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Perfection in the mix Samohi heads into key Ocean League matchup undefeated

BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor

SAMOHI It seems a stingy defense can propel

“Neither of those allocations of personnel are ideal,” Ben Franz-Knight, the executive director of the PRC, said. “The ideal scenario is to put in a half light that could be activated … so we wouldn’t have to use people for what a traffic light could do.”

A decision as to whether to place a traffic light at the exit would ultimately have to be made by Caltrans, which has jurisdiction over the highway. The study would look into creating some justification for Caltrans

a team a long way.

As Santa Monica High School prepares to host Beverly Hills tonight in a key Ocean League matchup, it has been the Vikings’ defense that has paced the team to a perfect 6-0 (1-0) record. The defensive unit led by a strong corps of linebackers has given up a paltry 39 points all season and most recently limited Morningside High School to an astounding minus 12 yards on offense to open league play with a 51-0 victory last week.

“When you are sitting at week six having given up 39 points, we feel pretty good,” defensive coordinator Conrad Cuda said.

“This is the most aggressive group of guys we’ve had at Santa Monica.”

It’s not that the offense hasn’t been lighting up the scoreboard — the team has tallied 201 points — but it is defense that wins games and keeps teams relevant come the postseason.

“I think we are playing with a lot of confidence right now,” head coach Zach Cuda said. “We have some huge games ahead of us here. These are our league rivals and traditionally the toughest teams in our league.”

This week’s opponent, Beverly Hills, comes into the contest riding a four-game winning streak and is 4-2 on the season and 1-0 in league play. The Vikings head coach is aware that the Normans have been hot of late, but his team’s momentum should mitigate the challenge.

“We have two teams riding a pretty good wave,” Zach Cuda said. “We’re set up for a heck of a ball game.”

Zach Cuda sees a number of similarities between the two teams. Much like the Normans, Samohi likes to grind it out with an array of effective running backs, including senior Christian Ross, who ran for 165 yards and scored three rushing touchdowns

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PENDING: Months after the City Council decided to set aside $200,000 for a traffic light signal study for the 1440 Pacific Coast Highway lot, which is just north of the Santa Monica Pier, the Pier Restoration Corp. board recently decide to urge City Hall to move forward with the analysis.

Pier board urges study to consider traffic light

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY Safety challenges that drivers face when exiting a parking lot here and entering high-speed traffic could lead to the installation of a half-signal, a move that could face resistance from neighbors.

Months after the City Council decided to set aside $200,000 for a traffic light signal study for the 1440 Pacific Coast Highway lot, which is just north of the Santa Monica

Pier, the Pier Restoration Corp. board recently decide to urge City Hall to move forward with the analysis.

The exit for the 1440 lot has long been an issue for drivers and vendors on the pier who have concerns about the safety of their customers as they attempt to leave the lot.

When attempts to depart the lot seem futile, a parking attendant will either come out and wave cars onto a narrow lane or the Santa Monica Police Department will deploy a unit to create a traffic break, which most often occurs during special events.

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City Council candidates grilled

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

MAIN LIBRARY Herb Katz and Michael Kovac fidgeted around as they took their seats, tugging at their suit jackets and as they tried to find an inch of room on the crowded stage, sandwiched among 12 other City Council hopefuls.

The night had just started yet the squirming was already plentiful.

Continuing a tradition since the first municipal election it covered in 2002, the Santa Monica Daily Press hosted 14 City Council candidates and four — plus one appointed — Board of Education candidates at the 2008 Squirm Night on Wednesday at the Martin Luther King Auditorium, holding what was perhaps the final forum before the big day Nov. 4.

The event, which drew more than 100 people, was sponsored by LAcarGuy.com, Ocean Park Association (OPA), North of Montana Neighborhood Association (NOMA) and Co-Opportunity.

The election has garnered extra interest this year because of a series of controversial issues, including the removal of ficus trees Downtown and battles over land-use policy, which have led to a resident-initiated placement of a slow-growth measure on the ballot.

While the candidates, who come from different walks of life, clearly had their differences of opinion on matters like high school parking and development policy, they agreed more often than expected for a diverse body of individuals, including

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HOPEFULS: City Council candidates take part in Squirm Night at the Main Library Wednesday.

expressing their support for rent control, with some calling for the law to be adjusted.

Terence Later, an entertainment consultant who is registered as a write-in candidate, was one of the few in favor of the law in its current incarnation. Herbert Silverstein, a retired stock broker, appeared just as resistant to changes, saying that any that are made should be minor.

Councilmember Ken Genser was among the candidates who said rent control has been weakened because of vacancy decontrol, which allows landlords to raise units to market rates once vacated. Arguments have

been made that the result of vacancy decontrol has been far fewer affordable housing opportunities in the city.

“It’s a shame that the legislature has weakened it,” said Jerry Rubin, a peace activist who co-founded the Santa Monica Treesavers with candidate Susan Hartley, said.

The candidates were also posed with a question as to whether the law should be changed to make income more of a factor than length of tenancy, a reference to claims of abuse that some rent-control residents actually sublease their units to make money.

Katz, the mayor and an architect, said income should be a part of the equation, believing that tenancy is also important.

Genser said he doesn’t believe City Hall should legislate the type of tenants the landlords seek.

Challengers, all of whom are running on the platform that change in Santa Monica is needed, were asked whether they believe that the current City Council has done enough to address water quality issues, pointing out that Santa Monica Beach continues to be one of the dirtiest in the state.

Voters in 2006 passed Measure V which would carry through a number of projects aimed at cleaning up the beaches and water.

City officials have been criticized by the public for the slow rate of progress that has been made since then.

Jon Mann, a former flight attendant who has run for council eight times, said he is afraid to take his son to the beach, especially after a storm.

“It’s scandalous the City Council allowed this to occur,” Mann said.

Ted Winterer, a writer and Ocean Park resident, said projects need to be moved along so that the water around the Santa Monica Pier, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary next year, will be cleaned up by the summer.

Mayor Pro Tem Richard Bloom responded to the criticism, saying that the beach by the pier is actually clean for most of the year and is dirtied following storms. Genser added that City Hall wasn’t able to start collecting money SEE COUNCIL PAGE 10

District controversy plays role during Squirm Night

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

MAIN LIBRARY A challenging two years for the school district has attracted more attention to the Board of Education election this year.

Allegations of sexual misconduct by a Lincoln Middle School teacher, accusations of financial mismanagement and problems with the special education program were among the reasons why the Santa Monica Daily Press included the school board candidates in its Squirm Night for the first time

since hosting its first candidates forum in 2002.

The candidates were quizzed on matters such as keeping up the teacher retention rate and closing the achievement gap, but past demons that have haunted the district were inevitably raised.

The three incumbents — including Ralph Mechur, who will be appointed to fulfill the remainder of former school board member Emily Bloomfield’s term — were asked to justify their re-election given what has transpired in the district under their leadership, which includes the resignation of former

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Jose Escarce, the school board vice president, said that Talarico left the district to be closer to her husband in northern California and was a matter that could be dispensed.

He added that the sexual molestation case of Thomas Arthur Beltran was an aberration that happens time to time in school districts.

“It’s one of the worst things that can happen in a district, one of the worst things that can happen to students,” he said. “It has catalyzed us in developing a model policy on the issue so it won’t happen again.”

The district faced criticism following Beltran’s arrest when it was revealed that the teacher had been previously warned by a former principal that he shouldn’t touch his students to protect against misinterpretation. The warning came after the principal was informed by a student that she was uncomfortable with the way the teacher had touched her. The matter was never communicated to the superintendent at the time.

