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Volume 13 Issue 171

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THE HASHING IT OUT ISSUE

November election battles set

BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer

WESTSIDE Where was everyone?

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WAY BACK: Steve Macko stands behind Melissa Reed in 1989's Santa Monica High School’s yearbook.

Sticking together Samohi grads pair up with different results

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SAMOHI Of the various sections of the Santa Monica High School yearbook, superlatives beg the most questions. How successful are those once deemed Most Likely To Succeed? Does Most Musical still play her clarinet? Is Mr. Best Hair bald? Is Worst Driver dead or in prison?

If you're unfamiliar with superlatives, they are the REED AND MACKO

Los Angeles County voter turnout was 13.2 percent at Tuesday’s primary election, according to the registrar. Another 5.3 percent of total registered voters mailed in absentee ballots.

In the race to replace termed-out L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, frontrunners former State Assemblyperson and Senator Sheila Kuehl and former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver gathered enough votes to face off in the November election. The candidates, both long-time Santa Monica residents, raised and spent the most money in the race.

Kuehl led Shriver by more than seven percentage points, nearly 9,000 votes.

“We had no polls because we put all our money directly into getting out campaign information,” she said. “I assumed that if other candidates were polling but not releasing results that would bode well for me. I thought I would finish first but not by that wide of a margin.”

More than one in three voters, 36 percent, chose Kuehl. Shriver had 28.8 percent of the vote. West Hollywood Councilmember John Duran came in a distant third with 16 percent.

Shriver, who has already spent $1 million of his own money on the race, holds the most cash on hand as of the last filing. He launched his campaign in January; Kuehl launched a year prior.

Two percentage points separated the top two candidates in the race to replace State Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Santa Monica), who is a top contender in the Congressional race.

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education member Ben Allen was the top vote-getter followed closely by reproductive rights activist Sandra Fluke.

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COUPLES FROM PAGE 1 yearbook distinctions doled out democratically by the senior class. Students vote on, for instance, the Most Talkative male and female in the class. The duo then poses for a thematic picture together; in the case of Most Talkative, they might have duct tape over their mouths. Superlatives started appearing in the Samohi yearbook, “The Nautilus,” intermittently in the late 1970s.

The most burning question: What happened to the Best Couples? The conflict is built-in. Of the reoccurring superlatives, they are the lone package deal. And while only the rare few rise to the godly heights of Best Eyes or Coolest Car, Best Couple is universal. We've all fallen in love for the first time; The Best Couple is lucky enough to have one of their most vulnerable and confusing relationships plastered into school history.

So what did happened to Samohi's best couples?

1989

The 1989 Santa Monica High School class was a prescient one.

Steve Macko stands behind Melissa Reed, his hands on her hands, her hands resting comfortably on the drawstrings of her pants.

Behind them is an ivy wall. Melissa looks like she's just finished laughing. Steve is smiling, looking the camera dead-on.

“Melissa used to hate Steve,” the caption reads, “because he always threw Skittles across the room at her. However, somehow throwing Skittles turned to throwing kisses.”

How one throws kisses is unclear. Melissa says they got some of the facts wrong. But

ELECTION FROM PAGE 1 Allen had support from 21.8 percent of voters to Fluke's 19.7 percent.

“I am immensely proud of my campaign,” Fluke said. “I want to start by thanking the grassroots supporters who stood with me. We ran a campaign that shows what kind of elected official I will be: one who is accountable to the individuals who voted me into office, not to special interests.”

Allen did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

Independent Seth Stodder, an attorney, received 17.5 percent of the vote despite spending only $34,000 as of his last filing in mid-May. Allen raised $346,000 and spent $50,000 of his own money on the campaign. Fluke

there it is, forever captioned below the ivy wall and the Best Couple photo taken 25 years ago.

And throwing kisses turned into a marriage of 20 years, three kids, and a home near San Francisco.

They met in biology class their sophomore year. Back then Samohi started in 10th grade so it was their first year in high school.

It's true, Melissa said, she didn't like Steve.

She thought he was obnoxious. By November they were dating.

“We definitely spent a lot of time at the beach during the summer,” Melissa said.

“But we weren't spending a lot of time together, then, because we were busy with school and sports. We actually played a lot of wiffle-ball in my backyard. I don't know how else to say it but we made each other laugh and we both liked to be active so it was easy to spend time together. It wasn't just about being boyfriend and girlfriend.”

