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Council favors e-cig regulations

BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer

CITY HALL City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to move in the direction of regulating electronic cigarettes within the city.

The proposed regulations, which will

come before council for final approval later this year, would treat the vaporizers in nearly the same way City Hall treats traditional tobacco cigarettes, banning them from bars, restaurants, parks, the Third Street Promenade, and other areas.

The battery-powered e-cigs, which

deliver a form of nicotine and can mimic the feel of traditional cigarettes, are being marketed as a healthier, less difficult way to kick the tobacco habit.

City officials, using an American Heart SEE COUNCIL PAGE 9

City website hopes to help disabled tenants solve problems

BY MATTHEW HALL Editor-in-Chief

CITYWIDE The Santa Monica City Attorney’s

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Supporting women’s issues

BY MATTHEW HALL Editor-in-Chief

DOWNTOWN Local Soroptimists

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are hoping Santa Monican’s in the mood for a movie on Saturday night will look beyond the summer blockbusters and buy a ticket for their LUNAFEST fundraiser.

The event features nine short films by, for and about women.

Proceeds from the event support Soroptimist programs

locally and contribute toward a national breast cancer foundation.

Barbara Andres, President of Soroptimist International L.A. West-Santa Monica, said the local club would use the money in two ways. First, to support the club’s educational scholarships and second, to help support other local groups who work on behalf of women.

office wants to hear stories of tenants and landlords working together to improve the lives of residents with disabilities.

The City’s Consumer Protection Unit has launched a new website that will print an annual collection of 50 real-life stories about accommodations and modifications that can be made to improve access and enjoyment of housing for tenants with disabilities.

Gary Rhoades, Deputy City Attorney with the Consumer Protection Unit said his office has already gathered 10 stories to launch the site but the site includes a submit-your-own-story feature to help fill out the remaining 40 slots.

“Every week in Santa Monica and all over California, tenants and landlords are coming up with inexpensive and nifty solutions to accommodate problems,” he said in a statement. “But also every week, other tenants and landlords are looking for information and examples to help them reach a resolution. By providing The Nifty Fifty free and online, we are putting the many real-life solutions to work for everyone.”

The site includes: an annually renewed list of 50 recent stories, hyperlinked summaries with detailed stories on a separate page, a “like” button, information on how to request an accommodation, links to other housing and disability resources, a submit-your-ownstory button, brief legal analysis of each example, summaries of the all-time top five California court decisions involving reasonable accommodations or modifications.

Rhoades said the motivation for the city came from several sources.

“In 2012, we noticed there was a surge in inquiries and complaints from tenants with disabilities about their needs for accommodations and both they and their landlords were turning to us for help in figuring out what could be done in the most efficient way,” he said.

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Picnic on the Promenade Third Street Promenade 1300 block, 12 - 3 p.m.

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CORRECTION In the June 25 issue, the Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica are pictured donating $5,000 to the the Santa Monica Family YMCA.

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Supervisor Yaroslavsky endorses Lieu for Congress

BY DANIEL ARCHULETA

Long time Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has endorsed State Senator Ted Lieu in the race for the 33rd Congressional District that includes Malibu, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica.

Lieu is running to replace Rep. Henry Waxman who will retire at the end of this year and Waxman also supports Lieu.

In a statement, Supervisor Yaroslavsky said “I proudly endorse Ted Lieu for Congress to succeed my good friend Henry Waxman. Ted has a proven record of achievement representing the Westside and South Bay, and I know he will be an outstanding Congressman for the nation, California and Los Angeles County. Ted Lieu will strengthen the partnership between Washington and our region in providing public safety, rapid transit, reduced pollution and increased security for our seniors. He has my enthusiastic support for Congress.”

Supervisor Yaroslavsky has served on the LA County Board of Supervisors since 1994, representing the 3rd district.

Lieu’s current State Senate district includes about 80 percent of the voters in the congressional district. His is running against Republican Elan Carr.

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Students graduate from YouthBuild On Friday, June 27, Venice Community Housing (VCH) will celebrate the graduation of 26 students from its YouthBuild program’s 12th cycle. The event will be held at the Radisson Hotel at Los Angeles Airport. It is an opportunity for graduates’ Matthew Hall 6/24/14 families and VCH supporters to honor these young men and women’s efforts to stabilize their lives through education, job training, and community service and leadership development.

Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ, Founder and CEO of Homeboy Industries, will be addressing the students in his keynote address.

The Venice YouthBuild program is an ongoing, comprehensive secondary education and job-training program that helps at-risk youth gain the skills, values and confidence they need to become self-sufficient adults. The program serves over 40 at-risk youth ages 18 to 24 each year.

Venice YouthBuild launched its 12th program cycle in September 2013, enrolling 36 young men and women between the ages of 18 and 24. Our Cycle 12 students have worked incredibly hard to transform their academic, professional and civic futures. Students were assigned to Team “Youth” or Team “Build,” with the teams alternating weekly between academic work and construction training.

The entire Venice YouthBuild class came together for leadership development and community service projects on a weekly basis. All of them had multiple barriers to employment. Many had a criminal history, some were recovering from substance abuse and none had any real work experience. “We look for youth who were ready to tackle some of the barriers they need to overcome in order to be able to be successful. These young adults not only need training, but need opportunities to find their identity and would benefit from the sense of community this program offers,” said Timothy Sweeney, Director of Programs.

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ST. MONICA Sometimes, family comes first.