“It has been a very difficult time and the board had difficulties in understanding how SEE BOARD PAGE 10

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Questioning the need Editor:

I am voting no on Proposition AA. It’s not that I don’t support Santa Monica College. We, the Santa Monica residents, have been supporting the college for years with a series of bond issues and through our property taxes. It’s time to put the spending in check and make the school more accountable to the community and its overall constituents.

I question the need of requiring local residents to continue to dig deep in our pockets to support a regional, even international, school. Less than 16 percent of the students live in Santa Monica. Many local residents cannot afford to attend performances at the new Broad Stage. Furthermore, the proposed new career center and improvements to the Bundy Campus would be located outside Santa Monica (it’s [within] Los Angeles city limits). Many of the vocational programs, such as auto repair, which historically helped local youth gain skills for jobs, have been canceled in favor of science programs that help make SMC “the nation’s undisputed leader in transfers to the University of California system.” That’s great, keep up the good work SMC, but please start charging the people who are directly benefiting rather than continuously asking Santa Monica and Malibu residents to subsidize these endeavors. No on AA.

Chris Taylor Santa Monica

Defending religious rights Editor:

I just wanted to take a moment and thank David Pisarra for his most informative “opinion” about the Mormon church and their practices (“Mormon maneuver,” page 4, Oct. 21). It would seem to me that at one time Pisarra took time to study what it is we believe, because most people, when asked, don’t have a clue as to what we believe. I applaud any missionary that tried to share our messages of hope with him. It must have been a most unique experience.

As a convert, and mother of a missionary serving the poorest of the poor in south Chicago, I can most assuredly state that Elder Grossman’s purpose and his “mission” is to take the “ghetto” out of the people, spiritually and emotionally. If that is considered to be “morally bankrupt” or “just plain stupid,” then let me be dumb and poor.

Proposition 8 is not just about marriage. It is about my right to practice my religious beliefs, without any “interest group” telling me that I cannot do so. My mother once told of how the Nazi’s made Jewish men pull down their pants to see if they were circumcised. I am sure that Hitler thought that his way was the right way, the only way. I believe that’s why six million Jews took their faith to the gas chambers. I believe in the Bible. I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman. I have as much right to fight for my beliefs as those who are against Prop. 8. Shame on you Pisarra for taking your ugly and misguided feelings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (as is the correct name of our church) and hiding it in the message of your beliefs for Prop 8. If it were up to you, would you put all Mormons in a gas chamber, to stop us from sharing our message?

Joni Grossman Santa Monica

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Measure T is not the answer to traffic woes

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ON NOV. 4, SANTA MONICA VOTERS

will be asked to vote on Measure T, which would restrict most development in Santa Monica to no more than 75,000 square feet per year for the purpose of controlling traffic. At first impression, this may seem good.

After all, traffic is often frustrating and we need serious controls on new development.

But Measure T is not the answer.

Measure T is a deceptive, irresponsible and unnecessary measure that would not reduce traffic as promised, and may make it even worse. And Measure T threatens to harm important community services including our public schools, public safety and healthcare. In these very uncertain and difficult economic times, we cannot afford the risks of Measure T. That is why we have formed Save Our City, a broad-based coalition that includes Santa Monica’s classroom teachers, police and firefighters associations, SMRR (Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights) leaders, state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, environmentalists, health care advocates, the Chamber of Commerce, nonprofit and religious leaders, and hundreds of Santa Monica residents (see saveourcitysm.com/opposes.html for full list).

Though we do not always agree on every issue, we all oppose Measure T. The voters should not be fooled by the scare tactics and deception being used to sell Measure T. Though packaged as a traffic control measure, the only expert traffic study of T concludes that it will have virtually no impact on Santa Monica traffic. In fact, it may make traffic even worse by undermining the real traffic solutions contained in the city’s new, nearly-finished General Plan update known as the LUCE. Nor is T necessary to control commercial development as its proponents claim. In fact, the city’s new LUCE incorporates strict controls on development, including a braking mechanism unanimously supported by the City Council that will regulate the pace and amount of new development.

And the voters should not be fooled by claims that T only restricts commercial development.

Proposition T also restricts new healthcare uses, which explains why our two local hospitals, Saint John’s and Santa MonicaUCLA, have issued a joint statement exposing T as dangerous for healthcare.

T also classifies nonprofit uses — including those serving our youth, senior citizens and the disabled — as “commercial,” which explains why it is opposed by key non-profit leaders.

Our local nonprofit agencies face enough challenges raising funds in these difficult economic times; they do not need the added burden of competing with developers for a T square-footage allocation.

T will harm renters as well, especially vulnerable seniors. As Councilmember Ken Genser and other renter advocates have argued, T encourages demolition of rentcontrolled apartments and their replacement with expensive condominiums, there-

by displacing renters. And T would impede the city’s strategy of building workforce housing (with resident-serving commercial uses) in its commercial zones — housing for those who work in Santa Monica but are not now able to live here.

THE VOTERS SHOULD NOT BE FOOLED BY THE SCARE TACTICS AND DECEPTION BEING USED TO SELL MEASURE T.

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Bill Bauer, David Pisarra, Meredith Carroll, Kenny Mack, Jack Neworth, Lloyd Garver, Seth Barnes, Taylor Van Arsdale, Dane Robert Swanson, Ryan Hyatt, Steve Breen, Elizabeth Brown, Maria Rohloff, Merv Hecht, Mike Heayn, Brian Hepp Mariel Howsepian, Cynthia Citron, Amanda Cushman, Steve Parker and Phyllis Chavez

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Workforce housing will not displace existing renters and will cut down on commuter traffic — a key source of Santa Monica’s traffic congestion.

T also threatens important services that depend on city funding — including our public schools.

According to an independent financial study, T would deprive City Hall of millions of dollars in tax revenue that we need to fund our schools and other important services.

The effects of T, in combination with anticipated declines in school funding due to the economic recession, pose a serious threat to our public schools.

That is why the Santa Monica Malibu Classroom Teachers Association, nearly every member of the school board and college board, two leading education advocacy groups (CEPS and LEAD), most council members and many education activists oppose Measure T. In addition to these major flaws, T suffers from being poorly drafted and rigidly inflexible.

Because none of its terms is defined, and it leaves key questions unanswered about how it would work in practice, T would trigger years of conflict and costly litigation, wasting city funds on lawyers that would be better spent on our schools and other important community services. Moreover, T cannot be modified, nor can its maximum square footage be exceeded without voter approval.

So when its negative effects become apparent, T would prevent the City Council from providing Santa Monica residents with timely and effective relief.

Santa Monica can and will address the challenges of controlling development and reducing traffic congestion without the severe harm threatened by T. Please join the broadest coalition in Santa Monica’s history and vote no on T. TERRY O’DAY is the executive director of Environment Now and chair of the Planning Commission. JUDY ABDO is a Steering Committee member for Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights and a former mayor of Santa Monica.

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Give me liberty or give me a smoke I HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUT I’M OLD

enough to remember cigarette commercials on TV (I watched from the crib). Among the most famous commercials featured the Marlboro Man, a rugged cowboy who, in real life, died of lung cancer. Another claimed “More doctors prefer Camels.”

Maybe more deceased doctors. Thankfully, we’ve come a long way. Or have we?

Last week, a proposed ordinance to ban smoking in common areas at multi-family residences was postponed by the City Council (Ken Genser, Richard Bloom and Herb Katz voted for postponement, Bobby Shriver and Kevin McKeown against).

The Rent Control Board, concerned about tenant harassment, is against the ordinance. With all the conflicting constituencies it’s remarkable anything gets passed, or enforced. Despite a law enacted more than a year ago, Main Street and the Third Street Promenade are still filled with enough smokers to make smoke signals.

