Santa Monica Loses $1.3 Million Lawsuit One of the City’S Mature Red-Flowering Eucalyptus Flow of Nutrients and Causing Roots to Decay

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FREE Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues Santa Monica loses $1.3 million lawsuit One of the city’s mature red-flowering Eucalyptus flow of nutrients and causing roots to decay. Man awarded $1M in damages trees hit the Holidays as they drove down Broadway But Deputy City Attorney Norman Hirata told the jury for pain and suffering Avenue in January of 2001. Jim Holiday suffered a com- that the city had no way of knowing the condition of the pression fracture to a vertebra in his back. Lawyers said roots, especially since the month the tree toppled over By Daily Press staff the collision also exacerbated existing problems with his experienced heavy rainfall. He argued that the city can’t lower back and neck. be blamed for the rain, which saturated the soil and added A Santa Monica jury has decided that the city must Lawyers said Holiday, who operated a maintenance pay a West Los Angeles couple more than $1 million more weight to a tree already weighing several tons. company and worked part-time for a homeowners’ associa- Neither Wolfe nor Hirata were available for comment because it was responsible for a tree that fell on their tion, now lives with constant pain and will not work again. on Friday. car, injuring them both. Jurors had to decide if the city was responsible for what Jim and Joan Holiday sued the city for $40,413 in the law calls a “dangerous condition of public property.” The lawsuit comes amid a statewide debate over the medical expenses, $332,531 for lost wages, and asked The city and plaintiffs agreed the tree’s roots were Eucalyptus, sometimes called “The Widow Maker,” for $1.1 million in pain and suffering damages. decaying but disagreed over whether or not the city because it often drops limbs unexpectedly. Several The 12-person jury reached a decision Friday at about should have known about it before the accident. groups are pushing for more aggressive action by cities 2:15 p.m. after they heard closing arguments on Thursday. Holiday’s attorney, Robert Wolfe, argued on to remove the non-native species. The jury was split 9-3 in awarding $1,008,708.50 to Thursday that the city should have enlarged the mature The trial, which began Sept. 17, was heard under Jim Holiday. The jury was unanimous in awarding Joan Eucalyptus’ tree well. Because it didn’t, Wolfe argued, Superior Court Judge Linda K. Lefkowitz. An earlier Holiday $33,206.50. the tree was “constricted” by the concrete, limiting the trial ended last July in a hung jury. They’re living off the street and celebrating success They had to admit they also because there is a coalition Monica showed that compassion of service organizations that can lead to success for even the needed help to get it spends millions of dollars every worst of human tragedies. BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON year to help them get off the Two dozen people talked Daily Press Staff Writer street and lead productive lives. about how they suffered from The success of the westside’s drug addiction, as well as mental Many of us are only one pay- social services programs usually and physical disabilities, but then check or one tragedy away from go unnoticed when they are pre- came from being a blight on soci- being homeless. sented through statistics and num- ety to becoming part of it. If you don’t think so, ask the bers. But on Friday, the success of For years they lived on the hundreds of people who heard the Westside Shelter and Hunger street but now they have jobs and stories from two dozen people Coalition was shared by a com- a place to live. Some even have who recently crawled from the mon thread — keeping it human. cars, which for someone who debts of society and are now The coalition’s seventh annual used to sleep under a bridge, is a gainfully employed. “Celebrating Success: From substantial asset, they said. They beat the odds not only Homelessness to Self-sufficiency The coalition, which is an because they admitted to them- and Healthy Lives” event at the extensive network of more than 25 selves that they needed help, but Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa local human service, government agencies and faith-based organizations, provides services for homeless and hungry people on the Local homeowners’ westside of Los Angeles County. On Friday, more than 300 people gathered to see and hear group files petition firsthand the inspirational and life-changing stories of people empowered by the coalition’s Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press Ballot measure may be voted on this spring services. For the past 13 years, Craig Galey is overwhelmed with excitement as he receives the coalition has built a support his honor award Friday from Rhonda Meister of the Westside BY ANDREW H. FIXMER Shelter and Hunger Coalition. Galey, formerly homeless, was Daily Press Staff Writer network that gives those in need recognized as one of 24 success stories that came from the everything from emergency coalition’s services this past year. Galey suffered from mental In Santa Monica, elections may not end in November. services to mental health and illness and drug addiction, which led him to two years in state Homeowners for Voluntary Preservation filed a petition with money management services to prison and a state hospital. But he got help through the Didi 12,947 signatures with the city clerk Thursday that may qualify permanent housing. Hirsch Community Health Crisis Center. He now lives in them for a special election as early as this spring. The group turned The coalition has established Topanga Canyon and works full-time as a telemarketer. in their petition just hours before a six-month deadline to gather a continuum of services that enough signatures was set to expire. experience was enough to send Mary Phillips, who was hon- enables people in need to rebuild ored Friday, said if it wasn’t for The Homeowners Freedom of Choice Initiative proposes to give their lives with dignity and self- them over the edge and onto the homeowners final say over whether the city can bestow their resi- street — whether it was the loss the coalition she would still be on sufficiency. the street. Because the coalition dences with historic preservation status or as structures of merit. A common theme shared by of a loved one, the loss of a job, or a mental illness or drug addic- has a variety of different services, See PETITION, page 5 many of those honored Friday is that vulnerability and one life tion that developed later in life. 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For one thing, she remains Top, I probably wouldn't have cared.” Today’s Special: Store Hours: deathly afraid of being submerged under Chan was nevertheless impressed. water — a fear she was forced to confront “Jennifer really surprised me; she's Grilled Open while filming “The Tuxedo,” which very good,” he boasts. “She trained in opened Friday. dance, so she is very flexible ... and she is Eggplant Daily from In the new comedy, Jackie Chan stars kind of crazy, like me.” & Peppers T a m to he hes as a hapless cabbie-turned-chauffeur who Hewitt, who counts Chan’s “Rumble In Sandwich Tas wic p m discovers his million dollar tux has magi- The Bronx” among her all time favorite tiest Hawaiian Sand cal powers that allow its wearer to do any- movies, couldn’t help but notice something  tax included thing from punch and kick to sing and completely different about her co-star: Broadway Santa Monica dance. 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Kevin Donovan. “There was no stunt per- she has had many movie star crushes over Since her high profile break up with “They make me out to be this total son and you could see her face as she is the years. MTV heartthrob Carson Daly more than hoe,” she says with a laugh. “I can’t imag- being dipped into the water. She finally “I’ve had an obsession with Davey two years ago, Hewitt also has been ine a guy going, ‘So, you’re not busy got up out of the pool, collapsed on the Jones since I was 8 and I saw him take linked in the press to Alec Baldwin — her tonight with the other 75 ... Wanna go out floor and just broke down.” Marsha Brady to the prom,” she giggles. “I co-star in “The Devil and Daniel Webster” with me?’ I think I have to disappear for a And that was just the beginning. also loved New Kids On The Block. I used — Broadway actor Patrick Wilson of while, go to Alaska, let people stop writ- During the three-month shoot, Hewitt also to have their sheets on my bed and I would “The Full Monty,” and most recently, ing about me, then maybe guys will start sustained injuries to both knees, pulled a only sleep on my Joey McIntyre pillow singer-songwriter John Mayer. asking me out again.” hamstring, and broke both her middle fin- because I thought somehow at night he was “I find it all very entertaining because Of course, there is at least one person ger, and her ankle. kissing me softly while I was sleeping.” it gives me such a better social life than I she probably wouldn’t accept a date with “I also cracked my head open,” she These days the 5’ 3” brunette no longer actually have,” she quips. “I would have — rapper Eminem. reports. “I was hit in the head with a has to dream about dating Hollywood’s no time for a career if I was fooling “He’s too wordy,” she laughs. “Can knight stick.” rich and famous bachelors. 