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Inmate Workers dismantle the Nomadic Museum just north of the Santa Monica Pier on Friday. The exhibit ‘Ashes and Snow’, with many of those in attendance Daniel Erickson was participating in a rehabilitation program intended to help which featured the works of artist Gregory Colbert, ran in the temporary space from Jan. 14 through last Sunday. Thursday night being students seek- prisoners find work when they get out ing extra credit. One teacher who and apparently was so good at his job admits he offered his charges extra that agency officials promoted him. NATIONAL credit for their showing was Michael TODAY IN HISTORY No plague upon their Felix, a history teacher who contends Today is the 140th day of 2006. he only wanted students to partici- There are 225 days left in the year. tents as park reopens pate in the democratic process. The majority of those on hand Five hundred years ago, on May 20, By staff and wire reports 1506, explorer Christopher Columbus expressed their displeasure with died in poverty in Spain. Samohi’s Chief Educational Officer SALT LAKE CITY A campground at and lead principal, Ilene Straus, INDEX Natural Bridges National whose leadership style, they claim, Horoscopes Monument in southeastern Utah has created a division amongst stu- Hang out, Capricorn 2 reopened this week after a three- dents and teachers. There is also Snow & Surf Report Google Maps week closure to make certain no concern amongst faculty regarding Water temperature: 62° 3 BREATH-TAKING The city of Santa Monica contends a proposed law requiring traces remained of bubonic plague, Samohi’s recent redesign into six Opinion it to monitor the idling times of airplanes at SM Airport unjustly singles them out. which was detected in rodents at small learning communities, or Fight the real problem 4 the monument last month. houses, each with its own principal. Santa Monica and Los Many question whether or not it has Commentary Angeles County officials have accomplished its goals of allowing Answers for immigration 5 LA zeroes in on airport had similar concerns with the for more specialized instruction and State BY KEVIN HERRERA aircraft engines are running at the air- squirrel population in Palisades the fostering of stronger relation- Citizenship limbo 6 Daily Press Staff Writer port, which in turn can give Los Park. After receiving a summons ships between students and faculty, National Angeles residents living just east of the Jan. 16 from the county health as well as administrators. Vail fire indictments 8 SM AIRPORT If the City of Los runway a better idea as to the level of department regarding non-com- Felix said he was lobbied by a fel- International Angeles has its way, City Hall will have emissions wafting into their homes. pliance with the health and safe- low teacher and union member to Migrants fleeing solo 18 to get busy watching planes sit still. The measure would force City ty code, City Hall was ordered to have his students come to Comics Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Hall to spend $450,000 or more kill squirrels who live in the Thursday’s meeting. 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In case you haven’t tuned into channel 16 on your TV set, you are missing an award- winning public service broadcast. CityTV, cable channel 16 in Santa Monica, was recently honored with the top award in the state for the quality of its programming. The channel won first place in the Overall Excellence Category for the SCAN NATOA STAR Awards. It is the sixth time in eight years that the channel has won the award. The awards are presented annually by the States of California and Nevada Chapter (SCAN) of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA). This year’s awards were presented on May 11 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. In addition to winning in the best overall programming category, CityTV also won a first place award for its popular “Downbeat Showdown” youth program in the perform- ing arts category, second place for “Santa Monica Update” in the news category, and SNOW CONDITIONS DATA PROVIDED BY ONTHESNOW.COM SURF CONDITIONS WATER TEMP: 62° “Legal Help Live” won second place in the talk show category. CityTV is the government access cable channel for the City of Santa Monica. Seen on BEAR MOUNTAIN SWELL FORECAST ( 3-5 FT ) cable channel 16, CityTV is available to all Adelphia cable TV subscribers in Santa THIS WEEKEND THIS SWELL SHOULD COMPLETELY FILL IN AND CLOSED EVEN OUT A BIT MORE WITH THE 14-16 SECOND PERIODS ARRIV- Monica. ING, GIVING MOST SOUTH FACING BREAKS CHEST HIGH SETS. JUNE MOUNTAIN Crossroads musicians go Live! from LACMA LONG RANGE SYNOPSIS TASMAN SEA SWELL AND NW WIND SWELL DUE MIDWEEK... By Daily Press staff CLOSED

A local high school orchestra this weekend will venture out of Santa Monica to perform. MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN TIDE FORECAST FOR SANTA MONICA NEW SNOW BASE DEPTH LIFT HOURS RUNS OPEN LIFTS OPEN The Crossroads Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, May 21, will perform their annual (24 Hrs) 0” 132”-156” 7:30 am - 3:00 pm 50 7/28 SATURDAY CONDITIONS: Machine Groomed, Spring LOW TIDE 5:20AM -1.17FT 4:27PM 1.87FT concert at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), playing selections from HIGH TIDE 11:49AM 3.67FT 10:46PM 6.18FT Dvorak, Bartok and Samuel Barber. MOUNTAIN HIGH SUNDAY The orchestra is performing as part of the Sundays Live! free concert series and the LOW TIDE 6:10AM -0.93FT 5:01PM 2.31FT concert will be simulcast on KMZT FM 105.1. On Sunday, May 28, the orchestra will CLOSED HIGH TIDE 12:52PM 3.33FT 11:24PM 5.77FT MONDAY present a recital to honor the Zipper String Award recipients at The Colburn School. LOW TIDE 5:49AM -0.80FT 4:19PM 2.45FT The May 21 free concert, directed by Alexander Treger, will be held at 6 p.m. at MT. BALDY HIGH TIDE 12:32PM 3.20FT 10:52PM 5.92FT NEW SNOW BASE DEPTH LIFT HOURS RUNS OPEN