I generally try to see both sides of an argument (except for Sarah Palin, who talks about towns being pro- and anti-America like Joe McCarthy in high heels). As for second-hand smoke, since all of the studies cite irreparable harm, especially to children and the elderly, it’s rather difficult for me to see the “other side.”

Last week, three residents sat for four hours at the council meeting just to share how their lives have been plagued by second hand smoke. The ordinance may be “inconvenient” for smokers but the truth is they could always smoke somewhere else. These tenants can’t very well live somewhere else.

Ella Bronstein has battled cancer for seven years. Unfortunately, her struggle is made more difficult by neighbors smoking in the courtyard. As a result, Ella can’t have her windows or doors open. From public records, I located her landlord who said he’d get back to me on this matter. I’m still waiting.

Jim Levesque is a single father of two teenage girls, living in an apartment above smokers. Stanford University provided Jim with sophisticated measuring equipment that, to no one’s surprise, revealed dangerous levels of secondhand smoke in the unit and building common areas.

Tracye Isaac has a serious heart condition (two attacks and numerous angioplasties).

But when Tracye opens her door in the

morning to get some fresh air she’s greeted with billows of smoke. Her neighbors use the common area to avoid getting their own apartments smoky. Clearly then, for Ella, Jim and Tracye, second-hand smoke is slightly more than “inconvenient.”

The RCB is concerned that landlords might use the ordinance to harass rent control tenants. Most apartment leases contain a provision that a tenant will not break the law on the premises. I don’t quite understand why landlords have to be involved. And would a landlord really harass a tenant just to get more rent? OK, dumb question.

There’s also the possibility that smokers could petition RCB for a rent reduction for “loss of an amenity.” Since when is spreading carcinogens an “amenity?” On a sunny weekend, my pool can be quite crowded. If a cigar smoker joins us, suddenly the pool smells like a pool hall. Our pool was designed to keep the wind out so the smoke just hangs in the air. If you’re swimming laps you can almost taste the cigar — not exactly an incentive to keep swimming.

My friend of over 30 years says the proposed ordinance is a violation of civil liberties and calls me a “fascist” (imagine if we weren’t friends). My friend, a non-smoker, ACLU member, seems to put smoker’s rights (I’m not sure there is such a thing) on as high a level as desegregating schools in the South.

Second-hand smoke is a health issue. If my neighbor used spray paint that caused cancer, who would say, “Gee, I hate to trample his freedom to poison me.” Actually, maybe my friend would. He has more compassion for a smoker who can smoke elsewhere than a person with a serious medical condition trapped in their apartment. To prove his point he quotes Tom Paine (I wonder if Paine smoked and, if so, what brand).

The council has re-scheduled the proposed smoking ban for this Tuesday, Oct. 28.

My friend plans to speak against the ordinance. I just hope he doesn’t quote Tom Paine again. Clearly, smoking is a hot button issue. In some fashion I’ve probably offended smokers, the “clean air advocates,” the RCB, council members and my friend as well as his smoking buddies.

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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE SANTA MONICA PLANNING COMMISSION SUBJECT: A Public Hearing will be held by the Planning Commission on the following: Appeal 08-013, 749 Seventeenth Street. Consideration of the appeal of the Architectural Review Board approval of ARB application 08ARB118, a request for the approval of the building design, colors, materials and landscape plans for the construction of a new senior group housing facility with 17 individual living quarters. [Planner: Scott Albright, AICP] Appellants: Montana Neighborhood Coalition and Ron Goldman. Applicant/Property Owner: Charles Rosenbleet. (Continued from September 17, 2008) Amendment to SMMC Section 9.04.10.02 (Zoning Ordinance) To Revise Design Standards for Solar Energy Installations. The Planning Commission will make a recommendation on proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance Property Design and Development Standards that will facilitate the installation of solar energy equipment to achieve maximum energy production efficiency while ensuring design compatibility in compliance with California State law. [Planner: Elizabeth Bar-El, AICP; liz.bar-el@smgov.net; Brenden McEneaney, LEED AP, CGBP, Green Building Program Advisor] APPLICANT: City of Santa Monica.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Council Chambers, City Hall 1685 Main Street Santa Monica, California HOW TO COMMENT The City of Santa Monica encourages public comment. You may comment at the Planning Commission public hearing, or by writing a letter or e-mail. Information received prior to the hearing will be given to the Planning Commission at the meeting.

MORE INFORMATION If you want additional information about this project or wish to review the project, please contact the Project Planner (310) 458-8341. The Zoning Ordinance is available at the Planning Counter during business hours or available on the City’s web site at www.smgov.net. The meeting facility is wheelchair accessible. If you have any disabilityrelated accommodation request, please contact (310) 458-8341, or TYY Number: (310) 458-8696 at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting. Santa Monica “Big Blue” Bus Lines #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9 and the Tide Ride service the City Hall.

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Santa Monica police officers responded to the 1200 block of Fourth Street — Circuit City — regarding a report of a shoplifting suspect in custody. When officers arrived, they made contact with store security who said the suspect attempted to return a memory card reader that Circuit City does not sell. Officers later determined that the memory card reader was stolen from Radio Shack and that the suspect was in possession of stolen clothing items as well. The suspect was arrested for burglary, theft with a prior, possession of stolen property and violation of parole. He was identified as Brett Ashley Kent, 49, of Redondo Beach. No bail was set.

TUESDAY, OCT. 14, AT 1:35 P.M., Police responded to the 2700 block of Pico Boulevard regarding a report of an assault.

When officers arrived, they made contact with the alleged victim who said she was inside an apartment with the suspect when he started getting drunk. When she attempted to leave, the suspect assaulted her, throwing her out of the apartment and then kicking her in the head, police said. The suspect was placed under arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, violation of probation and an outstanding warrant. Police said the suspect was not supposed to be in the apartment, having been evicted several weeks before the arrest. The suspect was identified as Billy Ray Upchurch, 40, a transient.

TUESDAY, OCT. 14, 10:56 P.M., Officers responded to the 700 block of Kensington Road regarding a report of people illegally camping in a vehicle. Officers made contact with four subjects who were inside of a vehicle. One was on parole and allegedly in possession of cocaine. Another had an outstanding warrant. The two others were released and advised not to camp in the area. The first suspect arrested was identified as Jonathan David Stewart, 21, a transient. He was booked for possession of a controlled substance, illegal camping and violation of parole.

No bail was set. The second suspect was identified as Daniel Thomas Llacuna, 20, a transient. He was booked for illegal camping and a warrant. His bail was set at $430.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15, AT 1:50 P.M., Officers responded to the 900 block of Third Street regarding a report of a domestic dispute. When officers arrived, they alleged victim told officers that her husband attempted to strangle her during an argument. The victim had physical injuries to her neck, police said. The husband was arrested and later booked for attempted murder. The suspect was identified as William Howard Wilson, 51, from Santa Monica. His bail was set at $500,000.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15, 2:50 P.M., A park ranger on patrol in the 1100 block of Palisades Park observed a man smoking what appeared to be marijuana in the park. A police officer was called to the scene and the suspect was arrested and later booked for illegal possession of marijuana, smoking in a public park and five outstanding warrants. He was identified as Garey Darnell Campbell, 42, a transient. His bail was set at $4,441.

SATURDAY, OCT. 18, AT 12:01 A.M., Officers responded to the 1500 block of Ocean Avenue — Tengu — regarding a report of suspicious activity. Officers said employees at the restaurant watched via security cameras as a man walked into Tengu after business hours and wandered around before leaving. The employees called police and the man was detained. Officers found $300 on him, money restaurant employees said was taken from a cash register. The suspect was placed under arrest for burglary. He was identified as Allen Carter, 38, a transient. His bail was set at $20,000.

