HALLOWEEN BLOWOUT SALE the stalemate over the North's nuclear least superficially. AT SCARY PRICES! weapons program. He wrote in his memoirs about an As of a few days ago, the North occasion in which he attended the per- $10 and $20 Racks plus Many Items up to 75% OFF Koreans were saying they were willing to formance of a dance troupe with Kim consider a proposal by President Bush to Jong Il in the audience. Noting the enthu- provide Pyongyang with security assur- siasm with which Hwang applauded the ances in exchange for a commitment to performance, a companion asked him: disarm. It was a proposal Pyongyang ini- “Are you clapping because you really tially dismissed as “laughable.” enjoyed the performance?” Hwang's schedule includes meetings “It doesn't matter,” Hwang replied. with Deputy Defense Secretary Paul “Just clap like mad. It's an order.” Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary of State Hwang is certain to be asked during his James Kelly, National Security Council travels here about what makes Kim tick. officials and with members of the House Jerrold Post, a former political person- and Senate foreign affairs committees. ality profiler for the CIA, believes an At least two crews from Japanese tele- obsession Kim has for Western movies vision news outlets are being flown in may be influencing his governing style. from Tokyo to ask Hwang about North “To what degree is his view of the West Korea's abduction of a number of shaped by Hollywood?” Post asks. “To Japanese citizens a generation ago. They what degree have the movies he loves had no access to him in South Korea for influenced his actions? And finally, is he security reasons. now writing, directing and starring in The Bush administration is sparing no some grand epic he thinks of as ‘North effort to ensure Hwang's safety. When Korea: the Movie’?” Reno wells contain uranium By The Associated Press

RENO, Nev. — More than a dozen wells at an old open pit copper mine in north- ern Nevada tested positive in 1984 for what conservationists say are “very high” levels of uranium, according to newly revealed documents that have raised pollu- tion concerns. Uranium levels were up to 40 times higher than current legal limits, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency adopted regulations in 2000 limiting uranium to 30 micrograms per liter of water. “Nobody knows if that went into the groundwater,” said Tom Myers, executive director of the Great Basin Mine Watch in Reno, who provided AP with the documents. The radioactivity was so great in one waste pond at the Anaconda Copper Co.'s mine 55 miles southeast of Reno that the company entered a venture in the 1970s to attempt to extract and process uranium from the wastes for profit, the documents show. The venture never materialized. Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Thursday, October 30, 2003 ❑ Page 11 NATIONAL❑ INTERNATIONAL Two U.S. soldiers die as U.S. Abrams tank blown up BY SLOBODAN LEKIC Germany, she said. said it would cut back on its international One landed in a field close to a palace Associated Press Writer It was the first M1 Abrams main battle staff in Iraq, but remain in the country for once occupied by one of Saddam tank destroyed since the end of major the sake of the Iraqi people following Hussein's daughters, now a headquarters BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two American combat May 1, military officials said. Monday's suicide bombing on its for the U.S. civil-military affairs com- soldiers were killed when their Abrams During the active combat phase, several Baghdad headquarters. The relief organi- mand. Another struck Baghdad battle tank was damaged by resistance of the 68-ton vehicles _ the mainstay of zation has about 30 international staffers University's College of Physical fighters, as the number of attacks on coali- the U.S. Army's armored forces _ were in Iraq and about 600 Iraqi employees. Education, damaging the wall of an tion forces jumped to 33 a day in the past disabled in combat. The Red Cross made its announcement enclosed volleyball court. There were no week, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The latest attacks, including a night- a day after Secretary of State Colin casualties in the shelling. The latest deaths bring to 117 the num- time mortar barrage in Baghdad, fol- Powell telephoned the organization's pres- In Tikrit, Saddam's hometown, insur- ber of American soldiers killed in combat lowed a day of violence in which insur- ident to urge the agency to stay in Iraq. gents fired late Tuesday on the south gate in Iraq since President Bush declared an gents targeted American forces and Iraqis The aid group Medecins Sans at the main U.S. military base there. At end to major fighting on May 1, according who work with the occupation authori- Frontieres on Wednesday also pulled out to Department of Defense figures. A total least one American soldier from the 4th ties. U.S. officials also announced that part of its staff from Iraq for security rea- Infantry Division was wounded, witness- of 114 U.S. soldiers died in the active Baghdad's Deputy Mayor Faris Abdul sons, the organization said. combat phase, which began March 20. es said. A patrol was sent out to search for Razzaq al-Assam was killed Sunday in a At Camp Babylon, a spokesman for the the assailants, who fled after firing on the Meanwhile, seven Ukrainian troops drive-by shooting. multinational division said the attack on troops from a nearby rooftop. were wounded in the first ambush of a On Wednesday, Baghdad police com- the Ukrainians occurred when two of their multinational unit in the Polish sector mander Maj. Gen. Hassan al-Obeid armored personnel carriers rolled over And a U.S. military convoy was attacked south of Baghdad, coalition officials said. announced new measures, including addi- land mines near Suwayrah about 40 miles Tuesday night by small arms fire in the In Baghdad, Col. William Darley said tional 24-hour checkpoints and special southeast of Baghdad. northern city of Mosul, the military said. the average number of anti-U.S. attacks patrols, to heighten security in the capital, After the vehicles were disabled, There were no casualties. On Wednesday, had reached 33 a day in the past week. This according to coalition-run Iraqi television. unidentified gunmen opened fire on the an improvised explosive device went off is more than a 50 percent increase over lev- The proliferation of attacks on Iraqis disembarked soldiers, the spokesman said near another U.S. convoy in the same area els of early September. By mid-October allied with the occupation bodes ill for on condition of anonymity. without causing any damage. that number, reported by the U.S. com- attempts by the U.S.