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CITY HALL Citing concerns about trans- parency and accountability within the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, the City Council on Thursday voted to place $7.2 million in education funding on hold until school officials address the use of gag orders that prevent parents and administra- tors from speaking out. The decision to withhold the money fol- lowed lengthy talks regarding special educa- A CREST KID Fabian Lewkowicz [email protected] tion and the district’s finances — a steady A surfer rides a wave off Santa Monica Beach earlier this week. Surfers can expect light and variable winds, with smooth seas most of the holi- source of controversy following the school day weekend. Waves are forecasted to be waist-high. board’s decision to grant a 5-percent raise to teachers over the objections of the former chief financial officer and the district’s financial oversight committee. Parents of students with special needs claim they were forced to enter into secret deals with school officials and sign gag orders in exchange for services not included CityTV lightening up in their child’s initial Individualized Education Program, or IEP, which is devel- BY MELODY HANATANI The Star Awards recognizes achievements “Santa Monica is such a unique community, oped by a team of professionals with a given Daily Press Staff Writer in government cable television throughout we try to reflect the community (in our pro- child’s parents. The IEP defines the student’s Southern California. gramming).” particular disability and outlines the servic- DOWNTOWN SM If CSPAN, the Food CityTV staffers add the two new trophies Besides regular broadcasts of City es necessary for the child to succeed. Network, CNN, the Travel Channel, Starz to a case already stocked with more than 300 Council, Planning Commission, Rent Parents have indicated they are afraid to and the city of Santa Monica all collaborated awards, including nine Emmy Awards. Control Board and Board of Education speak out because they did not want to vio- to create a new network, the result might Founded 19 years ago by the city of Santa meetings, CityTV offers more than 18 regu- late the gag orders and jeopardize their look something like CityTV. Monica, the station started out by televising lar entertainment shows. child’s education. Though it’s typically known as the live City Council meetings. By the time current But surprisingly, it’s the City Council Another hot topic concerns the resigna- provider of the televised City Council meet- Station Manager Robin Gee signed on in 1995, meetings that draw the highest ratings, not tion of former Chief Financial Officer ings, which it advertises as “the best live CityTV was well known for its documentaries, because viewers want to see the elected offi- Winston Braham late last year and the show on Tuesday nights in Santa Monica,” having already collected several Emmys. cials quarrel, but to learn more about one of $189,000 settlement agreement he the city’s government access channel has The station is available to every cable sub- the many volatile issues in Santa Monica, received, which included clauses prevent- been offering up more than just gavels and scriber in the city, reaching about 27,000 such as homelessness and development. ing him from speaking publicly on district neckties to its viewers. households. For the non-civic minded viewer, CityTV financial matters. Further, the agreement In a nod to its diverse programming, Today, couch potatoes resting the remote offers a bevy of entertainment options, from also prevents him from saying anything CityTV recently claimed two awards at the on CityTV get their share of cooking shows, “Get Out,” the station’s version of “Eye on disparaging about the district. 11th Annual Star Awards on Thursday, cap- talk shows, news programs, movies, music LA,” to “Fresh from the Farmers’ Market,” a On May 7, district officials amended the turing trophies for Best Social Documentary and even reality shows. While the station cooking program using ingredients culled confidentiality clause, allowing Braham to — for a segment on sustainability in Santa isn’t quite on par with MTV or the Food from the local open-air marts. Many of the testify before the council, which he has Monica, and Overall Excellence in the more Network, the programs on CityTV do garner shows are aimed at the interests of Santa declined to do. According to published than $1 million annual budget category, a good amount of dedicated viewers. Monicans, playing on popular topics such as reports, Braham did not feel comfortable beating out the city of Los Angeles and San “Our mix of programming is unusual for Diego County. a government cable channel,” Gee said. SEE TV PAGE 12 SEE FUNDING PAGE 13 BACK/UNFILED TAXES?

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to rewrite legacy Melody Hanatani LAST WEEK, A NEWS STORY ON THE of people the dangers of global warming.” [email protected] International Herald Tribune’s Web site (Unless he runs for president again, in PARENTING began with the following sentence: “The which case he may be remembered as the Nina Furukawa owner of Napoleon’s penis died last Democrat who lost two elections for presi- [email protected] Thursday in Englewood, New Jersey.” dent that no Democrat should have lost). That sentence got my attention because I President Bush still has time to avoid a STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER had always assumed that the owner of legacy that would begin: “George W. Bush Fabian Lewkowicz Napoleon’s penis was Napoleon. I was also will always be remembered as the presi- [email protected] struck by the fact that owning this odd sou- dent who sent this country to war based PHOTOGRAPHY INTERN Richard Brouwer is a ‘neutral observer’ living on the edge in The venir is what the deceased man from New on bad intelligence ...” Christine Chang Netherlands. Jersey will be remembered for. This is his [email protected] legacy. I have a feeling that he had other LETTERS TO THE EDITOR things in his life that he might have preferred ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES being remembered for. John K. Lattimer was PRESIDENT BUSH STILL Robbie P. Piubeni not just a collector of odd memorabilia. He [email protected] was a urologist — surprise, surprise — and Fundamentalists come in all shapes HAS TIME TO AVOID A Rob Schwenker Editor: a Columbia University professor. He is cred- [email protected] Ron Lowe is right in his letter (“Fundamentalists spell our ited with developing a cure for renal tuber- LEGACY THAT WOULD doom,” May 18) about the dangers of the religious fundamen- culosis and represented the United States at ADVERTISING ASSISTANT talists. It matters little if they are Muslim, Christian or any other the World Health Organization. He was also BEGIN: “GEORGE W. BUSH Cynthia Vazquez religion. Religious fundamentalists are all the same — theirs is a husband, a father and a grandfather. But [email protected] the only true faith, there is no other salvation than their way. If when he passed away at 92, most of the sto- WILL ALWAYS BE you do not believe as they do, you will end up in hell. Religious ries about him began with and highlighted OPERATIONS MANAGER Connie Sommerville fundamentalists are not content to simply believe as they wish, the unusual thing that he bought at an auc- REMEMBERED AS THE [email protected] they want others to do the same. By passing laws, if necessary, tion in 1969. to force everyone to act as they believe to be correct and by This illustrates that people are usually PRESIDENT WHO SENT PRODUCTION MANAGER pressuring politicians to act in the manner that they believe is remembered for something very odd, very Tessa Vergara correct, theirs is the only way to act when setting policies. good or very bad in their lives. Even those THIS COUNTRY TO WAR [email protected] Mr. Lowe, and anyone else, may feel free to use the term of us who are not famous will have a legacy. “Christian Taliban.” That is the term that most accurately So, after reading about Lattimer and the BASED ON BAD PRODUCTION ASSISTANT describes those of their ilk. pride of Napoleon, I started thinking that Frances Casareno Mike Kirwan maybe it’s not such a bad idea to think INTELLIGENCE ...” [email protected] Venice about what we’d like our obituaries to say ... CLASSIFIEDS SALES MANAGER while we still have time to affect them. Annie Kotok In sports, there are people with unfortu- And of course, people like Paris [email protected] Columnist can flash peace sign in Iraq nate — and sometimes unfair — legacies, Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan Editor: like Roberto “no mas” Duran, Bill “through have time to turn their legacies around. CIRCULATION David Pisarra’s rambling, convoluted piece regarding