That was the decision St. Monica basketball coach John Skinner made as he and his wife await the birth of their first child.

“If you don’t have the year-round commitment and you can’t be all in, it’s not fair for everybody.”

Skinner most recently coached the boys’ team, but made a name for himself coaching the girls’ team to the 2013 CIF-Southern Section Division 4 championship.

“The reality, to build a program, it takes a lot energy,” he said.

While he’s stepping down, he said that coaching in the future hasn’t been ruled out.

“I love mentoring young people,” he said.

SAMOHI SOFTBALL EARNS HONORS

After winning this year’s CIFSouthern Section Division 4 championship, Santa Monica’s softball team has earned a number of honors.

Junior pitcher Whitney Jones was named CIF-Southern Section Division 4 Player of the Year and Debbie Skaggs was named Coach of the Year.

Also making the list was Annie Quine, who was also named Ocean League Player of the Year.

“It was an awesome season,” Skaggs said. “I didn’t think we could get there. I knew we had talent to get there, but sometimes you just never know.”

The first team of the All-Ocean League lineup is filled with Vikings.

Jones, Ashley Rakujlic, Kenedee Jamerson and Frankie Golick all made

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WINNING: St. Monica head coach John Skinner celebrates on the court after a huge win at Mater Dei High School for the CIF Southern Section championship in 2013.

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Why can’t some people get over their anger?

DEAR LIFE MATTERS,

My brother is very angry with our parents. We did have a rough childhood and by most standards my Mother’s form of discipline would be considered child abuse. My brother who is older than I am got it the worse.

On the other hand, we come from a culture that believes parents know best and whatever they do, they do it for our own good.

They have provided us with a very nice life style and we want for nothing. We have gotten great college educations.

I see both sides and I have accepted the bad, not approving of it, just letting it go. It is years now and I don’t want it to dominate my life.

But my brother goes into screaming rages anytime he has to talk to our parents or something comes up about them. He only has to think about them and he is off and running.

He screams, turns red and honestly I am worried that he will give himself a stroke.

He has tried some counseling, which helped him in many ways, but he hasn’t gotten over this.

Signed, Help Please DEAR HELP PLEASE,

Sounds like you might have a legitimate worry, unfortunately. It also sounds like there is a great deal of tension in your family. Fortunately for you, it appears as if you have moved on which from the sounds of it, is clearly in your best interest.

You say your brother was abused and this is not an easy thing to get over.

If it included a lot of shame and humiliation, it is even more troublesome.

Some times, we hang on to our anger as a defense. It gives us a more powerful feeling

than the extreme vulnerability that is most likely underneath it.

Most anger is a cover up for hurt and fear.

Your bother may just feel way too vulnerable inside to give up his anger. Most likely because it began as a child, his feelings are emotionally attached to a younger age which would only make him feel more scared. In other words, he may feel like a young child rather than a young man, when he taps into his vulnerability.

He may have visions of turning into a pool of bloody tears that would be endless if he gave up his anger. On the other hand, he may not even realize that this is a deeper issue and just unconsciously holds on to his anger as armor.

Having said that, there are people who feel so hurt and angry that they want to punish their parents.

As they see it, to “even the score” is the only way out for them.

These people sacrifice goals; happiness and they sabotage themselves, because after all, what is worse for the parent than feeling like your child is a failure and this clearly means something not so great about you.

We can punish our parents by being “screw-ups”, never quite getting it together.

This does not always work in terms of hurting the parents but it is successful more often than not.

The real tragedy is that you have to hurt yourself and sacrifice yourself in many ways to be successful at it. It is indeed a very sad situation.

It may not be possible to understand and forgive your parents, and certainly is it unlikely that you will forget, but there is an in-between step of acceptance. Not accepting things as they were but accepting that the situation is what it is and was and there is no going back, so maybe it is just best to “let go and move on.”

Some people cannot or will not do this.

They certainly have a low chance of doing it without help. But as you noted, your brother has had some help but is refusing to let it go!

The best of therapists cannot change the will of the patient. There are some exceptions but not that I can go into within the scope of this article.

Just to expound on an earlier point, some people are just too afraid of the possibility of re-experiencing the hurt and fear they went through and they have learned long ago that anger was their best defense.

In referring to these people, I often say, “Anger is like the glue that holds them together.”

They have their working defense but as you point out, it is not without serious consequences and a pretty unhappy life.

I hope your brother can soon, began to see and understand this.

The paper reported in another article that cigarette butts are still being flushed into the ocean by people smoking on sidewalks in front of new apartment and condominium buildings. Signs and containers for ashes and cigarette butts in appropriate places would help educate and remind people where not to smoke.

One letter writer to the Santa Monica Daily Press in March, 2013 told of approaching a bus stop at Broadway and Fourth Street and seeing three men “screaming and acting in a very threatening manner.” A lady standing near-by indicated that they had been asked not to smoke at the bus stop and “they went ballistic.” Waiting for a bus should not be a potentially terrifying experience if you are courageous enough to remind people about the no smoking law, or the cause of an asthma attack if you don’t speak up. No smoking signs are very much needed at bus stops.

The law in Santa Monica requires no smoking within 20 feet of a door or operable window of a business. Workers often stand outside the building where they work to take a “smoke-break,” but taking a walk instead would insure compliance with the law, and even provide a health benefit.

Also, the law requires no smoking on the entire Third Street Promenade and on restaurant and coffee shop patios.

