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The musical sounds of autumn are in the air this weekend as the Santa Monica College Concert Band performs their fall concert. The band will perform on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 4 p.m. in the Santa Monica College Concert Hall, 1900 Pico Boulevard. The show is $10 and conducted by City Councilman Kevin McKeown. Performance pieces include: Jupiter by Gustav, Holst, Cartoon by Paul Hart, Sleep by Eric Whitacre, Irish Tune from County Derry by Percy Grainger, La Peri Fanfare by Paul Dukas. For information, call (310) 434-4323 or (310) 434-3000. Good things come around for Circle of Friends By Daily Press staff SURF CONDITIONS WATER TEMP: 64° On Oct. 28, the Santa Monica Disabilities Commission will celebrate Disability Awareness Month with an award ceremony, performances and artist displays. SWELL FORECAST ( 5-7 FT ) The commission is pleased to announce that the recipient of the first Santa Monica This weekend is when our next SW swell is due, Disabilities Commission (SMDC) award will be Circle of Friends. The SMDC award is pre- and a touch of NW should roll in around this time as well. The SW will be dominant, brought on by sented to a person or organization that has demonstrated exceptional dedication to improv- those two southern hemi systems we started ing the lives of persons with disabilities in Santa Monica. Circle of Friends has fulfilled this tracking early last week forming near New criterion to the fullest. The SAMOHI student-run program works to create relationships Zealand. between SAMOHI students with disabilities and their typical peers. These relationships are fostered during regular meetings that create a positive effect for the students involved and LONG RANGE SYNOPSIS for the school as a community. The Disabilities Commission commends the commitment SUBSTANTIAL SW DUE THIS WEEKEND... of Circle of Friends to broadening the experiences of all SAMOHI students. TRACKING SOUTH SWELL FOR 27TH.. The award will be presented at the Commission’s Disability Awareness Month Celebration, to be held Oct. 28, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard. The event will showcase talented members of the commu- TIDE FORECAST FOR TODAY IN SANTA MONICA nity, such as Master of Ceremonies Alan Toy, Associate Director of the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge and Eve Hill, Executive Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center. Headlining the event is Lyena Strelkoff, who will be performing selections from her one-woman show “Caterpillar Soup.” Following the performance and award presentation, the latest innovations in assistive technology and work by artists such as Ben Anderson, Kari Pope, Sam Smith, Paul Knotter, and Christine Leahey from UCLA’s Arts and Disability Network will be on dis- play in the library courtyard. Refreshments will be provided. Time for a trim? Get your compost on By Daily Press staff

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Insurance Professionals 100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800 for Today and Tomorrow Santa Monica 90401 3130 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 390 Santa Monica Opinion Commentary 4 WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 A newspaper with issues LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Iraq war is an affront to Americans Sexy calendars: Not all Editor: Please, please, please speak up loudly. We do not need another “front” on the war on ter- ror. We are in enough trouble already with Iraq. Don’t let this administration get us even are drop-dead gorgeous deeper into trouble by pretending to protect us. Leslie Johnson look good. So changing the appearance of Los Angeles live folks must be just ... uh ... a walk in the MODERN cemetery for them. They didn’t do it with TIMES makeup and whatever other secrets morti- cians use. This is the 21st Century — the North Korean nukes are threat to Westside BY LLOYD GARVER Editor: digital age, the age of Photoshop. Los Angeles County is now threatened by the North Korean nuclear missiles. Southern So they digitally added some muscles California residents along with other West Coast residents are moving away from the rest of here and there, and replaced the frowns with the nation on their perception that North Korea is a serious threat. Easterners don’t seem to In recent years, there’s been a new kind of sexy smiles. You might think this was cheat- have the same feel for the threat as we do. Perhaps that’s one reason why the White House sexy calendar — one showing people who ing, but nobody thought it was cheating in over the course of several decades has fiddled around and not prevented North Korea from usually don’t take off their clothes in public “The Godfather” when Don Corleone going nuclear. posing naked or nearly naked. The calendars “asked” the undertaker to make sure that California, with a population greater than North Korea, including a Korean expatriate are then sold to raise money for charity. Sonny looked good after he was blasted with community approaching a million views the threatening moves of Kim Jong Il as the sad and Often, the people posing are in heroic or gunshots. futile machinations of defunct but still very dangerous dictator. China’s economic miracle sexy professions like athletes or firefighters. It might not turn you on, but some peo- means an end to the Stalinist regime in North Korea. Overtly, the weight of responsibility But not always. The latest calendar that’s out ple will buy these calendars displaying good- seems placed on America, but the real recipient of North Korea’s bombast are the Chinese there is called “Men Of Mortuaries.” looking, shirtless guys, lowering a casket into rulers in Beijing. The burden of the diplomacy is unevenly distributed between China, South Of course, the most famous example of the ground, and not just because it’s for a Korea, Japan, Russia and America, but China is the real player. these calendars didn’t involve people in tra- good cause. The more diplomatic interests you have centered around a problem, the higher the prob- ditionally heroic or sexy professions, either. London stock traders and some comput- ability is for something to go radically wrong. Under the last scenario, the people of They even turned it into a movie called er IT workers have recently put out sexy cal- California must be protected from the whims and fancies of North Korea’s unstable rulers or “Calendar Girls.” It was based on a story in endars. To some people, maybe a nude com- the likely probability that China or perhaps even Japan may take surprising military action which women, ranging in age from 45 to 65, puter worker is sexier than a naked police- against North Korea. We could be on the receiving end of a missile, even if China or Japan posed tastefully in the nude and sold the cal- man or athlete because it’s more like looking made an independent move on North Korea. China, South Korea or Japan being at close endars to raise money for charity. at the woman or man “next door.” range to North Korean missiles cannot really do a thing to protect themselves from a North These kinds of calendars create win-win So I expect more and more of these “reg- Korean attack, so they may be more willing to do something radical and out of the blue to situations: those who pose can say they are ular people, cheesecake/beefcake” calendars. protect themselves before they themselves are attacked. Even Israel, which recently warned grinning and baring it for charity, and those Don’t be surprised to see things like North Korea not to sell nuclear weapons to it’s enemies, could conceivably attack North who buy the calendars can say they’re not “Extreme Exterminators,”“Accountants with Korea. Russia might also attack if it thought North Korea capable of transferring weapons to buying them because of the sexy pictures, Good Figures” and “Women Who Put You Russia’s enemies. but because they want to contribute to a On Hold.” How certain are we that the White House and Pentagon take our concerns here in good cause. But if they ever ask me to pose with a California seriously? Washington seems so disengaged these days by trivial bits and pieces of The “Men of Mortuaries” calendar was group of opinion givers/columnists for a cal- information and back office gossip concerning the Congressional Page scandal, which oddly the brainchild of mortician Ken McKenzie. endar, I won’t do it. I’m a serious journalist, is light years away from the concerns and wants of Californians. He wanted to raise money for KAMM Cares, and I have to draw the line somewhere. I Ken C.Arnold a breast cancer charity. He also wanted to won’t do it even if Andy Rooney himself is in Santa Monica help change the image of morticians. He the front row, holding a bowl of fruit in a wanted to show the world that they’re “not strategic location. all Frankensteins.” They’re regular people Of course, if they hire that McKenzie guy who just happen to have a job that requires and digitize the photo, I guess they could them to deal with dead bodies all day. make me look pretty good. They could get ODDS OF A CHILD PERFORMING AT CARNEGIE HALL: To round up morticians to pose for the rid of the gray hair, add some muscles where 1 in 73,000 calendar, McKenzie advertised in a trade they belong, and maybe even knock off a few ODDS OF A CHILD BEING journal (Now, there’s a magazine I can do years. Come to think of it, they could proba- DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM: 1 in 166 without). But morticians are used to looking bly make me look great! so serious that some problems came up dur- All right, I’d do it. But only for a good ing the photo shoot. Some of the undertakers cause. looked too much like, well, undertakers. Two of them refused to crack a smile. And some of the guys just weren’t as “buff” as McKenzie Lloyd Garver has written for television shows rang- wanted them to be for the calendar. ing from “Sesame Street” to “Frasier.” He writes the But these were just minor setbacks. “Modern Times” column for CBSnews.com’s Opinion Remember what these guys do for a living. page and can be reached at smdp@lloydgarvermod- To learn the signs of autism, visit autismspeaks.org One of their jobs is to make dead people erntimes.com.