SATURDAY, OCT. 18, AT 2:43 A.M., While on routine patrol, an officer saw a man slap a female in the face. The officer pulled over and confronted the man. He learned that the man struck the female during an argument that had something to do with the woman’s bike. The female desired prosecution and the man was placed under arrested and booked for battery. He was identified as Marc Gregory Martino, 32, from Westlake Village. His bail was set at $20,000.

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Black turnout is strong for early voting in South

BY MIKE BAKER Associated Press Writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Blacks are already surging to the polls in parts of the South, according to initial figures from states that encourage early voting — a striking though still preliminary sign of how strongly they will turn out nationwide for Barack Obama in his campaign to become the first African-American president.

There have been predictions all year of a record black turnout for Obama. The first actual figures suggest that wasn’t just talk: • In North Carolina, blacks make up 31 percent of early voters so far, even though they’re just 21 percent of the population and made up only 19 percent of state’s overall 2004 vote.

• Roughly 36 percent of the early voters are black in Georgia, outpacing their 30 percent proportion of the state’s population and their 25 percent share of the 2004 vote.

No one but the voters can be sure how they voted. And John McCain’s campaign officials note that the Obama camp has put much more effort than they have into early voting. But the numbers are still notable.

Democrats are outvoting the GOP by a margin of 2.5-to-1 in North Carolina, where early voting has been under way for a week.

That’s roughly double the margin from 2004.

More than 210,000 blacks who are registered as Democrats have cast early ballots in the Tar Heel State — compared with roughly 174,000 registered Republicans overall.

Four years ago, the number of GOP early and absentee voters was more than double that of black Democrats.

“It’s a sign about how energized AfricanAmericans are about this election,” says David Bositis, who tracks black voting trends at the Washington-based Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

In Louisiana, more than 31 percent of the early voters are black, and Democrats are topping Republicans nearly 2-to-1. In the crucial battleground state of Florida, nearly 55 percent of early voters are registered Democrats — well above their 41 percent share of the electorate in the Sunshine State.

Virginia, another Southern state that usually votes Republican — but where Obama is doing well in opinion polls — does not track voter registrations by race or party. But some of the largest increases in registrations this year were in Democratic-leaning cities with large minority populations.

Absentee voting — as the name suggests — was originally designed for people who couldn’t make it to the polls on Election Day. But this year, more than 30 states allow any registered voter to cast an early ballot, and many election officials are encouraging voters to do so to ease the strain on Nov. 4. About a third of voters nationwide are expected to cast their ballots before Election Day Obama’s campaign has focused heavily on turning out those voters, using advertising and campaign events. That’s the message the Illinois senator brought to North Carolina during his last stop, when he addressed a predominantly black crowd in Fayetteville.

“We want to get as many votes in as possible as early as possible,” he said.

Louise Boyd, a 61-year-old Charlotte retiree, voted early this year and then returned to wait in line two days later with her sister, Nyata Frazier. Boyd, who is black, said she expected a very large turnout from watching rallies and noting the historic nature of voting for a black presidential candidate.

“I had a little more pride,” she said. “It

shows how vastly the U.S. has changed.”

The surge in black voters follows a similar trend this year in voter registration. In the five states that track voter registration by race, blacks signed up to vote at twice the rate of whites in the six months through September.

The question then was would those newly registered voters turn out to vote, and now there are signs that they will. In Georgia, 230,000 more people have cast early ballots than voted absentee in 2004.

Many of those early voters have come from metro Atlanta counties, including heavily Democratic Fulton and DeKalb.

In Marietta, just north of Atlanta, poll workers were warning arriving voters of waits up to four hours on Thursday. Many were not deterred.

“Take off work, get in line and just expect a long wait,” said Kristy White, 30. “Bring a book if you have to.”

Georgia election officials expect 1.4 million people to vote early this year — more than double the total from four years ago.

It’s the same in North Carolina, where State Board of Elections Director Gary Bartlett said two months ago he told senior staff members that mail-in and in-person early voting could reach 2 million ballots.

Bartlett said his colleagues thought he was a little crazy.

But based on results so far — more than 735,000 people had voted early as of early Thursday — “it looks like that we’re going to be pretty close to that.”

“We’re seeing historic numbers with a historic election year,” Bartlett said. “I’m very proud to be a part of that historical process.”

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 requires several Southern states to report racial breakdowns among voters, an effort designed to prevent discrimination. But North Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana are the only ones reporting that information as early voting is proceeding.

“We believe in transparency,” Bartlett said.

North Carolina has long had more registered Democrats than Republicans but hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976. President Bush won the state by 12 percentage points four years ago.

Bush beat John Kerry by 17 points in Georgia, a state that last voted Democratic in 1992.

This year’s trends are daunting for McCain, the Republican nominee. Polls out this week favor Obama in both North Carolina and Florida.

Last year, Obama said his place on the Democratic ticket would boost AfricanAmerican turnout by 30 percent — potentially opening up Southern states that his party hadn’t won in more than a generation.

But Obama campaign officials now play down the prospect that his place as the first black to top a major party ticket would sway enough voters to win the presidency.

“I don’t think we should talk only about race. There are so many other factors — age, geography,” said spokeswoman Caroline Adelman. “This campaign’s not about race, it’s about bringing people together.”

Republicans also caution it would be a mistake to read too much into the early totals. McCain spokesman Mario Diaz said the GOP will benefit from high turnout on Election Day, and he noted the party has focused less on early voting than Obama.

“We anticipate the support to only intensify by Election Day,” he said.

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Vikings hope to keep streak alive FROM VIKINGS PAGE 1 last week against Morningside.

“They are always rush first, but they are very balanced,” Zach Cuda said.

“They go in and out of formations really effectively.”

To combat this, the brothers Cuda have created a complex defensive system that utilizes the same personnel to shift formations seamlessly during opponents’ offensive possessions. Zach Cuda admits that the Vikings’ defense was created with league rival Beverly Hills in mind.

Conrad Cuda credits the system as well, but admits that there is another factor to the defensive unit’s prowess.

“The aggressiveness of the 11 guys out there,” he said,” is creating a lot of success for us.”

At the heart of the defense is a group of linebackers who have come into their own during the six-game winning streak. Junior Luke Zelon has helped anchor the defense, especially in light of fellow linebacker Drew Hammond’s lingering shoulder injury which has kept the senior out of action for the past couple of weeks. Junior Wily O’Neil has been aptly filling in. With Hammond expected to return to action tonight, O’Neil will be used off the bench.

“This will give us a whole bunch of depth at linebacker,” Zach Cuda said.

On offense, the head coach expects to rely on what has worked all season.

Heavy doses of Ross running the ball between the tackles have been prescribed for the Normans. Yet, when a Beverly Hills defense that Zach Cuda considers athletic, and most importantly aggressive, pressures the running

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game, he won’t hesitate to look to junior quarterback Garrett Safron to make things happen through the air.

Safron, who has been efficient the few times the Vikings have aired out the ball, completed 4 of 4 pass attempts last week including a 85-yarder to Ross.

The young signal caller has been successful on nearly 70 percent of his pass attempts all season and is right on track in terms of his development, Zach Cuda said. Although Safron was effective passing the ball, the coach didn’t want to embarrass Morningside.

“We didn’t want to be throwing the ball a ton,” he said. “We didn’t want the score to get out of hand.”

Zach Cuda expects tonight’s game to be the polar opposite of last week’s.

Hoping to avenge a 26-28 loss at the hands of the Normans last year, his team heads into the game, which happens to be homecoming, with gusto.

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Dyke said it is unclear who would pay for the signal itself.