ENFORCEMENT BY POLICE A letter in December, 2013 to the Santa Monica Daily Press complained that the Santa Monica police don’t bother to even speak to people who are smoking in non-smoking areas, let alone give them a ticket. The letter suggested that if police gave tickets to people smoking in non-smoking areas, that would help to insure that Santa Monica lives up to the undeserved reputation it already has as a smoke-free city. Robin Sherry, another member of Smoke-Free Living Santa Monica says, “It’s really hypocritical to pass laws to protect people and then not enforce them”

DR. JOANNE BARGE is a licensed psychologist and licensed marriage & family therapist with offices in Brentwood.

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Up in smoke

New name, evolving goals

The council is considering the same laws for e-cigs that are already on the books for tobacco smoking. What a laugh!

Are they really? Since they do not enforce the existing no-smoking laws, why bother to add e-cigs? Why don’t they go back a few steps and start enforcing the no-smoking laws already on the books.

The city doesn’t even bother to post signs at bus stops (a smoker’s paradise), in parks, and in the places that are no-smoking zones. Why, you may ask? I have no idea.

Downtown, where most of us catch buses to other less expensive stores, there is no smoking within 20 feet of a bus stop — or within 20 feet of a business. So if you want to smoke Downtown, the middle of the street is a good place. Of course the cars may kill you as you puff away, but then you’re killing yourself anyway and dragging the rest of us into your addiction while you’re at it.

Apparently, the council wants to make themselves look good by passing laws the city has no intentions of enforcing.

Santa Monicans for Non-Smoking Renters Rights is excited to be expanding its mission and changing its name to Smoke-Free Living Santa Monica to reflect that new mission. Now that Santa Monica has a law which, over time, will result in all apartments and condominiums throughout the city becoming non-smoking, the group is reviewing all of the tobacco control laws which have been passed in the last 10 years by the city council.

“If residents knew about and complied with all of the laws which have been passed to protect people from tobacco smoke,” says Beth Miller, a member of the group.

“Santa Monica would truly be a smoke-free city. But as articles and letters published in the Santa Monica Daily Press over the past year show, there is a lot of education and enforcement that needs to take place along with posting of more no smoking signs.”

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EDUCATION AND SIGNAGE Santa Monica beaches and the pier are supposed to be non-smoking, but an article in the Santa Monica Daily Press in August, 2013, told of Chinese exchange students collecting and counting a significant number of littered cigarette butts around the pier and the boardwalk.

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E-CIGARETTES People are using electronic cigarettes in the belief that they are safe, but scientists are indicating they may not be. Studies show microscopic metals and carcinogenic materials in the vapors. We hope the city council will follow New York, Chicago and Los Angeles and pass a law which requires no smoking of electronic cigarettes in any area where regular cigarettes are not permitted.

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As Lape and her dogs have aged, they have changed the way they work. She sometimes teaches her dogs to ignore her while she takes shortcuts.

The American Kennel Club surveyed competitors last year, and 50 percent said they were over 51 years old. Of those, about 20 percent said they were over 60. To attract young people to the sport, entry fees are sometimes waived for handlers under 18.

The club is the largest of nine U.S. groups sponsoring agility trials. Purina Pro Plan’s Incredible Dog Challenge televises many of events and helps introduce newcomers to the sport.

The number of agility participants has grown every year since it was adopted by the American Kennel Club in 1994, and it’s up 48 percent in the last five years, said Carrie DeYoung, the club’s director of agility. To a lesser extent, there has been growth in other dog sports, too, including dock diving, where dogs jump for height or distance into water; Frisbee, both distance and freestyle catching; and herding.

Lape and Harper enjoy winning but say their dogs only care about pleasing them.

“It is very unlikely that they (dogs) care about winning,” said Beaver, the veterinarian. “Owners may think they are working harder in competition, but it is actually the owner who is working harder and the dog is responding to the owner’s cues.”

Despite the thrill of a win, no one gets into agility for money, DeYoung said. Even in major contests, top prizes rarely exceed $1,000, she said.

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This isn’t a walk in the park — it’s a heart-pounding, high-flying sprint. Owners must guide their dogs through the obstacles in a particular order, and do it as quick as they can. There are penalties if a dog walks on top of a tunnel, enters the wrong end first or knocks down a bar.

Veterinarians say the exercise and camaraderie are beneficial for dogs, and the more popular the sport, the safer the equipment.

The newest gear is lightweight, breaks away if a dog hits it and has no sharp corners. And pooches are never asked to jump higher than their legs will allow.

“Any dog that enjoys exercise and working with their owner can excel. If the dog seems to enjoy the sport and the owner is having fun, it is a good thing,” said Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a professor at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and executive director of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists.

When handlers describe the joys of agility, they talk about the euphoria of a perfect run, being in sync with their dogs, making friends at competitions and getting to travel.

Gayle Lape, 71, of Catonsville, Maryland, called competing with her Pembroke corgis, Phoenix and Ruddy, “a passion, an obsession.” She says she’s “so happy I am still able to do this. I am enjoying the ride and the run.”

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He said staff members were also having trouble finding real-world examples of successfully resolved cases, commonly referred to as reasonable accommodations and reasonable modifications.

“We’d go online to see what’s new in terms of real life examples and there was nothing in terms of a website that provides that,” he said. “Most of the examples out there are these really dry examples that HUD and the Department of Justice wrote years ago.”

He said the City’s Disabilities Commission also played an important role in developing the idea.