LIFTS OPEN LACMA’s Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. The May 28 free concert, also directed by (24 Hrs) 0” 12” - 18" 8:00 am - 4:30 pm 20 3/4 TUESDAY CONDITIONS: Machine Groomed, Spring LOW TIDE 6:39AM -0.71FT 4:57PM 2.67FT Treger, will be held at 5 p.m. at The Colburn School Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave. HIGH TIDE 1:40AM 3.10FT 11:37PM 5.70FT SNOW SUMMIT WEDNESDAY Food pyramid reaches new heights LOW TIDE 2:42AM 0.41FT 2:05PM 1.31FT CLOSED HIGH TIDE 8:41AM 3.80FT 8:25PM 5.41FT By Daily Press staff THURSDAY LOW TIDE .... It might just be the largest food pyramid in Santa Monica. SNOW VALLEY HIGH TIDE 9:22AM 3.74FT 8:47PM 5.67FT Students from the Art Institute of California–Los Angeles located in Santa Monica, CLOSED FRIDAY will build a large-scale sculpture made entirely of canned food, which will then be donat- LOW TIDE 3:48AM -0.40FT 2:54PM 1.77FT HIGH TIDE 10:04AM 3.65FT 9:13PM 5.87FT ed to the Westside Food Bank. Students will be designing the identity for hunger awareness, which will include posters, banners and all promotional materials. The giant sculpture will be built and dis- played in Clover Park, located at 25th Street at Ocean Park Boulevard. Large-scale canned food donations are still needed. Contact Allison, at (310) 828-6016, ext. 12 for more information. Westside Food Bank supplies food to 65 social service agencies with food assistance PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY programs in Santa Monica, Venice, Culver City, West Los Angeles, Inglewood and West Hollywood. The bank’s food now reaches more than 80,000 people each year, half of whom are children. THE Q-LINE Visit Clover Park at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6, to see the finished work. Westside Food Bank will be on site to accept canned food donations and to provide information on the RESPONSES problem of hunger. The event is free of charge and open to the public. ARE IN! See BRIEFS, page 13 CHECK OUT THIS INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING IN THE ONLY LOCAL DAILY PAPER IN SANTA MONICA? WEEK’S Q-LINE Call us at (310) 458-7737 RESPONSES ON PAGE 4. Since 1967 Quality & Value Always! BACK/UNFILED Open 6am - 2:30pm Mon. - Fri. 6am - 4pm Sat. - Sun. TAXES?

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WHERE THERE’S SMOKE, THERE’S FIRE Aides won’t play ball This past week, Q-line asked: “Given the latest proposal to ban smoking on the Third Street Promenade, should have a feeling that both sides could have Santa Monica follow the city of Calabasas’ lead and ban smoking from all public compromised on a softball play-off format places — sidewalks, streets, rooftop decks?” MODERN without selling out their basic ideological Here are your responses: TIMES principles. BY LLOYD GARVER Athletes of different political persuasions ✆ “In regards to smoking on the Promenade, I go ners and let smokers light up.” putting politics aside to participate in sports down here often and I don’t see a lot of people has always seemed admirable. During the smoking. I see a lot of homeless people who sit all ✆ “Fine anyone who throws butts on the ground. We Olympics, we often see good sportsmanship day on the benches and smoke and push their need that for adults and children and dogs alike.” The Wall Street Journal recently reported between people who would be enemies away butts into the sidewalk. How many laws are they on a possible dictatorial leader, a coup and a from the playing fields. We always hope that going to pass that they can’t enforce? Look at how ✆ “Santa Monica definitely should follow the lead of secession. And those things took place in our people on both sides see that their oppo- many laws they have now. You still have blowers Calabasas and ban smoking from all public places, nation’s capital. I haven’t heard about this nents are just regular people like them, not going off all day and skaters on the sidewalks.” such as roof decks, streets and the sidewalks. Ii reported elsewhere. It doesn’t mean there monsters like they may have been told by think it’s a good idea that property owners in the was a cover-up, but I do think the events their political leaders. Then after the games, ✆ “I think it would be a good idea to ban smoking rental business give serious thought to making warrant more attention. maybe they’ll have a little more tolerance for in all public places. It’s so annoying and unhealthy their properties smoke-free environments. My wife For years, Republicans and Democrats in people with different beliefs from theirs. for all, and I’m sick of all the butts all over.” and I have done that for a number of years, and Washington have often compromised to get And that was a good thing about the there’s a movement underway now to make this things accomplished. They “played ball” Congressional Softball League. Republicans ✆ “We have enough problems right now. We don’t something that is much broader than a mom-and- with each other, being aware of the realities and Democrats could forget their differences need a public smoking ban, which is not enforced pop operation. This is crucial.” of the system of give and take. Now, howev- for a few hours and just have fun. Maybe anyway. We need more hands-off policies, especially er, a group of Republicans is no longer will- after the games, they’d go out for dinner. I’m when we treat the homeless like a privileged class.” ✆ “Absolutely not. Butt out. If you want to do some- ing to play ball with a group of Democrats. sure political issues would come up then. thing useful, deal with car emission pollution, not And I’m talking about softball. Maybe they’d see there is really more than ✆ “Getting a $750 fine for smoking on the cigarette butts, especially on the outside. More For 37 years, hundreds of young one side to most things. Maybe the next day, Promenade is absolutely ridiculous. If people want importantly, deal with the homeless problem. Congressional aides have put their partisan