She broke up with him. They got back together. They got to know each other's families. They liked a lot of the same things including, in their senior year, colleges.

“I will say it was not really planned,” Melissa said. “We applied to a lot of the same schools. We both really liked (UC Santa Barbara) and that's where we went.”

They broke up again their sophomore year of college. This time it was Steve's call.

He wanted to remain friends but when Melissa made it clear that wasn't an option they got back together.

Their senior year, they got engaged. In 1994, they were married. Six years later they had their first child.

Melissa recognizes that most people don't meet their spouses in biology class but she SEE HISTORY PAGE 5 brought in $323,000 and spent $116,000 of her own money.

Allen also benefited from the support of Republican-turned-Independent Bill Bloomfield who spent more than half a million dollars promoting Allen.

CONGRESS

Republican Elan Carr led the vote totals, followed closely by Democrat Ted Lieu, in the race to replace retiring Congressman Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Santa Monica).

Carr, a criminal gang prosecutor, received 20.5 percent of the vote to Lieu's 19 percent.

There were 18 total candidates in the race.

Ten of the candidates were Democrats and three were Republicans.

Despite Tuesday's win, the General Election could be an uphill battle for Carr in a district of majority registered Democrats.

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No more jets Editor:

Regarding the petition to strip the city of Santa Monica of their ability to control the airport property: I read the letter to the editor in the Santa Monica Daily Press May 28 written by a self proclaimed proairport petitioner. He was engaged in gathering signatures.

In order to support his position, to save the airport, the petitioner introduced fears of certain future overdevelopment at the airport site which is speculative at best given the current (and past) development climate among the residents of Santa Monica.

His petition and his fear mongering obfuscate the real issue. The issue is simply that Santa Monica should be able to control the uses of the airport for the good of the city and the electorate. This, regardless of how the airport is ultimately utilized; be it a park, a development or an airport (minus the ever increasing jet traffic).

The immediate facts are that jet traffic has grown at an exponential rate in recent years. The jets fly over our city and they emit toxins that are poisonous to the residents of Santa Monica as well as our unfortunate West Los Angeles neighbors. That needs to be dealt with now and the city of Santa Monica has stated and demonstrated their intention to do so. The proper governmental infrastructure is in place to take control of the airport property and along with it the rights of the citizens to decide what happens there.

Any petition that would interfere with that process should be taken for what it is, and that is an attempt by special interests to strip Santa Monica of their ability to control this property.

Fear mongering and speculating about future events is not relevant to the current simple matter. First thing is first. Santa Monica Airport was not intended to be a jet airport although it has become one. The jets need to be curtailed for the health and well being of the residents.

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Just like riding a bike WAS IT A STROKE OR HEART ATTACK? A

stroke, Jim grumbles, slightly annoyed that I would not know the difference, a light TIA, to be precise. The doctor said I needed to get more exercise. Well. What would more exercise be for a professor at UCLA? Writing more books? Grading more essays? More lectures? I am just not an exercise person.

Never been to a gym. And no intention of going there, to say the truth.

We are sitting in the afternoon sun in Santa Monica, between Washington and California. Jim remembers: Back then there was this article in the New York Times about women always starting a new diet, and invariably going back to the old pattern. The article spoke about the need to integrate better food and exercise into daily routines.

Integrating. Not as a special effort, just make it part of your everyday life. Then I knew it would be cycling for me.

So I wandered up to Helens on Broadway and eyed some of their beach cruisers.

Luckily, the guy made sure I got a proper bike. I paid about $500 and rode it back home. Riding a bike is something you never forget, although at that stage I had not done it for, well 40, 50 years. Go figure. Jim says bicycling, like bi-metal, with the emphasis on the first syllable.

A little hummingbird flies by. I’d ride to Pico and Ocean and would go up and down the beach. I would do this almost every day, but not on the weekend, when it is too crowded down there. I’d get up really early, before 6, and go from the Marina to Will Rogers Beach. I would really enjoy it. I’d sleep better too. On a day without cycling, I would miss it, and I always looked forward to it. You could perhaps say it made me happy.