how his legs” Buckner and Steve “Cubs jinx” In Paris’ case, for us to forget about her Keith Wyatt Glenn Bolan we should honor the fallen on Memorial Day (“We don’t honor Bartman. In politics, we can all guess how indiscretions, she might have to cure a [email protected] the fallen as we should,” May 22) was a real head-scratcher. the obituaries of Alberto Gonzales and couple of major diseases. Particularly towards the end (yeah, I know, I can’t believe I read Paul Wolfowitz would begin if they were Most of us don’t do things that make NEWS INTERNS it that far, either). Pisarra says, written today. And despite his other headlines, but we’re still going to have a Irene Manahan Here I was all this time thinking those flag-covered caskets accomplishments, Don Imus may have legacy. We’re going to be remembered for Kristin Mayer were because of oil or George Bush trying to take over the written his own legacy when he was fired how we conducted our “ordinary” lives. You world or something ... duh. Pisarra rides awful loose in the from the radio for his racial slurs. might think you’ll be remembered for your SPECIAL PROJECTS saddle of this fallen-soldier high horse of his. The good news is that these things can success in business, the honors you won in Dave Danforth [email protected] Pisarra says, “We can’t give honor to those who have fall- often be turned around. When Jimmy college or that big house you built. But en while we continue to wage war,” and, “To honor the dead, Carter left office, some journalists probably what if your legacy will be: “Best known for Carolyn Sackariason we would send people on peace missions.” He says that we would have characterized him as “an inef- not returning phone calls from old friends,” [email protected] can only remember the dead, not honor them, unless, of fectual president best remembered for “Always tipped only 10 percent” or “Was course, we do it his way. wearing a cardigan sweater while telling last seen stealing a parking spot from some- Pisarra should get a clue. His Utopian end-all-war ideolo- Americans to turn down their thermostats.” one who was there first?” A newspaper with issues gy about honoring fallen troops, though warm and fuzzy it But Carter turned this around by all of his Again, if you think your obituary may be, is void of substance and reality. Open minds, face humanitarian acts after he was president. might not be as flattering as you’d like, 1427 Third Street Promenade, #202 paint, flowers, cultural exchanges, creativity and all the rest He even won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. there’s time to change. All we have to do is Santa Monica, CA 90401 of his philosophy doesn’t deter evil, it emboldens it, because So now he may be more remembered for all act the way we’d like to be remembered. I OFFICE (310) 458-PRESS (7737) FAX (310) 576-9913 to evil, peace is weakness. And that is what evil preys upon. he’s done since his presidency. guess we should all aspire to do things Does he really believe that the Taliban or Al Qaeda, or any Speaking of the Nobel Prize, Alfred that are so kind or so spectacular that Visit us online at smdp.com terror group, can be reasoned with? If Pisarra’s ideas are so Nobel tried to turn his legacy around, too. even if we start collecting the sex organs wonderful and sure, why doesn’t he go to Iraq or He was an armaments manufacturer and of European leaders, that collection won’t Afghanistan, meet some warlords and practice what he the inventor of dynamite. But he left his be what we’re best remembered for. Wow, preaches? vast fortune to fund the Nobel Prizes. that’s quite a challenge. The Santa Monica Daily Press is published six days a week, Traditional Memorial Day remembrances of those who died Al Gore would have been remembered as Monday through Saturday. LLOYD GARVER in preservation of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is “the Democrat who lost a presidential elec- writes the “Modern Times” 19,000 daily circulation, 46,450 honoring them, Mr. Pisarra. Furthermore, after my little flag is tion that no Democrat should have lost.” column for CBSnews.com’s Opinion page and daily readership. 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Complete Import Service DEBATE OVER RENT CONTROL RAISES A RUCKUS Ask for This past week, Q-line asked: Do you think rent control is in need of an overhaul? monthly Tune Ups • Tires Here are your responses: specials Complete Body & Paint “RENT CONTROL, IF IT IS TO SURVIVE, diverse community economically. It is Brakes • Mufflers should indeed have an overhaul. They important to remain vigilant to maintain should be screening all recipients of this these rights.” 1048 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 • 310-584-9600 kind of financial aid. The cheaters should be weeded out.” “EVER SINCE RENT CONTROL WAS FIRST passed in 1979, not only was it a good “RENT CONTROL IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR idea, but it is part of the reason that city in order to keep a varied community Santa Monica became such a desirable Local Printer Offering because the land is so expensive here. We place in the county. Stabilized rents and Exceptional Quality Printing must keep rent control for us to keep a regulations and ordinances help to give varied community and healthy communi- tenants security, and also landlords, For Exceptional Prices ty. I support it all the way.” therefore possess some of the most envi- able property in the county. If renters and RECEIVE 10% OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER “YOU HAVE THREE LEECHES ON THE landlords continue to respect each other, City Council who are renters and have been we can continue to have the most ideal Call Now to Go Green renting for years on this rent control. They city in all the county.” are Kevin McKeown, Pam O’Connor and Ken 310.396.2561 Genser ... all by their own admission. The “THE ONLY OVERHAUL THAT RENT people of Santa Monica need to unite and control needs is a revocation of the Ellis 1125 PICO BLVD, SANTA MONICA vote these people off the City Council. They Act. Rent control needs to continue and [email protected] need to organize and get term limits be strengthened.” because these people will be there until they die. And these three same people do “RENT CONTROL BENEFITS ONLY THOSE not pay property taxes and are determining living with a cheap subsidized rent, if liv- City of Santa Monica how much property owners have to pay for ing under possibly substandard condi- California Incline Bridge Replacement Project services. This is ridiculous. These people tions can be called a benefit. In Santa are parasites who live off the citizens of the Monica, it serves to maintain SMRR in Draft EIR/EA Notice of Availability and Public Meeting city of Santa Monica. I think it is disgusting. political control.” I cannot believe the citizens don’t get together and throw out rent control and get “I THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL MAIN WHAT IS BEING PLANNED: The City of Santa Monica, in cooperation with Caltrans and these people off the council.” reason for rent control was to control the the Federal Highway Administration, is proposing to reconstruct the structurally deficient rampant speculators buying apartment California Incline to meet current seismic standards. The incline extends from the inter- “FORGET RENT CONTROL! I THINK buildings then flipping them, thereby section of Ocean and California Avenues at the top of the Palisades Bluffs to State Route the City Council needs an overhaul, after increasing the rent of long-time renters to 1 (SR-1). The proposed project entails demolition of the existing structure and construc- seeing students’ bus fares raised 100 per- help pay for the new mortgages. It has tion of a new incline at the same location. The new incline would be approximately 750 cent and 300 percent. They seem to be now morphed into low-income housing for feet long and consist of a reinforced concrete slab structure with spans on the order of 44 functioning on the Every Child Left out-of-staters or people who don’t speak feet. Overall width of the new incline would be 51 feet 8 inches, an increase of 5 feet 8 Behind concept.” English. Rent control has helped eliminate inches over the existing structure. The three 12-foot-wide vehicular lanes would be main- the middle-class landlord. Look at all the tained; the proposed improvements would be designed to accommodate both pedestrians “I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT THINK RENT Ellis Act evictions turned into condos.” and bicyclists. Construction would also require the reconstruction of the upper and lower control is in need of an overhaul. There “RENT CONTROL IS A SYSTEM THAT approaches to the California Incline at Ocean Avenue and SR-1, respectively. The new is no way I could