FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2005
Volume 4, Issue 222
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Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
DAILY LOTTERY
Council split on fees for builders
Can’t seem to stay on track
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FANTASY 5 3 7 28 31 33
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BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
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Gary Moody, 45, was arrested after being pulled by police from a tank underneath a women's outhouse in a park near Albany, N.H., in June. A teenage girl had reported that when she went to use the facility, she saw Moody, standing in the muck below the hole, staring up at her. News of the Weird has reported on others discovered in similar circumstances (and who typically wear raincoats and waders and stand patiently, waiting for a user): in Horsetooth National Park in Colorado in 1998; near Peterborough, Ontario, in 1995; at a state park near Hamden, Conn., in 1990; and near Durango, Colo., in 1990. According to Moody's arrest report, his explanation (which is a familiar one for these situations) was that he accidentally "dropped" a "ring" into the toilet and had to go looking for it.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 210th day of 2005. There are 155 days left in the year. On July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which created NASA.
“When I rest, I rust.”
FRITZ THYSSEN
GERMAN INDUSTRIALIST (1873-1951)
See IN LIEU, page 10
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Surf Report Water temperature: 68°
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Opinion Active on the bench
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State The straight poop
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National Considerable energy boost
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Entertainment Did you hear the one about ...?
By Daily Press staff
SM BEACH — An apparent gang-related fight broke out early Thursday, leaving two victims in the hospital, three people in jail and police searching for additional suspects. At about 1:40 a.m., Santa
Monica police responded to a call of shots fired at the 1550 beach lot just north of the Santa Monica Pier. Responding officers received additional information that a victim from the shooting was in the 1700 block of Fourth Street. Officers located one victim, a 17year-old Hispanic male from Los
PETA digs in to save city ground squirrels
LOCAL
City Hall considers rodents a health risk
BY ROBERT FATURECHI
BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
Horoscopes Nap, then decide, Sag
Gang fight breaks out at beach
Special to the Daily Press
INDEX
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Comics 16
Classifieds Ad space odyssey
See GANG FIGHT, page 10
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Santa Monica College cheerleaders squeeze in some extra fun and exercise at last weekend’s Relay for Life at SMC. Ashley Crosse skips rope with Lauren Jankins (left) and Justin Russ (right) keeping the ropes in motion.
City is on fast track to OK beach path
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Yuks redux
Angeles, who suffered from at least one gunshot wound to the upper torso. He was transported to a local hospital, where he is listed in critical condition, police said. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the victim was shot
CITY HALL — Elected officials this week passed up an opportunity to adjust fees that may have increased the number of affordable housing units in Santa Monica, unconvinced the decision to do so would be effective. Six members of the Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday couldn’t come to a consensus on what the impact might be for approving an amendment that would raise developer “in-lieu” fees intended to increase the amount of affordable housing in Santa Monica. As a result of the stalemate, there will neither be a financial analysis of the impact to developers, as requested by some councilmembers, nor an immediate decision to raise the fees, as desired by others.
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SM BEACH — Following years of unfulfilled requests from promoters, City Hall is finally considering a new beachside race route — the first of its kind in Santa Monica that would provide runners with an ocean view. While the city currently has four race routes, two of the paths — both near Santa Monica College — are virtually unusable due to growing traffic, according to city officials. If councilmembers approve a new route along the coast, those two See RACE ROUTE, page 11
PALISADES PARK — Animalrights activists have their chestnuts in a twist over the city’s poisoning of ground squirrels, but the city contends they’re barking down the wrong burrow. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has lobbed criticism at City Hall for poisoning the rodents running rampant at Pali–sades Park, recently sending a letter to Mayor Pam O’Connor urging her to order city employees to immediately remove all pesticides being used to poison ground squirrels at the park. “Death from the poisons being
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File photos The animal-rights group PETA is looking out for ground squirrels (at left) occupying the city’s Palisades Park, asking the city to remove pesticide traps (at right). Despite the city’s claims that the traps were removed, this one was spotted Thursday.
used by the city is slow and agonizing,” says PETA Wildlife Biologist Stephanie Boyles. “No one knows how many animals have suffered and died, but the mayor has the power to stop this cruel program.” City Hall had been attempting to suppress the ground squirrel
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population at the park since the spring, following the Los Angeles County Health Department’s finding of a rapid growth in the number of active ground squirrel burrows. However, City Hall stopped See SQUIRRELS, page 10
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