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Santa Monica Daily Press
August 6-7, 2005 DAILY LOTTERY
A newspaper with issues
Volume 4, Issue 229
Planners thinking inside the box?
Sweet caroling
SUPER LOTTO 3 12 31 39 47 Meganumber: 7 Jackpot: $55 Million
FANTASY 5 14 15 19 23 24
DAILY 3 Daytime: Evening:
532 125
DAILY DERBY 1st: 2nd: 3rd:
06 Whirl Win 05 California Classic 12 Lucky Charms
RACE TIME:
1:45.74
Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery retailers. Visit the California State Lottery web site:Http://www.calottery.com
BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
CHUCK
SHEPARD
Maureen Faibish, the owner of two pit bulls that attacked and killed Faibish's 12-year-old son in June in San Francisco while he was home alone (after Faibish had ordered him to stay away from the dogs and shut him in a room), denied that she was in any way responsible for little Nicholas' death. "It (was) Nicky's time to go," she told the San Francisco Chronicle. "When you're born, you're destined to go, and this was his time."
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 218th day of 2005. There are 147 days left in the year. On Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing an estimated 140,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare. In 1978, Pope Paul VI died at Castel Gandolfo at age 80. In 1986, William J. Schroeder died after living 620 days with the Jarvik Seven artificial heart.
INDEX 2
Surf Report 3
State 4
Opinion Make a break for it
6
Commentary Lead by example
7
National Put a stop to it
8
International Bracing for violence
22
Comics Strips tease
23
Classifieds Ad space odyssey
Diminutive diplomats get their kicks in Japan
24-26
See SM PLACE, page 16
A clean sweep along the Bluffs BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
BY ROBERT FATURECHI
Nearly 30 local kids will be strapping on their shin guards and lacing up their cleats in Japan this Monday as they kick off a little cross-border soccer competition. Sponsored by Santa Monica businesses and individuals, a pair of local teams will storm the Japanese city of Fujinomi. The trip also marks the 30th anniversary of Santa Monica and Fujinomi as sister cities. By all indications, the athletes are stoked about their upcoming travels. “They’re like a bunch of
PALISADES BLUFFS — Santa Monica police officers, members of the Veterans Administration and city landscapers spent hours on the Palisades Bluffs last week searching out homeless encampments and removing them. Starting at the 500 block of the Pacific Coast Highway, Thursday’s sweep was part of a bimonthly detail intended to keep the Bluffs clean and un-populated. The steep, brushy hillside, owned by the city of Santa Monica, is often illegally occupied by the homeless. Thursday’s operation led to the misdemeanor arrests of seven individuals inhabiting the Bluffs,
See GETTING THEIR KICKS, page 13
See BLUFFS, page 14
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Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Electric guitarist Erik Diamond jams along with his group Super Diamond, a Neil Diamond tribute band, on Thursday night at the Santa Monica Pier. The band performed as part of the Twilight Dance Series.
SANTA MONICA PLACE — As community members ponder what might replace Robinsons-May and the rest of Santa Monica Place, a recent proposal for a Wal-Mart to be built in Boulder, Colo., is causing local residents to ponder what might be in store. Federated Department Stores, Inc., which owns Macy’s, announced last Thursday it will sell 68 “duplicate” stores in malls occupied by both Macy’s and
Ryan Hyatt/Special to the Daily Press Santa Monica Police Officer Robert Martinez surveys some of the items found at a homeless encampment along the Palisades Bluffs.
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