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SUPER LOTTO 2 7 20 39 42 Thousands turn out for Gov.’s speech Meganumber: 5 Jackpot: $... Million At least 1,000 rally FANTASY 5 5 14 15 20 27 against governor over DAILY 3 Daytime: 1 0 6 education budget Evening: 3 8 0 DAILY DERBY BY RYAN HYATT 1st: 12 Lucky Charms Daily Press Staff Writer 2nd: 10 Solid Gold 3rd: 03 Hot Shot RACE TIME: 1:48.85 SMC — California Governor Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California and former Hollywood action hero State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery Arnold Schwarzenegger on retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com Tuesday bid the Santa Monica NEWS OF THE WEIRD College graduating class a pleas- BY CHUCK SHEPARD ant journey on their maiden voy- age into the real world in front of ■ A February Atlanta Journal-Constitution thousands of fans and foes. dispatch from El Alberto, Mexico (near In a speech riddled with opti- Mexico City), profiled a theme park in which potential and wannabe emigrants to the mism, more than 4,500 friends United States can test their survival skills in and relatives showed up on an obstacle course that touches on the rigors migrants endure sneaking across the Tuesday evening at Corsair Field border. The cost of this rehearsal for a bet- to hear Gov. Schwarzenegger ter life is an admission fee of the equivalent of US$13. speak to 600 Santa Monica ■ In November, Yeslam Bin Laden, one of College students who will be 53 siblings and half-siblings of Osama, announced in Paris that he would soon bring moving on with their educational to market upscale floral fragrances for men and career endeavors. and women at about $30 an ounce, though the products will bear his first name rather Gov. Schwarzenegger, who than his last, for obvious reasons. (However, attended SMC during the 1970s, in February, the trademark authority in Switzerland, where Yeslam lives, resolved in took to the podium at 6:45 p.m. his favor his long-held-up application to use after more than 1,000 students, the “Bin Laden” name commercially, in case he decides to.) Yeslam said he hasn’t teachers and community activists seen Osama in 17 years and is appalled by protested for two hours against the his Al-Qaeda activities. ■ Kim Chan, 40, of a village in the state’s top politician for what they Cambodian province of Kampot, announced called his continued neglect of in March that he had a cow that was heav- enly possessed and could cure illnesses by public education in California. exposure to its bodily fluids, but local official “Education is a tool to be suc- Khun Somnang immediately discounted the claim, saying, “We had a holy cow here a Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press cessful,” Gov. Schwarzenegger year and a half ago (and you) don’t get two Thomas J Donner, Santa Monica College’s interim president, gives Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger an appreciation award that close together.” after he delivered a commencement address to SMC’s graduating class on Tuesday. Gov. Schwarzenegger is an alumni of SMC. See GRADUATION, page 5 QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.” Local businessman to face fraud charges Eco-friendly VINCE LOMBARDI US FOOTBALL COACH (1913-1970) By Daily Press staff INDEX A status hearing is scheduled for June 27 motorcycle DOWNTOWN LA — A local Horoscopes media agency owner who is in federal court in downtown Los Angeles. Out late tonight, Capricorn 2 accused of stealing money from to exhaust Surf Report his clients will face charges of Water temperature: 64° 3 fraud and conspiracy next month. charges of mail fraud, wire fraud for June 27 in federal court in Thomas Edward Rubin, the and conspiracy, which are includ- downtown Los Angeles. competition Commentary chairman and CEO of Focus ed in a seven-count indictment According to the indictment, Get a little incite 4 Media, Inc., a media placement returned by a federal grand jury in Focus’ principal business was to BY RYAN HYATT State agency once located in Santa Los Angeles. Also arrested was buy advertising time on television Daily Press Staff Writer Jackson to toughen up 7 Monica, appeared in federal court Thomas Patrick Sullivan, 63, a and radio stations for clients, in Los Angeles last week where he resident of Westlake Village, who including Sears, Roebuck and CITYWIDE — Enthusiasts say a National was arraigned on federal fraud had been the chief financial officer Company, which was Focus’ motorcycle soon to hit Santa Mad cow mania 9 charges, according to Richard of Focus Media. largest client. Among other allega- Monica streets will not only draw Real Estate Garcia, assistant director in charge Rubin was released on a $2 tions, the indictment charges that, eyes with its sleek features, but Home ownership is harder 10 of the FBI in Los Angeles, and million bond. Sullivan had been after Rubin and Sullivan received also deliver an amazing eco- Comics Debra Yang, United States released the previous week on a approximately $35 million from friendly performance that might Laugh it up 16 Attorney for the Central District of $250,000 bond. They both plead- Sears to pay for advertisements change the face of local trans- California. ed not guilty. that Focus placed on Sears’ behalf portation forever. Classifieds Rubin, 57, of Malibu, was The trial is scheduled for July Ad space odyssey 17-19 taken into custody on June 2 on 12. A status hearing is scheduled See FRAUD, page 6 See ECO-CYCLE, page 6

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SUPER LOTTO 3 30 34 37 41 Public Meganumber: 18 Jackpot: $50 Million FANTASY 5 4 6 8 14 25 calls for DAILY 3 Daytime: 0 8 0 Evening: 5 3 0 DAILY DERBY veterans’ 1st: 01 Gold Rush 2nd: 06 Whirl Win 3rd: 12 Lucky Charms RACE TIME: 1:41.39 Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery shelter retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com BY RYAN HYATT NEWS OF THE WEIRD Daily Press Staff Writer BY CHUCK SHEPARD BRENTWOOD — The push to The bodies of Kentucky State provide housing for hundreds of Reformatory inmates Avery C. Roland, down-and-out veterans may have 26, and Michael Talbot Jr., 24, were found in a nearby landfill the day after been moot on Thursday, due to they went missing in July; a developers with more clout than Department of Corrections official said the public regarding the future of they had probably hidden inside a garbage truck without realizing that, to the Veteran Administration’s prevent escapes, the prison requires West Los Angeles campus. that garbage be compacted twice Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Hundreds of concerned citi- before it leaves the grounds. And four days apart in July, two 19-year-old Santa Monica firefighter Johnny Maccini successfully completes his one-year test earlier this month at the city yards. zens, HOA leaders, veterans and men (in Sheboygan, Wis., and Maccini and two other recruits are now sworn Santa Monica firefighters, after completing a one-year probation period. elected officials from across Louisville, Ky.) fell to their deaths while Southern California showed up at car-surfing at high speeds. (According to a witness, the Sheboygan man’s Wadsworth Theatre on Thursday fatal fall came shortly after he yelled to Three prove to express their hopes that the his driver, “Is that all you got?") V.A.’s sprawling 387-acre campus TODAY IN HISTORY here be used for veteran services. that they can In particular, a vast majority of Today is the 267th day of 2005. There are 98 days left in the year. See VA CAMPUS, page 11 On Sept. 24, 1789, Congress passed the take the heat First Judiciary Act, which provided for an LOCAL Attorney General and a Supreme Court. BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON INDEX Daily Press Staff Writer Homeless rewarded for rising to occasion Horoscopes SANTA MONICA FIRE DEPT. — Act like a kid, Gemini 2 Three new recruits have shown BY JASMIN PERSCH Surf Report they can stand the heat, and can Special to the Daily Press Water temperature: 62° 3 breathe a little easier for it. Opinion The trio have sworn to combat BERGAMONT STATION — Tangled up in Blue 4 fires in Santa Monica, but only With a brand-new minivan, a Local after a brutal year of training, test- Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press home and her own business, Test of endurance 5 ing and finding a way to fit into The trio of new firefighters were tested on belay lines, laying hose and ladder- Maria Lukvec never expected State the SMFD lifestyle. ing in front of senior firefighters during the stress-filled one-year test. to become homeless. Shaking things up 6 Twenty-somethings Julian And when she did feel her- National Zermino, Johnny Maccini and Monica must face. station life, which is determined by self slipping into homelessness, Growing with the flow 18 Ryan Dermidjian are the newest The year leading up to the test is their peers and their captain. she denied it. Santa Monica firefighters, after no cake-walk either. After they “We can’t afford a guy to be so Lukvec’s party supply store International each passed their one-year test passed a written exam, a physical -so,” said SMFD Battalion Chief was losing money because of Tough Shiite 22 earlier this month. The test, which agility test and an oral board Carl Bjerke. “You have to be the mismanagement, according to Comics takes about nine hours to com- review at the outset, the new kind of guy that can live with oth- a personal profile. Within two Strips tease 23 plete, is regarded as one of the recruits are on probation for a year. ers and go with the flow. You years, she and her children Classifieds most anticipated and rigorous Within six months, they had to See BACK ON TRACK, page 12 Ad space odyssey 24-26 experiences a firefighter in Santa have proven that they can handle See FIREFIGHTERS, page 15 GABY SCHKUD We’re in Back by popular demand... THE UNDER $10 The name you can depend on! Culver City too! 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Citing the high quality of the workforce BRENTWOOD — Residents con- in Ontario, Toyota decided recently to cerned about the fate of the Veteran build a second plant in the province (this time in Woodstock) even though Administration’s 387-acre campus Ontario was offering only about half gathered for a town hall meeting on the subsidy offered by Mississippi and Wednesday, in the hopes of figur- Alabama to build the plant in one of those states. According to a July ing out what they can live with. Canadian Press story, a trade associa- Local officials said a recent tion executive said the industry had report prepared by a VA consul- learned from Nissan and Honda, which had found the workforce in the U.S. tant indicates its West Los Angeles South to be often untrained and illiter- grounds could be opened up to ate, and that, in Alabama, trainers had extensive commercial develop- to use pictorials to teach some workers how to use the equipment. ment, including medical research facilities or high-rise condomini- TODAY IN HISTORY ums. Opposed to the suggestions, Today is the 260th day of 2005. Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press hundreds of Brentwood residents There are 105 days left in the year. A running back makes it past the defensive player as coach Matt Fraggi watches from the side line at Reed Park on and political leaders packed Thursday. Fraggi, athletic director at Saint Monica’s, supervised the sixth graders’ game. On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of See VA, page 14 the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the constitutional convention in Philadelphia. City Hall reports on efforts ‘LASupportsLA’ INDEX raises $100,000 for Horoscopes to assist Katrina victims hurricane victims Plans change, Libra 2 BY RYAN HYATT Holbrook and Richard Bloom, BY RYAN HYATT Surf Report Daily Press Staff Writer included brief presentations by Daily Press Staff Writer Water temperature: 63° 3 John Pacheco representing the CITY HALL — Elected officials Santa Monica chapter of the Red BARKER HANGAR — Raising Opinion recently made public citywide Cross, as well as Paul Weinberg, their glasses to recovery, more Ryan Hyatt/Daily Press Q-Line is in! 4 efforts to assist Hurricane Katrina city emergency services coordina- than 1,400 people gathered here Ian Blackburn and Tim Smith orga- State victims, earning community mem- tor, and Santa Monica Fire Chief last weekend to provide hun- nized a food-and-wine fundraiser Blame not name of game 6 bers praise for their outpouring of Jim Hone. dreds of thousands of dollars to that attracted hundreds of people National relief. “The chaos that occurred as a victims of Hurricane Katrina within a week after Hurricane The Santa City Council this result of this disaster is unimagin- with a food-wine tasting and a Katrina pummeled New Orleans. High times at work? 9 week heard an official report from able,” Bloom said. “It’s important silent auction. International emergency service personnel we learn lessons on what we can LearnAboutWine hosted an raiser attracted more than 1,000 Safe sex in Mex 22 regarding the situation in the do to improve our own systems.” encore to its “TASTE” summer professionals from Los Angeles Comics South, and what local government Chief Hone said 90,000 square events in the name of hurricane for a night of live entertainment Laugh it up 23 and non-profit steps have been miles were devastated by Katrina, relief on Friday, Sept. 9. Dubbed and a chance to try hundreds of taken in recovery effort. in which 40,000 people were “LA to LA — Los Angeles fine foods and wines from local Classifieds The discussion, brought forth Supports Louisiana,” the fund- See FUNDRAISER, page 12 Have some class 24-26 by City Councilmen Bob See LOCAL EFFORTS, page 13

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On Sept. 5, 1945, Iva Toguri D’Aquino, BY RYAN HYATT 100th birthday, with plans to toric elements into the primary a Japanese-American suspected of Daily Press Staff Writer sponsor year-long events that tie curriculum that would play on the being wartime broadcaster Tokyo in Santa Monica’s past with stu- “100” theme. Aspects about Santa Rose, was arrested in Yokohama. SUNSET PARK — The city of dent learning. There will also be Monica’s past will be brought for- (D’Aquino was later convicted of trea- son, stripped of her U.S. citizenship Santa Monica’s oldest public efforts made this year to invite the ward in school assemblies. and sent to serve 10 years in prison, school is gearing up for its centen- elementary school’s alumni to a Grant PTA parents discovered a but ended up serving six; she was par- nial celebration, calling on alumni massive class reunion in May. wealth of old photos and newspaper doned in 1977 by President Ford.) and the community to indulge in a Alan Friedenberg, Grant princi- clippings in the school’s time cap- INDEX slice of city history. pal for 11 years, said nothing is sule that will be shared in exhibits Administrators at Grant beyond consideration for the throughout the school year. Horoscopes Elementary School have begun school’s centennial achievement. Do for yourself, Taurus 2 preparations for the school’s Efforts are underway to add his- See GRANT, page 8 Surf Report Water temperature: 67° 3 COMMUNITY PROFILES IS A WEEKLY SERIES THAT APPEARS EACH MONDAY Opinion COMMUNITYPROFILES | AND DELVES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN SANTA MONICA. It’s in the bag 4 Commentary Sometimes help comes in cycles Robertson’s pants on fire 5 Commentary BY ROBERT FATURECHI take part in the Arthritis Ride, a Learning gap narrows 6 Special to the Daily Press two-wheel trek from San Local Francisco to the Santa Monica The roads less travelled 7 Michael Closson spends his pier. days tinkering with B2 stealth “I’ve always wanted to ride a State bombers, but in two weeks the 40- bike down the coast,” he said. Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press A call for help 10 year-old Santa Monica resident Closson hopes to draw attention The first person to identify where National may make his biggest splash on to the widespread effects of arthri- this photo was taken will win a Plane fed up 11 two wheels. tis, a condition he says is often prize from the Daily Press. E-mail Classifieds Closson, an engineer, plans on answers to [email protected]. Ad space odyssey 14-19 taking some time off from work to See PROFILES, page 9 TAXES $ .99 ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES

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A week Controversy stemming from before that, in Hemet, Calif., a 21- the botched enforcement of a 57- year-old man was hospitalized (with Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press year-old hedge ordinance became DUI charges pending) after hitting two parked cars, a tree, a fence, and a bus, Actor Mike Buffo gets into character, as Parolles, for the upcoming Shakespeare Santa Monica production of “All’s Well a hot-button issue last year, shak- driving a car with the hood sticking up That Ends Well.” Looking on are (from left to right) Vinny Cardinale, Ian Roettger and Camron Robertson. ing up Santa Monica’s last elec- and deployed airbags flapping in the tion and galvanizing several wind. ■ Joseph R. Holland, 23, who neighborhood groups. escaped in February from prison in Wherefore art thou plays in the park? On Tuesday, however, the Schuylkill County, Pa. (near Santa Monica City Council voted Allentown), but who was captured the BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON offer residents free performances School of the Arts. in favor of an ordinance which following day, wrote to a judge in March disputing the escape charge Daily Press Staff Writer in the park, specifically in the “Romeo & Juliet,” directed by will increase the size of hedges against him: (1) The warden never told Miles Playhouse and on the tennis John Farmanesh-Bocca, will debut allowed on side and rear yards, him he couldn’t escape, he said (in his REED PARK — Shakespeare has courts at Reed Park. on July 21 at the playhouse. Both while grandparenting in existing syntax-challenged petition). “(I) was never provided with any orientation, a arrived in Santa Monica. “All’s Well That Ends Well” shows will run intermittently enclosures when the law takes handbook or ever signed any contract In true community theater for- opens tonight at the Miles through July 31, with four days of effect in August. The new law ... I was never informed to follow any mat, Shakespeare Santa Monica, Playhouse, under the direction of outdoor performances set to begin attempts to update a hedge ordi- rules, cause I knew no rules!” (2) “I wasn’t gone over 24 hours, and all my in association with the Louis Scheeder, the director and on July 28 on tennis court No. 1. nance that dates back to 1948, personal belongings were ever here. I Powerhouse Theatre Company, founder of The Classical Studio at had every intention of coming back, has returned for a second year to New York University’s Tisch See SHAKESPEARE, page 10 See HEDGES, page 5 who’s to say any different?” (3) And besides, he said, the guards actually opened the gate for him (even though NATIONAL it was really for another inmate coming in, with Holland managing to sneak Scientists scared as Dune boogie: out at the same time). the skies are falling INDEX Desert blues Horoscopes By The Associated Press Play ostrich tonight, Scorpio 2 SEATTLE — With record on tap at Pier Surf Report numbers of dead seabirds BY WINTER JOHNSON Water temperature: 64° 3 washing up on West Coast Special to the Daily Press Opinion beaches from Central Califor- Word to the unwise 4 nia to British Columbia, marine SM PIER — Hundreds will be State biologists are raising the alarm hearing the Saharan desert blues Voting booth burnout 7 about rising ocean tempera- tonight as the Thursday free out- Business tures and dwindling plankton door summer concert series pre- Opportunity knocks 8 populations. sents Putumayo Presents Mali: National “Something big is going on Tinariwen with Markus James and Beef relief 12 out there,” said Julia Parrish, The Wassonrai. an associate professor in the Opening the Santa Monica Comics School of Aquatic Fisheries Twilight Dance Series will be Yuks redux 16 and Sciences at the University Markus James and The Wassonrai. Classifieds See SEABIRDS, page 6 Eric Mullet/Special to the Daily Press Ad space odyssey 17-19 See SANDSTORM, page 6 Tinariwen brings its Mali-influenced music to the Santa Monica Pier tonight.

