MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011
Volume 10 Issue 288
Santa Monica Daily Press WHELDON DIES IN CRASH SEE PAGE 13
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THE DOING THE WRITE THING ISSUE
Arrests made in brutal beating on SM Boulevard BY KEVIN HERRERA Editor in Chief
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UNITING AGAINST SMO: L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl speaks during a protest against Santa Monica Airport on Sunday.
Activists protest Santa Monica Airport BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
SMO Residents of three communities reiterated their concerns about Santa Monica Airport Sunday with a midday protest focused on noise, pollution and, above all, safety. Protesters from Santa Monica, West Los
Angeles and Venice lined the sidewalks at the intersection of National Boulevard and Bundy Drive, hoisting signs that read “Fly Clean or Don't Fly” and “Santa Monica: No on cigarettes, soft on jet pollution” as motorists buzzed by, many signaling their support with rhythmic honking. Extra signs lay waiting for willing hands,
like one man who set down his groceries and joined the protest. Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl also attended to show his support for closing SMO, which the councilmember has said negatively impacts his SEE AIRPORT PAGE 7
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Samohi opens league with win against Inglewood BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor
CORSAIR FIELD In a span of just seconds, Samohi was able to put away Inglewood during a game that, through three quarters, could have gone either way. Holding on to a 14-7 lead during the
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Ocean League opener, Santa Monica High School’s football team struck for a 51-yard scoring pass from quarterback Christian Salem to wide receiver Michael Jordan to put the Vikings up 21-7. Just 46 seconds later, during the subsequent Inglewood possession, Samohi defensive back Sebastian LaRue intercepted a pass
from Derrick Woods, returning it 30 yards for a score that buried last season’s league champion. Inglewood would add a late touchdown, but it wasn’t enough as Samohi improved to 5-1 with the 28-15 win. “The boys did well,” Samohi head coach SEE SAMOHI PAGE 8
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men are under arrest and face attempted murder charges for the brutal beating of a Santa Monica resident while he was working out on Santa Monica Boulevard last month, authorities said Saturday. Bryan Hale, 24, of Tempe, Ariz. and Brett Davis, 25, of Fountain Hills, Ariz. are being held on a $1,030,000 bonds and are expected to be extradited to Los Angeles within the next few days, according to a press release issued by the Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Office. Sheriff ’s deputies conducted a surveillance operation using information provided by the Santa Monica Police Department and took the suspects into custody Friday. “I am proud of the hard work by my deputies,” said Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “These arrests came to a successful conclusion with the interstate coordination of the Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Office and the Santa Monica Police Department.” The assault took place in the early morning hours of Sept. 22 on the 3100 block of Santa Monica Boulevard near Busby’s bar. The victim, a 45-year-old movie producer, was working out around 2:20 a.m. with hand weights and sparring gloves when the two suspects allegedly approached him from behind and beat him with his weights. The victim suffered a collapsed skull, several brain bleeds and a broken jaw and neck and back fractures, according to the press release. While the victim is expected to survive, doctors said long-term effects from the beating are very possible, sheriff ’s deputies added. Santa Monica police released surveillance video footage which showed two men running southbound on Berkeley Street shortly after the beating occurred. Police said the suspects were working in Los Angeles for an unidentified moving company. kevinh@smdp.com
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