Meetings with Developer: Fiery Meal to Tell Or Not to Tell? Council Disagrees in Person

FREE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2002 Volume 1, Issue 79 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press Serving Santa Monica for the past 93 days Meetings with developer: Fiery meal To tell or not to tell? Council disagrees in person. Feinstein said he discussed the Council members Pam changes Jacobs has made in the over whether public O’Connor, Ken Genser, Bob plans since it was reviewed and Holbrook and Katz said they denied by the planning commis- should know didn’t intend to tell the public sion Dec. 5. They discussed the they met with Jacobs. Council “trade offs” of doing some things BY CAROLYN members Richard Bloom, Kevin SACKARIASON different and possible “nips and McKeown and Mayor Mike Daily Press Staff Writer tucks” in the development plans, Feinstein said they planned to he said. All seven Santa Monica City disclose their private conversa- “I need to understand why Council members have met pri- tions with Jacobs during people have done what they’ve tonight’s city council meeting. vately with the developer of a done,” Feinstein said, adding that With the exception of multi-million dollar Main Street it benefits the community if he project, but only three of them Holbrook and Feinstein, council members said they only listened understands the project fully want the public to know about it. before it’s reviewed in public. “It’s nobody’s business who I to Jacobs’ plans and were care- “I’m pretty confident that the meet with,” said Councilman ful not to discuss the project at Herb Katz. “I don’t think (disclo- any length. See COUNCIL, page 4 sure) is important. What differ- ence does it make?” Developer Howard Jacobs Jacobs wants council wants to build the largest housing and retail development Main Street has seen in years. Elected to consider altered plan officials met with him so he could better describe the details BY CAROLYN ed just south of Pico Boulevard of the architecture and schemat- SACKARIASON on Main Street. ics of the plan. Daily Press Staff Writer Nearly all of the commission members said the development, All council members say Developer Howard Jacobs meeting with a developer before- which is about 170,000 square plans to appeal the Santa feet and covers more than a city hand helps them understand the Monica Planning Commission’s project better and gives them the block, would overwhelm the denial of his Main Street project Andrew H. Fixmer/Daily Press ability to do their homework neighborhood and would aes- before the city council tonight. Last night’s crew at the Santa Monica Fire Department without taking up too much of thetically ruin the north end of chowed down on cold seafood salad but there was plenty the public’s time during hearings. On Dec. 5, the planning com- Main Street. of hot ribbing to go around. Nobody was spared from the They also said they have not been mission denied Jacobs’ applica- However, the plans the city taunts -- not even the reporter invited to stay for the grub. influenced one way or another tion to build a 133-unit housing council will review tonight are about the proposal, and have dis- and retail development at the different than those that were cussed the project with many of former Pioneer Boulangerie denied. their constituents through tele- Bakery site and across the street. Divorce highlights phone conversations, e-mails and Jacobs owns both parcels, locat- See APPEAL, page 4 Hijacker says he’s not guilty cultural differences BY ANDREW H. FIXMER Jack Alex, White’s defense attorney. “Our view is BY DAVE DANFORTH and tried inappropriately to win Daily Press Staff Writer back a Mercedes he never Daily Press Staff Writer that he is guilty of nothing but defending himself.” drove. White was arrested Feb. 5 at the pair’s two-bed- For many defendants, it’s a A Santa Monica man who 32 years ago helped room apartment on 21st Street, between California It will be of little solace to hijack a Soviet commercial jetliner to escape cold pipe dream to strike back in Bahram Anav, 42, the suitor in a and Washington Avenues. He is being held in the court and win. war-era Lithuania, pleaded not guilty Monday to Santa Monica Jail on $1 million bail. His prelimi- marriage that lasted two weeks charges of allegedly beating his elderly father to But that dream came up in 1996, to learn that one of the nary trial date is March 15. smoking for Afsaneh Mobasser death last week. Friends of the family said White had been threat- 12 jurors wasn’t convinced he’d Albert Victor White, 46, was acting in self , 36, on Friday, when a Santa infected her, or that only nine of ening to separate from his father for some time, but Monica jury found her counter- defense Feb 5, when during a struggle at the pair’s the argument became violent last Tuesday. the 12 were certain the car and Santa Monica apartment he allegedly killed his suit more believeable than her some $19,000-plus in cash he Brazinskas pulled a gun and shot at his son, they former husband’s initial legal father, Pranas “Frank” Brazinskas, 77, defense said. White grabbed the nearest heavy object and gave her were gifts. attorneys said. salvo and lifted her to victory. The case provided a rare struck his father across the head with it, according Jurors decided her ex-husband “Hopefully, when the prosecutors hear his case to friends. 