continue to live in Santa Monica without it. My rent is is unfair to landlords and those who pay structure would be supported on pile bents founded below the unstable surface of the already plenty expensive.” market rents, both of whom subsidize bluff. A new railing, similar to the existing concrete balustrade, would also be construct- those on rent control.” ed. No lighting is proposed. “WHAT RENT CONTROL? FOR ALL intents and purposes, rent control ended “NEARLY EVERYONE AGREES THAT with decontrol recontrol. An example Santa Monicans for Renters Rights have WHY THIS NOTICE: This notice is provided to (1) inform you that the City of Santa being that now, under decontrol, a three- ruined a once quiet residential town and Monica has prepared a draft environmental impact report/environmental assessment bedroom apartment in a dingbat apart- turned it into a tourist trap and worldwide (EIR/EA), which describes potential environmental impacts of the California Incline Bridge ment building will now rent for $36,000 homeless and insane asylum.” Replacement Project, and (2) invite you to attend the scheduled public meeting/workshop per year. The real reason owners want to to find out more about the project and comment on the draft EIR/EA. The proposed proj- get rid of rent control is due to the other “THE PERSPECTIVE ON THE NATURE protections provided to renters under the ect could result in unavoidable significant adverse impacts to historical resources, land of the benefits of rent control should be program, such as evictions and rent better addressed in the press.” use plans (historic preservation policies), and air quality (construction only). reduction for poor maintenance.” “OF COURSE RENT CONTROL NEEDS “NEWER SANTA MONICA TENANTS LIKE to be overhauled. Those leeches down DRAFT EIR/EA WORKSHOP me don’t have a beef with those who have there at the rent board suck $11 a month Wednesday, June 20, 2007 been here for years. We understand that from every renter in town. The whole rent Multipurpose Room, Santa Monica Main Library rent control protects us both. I don’t board should be overhauled, extremely.” 601 Santa Monica Boulevard know why you would like to pit one against another?” Santa Monica, CA 90401 PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. “NO RENT CONTROL OVERHAUL. ANY changes means testing the percent of time a renter occupies an apartment, age ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: The workshop will be organized in an open house format and testing. It will result in more bureaucracy.” provide an opportunity for the public to submit written and verbal comments on the draft EIR/EA. Experts will be available to answer questions on a variety of topics, including the “THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH California Incline Bridge Replacement Project, the environmental process, and environ- rent control because there are too many mental issues, including traffic. rich people abusing it, like that lawyer who had that apartment in the Ocean Park area and he had a house someplace NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: The draft EIR/EA and related documents are available for pub- else. He should have been kicked out.” lic review at the Fairview Branch Library, 2102 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405. Additional copies of the draft EIR/EA and appendices are available at the Santa “I THINK RENT CONTROL HAS BEEN Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401; Montana very positive to our community. It has slowed gentrification. It has also flowed growth. It has Avenue Branch Library, 1704 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90403; and Ocean Park helped maintain diversity in our community.” Branch Library, 2601 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405. The draft EIR/EA is also avail- able for viewing on the City website. “DO I THINK RENT CONTROL IS IN NEED of an overhaul? No. If anything, rent control should persevere to strengthen renter pro- HOW TO GET INVOLVED: Your comments will be made part of the public record, and all tections. It allows Santa Monica to be a substantive comments on environmental issues will be addressed in the final EIR/EA. Written comments on the draft EIR/EA will be accepted through July 9, 2007. Please send comments to Eugenia Chusid, Civil Engineering and Architecture, 1437 4th Street, DO YOU HAVE COMMUNITY NEWS? Suite 300, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Comments on the draft EIR/EA may also be sent Submit news releases to [email protected] or by fax at (310) 576-9913 via e-mail to [email protected]. For more information about the workshop, please contact Eugenia Chusid at 310-434-2618. Visit us online at smdp.com State Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, MAY 26-27, 2007 7 Ailing troops lack the resources to provide a full continuum Returning soldiers of psychological health care for active duty service members and their families,” he said. not getting mental PTSD is a reaction to stressful events that can lead to nightmares, flashbacks, insom- health care needed nia, anxiety attacks, emotional detachment, violence, substance addiction and suicide. BY THOMAS WATKINS Associated Press Writer THERE ARE SAN DIEGO U.S. troops returning from war with debilitating mental conditions including NATURAL STRESS post-traumatic stress disorder are not always getting the care they need, a panel of experts REACTIONS, IT DOESN’T told a presidential commission Thursday. The Commission on Care for America’s MEAN YOU ARE WEAK, IT Returning Wounded Warriors, which President Bush appointed this year following revelations MEANS YOU ARE HUMAN.” of poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, focused for the first time on Dr. Richard McCormick PTSD. The bipartisan commission has been a professor at the Case Western Reserve School holding hearings on veterans care and will issue of Medicine a set of recommendations this summer. “The military system does not have One of the major barriers to care is the enough resources, funding or personnel to stigma that exists in the military, adequately support the psychiatric health McCormick said, as troops are reluctant to of service members and their families in admit to experiencing symptoms. peace and during conflict,” Dr. Richard “There are natural stress reactions, it McCormick, a professor at the Case doesn’t mean you are weak, it means you Western Reserve School of Medicine, told are human,” McCormick said. the commission. “This creates a perfect Miguel Delgado, a former Navy corps- storm of barriers to receiving care.” man who returned from Iraq in 2004, said McCormick, who recently helped com- the constant stresses of seeing injured pile a report for the secretary of defense on Marines led him to develop PTSD. As a the nation’s mental health care for veter- medic who was himself trained to recog- ans, said there is insufficient training of nize signs of combat stress in his troops, family members and medical personnel Delgado still hesitated before he contacted about psychological issues, and patients’ doctors about his symptoms. care is often disrupted when they transi- According to Army psychiatrist Col. tion from active duty to retirement. Elspeth Ritchie, 17 percent of soldiers who “Military treatment facilities currently have seen combat in Iraq experience PTSD. Giving respectful silence At South High, friends built a memorial Schoolmates mourn of flowers, flags, candles and balloons on the front steps, where a sign read: “We love & fallen soldier at miss you Joe Anzack. You’re our HERO.” “I was in shock” at hearing of his death, said childhood friend Erika Esquivel, 20, of Torrance’s South High Torrance. BY JEREMIAH MARQUEZ Just last month, Anzack sent her a Associated Press Writer MySpace Web site message wishing her a happy birthday, she said. TORRANCE Schoolmates held a moment of In high school, Anzack played football silence Thursday at the high school where and was on the wrestling and swim teams. slain Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. was remembered He was “always pumped up and ready to try as a gentle jock — a “pumped up” athlete something new,” Esquivel said. who made his friends laugh and comforted Anzack’s football teammate Nick them when they were sad. Ekbatani said he sent an e-mail message to Anzack, 20, should be honored for “his the soldier after hearing rumors of his death service to America and for representing South a month ago. Anzack wrote back and High and Torrance so proudly and so well,” declared: “I’m alive and kicking.” Principal Scott McDowell told students in a “I really wish he would e-mail me back second-period classroom announcement. again,” said Ekbatani, 19. “I wish this was Anzack, an Army gunner, vanished with another rumor.” two other soldiers on May 12 when their Josh Waybright, Anzack’s football coach, combat team was ambushed about 20 miles laid the soldier’s jersey on a shrine in front of outside of Baghdad. The attack killed four the school during the afternoon. other Americans and an Iraqi. The school will dedicate this year’s season Anzack’s family, who a month ago heard to Anzack, who was an all-league nose false rumors of his death, were confronted guard, and retire his number, 52. with the reality on Wednesday night, when “I don’t think you get a better teammate authorities identified a soldier’s body found than Joe Anzack,” Waybright said. “He was floating earlier in the day in the Euphrates loyal, committed, dedicated, loved the game river. He had been shot in the head. of football, loved being part of a team. He “They told us, ‘We’re sorry to inform you was a coach’s dream, to be honest.” the body we found has been identified as Waybright said Anzack aspired to join the Joe,"’ his aunt, Debbie Anzack of Torrance, Special Forces. told The Associated Press while choking “If I was sitting in a foxhole I want Joe back tears. “I’m in disbelief.” Anzack right next to me,” said Waybright. Local 8 WEEKEND EDITION, MAY 26-27, 2007 A newspaper with issues STATE BRIEFS

