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Renters looking for relief from second-hand smoke must wait

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

CITY HALL Smokers can continue to light up in the common areas of their apartment buildings after the City Council on Tuesday failed to reach a consensus on a proposed ban, citing concerns that landlords will use violations as grounds for eviction.

Following a lengthy public hearing that included emotional testimonies from cancer survivors and asthmatic tenants, the council sent a draft ordinance back to the

City Attorney’s Office for a second look, directing the inclusion of new language that would reduce or eliminate the chances of evictions for noncompliant renters.

“I’m concerned with protecting the tenant so they don’t get evicted, at the same time I don’t want to make the landlord responsible for this,” Mayor Herb Katz said during the meeting.

The proposed ordinance would strengthen the existing anti-smoking law in the city to prohibit the activity in all indoor and outdoor common areas at

multi-unit residential properties, which would include both apartments and condominiums. Smoking is currently banned at beaches, parks, outdoor dining areas and bars, and within 20 feet of any door or window of a building that is publicly accessible.

During discussions about the potential ban came concerns from rent control advocates that landlords would use the ordinance as a means to kick out tenants who are caught violating the law, and then raise the rent to market rate. The Rent Control Board, which is comprised of a

Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights majority, has spoken out against the proposal.

“We maintain our belief that any proposed ordinance would jeopardize tenancy and could be used as a pretext to harassment of all parties,” said Jennifer Kennedy, the vice chairman of the Rent Control Board.

Bill Dawson, a property owner in Santa Monica and vice president of the Apartment Association of Greater Los SEE SMOKING PAGE 13

Halloween decorations cause a stir

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

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MONTANA AVE When Margarita Franco put out her traditional Halloween decorations this year, she didn’t anticipate that a political statement would cause such a stir.

Off the corner of 23rd Street and Montana Avenue is a makeshift graveyard that predicts the “death” of the Bush Administration, featuring a number of tombstones that state the Nov. 2, 2008 termination date of several key GOP officials, including President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and White House candidates John McCain and Sarah Palin.

Franco, who put out a similar display for the 2004 election, said she was visited by a Santa Monica police officer on Oct. 25 who said that the Halloween display could be interpreted as a death threat to the president.

The homeowner did acknowledge that she missed the election date by two days.

The long-time WilMont resident claimed that the officer was hostile and allegedly statSEE HALLOWEEN PAGE 14

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Festivities for the Day of the Dead celebration begin with a gathering and procession from the Pico Youth and Family Center to the Santa Monica High School’s Roberts Art Gallery. There, students’ calaveras, retablos, and other traditional images and projects will be displayed. Art by a featured artist will be for sale and a traditional altar will honor the memory of loved ones who have passed on. Free refreshments and traditional food will be available. Call (310) 396-7101 for more information.

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Seniors the target of fake-check scam

BY DAILY PRESS STAFF DOWNTOWN L.A. Seniors are once again the target of a new scam sweeping across Los Angeles County that uses fake checks to lure victims into wiring money to thieves in Canada, county officials said Wednesday.

The checks appear to be from the County of Los Angeles and officials believe unsuspecting consumers are losing thousands of dollars by falling for the ruse.

Authorities found out about the scam after one vigilant consumer asked an official at the Department of the AuditorController to verify the legitimacy of a county check he received. AuditorController staff determined that the check was counterfeit. Further investigation discovered the existence of an elaborate fake check scam.

Here is how the scam works: The victim, usually a senior citizen, receives an officiallooking “final notice” claiming to be from “Canada Customs and Revenue Agency.”

The notice tells the victim that he won a lottery prize, and urges him to call immediately to claim his winnings. When the victim calls, the “official” tells him that he has to

pay a customs fee. To reassure the victim, the thief offers to mail him a check, and asks him to deposit the check in his bank account and wire the funds back to claim his prize.

The victim then receives a check that looks like it was issued by the County of Los Angeles. Convinced this is the real thing, the victim deposits the check and wires the money via MoneyGram to British Columbia. Days later, the victim’s bank tells him that the check bounced and he needs to pay the money. The victim, of course, never gets the prize.

County officials say that fake check scams are on the rise.

“Recent surveys show that fake check scams rank on the top five consumer scams,” said Pastor Herrera, Jr., director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs. “Consumers must protect themselves against these scams because once they wire money to thieves it is virtually impossible to get it back.”

Herrera offers these tips for consumers to spot and avoid fake check scams: SEE SCAM PAGE 15

Day of the Dead celebration aims to enlighten the masses

BY ELIZABETH KENIGSBERG Special to the Daily Press

PICO BLVD In its 10th year running, the

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Morgan Genser news@smdp.com Lilia Siles (left) of Glendale Community College grabs Jennifer Hager of Santa Monica College as Hager dribbles past her to score the first goal of the game on Tuesday. SMC hosted Glendale in a Western State Conference soccer game and won, 4-0, improving its record to 10-1-5.

Santa Monica Dia de los Muertos celebration will continue to call for peace and strive to bring the community together, but this year its organizers are looking to up the ante.

“This year’s [event] is our largest yet, it has truly been a collaborative process,” said Oscar de la Torre, the founder and executive director of the Pico Youth and Family Center. “We’re really keeping in tune with our own theme of ‘making connections.’”

Inspired by the festivities dating back thousands of years in Mexico, Dia de los Muertos has come to reflect a mixture of Aztec and other indigenous traditions along

with having a Catholic influence — coinciding with All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day on the first and second days of November.

The Santa Monica events begin today with a procession from the PYFC on Pico Boulevard to an art exhibition at Santa Monica High School, which will feature several student works.

“As art teachers, you just want to expose kids to other cultures,” said Tania Fisher, a ceramics teacher at Samohi whose students’ projects will be on display. “This celebration, in particular, is really prominent in the L.A. area, and the community involvement here has sprung an appreciation and awareness of other cultures.”

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Bennet Kelley

Afraid to walk Editor:

I watched two policemen wait until someone bent over and touched the grass at the Fourth Street steps to tell them that they could not exercise there (“City cracking down on exercising in medians,” page 1, Oct. 28). I have lived in Santa Monica for 30 years, and I really resent that I can no longer shop on Wilshire or walk to do my errands, no matter how good walking might be for my aging body, or the environment. What’s the problem? Full grown, fast-riding bike riders on the side walk. Several of my friends have been hurt and I am becoming more fearful. Isn’t it against the law to ride a bike on the sidewalk? It is unbelievably rude in a busy business area. We all know that one block over from Wilshire, there are not usually any pedestrians, and the streets are also not crowded with traffic. This issue seems to be more important than the height of the bushes, or smoking in public, or any of the other unenforced Santa Monica issues. Many empty stores are showing up on Wilshire. Is it because the neighbors can’t walk there anymore?

Judy Bencivengo Santa Monica

Change needed Editor:

After more than 20 years overdeveloping our city, it’s time for Herb Katz to go. Katz is probably more responsible for our overdevelopment and traffic congestion than any other Santa Monica politician. To read his comments in this weekend’s newspaper, you’d wonder how he has remained in office so long.

L.A. Councilman Bill Rosendahl joined our Councilmen Kevin McKeown and Bobby Shriver at a rally in favor of Measure T. Herb “Development” Katz and Richard Bloom are angry with Rosendahl for suggesting that traffic is a regional problem and that L.A. and Santa Monica need to work together. Of course, Herb Katz doesn’t mind if developers all over the country put up hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight residents or to fund his campaign. Those kinds of outside influences don’t draw a peep from our mayor.

Mark Kreher Santa Monica

Bike rider writer is welcomed Editor:

It was good to read Carol Hastings’ [column] (“Good things come to those who bike,” page 5, Oct. 28) and hear about a fellow bicyclist’s enjoyment of riding by slowing down the pace of life here. We need to hear more such stories as drivers affirmatively tone down car use, and bike and walk more and more to get around during our daily life in Santa Monica.

A next positive step by the City Council should be to expand the bike paths on our city streets to make bicycling safer for everyone — auto users and bicyclists.

For, as James Marston Fitch said in the New York Times, back in May 1, l960: “The automobile has not merely taken over the street, it has dissolved the living tissue of the city. Its appetite for space is absolutely insatiable; moving and parked, it devours urban land, leaving the buildings as mere islands of habitable space in a sea of dangerous and ugly traffic.”

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Dangerously ignoring the huge middle class AS THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN OBAMA AND

Democratic landslide moves from possibility to inevitability and as more and more Republicans jump on the Obama bandwagon, wailing Republicans are sounding off as if this were a sign of Armageddon.

One Forbes columnist even questioned whether an Obama victory would result in the end of capitalism itself — as if the Republicans have been great stewards of the economy or Democrats have never held power before.

Coupled with comments by Gov. Palin, Rep. Bachmann and others dividing the country into “real Americans” (i.e., Republicans) and “American haters” (i.e., Democrats), this fear-mongering is a warning of the return of Republican latent totalitarianism that prevailed in the Clinton years. As Steve Erickson noted in 1995, many Republicans refused to recognize Clinton as legitimate since the party had been “energized and funded and driven by people who believe that many of their fellow Americans are not real Americans … but the enemy.”

In the 1990’s, this latent totalitarianism had a poisonous effect on our politics.

Today, such behavior may only further prove how out of touch the Republican Party has become with mainstream Americans (or even history itself) as the electorate is becoming increasingly aware of how disastrous Republican policies have been over the past three decades.

Since 1980, the Republicans had one response to every problem — tax cuts; as John McCain demonstrated when he called for a cut in capital gains taxes in response to the stock market crash (in which very few investors actually had gains).

Voters went along with this “borrow from Peter to pay Paul” economics, thinking they were or soon would be Paul, but now most of them realize that they were Peter all along.

Republicans transferred trillions of dollars to the wealthiest Americans, creating the greatest income disparity since the Great Depression and increasing the national debt by $8.2 trillion (or nearly $75,000 per household). For nearly 30 years, Republicans have chosen to invest in the rich, but not in America and we are witnessing a “quiet collapse in prosperity” as a result.

For example, the current United States’ rankings on life expectancy, water quality and infant mortality are 24th, 39th and 41st respectively, falling behind countries such as Bosnia, Cuba, Panama, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul

Volcker stressed that we need to begin “the physical rebuilding of our nation now.”

According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, $1.6 trillion is required to merely get our current infrastructure to a functional level.

We have also failed to invest in the infrastructure sources needed for our future economic growth. Our broadband penetration rank has fallen from 4th to 15th in five years.

The reality is much worse since this is based on a methodology that overstates broadband penetration. Future economic growth will require alternative energy sources, but Republicans have cut funding for alternative energy programs by two-thirds.

Today we have the highest level of income inequality, poverty and deaths due to lack of access to health care and the lowest level of social mobility among leading developed nations; but the Republicans’ answer is to give tax cuts to the richest few Americans.

We are spending $720 million each day in Iraq; but the Republicans want to stay indefinitely and cut taxes.

Our economy is in peril, but Republicans merely parrot the same lines they have since 1980. Amazingly, as Rome burns, these Deacons of Disaster and Division have the audacity to claim that only they are suited to run this country even when their policies would only feed the flames. The more Republicans claim that the sky will fall when Obama takes office in January, the more they demonstrate how tone deaf they have become.

Despite their sense of entitlement to power, in this country the power comes from the people. It comes from middle class Americans who have been ignored for years (and who pay the price for Republican’s sabotaging a potential deal on the Clinton health plan after Bill Kristol warned it would give Democrats an electoral advantage). It comes from aging baby boomers who see a looming crisis with the Medicare and Social Security trust funds that the Republicans refuse to address. It comes from the many young voters whose future the Republicans have mortgaged by a reckless economic policy.

On Election Day, while Republicans cling to their dogma of the past, a tidal wave of voters from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire and all the way to the curvaceous slopes of California will embrace the future. Republicans will discover that what they saw as signs that the sky would fall was simply the dawn of a new horizon.