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families to support. Those of us with large support systems (family, friends, health Homeless issue rests upon elected leaders insurance, bank accounts) will probably never know what it is like to dig in a garbage Editor: can for a meal. For the rest of us, any major setback could easily lead to having to The Santa Monica City Council must address the homelessness issue with greater endure the humiliation of not only long food and shelter lines, but the sheer terror of compassion and responsibility. Any individual in need deserves our best effort to pro- having our choices removed, and the utter degradation of being stared at, ignored, or vide helpful assistance. blamed by those rich in material goods, but poor in integrity. Improving homelessness treatment and services in our community falls into three We’re all capable of violence (wouldn’t you kill someone who threatened your categories. City supported services must be fiscally effective; the long term needs of children?), we’re all a little insane, we’re all terrified of losing what we have, of being those mentally unable to care for themselves must be studied and the average person alone or sick or hungry. And because our fear is so huge, it’s difficult to just let our- must be shown greater respect and dignity. selves feel the utter despair of what life would be like without our protective shields First, services receiving any city funds must be fiscally responsible; they must — unless they are ripped away, as were Michael’s, as were others who suffered such assist a continually new population and they must provide long term rehabilitative great losses from the acts of September 11th. Instead of looking at our own terror, we services versus a quick fix. just knit tighter cloaks around us and continue to skip through our busy lives. But Each organization receiving funds should be required to submit annual certified maybe we could all take a few moments to try to imagine what it would be like if we independent audits of their entire budgets. Organizations unwilling to comply should were stripped of our identity. Who would we be then? We’d be homeless, we’d be des- not be funded. The audits should then be used to compare the per dollar effectiveness titute, and we’d be utterly lost. of each organization in achieving their goals compared with similar organizations So the next time we see someone who’s dirty, who’s smelly, or maybe just disori- nationwide. ented, perhaps we’ll imagine ourselves parked on that Third Street Promenade bench, Each organization should set limitations on the repeated use and/or abuse of their scratching a body that hasn’t been bathed or touched in weeks. We’ll see our own services by specific individuals. Some homeless individuals may never be able to be hands reaching into a garbage can for leftovers that have been carelessly tossed aside rehabilitated by the services offered in Santa Monica, yet they may prevent others by a shopper on her way to buy yet another pair of shoes. who can be helped from receiving services. No individual should be allowed to “clog” Maybe if we can imagine ourselves living this way, we’ll make more caring choic- available services. es. When we go to a restaurant, we’ll take half our dinner, pack it up, and offer the Each organization must offer services beyond the “quick fix” of a bag lunch and a rest to someone who would appreciate it much more than we do. (It’s a great way to pat on the back. Without substantial rehabilitation programs, homeless organizations lose weight!) Or if this makes us too uncomfortable, maybe we’ll send a check to one run the risk of perpetuating the homeless population in our city. of the many shelters throughout the city, so that they can provide more meals and Second, the city must direct the homeless coordinator and city manager to work services to those who don’t have a warm bed to crawl into. Or maybe we’ll just smile with county, state and federal officials to develop a written plan to address the needs and offer a kind word or a hand on the shoulder to a fellow man who just happens to of the mentally ill. Undoubtedly there are many issues facing proper care of the men- live in a dark alley. tally ill, perhaps funding institutions is an issue, perhaps laws to legally commit the Thank you, Michael, for a poignant reminder that there’s really only one of us here, mentally ill is another issue; we won’t be able to compassionately address the issue of just dressed in a variety of colors and forms. the mentally ill without officially evaluating the situation. Third, the city must adopt a policy of respecting the average working taxpaying Joyce Dvoren voter in our community. Santa Monica’s average citizen has a right to use public parks A well-fed, clothed and housed Santa Monica resident without disruption by homeless individuals or exposure to human urine and feces. Even as laws prevent drunk driving in our community, laws can also prevent the long term squatting of homeless individuals on the Third Street Promenade, in our parks What is POA up to? and on our streets. The City Council must adopt ordinances on many levels to protect Editor: the quality of life for working residents. Laws, like the proposed ordinances govern- Reading Bill Bauer's opinion piece, I kept wondering ... why is the Police Officers ing food distribution and sleeping in public doorways must be enacted. These laws Association failing to endorse their No. 1 supporter? Dr. Bob Holbrook has been and give our police the tools they need to make permanent homelessness undesirable in continues to be the strongest supporter of public safety on the city council. our community. The City Council must also enact stricter laws regarding the sale of What are the true intentions of the POA? alcoholic beverages in our community. Joe Weichman Santa Monica is a good-hearted and generous community of 85,000 people situat- Santa Monica ed in the midst of an urban sprawl of more than 10 million. We must do our best to provide compassionate services to the needy, but we are currently reaching the limit of appropriate expectations for a community of our size. Living wage law doesn’t make sense The Santa Monica City Council must: Editor: ■ Require certified independent audits of all supported organizations. Sandie Richards’ guest commentary was a poor piece in stating why the people of ■ Enact the food distribution and public sleeping ordinances. Santa Monica should support Measure JJ. And that is because JJ is not worth our support. ■ Direct the homeless coordinator and city manager to write a report on the state JJ is not a “living wage” ordinance. It only targets the city and businesses on the of the mentally ill in our community. coast, mainly hotels. What about all the other people in Santa Monica who do not earn ■ Consider crafting additional ordinances that will protect the average working citizen. enough money to feed their families? Are they somehow less important than the people who work on the coast? Are they any less deserving? Of course not. Ed Sharrow But the proponents of JJ would hope you believe that this measure is about mov- Santa Monica ing all the city’s people out of poverty. It really isn’t. It is revenge targeted at the big hotels. Most of the people in this city who make less than $10.25 per hour (with ben- efits) would not receive an increase in their wages. Maria Mena gets an increase. That Columnist’s story resonates is nice. But what about people that work east of Lincoln? Editor: As a city we should be interested in moving all of our people out of poverty. Response to Michael Beattie's Opinion piece on Sept. 23, 2002 Therefore we should have a real living wage that covers the entire city. This measure I was moved to tears by Michael Beattie’s “Don't Blame the Homeless …” article is an example of how we as a city are drafting legislation that targets only a small seg- on Sept. 23. I agree that many of us who are housed, clothed and well-fed have mis- ment of our city leaving the rest of the city out. This is not the right way to enact law. perceptions about the homeless, much as we do about Muslims, or Iraqis, or (fill in Please vote no on JJ as it is not a living wage ordinance for the City of Santa Monica. your own blanks), because the only way we can view them is through the ignorant fil- Note that I am neither a conservative nor affiliated with any business that would be ters of fear. We could all wind up like Michael, or worse. Look how quickly he went affected by JJ. Rather I am a resident of Santa Monica and an opponent of this measure. from a “respected” position as an auditor at an upscale hotel where he was also housed, to, in the eyes of the world, nothing but a “street bum.” Yes, it could happen Dan Kolhoff to any one of us, particularly to those who live from paycheck to paycheck who have Santa Monica