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But in 1974 they were released who treated his son very poorly,” said a under a general amnesty and placed under family friend who wished to remain house arrest. anonymous. “The father was always so However, the pair managed to escape demanding. He wouldn’t let his son leave and fled to the closest American embassy and live his own life.” in Ankara and asked for political asylum. But to neighbors, the father and son Brazinskas claimed that if he had stayed were loners. in the Soviet Union, he would have been “The father, he wasn’t very outspoken put to death for participating in a or involved in the community too much,” Lithuanian resistance movement. said Leon Juoza, who lived across from Their request was denied, and the the pair for six years. “Both of them, they father and son were released back into mostly kept to themselves.” Turkish custody. Soviet officials angrily The longtime neighbor described demanded that the pair be extradited, but White as “very responsible” and “depend- the Turkish government denied the able.” He said White spent a lot of time request, causing international tension. taking care of his aging father. The Turkish government released the “They were the only family they had pair two weeks later. The father and son here,” Juoza said. “The wife was back in then flew to Venezuela, then on to Lithuania and the son, he took care of the Canada. But when the plane made a stop father when he became sick.” in New York, they disappeared. Brazinskas and his then 13-year-old They were arrested a few weeks later son, hijacked an Aeroflot jetliner from the by the Immigration and Nationalization Courtesy of www.patriotas.lt This photo was taken in 1971 before Algridas Brazinskas (left) and Pranas Soviet Union in 1970 and re-directed the Service, but under the newly enacted 1980 Refugee Act, the father and son were Brazinskas (right) were put on trial in Turkey for hijacking a Soviet commercial flight to Turkey, prosecutors said. jetliner, in the process killing a female stewardess. Ultimately, the father was During the flight, Soviet guards on allowed to stay, even though entrance given eight years in prison and the son was given two. The man in the middle board opened fire. Caught in the crossfire, visas would never be issued. is unidentified. a female flight attendant was killed and After a few years in Queens, N.Y., the pilot and co-pilot were wounded. After father and son moved to Santa Monica Lithuanian expatriates living in America. the beginning they had spoken out to the soldiers were subdued by Brazinskas, and settled among the city’s large “It was a big deal in the Lithuanian community groups and political groups. the flight crew was able to successfully Lithuanian community. Ever since their community that they could escape and But after the years went on they pulled in fly the hijackers to Turkey. dramatic escape from the home country, fight their way to freedom in the United to themselves. They no longer wanted to There, the father and son were arrested, the pair had become heroes among States,” said Juoza, of his neighbors. “In be political figures.” Persian ‘hot babe’ awarded cash, Mercedes DIVORCE, from page 1 Anav claimed the marriage broke up not expectation that she marry the man who Dell’s characterization of a consenting because of any rape, but because of took her virginity. relationship, in which “having sex often courtship customs. Mobasser’s mother. “Her values defined her reality,” he and frequently during your honeymoon The six-man, six-woman jury awarded While the daughter had been said, adding that expert testimony had shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.” The Mobasser $210,000 on her claim of sexu- “Americanized” through 12 years in the established a long tradition of abused marriage ended two weeks after the hon- al abuse, $70,000 of it in damages for U.S., which included training as an elec- women who won’t admit it. eymoon, with Anav suing for divorce the “fraud, malice, or oppression.” trical engineer at Santa Monica College Anav appeared to hurt his own case following month. It appeared Mobasser might never have and UCLA, her mother was much more with a spotty memory about his money. When jurors arrived for Tabone’s last publicly discussed the first night she slept conservative, both agreed. Anav claimed Bank records showed he spent $122,000 argument Friday, they found Mobasser’s with Anav — an experience she termed a the mother broke up the marriage by com- in 1996, took in over $86,000 in 1997, and wedding photo perched on the witness rape — had he not sued her first, seeking peting for her daughter’s time and affec- spent $368,000 in 1998. Anav said he stand. Tabone asked them to consider how the return of the Mercedes and cash. tion and claiming Anav wasn’t good remembered little about his financial she had gone from the “TIKEH” in the “I had to marry Mr. Anav because he enough for her. transactions, “even last week.” Nor would portrait to the woman she is now — capa- took my virginity,” she told the jury, por- “I would have preferred to marry he describe a business he ran with his ble by education of making $4,500 traying herself as damaged goods and far someone with more income,” Mobasser brother in Van Nuys beyond sales of “gen- monthly, but instead overweight and on less likely to marry, 60 pounds heavier, told the jury after Anav testified his real eral merchandise.” disability. He suggested jurors award her unable to achieve intimacy, and subject to income was only about $25,000 annually. While Anav’s lawyer ridiculed the three years’ worth of lost income. frequent bouts of crying and depression. Further, Persian Jewish tradition suggests notion that Mobasser would marry her It was a suggestion with which they Anav claimed she had improperly kept a groom not marry until he is well estab- rapist, the jurors apparently accepted her apparently agreed. They appeared to feel the gifts given in anticipation of a mar- lished. testimony that she had few other