Jim offers me a drink. About a year into my new cycling life I ride under the pier, when this little kid in front of me suddenly makes a sharp left, and bang, I break hard and go over the handlebars. Everybody springs into action. Suddenly there was a sense of community among cyclists. The lifeguards were also very good. I had done my collar bone twice before, in sports, but this time they bound me up differently so that I had full use of both hands, so that was good. But it took a few months to heal, steel pins and all.

Was this the end of your bicycle adventure, I ask? Giving up bi-cycling? No, never. I loved it too much. I just realized that the beach path is too dangerous. Children and dogs and the sand, it is just not safe. So I

decided to leave the old BMW Z4 in the garage and get my daily dose of cycling by riding to UCLA. People say it is much more dangerous, but they have no idea. Yes, I take the slower streets. I would never ride on Wilshire. I also do leave early, before 7, to avoid all the moms driving their kids to school. They should be cycling too, seriously. There are two hills, but I do enjoy them, because you really want the cardio.

Jim has just finished the substantial revisions for the third edition of his book on the middle east. Earlier he has been on the phone with a radio station in Canada. He likes these professional interviews, but they are pretty exhausting too. He shows me the folding bike in his living room. I love cycling and I love to go out for a drink with friends.

That’s why I have this folding bike here. The Dahon has internal gearing, so you can shift gears when waiting for a green light. Even better, when we get together with friends, I ride it to the place, we have a few drinks, and then I fold it up and our designated driver gives me a ride home. Bingo.

I do have a thing about cyclists overtaking each other in traffic. So at the red light I try to make up my mind if I am going to ride ahead or behind the other cyclists. This way we avoid overtaking each other. I find shopping with the bike is really easy. I have this routine that I shop often, but little. This way I am not having too much weight on my bike, and I have stopped to throw away food.

I just buy what I need.

When I cross 26th Street, coming home from UCLA, I really feel I am home and safe.

Cycling is so much better in Santa Monica now. But some drivers really have no idea how dangerous they are. They just don’t seem to use turn signals any more. This is really dangerous for cyclists.

My bike really opened a new chapter for me. I feel great now and I know I do the right thing, driving less. Who would have thought that my BMW Z4 with a soft top would see so little of me these says. I just had a $1800 repair and the mechanic said I better make sure that I drive it at least once every week.

You should have asked me 10 years ago about cycling; I would have said you are crazy. It would never have entered my mind.

But now I am convinced that it is a cure for so many ills. I am still learning about bikes, but I have already infected a few of my friends.

JAMES GELVIN is a professor of history at UCLA. His main bike is a KHS Urban Express.

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Lori and John met in their junior year. He was in the band. She was in the orchestra. He played the trumpet. She was a cellist. They shared the same music room.

They were platonic at first, best friends, said Lori Koutouratsas. In the 1984 yearbook, Lori is wearing black and John is wearing white. They are hugging, faces turned toward the camera. They look like one thing.

Behind them, a pine tree with a thick base splits into a “Y,” two distinct segments growing apart. It's an uncanny analogy.

Thirty years ago, according to Daily Press research, they were the first Best Couple in Samohi history.

Their story starts similarly to the Macko's: they both go to college in the L.A.area. They stay together. They get married

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said their relationship is pretty standard.

Their challenges have been like those of any couple: traveling too much for work, buying their first house, becoming parents.

If they hadn't gone to the same college, they both acknowledge, it might not have ended the same way. When they got engaged at 21, Melissa wondered briefly if they were too young.

“I wasn't worried that I wasn't marrying the right person,” she said. “I think it was more just, have I completed my own puzzle?”

Today, Melissa Macko doesn't think twice about her decision to get married when she did. The advantages, she said, are unique.

“I like to know a lot about people. And not that you can't know someone really well if you meet them at 25, but there's 25 years of their life that you're not there for,” she said. “And maybe for some people that's a great mystery and they get to hear the stories over the years unfold. But each person can keep some things private that they don't want the other one person ever to know.

Even though I didn't meet him until I was 15, I still knew every one of Steve's friends that he'd grown up with. I felt like I knew him inside and out.”

When people find out they we're high school sweethearts, Melissa said, they say: “Oh my god, I can't believe you've been together that long. I would never have married the person I was dating when I was 15.“ “If I was dating someone who was a jerk,” she responds, “I wouldn't have either.”