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Editor: 1427 Third Street Promenade Suite 202 Santa Monica • 90401 • [email protected] Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Page 5 LOCAL Homeowners want final say on properties 399-7141 PETITION, from page 1 Some homeowners of older residences have said they don’t believe it makes Santa Monica City Clerk Maria sense that the government has more rights Stewart said the group needs 15 percent of over their property than they do. Property registered Santa Monica voters, or rough- owners should have the ultimate decision ly 9,300 people, to sign the petition to about what can and can’t be done to their force a special election, and 10 percent, or Come In & Experience homes, they say. Our Grilled or Cold Panini about 6,200 signatures, to get the initia- The initiative was prompted by a tive on the November, 2004 ballot. recent survey conducted by the Sandwiches, Our Superb Salads “We feel pretty good that we have Hollywood-based Historic Resources & Breakfast Crepes Daily enough signatures for a special election,” Group, which was hired by the city to said Tom Larmore, a local property rights make an inventory of all the single-family attorney active in Homeowners for Panini Party Platters • Weekly Specials • Everything Fresh &Made to Order homes north of Montana Avenue worthy Order Online at: www.paninigarden.com • Open for Breakfast • Dine-In Garden Patio • We Deliver Voluntary Preservation. of preservation. City Clerk Maria Stewart said the peti- The study concluded that the north of Open Daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. tion and signatures have been sent to the Montana Avenue area includes some of 2715 Main Street • Santa Monica • (310) 399-9939 • Fax (310) 314-2634 Los Angeles County Registrar’s office, the oldest and most significant historic which the city contracts with to verify sig- resources in Santa Monica. The report natures on petitions for initiatives, refer- said less than 1 percent of the potential endums and candidates. historic properties in the area have been The county and the city clerk have 30 designated or preserved. days to verify the signatures and return Consultants who prepared the report the results. The measure must then be characterized Santa Monica as losing its taken before city council, which has the older historical properties and said city option of adopting the measure or sched- officials need to make important decisions uling a special election date. about how they want to preserve the Committee members believe the city’s remaining buildings before they are current ordinance imposes restrictions on demolished or significantly altered. private property which constitutes an The consultants looked at the 3,900 unwarranted intrusion of personal free- homes north of Montana and found about doms, they say. 9 percent, or 358 homes were of histori- The city allows the landmark’s com- cal merit. mission to designate single family homes The number of homes on the inventory as “landmarks” and “structures of merit,” didn’t change much from 1986, the last time as well as create historical districts in cer- a similar survey was taken, because many of tain areas of Santa Monica without the the homes that were at least 50 years old permission of the property owners. have been replaced with new ones. Homeowners are allowed to testify before In the last survey it was recommended the landmark’s commission and they can the city preserve about 158 homes from appeal any decision the board makes to Palisades Avenue to Georgina Avenue. the city council. Consultants said because those homes If a homeowner wants to make an alter- were not preserved 20 years ago, nearly ation to the exterior of their home, they two-thirds of those homes have either have to go through a rigorous public been demolished or altered enough to ren- approval process, committee members say. der them historically insignificant. Dreams realized through coalition’s support, programs SUCCESS, from page 1 counselors were able to assess what “It took multiple Phillips’ problems were and get her the help she needed. She was honored for overcom- programs for me because ing “multiple barriers,” which included a crack addiction and mental illness. I was hard core. I Phillips went into a tailspin after her thought I was running spouse died in an explosion at the refinery where they both worked. To deal with the on eight cylinders but loss, Phillips, 51, turned to drugs. “It took multiple programs for me I only had two.” because I was hard core,” she said, adding it was years later that she realized she was — MARY PHILLIPS mentally ill. “I thought I was running on Former homeless woman eight cylinders but I only had two.” William Hargroves, 43, was on the top always been a constant struggle. of his game when he was attending the Take Archie Domiquez, a man who ran University of Arkansas. He was drafted away from home at 15 years old to a life by the Houston Astros after his junior of crime in the gang and drug-ridden year and played pro baseball for three neighborhood of Boyle Heights. But years. But then a severe drug addiction through determination, Domiquez sought brought him to the streets of downtown help and is now employed and continuing Los Angeles. He got help through one of his education. the coalition’s programs three years ago “We are all faced with adversity but and is now employed, and has a family. some of us have bigger problems,” he told Others who were honored spoke about the group. “I’ve had these dreams before the challenges they faced while growing but I never thought I was capable of ful- up and how life as they know it has filling them.” Page 6 ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press LOCAL❑ STATE Love-Hewitt needs a date LOVE-HEWITT, from page 3 as “the twins,” insists “I think the sex fight with that guy! There would be a appeal thing is great. I kind of feel like song called ‘She’s The Worst Girlfriend while I am young and I can fit into those Ever — I Wanna Hit Her In The Face!’” dresses and wear those things and look “Home of L.A.’s Most Famous English High Tea” Hewitt does admit she is a huge fan of that way, I should probably take advan- Since 1986 the Detroit rapper’s music. “He’s so tal- tage of it.” ented it’s sick,” she says. “But I will say Her mother Pat, a speech pathologist, Open 7 Days — 11a.m. to 6 p.m. nothing else about him because I don't seems to agree. They are best friends and share a Los Angeles home with Hewitt’s ZAGAT’S 2001 AWARD OF DISTINCTION want to be picked on.” They probably wouldn’t get along too slightly overweight Chihuahua, Mia. Her well anyway. parents divorced when she was six 355 S. Robertson Blvd. “I’m kind of boring,” the actress months old, and the actress rarely speaks Beverly Hills insists. “I just kind of want to eat pizza to her father Dan, a medical technician. and hang out with my mom. I am like an “I’m fine with that,” she contends. (310) 652-0624 80 year old.” “My brother has been such a huge strong So much so that Hewitt has dedicated male influence on me.” herself to a life free of drugs, alcohol ... What does Todd, 31, think of his baby even cursing. (“I let my mother do it for sister’s sexy layout in the current issue of me,” she says.) Rolling Stone? So what’s up then with her sexy new “He tries not to look,” she confesses. “He image and ever-so revealing outfits? looks once so that I know he is proud of me “I have never seen smaller costumes on and then he never looks again. And he defies such a tiny, beautiful body,” recalls any man to look at it in front of him.” Sigourney Weaver, her co-star in last (Sean Daly is president of Showtime year’s comedy “Heartbreakers.” But Entertainment and a freelance writer liv- Hewitt, who jokingly refers to her breasts ing in Santa Monica.) ‘Bumfights’ filmmakers say charges are without basis By The Associated Press Defense attorneys say the complaint does not name a victim or say when the EL CAJON — Four filmmakers alleged crime occurred. mounted a legal challenge Friday against “I’m real hard pressed to find out what the criminal charges they face for alleged- my client had done,” said Jan Ronis, an ly paying homeless men to hurt them- attorney for McPherson, who also is accused selves and beat each other for a videotape sold over the Internet. of paying $25,000 to persuade two San Daniel Jamon Tanner, 21, Zachary Diego area homeless men who appear in the Bubeck, 24, and Ryan Edward McPherson, video not to cooperate with authorities. It's Not a Private Club. 19, withdrew their innocent pleas Friday in The men, Rufus Hannah and Donald San Diego Superior Court in El Cajon. Brennan, say they agreed to hurt them- It Just Plays Like One. Michael J. Slyman, 21, declined to enter a selves and beat each other for $5 and $10 plea to the charges at an arraignment. bills. Authorities say they also received When you play Robinson Ranch, you'll feel transported to a golf destination Attorneys for the makers of the liquor, food and motel rooms from the as exclusive as some of the world's most celebrated private clubs. “Bumfights: A Cause for Concern” video- filmmakers. tape contend there is no legal basis for the Prosecutor Curtis Ross said the four Yet, remarkably, you are only minutes from Santa Monica charge of soliciting another to commit defendants will still be held accountable assault with deadly force. for their actions. He said he planned to On the tape, a homeless man is seen file additional charges. ripping out his front tooth with pliers. “It is illegal to pay someone to commit Another rams his head into a steel door a felony,” he said. “In this case, they paid and others stomp and pummel each other homeless men to commit a crime of assault until bloody. with deadly force.” Trip turns tragic for couple