options, Dell’s arguments about her Persian mate- riage that lasted a mere fortnight and was But she said he promised to be a good though the relationship was marked by rialism were overblown in a case about a annulled the following year. husband to her, and claimed a cash repeated sexual abuse. They rejected West Los Angeles relationship. The pair met in late 1996 through a income of in excess of $100,000 annually blind date arranged by relatives. Anav tes- — a figure bolstered by his bank records. tified he fell completely for Mobasser, The Mercedes, which still bears the then 31, who felt good enough about her “TIKEH” plates, was a central focus of own looks to label her license plate Anav’s case. Both agreed he paid $17,171 “TIKEH” — ‘hot babe,’ or ‘quite a piece’ for the car, never drove it nor even had the in Persian. keys, and had the title put in both their TAXES Mobasser said she harbored doubts names. When he filed for divorce from about Anav. She testified he wasn’t attrac- Mobasser in December 1996, he didn’t tive to her and didn’t turn her on. list it as a debt to be paid for, her lawyer All forms • All types • All states Anav handled the rejection after their pointed out. Mobasser made 58 out of the first date by stepping up his efforts. He 60 payments on the car, totalling over said their bedding together after a month $42,000. AUDITS • BACK TAXES • BOOKKEEPING • SMALL BUSINESS and a half of dating was mutual. But she Testimony established that they spent claimed she was lured into his apartment nights together but their days apart. to fix his computer, then raped. “Her world is in castes,” Anav’s SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA “Now you have to marry me. I’m posi- lawyer, Louis Dell told the jury, suggest- tive I’ve made you pregnant,” she said he ing cold-hearted materialism. “It’s not a told her later. racism, but equally repugnant.” (310) 395-9922 Complicating matters, Mobasser’s Mobasser’s lawyer, Derek Tabone, told mother, who arrived in the U.S. from jurors that the gifts of money and jewelry 429 S ANTA MONICA BLVD.STE. 710, SANTA MONICA 90401 Tehran in 1996 twelve years after she had, Mobasser came to expect were standard in didn’t think Anav had the means to marry. Persian Jewish tradition, and so was the Page 4 Tuesday, February 12, 2002 Santa Monica Daily Press Stop paying rent! LOCAL

$1,300 per month in rent Disclosure of meetings is equal to a not stipulated by law $160,000 Condo/Home! COUNCIL, from page 1 disclosure lets the public know that offi- public is being well served here.” cials may have been improperly influ- Holbrook said Jacobs told him the city enced and it may give reasons that under- with ø down process has delayed the project, which has ly an official’s decision on a land use pro- made him “financially stressed.” posal. But more importantly, Olsen feels currently there are 48 properties in Santa Monica under $160,000 talking to developers privately could slant a decision maker’s mind because he or she is gaining evidence outside of a pub- Bill Carey “I was elected to council to lic forum. use my discretion. Am I It is policy for planning commission 310-207-5060 x201 members to disclose any information they going to disclose every received regarding a development proposal before the hearing is opened to the pub- single person I talk to? lic. Olsen wants the city council to do the same and plans to ask council members People expect to have this month to adopt a policy to disclose access to me but they don’t their ex parte communications. The city’s architectural review board also discloses TRANQUILITY expect me to say what I ex parte communications prior to hearings. SKIN + BODY CARE talked to everyone about.” But Mayor Feinstein and others feel strongly that the council should not have — PAM O’CONNOR such a policy. Feinstein said disclosure Santa Monica city councilwoman could actually impede the process, fearing it would become mundane because he Private, or ex parte, communication would have to cite each time he had a Facials • Aromatherapy • Waxing between elected officials and developers conversation, an interaction or anything is forbidden in some cities, while other regarding a proposal. Feinstein also said quasi-judicial bodies choose to meet with he planned to meet with Jacobs for a sec- people prior to a public hearing on a ond time on Monday, but declined to dis- development proposal. close where and when. In Santa Monica, whether or not elect- O’Connor said full disclosure could 1150 Yale Street at Wilshire, Suite 8 ed officials should disclose they had pri- stifle the democratic process because peo- vate conversations is debated. Some people may fear their concerns and comments Santa Monica, California 90408 (310) 449-1001 ple, including Santa Monica senior land could end up in public. use attorney Barry Rosenbaum, feel full “I was elected to council to use my dis- public disclosure on ex parte communica- cretion,” said O’Connor. “Am I going to tion should be mandatory. disclose every single person I talk to? Rosenbaum presented reams of case People expect to have access to me but law to the Santa Monica Planning they don’t expect me to say what I talked Commission in 2000, providing ample to everyone about.” reasons why full public disclosure is not City attorney Marsha Moutrie said dis- discretionary, but required. He also closure on ex parte communication has advised planning commissioners that if been discussed at the council level in the they don’t disclose ex parte communica- past. At times, she has advised elected EXTRA!! tion, they must disqualify themselves on officials that not disclosing could pose the review of a land use application. risks to their ultimate decision. She said EXTRA!! Planning chair Kelly Olsen said such she would support a full disclosure policy. Santa Monica Daily Press now at newsstands around the city! Readers and customers can now find the Daily Press Commission bypassed in permanent newsstands at these locations:

