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Santa Monica Daily Press APRIL 25-26, 2015
Volume 14 Issue 141
FOOTBALL PROJECTS VIABLE SEE PAGE 11
Volunteers needed to help foster youth
100 YEARS AGO:
Farmer sticks up film crew
Meeting Tuesday night at Unitarian Universalist Community Church
BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
AGED SANTA MONICA You think it’s hard
BY MATTHEW HALL Editor-in-Chief
18TH ST There are about 28,000 foster kids in the Los Angeles area and 80 percent of them go without the support they need. They might go without a guide through the court process, or without an advocate overseeing their education, or without an adult taking interest in their lives, even for a moment, to SEE CASA PAGE 9
Grocery changeover on Lincoln Blvd. BY MATTHEW HALL Editor-in-Chief
OCEAN PARK It’s auf Wiedersehen
Albertson's and hello Haggen on Lincoln Boulevard. Albertson's closed at 6 p.m. April 23 and Haggen officially opens April 25. The store has new branding, new products and will continue to evolve in the coming weeks. Grocery giants Safeway and Albertson's announced plans to merge last year. As part of the regulatory approval of the deal, the combined company was forced to sell some of its stores, including the Albertson's in Santa Monica. Haggen, a then-small grocery
PLAY BALL Morgan Genser editor@smdp.com
The Santa Monica High School boys varsity baseball team hosted Lawndale in an Ocean League baseball game on April 24 and won 10-2. With the win Samohi’s record improves to 4-0 in league play and 12-6 overall. Pictured are Santa Monica players Rudy Olmedo Jr. diving into first, Jaylon McGlaughlin making an out, Jaylon McGlaughlin catching the ball and Lowell Schipper swinging.
SEE HAGGEN PAGE 10
to get filming permits today? Just be glad the occupational hazards have lessened in the past century. One hundred years ago this month, an angry farmer aimed a rifle at actors and a film crew that had wandered onto his Santa Monica ranch without permission, according to Los Angeles Times archives. The Rolfe actors were hoping to drive a limousine off the 150-foot cliff abutting the ranchers property. They claimed that, after searching his land, they couldn’t find him, so they took down a wire fence to allow the limo to pass through. Just before sending the car over the bluff, H. Bowers showed up with his rifle. Mrs. Bowers, at his side, demanded $50 for permission to use the land. The crew could only come up with $35 so the director, who’d been positioned on the beach below, was summoned up for the additional $15, all while Bowers kept the men in his crosshairs. After the money changed hands, Bowers said he’d have rented the land for $10 had the men not snuck on. An L.A. Times photographer showed up on scene and found himself caught in the mix. “I think it would be rather uncomfortable for you if you took that picture,” Mrs. Bowers told the photographer, gesturing to Mr. Bowers, who was behind a tree, aiming his gun at the group. The Times did not run a photograph with the article. The crew opted not to press charges against Bowers and their SEE HISTORY PAGE 5
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