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How else to explain why I’m seemingly one of the few people savvy enough to gag every time a presidential or vice presidential candidate pretends to feel the pain of the Average Joe? The candidates spend lots of time in front of cameras in mom-and-pop diners at the counter eating chicken fried steak and cherry pie à la mode surrounded by people wearing overalls and big floppy grins. They swap their tailored blazers for windbreakers (or, in the case of Cindy McCain, nine-carat diamond earrings for the six-carat versions) and talk about how (insert the name of a small town or medium-sized city here) reminds them of where they grew up. And that the factory down the street is just like the one where (insert the name of a candidate’s parent) struggled to make ends meet in order to feed the family. Which is why they feel comfortable wearing hard hats even though they’re also wearing dress slacks, Hermès neckties or scarves and Ferragamo shoes.

And then inevitably later that night they’re photographed at white tie and tails events, the price of admission to which is more than those diner waitresses and factory workers make in a year. Or reports surface of Michelle Obama ordering Iranian caviar and lobster from room service while staying at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. Who casts their vote for someone based on their Average Joe credibility when these Joe Schmos don’t bat their eyelashes using more forks over the course of one meal than most people have in their kitchen drawers?

Sarah Palin has been adamant about taking exception to the hypocrisy. In a speech earlier this month in North Carolina, she spoke passionately about how “the best of America is in these small towns … and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America.”

Of course not too many small towns in the real America have their own Saks Fifth Avenue department stores. That’s where she managed to blow through $49,425.74 in two shopping trips last month. And that’s nothing compared to the $75,062.63 she spent in just one day — also last month — at a Neiman Marcus. Too bad she didn’t have an extra $84,937.37. Then she could have put it all on the all-new

$160,000 Neiman Marcus Limited-Edition 2009 BMW Individual 7 Series sedan that’s being offered in the store’s 2008 Christmas Book. Although in some ways it’s probably a blessing in disguise. After all, how does one clean moose poop off alloy wheels?

And it’s awfully strange that Palin hasn’t made more of an effort to share the real America with her family. Instead, she spent over $20,000 of Alaskan taxpayer’s money to take her daughters with her to big cities like New York and Philadelphia and spend multiple nights in swanky hotels like the Essex House and the Ritz-Carlton. Although she claimed each time that her children were conducting official state business, most of the event organizers contacted by the Associated Press confirmed the Palin kids were neither expected nor invited.

To be fair, I do think it’s completely believable that Joe Biden spends just $20 on his haircuts (even if his barber charged by the hair, it couldn’t possibly cost much more, could it?). I’m also not surprised that the Obamas own only one car (of course as a U.S. senator and a candidate for the highest office in the land, his car is probably collecting an awful lot of dust in his Chicago garage while he spends his time on the campaign trail in the front of private planes and the back of chauffeured vehicles).

Todd Palin might just be the most genuine of the whole bunch though. He stopped by the Village Inn in Glenwood Springs for breakfast on Tuesday morning. While he pressed the flesh of the 40 or so people who showed up to lend their support, something tells me that the guy who proudly refers to himself as the First Dude of Alaska probably would enjoy the Hungry Farmer Meal — all-natural spicy Italian sausage and bratwurst, diced ham and a strip of hickory-smoked bacon. Topped with Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses. Served with country potatoes, two scrambled eggs and made-from-scratch buttermilk pancakes — and an iced French vanilla villaccino even when the cameras are off and he’s not on the campaign trail.

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England’s best in our backyard

Hors d’oeuvres that won’t doom waistlines

BY JIM ROMANOFF For The Associated Press

WE’RE NOT BIG FANS OF THE FOOD

in London, where we usually stop while en route to Europe. Twice, up-scale friends have taken us to their favorite English restaurants. The first, a rustic, 200-year-old coach house located in a small forest just outside of London (where allegedly the reigning king used to stop on his way out of town) served us steak and kidney pie, which was soso.

The second, one of the most beautiful restaurants we’ve ever seen, stands alone in the middle of a park in the heart of a London suburb.

Once inside, the high-styled ambiance including high ceilings, giltframed mirrors and art work with place settings of fine china attended by well-dressed waiters, reinforced my initial impressions and prompted me to forego any misgivings brought on by memories of past meals; and to my wife’s amazement I ordered a mainstay of English cuisine, Dover sole. What came out was — I swear it — two pieces of breaded fish that looked just like McDonald’s fillet-o-fish. But we had an excellent bottle of chablis with it.

Last month we were at the Chop House, right on the Thames river bank, with a great view of the beautiful night-

lighted London Bridge. I ordered the duck, and what came out was a whole mallard, slightly undercooked, very tough and very difficult to carve and eat.

There are a lot of British people in Santa Monica, and one center of British activity is the area around Second Street and Santa Monica Boulevard. It includes the Tudor House (1403 Second St.) which has been serving “European cuisine with a British flair” for over 50 years. Now that many of us are saving money on travel, you might want to go there for, among other delights, afternoon tea.

Also, surprisingly among the tasty dishes are the traditional vegetable and meat pies that are so popular in England, as well as a full American cuisine menu. I recommend the chicken and mushroom pie and the steak and kidney pie, but if you want to strike out into new territory try the lamb vindaloo pie or the chicken curry pie. At $8 each these are a good value. Try a Rhubarb Crumble for dessert. In the gift shop adjacent to the restaurant you can buy these pies to go. You can also find those typically British hard candies with the soft fruit centers.

The younger British set often congregates at Ye Olde Kings Head at 116

Santa Monica Blvd. Like the Tudor House, this restaurant too has been around for almost 50 years. Despite a full menu of pretty much every British dish I’ve heard of and the Saturday special, Lancashire lamb pie, the most popular dish continues to be (I bet you guessed it) fish and chips which, at $17, tastes marvelous.

The Welsh rarebit is another treat.

Here too you’ll find all the traditional pies, bangers, and the now popular Indian foods such as chicken tikka masala, defined on the menu as “Britains new national dish.”

The fact is that I could eat something quite different at the King’s Head every day for a month, pay a reasonable check, and chat up a different British waitress (where do they find them all?) every day and not be bored.

That’s how extensive the menu is, not to mention the excellent selection of draught beers.

Santa Monica is the only place we’ve found for really good British food.

MERV HECHT, the food and wine critic for the Santa Monica Daily Press, is a wine buyer and consultant to a number of national and international food and wine companies. He can be reached at mervynhecht@yahoo.com.

The hectic pace of the holiday season makes it tempting to resort to ready-made appetizers as a last-minute entertaining solution.

But before you pop those frozen hors d’oeuvres in the oven, check the labels. Common prepared appetizers such as mini quiches can have almost 200 calories and 18 grams of fat per serving. A single mini crispy spring roll can pack 160 calories and 14 grams of fat.

While it’s true that these heat-and-serve nibbles are easy to prepare, it is possible to make appetizers that are just as appealing and a lot healthier without spending hours in the kitchen.

One easy option is to make mini antipasto kebabs by threading cherry tomatoes, olives, marinated mushrooms and bocconcini (small balls of mozzarella cheese) onto long wooden sandwich picks or skewers. If you like, you can separate each item with a fresh basil leaf.

Long, crunchy endive leaves are perfect for topping with a dab of low fat shrimp or crab spread, or perhaps a smear of goat cheese sprinkled with chopped, toasted walnuts.

Crackers are the traditional vehicle for many hors d’oeuvres, but there are many creative and healthy alternatives.

For instance, a dried apricot can be topped with some blue cheese or goat cheese and sprinkled with chopped nuts to make a healthful canape.

Slices of fresh cucumber or radish can be topped with finely chopped smoked salmon, American whitefish caviar or a blend of chopped avocado and shrimp.

This recipe uses lightly roasted slices of healthy sweet potato as a bed for a spoonful of curried low-fat chicken salad topped with toasted sliced almonds. This healthy appetizer has only 30 calories and less than half a gram of fat per piece.

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MILWAUKEE The nation’s dietitians, food makers and retailers want you to know how many calories are in that frozen pizza you devoured last night — and they don’t want you to have to go looking for it.

Amid widespread concern about obesity rates, eating habits and exercise patterns, they say they’ll help people make better eating choices by designating thousands of products as part of the new Smart Choices Program and adding nutritional information to the front of packages.

The labels, featuring calories per serving and number of servings, will likely be on products from food and beverage companies like Kraft Foods Inc., General Mills Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. starting next year, organizers say.

The goal of the program, to be unveiled Monday at the American Dietetic Association’s Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo, is to get people to make smarter food choices and thus improve public health.

Dr. Eileen Kennedy, a member of the coalition, said they want to take the guesswork out of food choices.

“It’s simple, straightforward,” she said. “You can make a choice that’s a ‘better for you choice’ in a matter of seconds.”

The labels will have two parts. First, there will be a green check mark and the “Smart Choices Program” label for foods that meet certain nutritional requirements within some categories. The other part highlights the calories per serving and the servings per container.

Academics like Kennedy, dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, along with food manufacturers, retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and groups like the American Heart Association have spent nearly two years working on the program.

They didn’t want to base it entirely on the USDA’s food pyramid — which Kennedy has worked on — she said, because it doesn’t truly reflect how people eat and how people buy food.

Studies have shown only 2 percent to 4 percent of Americans have diets that meet those guidelines, she said. People eat from more categories than what’s on the pyramid, so the new labels reflect that, she said.

“When a mom walks down an aisle she wants to know what is a ‘better for you’ choice, either a dessert or snack for my child, so that category is helpful to the consumer,” Kennedy said.

The group came up with 18 categories, like desserts, snacks, cereals, beverages, and entrees, sandwiches and main dishes — which is where that frozen pizza would go. They then set nutritional guidelines within each category.

To meet the guidelines, products can’t exceed standards for items like total fat, saturated fat, added sugars or sodium.

They also have to have “nutrients to encourage” — such as calcium, fiber and potassium — or “food groups to encourage” — like fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat or fat-free dairy.

Meeting those requirements gets them the check mark. In talking to consumers, researchers learned that shoppers wanted to have the guesswork taken out of figuring out other key nutritional information, like calories and servings. Moving it to the front of the box allows people to make decisions more quickly.

General Mills spokeswoman Heidi Geller said the company felt the Smart Choices program blends several nutritional efforts together, helping people wanting to make sense of their food choices. The labels will likely go on an undetermined number of products, she said, but will include top-selling cereal brand Cheerios and products like the strawberry flavor of Yoplait light and sweet peas from Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers.

“We believe that a single credible system that is recognizable and uniform across categories will benefit consumers,” she said.

Coca-Cola said in a statement Friday that it will put calories per serving and number of servings on the front of all its beverages sold in the U.S., saying it was a “powerful tool for education.” The company was likely to implement the Smart Choices program, spokeswoman Diana Garza Ciarlante said, adding that the company has helped develop it.

Kraft said it plans to put the labels on hundreds of its products, including Triscuit crackers, Crystal Light drink mix, Miracle Whip, sugar-free Jell-O, and some 100-calorie snack packs like chewy granola bars.

ConAgra, based in Omaha, Neb., said based on a preliminary assessment of its products, it is confident the Smart Choices logo will be on a number of its Healthy Choice products, Hunt’s canned tomatoes and Egg Beaters brands.

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BABALU Excellent Carribean dining featuring a fresh menu focusing on seafood, burgers, salads and world famous homemade desserts. Open daily from 11:30 to 10pm. Wine and beer menu, take out available.

1002 Montana Ave

(310) 395-2500

Blue Plate 1415 Montana Ave. Cafe Dana 1211 Montana Ave. Cafe Montana 1534 Montana Ave Di Dio's Italian Ices 1305 Montana Ave.