Perhaps the most unique appendage from their sophomore year is the way they hold hands: Melissa places her pinkie between Steve's pointer and middle fingers, her ring finger between his pointer and thumb.

“We've done that since high school,” she said. “I don't know, maybe everybody holds hands that way?”

and have three kids. They attend their 10year high school reunion together.

But by their 20-year reunion Lori goes with her friends. John shows up with his cousin.

“I went a little late, or later than he did, and people came up to me and said, 'John's here,' Lori said.

“Yeah, I know,” she responded.

“But you're divorced,” they said.

“But we share three kids,” she said. “It's OK. We can get along. We're grown-ups.”

John had left the marriage when the kids were young, Lori said. They stay in touch and he's stayed in the lives of the kids.

Looking back, she said, she could see that in high school she struggled with codependency. Today, she is eloquent and open about her past, as if describing a different person.

“I also had endured several significant traumas before meeting John and, unbeknownst to me, I can see it now, I was pulling away from my friends and even my family because I was isolating myself,” she said. “That was my response to the trauma.

John in essence was fresh and new. It was what I needed but looking back on it now it was very superficial. There wasn't emotional depth to the relationship. That felt very comfortable to me. It was safe. It was not deep. I didn't have to reflect. I didn't have to address anything.”

It's hard for Lori to imagine a life in which she didn't marry John. For one thing, she's overwhelmingly grateful for the kids they had together. She's worked through her past in therapy and today she feels like she's flourishing.

“I am who I am today because I went through that,” she said. “I'm hoping that I would have been aware enough somewhere along my journey of life to have done the work that I needed to do to heal the childhood stuff. It didn't happen during my relationship with him but it did when it ended.“ Even Lori's youngest child - her daughters are graduating 10th and 12th grade at Samohi, her son is 20 - is almost at the age that she was when she met John.

They talk openly about young love, Lori said, and her kids have even coined a phrase - a word of warning - based on her relationship.

“When somebody's dating, whether it be one of my own kids or one of their close friends, they say, 'Oh well don't do the John and Lori,'” she said. “So they make it 'the John and Lori,' which is marry your high school sweetheart and end up in divorce.”

It's not hurtful, Lori said, and she's proud that her kids are “far more wise,” than she was at that age.

Lori looks back on the Best Couple designation with amusement. It was significant at the time, she said, because she was 17 years old and a different person.

It was fun, she said, like reading a horo-

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WAY BACK FROM PAGE 5 scope: “It's entertaining but I don't live by it.”

“It's not like when the marriage was ending I'm thinking, 'Oh no! But we were the Best Couple,” she said, laughing.

John wasn't at the 30th reunion last year but Lori was, this time seeing what seemed to be a room full of new people.

“What I've tried to teach my own children, is that you're so young in high school,” she said. “It's like they have Best Hair, or whatever. Well great. It's a great thing to have Best Hair. But the surprising thing for me in the reunion is like how the hair changes and the guys lose their hair and they put on weight and you can't recognize them so you're like, well shoot. Who are you now?”

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Shawnee and Freddie posed for their Cutest Couple picture the day after they broke up. Well, at least Shawnee knew they'd broken up.

“I knew it was going to be hard for him and for me so we kind of eased out of it,” she said. “So he didn't really understand that we were broken up. I don't know what was going through my mind but I was like 'OK, let's just do this.'”

Still, Shawnee Lang, a Samohi senior headed off to University of San Francisco next year, could have easily pulled the photo from the yearbook. She's in the yearbook club and the couple hasn't really been speaking since November.

“But it's not like I regretted the relationship at all,” she said. “I did believe in us and everyone loved us. We we're really cute for the longest time. I'll look back on it and I'll be happy.

“I'm sure he's happy about it but he'll probably be sad, too,” she continued. “It's sad for us both. I still have sad feelings when I look at it.”

Amy Chapman, a Samohi teacher and head of the yearbook club, calls it the Cutest Couple curse.

“The yearbook staff and I often giggle as the couple that wins the award has almost always broken up by the time the book comes out these days,” she said.

Shawnee, laughing, said people poke fun at her for it every single day.

“Aw thank you,” she responds, smiling.

“You think I'm cute? Yeah, I won the cutest.

I am cute.”

