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Volume 11 Issue 287

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THE TAKING A STANCE ISSUE

ELECTION 2012

Santa Monica-based websites help voters

BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer

CITYWIDE In case you were wondering, there’s less than three weeks left before the non-stop onslaught of electoral news cover-

age reaches its zenith on Nov. 6, leaving the losers to go home to lick their wounds and the winners to begin fretting about their new positions of power.

Until then, however, websites, television shows, radio stations and political ads will

continue to rain down truths, half-truths and outright lies, leaving soon-to-be voters with a lot of information on their hands and just as many ways to parse it.

Fortunately, Santa Monica didn’t earn the title “Silicon Beach” for nothing.

Three websites with roots in the city by the sea each promise a window into the morass of information coming out of both local and national elections. Each has a SEE WEBSITES PAGE 12

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Samohi wants payback against Culver City

BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor

songwriter Sheryl Crow had taken out a temporary restraining order against Sparks.

The article relied on court documents that said Crow issued a sworn statement say-

CORSAIR FIELD It was nearly a year ago that Culver City dashed Santa Monica football’s dreams of a championship in the playoff semi-finals.

Now, the only thing on Samohi’s collective mind is some long-sought-after revenge.

“This one is a different type of rivalry,” wide receiver Sebastian LaRue said. “When a team puts you out of the playoffs it changes things.”

Samohi is coming off a 24-0 rout of another Ocean League rival in Beverly Hills, but LaRue said that this week’s game is even bigger.

While the student body rallies every year to knock off Beverly Hills, LaRue said that, amongst the players, Culver City is the team they have their eyes on.

The 37-6 loss at the hands of Culver City last December is a sore spot and motivating factor for Samohi head coach Travis Clark, too.

While Culver City graduated a number of the stars from that team, Clark doesn’t doubt the Centaurs’ ability to restock with talent.

“They always produce explosive guys,” Clark said. “I don’t know where they find them, where they hide them, but every year they always have somebody who can hurt you at the skill positions.”

This year’s top Culver City play-maker is a hold-over from last year’s team that lost to

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MOVING ON

Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com Santa Monica High School students learn about schools during the annual College Fair at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on Tuesday night.

Defamation suit filed against Daily Press Homeless man angered by Associated Press story on his past

BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer

CITY HALL The Santa Monica Daily Press finds itself fending off a $20 million lawsuit filed by a disgruntled homeless man who

took offense to an Associated Press article that ran in the paper in early August.

Phil Sparks, who put his address down as the OPCC Access Center for homeless individuals, is suing the Daily Press for publishing the wire service article that said singer-

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Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 Sprinkler tips in Spanish Airport Avenue Demonstration Garden 3200 Airport Ave., 4 p.m. — 7 p.m.

Drop in for a free hands-on workshop for professional landscapers and gardeners, of all skill levels, who want to learn about the latest innovations in sprinklers and drip irrigation. The threehour, hands-on workshop covers converting existing sprinkler heads to more water-efficient rotary nozzles, drip irrigation installation, weather-based irrigation controller programming, irrigation trouble-shooting and alternatives to gaspowered lawn equipment. For more information, call (310) 458-8972 ext. 5.

Boo! Santa Monica Place Broadway and Third Street, 7 p.m. — 1 a.m.

During the month of October, the third floor of Santa Monica Place will be transformed into a hair-raising haunted attraction where the un-dead will possess three mazes: “The Infirmary,” “Insomniac Clown Playhouse” and “Granny’s Manor of Mayhem.”

Spectators can also enjoy food and merchandise vendors throughout the night to compliment the main attraction, which will consume 50,000 square feet of what’s billed as deathly horrifying space. Cost: $24; $19 for students.

For more information, visit paranoiahalloween.com.

Where did it go?

The Broad Stage 1310 11th St., 7:30 p.m.

Photographers and filmmakers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher have devoted their entire careers to documenting traditional African societies. They are working together against the clock to record unique and compelling ceremonies and cultures that are rapidly, perhaps irrevocably, changing in the face of modernity. Their insatiable curiosity, incredible hardiness, deep humor, and profound respect for Africa’s indigenous peoples have gained them entry into worlds closed to outsiders.

Join them for an eye-opening cultural journey, more than 25 years in the making during Nat Geo Live! African Ceremonies: Documenting a Vanishing World. Cost: $47-$75. For more information, call (310) 434-3200.

Just like good ol’ dad Santa Monica Playhouse 1211 Fourth St., 8 p.m.

Kelly Carlin, only child of iconoclastic comedian George Carlin, chronicles over 40 years of her life with her famous father, through storytelling, classic video footage and family memorabilia. “A Carlin Home Companion” is a funny, poignant and honest look at the man who not only redefined 20th century comedy, but inspired generations of comedy fans with such classic routines as Hippie Dippie Weatherman, Class Clown, The Seven Dirty Words, A Place for Your Stuff and Modern Man. For more information, visit thekellycarlinsite.com.

Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 Last movie night Santa Monica Pier 6 p.m.

Unwind on the front porch of Santa Monica for music and a free movie.

Each Friday the pier hosts free flicks and a DJ spinning records. This week’s movie is “500 Days of Summer.” This week is the final movie. For more information, visit santamonicapier.org/ frontporchcinema.

Meet the candidates The Shores 2700 Neilson Way, 7:30 p.m.

Hear what the candidates for Santa Monica City Council have to say about the pressing issues facing the city during this community forum sponsored by The Shores apartments. Open to the public. Cost: free. For more information, call (310) 392-2275.

A night with Mr. Vereen The Broad Stage 1310 11th St., 7:30 p.m.

Few entertainers today are as accomplished in song, dance and storytelling as Tony Award-winner and show biz icon Ben Vereen. Westsiders will “step out” with Vereen as he travels through his 40-year career in this tour de force oneman show with a program that includes salutes to Frank Sinatra and long-time friend Sammy Davis Jr. Cost: $67-$110.

For more information, call (310) 434-3200.

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City Council Candidates Questions 1. WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, WHAT MAKES YOU QUALIFIED TO LEAD, AND WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PLAYING ON THE DAIS IF ELECTED? 2. WHAT ARE SANTA MONICA’S THREE MAJOR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES? WHAT WILL YOU DO TO ENSURE THE STRENGTHS REMAIN AND THE WEAKNESSES CONTAINED? 3. HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN OF MANY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. HOW WOULD YOU RATE CITY HALL’S RESPONSE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WHAT WILL YOU ADVOCATE FOR AND DOES THAT MEAN MORE OR LESS FUNDING?

FRONT OF CITY HALL, AMONG OTHER PROJECTS. IF ELECTED, WHAT PROJECTS WOULD YOU PRIORITIZE AND HOW WOULD YOU FINANCE THEM? 11. CITY HALL ALREADY PROVIDES THE SANTA MONICAMALIBU UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH MILLIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR ACCESS TO CAMPUSES, MAINLY ATHLETIC FIELDS. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS DEAL IS GOOD FOR THE CITY, OR SHOULD IT BE REVISITED AND MODIFIED? IF SO, IN WHAT WAYS? 12. IF YOU COULD RIDE THE FERRIS WHEEL ON THE SANTA MONICA PIER WITH THREE PEOPLE IN HISTORY, WHO WOULD THEY BE AND WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? 13. WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT?

5. WILL YOU SPONSOR A LOCAL LAW BANNING SMOKING WITHIN MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, I.E. CONDOS AND APARTMENTS? IF NOT, WHAT WOULD YOU SUPPORT?

14. COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS PART OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS: WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF A BENEFIT? WHEN SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL DEMAND BENEFITS AND TO WHAT DEGREE? AND SHOULD SOME BE PART OF A CHECKLIST THAT DEVELOPERS CAN CHOOSE FROM, OR SHOULD THE COUNCIL ALWAYS HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS?

6. IF ELECTED, WOULD YOU ALLOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES TO SET UP SHOP IN SANTA MONICA?

15. WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF OVERDEVELOPMENT AND WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO PREVENT IT?

7. WHAT POLICIES WILL YOU SUPPORT THAT WILL ENABLE SANTA MONICA TO DEAL WITH THE INCREASED COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES AND THE NEED TO BE SUSTAINABLE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO WATER AND POWER CONSUMPTION/GENERATION?

16. THE SPUTTERING ECONOMY AND THE RISE IN PENSION CONTRIBUTION COSTS HAVE FORCED SOME CITIES TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY. SANTA MONICA IS DOING BETTER THAN MOST, BUT IF NOTHING IS DONE TO TRIM COSTS, DEFICITS WILL BECOME REALITY. WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR CONTROLLING PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION COSTS?

4. WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THE CITY COUNCIL’S DECISION TO INCREASE THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FROM $250 TO $325?

8. HOBBIES 9. WHAT ARE YOU READING? 10. THE LOSS OF REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUNDS DEALT A SERIOUS BLOW TO THE CITY COUNCIL’S AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR THE CIVIC CENTER, SAMOHI, AND THE PARK IN

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• NAME: FRANK GRUBER • AGE: 60 • OCCUPATION: LOCAL JOURNALIST (ALSO ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER) • NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH YOU LIVE: OCEAN PARK • OWN OR RENT: OWN • MARITAL STATUS/KIDS: MARRIED, ONE SON • OBAMA OR ROMNEY: OBAMA • EDUCATION: WHERE DID YOU ATTEND AND WHAT DEGREES DO YOU HAVE? UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, BA 1974; HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, J.D. 1978

• NAME: RICHARD MCKINNON • AGE: 56 • OCCUPATION: CHAIRMAN, CONRAD CAPITAL • NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH YOU LIVE: WILMONT • OWN OR RENT: RENT • MARITAL STATUS/KIDS: MARRIED/ONE SON • OBAMA OR ROMNEY: OBAMA • EDUCATION: WHERE DID YOU ATTEND AND WHAT DEGREES DO YOU HAVE? AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, B.A.

