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Santa Monica Daily Press July 1-2, 2006
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Volume 5, Issue 198
New court Cares
City dons Poncho
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BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
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CITY HALL — Adding another weapon in its fight to end homelessness, City Hall will create a community court in which the down-andout will be able to resolve their legal problems while accessing services to help them climb out of a life of poverty and addiction. Elected officials are expected to unveil the pilot program Monday morning on the steps of City Hall, according to Kate Vernez, assistant to the City Manager for government relations. “This is a ground-breaking milestone for the community because it will provide another tool in the Continuum of Care to assist the
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The San Diego firm Allerca Inc. announced in June that it is accepting advance orders (at $5,000 each) for hypoallergenic cats it intends to create by cross-breeding species that lack the noxious bacteria that most cats produce that are so dangerous to asthmatics and others. A competitor, New York’s Transgenic Pets, is after the same result by modifying the actual gene that produces the cat saliva bacteria. (Transgenic is expecting to beat Allerca to market, at a price of around $1,000.)
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 182nd day of 2006. There are 183 days left in the year. On July 1, 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg began.
INDEX Horoscopes Taurus, you’re ever playful
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Snow & Surf Report Water temperature: 60°
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State A welcome reprieve
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Local Police in search
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National Rainbow Family faceoff
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MOVIETIMES ‘It’s a bird, it’s a plane’
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Comics Yak it up, yakmeister
See HOMELESS COURT, page 12
Trying new stall tactics BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON
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DOWNTOWN — Starting today, visitors to the Promenade can go to the bathroom in peace. As part of a pilot program, City Hall plans to spend between $50,000 and $75,000 this summer to staff two bathrooms off of the Third Street Promenade with attendants. The idea is to make sure the bathrooms aren’t abused, as they have been in the past. Without constant supervision, many people have used the bathrooms to do drugs, have sex
Classifieds Ad space odyssey
See BATHROOM, page 10
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BEST ON THE WESTSIDE
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IN LOO OF SANTA MONICA Ray Nevarez, 42, of Thomas Partitions, installs a divider in the women's restroom in parking structure No. 4, between Second Street and the Third Street Promenade. As part of a pilot program, public restrooms will be staffed by attendants through the summer.
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Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Grammy-winning artist Poncho Sanchez and his band entertained the crowd on the Santa Monica Pier during the 22nd annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday. Sanchez’s blend of afro-Cuban jazz kicked off the annual summer concerts.
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LAX COURTHOUSE — Local radio show host and Grammy Awardnominated film consultant Chris Douridas pleaded not guilty Friday to felony cocaine possession, a charge that could land the popular deejay in state prison for up to three years. Douridas, host of KCRW-FM’s “New Ground,” made his plea before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge See DOURIDAS, page 12
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