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WEEKEND EDITION
04.09.16 - 04.10.16 Volume 15 Issue 124
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Local judo coach tours Rio ahead of Olympics Saudi woman training under Jim Nieto has chance to compete at 2016 Games BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
Jim Nieto is a committed judo teacher, a longtime instructor at the local YMCA and an advocate for gender equality in sports. Recently, though, he’s been exploring a new possible title: Olympic coach. Nieto recently returned to Santa Monica from Rio de Janeiro, where he toured the new athletic facilities
and experienced the city’s gridlock firsthand. “Traffic was unbelievably slow because of the construction,” Nieto said of his visit to the 2016 Olympic Games host city. “They have the craziest drivers. Nobody uses a turn signal, including the buses. Imagine having a bus cut you off. You’re thinking, ‘Why isn’t anybody honking?’ But they don’t SEE JUDO PAGE 9
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Broad Stage announces changes in leadership Jane Deknatel named interim executive director BY JENNIFER MAAS Daily Press Staff Writer
While unveiling its programming slate for the 2016-2017 season, The Broad Stage this week announced that Jane Deknatel, who has been with The Broad Stage for six years, most recently as director of development, has been appointed interim executive director and that former executive director, Wiley Hausam, has now
become senior artistic advisor. Hausam, who spent less than a year as executive director, is now moving back to New York for personal reasons, according to a press release provided by The Broad. But with his new title, The Broad made it clear he will still be involved in some capacity. “[Hausam] has curated our 2016-2017 season thus far and his new title is quite descriptive of how we will be working with us – he
will advise of at a senior level on attractions for the future,” Richard Kendall, board chair of The Broad Stage, wrote in an email. “He is actually changing the way he works with us,” Kendall said. “Moving back to New York is a personal decision of Wiley’s. We wanted to be respectful of that decision.” When discussing the replaceSEE BROAD PAGE 7
Southern California getting rain, but not much Associated Press
Showers fell here and there around Southern California on Friday as the first of a series of low pressure systems moved overhead, but rainfall totals remained very low in a region that is largely lagging well behind normal in the fifth year of drought. A more significant system off the coast was expected to offer a better chance of widespread rain as it moves eastward into the region on Saturday, the National Weather Service said. The weekend system was expected to have some chance of thunderstorms but rainfall would be light to moderate, the NWS said. Forecasters said there was a possibility of locally heavy rain, which
BEACH UMBRELLA
Matthew Hall editor@smdp.com
May Gray has arrived a month early but showers and clouds couldn’t keep everyone away from the beach. SEE RAIN PAGE 7