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17. HOW DO YOU GET ACROSS TOWN DURING RUSH HOUR? ANY TIPS OR SHORTCUTS? 18. WHAT SHOULD CITY HALL’S ROLE BE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING?

As a 30-year resident of Santa Monica, longtime community advocate and former City Council member, I am running once again to serve our interests because of my deep commitment to our city. I have served our community on a wide variety of committees and commissions and will continue to build consensus for our greater good, work to preserve the character of our individual neighborhoods, and protect our quality of life and schools which make Santa Monica such a great place to live and work. We must work together to ensure all Santa Monicans are represented and our city is positioned for the future.

1. WHY RUN 1. WHY RUN?

I’m running to make Santa Monica a better place, a “healthy city” where residents flourish, the environment is enriched and the city government is healthy, too — well-run and financially stable. I’ve lived here since 1983 and for 20 years I’ve been actively involved in the city. I’ve served on the Housing and Planning commissions (where you learn to analyze facts and make decisions), the board of a neighborhood association, a school bond oversight committee and for 11 years I wrote a weekly column about what goes on here. On the dais I will examine issues 2. CITY’S STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES critically, listen to everyone and push The city has been able to maintain a for real decisions. strong budget reserve because of its strong sales tax base; we take care of our 2. CITY’S STRENGTHS/WEAKNESS SEE VAZQUEZ PAGE 8

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This election is about residents. It is about the quality of life in Santa Monica. The council will either lead on issues or simply follow as others dictate.

So there is a critical need for an agenda that reflects the needs of residents and public policy that strengthen the city. As someone heavily involved in our community, our schools, a Recreation and Parks and now Planning commissioner there’s been a lot of involvement on issues that matter to people who live here. You need to know what policies make a difference and how to make them happen. Getting a comprehensive bike plan in place, or city as arboretum adopted, required policy skill and political leadership. Every Wednesday night voters have been able to assess my performance at the Planning Commission.

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JoAnne Barge & Katrina Davy

Thanks for clean water Editor:

I feel that it is important to acknowledge and give credit to everyone involved in helping to pass and maintain the Clean Water Act. This is important to me because clean water is something that everybody needs and uses, especially for drinking, cooking and bathing. Bottled water seems to be expensive as well and sometimes it is necessary to drink from the tap, this is why I want to acknowledge and thank those involved in protecting our clean and usable water.

Thank you for your time.

Kyle Bracken Marina del Rey, Calif.

Conspiracy theory Re: Closure of Village Trailer Park by Marc Luzzatto.

Marc Luzzatto, posing as an owner and developer, I suspect he is neither. I contend that he hopes to be able to evict all the current home owners and then contrary to what he announces, will offer the land to speculators and developers for (he hopes) millions of dollars.

I contend only then, that the real owner/s will give him (perhaps an already agreed to) large fee for himself. Meantime he promotes a development without permits so far to the City Council members, to the Planning Commission and the Rent Control Board.

As soon as he has evicted all current residents he will then change the game plan as I suspect and have suggested.

Jack Waddington Santa Monica

How to vote Editor:

Three major developers are spending more than $100,000 to re-elect Terry O’Day and Gleam Davis to the City Council. As the pop-up organization called Santa Monicans United for a Responsible Future, they are flooding mailboxes with slick flyers for the two and “me-too” Shari Davis.

While the candidates claim they have no control of the efforts, why would the developers pay out such huge sums to keep them on the council? Because, based on Terry and Gleam’s past voting records and Shari’s unquestioning support for the status quo, the developers are betting that down the road the three will vote to approve most or all of the 23 big development projects in the pipeline that will add millions of square feet and choke traffic in the city.

If you’re happy with Santa Monica turning into a mini-Manhattan, vote for the incumbents and Shari. If you want to preserve what remains of Santa Monica as a pleasant beach town, pick council members who represent you, not developers.

Harriet P. Epstein Santa Monica

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Teaching kids to have self-efficacy DEAR LIFE MATTERS,

I met you at the Taste of Abbot Kinney food event. As I told you, I was there because of the food. I had no idea what the charity was about and even though you tried to explain it to me, I am still confused about what self-efficacy is. I really thought it was the same thing as self-esteem and would appreciate it if you would explain it.

Thanks, Confused DEAR CONFUSED,

Editor:

PUBLISHER Ross Furukawa

I appreciate your question because I imagine many people do not know the difference. The event supported Inside Out Community Arts, an organization that has won numerous awards, including national ones for their excellent curriculum.

When I was a doctoral student I learned about the importance of the arts to enhance learning. But I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Dr. James Catterall, a member of my doctoral committee at UCLA, had done research on the results of the educational programs at Inside Out. If you look into their curriculum, you will see that they have a number of afterschool programs and a weekend program where students camp in the Santa Monica Mountains and write a play together.

More importantly, Dr. Catterall’s results show that the students learn how to work together, how to be team members, how to deal with interpersonal differences, problem solving skills and how to cooperate and make friendships. They also learn how to express feelings and use their imagination and to develop metacognition, which basically means to be reflective, which helps us learn, think, come up with new ideas and think before we act.

All of these things are important and certainly lacking in many young people today through no fault of their own. We need a lot more of this type of help for kids and we need to have the arts put back into school curriculums. Santa Monica is lucky to still have it and for those of us who had it understand how lucky we were.

Don Novak, one of the owners of Hal’s restaurant who helped fund the event, told me that as a businessman, joining Hal in the restaurant 25 years ago definitely increased his ability to deal with interpersonal differences and increased his sense of cooperation and sensitivity. Joining others in artistic adventures can be incredibly fruitful and rewarding.

Now you specifically asked about selfefficacy and I deliberately left it for last.

It is not self-esteem, but it could be con-

sidered similar.

Self-esteem is the worth we place on ourselves. It is also called self-worth.

We are not born with it, we develop it after we develop our sense of self and it is directly related to how we see, think or feel others are seeing and reacting to us. If those around us think we are truly special, we usually will come to believe it. Unfortunately the reverse is also true. I have seen many people who really do not think they are worth much because they were treated as if they weren’t.

But things can also happen along the way to change our self-esteem. Really bad situations, like repeated sexual assaults, being bullied, or having a parent divorce or die makes us feel bad about ourselves. The list is endless but self-esteem is fundamentally based on deeply rooted beliefs that we hold about ourselves. The good news is that they can be changed with work in psychotherapy, if need be.

Self-efficacy is related, but it is not the same. Self-efficacy is the belief in ourselves that makes us feel effective. It's a feeling that we can do it if we try. Some people who like themselves and have self-worth can be greatly lacking in the feeling or belief that they can be effective in general or at something specific.

An example might be a woman who knows she is beautiful and worth more than she has but feels helpless to make something different for herself. Another might be the guy who is great at sports and popular with the girls but cannot imagine getting through college; doesn’t believe he can do it.

So you can see that it certainly is a branch of that same tree of self-esteem but it is really about how effective we believe we are or can be. What are we capable of, what can we accomplish or contribute to this world?

In this economy, many unemployed people have given up and are losing their selfefficacy. Students without a decent education can be in the same boat. And it is a boat called hopeless.

We all need self-efficacy to help us try and to accomplish and then, to keep or build self-esteem.

Inside Out is doing a great job at building self-efficacy and we really need more programs like it.

Hope I answered your question and I hope you have self-efficacy.

DR. JOANNE BARGE is a licensed psychologist with offices in Brentwood. Visit her at www.drbarge.com or e-mail your anonymous questions to newshrink@gmail.com. Got something on your mind? Let us help you with your life matters, because it does!

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A taste of Italy in Newport Beach

BY CAROLE ORLIN Special to the Daily Press

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has placed Measure ES on the ballot to raise funds for improving and modernizing facilities.

So, this week’s Q-Line question asks:

Will you vote for the school bond or do you think the district is asking too much at a time when the economy continues to struggle?

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When I mentioned Pelican Hill to my friends, they immediately thought of its two 18-hole golf courses (designed by Tom Fazio). As a matter of fact, in the April 2012 issue of Condé Nast Traveler, which rates golf courses in eight different categories, they received an overall score of 96.6 and were the only California golf resort to receive a perfect score in the course and design and access categories. Both of their courses have a panoramic view of the ocean.

Although I am sure the average golfer has other things to concentrate on when on the links, it does not hurt to be surrounded by such breathtaking beauty in one's quest for a birdie. Actually, for many years Pelican Hill was synonymous with golf, but since 2008 when The Resort opened its doors, it has flourished as a destination resort.

In keeping with their love of all things Italian, during the first week of November, Pelican Hill has an annual Festa dell' Autunno, when the olives ripen and drop from the branches. This weekend festival includes an Italian street festival with olive pressing demonstrations, olive oil tastings, Italian cooking demonstrations, strolling musicians, bocce ball games and more.

I am hoping that when my own trip to Italy comes to fruition that the real thing is as first rate as my Italian experience here in Southern California. Pelican Hill has won so many awards, ranging from the AAA Five Diamond Award three years in a row to countless prestigious awards for their restaurants, spa, and golf courses, that it would be an embarrassment of riches if it was not so well-deserved. As far as resorts in Southern California go, I think that I may have finally found the jewel in the crown.