By The Associated Press But Flores never returned from the hike. Temperatures in the desert soared NEEDLES — A man who decided to above 105 degrees. take an afternoon hike in the desert carry- O’Brien went looking for her ing only a bottle of beer died from heat boyfriend but could not find him. exposure and dehydration, authorities said. She tried to drive out of the area for Victor Flores, 28, and his girlfriend help but the truck’s battery had died Candance O’Brien drove Saturday into the because the couple had been listening to Chemehuevi Valley, about 15 miles south music on the radio. of Needles. O’Brien walked to the powerline road They were looking for a spot to park so and put out a “Help” sign. they drove onto a dirt road and then found Then she waited. an old mining road, said Sgt. Glenn Four days later, an employee of PG&E Shelhamer of the San Bernardino County drove on the road and saw the sign. He Sheriff’s department. found O’Brien dehydrated and in need of The couple was listening to music and medical attention, Shelhamer said. Her “had consumed quite a bit of alcohol,” condition was not immediately known. Shelhamer said. Sheriff’s deputies and rangers from the two 18 hole layouts only 40 minutes from Santa Monica Without taking any water or other Bureau of Land Management began an supplies, Flores decided to take an after- extensive search of the area. A sheriff’s 27734 Sand Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91351 noon hike. He carried a bottle of beer helicopter spotted Flores at about 4:55 Clubhouse - 661 252-8484 Golf Shop - 661 252-7666 with him while O’Brien fell asleep in the p.m. Wednesday a half-mile away from truck, he said. his pickup truck. Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Page 7 STATE Rolling bike protests that began in SF now a phenomenon BY RON HARRIS the conditions for bike riders were pretty bicyclists’ needs. On the other hand it por- bicycle lanes on major streets, and signs Associated Press Writer bad,” Swanson said. “No room for bicy- trays bicyclists as law breakers,” Giarratano urging drivers to share narrower road- clists, and generally the car drivers didn’t said. “It would be better for these people to ways. Cyclist groups lobbied successfully SAN FRANCISCO — The idea was feel that they were traffic. They didn’t spend their time educating children and for a $50 million lane for bikes and pedes- born 10 years ago over a couple of gin and belong on the road. And there was really working with their legislators.” trians on a new span proposed for the San tonics: thousands of bicyclists would no place to go.” Last month in Portland, Ore., 200 Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. swarm the streets of the City by the Bay to The cyclists all pedal anonymously, bicycle advocates allegedly kicked cars, The coalition just secured a $225,000 win respect from motorists who weren’t Swanson said. Because there’s no central spat on police, threw rocks and ran red state grant to hire more staff and develop a sharing the road. leadership, Swanson said, “There’s no one lights as part of a monthly event called the plan to encourage safe cycling in the city, The event spawned in the minds of Chris to point a finger at. There’s no one to have “Critical Mass Rush Hour Bicycle Ride.” said the group’s director, Mary Brown. Carlsson and Jim Swanson, both of whom insurance permits for.” While Critical Mass demonstrators hit Still, it’s an uphill ride, and Critical rode their bikes to work daily, became San Francisco’s participants include the road, mainstream groups like the San Mass gets a bad rap, she said. known as Critical Mass. They believed financial district workers, bike messen- Francisco Bicycle Coalition try to improve “It’s an amazing movement to reclaim bicyclists could announce by taking over gers, costumed riders and, often, folks cycling rights in city halls and statehouses. public space,” Brown said. “There really the streets that they would no longer be who ride naked. They force cars, buses San Francisco now has freshly striped is in the city a ‘car first’ mentality.” treated like second class roadsters. and other motorized transit to wait sever- “We are not blocking traffic. We are al minutes before the streets are clear traffic!” was the refrain of the San enough to move again. Francisco riders as they lobbied for addi- The in-your-face demonstrations have Attorney general files spam tional bike lanes and fewer cars. increased awareness, but also led to angry When riders hit the streets Friday for confrontations and arrests. the 10th anniversary ride of Critical Mass, During one ride in Austin, Texas, last suit against SoCal company they will be part of a phenomenon that has year, cyclists surrounded a motorist who By The Associated Press addresses in advertising, failing to dis- spread to hundreds of other cities across screeched to a halt in an intersection. A close required information, engaging in the globe where bicyclists demand the video clip on a Critical Mass Web site SANTA CLARA — California untrue or deceptive advertising and same rights as those behind the wheel. shows the motorist growing impatient and Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed suit engaging in unfair business competition. Rolling demonstrations now begin at plowing down a cyclist. A fistfight ensued. against Internet marketer PW Marketing “Spamming is the scourge of the the Merkaz HaKarmel parking lot in Some advocates say the occasional LLC, accusing the company of illegally Information Age,” Lockyer said Haifa, Israel; at Parnell Square in Dublin, flare-ups hurt the cause. In St. Louis, where spamming millions of Californians. Thursday evening in a written release. Ireland; at Plaza del Castillo in Pamplona, riders set off each month from Kiener The suit, filed Thursday in Santa “In filing this action, we are sounding a Spain; and QEII Square in Auckland, New Plaza, a Web site with links to helmet and Clara County Superior Court, alleges the warning that we will track down and Zealand. The demonstrations are held on road safety information promotes the event company’s owners, Paul Willis of prosecute those who send illegal spam.” the last Friday of each month. as a peaceful, child-friendly environment. Northridge and Claudia Griffin of An afterhours call to the Canyon Carlsson, 45, and Swanson, 43, came up But violence at some recent rides Canyon Country, violated various Country-based company Thursday was with Critical Mass as a way to promote around the nation soured the event’s repu- California consumer protection statutes not immediately returned. Several cyclists’ needs in San Francisco, a city tation for Caryn Giarratano, the bicycle- that prohibit unsolicited commercial e- Internet advertisements for P.W. teeming with bike messengers and pedaling pedestrian program coordinator for the mails, known as spam. Marketing offers lists of e-mail address- commuters eager for more bike lanes and Missouri Department of Transportation. The suit also alleges the company es for sale, including a list of 4.5 million respect from their four-wheel counterparts. “Critical Mass is a double-edged sword. violated statutes against using false California residents and businesses. “We were both bicycle commuters, and On one hand it does raise awareness of Page 8 ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press Looking for the STATE Daily Press? Illegals who want legal status The Santa Monica Daily Press is circulated throughout all six commercial zones within the Santa Monica city limits, and select areas of West LA, Venice and Brentwood. Hundreds of copies can be found in news racks at these local businesses: Main Street Locations: • Jamba Juice • Mystique Beauty Salon • Lula’s • Max Studio • Omelette Parlor • Color Nails • Holy Guacamole • Malibu Surf • Next Salon • Galaxy Gallery • Wildflour Pizza • Pure Beauty