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Would- that the victorious settlement be Clinton Township, Ohio, politician involving the Santa Monica Hank Hill was arrested when he Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Baykeeper against the city of Los showed up to meet a “14-year-old Bass player Prescott Niles of the Knack jams before a captive audience Thursday night on the Santa Monica Pier. The girl,” and according to WEWS-TV, in Angeles was the most impressive his truck were Viagra, condoms, lubri- band’s lively set marked the season finale of the 21st Annual Twilight Dance Series concerts. legal action to further the cause of cant and his 22-month-old son. coastal protection in 2004. TODAY IN HISTORY According to the group, Los LOCAL Angeles is fulfilling its obligations Today is the 246th day of 2005. Arrests in local terrorism case under the agreement. There are 119 days left in the year. Suspect being sought Terry O’Day, chief operating On Sept. 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris after attempted rape officer for Environment Now, said between the United States and Great example of homegrown threat the sewage settlement is a land- Britain officially ended the Revolution- ary War. By Daily Press staff BY JEREMIAH MARQUEZ mer Santa Monica College student. mark achievement that will have Associated Press Writer All but Samana, a Pakistani In 1658, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord See BAYKEEPERS, page 6 Protector of England, died. ARCADE TERRACE — A man national, are American born and who attempted a rape and LOS ANGELES — An alleged Muslim converts. INDEX failed is wanted by the Santa plot targeting military facilities, Counterterrorism officials have Horoscopes Monica police for assault. synagogues and other Los found no evidence directly con- Whoa is me Act on a wish, Scorpio 2 At 9:50 p.m. on Sept. 1, the Angeles-area sites — including a necting the group — described as Surf Report Santa Monica police responded Santa Monica recruitment center the cell of a California prison gang Water temperature: 68° 3 to Arcade Terrace regarding an — has highlighted what experts of radical Muslims — to al-Qaida Opinion attempted sexual assault. say is a growing terrorist threat: or other foreign terror networks. Read between the lines 4 After officers arrived on the homegrown American militants Law enforcement officials and scene, they concluded the sus- operating with little or no help terrorism experts said it could rep- Commentary pect entered the residence from Islamic extremists abroad. resent one of the first Islamic ter- U.S. leaders need to lead 5 through a partially open door. Four suspects were charged this rorism cases involving U.S. State Once inside the residence, the week with conspiring to wage war natives without those connections. What a gas! 6 suspect attempted to sexually against the U.S. government Since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror National assault the victim. through terrorism. Named in the strikes, an international dragnet Papa don’t play 16 The suspect took the vic- federal indictment were Levar has broken up training camps, dis- Matan Ori/Special to Daily Press Comics tim’s purse before fleeing the Haley Washington, 25; Gregory rupted finances and sent terrorist Why would anybody jump out of a Strips tease 23 location. Vernon Patterson, 21; Kevin leaders underground, making it all perfectly good airplane? Seek Classifieds See SEXUAL ASSAULT, page 6 James, 29; and Hammad Riaz answers on page 13. Ad space odyssey 24-26 Samana, 21, believed to be a for- See TERROR AT HOME, page 7

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Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com tions took a step forward recently, when Malibu received a $2.5 mil- Manslaughter conviction NEWS OF THE WEIRD lion grant to acquire land for its BY CHUCK SHEPARD proposed water quality manage- could equal 11 years in jail ment facility. Poor Candidates for Rehabilitation: Paul The Santa Monica Bay Restor- BY RYAN HYATT Meeter, 21, just released from jail in ation Corporation (SBRC) approv- Daily Press Staff Writer Elk Grove, Calif., in June on traffic charges, was arrested a few hours ed the grant on Aug. 19 with the later and charged with smuggling out understanding it be put towards the AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — The the orange jumpsuit he had been wear- purchase of the Chili Cook-Off Santa Monica bar owner accused ing while behind bars. And a 15-year- old boy, who had a juvenile-court hear- property near Malibu Creek, with- of killing a patron he shot to death ing on a theft charge in Macon, Ga., in in the city’s civic center. more than 20 years ago has been July, was accused of stealing about The pending land acquisition is found not guilty of murder. $600 from the blind snack bar operator in the lobby of the courthouse. intended to house facilities that will Jurors deliberating for nearly treat stormwater, before releasing it 15 hours decided on Wednesday TODAY IN HISTORY into the ocean, as well as collect that Antonio Pedraza was not Today is the 239th day of 2005. and divert local wastewater. guilty for the first-degree murder There are 126 days left in the year. Supporters of the project say of Javier Garcia, 25, on June 21, such operations will significantly 1984. Garcia was shot multiple On Aug. 27, 1945, American troops began landing in Japan following the improve environmental conditions times in front of the Jalisco Cafe, surrender of the Japanese government around the bay, which currently a now-defunct bar once located at in World War II. threatens wildlife and poses health 1811 Olympic Blvd. QUOTE OF THE DAY risks due to contamination, However, Pedraza, 58, still according to some groups. faces up to 11 years in prison for “In soloing — as in other activities — SBRC’s Vice Chair David Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press voluntary manslaughter, a lesser it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.” Nahai said his group is glad to Buckwheat Zydeco jams on his accordion at the Santa Monica Pier on offense the jury said he committed assist Malibu’s environmental Thursday night, presenting his own brand of Louisiana folk music infused on Wednesday. AMELIA EARHART AMERICAN AVIATOR (1898-1937?) cause, which will likely affect with elements of rock, pop and soul. Next week’s concert — with perfor- Superior Court Judge Steph- INDEX countless Santa Monica Bay resi- mances by Shonen Knife and The Knack — will conclude this summer’s anie Sautner is expected to sen- annual Twilight Dance Series. tence Pedraza on Sept. 29. Horoscopes See MALIBU, page 12 The fatal shooting occurred late Be a couch potato, Cancer 2 at night, after an intoxicated Surf Report STATE Garcia was kicked out of the bar Water temperature: 66° 3 for throwing beer bottles on the Opinion floor, according to witnesses and Presidential pulse 4 ‘Surf’ strife: Two cities for every slogan? police. Garcia waited outside until Commentary By The Associated Press Pedraza confronted him from the Push the Palestinians 5 1963 Jan and Dean hit in their also applied for federal trademarks. front side of the building. Garcia SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State marketing. The Senate Rules Committee was killed in the ensuing shoot- State Cooling the fire 6 lawmakers have waded into a dis- But Santa Cruz officials say the this week passed a resolution that out. pute between Santa Cruz and the Huntington Beach tourism bureau said Santa Cruz, home of the wet Garcia suffered a total of 14 National Orange County city of Huntington recently broke the truce when it suit, was the nation’s true “surf gunshot wounds from 11 bullets Don’t get comfortable 9 Beach, which both claim the title chose a surfboard-shaped “Surf city” and that Huntington Beach — with some of the gunshots Comics “Surf City USA.” City USA” logo and signed a deal could not claim exclusive rights to entering and exiting multiple parts Strips tease 23 For years, the cities have with Dean Torrence and the estate the name. Any city can use the of his body, police said. 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Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com murder NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer Britain’s Church Mission Society, with 200 missionaries around the world, LAX COURTHOUSE — The decided recently that a place that needs one the most is the town of teenager accused of killing anoth- Telford, England (population 150,000), er Santa Monica teen will have his where fewer than one in a hundred fate decided by a jury, it was residents attends an Anglican church. (Said a CMS spokesman, “These days decided on Wednesday. the CMS goes to the hard places and Superior Court Judge James R. takes on the hard cases.") (The Church Dabney felt that prosecutors pro- of England might have a larger problem, according to a July survey by vided adequate evidence for Bangor University researchers: 3 per- Matthew Felix Vargas, 18, to cent of its clergy doubts the existence stand trial for the fatal shooting in of God, which works out to nearly 300 September of 2003. This despite non-believing ministers.) the defense’s contention that TODAY IN HISTORY Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Vargas can’t be placed at the Today is the 265th day of 2005. Second-grader Samantha Santiago raises money for Hurricane Katrina victims in front of her home, the Sea Castle, scene around the time police say There are 100 days left in the year. by selling sand dollars for $1 each. Santiago’s family lived in the Sea Castle when the Northridge Earthquake hit in Jalonnie Carter was gunned down. Autumn arrives at 6:23 p.m. EDT. 1994, forcing them out of the building when it was red-tagged. The family was thankful to receive help from the Red Carter, 19, was shot in the back On Sept. 22, 1776, Nathan Hale was Cross then, and are planning for a payback. with a .22-caliber gun in the 1800 hanged as a spy by the British during block of 20th Street while walking the Revolutionary War. through an alley on Sept. 2, 2003. QUOTE OF THE DAY Police believe the shooting Scammers’ getaway hits the skids occurred at 5:41 p.m. The bullet “One of the great lessons the fall pierced Carter’s heart, and he died of the leaf teaches, is this: Do your a few hours later at a local hospi- work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.” BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Aratani. “There is going to be sig- against the dealership in down- tal — the lone homicide in Santa Daily Press Staff Writer TRYON EDWARDS nificant developments next week.” town Los Angeles Superior Court. Monica that year. AMERICAN CLERGYMAN (1809-1894) Aratani declined to give The suit alleges several customers In addition to first-degree mur- INDEX DOWNTOWN LA — After nearly specifics, but did say charges were ripped off by the dealership, der, Vargas also faces five counts three years of investigating an would most likely be filed against located at 1720 Santa Monica of sexual assault for a rape he Horoscopes alleged consumer fraud scam at individuals involved in the alleged Blvd. That suit has been put on allegedly committed on Nov. 21, As you wish, Libra 2 Honda of Santa Monica, prosecu- scam at the Honda of Santa hold until the criminal investiga- 2004, involving a 13-year-old girl. Surf Report tors are expected to file charges as Monica dealership, as well as a tion is complete, Aratani said. Vargas, who was 17 at the time of Water temperature: 64° 3 early as next week. similar scam at another dealership Since the raid, many of those the alleged rape, also faces one Opinion Dozens of investigators with in Norwalk. involved have been fired. The deal- count of fleeing an officer who At what cost peace? 4 the Los Angeles County District On the same day of the raid, a Attorney’s Consumer Protection class-action lawsuit was filed See FRAUD, page 7 See MURDER TRIAL, page 6 Division seized boxes of files at Honda of Santa Monica’s finance LOCAL and sales departments in a surprise raid on Sept. 25, 2002. Local Investigators and prosecutors City on board with VA homeless shelter Saddle sore in Alaska 10-11 have since been sifting through National files, computer records and other BY RYAN HYATT a 387-acre site here into a home- oping the Veteran Administra- Cold cash 12 evidence to build their case. Daily Press Staff Writer less shelter serving between 300 tion’s largely abandoned West Comics “In light of the course we’re and 500 down-and-out veterans. Los Angeles campus into a long- Laugh it up 16 going, it looks like some signifi- BRENTWOOD — Santa Monica The proposal, initiated by term therapeutic supportive hous- Classifieds cant developments will be hap- city officials on Wednesday offi- Santa Monica City Councilman ing facility for American service- Ad space odyssey 17-19 pening with this case,” said cially endorsed a plan to convert Bobby Shriver, calls for re-devel- See VA GROUNDS, page 12 Deputy District Attorney Dana