The cost estimate for the study is based on a similar analysis that was done for the exit of 415 Pacific Coast Highway, which is the location of the Annenberg Community Beach House, which will open next spring. A traffic light was approved for the site.

If Caltrans agrees to support a traffic light, it would enter a cooperative agreement with City Hall, which would then file for an encroachment permit to install the signal, according to Maria Raptis, spokeswoman for Caltrans.

Dyke said City Hall is suggesting that the study look at installing a half signal which would only stop southbound traffic. The reason is because about 75 percent of the cars leaving either the 1550 or 1440 lots, which are adjacent to each other, head to the I-10 Freeway.

She added that the only times the lot is busy is on weekend afternoons, which isn’t the height of commuter traffic.

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traffic on PCH, blocking in neighbors on the street.

David Newberg, a PRC board member who also lives on Palisades Beach Road, said that most residents won’t have a problem with a light if it’s manually activated. The concern is with a light that would be automatically tripped by one or two cars waiting to get out, he said.

“We have a lot of times when we have to wait until the (California) incline light goes red and that opens a space for us to get out,” Newberg said.

“You don’t want a light there, you want people moving as much as possible.”

Sgt. Larry Horn, who heads the traffic division for the SMPD, agreed that the light would create more back-up on PCH. He said the topic of adding a traffic light at the exit has come up over the years and has been requested repeatedly by pier merchants. He added that many of the residents north of the pier have expressed opposition to the idea.

“Right now it’s a clear shot through,” he said.

Ellen Brennan, who lives immediately south of the pier, was among the board members who support the traffic light, pointing out there are more than 800 spots combined between the two lots.

“Without a traffic person directing traffic, the lines to get out of that lot get very long,” she said. “Having a light there changes the whole thing.”

During the PRC board meeting, Newberg also asked that the study look into reopening Appian Way, which has been closed to southbound traffic from PCH for about a decade. The majority of the board members rejected the idea.

The closure of the ramp has caused inconveniences for residents trying to access Ocean Park from the highway, being forced to go up the ramp and onto Ocean Avenue, Newberg said.

Horn said the street was closed to southbound traffic because of concerns of traffic congestion from residents of Appian Way. There are no plans to reopen the street.

Brennan, the spokeswoman for the neighborhood, said that traffic was at a standstill on the street before it was made one-way, mainly due to the fact that the area hosts several large hotels.

She added the closure also addressed safety concerns with crime that was occurring in the parking lot south of the pier on weekends.

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Squirm Night features questions about campaign finances, parking FROM COUNCIL PAGE 3 from Measure V until last year, and is moving aggressively to make repairs to a strom drain before the pier’s birthday.

The forum included questions submitted from the two sponsoring neighborhood groups, each quizzing the candidates based on issues affecting their corner of the city.

NOMA asked candidates what their strategies were for ameliorating the adverse impacts of commercial parking on the neighborhood and whether preferential parking was the answer.

The majority of candidates said they supported preferential parking for residents.

“They should have first dibs on any parking that is available,” Linda Piera-Avila, a physical therapist, said.

Hartley, a lawyer and former member of the Airport Commission, spoke from personal experience for the need of preferential parking, saying that there are few available spaces on her block, which is across from Clover Park.

“It’s a real hassle not being able to get to my house,” Hartley said. “The city is for the residents and the residents should be able to park near where they live.”

Katz was one of the candidates in dissent, arguing that permit parking is a short-term answer that just moves the problem to

another block.

OPA inquired about the candidates’ feelings on changing Lincoln Boulevard, which has been criticized as being one of the most unsightly commercial strips in the city.

John Blakely, an entrepreneur and actor, suggested that building facades be improved and more bike lanes and bike parking spots be added, saying he fears riding on the busy street.

Linda Armstrong, a data entry operator, said the street presents opportunity to bring in bigbox stores such as Wal-Mart and Target, a statement that drew some boos and laughter from the audience.

Kovac, who advises small businesses, agreed that there needs to be a beautification and redevelopment effort on Lincoln Boulevard.

“Lincoln as it is right now is an eyesore,” he said.

SQUIRMY QUESTIONS

The namesake portion of the evening brought out questions about attendance records, special interest money and experience level.

Councilmember Bobby Shriver, who oversees the (RED) campaign, was asked why he was running for a second term despite having the worst attendance record on the council and frequently showing up late and leaving early for meetings. The question came as Shriver said he

would have to excuse himself to attend a previously-scheduled event.

Shriver said he was embarrassed by his record but added that he does have two day jobs.

“I really have tried as hard as I could to be on time,” he said.

He added that there are ways for the council meetings to be shortened and the long duration is disrespectful to the public who come out and stay late. Rubin and Silverstein, both of whom have made trees one of the biggest issues of their campaigns, were asked what they could offer the public other than their passion for leafy specimens.

The candidates, both of whom were endorsed by the Treesavers, said that they are more than about the trees, supporting rent control, animals and the airport.

“If anyone read my literature, it’s not entirely trees,” Silverstein said.

The topic of developers financing campaigns came up for Bloom and Genser, both of whom are backed by Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights yet took money from a developer and Santa Monica resident who is proposing to tear down apartments for condominiums, which goes against the organization’s platform.

Genser, who lives next door to the project on Ocean Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard, pointed out that he wouldn’t be able to vote if

the issue came before the council. He added that he spoke out against the project at one public meeting, yet still received the check from the developer.

“I see no reason not to take it,” he said.

He said there have been numerous cases in the past where he received a check from a developer and later fought one of their projects.

Bloom pointed out that the contribution limit for councilmembers if $250, arguing that he doesn’t believe that is enough money to sway a vote.

“I don’t (know) a person on our City Council that I’ve ever known in the years I’ve sat here who could be corrupted by a $250 campaign contribution,” he said.

Blakely, who is in his mid-20s, was asked about whether he was qualified to run. The question reminded the audience that at a candidates forum about educational issues last month, Blakely said he couldn’t comment on Measure R, which combined two parcel taxes, because of a lack of knowledge. Measure R passed in February.

Much knowledge has been acquired since then, Blakely said.

“I haven’t lived here that long and it’s taken a while to learn things,” he said. “I know that and I know everything on the ballot — now.” melodyh@smdp.com

Candidates discuss closing achievement gap FROM BOARD PAGE 3 to work together and be leaders and has in the more recent past really worked hard together with the current leadership to step up and do a better job,” Mechur said.

Maria Leon-Vazquez said that the board as a family broke down and has since moved on.

“As a board we’re taking steps necessary to move forward,” she said.

The incumbents added that there have been substantial changes made in special education.

The candidates were asked how the teacher retention rate could be maintained without dipping too deep into the budget for pay increases. Keeping teachers in the district has been an issue in a city where the cost of living is too high for many educators.

Ben Allen, a former University of California student regent who graduated from Santa Monica High School, said that while money is a part of the solution, teacher empowerment is also key.

“We could build more incentive and leadership opportunity for teachers,” Allen said, adding that for some teachers, moving on to district administration positions are not promotions.

Chris Bley, a teacher at the Brentwood School, said that many educators would like to see smaller class sizes, pointing out that teaching isn’t all about money.

“We don’t expect to get rich when it comes to teaching,” he said. “If we did, then we picked the wrong profession.”

He added that teachers want to be included in the development of the curriculum and have their voices heard.

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TALK TIME: School board member Ralph Mechur (left) speaks while candidates for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education listen during the 2008 Santa Monica Daily Press Squirm Night, a candidates forum that was held at the Main Library Wednesday.

The achievement gap for AfricanAmerican and Latino students has also been an ongoing issue in the school district.