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Patty's Gourmet Take & Bake Pizza 625 Montana Ave. Pradeeps 1405 Montana Ave. Ristorante Vincenzo 714 Montana Ave. Rosti 931 Montana Ave. Spumoni 713 Montana Ave. Sushi Sho 1303 Montana Ave. Via Dolce 1627 Montana Ave. Vincenzo Ristorante 714 Montana Ave.

MID-CITY Akbar Cuisine Of India 2627 Wilshire Blvd Back On Broadway 2024 Broadway Bergamot Cafe 2525 Michigan Ave. # A3 Big Jos 1955 Broadway Bistro Of Santa Monica Santa Monica Blvd

(310) 586-7469 (310) 453-8919 (310) 828-4001 (310) 828-3191 (310) 453-5442

BISTRO 31 Bistro 31, the culinary student-run restaurant of The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles, offers an incredible dining experience at a reasonable price. Students prepare sumptuous international cuisine and deliver it in an elegant setting. Lunch and dinner.

2900 31st St

(310) 314-6057

Bizou Garden 2450 Colorado Ave. #1050 Bread And Porridge 2315 Wilshire Blvd Buon Giorno Caffe 1431 Santa Monica Bl Cafe L'etoile D'or 2311 Santa Monica Blvd Chandni Vegetarian 1909 Wilshire Blvd Coogie's Cafe 2906 Santa Monica Blvd The Corner Cafe 28th St. #121 The Cutting Board 1260 15th St. #105

(310) 472-6020 (310) 453-4941 (310) 260-0073 (310) 315-4375 (310) 828-7060 (310) 829-7871 (310) 452-2905 (310) 434-9924

DAGWOODS Pizza lovers love DAGWOODS for its real hand tossed authentic NY Style Pizza.

Others come for the delicious Italian food: custom made calzones, 100% semolina pasta dishes, giant subs and zesty salads and side dishes. Whatever you choose, it comes at great prices with friendly service. Free Delivery.

820 Wilshire Blvd.

(310) 899-3030

Daily Grill 2501 Colorado Ave. #b-190 Drago Restaurant 2628 Wilshire Blvd Dragon Palace 2832 Santa Monica Blvd El Cholo 1025 Wilshire Blvd Fromins 1832 Wilshire Blvd House Of Billiards 1901 Wilshire Blvd I H O P 1920 Santa Monica Blvd Casa Escobar 2500 Wilshire Blvd

(310) 309-2170 (310) 828-1585 (310) 829-1462 (310) 899-1106 (310) 829-5443 (310) 828-9203 (310) 829-9100 (310) 828-1315

IZZYS DELI Where the stars meet the locals. Izzys features 10.95 dinners nightly. Since 1970, Izzys has been serving hungry locals the world famous Reuben sandwich and generous omeletes for generations.

1433 Wilshire Blvd

(310) 394-1131

J P's Bar & Grill 1101 Wilshire Blvd Kaido Japense Cuisine 2834 Santa Monica Blvd Kay 'N Dave's 262 26th St. L A Farm Ltd 3000 Olympic Blvd Lee's Chinese Food 1610 Santa Monica Blvd The Lincoln 2460 Wilshire Bl Lucys Lunchbox 710 Wilshire Bl #100 Maya Japanese Food 2840 Santa Monica Blvd Manhattan Bagel 2216 Wilshire Blvd Nawab Of India 1621 Wilshire Bl Networks Cafe 2700 Colorado Ave. #190 Noma Restaurant 2031 Wilshire Blvd Norms Santa Monica 1601 Lincoln Blvd O' Briens 2226 Wilshire Blvd Our Cafe 2104 Wilshire Bl Overunder 1333 Santa Monica Blvd Pacific Dining Car 2700 Wilshire Blvd Pot & Pan Thai Food 2315 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica Pizza 1318 Wilshire Blvd The Shack Restaurant 2518 Wilshire Blvd The Slice 915 Wilshire Blvd Sizzler 2025 Wilshire Blvd Snug Harbor 2323 Wilshire Blvd Sunshine Cafe & Grill 2021 Santa Monica Blvd Sushi King 1330 Wilshire Blvd Tacos Por Favor 1406 Olympic Blvd Taqueria Chihuahua 1909 Lincoln Bl Tazzina 1620 Wilshire Blvd Thai Dishes 111 Santa Monica Blvd Toi On Wilshire 1120 Wilshire Blvd Wilshire Restaurant 2454 Wilshire Blvd

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3 on Fourth 1432 4th St. #A Abode Restaurant 1541 Ocean Av #150 B O A 101 Santa Monica Bl Baja Buds 1315 Third Street Promenade Bangkok West 606 Santa Monica Blvd

(310) 395-6765 (310) 394-3463 (323) 655-3372 (310) 393-6060 (310) 395-9658

BENIHANA Traditional Japanese teppanyaki room. Sushi appetizers. Open Daily. Please call for specific hours.

1447 4th St.

(310) 260-1423

Bookmark Cafe 601 Santa Monica Bl Bravo Cucina 1319 Third Street Promenade

(310) 587-2665 (310) 394-0374

BRITANNIA PUB Britannia Pub has been a favorite for years for locals and visitors alike. This English pub has a traditonal charm with a Californian flair. A cozy inviting atmosphere makes this a great place to relax and meet new people. Our friendly staff provides you with excellent service for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or Cocktails. We also offer live music, karaoke, pool and an unbe-

318 Santa Monica Blvd.

(310) 458-5350

Broadway Deli 1457 Third Street Promenade Brunos Italian Rest Deli 1652 Ocean Ave. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co 301 SM Pier Buca Di Beppo 1442 2nd St. The Cafe 445 Pacific Coast Hwy Cafe Crepe 1460 Third Street Promenade Cafe Paradiso 2408 Wilshire Blvd Cafe Presto 2425 Colorado Ave. #107 B Cafe Sol 2425 Colorado Ave. California Chicken Cafe 2401 Wilshire Blvd California Crisp 13 Santa Monica Place California Pizza Kitchen 214 Wilshire Blvd Callahans Restaurant 1213 Wilshire Blvd Capo 1810 Ocean Ave. Carousel Cafe 1601 Ocean Front Walk Chez Jay 1657 Ocean Ave. Comfort Cafe 420 Broadway Cora's Coffee Shoppe L P 1802 Ocean Ave. Crepes Company Inc 213 Arizona Ave. Dennys Restaurant 1645 1560 Lincoln Blvd Fast Taco 2901 Ocean Park Blvd #115 Fritto Misto 601 Colorado Ave.

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FUNNEL MILL The Funnel Mill features imported, organic coffee and teas from around the world. If you eat McDonalds, drink two buck Chuck, and think Starbucks is gourmet, this place is not for you.

Discover what coffee and tea should really taste like to the discerning palate. Try our traditional tea ceremony to truly appreciate the flavors of the East. www.funnelmill.com 930 Broadway Suite A

(310) 597-4395

Gate Of India 115 Santa Monica Blvd Gaucho Grill 1251 Third Street Promenade Georges Bistro 1321 Third Street Hedwigs Cafe 1509 4th St.

(310) 656-1665 (323) 468-0220 (310) 451-8823 (310) 394-3956

THE HIDEOUT The Hideout is Santa Monica's best lounge! We pay attention to details, so you don't have to. Whether you want to come alone, as a couple, with a group of friends, or throw an unforgettable party, we've got you covered!

112 W. Channel Road

(310) 429-1851

Hot Dog On A Stick 1633 Ocean Front Walk

(760) 930-0456

HOUSTON'S Upscale steak and seafood. Live jazz on thursdays upstairs lounge. Full bar, open 11:00 to 11pm daily. Reservations suggested.

202 Wilshire Blvd

(602) 553-2111

I Cugini Restaurant 1501 Ocean Ave.

(310) 451-4595

IL FORNAIO In the tradition of Italy's trattorias, the sight, sounds and aromas of authentic Italian cuisine are recreated everyday at Il Fornaio.

Mornings bring crisp crusted bread hot from the oven accompanied by the scent of fresh brewed espresso. During lunch and dinner, pastas and flavorful sauces simmer while meats and vegetables roast over hot coals.

1551 Ocean Ave.

(415) 945-0500

Infuzion Cafe 1149 3rd St. #100 Interactive Cafe 215 Broadway Ipanema Cafe 150 Santa Monica Place Ivy At The Shore 1535 Ocean Ave. Jinkys Cafe 1447 2nd St. Jiraffe Restaurant 504 Santa Monica Blvd

(310) 393-9985 (310) 395-5009 (310) 838-8586 (310) 278-2908 (818) 981-2250 (310) 917-6671

JOHNNY ROCKETS Every Johnny Rockets restaurant boasts an all-American look and feel with great tasting food including juicy hamburgers, classic sandwiches and hand-dipped shakes and malts. Come in and see for yourself why Johnny Rockets is the place Where the Good Times Roll!TM” 1322 Third Street

(949) 643-6100

Kaiten Restaurant 1456 Third Street La Botte, Inc. 620 Santa Monica Blvd #A La Salsa #44 1401 Third Street Promenade La Serenata 1416 4th St. Le Merigot Hotel 1740 Ocean Ave. Leonidas 331 Santa Monica Blvd Light House Buffet 201 Arizona Ave. The Lobster 1602 Ocean Ave. Locanda Del Lago 231 Arizona Ave. Loews Santa Monica 1700 Ocean Ave. Manchu Wok 11 Santa Monica Pl Mariasol 401 Santa Monica Pier Michaels 1147 3rd St. Musha Restaurant 424 Wilshire Blvd Newsroom Santa Monica Inc 530 Wilshire Ocean Avenue Seafood 1401 Ocean Ave. Ocean Cafe 100 Wilshire Blvd #B1-10

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THE ORCHID Asian fusian at it’s best. This Thai restauraunt blends eastern spices and traditional Thai ingredients to make a unique and special dining experience, just a block from the ocean.

119-121 Broadway

(310) 801-5240

P F Chang's China Bistro 326 Wilshire Blvd Panera Bread 501 Wilshire Bl Perrys Pizz 930 Ocean Front Walk Perrys Pizza 2600 Ocean Front Walk Perrys Pizza 1200 Ocean Front Walk Perrys Pizza 2400 Ocean Front Walk Promenade Cafe 321 Santa Monica Bl R A W 609 Broadway Real Food Daily 514 Santa Monica Blvd Renees Court Yard 522 Wilshire Blvd Rustic Canyon 1119 Wilshire Blvd

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RUSTY’S SURF RANCH Rusty's Surf Ranch on the Santa Monica Pier is a multi-use facility, featuring the best in live music, dancing and awardwinning cuisine in a California beach environment. With an extensive collection of historic surfboards and memorabilia, Rusty's pays homage to the "Surfing '60s", the Golden Era of California Surf Culture. Rusty's lunch and dinner cuisine are consistent award winners, but great meals share the stage with great music at Rusty's when the Dining Room stage welcomes live music and dancing with top area bands and national acts. Rusty's is available for Special Events during normal operations or as a restricted facility for Private Parties. Rusty's Surf Ranch is a perfect reminder of a simpler time in California's beachfront history, with good food in a casual environment, live music and FUN. Open daily at noon. Happy Hour 4-7p.m.

256 Santa Monica Pier

(310)393-PIERS

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Scarboni 312 Wilshire Bl

(310) 704-8079

SONNY MCLEAN’S A true bit of Boston on the west coast. A haven for all Boston Sport fans and the west coast home of Red Sox Nation West with an excellent menu offering including fried calms, bellies and all, lobster rolls and great clam chowda’.

2615 Wilshire Blvd.

(310) 449-1811

Stefano's 1310 Third Street Promenade Sunset Bar & Grill 1240 Third Street Sushi Mon 401 Santa Monica Blvd Sushi Roku Santa Monica 1401 Ocean Av Sushi Shogun 1315 Third Street Sushi Teri Express 1551 Ocean Ave. #130 B

(310) 216-7716 (310) 393-3959 (310) 576-7011 (310) 655-3372 (213) 500-4989 (310) 394-2189

SWINGERS The local diner, serving traditional diner fare with a southern california twist. Open 24 hours, the crowd in Swingers will change from late night clubbers to early morning coffee drinkers around 4am.