“They are experts in accessibility issues with serious commitment to our community, and they not only gave us their blessing during one of their hearings, but also provided support and expertise throughout the building of the site,” he said. “The Commission was the godfather of the Nifty Fifty.”

In the official announcement of the site, the Attorney’s office said local resident Juditte Erki experienced the kind of case that could have been helped with the website.

Erki is in a wheelchair and had a specially marked parking space to accommodate her ramp-equipped van. Her landlord converted the space to a valet only and Erki was unable to find any resources to help her request an accommodation to the new policy.

“The Nifty Fifty is very helpful,” said Erki, “The website tells the stories of tenants who faced a problem in their home like I did, and then it shows you ways you might deal with it. While the CPU wrote a letter to Sea Castle for me, and I got to keep my parking space,

FILMS FROM PAGE 1 “What we raise money for, and is our biggest project, is scholarships for a woman who is going back to school for higher education to improve her life and give a better opportunity to her kids,” she said. “Our educational program is certainly not our only project, but that’s kind of what defines us.

We want to improve the opportunities for women who might not have them otherwise in our community,” She said other projects the club has been involved in include partnering with organizations that help women locally and all over the world deal with issues such as domestic violence, human trafficking, and other issues impacting women and girls.

The LUNAFEST fundraiser is administered by the makers of Clif energy bars under their Luna brand, which is targeted specifically at women. The company assembles a selection of short films and provides local organizers with the means of showing them. The local host keeps 85 percent of the proceeds for their own causes and 15 percent return to the company to support its breast cancer foundation.

Meaghan Praznik, a public relations spokesperson with Clif Bar, said they review more than 950 film submissions to assemble the program.

“We always try to program 8-10 short films that showcase exceptional storytelling, creative delivery, humor, honesty and heart,” she said. “We love what we do, and are committed to sharing the inspiring stories of our very gifted women filmmakers.”

Andres said the films have an appeal to a wide audience.

“They are really very compelling, the films that we’re going to be showing on

the next time I have an issue, I will check The Nifty Fifty first before I call.”

Rhoades said several City employees deserved credit for the sites content and easy of use.

“The Web Development Team designed and coded The Nifty Fifty so that users of all abilities and disabilities have equal access to information and functionality,” he said in a statement. “And the site looks just as great on a smartphone as it does on a desktop or laptop.”

He also credited Andrea Cavanaugh, an investigator with his office, for working with the initial submissions to find good examples on which future submissions can be modeled.

“She’s done a lot of work on this website,” he said. “With drafting of the stories, helping folks craft their stories and picking out the photographs.”

Rhoades said the overall look and feel of the site is designed to encourage interaction by readers and display cleanly no matter how readers access the site.

“It’s got a really smooth, Instagram feel to how it works on the smartphone,” he said.

“It’s just really simple and great looking in design.”

He said he hopes residents statewide will utilize the website, reasonableaccommodations.org (do not add “www”) or fine the information via smconsumer.org. He hopes to have the full 50 stories in place by National Fair Housing Month in April 2015.

The authors of the two most popular stories (as judged by the number of “likes” they receive by February of 2015) will be invited to speak at Santa Monica’s April 2015 fair housing workshop, with their expenses for the trip covered. matt@smdp.com

Saturday,” said Andres. “These films, I think would be of interest to anybody but particularly to women in the community that want to be inspired by women and see films on great topics that are of great interest to women.”

Praznik said the films were chosen for their potential impact on viewers.

“We hope viewers walk away from LUNAFEST inspired and moved by the overwhelming community support, dedication to help local nonprofits, and passion to raise awareness for the environmental causes of breast cancer,” she said.

“In about two hours, our viewers are entertained, encouraged and often educated to make a positive impact on the community. LUNAFEST allows viewers to be a part of something special, and we hope that when you get up from your seat, you’ll walk away and hopefully be changed for the better.”

Soroptimist International of Los Angeles West-Santa Monica will host a local screening at the Santa Monica Masonic Center, 926 Santa Monica Blvd. on June 28, with a social hour, opportunity drawings, and dinner starting at 5:30 p.m. and showtime at 8 p.m. Tickets are $50 and are available to purchase at: soroptimistlawestsantamonica.org or by e-mailing: barbaraandres@gmail.com Soroptimists is an international service club focused on women’s issues. Members are traditionally professionals or businesswomen but the Santa Monica group has expanded its membership roles to include any woman that wants to help other woman.

Andres said Soroptimists have been involved in the Santa Monica area for years with the current club growing out of a merger in 1997 that produced the LA West-Santa Monica branch. matt@smdp.com

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COUNCIL FROM PAGE 1 Association meta-study that combined the results from 84 peer-reviewed papers, looked at the impacts of e-cigs and found the data to be inconclusive.

“There is not conclusive evidence that electronic cigarettes are an effective device for quitting smoking though their are certainly examples,” said City Attorney Adam Radinsky.

Still, Radinsky continued, there are advantages to the vaporizers.

“There are a lot of unanswered questions about safety,” he said. “The one thing that does seem clear, that all parties can agree on: Electronic cigarettes are safer than cigarettes by a long-shot both for the user and others in the vicinity.”

During the public portion of the meeting several residents told stories of quitting cigarettes by using e-cigarettes.

More than a dozen residents opposed the regulations.

Other residents questioned their safety and supported the regulations.

Councilmember Ted Winterer noted that e-cigarettes create confusion for officers tasked with enforcing the smoking regulations. Several of the council members and city officials noted that it can be hard for enforcement officers to tell the difference between the vaporizers and a traditional cigarette.