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BY CHUCK SHEPARD The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, a group Heidi Erickson of Boston, one of charged with addressing homeless America’s more aggressive cat-hoard- issues for the county, presented a ing women, made News of the Weird in 2003 when she raucously challenged report on Thursday showing that her evictions from two homes where 83,347 individuals are estimated she allegedly was attempting to breed to be homeless at any given time the “imperfections” out of Persian cats. within the metropolitan area, 42 Subsequently, she moved into the Plympton, Mass., home of Patricia percent of whom are considered Pima, a black hermaphrodite who rais- “chronically homeless” — which es champion horses. The friendship means they have been on the ended in February when passenger Erickson yelled at Pima for reading the streets for a year or more, or have Bible while driving on Interstate 495, had at least four episodes of home- resulting in Pima’s ordering Erickson lessness in the past three years. out of the car, which led to Erickson’s filing a complaint with local authorities They also suffer from one or more Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press that Pima’s home reeks so bad that it is disability, mental illness or sub- A homeless man catches some sleep where he can, dozing in front of a liquor store on Main Street. a public health hazard. stance abuse. TODAY IN HISTORY The Los Angeles metropolitan count, the first of its kind, was tab- there would be more information area has the highest chronic home- ulated in January with the assis- about homeless demographics in How LAHSA managed Today is the 168th day of 2005. less population in the country, tance of 1,000 volunteers and paid cities such as Santa Monica in There are 197 days left in the year. according to officials. homeless workers, conducted in coming weeks. to hit the ‘hot spots’ On June 17, 1775, the Revolutionary In addition to LAHSA’s count, large part so the county could LAHSA has concluded that 55 BY RYAN HYATT War Battle of Bunker Hill took place near there are 7,600 homeless individu- access an estimated $60 million in percent — or 19,194 — of the Daily Press Staff Writer Boston. The battle, which actually occurred on Breed's Hill, was a costly als in Glendale, Pasadena and grant funding from the federal chronically homeless counted victory for the British, who suffered Long Beach, bringing the total department of Housing and Urban have three or more disabilities, The Los Angeles Homeless heavy losses while dislodging the rebels. number countywide to 91,000. Development for homeless pro- indicating “these people face mul- Authority’s physical homeless QUOTE OF THE DAY Those cities will present informa- grams and mental health services. tiple barriers” to overcome their count was tabulated in January tion regarding their numbers of The count included those living lack of housing, according to the involving 1,000 volunteers “Mediocrity knows nothing chronically homeless in coming in the streets and shelters in Santa report. and paid homeless workers, higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius." weeks. Monica. Mitchell Netburn, execu- almost 100 of whom were LAHSA’s physical homeless tive director for LAHSA, said See COUNT, page 8 from Santa Monica. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE BRITISH WRITER (1856-1930) The count, which was the first of its kind, was released INDEX Afternoon quake shakes things up publicly on Thursday and Horoscopes based on 500 sections of Stay in, Leo 2 By The Associated Press tered near Yucaipa in San Yucaipa. “At the front, all the cus- greater Los Angeles’ more than Surf Report Bernardino County, east of Los tomers were in a panic. They were 2,000 census tracts. Data was Water temperature: 62° 3 YUCAIPA, Calif. — A moderate Angeles, according to the U.S. all just in a hurry to get out.” gathered from “hot spots,” Commentary earthquake shook most of Geological Survey. About 25 Andrea Cabrera, an employee where homeless people congre- Dems don’t get it 4 Southern California Thursday, aftershocks followed in a little at the Walgreens drug store in gate, and from randomly cho- startling people and knocking over an hour, the strongest esti- Yucaipa, said the store “just had a sen areas weighted and calcu- State Better safe than sorry 6 items off shelves and desks, but mated at magnitude 3.5. few items falling, that’s all.” lated to produce a scientific there were no immediate reports Residents reported shaking Customers “were just stunned, and survey 95 percent accurate, National of significant damage or injuries. from Los Angeles to San Diego they just stood there,” she said. according to county officials. Breath of fresh air 7 “All of a sudden it just started and in counties to the east. Rock The Los Angeles Fire Depart- The local base for LAHSA’s Entertainment rocking,” said John Napolitano, slides were reported on Highway ment received no immediate homeless count was at the Ken Means to a beginning 10 45, a campus police officer at 38 in the San Bernardino reports of major damage, spokes- Edwards Center on Fourth Comics Crafton Hills College. “I just sat Mountains. man Brian Humphrey said. None Street, covering Santa Monica Strips tease 12 there and rode it out.” “I heard a loud rumbling sound, of Southern California Edison’s and Venice on the night of Classifieds The early afternoon quake had kind of like thunder,” said Nick See LAHSA, page 5 Ad space odyssey 13-15 a magnitude of 4.9 and was cen- Brandes, 25, manager of a store in See QUAKE, page 6 Jacquie Banks VIDEO PHONE BACK OR BUY ONE GET ONE FREE UNFILED TAXES? SONY ERICSSON Z500A 310.586.0342 *IN-STORE REBATE W/2YR ACTIVATION ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES SAMUEL B. 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Visit the California State Lottery web site:Http://www.calottery.com BY RYAN HYATT NEWS OF THE WEIRD Daily Press Writer BY CHUCK SHEPARD CITY HALL — Opportunities and Andre Guthrie, 22, faced with a special challenges Santa Monicans will five-year-minimum sentence under the face in the future are now available law because he robbed a Sovereign Bank in Lowell, Mass., “while masked,” for public review and discussion. argued to his sentencing judge in June City Hall’s planning depart- that he wasn’t actually in disguise but ment released on Monday the merely in his transvestite mode (“Andrea Guthrie”), including wig, false breasts, completed “Opportunities and and a fake nose and facial moles. “This Challenges” report, which builds is what he does,” said Guthrie’s lawyer. on the community visions present- “This is who he is.” ed in the “Emerging Themes” TODAY IN HISTORY report reviewed by the City Today is the 220th day of 2005. Council and planning commission There are 145 days left in the year. in April. As part of the two-year, ongo- On Aug. 8, 1974, President Nixon ing overhaul of the city’s planning announced he would resign following new damaging revelations in the and traffic plan, the latest report Watergate scandal. Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press examines existing conditions and In 1945, the Soviet Union declared war John Franklin (right) and Stephen Carlson of the Cornerstone Ministries protest the Hare Krishna Festival on Sunday. trends that pose challenges to the against Japan during World War II. In 1963, Britain’s “Great Train “Don’t believe in false gods, read the Bible,” they yelled as the marched in front of the festival parade. Robbery” took place as thieves made See CITY REPORT, page 6 off with 2.6 million pounds in ban- knotes. STATE COMMUNITY PROFILES IS A WEEKLY SERIES THAT APPEARS EACH MONDAY COMMUNITYPROFILES | AND DELVES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN SANTA MONICA. QUOTE OF THE DAY City employs microbe “Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes to clear out MTBE counterfeit men.” By The Associated Press Clark Vautier: Climbing his SYDNEY J. HARRIS AMERICAN JOURNALIST (1917-1986) LOS ANGELES — Bacteria is INDEX gobbling up a massive plume of the toxic gasoline additive MTBE way out of life’s daily grind Horoscopes that was migrating toward two BY ROBERT FATURECHI Zealander returned home, signs of You get second wind, Libra 2 city-operated water wells. Special to the Daily Press his snowy adventure still mark his Surf Report The project, which is the face. Water temperature: 67° 3 first of its kind in Los Angeles, Clark Vautier loves to climb Along his tanned skin — pep- Opinion will restore millions of gallons mountains, the bigger the better. pered with snowy stubble — are Don’t throw money at homeless 4 of San Fernando Valley The Santa Monica resident the brownish burns of frost nip, a groundwater, which accounts recently reached the snowy peak result of the cold trek along the Commentary for 10 percent of the city’s of Mount McKinley, the conti- Alaskan peak. Christian persecution on the rise 5 drinking supply. Scientists nent’s highest mountain, an expe- Though his burns will likely Local believe the bacteria will in the rience that’s left its mark on heal and disappear, Vautier said Know before you go 7 future offer a cheaper way to Vautier in more ways than one. the experience is one that will State clean up water contamination. “Ultimately when you get out stick with him. Workers fired for Web posts 10 Santa Monica has faced its into nature you get in touch with “When we saw that marker Comics own share of MTBE problems. nature, but really you’re getting in marking the top of the mountain, Laugh it up 13 In 1996, MTBE contaminated touch with yourself,” the market- there was such a great feeling of seven drinking-water wells in ing consultant said. “It’s that con- accomplishment,” Vautier said. Classifieds the city. City Hall settled with nection with nature that recharges “There’s very few things you can Ad space odyssey 14-15 major oil companies for rough- me, and I have to do it.” have such a tangible result in front Legal Notices See MTBE, page 6 Though more than two weeks DBAs 16-19 have passed since the native New See PROFILES, page 8 % OFF TAXES ANY ACCESSORIES ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES 50 $ .99 AUDITS • BACK TAXES • BOOKKEEPING • SMALL BUSINESS 39 AND UNDER SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA HURRY OFFER EXPIRES AUGUST 31, 2005! 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DAILY LOTTERY A fair interruption SUPER LOTTO City’s 2 5 21 25 38 Meganumber: 11 Jackpot: $10 Million FANTASY 5 1 7 9 11 32 lawsuit DAILY 3 Daytime: 0 3 6 Evening: 1 2 2 DAILY DERBY against 1st: 07 Eureka 2nd: 01 Gold Rush 3rd: 02 Lucky Star RACE TIME: 1:45:14 self dies NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY RYAN HYATT BY CHUCK SHEPARD Daily Press Staff Writer In the news recently, the Norwegian tree ski-jumping championship was held in SACRAMENTO — City Hall suf- Hallingskarvet, in which the object was to fered a third strike last month ski into a tall tree and hang from it at a when the state Supreme Court higher point than anyone else (March). refused to hear a case that And parent Peter Dukovich was acquitted involved the city suing itself, los- of most charges in the post-game assault ing, appealing and losing again, of a high school basketball referee after he testified that he didn’t know the man over an initiative approved by vot- was a referee (despite the striped shirt ers more than four years ago. and his repeatedly blowing a whistle dur- The California Supreme Court ing the game) (Allegheny County, Pa., decided last month not to review a January). And two financially unsavvy previous decision made by the Ramsey, N.J., teenage burglars were court of appeals in upholding arrested after taking $100,000 in cash from a home but ignoring $900,000 in Proposition LL, an initiative fully negotiable bearer bonds (January). approved by Santa Monica voters in 2000 that limits public officials TODAY IN HISTORY from receiving gifts and campaign contributions from companies that Today is the 133rd day of 2005. There are 232 days left in the year. Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press contract with the city. It blocks The Santa Monica College Job Fair on Thursday is interrupted by students protesting against military recruiters on officials who award contracts of On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was campus. more than $50,000 from receiving shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant campaign contributions, gifts or Mehmet Ali Agca. employment from the party to In 1607, the English colony at whom the benefit was awarded. Jamestown, Va., was settled. The Supreme Court’s decision In 1846, the United States declared that Former chief executive of Nasdaq-listed a state of war already existed against not to review the case means the Mexico. lower court’s decision to put the company sentenced to federal prison initiative into law will likely be QUOTE OF THE DAY final. The law has never been “The worst-tempered people I’ve ever Executive vice president of NewCom, Inc. also Khans’ sentence under the United implemented. met were people who knew they States sentencing guidelines Nearly 60 percent of Santa were wrong.” sentenced to prison time for ‘cooking the books’ should be 57 months in prison. Monica voters in November of WILSON MIZNER By Daily Press staff But relying upon the U.S. 2000 voted in favor of Prop. LL, AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT (1876-1933) orchestrating an extensive Supreme Court’s decision earlier which was designed to stop city INDEX The former chief executive offi- accounting fraud scheme at this year in United States vs. workers and elected leaders from Horoscopes cer of NewCom, Inc. was sen- NewCom, a publicly traded com- Booker, which declared the sen- collecting cash, gifts and other tenced Wednesday to two years in pany that sold computer peripher- tencing guidelines to be only advi- perks from individuals who are Put your feet up, Aquarius 2 federal prison for devising and car- als. NewCom was based in sory and not mandatory, Judge affected by their decisions. Surf Report rying out an elaborate scheme to Westlake Village from 1994 Cooper reduced each defendant’s Carmen Balber, a consumer Water temperature: 57° 3 defraud the company’s investors through 1999. sentence to 24 months in federal advocate with the Foundation for and the United States Securities Asif Mohammad Khan — no prison, according to the U.S. Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Opinion and Exchange Commission by relation to Sultan Khan — 60, of Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. the Santa Monica-based group All hail homeless czar 6 falsely inflating revenues. Westlake Village, the former exec- In reducing the sentences, Judge that drove the initiative, said the Entertainment Sultan Warris Khan, 60, of utive vice president and a director Cooper cited the defendants’ lack decision means officials in Santa Ferrell not ‘Old School’ 8 Pacific Palisades, who was the of NewCom, also was sentenced of prior convictions, their age and Monica will have to ensure the president, chief executive officer Wednesday by Judge Cooper to particular medical conditions. public projects they approve are National and chairman of the board of two years in federal prison. Appearing in U.S. District Court not funded by campaign contribu- Oil still undiscovered 11 directors of NewCom, was sen- Both defendants were ordered in Los Angeles, Sultan Khan was tors. Classifieds tenced by U.S. District Judge to pay a $15,000 fine. sentenced after pleading guilty in “The city needs to accept Florence-Marie Cooper. 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SUPER LOTTO 34 38 42 43 45 Officers Meganumber: 19 Jackpot: $16 Million FANTASY 5 9 20 22 27 33 search DAILY 3 Daytime: 3 7 3 Evening: 6 4 0 DAILY DERBY for bank 1st: 08 Gorgeous George 2nd: 04 Big Ben 3rd: 06 Whirl Win RACE TIME: 1:45.67 robber NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Daily Press Staff Writer Vivienne, an interactive companion accessible on powerful, “third-genera- MAIN STREET — First Federal tion” cell phones, was recently introduced by the Hong Kong company Bank was robbed at gunpoint Artificial Life as a high-maintenance, Thursday morning by a man wear- video-image “girlfriend” who goes on ing black pantyhose over his head. dates with you, kisses, speaks six lan- He got away with an undisclosed guages, converses on 35,000 topics, accepts flowers and diamonds, and amount of money. may even marry you (though you also At about 10:45 a.m., a black acquire a troublesome mother-in-law). man entered the bank at 2827 Main Vivienne so far is prudish (no nudity, no sex), owing to Artificial Life’s aim at St. carrying a brown paper bag. He marketing in modest cultures, but she Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press approached a bank teller, pointed a will appear in Europe and some U.S. Manuel Barraza, who works as a security officer for UCLA, on Thursday yells as he pickets in front of Santa Monica-UCLA gun at her and demanded money. cities by the end of this year (at about $6 a month plus airtime). Said one Medical Center. “He said, ‘Give me the money. Hong Kong video game player, charac- Give me all of your money, every- terizing Vivienne for the New York thing, in the bottom drawer and in Times, “It’s a little bit for the losers.” Protest in ‘bad faith,’ say UC officials the top drawer,’” said FBI spokes- TODAY IN HISTORY woman Laura Eimiller. By Daily Press staff The suspect then moved on to Today is the 105th day of 2005. There are 260 days left in the year. to the Santa Monica-UCLA Employer-Employee Relations two more tellers and demanded Thousands of University of Medical Center. Act (HEERA), but also demon- money. He exited the bank, turned In the early hours of April 15, 1912, California workers walked picket The strike had no effect on oper- strates bad-faith bargaining by the left onto Ashland Avenue and dis- the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, lines on campuses and at medical ations and procedures at Santa union. appeared. Police say a teller less than three hours after striking an centers on Thursday, a move uni- Monica-UCLA Medical Center. Numerous rulings by the state placed a dye pack into the bag iceberg. About 1,500 people died. versity officials say is illegal. Many AFSCME employees crossed Public Employment Relations along with the money. In 1989, 95 people died in a crush of soccer fans at Hillsborough Stadium in The Local 3299 chapter of the the picket line and reported to work Board hold that any strike in Witness accounts vary on what Sheffield, England. American Federation of State, as scheduled, said spokesman Ted advance of the completion of the the suspect looks like. Some County and Municipal Employees Braun. Contingency plans helped full bargaining process, including describe him as between 5 feet, 5 THOUGHT OF THE DAY (AFSCME), which represents ensure that there was no disruption impasse proceedings and the par- inches and 5 feet, 10 inches tall. Why does a slight tax increase workers at UC, has been in a dead- in services to patients and visitors, ties taking time to explore and Others told authorities he is cost you two hundred dollars lock with the university system over he added. consider all settlement options fol- between 6 feet, 5 inches and 6 feet, and a substantial tax cut saves salaries, workload and educational University officials said lowing impasse, is presumptively 7 inches tall. Some witnesses you thirty cents? opportunities since negotiations for because AFSCME called the illegal, according university offi- describe the suspect as being INDEX a new contract began last year. strike before the statutorily man- cials. between 25 and 30 years old, while In protest, 7,300 workers par- dated impasse process was com- Workers say it’s the university others say he’s between 35 and 40. Horoscopes Curl up with a book Leo 2 ticipated in a one-day strike at UC pleted, they believe the strike is system that refuses to bargain in He has a medium build, weighs institutions throughout the state, not only unlawful and unprotected between 160 and 180 pounds, and Surf Report with about two dozen showing up under the Higher Education See PROTEST, page 5 was wearing a yellow and black Water temperature: 57° 3 baseball hat, a white T-shirt and Opinion blue denim shorts, Eimiller said. City alienates our architects 4 Locals want more parking attached to expansion Santa Monica Police detectives State are working with the FBI on the case. Tax resister pays 7 BY RYAN HYATT developer Craig Jones to modify more pedestrian-friendly street Anyone with information Entertainment Daily Press Staff Writer already-approved plans to expand and a design that would deter regarding the robbery can call the Film festival this weekend 8 the Big Blue Bus facility on the homeless individuals who already SMPD’s robbery-homicide unit at Comics CITY HALL — An $80 million 600 block of Colorado Avenue. dominate the area. (310) 458-8451. Callers who wish Laugh it up 12 bus-barn expansion will move for- However, councilmembers said The facility expansion plan — to remain anonymous can call the ward despite attempts by nearby they would reconsider adding conceptually approved by the City We-Tip national hotline at (800) Classifieds property owners to open it up for public parking in the area if they Council in February of 2001 and 78-CRIME (27463). Callers with Ad space odyssey 13-15 public parking. find it feasible. funded 65 percent by the state and information that leads to an arrest People in the News The City Council voted 6 to 1 Residents and business owners and conviction become eligible Spears gets real 16 on Tuesday to deny an appeal by argued for more public parking, a See PARKING, page 5 for a reward of up to $1,000. Jacquie Banks BACK OR UNFILED TAXES? 310.586.0342 ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES SAMUEL B. 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DAILY LOTTERY Taking the fifth SUPER LOTTO Officials 7 16 20 44 45 Meganumber: 18 Jackpot: $58 Million FANTASY 5 7 11 19 34 35 keep eye DAILY 3 Daytime: 8 1 3 Evening: 0 7 2 DAILY DERBY on city 1st: 06 Whirl Win 2nd: 05 California Classic 3rd: 10 Solid Gold RACE TIME: 1:43.16 planners NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer A jury in Nacogdoches, Texas, convicted Jerry Don Hartless in January of killing CITY HALL — Elected officials his former best friend, Billy Bob Wallace, reviewing Santa Monica’s Civic during a group drinking bout one night along the Angelina River. According to Center plan are seeing to it testimony, Hartless believed that promises are kept to the public for Wallace had stolen his boat motor but open space, affordable housing couldn’t prove it. Then, that night, the group discussed a recent Jerry Springer and moderate-sized buildings dur- show featuring a black man claiming to ing the design process. be a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and The Civic Center working the alcohol-fueled Hartless insinuated group met on Tuesday to discuss that Wallace’s girlfriend, who was there, craved sex with black men. (All the the Civic Center specific plan, drinking group were white.) When which in coming years, will shape Wallace objected, Hartless shot him. A Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press the future of Santa Monica’s gov- witness to the shooting was Wallace’s adult son, Wild Bill Wallace (which is his An Incan dancer performs a tribal dance at Santa Monica College’s Cinco de Mayo Festival on Thursday. ernment complex and some near- actual birth name). by mixed-use facilities. Topics of discussion included Second Street TODAY IN HISTORY alignment, the appropriate place- Today is the 126th day of 2005. ment and size of city service There are 239 days left in the year. Escaped inmate was considered ‘low risk’ buildings, and the proportion and On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Taylor also Taylor appeared in court on heights of housing units to be German dirigible “Hindenburg” burned Daily Press Staff Writer was awaiting trial Tuesday for a pre-trial conference located along Ocean Avenue. and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing on seven felony for a jury trial that was set to begin The Civic Center working 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground. DOWNTOWN LA — The man counts relating to on Wednesday for allegedly steal- group is being advised by Roma In 1996, the body of former CIA director suspected of kidnapping a Santa two separate kid- ing a car in Las Vegas and resist- Designs, a San Francisco-based William E. Colby was found washed up Monica woman twice last year nappings of a ing a police officer, among other consultant assigned by the city to on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he’d disappeared. remains at large after he escaped Sunset Park charges. help with the plan, which will ulti- police custody on Tuesday. ALFONZO woman last fall. Sheriff Lee Baca said employee THOUGHT OF THE DAY Los Angeles County Sheriff’s FITZGERALD On two occa- slip-ups allowed Taylor to slip See CIVIC CENTER, page 4 deputies are looking for Alfonzo TAYLOR sions — Oct. 18 away from the criminal courts “Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.” Fitzgerald Taylor, 41, who walked and Nov. 4 — building. away from the Clara Shortridge Taylor allegedly stole from and Despite that Taylor had pend- FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AMERICAN ARCHITECT (1869-1959) Foltz Criminal Justice Center the threatened an elderly woman who ing felony charges, and that he has day before his jury trial was set to lives in the 1000 block of Bay attempted to escape custody INDEX begin on charges of receiving Street with a syringe and screw- before, the sheriff’s department Horoscopes stolen property and unlawful dri- driver. He also allegedly threat- What you want, Aries 2 ving or taking of a vehicle. ened to burn down her house. See ESCAPE, page 5 Surf Report Water temperature: 61° 3 Opinion Woman killed by Big Blue Bus is identified Full disclosure 6 State By Daily Press staff on foot. attempting to cross Ocean Avenue. Governor gets it on paper 8 At about 7:55 a.m. on April 29, Carrera was transported to a The woman killed after being the bus was driving westbound on UCLA-Westwood Medical Entertainment run over by a Big Blue Bus a week Pico Boulevard and had stopped for Center, where she later died. The Forget Paris 10 ago has been identified. a red light at Ocean Avenue. When driver was released at the scene National Maria Carrera, 47, of Los the traffic signal for westbound traf- and is currently taking time off, The electric slide 12 Angeles, died Friday, April 29, of fic turned green, the bus waited for according to Big Blue Bus Comics trauma as a result of the accident. a pedestrian to cross Ocean Avenue spokesman Joe Stitcher. The bus File Photo Strips tease 16 Apparently, the bus’ right rear to the west. After that pedestrian company isn’t releasing the name Elected officials are keeping a wary eye Classifieds wheel crushed Carrera as she had crossed, the bus made a right of the driver because the investi- on Civic Center site planners, ensuring Ad space odyssey 17-19 attempted to cross Ocean Avenue turn and struck Carrera, also gation is ongoing. promises to the public are kept. Jacquie Banks BACK OR UNFILED TAXES? 310.586.0342 ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA (310) 395-9922 100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800 Your local Realtor since 1987 Santa Monica 90401 KEND EDITI EE ON W a FREE Santa Monica Daily Press June 18-19, 2005 A newspaper with issues Volume 4, Issue 187