they’d suggest to their bosses that the oppo- to smoke outside, they shouldn’t be fined. They That’s a much bigger issue here.” feelings aside and participated in the sition wasn’t that bad and could be dealt should focus on other stuff. Concentrate on the Congressional Softball League. But during with. gangs.” ✆ “First of all, getting those dangerous, trouble- the off-season, some Republicans objected But that’s over. And not just in softball. some smokers removed from our midst may not to the way the play-off system has been run. Positions have hardened so much today that ✆ “I think you should provide a place where people be a bad idea, but maybe we ought to deal with the They felt that the commissioner, Democrat people believe their side is definitely right can learn to quit smoking, free to the public, right immediate problem of bums and aggressive tran- Gary Caruso, was “running a socialist year- and the other side is completely wrong. next to where it’s banned. If you’re going to sients amongst us. Bust the odd Dutch or British end play-off system.” Socialism in softball? There’s no in between, there’s no desire to demand they not smoke, you should help them.” tourist later, when our streets become safe again. Was there a collective farm in the outfield? listen to people with opposing views. People We need City Hall to solve real problems.” Instead of the typical play-off system that can’t seem to have friendly, rational discus- ✆ “I believe it would be a good idea to ban smoking, rewards teams that played well during the sions anymore with those who disagree with and automobiles and fireplaces and barbecues.” ✆ “Something should be done about it. It stinks, regular season, Caruso’s system gives every them. Are you able to talk about politics with they cause disease and filth, so let’s get rid of team a good chance to win. So those who friends who don’t agree with you without ✆ “There are more pollutants in your home, espe- them. I mean the homeless, not the smokers. oppose the play-off system asked the same feeling you have to change the subject to cially in your carpet, than there is in second-hand They’re bad, too. I don’t want to get cancer from question that NBA fans ask each year, “Why things like “why do red stop lights seem like smoke. The City Council, with their highly-paid tax an idiot smoker. If they want to kill themselves let bother playing the regular season?” they’re longer than green ones?” exempt environmental non-profits, are constructing them go home and do it.” Caruso said that the Republican idea of It would be nice if President Bush, who a non-issue to distract us from all of the failures favoring the top teams was part of their plan once called himself a “uniter,” would walk that it’s responsible for: parking, traffic, obscene ✆ “Stupid, stupid, stupid. Just because someone “to wage class warfare on the more relaxed over to the National Mall and tell the feud- building growth, bums (sorry, I mean ‘socially-chal- jumps off a bridge doesn’t mean we have to do it, teams.”Right. And umpires are storm troop- ing softball players to knock it off. And after lenged’ people). Our socialist leaders who know and I think the most important thing is reasonable- ers? talking to them, maybe he’d be motivated to what’s best for us are chipping away our freedoms. ness. So, don’t follow the way of Calabasas.” Do you get the feeling that both sides take talk to the leaders of both parties and tell Next comes gun control, water control, housing this softball league a little too seriously? them to play ball with each other. He could control. The council is like a magician, distracting ✆ “I don’t know what’s in Calabasas, but I think we What’s next, are conservatives going to even suggest that the American people do us with the one hand while hiding the coin in the could make it a little easier on our police depart- refuse to play left field? If a Republican steals the same thing. In other words, stop name- other, confusing us with silly issues.” ment by not passing so many laws. It might be a base, are the Democrats going to call for an calling, stop blind partisanship, and be more easier to get to the bottom line by taking out the investigation? tolerant of each other. It’s the best way to ✆ “Do like we do with the worsening graffiti, traffic benches, bike racks and trees, then you might Instead of coming up with a compromise, work things out. And it’s as American as a and homeless encampments on our property, really get to what you’re trying to do, if you get some Republican teams picked up their balls weekly softball game. ignore it. Like Bush, change the subject. Taking my drift.” and bats, and bolted to form a new league. away individual rights to a legal product is not Perhaps some of the Congressional aides on (Lloyd Garver has written for many television going to stop war and crime or dire health crises. ✆ “Yes, I’m a smoker, but a non-drinker and a non-driv- both sides are thinking about running for shows, ranging from “Sesame Street” to “Family It won’t even impeach Bush. A ban might provide a er, so I say let’s ban the smoking in the city, but let’s office some day. But if they can’t agree on Ties” to “Frasier.” He also has read many books, second’s worth of annoyance to a passing anti- also ban the cars, alcohol sales, the illegal immigrants something like a softball league, how are some of them in hardcover. He writes the “Modern smoker. A ban will not keep down the over-priced don’t get on the Promenade without a passport, and they ever going to agree on things like taxes, Times” column for CBSnews.com’s opinion page and library, or keep branches open. Lighten up plan- you can tear down any building you don’t like.” social security, and which states get to have a weekly column for SportsLine.com. He can be the most expensive, unnecessary projects? I reached at [email protected].) You make the call. We’ll print the answers. Sound off every week on our Q-Line™. See page 3 for more info.

