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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Volume 12 Issue 306
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE CANDY HANGOVER ISSUE
City Hall addresses lack of loading zones on Main BY KEVIN HERRERA Editor-in-Chief
MAIN STREET Small business owners have enough to worry about these days thanks to rising rents and a still-struggling economy.
The last thing they need to fret about is their deliveries. But they have been a source of frustration for some along Main Street who have seen their delivery truck drivers ticketed in recent weeks for parking illegally, something they
say they must do because of a lack of proper loading zones. The insufficient number has drivers parking in the red or in center leftturn lanes, something that concerns Santa Monica police officers because the large trucks block visibility.
“It’s really tight over there,” said Derek Chasin of Chasin Produce, which has clients along Main Street. “If they did put in more loading zones it would be really nice for me. I SEE ZONES PAGE 8
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Senior runner has (almost) done it all BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
DOWNTOWN Natalie Lewis doesn’t recall many specific instances from her run, at 50 years old, from Santa Monica to New York City. She slept in a teepee and cemeteries. She lost and found LEWIS her envelope of money in Pennsylvania. People were beautiful and kind, she said. “It was hot, then it was windy, then it was rainy, then it was cold,” Lewis says, of the entire United States of America. This was in 1983, when Lewis was one of the first women to run coast to coast. Even at 80, Lewis climbs the famous Santa Monica stairs at least 20 times every morning. Her life started on the move, but the running came later. Born in Rhode Island, Lewis left home for Boston at 17. She got married in her early 20s and followed her now ex-husband’s jobs to Massachusetts, Florida and Indiana. “I wasn’t doing anything but the LTD station wagon, washing dishes, hanging diapers,” she said. “It was very boring. At night when the kids were in bed the wild one went out.” Lewis struggled with alcohol and drudg-
LIVELY DAY OF THE DEAD The city's annual Dia de los Muertos celebration returned to Woodlawn Cemetery on Saturday complete with dancers, costumed performers and face painting. Photos by Paul Alvarez Jr. editor@smdp.com
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