Mechur said that teachers need to understand that there are differences between students and should tailor their curriculum to the needs of individual pupils, which can be done through professional development.

Leon-Vazquez pointed out that there are successful programs currently in place to tackle the issue, including the AVID program, which prepares students to succeed in colleges and universities. All seniors who graduated from the program last year went on to a four-year institution.

For Escarce, the focus should also be paid to preschool programs to identify students

early on. He added that many minority students do perform well in school.

SQUIRM QUESTIONS

Bley, who throughout his campaign has raised the fact he is the only teacher running, was asked whether he could relate to public school teachers since he professionally comes from the private school world.

The Samohi graduate said he never left Santa Monica with the exception of several jobs in politics. He said that he can use his skills in private school and adjust them to the district.

“Being a teacher in public school or being in private school, you’re still a teacher,” he said.

Allen, the youngest one of the bunch at 30, was grilled as to whether he was using the school board as a stepping stone for higher political aspirations, pointing out that while he has never served on the school board, he has received nearly every endorsement available.

The soon-to-be practicing lawyer said that education runs in his family, from his mother, a long-time public school teacher, to his father, who teaches at UCLA. Allen added that he doesn’t plan on leaving before his four-year term is up.

“Education has been a passion and a huge part of life since day one,” he said. “I think I can bring a new perspective to the board.” melodyh@smdp.com

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‘Malcolm & Teresa’ connected by God THERE’S A NEW “ODD COUPLE” IN TOWN, and their names are Malcolm and Teresa, and though their relationship is not romantic, it was a match made in heaven.

By God himself, according to Teresa.

The Malcolm in question is Malcolm Muggeridge, the British journalist, author, satirist, and long-time sage of the BBC. Teresa is Mother Teresa, whom Malcolm is credited with “discovering” in 1968 and bringing to the attention of the world.

His first interview of the young nun was in London, but he subsequently went to Calcutta to produce a television documentary and a best-selling book about her, both called “Something Beautiful for God.” The story of that inspirational relationship is the subject of a new play by Cathal Gallagher, called, appropriately enough, “Malcolm & Teresa.”

It was not Muggeridge’s first visit to India. Early in his career he had gone there to teach and had also served as a reporter for the Calcutta Statesman. He also reported for London’s Evening Standard and the Daily Telegraph, and in the 1950s he was the editor of the British humor magazine Punch.

But his greatest impact came from his work for the Manchester Guardian and the BBC. It was an improbable career path for a one-time “independent socialist” who celebrated the Communist lifestyle then being established in Russia. In 1932, full of enthusiasm, he and his wife Kitty took off for Moscow, where he was to be a foreign correspondent for the Guardian.

“The workers’ paradise has arrived!” he believed. His sentiments were shared

by Kitty, whose aunt and uncle, Beatrice and Sydney Webb, were prominent

‘MALCOLM & TERESA’ IS THE FIRST LOS ANGELES PRODUCTION BY A NEW THEATER COMPANY: THE GK CHESTERTON THEATRE COMPANY, PRESIDED OVER BY PLAYWRIGHT GALLAGHER’S SON PETER. Socialists and founders of the Fabian Society as well as the London School of Economics.

The Muggeridges soon became disenchanted, however, when they discovered the realities of life in Russia. In an unauthorized visit to the Ukraine and the Caucasus, Malcolm found the people there starving to death “even while the granaries were full.”

Reporting in 1933 on the starvation, the forced labor camps and what he considered genocide, he found that his dispatches were heavily edited by the Guardian and that George Bernard Shaw and 21 others of the “intelligentsia” of the day published an ad denouncing his conclusions.

Meanwhile, in 1946, Mother Teresa, then a young nun from Albania serving as a teacher in India, received “a call from God” directing her to minister to “the poorest of the poor.”

By 1948 she had started a school

with five young people she had recruited from the streets of Calcutta. Working totally alone, she was forced to beg for food and supplies, but only two years later she was permitted by the Vatican to start the order that would become the Missionaries of Charity. Two years after that she opened her first Home for the Dying, a free hospice for the poor.

There they received medical attention and the opportunity to die with dignity, according to the tenets of their faith.

“A beautiful death,” she said, “is for people who lived like animals to die like angels — loved and wanted.”

As her work was brought to the attention of the world in repeated conversations with her friend Muggeridge, she recognized that he was “searching for some kind of meaning in his life” and that he was “longing for God.” Her message of “love and faith” and her conviction that “in the people we will find God” eventually led to Malcolm and Kit’s conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1982. And Muggeridge was vindicated for his inflammatory and derided reports from the Ukraine in the early 1930s when Nikita Khrushchev, many years later, acknowledged that in 1932, under Stalin, between four and seven million people had died of starvation in western Russia.

All this history and background is revealed in Cathal Gallagher’s new play, now having its Los Angeles premiere at The Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica, and the story is greatly enhanced by the superb acting of Marc Appleby as Malcolm Muggeridge and Natalia Lazarus as a gentle Mother Teresa. Charlotte Steele plays Muggeridge’s flinty wife, Kitty, and Bette Smith is the epitome of the “bleeding

heart liberal” of her day as “Aunt Bo” Webb.

As a play, however, “Malcolm & Teresa” lacks the fervent spark that would bring it to life. Instead, it is a rather limp, talky exploration of a fiery and highly disputatious period in history.

Even though it is displayed in an adequately comfortable household setting, there is very little actual movement onstage, and many of the dramatic transitions are filled in, like footnotes, by the actors breaking the fourth wall and talking directly to the audience.

The story arc deals almost entirely with expressions of Muggeridge’s agnosticism in mild and polite confrontations with the piety and extreme beatitude of the Albanian nun in her earlier years.

Director Vincent Lappas seems to be nearly invisible in the mix, but whoever chose the music for the scene changes was right on: everything from a young and mellow-voiced Bing Crosby to Russian folk music.

“Malcolm & Teresa” is the first Los Angeles production by a new theater company: the GK Chesterton Theatre Company, presided over by playwright Gallagher’s son Peter. Their mission, according to their playbill, is to produce “great literary and historical works that focus on the struggle between faith and culture.” With this mission in mind, I’d have to give “Malcolm & Teresa” a Cplus. Not a bad start.

“Malcolm & Teresa” will be presented at the Promenade Playhouse, 1404 Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. through Nov. 16. Call (310) 462-5141 for reservations.

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BY DANNY POLLOCK Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES Hollywood producers said Thursday they were willing to meet with a federal mediator to try to break a long-running stalemate in their talks with the Screen Actors Guild.

The move by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers came after the guild’s national board voted Sunday to formally request a federal mediator join the negotiations.

“We are also realistic,” the alliance said in a prepared statement about the nonbinding talks.

“It will be very difficult to reach an agreement if SAG continues to insist unreasonably that it deserves a better deal than the ones achieved by the other entertainment guilds during far better economic times,” the statement said.

Doug Allen, chief negotiator for SAG, said the union looked forward to meeting with the federal mediator and the AMPTP committee as soon as possible.

Actors in prime-time television shows and movies have been working under the terms of a contract that expired June 30, with the hope of avoiding a repeat of the 100-day writers strike that ended in February.

That strike cost the Los Angeles area economy an estimated $2.5 billion.

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The genre of supernatural suspense has a winner in Robin Parrish. This is the third book in “The Dominion Trilogy” which began with “Relentless” where the battle against good and evil was first begun. Super powers have been given to those who wear the ring. They are to save the world from death and chaos. An entity named Oblivion is coming and he and his gang are programmed to destroy.

Time has stopped. Oblivion has arrived.

He has taken the body of Grant Borrows, who in the last book, “Fearless,” was seen falling into a bottomless pit. The book opens with Oblivion coming out of the pit.