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The fee would also dis- After a year or so of enforced sanctions sipate a lot of resentment against “free load- then you can introduce small and targeted ers.” How many people born in the United work visas for individuals who have paid a States would voluntarily pay $20,000 to vote fine, gone through a background check, and in elections and serve on juries? indicated a desire to stay in the United Likewise, the current Kennedy-McCain States. You must, however, enforce whatever bill requires clearing a background check, laws are on the books. and passing a naturalization test. I would English is the nation’s language: Ask the suggest requiring at least 100 hours of class- Congress to pass a constitutional amend- room instruction in English and civics, and a ment recognizing that English is the nation’s serious naturalization with an essay compo- official language. Beyond symbolism, this nent and extensive interview in English. action should be backed up by a require- Again, the imposition of actual standards ment that all illegal immigrants being par- will increase assimilation and help replace doned must take at least 100 hours of the vivid TV images of crowds shouting in English and civics lessons. As you probably Spanish and waving Mexican flags. Further, know, the Clinton administration just we must share the story of our rich national ignored the clear language of the naturaliza- heritage and citizenship should mean aware- tion law mandating “citizens must be able to ness of the nation’s triumphs and struggles. read, write and speak English.” Nation-states, as we’ve seen recently in the As a former director of a citizenship pro- Balkans, Africa, and across the Middle East, gram back in mid-1990s, I can verify that the can split along linguistic and ethnic lines in huge rush of applications “inspired” the absence of a strong national identity. Immigration and Naturalization Services to The Statue of Liberty must not become continuing lowering their standards. By 1996, the statue of bigotry. Therefore, please the INS standard — in LA County at least — explain that America will never set up didn’t go beyond answering a few set ques- machine guns on the border, allow vigilantes tions in English and writing two sample sen- to replace trained federal officers, or round tences that were dictated. The most common up millions of people. We will, however, both sentences were “I love the U.S.”and “My fam- fairly enforce our laws and provide an ily lives in the U.S.”Wow. What standards. avenue for membership in our great, toler- The ruse worked, and more than 6 mil- ant, and prosperous nation for our uninvited lion folks became naturalized before the guests who work hard and play by the rules. 1996 election. Of course, the new citizens were overwhelming Democrat, and were (A former director of a citizenship program in West concentrated in five key states: California, Hollywood, Eric Roth currently teaches writing at New York, Illinois, Florida and Texas. On a USC. Visit www.compellingconvesations.com.) State Weekend Edition, May 20-21, 2006 PAGE 6 www.smdp.com STATE BRIEFS Thousands remain lost in citizenship limbo Hate crimes stay steady BY GILLIAN FLACCUS he left the U.S. briefly to visit his ill father. By ON THE NET By The Associated Press Associated Press Writer Orozco’s account, the official said that vio- lated a key provision of the amnesty that Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law SANTA ANA, Calif. The number of hate- LOS ANGELES Luis Orozco was among the applicants must have a “continuous illegal http://www.centerforhumanrights.org/ crime reports and incidents in Orange first in line nearly 20 years ago when federal presence” in the United States for one year Migration Policy Institute County remained steady for the past lawmakers offered U.S. citizenship to mil- beginning May 5, 1987. The official didn’t let http://www.migrationpolicy.org/ couple of years, but cases targeting lions of illegal immigrants. Today he has a Orozco apply. Hispanics went up slightly, according to wife, two daughters and a car — but he still As similar accounts mounted, immigra- a county report. isn’t an American citizen. tion attorneys filed more than a half-dozen only one-fourth of the estimated 12 million Law enforcement agencies, human What promised to be a dream opportuni- class-action lawsuits against the federal gov- illegal immigrants in the United States rights groups and higher-education enti- ty for legal status has proven a nightmare for ernment on behalf of people such as Orozco. would be eligible for legalization, according ties tallied allegations of 152 hate crimes hundreds of thousands of immigrants Although there are no firm estimates of how to Peter Schey, an attorney who has repre- and incidents in 2005, the same number whose citizenship applications are just now many immigrants who were turned away sented about 350,000 immigrants in four as 2004, in the report released Thursday being processed after years in court. later received amnesty, attorneys estimate class-action amnesty lawsuits. In 1986, about by the Human Relations Commission. Thousands more remain in legal limbo. that the lawsuits apply to anywhere between half of the estimated 6 million illegal immi- Cases targeting Hispanics went from They provide cautionary tales as 350,000 and 750,000 people. grants qualified without problems. an all-time low of six in 2004 to 14 in Congress considers whether to grant a new According to the lawsuits, immigration The bill, which is currently being shaped 2005, the report showed. It noted that round of citizenship eligibility for many of officials said in the late 1980s that thousands in the Senate, includes steps to secure the the number was minimal compared with the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal of immigrants didn’t qualify because they borders, a path to earned citizenship for past years. immigrants. briefly left the country. Others, who had vio- some illegal immigrants and a new guest “I hope the new people who apply have lated tourist or student visas, were denied worker program. A vote is expected next Man falls after Taser hit patience,” said Orozco, now a 40-year-old amnesty because the law said the applicants week, but it still must be reconciled with a By The Associated Press busboy who finally got a temporary residen- failed to tell the government they had violat- House bill that would make illegal immi- cy card three months ago and won’t qualify ed their visa status. grants felons rather than offer a chance at ORANGE, Calif. A man who had been for citizenship until 2011. “I applied right Many immigrants sought and received citizenship. accosting motorists was hospitalized away and look how long it took.” rulings that suspended orders for their Schey points to language in the Senate bill with internal injuries after falling or The political shorthand used to describe deportation while the class-action cases requiring that an amnesty seeker be in the jumping some 30 feet from a bridge the current Senate proposal is a path to moved through court. That let them get United States illegally on one day — April 5, when police fired a Taser