Freddie and Shawnee met during their sophomore year. It was the age-old story: Girl throws basketball into a bush at her friend's house after first semester finals. Girl tries to retrieve the ball by poking at it with a pole. Boys skateboard by the house and

stop to help. Boy and Girl have awkward tension for about a month. Finally, on Valentines Day, Boy asks Girl out.

“I hate mushy gushy stuff but he had some of our friends write, 'Will you go out with me?' on their stomachs,” she said, “so of course I wasn't going to say, 'no.'”

They dated for 21 months, a delineation of time reserved for the age of babies and high school relationships.

“Junior year was good,” Shawnee said. “I liked having a boyfriend because I was able to focus on school a lot and it just helped me from getting too distracted by my social life.”

She liked spending time with him and his family. They celebrated month, half-year, year, and year-and-a-half anniversaries with trips to Disneyland or nice dinners.

But by last summer, Shawnee felt like she was losing friends because she was always with Freddie.

“I realized I was losing myself,” she said.

“I was serious. I was kind of boring. I was like what am I doing? I'm losing everything.

I realized I was not happy and I shouldn't be unhappy more than I am happy.”

She waited to see if it would work itself out. They had arguments but they made up.

They went to Homecoming together.

Finally, in November, around the time they took the picture that is now memorialized forever in the yearbook, she broke it off.

Unrelated to the breakup, she was hospitalized that weekend. Freddie was concerned and wanted to stop by.

“It was nice because it kind of made us end on a good term but later that week we had a fight so it's just kind of weird,” she said.

It was hard, Shawnee said. They stopped talking. They switched seats in class.

“We sat next to each other but after that weekend happened we just moved so he kind of sits in the corner and I sit with talkative people,” she said. “So he'll hear me but I can't even see him.”

She thought about asking him to sign her yearbook. She thinks about taking a picture with him at their graduation, which will be held tomorrow.

“I know it's literally this generation but I just followed him on Instagram this past weekend so I think that's a big step for us,” she said.

Shawnee, who proclaims herself indecisive, says that she doesn't take the Best Couple honor too seriously.

“I'm not a deep person, so I don't get all emotional about it,” she said. “I'll be like, 'I won Cutest Couple.' I can't tell myself that I'm not going to have a relationship in college because I don't know who I'll be. I don't know what's going to happen. I'm not going to be anti-everything but right now I'm just happy where I stand.” dave@smdp.com

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Courtesy photo On June 8, four scouts will be awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at the Troop 2 Eagle Court of Honor: Michael J. Lappen (Santa Monica High School class of 2015), Christopher M. Pak (Santa Monica High School class of 2015), David Ze Yu Shi (Santa Monica High School class of 2014), and Tennessee G. Westmoreland (Culver City High School class of 2014).

The Eagle rank, achieved by only two percent of Boy Scouts, is the highest rank in scouting and honors exemplary effort, leadership, and service. In addition to demonstrating proficiency in first aid, citizenship, camping, swimming, emergency preparedness, and many other skills, Eagle candidates must coordinate and complete a community service project that demonstrates significant leadership abilities. Each of the scouts being honored led a major project to improve quality of life in the community. Lappen built a turtle habitat for the city of Santa Monica Animal Shelter. Pak made improvements to the Samohi Orchestra Room and Library. Shi's landscaping project at Grant Elementary School served to beautify the campus and educate students about caring for drought-resistant plants. Westmoreland's efforts benefited reDiscover Center, a West Los Angeles arts and environmental non-profit organization that promotes resource conservation, creativity and community engagement through material reuse. Dozens of Troop 2 scouts contributed to each of these community service projects.

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U.S. stocks edge higher; Protective Life soars KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer

NEW YORK Stocks rose modestly Wednesday, erasing an early decline, as investors waited to hear from the European Central Bank on Thursday.

Insurer Protective Life soared on news that it was being acquired by a Japanese company.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 15.19 points, or 0.1 percent, to 16,737.53. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index added 3.64, or 0.2 percent, to 1,927.88 and the Nasdaq composite rose 17.56 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,251.64.

The S&P 500 closed at another record high, while the Dow closed less than 10 points from its previous high. Both indexes closed at record highs on Monday.

The Nasdaq got a boost from Apple, its

biggest component, which gained $7.28, or 1.1 percent, to $644.82. Apple’s seven-forone stock split will happen after the close of business Friday. At the current price, Apple’s new shares would be worth $92.12 after the split takes effect on Monday.