• 17th Street and Montana Avenue • Broadway and Lincoln Boulevard in favor of city council • 14th Street and Montana Avenue • Broadway and 10th Street APPEAL, from page 1 Jacobs claims the delay has cost him mil- • Montana Avenue, between 14th-15th • Colorado Avenue and Second Street lions of dollars because he has had to extend Jacobs has been presenting the modi- Streets • Santa Monica Boulevard and Lincoln escrow on the property, as well as pay fied plan to council members during pri- • 7th Street and Montana Avenue Boulevard $82,000 a month in maintenance expenses. vate meetings for the past month and a He claims the city council put the proj- • 3rd Street and Wilshire Boulevard • Lincoln Boulevard and Broadway half. He is appealing the planning com- ect in jeopardy when it delayed hiring a • Ocean Avenue and Wilshire Avenue mission’s decision to the council direct- consultant to complete the environmental Boulevard • Lincoln Boulevard and Pico Boulevard ly, instead of bringing it back to the impact report in April of 2000. At the time, • Wilshire Boulevard, between 22nd- • Lincoln Boulevard and Strand commission. Jacobs did not return phone messages the city told him that the report would be 23rd Streets • Two newsstands at the intersection of left Friday and Monday. But he has told done in July of 2000 and before the plan- • 14th and Santa Monica Boulevard Lincoln Boulevard and Raymond some council members that he wants to ning commission in February of 2001. • Wilshire Boulevard and Lincoln • Main Street and Kinney continue with the appeal instead of bring- The contract with EIP Associates, the Boulevard • Main Street and Strand ing the modified plan back to the plan- West Los Angeles-based consulting firm hired by the city, wasn’t signed until • Colorado Boulevard and 3rd Street • Main Street and Ocean Park ning commission because the commis- December 2000. Jacobs was told the • Santa Monica Courthouse • Main Street and Ashland sion didn’t certify the project’s final environmental review, which has to be project would be reviewed by the plan- • Arizona Avenue and Second Street • Montana Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard approved for the plan to move forward. ning commission in May or June of 2001. • Arizona Avenue and Fifth Street • Montana Avenue and Euclid Street The commission said the review’s traffic The report was completed late last year. • Three newsstands at the intersection of • Montana Avenue and 16th Street analysis was flawed. And despite the lawsuit, council Arizona Avenue and Fourth Street Meanwhile, Jacobs is suing the city, members say they remain impartial in arguing that it has dragged its feet in com- their review of the proposal. Council pleting the environmental impact review members are scheduled to discuss the Watch for future newsstands at a location near you! on the project, which, by state law, was lawsuit in closed session before the pub- supposed to be done within 12 months. lic hearing tonight. Santa Monica Daily Press Tuesday, February 12, 2002 Page 5 STATE Oscar nominations could offer a number of firsts BY DAVID GERMAIN “I’ve been on that mission, and I feel like I’ve done best actor, after last year’s “Gladiator” and “The Insider” AP Movie Writer my part to kick the door in,” Luhrmann said. “Give it 24 the year before. Were he to win, he would be the first actor months and see how many new musicals are around.” since Tom Hanks to take home back-to-back Oscars. LOS ANGELES — This year’s Oscar show will fea- Denzel Washington for “Training Day” and Will ture one definite first, some possible firsts, and maybe a Smith for “Ali” could become the first two black actors first or two in a long time. nominated for a lead role in the same year. Halle Berry When nominees are announced Tuesday, the definite for “Monsters Ball” could become the first black lead first will be cartoons competing in a new category for “I’m thrilled the film is sort of actress nominated since Angela Bassett for “What’s Love best feature-length animated film. “Shrek” and transcending the genre a little bit.” Got to Do With It” in 1993. “Monster’s, Inc.” are expected to duke it out for that If all three were nominated, it would be the first time honor, with one other animated nominee as second run- that three black actors competed in the lead categories ner-up. — PETER JACKSON since 1972, when Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson for The best-actor category might include two black nom- “The Lord of the Rings” director “Sounder” and Diana Ross for “Lady Sings the Blues” inees for the first time. And it could be the first time since were in the running. 