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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2004
Volume 3, Issue 267
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
Santa Monica hopes to solve its identity crisis
DAILY LOTTERY SUPER LOTTO 11 22 24 31 39 Meganumber: 22 Jackpot: 29 Million
FANTASY 5 4 8 12 16 30
DAILY 3 Daytime: Evening:
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DAILY DERBY 1st: 2nd: 3rd:
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What is it about Santa Monica that makes it so unique?
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
BY GENEVA WHITMARSH
BY CHUCK SHEPARD
Daily Press Staff Writer
■ The unnamed young man who won the latest "Jackass" contest, sponsored by Chicho's Restaurant in Virginia Beach, Va., in August, first came to the attention of police when he was spotted wandering around at 1 a.m. bleeding from an amateur Mohawk haircut. Also, his chest, stomach, buttocks and legs were heavily industrial-strength stapled, and he had slice marks on his side and a broken collarbone (from a back flip off the bar). He had also swallowed and vomited a live goldfish and broken a beer bottle over his head, but all in all, he said, he was proud. (The restaurant manager was fired.) ■ Koko, the famous gorilla that was taught about a thousand words in American sign language, had recently been telling her handlers at her apartment at the Gorilla Foundation in Woodside, Calif., that her mouth hurt. It was only a toothache, but treatment would require her to be anesthetized, and the foundation decided to take advantage and give her a complete physical, with specialists volunteering to work on a "star." (Said Dr. David Liang of Stanford's medical school, "Koko is less demanding" than other celebrities.) Afterward, according to an Associated Press reporter, Koko met with her doctors and motioned one woman to come closer. The woman, awed by this brilliant animal, playfully handed Koko her business card, which Koko promptly ate.
INDEX Horoscopes Be supportive tonight, Gem
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Local Photo still a mystery
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Surf Report Water temperature: 71°
State Hundreds of guns taken off street
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National Community cops left hanging
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Comics Hardy har
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Classifieds Ad space odyssey
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Legal Notices Doing business as???
By Daily Press staff
OCEAN PARK — A woman is listed in stable condition at a local hospital after she was shot in the arm while walking in this neighborhood early Sunday morning. At about 3:45 a.m., Santa Monica police officers responded to the 800 block of Pacific Street where the victim said she was
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walking when a man pulled up in a car and stopped next to her. The suspect attempted to talk to the victim and when she looked toward him, she saw him pointing a handgun at her, police said. The victim turned away and began to run, when she heard a loud pop and realized that she had been shot See SHOOTING, page 5
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Westside pride: School director leads cheer BY GENEVA WHITMARSH
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have come to associate with gambling, entertainment and excess. But how could you describe Santa Monica without — well — using the words, Santa Monica? That’s the question officials at the city’s convention and visitor’s bureau are posing to residents, elected officials and visitors in an effort to create what’s referred to in the industry as a “destination brand” for the city. But they’re quick to point out, however, that the idea isn’t simply to create a
Woman shot while walking down street
Daily Press Staff Writer
Opinion The FCC needs to go away
When a friend suggests a weekend trip to Sin City, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion where you’ll be headed. Chances are extremely high that you’ll be heading to Las Vegas, a city millions of people
Charity case
FOURTH STREET — The 150 students here create their own books, sew shirts and use woodworking skills to craft their own toys. Not a traditional curriculum to be sure — but one that director Jeffrey Graham embraces without a hint of modesty. “People need to know about the Waldorf school,” he said. “It’s a model to which other schools can aspire.”
Jacquie Banks
It’s been less than a year since the 47-year-old New York native became the school’s director, inheriting, among other things, a civil laws u i t against a celebrity fundraiser who has been convicted of defrauding the See WALDORF, page 6
Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press Matt Kowal, winner of the all-you-can-eat pasta contest, takes one for the team Sunday afternoon at Buca Di Beppo. Kowal volunteered his expanded stomach during a fundraiser benefiting the Santa Monica Salvation Army. He ate 3.25 pounds of pasta in 10 minutes before being declared the winner. The champion celebrated by regurgitating all over himself (bottom).
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