tenet who paid off the property. The tenet is always the one who pays off the owners’ rental THOSE WERE THE DAYS, MY FRIEND property. The original owner should be willing to understand and appreciate that fact. Prudence would dictate that the original owner treat these longtime tenets as quasi partners. If This past week, Q-line asked: it is a new owner planning to redevelop the property, then I have very little sympathy for the Is Santa Monica’s history, culture and heritage properly celebrated and preserved, or new owner. These high money people are not stupid. These new owners should have, and I am should bygone eras just be allowed to be gone? certain that they did, understand the new obstacles they would have to endure in the process of excising these longtime tenets from the property. It is unrealistic to believe that the surf Here are your responses: shop will be able to stay. I trust it will be relocated to bigger and better quarters nearby.” ✆ “For the most part, Santa Monica has become a city of Skid Row ugliness. Preserve what? In the face of what? Ludicrous.” ✆ “They should save all these old buildings and things. Not for the sake of history, but for the sake of the present. Every time they tear down an old building they build up something bigger, ✆ “Santa Monica Hospital is nothing like it was before UCLA took over 10 years ago. All that which means more people, more crowds, more traffic that we have enough of already. They history of the Lutheran hospital we visited in times past is gone. Although UCLA would like us to should just leave everything the way it is and get rid of a few of these modern buildings and put believe it’s still the nice small local place it was. Now it’s just another huge bureaucratic heart- up something smaller. That would be even better.” less, faceless extension of the other UCLA hospitals.” ✆ “History and heritage are totally overrated. If a building is more than 20 to 25 years ✆ “Any time a longtime tenet of a business or apartment building is unwillingly forced to old, then we don’t need it. Just tear it down and build a new one. We need new buildings vacate a property, then the tenet should be paid a realistic relocation payment from the owner. to support the new Santa Monica. The new Santa Monica is about tourism. It’s about If the developer of the (Horizons Surf Shop) property is the original owner, then it was the shopping. It’s about the future. We don’t need the history or the heritage. Good riddance.”

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I’m not going to stop etable as much will be hesitant to take a eating spinach forever, but I haven’t bought chance on it, he said. bagged spinach since the E. coli,”said Boney, Chef Jim Ritchie has seen the decline in 54, of Clovis. orders of his popular spinach pizza and had That lagging confidence has growers and to change his menu during the recall. marketers scared the country’s estimated “People panic really easily. It’s easy $374 million spinach business will not for them to get scared off of something recover following the recent bacterial out- and harder for them to come back to it,” break that killed three people and sickened said Ritchie, who also owns Senses, a nearly 200 others. Fresno restaurant that features mostly Farmers in California, where three-quar- organic fare. ters of all domestically grown spinach is pro- He used organic spinach from 2006 duced, could face up to $74 million in losses, Earthbound Farm, a label produced by according to researchers with Western Natural Selection, until the recall, he said. Growers, a group that represents produce Sales of salads packaged by Natural farmers in California and Arizona. Selection for such brands as Dole have The Salinas Valley, nicknamed “America’s dropped 70 percent since the recall and Salad Bowl,” will probably suffer the most, organic sales are down 10 percent, said said Dennis Donohue, head of the local Samantha Cabaluna, a spokeswoman for chamber of commerce. He estimates the Natural Selection. region’s $180 million spinach industry will “Of course, we lost a lot. We were in the take a hit of about $60 million. eye of the hurricane,” she said. "We’re worried. We expect the economic The company has since adopted a prod- consequences to be much more significant uct-testing method in which samples are than just spinach,” he said. taken from every load of greens and exam- Consumers may shun other packaged ined for E. coli and salmonella over an 18- greens, he said, an industry that has grown hour period before they are shipped, in recent years as convenience-minded Cabaluna said. Americans looked for healthy food options. Several other products in the No. 1 agri- Since the outbreak, Boney has bought cultural state faced recalls recently, some of Introducing Velocity: spinach from farmers’ markets, but she’s them voluntary. Producers of raw milk, car- leery of greens that are packaged or have rot juice and lettuce destroyed some of their Lighter, faster, smarter luggage traveled too far, she said, looking over bins of products after some customers claimed they organic leafy greens at a Whole Foods in suffered from E. coli and botulism. Fresno this week. She skipped over the bulk While businesses at the end of the line for for seasoned travelers. spinach where a display sign showed it was spinach are seeing the effects of the spinach grown in Santa Cruz County. recall, farmers readying for next season’s Federal food safety agents recalled bagged crop are wondering how much to invest. spinach traced to a batch processed at the Growers in the Imperial Valley and Yuma, San Juan Bautista plant of Natural Selection Ariz. —where planting is gearing up for the Foods LLC, which packages spinach under winter —are cutting back on planting by as 34 brand names including Dole, the brand much as half, a sharp contrast to a recent eaten by many of the sickened people. surge in spinach production mostly fueled Test results found the same strain of the by growing demand for bagged greens. deadly E. coli bacteria in cow manure at a Past recalls have shown that shoppers cattle ranch near a Salinas Valley spinach rarely remember a brand or region, instead farm earlier this month, but it’s still unclear taking it out on the whole industry, Rice how the pathogen traveled to the plants. said. The Food and Drug Administration gave “If history has anything to do with it, spinach the all-clear on Sept. 29, but memo- items that were pulled off the shelves ries of the E. coli scare stick in the minds of because of disease will hurt in the long- shoppers, said William E. Rice, a marketing term,” he said. SOMETHING TO SAY? 20” 22” 24” SOUND OFF IN THE DAILY PRESS!

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Last year’s win- and poured bubbly champagne over their ner-take-all race produced five vehicles that unmanned Volkswagen SUV. crossed the finish line, but only Stanford Next year’s winners won’t be as rich. won the $2 million check by zipping The Pentagon’s research arm, which has through the 132-mile course in six hours twice hosted the high-tech contests since 2004, and 53 minutes. blames an obscure section in a defense spend- "Having a prize money is a great addi- ing law signed by President Bush this week. tional motivator,” Stanford computer scien- The Defense Advanced Research Projects tist Sebastian Thrun said.“I’m sad to see that Agency believes the law prevents the agency lost, but that’s not going to affect my willing- from awarding the $2.7 million prize money. ness to compete.” So instead, DARPA will hand out shiny Some all-volunteer teams like CyberRider trophies to the top three teams whose smart are inviting computer whizzes worldwide to vehicles can weave through congested city share their computer algorithms, which tell a traffic without human help. vehicle how to react. It has turned to Wiki col- “I promise that the trophies will be given laborative software to make sharing easier. because I’ll personally buy them myself,” CyberRider, which lost half of its team mem- Tony Tether, DARPA’s director, told com- bers partly because of the absent prize money, petitors earlier this year. said the communal style saves time and money. The absence of a lucrative cash prize has “I’m not saying it will be successful, but forced some teams to retool their game plan it’s the only way we can participate with lim- and others to drop out. Some fear it would ited resources,” Schoenmeyr said. be harder to attract corporate sponsors and DARPA’s authority to hold cash prize hurt media coverage of the race, which drew competitions is spelled out in a law that a throng of reporters last year and inspired a expires in September 2007, two months PBS documentary. before the competition. Earlier this year, "The icing on the cake is gone,” said Ivar Congress switched the authority from Schoenmeyr, team leader of California- DARPA to its boss, the Director of Defense based Team CyberRider, which is retrofitting Engineering and Research. President Bush a Toyota Prius hybrid. signed the law this week. DARPA has sponsored the cash prize DARPA said the change essentially strips competitions to spur development of smart its power to dole out prize money. But con- vehicles that could be used in the battlefield. gressional aides countered that the change The agency, which was created during the actually expands the authority to other — ATTENTION — Cold War and is best known for