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It was hard to leave our bungalow after unpacking, even though I knew I was being picked up in one of the resort's Escalade SUVs to be taken to their five-star spa to get a signature body gelato treatment. Following that heavenly experience, I spent some time in the Coliseum Pool, a unique, circular (136 feet in diameter), salt-water pool surrounded by tiered decks. This pool is worth mentioning because it was constructed with over 1 million hand-cut glass tiles, in itself a work of art. It is one of the largest circular pools in the world. Between the pool, the perfect temperature of the water, and the magnificent view, I ended up staying there for hours, leaving only to get ready for dinner at Andrea Ristorante, their signature restaurant.

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Memories, murals, music, movies I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN THIS week; there’s just

so much happening on the cultural scene here on the Westside.

Do not miss “Krapp’s Last Tape” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The incomparable John Hurt owns this Samuel Beckett gem, which much to my surprise, few of my theatresavvy friends knew about. I’d seen it performed at the Mark Taper Forum by actor John Necsi in 1990 during the 50/50 Vision Festival celebrating plays and playwrights who changed theatre, and I never forgot it.

On his 69th birthday, a worn and weary man listens to his younger self on reel-to-reel recordings made throughout his life, especially one moment at age 39, on the tape archived in “box three, spool five,” about his relationship with a woman.

This one-man tour-de-force is funny, sad, pointed and pointless in that existential way Beckett epitomizes, and brings to bear the lesson that John Lennon once aptly summarized: Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.

When young, we’re busy looking for the next, more meaningful moment, while later we’ll discover that the moment itself contained all the meaning there is. Is Krapp an author with a sense of self-importance so grand that he missed the long-lost moment now haunting his memory?

There’s also an audience component: tell your own story and listen to the stories others have recorded at the listening stations in the lobby (which has been set up like a pub) before and after the show.

Simple yet profound, this production comes from the celebrated Gate Theatre Dublin, and has been admired by critics and audiences everywhere it’s played. One of the major highlights of the theatrical year, it runs through Nov. 4. For more information visit www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/Krapps-Last-Tape/

MURALS

The big news was the Oct. 9 unveiling of David Alfaro Siqueiros’ “America Tropical” mural on Olvera Street, which had been considered so politically confrontational in its day that it was whitewashed in two phases, one just months after its completion and the remainder in 1938. Commissioned for the Los Angeles Olympics in 1932, the Getty Conservation Institute has been busy for years restoring Siqueiros’ only surviving public mural still in its original location.

The mural depicts a Mexican Indian tied to a double cross with an American eagle above him, and revolutionary soldiers — one aiming at the eagle — closing in. Siqueiros was unabashed in his communist sympathies for ethnic peoples and the poor, and calls for the mural’s restoration came about as the Chicano mural movement of the 1960s began churning.

You’ll be able to view it, now safely shaded from the sun by a canopy, from the new rooftop platform. Learn more about its creation and restoration at the new America Tropical Interpretive Center on the ground floor of the historic Sepulveda House at El Pueblo, L.A.’s historic heart. For more information visit www.getty.edu/ Inspired by the Chicano mural movement and renowned for its socially-conscious murals, SPARC, the Social and Public Art Resource Center in Venice, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this weekend. An award named for Siqueiros is being given to local muralist and painter Francisco Letelier, and union leader Maria Elena Durazo will be honored with The Judy Baca Award for Social Justice. Baca is the founder of and has led SPARC throughout its storied history.

SPARC is renowned for its signature mural, the Great Wall of Los Angeles, the half-mile long panel in the Tujunga flood control channel depicting the ethnic history of California, from prehistoric times to the 1950s. More than

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LISTENING TO HIS DISTANT PAST: John Hurt stars in 'Krapp's Last Tape' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

400 young people and their families worked with artists, scholars and historians to create it.

Celebrate with SPARC on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the old Venice Police Station at 635 Venice Blvd.

More info here: www.sparc35.org/ MUSIC

Jacaranda (Music at the Edge) opens its 2012-2013 “Season of Contrasts” on Saturday, Oct. 20 with composer Tobias Picker narrating his own work, “The Encantadas,” based on the Herman Melville novella. Picker composes operas, most recently setting Stephen King’s “Dolores Claiborne” to music.

The evening at Santa Monica’s architecturally stunning First Presbyterian Church includes an amazing line up of performers and composers, including superstar pianist Gloria Cheng playing former L.A. Phil music director EsaPekka Salonen’s solo piano piece “Dichotomie,” and a large ensemble for Steve Reich’s “City Life,” featuring two pianos and two sampling keyboards programmed with a plethora of New York City sounds including street talk, car horns, breaks SEE WATCH PAGE 7

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Big Bird costumes hot sellers for Halloween LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press

NEW YORK Can’t figure out how to dress as a binder full of women for Halloween?

There’s always Big Bird, the other star of the presidential debates.

The Yellow One is flying off the shelves after Mitt Romney’s threat to do away with government support for PBS. President Barack Obama kept the Halloween dream alive Tuesday night when be brought up the bird again during their second debate.

At 6 feet, Angela Betancourt volunteered for Big Bird duty among a group of friends riffing on Sesame Street for a couple of Halloween parties and a meander along Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. She’ll likely carry a suitcase as she passes out the popular kid character’s resume.

“I grew up on Sesame Street and I think that PBS deserves all the funds it can get,” said Betancourt, 30. “We all feel the same way.”

Halloweencostumes.com sold out of several takes on Big Bird almost overnight after Romney’s remark during the first presidential debate Oct. 3, said a company spokesman, Marlon Heimerl.

“In the past this hasn’t been a very popular costume, so when Big Bird flew the coop in such high numbers, it was definitely a big surprise,” said Heimerl, who would not provide specific sales figures.

Disguise Inc., Sesame Workshop’s official costume maker, said interest is up among the thousands of retailers it services. The sellers of unlicensed Big Bird, especially sexed-up versions, beware.

“The only costumes authorized by Sesame Workshop are with our licensee, Disguise, and we are working with our legal team on having the others removed from the market,” said Ellen Lewis, a spokeswoman from over there on Sesame Street.

Betancourt went for sanctioned, sassy Big Bird in a yellow, flapper-style feathered dress and a dainty head piece. Shannon Ziegler of suburban Detroit will be Big Birdesque in a

WATCH FROM PAGE 6 and sirens.

A post-performance party celebrates the season’s opening and Jacaranda’s Forte Awards, honoring new music champions, among them theatrical and operatic wizard Peter Sellars (presented by video artist pioneer Bill Viola). Get the details here: jacarandamusic.org.

MOVIES

A heart-rending multi-generational film from Sweden called “Simon and the Oaks” opens at the Landmark Theatres on Friday, Oct.19. This touching and engrossing movie is based on a beloved Swedish bestseller that tells the story of an intellectually gifted boy who feels out of place in his rural home. He convinces his provincial father that he deserves an education at a school too posh for the likes of his family’s class.

He befriends Isak, the son of a highly cultured Jewish family, on the cusp of World War II, and as secrets are revealed, the lives of these two families intertwine in surprising, disruptive and ultimately enlightening ways.

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Ziegler, another 6-footer, hadn’t decided between a sign that reads: “Big Bird for President” or one imploring: “Don’t Use Me.” An American flag may also be involved.

“When I saw that costume,” said the 27year-old Ziegler, “I thought, how perfect is that?”

For the record, Ziegler’s a Republican who said she’ll probably vote for Romney.

“Big Bird is not getting fired,” she said.

“Big Bird is big and strong and he will be able to stand his ground. I think that Sesame Street will be strong no matter what.”

Kimberly Wick, vice president of Costume World based in Deerfield Beach, Fla., also saw sleepy seller Big Bird become a hot seller overnight. The company sells and rents costumes of all kinds and has four stores around the country.

“We had Big Bird dancing in front of our Deerfield Beach store and people were honking and going crazy,” Wick said. “It’s been 20 years since Big Bird was popular.”

Wick was madly trying to replenish soldout Big Bird looks among several the company carries for infants to adults. So who’s buying — Democrats, Republicans or those pesky undecideds?

“Does Big Bird have a left wing and a right wing? I don’t know,” she said. “I guess we’ll find out.”

Sara Gaugl, a spokeswoman at the Bellevue, Wash., headquarters for the large thrift store chain Savers and Value Village, said sales of all Sesame Street character costumes picked up significantly after the first debate on Oct. 3. Managers of the nearly 300 secondhand stores across the United States and Canada were also busy helping customers put together DIY Big Bird, she said.

“Last year we were seeing a trend in nostalgia, such as Candy Land and Twister,” Gaugl said. “Big Bird was selling but it was not as hot of a commodity. People are not ignoring the conversation around the election.” nominations for the Swedish Oscars including best picture, best director, best actress and best cinematography. On a personal note, I loved this film and encourage you to see it.

Tickets at www.landmarktheatres.com/ And on the political front, one of the most stunning documentaries to elucidate the concerns affecting the science of geneticallymodified foods and plants, Dr. Jeffrey Smith’s “Genetic Roulette” will be screened for free at the Santa Monica Public Library tonight.

The program begins with music by “Label GMO” performer Rob Herring, and following the film, David King, founding chair of The Seed Library of Los Angeles (www.SLOLA.org), housed at The Learning Garden at Venice High School, will lead a panel discussion on the ballot initiative, Prop. 37, “California’s Right to Know,” calling for labeling of genetically modified foods.