Once again trading was quiet, with roughly 2.8 billion shares changing hands on the New York Stock Exchange, compared with the recent average of 3.3 billion shares.

Volume has been under 3 billion shares every day this week.

This week’s main events come Thursday and Friday.

Policymakers from Europe’s central bank will meet Thursday to decide whether or not to lower the eurozone’s key interest rate to SEE STOCKS PAGE 11

Patrick William Barrett December 11, 1946 to May 29, 2014 Patrick (Pat) Barrett peacefully passed away on May 29, 2014 while surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Carla, daughters Kristen and Devon, son-in-laws Tony and Nano, and grandchildren Diego and Maya, who always brought the biggest smile to his face. He was born and raised in Santa Monica and graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1964. Pat served on the USS Frontier during the Vietnam War after joining the Naval Reserve.

Pat was the owner of Barrett’s Refrigeration & Appliances, which was established by his father, Laurance “Pete” Barrett in 1946. He took great pride in offering quality service and products to his customers. He was very active in the

Santa Monica community, having been on the Board and a past President of the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica and the Boys & Girls Club Council. Pat was also active in the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, and served as President in 1985. He received the Santa Monica Jaycee’s Distinguished Service Award in 1982, the Lions Club Community Service Award and was a member of the Main Street Association, Kiwanis Club & Rotary Club of Santa Monica. He was also a long time board member of a national buying group Brand Source (AVB) and President of the chapter for the Pacific Southwest.

Pat loved to run on the beach in Santa Monica and always enjoyed a good workout. Pat and Carla were able to travel to

many places but the most important place every year was the family vacation to the Trinity Alps in Northern California where he would float on a raft in the swimming hole and enjoy the company of family and friends.

Those interested in honoring Pat’s memory should consider donating to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Monica, an organization that Pat cared deeply about.

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STOCKS FROM PAGE 10 below zero in an effort to further stimulate Europe’s economy.

The unusual move would mean banks would have to pay to park money with the European Central Bank. The goal is to push banks to lend the money to companies and individual borrowers.

While the eurozone pulled out of an 18month recession last year, growth remains sluggish and inflation is low. Eurozone inflation was 0.7 percent in May, well below ECB’s target of 2 percent.

“Europe is barely growing, inflation is low, and it cries out for more stimulus,” said Bob Doll, chief equity strategist at Nuveen Investments. “The question is: Will the ECB do enough to satisfy investors?”

Speculation over the ECB’s interest rate decision has sent foreign buyers into the U.S. bond market in recent weeks. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was little changed at 2.60 percent. It went as low as 2.44 percent last week, the lowest level in almost a year.

Investors also waiting for the monthly jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department, out Friday.

Economists believe U.S. employers added 220,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.3 percent.

Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that U.S. businesses slowed their hiring last month, adding just 179,000 workers to their payrolls. It was the weakest hiring in four months and well below what economists had expected.

“Just when investors were getting comfortable with the positive data trend, the U.S. economy hands them a monkey wrench,” said Doug Cote, chief market strategist for Voya Investment Management, in a note to investors.

In company news: — Protective Life jumped $10.64, or 18 percent, to $69.36 after Japanese insurance company Dai-ichi Life said it would buy the company for $70 a share, or $5.7 billion.

— First Solar rose $2.46 or 4 percent, to $65.39 after the company announced it was buying German electric power operator Skytron Energy for an undisclosed amount.

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On June 16, 2014, the Santa Monica Redevelopment Successor Agency Oversight Board (“Oversight Board”) will consider a proposed action to authorize the transfer of ownership of real property assets constructed and used for a governmental purpose to the City pursuant to any existing agreements relating to the construction or use of that asset (“Proposed Action”).

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Attorney: Donald Sterling agrees to sell Clippers TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press

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LOS ANGELES Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed Wednesday to sign off on selling the team he’s owned for 33 years to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion, bringing the possibility of a resolution to weeks of rumors, uncertainty and looming possibilities for legal action.

Though the agreement had not been officially inked, according to an individual with knowledge of the negotiations who was not authorized to discuss them publicly, Donald Sterling’s attorney, Maxwell Blecher, said he “has made an agreement with the NBA to resolve all their differences.” Sterling gave his consent to a deal that was negotiated by his wife, Shelly Sterling, to sell the team, Blecher said.