1972 that three blacks are nominated for lead acting Besides Crowe, Smith and Washington, lead-actor roles. contenders might include Gene Hackman (“The Royal In the best-picture category, the live-action musical Academy voters rarely have taken such flights of Tenenbaums”), Kevin Kline (“Life as a House”), Sean could score its first nomination in more than 20 years. fancy as “The Lord of the Rings” seriously. The sci-fi Penn (“I Am Sam”) and Tom Wilkinson (“In the The fantasy epic, never a favorite among Academy fantasies “Star Wars” and “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” Bedroom”). Awards voters, may have its best shot ever to win. earned best-picture nominations, as did “The Wizard of Along with Berry, best-actress prospects include Judi With the clout accumulated from other recent film Oz” and such fanciful adventure flicks as “Raiders of the Dench (“Iris”), Nicole Kidman (“Moulin Rouge” or “The honors, the drama “A Beautiful Mind,” the fantasy “The Lost Ark” and “King Solomon’s Mines.” But none of Others”), Sissy Spacek (“In the Bedroom”) and Tilda Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and the these won. Swinton (“The Deep End”). musical “Moulin Rouge” are good bets as best-picture “Lord of the Rings,” perhaps the most universally nominees. acclaimed film of last year, has a shot at being the first. It Jackson and Luhrmann join Ron Howard (“A Other possibilities include the combat thriller “Black won top honors at the American Film Institute Awards Beautiful Mind”) as likely nominees for best director. Hawk Down,” the class-war satire “Gosford Park” and last month. Among other possibilities: Ridley Scott (“Black Hawk the dark drama “In the Bedroom.” “Shrek” has an outside “I’m thrilled the film is sort of transcending the genre Down”), Robert Altman (“Gosford Park”) and chance at a best-picture nomination, as well. a little bit,” the movie’s director, Peter Jackson, said. Christopher Nolan (“Memento”). “Moulin Rouge” would be the first live-action musical Top dramatic honors at the Golden Globes for “A Possible supporting-acting candidates include Jim nominated for best picture since “All That Jazz” in 1979. Beautiful Mind” may help give that film a slight front- Broadbent (“Iris”), Steve Buscemi (“Ghost World”), The animated musical “Beauty and the Beast” was nom- runner status in Oscar’s best-picture race, though. Ethan Hawke (“Training Day”), Ben Kingsley (“Sexy inated for best picture in 1991. The last musical to win Starring Russell Crowe as schizophrenic math scholar Beast”), Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen (“Lord of was “Oliver!” in 1968. John Nash, it also has the more traditional, straight- the Rings”), and Jon Voight (“Ali”). Awards attention for “Moulin Rouge” and its drama style that Oscar voters often favor. Possible supporting-actress contenders are Jennifer respectable box-office receipts worldwide may help A Golden Globe winner for “A Beautiful Mind,” Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind”), Judi Dench (“The revive the movie musical, director Baz Luhrmann said. Crowe could be nominated for the third straight time for Shipping News”), Anjelica Huston (“The Royal Tenenbaums”), Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith (“Gosford Park”), Marisa Tomei (“In the Bedroom”) and Stanford’s new hourly ‘living Kate Winslet (“Iris”). wage’ too low, student group says BY BRIAN BERGSTEIN some subcontractors pay Stanford’s associate vice said Molly Goldberg, a All G-Shock/Baby G’s Associated Press Writer workers at least $10.10 an provost for facilities, esti- Stanford freshman in the Kenneth Cole, Skagen hour with benefits, or mated it could be about 100. labor group. OFF OFF SAN JOSE — $11.35 without benefits. Students on the She and other Stanford 50% EXP. 1/18/02 30% Stanford University will California’s minimum Stanford Labor Action students will ask Hennessy require some companies wage is $6.75 an hour. Coalition complained to impose a “prevailing SANTA MONICA MALL • SECOND FLOOR • KIOSK, near WetSeal that perform campus work The policy will apply to Monday that the plan does wage,” based on the aver- to pay their employees a companies that have multi- not cover enough Stanford age pay of similar workers “living wage,” but student year Stanford contracts workers. They also said in the region, and ensure a activists who have insisted worth more than $100,000 they were not properly range of other perks. That upon such a rule said annually and use workers consulted on the decision would go even beyond Monday the plan falls not covered by a collective and that the living wage is Harvard University’s short of what they wanted. bargaining agreement. too low. recent announcement that Stanford President John Administrators are not Even people making it would raise several hun- Hennessy announced last certain how many workers well above $10.10 an hour dred workers’ pay beyond week that the private uni- CONSTRUCTION would be affected, but in this exorbitantly expen- the “living wage” that its versity will require that Chris R. Christofferson, sive area struggle to get by, students had demanded & HANDYMAN SERVICES during a three-week sit-in last year. 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Bush and one of the legal strategists the policyholders. experience at the Justice Department it WASHINGTON — Hundreds of who helped the current President Bush Federal law bars a bank from owning was not unusual to both have discussions thousands of policyholders who say they during the Florida ballot fight. an insurance company and California law internally with prosecutors and externally suffered serious financial harm when a More recently, Terwilliger was consid- prohibits a foreign government from with attorneys for subjects of the investi- French bank secretly bought a California ered for FBI director and has been a vocal owning an insurance company. The gations,” he said. life insurance company are urging defender of the president’s plan to use French bank’s secret role as purchaser in Credit Lyonnais may be trying to Attorney General John Ashcroft to bring military tribunals in prosecuting the war the 1992 deal didn’t come to light until avoid pleading guilty to crimes that could a criminal case against the bank. 1998. result in a huge financial payout to the Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles on terrorism. Because the French bank, in acting Michael Chertoff, head of the Justice West Coast policyholders, said Gary recommended indicting Credit