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SUPER LOTTO 34 40 42 44 45 Parking Meganumber: 12 Jackpot: $12 Million FANTASY 5 1 3 16 25 28 permits DAILY 3 Daytime: 2 3 0 Evening: 2 9 8 DAILY DERBY nudged 1st: 01 Gold Rush 2nd: 03 Hot Shot 3rd: 05 California Classic RACE TIME: 1:44.27 Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game forward information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD CITY HALL — Employees may (1) In six weddings this year in India, have gained more bumper room in two boys and four girls were married in the citywide parking crunch as a tribal-custom ceremonies to dogs, program moves forward that which is believed to bring better luck to children who have been cursed by would allow some businesses teething first from the upper jaw ("dog Retro-fit: preferential permitting in residen- teeth"). (Agence France-Presse report- tial areas. ed that the four February marriages in Jharkhand state involved, thank good- The Santa Monica City Council ness, dogs of the opposite gender from Skatepark voted in favor on Tuesday of the spouse.) (2) In February, a Pakistani developing a program that would tribal council in Kacha Chohan (Punjab allow businesses along certain state) ordered a 2-year-old girl to marry a man, age 42, to punish the commercial corridors to obtain girl’s uncle for having sex with that lets loose preferential parking permits for man’s current wife (although the mar- their employees in nearby neigh- riage will not be official until the girl turns 18). BY RYAN HYATT borhoods. The council instructed Daily Press Staff Writer City Hall staff members to move TODAY IN HISTORY forward with the permitting pro- Today is the 169th day of 2005. MID-CITY — School’s out for gram that would be restricted to There are 196 days left in the year. the summer, but Santa Monica residential blocks virtually skaters have a new destination “vacant” during the weekdays, On June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo as British and Prussian where they can drop in. which is the only time the permits troops defeated the French in Belgium. The city of Santa Monica would likely be applicable. opened the Cove Skatepark on The program would be piloted INDEX Friday, named after the Santa for a year in areas near Montana Horoscopes Monica surf spot that many Avenue, Pico and Ocean Park Get the check, Libra 2 Dogtown and Z-Boy skaters fre- boulevards. Staff will return to the Surf Report quented in the late 1960s and early council in the next few weeks to Water temperature: 64° 3 1970s. The 20,000-square-foot determine how to issue and regu- facility includes ramps, bowls, late the permits. The permits Commentary stairs, a skate pool with tile and would either be issued to the Going out of his way 4 coping, an over-vertical bowl and employer to maximize flexibility Q-Line the Douglas Park rail — a stair rail in the program or to the actual A new environment 4 made famous in 1990s skate videos motorist in order to minimize that was salvaged from demolition. abuse — officials warned of a State More than 400 people attended black market of permit swapping Rattlin’ and rollin’ 6 Friday’s opening, in which guests occurring if the program is not National enjoyed food, music and demon- developed correctly. Card carriers 8 strations by professional skaters If approved in the final stages, Comics and bike riders. Among those hon- the proposal would be the first Strips tease 15 oring the opening of the park were time in Santa Monica history that the famous Dogtown and Z-Boy Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press a preferential parking program is Classifieds Pro skaters put the newly opened Cove Skatepark to the test on Friday, taking Ad space odyssey 16-18 See SKATING, page 10 advantage of 20,000 feet of ramps, bowls, stairs and even a refurbished stair rail. See PARKING, page 5 GABY SCHKUD Back by popular demand... THE UNDER $10 The name you can depend on! SUMMER MUSIC DINNER SPECIAL Serving sellers and buyers CLASSES Served from 4pm - 10pm on the Westside. SIGN UP NOW!

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD going For a six-month period four years ago, government scientists in Florida stud- ied a “miracle” liquid called “Celestial City’s policy to fix hazard Drops” as a cure for the canker men- ace that ravages the state’s citrus brought to fore by lawsuit crops. According to a July report by the Orlando Sentinel, the research was recommended by then-secretary of BY RYAN HYATT state Katherine Harris, who later said Daily Press Staff Writer she had learned of Celestial Drops from New York rabbi Abe Hardoon, who is associated with the popularized CITY HALL — A West L.A. version of Kabbalah, whose organizers attorney who successfully settled a sell its followers ordinary water that is trip-and-fall case against City Hall supposedly “blessed” by being stored in a room with sacred texts. Celestial says hazards in Santa Monica may Drops, which was promoted as having continue to go overlooked, despite “improved fractal design,” “infinite his success in helping his client. levels of order” and “high energy and Robert Tucker, who represent- low entropy,” was ultimately revealed by the scientists to also be water. ed Aljean Harmetz in a trip-and- Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press fall case that settled for $115,000 Guest model Dana Harris, representing the Irene Dunne Guild, sashays down the catwalk on Thursday at the Fairmont TODAY IN HISTORY out of court in July, said there Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. Harris was taking part in the annual Christmas in September fashion show, staged by Today is the 245th day of 2005. were discrepancies in depositions the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary. The event benefits programs for needy children. There are 120 days left in the year. he took from city staff in the On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally sur- weeks leading up to the trial that rendered in ceremonies aboard the was avoided by the settlement. LOCAL USS Missouri, ending World War II. The evidence he gathered indi- City seizing the moment In 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared cates Santa Monica may have Spirit of 76 leaving Vietnam an independent republic. In 1963, Alabama Gov. George C. abandoned efforts it made during schools concerned Wallace prevented the integration of the 1990s which required city staff to tap homelessness czar Tuskegee High School by encircling to aggressively assess hazards on BY RYAN HYATT the building with state troopers. city property and prioritize the BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON whoever fills the position — Daily Press Staff Writer INDEX need to fix them. If true, City Hall Daily Press Staff Writer which will command a $200,000 may be paving the way for more annual salary — will be a leader SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Horoscopes accidents, as well as litigation. CITY HALL — While delays who can build consensus. They biggest threat to the success of Libra, be exclusive 2 “My hope in bringing this seem to plague homelessness also hope the person can gather the Santa Monica school system Surf Report information before the public is efforts throughout the county, nearby communities and in the next few years is the gover- Water temperature: 68° 3 that it may help prevent another Santa Monica is moving full- resources to continue addressing nor of California, whose special Opinion serious injury,” Tucker said. speed ahead with its plan to hire a the problem of chronic homeless- election seeks to undermine pub- Think first, act later 4 Tucker was also incensed by an czar to deal with the problem at ness on the westside. lic education, local officials say. Commentary Aug. 15 SMDP article, “City set- home. The idea of creating the tempo- Santa Monica-Malibu Unif- Bishops of Buffoonery 5 tles suits for $1.7 million,” in Advertisements have already rary position was introduced by ied School district officials said State which an official alleges, “Santa been taken out in newspapers City Councilman Bobby Shriver the most significant impedi- Californians reach out 6 Monica becomes a hot bed for throughout the country, including earlier this year. A majority of the ment to the schools’ progress Entertainment greedy lawyers salivating to col- the LA Times and the New York City Council approved the posi- may be the outcome of the Fall’s celluloid heroes 10 lect fees from relatively minor Times, asking qualified applicants tion in April. November special election slip-and-fall accidents.” Tucker to submit their applications by The “regional liaison” will be called by California Gov. National said such statements mischarac- Sept. 9. responsible for advancing pro- Arnold Schwarzenegger. Beyond Superdome 11 terize attorneys who sue over con- City Manager Susan McCarthy, grams such as a sobering center, a In particular, local school Comics ditions municipalities often bring who is retiring in November, is mental health and drug court, officials are concerned that Strips tease 12 upon themselves. expected to hire someone for the year-round housing through the Proposition 76, if approved, will People in the News new post before she departs. Ooh, ooh, ooh! 16 See HAZARDS, page 8 Local officials are hopeful See HOMELESSNESS, page 8 See PROP. 76, page 9

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DAILY LOTTERY SUPER LOTTO Free speech along 8 9 21 31 33 Meganumber: 11 Jackpot: $17 Million Venice boardwalk FANTASY 5 3 20 25 29 33 DAILY 3 Daytime: 5 0 5 a work in progress Evening: 4 3 4 DAILY DERBY Artists say new laws Several artists, political 1st: 12 Lucky Charms activists and general expression- 2nd: 08 Gorgeous George governing them ‘stinks’ ists argue an updated Venice 3rd: 05 California Classic RACE TIME: 1:40.29 Boardwalk ordinance, which went Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California BY RYAN HYATT into effect several months ago, State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery Daily Press Staff Writer takes an unneeded step in regulat- retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com ing how the free spirits conduct VENICE BOARDWALK NEWS OF THE WEIRD — A themselves in front of millions of BY CHUCK SHEPARD recent experiment to manage free- visitors who come to experience dom of expression while preserv- the legendary spectacle of the one- The North Dakota legislature voted in ing other peoples’ rights has and-a-half mile strip. April to ease licensing for carrying become a touchy subject on this Meanwhile, officials who concealed weapons by removing the world-famous stretch known for shooting test (to hit a miniature human See VENICE, page 6 silhouette at 21 feet), but that was its celebration of individualism. over the objection of licensee Carey McWilliams, 31, who told an Associated Press reporter in March, “You’ve got to have standards.” McWilliams, who hit the target 10 out of 10 in his most recent test, is legally blind, able to distinguish only shades of light (thus apparently giving new meaning to “concealed weapon” when he looks for his). TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 169th day of 2005. There are 196 days left in the year.