802 Broadway

(323) 656-6136

Tandoor Cafe 395 Santa Monica Place #009 Tastie16 Santa Monica Place Thai Dishes Restaurant 1910 Wilshire Blvd Tokyo Kitchen 15 Santa Monica Pl T's Thai 1215 4th St. Tudor House 1403 2nd St. Victoria Pizzeria 1607 Ocean Front Walk Villa Italian Specialties 8 Santa Monica Pl Wahoo's Fish Taco 418 Wilshire Blvd Whist 1819 Ocean Av Yangtze 1333 Third Street Promenade Yankee Doodles 1410 Third Street Ye Olde Kings Head 116 Santa Monica Blvd

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PICO/SUNSET PARK 310 Lounge & Bistro 3321 Pico Blvd.

Abbots Pizza Company 1811 Pico Blvd Acapulco Restaurant 3360 Ocean Park Blvd.

Air Conditioned 2819 Pico Blvd Ameci Pizza Pasta 2218 Lincoln Bl B B Q Garden 1707 Pico Blvd.

The Bread Factory Inc 1900 Pico Bl Buddha Boba 1701 Pico Bl Bud's Famous Deli & Desserts 2727 Ocean Park Blvd.

Cafe Bolivar 1741 Ocean Park Blvd.

Campos Mexican Food Inc 2008 Pico Blvd Classic Pizza 2624 Pico Blvd The Counter 2901 Ocean Park Bl #102 The Daily Pint 2310 Pico Blvd El Indio 2526 Pico Blvd El Pollo Loco Restaurant 1906 Lincoln Blvd El Torito 3360 Ocean Park Blvd.

El Texate 316 Pico Blvd.

Fresh & Natural Cafe 1900 Pico Blvd Ocean Park Pizza 2819 1/2 Ocean Park Blvd Georges Burgers 3101 Lincoln Blvd Gilbert's El Indio Mexican Food 2526 Pico Blvd.

Hotel Casa Del Mar Restaurant 1910 Ocean Way The Hump 3221 Donald Douglas Loop South The Hungry Pocket 1715 Pico Blvd Il Forno Caffe & Pizzeria 2901 Ocean Park Blvd Josie Restaurant 2424 Pico Blvd La Playita 3306 Lincoln Blvd Lazy Daisy Inc 2300 Pico Blvd Le Pain Du Jour 828 Pico Blvd #2 Mandarin Food Service 2618 Pico Bl Michael D'S Cafe 234 Pico Blvd Miyako 2829 Ocean Park Blvd

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THE OP CAFE A Small Neighborhood Place With A Family Feel – Serving Breakfast and Lunch Daily. The Freshest Foods, Friendly Service At Unbelievable Prices! So when you want to be treated like family and enjoy some delicious food –The OP CAFÉ is the PLACE!!

3117 Ocean Park Blvd

(310) 452-5720

One Pico Restaurant One Pico Blvd.

Panchos Tacos 2920 Lincoln Blvd Pedals Cafe One Pico Blvd.

Raes Restaurant 2901 Pico Blvd Santa Monica Bar and Grill 3321Pico Blvd Santinos 3021 Lincoln Blvd Sheraton Delfina 530 Pico Blvd The Slice 1622 Ocean Park Spitfire Grill 3300 Airport Ave. Star Of Siam 3133 Lincoln Blvd Subway 2901 Ocean Park Blvd Sunset Grill 1701 Ocean Park Blvd Tandoor India 2622 Pico Bl Tom's No 1 Pico 2350 Pico Blvd.

Typhoon 3221 Donald Douglas Loop UnUrban Coffeehouse 3301 Pico Blvd.

Valentino Restaurant 3115 Pico Blvd

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RICHIE PALMER’S PIZZERIA Owned and operated by Richie Palmer, founder of the worldfamous Mulberry Street Pizzeria in Beverly Hills. Palmer says he had to open in Santa Monica so all the people here would stop calling Beverly Hills for delivery. Same great pizza and Italian food.

1355 Ocean Ave

(310) 255-1111

Vitos 2807 Ocean Park Blvd Windows Restaurant 530 Pico Blvd.

Yongs Cafe 3020 Nebraska Ave. Yuni Sushi 1928 Lincoln Blvd Zabies 3003 Ocean Park Blvd

(310) 450-4999 (310) 399-9344 (310) 828-4775 (310) 396-4039 (310) 392-9036

MAIN STREET Amelia's 2645 Main St. Bravo Pizzaria & Deli 2400 Main St. Chinois On Main 2709 Main St. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Ocean Park Blvd.

Creative Sushi 2518 Main St. Dhaba Cuisine Of India 2104 Main St. Elvira's Cha Cha Chicken 1906 Ocean Ave. The Enterprise Fish Co 174 Kinney St. Euphoria Loves RAWvolution 2301 Main St. Finn McCools Irish Pub & Restaurant 2700 Main St. Goudas & Vines 2000 Main Street

Groundwork Coffee Co. 2908 Main St. The Galley 2442 Main St. Holy Guacamole 2906 Main St. It's All Good Bakery 2629 Main St. Joes Main Street Diner 2917 Main St. La Vecchia Cucina 2654 Main St Library Alehouse 2911 Main St. Lula Cocina Mexicana 2720 Main St. Main Street Bagels 2905 Main St. Malia 2424 Main St. Manchego 2510 Main Street

Mani's Bakery & Cafe 2507 Main St. O'Briens Irish Pub Oar House 2941 Main St.

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2732 Main St.

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Oyako 2915 Main St. Panini Garden 2715 Main St Rick's Tavern 2907 Main St Schatzi On Main 3110 Main St Shoop's Delicatessen 2400 Main St Sparky's Fine Frozen Yogurt 3110 Main St. #12 Urth Caffe 2327 Main St. Via Veneto 3009 Main St. The Victorian Baker Cafe 2640 Main St. Wildflour 2807 Main St. World Café 2640 Main St. Yose Restaurant 2435 Main St.

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Azteca Restaurant 835 Sunset Ave. Baby Blues BBQ 444 Lincoln Blvd.

Beechwood 822 W. Washington Blvd.

Benice 1715 Pacific Ave. Big Daddy and Sons 1425 Ocean Front Walk The Brig 1515 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

The Brick House Cafe 826 Hampton Dr. Cafe 50's 838 Lincoln Blvd.

Casablanca Restaurant 220 Lincoln Blvd.

Chaya 110 Navy St. China Beach Bistro 2024 Pacific Ave. Danny's Deli 23 Windward Ave. French Market Cafe 2321 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Great Western Steak & Hoagie Company 1720 Lincoln Blvd.

Hal's Bar & Grill 1349 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Hama 213 Windward Ave. James Beach 60 N. Venice Blvd.

Joe's Restaurant 1023 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

La Cabana Restaurant 738 Rose Ave. La Meditrina 1029 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Lands End Restaurant 323 Ocean Front Walk Lilly's French Cafe & Bar 1031 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

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Maos Kitchen 1512 Pacific Ave. Piccolo Ristorante 5 Dudley Ave. Primitivo Wine Bistro 1025 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Rose Cafe 220 Rose Ave. Shima 1432 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Siam Best Restaurant 2533 Lincoln Blvd.

Stroh’s Gourmet 1239 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Szechwan Restaurant 2905 Washington Blvd.

Uncle Darrow's 2560 S Lincoln Blvd.

Wabi-Sabi 1635 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

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MARINA DEL REY Beachside Cafe 4175 Admiralty Way C & O Cucina 3016 Washington Blvd.

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BRENTWOOD Barney's Hamburgers 11660 San Vicente Blvd.

Chez Mimi Restaurant 246 26th St Chin Chin 11740 San Vicente Blvd.

Coral Tree Cafe 11645 San Vicente Blvd.

Harvest Restaurant 13018 San Vicente Blvd.

Literati II 12081 Wilshire Blvd.

Enzo and Angela 11701 Wilshire Blvd.

Trattoria Amici 2538 San Vicente Blvd

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WEST LA Anna's Italian Restaurant 10929 Pico Blvd.

Aphrodisiac 10351 Santa Monica Blvd.

The Apple Pan 10801 W. Pico Blvd.

Awash Restaurant 5990 Pico Blvd.

Bombay Cafe 12021 W. Pico Blvd.

Carmine's II Caffe 10463 Santa Monica Blvd.

Colony Cafe 10937 W. Pico Blvd.

En Sushi 11651 Santa Monica Blvd.

DiVita's 11916 Wilshire Blvd.

Feast From the East 1949 Westwood Blvd.

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Il Grano 11359 Santa Monica Blvd.

John O'Groats 10516 Pico Blvd.

Kay 'n Dave's Cantina 10543 Pico Blvd.

Melanee Thai Restaurant 9562 Pico Blvd.

Ramayani 1777 Westwood Blvd.

Shanghai Diamond Garden 9401 Pico Blvd.

Sisley Restaurant 10800 Pico Blvd.

Sushi Masu 1911 Westwood Blvd.

Torafuku Restaurant 10914 W. Pico Blvd.

Upstairs 2 2311 Cotner Ave. Versailles Restaurant 10319 Venice Blvd.

Wakasan 1929 Westwood Blvd.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008

Congo rebels reach Goma edge, declare cease-fire

BY MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press Writer

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GOMA, Congo Congolese rebels said they reached the outskirts of Goma and declared a cease-fire Wednesday to prevent panic in the city, where retreating government soldiers were commandeering cars and firing wildly as people fled in torrents of human misery.

Gunfire crackled throughout the city with occasional booms from heavy artillery, apparently from fleeing army troops who residents said were out of control.

Tens of thousands of residents and refugees poured out of the city — in cars, on motorbikes, or by foot. Some walked with backs doubled over from bundles of belongings, others dragged children, goats and pigs away from advancing rebel troops.

Goma’s governor, Julien Mpaluku, acknowledged that panic was spreading in the eastern provincial capital. He said he could not confirm that the army had deserted Goma, but stressed that U.N. peacekeepers were still in charge and that rebels had not yet entered the city.

Still, the U.S. embassy said its officials were leaving Goma and urged all American citizens to follow. Hundreds of foreign aid workers were also trying to evacuate.

Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has threatened to take Goma despite calls from the U.N. Security Council for him to respect a U.N.-brokered cease-fire signed in January.

“We are not far from Goma, but because there is a state of destabilization in the town we decided in our movement to cease fire and unilaterally to proclaim a cease-fire,” Nkunda was quoted as saying by the BBC. Nkunda called on government forces to follow suit, the BBC said.

U.N. spokesman Madnodje Mounoubai confirmed the rebels were not in the city and said peacekeepers were at the airport and in other strategic points.

“What we fear is that if Gen. Nkunda takes the town, is that there will be chaos ... and maybe even killing on a large scale,” Sir John Holmes, the U.N.’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, told Britain’s Channel 4 News from New York.

Refugees said the Tutsi rebels had already overrun Kibati, a village seven miles (12 kilometers) north of Goma.

About 45,000 people fled the Kibati camp in a matter of hours Wednesday, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

“It was very chaotic,” U.N. refugee spokesman Ron Redmond said. “People began leaving the camp in a panic.”

Some refugees from Kibati were among those streaming later through Goma, desperately trying to find a safe place.

The U.N. says its biggest peacekeeping mission — a 17,000-strong force — is now stretched to the limit with the surge in fighting and needs more troops quickly. Troops from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uruguay and South Africa make up most of the existing force.

But hopes for immediate backup from the European Union dimmed. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday that EU had considered sending troops to reinforce U.N. peacekeepers

in Congo but “a certain number of countries refused.” He offered no further details.