LONG BEACH Facebook opens Second defendant convicted in murder plot A second defendant was convicted in the murder-for-hire killing of a woman stabbed BY RACHEL KONRAD Zuckerberg and his Harvard buddy, to death as police responding to a prowler call stood outside her front door. AP Technology Writer Dustin Moskovitz, co-founded Facebook in Frankie Jaramillo, 32, of suburban Woodland Hills was one of three men charged for February 2004. The site was supposed to be the 2004 stabbing death of Lynn Schockner, 50, in the backyard of her Bixby Knolls SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc. is encour- the virtual version of paper “face books” that home. aging other companies to sell products and Harvard and other colleges distribute to Jaramillo was convicted by a Superior Court jury on Thursday of first-degree murder create software for use on the popular social freshmen. for his role in the killing. Jaramillo, who will be sentenced June 21, delivered money and networking site, hoping to expand into an But within a month, the site had caught on instructions to the hit man on Schockner’s behalf. all-purpose destination on the Web. at Stanford, Columbia, and Yale. By December Manfred Schockner, the victim’s 66-year-old estranged husband, still faces trial for The company’s 23-year-old founder and 2004, it had nearly 1 million active users. allegedly masterminding the killing plan to avoid paying alimony. chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said After the site opened up registration to non- Nicholas Harvey, 25, of Port Hueneme was convicted earlier of stabbing Lynn Thursday the move was similar to what college students last September, it evolved into Schockner on Nov. 8, 2004, and is serving a life prison term. Microsoft Corp. did decades ago, when the rel- a major social networking destination to rival Harvey told police in a taped interview played for jurors that he was offered $5,000 atively obscure software maker began encour- MySpace.com, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s to kill the woman and stage a burglary. aging third-party companies to write programs media conglomerate News Corp. He contended he had second thoughts about following through with the attack and for its personal computer operating system. Facebook now has more than 24 million that he accidentally stabbed her after she surprised him in the backyard. Lynn The strategy made Microsoft phenomenally users who have logged on in the past 30 days. Schockner’s neck and hands were stabbed 10 times with a dagger. profitable and helped turn founder Bill Gates Venture capital firms including Accel Partners Police investigating a prowler call found the woman’s body on a backyard patio when — like Zuckerberg, a Harvard University have contributed more than $35 million. she failed to return after going to get a key to open a locked gate. dropout — into world’s richest man. Critics say Facebook — which is getting ASSOCIATED PRESS “Until now, social networks have been more than 100,000 new registrations per day closed platforms,” Zuckerberg told about — can’t maintain its scorching growth rate. LOS ANGELES 750 programmers attending the company’s Others worry that Zuckerberg and the com- Ridiculed feds halt cleanup of old Rocketdyne lab first developer conference, dubbed f8.“We’re pany’s other 20-something technophiles lack Nearly a month after a federal judge said it was doing a lousy job, the Department of Energy going to end that.” the experience and credibility to turn the site announced it was temporarily halting cleanup at Boeing’s Rocketdyne Field Laboratory. The Palo Alto-based startup has so far into a profitable, publicly traded company. A federal judge ruled earlier this month that the Department of Energy effort to rid the recruited about 65 companies to create On Thursday in San Francisco, Santa Susana Field Laboratory of nuclear and chemical contamination was inadequate. software for the Facebook Platform, Zuckerberg — who sported a fleece jacket, U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti ordered the department to complete a thorough envi- which will be opened up to any company baggy jeans and flip-flops — seemed well ronmental survey of the site before declaring it safe and releasing it for unrestricted use. starting Thursday night. aware of the challenges ahead. Technical On Thursday, department officials said it was stopping work on the cleanup for 45 The best known third-party contributor gaffes dogged his nearly hour-long speech, days while it consults with authorities. so far is e-commerce powerhouse and he broke out in a visible sweat. “During this time, we will continue to perform environmental monitoring activities and Amazon.com Inc., which is allowing “We’re the sixth most trafficked site in the place operations in a safe and stable configuration while we work with state and federal Facebook members to publish book reviews U.S. and we can’t seem to get our act togeth- regulators and evaluate all input on a path forward,” the agency said in a statement. on their profile pages. The feature will debut er,” Zuckerberg joked as he fumbled to syn- The 90-acre cleanup site is where the government conducted nuclear research. later this week. chronize his presentation slides. AP

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SINCE 1984 LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED State Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, MAY 26-27, 2007 9 Lee’s credibility gets scrutinized BY LINDA DEUTSCH truth. She said she saw Lee pick up some- aged by the prosecution’s insinuations. teaches at the Henry C. Lee Institute of AP Special Correspondent thing and place it in a vial. The session had been delayed because Lee Forensic Science at the University of New “I find the following,” said Fidler. “Dr. Lee had to fly in from Taiwan where he was con- Haven which trains crime lab experts. LOS ANGELES Twelve years ago, during did recover an item. It is flat, white, with sulting on a case. By the time the judge ruled University of Southern California Law the O.J. Simpson trial, forensic scientist rough edges. I cannot say if it is a fingernail. It Wednesday, he was traveling in Italy and professor Jean Rosenbluth, who has been Henry C. Lee mesmerized jurors with his has never been presented to the prosecution.” could not be reached for comment. attending the Spector trial, noted the judge analysis of scientific evidence in the Lee denied during a hearing last week The Chinese-born Lee, 69, whose parents did not sanction Lee and issued what she celebrity murder case. Holding up a photo that he found such an item. He said his only fled to Taiwan when he was 6, still speaks called a “benign and narrow ruling.” But she of what he said was a shoe print he findings were some white threads and a with a heavy Chinese accent. said it could smudge his career. declared ominously: “Something’s wrong.” piece of bloodstained carpet. Lee, the retired director of the “Any time he takes the stand now he can be Despite challenges from others it was a impeached with a finding by a Los Angeles statement simple and accessible enough to turn Superior Court judge that he failed to turn over the tide in Simpson’s case and was emblematic ANY TIME HE TAKES THE STAND NOW HE evidence,”she said. “It’s certainly not helpful.” of the style that has made Lee a nationally But the defense attorneys who hired renowned expert. He made forensic evidence CAN BE IMPEACHED WITH A FINDING BY A him to testify for Spector were seemingly understandable before “CSI” shows on TV unfazed by the ruling. transformed