research defense agencies. Jenness Simler, a commit- that led to the Internet, is under a congres- tee aide on the House Armed Services sional mandate to help cut casualties by hav- Committee, said DARPA can still give out ing a third of the military’s ground vehicles cash prizes as long as it works with its boss. UNION OIL COMPANY unmanned by 2015. Pentagon spokesman, Lt. Col. Brian Unlike previous races where robotic vehi- Maka, said the agencies are still working out cles had to conquer the rugged desert, next the details. year’s challenge will test how well they can “We are not aware of a decision to not CHEVRON TEXACO carry out a mock military supply mission award cash prizes,”Maka said in a statement. through bottlenecked traffic. Tether told a House Armed Services sub- The contest — to be held in November committee earlier this year that cash prizes 2007 in an unnamed Western state — will test “attract publicity and inspire excitement” RETIREES vehicles’ ability to navigate themselves and gives the little guys a chance to compete. through city traffic, obey traffic laws and make Groups are increasingly holding prize U-turns — all without causing an accident. competitions to spur innovation. For exam- If you are a retiree or a current participant Last year, the 195 teams that applied had ple, the nonprofit X Prize Foundation hosted to raise their own money. This year, 89 teams a $10 million contest that led to the first pri- in Union Oil Co. or Chevron Texaco’s 401k entered, including 11 that received up to $1 vate manned spaceflight in 2004. Earlier this Plan, we would like to speak with you about million each by DARPA to participate. The month, the foundation dangled another $10 decision to fund some teams was independ- million to the first company that can process your benefits. ent of the prize loss. the genomes of 100 people in 10 days. NASA At least one team that failed to receive is funding the Centennial Challenges to solve seed money dropped out. San Diego-based a range of space problems. AutoCommute, which raced last year under Some analysts said the absence of cash Please Call another name, has been perfecting cameras prizes likely won’t hurt DARPA, which has that can accurately sense lane markings. The built a cult following. Many teams have company in talks with several teams to sell evolved from garage tinkerers to savvy chal- Jerome J. Schlichter the technology. lengers, pairing up with corporate sponsors “When you’re trying to scrape together to help offset costs and hiring public rela- Law offices of money just to buy a sensor and another team tions machines. can just drop money to buy the same thing, “I don’t think it’s going to be a death SCHLICHTER BOGARD & DENTON it’s hard to be competitive,” said team leader knell,”said Peter Singer, a senior fellow at the Michael Vest. Brookings Institution and author of the (800) 873-5297 Tether declined to be interviewed for this upcoming book “Wired for War” about article, but said in a statement that he was robotics and warfare. pleased with the response from competitors. Famed robotics professor William “Red” “I never felt that people came for the Whittaker of Carnegie Mellon University, 2029 Century Park East, Ste. 1400 100 South 4th Street #900 money in the first place, although I knew whose teams placed second and third last Los Angeles, Ca 90067 Saint Louis, MO 63102 they wouldn’t turn the prize money down,” year, said the whole thing is overblown. By Appt. Only Tether said. “No one is dreaming of big bank DARPA’s inaugural race in 2004 was a accounts or struck by lottery fever,” he said. bust when all the contestants failed to com- “People are out there to innovate.” State Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 7

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BEVERLY HILLS Rodeo Promenade, anyone? The daily procession of Rolls-Royces and Bentleys may soon come to an end on tony Rodeo Drive. Vehicles would be banned on part of Rodeo Drive under a proposal to create a prome- nade. The City Council will decide within a month whether to take the “drive” out of a block- long section of Rodeo and create a pedestrian-only zone between Wilshire Boulevard and Dayton Way. Vice Mayor Jimmy Delshad said he wants to examine foot-traffic zones in cities “with high-class areas” such as Paris and Cannes before proceeding. Rodeo Drive promoter Fred Hayman said Rodeo would lose some of its luster if fancy cars disappeared. “Exotic cars are part of the attraction of California,” Hayman said. “It’d be a nightmare,” said Gillian Cohen, a Rodeo regular who was shopping at Ralph Lauren on Thursday.“I think it will have benches and bring homeless people around. They’ll sit, and people will start playing music.” LOS ANGELES Israelis share with LAX security Israeli security experts gave Los Angeles International Airport officials advice on fortify- ing the air field against terrorist attacks. Security officials from the authority that operates Ben-Gurion International Airport examined terminals, the air field and the perimeter during a 3 1/2-day tour of LAX. A pre- liminary assessment of vulnerabilities was given local airport officials Thursday. “They had a half-dozen suggestions; some of them are very low tech, some of them are very high tech,” Airport Commission president Alan Rothenberg said. Details weren’t disclosed for security reasons. Rothenberg said some suggestions would be easy for the city’s airport agency to imple- ment, but others would require Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Homeland Security assistance. Councilman Jack Weiss invited the delegation to Los Angeles after attending a homeland security summit in Israel earlier this year. TORRANCE Feds sniff out marijuana dispensary Federal drug agents raided a medical marijuana dispensary. Investigators suspect Green Cross director Rafael Chavez and his brother, Edward Chavez, are common drug dealers, committing crimes including possession and distribution of mar- ijuana, a Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit said. DEA agents and local police officers descended on the Hawthorne Boulevard pot dispen- sary Thursday afternoon. “Though (Green Cross) purports to sell marijuana to individuals solely for medicinal rea- sons, there is probable cause to believe that the location sells marijuana to individuals who do not have any medical condition,”DEA Special Agent Joseph Bryson wrote in his affidavit. There were no arrests. Rafael Chavez said his co-op, which opened in April, was established to offer safe access to marijuana for medical purposes. “It’s legal in California, and I’m being harassed by federal agents,” he said. California voters passed the Compassionate Use Act, Proposition 215, a decade ago. It allowed doctors to recommend marijuana for specific medical ailments, including cancer, anorexia, chronic pain and AIDS. But possession and use of pot is illegal under federal law. “We served a federal search warrant. Marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance and is illegal,” DEA spokeswoman Sarah Pullen said. THERMAL Illegal dump sounds Super An illegal dump on the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian reservation was declared a Superfund site by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA demanded cleanup of the site because of high levels of toxic chemicals, includ- ing chromated copper arsenate from treated wood burned on the property. The EPA sent the cleanup order Wednesday to George Auclair Jr., the tribal member who maintains the 20-acre site on the reservation, authorities said. EPA officials visited the site in June and found large piles of chemically treated wood in the form of stakes used for grape vines, lead acid batteries, tires, clothing, used oil and appli- ances, agency spokeswoman Letitia Moore said from San Francisco. Last summer, about 90 percent of the material burned in a fire, creating an even greater hazard, she said. “He has a larger problem than he had before,” Moore said. Under the EPA order, Moore said Auclair has five days to show he has resources to clean up the site, 10 days to identify a work plan, put up fences and signs and two weeks to come up with a removal plan. The Superfund designation means the EPA will clean up the site and seek costs from Auclair if he doesn’t contact the agency in five days, Moore said. Torres Martinez tribal chairman Ray Torres said he welcomed the Superfund designation and EPA action. Tribal officials have been in a dispute with individual members operating illegal dumps on the reservation for years. TELL SANTA MONICA WHAT YOU THINK! WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR EMAIL TO: [email protected] OR FAX TO (310) 576-9913 Visit us online at smdp.com State 8 WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 A newspaper with issues No more overseas duty for troops deep in debt BY THOMAS WATKINS being deployed, as there always will be, but I’ve Associated Press Writer never seen any do it through finances,”he said. Security clearances are revoked when serv- SAN DIEGO — Thousands of U.S. troops are ice members’ debt payments amount to 30 being barred from overseas duty because percent to 40 percent of their salary. The exact they are so deep in debt they are considered amount depends on the military branch. security risks, according to an Associated There are three levels of clearance — con- Press review of military records. fidential, secret and top secret. Not all troops The number of troops held back has need clearance. Marine infantrymen don’t, climbed dramatically in the past few years. but some Marine specialists, such as those in And while they appear to represent a very intelligence, do. So do many jobs in the Navy small percentage of all U.S. military person- and Air Force. nel, the increase is occurring at a time when Financial problems are the overwhelming the armed forces are stretched thin by the reason security clearances are revoked. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Other reasons include criminal activity, “We are seeing an alarming trend in questionable allegiance and ill health. degrading financial health,” said Navy Capt. A key reason the military revokes clear- Mark D. Patton, commanding officer at San ances on financial grounds is the fear that Diego’s Naval Base Point Loma. soldiers in debt might be tempted to sell The Pentagon contends financial prob- secrets or equipment to the enemy. lems can distract personnel from their duties Also, “when they are over there fighting, or make them vulnerable to bribery and we like them to have their heads in the treason. As a result, those who fall heavily game,” said Maj. Gen. Michael Lehnert, into debt can be stripped of the security commander of Marine Corps bases in the clearances they need to go overseas. western United States. “We like to have them While the number of revoked clearances ... not worrying about whether or not they has surged since the beginning of the Iraq are going to be able to make the mortgage war, military officials say there is no evi- payment or car payment.” dence that service members are deliberately Members of the brass also blame runaway running up debts to stay out of harm’s way. interest rates at payday lending businesses, Officials also say the increase has not many of which are clustered outside bases undermined the military’s fighting ability, around the country. Several states have though some say it has complicated the job cracked down on payday lending practices, of assembling some of the units needed in and on Tuesday, President Bush signed legis- Iraq or Afghanistan. lation limiting how much these businesses The problem is attributed to a lack of can charge military personnel. financial smarts among recruits; reckless Some personnel fall into debt upon spending among those exhilarated to make returning from combat. it home alive from a tour of duty; and the “It can be hard to cut that sense of elation profusion of “payday lenders” — businesses and desire to live for the moment,” Lehnert that allow military personnel to borrow said. “Some tend to get themselves overex- against their next paycheck at extremely tended financially.” high interest rates. Also, when they go to war, they get com- The debt problems persist despite bat pay, and none of their income is taxed. crackdowns on payday lenders and the That can lead them to overspend when they financial counseling the Pentagon routine- come home. ly offers to the troops. Patton said that like other services, the Navy Data supplied to the AP by the Navy, offers zero-interest emergency loans. Also, mil- Marines and Air Force show that the num- itary personnel commonly take money-man- ber of clearances revoked for financial rea- agement classes as part of basic training. sons rose every year between 2002 and 2005, “Every time we go in and do an indoc- climbing ninefold from 284 at the start of trination brief, there is instruction or the period to 2,654 last year. Partial numbers training in place to give them some of the from this year suggest the trend continues. pitfalls of debt,” said Terry Harris, a per- More than 6,300 troops in the three sonal finance educator at the Pensacola branches lost their clearances during that Naval Air Station in Florida. “We do four-year period. Roughly 900,000 people inform them about the pitfalls of security are serving in the three branches, though not clearances being lost to that.” all need clearances. The increase in finance-related revoca- The figures gathered by the AP represent tions could actually be a good sign — it just a piece of problem, because the Army — could reflect greater awareness among the which employs an additional 500,000 people troops, according to Chief Master Sgt. and accounts for the vast majority of the Rodney J. McKinley, the Air Force’s highest- 160,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan ranking noncommissioned officer. — rejected repeated requests over the past “We have a few more people coming for- month to supply its data, saying such infor- ward and saying, `Hey, I’m having some mation is confidential. financial difficulty and need help,’ versus At Point Loma, Patton said clearance rev- going down the other path where they keep ocations in key areas such as military police so quiet,” McKinley said. forces have gotten so common that he often looks for two sailors to fill a single posting. Associated Press Writers Pauline Jelinek in Still, Patton said he had never heard of any- Washington, Melissa Nelson in Pensacola, Fla., and one racking up bills to get out of combat. Estes Thompson in Raleigh, N.C., contributed to “There are folks who find ways of avoiding this report. INTERESTED IN YOUR DAILY FORECAST? CHECK OUT THE HOROSCOPES ON PAGE 2! Call us at (310) 458-7737 State Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 9 ACLU seeks better conditions at LA prisons BY ANDREW GLAZER Pregerson ended the nearly four-hour manent jail, the ACLU alleged. Some had to spent the night at the facility — exceeding the Associated Press Writer hearing by saying he needed time to think take turns standing for hours at a time so “fairly constant”number of 500 to 900 inmates before issuing a ruling. that others could have room to sit or sleep per night, according to an ACLU jail monitor. LOS ANGELES — A federal judge said “I don’t think it’s going to do me any on the floor. “Inmates are compelled to sleep on filth, Thursday he was troubled by reports of good, you any good, or citizens of the coun- Attorney David Lawrence, representing the urine-stenched floors,” ACLU lawyer Mark overcrowding and filth at the processing ty any good to issue an injunction that does- county, said the ACLU’s descriptions of the Rosenbaum said Thursday. center for the nation’s largest county jail sys- n’t do anything,” Pregerson said. “The prob- processing center “have been grossly distorted.” The ACLU was seeking an immediate tem, but feared conditions were so pervasive lem is that the end of the pipeline is clogged. “While these declarations appear in reduction in the number of inmates to that an order to make changes would force The Men’s Central Jail is full.” abstract to paint a picture of something dra- 20 per holding cell, and that they receive inmates into other strained facilities. Since mid-September, hundreds of conian, you have to read between the lines,” adequate food, water, sanitation and U.S. District Court Judge Dean D. men were detained for up to four days at Lawrence said. medical care. Pregerson, who has been presiding over a law- the jail’s Inmate Reception Center “in Sheriff’s Capt. Timothy Cornell, who is in The preliminary injunction also seeks to suit challenging jail conditions, called almost unspeakable conditions,” the charge of the Inmate Reception Center, said prohibit the county from holding any Thursday’s hearing. The American Civil ACLU alleged in documents filed in fed- there was little he could do to improve the inmates at the center for more than 24 Liberties Union sought an injunction request- eral court Wednesday. crowded conditions because the jail doesn’t hours. It would require the county to fund ing Sheriff Lee Baca and county supervisors to Up to 60 men were kept in cells meant for have enough space for new inmates. a study looking into policies that will help make immediate improvements. 20 people as they awaited transfer to a per- Since Sept. 13 more than 1,000 inmates reduce the jail population. Erin Brockovich sues California hospitals over Medicare bills BY ROBERT JABLON fishing expedition,” California Hospital Gas & Electric tanks leaked cancer-causing The suits were filed under federal law that Associated Press Writer Association spokeswoman Jan Emerson said chemicals into their groundwater. allows private citizens to sue on the govern- Thursday. “They’re doing it all over the Her fame may help in the new cases, ment’s behalf and collect a portion of any LOS ANGELES — Erin Brockovich, the legal country.” University of San Diego law school professor money awarded. crusader whose fame was spread by the Julia A message left for Brockovich’s assistant Shaun Martin said. They are being pursued by Los Angeles- Roberts film about her life, is suing some 30 on Thursday was not immediately returned. “You latch onto Erin Brockovich if noth- based Girardi & Keese along with Wilkes & California hospitals and nursing homes for A spokesman for one of the law firms han- ing else than because you want to have a McHugh, a Tampa, Fla.