Little by little Oblivion captures a Ringwearer and controls him. The captured Ringwearer is drafted into the army.

It seems nothing can stop Oblivion from his mission: which is to destroy the world and all who have free will.

Only the few Ringwearers who have escaped the control of Oblivion can save the world. All they need is to get control of the 299 rings, rescue the Ringwearers under Oblivions’ control and unite as one against the force of evil. To do so they must apply a fragment of the Dominion Stone to a cut on a wounded follower of Oblivion without coming under the direct control of Oblivion. Anyone wearing a ring and within influence of him gets captured and becomes an unwilling follower.

The stone releases the control, but it must come in contact with fresh blood.

Parrish handles the various plots and subplots skillfully. You have a feeling that Grant is not gone. There is interspersed in the narrative a dialogue between Grant and an unidentified being who takes on the appearance of a mirror image of Grant. This seems to take part beneath the surface of the thing that is Oblivion.

This adds to the suspense level of the story.

How the Ringwearers manage to stop and destroy Oblivion forms a tear jerking solution.

“They brought Oblivion into this world

by binding him to a human being. The only way for him to pass out of this life again is for death to take the one he’s tethered to. He’ll go kicking and screaming trying desperately to maintain his purchase on this reality. But he’ll have no choice but to return to wherever he came from.”

There are a lot of stories being written using the template of the last days. It seems everyone wants to join the bandwagon. This has an adventure plot to it.

The question is, can this book be read as a standalone within the series. The answer is no. You will need to read book one and book two before this one to understand the flow. The series seems to be one big book cut up into three parts.

Tolkien did the same with his “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. There are Ringwearers here as there were the ring in the Tolkien tale.

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Tinker Bell appears in act of marketing magic

BY RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer

LOS ANGELES Tinker Bell, the cute fairy who has long played second fiddle to Peter Pan, makes her grand entrance in The Walt Disney Co.’s virtual world of Pixie Hollow on Friday.

In a sprightly act of marketing magic, she appears in the online game where players make their fairy avatars help enact the change of seasons, just four days before the Oct. 28 straight-to-DVD release of the “Tinker Bell” animated movie.

New toys called “Clickables” that link to the online world are hitting store shelves for the holidays, and some 7.5 million fairy avatars that children have created can will now be allowed to become privileged members of the world for $5.95 a month.

The arrival kicks off a multimillion-dollar payday for The Walt Disney Co. on a Tinker Bell franchise that is already worth $1 billion this year and highlights the com-

pany’s “Disney Difference” approach to leveraging its assets in books, movies, games and merchandise.

“This is probably our first real effort at this more holistic approach to a franchise that includes a very immersive online experience tied to consumer products, physical goods,” said Steve Wadsworth, president of Disney Interactive Media Group. “This is the world where all these things come together.”

Tinker Bell’s established fan base and online plans convinced studio executives that the DVD could succeed without a theatrical release, since theaters will be crowded already with family films, including Disney’s own “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” on Friday, “Bolt” Nov. 21, and DreamWorks Animation’s “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” on Nov. 7.

The sale of 12 million copies of some 400 Fairies books published worldwide since 2005 has more than readied Tinker Bell fans to hear her voice for the first time.

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You end the work week with a grand finale, which might look like completing a key project. Tonight: Do whatever you want. You deserve it.

★★ Know when to back off and simply decide that this is a bad hair day. If you can, call in and take some much-needed time off. By late afternoon, you and a family member enjoy quite a few laughs. Tonight: Order in.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★★★ Let your creativity emerge, and you’ll find answers. Someone close could be stern or inflexible. Could this person be reflecting a side of you? Tap into experts and allow more options in the door rather than close them off.

Tonight: Play the night away.

★★★★★ Zero in on what you want. An older or very serious friend could be negative. Turn away from this attitude and remain optimistic.

Good communication surrounds your afternoon and what happens. Tonight: Where and when are your choices.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★ If you can take off or work from home, do. In a quieter environment, you recharge. A conversation with a key associate certainly colors your day and perspective. Trust this person as you have in the past. Tonight: Close to home works once more.

★★★★ Listening to feedback does not mean you agree with what is being said. It simply means you are open. Others demand your attention. The only way you get out of work is by taking a leadership role and getting what you need done. Tonight: A must appearance.

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★★★★★ Communication, at first, might feel stifled. Keep at it, not giving up and knowing full well what you want. Tonight: A fellow associate or friend finally opens up. What a relief!

★★★★ You could feel restricted, as if you have blinders on. Try to listen and get others’ thoughts and ideas. You might need to postpone some plans for a while. Allow optimism to gain over pessimism. Tonight: Happy to greet this weekend.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★ Deal with a financial matter before it deals with you. You could be overwhelmed by what comes down the path. Though you might not be comfortable with the attitude you need to assume, it might be more necessary that you realize. Tonight: Your treat.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★★ Work with a partner. Yes, this person can be difficult and trying. You can get around the problem by listening to this person and not getting caught up in details. Your instincts kick in and allow success. Tonight: Go along with another’s ideas.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★★ Your serious demeanor could scare some away, but not anyone who knows you.

Your efficiency and need for organization takes over. The good news is that when you finally relax, you let go of this austere attitude.

Tonight: Laugh the weekend in.

Happy birthday

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★★ Others allow you in the door, but they still want it their way. Understand that there is little you can do to change directions. Why not let others have their way and you go off and do what you want? Tonight: Where people are.

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

You make a difference no matter where you are, no matter what you do. You face a choice this year between negativity and optimism. What you choose defines your year. If seeing a situation negatively, learn to reframe, or try another perspective. Sometimes you might not really get what is going on until months later, either. Focus on goals and getting there. Eliminate obstacles as they appear by finding another route. If single, you could hook up with someone more serious or older. This person also might be a Capricorn. If attached, you move into a period where the two of you must join forces to achieve a long-term goal. VIRGO pushes you hard, but really is a friend.

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Girls and Sports

Sudoku

By Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein

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).

The Meaning of Lila

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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.

The Other Coast

By Adrian Raeside

SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE

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■ Chilean-Danish artist Marco Evaristti is working with condemned Texas inmate Gene Hathorn, 47 (convicted killer of three in 1985), on an anti-capitalpunishment exhibit to be staged after Hathorn's execution. The murderer's body would be frozen, then made into flakes that museum visitors could feed to goldfish.

Evaristti is most noted for his 2000 exhibit in which he placed live goldfish in several electric blenders and invited museumgoers to turn them on.

■ An unfortunate burst of wind disrupted an outside art installation at the Paul Klee center in Bern, Switzerland, in August, ripping an inflatable exhibit from its moorings and carrying it away. The exhibit,

by American Paul McCarthy, was a sculpture entitled "Complex Shit," and the inflatable item was supposed to be a dog dropping the size of a house. Explained the Klee center's Web site (challengingly), the show features "interweaving, diverse, not to say conflictive emphases and a broad spectrum of items to form a dynamic exchange of parallel and self-eclipsing spatial and temporal zones." (Or, wrote London's Daily Telegraph in broken French, it is "what happens when la merde hits le ventilateur.")

■ Sculptor Marc Quinn unveiled "Siren" in October at the British Museum, feting the model Kate Moss, who posed for him, though not quite in the position Quinn ultimately created. "Siren" is life-size, in 18k gold (that cost Quinn around $2 million), and treats the gaudiness of the so-called supermodel.

As such, Moss is posed seated, holding her legs behind her head. (Some, but not all, news outlets chose to show "Siren" modestly, from the side rather than the front.)

TODAY IN HISTORY the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect.

Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declared in Detroit, "I shall go to Korea" as he promised to end the conflict. (He made the visit over a month later.)