Co-sponsored by Co-Opportunity, Real Food Daily will be on hand after the event providing sweet and savory foods. http://coopportunity.com/calendar/ SARAH A. SPITZ is a former freelance arts producer for NPR and former staff producer at public radio station KCRW-Santa Monica. She reviews theatre for LAOpeningNights.com.

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VAZQUEZ FROM PAGE 3 seniors, children and citizenry through our social service programs and funding of our public schools; and the natural beauty of our historical pier that has not been over-developed. Our weaknesses are the Santa Monica Airport because it’s the single largest source of toxic air pollution in the city; keeping our beaches clean and free of all the trash that comes from our storm drains; and the jobshousing imbalance. We have more jobs and not enough housing for our work force in the city.

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11. MONEY FOR SCHOOLS

I believe it’s a good deal for the city, the school district, and the community as a whole because we all win when our schools are the best.

12. FERRIS WHEEL GUESTS

Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain and Dolores Huerta, so we could discuss their life experience and how it shaped their ideas and moral compass.

13. SANTA MONICA AIRPORT

I believe the city is doing more than its fair share to take care of the homeless population. When I was on the council I was proactive in trying to get the federal government to develop the VA property in Westwood to house and service the homeless vets. The VA has stepped in but I will continue to put pressure on them so they invest more money for its veterans that will relieve some of the pressure off of Santa Monica.

We need to find a way to ban corporate jets as soon as possible and see if there is a way to close the airport down or make it into a true recreational airport when their lease ends in 2015.

4. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

15. OVERDEVELOPMENT

14. COMMUNITY BENEFITS

I believe the City Council should have complete control in negotiations with developers.

6. MEDICAL MARIJUANA

The Water Garden project is a good example of overdevelopment in our city and any new development must have a net positive impact on our city. Also, it cannot overburden the community in terms of traffic and parking and must be sustainable with meaningful community benefits.

Yes, but with strong guide lines to make sure there is no abuse.

16. PENSION COSTS

5. SMOKING BAN

Given the sensitivity of the issue, I believe it needs further evaluation and discussion.

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Santa Monica High School is the number one priority and that is why I support Measure ES, the school bond which will fund the renovation of the high school.

3. HOMELESSNESS

I support it.

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7. SUSTAINABILITY

I will look to develop policies that would require any new development to be sustainable, especially as it pertains to water and power consumption.

We need to look at putting a cap on it before it breaks our city. I agree. The state just passed the mandate for a two-tier pension system to help cities keep their cost down.

17. TRAFFIC SHORTCUTS

8. HOBBIES

Golfing and bike riding along the beach bike path.

I avoid driving across town during rush hour and if I have to, I ride my bike.

18. AFFORDABLE HOUSING

9. READING

“Half of the World in Light,” by Juan Felipe Herrera.

10. REDEVELOPMENT

We need to do what we can to build more affordable housing and require developers to pay for affordable housing projects in the city.

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GRUBER FROM PAGE 3 Strengths (there are many more than these three): 1) An active and engaged populace that loves its city and gets involved.

2) A strong government that closely regulates economic development, but also a vibrant business community.

3) An excellent public school system.

Weaknesses: 1) The city’s inability to control what happens in the surrounding megalopolis.

2) The lack of a transportation system that can meaningfully address our traffic problems.

3) A shortage of housing.

To preserve the strengths I’ll do everything I can to reach out to the public for input; I’ll continue to closely regulate development with the knowledge that the best way to encourage business is create a wonderful city; and I’ll continue the city’s policies of aiding the schools.

To contain the weaknesses, I’ll push for more regional planning to solve issues like traffic and homelessness. I’ll push for the Big Blue Bus to develop alternatives to get commuters out of their cars. And I’ll fight for policies to encourage more housing and less office development.

3. HOMELESSNES

With the adoption of housing first, the city’s response has vastly improved over the past four years, but I would expand outreach to the chronic homeless. This may require more spending on the short-term, but leads to less spending on the long-term.

4. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

I supported it. As an independent candidate, I can say that it’s hard to raise sufficient funds to get your message to Santa Monica’s 50,000 voters.

5. SMOKING BAN

I support the law that was passed and then referred back for more work on second reading; i.e., I do not believe that current tenants who smoke should be evicted, but I support units becoming non-smoking upon vacancy.

6. MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Santa Monica voters have shown that they do not consider marijuana use to be a problem. So, yes, I believe that Santa Monicans should be able to fill their prescriptions here. However, state law is so unclear about the legal status of dispensaries that passing an ordinance to allow and regulate them appropriately is not easy.

7. SUSTAINABILITY

I would continue the policies the city has implemented to reduce water consumption and favor renewable energy. High-quality urban development will also reduce our ecological footprint by reducing driving.

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the city will have to focus on projects that have broad public approval, since bond issues require a two-thirds vote. I foresee that the city may need to go to the voters for funding for new parks at the Fisher Lumber site and on the Civic Auditorium parking lot. Beyond that, it is hard to predict the city’s capital needs after the current round of projects is completed.

11. MONEY FOR SCHOOLS

Because Santa Monica is “under parked” this is a good deal for the city. One reason (among many) that I support the new school bond is that it will enable the school district to create more recreational facilities on the Samohi campus, and the city could then make a win-win deal with the district to share those facilities.

12. FERRIS WHEEL GUESTS

Lincoln, Einstein, and Mozart, and I’d let them decide what to talk about.

13. SANTA MONICA AIRPORT

The airport needs to be closed after 2014 when the 1984 agreement expires. While any attempt to close the airport will likely lead to litigation, this is a generational opportunity to get back 227 acres of land. The city must do everything it can to make this happen.

14. COMMUNITY BENEFITS

To begin with, the best community benefit is a good project that in itself benefits the community. No amount of community benefits can make a bad project a good one. We need to enact good zoning standards setting forth what kind of development we want, then we should minimize discretionary review so that we can get that development.

However, for large developments discretionary review is appropriate, and, as in any negotiation, the city should negotiate for whatever it can obtain.

15. OVERDEVELOPMENT

Overdevelopment is a concept that operates in four dimensions, i.e., including time.

Now Santa Monica suffers from overdevelopment of commercial office; twice the square footage of office contemplated under the 1984 land-use plan was built. At the time, planners believed that with the loss of manufacturing, Santa Monica needed jobs.

Now we have too much office and a shortage of housing. Therefore, I support development of the latter and not the former.

16. PENSION COSTS

To negotiate with the unions who represent the city’s employees.

17. TRAFFIC SHORTCUTS

Well, I like to bike around Santa Monica.

I also like the fact that when I need to drive, such as to do big shopping, we have convenient stores in my neighborhood, so I don’t need to drive across town. But if I have to get across town during rush hour, I look at SigAlert, try to give myself plenty of time and plan on listening to good music.

8. HOBBIES

None, except to enjoy life.

9. READING

“In Motion: The Experience of Travel,” by Tony Hiss.

10. REDEVELOPMENT

The city will have to revert back to traditional means for funding capital projects, including voter-approved bond issues, and

18. AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Santa Monica voters have approved the building of affordable housing and most residents support preservation of a mixedincome community. However, the entire funding structure for affordable housing is undergoing drastic change because of the demise of redevelopment; it’s not possible to answer this question without waiting to see how the issue is addressed in Sacramento.

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McKINNON FROM PAGE 3 I have a record of making clear, strong decisions. I would be a powerful voice for residents.

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Strengths are Santa Monica’s landscape and environment, the values of people who live here and the overall community that supports so much diversity of opinion.

Our weaknesses are traffic, congestion and ongoing threats to the quality of life.

Medical marijuana in Santa Monica should be sold through a hospital dispensary or pharmacy to people who have legitimate prescriptions and treated as a medical and health issue. We dispense and sell complex and difficult drugs every day for a range of medical issues; marijuana is another. It’s the street scene that surrounds it that creates the social problems and hospital and clinical settings remove that.

3. HOMELESSNESS

7. SUSTAINABILITY

It is unfair and outrageous that as a society we can’t get residential accommodation for the homeless. To have thousands wandering our streets looking for food or shelter every night isn’t acceptable. It requires a whole of person and whole of life approach to solve the homeless person needs (which are always complex). But for residents to be scared or shut out of parks and streets because of homeless is also not fair. Council is trying to tackle the issue. Maybe a Bminus.

The city needs to go deep green. We need a powerful plan that sets tough targets and firm dates across the board and then a clear path to implementation for issues as widely diverse as solar energy installation, water self sufficiency and zero waste. Santa Monica should be the national and international leader in moving from a carbon economy to a renewable energy economy. It requires political leadership.

2. CITY’S STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES

4. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

As a candidate, raising money is tough; $325 is quite a lot to many, not much to some. When corporations and single-issue donors can give large, unregulated amounts to political action committees or independent expenditure committees, the playing field is quite uneven. It is a long, hard grind from many donors matching one big check to the other side.

our society. Every great city has great schools and in Santa Monica the connections and networks formed in the public schools provide the foundation of community activity and life. It was a good deal for everyone and provides certainty for schools and city.

12. FERRIS WHEEL GUESTS

Picasso, Washington, Julius Caesar.