at him, author- “earned citizenship.” It sounds simple but work permits and driver’s licenses. Others, 2006 — to qualify for the earned path to cit- ities said. some immigration law experts warn the leg- such as Orozco, didn’t know they were eligi- izenship. Schey said that, as it’s written, the Chad Robbins, 28, was rushed to islation contains the same kind of complex ble for that status and continued to live ille- Senate legislation would exclude thousands University of California, Irvine Medical conditions that invited a flood of lawsuits by gally. of illegal immigrants who briefly had legal Center after the Thursday morning inci- excluding hundreds of thousands of would- In 2004, Orozco found his current attor- status but lost it or violated the terms of dent. be citizenship applicants. ney and successfully applied for late amnesty their visas. He also said a provision that Police Sgt. Dave Hill said Robbins had For Orozco, who crossed illegally from under a settlement of one of the largest requires U.S. residence for five years to start been “banging on cars and yelling and Mexico as a teenager, the amnesty Congress class-action amnesty cases, Catholic Social on the citizenship path would exclude about taking things off cars.” granted in 1986 seemed a chance to stop liv- Services v. Ridge. 9 million immigrants alone. ing in the shadows. The lead lawyer in that case fears that the Orozco was devastated when an immi- current Senate bill will repeat past mistakes. gration official said he didn’t qualify because As the Senate bill is currently written,

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McNett applauds the students’ involvement in this,” said Fire Marshall Jim degree, were part of the Glew. “If the students would have followed problem, but they just due process, the meeting could have taken place. But students chose not to comply with wanted their voices heard.” his request. We want to work with people and have things like this take place, but we MADELINE MOORE have to ensure the safety of everyone SAMOHI SENIOR involved.” The school board attempted to operate The school board has decided to resched- video monitors in the lobby of City Hall so ule the meeting for Thursday, June 1, that those in attendance could watch the pro- according to a statement released by the ceedings. However, technical difficulties pre- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School vented the monitors from being turned on. District. A location for that meeting was still In response, City Hall now plans to undetermined by late Friday afternoon. broadcast all meetings held in the council There have been suggestions it be held at chambers on those monitors, “whether we Barnum Hall, Samohi’s theater.Interim expect an overflow crowd or not,” said Judy Superintendent Mike Matthews could not be Franz, who is in charge of community rela- reached for comment. tions at City Hall. “The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified Many students expressed anger and School District Board of Education wishes seemed discouraged by the meeting being to express its regret for adjourning the Board canceled, questioning the move as it sent a meeting of May 18, 2006, shortly after it confusing and conflicting message to stu- started,”the statement from the district said. dents, many of whom were looking to attend “The Board thanks the Santa Monica High a school board meeting for the first time. “People were genuinely upset that it was See SAMOHI, page 14 Weekend Edition, May 20-21, 2006 Local www.smdp.com PAGE 13 Airport chief labels idle law ‘draconian’ AIRPORT, from page 1 tee and is expected to hit the State Assembly floor sometime next week, Lieu said. craft here. For years, residents living around the air- City Hall has so far come out in opposi- port have complained about increased tion to Assembly Bill 2501, known in the flights, larger planes and their correspon- state capital as the Santa Monica Airport bill, ding noise and pollution. stating in a letter to legislators that the law Some neighbors said the unfairly targets Santa Monica, provides no problem with pollution funding, and is unnecessary in light of an air from airline engine emis- quality study currently being conducted by sions has become so bad the South Coast Air Quality Management over the years that bright yel- District, with funding from the low lemons have turned Environmental Protection Agency. black from the fumes. “This bill came at us without any prior Others contend they warning and we’ve been trying to sort out have to have their why just the City of Santa Monica and Santa homes steam-cleaned Monica Airport specifically, since we are in once a year to remove the “This bill is not designed the beginning stages of an air monitoring black soot from planes to shut down study,” said Bob Trimborn, who oversees flying just 40 feet over- the airport. It operations at the airport. “The kind of head. is designed analysis and monitoring being proposed is During his run for the to help these something that has never been done in any Assembly, Lieu said he residents.” airport that we’ve heard of. walked neighborhoods TED LIEU “It seems very draconian to have to place surrounding the airport ASSEMBLYMAN, this requirement on Santa Monica Airport, and found the fumes so D-EL SEGUNDO with just 18,000 (flights) per year when right bad that he had to stop next door (at LAX) there are over 700,000 walking after an hour because his eyes were (flights) per year,” said Trimborn. “Why this beginning to burn. little airport?” “You can really smell the fumes out there. Supporters of the bill, including it’s It smells like Kerosene,” Lieu said. author, Assemblyman Ted Lieu, D-El Residents said City Hall has been unwill- Segundo, say Santa Monica is the perfect air- ing to listen to their concerns, forcing them to port to conduct this type of monitoring turn to their representatives in Los Angeles, ROP_cmyK_# because of its size and its close proximity to including Councilman Bill Rosendahl and homeowners. Lieu said that residents who Congresswoman Jane Harman, D-Venice, have been ignored by City Hall, because they both of whom support Lieu’s bill. Assembly 99545616.ad live outside of the city limits, deserve to have member Fran Pavley, D-Santa Monica, could a monitoring system in place to finally give not be reached for comment. them answers to questions they have about Residents have also formed a group called the potential health risks of living near one Concerned Residents Against Airport of Los Angeles County’s oldest airports. Pollution, or CRAAP, to help lobby for “This bill is not designed to shut down change. the airport,” Lieu said. “It is designed to help Marty Rubin, president of CRAAP, said these residents.” The bill has made its way through commit- See AIRPORT, page 15 COMMUNITY BRIEFS BRIEFS, from page 3 SM artist’s work to be displayed at Smithsonian