it into a pop culture subject. LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE THAT HE “Dr. Lee is a very credible witness,” said Lee often carries a large magnifying glass defense attorney Christopher Plourd. “He to the witness stand, casting himself in the FAILED TO TURN OVER EVIDENCE.” didn’t do anything wrong. Let the jury con- role of a modern day Sherlock Holmes. He sider his credibility.” also uses props to present a show-and-tell Jean Rosenbluth, University of Southern California Law professor Plourd, who is handling scientific evidence, explanation that intrigues jurors. said, “We think it’s an act of despair by the But his extraordinary reputation is now The prosecution contends the item Lee Connecticut State Forensics Science prosecutors because they don’t like what the under attack. A judge has ruled in the Phil withheld was a piece of fingernail with the Laboratory, has conducted investigations for science shows. So they go after the scientist.” Spector murder trial that Lee removed trace of a passing bullet that would show defense attorneys and prosecutors. Prosecutors promised to call back all the something from the scene where actress Clarkson was resisting having a gun placed His resume is a who’s who of celebrity witnesses who testified without the jury Lana Clarkson was shot and withheld it in her mouth. Her right thumb was missing cases including Simpson, William present in order to impeach Lee as a witness. from the prosecution. a piece of acrylic fingernail after her death. Kennedy Smith, Kobe Bryant, JonBenet Although the substance of Lee’s anticipated “Dr. Lee has a lot to lose here,”said Superior During the hearing with jurors absent, Ramsey, Scott Peterson, Chandra Levy, testimony is not known, he will most likely Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler, who cast doubt Lee displayed his showmanship on the wit- Michael Skakel, Vincent Foster, and the interpret trace evidence including blood spat- on the expert’s credibility. The judge had heard ness stand, complimenting prosecutor Alan Branch Davidian compound fire. He con- ter patterns to support the defense claim that testimony from several witnesses over a period Jackson on his good looks and producing ducted a crime-scene investigation in Clarkson killed herself in Spector’s home. of weeks on the mystery of a missing piece of cotton swabs and sticky notes he said he Taipei after the election-eve shooting of Clarkson, 40, best known for the 1985 fingernail at the crime scene. used to pick up and package evidence. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian. cult film “Barbarian Queen,”was working as The judge concluded that only one, He became testy when challenged and He has written books on famous cases, a nightclub hostess when she met Spector, lawyer Sara Caplan, had told the complete said he felt his reputation was being dam- had a Court TV show on trace evidence and 67, in the early hours of Feb. 3, 2003. Local 10 WEEKEND EDITION, MAY 26-27, 2007 A newspaper with issues Great rate or buck short? Activision, where executives earn any- In retail, workers tend to fair a little employed or finding a job in local govern- See where your where from $1.2 million to $3.6 million. better than those serving up suds. ment. With the former, it is the flexible Those on the opposite end of the spec- However, just like bartending or waiting hours and the freedom, while with the lat- salary ranks among trum are working in the service industry, tables, a lot depends on the location. A ter it’s job security, structured pay including fast-food cooks and bartenders, popular, higher-end boutique offers a increases, dependable benefits and every Santa Monicans who make minimum wage, or $7.50 an greater opportunity to make rent and other Friday off, that is, if you work in hour. have a little fun than working at a major City Hall. BY KEVIN HERRERA For those earning the bare minimum, retailer like J. Crew. Lyola Torres, a hairstylist and co-owner Daily Press Staff Writer tips often mean the difference between At A.B.S. Clothing Collection, located of Chase, a high-end salon on Wilshire eating Top Ramen noodles or dining on along Montana Avenue’s trendy shopping Boulevard, said since going into business CITYWIDE Some would say its impolite, fettucini alfredo. district, sales associate Christina Cody for herself she has seen her salary jump even downright rude to ask, but there’s “It really depends on the bar you work estimates that she takes home $1,500 considerably, much of which has to do something in us all that wants to tap the at,” said Alicia Lecce, a bartender at the every two weeks before taxes. That’s for 40 with her attention to her clients, which guy in the cubicle next to us on the shoul- Britannia Pub in downtown Santa Monica hours of work and includes commission. keeps people coming back. der and ask him what he’s pulling down near the Third Street Promenade. “Here, I In a good week though, she can make as “With salary and tips, I’m easily mak- each month. can make anywhere from $100 to $300 in much as $1,700 before Uncle Sam takes ing over $100,000 a year,” said Torres, a The answer just might be shocking, stylist in high demand who can charge and could lead a few disgruntled workers around $400 to $500 for a cut and color. to reconsider their career paths. I’M NOT POOR. I’M LIVING COMFORTABLY “It really depends on what services the For instance, did you know that a for- client wants, how creative and talented mer veterinarian’s assistant-turned-dog- AND I MAKE ENOUGH, BUT I’D LIKE TO MAKE you are and how much you are willing to sitter — a profession some might consid- work. er trivial — can rake in more than $75,000 MORE. WHO WOULDN’T?” “These are very long days. It doesn’t a year? Or that a person operating the pier come easy.” roller coaster, someone charged with Christina Cody, sales associate, A.B.S. Clothing Collection Torres said that straight out of beauty ensuring the safety of our kids, earns just school, junior stylists make anywhere $7.50 an hour with no benefits? a night. It’s really the tips. Without them, his share. Without commission, Cody from $18,000 to $25,000 and often have to Recent surveys have shown that I wouldn’t be able to survive.” would earn just $12 an hour, hardly pay salons for a slot. Once promoted, a Americans are troubled by the widening Despite the pay, Lecce said she loves her enough to keep her out of poverty. stylist can make $50,000 to $80,000 a year, income gap between the nation’s highest job because of the atmosphere. At the cozy “I try to base my living on my hourly but one also has to be willing to work long earners and everyone else; a gap that has watering hole, Lecce socializes with regu- wage so I don’t extend myself, but it’s hours and drop what they are doing in grown dramatically in recent decades. In lars who always have stories to tell, and as hard,” said Cody, who has a bachelor’s their personal lives and attend to a client. the last five years, inflation and adjusted an aspiring actress, tending bar gives her degree in the arts and dreams of becom- Customer service is very important and wages rose less than 1 percent per year for the flexibility she needs to go on auditions. ing a designer. “I’m not poor. I’m living can make or break a stylist. the vast majority of households. “I think it’s a good way for those who are comfortably and I make enough, but I’d “You better be prepared to come in So what is the gap in Santa Monica? trying to be creating to do other things,” like to make more. Who wouldn’t?” early and stay late,” Torres said. The top money makers are CEOs of Lecce said. “It’s a way to survive out here in But it’s worth it, especially when a major entertainment companies like LA, which is very expensive. You make good IT’S MAKE OR BREAK Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and money and it’s always a party.” For many, the trick is being self- SEE WAGES PAGE 11

