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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
Volume 12 Issue 259
Santa Monica Daily Press
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A cut above St. Joseph Center chef competes on ‘Chopped’
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BY AMEERA BUTT Daily Press Staff Writer
HAMPTON DRIVE What can you make with barbecue sauce in a squirt bottle, pattypan squash, ground pork and a can of chicken noodle soup? That’s one of the answers television audiences will find out when they see St. Joseph Center’s Chef D. Brandon Walker appears on the popular show “Chopped” on the Food Network Tuesday night. The ingredients are all part of the appetizer portion of the competition where contestants have 20 minutes to whip up a dish. Four contestants compete in three rounds that consist of making an appetizer, entree and dessert with various “mystery” ingredients. Walker is in charge of the culinary training program at the center as well as chef of Bread and Roses Cafe, which provides meals to the less fortunate in a comfortable and clean setting. The Food Network got in touch with Walker a year after the executive director of the center recommended his name for something else on the channel. Walker will appear on a special episode called “Hero Chefs,” or chefs who have served their communities. The Santa Monican remained mum on how he did in the competition, but said the show, which was filmed in February, is “completely authentic.” “It’s an absolute surprise what’s in the mystery basket,” Walker said. “It’s a long, grueling day, 16 hours in the studio.” Walker said he was proud to represent the West Coast, and Santa Monica in particular, alongside chefs from New York and Philadelphia. Before he was on the show, he said his co-workers were providing him with suggestions on what to make. “I’ve taught over 500 students so it’s kind of an army of people who are watching me and rooting me on,” Walker said. With a background in fine dining and a culinary school education, Walker runs seven classes per year in the free program, which last for 10 weeks. There are an average of 105 students enrolled a year, he said. Katty Salinas, who runs Katty’s Pupusas at the YWCA on 14th Street twice a week, was one of Walker’s former
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CHOP, CHOP: St. Joseph Center’s Chef D. Brandon Walker shows off his knife skills.
UCLA player Nick Pasquale hit by car, killed GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES UCLA receiver Nick Pasquale was hit by a car and killed while walking in San Clemente early Sunday morning. He was 20. The Orange County Sheriff ’s Department said Pasquale was struck about 1:30 a.m. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Pasquale was trying to cross a street. Sheriff ’s Lt. Gary Strachan said the car’s driver stopped, called authorities and stayed with Pasquale until they arrived. The accident is under investigation. Strachan said no one was arrested. Pasquale, a redshirt freshman, walked on at UCLA last fall after playing at San Clemente High School, where he was a three-year starter. The 5-foot-7 receiver earned the nickname “Pacman” from his teammates while participating on the scout team in practices last season and again this summer. “This is a tragic loss,” UCLA coach Jim Mora said. “Nick was an outstanding young SEE UCLA PAGE 11
In time of drought, water war fought underground GOSIA WOZNIACKA Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif. For decades, this city in California’s agricultural heartland relied exclusively on cheap, plentiful groundwater and pumped increasingly larger amounts from an aquifer as its population grew. But eventually, the water table dropped by more than 100 feet, causing some of Fresno’s wells to cave in and others to slow to SEE WATER PAGE 10
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