-based law firm that allegedly overbilling Medicare. dling the suits said it is typical for specific higher profile,” he told the Fresno Bee. “The specializes in cases involving neglect or abuse The lawsuits say the facilities improperly instances of wrongdoing to be spelled out later judge is less likely then to dismiss a lawsuit, of the elderly at nursing homes or hospitals. billed Medicare millions of dollars to pay for when lawyers for both sides exchange documents and you want a jury to be star-struck.” A call to attorney Thomas Girardi seeking follow-up treatment of patients who were during a period of time known as “discovery.” The lawsuits include one filed in Fresno comment Thursday was not immediately the victims of neglect or medical mistakes, Brockovich, 46, gained fame with the County Superior Court against Community returned. Ken Connor, a Leesburg, Va., although they list no specific examples of 2000 movie “Erin Brockovich,” which told Medical Centers, which runs Fresno’s attorney serving as a spokesman for Wilkes abuse. how, as a legal assistant to attorney Ed University Medical Center. & McHugh, said the firm filed hundreds of “They’re just going in and filing lawsuits Masry, she helped win a $333-million settle- A call to Community Medical Centers similar lawsuits against hospitals in other with no evidence that anybody’s been ment on behalf of residents of the Mojave seeking comment was not immediately states on behalf of plaintiffs other than harmed, no patients they can point to. It’s a Desert town of Hinckley who said Pacific returned Thursday. Brockovich. State 10 WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 A newspaper with issues $ GOURMET EXPRESS Home-buying downturn 5LUNCH drives up Western rents 1. Linguini Primavera 6. Penne Alfredo con Broccoli BY MICHAEL LIEDTKE 0.1 percent to $703. 2. 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They Reno, Nev.: $845, 4.8 percent were: San Bernardino and Riverside coun- Phoenix: $794, 7.2 percent ties, up 6 percent to $1,129; Seattle, up 6.3 Portland: $789, 5.6 percent percent to $957; Las Vegas, up 5.7 percent to Fresno, Calif.: $763, 3.4 percent $859; Phoenix, up 7.2 percent to $794; and Colorado Springs, Colo.: $708, -0.3 per- Portland, up 5.6 percent to $789. cent Besides the recent weakness in home Salt Lake City: $704, 4.6 percent sales, an improving job market and steadily Boise, Idaho: $703, -0.1 percent growing U.S. population that just surpassed Albuquerque, N.M.: $680, 2.6 percent 300 million also has fueled rental demand. Tucson, Ariz.: $647, 4.7 percent Rents declined in just two of the 20 Western markets surveyed by RealFacts. Source: RealFacts Inc. They were: Colorado Springs, Colo., down 0.3 percent to $708; and Boise, Idaho, down State Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 11

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GRANVILLE, Vt. — The biggest investment Before the cheesemakers developed the congressional candidate whose campaign He said the party’s executive committee Daniel Hewitt made on his sheep farm was a trail, Vermont already was on the map in the mailed thousands of intimidating letters to voted unanimously to urge Nguyen to drop cheese plant that features a tasting room cheese world. Hispanic immigrant voters. out of the race against Democratic Rep. with a view — visitors can watch the art of The state has the highest number of About 10 uniformed California Loretta Sanchez. cheesemaking while sampling his European- cheesemakers per capita, said Catherine Department of Justice agents arrived with a The letter, written in Spanish, was mailed style tommes and blue cheeses. Donnelly, co-director of the Vermont search warrant and could be seen opening cab- to an estimated 14,000 Democratic voters in Hewitt’s Three Owls Farm is located in the Institute of Artisan Cheese in Burlington. inets, scouring desks and packing up a comput- central Orange County. It warns, “You are heart of the Vermont cheese trail, where arti- They produce more than 100 kinds of er inside the storefront campaign office of Tan advised that if your residence in this country san cheesemakers welcome visitors to their soft and aged hard cheeses using milk from D. Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant trying to is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in dairy farms in hopes of educating customers cows, goats, sheep and water buffalos. unseat a popular Democratic incumbent. a federal election is a crime that could result about their craft and drumming up business. Most are made from raw milk rather than Nguyen has acknowledged that his cam- in jail time.” “It’s important having people know pasteurized milk, which cheesemakers say is paign sent the letter, which wrongly said immi- In fact, immigrants who are adult natu- where their food and local cheeses are more flavorful. And from farm to farm, the grants could be jailed if they voted. He blamed ralized citizens are eligible to vote. coming from,” Hewitt said. “The more flavors and textures vary like wine. a campaign worker he said he has fired. Investigators met with Nguyen for two educated people become about their “Taste can be altered by the temperature Nguyen has resisted calls from leaders in his hours Thursday, said his attorney David sources of food, the more likely we’ll get of the room in which you’re working, the own party to quit the race, saying he did not Wiechert.“He would do the public a disserv- good food, I believe.” size of the holes in the mold in which you approve the letter and did not know about it. ice if he dropped out,” Wiechert said. Visitors drop in from Boston, Quebec drain the cheeses, just the bacteria that are in State and federal officials have been Near Garden Grove in Santa Ana, and New York. Some have downloaded the the milk from your farm,” Hewitt said. investigating the mailing for possible viola- Hispanic and Vietnamese leaders condemned cheese trail map from the Internet; others That flavor earned Cabot Clothbound tions of election or civil rights law. the letter and said it should not become a wander in. When they time it right, they get Cheddar — produced by Cabot Creamery “We’re aggressively pursuing our investi- wedge that drives their communities apart. to see cheesemaking. Other days, they can and Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro — best gation to determine exactly who is responsi- They urged the secretary of state to send a let- see the animals and sample the cheeses. in show at the American Cheese Society’s ble for the letter,” Nathan Barankin, ter to homes that received the mailing to clear At Three Owls Farm, visitors can pay $250 annual competition in July. spokesman for the state attorney general’s up any questions about voter rights. to be a cheesemaker for a day — a hands-on Zabar’s, the famed New York food empo- office, said Friday. “This letter reminds us of what we were experience that includes milking the sheep. rium, sells maple smoked gouda from Taylor Nguyen was not in the Garden Grove running away from in Vietnam, where “There’s nothing like tasting the prod- Farm, cheddars from Cabot and Grafton office when agents arrived, but a volunteer people can’t vote the way they want,” said ucts, to sell people on them,” said Jonathan Village Cheese Company, and a variety of said he planned to return for a mid-after- Xuyen Dong, who heads the Orange Wright, of Taylor Farm in Londonderry. cheeses from Blythedale Farm in Corinth noon news conference. County chapter of the Vietnamese “This is one place where people can really and the Vermont Butter & Cheese Company County Republican Chairman Scott Professional Society. come and see the process of cheese making, in Websterville.

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BY GENE JOHNSON ON THE NET Associated Press Writer http://www.metronatural.com/ SEATTLE — When Washington state announced its new tourism slogan — attractions, suggested the photos could prob- “SayWA” — last spring, Pike Place Market ably stand on their own: Seattle is beautiful vendor Kenny Telesco was willing to give it a and vibrant enough that it doesn’t need a slo- chance. gan, several said, let alone one that plays on He practiced saying it with “jazz hands” that buzzword of yesteryear “metrosexual.” and asked tourists to “SayWA” as they posed That’s the approach that Vancouver, for photos. But he’s not sure he can stomach British Columbia, took when it updated its Seattle’s new tourism slogan, unveiled Friday tourism marketing. Instead of having a tag in 18-foot-tall letters atop the Space Needle: line, advertisements simply say “Tourism “metronatural.” Vancouver,”with a large “V” styled to resem- “How do you use that in a sentence?” ble an Olympic medal hanging from an ath- Telesco asked. “’Welcome to lete’s neck. Metronatural.’ ... It’s an airport where you It was Vancouver’s decision to update its can buy organic bananas.” slogan that prompted Seattle to follow suit. Others suggested “metronatural” evoked Seattle’s seldom-seen old slogan, devel- an urban nudist camp, and started speculat- oped in 1999, was a picture of an eye, an “at” ing about whether it would last longer than symbol and the letter L: “See-At-L.”And yet, the widely panned “SayWA,” which the state tourists came. dropped recently because it failed to catch on. In fact, a look at the city’s tourism indus- “Metronatural” is the result of a 16- try would seem to suggest that it’s been month, $200,000 effort by Seattle’s doing fine without “metronatural.” A record Convention and Visitors Bureau, which 9.1 million people visited Seattle last year, included 60 people from the bureau, the according to the Convention and Visitors mayor’s office and businesses. The bureau Bureau. The cruise port is bustling, and the plans to spend $300,000 marketing the slo- convention center drew nearly 400,000 peo- gan, er, “destination brand position,” which ple last year. was developed by a local marketing firm “Metro” and “natural” are “not two words called Exclaim. The advertising will largely that impress me as words that are going to be targeted at generating business for the stick out in someone’s mind, like you want a Washington Convention and Trade Center. slogan to stick out in someone’s mind,” said “Seattle offers the best of both worlds,” John Silas, a 30-year market veteran who Don Welsh, the bureau’s president, said in a makes and sells hardwood cribbage boards. news release. “We have a vibrant urban cen- “The idea feels sterile and commercial and ter surrounded by pristine wilderness and it’s lacking the heart of Seattle.” outdoor recreation.” “The only thing ‘metro’ about John is The idea of “metronatural” was to cap- how he gets to work in the morning,”offered ture that, Welsh said, adding that so far, feed- a nearby vendor, referring to the King back has been overwhelmingly positive. He County Metro bus system. COMPOST said some people might not get it if they’re Former Seattle Monorail advocate Dick simply told what the slogan is, but once they Falkenberry, a tour guide, said Friday he had and make a difference in your own backyard! see it on photographs of the city, Puget heard all about the new slogan. Sound or the Cascades, it really resonates. “It’s ‘SayWA.’ No, wait, it’s worse than A sampling of vendors and tourists at Pike ‘SayWA,"’ he said. “It’s ‘urban-metro."’ City of Santa Monica Solid Waste Place Market, one of the city’s premier Close enough. Management Division and Los Angeles County Department of Public Works N.M. airport transformed with Offer Free Composting Workshop. rocket displays for X-Prize Cup By the Associated Press transport truck Wednesday and displayed • Improve the health and water retention of around town on its way to the airport. your soils. LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The city’s internation- Business owners said all the space-related al airport has been transformed, with rock- activity is paying dividends. • Recycle yard waste and kitchen scraps and ets and spaceships going on display as the X “I’m here because I like airplanes and Prize Cup brings space-related businesses spacecraft,” said Tom Hutchinson, owner of reduce the impact of waste hauling. and would-be space tourists for a two-day the famed La Posta Restaurant in Mesilla. • Purchase composting and worm bins at festival that opens Friday. He also said a week’s worth of space “It’s very hectic in a good way, and there’s events is indicative of the kind of economic reduced rates. a lot going on,” said Josh Neubert, X Prize impact the proposed spaceport could have community and events coordinator. on southern New Mexico. Organizers were conducting dry runs of “I think everybody in the service sector exhibits and making sure everything is ready sees a little bit of a bump in their service to broadcast the event on the Internet. The activity,” Hutchinson said. Saturday, October 28, 2006 annual exposition of the growing commer- As a warmup to the X Prize Cup, the cial space industry runs Friday and Saturday. International Symposium for Personal This year’s event will include high-pow- Spaceflight wrapped up its two-day run. 9:00-11:00 a.m. ered rocket launches, the unveiling of the Spaceport America officials offered an Rocket Racing League’s developmental racer, update on the status of the $225 million The Patio at Virginia Avenue Park static engine test firings, flyovers by the T-38 project that will be built in Sierra County, 2200 Virginia Avenue, Santa Monica astronaut trainer and “a variety of other rock- about 45 miles north of Las Cruces. et surprises in the air and on the ground.” New Mexico Spaceport Authority RSVP: 310.458.8546 Starchaser Industries, a British rocket Executive Director Lonnie Sumpter said the manufacturer that has opened an office out- project is about a year away from obtaining or e-mail: [email protected] side Las Cruces, had its three-person a license from the Federal Aviation Thunderstar space capsule loaded onto a Administration. 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WHEN BIRDS ATTACK

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BY MELODY HANATANI have been nesting at the facility on 19th Daily Press Staff Writer Street and Olympic Boulevard. “It’s been off and on for a couple of MID-CITY — Birds seem to love to do their years,” said Director of Transportation Neal business here. Abramson. “It’s gotten bad this year.” For the past few years, the Santa Monica- Abramson said the problem has died Malibu Unified School District’s Transpor- down over the past few months and said the tation Facility has been under aerial assault birds tend to attack during spring and sum- — bird droppings that is. mer when they are nesting eggs. The facili- On Thursday, the school board waged a ty has managed to steer clear this past week. war of its own on birds, awarding a $56,642 Due to the high volume of bird drop- bid to Karcher Environmental Inc. for “the pings, Abramson said the staff finds itself remediation of Avian Fecal Matter.” constantly cleaning during the peak season. Apparently, the district has tired of serv- Karcher is expected to install netting to pre- ing as a target. vent the bird droppings. The timeline for the “The transportation office has become installation has yet to be determined, but will be overrun with pigeons and seagulls, and it’s a performed after work hours and on weekends. safety hazard because the droppings are Other measures have been taken in the where people have to be,” said past to scare away the birds, including the Superintendent Dianne Talarico on Friday. installation of spikes on top of the building. The problem concerns an open-aired “Those don’t always work,” Abramson repair shop where birds, specifically pigeons, said. “Those pigeons are pretty smart.” Local 16 WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 A newspaper with issues MARKET CRASH TIMELINE Weller found guilty SENTENCING: Sources believe prosecution won’t seek jail time for Weller

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decide the length of the punishment after hearing from family members of the victims, supporters of Weller and the District Attorney’s Office. GEORGE RUSSEL WELLER A date for the hearing will be established on Oct. 27. July 16, 2003: Weller — who was 86 at the time George Russell Weller, 86, drives of the July 16, 2003 crash — was not through the Farmers’ Market on present in the courtroom on Friday Arizona Avenue with his Buick when the verdict was read, and had LeSabre, killing 10 people and been absent for the duration of the injuring 63. trial because of failing health. He will remain free on his own recognizance December, 2003: until sentencing, when he must The 914-page accident report is return to the courtroom. released to the public. Various sources, including mem- bers of Weller’s defense team, said Jan. 5, 2004: the prosecution is not seeking prison Weller is charged with 10 counts time for the retired food broker. vehicular manslaughter with gross District Attorney Ann Ambrose negligence. would neither confirm nor deny that any discussion of a sentence had Jan. 6, 2004: taken place. Weller pleads not guilty to all “The decision will be in the hands charges. of Judge Johnson,” said Ambrose, who prosecuted the case. “We are Jan. 13, 2004: obviously pleased about the out- Weller turns himself in to police. come of this case. We have felt very strongly over the last three years that Jan. 14, 2004: this was a case that needed to be A civil lawsuit is filed against City aired in a public forum and that Hall and Bayside District Corp., members of the community needed claiming that the deadly crash to hear the case, evaluate the evi- could have been prevented with dence and make a decision.” the installation of metal barriers. The verdict surprised Weller’s defense attorneys, who maintained Oct. 25, 2004: throughout the trial — which lasted Preliminary hearings in the crimi- more than a month — that Weller’s nal trial begin. actions were the result of “pedal error.” They argued that Weller was Nov. 3, 2004: subject to the rare phenomenon, Weller is ordered to stand trial. mistakenly pressing the brake instead of the gas pedal following a March 29, 2006: fender-bender with another vehicle. Judge Valerie Baker orders six of Defense attorney Mark Overland the 36 civil cases to go to trial — visibly disappointed and frustrat- because of the advanced age ed with the outcome of the case — and/or deteriorating health of the said emotions may have played a role plaintiffs. in the jury’s decision. Jurors who addressed the media after the verdict May 22, 2006: was read, however, maintained they The civil trial against Weller is were instructed not to empathize postponed until 90 days after the with either side. conclusion of the criminal trial. “I think it’s a very emotional case in the sense that you have 10 inno- Sept. 1, 2006: cent people that were out for an Jury selection begins in the crimi- afternoon at a farmers’ market — nal trial of Weller. people can identify with that and all of a sudden they’re dead,” Overland Sept. 12, 2006: said. “One of the victims was a 3- Criminal trial begins. month-old child, another was 3 years File photos