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A sculpture by Santa Monica artist Bruria Finkel will be among the works debuting on June 21 at the gala opening of the New Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Washington D.C. Dream Sequence is one of a series of porcelain heads that Bruria Finkel produced in the 1970s-80s. Finkel started her art work in clay in New York in 1955, first in one of a kind stoneware and porcelain, and then expanded into a multi media art, instal- lations and public art. Her themes are ecology, survival and the spirit. Finkel had many one person exhibitions and group shows in galleries and museums in the United States and Europe. Dream Sequence will be one of a number of American art objects on permanent display at the new Luce Foundation Center for American Art. The state-of-the-art facility features interactive computer kiosks and individual hand-held computers to provide visitors with information on every object in the Luce Center, including discussions of each artwork, artist biographies, audio interviews, video clips and still images. The Luce Center is locat- ed within SAAM’s building just like the Renwick. “Dream Sequence is considered to be a beautiful piece and was chosen because it was an exceptional example of Finkel’s work,” said Renwick Curator Ms. Miloch. “It brings together a lot of elements that are in her earlier work in a powerful way. The psychology of the piece transcends time and recalls ancient art as well as contemporary artists. It gets people to think about how we treat each other as human beings and the power of mem- ory.” Finkel’s work can be seen locally by appointment and in upcoming installations at the Los Angeles International and the Ontario Airports, from Oct. 10, 2006 through Feb. 18, 2007, in multiple artist exhibits she is now curating. Local Weekend Edition, May 20-21, 2006 PAGE 14 www.smdp.com ENJOY DELICIOUS JAPANESE FOOD! YALE & SANTA MONICA BLVD Unexpected turnout at board SUSHI HOT ENTREES ASIAN FUSION 100% ORGANIC VEGETABLES USED IN SALADS AND STEAMED VEGETABLES meeting prompts rescheduling FOR DINNER ENJOY! SAMOHI, from page 12 it’s very unprofessional. It is teachers who have Chicken Teriyaki and $ 00 the most contact with students and they need Tempura w/miso 10 soup, salad and rice. School students for their interest in their to do something positive as opposed to using school and in the workings of the Board. their classrooms or things like extra credit to Nigiri Sushi Platter $ 00 w/miso soup The Board also thanks the Fire Department have students support their agenda.” 12 for its assistance.” The faculty has also raised concerns While difficult to determine why so many about leadership at Samohi, questioning Santa Monica Blvd students turned out, there is clearly a move- whether or not the CEO position is even ment afoot to reform the leadership struc- necessary, given there are already six house *Tokyo Trained Sushi Chef Yale *Take-out Available Centinela ture at Samohi, with teachers, students and principals. The union also filed a grievance Take-out available parents demanding immediate change. with the district regarding inconsistency in Parent groups have called for the dis- discipline, and has formed a joint committee M- F LUNCH 11:30AM-2:00PM missal of Straus repeatedly over the last with administrators to address the issue. DINNER 5:30PM-10:00PM school year, calling her ineffective and divi- Harry Keiley, president of the Santa SAT DINNER 5:00PM-10:00PM sive. There have been fliers circulated on Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers 2834 SANTA MONICA BLVD 310.828.7582 japanese cuisine campus demanding she be removed, claim- Association, would not say whether or not ing Straus has been unwilling to foster better members have requested Straus be replaced, relationships with students and faculty and preferring not to discuss personnel matters is not qualified to lead an urban school with in the press. However, he did say conflict has more than 3,000 students. occurred in the house system and that teach- A group that has been highly critical of ers do not feel they have a good working Straus is The Unity Coalition, which is com- relationship with Straus. This assessment is prised of African-American and Latino par- based on a series of interviews with faculty ents concerned about poor student achieve- during a “union listening tour,” as well as in ment, racism and an inconsistent disciplinary a formal survey conducted earlier this year. policy at Samohi. The coalition brought the “We would like to depersonalize the issue matter before the school board earlier this as much as we can and focus on the charac- year, but managed to get just two votes to dis- teristics of a strong leader,” Keiley said. cuss the issue, one from Oscar de la Torre and “Once we have those characteristics, it will the other from Maria Leon-Vasquez, said be up to (the school board) to decide. Jules Bagneris, the coalition’s spokesman. However, teachers will have a part.” “The coalition views Straus as a clear and Having a CEO might just be the problem, present danger to the students,”Bagneris said. said Samohi parent and booster club presi- “We have been consistent about her inability dent Crystal Quine, who feels the title may to deal with the threat of violence and to pro- encourage the person holding that position to vide educational achievement for all students set themselves aside from the rest, dictating at a high level. She is a poor manager … Her rather than leading with an open mind. management style is abrasive and the staff “It’s not the only reason for the problems and faculty feel oppressed. at Samohi, but setting ourselves high on top “Morale is the lowest I have ever seen it.” of the hill is not the place to be when you are Repeated attempts were made to contact talking about unifying the campus,” Quine Straus on Friday, but she could not be said. “Instead of having a CEO, why not just a reached for comment. liaison who moves through each house to Moore said Straus shouldn’t be held solely make things run smoothly, and let the princi- responsible for what she views as the multiple pals in each house have more control.” problems associated with the house system. Quine said the house system needs to be “Dr. Straus isn’t necessarily the best prin- revamped altogether. Students should be cipal in the world, but she can’t be blamed grouped according to how they learn, she for everything,” Moore said. “I think there is said, and paired with teachers who are sensi- a dark cloud hanging over Samohi. People tive to culture and teach in a way that stim- are being divided by different directions.” ulates students. Moore said the house system has helped School board member Oscar de la Torre create some division on campus between stu- said the turnout at Thursday’s meeting dents in each house, exacerbated by a lack of shows there is a serious problem at Samohi consistency in enforcing disciplinary policies. that needs to be addressed immediately. She added that some teachers have let their “We need to have an honest and open displeasure with the house system filter down dialogue that focuses on solutions and not into their classroom discussions, unfairly the problems,” de la Torre said. “We need to influencing students one way or the other. show some urgency, because in all my years “Since redesign started, teachers have talked as a student and as a faculty member at about it in their classes,” Moore said. “I think Samohi, I have never seen it this bad.”