13. SANTA MONICA AIRPORT

The airport is a relic of the past. It makes no sense on health, safety, environment and economic grounds. It must be closed. The strategy will be three stage. Immediately remove subsidization, give notice on ground leases of termination when the leases expire, cap movements, charge everyone commercial rates for landing and rent; all of which will begin to transform the current “anything goes” airport environment. In 2015, under the agreement, reclaim the western end of the current airport and thus shorten the runway (closing out jets) and from 2015 focus on closing the whole airport. This would be followed by a visioning process for the 200-plus acres.

9. READING

John Updike and Robert Caro.

10. REDEVELOPMENT

Green space and recreational facilities.

11. MONEY FOR SCHOOLS

Schools are the absolute cornerstone of

15. OVERDEVELOPMENT

Huge buildings that overwhelm city streets, out of balance developments that force too much building on too little a site, canyon-ize of city streets, high-rise in the wrong place, buildings with hundreds of apartments that are 15 feet from the freeway, buildings with hundreds of tiny apartments.

Tighten and toughen our zoning code, reject inappropriate development agreements, say no often, lay out clear standards and make the scale and balance of our city an overriding concern.

16. PENSION COSTS

We need to restrain the number in City Hall, make changes to the way we do business and constrain the cost of running the city by rearranging staffing, becoming more flexible in customer service, use technology to solve residents’ needs. It’s clearly bureaucracy, not service, you want to cut. It’s the staff numbers that create the overall issue.

17. TRAFFIC SHORTCUTS

I ride my bike. Everyone should.

8. HOBBIES

Swimming, riding a bike, going to art galleries.

investment that matches the private investment.

14. COMMUNITY BENEFITS

Santa Monica is immensely valuable.

Therefore the city must have a list of priorities and benefits that are agreed on ahead of time and form a strong compensation to the city and its residents for the value of the development agreements and development in general. Community benefits must always be present in Tier 3 and Tier 2 developments. Our objective is to ensure that the development produces a wave of public

18. AFFORDABLE HOUSING

City Hall needs to be leading. The state removing redevelopment agencies means less housing. Our new strategy will be based around city budget dollars, forming a foundation and partnership for major pension plan investment and thus a sizable opportunity for new housing. The same approach will be used for workforce accommodation.

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ACTION: Samohi running back Russell Revis runs for a gain against Beverly Hills last week.

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1 Arroyo Grande, 42-12, in the CIF-Southern Section Western Division final. Julius Wilson, who plays wide receiver, defensive back and a little quarterback, is the guy Samohi has to watch out for.

The speedy Wilson complements starting quarterback Xan Cuevas, who transferred to Culver City this season. The tandem mix run and pass effectively behind an offensive line that Clark said is pretty impressive.

When Wilson is at wide receiver, LaRue, who also plays both ways, will be tasked with covering the highly-recruited senior. Samohi doesn’t assign players to their defensive backs, but LaRue said that he’ll give special attention to Wilson when he lines up on his side of the field.

“You can’t game play for any one person, but he’s the type of guy that you have to watch,” LaRue said.

As seems to be the case nearly every season, the league title plays into the mix. Samohi won the league last season by going unbeaten, a feat that this year’s winner will most likely have to

match to bring home the crown.

Samohi and Inglewood both sit at 2-0 entering the game with Culver City at 1-1.

That fact alone gives Clark reason to pause knowing that Culver City will come out with an extra bit of motivation following their 12-9 loss to Inglewood last week.

“They can’t lose two,” Clark said. “If they do, they’re in trouble. They’re going to come out swinging.”

Health will certainly be on Samohi’s side with no major injuries to report.

Linebacker Nick Cardiel, the Vikings’ most dominant inside presence, was hobbled by an ankle injury during last week’s Beverly Hills game, but Clark said that he isn’t exhibiting a limp and should be ready to play on Friday.

LaRue joked that Cardiel goes 100 percent on every play, something that isn’t always a benefit to his health. That aside, LaRue expects Cardiel to be his offense-disrupting self come game time.

The game is scheduled for Friday at Santa Monica College’s Corsair Field. The game kicks off at 7 p.m.

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WEBSITES FROM PAGE 1 unique twist to its product, and each is striving to be a go-to for voters locally and across the country.

These are SMvote.org, ProCon.org and TheVSsite.com.

The first is a product of City Hall in cooperation with the League of Women Voters and Center for Governmental Studies.

This recent installment of the biannual website gets down and dirty with local election issues like traffic, homelessness and the budget, and also provides a brand-new platform for candidates to get their message out through Internet video site YouTube.

It’s a one-stop-shop for local candidates and measures, designed so that voters can get their sample ballots out and make their decisions on the spot or at their convenience, said Robin Gee, Cable TV and Public Information manager with

City Hall.

“Every two years we put together an election website with the goal of trying to put all of the information that Santa Monica voters need in one place,” Gee said.

The 2012 version has some new features, like access to the City Clerk’s database on campaign contributions and candidate videos that double as a YouTube channel that cover a diverse range of topics from what they would do about homelessness to their favorite thing about Santa Monica.

“It will be interesting to see how they’re used,” Gee said.

“They can track their views, embed the videos on their websites and that kind of stuff.”

Each video was shot in the City TV studio with help from city staff and direction from the Center for Governmental Studies, which partners with City Hall to create new formats that give voters a different view of each candidate.

The League of Women Voters assisted with the questions to preserve City Hall’s “hands-off ” policy on content creation for the site.

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ProCon.org is a nonprofit with headquarters in Downtown that puts new meaning into “just the facts, ma’am.” It’s been plugged by the New York Times and is used by classrooms across the country to enhance students’ understanding of the American political system.

ProCon staffers have put over 2,000 hours of work into developing its 2012 presidential election site, which shows the positions of five presidential candidates (yes, there are more than two) on 68 issues and where those positions have changed over the course of the candidate’s record, said Kamy Akhavan, president and managing editor of the site.

The site winnowed down a 400-candidate pool to five: President Barack Obama, Gov. Mitt Romney, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Libertarian Gary Johnson and Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode.

Researchers reach out directly to candidates for their positions on topics. If they do not receive a reply — or get a non-answer — ProCon staffers go hunting, digging up speeches, newspaper articles and other primary source documents to pin down a candidate’s thoughts on a given issue.

A summary chart of candidate positions with links to the relevant articles has been the most popular piece of ProCon’s election site, but the organization included other key information as well to keep it fresh and informative after the election is over.

Curious Internet browsers can find transcripts of every speech and debate a candidate engaged in, financial information and even the presidential election history dating back to 1789.

“We’re not making any money off of this. We have no advertising or even a means of getting revenue,” Akhavan said. “The measure of our success is how many people find it useful.”

Given that the site broke its own one-day website traffic record on Monday with 110,831 sessions, it’s clear that something is going right for the team.

Finally, TheVSsite — pronounced “the versus site” — is a brand new product established by two brothers, one in Santa Monica and the other in Missouri. It has a distinctly social media feel to it, with users able to “vote” or “veto” articles that it pulls from both sides of the political spectrum to show which media outlets are covering certain topics and how they approach them.

It was born out of a political debate between Ben Lamb, who lives in Santa Monica, and his brother Jonny.

“I felt I was right and he felt he was right,” Ben Lamb said.

“It got to the point we said, well state your sources, show the brass tacks.”

Each directed the other to a news article, one from a conservative outlet and the other from a liberal one, each proving their point.

They decided to create a website that featured both liberal and conservative news organizations so that people could expose themselves not only to the kind of media content they usually access, but to the other side as well.

The brothers compiled their favorite sites and blogs and used RSS feeds to take trending articles and link them to the website.

“It’s hot off the presses, filtered in multiple times a day so people can figure out what’s being said on the story,” Lamb said.

It’s good to have this kind of information available on the Internet because that is where people are going to find it, said Tracy Westen, and CEO of the Center for Governmental Studies.

The center is working to get cities everywhere to sign on to the online model.

According to a study by the Pew Research Center, 54 percent of adults used the Internet for political purposes in the 2010 midterm election, with 73 percent of adult Internet users going online to get news or information about the election.

This year, 88 percent of registered voters own a cell phone and 27 percent of those have used it to stay up to date with election information. There is growing evidence that mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are adding to how much news people get, Pew reports.

That’s relevant to SMvote.org which, for the first time, was crafted with a technology called “responsive programming.”

The technique allows the site to sense what kind of device a person is using to access the site and arranges the view for it.

“It’s malleable,” said Behrang Abadi, web development manager with City Hall. “If you were to look at the site on a desktop computer, you would see the desktop version. If you slowly minimize the window, it shifts to take advantage of the real estate available.”

After Nov. 6, media outlets and the Internet will return to their steady diet of memes and cute cat videos. Until then, Internet users have three Santa Monica resources to help them out. ashley@smdp.com

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SUIT FROM PAGE 1 ing she was fearful of Sparks because he claimed, in “profane online tirades,” that she stole money from him and broke into his house.

Film producer Harvey Weinstein also got a restraining order against Sparks.

Sparks came to the Daily Press office twice to complain about the article, frightening staff.

On Oct. 10, he filed the lawsuit, which was served on Tuesday. In the suit, he alleges that the article was libelous and that it hurt his reputation.

“At $20 million, I question the validity of the lawsuit and I question the stability of Mr. Sparks, on the basis of the restraining orders granted for Ms. Crow and (Harvey) Weinstein,” Daily Press publisher Ross Furukawa said.

Still, the Daily Press takes all such lawsuits very seriously, Furukawa said.

It is possible to sue a newspaper for an article it did not produce, but it can be tricky, said Jim Ewert, general counsel with the California Newspaper Publisher’s Association.