SCENES FROM A TRAGEDY: On July 16, 2003, George Russell Weller drove his Buick LeSabre (at top) through a crowd- Oct. 5, 2006: See WELLER VERDICT, page 19 ed Farmer’s Market, leaving behind evidence of widespread carnage and fatalities in downtown Santa Monica. Closing arguments are heard. The criminal trial is sent to the jury. Oct. 20, 2006: A healing Santa Monica reacts to Weller verdict After nine days of deliberation, a jury convicts Weller, now 89, of BY MELODY HANATANI 16, 2003 crash, a crowd of frantic On Friday, just hours after a jury the time of the crash, is now 89 and 10 counts vehicular manslaughter Daily Press Staff Writer people burst into Western Spirit, a found Weller guilty on all 10 counts in ailing health. with gross negligence. He faces store specializing in western wear of vehicular manslaughter, possibly Reaction to the verdict in Santa up to 18 years in prison. CITYWIDE — The day when George that Garcia manages on Third Street. sending him to prison for up to 18 Monica ranged from disbelief to sat- Russell Weller plowed his car People were screaming for Garcia to years, Garcia said he was pleased isfaction. Some could not believe Oct. 27, 2006: through the Farmers’ Market on call 9-1-1. A vehicle had just driven with the verdict. He hoped it would that a jury would find an elderly man Hearing to decide sentencing date Arizona Avenue more than three into the nearby Farmer’s Market, send a clear message that regardless in the final stages of his life guilty of for Weller. years ago is still crystal clear in Vince located just a few yards from the of age, those who commit a crime a crime that many thought was a Garcia’s mind. store, killing 10 people and injuring will be punished. Immediately after the deadly July more than 60 others. Weller, who was 86 years old at See REACTION, page 20 ADVERTISEMENT WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 17 18 WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 ADVERTISEMENT

“In Santa Monica on Santa Monica” TheHyundaiChallenge.com LAcarGUY.com 1100 Santa Monica Blvd (866)309-6705 Local Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, OCTOBER 21-22, 2006 19 Weller defense vows to appeal jury verdict WELLER VERDICT, from page 16 taped interview with Weller was a key piece of evidence, as it showed a man that seemed old. They showed very graphic photographs angry, annoyed and callous — not caring of these individuals.” that he had just killed 10 people and wound- Overland vowed to appeal the case and ed 68 others. They claim the video support- said he was confident his client would be ed statements by two witnesses who said exonerated, insisting there was “no evidence Weller was overheard just minutes after the of gross negligence as the law defines it.” crash saying, “If they saw me coming, they “This verdict will not hold up on appeal,” should have gotten out of my way.” Overland said. “Actually, it came out like he had anger, but at one time also it indicated that he was THE FLIP SIDE trying very hard to stop the vehicle,” Ambrose argued that Weller tried to flee Hernandez said. “I have no idea what hap- the scene of an accident just prior to enter- pened on that day, but anger could have ing the market on Arizona Avenue, and had been a factor.” several chances to stop his 1992 Buick Jurors saw statements from at least 100 LaSabre by steering it towards parked trucks supporters of Weller who said he was an instead of “soft targets,” like pedestrians. exemplary man who donated his free time to “Clearly, anyone who makes the deci- mentoring young adults. Some jurors sion to get behind the wheel of a car has to believed Weller was a “good citizen,” howev- take responsibility for their actions once er, his conduct before the crash did not they are behind the wheel of a car, and absolve him. that includes Mr. Weller,” Ambrose said. “He’s a human being and Mr. Weller is a “It has been our position from the begin- very good citizen, you know, at his age, but it ning that no matter if you are 16 or 86, doesn’t really affect him at all,” said juror you make the decision to get behind the Simon Magtivay, of Santa Monica. “This wheel of a car, you have a duty of care. If really is about the prosecution’s side that 10 you violate that duty of care, you will be people were dead and 68 people were held responsible for your actions.” injured. You have to balance those.” It took the jury — comprised of four women and eight men — nearly three weeks MEDIA FRENZY to return with a verdict. Jurors received the Interest in the Farmers’ Market trial was case Friday, Oct. 6. intense, with several local news outlets fol- Along with testimony from more than lowing it throughout. For some jurors, the 50 witnesses, jurors had scores of exhibits outside attention proved a challenge, under to evaluate, including complex reports on orders not to watch or read news reports the accident by law enforcement and a about the case or discuss it with family and telling videotape of Weller being inter- friends. Indeed, one juror had to be excused viewed by the Santa Monica Police by Judge Johnson after the Santa Monica Department hours after the crash. resident raised concerns about his ability to Jurors also had to review gruesome pho- remain impartial after overhearing people TELL SANTA MONICA WHAT YOU THINK! tographs of the broken and bloodied bodies talking about the case while he and his wife of the victims, as well as testimony from sipped coffee on Main Street. expert witnesses called by the defense to Judge Johnson thanked the jurors for WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR support their claim of pedal error. their service. Some jurors struggled with the defini- “You all were very attentive and listened EMAIL TO: [email protected] OR FAX TO (310) 576-9913 tion of gross negligence, with at least four carefully to the evidence,” the judge said. leaning towards the lesser charge of “You are the tops. In all the trials I’ve had, Visit us online at smdp.com vehicular manslaughter with negligence, you were the most punctual jury.” a misdemeanor. While some questioned the defense REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION (RFQ) SUNDAY, MAIN STREET FARMERS’ MARKET Negligence can be generally defined as team’s decision to not have Weller testify, nor the failure to exercise the degree of care that even attend the trial, Overland said he had MUSICAL PERFORMANCES would be exercised by a reasonably prudent no regrets about the case he and his col- Applications are due no later than: person under like circumstances. The term leagues presented. 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, October 31, 2006. “gross negligence” is the failure to use even “I think we did the right thing. There were For more information contact: the slightest amount of care in a way that reasons for it and we stand by those reasons,” Jodi Low, Farmers’ Market Manager shows recklessness or willful disregard for Overland said. “We wouldn’t change any- t: (310) 458-8712 X5 the safety of others, as if the person respon- thing with the trial ... The thought of a plea f: (310) 393-1279 sible was intent on causing harm. bargain never came to mind.” 1.0 Introduction and Project Description “There were 10 bodies, so it wasn’t Since the accident, Weller’s health has The City of Santa Monica is requesting applications from interested and qualified bands or really so much about whether he was deteriorated to the point that Overland individuals for a musical performance opportunity at the Sunday Santa Monica Farmers’ Market guilty or not,” said juror George seemed unsure the 89-year-old would even located at 2640 Main Street., Grenados. “It was just a matter of under- comprehend the verdict. Once a gregarious, Performance Term standing the difference between ordinary community-oriented person who used his Each band or individual selected will be granted a minimum of one performance date during negligence and gross negligence.” free time to tutor students during retire- 2007. Grenados, 48, and four other jurors inter- ment, Weller has since become a recluse who Performance Rate viewed following the verdict said Weller’s rarely leaves his home. All bands are paid a performance fee of $250.00 and solo performances are paid a advanced age did not factor into their deci- “His life has never been the same since performance fee of $125.00. sion to convict him on all 10 counts. (the accident),” Overland said. “We had over Merchandise Sales / Tips “We all put ourselves in the situation, and 100 people who spoke on his behalf, telling Bands are allowed to use a tip container to collect tips during performances. probably the older you are, it will take a little how wonderful and how much of an influ- Respondents must submit one (1) original and four (4) complete copies of the application by mail or more time to react, naturally,” said juror ence this man was to them in their lives ... It’s by hand to: Yolanda Hernandez, 54, of Montebello. “But unfortunate and tragic that this is how he is Attn: Farmers’ Market RFQ I felt he had time to react and make better going to be remembered — for 20 seconds of City of Santa Monica, Farmers’ Market Division choices than the ones he did.” his life rather than all the good he has done 200 Santa Monica Pier, Ste F Santa Monica, CA 90401 Several jurors said Friday that the video- in close to his 90 years.” Faxed applications will not be accepted.

