Santa Monica Daily Press, April 22, 2013

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MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013

Volume 12 Issue 139

Santa Monica Daily Press

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NBC’s Michaels arrested for alleged DUI in Santa Monica ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY NBC Sports announcer Al Michaels was arrested over the weekend in Santa Monica on suspicion of drunken driving, authorities said Sunday. Michaels was pulled over at about 9:30 p.m. Friday after officers manning a DUI checkpoint witnessed him make an illegal U-turn, Santa Monica police Sgt. Richard Lewis said. Michaels, the playby-play man for MICHAELS “Sunday Night Football,” was taken to the station, where he registered a blood alcohol level over the .08 Ashley Archibald ashley@smdp.com

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: Santa Monica High School and Santa Monica College students get hands-on training writing,

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shooting and producing content at City Hall’s Studio 16, a professional filming studio located on 19th Street.

Letting it roll

Students fight bill that would raise community college course costs

Studio 16 provides content, opportunity for community BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer

19TH STREET “Are the cameras hot?” The answer seems to be “lukewarm,” but members of the crew start that process as others prep the teleprompter and replace heavy couches with chairs for the upcoming interview spot that will be filmed there not an hour in the future. The eye, rather than their demeanor, belies the operators’ youth — each of

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the students running madly around the set, testing cameras and setting up lights is from Santa Monica High School’s Regional Occupation Program, or ROP. The team is filming the second of two special episodes of their show, “SamoHighlights,” focusing on clubs that co-producer Ruhi Bhalla say dominate the high school experience. Ashley Archibald ashley@smdp.com Whereas most schools make do with MIC-ING UP: Floor manager Raven equipment found on campus, the Kone helps fellow student Alice Kors with SEE STUDIO PAGE 10

her microphone on the set of Santa Monica High School’s ‘SamoHighlights.’

LOS ANGELES Proposed legislation that would raise fees for high-demand courses during summer and winter sessions at California community colleges is meeting opposition from students and faculty. The bill was introduced by Assemblyman Das Williams, a Santa Barbara Democrat, who said he wants to help schools that have been forced by state funding cuts to decrease course offerings and, in some cases, drop entire sessions. Williams cited a March Public Policy Institute of California report that found that enrollment in the state’s 112 community colSEE BILL PAGE 11

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