Lyonnais Department’s criminal division, planned Fontana, an attorney with the San last April and are still waiting for the go- through a front company, won control of Francisco firm Thelen Reid & Priest that the assets of the insolvent Executive Life a videoconference call Monday with ahead from Justice Department superiors California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is representing the California insurance in Washington, said lawyers familiar with Insurance Co., policyholders like Katie and state Insurance Commissioner Harry commissioner. the investigation who spoke on condition Watson who was 20 months old when she Low. “What I believe is going on is the of anonymity. was brain-damaged by a hospital error Lockyer, a Democrat who is seeking French have said to the Justice Representing the financial institution lost 54 percent of her court-ordered re-election, sued Credit Lyonnais seeking Department, ‘Don’t make us plead to any $2 billion in damages, alleging that more of the crimes we are accused of in than 300,000 policyholders were harmed California because if we do, we may end Casino executives optimistic by the bank’s actions. up owing the policyholders hundreds of The policyholders are seeking a meet- millions or perhaps billions of dollars,’ ” ing with Ashcroft, fearing that the Bush said Fontana. about post-Sept. 11 recovery administration may back away from a “Suggestions by interested parties of criminal case. how one case ought to come out in order BY LISA SNEDEKER Las Vegas neighborhood casinos giant. “We are ... aware that Credit Lyonnais to benefit their interest in another case are Associated Press Writer In addition to cutting staff, the dramat- has retained highly influential” attorneys, not particularly helpful,” said Terwilliger. ic drop in visitors forced casino compa- said a letter signed last week by several of “Our position in general about related lit- LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas-based nies to make operational changes to help the policyholders, including the parents igation is that each case presents unique casino operators say they are optimistic boost profit margins, said Gary Loveman, of Katie Watson. issues and ought to be decided on its own about the industry’s future as they expect Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. president and In an interview Sunday, Terwilliger merits.” demand to exceed supply over the next chief operating officer. declined to say whether he has met with Spokesmen for the French Finance few years. “I think many of our businesses are Justice Department officials about Credit Ministry and Credit Lyonnais declined The two-day American Gaming running on a leaner operating basis,” Lyonnais. comment Monday. Summit opened at the Bellagio hotel-casi- Loveman told industry analysts and no on Monday with executives of major investors. gambling corporations reporting on the On the five-month anniversary of the Toy company stock state of the industry after the post-Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, casino executives said tourism decline that left Las Vegas hotel that weekday occupancy rates continued rooms empty, and forced operators to to lag. soars on takeover news slash rates and lay off thousands of work- “The weekend business came back ers in Nevada. almost immediately,” said Glenn By The Associated Press $4.50 purchase price, according to “Profit margins dipped dramatically after Schaeffer, Mandalay Resort Group’s presi- William Gibson, an analyst for Banc of LOS ANGELES — Shares of America Securities, because Jakks signed Sept. 11,” said Glenn Christenson, chief dent and chief financial officer. “But the Toymax International Inc. were up 38 per- financial officer for Station Casinos Inc., the midweek business is coming back slowly.” a definitive agreement with the founders cent Monday after it agreed to be acquired of Toymax. by Jakks Pacific Inc. for more than $54 Gibson said the purchase, which makes million in cash and stock. Jakks one of the country’s largest toy Shares of the Plainview, N.Y.-based Court: Credit card holders toy company were up $1.17 to $4.22 in companies, was a good deal at a good afternoon trading on the Nasdaq Stock price. can sue over fee changes Market. Shares of Jakks, based in Malibu, “Jack doesn’t overpay,” Gibson said, Calif., were down 24 cents to $18.56. referring to Jakks co-founder and chief By The Associated Press decision issued Friday. Jakks announced Sunday it will pay $3 executive Jack Friedman. “He buys right The decision reverses a ruling by U.S. per share in cash and $1.50 in stock to and he’s doing it again” PHILADELPHIA — A federal District Judge Bruce W. Kauffman, who acquire the 64 percent of Toymax con- Jakks announced Monday it has signed appeals court has ruled that consumers dismissed the lawsuit against Fleet trolled by its two founders. 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The Qassam-2 another airstrike on Palestinian offices in has a range of three to five miles, enough Monday: 8pm L.A.’s Hottest Latino Night Gaza City on Monday, while the defense to hit Israeli towns from the West Bank Tuesday: 7:30pm Open Mic Night minister declared that Palestinian mili- and Gaza Strip. In the past, Hamas has tants had raised the stakes in the Mideast 10pm Continuous Comedy fired several shorter-range Qassam-1 conflict by firing new, longer-range rock- rockets that caused no damage. Wednesday: 8pm Continuous Comedy ets. The Islamic movement Hamas sent a 10pm Inside the Women’s Locker Room pair of Qassam-2 rockets into southern Thursday: 8pm Continuous Comedy Israel on Sunday, digging large craters in “These attacks prove Friday: 8pm, 10pm, 12am Continuous Comedy two farm fields. 