On June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeated the French in Belgium. In 1812, the United States declared war against Britain. QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press between its men and women.” (Top right) One of the many performers who sprinkle the bohemian boardwalk of Venice. Amir Edwards, aka ‘Sphere Roller,’ performs at Venice Beach. He has PEARL S. BUCK AMERICAN AUTHOR (1892-1973) been performing for the past five years. (Bottom left) Freedom of speech and expression co-exists with performers and artists, who are now under heavy scruti- INDEX ny by Los Angeles City Hall. A law passed last year requires all of them to apply for a permit in order for them ‘to do their thing’ on the Venice Boardwalk. Horoscopes Enjoy yourself tonight, Pisces 2 Illegals elude authorities at border Trial date yet to Surf Report (Editor’s note: This the final article in a three-part series this week that shows signs of vulnerability along be set in farmers’ Water temperature: 64.° 3 U.S. borders after the Sept. 11 attacks. An Associated Press’ probe follows border activity in three countries. Opinion Today, a look at the lack of security surrounding the Canadian border.) market case Intelligence isn’t by design 4 BY BETH DUFF-BROWN AND field where Washington state Something more sinister? Too late BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON State PAULINE ARRILLAGA meets British Columbia, a U.S. to know. “They beat us,” Daily Press Staff Writer Teacher dress codes 9 Associated Press Writers Border Patrol agent shakes his Villalobos murmurs. Real Estate head at tire tracks that snake ■ At Sandwich, Ontario, across Russell Weller, the elderly man Getting down to basis 12 ON THE U.S.-CANADA BORDER between rows of berries and over the river from Detroit, the Olde who killed 10 and injured dozens — Nearly four years after the the international boundary, which Town Bake Shoppe overlooks the of people when he drove his car International Sept. 11 terror attacks and after here is a ditch so puny a person Ambassador Bridge, the busiest through the Santa Monica Afghanistan government outraged 17 billions in security investment on can leap it. trade crossing between the United Farmers’ Market nearly two years Crosswords both sides of this frontier stretch- “They’re long gone,” says States and Canada. Thousands of ago, may face a jury in the upcom- 29 down ... 20 ing from Atlantic to Pacific, agent Candido Villalobos, who trucks rumble along its lanes ing months. authorities and average folks are raced to the scene after a surveil- daily, loaded with everything from A possible trial date is expected Classifieds still jittery. Here’s why: lance camera spotted the vehicle Get rid of your baggage 21 ■ At the edge of a raspberry — transporting contraband? See BORDERS, page 18 See TRIAL, page 5

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Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com its fashion retailers is revealed. Representatives from The owner of Santa Monica Macerich, Inc., the national mall NEWS OF THE WEIRD operator which owns Santa BY CHUCK SHEPARD LOCAL Monica Place, would not specu- late when new proposals may In this year's Maccabiah Games in July Two teenagers shot, come forward. As a result of its in Tel Aviv, historically open only to Aug. 8 announcement, however, Jews and Israelis, the 84-kg. weight suspects at-large class of Greco-Roman wrestling was the first public look at any re- won by Mohammad Babulfath, an By Daily Press staff development proposals will likely Iranian-born Muslim who wrestles out not come forward in September, of Sweden. Maccabiah authorities attribute their admission error to the PICO NEIGHBORHOOD — Two as originally planned. inartfulness of their announcement on teenagers suffered minor The news follows a July 28 a wrestling Web site, phrased as an injuries when they were shot announcement that Federated "invitation" to Maccabiah, which led Babulfath and two non-Jewish team- Sunday night while standing on Department Stores, Inc., a nation- mates to believe that they had been the sidewalk at 20th Street, al retailer which owns Macy’s, formally invited to compete. Once they between Michigan Avenue and will sell 68 “duplicate” stores in showed up, Maccabiah officials decided to let them wrestle. Pico Boulevard. malls occupied by both Macy’s At 9:12 p.m., Santa Monica and Robinsons-May as result of a TODAY IN HISTORY Police responded to the 1800 merger. Federated representatives Today is the 235th day of 2005. block of 20th Street regarding a said the local Robinsons-May There are 130 days left in the year. call of shots fired. Arriving store will likely be sold off in officers located two victims — 2006. On Aug. 23, 1927, Italian-born anar- chists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo the first, a black male, sus- Santa Monica Place, located Vanzetti were executed in Boston for tained a gunshot wound to his between Second and Fourth the murders of two men during a 1920 lower right leg, while the sec- streets and Broadway and robbery. (Sacco and Vanzetti were vin- dicated in 1977 by Massachusetts ond victim, a Hispanic male, Colorado avenues, is anchored by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis.) sustained a grazing wound to dual department stores Macy’s In 1926, silent film star Rudolph his back. The victims, both of and Robinsons-May, the latter Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Valentino died in New York at age 31. whom are Santa Monica juve- occupying 137,000 square feet of Rubin Rodas, a sixth-grader from Hawthorne Middle School, took first place QUOTE OF THE DAY niles, were transported to local retail space. in the 11- to 13-year-old category in the Santa Monica Elks Club’s Annual hospitals with non-life threat- Soccer Shoot-out, staged Monday at the Santa Monica Boys and Girls Club. “No matter what accomplishments ening injuries. See MALL STALL, page 6 you make, somebody helps you.” The suspects are described as ALTHEA GIBSON AMERICAN TENNIS CHAMPION (1927-2003) two male Hispanics in their 20s. The suspects’ vehicle is Airing their hang-ups about life in the 424 INDEX described as an older model dark Horoscopes Chevy Astro or Ford Aerostar BY ROBERT FATURECHI new 424 area code south of the Verizon Wireless, Sprint, SBC Work overtime, Scorpio 2 van with rear tinted windows. Special to the Daily Press Imperial Highway, leaving the rest and other major phone companies. Surf Report It’s unknown whether the of the 310 region untouched. “I think the overlay is a very Water temperature: 67° 3 shooting was gang-related, said State officials are considering An overlay, preferred by the bad thing. It would force people to SMPD Lt. Frank Fabrega, adding adding a new Westside area code major telephone companies, dial 11 digits even when they were Opinion the investigation is ongoing. to meet high consumer demand, would create new 424 lines within calling their next-door neighbor,” Come down off cross 4 Anyone with information is an imminent change leaving many the same region as existent 310 said City Councilman Ken Commentary encouraged to contact the rob- dialers feeling disconnected. lines — a change that could result Genser. “The choice is between an Lost Angeles 5 bery/homicide unit of the When the California Public in residents having to dial 11 dig- overlay and a split, and I think a State SMPD at (310) 458-8451 or the Utilities Commission (CPUC) its to call even a neighbor. split would be much better.” Burning for Bush 8 watch commander’s office at votes on the new 424 area code on While existing numbers would Each option has its pros and SM Parenting (310) 458-8426. Callers who Thursday, officials will be left to maintain their 310 prefix in the case cons. Calling the shots 10 wish to remain anonymous, yet decide which of two area code of an overlay, numbers requested While an overlay would force still become eligible for a tactics will suit the 310 area better following the transition would take Westside residents to dial an area Classifieds reward, also may call the — a geographic split or a trig- on the new 424 area code. code when making local calls, it Ad space odyssey 17-19 WeTip national hotline at 1- gered overlay. Opponents of the overlay are would allow existing business People in the News 800-78-CRIME (27463). A split, which the CPUC leaned working to block the efforts of T- Oh, brother 20 toward in 2000, would create a Mobile, Nextel of California, See SPLIT DECISION, page 6 01564138 GABY SCHKUD We’re in Back by popular demand... THE UNDER $10 The name you can depend on! Culver City too! 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High school basketball coach Drew SMMUSD HDQTRS. — Despite Sanders, 49, was arrested in New York continued state budget cuts to edu- City in July in connection with his method of inspiring two of his summer- cation, Santa Monica public program players not to miss free school students continue to make throws. Sanders was charged with overall gains in math and lan- more than 20 instances of spanking the boys’ bare buttocks for missed shots. guage proficiency scores. And the New York Post, citing a school The Santa Monica-Malibu system investigator, reported in April Unified School District released that high school teacher Rhianna Ellis, 25, had gotten pregnant from an affair last week the Standardized Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press with one of her students but had Testing and Reporting (STAR) Ashley Turner of Santa Monica Power Yoga leads a yoga class Saturday morning on Santa Monica Beach to support ‘P.S. nonetheless later graded the boy a bare- program data for 2005. The data I Love You Foundation’s Yoga 123,’ an outreach program dedicated to improving the lives of children in the inner cities. ly passing “65” in her social studies class, due to his laziness and tardiness. show the district has experienced “significant improvement” in TODAY IN HISTORY English language arts and mathe- COMMUNITY PROFILES IS A WEEKLY SERIES THAT APPEARS EACH MONDAY COMMUNITYPROFILES | AND DELVES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN SANTA MONICA. Today is the 234th day of 2005. matics scores for most grade lev- There are 131 days left in the year. els since 2004, said John Deasy, school district superintendent. It’s Final delivery: Richard Iding hangs up his mailbag On Aug. 22, 1775, Britain’s King George III proclaimed the American an upward trend the SMMUSD colonies in a state of open rebellion. has enjoyed at almost every grade BY ROBERT FATURECHI He’s been the neighborhood In 1956, President Eisenhower and level since the 2000-01 school Special to the Daily Press mailman for 44 years, but on Vice President Nixon were nominated for second terms in office by the year, when the district was Friday Iding hung up his mailbag Republican national convention in San required by the state to begin doc- For the past four decades, for good. Francisco. umenting the test results for some Richard Iding has taken to the Though the longtime Santa QUOTE OF THE DAY disciplines. streets, striding from one block to Monica resident has spent years Each year, students in second the next, packing Santa Monica delivering mail “rain, sleet, hail or “Authors and actors and artists mailboxes with letters, postcards and such never know nothing, and See SCHOOLS, page 6 and bills. See PROFILES, page 8 never know much.” DOROTHY PARKER (1893-1967) NATIONAL INDEX Getting a head start Iraq veterans’ war stress blamed in shootings Horoscopes A night to think, Taurus 2 BY ANGIE WAGNER was on his way to get a beer, but Surf Report AND DENISE LAVOIE he tucked an assault rifle inside his Water temperature: 68° 3 Associated Press Writers black trenchcoat just in case. In Lawrence, Mass., Daniel Cotnoir Opinion One was a skinny 20-year-old brought out his 12-gauge shotgun. 2006 elections shaping up 4 discharged from the Army who Both pulled the trigger. Now Sepi Commentary couldn’t shake the piercing rat-a- faces murder and attempted mur- The deadly toll of HMOs 5 tat-tat reminders of combat. The der charges while Cotnoir is State other, a decorated Marine family charged with attempted murder. Tracing terrorism to prisons 12 man whose job preparing bodies In the otherwise unrelated Comics of U.S. soldiers for burial had cases, family, friends and even Laugh it up 13 caused clammy, restless nights. law officers are looking to the Both home from duty in Iraq, influence of wartime horrors on Classifieds Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press they were on opposite ends of the the two veterans. Ad space odyssey 14 Runners from LA Leggers — in training for the LA Marathon that will be held country, but their stories have Flashbacks, nightmares, a Legal Notices on March 19, 2006 — stride past Shutters on the Beach this past weekend. much in common. DBAs 15-18 In Las Vegas, Matthew Sepi See WAR STRESS, page 10 % OFF TAXES ANY ACCESSORIES ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES 50 $ .99 AUDITS • BACK TAXES • BOOKKEEPING • SMALL BUSINESS 39 AND UNDER SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA HURRY OFFER EXPIRES AUGUST 31, 2005! (310) 395-9922 100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800 3008 Wilshire Blvd. (310) 828-7461 Santa Monica 90401 TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2005 Volume 4, Issue 147 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues

DAILY LOTTERY Sunset cycling SUPER LOTTO 11 15 28 36 37 How Meganumber: 15 Jackpot: $48 Million FANTASY 5 8 10 13 32 38 DAILY 3 SM got Daytime: 9 7 7 Evening: 1 2 3 DAILY DERBY 1st: 07 Eureka! 2nd: 10 Solid Gold 3rd: 05 California Classic Yahoo! RACE TIME: 1:48.79 BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD MID CITY — The company that Sales of bottled water for dogs (with boasts one of the most frequented prices similar to that for people) are sites on the Internet recently growing, according to a March Wall Street Journal report, spurred not only by revealed why it’s important to sudden concern about vitamin deficiency have its headquarters in Santa but apparent certainty among some own- Monica. ers that their pets find tap water dis- agreeable and thus are dangerously at Representatives from Yahoo risk of dehydration. Of course, veterinar- explained to an audience of 50 ians cited by the Journal are puzzled by this recent rejection of municipal water local business leaders last week and suggest it might be a food-bowl- that the local pool of employee smell problem rather than a new dog talent and proximate location to generation’s preference for fine bever- ages. (Also, some vets believe dogs pre- other media-related businesses are fer the cooler temperature of, say, toilet- what prompted the Internet giant bowl water to that of food-bowl water.) Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press to expand its presence in Santa TODAY IN HISTORY A cyclist enjoys a ride along the bike path at Santa Monica Beach at dusk. Monica starting in August. Today is the 122nd day of 2005. Yahoo signed a 10-year lease There are 243 days left in the year. to occupy 229,728 square feet of office space in the Colorado On May 3, 1945, the Soviet Union Center, which will be renamed announced the fall of Berlin, and the City Hall lawsuit against feds heard Allies announced the surrender of Nazi Yahoo Center. The $100 million troops in Italy and parts of Austria. deal with complex owner Equity In 1957, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Colo., and Oakland, Santa Monica are hopeful that the questions Office is the largest and most the controversial Republican senator from Wisconsin, died at Bethesda Daily Press Staff Writer and Arcata, Calif., have all filed Judge White asked point in their expensive for Santa Monica in Naval Hospital in Maryland. the suit on behalf of their members favor. recent years. In 1960, convicted sex offender and SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. and citizens against two U.S. gov- “The tentative ruling was to Roger Van Overbeek, a corpo- best-selling author Caryl Chessman was executed at San Quentin Prison in District Court heard oral argu- ernment agencies — the Export- deny the government’s summary rate real estate broker for Yahoo, California. ments Friday in a precedent-set- Import Bank (Ex-Im) and the judgment, which is a motion to told members of the Westside ting lawsuit, joined by Santa Overseas Private Investment throw out the case,” said Deputy Economic Collaborative (WEC) THOUGHT OF THE DAY Monica, that challenges taxpayer- Corporation (OPIC). City Attorney Adam Radinsky. — a nonprofit regional economic “Even a liar tells a hundred funded projects that cause climate Judge Jeffrey S. White took the “The judge asked questions which development group — the truths to one lie; he has to, to make change. case under submission, and it’s called into question the govern- expanded Santa Monica location the lie good for anything.” Greenpeace, Friends of the unknown when he’ll make a rul- will become Yahoo’s media hub HENRY WARD BEECHER See FEDERAL SUIT, page 5 AMERICAN CLERGYMAN (1813-1887) Earth, and the cities of Boulder, ing. Santa Monica city attorneys as the company focuses on developing content for its Web sites. To INDEX do this, Van Overbeek said Yahoo Horoscopes Citizens expand on city’s future plans will continue to seek partnerships Out and about, Capricorn 2 in the local media and entertain- Surf Report BY RYAN HYATT Monica’s future. development and transportation ment industry. Water temperature: 59° 3 Daily Press Staff Writer The public outcry came in policies should be in place in the “Media content is such a force Opinion response to City Hall’s initial city for the coming decades. for Yahoo,” Van Overbeek said. Rules apply to homeless, too 6 CITY HALL — Santa Monicans assessment of its “Shape the The themes emphasized the “We can accomplish so much who feel their needs may not be met Future” and “Motion by the need for Santa Monica to encour- more with partnering.” State California in brief 10 in the future have asked their elect- Ocean” projects, both two-year age traffic and parking solutions, The company’s presence at its ed leaders to reconsider the themes undertakings intended to overhaul strong neighborhoods, sustainabil- new business complex is second National of its long-term growth plan. Santa Monica’s land use and tran- ity, diversity and safety, and to only to anti-virus company Utah officials break stalemate 12 Two dozen Santa Monica resi- sit policy for the next 20 years. maintain a small-town communi- Symantec, which will vacate its Comics dents who spoke at last week’s City staff presented 12 broad- ty. The themes were approved by space in 2008. After that, Yahoo Laugh it up 13 City Council meeting said they’re based “emerging themes” at the the Santa Monica City Council. will have more than 100,000 Classifieds concerned City Hall’s new devel- April 26 City Council meeting City staff said the emerging square feet more than the next Ad space odyssey 14-15 opment and transportation policies that were taken from a six-month themes will be a starting point by largest tenant, Rubin Postaer. People in the News neglect key components that could public input process. 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(Balding men parking status in parts of Santa would be allowed another inch for Monica. comb-overs, and hair length of women The Santa Monica City Council was not addressed.) ■ In studies reported recently by is set to make a decision on a staff mainstream researchers: (1) DNA- proposal this evening requesting damaging cancers caused by hetero- that some commercial corridors cyclic amines were found reduced in rats that drank nonalcoholic beer Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press along Montana Avenue, and Pico instead of water (Journal of A surfer stands tall upon the crashing surf in Santa Monica. Consistent chest-high sets are forecasted for today. and Ocean Park boulevards be Agricultural and Food Chemistry). (2) opened up for employee permit Tobacco-smoking apparently provides some protection against the onset of parking. City Hall’s proposal Parkinson’s disease (Karolinska comes in response to some council Institute of Sweden). (3) Overweight concerns that areas within some patients tend to survive better than Officials strive to fix planning ‘glitch’ residential parking zones are not nonoverweight patients the rigors of a certain cardiac-bypass procedure BY RYAN HYATT the city planning commission’s this, more time is needed to digest being fully utilized during the day (coronary artery bypass grafting) Daily Press Staff Writer request to extend the duration in them.” and might help accommodate the (American Journal of Cardiology). which governing bodies and the The council and planning com- parking needs of local workers. QUOTE OF THE DAY CITY HALL — Some elected public review reports regarding mission were jointly asked to eval- Currently, only Santa Monica officials are saying one week is updates to the city’s planning and uate the “emerging themes” report residents are allowed to apply for Editor: a person employed by a too little time to review documents transportation policies. The on April 26, a week after the preferential parking permits. newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, that will affect planning and trans- request would extend the period of report involving public comments Councilman Herb Katz, a long- and to see that the chaff is printed. portation issues in Santa Monica time for review of the reports from on the city’s future planning and time critic of most preferential ELBERT HUBBARD for the next 20 years. one week to a month. transportation plan were pub- parking programs in the city, said US AUTHOR (1856 - 1915) Despite a tight schedule, Santa “It’s a timing glitch that was lished. Likewise, the second he would be supporting the pro- INDEX Monica City Councilman Herb overlooked until recently,” Katz report of this planning and trans- posal on the grounds it would Katz said he would be supporting said. “We need good input on make good use of available day- Horoscopes at tonight’s City Council meeting these reports, and in order to do See MORE TIME, page 6 time parking space. Kick up your heels, Scorpio 2 “We often say, ‘this is a resi- Surf Report dent, they need parking’ and ‘this Water temperature: 62° 3 Council feeling well, paying to clean up water is a business, so the heck with Opinion (Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures which appear on the them,’” Katz said. “I don’t think Taking byte out of manners 4 upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agenda. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the City we should do that, because we Commentary Council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been often mischaracterize who we are talking about. You can take the girl out of LA ... 5 part of public discussion in the past). “A lot of these business owners State BY WINTER JOHNSON ing, with an additional $500,000 Monica and the Charnock Engin- and employees are Santa Monica Jackson beats the rap 7 Special to the Daily Press available for unexpected expens- eering Committee in efforts to residents, just like a lot of the cus- SM Parenting es. Among the projects, the fund- restore the drinking water produc- tomers.” Exercising for two 8 CITY HALL — The Santa ing will be used to evaluate the tion from the Charnock Well City Hall has designated four National Monica City Council is set to city’s groundwater, maintain city Field. areas in Santa Monica where it Cold case no more? 11 spend more than $4 million this landscapes and install art for the This well field is a significant would like to pilot the new pro- evening on citywide projects and new Santa Monica Main Library. source of drinking water for Santa gram. To ensure resident parking Classifieds improvements. The costliest project is a $1.9 Monica, but its five drinking water does not suffer as a result of the Ad space odyssey 14-15 More than $4 million in con- million agreement to provide wells were shut down in 1996 due to program, staff will likely suggest People in the News tracts have been earmarked for groundwater modeling consulting Hilton checking out 16 approval at the City Council meet- services to the city of Santa See CONSENT, page 6 See PERMIT PARKING, page 6 GABY SCHKUD PLAY IN A BAND Back by popular demand... THE UNDER $10 The name you can depend on! WORKSHOP DINNER SPECIAL Serving sellers and buyers JUNE 22 THRU - AUG 10 Served from 4pm - 10pm on the Westside. SIGN UP NOW!