“We're not precluding anyone from their right to use ecigarettes,” Winterer said. “We're just putting restrictions on how they can be used.”

Councilmember Bob Holbrook was perhaps the most vehement about the regulations. The first time he saw a vaporizer, it was being used by a young man at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Holbrook compared the vapors coming from the man’s mouth to the spray coming from the blow-hole of a whale.

A police officer had to approach the man to check out what he was puffing on, Holbrook said.

“He just took that officer out of his service trying to prevent problems and watching for people smuggling in liquor,” Holbrook said.

He also claimed that the e-cigarettes, which can be advertised more freely than traditional cigarettes, are aimed at children.

“Why are there these little kid flavors?” he asked. “I haven't been into bubble gum since I was 12 years old. I haven't had cotton candy since I was probably 12 or 13 years old. I don't understand why you would make solutions like

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that if they weren't for kids. Maybe there's an adult here or there or somewhere in the world who thinks bubble gum is great.”

He was more ambivalent about the second-hand inhalation of the vapors.

“I was little annoyed to that I was getting some of the vapor but we're all breathing each other’s air while we’re sitting here,” he said. “That's one thing, but to breath each other’s vapor, I don't know.”

Councilmember Kevin McKeown, who expressed hesitation about regulation when Holbrook introduced the idea earlier this year, supported the direction.

“If we were to say, ‘OK you can not vape in our parks, like you can now not smoke,’ it wouldn't keep you from making

that choice to vape; the healthier choice,” he said. “It would mean you couldn't do it in public places where people would be affected or feel affected.”

McKeown asked city officials to deviate from City Hall’s smoking ban in one instance when applying it to vaporizers. Vapor lounges, he said, could be considered exempt from the ban in certain cases so that patrons can sample flavors.

Holbrook voiced opposition to the exception but it received general support from the council.

City officials will craft a specific ordinance and bring it back to council for approval later this year.

to and improving the center’s technology assets. The day will include a guest appearance from the Verizon FiOS vehicles outfitted with fun electronic games and converted TVs, a donation of an X-Box 360 with interactive games and a Samsung Galaxy Tablet with educational apps. Funds will also be used for future technology needs going into the 2014 school year. Volunteers will be assisting 450 children between 6-18 years of age at the various activity stations during the “Summer Fun Day” to celebrate.

The event will take place on June 27, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Verizon will be presenting a check to Janis Morse, Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica Development Director, and Garron Campbell, Main Branch Program Director at 12:45 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica’s Main Branch, 1238 Lincoln Blvd., A key facet of the FiOS SoCal Campaign is support for local causes, part of Verizon’s philosophy is sharing its success with the communities where its employees live and work. Verizon believes in making a positive impact on the communities it serves. Visit www.FiOSSoCal to learn more.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica is dedicated to providing youth a safe and productive place to go, and to inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential as caring, responsible and productive citizens. The organization serves over 4,000 children between the ages of 6-18, living in 109 different zip codes, annually.

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Santa Monican participating in transplant games Team SoCal, a group of 26 organ transplant recipients and six living donors from Southern California, who will be participating in the Transplant Games of America in Houston, will have a rally and prep time on June 28 from 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Toyota USA Automobile Museum, 19600 Van Ness Avenue (TM01), Torrance, prior to heading to the event on July 11-15. Team SoCal’s contingent will compete in a wide range of sports, including badminton, basketball, bowling, cycling, golf, and swimming, to showcase the healthy lives of transplant recipients, the vitality of living donors, and the generosity of organ and tissue donors and their families.

Among the Team SoCal participants attending the meeting will be lung recipients Gary Foxen (Orange) and Karen Erickson (Thousand Oaks); kidney recipients Tammy Rusznak (Torrance) and Thomas Elias (Santa Monica); Kidney and pancreas recipient, Mark Deetjen (South Pasadena); liver recipients Darrell Robb (Van Nuys) and Daniel Luevanos (Chino); and living kidney donors Michelle Humphreys (Los Angeles) and Susan Van Campen (Grand Terrace).

The Transplant Games of America is a multi-sport festival event for individuals who have undergone life-saving transplant surgeries. Competition events are open to living donors, organ transplant recipients, bone marrow recipients, and a limited number of corneal and tissue transplant recipients. More than an athletic event, the Transplant Games of America highlight the critical importance of organ, eye, and tissue donation, while celebrating the lives of organ donors and recipients.

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Stocks edge higher despite economic data KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer

NEW YORK The U.S. stock market inched modestly higher Wednesday, recovering more than half of what it lost the day before, as investors were able to set aside two disappointing economic reports.

CBS and other broadcasters rose after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of them over a startup Internet company in a closely watched copyright case. Monsanto rose after the agricultural company announced a big stock buyback and reported earnings that beat analysts’ estimates.

“The trend for this market is still, for the time being, up,” said Anastasia Amoroso, a global market strategist with J.P. Morgan Funds.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 9.55 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,959.53. The index fell roughly 13 points the day before.

The Nasdaq composite rose 29.40 points, or 0.7 percent, to 4,379.76 and the Dow Jones industrial average rose 49.38 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,867.51.

Consumer discretionary stocks were among the biggest advancers, a sector that includes broadcasters and other media companies. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Aereo would have to pay broadcast companies when it takes television programs from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other portable

devices.

