MONDAY, MAY 23, 2005
Volume 4, Issue 164
FR EE
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
Airport Park moving forward
DAILY LOTTERY SUPER LOTTO 3 8 17 18 22 Meganumber: 2 Jackpot: $16 Million
FANTASY 5 11 12 17 27 36
DAILY 3 Daytime: Evening:
271 116
SMC plans for parking garage pushed aside
DAILY DERBY 1st: 2nd: 3rd:
09 Winning Spirit 11 Money Bags 05 California Classic
RACE TIME:
1:45.80
BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
CHUCK
SHEPARD
According to an Agence France-Presse story from Wavrechain-sous-Denain, France, a 3-year-old mastiff named Pako, once again abusing a lamppost as he lifted his leg and relieved himself, was electrocuted when his stream hit the metal pole, which (following an act by vandals) had a loose lamp wire touching it.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 143rd day of 2005. There are 222 days left in the year. On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La. In 1701, Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder. In 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1937, industrialist John D. Rockefeller died in Ormond Beach, Fla. In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio began a major breakout offensive.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.”
HENRY EMERSON FOSDICK
CITY HALL — The long-awaited Airport Park has been approved for development. The decision by the City Council to award an $8 million construction contract comes after Santa Monica College offered to
BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
DOWNTOWN — Backers of a small Santa Monica production company are hopeful that they’re going to be a part of the first big movie studio of the 21st Century. The Vine Entertainment has just completed its first full-length feature, “Taking Charge,” and with it, the company’s creators said they have taken the first steps in a business plan intended to resurrect the class and prestige of the original studios that pioneered the heydays of Hollywood. “We’re a throw back to the old
days,” said Gino Cabanas, Vine’s chief executive officer. “We’ll be producing feature films and television shows from conception to completion, under one roof.” The Vine Entertainment is a two-year-old production company that has raised $60 million from private investors in order to make movies. Vine’s headquarters is a large white house with a pool. The rooms serve as office space. The firm is one of several entertainment-related businesses located in a quaint artistic village on the 1300 block of Ocean Avenue. “Taking Charge,” directed by Cabanas and produced by
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Surf Report 3 4
Know Before You Go Construction updates
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State Catalina situation for the birds
9
National Hawaii is red hot
12
Classifieds Ad space odyssey
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Legal Notices DBAs
See VINE, page 8
Koubek passes Duke b-ball principles to Santa Monica BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Writer
Opinion Bauer is back
Matthew Fisher, is described as a cautionary tale of a spoiled girl named Patricia (played by Amanda Brooks) who takes matters into her own hands after she is cut off by her billionaire father (Malcom McDowell). She talks her boyfriend (Thomas Ian Nicholas) into robbing a checkcashing business. Things don’t go as planned, however, as the couple is forced to take an ambulance hostage and end up being chased by the police across Tucson, Ariz. Filmed for $10 million, “Taking Charge” is one of six full-
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Horoscopes
Water temperature: 60°
See AIRPORT PARK, page 8
Fabian Lewkowicz/Special to the Daily Press Children visit the farm animals in the petting zoo at the Erase Illiteracy Carnival that was held in Santa Monica Heritage Square on Saturday.
SM production company aggressively eyes industry
AMERICAN CLERGYMAN (1878-1969)
Listen to music, Aries
pay for the park, in exchange for permission to build an underground parking garage beneath it. The City Council awarded the contract earlier this month to Los Angeles Engineering, Inc., to develop the Airport Park, an eightacre site at the southeast corner of the Santa Monica Airport. In addition, Black & Veatch has been awarded $500,000 for construction management services associ-
Down on the farm
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Jacquie Banks
The first person in NCAA basketball tournament history to play four times in the Final Four has brought the skills learned from his college career at Duke University to Santa Monica, where he now lives. Greg Koubek, 36, was born in Clifton Park, N.Y. Raised Catholic in a family of 11, Koubek was the youngest of four brothers who learned early in such a large household the importance of paving your own way in life. Playing basketball
since the age of 5, Koubek realized by high school that his favorite sport might be his ticket to a free college education. Graduating from Shenendowa High School in 1987, he and his family were visited by top recruiters from around the country, who talked up their great collegiate basketball programs. Koubek decided to attend Duke University, where he believed coach Mike Kryzewski, also known as “Coach K,” offered him the best opportunity for a suc-
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Ryan Hyatt/Daily Press Matthew Fisher (left) and Gino Cabanas lead Vine Entertainment.
Mystery photo
Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press The first person to identify where this photo was taken will win a gift certificate to Izzy’s Deli. E-mail answers to editor@smdp.com.
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