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Santa Monica Daily Press April 22-23, 2006
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
CHUCK
SHEPARD
■ Among men’s colognes recently launched: the Elizabeth Arden-NASCAR “Daytona 500” fragrance and the Ecuadorean Football Federation’s set of three soccer-motif scents, ranging from a “sporting” aroma to “an intense smell ideal for after work.” ■ Butte, Mont., has long been unhappy with the presence of the Berkeley Pit, a huge, putrid, toxic lake filled by runoff from arsenic, copper, cadmium, cobalt, iron and zinc mines. Last year, however, the town began to figure out that tourists would actually pay to see the 500-acre, 900-foot-deep, foul, wretched mess. Attendance was so good that the admission price was recently increased.
Today is the 112th day of 2006. There are 253 days left in the year.
■ On April 22, 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims.
INDEX Horoscopes 2
Snow & Surf Report Water temperature: 59°
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Opinion Wake up, take a nap
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Q-Line Budget bustin’
4-5
State The buzzword is biodiversity
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National Bush’s lack of leverage
13
People in the News France loses Woody
19
Comics Laugh it up
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Classifieds Ad space odyssey
BY KEVIN HERRERA
BY KEVIN HERRERA
Daily Press Staff Writer
Daily Press Staff Writer
CITYWIDE — In efforts to get everyone on the same page when it comes to City Hall’s strategies to combat homelessness, city staff has teamed up with business leaders and the Convention and Visitors Bureau to launch a new information card people can use to help the down and out find shelter and other services. If a homeless person needs medical attention, a hot shower, medicine or is committing a crime, all people will have to do is pull out their wallet-size cards and look for the appropriate number, city officials said.
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monica’s policy of fining or arresting homeless people for lying or sleeping in public doorways and on the Promenade is nowhere near as restrictive as a Los Angeles law struck down by an appeals court last week, and therefore, can continue to be enforced, City Attorney Marsha Moutrie said. Those who wish to take a nap on a city sidewalk can do so, Moutrie said, but only at certain times of the day and only if their activity does not prohibit others from walking by. This is significantly different
See INFO CARDS, page 6
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press A homeless man sleeps near the corner of Ocean Avenue and Pico Boulevard, disregarding signs that warn ‘sitting or lying in this entrance’ between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. is prohibited.
See HOMELESS, page 6
LOCAL
Big oil called out for crude behavior
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BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
CITYWIDE — With the average price of a gallon of gasoline rising this week to just above $3 a gallon in Los Angeles County — the highest price on record — a local, consumer advocacy group is calling on lawmakers and the governor to investigate allegations of price gouging by oil companies. The Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) contends oil refineries are manipulating production, which has dramatically increased prices at the pump. The foundation insists that legislative leaders and the governor immediately consider legislation regulating refineries in the state, and return “windfall” profits to consumers via a rebate. State Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, D-Los Angeles, made a simi-
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BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON
Consumer group alleges price gouging, calls on legislators to take action
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Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Elizabeth McGhee (left) and Rachel Heidt, both 20, work their sculptures during Professor Don Hartman’s class at Santa Monica College on Thursday.
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SM PIER — Thousands of people next Sunday are expected to run around town in an environmental push to help save Santa Monica Bay — the area’s most precious natural resource and one of the most polluted bodies of water in the region. The first annual Carpe Diem Santa Monica Classic, a 10K and 5K run, will benefit Heal the Bay, a nonprofit environmental group dedicated to keeping Santa Monica Bay clean. The event will be held Sunday, April 30, in celebration of Earth Month. The race will begin at 8 a.m. See SEIZE THE BAY, page 8
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