Representatives for Shelly Sterling and the NBA declined to comment.

The agreement was an about face for Donald Sterling, who just last week filed a $1 billion suit against the NBA in federal court alleging the league violated his constitutional rights by relying on information from an “illegal” recording that publicized racist remarks he made to a girlfriend. It also said the league committed a breach of contract by fining Sterling $2.5 million and that it violated antitrust laws by trying to force a sale. Blecher said that as a result of the agreement, the federal suit will now be dismissed.

Sterling’s comments to V. Stiviano included telling her to not bring black people to Clippers games, specifically mentioning Hall of Famer Magic Johnson. They resulted in a storm of outrage from the public and players and even prompted President Barack Obama

to comment on what he called Sterling’s “incredibly offensive racist statements.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver ultimately decided to ban Donald Sterling for life and began efforts to force Sterling to sell the team.

For weeks, Donald Sterling said through his attorneys that he would fight the NBA’s decisions to try to force his ouster as a team owner. But last week Shelly Sterling utilized her authority as sole trustee of The Sterling Family Trust, which owns the Clippers, to take bids for the team and ultimately negotiate a deal with Ballmer.

Ballmer beat out bids by Guggenheim Partners and a group including former NBA All-Star Grant Hill. Ballmer made more than an hour-long personal visit to Shelly Sterling’s Malibu home last week and laid out his plan.

If the NBA owners approve the sale, it will be a record-high sum for a team that cost Donald Sterling about $12 million in 1981. Blecher’s co-counsel, Bobby Samini, said the vote by league owners is expected to take place in mid-July.

This is not Ballmer’s first foray into potential NBA ownership. Ballmer and investor Chris Hansen headed a group that agreed to a deal to buy the Kings from the Maloof family in January 2013 with the intention of moving the team to Seattle, where the SuperSonics played until 2008.

But Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson lobbied the NBA for time to put together a bid to keep the team in California, and though the Ballmer-Hansen group later increased its offer, owners voted to deny the bid for relocation and the Kings were sold to Vivek Ranadive.

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HANG OUT TONIGHT, CANCER ARIES (March 21-April 19)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

★★★★ Make time to reach out to someone

★★★★ How you deal with a loved one could

you deal with on a regular basis. Tension might build around a money matter. Optimism seems to surround a roommate or family member.

Tonight: Go with a suggestion.

change radically because of the confusion that surrounds this person. You might want to be very clear in your communication, as he or she will be difficult to get through to. Tonight: Meet friends for a fun happening.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★★ Your imagination could go haywire, visiting nearly every topic except the one that is pertinent to the moment. Attempts to discipline your mind might fail. If you can, take a personal day, or take off half the day. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

★★★★ Pressure builds on the homefront. A

★★★★ You might find that taking the lead

partner, family member or roommate could become demanding, or a problem involving your home might become more obvious. Don't expect to accomplish a lot with this issue looming over you. Tonight: Paint the town red.

could entail far more responsibility than you had originally thought. Loosen up, and stay on top of a project. Others might be withholding what they know. Tonight: Till the wee hours.

★★★★★ A boss or higher-up could be cheering you on, despite what you might think. Give up a newfound level of fussiness, and open up to a loved one. Tonight: Think about your weekend plans.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) CANCER (June 21-July 22) spective could change, and you also might have a more active interaction as a result. The experience might make you feel more sure of yourself as well. Tonight: Hang out.

★★★★ You could have difficulty letting go of a problem. You might feel as if you have to shake a friend or loved one just to get him or her to listen to you. It is possible that this person is not as relaxed as you originally believed.

Remain sensitive. Tonight: A must appearance.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

★★★ Sometimes you underestimate the

★★★★ You might want to move forward. Get someone's support by sharing your thoughts and by incorporating some of his or her feedback. Optimism seems to surround a personal issue. As a result, you will be able to infuse those around you with energy and conviction.

Tonight: Be a duo.

★★★★ Listen to news more openly. Your per-

effect you have on others. Therefore, you'll make a point of being very dramatic. Trust that you don't need to present an exaggerated form of yourself. Refuse to become critical of someone. Tonight: Live it up, as only you can.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ You might wonder what is needed to follow through on a long-term commitment.