• Starbucks • World Café North County Times/Bill Wechter • B&B Delicatessen Protesters picket in front of the Motor Vehicle Department in Carlsbad, • One Life Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2002, in support of AB 60 which will allow illegal • Santa Monica Library immigrants in the process of legalizing their status to apply for a drivers • Chaya Venice license in California. • Surf Liquor • Yoga Works • Mani’s Bakery • Library Ale House • Peet’s Coffee Patio Herpes drug shown to • Hollywood Smoke • L&K Market • Sacred Movement Yoga block transmission of virus • Horizons Surf Shop • Sit Still Hair BY DANIEL Q. HANEY other herpes simplex virus, type 1, is much • Novel Cafè AP Medical Editor more common and causes cold sores. • Koo Koo Roo • O’Briens Pub However, it too can cause genital infec- • Rose Café SAN DIEGO — For the first time, a tions if spread through oral-genital con- • SM City Hall drug widely used to treat genital herpes tact. • Napoleans has been shown to prevent its spread as Usually, the type 2 virus causes only • SM Courthouse well, offering a new way of curbing an mild symptoms or no obvious sores at all. • Firehouse Café infection already carried by one in five In fact, 90 percent of infected people do • SM Police Department Americans. not realize they have it. Nevertheless, an • Dagwoods • Santa Monica Farms A study released Friday found that a unlucky minority suffers recurring • LA Urban Fitness once-daily Valtrex pill cut in half the risk painful genital sores. • ZJ Boarding House of passing on the infection when taken by In the latest study, doctors tested • Joe’s Diner people with herpes simplex virus type 2, Valtrex — known generically as valacy- • Star Liquor the primary cause of genital herpes. clovir — on 1,484 couples in which one • Panini Garden Until now, the only advice for avoid- partner had recurring flare-ups with type • Rick’s Tavern ing herpes during sex has been to use 2 herpes and the other was not infected. • La Vecchia • Euro Bakery condoms. While no one knows which is Corey, head of virology at the more effective, condoms are clearly not University of Washington in Seattle, pre- • Global Grooves • Coffee Bean foolproof, since the virus spreads by con- sented the results at a meeting in San • Chinois on Main tact with herpes sores, and condoms may Diego of the American Society for • Tobacco Zone not cover them all. Microbiology. The study was sponsored • Shoop’s Deli • Eclectic Avenue Dr. Lawrence Corey, the study’s direc- by GlaxoSmithKline, which makes tor, said the latest research suggests a Valtrex. • Santa Monica Farms • Herb King new use for Valtrex in so-called discor- The volunteers were randomly given dant couples — those in which one part- either daily Valtrex or dummy pills, • Amici Mare • Scissors ner is infected and one is not. The drug is offered advice on using condoms and • Salon Blu • SPA Store already widely prescribed to prevent and then followed for eight months. Two per- treat herpes flare-ups. cent of those taking Valtrex passed on the This is not a complete list. You can find more copies in these areas: “If you ask infected people their virus to their partners, compared with 4 biggest concern, it’s giving this to their percent on dummy pills. • Montana Avenue Commercial Zone loved ones,” he said. The treatment nearly eliminated her- • Santa Monica Boulevard Health experts said the study is especial- pes symptoms in the partners, even if • the Downtown Commercial Core ly noteworthy because it suggests that other, they caught the virus. Just half of 1 per- more serious sexually transmitted ills may cent of those whose infected partners (including Third Street Promenade) also be controlled by treating the carrier. took Valtrex got herpes sores, compared • Wilshire Boulevard “It’s a very important study, and it opens with 2 percent in the comparison group. • Lincoln Commercial District. up the arena of treating discordant couples “This is the first drug shown to inter- to prevent sexually transmitted disease,” rupt the transmission of a sexually trans- Additional circulation points include: said Dr. Scott Hammer of Columbia mitted disease,” Corey said. • Major Hotels on Ocean Avenue University. “This is a nuisance disease, but Doctors presume that AIDS drugs also • Retail businesses on the Boardwalk it lays the groundwork for other, life- slow the transmission of HIV, although threatening diseases, such as HIV.” this has not been proven. A study intend- and Santa Monica Pier districts The Centers for Disease Control and ed to show this is in the planning stages. • Commercial zones on Pico and Ocean Park Boulevard. Prevention estimates that 45 million Valtrex is a modified version of acy- If you are interested in becoming a distribution point (it’s free and gives your customers American teen-agers and adults are infect- clovir, the first herpes drug. Another her- just one more reason to come in), please call 310-458-PRESS (7737) x 104 ed with the type 2 virus, which is almost pes drug, Novartis’s Famvir, has not been always spread during sexual contact. The tested for preventing transmission. Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Page 9 NATIONAL Proposed 10-cent Espresso tax headed for Seattle By The Associated Press editorialized against the dime-a-cup tax, which would apply only to espresso drinks SEATTLE — A proposed 10-cent “The council put children on hold for one year. and not to drip coffee or other beverages. espresso tax that some java junkies said I’m sure the campaign will continue to build grass- Backers say it would raise $7 million to would be grounds for revolt won’t go to a $10 million a year to boost wages for vote for a year, prompting local beaneries roots support as the need becomes greater.” child care teachers, help low- and middle- to say “thanks a latte.” income families obtain child care and With one member absent, Seattle’s City increase the amount of high-quality care Council voted 7 to 1 Thursday to put — JOHN BURBANK in the city. Initiative 77 on the municipal ballot with Economic Opportunity Institute executive director The tax would not be imposed at busi- statewide primary elections on Sept. 16, nesses with gross receipts of less than 2003. The tax would bolster funding for er 5-4 council decision not to put the “The council put children on hold for $50,000 or at nonprofit organizations, day care programs. measure to a vote this year, said the action one year,” Burbank said. “I’m sure the such as performing arts groups, that sell The dissenter, council president Peter is in response to pressure from business campaign will continue to build grass-roots espresso drinks. Steinbrueck, said the measure should have The measure would have gone on the organizations and would ultimately hinder support as the need becomes greater.” been put on the ballot for Nov. 5 “to honor The chamber has lobbied against the ballot this fall if the initiative petitions with the city’s children. the initiative process.” initiative and donated funds to an opposi- 30,000 signatures, well over the minimum Jane Lukatah, owner of B&O “Unfortunately, the lesson learned is tion group, Joined to Oppose the Latte of 17,228, had been submitted earlier. Espresso, applauded the delay. that the City Council is more responsive to Tax, or JOLT. Opponents say the tax Instead, the council had the option of “Let’s postpone it as long as possible,” the Chamber of Commerce,” said John unfairly targets one product to pay for an choosing a later election. A judge turned she said. “I hate it (the proposed tax). ... Burbank, executive director of the unrelated problem and could cause book- down a lawsuit asking that the panel be Just hearing it makes me sort of cringe.” Economic Opportunity Institute, a non- keeping problems. ordered to put the measure on the Nov. 5 Backers, already steamed over an earli- profit organization supporting the measure. Both of the city’s daily newspapers have ballot. Settlement reached in Ono suit against ex-employee BY TOM HAYS ments in the trail had been expected Friday. $75,000 from the sale of the rock icon’s papers and pay Associated Press Writer The settlement ended the trial and requires Seaman to unspecified damages. surrender all rights to the photos. Seaman must also Seaman testified that he took the disputed photos on NEW YORK — Yoko Ono reached a settlement return any Lennon-related items still in his possession his own time and with his own camera, making him the Friday with a former John Lennon aide over his use of within 10 days. He admitted he had exploited the Lennon rightful owner. However, his defense received a devas- hundreds of private family photos, ending a dispute that legacy for personal profit. tating blow on Thursday when the judge ruled there was had stretched across two decades. “After more than 20 years, it’s time to ask for forgive- overwhelming evidence that a confidentiality agreement As part of the settlement, former assistant Frederick ness for my actions,” Seaman said. “I now realize how signed by Seaman when he was hired in 1979 was valid Seaman issued a public apology to Ono, the late Beatle much pain and embarrassment I have caused.” and their son Sean, lawyers for both sides announced. In her lawsuit, Ono alleged that Seaman violated the and binding. “I offer no excuses for my conduct and ask only that agreement by publishing a memoir titled “The Last Days In the final day of testimony, Ono laid claim to a you can find it in your heart to forgive me,” Seaman said of John Lennon: A Personal Memoir.” She also claimed touching family photo at the center of the dispute. in a statement read in court by Ono’s attorney. he profited by stealing Lennon mementos and selling The photo of Lennon with their son, Sean, at a Ono had sued over the rights to 374 photos Seaman them to collectors. Bermuda beach in 1980, showed “that John was a per- took of Lennon’s family, many in the months before he The suit demanded that Seaman surrender the rights to son,” Ono told jurors. “He was not just an artist, but a was shot to death by a deranged fan, and closing argu- 374 photos he took of the Lennon family, turn over about family man and a dad.” Menopause Support • Groups • Individual