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ACHTUNG, BABY Fabian Lewkowicz [email protected] Female bodybuilders take part in a pose-off last Memorial Day weekend in Venice. The 2007 Muscle Beach International Classic Bodybuilding and Figure Championships begin on Sunday, with activities and shows, while the final competition will be staged on Monday at 1 p.m. Focus on variety FROM TV PAGE 3 and Paula Golden. A seasoned face to cable television in sustainability and diversity. Massachusetts, Golden approached Klein four years ago about co-hosting the show FACES IN THE CROWD with her, or “twisted his arm,” as Klein Over the years, City TV has also given recalls the encounter. average people the opportunity to show their faces on television, regardless if they live in Santa Monica. OUR MIX OF Pacific Palisades resident Peter Kreitler has been the co-host of “Earth Talk PROGRAMMING Today” throughout the show’s 10-year run. A talk show centered around envi- IS UNUSUAL FOR A ronmental issues, the show touches on what is perhaps one of the most interest- GOVERNMENT CABLE ing topics to Santa Monicans, or at least to their city officials — sustainability. CHANNEL.” The show was developed around the city leadership interested in putting Santa Monica Robin Gee at the forefront of taking on environmental CityTV Station Manager issues. Kreitler initially pitched the idea of the show to Craig Perkins, the city’s director of The show started with a call-in seg- Environmental and Public Works, asking if he ment but quickly switched to a guest for- could highlight some of the department’s mat. Along with many CityTV original programs, while at the same time, looking at programming, “Coffee Break” is filmed in the broader issues impacting Santa Monica. the Santa Monica City Council chambers, The show has featured advocates and which is redecorated for each show. experts on environmental issues, the head of Government access television has the state’s Committee on Natural Resources turned some of the hosts into local and green living celebrities like Ed Begley Jr. celebrities, including Connie Martinson Up until last week, the show taped in a of Beverly Hills, the host of “Connie cable studio in Van Nuys, but is now Martinson Talks Books” for two decades. filmed in what is considered the most sus- Throughout the years, Martinson has tainable building on the West Coast — the interviewed some of the most famous authors NRDC building on Second Street. in the world, including Mary Higgins Clark, For Kreitler, there was very little stage Dean Koontz and Ray Bradbury. fright sitting before a camera, considering Politicians have also stopped by her he is an ordained Episcopalian priest and show, including former Vice President Al has spent nearly his entire life in front of Gore and Senator Barak Obama before a large audience. each decided to run for the Oval Office. “I thought it was important for the pri- “I asked him, “why aren’t you running mary medium for communication today for president?’” Martinson said of her to have good environmental program- interview with Gore. ming,” Kreitler said. The talk show is shown in government Several of the programs have involved access channels across the state, including partnerships with organizations. Los Angeles and San Francisco. It’s also A collaboration between CityTV and streamed online. Saint John’s Hospital, “Coffee Break” is a “(The people that watch) really care,” talk show focusing on how residents can Martinson said of government stations. live healthier and more active lives. The “It’s financially not in the same bracket as show is hosted by two vice presidents at FOX, but people watch.” 1 Saint John’s — Robert Klein, a former NFL and USC standout football player, [email protected] Local Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, MAY 26-27, 2007 13 Spill bummer By The Associated Press warning signs by Thursday morning in the area a quarter-mile north and south of VENICE BEACH Memorial Day weekend Ballona Creek. beach bums may want to steer clear of They say the sewage spill should keep Venice and Dockweiler beaches following Venice and Dockweiler beach visitors out a sewage spill earlier this week. of the water until at least this afternoon. Authorities say some 5,000 gallons of County health officials say bacteria lev- sewage spilled into Ballona Creek els in the water will be tested again today Wednesday after tree roots apparently and tomorrow. blocked a set of municipal sewage pipes. That sewage line has been repaired, but WHAT DO YOU THINK? county officials directed lifeguards to post ■ Send letters to [email protected] Transparency cited by Council as reason for withholding cash FROM FUNDING PAGE 3 tonight, but are afraid,” said Tricia Crane, the mother of a special education student speaking publicly because of the disparaging and member of the special education remarks clause. advisory committee for the district. “I Council members expressed strong sup- have no desire to harm the district, but port for public education and highlighted a this needs to be remedied.” multitude of achievements made by local Crane said she was able to afford an attor- students and administrators, including ney to make sure her child received the best Malibu and Santa Monica high schools possible education, but worries that there are being named amongst the top 200 high other parents who do not have the financial schools in the nation. ability to do that, and therefore, are losing out. Still, many could not get over the lack of Wisnicki intimated confidentiality agree- transparency. Some stated that even though ments were signed as part of a settlement they believe the district is doing well, the gag between special education parents and the orders create the perception that there is district in an effort to protect the privacy of something to hide. children and their parents, and to prevent “I am a firm believer that public entities parents from comparing services, which and school districts and this council have to could lead to perceptions of inequality in how be transparent,” said Mayor Pro Tem Herb the district deals with special needs students. Katz, who sponsored the motion to with- Wisnicki added that the agreements help hold funding. to protect parents from attorneys promising “No parent, no student should live in fear extra services they may not be able to deliver. for any reason,” said Katz, who recalled his Councilman Bob Holbrook, who served own dealings with the district when his two on the school board for eight years before sons were in special education, calling the joining the council, said he understands the arrangement he made “Gestapo” like. “The difficulties in providing a quality education fact is we have a great school district, (but) when funding from the state is unreliable. there’s a glitch and that glitch needs to be That was part of the reason why the council changed ... The school board (has) to act.” decided to enter into a funding agreement Only then will the council give the dis- with the district in the first place. trict the funds, according to the motion. That said, Holbrook also expressed con- cern about the gag orders signed by parents ‘NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED’ with special needs children. School board President Kathy Wisnicki Councilman Bobby Shriver said he said her colleagues have taken the council’s thought the clause in Braham’s contract concerns “to heart” and have engaged over regarding disparaging remarks was “a joke” the last few months in a comprehensive when he first heard it. When he found out it budget development process, complete with was on the level, he called the city attorney to independent reviews that show the district’s ask her if she had seen anything like it in finances to be stable despite the recent pay other agreements. She had not. raise and declining enrollment. “For the record, I think this is sad,” Wisnicki said the district spends $12.5 Shriver said. “I looked forward to voting for million from the general fund on special this increase with great enthusiasm, even education — three times the state average considered appropriating more ... (but) I per student. can’t vote to give this money until these mat- “We go above and beyond what state and ters are dealt with.” federal sources give to the district,” Wisnicki Wisnicki said Friday that the school said. board is open to discussing the issues at The board is looking to hire more special hand. education instructors and bring services in- “I think we are all in agreement to look at house, she added. the possibilities,” she said. It was almost a year ago when several par- It was too early to know when a meeting ents accused former Assistant of the school board would be scheduled to Superintendent of Special Education deal with the concerns of the council, but Services Tim Walker of brokering the so- Wisnicki said district staff is looking into the called secret deals with the students’ IEPs. If issue. parents are unhappy with the IEP,they could “This is very complex and I don’t think opt to file for Due Process or meet with there is one simple solution,” she said. “We Walker to settle any disputes. The district has are very happy that the council ended up a policy to settle such disputes before they putting a placeholder for education funding reach the point of litigation, Wisnicki said. in their budget. That was the best outcome The parents alleged that their children lost given the concerns of the council.” out on services because of the settlements. “There are many who would be here [email protected] Local 14 WEEKEND EDITION, MAY 26-27, 2007 A newspaper with issues Infrared visions BY ELLIOTT MINOR grills that use infrared. Associated