-led authorities to About 1,650 Ukrainians are serving in In Ramadi, 60 miles west of Baghdad, mand here, had reached about 26 a day. persuade more Iraqis to join in adminis- the Polish-led stabilization force witnesses said an explosive device intend- The Abrams tank was disabled when it tering the country and play a greater role patrolling central and southern Iraq. ed for U.S. troops detonated Wednesday was struck by a land mine or a roadside in providing security. Resistance forces In Baghdad, half a dozen mortar rounds as a civilian car was passing by, seriously bomb Tuesday night during a patrol near have targeted several prominent figures, exploded late Tuesday in an upscale injuring the driver. Balad, 45 miles north of Baghdad, said including Aquila al-Hashimi, a member of Jadriya neighborhood across the Tigris Maj. Josslyn Aberle, a spokeswoman for the Governing Council, who was fatally River from the U.S.-led coalition head- (Associated Press correspondents the 4th Infantry Division. A third crew- shot Sept. 20. quarters but caused no damage or casual- Katarina Kratovac in Tikrit and Mariam man was evacuated to a U.S. hospital in In Geneva, the international Red Cross ties, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Fam in Mosul contributed to this report).

prison because judges, not juries, had decided they deserved to be executed for their murders. The decisions affecting inmates Antonio Richardson, WORLD BRIEFLY Andre Morrow and Keith Smith follow a ruling last year by the U.S. Supreme Court that the constitutional right to a trial by jury also applies to death sentences. Afghanistan’s ‘most evil place’ambushed across the country over more than five months. In a June decision, the state Supreme Court said it By The Associated Press “I will defend my record at the appropriate time, and look forward to it,” Bush said. “I'll say that the world is would apply the federal decision retroactively to KABUL, Afghanistan — The mountainous region more peaceful and more free under my leadership, and inmates on Missouri's death row. where two CIA operatives were killed on the Pakistani America is more secure.” In three separate orders Tuesday, the court said juries border often sees the heaviest combat in the country, The president was heading out of town Wednesday for in each case had failed to find every fact required by treacherous ground for al-Qaida marauders that the U.S. an extended stay at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, which state law as a prerequisite to the death sentence before military calls “the most evil place in Afghanistan.” he was using as a base to take care of political business judges took over the sentencing job. The CIA said Tuesday that William Carlson, 43, of — his own and others' — during several side trips. Before Tuesday, the court already had re-sentenced Southern Pines, N.C., and Christopher Glenn Mueller, two other convicted killers to life in prison because 32, of San Diego were ambushed and killed Saturday Feds go with status quo judges had imposed their death sentences after juries near the village in Shkin in Paktika province while By The Associated Press deadlocked on the appropriate punishment. “tracking terrorists.” Both were veterans of military special operations WASHINGTON — Borrowers may be able to enjoy forces, the agency said, who were working for the CIA's near rock-bottom short-term interest rates well into next U.S. looks to Iraqis for info on fighters Directorate of Operations that conducts clandestine year as Federal Reserve policy-makers stay the course, By The Associated Press intelligence-gathering and covert operations. waiting to raise them until it's clear the economy's recent The ambush happened on the same day and in the strength is real, economists say. WASHINGTON — The United States will recruit same area as a six-hour firefight where U.S.-led coali- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and his more Iraqis to gather information about opposition fight- tion forces and Afghan militia killed 18 fighters. Six colleagues decided Tuesday to hold a major short-term ers and may increase security measures to protect troops, Afghan militia were wounded in the fighting, where rate at a 45-year low of 1 percent and suggested it could President Bush said as he outlined ways the military was coalition warplanes and helicopters were called in for stay there “for a considerable period.” switching tactics to deal with a rise in deadly attacks. airstrikes. Economists viewed that as meaning the Fed probably “We're constantly looking at the enemy and adjust- The attackers in that Saturday battle belonged to the would leave short-term rates unchanged at its last meet- ing,” the president said at a Rose Garden news conference al-Qaida terror network, U.S. military spokesman Col. ing of the year on Dec. 9 as well as into much of 2004. Tuesday. “Iraq is dangerous, and it's dangerous because Rodney Davis said Wednesday. “The Fed does not want to disrupt the economic recov- terrorists want us to leave, and we're not leaving.” ery, which is now apparently gaining momentum” said Bush and Pentagon officials said Americans may Bush: ‘World is more free and at peace’ Lynn Reaser, chief economist at Banc of America Capital install more security barriers and take other measures to By The Associated Press Management. “The economic story in their minds is by “harden” potential targets after suicide bombings killed no means yet written and they want to be sure growth is more than three dozen people in Baghdad on Monday. WASHINGTON — President Bush offered a broad on a significant and sustained path,” she said. More importantly, the United States will step up its defense of his foreign policy and said his message that In terms of changing rates, the Fed's next move prob- efforts to involve Iraqis in the hunt for Saddam Hussein “the world is more peaceful and more free under my ably will be an increase once it is clear the economy is leadership” will be a prominent theme of his bid for a flying again, analysts say. loyalists and foreign fighters, Bush said. second White House term. “We've got to make sure that not only we harden tar- In a Rose Garden news conference Tuesday with Death row inmates re-sentenced gets, but that we get actionable intelligence to intercept the missions before they begin,” the president said. reporters, the president asserted, however, that his re-elec- By The Associated Press tion campaign had not yet begun, even though the Bush- “That means more Iraqis involved in the intelligence- Cheney team has raised more than $83 million, much of it JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme gathering systems in their country so that they are active through personal appearances by Bush at 27 fund-raisers Court has re-sentenced three death row inmates to life in participants in securing the country from further harm.”