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Call us. We’ll take your suggestions. (310) 458-PRESS (7737) Page 10 ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press NATIONAL U.S. would give Saddam Hussein seven days to comply BY BARRY SCHWEID AND DAFNA LINZER H. Rumsfeld began a series of addresses across the coun- Associated Press Writers try to justify military force as an option to disarm Iraq and drive Saddam from power. The United States will The United States and Britain are proposing that the have “a substantial coalition of countries” by its side if it United Nations set a seven-day deadline for Iraqi decides to use military force to oust Saddam, Rumsfeld President Saddam Hussein to agree to disarm and open said in Atlanta. his palaces for searches of hidden weapons, a Bush Congress hopes to take up a resolution next week giv- administration official and U.N. diplomats said Friday. ing the president the authority to use whatever means nec- President Bush backed the U.N. effort, saying, “I’m will- essary, including military force, to eradicate the Iraqi threat ing to give peace a chance.” to America. Negotiations continue on the exact wording of The tough demands are coupled with a warning that that resolution, with Democrats saying they won’t give the “all necessary means” would be used against Iraq in the president open-ended authority and seeking to put more event of defiance, the officials told The Associated Press emphasis on a multilateral approach to the problem. on condition of anonymity. Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., said Describing the proposed U.N. resolution as tough and Friday that he and other top leaders — House Speaker detailed, the U.S. official said Iraq would be accused of Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.;, House Minority Leader Dick being in “material breach” of U.N. Security Council res- Gephardt, D-Mo., and Senate Majority Leader Tom olutions and told it must agree to “full, final and com- Daschle, D-S.D. — would meet or talk by Monday after- plete destruction” of its weapons of mass destruction. noon. “We need to get an agreement on the language The resolution was being circulated to attract the support early next week,” Lott said. of France, Russia and China. Asked about Kennedy’s remarks, Lott said the United Approval of the resolution is problematic. France, Ron Thomas/Associated Press Nations hasn’t enforced its Iraqi resolutions over the past Russia and China each has the power to kill it with a Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. 11 years and Democrats “need to be careful what they veto, as they are all permanent members of the council. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. gestures during an call for. They’re liable to get it.” The United States, he All three prefer giving Iraq another chance to have sus- address on Iraq Friday, before the Johns Hopkins said, “is not going to just stand still, stand mute and allow pect sites inspected before threats of force are leveled. Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International this issue to continue to fester.” Bush called French President Jacques Chirac to try to Studies in Washington. Democratic dissent reflects some uncertainty among win his backing. But Chirac resisted, telling Bush he “Now is the time,” he said. “For the sake of your chil- Americans about a go-it-alone policy against Iraq. opposed demanding Iraqi compliance and threatening dren’s future we must make sure this madman never has Almost two-thirds in recent polls say they support mili- Iraq with military force if it did not. the capacity to hurt us with a nuclear weapon, or to use tary action to oust the Iraqi president, but that support Chirac, instead, urged Bush to back his own approach the stockpiles of anthrax that we know he has, or VX, the drops to one-third when people are asked if they are will- of two resolutions: The first would call for weapons biological weapons which he possesses.” ing to do it without the backing of allies. inspections, withholding any threats until a second reso- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, meanwhile, joined other Former President Clinton said Friday he favored going lution if Iraq balked. senior Democrats in voicing reservations about putting to the United Nations to gather international clout against While Secretary of State Colin Powell and other U.S. the nation on a path toward war before a new, tougher Saddam. Former Vice President Al Gore said Monday he diplomats strive to gain approval for the resolution, the round of U.N. inspections is launched. was concerned that the focus on war against Iraq was Bush administration is struggling to persuade Congress Kennedy, D-Mass., said unconditional U.N. inspec- undermining the broader war against terrorism. to authorize the use of force against Iraq. tions must be given time to work, and that a largely uni- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Bush said the United Nations should have a chance to lateral American war “could worsen, not lessen, the D-Vt., said Thursday that the first way to disarm Iraq was force Saddam to give up his weapons of mass destruction threat of terrorism” by swelling the ranks of al-Qaida by building an alliance and working through the United before the United States acts on its own against Iraq. sympathizers in the Muslim world. 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Call (310) 458-7737 ext. 104 Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Page 11 INTERNATIONAL Americans flee homes that are fear-filled prisons BY CLAR NI CHONGHAILE his stay in Africa of 15 years. Americans, including school- 7-year-old son played outside. None of the children from the Associated Press Writer “My house looks like I just went children, missionaries and their “Bill went to the dorm to see mission school, operated by out for bread, and I’ll be back in families, were whisked from if he could spot him and saw him Conservative Baptist International YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory 20 minutes.” Bouake, where food is scarce, running for his little life through of Littleton, Colo., was hurt. But Coast — Bundled onto cargo Downs spoke Friday outside the banks are shut and water and the dorm,” mother-in-law Janie the incident sharpened anxieties, planes or speeding through the an overgrown compound at the electricity have been cut off Hutton related. and fostered increasing calls for lush Ivorian countryside, end of a rutted red-earth road in since the rebels took over Sept. “I wanted them out of there,” help, and on Wednesday U.S. Americans on Friday abandoned Yamoussoukro. Capital of this 19 amid Ivory Coast’s deadliest Hutton said. troops flew into Yamoussoukro. a West African city that had former French colony, Yamou- uprising. On Friday, nine Peace Corps “At that point, our chief con- become their home but was now ssoukro became staging post for Nancy and Bill McComb, volunteers and four American cern was the children,” said held by a disciplined rebel force evacuation by convoy and heli- dorm parents at Bouake’s families, loaded down with ruck- Downs of Overland Park, Kan., and facing government attack. copter of Americans and other International Christian Academy, sacks and blue-and-white plastic who helped coordinate the “We live here. All my children foreign nationals from the rebel- related their ordeals to their fami- bags, boarded a U.S. military C- American evacuation. “Once the graduated from school here,” held city of Bouake, 40 miles ly in Highlands Ranch, Colo., dur- 130 plane and soared over the children were secure, then per- said Tim Downs, a Kansas mis- farther north. ing the week — telling them of scrubland surrounding the airstrip sonal security became a concern sionary, his voice breaking after In just 48 hours, around 260 hearing gunshots one day as their in Yamoussoukro. and then food and water became rebellion and gunfire cut short They headed for Ghana, and a concern.” away from homes that had Some of the children and become virtual prisons over the school staff headed to Abidjan on Through a child’s eyes past week. Thursday, traveling in buses and Those fleeing spoke of their private cars across rolling green sorrow, their fear for those left hills, planted with bananas and behind and their amazement that palm trees. such a thing could happen in a The convoy of 22 vehicles country once renowned as a arrived in the commercial capital haven of stability in a region bat- Thursday afternoon, and the chil- tered by brutal wars. dren were received at the

“At that point, our chief concern was the children. Once the children were secure, then personal security became a concern and then food and water became a concern.”