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It’s the kind of deal They’re Colorado’s High Country second-home owners, As the social and economic effects of second-home owners to cause other locals to drool: a seemingly plush gig tak- a huge driving force behind the region’s economy who often have grown over the years, different resort communities have ing care of a fancy home right at the base of the moun- fly under the radar of the community but whose influence wrestled with the pros and cons of their presence. Perhaps tain. But when the owners are in town, the St. Johns are can be seen in many a local balance sheet. more than anything else, the elevation of real estate prices has kept hopping. They pay property taxes but don’t send kids to local caused towns and counties to do what they can to create “We pretty much do everything for them,” St. John schools. They can’t vote, but often wish they could. They’re affordable housing for locals — or at least talk a lot about it. said. “From picking them up at the airport to getting anywhere from well-off to fabulously wealthy, and their On the other hand, there’s no doubt that second-homes groceries to organizing ski lessons to making restaurant homes range from humble studios to log mansions. and their owners create jobs, according to Patrick Long of reservations. And they are changing the face of the High Country in the University of Colorado’s Center for Sustainable Tourism “If you can think of it, I do it for them,” she said. the mountains west of Denver as surely as the growth of the in Boulder. Gerlinde Debie has a different kind of relationship ski industry did in the latter part of the past century. “Clearly, there are business opportunities,” said Long, with the second-home owners. Debie owns Purple Sage According to a 2004 report by the Northwest Colorado who teaches a class on sustainable tourism at CU. “As more Organics, a natural food-and-supply store in Minturn. Council of Governments — a multigovernment research people come to live here, especially the second-home own- Purple Sage delivers, and about a quarter of Debie’s and advocacy group — second homes account for 34 percent ers, it creates opportunities for business development — but business is with second-home owners, she said. of all outside dollars coming into Eagle, Grand, Pitkin and also greater pressure on public and government services.” “They’re great for business because they want good Summit counties. Winter visitors, in comparison, account Ireland agreed, saying the older, wealthier second-home quality, and they don’t have time to go shopping at City for 28 percent of those outside dollars. owners expect to pay others to do everything from shovel Market,” she said. “A lot of people are going more "This is a large class of people with huge incomes. It’s dif- snow to pull weeds. toward organic, and it’s hard to find in the valley. That ferent from 10 or 20 years ago,” said Pitkin County "You don’t get on a ladder and clean windows if you have makes it a good niche for service-oriented delivery of Commissioner Mick Ireland. money,” Ireland said. organic food.” Ireland said the surge in second-home ownership in the That demand for services and the attendant job growth At the beginning of 2005, locals Brooke Burgee and resort region — and in the U.S. as a whole — is directly spurs its own set of problems, Long said, not the least of Jodi Link started a home care and concierge service attributable to the baby boomers reaching their 50s and 60s. which is traffic congestion. Demographic projections esti- called Lights On. Later, they were joined by financial “In your 20s, you buy a pair of skis; in your 40s you buy a mate that, by 2025, Eagle County will have to import about partners Bob and Amy Rowley. sports car,” Ireland said. “In your 50s, you buy a second 30,000 workers daily, Long said. The response has been so great that they added an home.” “There are all kinds of issues, from moving the visitors office in Aspen and plan to expand to other Colorado All that buying activity has fueled record-breaking real around to moving the workers to these places,” he said. resort communities. Ultimately, Amy Rowley said, the estate sales in Eagle, Summit and Pitkin counties, with prices “When many of these second-home owners declare them as plan is to go national and service beach and mountain rising along the way. primary homes, there will be even greater demands on the resorts. “There aren’t many places like Vail, where it’s so desirable local transportation system. It’ll be a huge issue for the “I think there will absolutely be more demand for to have a second home,” said Peter Francese, a demographic resorts to face.” businesses like this,” Rowley said. trends analyst for marketing giant Ogilvy Mather. “The What Long describes is sometimes called “The Aspen Her husband, a former executive with a national tem- boomers are bidding up the price of what little real estate is Effect,” a term coined by Cornell economics professor porary services company, has a side business storing and available for second homes.” Robert Frank. Eagle County Commissioner Peter Runyon renting sports cars, while she does home decorating. But Previous generations, Francese said, didn’t have this kind said it’s a spreading phenomenon named for the place where Lights On is taking up a great portion of their time. of money, or the desire and ability to move around quite so it was worst earliest. “No matter what the income level, people are time- much. “The greater purchasing power (of wealthy second-home poor,” she said. “We provide a service that frees up that As Ireland noted, aging boomers are only part of the owners) allows them to bid up the price of real estate, slow- time so they can enjoy their life.” issue. Another, he said, is the shift in government policy that ly forcing the workforce away from the center of activity,” That can include everything from arranging for a allows the wealthy to hang onto more of their money. Runyon said. “We’ll all be dealing with it — it’s worldwide.” private jet to stocking the pantry before the second- “The bottom 60 or 80 percent of the population has seen Eagle County leaders have just started to discuss topics home owners arrive, Rowley said. Unlike property little or no growth in their income, while the top earners related to the second-home owner economy and other management companies that focus on rentals and have gone up 20 times what they had 20 years ago,” he said. growth and sustainable community issues, Runyon said. maintenance, she said Lights On is a more personal “So you have a highly empowered class in prime second- “Many of these problems are not just for the towns and service that tends to the details so the owners can focus home buying age.” As Francese said, the dollars involved are the county but for the businesses, the large employers,” he on relaxing. staggering. said. “Where are we going to put these people?” International Weekend Edition, May 20-21, 2006 PAGE 18 www.smdp.com Taliban attack raises fears Migrants going it alone about deteriorating security BY JASON STRAZIUSO Increasing numbers forego the smuggler route, and it’s costs Associated Press Writer BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ desert’s harsh heat during the day and biting cold at night. KABUL, Afghanistan A brazen attack by hundreds of Associated Press Writer The bodies of 2,881 migrants have been recovered by the Taliban militants on an isolated town had been building for U.S. Border Patrol since 1998, when the agency began keep- days, a coalition spokesman said Friday, after a wave of vio- TIJUANA, Mexico Destitute and determined to sneak into the ing record, and many more remain missing. lence in southern Afghanistan left around 100 dead. United States, Alvaro Garcia arrived at a Tijuana shelter after No official figures exist on how many of these were trying The attack Wednesday night on Musa Qala in the volatile a 60-hour bus trip from southern Mexico to rest and inquire to sneak in on their own. But border experts say crossing southern province of Helmand sparked eight hours of fight- about the most porous spots along the border. without a smuggler raises the risk of dehydration or ing and left about 40 Taliban and 13 Afghan police dead. Planning to cross by himself, he learned from other hypothermia after getting lost in the desert, or of drowning It was the epicenter of some of the fiercest combat since migrants about Nido de las Aguilas, a shantytown on the in the Rio Grande. the Taliban regime’s ouster by U.S.