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More ominously, according to a Wired magazine story in March, the supported by tax dollars to recon- Daily Press Staff Writer time will soon come when perfectly sider its leadership selection healthy baseball pitchers and other process, due to fears business MAIN STREET — Add the athletes choose so-called “Tommy John surgery” (until now performed interests may soon unfairly influ- local tourism bureau to the only to repair ruptured arm ligaments), ence the organization. growing list of tenants leaving which can make an elbow even Some members of the Santa the aging Santa Monica Place stronger than it naturally was, allowing Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press pitchers to achieve higher velocity than Monica City Council last week Mall, which for the past few ever. Other predicted enhancements supported an invitation for the The Santa Monica Visitor’s & Convention Bureau has new digs on Main Street. years has experienced a steady include the removal, re-engineering, Santa Monica Convention & exodus of business. and re-insertion of leg, arm and shoul- Visitors Bureau, whose board chamber has become increasingly against it. The Santa Monica der muscle cells to add strength. members are appointed both by the engaged in electoral politics. The bureau is a non-profit Convention & Visitor’s Bureau TODAY IN HISTORY Chamber of Commerce and City The move was approved (5-2), group which supports tourism (CVB) has moved its visitor Today is the 186th day of 2005. Hall, to reconsider its selection with City Councilmen Bob center from the second floor of There are 179 days left in the year. method for its leaders now that the Holbrook and Herb Katz voting See CVB page 6 the mall to a storefront on Main Street. The bureau also moved On July 5, 1865, William Booth found- ed the Salvation Army in London. its administration offices from In 1811, Venezuela became the first Look Ma, one hand! an office building in downtown South American country to declare Santa Monica to the Main independence from Spain. In 1830, the French occupied the Street location, where its seven North African city of Algiers. full-time staff members will be In 1935, President Roosevelt signed See NEW DIGS, page 6 the National Labor Relations Act, which provided for a National Labor Relations Board, and authorized labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining. In 1940, during World War II, Britain City OK’s and the Vichy government in France broke diplomatic relations. In 1946, the bikini made its debut dur- $3M to start ing an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris. In 1947, Larry Doby signed a contract refurbishing with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League. In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first Davies Estate black man to win a Wimbledon singles title as he defeated Jimmy Connors. BY RYAN HYATT QUOTE OF THE DAY Daily Press Staff Writer “The real drawback to ‘the simple life’ is that it is not simple. If you are SM BEACH — Elected officials living it, you positively can do nothing last week authorized $3 million in else. There is not time.” grants to restore a historic estate KATHARINE FULLERTON GEROULD AMERICAN WRITER (1879-1944) on the beach built in the 1920s by Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press newspaper giant William INDEX A beach-goer does a hand stand at Santa Monica Beach over the holiday weekend. Beaches were packed with peo- Randolph Hearst. Horoscopes ple, despite the June gloom weather. The Santa Monica City Council Cocoon at home, Aries 2 voted in favor of allocating $3 Surf Report million to Pankow Special Water temperature: 62° 3 Projects to create design plans to Opinion Border crossing into U.S. still a free for all rehabilitate the Marion Davies There is no God in Florida 4 Estate located at 415 Pacific Coast (Editor’s note: This the second article in a three-part series that shows signs of vulnerability along U.S. Highway. The allocation, recom- Commentary Bah hum bug 5 borders after the Sept. 11 attacks. An Associated Press’ probe follows border activity in three countries. mended by city staff, is part of $21 Today, a report on activities found at the Texas-Mexico border. On Wednesday, a look at the lack of securi- million granted to City Hall this National ty surrounding the Canadian border.) past December by the Annenberg Mad cow’s final days 8 Foundation in order to refurbish National BY PAULINE ARRILLAGA grants stroll out of the U.S. Border Spanish-speakers call a “permiso” the five-acre property. Brothel back in business 12 AP National Writer Patrol station here, blinking into — permission, courtesy of the The move to allow Pankow International the hot Texas sun as they look for U.S. government, to roam the Special Projects, Ltd., a Pasadena- Bureaucracy at work 15 HARLINGEN, Texas — Several taxis to the bus station and a tick- country freely. based design firm, to handle the Classifieds times a day, a chain-link gate rolls et out of town. Ad space odyssey 17-19 open and dozens of illegal immi- Each holds a piece of paper that See BORDERS, page 14 See ESTATE, page 7

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Two hundred years ago, on April 27, 1805, during the First Barbary War, an American-led force of Marines and mer- cenaries captured the city of Derna, on Kids weigh in on future the shores of Tripoli. In 1973, during the Watergate scandal, Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray BY RYAN HYATT giving their insights on a pair of resigned. Daily Press Staff Writer city-sponsored planning process- In 1978, convicted Watergate defendant es. “Shape the Future 2025” will John D. Ehrlichman was released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 SAMOHI — Who better to shape affect land use development poli- months. the future of Santa Monica than its cies in Santa Monica over the next In 1994, former President Richard M. youngest residents? 20 years, while “Motion by the Nixon was remembered at an outdoor funeral service attended by all five of his That was the idea put forth last Ocean” deals with future circula- successors at the Nixon presidential week when 100 students, parents tion and transporation needs. library in Yorba Linda, Calif. and teachers came together to “When we started Shape the THOUGHT OF THE DAY share their visions of what a future Future, we wanted to include the Santa Monica should look like. Santa Monica youth, since they “A judge is a law student who An open house at the Samohi are the future residents,” said Liz marks his own examination papers.” cafeteria on Thursday featured Bar-El, an associate city planner. Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press H. L. MENCKEN US EDITOR (1880 - 1956) more than 20 presentations by Dan Rastorfer washes windows at the Sea Castle building by the beach. groups of high school students See FUTURE, page 7 INDEX Horoscopes Have fun tonight, Leo 2 What a PAL! Donors eat up chance to help students Surf Report BY RYAN HYATT most yet in the three years the PAL is a citywide program for cial events, such as dances, fishing Water temperature: 58° 3 Daily Press Staff Writer event has been held. kids, according to Patty Loggins- trips, family picnics and holiday Opinion Fred Deni, owner of Back on Tazi, who helps coordinate the parties. Governor feeling blue 4 MID-CITY — Thousands of dol- Broadway, donated his restaurant, program. It offers free educational, Santa Monica’s PAL is Santa Monica Parenting lars were raised this month to help his staff and enough food to feed cultural and athletic activities for designed to keep kids off the street Calendar of Events 8 local students stay off the streets. the 120 people who turned out for boys and girls ages 6 to 17. The and provide them with enough State Dubbed “Chez PAL,” a dinner the event on April 15. purpose of the program is to foster activities to keep them busy and No fun in the sun 9 was held at Back on Broadway While much of the funding for positive relationships between out of trouble. Coaches and restaurant and was served by PAL comes through community youth, the community and police, instructors in the PAL program Real Estate dozens of kids who are part of the support like Deni’s, the organiza- who staff the center and volunteer come from the SMPD and City Sell with a smile 10 Santa Monica Police Activities tion’s beginnings were partially as coaches and instructors. Hall’s cultural services depart- Classifieds League. Officials said $5,000 was funded through drug money taken PAL is in operation year-round, Ad space odyssey 17-19 raised for the organization — the off the streets by local police. offering many programs and spe- See CHEZ PAL, page 9

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It’s one of ted a petition to the Los Angeles there are some who those things that happen in life. Here you are. Life takes you down a path, and you end up Superior Court for a “writ of man- where you are.” date,” asking the city of Santa feel there is an ■ In 1989, after his release from prison on Monica to produce records related petty crimes, John L. Stanley undertook the agreement with the serious study of criminology, lecturing and to the re-development of Santa even hosting a Dallas radio program on crime, Monica Place. The group, com- but in December, he confessed to robbing a city on any plan for Commerce Bank in Kansas City, Mo., because prised of 100 residents, requested he needed to return to prison to further his the information two months ago, study, telling the judge, “(T)here are some Santa Monica Place. things about crime you can’t understand but has yet to receive an adequate unless you get into the belly of the beast” and response from City Hall. A hearing It’s simply not true.” that he needed to “be secluded and do the things I need to do while I still have the time.” regarding the case is expected with- “You can take a butterfly and put it on a light in the next two months. RANDY BRANT stand, but until you are a butterfly and fly, you Senior V.P., The Macerich Co. can’t understand why a butterfly flies.” The SMCLC filed a request for (Stanley showed up for sentencing in March in public records with the city of a wheelchair, which was the result of his, not surprisingly, being beaten up by another Santa Monica for documents, inmate.) including all written communica- Plans to build skyscraper luxu- TODAY IN HISTORY tions between City Hall and the ry apartments, with commercial mall’s owner, the Macerich Co., and retail buildings below, were Today is the 162nd day of 2005. There are 203 days left in the year. that relate to the proposed redevel- scrapped earlier this year after opment of Santa Monica Place. being presented to the public and On June 11, 1776, the Continental SMCLC sought public docu- met with stiff resistance. A new Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press ments from January 2000 to the proposal is expected this fall. freedom from British rule. Nathalie Demirdjian, of Santa Monica, enjoys a stretch and the view from the present because its membership SMCLC also sought docu- QUOTE OF THE DAY top of an exercise rope at the original ‘Muscle Beach’ just south of the pier. believed — through discussions with officials and residents, and See SM PLACE, page 5 “It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.” WILLIAM GIBBS MCADOO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL (1863-1941) Promenade art dealer dies at 48 INDEX Horoscopes BY WINTER JOHNSON Scott also had the gift of persua- was known for talking to any and The answer is yes, Libra 2 Special to the Daily Press sion, according to Helen everyone about art, from cus- Surf Report Randall, Art One’s owner and tomers to kids eager to learn about Water temperature: 61° 3 Marie Scott, who began her art Scott’s close friend. Customers the arts she so loved. Local career selling posters on Venice would often come into the store Scott had a son, Tony, who Have faith ... or not 4 Beach and went on to become the not intending to buy art, and by died at the age of 25. managing director of the Art One the time Scott finished talking to Marie Scott’s funeral was held State Gallery on the Third Street them they would walk out with a on May 19 at Gates, Kingsley and Trial and errors 6 Promenade, died on May 12. She new piece. Gates Moller Murphy Mortuary, Real Estate was 48. “Marie was loud and tough and followed by a burial in Salt Lake Something to escrow about 10 A lover of animals and chil- could talk to anyone, but she was City, Utah. Scott’s funeral attract- National dren, Scott affected everyone also filled with compassion and ed guests from as far away as Fort An ‘absurd’ report 15 around her, from artists to cus- had a gentle side,” Randall said. Lauderdale, Fla. Classifieds tomers to publishers. 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Sheila Kuehl (D- Canadian Press story, a Toyota Santa Monica) has authored a spokesman said it had learned from health bill that was approved by Nissan and Honda, which had found the workforce in the U.S. South to be the California Senate in July and often untrained and illiterate, and that, aims to provide quality, affordable in Alabama, trainers had to use picto- medical care to be administered rials to teach some workers how to use the equipment. by the state in an effort to help sta- bilize rising health care costs. TODAY IN HISTORY The next phase of the plan is to Today is the 228th day of 2005. Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press develop a more in-depth financial There are 137 days left in the year. Carl Schimmer, AKA the ‘Bead Man,’ swing dances with Dawn Dupre on Monday at the senior center in Palisades analysis of what users will pay in Park. The dances are staged each Monday. premiums. On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Sen. Kuehl said she has served Tenn., at age 42. for 10 years in legislative health In 1861, President Lincoln prohibited STATE committees and has been disap- the states of the Union from trading Westside Democrats don’t pointed by the “piecemeal” with the seceding states of the Confederacy. Legislators taking approach that’s been taken to In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth address the state’s struggling died in New York at age 53. find election all that special plenty of measure In 1954, Sports Illustrated was first health care system. published by Time Inc. BY RYAN HYATT to Marc Saltzberg, president of the BY STEVE LAWRENCE “I was approached by the advo- Daily Press Staff Writer West L.A. Democratic Club and a Associated Press Writer cates of a single-payer system QUOTE OF THE DAY chief organizer of the local cam- with a really good initial study in “You can’t build a reputation MID CITY — Westside Demo- paign. 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Britain’s Church Mission Society, with 200 missionaries around the world, Cross opens decided recently that a place that needs one the most is the town of Telford, England (population 150,000), 107 Katrina where fewer than one in a hundred residents attends an Anglican church. (Said a CMS spokesman, “These days the CMS goes to the hard places and evacuee cases takes on the hard cases.”) (The Church of England might have a larger prob- By Daily Press staff lem, according to a July survey by Bangor University researchers: 3 percent of its clergy doubts the existence In the past week, nearly 100 of God, which works out to nearly 300 people have come from Hurricane non-believing ministers.) Katrina territory seeking help from TODAY IN HISTORY the Santa Monica chapter of the Today is the 264th day of 2005. Red Cross. There are 101 days left in the year. Since the hurricane hit more than three weeks ago, the Santa On Sept. 21, 1938, a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, Monica chapter has opened 107 causing widespread damage and displaced persons cases, represent- claiming more than 600 lives. ing some 150 individuals. In 1937, “The Hobbit,” by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first published. In the last week alone, 80 fami- In 1949, the People’s Republic of lies, couples or individuals have China was proclaimed by its relocated to the Santa Monica area Communist leaders and turned to the Santa Monica QUOTE OF THE DAY chapter for aid and services until they can get on their feet. “I found more joy in sorrow / “Many of them have driven here Than you could find in joy.” on their own. A few have taken SARA TEASDALE AMERICAN AUTHOR AND POET (1884-1933) buses or found other means to trav- Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press el here. The displaced persons are INDEX Apparently it’s going to take much more than thousands of volunteers cleaning up the beach like they did this past primarily from Louisiana and Horoscopes weekend to prevent garbage from filtering into the Pacific Ocean. The first rain in months washed the streets clean, Mississippi,” said chapter execu- Keep costs down, Aries 2 but the refuse landed near the Pico storm drain on Santa Monica Beach Tuesday. tive director John Pacheco. Surf Report The majority of the Hurricane Water temperature: 64° 3 Katrina victims are staying with family, friends and relatives. Opinion RAND, USC partner on local research “The chapter has found hotels or Up in smoke 4 motels for 27 families and individ- State BY RYAN HYATT to encourage collaboration to benefit the entire region,” said uals and has issued over $52,000 in In bin Laden’s words 8 Daily Press Staff Writer between the institutions on James A. Thomson, Rand’s presi- direct financial aid to displaced National research projects, educational pro- dent. “We look forward to a suc- persons for food, clothing, medi- Streamlining deportation 9 RAND HDQTRS. — One of the grams and staff recruitment. cessful and productive collabora- cine, housing expenses and other Real Estate nation’s foremost think tanks has One of the goals of the partner- tion between Rand and USC.” necessities,” Pacheco said. “About Find a loan that works 14 signed an agreement with a local ship will be to foster joint research Officials from both institutions 90 percent of the victims being ser- university in hopes of improving projects focusing on the challenges said the focus of their joint efforts viced by the Santa Monica chapter Comics Los Angeles-based research efforts. facing the greater Los Angeles will likely involve transportation, plan to permanently relocate to the Laugh it up 16 The Rand Corp. and the area. security, infrastructure, public Los Angeles area if they can find Classifieds University of Southern California “This partnership brings togeth- Have some class 17-19 announced a partnership on Friday er two leading research institutions See RAND, page 6 See RED CROSS, page 6