In this case, the Associated Press article

relied on court documents, which are public documents. Public records can be used without fear of lawsuit even if the information in them is incorrect, so long as it isn’t taken out of context for the story, Ewert said.

Newspapers also have an option called the “anti-SLAPP” motion. SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” It forces the plaintiff to show what kind of evidence they have to proceed with their claim.

If they can’t show that they’re likely to prevail, the court is required to dismiss the lawsuit and the plaintiff is faced with all of the court costs and attorney fees for themselves and the defendant.

That can get pricey.

“Unfortunately, there are many people who have a lack of understanding in this area of the law, and for a couple hundred bucks can file just about anything based on a delusional menu of facts,” Ewert said.

The Daily Press reached out to Sparks by e-mail, but he did not respond by presstime.

A phone number provided on court documents rang to the OPCC Access Center. John Maceri, CEO of OPCC, said Sparks registered for services in June, was seen twice and never returned. ashley@smdp.com

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 NOTICE OF POLLING PLACES AND DESIGNATION OF TALLY CENTER LOCATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office of polling places designated for the GENERAL ELECTION scheduled to be held on November 6, 2012.

NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's facility, 12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk California 90650 has been designated as the tally center location for the above election.

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ADVERTISEMENT 6250076B, 6250076C, 6250076D and 6250076E CONS) - BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH 2516 020TH ST SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250078A (6250026B, 6250078A, 6250078B, 6250078C, 6250078D, 6250085B and 6250085E CONS) BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH 2516 020TH ST SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250081A (6250081B, 6250081C, 6250081D, 6250081E, 6250081F, 6250093F, 6250120C and 6250120D CONS) - CHURCH IN OCEAN PARK 235 HILL ST SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250083A (6250083B, 6250083C, 6250083D, 6250083E, 6250083F, 6250120B and 6250120F CONS) MARINE PARK BUILDING 1406 MARINE ST SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250085A (6250085C, 6250085D, 6250087A, 6250087C, 6250087D and 6250087E CONS) - MARINE PARK BUILDING 1406 MARINE ST SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250089A (6250087B, 6250087F, 6250089A, 6250089B, 6250089C, 6250089D and 6250089E CONS) MARINE PARK BUILDING 1406 MARINE ST SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250092A (6250092B, 6250092C, 6250092D, 6250092E, 6250092F, 6250092G, 6250120A and 6250120E CONS) - WASHINGTON WEST PRESCHOOL 2802 004TH ST SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250094B (6250018B, 6250018C, 6250018D, 6250094B, 6250094C, 6250094D and 6250094E CONS) ST PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH 958 LINCOLN BLVD SANTA MONICA 90403 Accessible: Y 6250095A (6250012G, 6250012H, 6250095A, 6250095B, 6250095C, 6250095D, 6250095E, 6250095F, 6250104B, 6250104C and 6250104E CONS) - WILSHIRE HOUSE 1125 003RD ST SANTA MONICA 90403 Accessible: Y 6250098A (6250065C, 6250065E, 6250065F, 6250098A, 6250098B, 6250098C, 6250098D and 6250098E CONS) - OCEAN HOUSE 2107 OCEAN AVE SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250106B (6250065A, 6250068E, 6250068G, 6250068H, 6250106B, 6250106C, 6250106D, 6250106E and 6250106F CONS) - SANTA MONICA CITY HALL 1685 MAIN ST SANTA MONICA 90401 Accessible: Y 6250107A (6250093A, 6250093B, 6250093D, 6250093E, 6250093G, 6250107A, 6250107B, 6250107C, 6250107D, 6250107E, 6250107F and 6250107G CONS) - SANTA MONICA SHORES 2800 NEILSON WAY SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250110D (6250012A, 6250012C, 6250018A, 6250035G, 6250110D, 6250110E and 6250110F CONS) REED PARK WEST 1129 007TH ST SANTA MONICA 90403 Accessible: Y 6250113A (6250018E, 6250018F, 6250021A, 6250021B, 6250021E, 6250113A, 6250113B, 6250113C, 6250113D, 6250113E and 6250113F CONS) - SANTA MONICA BAY WOMENS CLUB 1210 004TH ST SANTA MONICA 90401 Accessible: Y 6250121A (6250063D, 6250063E, 6250065B, 6250065D, 6250065G, 6250121A, 6250121B, 6250121C, 6250121D, 6250121E and 6250121F CONS) - SANTA MONICA CITY HALL 1685 MAIN ST SANTA MONICA 90401 Accessible: Y 6250125A (6250010A, 6250010C, 6250010D, 6250125A, 6250125B, 6250125C, 6250125D, 6250125E and 6250125F CONS) - FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1008 011TH ST SANTA MONICA 90403 Accessible: Y 6250127A (6250093C, 6250093H, 6250127A, 6250127B, 6250127C, 6250127D, 6250127E, 6250127F and 6250127G CONS) - WASHINGTON WEST PRESCHOOL 2802 004TH ST SANTA MONICA 90405 Accessible: Y 6250128A (6250003B, 6250128A, 6250128B, 6250128D, 6250128E and 6250128F CONS) - FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1008 011TH ST SANTA MONICA 90403 Accessible: Y 9000003A (9000003B, 9000003C, 9000003D and 9000003E CONS) OAKWOOD RECREATION CENTER 767 CALIFORNIA AVE VENICE 90291 Accessible: Y 9000264A (9000264B, 9000264C and 9000264D CONS) - BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 740 GRETNA GREEN WAY LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y

9000267A (9000267B, 9000267C, 9000267D, 9000267E, 9000267F, 9000267G, 9001328A, 9001328B, 9001328C, 9001328D, 9001328E and 9001328F CONS) - ANGELENO HOTEL 170 CHURCH LN LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9000269B (9000269C, 9000269D, 9000269F, 9000269G, 9002371A, 9002371B, 9002371C and 9002371D CONS) - RICHLAND AVENUE ELEM SCHOOL 11562 RICHLAND AVE LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9000555A - UCLA--REIBER HALL 310 DE NEVE DR LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9000558B (9000558C, 9000558D, 9000558E, 9001220A, 9001220H, 9001277C and 9002752A CONS) EMERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 1650 SELBY AVE LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9000567A (9000567B, 9000567C, 9000567D, 9000567E, 9000567F, 9000567G, 9001268A, 9001268E and 9001278B CONS) - RESIDENCE 10330 ROCHESTER AVE LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9001073B (9001073E, 9001073F, 9001073G, 9006671A, 9006671B, 9006671C and 9006671E CONS) BEL AIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 16221 MULHOLLAND DR LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001243A (9001243B, 9001243C, 9001243D, 9001243E and 9001243F CONS) - WESTMINSTER SENIOR CENTER 1234 PACIFIC AVE VENICE 90291 Accessible: Y 9001244A (9001244B, 9001244C, 9001244D, 9001244E and 9001244F CONS) - ADDA & PAUL SAFRAN SR HOUSING 151 OCEAN FRONT WALK VENICE 90291 Accessible: Y 9001249A - LIBERAL ARTS MASONIC TEMPLE 2244 WESTWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001250A (9001248A and 9001250A CONS) - LIBERAL ARTS MASONIC TEMPLE 2244 WESTWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001253A (9001253C, 9001253D, 9001253E, 9001253F, 9001255A, 9001255B, 9001255C and 9001255D CONS) - KAHAL JOSEPH SYNAGOGUE 10505 SANTA MONICA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001256B (9000526A, 9000526B, 9000526C, 9001253B, 9001256B, 9001256C, 9001256D, 9001256G and 9001256H CONS) - RESIDENCE 2080 KERWOOD AVE LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001257B (9000528A, 9000528B, 9000528C, 9001257B, 9001257C and 9001257D CONS) - LE LYCEE FRANCAIS DE L A 10361 W PICO BLVD LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001262A (9001262C, 9001262E, 9001360B, 9001360C, 9001360D, 9002748A and 9003077B CONS) UNIVERSITY BIBLE CHURCH 10801 WILSHIRE BLVD LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9001271A (9001220B, 9001220D, 9001220E, 9001271A, 9001271C, 9001271D, 9001271E, 9002901A and 9002901C CONS) - WESTWOOD RECREATION COMPLEX 1350 S SEPULVEDA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001272A (9001252A, 9001252B, 9001270A, 9001272A, 9001272B, 9001272C, 9001593A, 9001594A and 9001761A CONS) - LIBERAL ARTS MASONIC TEMPLE 2244 WESTWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001274A (9001274B, 9001274C, 9001274F, 9001283A, 9001283C, 9002901B, 9002901D and 9002901E CONS) - WESTWOOD RECREATION COMPLEX 1350 S SEPULVEDA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001278A (9001268B, 9001268D, 9001277A, 9001278A, 9001278C, 9001278D and 9001278E CONS) KAHAL JOSEPH SYNAGOGUE 10505 SANTA MONICA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001279A (9001277B, 9001277D, 9001279A, 9001279B, 9001279C and 9001279D CONS) - KAHAL JOSEPH SYNAGOGUE 10505 SANTA MONICA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001281C (9001281D, 9001281E, 9001284C, 9005823A, 9005823B, 9005823C and 9007379E CONS) STONER RECREATION CENTER 1835 STONER AVE LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001282A (9001220C, 9001220F, 9001220G, 9001282A, 9001282B, 9001282C and 9001763A CONS) EMERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL 1650 SELBY AVE LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9001283B (9001171A, 9001171B, 9001171C, 9001274D, 9001274E,