— TIM DOWNS Kansas missionary

Ivory Coast was plunged into International Community School chaos after a failed coup attempt of Abidjan, a large grassy com- last week that involved a core pound with white-washed build- group of 750 soldiers who were ings in the lagoon-side commer- being purged from the military cial capital. for suspected disloyalty. They were matched with host Associated Press Insurgents were quelled in families, and then went home for A child looks at Israeli soldiers from a razor-wire barrier at Kalandiya checkpoint between Abidjan but took over Bouake, dinner. Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Ramallah Friday, as Arab and Israeli peace activists and Korhogo, the northern oppo- “It was a very happy time for gathered to protest the ongoing siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s compound. sition stronghold. At least 270 many, many people who hadn’t people died in the first days after been able to see loved ones and the failed coup. didn’t know what was going on,” On Thursday, the government school director Rob Mockrish Schwarzenegger wants group to said Bouake and Korhogo had said on Friday. become war zones and warned The next big job is to sort out that an attack on Bouake was tickets and reunite the children scrap plans for ‘Terminator’ statue imminent. with their families. Some will be Mormon missionary Howard returning to the United States By The Associated Press Hatch fled Bouake with his wife and others will go to other West after heavily armed French sol- African countries. GRAZ, Austria — Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to terminate a plan to build a giant “Terminator” diers secured the main road out Mockrish said the children statue in his hometown. of Bouake on Thursday. would be spending the next few The Forum Stadtpark wants to build a 25-meter (82-foot) metal statue in a park in central Graz, a “We were told to get in our days “being kids.” city in southern Austria. cars and leave,” Hatch said at the Not all the evacuated The statue, which would hold a giant globe above its head, would tower over the park’s trees and Yamoussoukro airport, where a Americans were planning to more traditional statues. processing center for uprooted leave Ivory Coast. Hatch said he The project would cost about 5 million euro ($4.9 million) — money that has yet to be raised. residents had been set up. “We would stay and continue his mis- Angelika Reitzer, manager for the forum, said Friday that a letter from the 55-year-old actor, who hated to leave,” he said. sion in Abidjan. lives in California, said “he was flattered but that he thought it would be better to spend the money on The first U.S. evacuees — Downs, who already lost social projects and the Special Olympics.” children from the Christian acad- everything he owned during Schwarzenegger’s third “Terminator” film, “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” is scheduled for emy — flew to Ghana Thursday chaos in Congo, formerly Zaire, release next year. and away from a nightmare that said he was heading home to Forum Stadtpark hasn’t abandoned its plans, but the group faces several obstacles. Besides raising climaxed when rebels broke into Kansas on Tuesday, for the birth the money, which would likely come from tourist ventures and other private sponsors, Reitzer said, the the school’s compound, shooting of a new grandchild. “If I hadn’t group doesn’t yet have the necessary city permits to build the statue. automatic weapons as the chil- planned the trip. I wouldn’t be “At the moment, city officials aren’t enthusiastic,” she said. dren were crossing the campus leaving. I would have stayed in after supper. Bouake,” he said. WE ARE THE CLASSIEST GIG IN TOWN! Call Angela at the Santa Monica Daily Press Page 12 ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press SPORTS Celtics sold to investor Europeans take opening day group for $360 million BY HOWARD ULMAN Still, the ownership group did not have Associated Press Writer its heart set on buying the Celtics. Robert Caporale, a financial adviser to the group, WALTHAM, Mass. — The Boston said Wyc Grousbeck was interested in Celtics, one of the NBA’s original and buying a Boston team but didn’t think the most storied franchises, will be sold to an Celtics would be available. Six months investment group for $360 million in a ago the group began general inquiries surprise deal announced Friday. into buying a basketball, baseball or Under the agreement, which still hockey franchise. requires league approval, the team will be Gaston, chairman of the team’s parent passed into the hands of a group led by company, initially rebuffed the group’s Boston-area venture capitalists Stephen advances, but in September decided to Paglicua and Wycliffe Grousbeck, as well sell the team. as Grousbeck’s father, H. Irving There had been no inkling a sale was Grousbeck, the founder of Continental imminent. Cablevision and now a Stanford Business “I wasn’t sure if we could keep a School professor. secret, but we pulled it off,” Wyc The group planned to buy out current Grousbeck said. owner Paul Gaston as well as the 48 per- Gaston will depart from the team just cent stake in the team owned by a publicly as it appeared to return to its former great- traded limited partnership, which will ness after more than a decade of struggles continue to exist but essentially sell the that included the deaths of top draft pick new owners its stake in the team, Celtics executive Richard Pond said. Len Bias in 1986, and star player Reggie The team began selling public shares in Lewis in 1993, as well as the turbulent 1986, when it won its third NBA champi- and fruitless tenure of coach Rick Pitino. onship in five years. Shareholders, many “I wish them well,” Gaston said. “My of whom are fans who own just a handful family’s had a tremendous 19-year-plus of shares to hang on their wall as sou- run. It’s become very dear to us, almost venirs, have no voting rights. one of the children, but things change in Boston has won 16 NBA champi- life and it’s time to move on.” onships, more than any other team, and Irving Grousbeck, who founded Forbes Magazine recently estimated the Cablevision in Boston in 1963, made value of the franchise at $218 million, inquiries into buying the San Francisco 13th in the NBA, and well behind the first- Giants in the early 1990s when the team place Los Angeles Lakers at $403 million. was threatening to leave the city, but But veteran Boston sports observer decided not to pursue the team. The fami- Larry Moulter, former president of the ly was also involved in early discussions Boston Garden, said the $360 million about joining an investment group to price was fair considering the new owners make a bid for the Boston Red Sox, who would get a lease on the FleetCenter and were sold earlier this year. not have to pay rent. Wyc Grousbeck said he would be “It’s a brand name that doesn’t come involved in day-to-day management Laurent Rebours/Associated Press on the market often,” Moulter said. “It’s a while his partners would serve a more United States Ryder Cup team player Mark Calcavecchia plays from a legacy brand name.” advisory role. The group said it planned to bunker on the 14th hole during his match with partner Tiger Woods against Europe’s Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia on the opening day of the 34th The team is the second Boston sports add to its investor group and had a long list of potential partners. Ryder Cup at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England Friday. The European franchise to change hands this year. The team won the match. Red Sox were bought by a group led by “As longtime community residents and Florida financier John Henry earlier this Celtics fans, our goal is to build on the year for $700 million, including debt. success that has already been achieved by The new owners said they were well the team’s strong management, coaching aware of the weight of Celtics tradition staff and players,” Wyc Grousbeck said. Eagles, McNabb agree to and fan expectations. The Celtics made “We look forward to years of involvement the playoffs last year for the first time with the greatest sports team ever.” since 1995 and unexpectedly reached the Gaston and then-fellow owners Paul deal worth up to $115M Eastern Conference finals before losing to Dupee Jr. and Alan Cohen sold 40 percent the New Jersey Nets. of the team