Press Writer “It’s terrific,” said Leslie Wheeler, a spokes- woman for the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Before heading outdoors to char up Association, an industry group in Arlington, some grub, Santa Monicans may want to Va. “Grills nowadays give you many options.” make a quick trip to the local hardware She owns one of the infrared grills and store to get hip on the latest innovation said it’s impressive. lighting a fire under the barbecue set. “Infrared is really hot,” she said. Leading grill makers have added super “They’re great for searing and then either hot infrared burners that sear the meat to you turn it down or move over to another lock in moisture and flavor at prices afford- burner for cooking.” able to amateur cooks. The technology has Cooks can sear steaks or hamburgers, been available to professional chefs and steam vegetables and give their meats a well-heeled consumers for about 25 years, smoky taste by tossing a few wood chips but the cost — up to $5,000 for some units onto the burner, said Rob Schwing, a — was too much for many weekend grillers. Char-Broil vice president. With the expiration of a key patent on “Infrared has done to the grill business the technology, major gas grill manufac- what the microwave did to the indoor turers, including market leader Char- kitchen,” he said. “It’s presenting con- Fabian Lewkowicz [email protected] Broil, have scrambled to bring infrared sumers with a whole new way of cooking.” HOT UNDER THE COLLAR: Santa Monica Police Chief Timothy Jackman helps Candido Vivanco, cooking to the masses with models in the Bill Best, founder of Thermal Electric owner or Candy’s Gourmet Sausage, grill up some carne asada at Virginia Avenue Park in March. $500 to $1,000 range. Corp. of Columbia, S.C., developed the The grills are still powered by propane and technology in the 1960s, primarily to give have traditional gas burners that heat mostly by automakers a faster way to dry the paint convection — or hot air. But they also can cook on cars. That led to high-end grills for Memorial Day grilling pointers foods with radiant heat generated by one or professional cooks and wealthy con- By Daily Press staff 2. Place a heat-resistant pad beneath more infrared burners. (Infrared is light that sumers. your grill to protect your deck or patio falls between the visible and microwave por- The original infrared burners — and some Not only is May National Barbecue Month, from greasy messes. tions of the electromagnetic spectrum.) offered currently to consumers — contained but consumers across the U.S. will be firing up 3. Be sure to keep baking soda nearby to Char-Broil says its advanced burners oper- ceramic material that was hard to clean, prone their grills for Memorial Day. control a grease fire, as well as a fire extinguish- ate at 450 to 900 degrees, hotter than the 450 to to flare-ups and fragile, Schwing said. And that’s a lot of grilling. According to er, and never leave a grill unattended while hot. 750 degrees of standard gas burners. And Char-Broil formed a strategic alliance with the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue 4. Heat the grill for 5-10 minutes unlike charcoal, which can require 20 to 30 Best’s company to develop a new generation of Association, 81 percent of all U.S. house- before grilling. This will ensure any clean- minutes to reach its 700-degree cooking tem- burners known as the Char-Broil TEC series. holds now own a grill. Magic American ing residue has burned off. perature, heat from the infrared burners can be The fragile ceramics have been eliminated. Products offers seven simple solutions for 5. Apply a light coat of cooking oil or changed quickly, the company says. They have a layer of high-temperature glass to grilling success this Memorial Day. spray to the grill grate prior to use, this Most leading grill makers, including shield the burners from drippings and to pro- 1. 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MLB Chew on this: All you can eat dogs at Dodger Stadium BY BETH HARRIS thon opens 90 minutes before the first pitch AP Sports Writer and lasts until the start of the seventh inning. Ticket prices range from $20 for group sales LOS ANGELES Luis Serrano is working to $40 for day-of-game walk-ups. Some on his second Dodger Dog and the game games are $25 during designated promotions. hasn’t even begun. “The fans love it,” said Marty Greenspun, “On a good night, I’ll eat seven,” he Dodgers executive vice president and chief said, smiling. operating officer. That’s how it goes in the new all-you-can- “It was an isolated area that we could eat seats way out in right field at Dodger really focus and test,” he said. “No one has Stadium, where fans wolf down as many done this big of a seating section for this Dodger Dogs, nachos, peanuts, popcorn and price in all of professional sports. It’s been a soda as their bellies allow for one price. hit since day one.” Bring your own antacids. Some items aren’t in play — beer ($8 and “You get your money’s worth, for sure,” $10), ice cream and candy are sold from said Serrano, a slender 33-year-old from carts at regular prices. But they are included suburban Glendora who likes to bet his bud- at some other major-league ballparks, which dies how much they can chow down. do versions of the eat-til-you-drop concept “I’ve won almost all of them,”he said, bal- in smaller seating areas. ancing a paper tray loaded with two more Since then, the Dodgers say the section has Dodger Dogs, nachos and peanuts on his lap. sold out eight times in 24 home games, with His friend, Michael Latta of Alhambra, attendance averaging 2,000 in the 3,000 seats. chomped on a mustard- and onion- The Dodgers have ranked second in slathered Dodger Dog in the right field attendance in the majors for three consecu- pavilion, sponsored by, naturally, a chain of tive seasons, but the right-field pavilion convenience stores. often sat empty in the 56,000-seat stadium. “We’re more prone to eating more since It opened only if the left-field seats, which we’re in here. We wouldn’t have done this cost $10, sold out or for large groups. Last over there,” Latta said, gesturing toward the season, right-field seats cost $6-to-$8. rest of the stadium. “Even with our great attendance, there’s There’s another eat-up-a-storm section still seats that go unsold,” Greenspun said, in this venerable place — the Dugout Club explaining that this model was a way to offer behind home plate. But at $400 a seat, which fans a defined price. includes traditional fare delivered by a wait Greenspun said a handful of other pro- staff and a high-end buffet — it’s out of fessional sports teams have contacted the reach for many in the bust-a-gut section. Dodgers about copying the idea, including Launched this season, the outfield eat-a- the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers. Horoscope 16 WEEKEND EDITION, MAY 26-27, 2007 A newspaper with issues

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Kids Channel in the United Queensland state. many years,” she said. “It AMC LOEWS BROADWAY 4 father, the late “Crocodile Producers say the States and the Australian “Bindi’s been filming gave him great pleasure.” 1441 3rd Street Hunter” Steve Irwin. show will feature Steve Broadcasting Corp. with us since she first “Bindi: The Jungle Girl” (310) 458-1506 “I’m proud to be show- Irwin in scenes shot “I think he would have hatched,” Terri Irwin said. premieres June 9 on the ing kids that conserva- before he was killed by a said, `Crikey mate, I could- “It was a natural progres- Discovery Kids Channel. Brooklyn Rules (R) tion and helping wildlife stingray last fall while n’t wait for Bindi to take sion to be doing her own Bindi will also host “My 11:20a.m., 1:55, 4:25, 7:00, is a stack of fun,” the 8- filming one of his popular over,"’ Terri Irwin said. shows, and Steve was Daddy the Croc Hunter,” a 9:25 year-old Bindi said television documentaries. Bindi was being involved with the first one-hour special to air June Georgia Rule (R) 11:35a.m., 2:10, 4:45, 7:35, Friday at the Australian Irwin’s widow, Terri, said groomed as Irwin’s suc- seven episodes.” 8 on the Animal Planet. 10:05 launch of “Bindi: The her husband would have cessor in his TV and con- “He really enjoyed ASSOCIATED PRESS Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (PG-13) NO MORE ACTING FOR PAUL 11:00a.m., 2:45, 6:30, 10:15 The Wendell Baker Story PAUL NEWMAN says (PG-13) he’s given up acting. O’Neal avoids facing charges 11:55a.m., 2:30, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 “I’m not able to work anymore as an Prosecutors declined resolved favorably in this said Gloria Allred, an attor- The father and son had AMC 7 SANTA MONICA actor at the level I Friday to charge RYAN manner,” said Werksman, ney who represented both clashed before. 