It was a major win for the broadcast industry, which had argued that Aereo should have to pay for programming the same way cable and satellite providers have to.

CBS rose $3.64, or 6 percent, to $62.48 and Walt Disney, which owns ABC, rose $1.22, or 1.5 percent, to $83.90. TV station owners also rose. Sinclair Broadcasting jumped $4.56, or 16 percent, to $33.80.

Investors weren’t fazed by two negative economic reports released Wednesday.

In a revised estimate, the Commerce Department said the U.S. economy shrank at annual rate of 2.9 percent in the first three months of the year. Two-thirds of the downward revision reflected a decline in health care spending. The Commerce Department also said orders for long-lasting goods sank 1 percent in May as demand for military equipment fell sharply.

“GDP for the first quarter was not bad, it was horrible,” said Doug Cote and Karyn Cavanaugh of Voya Investment Management, in a note to investors.

Investors said the GDP report didn’t tell them anything they already knew. Many have already attributed weakness in the U.S. during the first three months of the year to unusually harsh winter weather.

“We need to be looking toward earnings season next month, not at a report from

three months ago,” JPMorgan’s Amoroso said.

Government bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note, which falls when prices rise, dropped to 2.56 percent from 2.58 percent late Tuesday.

Pioneer Natural Resources and Enterprise Products rose after The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. government was loosening a longstanding ban by letting those two companies sell a certain kind of unrefined American oil internationally. The newspaper said the Obama administration would allow foreign buyers to purchase a type of ultralight oil known as condensate, which can be turned into gasoline, jet fuel and diesel.

Pioneer rose $11.42, or 5 percent, to $233.07 and Enterprise rose $1.03, or 1.4 percent, to $77.14.

In other company news: — Monsanto’s earnings fell more than 5 percent but its overall results still beat analysts’ estimates. The company, which sells corn and soybean seeds, also announced plans to spend up to $10 billion on buying its own stock. Monsanto rose $6.10 to $126.73.

— Barnes & Noble rose $1.09, or 5 percent, to $21.65 after the bookseller said it would split into two publicly traded companies, one focused on retail bookselling and one on its Nook Media business, which sells electronic reading devices.

Federal appeals court: Gays have right to marry NICHOLAS RICCARDI & BRADY MCCOMBS Associated Press

DENVER A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Wednesday that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, extending the movement’s legal winning streak and bringing the issue a big step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The three-judge panel in Denver ruled 21 that states cannot deprive people of the fundamental right to marry simply because they choose a partner of the same sex.

The court dismissed as “wholly illogical” the notion that allowing gays to wed could somehow undermine traditional marriage.

The decision by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower-court ruling that struck down Utah’s gay marriage ban. It becomes law in the six states covered by the 10th Circuit: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. But the panel immediately put the ruling on hold pending an appeal.

The Utah attorney general’s office planned to appeal, but it was assessing whether to go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court or ask the entire 10th Circuit to review the ruling, spokeswoman Missy Larsen said.

Wednesday’s decision “takes us one step closer to reaching certainty and finality,” the office said in a statement.

After the ruling, the couples named in the appeal hugged, cried and exchanged kisses at a news conference outside their attorney’s offices in downtown Salt Lake City.

“This decision is an absolute victory for fairness and equality for all families in Utah, in every state in the 10th Circuit and every

state in this great nation of the United States,” said their attorney, Peggy Tomsic.

Plaintiff Derek Kitchen said he and his partner, Moudi Sbeity, are “so proud to be a part of history.”

The decision gives increased momentum to a legal cause that already has compiled an impressive record in the lower courts after the Supreme Court last year struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Since then, 16 federal and state judges have issued rulings siding with gay marriage advocates.

The latest of those rulings was in Indiana, where a federal judge threw out that state’s same-sex marriage ban Wednesday in a decision that immediately allows gay couples to wed. The Indiana and Utah rulings came just one day ahead of the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision striking down part of a federal anti-gay marriage law.

The Utah ruling was especially significant because it was the first appellate court to conclude that last year’s Supreme Court decision means states cannot deny gays the ability to marry.

In 2012, an appellate court struck down California’s gay marriage ban but said it was only ruling on that law, not the broader constitutional questions. There were no such caveats in Wednesday’s 65-page decision.

Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, said Utah’s legal victory was sweeter because of where it originated — a conservative, deeply religious state in the heart of the mountain West.

“What is so powerful here is that we have the first federal appellate court and ... it’s a case coming out of Utah affirming in the strongest, clearest, boldest terms that the Constitution guarantees the freedom to marry and equal protection for all

Americans and all means all, including gay couples,” he said.

Within hours of the Utah decision, the Boulder County, Colorado, clerk announced that she would issue marriage licenses to gay couples because Colorado’s gay marriage ban would be voided if the decision stands.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, based in Salt Lake City, said on its website that it maintains marriage should be between a man and a woman, but believes “all people should be treated with respect.”

In his dissent, Justice Paul J. Kelly Jr. said the 10th Circuit overstepped its authority and that states should be able to decide who can marry.

“We should resist the temptation to become philosopher-kings, imposing our views under the guise of the 14th Amendment,” Kelly wrote.

More than 1,000 same-sex couples in Utah wed in December after the initial ruling in the case, before the Supreme Court issued a stay. Along with the Utah case, the 10th Circuit panel considered a challenge to Oklahoma’s ban. It did not immediately rule in that case Wednesday.