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FOUR FULLY self contained trailers for rent across from Will Rogers state beach 2 miles from Santa Monica Pier $1095/mo and $995/mo (310)454-2515 MAR VISTA 3976 Inglewood Blvd. Unit 1, 2+2 lower $1425/Mo, stove, fridge, blinds, carpet, balcony, laundry, parking, no pets. $300 off move-in (310)578-7512 www.jkwproperties.com MDR adj.$1100 one bedroom lower appliances, laundry, parking, no pets info (310)828-4481 or (310) 993-0414 after 6 p.m.

One bedroom apartment West LA $1350 (310)391-8880 PALMS 3346 S. Canfiled #201 $1050 single upper, stove, fridge, blinds, carpet, on-site laundry, garage parking, intercom entry no pets.(310)578-7512 jkwproperties.com PALMS 9804 Regent unit #3. 2+2 $1525/mo, dishwasher stove, fridge, carpet, on-site laundry, parking, no pets, $300 off move-in (310) 578-7512 jkwproperties.com SM $1700 large 1 bdrm Arizona & Franklin hardwood floors,.remodeled kitchen & bath, lots of windows, bright & airy. Spacious closets, beautiful yard & garden area. Laundry on site frig & stove (310)729-5367 Venice 25 19th Ave. Single unit E $1085/mo stove, fridge, carpet, blinds, laundry, no parking or pets, $300 off move-in (310)578-7512 www.jkwproperties.com

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FABULOUS YARD SALE: Dining Table/Chairs, Wood Upholstered Love Seat and Two Chairs, Coffee Table, Dishes, Collectibles and much more.

Sat. 10/25 9:00am, 1037 Kagawa St, Pacific Palisades north of Sunset in the alphabet streets.

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WLA $1750/MO. Large bright 2 bdrm upper, on Barrington near National. Very spacious. Large closets, crown moldings, gas stove, refrigerator. Closed garage with storage, well maintained, charming, older building in good WLA area.near Whole Foods Info (310)828-4481 or (310)993-0414 after 6pm.

WLA, LARGE 3+2. OCEAN VIEW, top of hill, prv drvwy, 3 patios/backyard, gated, no pets. Redeco $2875/mo 310-390-4610.

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1132 Nowita Place, Venice. $3800/ mo (310) 418-5900

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MAR VISTA 12450 Culver Blvd. Unit 208 1bdrm/1bath, gated parking, intercom entry, stove, fridge, utilities included, laundry, parking, no pets. $1150/mo $400 off move-in on site manager (888)414-7778 www.jkwproperties.com

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Land for Sale ARIZONA LAND BARGAIN 36 Acres $24,900. Beautiful mountain property in Arizona's Wine Country. Price reduced in buyers market. Won't last! Good access & views. Eureka Springs Ranch offered

by AZLR. ADWR report & financing available.

1-877-301-5263.

(Cal-SCAN) BANK ORDERED: Land AUCTION. 2000+ Properties. Land in 29 States. NO RESERVES. Multiple Lot Packs. Min Bids at $100. Bid Online at: www.LandAuctionBid.com/2 (Cal-SCAN) COLORADO BANK FORECLOSURE. 60+ Acres just $39,900! Gorgeous views, year-round roads. Access to 6,000+ acre BLM land. Easy access to I-25. 300 days per year of sunshine. Excellent financing available. 1-866-696-5263 x4760 or x4759. (Cal-SCAN) LAKEFRONT OPPORTUNITY. Nevada's 3rd Largest Lake. Approx. 2 hrs. South of Carson City. 1 acre Dockable $149,900. 1 acre Lake Access $49,900.

38,000 acre Walker Lake, very rare.

Home sites on paved road with city water. Magnificent views, very limited supply. New to market. www.NVLR.com Call 1-877-542-6628. (Cal-SCAN) NEW MEXICO SACRIFICE! 140 acres was $149,900, Now Only $69,900. Amazing 6000 ft. elevation. Incredible mountain views. Mature tree cover. Power & year round roads. Excellent financing. Priced

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DEADLINES: 3:00 p.m. prior the day of publication except for Monday’s paper when the deadline is Friday at 2:30 p.m. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, credit cards, and of course cash. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, (310) 458-7737; send a check or money order with ad copy to The Santa Monica Daily Press, P.O. Box 1380, Santa Monica, CA 90406 or stop in at our office located at 410 Broadway, Suite B, Santa Monica. OTHER RATES: For information about the professional services directory or classified display ads, please call our office at (310) 458-7737.

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for quick sale. Call NML&R, Inc. 1-888-204-9760. (Cal-SCAN) NEW TO MARKET. New Mexico Ranch Dispersal 140 acres - $89,900. River Access. Northern New Mexico. Cool 6,000' elevation with stunning views.

Great tree cover including Ponderosa, rolling grassland and rock outcroppings. Abundant wildlife, great hunting.

EZ terms. Call NML&R, Inc. 1-866-360-5263. (Cal-SCAN) PRICED TO SELL! Newly Released Colorado Mountain Ranch. 35 acres$39,900. Majestic lake & Mountain views, adjacent to national forest for camping or hiking, close to conveniences. EZ terms. 1-866-353-4807.

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2007 Toyota Corolla CE $12,995. This is a great, reliable car. It’s not a car you pull up to the Oscars in, but you’re fine getting around town and to the stores.

Plus, with the money you save on this car, you can go to the stores more. Good MPG. VIN834748 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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03 Toyota Celica GT. $12,995. This sporty 2 door coup is great for a couple with no kids, needs a second sporty car or single person. If you want to zoom around town and look stylish doing so, this is your car. And being a Toyota, you know it’s reliable and gets good MPG. VIN152214 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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WE BUY DAMAGED & Flooded Cars.

Highest prices paid, 1998 to 2009. Immediate payment, free towing. www.DamagedCars.com or 877-877-7911. (Cal-SCAN)

Bookkeeping Services QUICKBOOKS BOOKKEEPING service, personal or businesses. Online version available. Call 310 977-7935

Services TRAINED PROFESSIONAL SINGER Will sing at all parties, churches, women’s clubs, and all occasions.Jolson, Sinatra, Tony Bennett, popular songs, and will have a sing along. Lots of fun. Call Gabe 310-392-6501

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Vehicles for sale 1987 TOYOTA Land Cruiser FJ60 4x4 in showroom condition. Perfectly maintained and all factory original.

Great beach, surfing or town car. 4 speed manual, 133,000 easy miles in 21 years! $14,500.00 505-982-5238 x 104 or 505-690-9999 in Santa Fe New Mexico. doug@mcdowellsantafe.com to request images

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Lou Ferrigno Jr 1991 Dodge Van Conversion $5495. Your home away from home.

Perfect for those weekend trips to the mountain or the beaches. Has a built in cooler, and TV. If you don’t want to buy a full motor home, this is a good alternative. VIN404374 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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Local Contractor 2005 Chevrolet Astro Van $9995. If you need a work van with bins already in it, here is your chance to pick one up. If you don’t need the bins all of the time, they are removable. This is your portable work space. VIN121431 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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A/C CONSTRUCTION 1992 Dodge 1 Ton Van $2995. This is your Plain Ole Work Van. It was a postal van. It is great for hauling. Perfect for contractors to have a mobile shop or any delivery company. VIN167697 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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1996 Ford Explorer 4WD $3795. Are you an outdoorsy person? Do you go skiing, to the mountains, or have dogs you don’t want to tote around in your nice car? This is your vehicle. Don’t wait because this is priced to move. VINA42842 Claude Short Auto Sales 2802 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica.

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• Kitchen • Bathroom • Windows • Patio • General remodeling

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