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That oft-stated plea has The attack came at a time of brought many foreign diplomatic delega- 8001 Sunset Blvd. changeover between morning and after- tions, but no international peacekeepers. noon shifts at nearby schools. The streets “These attacks prove that (Israel’s) gov- were crowded with youngsters, who raced Hollywood ernment is not interested in quiet and sta- away from the explosions, some scream- bility,” said Palestinian parliament speaker ing in panic. Ahmed Qureia. “It should be clear there is Hundreds of Palestinians ran to the no military solution to the conflict.” compound, demanding that suspected Islamic militants jailed there be released. Some threw stones at officers, who fired in the air to keep back the crowd. Palestinian police said all detainees were moved to another prison shortly after the Israeli attack. In the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, about 300 people stormed a prison and released 17 prisoners as security guards stood aside. One of the prisoners was Islamic Jihad activist Ayub Sidr. Palestinians said he was once the target of an Israeli assassination attempt. Israel warplanes blasted a separate Gaza City security compound Sunday night near the offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. In Washington, State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher criticized Israel’s bombing in populated areas, warning that they could intensify the fighting. He also called on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to make efforts to stop the rocket attacks. Speaking about the rocket attack, Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben- Charles Dharapak/Associated Press Eliezer said it represented “a new level of An explosion in the building that hous- threat.” es the Palestinian Public Security “You try to deal with it in all sorts of Directorate takes a hit from a missile ways — by intelligence, by prevention fired from an Israeli F-16 fighter jet in and by struggling against those places Gaza City, Monday. 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In the luge, the 35-year-old Hackl — — ROSS POWERS who prefers Heineken to the halfpipe — Snowboarding gold medalist piloted his sled to a silver medal, breaking his decade of dominance in the Winter Games event. In Park City, Ross Powers proved the Hackl did not appear upset by his near- Associated Press/Laura Rauch gnarliest of the U.S. snowboarders, easily miss at winning an unprecedented fourth Ross Powers of the United States competes during the men's halfpipe quali- soaring to the gold. He stood on the straight gold in the same Winter Olympics fying competition on Monday in Park City, Utah. medals platform, his snowboard raised event. He still won a medal in a record- American Kip Carpenter was a surpris- in the 10-team tournament, Finland high over his head, before inviting his setting fifth games, he applauded ing third, while U.S. record holder Joey defeated Denmark, 9-3, Germany topped teammates — silver medalist Danny Kass Zoeggler’s winning effort, and his tempo- Cheek was seventh at 34.78. The finals France, 9-5 and Canada, the 2000 world and bronze medal winner JJ Thomas — rary Utah home has a refrigerator full of were set for Tuesday. champion, edged Britain 6-4. to join him. his beloved German beer. Defending gold medalist Hiroyasu In the women’s curling, play opened “I couldn’t ask for anything more,” “I’m getting a silver, and that’s great,” Shimizu of Japan had the second fastest with four games: Canada beat Sweden, 5- Powers said one day after his 23rd birth- Hackl said. “Now, two silver medals will time. And Nagano silver medalist Jeremy 4; Britain topped Norway, 10-6; Germany day. “It’s the best birthday present ever. frame three gold medals.” Wotherspoon of Canada tumbled to the defeated Russia, 8-5; and Switzerland These guys beside me is also huge. Today Markus Prock of Austria, a 10-time ice shortly after starting, knocking himself beat Denmark, 9-8. was just the perfect day.” World Cup champion, won the bronze. out of the competition. It was the first U.S. sweep of medals in America’s 38-year luge dry spell contin- • MEN’S HOCKEY: Ukraine, led by a Winter Olympics’ event since men’s fig- ued as Adam Heidt finished fourth, the • BIATHLON: Andrea Henkel, a 24- Valentyn Oletsky’s two goals, kept alive ure skating in 1956. And it came one day best singles finish in U.S. team history. year-old German, won her first Olympic its chances of moving past the prelimi- after Kelly Clark won America’s first gold medal with a gold in the women’s 15-kilo- nary round with a 5-2 victory over medal here in the women’s halfpipe. • DOWNHILL: After waiting four meter biathlon. The silver went to Liv Switzerland. The loss likely means elimi- The chants of “U.S.A., U.S.A, U.S.A,” years for a shot at a third Olympic medal, Grete Poiree of Norway, while Magdalena nation for the Swiss. were deafening as the Americans flew 10 U.S. skier Picabo Street had to wait anoth- Forsberg of Sweden — the most success- and 15 feet above the hollowed-out snow er day. ful female biathlete in history — won her • WOMEN’S HOCKEY: Canada, the chute. The U.S. team took four of the top Whipping winds at the top of the first Olympic medal with a bronze. defending silver medalist, opened the six spots, with Tommy Czeschin finishing Wildflower course, 9,016 feet up Mount In the men’s 20-kilometer race, Ole Olympic women’s hockey tournament sixth despite a run that many in the crowd Ogden, led Olympic organizers to post- Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway won the with a 7-0 victory over Kazakstan. deemed medal-worthy. pone the women’s downhill, now expect- gold