“While judges can, by judicial fiat, declare same-sex ‘marriage’ legal, they will never be able to make it right,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.

“The courts, for all their power, can’t overturn natural law.”

Though the Utah and Oklahoma cases have been closely watched, it’s unclear if one of them will be the first to reach the Supreme Court. The high court could choose from cases moving through five other federal appellate courts and wouldn’t consider a case until next year at the earliest.

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Uruguay defends Suarez as FIFA scrambles GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer

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Uruguay’s Luis Suarez for biting a player in the World Cup, his teammates, coaches and fans in his soccer-crazy country defended the star, blaming the foreign media, his Italian opponents and uneven treatment.

World Cup organizers scrambled Wednesday quickly decided on a punishment before Uruguay plays Colombia Saturday in the round of 16.

“We have to resolve it either today or tomorrow,” FIFA disciplinary panel member Martin Hong told reporters Wednesday. “It’s our duty to see justice done.”

A day after he tangled with defender Giorgio Chiellini, Suarez was coping well, according to the Uruguay football federation president.

“Luis is fine. He’s been through 1001 battles,” Wilmar Valdez told the online site Tenfield.com. “We all know who Luis is and that’s why we have to defend him.”

The bite — just before Uruguay scored the clinching goal to eliminate the four-time champion Italians —will now test FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s often-stated commitment to “fair play, discipline, respect.”

Blatter, who was in the crowd for the Uruguay-Italy match at Natal, has pledged a zero tolerance for the darker side of the game.

Many are questioning where that leaves a player like Suarez, who has a history of disciplinary problems including separate bans of seven and 10 matches for biting opponents in the Netherlands and England.

Valdez said Uruguay officials were sent a video of the incident by FIFA, and would respond with footage showing Suarez — a striker for Liverpool and last season’s player of the year in England’s Premier League — as a victim of Italian aggression.

“When he falls, several substitutes insult him on the ground and some members of Italy’s staff even came out of the bench to try to hit him,” Valdez said, suggesting FIFA could investigate Italy.

Uruguay also will cite Brazil star Neymar getting only a yellow card in a clash with a Croatia player, Valdez said.

Uruguay federation board member Alejandro Balbi, who is Suarez’s lawyer, blamed European media reporting.

“This happened because there have been campaigns launched by the media in England and Italy,” Balbi told Uruguayan radio Sport 890.

Suarez’s teammate Diego Lugano agreed.

“The British media has a vendetta against

Suarez, and everyone knows that,” he said.

“It’s obvious the vendetta sells newspapers in England, otherwise you wouldn’t be here.

Uruguay and Italy played yesterday. On Saturday Uruguay plays Colombia, I don’t know why there’s a British journalist asking about Suarez.”

Lugano said he had seen “much more violent plays” than the bite at the World Cup. “It was a normal taunt in football, and the world press ends up talking about something totally trivial,” he said.

FIFA’s case against Suarez — announced early Wednesday — will be managed by a Swiss lawyer, Claudio Sulser, chairman of the FIFA disciplinary committee. A former international forward himself, Sulser has worked for four years at FIFA, first as head of its ethics court.

Sulser can choose to judge the offense within the scale of typical red-card incidents: A three-match ban may then be appropriate, banishing Suarez at least until the World Cup final should Uruguay advance that far.

The maximum penalty would be a ban of 24 international matches.

FIFA can also choose to ban Suarez for up to two years. That would cover club and international games and would ruin a widely speculated transfer to Barcelona or Real Madrid.

Completing the case ahead of Saturday’s match could be complicated if Suarez appeals. That challenge could go direct to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland for an urgent and binding ruling.

However, one option open to FIFA and Sulser to avoid that scenario is that a suspension of “fewer than three matches or of up to two months” cannot be appealed, according to FIFA rules.

Already, one of Suarez’s sponsors said it was “reviewing our relationship with him.”

“We will not tolerate unsporting behavior,” 888poker said in a Twitter message.

Last month, the firm announced a global endorsement contract with Suarez, a poker enthusiast. adidas, which also has Suarez as a client and is FIFA’s longest standing World Cup sponsor, said it was monitoring the case.

Meanwhile, Suarez was criticized by a Uruguay football great Alcides Ghiggia, the last survivor of the team which defeated Brazil to win the 1950 World Cup. Suarez “plays well but he has done things that are not normal for a player nor for a soccer game,” Ghiggia told The AP. “I think FIFA can sanction him.”

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EARLY NIGHT TONIGHT, ARIES ARIES (March 21-April 19)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

★★★★ Others could find you to be unusually

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inquisitive, as you seek out many answers. You might get a lot more information than you originally had anticipated. Some of what is shared could be significant at a later point. Tonight: Make it an early night.

option that you had not even considered.

Reach out for more information, and touch base with someone at a distance. Tonight: Consider a unique idea.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) TAURUS (April 20-May 20) matter. You could feel out of sorts when dealing with someone who does not understand the liabilities of a situation, but who considers himor herself an expert. Tonight: Your treat.

★★★★ You might be confused by what someone is saying. Understand that this person has difficulty relating to others. Try to help him or her focus on the main issues. You also could decide not to deal with this situation right now.

Tonight: Go along with a suggestion.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

★★★★★ Find out what is happening with

★★★★ You might want to allow someone who

someone who might be intentionally avoiding you. Consider an opportunity elsewhere. Let go of the present problem, and make it a nonissue. Tonight: Buy a token of affection.

feels as if he or she has the most understanding to come up with an idea. Listen to news with an open mind. Tonight: Go with the best idea!