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Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com BY RYAN HYATT NEWS OF THE WEIRD Daily Press Staff Writer BY CHUCK SHEPARD MEMORIAL PARK — High The Chicago Tribune reported in June school students with checkered that a man waiting for a train at the pasts will have a shot at reclaim- Sox/35th Street station on the South Side had been taken to the hospital ing their futures when they take after a train knocked him unconscious part in a new school geared as he bent over the rail platform looking toward them this fall. for the cell phone he had just dropped. And WSB-TV reported in June that a The Santa Monica-Malibu man had been hospitalized in Forest Unified School District will begin City, Ga., after, according to a witness, testing its community day school attempting to repair a speaker wire by using, in some undisclosed way, a .22- (CDS) on Tuesday, Sept. 6, the caliber bullet. “At some point,” the sta- first day of class. The CDS will tion reported, “the man ended up with Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press provide a smaller and personal- a piece of wire in his neck.” Cars entering the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday were subject to inspection by the Santa Monica Police Department as ized learning environment for TODAY IN HISTORY part of the increased security measures being put in place due to recent terrorism fears. Sunday marked the first day high school students who have of unannounced, random car inspections, which will continue to be conducted from time to time. been incarcerated, expelled, Today is the 241st day of 2005. There are 124 days left in the year. missed too many classes or have had other disciplinary issues pre- On Aug. 29, 1944, 15,000 American COMMUNITY PROFILES IS A WEEKLY SERIES THAT APPEARS EACH MONDAY venting them from attaining edu- troops marched down the Champs COMMUNITYPROFILES | AND DELVES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN SANTA MONICA. Elysees in Paris as the French capital cational goals. continued to celebrate its liberation Community members said the from the Nazis. In 1966, the Beatles concluded their Chelsea Williams: Refining her playlist See COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL, page 6 fourth American tour with their last public concert, at Candlestick Park in BY ROBERT FATURECHI when she finished high school two San Francisco. Special to the Daily Press years early so she’d have more In 1975, Irish statesman Eamon de time to focus on her music. Valera died near Dublin at age 92. Mystery photo There’s something about “I’ve been singing basically my QUOTE OF THE DAY Chelsea Williams that makes peo- whole life, I’ve been around it my ple stop and listen. whole life,” Williams says. “I’ve “It ain’t enough to get the breaks. You gotta know how to use ’em.” Five days a week, the 19-year- loved it my whole life.” old singer pierces the sleepy Today, Williams regularly - HUEY P. LONG AMERICAN POLITICIAN (1893-1935) morning lull at the Third Street makes her rounds at Hollywood INDEX Promenade with a medley of old clubs, including the Roxy and the and new, from the Beatles’ Knitting Factory. Though the half- Horoscopes “Rocky Raccoon” to Sheryl hour sets give her a shot at singing Let your mind drift, Scorpio 2 Crow’s “Strong Enough.” her own tunes — she has almost Surf Report With nothing but a guitar, a 90 — Williams says her morning Water temperature: 66° 3 microphone and two speakers, performances on the Promenade Opinion Williams draws surprisingly large offer some of the best experience a Considering a market switch 4 crowds just as the Third Street singer can get. Commentary Promenade wakes up — a time “People have given me their The real price at the pump 5 when few other street performers cards from Columbia Records and Local even try. a couple other smaller record com- Know before you go 7 “People will walk by and As a baby, her mother — also a panies,” Williams said. “I haven’t they’ll kind of be in a bad mood, singer — put her to bed with soft gotten a record deal yet, but I’m National and I’ll smile at them and they melodies. Later, her mom became getting closer.” Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Morning-after delays 10 smile back,” Williams said. “It her voice coach. For Williams, singing is more The first person to identify where Comics makes me feel really good that I The passion has spanned much than a hobby. It’s her life and, this photo was taken will win a Strips tease 14 had an impact on them.” of Williams’ young life — from though her aspirations sound lofty, prize. 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Dubbed one of the “shinning NEWS OF THE WEIRD stars” of the Los Angeles County BY CHUCK SHEPARD Health Department’s grading system, Santa Monica’s kitchens are Even though India now has 80,000 cleaner than most, according to licensed dentists, nearly 100 "street Terrance Powell, chief environ- dentists" continue to operate in dusty, open-air "offices," performing extrac- mental health specialist for LA tions and "fitting" used dentures for, typ- County. ically, 1 percent to 2 percent of what a The Los Angeles County licensed dentist would charge. One patient of practitioner Mahender Singh, Health Department serves as the observed for a June dispatch from Jaipur watchdog for the public in making in The New York Times, was "spitting sure that the people who handle streams of blood into the gutter" after removal of an incisor that, said Singh, food are doing it safely, cleanly "was not working right" and "kept turn- and properly. Based on unan- ing left and right when he ate." Singh nounced visits from health inspec- uses anesthetic but said some patients still pass out from the pain. tors, food establishments are mea- sured on a unique grading system TODAY IN HISTORY that deducts points for infractions. Today is the 221st day of 2005. The system was devised to There are 144 days left in the year. allow the public a way to gauge for themselves whether it’s clean Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, Sushi chef Eiji Hirose (right) restocks at the Lighthouse Buffet restaurant. The eatery recently scored a perfect 100 grade the United States exploded a nuclear See KITCHENS, page 8 from the Los Angeles County Health Department. device over Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people. STATE In 1930, a forerunner of the cartoon character Betty Boop made her debut Group says drivers not in good hands in Max Fleischer’s animated short Report: Los Angeles “Dizzy Dishes.” leads nation in jobs, BY RYAN HYATT of dollars for coverage. still being hashed out in Superior QUOTE OF THE DAY Daily Press Staff Writer The Foundation for Taxpayer Court. In it, the FTCR wants New York in wages and Consumer Rights filed a Safeco and other auto insurance “The man who makes no mistakes By The Associated Press DOWNTOWN LA does not usually make anything.” — A Santa response on Monday in the companies to refund tens of mil- Monica-based consumer rights California Court of Appeals against lions of dollars to those who were EDWARD JOHN PHELPS AMERICAN LAWYER AND DIPLOMAT LOS ANGELES — For your group has stepped up efforts to Safeco Insurance Company, which charged extra for being first-time best shot at a job, consider stop auto insurance companies in recently asked judges to throw out policy holders. The Foundation’s INDEX working in Los Angeles. But if their tracks, alleging they over- a lawsuit against the auto insurer. Horoscopes you want to earn a decent charge motorists tens of millions The lawsuit, filed in 2002, is See INSURANCE, page 6 Whip out the door, Gem 2 wage, try New York City. Surf Report A new U.S. Census Bureau Water temperature: 72° 3 report released Monday shows Wood chuck: Council to pay for Pier boards Opinion populous Los Angeles County leads the nation with the high- (Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures which appear on the Holy hypocrites! 4 est number of businesses while upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agenda. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the city Commentary Manhattan tops the chart with council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been And the winner is ... 5 the highest average salary. part of public discussion in the past.) State The bureau’s 2003 County Costly campaign 9 Business Patterns report ana- By Daily Press staff Monica Pier and soil contamina- more than $1 million for the ven- SM Parenting lyzes business establishments tion cleanup at the airport. erable pier, a project City Hall Now what? 10 in more than 1,000 industries CITY HALL — Elected leaders A total of $2,071,115.43 is hopes will improve access for on a national, state and local are expected to approve the spend- expected to be approved, close to emergency vehicles. Comics level. 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Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com BY RYAN HYATT NEWS OF THE WEIRD Daily Press Staff Writer BY CHUCK SHEPARD CITY HALL — Elected leaders Fetish du Jour: In July in Exeter, have gone on record with their England, Paul Pennington pleaded disapproval of the upcoming spe- guilty to engaging in sexual activity in a public restroom, while incidentally cial election. dressed in a baby diaper, bib and girl’s The City Council went public dress and carrying a baby bottle (but last week to oppose three ballot also wearing a stuffed bra). And Sean Kelly, 35, was arrested in Sebastian, measures it fears are aimed at Fla., in July, and charged with fraudu- undermining public education. lently attempting to obtain health-care Six members of the Santa services after he showed up at a clinic complaining of back pain but dressed Monica City Council voted last in a baby diaper (which he eventually week to take a stance against “loaded,” demanding a change). And Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Propositions 74, 75 and 76. Calvin Milo Alvarez, 30, was arrested Christophe Bernard (second from left), culinary director at the Art Institute of California-Los Angeles, gives final Opponents say the ballot measures in Fayetteville, Ark., in May on a child pornography charge after he was instructions to his students during a cooking exhibition held during the Taste of Santa Monica on the Santa Monica — two of which were initiated by found by police, arguing with another Pier on Sunday. Students made a caprice salad served on toasted bread as an appetizer. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and man at an apartment house, with his supporters — would reduce Alvarez dressed in a baby diaper and bleeding from the mouth. funding to public schools and weaken teacher unions. TODAY IN HISTORY Musicians to rally for relief efforts The suggestion to take the Today is the 262nd day of 2005. stance was initiated by There are 103 days left in the year. By Daily Press staff vocalist k.d. lang and others have including lang, Welsh chanteuse Councilman Kevin McKeown, a been confirmed to perform at Judith Owen, Los Angeles-based public education advocate who On Sept. 19, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, American soldiers Top musicians this upcoming “Songs of Strength,” a benefit con- gospel ensemble the Gwen Wyatt also provides computer consulting won the first Battle of Saratoga. weekend hope to give strength to cert for hurricane relief to take Chorale and other acts to be for Santa Monica’s public In 1955, President Juan Peron of those affected by Hurricane place in the intimate confines of named shortly will join together to schools. Argentina was ousted after a revolt by the army and navy. Katrina by performing a benefit First United Methodist Church of perform their personal song choic- “Since Santa Monica is a city concert at a local church. Santa Monica on Sunday, Sept. 25. QUOTE OF THE DAY Grammy-Award-winning A diverse group of talent See CONCERT, page 8 See PROPOSITIONS, page 8 “If you are losing your leisure, look out; you may be losing your soul.” COMMUNITY PROFILES IS A WEEKLY SERIES THAT APPEARS EACH MONDAY LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH COMMUNITYPROFILES | AND DELVES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN SANTA MONICA. ANGLO-AMERICAN AUTHOR (1865-1946) INDEX Horoscopes Margaret Dorantes: Remembering the dead Socialize away, Leo 2 BY ROBERT FATURECHI Dorantes said. inspired to create a living room Surf Report Special to the Daily Press Though Dorantes shies away shrine honoring loved ones who Water temperature: 64° 3 from describing herself as anti- had passed away: her parents, her Opinion Margaret Dorantes has a war, she says that each death in husband, even her dog. Bus lane runs over drivers 4 peace sticker pasted on her win- Iraq deeply affects her, especially But as the war in Iraq escalated dow, but it’s what’s inside her since the faces of the fallen hang and the number of dead American Local Santa Monica apartment that in her living room. soldiers rose, the longtime Santa Know before you go 7 makes the strongest statement. “Oh, it breaks my heart,” Monica resident felt compelled to National The 75-year-old Santa Monica Dorantes said, staring at her pay tribute. Veteran faces life without legs 9 resident has plastered hundreds makeshift memorial. “I pray for them every night,” Comics of newspaper clippings detailing The Detroit native didn’t set Dorantes said. “They’re almost the deaths of American soldiers in out to make a statement. like my sons. I’ve gotten to know Laugh it up 13 Iraq along her wall. 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Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com plaint on Monday against ill in SM Matthew Felix Vargas, 18, City’s psychiatric patients NEWS OF THE WEIRD charged with shooting Carter in BY CHUCK SHEPARD September of 2003. In addition have few long-term options to being tried for Carter’s first- The Living Word Tabernacle in degree murder, Vargas will BY ROBERT FATURECHI Waverly, Ohio, terminated the mem- face six counts of sexual Special to the Daily Press bership of Loretta Davis recently, according to a July report by WCMH- assault for a rape he allegedly TV in Columbus, because she had committed on Nov. 21, 2004, For many of Santa Monica’s stopped paying her tithe. Davis’ con- with a girl who was younger mentally ill homeless residents, tributions ended in January after she was hospitalized the first of 15 times than 14. finding adequate, long-term health this year for congestive heart failure. Vargas, who was 17 at the care can be a rocky road, as the The church’s founder said non-mem- time of the alleged rape, also few wards equipped to handle ber Davis could still attend, but Davis’ daughter said, “In the time of will face one count of obstruct- their disorders often are filled to (her) need, (the church) should be ing an officer’s investigation the brim. caring, supporting, asking what she after the alleged sexual assault Though the emergency rooms needs, help her if she needed help.” (When healthier, Davis was donating took place, according to the at area hospitals — St. John’s $60 a month out of her $592 Social DA’s complaint. Health Care Center and Santa Security check.) Vargas, who has pleaded not Monica-UCLA Medical Center — TODAY IN HISTORY guilty to the charges, faces life do meet the immediate needs of in prison plus 50 years if he is the mentally ill, they’re not Today is the 257th day of 2005. found guilty, according to the equipped for long-term care, a There are 108 days left in the year. complaint. He’s expected to personnel pitfall that, combined On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key appear in court for a prelimi- with packed psychiatric wards, wrote his poem “The Star-Spangled nary hearing on Monday, when often results in those in need Banner” after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in attorneys on both sides will lay returning to the streets. Maryland during the War of 1812. out their evidence and a judge “Most psychiatric patients feel will determine if the case will gratified to come to the emer- QUOTE OF THE DAY go to trial. gency room, get medication and “Psychiatry enables us to correct Vargas was being detained have their stories heard thorough- our faults by confessing our parents’ at a juvenile detention facility Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press ly,” said Russ Kino, medical shortcomings.” in Sylmar on April 7, where he Roberta Savacool, a motor-sweep operator for City Hall’s environmental director of emergency services at LAURENCE J. PETER was awaiting trial for the rape and public works division, fills her street-sweeping truck from a fire hydrant. St. John’s. “But there needs to be US EDUCATOR & WRITER (1919 - 1988) See VARGAS, page 5 She says she has to fill it up about three times every shift. more psychiatric beds in the coun- INDEX ty and private sector, specifically Horoscopes in the county sector, for us to be Do for you tonight, Leo 2 able to transfer to.” Los Angeles County is home to Surf Report ‘Newspaper Bandit’ might have hit SM some 90,000 homeless, nearly Water temperature: 64° 3 By Daily Press staff the witness pool. he was stable. 2,000 of whom live in Santa Opinion “They are in the process of Eimiller said Jackson is Monica at any given time. The real pirates 4 LOS ANGELES —A suspected interviewing the witnesses and believed to be the Newspaper Officials say many of them are State bank robber, shot by police after a putting the case together,” said Bandit, named because the robber mentally ill and often drain local Pot guru appeals 8 downtown bank holdup on FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller. carried a newspaper in early hospitals’ emergency resources. Monday, is thought to be the man Jackson was wounded Monday holdups. He is believed to be Barbara Browning, associate Real Estate known as the “Newspaper afternoon at 11th Street and responsible for 16 bank robberies director of organizational perfor- The return on rentals 12 Bandit,” who officials believe was Broadway while carrying a repli- since October 2004, she said. mance improvement at Santa National involved in Santa Monica rob- ca gun and a 14-inch samurai- Santa Monica police detectives Monica-UCLA hospital, said Reopening ports 15 beries earlier this year. style sword, LAPD Lt. Paul from the robbery-homicide unit many of the mentally ill who end Comics However, because no charges Vernon said. Minutes earlier, a are working with both the FBI and up at the center are among the have been filed against Forrest Citibank branch at Ninth and LAPD on the case. The investiga- city’s most down-and-out. Laugh it up 16 Jackson, 52, authorities declined Spring streets was robbed. tion is ongoing and as additional Though the immediate medical Classifieds to give specifics about the Santa Jackson was hospitalized, and information is available, it will be Have some class 17-19 Monica heists for fear of tainting the lieutenant would say only that released. See MENTALLY ILL, page 5

