WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2005
Volume 4, Issue 214
FR EE
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
Post-production facility in casting phase
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
CHUCK
SHEPARD
While Congress and the sports world are busy condemning the use of steroids as “cheating,” golfer Tiger Woods and other athletes have already artificially enhanced their natural abilities with impunity through Lasik eye surgery (improving vision to 20/15 or 20/10). More ominously, according to a Wired magazine story in March, the time will soon come when perfectly healthy baseball pitchers and other athletes choose so-called “Tommy John surgery” (until now performed only to repair ruptured arm ligaments), which can make an elbow even stronger than it naturally was, allowing pitchers to achieve higher velocity than ever. Other predicted enhancements include the removal, re-engineering, and re-insertion of leg, arm and shoulder muscle cells to add strength.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 201st day of 2005. There are 164 days left in the year.
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Sean O’Malley, producer of Walz O’Malley, and Maggi Kelley, general manager of Lantana, stand in front of the Lantana building, where a massive post-production facility is being developed.
Cat forced to find new cradle in the OP BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
QUOTE OF THE DAY “A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises from words.”
EDMUND BURKE
BRITISH STATESMAN (1729-1797)
INDEX Horoscopes Take time for family, Libra
2
Surf Report Water temperature: 67°
3
Opinion A new, but old turd in Washington 4
Obituary Douglas Aircraft worker takes flight 5
National Latinos cope with American Dream 8
Real estate Five easy steps to sell your home 10
Comics Yuks redux
16
Classifieds Ad space odyssey
17-18
Alejandro Cesar Cantarero II/Daily Press WHY MUST I CHASE THE CAT: Cindy Lambert, holding a photo of ‘Grace,’ wants her pet back.
OCEAN PARK — A neighbor dispute here has literally escalated into a cat fight between two women who live an alley apart. It’s a case of a missing cat — “Grace” — or possibly now named “Stevie.” For the past week, a flyer has been circulating in this neighborhood that claims C i n d y Lambert’s gray tabby was “catnapped” by her neighbor, Jennifer Harding, who has allegedly renamed it “Stevie.” Lambert, who lives in an apartment on the 2500 block of Fifth Street, claims Grace was taken last week by Harding, who lives in an apartment on the 2500 block of Fourth Street. Harding, a Santa Monica attorney, said she hasn’t taken Grace,
All of a sudden, it’s cool to be uncool
despite claims that he’s been seen confined to Harding’s patio laced with chicken wire. “It’s just untrue,” Harding said. “I haven’t stolen anyone’s cat. I don’t want to contribute any more to the drama.” Harding said she doesn’t have a cat by the name of Grace. When asked if she has a cat n a m e d “Stevie,” she wouldn’t comment. “This has been a difficult situation,” Harding said. “There has been a great deal of unfortunate behavior with regards to this, not on my part. “The issue of ownership seems to be different in (Lambert’s)
CHICAGO — Maybe it’s because young computer gurus are now enjoying the millionaire life. Perhaps it has something to do with the unexpected popularity last year of the movie “Napoleon Dynamite,” about a quirky, dancing teen and his sleepy Idaho town. Whatever the reason, being a nerd, a geek, a dork — whatever you want to call the tragically unhip — is becoming a source of pride. Case in point: Steffi Weiss, a 15-year-old in the Chicago suburb of Lake Zurich, who plays violin in the school’s orchestra. This spring, she and a friend bought black mesh sports jerseys — something like the football team’s — and added
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Alleged cat burglar: Vigilante or victim?
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon as they stepped out of their lunar module.
MID-CITY — The development of an entertainment facility that’s faced stiff neighborhood resistance has yet to be built, due to a lack of tenants. The construction of two production/post-production studio buildings near Olympic Boulevard and Stewart Avenue is pending until Maguire Properties, Inc., the owner, has secured enough tenants to build the site. Maguire bought the 12-acre property in December from real estate developer Lantana/Hines, a group which spent years negotiating with City Hall in the face of neighborhood resistance before the development was finally approved in September. Maguire spokesperson Peggy Moretti said Maguire does not develop sites based on speculation. The company will be holding off on development until it has an adequate number of tenants to make the project economically
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