9001283B, 9001283D, 9001283E, 9001283F, 9001283G and 9001283H CONS) - WESTWOOD RECREATION COMPLEX 1350 S SEPULVEDA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001284A (9001281A, 9001281B, 9001284A, 9001284B, 9001285A, 9007379A, 9007379B, 9007379C and 9007379D CONS) - NORA STERRY ELEMENTARY SCH 1730 CORINTH AVE LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001296A (9001296E, 9001296F, 9001299A, 9005817A, 9005817C, 9005820B and 9005820C CONS) BUERGE FORD 11800 SANTA MONICA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001299B (9001298A, 9001298B, 9001298C, 9001299B, 9001299C, 9001299D, 9001299E, 9001300A, 9001300B and 9001300E CONS) STONER RECREATION CENTER 1835 STONER AVE LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001303A (9001300C, 9001300D, 9001300G, 9001303A, 9001303B, 9001303C and 9005820A CONS) STONER RECREATION CENTER 1835 STONER AVE LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001306A (9001306B, 9001306C, 9001367B, 9001367D, 9001367E, 9001367F and 9001802A CONS) RESIDENCE 141 N BRISTOL AVE LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001307A (9001307B, 9001307C, 9001307D, 9001307E, 9001310E, 9001367A and 9001367C CONS) BRENTWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 12000 SAN VICENTE BLVD LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001310A (9001310C, 9001310D, 9001312B, 9001312D, 9002766E, 9002866B and 9002866D CONS) BARRINGTON RECREATION CENTER 333 S BARRINGTON AVE LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001312A (9001312C, 9002766B, 9002766D and 9002766F CONS) BARRINGTON RECREATION CENTER 333 S BARRINGTON AVE LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001316A (9001316B, 9001316C, 9001316D, 9002866A and 9002866C CONS) - BRENTWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 12000 SAN VICENTE BLVD LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001318A (9001317D, 9001317E, 9001318A, 9001318B, 9001318C, 9001318D, 9001318E, 9001318F, 9001318G and 9001365A CONS) BRENTWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 12000 SAN VICENTE BLVD LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001326A (9001317C, 9001317F, 9001326A, 9001326B, 9001326D, 9001362A and 9001362B CONS) BARRINGTON PLAZA BLDG B 11728 WILSHIRE BLVD LOS ANGELES 90025 Accessible: Y 9001329A (9001329B, 9001329C, 9001329D, 9001329E, 9001329F, 9001672A, 9001672B, 9001672C, 9001672D and 9001672E CONS) LEO BAECK TEMPLE 1300 N SEPULVEDA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001330A - HEDRICK HALL 250 DE NEVE DR LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9001331A (9001209A, 9001263A, 9001263B, 9001331A, 9001331B, 9001331C and 9001360A CONS) ST ALBANS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 580 HILGARD AVE LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9001332A (9001206A, 9001332A, 9001332B, 9001332C, 9001332D and 9001332E CONS) - SINAI TEMPLE 10400 WILSHIRE BLVD LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9001334A (9001266A, 9001266B, 9001266C, 9001266D, 9001334A, 9001334B, 9001334C and 9002750A CONS) - SINAI TEMPLE 10400 WILSHIRE BLVD LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9001336A (9001336B, 9001336C, 9001339A and 9001339C CONS) ALPHA GAMMA OMEGA FRATERNITY 515 LANDFAIR AVE LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: N 9001338A (9001338B, 9001338C, 9001338D, 9001339B and 9001339D CONS) - ALPHA GAMMA OMEGA FRATERNITY 515 LANDFAIR AVE LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: N 9001341A (9001261A, 9001341A, 9001341B and 9002747A CONS) FRATERNITY HOUSE 10918 STRATHMORE DR LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: N 9001342A (9001264A, 9001264B, 9001342A, 9001342B, 9001342C, 9001342D and 9001673A CONS) VILLAGE LUTHERAN CHURCH 343 CHURCH LN LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001346A - TOM BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL 417 CHARLES E YOUNG DR W LOS ANGELES 90024

Accessible: Y 9001350A (9001350B, 9001350C, 9001350D, 9001350E, 9001350G, 9001369A, 9001369D, 9001369E, 9001369F and 9001369H CONS) LEO BAECK TEMPLE 1300 N SEPULVEDA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001352A (9001350F, 9001352A, 9001352B, 9001352C, 9001352D, 9001352E, 9001409A, 9001409B, 9001409C and 9003206B CONS) LEO BAECK TEMPLE 1300 N SEPULVEDA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001354A (9001354B, 9001354C, 9001354D and 9001354E CONS) LUXE HOTELS 11461 SUNSET BLVD LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001355A (9001355B, 9001355C and 9001355D CONS) - KENTER CYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 645 N KENTER AVE LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001357A (9001356A, 9001356B, 9001356C, 9001357A, 9001357B, 9001357C, 9001357D and 9001357E CONS) - RESIDENCE 2324 BANYAN DR LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001358A (9001358B, 9001358C, 9001358D, 9001358E, 9003727A and 9003727B CONS) - PALISADES PARK 851 ALMA REAL DR PACIFIC PALISADES 90272 Accessible: Y 9001361A (9001361B, 9001361C, 9001361D, 9001361E, 9001361F and 9001361G CONS) - KENTER CYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 645 N KENTER AVE LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001364A (9001354F, 9001364A, 9001364B, 9001364C, 9001364D, 9001364E and 9001364F CONS) LUXE HOTELS 11461 SUNSET BLVD LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001366A (9001366B, 9001366C, 9001366D and 9001366E CONS) BARRINGTON RECREATION CENTER 333 S BARRINGTON AVE LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001374A (9001374B, 9001374C, 9001374D, 9001374E, 9001374F, 9007683B, 9007683C, 9007683D, 9007683E and 9007683G CONS) PALISADES PARK 851 ALMA REAL DR PACIFIC PALISADES 90272 Accessible: Y 9001382A (9001373B, 9001373C, 9001382A, 9001382B, 9001382C, 9001382D and 9001382E CONS) PALISADES PARK 851 ALMA REAL DR PACIFIC PALISADES 90272 Accessible: Y 9001391A (9001379A, 9001379B, 9001379C, 9001379D, 9001379E, 9001391A and 9001391B CONS) PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL 15777 BOWDOIN ST PACIFIC PALISADES 90272 Accessible: Y 9001402A (9001402B, 9001402C, 9001402D, 9001402E and 9001402F CONS) - LEO BAECK TEMPLE 1300 N SEPULVEDA BLVD LOS ANGELES 90049 Accessible: Y 9001417A (9000701A, 9001417A, 9001417B, 9001417C and 9003552C CONS) - HARDMAN HANSEN (UCLA) 500 LANDFAIR AVE LOS ANGELES 90024 Accessible: Y 9001452A (9001248C, 9001452A, 9001452B, 9001452C, 9001452D, 9001452E, 9001540A and 9001540B CONS) - WESTWOOD PLAZA 2228 WESTWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001454A (9001241A, 9001242A, 9001259A, 9001259B, 9001454A, 9001454B, 9001454C and 9001454D CONS) - HEYLER REALTY 10659 W PICO BLVD LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001455A (9001211B, 9001305A, 9001432A, 9001432B, 9001455A, 9001455C and 9003036B CONS) RESIDENCE 2755 KELTON AVE LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001456A (9001456B, 9001456C, 9001456D, 9001456E, 9001456F, 9001456G, 9001476E, 9001476F and 9001476G CONS) - FIRE STATION #92 10556 W PICO BLVD LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001474C (9001474D, 9001474E, 9001474F, 9001476A, 9001476B and 9001476D CONS) - BEVERLY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB 3084 MOTOR AVE LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001514A (9001507G, 9001513A, 9001513B, 9001514A, 9001514B, 9001514C and 9002371E CONS) ST ANDREWS LUTHERAN CHURCH 11555 NATIONAL BLVD LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y 9001516A (9001515A, 9001515D, 9001516A, 9001516B, 9001516C, 9001516D, 9001516E and 9001516F CONS) - JUAREZ & ASSOCIATES / LIBRARY 12139 NATIONAL BLVD LOS ANGELES 90064 Accessible: Y

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Stock market edges up on stronger housing report MATTHEW CRAFT AP Business Writer

NEW YORK A surprisingly strong housing report helped push the stock market mostly higher Wednesday, while weak earnings reports from Intel and IBM weighed on the Dow Jones industrial average.

Even though the two tech giants disappointed, overall earnings results have come in much better than some investors had feared, said Dan Veru, chief investment officer at Palisade Capital Management in Fort Lee, N.J. “Everyone is breathing a sigh of relief that things aren’t all that bad,” Veru said. “That’s what you see happening now.”

The Dow edged up 5.22 points to close at 13,557, barely managing its fourth straight day of gains. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 5.99 points to 1,460.91.

Better results from Mattel, Goldman Sachs, and Johnson & Johnson shot the stock market higher Tuesday. For the week, the Dow is up 1.7 percent and the S&P 500 is up 2.3 percent.

Heading into this earnings season, FedEx, Caterpillar and other global heavyweights had warned investors that China’s slowing economy and Europe’s ongoing debt crisis would weigh on quarterly profits.

Analysts still expect that third-quarter earnings for companies in the S&P 500 will shrink for the first time since 2009.