There were also fears the fighting could explode into a conflict that dragged in neighboring African countries.

The Congolese army said troops from Rwanda had crossed the nearby border and attacked its soldiers earlier Wednesday, a charge that Rwanda’s Tutsiled government immediately denied. Still, Congo turned to neighbor Angola for help “defending territorial integrity.”

Congo suffered through back-to-back wars from 1996 to 2002 that embroiled eight African nations and became a rush at the country’s vast mineral riches.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he was speaking to the presidents of Congo and Rwanda to resolve the crisis and that Europe and the United States plan to send diplomats to try to negotiate a peaceful solution.

The U.S. State Department said Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer would arrive in the the Congolese capital of Kinshasa on Thursday.

“There is a lot of violence,” said department spokesman Sean McCormack. “This is of deep concern to us.”

Government soldiers entered Goma along with the fleeing refugees, grabbing private cars, taxis and motorbikes to speed their retreat.

Gunfire crackled in several northern neighborhoods of Goma, residents said by telephone, speaking anonymously in fear of retaliation. One man said he had to run behind a wall to escape a barrage of gunfire from Congolese army troops.

Residents holed up in their houses, fearing army troops would loot on their way out.

Soldiers briefly hijacked a car carrying an AP cameraman and photographer and demanded to be driven about 50 miles (80 kilometers) to the town of Saki.

But the soldiers fled after learning that the rebels were only a few hundred yards away.

Nkunda says the Congolese government has not protected his minority Tutsi tribe from a Rwandan Hutu militia that escaped to Congo after helping carry out the 1994 Rwanda genocide in which half a million Tutsis were slaughtered.

The U.N. peacekeeping force’s failure to halt the rebellion has enraged ordinary Congolese, some of whom attacked U.N. compounds in Goma with rocks this week.

A bombardment outside Goma in the morning frightened thousands of refugees and stirred growing anti-Tutsi sentiment in a region where decades of conflict with the majority Hutu reached a cataclysm in the 1994 genocide.

“It’s the ‘long noses’ from Rwanda who are bombing us, the Rwanda Tutsi,” refugee farmer Gaspar Sebigore shouted.

In the days after Rwanda’s genocide, more than a million Hutus fled to Congo where they regrouped in a brutal militia that helps fuel the continuing conflict in eastern Congo. “(Congo’s army) wants to divert the international community’s attention from the fact that they are collaborating with the masterminds of the Rwandan genocide,” Rwandan Maj. Jill Rutaremara told The Associated Press.

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Rapper T.I. votes despite being a convicted felon

BY JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. Associated Press Writer

McDONOUGH, Ga. T.I. originally thought his voting privileges were revoked as a convicted felon, until he researched and learned that under a Georgia law felons are eligible if they’re not currently serving probation or a prison sentence.

“It’s a relief,” said the best-selling rapper, who stood in line for no more than 10 minutes on Wednesday before entering a polling center in suburban Atlanta to vote for the first time in his life.

“This what it is all about, not staying up late and waking up early to vote,” he added. “Now rather than just talking about it, I’m being about it. I’m leading by example, and it makes me feel a lot better.”

T.I., who already has two No. 1 hits off his new album “Paper Trail” ("Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” with Rihanna), does have several federal firearms offenses and ongoing community service endeavors, stemming from his arrest last October for trying to buy automatic weapons. But his lawyer, Steve Sadow, confirmed that he can still

THIS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, NOT STAYING UP LATE AND WAKING UP EARLY TO VOTE. NOW RATHER THAN JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, I’M BEING ABOUT IT. I’M LEADING BY EXAMPLE, AND IT MAKES ME FEEL A LOT BETTER.” T.I. Rapper

cast a ballot because his sentence doesn’t start until late March next year.

“Until he is sentenced in the federal case, he doesn’t have a conviction yet,” said Sadow of his 28-year-old client, whose real name is Clifford Harris.

“Even though he is a convicted felon, he has a right to vote since he is not serving probation and hasn’t started his prison sentence.”

A spokesman for the Georgia Secretary of State’s office confirmed that T.I. was eligible to vote.

With an “I’m a Georgia Voter” sticker planted on his black vest, T.I. signed

autographs and took photos with several fans who were stunned to see the Grammy-winning artist in line to vote.

“It’s inspirational what he is doing,” said Nathirya Brown, 19, a first-time voter who was one of the first to spot T.I. stepping off his “Respect My Vote” campaign bus. He and the nonpartisan group Hip-Hop Caucus launched a nationwide tour in late July to encourage voters between the ages of 18 and 29 to take a more active role in politics.

“Just him being diligent enough helps others find out their status as well,” Brown added.

Downey, Favreau reunite on ‘Iron Man 2,’ ‘Avengers’ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES Robert Downey Jr. will strap on his metal suit to join the superhero team effort “The Avengers” in addition to “Iron Man 2,” Marvel Studios announced Tuesday.

Downey is reprising his role as billionaire genius Tony Stark from last summer’s blockbuster “Iron Man,” with the sequel due out May 7, 2010, and “The Avengers,” scheduled for July 15, 2011.

The movies are part of a four-picture deal between Downey and Marvel.

“Iron Man” director Jon Favreau is

returning to direct “Iron Man 2” and serve as executive producer on “The Avengers,” which will team the guy in the metal suit with Marvel Comics heroes the Hulk, Captain America, Thor and others.

Don Cheadle is joining the “Iron Man 2” cast as Stark’s ally Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes. Cheadle replaces Terrence Howard, who played Rhodes in “Iron Man.” The Rhodes role is being expanded for the sequel, said Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios. In the comic books, Rhodes dons Stark’s silver backup suit, which is retrofitted with heavy

artillery, to become Iron Man sidekick War Machine.

“It has already become apparent as we prep the movie for production that the dynamic between Robert and Don will take ‘Iron Man 2’ to new heights,” said Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios.

“Iron Man” kicked off a huge summer for Hollywood with a $98.6 million opening weekend last May. The film grossed $318.3 million domestically, the year’s secondbiggest hit behind “The Dark Knight,” which has taken in $527.4 million.

The singer may not remain the same THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Led Zeppelin may yet reunite and tour — and they’d consider doing it without Robert Plant.

John Paul Jones, the group’s founding bassist, told the BBC that he and his fellow band members would consider looking for someone to replace their lead singer.

“We want to do it. It’s sounding great and we want to get and get out there,” he told the British radio program in an interview broadcast

Monday. “It’s got to be right. There’s no point in just finding another Robert.”

Led Zeppelin’s spokesman Chris Goodman declined to comment Wednesday on plans for a possible reunion.

Plant joined the rest of the band for a one-time concert in London’s cavernous O2 arena last December. It was the group’s first full set since 1980, the year the band broke up after drummer John Bonham died.

The O2 concert generated rave reviews and calls for the band to

reunite.

Plant recently toured with bluegrass artist Alison Krauss. However, Plant said in a statement on his Web site that he has no intention of touring with anyone for at least the next two years.

The band’s former promoter Harvey Goldsmith said the band should not tour without Plant.

“If they’re going out with another singer it’s not exactly Led Zeppelin,” he said, “and if it is, then them doing a long tour, I’m not sure what the point is because they don’t need to do it."

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A loan of $6,477,576 for the acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable housing at 914 4th Street.

A loan of $3,227,118 for the acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable housing at 750-752 Marine Street.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008

Donatella Versace is now the Versace in fashion

BY SAMANTHA CRITCHELL AP Fashion Writer

NEW YORK Donatella Versace wears every day the yellow diamond ring that her late brother Gianni gave to her. It’s a daily reminder of her lost loved one, but it also represents a look — a glitzy, over-the-top look — that had been synonymous with the Versace name.

“Had” is the operative word.

While Donatella Versace heaps praise on Gianni as being a fashion genius, she also says she calls the shots now, guiding the house to a new signature style, more suited for a busy woman who likes a little sex appeal mixed with luxury and a flattering silhouette.

And it is Donatella alone who just

received the Superstar Award from the Fashion Group International, honoring her for her lifetime achievement in fashion and cementing her reputation as an industry leader alongside past winners Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino, Tom Ford and Donna Karan. Celebrity friends Jennifer Lopez and Prince were her guests to the event, speaking to Donatella’s significant power in the world of entertainment.

She arrives at an interview in a sleek black dress with a small sweet bow at the bustline and her signature super-high heels. The little black dress is a Versace, of course, but she makes the case to a reporter that a not-tootight jersey dress in a rich golden color is actually the smartest buy around because you’ll wear it during the day, at night, to

work and to dinner.

Either way, these looks are a far cry from the Gianni-designed, safety-pin gown with a plunge down to there and slit up to there that Elizabeth Hurley wore in 1994 and helped to make Versace a household name.

Gianni is also largely credited with fueling the supermodel phenomenon when he sent out all the top models down the catwalk to show off his 1991 fall collection.

Fashion as an industry can’t afford to be as bold and narcissistic now as it was then. A more businesslike approach is needed nowadays and that just doesn’t jibe with the more artful, independent spirit that drove Gianni, Donatella says.

Four years ago, Italian-based Versace hired outsider Giancarlo di Risio (the com-

pany is still wholly owned by family members) to oversee a restructuring of the business to make it more profitable and to expand it to become a truly global brand.

The house still offers couture, which is the nod to elaborate, fanciful design, but Donatella chooses to closer link the Versace name with the art that was so near and dear to her brother through museums. During her recent whirlwind New York week, Donatella hosted the Whitney Museum’s annual gala which included the sale of custom-made jewelry that were collaborations between Donatella and artists Julian Schnabel, Marc Quinn and Wangechi Mutu.

When it comes to the ready-to-wear collection, Donatella says she is mindful of fashion’s place in the world economy.

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New licensing procedures a possibility for retailers FROM SMOKING PAGE 1 Angeles, also expressed his opposition to the ordinance, adding that there are some “unscrupulous” landlords who would use the law to their advantage.

Smoking bans in multi-unit residential buildings have been passed in only a handful of cities, with Oakland being the most similar to Santa Monica because it too has a rent control law.

The difference between the two municipalities is that the rent control ordinance in Oakland is slightly weaker, having had vacancy decontrol — which allows landlords to raise rents to market rate once vacated — for much longer.

There has not been a noticeable rise in evictions since the law passed a year ago in Oakland, according to Adam Radinsky, who heads the Consumer Protection Unit in the City Attorney’s Office.

“Oakland doesn’t specifically talk about eviction one way or the other (in its law) but Oakland does criminalize violation of its ordinance and also allows for legal action brought by the city or private citizen,” he said.

Carl Lambert, a property owner and president of the Action Apartment Association, said he favors the status quo, believing that problems between neighbors could arise if a smoking ban is adopted.

“If other tenants can complain to the landlord and request the landlord be able to do something and enforce the rules, then we have to be given the tools in order to enforce the rules, otherwise the ordinance would put the landlord in the middle with the liability and no remedy,” Lambert said.

Some landlords have found a solution to the complaints they receive from their non-smoking tenants.

Richard Groff, who manages a 15-unit apartment complex, said that he established a designated smoking area in the back of the building, responding to concerns about a chain smoker who lights up on their balcony.

The proposed ordinance would allow the landlord to create such designated areas in their building.

Among the residents who pleaded with the council to adopt the ordinance was Charity Colbert, who lives next door to a heavy smoker in a small Mid-City building.

“I end up waking up gagging and I have to go cough up phlegm,” Colbert said, adding that she would like to see designated non-smoking units. “I am scared of dying from second-hand smoke.”

It was a story repeated by many renters who said they are afraid of the effects of second-hand smoke, some adding that they have tried to talk to their smoking neighbors with no luck.

“I do respect smokers’ right to smoke,” Marcia Stein, a resident, said. “I don’t want to impose on their ability to smoke if they want to do it without imposing on my ability to breathe.”