1310 3rd Street would want to,” O’NEAL with assault with a claiming his client acted in Berry and Griffin O’Neal. In 1983, police were (310) 289-4262 Newman, 82, told deadly weapon for firing a self-defense. Werksman said Ryan called to their home after a ABC’s “Good Morning gun during a brawl with his O’Neal, 66, was arrested O’Neal suffered bruises to fight in which Ryan O’Neal Bug (R) America” on older son earlier this year. at his Malibu home Feb. 3 his arms and legs when he knocked out two of Griffin 11:40a.m., 2:25, 5:00, 7:40, Thursday. “You start There was insufficient for investigation of assault was struck several times. O’Neal’s teeth, the Los 10:30 to lose your memory, evidence “to prove this with a deadly weapon and Allred said prosecutors Angeles Times reported. Disturbia (PG-13) your confidence, your case to a jury beyond a negligent discharge of a never considered filing No charges were filed. 11:10am, 1:45, 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 invention. So that’s reasonable doubt,” said a firearm. He was freed on a charges against Griffin Griffin O’Neal also has Pirates of the Caribbean: At pretty much a closed report from the Los $50,000 bond. O’Neal in the case. had several run-ins with the World's End (PG-13) DLP- book for me.” Angeles County District The actor has said he “There was no evidence law. He was found guilty of Digital Projection Newman, star of Attorney’s office. fired a warning shot to to support that allegation reckless boating in a 1986 12:30, 4:15, 8:00, 11:45 films such as “Hud,” “Witnesses gave, in dif- scare his 42-year-old son, that he, in any way, com- accident that killed the son Pirates of the Caribbean: At “Cool Hand Luke” and ferent interviews, conflict- Griffin O’Neal, who had mitted any criminal con- of film director Francis Ford World's End (PG-13) “Butch Cassidy and ing stories” of what hap- attacked him with a fire- duct,” she said. Coppola, and later was 10:30a.m., 11:45a.m., 2:15, the Sundance Kid,” pened during the brawl, place poker. Since Ryan O’Neal won’t given an 18-day jail sen- 3:30, 6:00, 7:15, 9:45, 11:00 Spider-Man 3 (PG-13) added: “I’ve been said Jane Robison, a He said his son lashed face criminal charges, tence for failing to perform 11:30am, 1:30, 2:50, 4:50, doing it for 50 years. spokeswoman for the dis- out at him during a fight, Griffin O’Neal and his girl- community service ordered 6:10, 8:05, 9:25, 11:20 That’s enough.” trict attorney’s office. but he ducked and the friend, “will now explore all in that case. He has other plates Mark Werksman, poker struck Griffin of their legal options,” such He also has pleaded no spinning. Newman O’Neal’s attorney, said O’Neal’s girlfriend, Joanna as a lawsuit, Allred said. contest in two unrelated LANDMARK NUWILSHIRE plans to focus on the prosecutors did the right Berry, who was eight She also said Berry gave cases to drunken driving 1314 Wilshire Blvd Dressing Room, his thing by declining to pur- months’ pregnant. birth earlier this year and and shooting at the unoc- (310) 281-8223 new organic restau- sue the case. She received a serious the couple was busy cupied car of an rant in Westport, “It’s a tremendous relief eye injury and needed “focusing on their new estranged girlfriend. Angel-A (R) 1:15, 3:45, 7:00, 9:30 Conn., and his Hole in for Mr. O’Neal to have this stitches for a facial cut, baby, loving their baby.” AP Black Book (Zwartboek) (R) the Wall Gang camps 1:00, 4:30, 8:00 for critically ill chil- dren. His Newman’s Own LAEMMLE’S MONICA FOURPLEX brand of dressings, Pennington pleads no contest 1332 2nd Street pasta sauces, popcorn (310) 394-9741 and salsa has raised TY PENNINGTON, host alcohol. driving privileges for 90 ed May 5 and released more than $200 mil- of ABC’s “Extreme He pleaded no contest days and ordered him to after posting $5,000 bail. Away From Her (R) lion for charities. Makeover: Home Edition,” to the first count and the participate in a 90-day “I’m happy to bring clo- 1:25, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Once (R) Newman, who won pleaded no contest Friday other count was dis- alcohol program and sure to my recent court 12:00, 2:20, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 an Oscar for his lead- in a misdemeanor drunk- missed, said Frank attend a Mothers Against proceedings,” Pennington Paris, I Love You ing role in 1986’s “The en driving case. Mateljan, a spokesman Drunk Drivers meeting, said in a statement (Paris, je t'aime) (R) Color of Money,” was Pennington, 42, had for the city attorney’s Mateljan said. released by publicist Stan 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 9:55 last seen — or heard, been charged with two office. Mateljan said it He faced up to six Rosenfield. “Drinking and Waitress (PG-13) rather — as the voice misdemeanor counts — was a normal disposition months in jail and a $1,000 driving is never accept- 12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 of Doc Hudson in the driving with a blood-alco- for a first offense. fine if convicted of the able. I have pleaded no 2006 animated fea- hol level above the 0.08 A judge placed charges by a Superior contest and will abide by ture “Cars.” percent limit and driving Pennington on three years’ Court jury. the court’s ruling.” MANN'S CRITERION THEATRE 1313 3rd Street AP under the influence of probation, restricted his Pennington was arrest- AP (310) 395-1599

28 Weeks Later (R) 11:50a.m., 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, Lubbock takes Buddy Holly’s name off locations 10:20 Blades of Glory (PG-13) Don’t plan on strolling pute with Holly’s widow, could have been as high and West Texas Terrace. “I have tried very 1:50, 10:00 down the BUDDY HOLLY Maria Elena Holly, over as $10,000 a year. Civic Lubbock Inc hard to protect my hus- Fracture (R) Walk of Fame the next payment for the use of “We couldn’t see put- works to attract top band’s name, image and 11:10am, 4:30, 7:20 The Lives of Others (Das time you’re in his West the rocker’s name at the ting that kind of money entertainment and oper- reputation over the past Leben der Anderen) (R) Texas birthplace. The Walk of Fame and Buddy out to use his name,” ates concessions at sev- 47 years and I will con- 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 City Council has Holly Terrace. Burns said. eral city-owned venues. tinue to do so,” she said. Shrek the Third DLP-Digital rescinded a 1995 resolu- Holly died in 1959. His City Council members It is governed by a board The city had previ- Projection (PG) tion that created the widow had been seeking passed a resolution appointed by the City ously changed the name 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, name. a licensing agreement rescinding the 1995 ver- Council. of the Buddy Holly 10:30 The vote came and name usage fees for sion by a 6-0 vote. Maria Holly said in a Music Festival to the Shrek the Third (PG) Thursday after Civic the two sites. The Walk of Fame and statement that she was- Lubbock Music Festival 11:00am, 11:40am, 1:30, Lubbock Inc, a nonprofit Dan Burns, president Buddy Holly Terrace will n’t properly asked after Maria Holly 2:10, 4:05, 4:40, 6:30, 7:10, 9:00, 9:40 group created by the of Civic Lubbock, esti- now be known as the whether her husband’s increased the usage fee. More information email [email protected] city in 1956, faced a dis- mated the payment West Texas Hall of Fame name could be used. AP Comics & Stuff & Stuff 18 WEEKEND EDITION, MAY 26-27, 2007 A newspaper with issues

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❚ Last year, a BBC News correspon- dent in Sudan reported that village elders in the Upper Nile state had punished Charles Tombe, who had been caught being amorous with a goat, by requiring him to pay a dowry to the goat's owner, to endure a "wedding" to the goat, Natural Selection By Russ Wallace and to treat the goat as his "wife" to embarrass him. The dispatch ran worldwide and was the most popu- lar story on the BBC News' Web site for 2006. BBC News reported in May 2007 that the goat, "Rose," which had given birth to one kid in the interim (clearly, not fathered by Tombe), had recently passed away after choking on a plastic bag. ❚Names in the News: (1) The Des Moines, Iowa, woman who was the victim in December of an Iowa Methodist Medical Center policy on disposal of amputated body parts (the woman wanted to take her toe with her): Gladys Goose. (2) The 41- year-old woman charged with assault in February, in a suburb of Tampa, Fla., after she allegedly grabbed a high-heeled shoe and smacked her boyfriend in the head several times: Kari Barefoot. (3) The name dog breeders apparently give to the increasingly common crossbreed of a shih tzu with a bull- dog (according to a March story in London's Guardian): bullshih.

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