for $18.50 per share in 1986, BY ROB MAADDI touchdowns and only two interceptions. “It’s a tremendous honor to be here,” but the novelty of owning a part of the AP Sports Writer He also leads the Eagles (2-1) with 118 Wycliffe Grousbeck, known as Wyc, said team wore off. And as the team faded into yards rushing and two TDs. PHILADELPHIA — Donovan at a news conference at the Celtics train- mediocrity on the court in the early 1990s, Philadelphia is 27-13 in games that McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles ing facility. “As we all know, this is the so did its shares. They closed Friday up McNabb started, and his touchdown-to- agreed to a new 12-year contract Friday greatest team in NBA history and one of 20 cents at $10.60, though that price does interception ratio of 62-34 ranks fourth in the greatest teams in sports history.” not account for splits. that could be worth up to a record $115 league history, behind those of Steve million. Young, Jeff Garcia and Joe Montana. The total potential value would be the McNabb emerged as one of the highest in NFL history, topping the 10- league’s top players in just his second UCLA’s football forward year, $103 million contract Drew Bledsoe season, leading the Eagles to an 11-5 signed with the New England Patriots in record in 2000 and into the second round March 2001. of the playoffs. He finished second to St. ineligible for fall quarter McNabb’s deal runs through 2013, and Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk includes a $20.5 million signing bonus, in NFL MVP voting that season. By The Associated Press said his agent, Fletcher Smith. McNabb again led the Eagles to 11 The two-time Pro Bowl selection was wins last season, and helped them reach LOS ANGELES — UCLA forward Andre Patterson is academically ineligible in the fourth year of a seven-year contract the NFC championship game. for the fall quarter. under which he received a signing bonus He’s a strong-armed passer with excep- Patterson, who lettered as a true freshman last season, now is enrolled at Santa of $11.3 million, the highest ever given by tional scrambling ability, the increasingly Monica Community College. His academic progress will be reviewed after the the Eagles. preferred style for pro quarterbacks. semester ends Dec. 17. McNabb, the No. 2 overall pick in the “That style of quarterbacking is the The winter quarter at UCLA begins Jan. 6, but Patterson could play before then if 1999 draft, is in his third full season as a future of the NFL,” former Redskins cor- he meets academic requirements. starter for the Eagles. He’s off to the best nerback Deion Sanders said after Patterson averaged 2.3 points in 29 games for UCLA last season. start of his career, completing 61.3 per- McNabb ran for 125 yards in a victory cent of his passes for 791 yards, eight over Washington in 2000. Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Page 13 COMICS

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Religious sect manages secret sex abuse database Former Jehovah's Witness elder Bill Bowen charged in June that the sect manages a secret database of 23,720 members who have been accused of sexual abuse but that little if anything happens to those named unless a witness comes forward (a stipulation supposedly commanded by Deuteronomy 19:15, requiring witnesses to prove a sin). When Bowen complained, he was expelled from the sect for "causing divisions." Furthermore, Bowen charged, even confessed abusers are "punished" only by being kept from proselytizing door-to-door unless accompanied by another Witness. Page 14 ❑ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press CLASSIFIEDS

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With his white suit, black cane, white wavy hair and write a word without a vowel,” Bell told The Saginaw neatly trimmed goatee, Thompson has taken first place News this week. “All these years, they couldn’t find at several Colonel-lookalike contests held in London, one. I issued the challenge every year because I knew it near Corbin, where Sanders first served his famous orig- didn’t exist — until now.” inal recipe chicken. Bell and her student didn’t see eye-to-eye on the cash Sanders died at age 90 in 1980, but his folksy image prize. is so enduring and popular that many people don’t seem “I told him that I’m a poor schoolteacher,” said Bell, to know that. who has made the first of 25 weekly payments of $2 to “They ask me ‘Are you the real Colonel? I tell ’em I Tyler. “It’s enough for Slurpee money for every week.” just got out of Cave Hill Cemetery,” he said, referring to Tyler was nonchalant: “I wanted the $50, but it’s not $7.9M for 18 minutes of work Sanders’ burial place in Louisville. By The Associated Press Thompson, who was mayor of Lawrenceburg from a lot of money. Three hundred dollars is a lot of money.” 1994 through 1998, is one of two lookalikes KFC calls DETROIT — A Detroit public school teacher’s pay on. The other lives in Alabama. Bernie gets a cool off at stadium was enough to make Bill Gates or Donald Trump envious. Thompson’s wife of 52 years, Volita, said being mar- By The Associated Press Thanks to a computer glitch, the teacher was paid ried to a lookalike can be frustrating. $7.9 million before taxes for 18 minutes of work. The “Sometimes when you go in a restaurant, you don’t MILWAUKEE — Bernie Brewer, the bigheaded teacher, who wasn’t identified, received $4,015,624.80 get to eat because people will say ‘Let me run to the car mascot of the Milwaukee Brewers, can forget about get- after taxes. and get my camera,”’ Volita Thompson said. “And all ting his own cooling-off spot when things get hot and Someone alerted the school district earlier this month, the waitresses, they’ve got to have a picture made with steamy at Miller Park. A committee of the baseball dis- and the money was returned after six days, chief finan- him. I don’t know. Sometimes it gets aggravating.” trict board that oversees operations at the two-year-old cial officer Ken Forrest said in Thursday’s Detroit News. stadium decided Thursday that giving Bernie a $35,000 The error occurred when a clerk entered an employ- air-conditioned enclosure next to “Bernie’s Dugout” ee number in the hourly wage field for the teacher’s ‘Psst’ works in Scrabble By The Associated Press would be too much. wage adjustment check. The district’s payroll software The spot would have been a place to remove that big didn’t catch the mistake. SAGINAW, Mich. — Psst! There’s a word in the “One of the things that came with (the software) is a head and cool off out of sight of the fans. English language that doesn’t contain a vowel, and But it could have made residents of five counties hot fail-safe that prevents that. It doesn’t work,” Forrest said. Tyler Mayle found it. The district has since installed a program to flag any under the collar — their sales taxes help pay the costs of The fifth-grader at Chester Miller Elementary School the retractable-roof stadium. paycheck exceeding $10,000, he said. here answered a challenge posed by reading teacher “I have a problem with keeping Bernie cool,” said John Brenda Bell: find a word consisting only of consonants. Tyler and his stepfather, Gregory Westphal, began Knuteson, a district board member from Racine County. Ex-mayor brings back KFC’s colonel “If the mascot is up there and he wants to take a break By The Associated Press their quest by consulting the Yahoo! search engine. That led them to the online version of the Oxford English where he can’t be seen, he can go into the Brewers’ LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. — Former Lawrenceburg Dictionary, which defines “Psst” as an interjection offices,” he said. Mayor Bob Thompson has found a new job: imitating “expressing a hiss, often to attract attention.” Last year, the Brewers asked the board to approve Colonel Harland Sanders. Tyler also won the $50 prize Bell has offered for about spending $60,000 to rebuild Bernie’s Dugout and add an The 73-year-old retiree has portrayed KFC’s late 15 years to the first student to come up with an all-conso- air-conditioned area. founder at events marking the 50th birthday of the nant word. Foreign words and abbreviations don’t qualify. After the board said no, the Brewers came back with restaurant franchise. “I’ve been trying to teach the children that you can’t the modified, cheaper plan.

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