One of the dissenting opinions came from Marty Shapiro, a long-time cigar smoker who has lived in the same building for more than 20 years. He often smokes one cigar the entire day, starting after breakfast, lighting it again after dinner.

“Now this council is contemplating criminalizing my 50 years of quietude?”

Shapiro said.

Shapiro said that he smokes at the

WE MAINTAIN OUR BELIEF THAT ANY PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD JEOPARDIZE TENANCY AND COULD BE USED AS A PRETEXT TO HARASSMENT OF ALL PARTIES.” Jennifer Kennedy Vice Chair, Rent Control Board

pool, but will put his cigar aside if the area is crowded or if there are pregnant women and children nearby.

A date has not been set for when the council will hear the matter again, though Radinsky said he expected it will be soon.

The council also asked that the ordinance require some sort of signage warning that smoking is prohibited in certain areas, and notification by landlords to tenants about the new law.

The latest move to ban smoking in common areas is just part of a series of efforts over the past few years to stop smoking in the city where general public health could be an issue.

While there was no action on the apartment smoking issue, the council did adopt an ordinance that established a tobacco retailer licensing program in the city.

The ordinance, which will be adopted on second reading at a future meeting, requires that all tobacco sellers have and display a special license, suspending it if retailers repeatedly violate laws prohibiting sales to minors.

The cost of the license has not been determined and will be set by the council at a later meeting. The fee will be based on the projected cost of enforcement and education, divided by the number of businesses that would receive a license.

Retailers who violate the ordinance the first time will have their licenses suspended up to 30 days. A second violation within five years will extend the suspension to 90 days, while those who break the law the third time within the same period will have their licenses revoked.

The council also passed a resolution urging local pharmacies not to sell or promote tobacco products.

HEDGES ORDINANCE ADOPTED

More than four years after households began receiving orders to clip their greens or face a stiff penalty, the council adopted a permanent ordinance that would cap hedge heights at 42 inches for front yards and 12 feet for side and rear yards.

The issue of hedge heights has been a touchy topic for many neighbors. An interim ordinance was adopted in 2005 that established clear standards and gave residents living near tall hedges the opportunity to formally appeal. About 2,500 hedges were grandfathered in under the interim ordinance, which will carry into the permanent law. melodyh@smdp.com

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Photo courtesy Margarita Franco

MAKING BOLD PREDICTIONS: Margarita Franco's Halloween display, which includes tombstones for various high-ranking Republicans, has upset a few neighbors in the WilMont area of town.

Resident confused about controversy over display FROM HALLOWEEN PAGE 1 ed that she could deal with “him or the Secret Service,” adding that there were neighbors who were concerned about the morbid decorations. Franco said that the officer asked her to step outside, a request she refused.

While she wasn’t asked to take down the decorations, Franco did turn three of the four markers — leaving Palin’s alone — around, adding a new death date of Jan. 20, 2009 — Inauguration Day. “I thought it was a clever display and it wasn’t meant to incite anger in people,” Franco said. “Rather it was a humorous Halloween display.”

Officer Shawn Dove was working the front desk late last week when he received a call from a resident complaining about the tombstones, threatening to call the Secret Service because she thought it was a threat to the president, according to Sgt. Dave Hunscke, spokesman for the SMPD. The officer asked the resident to wait until he went out the next day to check out the decorations during his regular patrol. He arrived at the residence and saw the display, knocking on the nearest door in the apartment complex, having a hard time seeing inside because of the security door.

“He asked the resident if she knew who it belonged to,” Hunscke said.“She became upset and said she would not take them down.”

Dove told Franco that he was not asking her to take down the display but wanted to confirm that they were indeed decorations, adding that some of the neighbors were upset, Hunscke said.

The residential block is quiet of any political activity with the exception of a few houses that have Obama/Biden signs hanging in their window and one home that has a McCain/Palin lawn sign.

A number of homeowners have opted to include political statements in their Halloween decorations this year. A West

Hollywood resident has been criticized for a Palin effigy that hangs by a noose.

Franco said she wouldn’t go as far as putting up a hanging display.

“I don’t want my son or any kid to see something like that,” she said.

Neighbors seemed unaffected by the decorations, saying that Franco has her right to freedom of speech.

“I thought it was a funny Halloween prank,” Amy Kivnick, a neighbor who lives across the street, said. “I know it was in gest so I didn’t take it seriously.”

Anne Baxter, who lives on the same block, said that while she wouldn’t put up such a display, she didn’t find it offensive.

“I walk by and it doesn’t bother me,” she said.

Santa Monica Police Chief Tim Jackman said that the department would take decorations like Franco’s or the one in West Hollywood on a case by case basis. Since he had not seen the tombstone display, Jackman could not comment on whether it could be interpreted as being a death threat to the president.

“Going into an airport and talking about bombs, those things are taken seriously because we don’t know if someone is playing … or if there is serious intent,” he said. “I know that with the election season political passions are raising to a high level, but people need to be careful about how they do parody with a sitting president.”

Peter Eliasberg, the Manheim Family Attorney for First Amendment Rights at the ACLU, said that given the description of the tombstone display, he does not believe any judge would constitute it as a threat that isn’t protected under free speech.

“This person has the First Amendment right to do this and the government can’t use its power, whether it’s fining or prosecution, to stop this person from doing it.” melodyh@smdp.com

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Check scam likely began in Canada FROM SCAM PAGE 3 • Never wire money to strangers. There is no reason for someone to pay you by check and ask you to wire back some of the money.

• Fake checks look real. Even some bank tellers are fooled by some fake checks.

However, just because the bank accepts the fake check and releases the funds, it doesn’t mean the check is good. It can take weeks for the bank to find out and tell you that the check is bad.

• You are responsible for fake checks you deposit. When a fake check bounces, the bank will deduct money from your account or even sue you to recover the funds. If you deposit a check you know is fake, you can be prosecuted.

• It is very hard to get your money back.

Thieves often live in other countries out of the reach of U.S. authorities. Your best protection is not to send them money no matter what they promise you.

• If it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Don’t believe promises that you won a lottery or drawing you never entered.

CONSUMERS MUST PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST THESE SCAMS BECAUSE ONCE THEY WIRE MONEY TO THIEVES IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IT BACK.” Pastor Herrera, Jr. Director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs

Victims and people who need information on fake check scams can call the Department of Consumer Affairs at (800) 593-8222, or go to www.dca.lacounty.gov. news@smdp.com

Panel will discuss issues of gang violence FROM CELEBRATION PAGE 3 Fisher, who has been involved with the event for several years, said Dia de los Muertos can unite communities on multiple dimensions.

“It’s important that people see the connections between all cultures,” Fisher said.

“Just because you speak a different language, doesn’t mean you can’t participate in [Dia de los Muertos] activities. It deals with the common human question of what happens when people pass away.”

Following this evening’s event, there will be a “10 years since the vigil for peace” panel discussion Saturday evening at the PYFC, and a more traditional observance of the holiday will take place at Woodlawn Cemetery on Sunday afternoon.

As a holiday dedicated to honoring the deceased, the panel will commemorate the lives of those killed during a spree of gangrelated shootings in October and November of 1998, bringing to light the issues of gang violence that spurred the massive vigil one decade ago.

“We need to bring an awareness of the problems brought by gangs and violence in order to accomplish peace,” de la Torre said.

IT’S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SEE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALL CULTURES.” Tania Fisher Santa Monica High School art teacher

“It takes an entire society to create a sustainable peace.”

Sunday’s events will include theatrical performances honoring the dead and some of the holiday’s traditional ceremonies.

“We connect to ancestors meaningfully, but these events also intend to connect generations, communities and Westside youth to each other and to ancient life affirming ceremonies,” UC Riverside professor Elias Sema said. “The Toltecs would be proud of us.” news@smdp.com

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Prosecutor: Former sheriff consumed by greed

BY GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Writer

SANTA ANA Former Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona was a sharp, inspiring leader consumed by greed and adept at manipulating his closest co-workers and friends to benefit himself, a prosecutor said Wednesday as the three-term lawman’s corruption trial began.

The government alleges that Carona, once a rising GOP star, took tens of thousands of dollars in cash, gifts, kickbacks and illegal loans for himself, his mistress and a close group of friends in exchange for political favors, getout-jail-free cards and the power of his office.

“This is the case of the two Michael Caronas: Sheriff Michael Carona, the bright, articulate, charismatic man who went from being the underdog candidate ... to being the sheriff of Orange County,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett Sagel said in opening statements.

“Then there’s the Michael Carona ... who declared,‘We’re going to be so rich, we’re going to make so much money.’”

The square-jawed Carona, once dubbed “America’s sheriff” by CNN’s Larry King after vowing to hunt down a child abductor, sat stoically through the prosecutor’s opening statement, wearing a gray suit, blue shirt and tie. He smiled and greeted friends during court breaks and chatted with his wife and his one-time mistress.

Carona, 53, has vigorously denied charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and witness tampering.

Also charged are his former mistress, attorney Debra Hoffman, who has pleaded not

guilty to conspiracy, mail fraud and bankruptcy fraud; and his wife, Deborah Carona, who has pleaded not guilty to a single count of conspiracy.

Deborah Carona will stand trial after her husband and Hoffman.

Much of the government’s case centers on conversations recorded by Carona’s close friend and a former assistant sheriff, Don Haidl, who wore a wire during three meetings with the lawman last year. In the recordings, Carona and Haidl try to synchronize their stories under the threat of federal grand jury subpoenas.

Sagel played about a half-dozen clips from the tapes on Wednesday, including one in which Carona refers to a small amount of cash using a racial slur and makes a sexually explicit remark about Hoffman.

Defense attorney Brian Sun, however, told jurors that most of the government’s case is based on the testimony of unreliable witnesses who have pleaded guilty to felony charges and are cooperating to earn lighter sentences and avoid further prosecution.

He compared the government’s case to a negative campaign ad and outlined Carona’s long law enforcement career, multiple awards and accomplishments such as establishing an Amber Alert warning system for child abductions.

Sun said one of the government’s key witnesses, former assistant sheriff George Jaramillo, was also motivated to retaliate against Carona because he’d been fired for misconduct and perjured himself in state and federal courts.

“With all this cash stuff, when you get right

down to it, it’s really he said, she said,” Sun said, noting there is no paper trail indicating Carona took bribes and gifts.

Sagel laid out for jurors in broad strokes an alleged get-rich scheme between Carona, Haidl and Jaramillo that began even before Carona was first elected in 1998.

Haidl solicited $1,000 contributions for Carona — then an underdog candidate — and reimbursed the donors with cash to circumvent legal campaign donation limits, Sagel said.

In return, once elected, Carona made Haidl an assistant sheriff in charge of a new deputy reserve program and allowed him to hand out badges and concealed weapons permits in a pay-to-play scheme.

At the same time, Carona also named Jaramillo assistant sheriff and began dating Jaramillo’s law partner, Hoffman.

Haidl also gave a questionable $110,000 loan to Hoffman and Jaramillo’s law practice, gave Carona a motor boat, paid for expensive vacations and let Carona use his private plane and yacht, sometimes when Haidl wasn’t present, Sagel said.

He also continued to pay Carona in $1,000 installments to ensure that he wasn’t taking bribes from anyone else and eventually paid Hoffman $5,000 a month to leave the law firm, Sagel said.

Another Carona friend, Joe Cavallo, eventually took over Hoffman’s share of the practice and provided kickbacks from cases Carona and others funneled their way, Sagel said.

In return, when Haidl’s son was arrested on a rape charge, Carona had Jaramillo intervene.

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Haidl and his family to events around the county. At all times, Sagel said, Carona stressed to his alleged co-conspirators the importance of leaving no trail and protecting his public image.

“Jaramillo was the hatchet man, the bad one, so Carona could look like the good guy,” Sagel said. “Everything was designed, as he called it, for Carona to ‘get the win,’ to make him look good.”