-led forces in late 2001 outskirts of Tijuana where rugged hills interrupt a metal “Those who cross without knowing the area are more like- and raised new fears about deteriorating security in the fence dividing the United States from Mexico. ly to drown because the river may seem calm. But it has proved hardline militia’s former southern heartland. “I’m willing to do anything to get to the other side,” otherwise many times,” said Arturo Solis, president of the More than 100 people were reported killed in a string of Garcia said. “I just needed to know where to do it.” Center for Border Studies and Promotion of Human Rights in attacks and engagements across Afghanistan that started Migrants with money hire smugglers to lead them across the border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen, Texas. Wednesday and continued through Thursday: up to 87 insur- the border, especially since 1994 when the United States More than 1,200 bodies have been found floating in the gents, at least 15 Afghan police, an American civilian training increased its border patrols and began erecting fences. But Rio Grande near the northern state of Tamaulipas’ border Afghan forces, and the first female Canadian soldier to die in some, like Garcia, lack the cash to pay fees of up to $2,500 with Texas since 1994, Solis said. About half were never iden- combat. There were no reports of further violence Friday. and must rely on their own wits to get across. tified. Coalition forces had reports from Musa Qala on Tuesday The trip will likely become even more difficult next Still, the risks are rarely a deterrent for migrants desperate that the Taliban or criminal elements were trying to infiltrate month, when the first of 6,000 National Guard troops prom- to improve their economic situation and help their families. the village. ised by President Bush begin assisting Border Patrol agents. Garcia, a 30-year-old construction worker who traveled “Then the whole thing blew up” on Wednesday and The construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing is a 2,300 miles from southern Tabasco state to Tijuana, just Thursday, said Maj. Quentin Innis, a coalition spokesman key part of the immigration bills being considered by across the border from San Diego, said the $150 he made per based in Kandahar. Congress. week was hardly enough to support his wife and two chil- Innis said the Taliban often infiltrates villages and extorts The extra security could make sneaking into the United dren. He decided to head north after racking up a hospital money from tribal elders, but that leaders in Musa Qala had States riskier, especially for those trying to go it alone. debt of $3,500. told the militants they weren’t welcome. The militants then For lone migrants approaching the border, the first stop is “I was told I would have to bring plenty of water, that I’m mounted their attack using machine guns and assault rifles. usually a shelter where they can find partners for their jour- going to walk a lot and that the journey is dangerous, but I Innis said coalition forces flew military aircraft overhead ney. They learn from other crossers which hills and canyons have to at least try,” he said. to scare the Taliban militants and as a show of force, but that to take, the best time of day to cross, the places to avoid and Experts say migrants who try to sneak into the United the Afghan police forces did 100 percent of the fighting in where they might hide from the U.S. Border Patrol. States without a smuggler also are more likely to be caught the eight-hour clash. But hazards abound. Migrants crossing alone in remote by the U.S. Border Patrol. But then they’re simply dropped “We see this as them taking control of the situation and areas often fall prey to bandits who hide in remote canyons, off on the Mexican side where they quickly try again and sorting it out for themselves,” he said. “We see it as very in the barren desert and along the Rio Grande riverbanks. again, a process that helps them eventually master the ropes empowering on their part, and of course that’s what we Unfamiliar with the rough terrain, they must survive the of border crossing. want, because eventually we’re going to leave.” Weekend Edition, May 20-21, 2006 People in the News... www.smdp.com PAGE 19

MOVIEGUIDE Hung’s audience to eat it up SHOWTIMES: MAY 20-21, 2006 Broadway Loews Cineplex By The Associated Press “It’s going to be sexy,”she said. “It’s going to be Thursday night, said manager Ross Schilling. His 1441 3rd Street intimate.” condition was not immediately available. (310) 458-6232 CASTROVILLE, Calif. Off-key “American Idol” The production will take fans through her “He had been feeling bad the past couple of Goal! 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Show,” a spokeswoman for the show’s production singer Cassie Gaines were killed in a plane crash 12:50, 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Heavy spring rains dampened artichoke pro- company confirmed. in Mississippi in 1977. duction by as much as 20 percent, but local grow- McGreevey will be a guest during the show’s AMC7 Santa Monica ers said there will be more than enough. new season this fall, Lisa Halliday, a spokeswoman NEW YORK In an upcoming “60 Minutes” special, 1310 3rd Street Growers in Monterey County sold more than for Harpo Productions Inc. said Thursday. Mike Wallace acknowledges that he tried to com- (310)289-4262 $48 million worth of artichokes in 2004, the latest The appearance will be scheduled around the mit suicide two decades ago. year for which data is available. same time as the expected release of McGreevey’s The 88-year-old Wallace, who is retiring from Akeelah and the Bee (PG) memoir about his personal struggles as a homo- full-time correspondent duties, is the subject of a 11:00am, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Da Vinci Code, The (PG-13) LAS VEGAS After her first road tour in 10 years, sexual and his emergence as the nation’s first retrospective,“I’m Mike Wallace,”that airs Sunday 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:35, 1:45, Toni Braxton has found a new place to call home. openly gay governor. on CBS (7 p.m. EDT). 3:00, 4:00, 5:15, 6:30, 7:30, 8:45, The six-time Grammy-winner will take over as The book is being published by ReganBooks, Wallace has openly talked about problems with 10:00, 11:00, 12:00am the headliner at the Flamingo hotel-casino on the an imprint of HarperCollins. depression, but never said publicly that it got to Keeping Up With the Steins (PG-13) 10:45am, 1:05, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, Las Vegas Strip in August, replacing Wayne McGreevey shocked the nation when he pro- the point of a suicide attempt. 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