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

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ation. Recognize that you have been overthinking it. Listen to news with a more open mind, as you will need to gain a different perspective.

Talk to others, and curb a need to always be right. Tonight: Nap, then decide.

you can. A brainstorming session could throw you off schedule, but it will be worth it. What emerges as a result of this conversation could lead to a great idea. You will want to mull this conversation over several times. Tonight: Play it relaxed.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ Someone will be very inquisitive, and he or she could evoke your suspicions. This person doesn't have a deep motive, but is simply curious. You might not be aware of the impression you make on others. You are far more intriguing than you realize. Tonight: Follow your friends.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

★★★★ You will want to rethink a decision with

★★★ Stay more centered with a family member. A real estate matter might come to the forefront. You could hear a lot of good news when you decide to open up a conversation.

Your authenticity marks your interpersonal interactions. Tonight: Head out on the town.

an eye on expenses. You have the capacity to want to spend, but you also are able say "no."

A parent might share his or her opinions and put you in a difficult situation. Make plans later in the day. Tonight: Where your friends are.

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Listen to news, even if you do not think you will like what you hear. Do not forget about a loved one -- your calls mean a lot to this person. Your advice is likely to help him or her get past a hassle. Tonight: Slow down just a little.

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

This year you need to pull back and listen to yourself more often. You are full of questions, nearly like a child seeking answers. To others, your questioning could be worrisome or exhausting. Try to center yourself, and you might get a better reception. If you are single, you could meet someone of interest after July. Let a new relationship flow naturally. If you are attached, the two of you start acting like two peas in a pod. You will enjoy each other's company more than you have in a long while. PISCES is a good listener.

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Sudoku Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from ★ (easiest) to ★★★★★ (hardest).

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SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE

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

Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, find which of the missing numbers will work. Eliminating numbers will eventually lead you to the answer.

D A I LY P O L I C E L O G The Santa Monica Police Department responded to 385 calls for service on June 24.

BELOW IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE CALLS CHOSEN BY THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. Defrauding an innkeeper on 5th St. at 12:37 a.m.

Vandalism on Wilshire blvd. at 2:52 a.m.

Drunk driving on 5th St. at 3:40 a.m.

Vandalism on Exposition Blvd. at 7:44 a.m.

Assault on Cloverfield Blvd. at 8:11 a.m.

Traffic accident on 17th St. at 8:27 a.m.

Indecent exposure at Palisades Park at 9:59 a.m.

Battery on 16th St. at 11:09 a.m.

Battery on Olympic Dr. at 11:45 a.m.

Identity theft on Pico Blvd. at 11:46 a.m.

Defrauding an innkeeper on Colorado Ave. at 12:19 p.m.

Petty theft on Lincoln Blvd. at 12:39 p.m.

Person with a gun on 26th St. at 12:51 p.m.

Armed robbery on Wilshire Blvd. at 1:03 p.m.

Traffic accident on Lincoln Blvd. at 1:10 p.m.

Battery on Ocean Park Blvd. at 2:09 p.m.

Petty theft at the beach at 2:10 p.m.

Traffic accident on Ocean Ave. at 2:!5 p.m.

Burglary report on 14th St. at 2:42 p.m.

Identity theft on Olympic Dr. at 2:47 p.m.

Grand theft on 6th St. at 3:07 p.m.

Auto burglary on Euclid St. at 3:16 p.m..

Traffic accident on 11th St. at 3:23 p.m.

Fraud report on 6th St. at 3:24 p.m.

Grand theft auto on Hollister Ave. on 3:48 p.m.

Petty theft on Main St. at 3:49 p.m.

Strongarm robbery on Lincoln Blvd. at 4:33 p.m.

Battery on 3rd St. at 4:23 p.m.

Petty theft on Lincoln Blvd. at 5:02 p.m.

Burglary report on 4th St. at 5:11 p.m.

Identity theft on Ocean Ave. at 5:50 p.m.

Vandalism on 10th St. at 6:57 p.m.

Found person on 2nd St. at 8:24 p.m.

Burglary on 7th St. at 9:14 p.m.

Bike theft on 2nd St. at 9:34 p.m.

Bike theft on 2nd St. at 11:04 p.m.

■ Another driver died after being unable to dodge his own vehicle. A 58-year-old man was hit by his SUV in New York City in June after he double-parked and was opening the door on the passenger side and realized that the vehicle was still in reverse gear. He tried to jam one foot onto the brake but hit the gas instead, causing the car to jump backward, ejecting him, and pinning him between the SUV and a van parked alongside. The man suffered a heart attack and died as his vehicle broke free and drifted across the busy Manhattan intersection of Madison Avenue and East 49th Street.

■ In the second such incident reported here in four months, an overenthusiastic police officer handcuffed and detained a firefighter working a 9-1-1 call, ostensibly because the firefighter refused to stop work and go move his fire truck to the officer's satisfaction. Like the earlier incident in California, the unequivocal state law in Louisiana makes it illegal for anyone to interfere with a firefighter on an emergency call, and the officer from the New Roads, La., Police Department in principle faces a stiff fine and possible jail sentence.

TODAY IN HISTORY – Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.

– World War II: under the MolotovRibbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.

– World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Ko‰ice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.

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WORD UP! peckish \ PEK-ish \ , adjective; 1. Chiefly British Informal . somewhat hungry: By noon we were feeling a bit peckish .

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