Hoffman’s attorney, Sylvia Torres-Guillen, said in her opening statement, however, that Hoffman had no knowledge of any wrongdoing and said she was kept outside the “boys’ club” of Carona, Haidl, Cavallo and Jaramillo.

Torres-Guillen alleged that prosecutors had only charged Hoffman to embarrass Carona and make their case look sexier. She said Hoffman had lost everything in the probe, including her reputation.

“Ms. Hoffman is only here because the government wants to take down the sheriff,” she said. “They can say America’s sheriff was having an affair.”

Carona was a relatively obscure county marshal when his tough-on-crime, Christian, family values message helped get him elected in 1998 to serve the coastal county of 3 million people between Los Angeles and San Diego.

He emerged in the national spotlight six years ago when he looked into national television cameras and told the abductor of a 5year-old girl not to eat and not to sleep, because his deputies were on his tail.

The abductor was quickly caught and the way Carona handled the case earned him the praise of King and others who considered him a rising star in the Republican Party.

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Gov. Schwarzenegger says deficit continues to grow

BY JUDY LIN Associated Press Writer

SACRAMENTO Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday said California’s budget deficit widens by the day, leading him to warn education, law enforcement and health care groups that they will face midyear cuts.

“It’s just the math; it’s not me,” the governor said outside the Capitol while campaigning for Proposition 11, the redistricting initiative on Tuesday’s ballot.

Schwarzenegger will call lawmakers back for a special legislative session on the budget and the state’s economy the day after the election. He met with law enforcement representatives in his office Wednesday to prepare them for cuts. He did the same with education leaders Tuesday and planned to meet with more groups in the coming days.

The revenue shortfall in California’s fiveweek-old budget has grown beyond the $3 billion projected by state officials earlier this month. Schwarzenegger said the deficit is “at least $5 billion more than anticipated, and that number can even be higher.”

The administration is expected to give the latest projections on Friday.

Nick Warner, a lobbyist for the California State Sheriffs’ Association and the Chief Probation Officers of California, said the governor stressed the severity of the crisis and pledged to work cooperatively.

“He didn’t guarantee them to stay whole,” Warner said.

Schwarzenegger has indicated support for a sales tax increase but suggested that won’t make up enough of the revenue gap. He pitched a temporary increase last summer but was unable to sway Republicans, whose votes are needed to reach the two-thirds majority required to pass a state budget in the Legislature.

“Since everyone has to take a haircut here, it’s natural that education gets hit, law enforcement gets hit, prisons (are) gonna get hit, and also health care is going to get hit,” the governor said during a brief questionand-answer session with reporters after the redistricting rally.

Also on Wednesday, a federal judge in Sacramento said he will decide within a week whether Schwarzenegger’s minimum wage order from last summer should be heard in his court.

U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England Jr. heard arguments for the first time on the governor’s order to cut rankand-file state worker pay to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour. The governor issued the order to save money during the extended budget standoff.

State Controller John Chiang refused to comply and continued to issue regular paychecks. Attorneys for the Schwarzenegger administration initially filed the case in state court to force Chiang to comply.

The state controller and labor attorneys argue the case should be heard at the federal level because it deals with labor rights.

Court weighs law on violent video games

BY SAMANTHA YOUNG Associated Press Writer

SACRAMENTO A federal appeals panel on Wednesday considered whether California can ban the sale of violent video games to minors.

The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held a rare hearing in Sacramento to take arguments over a 2005 state law.

It prohibits the sale or rental of violent video games to anyone under the age of 18 and requires that such games be clearly labeled. Video game manufacturers argue that it violates minors’ First Amendment rights and won a decision in a lower court last year.

Courts in several other states have struck down similar laws.

Appellate Judge Consuelo Callahan said upholding California’s law would mark a significant expansion of the kind of material that federal courts have traditionally regulated.

“Aren’t you asking this court to go where no court has gone before?” Callahan asked the state’s attorney at the beginning of the hearing.

California Deputy Attorney General Zackery Morazzini urged the panel to take that step. He said states have every right to help parents who want to keep their children from playing violent video games.

The U.S. Supreme Court already has limited sexually explicit material from children.

Violent video games are just as obscene, Morazzini argued.

“I believe the Supreme Court has left that door wide open,” he told the panel.

The Video Software Dealers Association and Entertainment Software Association say imposing restrictions on video games could

lead to dangerous territory, in which states could seek to restrict other material under the guise of protecting children.

“Maybe a state will say we shouldn’t let you sell, without a parent’s permission, books about homosexuality or sex education or birth control,” Paul Smith, the industry’s attorney, told reporters after the hearing. “I think it’s a very scary prospect.”

That potential for creating a slippery slope also was explored by the justices.

“Is there anything out of limits for the Legislature to prohibit to minors?” Judge Alex Kozinski said.“What about games where people eat unhealthy foods and get fat?”

“What’s the difference between a violent video game and a violent book?” asked Judge Sidney Thomas.

In response, the state’s attorney argued that video games are interactive, requiring a child to participate in the violence as opposed to simply reading a book or watching a movie.

State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, a child psychologist who wrote the law, cited studies that show violent games can be linked to aggressiveness, anti-social behavior and desensitization to violence.

“I am hopeful that the 9th Circuit will overturn the lower court’s decision and help empower parents with the ultimate decision over whether or not their children play in a world of violence and murder,” he said in a statement released after the hearing.

The industry argued that California failed to prove there is a connection between such games and psychological or other harm to children.

Smith, the industry attorney, said video game manufacturers already have a voluntary rating system for their games. The lower court sided with the industry on both those points.

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STATE BRIEFS LAGUNA BEACH

Sewage spill forces beach closures About 250,000 gallons of raw sewage have spilled into the street and ocean in Laguna Beach, forcing officials to close four miles of beaches. Health officials say the spill at a pump station started around 2 a.m. Wednesday and city crews worked for eight hours to replace a broken pipe and turn off the leak.

Howard Sutter, spokesman for the Orange County Healthcare Agency, says the spill happened only a block away from the beach, so the effluent flowed from the street to the storm drain to the beach. The agency, which monitors water quality, says beaches about two miles north and south of the spill will remain closed until water samples come back clean, which is not likely before Friday.

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Critics try to hide Palin effigy A coverup is going on at a West Hollywood home where a controversial Halloween display shows a Sarah Palin effigy hanging by a noose.

Protesters put up a pair of white sheets on sticks in effort to hide the display from the street. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Oscar Butao says nobody at the house has complained so far, but conceivably those who put up the sheets could be cited for trespassing or infringing on free speech rights. The display features a Palin mannequin dangling from the roof and a John McCain effigy surrounded by fake flames coming out of the chimney. The Secret Service looked into the display and said there was no threat.

Some politicians have called the images offensive and urged their removal but creator Chad Morrisette has refused.

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Catholic bishops give $200K to ban gay marriage Campaign finance records show the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has given $200,000 to back a Nov. 4 ballot initiative that would change the California Constitution to outlaw same-sex marriage. ProtectMarriage.com, a coalition that sponsored Proposition 8, reported the contribution to the California Secretary of State on Tuesday.

The Washington-based conference represents the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Along with leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and evangelical Christians, Catholic clergy and laity have been active participants in the coalition of religious groups working to pass the initiative.

Donations totaling $1.4 million have made The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, the largest institutional donor to the Yes on 8 campaign.

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Envelope labeled anthrax sent to paper One entrance to The San Diego Union-Tribune has been closed after a large envelope that authorities say contained a powdery substance labeled “anthrax” was opened in the newsroom. San Diego City Fire Department spokesman Maurice Luque (loo-KAY’) says a hazardous materials team is examining the package that was opened Wednesday afternoon by a news assistant.

Luque says similar envelopes have been mailed to other media outlets around the country. He says the powdery substance was attached to a CD containing a picture of former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

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Rich are richer, poor are getting poorer Economic researchers say the income gap is widening in Fresno County, where the richest 20 percent of families earn 82 percent of the wealth.

Officials of Fresno Works for a Better Health Advocacy Center said the poorest 20 percent of all households earned just 1 percent of the total income.

A study shows that jobs in Fresno County pay $18.28 an hour compared with $21.78 percent statewide, and white men and women earn 18 percent more than other races.

Also, 35 percent of the county’s jobs pay less than $14 an hour, compared with 23.5 percent statewide. The study used data collected at the Center for Economic Research and Education of Central California at California State University, Fresno.

The report’s conclusion is that Fresno County is stuck in a low-wage economy.

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Visa posts narrower 4Q loss Credit card processor Visa Inc. says it had a narrower loss for its fiscal fourth quarter, and adjusted results topped expectations as service fees, data processing fees and international transaction fees all rose. The company also pared back its growth forecast, citing the slowing economy, and shares fell in after-hours trading.

Visa reported a loss of $356 million, or 45 cents per share, compared with a loss of $1.6 billion, or 96 cents per share, a year ago. Adjusted for $1.1 billion in reserves set aside to cover litigation costs, $70 million in restructuring charges and other items, the company posted a profit of $448 million, or 58 cents per share. The year-earlier quarter included $2.6 billion in reserves set aside for litigation costs. Revenue rose 17 percent, to $1.71 billion from $1.46 billion last year.

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Airport to sport giant rabbit Sacramento officials have approved the centerpiece art exhibit for the airport’s new terminal, a 56-foot-long fiberglass rabbit.

The rabbit, to be painted fire engine red, will look as if it’s jumping through the building’s four-story atrium toward the baggage claim area. It will be diving into a sculpted stone suitcase with a swirling liquid vortex on its surface.

The rabbit’s creator will be artist Lawrence Argent, who also designed a 40-foot blue bear at the Denver convention center.

County supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday to authorize the $767,000 artwork, which is part of a nearly $1.3 billion project to replace one of the airport’s two terminals.

The work is scheduled to be finished in 2011.

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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT: Proposed creation of new fees and revision to existing fees charged by the City related to development review, records, inspection and general services in the Planning and Community Development Department.

WHEN:

TUESDAY, November 11, 2008 5:45 P.M.

WHERE:

Santa Monica City Hall, Council Chambers- Room # 213 1685 Main Street Santa Monica, California

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The City Council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed creation of new fees and revision to existing fees charged by the City’s Planning and Community Development for the provision of a variety of services including, but not limited to: processing of applications related to development review, planning approvals, construction permits on private property and in the public right of way, related inspections and plan reviews, review of related reports, building records and other related administrative services.

The proposed fee revisions are intended to more fully recover the City’s cost of providing services and processing applications. The proposed fees are based on a comprehensive study of costs incurred in providing services, processing permit applications and regulating construction activity. A copy of this study and of the proposed fee schedule will be available at the City Clerk’s office in Room 102 of City Hall, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California no later than October 28, 2008. The public hearing will also consider the reaffirmation of existing fees at current rates for services charged by other City departments for a variety of services.

MORE INFORMATION The Council Chambers is wheelchair accessible. To request a disability related accommodation, such as sign language interpreting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 458-8211, TDD (310) 917-6626 at least three days prior to the meeting. Santa Monica Bus Lines #1, #2, #3, #7 and #8 serve City Hall.

Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65009(b), if this matter is subsequently challenged in court, the challenge may be limited to only those issues raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Santa Monica at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.

ESPAÑOL El Concilio Municipal de la ciudad de Santa Monica tendra una audiencia pública sobre la creacion propuesta para aumentar el costo del procedimiento de aplicaciones y para suministrar la variedad de servicios de la Division de Edificio y Seguridad. Para màs información, llame a Elsa Gonzalez al número (310) 458-2275.

Anxiety holds sway over presidential campaigns

BY HEATHER LALLEY For The Associated Press

CHICAGO Victoria St. Gelais is panicky.

Tami Brewster-Barnes feels the nerves in the pit of her stomach. Steven Valentine is losing sleep as his mood rises and falls with John McCain’s poll numbers.