You could be even more detail-oriented than usual, but in this case, you'll be helping others involved see the big picture. Confusion seems to surround a partner. Tonight: Keep your own counsel.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ You might want to open up a discussion about a key decision. The more feedback you get, the stronger you will become. You also will make a better decision. Someone you keep reaching out to seems to be unavailable.

Tonight: Go along with someone else's wishes.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: ★★★★★Dynamic ★★ So-So ★★★★ Positive ★ Difficult ★★★ Average

This year you might not be aware of the mixed messages you send. Don't be surprised if you get some strange looks or reactions. If you are single, you will have many choices of potential suitors. As a result, a commitment from you could be hard to get; you might be having too much fun. If you are attached, the two of you often seem to be working from different points of view. Somehow you will manage to have a meeting of the minds. Others sense your enjoyment of life, and friends frequently invite the two of you out. VIRGO tends to overthink like you do.

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There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and figure out which numbers are missing.

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D A I LY P O L I C E L O G The Santa Monica Police Department responded to 436 calls for service on June 3.

BELOW IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. Assault with a deadly weapon on Marine St. at 12:29 a.m.

Drunk driving on Main St. at 12:49 a.m.

Traffic accident on Lincoln Blvd. at 7:48 a.m.

Petty theft on the beach at 8:26 a.m.

Traffic accident on 26th St. at 9:25 a.m.

Fraud report on Wilshire Blvd. at 10:31 a.m.

Elder abuse on 3rd St. at 10:52 a.m.

Traffic accident on Pearl St. at 10:55 a.m.

Fraud report on Lincoln Blvd. at 11:12 a.m.

Elder abuse on Lincoln Blvd at 11:25 a.m.

Auto burglary on 2nd St. at 11:39 a.m.

Speeding on 5th St. at 12:59 p.m.

Traffic accident on Lincoln Blvd at 2:01 p.m.

Traffic accident on Olympic Dr. at 2:20 p.m.

Hit and run on 7th St. at 2:47 p.m.

Petty theft on 7th St. at 2:50 p.m.

Grand theft on Broadway at 3:04 p.m.

Battery report in Pico Blvd. at 3:58 p.m.

Burglary on Palisades Beach Rd. at 4:28 p.m.

Petty theft on Colorado Ave. at 4:48 p.m.

Traffic accident on 34th St. at 4:59 p.m.

Hit and run on Idaho Ave. at 5:05 p.m.

Petty theft on Santa Monica Blvd. at 6:10 p.m.

Identity theft on Colorado Ave. at 6:11 p.m.

Battery on Ocean Front Walk at 6:52 p.m.

Death notification on 2nd St. at 7:22 p.m.

Drunk driving on 4th St. at 8:31 p.m.

Auto burglary on 10th St. at 9:22 p.m.

Traffic accident on Olympic Dr. at 9:43 p.m.

Fight on 18th St. at 9:48 p.m.

Fight on Pico Blvd. at 10:34 p.m.

Burglary on Ocean Park Blvd. at 11 p.m.

Fight on Pacific Coast Hwy. at 11:19 p.m.

Burglary on 22nd St. at 11:21 p.m.

Strongarm Robbery on 5th St. at 11:36 p.m.

■ Despite a 1971 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court declaring that governments could not punish people who are merely "annoying," dozens of towns (according to a March Wall Street Journal report) continue to regard the behavior as criminal. (The justices decided the word is too "vague" to give fair warning of which behaviors are illegal, but an Indiana deputy attorney general told the Journal that anyone with "ordinary intelligence" knows what is annoying.) New York has such a law, as do Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Cumberland, Maryland -- among the 5,000 mentions of forms of "to annoy" in a computer search of municipal ordinances. (Britain's House of Lords in January blocked a proposed anti-annoyance law.)

■ Among the discretionary punishments authorized to Georgia judges is banishing an offender from the county in which he committed the crime.

Complained driver Ricardo Riley (who as of February is barred from Walton County), "I didn't commit no murder, I'm not a sex offender, I'm not a criminal. I just got a speeding ticket."

Judge Brad Brownlow, perhaps irritated at Riley's request to reduce the original $250 fine, instead piled on punishments -- including banishment.

Walton County is just outside the Atlanta metro area, and Riley, from adjacent Gwinnett County, has friends and co-workers who live in Walton -but whom he can no longer visit.

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