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She called her neighbor “one of the finest “I don’t think he’s going to live long, so why make him suf- people you’ll ever meet.” fer in jail?” asked Sameer Jooma, owner of Giorgio Vasari on Direct or Same Day Service to Anywhere in SoCal “It’s terrible for the people killed, it’s terrible for the peo- Third Street. “He’s not a risk. It wasn’t anything malicious.” ple injured, and it’s terrible for him [Weller],” Dreyfuss said. Jooma remembers the day when the accident occurred. Available anytime 24/7! Meanwhile, city officials expressed hope that the verdict He never once thought Weller had purposely driven his car Competitive Rates and Excellent Local References would close a very sad chapter in Santa Monica’s history. into the market. “I don’t know any of the people who were injured, nor “Maybe he blanked out,” Jooma said. GUARANTEED ON-TIME SERVICE do I know Mr. Weller, but I do know his close relatives and Esther Kim of Santa Clarita agrees that Weller probably did I can assure you they are as devastated as everyone is by not drive into the market intentionally. Kim, who was sitting this,” said Mayor Bob Holbrook. on the promenade with a friend, said the judge should sen- (310) 458-6000 Since the accident, the city has taken heightened meas- tence Weller to one year in prison with community service. www.smexpress.com ures to ensure a similar tragedy is not repeated. Rubber Daily Press Staff Writer Kevin Herrera contributed to the cones and saw horses served as barricades before the acci- reporting of this article. SINCE 1984 LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED Victims, families awaiting civil trial BY MAYA MEINERT “It would add weight to the defendants’... arguments that Special to the Daily Press Weller is solely responsible,”said Michael Piuze, attorney for the families of three people who were killed by Weller. SM COURTHOUSE — After being found guilty on Friday of 10 “The verdict of guilty cannot help the plaintiffs in the counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for his civil case, and there have been people associated with the role in the 2003 Farmers’ Market crash, George Russell Weller case who have thought the real purpose of the prosecu- will next face a civil trial, scheduled to begin early next year. tion was to help out the city of Santa Monica,” Piuze said. Thirty-six lawsuits were filed against Weller; City Hall; the Stan Jacobs, attorney for a woman seriously injured by Southland Farmers Market Association, operators of the farm- Weller who ultimately died before her civil trial went to ers market on Arizona Avenue; Bayside District Corp., a non- court, is one of those people. profit organization that operates downtown with money from “Weller is the fall guy, when the real culprit is the city of City Hall; and Step Up on Second, a social service agency whose Santa Monica,”said Jacobs.“The city of Santa Monica played members volunteer at the market. Russian Roulette with the people who attend that market. City Hall was released from liability in July because of a “The city should be held accountable.” law that grants design immunity to cities that have con- Attorneys for the plaintiffs appeal the decision by Santa structed an intersection or traffic management plan accord- Monica Superior Court Judge Valerie Baker to grant City ing to state standards and approved by a licensed engineer. Hall immunity, however, the California Supreme Court has Southland Farmers’ Market Association was subsequent- refused to hear the case. ly granted a motion for summary judgment. Dana Alden Fox, an attorney with the law firm Lynberg & Meanwhile, Step Up on Second is in the process of nego- Watkins, which is representing City Hall, had a different tiating a multi-million dollar settlement with victims and reaction to the verdict. 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Officials in the athletic department at the “I can’t think of anything I can react to The idea has been in the works for years, a debate University of Alaska Fairbanks have declared less,” Cobb said. “They can call themselves said Karr, who was appointed interim athlet- that their teams will be known as the Alaska anything they want to.” ic director in July 2005 and named to the By The Associated Press Nanooks, stripping their logos of their offi- Cobb said he would not have any com- permanent job in January. cial school name and the city where they’re ment on UAF business or its intentions. “Our coaching staff has been advocating NEW YORK — The discovery of human based — and positioning the school as the “I’m very comfortable that we’re the the change to Alaska Nanooks for many bones in a damaged manhole at the World state’s dominant campus a la the Wisconsin University of Alaska Anchorage, have been years and our new administrative team feels Trade Center site has outraged victims’ fam- Badgers and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. and are going to be,” he said. “I couldn’t pre- marketing Alaska Nanooks is important for ilies, who say the city hasn’t done enough to “The goal is to ensure that when college tend to know what they’re thinking.” a variety of reasons,” he said. ensure the remains of those killed in the sports fans reference Alaska, they immedi- Alaska-Anchorage students took more of UAF team uniforms have not been con- 2001 terrorist attack are located and treated ately think of the premier program from the an interest. sistent, he said. Some said “Alaska” and with respect. flagship campus of the University of Alaska “It’s really ridiculous. It sounds like a some, including those for the popular NCAA Some relatives called for a new, systemat- statewide system, located in the best city in gimmick,” said John Wilcox, a senior art Division I hockey team, have had “UAF” ic search by outside experts, such as the mil- Alaska — Fairbanks,” said UAF athletic major. “Changing their name to Alaska emblazoned across the chest. itary command that identifies missing sol- director Forrest Karr. Nanooks undermines the idea that UA is a “It was kind of confusing to people when diers’ remains. The scrolling sign on Fairbanks’ civic cen- unified system. It’s like they want people we had different pictures on the Web site,”he “We can no longer rely on accidental dis- ter Thursday morning trumpeted the to think they are the premier school. If said. “We wanted consistency.” coveries,” the group WTC Families for matchup between the Fairbanks school and they are Alaska, what does that make us?” Most flagship institutions proudly display Proper Burial said in a statement Thursday. the University of Alaska Anchorage as UAA assistant hockey captain Justin state names on athletic uniforms, he said. “This must be a deliberate search. May this “Alaska vs. UAA.” Bourne said he was a little bit offended. It The name change will be an impor- awful news be the catalyst needed to go back The UAF rifle team in March — before would be like Minnesota Mankato pro- tant tool in recruiting and marketing, he and do the job well.” the name change — captured the 2006 nouncing itself “Minnesota” over the bigger said. The word “Alaska” carries more The remains, some as big as arm or leg NCAA National Championship, its eighth school in Minneapolis, he said. cachet than the acronym “UAF,” which bones, were found Thursday by a Port and the program’s seventh in the past eight “We’re the bigger school,” Bourne said. coaches said generated little reaction Authority contractor working with a years. But the Nanooks have hardly been “Whatever, we’ll deal with it on the ice.” outside the state. Consolidated Edison crew excavating a dominant over its archrival in other sports. Cobb did not see potential for confusion Karr is a graduate of the University of manhole, said Steve Coleman, a The UAA Seawolves hold a 72-48-9 life- at games. Wisconsin-Madison. That city name also is spokesman for the Port Authority of New time lead in hockey. It leads the men’s bas- “I don’t think our fans are going to see dropped outside formal communications, he York and New Jersey, which owns the ketball rivalry, 58-27, and women’s basket- any confusion,” he said. said. Like UAF, the Madison campus was the trade center site. ball, 45-29. Kate Ripley, spokeswoman for the first public institution within the statewide The crew had already hauled excavated It also has more students. Alaska- University of Alaska system, which oversees institution. materials to a work center, and more Anchorage had nearly 15,000 full- and part- both schools and is based in Fairbanks, said “They’re considered the flagship for ath- remains were later found there, said Con Ed time students in 2005, compared to 5,700 at the change was made without consulting letics,” he said. spokesman Mike Clendenin. SUSAN FOSTER JEWELRY

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Being able to rest my arm a Louis Cardinals. little bit and kind of recuperate before this Reyes, 5-8 with a 5.06 ERA in 17 regular- next series definitely helps.” season starts, will have the fewest wins of any He didn’t get a decision in the first round, Game 1 starter in World Series history. allowing three runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 They will be the first rookies to start in the innings at Yankee Stadium as the Tigers ral- World Series since John Lackey won Game 7 lied in Game 2 — starting their seven-game of the 2002 World Series for the Anaheim winning streak. He won 8-5 at Oakland in Angels against San Francisco. Livan Game 2 of the AL championship series Hernandez was the last rookie to start Game despite giving up four runs and seven hits in 1, selected in 1997 by Florida Marlins man- 5 1-3 innings. ager Jim Leyland — now guiding the Tigers. Reyes pitched just once in the playoffs, When these teams last met in the World starting Game 4 of the NL championship Series, the Cardinals’ Bob Gibson pitched a series against the New York Mets — his first Bitch! five-hit shutout to beat the Tigers and 31- appearance since Oct. 1. He allowed runners game winner Denny McLain 4-0 in the 1968 in all four of his innings, walked four and opener at the old Busch Stadium. threw 86 pitches. But he gave up his only The Cardinals’ Dizzy Dean won the opener runs on the solo homers by Carlos Beltran Whine! of the only other Series matchup between the and David Wright. clubs, pitching an eight-hitter to beat Alvin He found out Friday that he’ll be starting. 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The pair reportedly met 10 include “CSI: New York” and Associated Press Gone With the Wind 7:30 THE DANIELS TALKING Saturday Best in Show 7:30 Charlie Daniels has done Sunday two tours of Iraq. Last year, That’s one ‘beautiful’ bride Titanic he was in Afghanistan, 6:30 Gina Lollobrigida, once dubbed band to be, Javier Rigau y Rafols The two will get married in New I didn’t think I was going to set off Kyrgyzstan and Kuwait. He’s “the most beautiful woman in the of Barcelona, Spain, at a party in York before the end of the year, such a bomb,” Lollobrigida said done Bosnia, Kosovo, Korea. AMC LOEWS BROADWAY 4 world” after the title of one of her Monte Carlo and the two have Lollobrigida said from her house bashfully. Make no mistake, Daniels 1441 3rd Street movies, is getting married to a been dating for 22 years. in Rome. Highlights of her career include always goes armed and ready (310) 458-6232 man 34 years her junior. 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