medal. Frank Luck of Germany won Natalya Trunova made 59 saves for Powers, the oldest of the three medal ed to take place on Tuesday. the silver and Victor Maigourov of Russia Kazakstan in the losing effort. winners, had taken a bronze in Nagano. Street hopes to become the first won the bronze. Russia, a 3-2 loser in its first game Thomas is just 20, and Kass is 19. American woman to win three Olympic Monday against Sweden, must now The Americans now have six medals skiing medals. She captured a downhill • CURLING: America’s curling team, defeat or tie the Canadians to advance to — four from the snowboarding “Gen X” silver in ’94 and a super-G gold in ’98. which finished fourth in Nagano, opened the medal round. Sweden outshot the contingent — as the squad seeks to better its Salt Lake City bid by upsetting the Russians 44-14. its Winter Games high of 13 medals. • SPEEDSKATING: It wasn’t the defending world champion, The U.S. team sits atop the medal snowboard sweep, but American speed- Sweden. The 10-5 victory board with Austria and Germany. skaters took three of the top seven spots in came after team skipper the 500 meters qualifying. Casey Tim Somerville hit a • LUGE: It looked a little strange: FitzRandolph, who struggled four years tremendous shot late in the Georg Hackl standing in the spot reserved ago, set an Olympic record as the fastest game. for the silver medalist. qualifier In other first round play

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WASHINGTON — Ecstasy use is rising among what predisposing medical conditions you’re dealing The survey of 6,937 teen-agers found that 12 percent American teen-agers, many of whom are unaware of its with,” Hanson said. of 12-to-18 year olds had used Ecstasy at some point in dangers, an anti-drug group said Monday. their lives. That compares with 10 percent in 2000. The The Partnership for a Drug Free America said it is survey had an error margin of plus or minus 1.8 percent- starting an advertising campaign to warn teens about of “What’s the likelihood that somebody age points. the dangers of Ecstasy, which has been linked to damage Marijuana remains the most popular drug among to the brain, heart and kidneys. using this drug for the first time will teens, with 41 percent having tried it. Inhalants, such as The group’s annual survey found that overall drug use fall over dead? It really depends on glue, were used by 18 percent, methamphetamines were remained steady last year except for Ecstasy, which used by 11 percent, cocaine or crack by 9 percent and became popular over the past decade at dance parties what predisposing medical conditions heroin by 4 percent. known as raves. The number of teens who said they’ve The survey found that both alcohol and tobacco use ever tried the drug rose by 20 percent last year and has you’re dealing with.” had declined. Fifty-three percent of teens reported using increased 71 percent since 1999. alcohol over the past year, down from 58 percent in 2000. John Walters, director of the White House drug policy — DR. GLEN HANSON For tobacco, 28 percent reported smoking cigarettes over office, said anti-drug officials are trying to counter an National Institute on Drug Abuse, director the previous 30 days, compared with 34 percent in the impression among teens that Ecstasy is harmless. 2000 survey. “This is about heading off a problem before it gets out Stephen J. Pasierb, president of the Partnership, said The Partnership is a coalition of communications pro- of control,” he said. Ecstasy, a synthetic drug considered part hallucinogen fessionals that seeks to reduce demand for drugs. It relies Many of the ads in the new campaign feature the par- and part amphetamine, appears to be expanding beyond on volunteers to create anti-drug ads. ents of Danielle Heird, a 21-year-old Las Vegas woman who died after taking Ecstasy in 2000. She was partying with friends and had taken the drug for only the third time in her life, her parents said. “We don’t want your families to endure the heartbreak 10-foot python kills 42-year-old-owner and pain we feel,” said her mother, Elsa Heird, at a news By The Associated Press conference. Six firefighters and police officers were needed to remove the snake and free the man. But Mark A.R. Kleiman, director of the drug policy DENVER — A 10-foot-long Burmese python killed analysis program at the University of California at Los its owner Sunday by coiling so tightly around him that “Two police officers tried to place their batons Angeles, called the approach dishonest. He said that the man could not breathe, authorities said. between the snake and the man’s neck so he could while long-term use can be harmful, there is limited evi- “He was handling the snake and showing it to some- breathe,” police spokeswoman Kathleen Walsh said. dence that a single use is damaging. one when the snake wrapped around his chest,” said The man died of asphyxiation, said Bev Petry, “It’s not a very fatal drug. Its dangers are different Rory Chetelat, spokesman for the Aurora Fire spokeswoman for the Medical Center of Aurora in sub- dangers,” he said in an interview. Department. urban Denver. At the news conference, Dr. Glen Hanson, acting Firefighters said the owner was a big man in his 40s, Firefighters later herded the snake into its cage and director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said the Chetelat said. His name was not immediately released. turned it over to animal control. Walsh said an Aurora danger of Ecstasy varies depending on the health of the The snake weighed 75 to 80 pounds. ordinance bans owning pet snakes longer than 6 feet. person using it. For example, it is more dangerous for

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