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He reported Oct. 8 to begin serving his prison term. ■ “I think Jamie should at least have worn a tie today,” The ruling by U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab was LOS ANGELES — Annie Lennox is taking a trip said the 34-year-old McQueen, who wore a kilt and tar- dated Thursday. to Middle-earth. tan sash to be named CBE, Commander of the British Prosecutors said Chong grew wealthy by glamorizing The former Eurythmics singer will perform the Empire. “Whether ties are in or out, it just looks better.” drug use and trivializing law enforcement in his films. theme song for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of There's no strict dress code for the royal ceremony, He used his celebrity to promote his business with mail the King,” the final chapter in the mammoth screen but most men wear a top hat and tails or their Sunday- orders for bongs and other drug paraphernalia, prosecu- adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy about mythical best suits. tors said. hobbits, elves, wizards, dwarves and humans in a battle Oliver and McQueen were among several Britons Agents seized thousands of bongs and pipes when of good against evil. named in the queen's birthday honors list in June. Others they raided his business, Nice Dreams Enterprises, Inc. The soundtrack, due out Nov. 25, will feature high- granted honors of varying rank included actor Roger lights from Howard Shore's score and Lennox's song Moore, actress Helen Mirren, chimpanzee expert Jane ■ LAS VEGAS — Casino developer Steve Wynn is “Into the West.” Goodall and The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick. selling one the “season's sexiest” paintings next week at “It has been a fascinating experience to be a very There are a series of ceremonies throughout the year to a Christie's auction. small part of this vast jigsaw puzzle entitled ‘The Lord bestow the honors, largely selected by the government. Wynn will sell “Nu couche” by Amedeo Modigliani of the Rings,’” Lennox said. “The dedication and com- “I thought I was a bit too young to receive an honor,” on Nov. 4 in New York City. mitment to the project is awesome in every way.” said the 28-year-old Oliver, who was recognized for his The 1917 masterpiece is “one of the finest examples Shot simultaneously by director Peter Jackson, the services to the hospitality industry. from a group of fewer than 30 nudes painted between films starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Oliver set up a charity to train 15 disadvantaged 1916 and 1920,” the auction house said. Mortensen, Cate Blanchett and Liv Tyler have been young people each year as chefs at his London restau- The November issue of Art & Auction says, “this lan- released one a year since 2001. rant, Fifteen. His efforts have been made into a success- guid nude is surely the season's sexiest offering. It may “The Return of the King” opens Dec. 17. ful TV program. also be the most expensive.” McQueen was named for services to the fashion Christie's estimates Wynn's nude could fetch from $20 ■ LONDON — Television chef Jamie Oliver dressed industry. million to $25 million. A similar Modigliani nude brought down to receive a royal commendation from Queen a record $16.7 million at Sotheby's New York in 1999. Elizabeth II, declining to wear a tie for the big event. ■ PITTSBURGH — A federal judge ruled that The auction house didn't say when Wynn bought the “I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nerv- Tommy Chong's prison sentence for conspiracy to sell painting or how much he paid for it. Wynn was unavail- ous. They said wear whatever you're comfortable in,” drug paraphernalia would likely stand and refused to able for immediate comment. Oliver said Wednesday, moments after he was made a release him from jail pending an appeal. The painting is one of several in a collection of 19th- Member of the Order of the British Empire, or MBE. The 65-year-old actor and comedian, best-known for and 20th-century American and European masterpieces The queen beamed at the “Naked Chef” star as she his portrayal of a drug-addled ne'er-do-well in the displayed at a gallery in the former Desert Inn resort, pinned his award on the lapel of his brown Paul Smith Cheech and Chong movies, pleaded guilty to conspira- where Wynn is building a new casino-hotel. suit during the ceremony at Buckingham Palace. cy last spring in federal court and was sentenced to nine The evening auction, featuring 44 works of art, is A fellow recipient, fashion designer Alexander months in prison. expected to bring $125.8 million, Christie's said.

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