Voters around the country, whether they support McCain or Barack Obama, say they are experiencing nail-biting, ulcer-inducing anxiety ahead of next week’s election and all that’s riding on it.

“I have kind of a general feeling of near panic on occasion,” says St. Gelais, a 48year-old McCain supporter in Ormond Beach, Fla. “The thought of Obama winning right now is scaring me to death. ...

I’m just anxious and even a little depressed.”

St. Gelais, like many, says she’s not sleeping well, is watching Fox News nearly all day, and “lives on her computer,” following all of the polls and the latest news.

If Obama wins, she’ll be devastated.

“I would equate it to a death,” she says.

Although polls favor Obama a week before the election, it’s not just Republicans getting the jitters. Democrats are on high alert after losing two close elections to President Bush in the last eight years.

Democratic blogger Cynthia Liu has dubbed it “Post-Traumatic Election Anxiety Disorder,” with hallmarks including restless Web surfing for election information, sleeplessness and making desperate calls to undecided voters.

“It’s a very high-stakes election,” says Liu, a writer in Los Angeles.

Nancy Molitor, a psychologist in Wilmette, Ill., says this is the most anxious she has seen her patients in 20 years of practice.

“Human beings, generally we do better in periods of calm, stability and certainty,” Molitor says.

And right now — with war, a historic election and a looming financial crisis — is most certainly not a time of calm.

People are reporting trouble sleeping, edginess, irritability, and increased absences and distractions at work, Molitor says.

Add to that 24-hour cable news shows and near nonstop reporting, blogging and commenting online, and you’ve got a virtual stressfest for political junkies.

Elections generate so much stress because people vote out of a “very, very core place in their personalities,” says Lisa Miller, an associate professor of psychology and education at Columbia University Teachers College in New York.

“It has to do with their existential view of how the world works,” Miller says. “The fear is that a candidate who shares a different fundamental view of human nature is rattling.”

Plus, we project all of our hopes and fears onto a candidate to protect us and keep us safe, she says — so much so that the president becomes a “father figure.”

“It certainly makes sense that the uncertainty of a parental figure could be evocative,” she says.

Brewster-Barnes, a 40-year-old healthinsurance company employee in Vancouver, Wash., wants to be able to tell her grandchildren that she voted for the first black president. But she also worries

I HATE HEARING THOSE POLLS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT GIVES PEOPLE THE FALSE THOUGHT THAT THEY CAN JUST RELAX AND MAYBE NOT GO TO VOTE.” Kellie Brown Mom and technical recruiter in Evergreen, Colo.

that Obama’s racial background might turn off other voters.

So she’s done all she could, including making phone calls on behalf of the campaign and donating to the cause even though money is tight.

“It was something I had to do,” she says.

The election is even affecting the timing of Ray Brun’s move. Currently, Brun and his family live in the swing state of New Hampshire, but they’re packed up and ready to move to Kentucky — after casting their votes for McCain, he says.

“I think our votes up here will be a little more influential,” says Brun, 29.

Voting early, talking to friends or donating money are all healthy, pro-active responses, says Gretchen Rubin, a New York-based writer whose book, “The Happiness Project,” comes out next year.

Rubin spent a year testing every theory, study and self-help axiom on happiness that she could find.

“One thing I’ve learned from my study of happiness that is crazily effective is that you should act the way you want to feel,” Rubin says. “We really feel because of the way we act.”

When all else fails, she says, remember this: “No one’s trying to ruin the country.

Everybody’s going to try to do their best.”

Kellie Brown knows that. But the 32year-old mom and technical recruiter in Evergreen, Colo., desperately wants Obama to be the next president. Even the polls showing him in the lead are no solace.

“I hate hearing those polls because I feel like it gives people the false thought that they can just relax and maybe not go to vote,” Brown says.

What will happen when America wakes up on Nov. 5 and the results are in?

Valentine, a 19-year-old sophomore at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, says he doesn’t know what he’ll do if McCain loses.

“The College Republicans have given up countless hours of our time,” Valentine says. “I haven’t really prepared myself for (a McCain loss). I don’t know what I’m going to do when the election is over.”

As the race wraps up, Molitor is concerned about those who have the most emotional investment in the election.

“Some people are going to have to mourn this,” she says. “This is going to be like a loss. It’s going to be like a death.

Some have been very passionate. It’s become their life. It’s become an obsession. And those people I’m worried about."

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Turning your clock back Sunday may help your heart

BY STEPHANIE NANO Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart.

Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep.

But moving clocks forward in the spring appeared to have the opposite effect. There were more heart attacks during the week after the start of daylight saving time, particularly on the first three days of the week.

“Sleep — through a variety of mechanisms — affects our cardiovascular health,” said Dr. Lori Mosca, director of preventive cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, who was not involved in the research. The findings show that “sleep not only impacts how we feel, but it may also affect whether we develop heart disease or not.”

The study was described in a letter published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine by Dr. Imre Janszky of the Karolinska Institute and Dr. Rickard Ljung of Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare.

Janszky said he came up with the idea for the study after last spring’s time change, when he was having problems adjusting.

“I was on the bus, quite sleepy, and I thought of this,” said Janszky, who has done other research on sleep and health.

They took advantage of Sweden’s comprehensive registry of heart attacks to see if the disruptions to sleep and the body’s internal clock caused by a time change had any effect on heart attacks from 1987 to 2006.

They compared the number of heart attacks on each of the seven days after the time shift with the corresponding day two weeks earlier and two weeks later.

Overall, in the week after “spring forward,” there was a 5 percent increase in heart attacks, with a 6 percent bump on Monday and Wednesday and a 10 percent increase on Tuesday. In the week after “fall back,” the number of heart attacks was about the same, except on Monday, which had a 5 percent decrease.

“The finding that the possibility of additional sleep seems to be protective on the first workday after the autumn shift is intriguing,” the authors wrote.

Doctors have long known that Monday in general is the worst day for heart attacks, and they usually blame the stress of a new work week and increased activity. The Swedish researchers said their findings suggest that the minor loss of sleep that occurs at the end of ordinary weekends — with people going to bed later on Sunday and getting up early on Monday — might also be a contributing factor.

Last year, a study by American researchers found there were more pedestrian deaths during the evening rush hour in November than October as drivers and pedestrians adjust to the earlier darkness. They said the risk for pedestrians drops in the spring when clocks are set back and daylight comes earlier.

Daylight saving time in the United States ends this year at 2 a.m. Sunday. All states except Arizona and Hawaii will make the switch. Sweden and the rest of Europe turned back their clocks last weekend. More than 1.5 billion people worldwide live in countries that use daylight saving time, the researchers said.

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ROSEMONT, Ill. Emilie Wilson’s menagerie includes 15 ferrets, two dogs and four cats, including a hefty gray feline named Tonie Stewart who rides in style inside a pet stroller during family outings.

Wilson spent $300 on Christmas gifts for her brood last year and figures she’ll exceed that sum this year. And despite the recession-like economy, the suburban Chicago woman has no plans to scale back pet presents anytime soon.

“I couldn’t care less if there’s anything under the tree for us, as long as there’s something for Tonie,” she said.

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It may sound counterintuitive — even to some in the pet industry who say they’re surprised business is robust — but experts say many pet owners are as dedicated to their animals as parents are to children. And that means they’re willing to sacrifice on themselves before trimming back on their fourlegged friends.

“You know, for some families, the pet comes first,” said Carol Perkins, president and co-founder of Harry Barker, a Charleston, S.C.-based pet toy company whose sales are up 40 percent this year. “The dog goes to the vet first and the dog gets organic food. Maybe some people will cut back on a dog bed, but they’ll still buy dog treats, toys and collars and leashes.”

The American Pet Products Association estimates Americans will spend $43.4 billion this year on their pets — a figure that includes everything from treats to training — despite the dramatic slowdown in discretionary spending. That’s 26 percent higher than what U.S. consumers spent in 2004, the group said.

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Now that he has that almost under control, he’s dealing with a turf toe injury on his other foot.

“You just hope it’s some kind of freak accident going out there and you get well on one foot, and then you come back and tweak the other one a little bit,” McFadden said after missing practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday. “You hope it’s just a freak accident and you just try to push through it like this.”

McFadden initially hurt his right big toe on a 50-yard run in the third quarter against Kansas City on Sept. 14. He’s been limited by that injury ever since, frequently missing practices and not being able to be the gamebreaking back the Raiders expected when they drafted him fourth overall.

Then in the first quarter against the New York Jets on Oct. 19, McFadden hurt his left big toe. He played through the injury that game, but was inactive against Baltimore last Sunday. He missed practice again Wednesday, watching with a boot on his left foot.

After practice, coach Tom Cable acknowl-

edged for the first time that McFadden is now dealing with a second injury.

“First it was the right toe. This is the left toe,” Cable said. “It’s not the old injury. It’s a new injury.”

McFadden has never had turf toe problems before and Cable said it could be related to the different shoes he is wearing in the NFL. McFadden wore Adidas shoes in college at Arkansas and is wearing Nikes now.

McFadden said he has talked to Nike officials about finding a shoe that works for him.

“I can’t just say it’s the shoes’ fault,” he said. “They don’t do anything but just get worn. So, I can’t say it’s the shoes. It’s one of those things you just have to push through it.”

McFadden got off to a fast start in his NFL career, rushing for 164 yards on 21 carries in his second career game against the Chiefs. In four games since, McFadden has gained only 131 yards on 37 carries, failing to live up to his lofty expectations.

“It’s very frustrating,” he said. “You get a chance out there in Kansas City, you feel like, ‘Hey, I can play in this league. I can run with the other guys.’ Then you come back and you been dealing with this for the last five or six weeks, it’s something that, it just wears you down. At the same time, you have to keep pushing through it and try to block it out.”

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SANTA CLARA Shaun Hill’s promotion didn’t change him. He still plans to spend the San Francisco 49ers’ bye weekend back home in Missouri, fishing and golfing and wearing a fat suit.

The quarterback can keep his Halloween plans with his girlfriend — they’re going to dress up as two contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” — and still have time to prepare for his third career NFL start Nov. 10 at Arizona. Not much bothers the laid-back veteran who suited up for his first five NFL seasons without taking a meaningful snap

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“I feel like I’m a lot further along than I was in training camp,” Hill said. “Being able to sit back and watch J.T. in the offense helped as well, to kind of see some of those things in action that coach (Mike) Martz was talking about in training camp. These (last) eight weeks, I’ve continued to learn the offense, and I feel far more advanced in it now than I was back in August.”

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Girls and Sports

Sudoku

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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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King Features Syndicate

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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As listed by the seller, all business names and addresses used by Seller(s) for the three years last past, if different from the above, are: None DATED: October 15, 2008 Urban Life Inc., a California Corporation By: Timmy Choy, President 10/30/08 CNS-1454555# SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS

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Escrow No.: 002901-KC NOTICE OF BULK SALE (SECS. 6104, 6105 U.C.C.) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given to the Creditors of MVT Entertainment Seller(s); whose business address(es) is 3104 4th Street #204, Santa Monica, CA 90405, County of Los Angeles, State of California, that a bulk sale is about to be made to Urban Life Inc. Buyer(s); whose business(es) address is 406 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94118, County of San Francisco, State of California.

The property to be transferred is located at 406 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94118, County of San Francisco, State of California.

Said property is described in general as: All stock in trade, fixtures, equipment, goodwill and other property of that Bar business known as Rock It Room located 406 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94118, County of San Francisco, State of California.

The bulk sale will be consummated on or after November 18, 2008. This bulk sale is subject to Section 6106.2 of the California Commercial Code Section 24073, et. seq. of The Business and Professions Code. Claims may be filed at THE MECHANICS BANK, and the last date for filing claims shall be n/a which is the business day before the sale specified above.

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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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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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