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Adam Tyson, 18, Jason Krueger, 20, OCEAN PARK — Roughly half and two pals were hospitalized in of Santa Monica’s luxury hotel Clermont, Fla., in July with severe bee stings after imprudently deciding to workers have become unionized, vandalize a beehive colony in an now that a majority of the staff at orange grove; their truck got stuck in the Sheraton Delfina have given the sand just after they had set 50,000 bees swarming. And in July in Sparta, their thumbs-up. Wis., Darkalena Large, 43, insisted Nearly 100 employees of the that she and her car were fine, but Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Sheraton Delfina have joined the police arrested her anyway on suspi- cion of drunk driving after finding her Santa Monica High School students head back to school on Wednesday morning to begin the 2005-06 academic year. Hotel Employees and Restaurant in the car, which was stuck on a curb Employees Local 11 (HERE) with one tire missing and the wheel’s since an Aug. 26 vote in which 58 rim badly mangled (and recently on LOCAL employees voted in favor of union- fire, according to a witness). Also, a nearby resident brought over part of Lawsuit against airport ization and 32 voted against it. the rim, which had been broken off Hurricane survivors While half of the hotel employ- and propelled into the air and through ees targeted by HERE will now be his second-floor window. find footing in SM won’t be landing in court By Daily Press staff represented by a union contract, TODAY IN HISTORY only three of the 10 city hotels the Today is Thursday, Sept. 8, Several individuals from BY RYAN HYATT sible, officials say. union has in its crosshairs — those the 251st day of 2005. New Orleans and the surround- Daily Press Staff Writer The Second Appellate District it considers high-end — have There are 114 days left in the year. ing Hurricane Katrina disaster of the California Court of Appeals become unionized. Still, workers DOWNTOWN LA On Sept. 8, 1930, the comic strip area have arrived in Santa — A complaint on Aug. 24 rejected a lawsuit filed from the Sheraton, Viceroy and “Blondie,” created by Chic Young, was Monica and sought the help of filed against the Santa Monica in November of 1999 against City Fairmont Miramar comprise about first published. Also on this day, the local chapter of the Ameri- Airport that’s been in litigation for Hall by the Santa Monica Airport half the 10 hotels’ collective staff. Scotch cellophane tape made its debut can Red Cross. nearly six years has been thrown Association (SMAA), alleging a HERE representatives said the as a sample of the tape, invented by Richard Drew of 3M, was shipped to a All of them have traveled to out of court, paving the runway collective bargaining process, set Chicago firm which specialized in Santa Monica on their own and for the best and safest facility pos- See SM AIRPORT, page 5 to begin next week, will improve wrapping bakery goods in cellophane. have not been sent by any gov- the employees’ experience at the INDEX ernmental agency, officials hotel with better pay, hours and said. Victims are entitled to aid Steel resolve health care. Horoscopes through numerous other feder- However, some who aren’t rel- Enjoy your friends, Cap 2 al, state and local government ishing the victory. The decision Surf Report programs, including unemploy- comes in light of a nearly two- Water temperature: 67° 3 ment compensation as well as year legal battle between HERE, Opinion the American Red Cross. the National Labor Relations Upping the ante 6 The Federal Emergency Board (NLRB) and an anti-union Management Agency (FEMA) watchdog group called the has just begun issuing $2,000 National Right to Work Legal debit cards to hurricane vic- Defense Foundation (NRTW), tims. The cards can be used for based in Virginia. travel, housing, food, clothing Kurt Petersen, HERE’s director and other necessities. responsible for the local unioniz- Victims who have checked ing effort, said the approval means Local in with the Santa Monica chap- that both full- and part-time Mining his own business 10 ter already have made their employees will have access to a National own short-term housing Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press decent family health care plan, Better recognize 14 arrangements and the chapter Sheet-metal worker Jeff Morgan takes measurements before applying gal- accrue vacation time and a pen- Comics did place one family in a hotel. vanized steel to the trim of the new Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant, sched- sion. Employees also will have Strips tease 16 uled to open this fall on the Santa Monica Pier. See RED CROSS, page 5 See UNIONS, page 4

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A Philadelphia firefighter was hospital- SANTA MONICA PIER — The ized in critical condition, and his wife suspected targeting of the Santa and their three children injured, in Atlantic City in June after an accident at Monica Pier by Middle Eastern the Steel Pier amusement park. The five terrorists has prompted a swift were in a ride car on the Big Splash, response by local authorities, who where after a descent, the car was to slide into the water at a high speed and conducted car searches over the soak everyone, but apparently the park weekend and are patrolling the workers on duty had either forgotten to city’s famous tourist destination put water in the basin or had not noticed that it had all drained out. Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press with more vigilance, in the hopes Santa Monica College students await their ride on Monday morning via the new SMC shuttle at Bernard Way adjacent to of deterring any attacks. TODAY IN HISTORY the beach. Changes made to the college’s shuttle system left many students lost on the first day of classes. The Santa Monica police began Today is the 242nd day of 2005. utilizing $2 million in emergency There are 123 days left in the year. funds to shore up security at the Pier over the weekend, responding On Aug. 30, 1905, Ty Cobb made his Lessons in red tape at SMC major-league debut as a player for the to evidence that men with ties to Detroit Tigers, hitting a double in his Officials: Shuttle lot made it to Beach Parking Lot No. Donner, SMC’s interim president. terrorist groups were surveying first at-bat in a game against the New 5 quickly received free parking “Unfortunately, students were the site earlier this summer. York Highlanders. (Tigers won, 5-3.) confusion to clear soon In 30 B.C. (on Aug. 30, by some esti- permits and were bussed to SMC’s overflowing into areas where they As a result of the stepped-up mates), the seventh and most famous BY RYAN HYATT main campus at 1900 Pico shouldn’t be parking.” security, drivers entering the Pier queen of ancient Egypt known as Daily Press Staff Writer Boulevard to begin their fall class- Beach Parking Lot No. 5, locat- via the ramp from Ocean Avenue “Cleopatra” committed suicide. In 1963, the “Hot Line” communica- es. Meanwhile, students unaware ed south of Ocean Park Boulevard had to agree to a vehicle inspections link between Washington and SANTA MONICA COLLEGE — of recent changes to SMC’s shut- on Barnard Way, will be open to tion, during which officers Moscow went into operation. Nearly 30,000 Santa Monica college tling program arrived at the Santa SMC students from 6:45 a.m. to 6 searched for explosives under- students started their fall semester on Monica Airport parking lot expect- p.m., Monday through Thursday. neath car carriages with mirrors, QUOTE OF THE DAY Monday, some having more trouble ing a ride to the main campus, but The airport shuttle lot will be open sifted through trunks and probed than others getting to class. were then mired in confusion. during the day for students enrolled beneath car hoods. “My son, if sinners entice thee, Santa Monica College officials “It was a pretty confusing situ- The searches averaged 15 sec- consent thou not.” on Monday said that students who ation at the airport,” said Tom See SCHOOL DAZE, page 7 onds, according to SMPD Lt. PROVERBS 1:10. Frank Fabrega. INDEX STATE Bus stops had to be temporarily Shoot-out leaves pair injured routed to the corner of Ocean Horoscopes Not so fast: Governor Avenue and Broadway, as Rent a movie, Scorpio 2 BY RYAN HYATT condition. is digging exit exams opposed to Ocean and Colorado Surf Report Daily Press Staff Writer Lt. Frank Fabrega, of the Santa avenues, in order to free up room Water temperature: 63° 3 Monica Police Department, said By The Associated Press for the inspections, pier visitors Opinion 11TH STREET — Two people that while officers were conduct- said. Check where the pay’s from 4 were hospitalized after being shot ing their investigation, they were SACRAMENTO — Gov. In addition to the vehicle bomb during an early-morning shoot-out contacted by the Los Angeles Arnold Schwarzenegger used searches, visitors could spot Commentary on Monday. Police Department. his weekly radio address police scouting parties on foot, Why she’s buggin’ 5 Police claim four individuals Representatives from the Saturday to throw his support bike and all-terrain vehicles sur- SM Parenting were involved. LAPD told Santa Monica police behind the state’s high school veying crowded areas on and Slumber party 8 At 1:58 a.m., the Santa Monica they had two people in custody, exit exam, a test that’s come around the pier. Officers also kept National police responded to emergency reporting they were involved in an under fire for lagging passing an eye on the bustling tourist Showdown in Texas 10 calls from the area of Pico assault in Santa Monica. rates among disabled and low- activity from ocean-side rooftops, Boulevard and 11th Street. When So far, no arrests have been income students, and English- they said. Comics officers arrived at the scene, they made. The case is still under language learners. 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He’s wrong, however, and following the girl’s murder and an attempt BY VIC PLATINUM The “Memento”-esque crime thriller that is “Memory on his own life, Ledda seeks vengeance — systematical- Special to the Daily Press of a Killer,” from Flemish director Erik Van Looy, won ly taking out the players in a high-powered political cabal. five Belgian Oscars, and certainly should be embraced Van Looy keeps the film moving at a nimble clip, and This just in: Diddy has changed by fans of the genre in the U.S. who have had little to his characters feel like living, breathing people as names yet again! Henceforth the chew their fingernails over this year. Veteran actor Jan opposed to the slapdash caricatures found so often in rap-mogul will be known as “Pee Decleir is superb as Angelo Ledda, an elderly interna- noirish thrillers. And while Decleir is the best of the Doody,” in honor of pal R. Kelly’s tional hitman who’s been hired to take out two people in bunch, the rest of the cast is quite impressive, especially bedroom fetishes. Antwerp. Unbeknownst to his employers, Ledda has Koen De Bouw and Werner De Smedt as the intrepid Speaking of R., word on the Alzheimer’s disease and his condition is deteriorating young detectives on Ledda’s trail. street has him way peeved over rapidly. Though his mind is failing, the old man manages reports that he was nearly dropped to carry out the first part of the contract. But after discov- (Rated R for violence, sexuality and nudity. Running from the lineup of performers at ering that the second mark is a child prostitute, he refuses time: 120 minutes) Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards due to a dispute with the show’s producers. MTV ought to be relieved, though, because when it comes R. Kelly, ‘tis better to have him pissed off, than to be pissed on. Newton-John’s missing boyfriend Crime pays, and pays WELL in primetime: Seven of the 10 most watched shows on television last week were was mired in debt, child payments crime dramas, with perennial fave “CSI” leading the way. The top 10 was rounded out by back-to-back BY GILLIAN FLACCUS Henise, a Coast Guard spokesman. episodes of “Two and a Half Men” and “60 Minutes,” Associated Press Writer In a March 2000 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, aka “Lesley Stahl and Five Half-Dead Men.” McDermott said he owed nearly $31,000 to creditors rang- Scarlett Johansson got into a fender-bender at LOS ANGELES — The missing boyfriend of singer ing from Home Depot to Fleet Bank. He listed his 1995 Disneyland while reportedly trying to evade aggressive Olivia Newton-John filed for bankruptcy in 2000 and Toyota 4Runner as his most valuable property at $4,500. paparazzi. Dammit, when I hear stuff like that it makes was recently embroiled in a legal dispute over late child As a result of the April court action, McDermott was me ashamed to be in the same business as those cretins!!! support payments, according to court documents. ordered to make all his outstanding payments to Los Where do they get off calling themselves “the media,” Patrick Kim McDermott, 48, was taken to court in Angeles County’s child services department instead of to anyway?!!! Oh, and that reminds me, unconfirmed April by his ex-wife, actress Yvette Nipar, over pay- Nipar. It wasn’t immediately clear how far behind he was rumors from anonymous sources loosely associated with ments for the couple’s 13-year-old son, documents in the payments. a ticket-taker at the “It’s a Small World” attraction indi- showed. Nipar, who has appeared in a number of films and TV cate the sexy star of “The Island” had visited the Magic McDermott, of the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, shows, had regular roles on the soap operas “General Kingdom to have a drug-fueled orgy with Chip, Dale, failed to return from a June 30 overnight fishing trip off Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives” and the TV series Donald Duck and Goofy. Again, these rumors have not the California coast. He was reported missing a week “Robocop” and “21 Jump Street.” been confirmed, but we’re bringing them to you first! later by Nipar, who became alarmed when he didn’t McDermott signed the passenger manifest of the ship And finally, a toast … in honor of the great Ted show up for a family event. “Freedom” when he went on board and was last seen eat- Knight, who passed away on this date 19 years ago at the The Coast Guard has been investigating his disap- ing in the galley, according to the Coast Guard. His wal- age of 62. Raise your glasses if you’ve got ‘em, this pearance as a missing person case. A spokesman said let and other belongings were found in a fanny pack on one’s for Judge Smails: investigators were looking into all possibilities, including the boat. Investigators say no one saw him get off the “It’s easy to grin when you’re ship comes in, and that McDermott had staged his disappearance. vessel. you’ve got the stock market beat. But the man who’s "That’s part of their investigation. Until the investiga- Newton-John, 56, appeared opposite John Travolta in worthwhile, is the man who can smile when his pants are tion is concluded, we can’t really say anything about his the 1978 movie “Grease” and is best known for songs too tight in the seat.” (financial) situation,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan such as “I Honestly Love You” and “Physical.”

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