IBM reported sales late Tuesday that missed Wall Street’s expectations. On a

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call with analysts, IBM’s chief financial officer said the company faced “more challenging” market conditions in September, the final month of the quarter, as cautious customers and a weakening euro undercut its results. IBM’s stock sank $10.37 to $200.63.

Without IBM’s drop, the Dow would have been 79 points higher. Stocks with higher prices carry more weight in the average of 30 large companies. Every move of $1 in any Dow stock is equivalent to moving the Dow average 7.68 points.

Intel warned that sales of personal computers will likely remain weak during the holiday season this year. The chipmaker cut its revenue estimates for the year-end quarter when it reported results late Tuesday. Intel’s stock fell 56 cents to $21.79.

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that builders broke ground on building new single-family houses and apartments at the fastest pace since July 2008. Housing starts surged to an annual rate of 872,000 in September, far above estimates by economists.

“You might think it’s a misprint,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG, in a note to clients. But over the past year, housing starts have climbed by 43 percent.

“If there was any doubt that the housing market was undergoing a recovery, even a modest one in the face of the terrible 2008 decline, those doubts should be erased by now,” Greenhaus said.

In other trading, the Nasdaq composite index inched up 2.95 points to

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3,104.12. More than two stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange.

The housing report helped lift the yield on the 10-year Treasury note to 1.81 percent from 1.72 percent late Tuesday. Better economic news usually sends traders out of safe assets like Treasurys, and when bond prices fall their yields rise.

The 10-year Treasury yield, a standard benchmark for mortgages and other loans, started October at 1.63 percent.

Among other companies making big moves Wednesday: • Dean Foods led all stocks in the S&P 500 with a 13 percent jump. The dairy company offered more details about its planned spin-off of a subsidiary, WhiteWave, the producer of Silk Soymilk.

Dean Foods said it will keep at least 80 percent of WhiteWave after the company’s initial public offering. The company’s stock rose $1.92 to $16.96.

• The University of Phoenix’s parent company, the Apollo Group, plunged 22 percent, the biggest drop in the S&P 500. A sharp drop in student enrollment has cut into profits, Apollo reported late Tuesday. To cope with shrinking enrollment, Apollo plans to close 115 of the university’s mostly smaller locations. Its stock lost $6.09 to $21.40.

• Bank of New York Mellon surged $1.30 to $24.86 after reporting net income and revenue that topped analysts’ estimates. The bank slashed expenses and collected more fees for managing investments. Investment income more than doubled from the year before.

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Beckett company sues over endangered cat ASSOCIATED PRESS LAREDO, Texas A company owned by Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett is suing a pipeline builder claiming it destroyed the habitat of the endangered ocelot on a South Texas ranch.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Laredo says Eagle Ford Midstream LP violated the federal Endangered Species Act by clearing land to build a natural gas pipeline.

The suit says the pipeline company was

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by Beckett Ventures Inc. and falsely told the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that it wasn’t suitable habitat for the endangered wild cat.

Beckett’s company claims the pipeline builder engaged in “willful destruction” by clearing land after a notice of intent to sue was filed in August.

A phone message left with Eagle Ford Midstream’s parent company wasn’t immediately returned.

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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT:

Adoption of Development Fee Increases

A public hearing will be held by the City Council to consider the following request: Revise and/or establish permit fees charged by the Planning and Community Development Department for cost recovery relating to staff time for various project-related services.

DATE/TIME:

TUESDAY, October 23, 2012 at 6:45 p.m.

LOCATION:

City Council Chambers, Second Floor, Santa Monica City Hall 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California

HOW TO COMMENT The City of Santa Monica encourages public comment. You may comment at the City Council public hearing, or by writing a letter. Written information will be given to the City Council at the meeting.

Address your letters to:

City Clerk Re: PCD Fees - October 23, 2012 City Council Meeting 1685 Main Street, Room 102 Santa Monica, CA 90401

MORE INFORMATION If you want more information, please refer to the staff report for the October 23, 2012 meeting on the City’s web site at http://www.smgov.net/departments/clerk/agendas. You may contact the City Clerk at (310) 458-8211 for alternate availability of the City Council agenda packet, or to make an appointment to review the fee study.

The meeting facility is wheelchair accessible. For disability-related accommodations, please contact (310) 458-8341 or (310) 458-8696 TTY at least 72 hours in advance.

Every attempt will be made to provide the requested accommodation. All written materials are available in alternate format upon request. Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Lines numbered 2, 3, 9 and Rapid 3 serve City Hall.

ESPAÑOL Esto es una noticia de una audiencia pública sobre la adopción de aumento de cobro al desarrollo en Santa Monica. Si deseas más información, favor de llamar a Carmen Gutierrez en la División de Planificación al número (310) 458-8341.

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Read between the lines, Libra ARIES (March 21-April 19)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

★★★★ You might not realize how much you

★★★★ Be careful with spending. You could be

trigger certain people in your life, especially as of late. You see beyond the obvious and act accordingly. Others could be shocked as a result. Tonight: Go for the untried.

letting go of negative feelings through shopping. Stop and deal with your frustrations head-on. You might want to get to the root of the issue and find out why you are so easily triggered. Cool off, then approach the problem.

Tonight: Have fun with a friend.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Edge City

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★★★★★ Work with a partner directly, and you really might appreciate the experience and its benefits. Pressure builds when a partner or associate pushes you too hard for your own good.

Tonight: A little fall shopping wouldn't hurt.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★ Your optimism remains, no matter what obstacles you face. In fact, a meaningful exchange occurs between you and someone else only because of your upbeat attitude. Tonight: Go with a friend's or loved one's decision.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★ Pace yourself, as you have a lot to accomplish. Know that your mind will be working overtime, and you'll have difficulty concentrating. Tonight: Get some exercise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★ Funnel your energy into whatever you want, and your creativity will surge as a result.

You might try out some of your wild ideas on someone. If you proceed as usual, you might become quite frustrated. Use your current unusual energy well. Tonight: Sort through offers.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★ You might want to step back from a project for a while, especially if you have a conflict with someone involved. Stay calm when dealing with an unpredictable individual. This person might mean what he or she says now, but not later. Get as much done as you can on your own. Tonight: Work out or take a walk.

Garfield

By Jim Davis

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★★ You cannot go wrong if you are

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

spontaneous. News or an idea surprises you by triggering all types of reactions -- some angry, some unpredictable. You'll land on your feet no matter what. Your friends support you in your goals. Tonight: Paint the town red.

★★★★★ You might be more removed than you realize, as your mind wanders from one thought to another. Your creativity continues to be high. Share more of your ingenuity in a meeting. Others initially might be startled, but eventually they'll go along with some of your ideas. Tonight: Start the weekend early.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★ You are enthusiastic about a personal matter. If you are not dealing with that issue, you could have difficulty focusing on anything else. Tonight: Work on your juggling skills.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★ Make calls early, as you likely will be swamped by others seeking you out, whether it is via email, phone or simply arriving at your door. Tonight: Read between the lines.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★ Pressure comes from what you think you need to accomplish as opposed to what others want you to do. At a certain point, you need to honor your priorities, or else you will not be happy. A family member or domestic matter occupies your attention. Tonight: Clear out as much as you can.

Happy birthday This year your imagination opens many doors, and the only issue will be which one you would like to go through. The unexpected keeps you alert and excited about life. If you are single, you have a way about you that draws many people in. You will need to be

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: ★★★★★Dynamic ★★ So-So ★★★★ Positive ★ Difficult ★★★ Average

selective in order to decide who you most want to be close to. Enjoy the process. If you are attached, a tendency to kiss and make up becomes more important. Both of you understand how vital this is to your relationship. SAGITTARIUS enjoys pulling you out of yourself.

The Meaning of Lila

By John Forgetta & L.A. Rose

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Sudoku Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from ★ (easiest) to ★★★★★ (hardest).

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Daniel Archuleta daniela@smdp.com The first person who can correctly identify where this image was captured wins a prize from the Santa Monica Daily Press. Send answers to editor@smdp.com. Send your mystery photos to editor@smdp.com. Hint: It’s not the mural at Lincoln and Ocean Park boulevards.

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GETTING STARTED There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and figure out which numbers are missing.

Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, find which of the missing numbers will work. Eliminating numbers will eventually lead you to the answer.

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■ Challenging Races: (1) Richard Wagner Jones, running for a school board seat in Granite, Utah, told reporters in June that since the job is mainly about taxes and budgets, he would not have to make site visits to schools. That is fortunate, for Jones is barred from schools as a registered sex offender based on a 1990 conviction. (2) Mike Rios, a former school board member in Moreno Valley, Calif., said in August that he was still considering running for the town's council despite his March arrest for attempted murder and April arrest for pimping (allegedly caught with several underage recruits). (3) Verna Jackson Hammons said in August that her candidacy for mayor of Cullman, Ala., should not suffer by her having appeared 10 years earlier as "the other woman" in a love triangle on an episode of "The Jerry Springer Show."

■ Brazil has a robust democracy but with very few controls on what candidates may call themselves on ballots. Among those running for offices this election season, according to a September New York Times dispatch from Rio de Janeiro: "John Kennedy Abreu Sousa," "Jimmi Carter Santarem Barroso," "Ladi Gaga," "Christ of Jerusalem," a "Macgaiver," five "Batmans," two "James Bonds," and 16 people whose name contains "Obama."

"It's a marketing strategy," said city council candidate Geraldo Custodio, who apparently likes his chances better as "Geraldo Wolverine."

TODAY IN HISTORY – Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.

– Karachi bombings: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is not injured.

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