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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010
Volume 10 Issue 20
Santa Monica Daily Press SEE ‘YA, ZENYATTA SEE PAGE 14
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Santa Monica police seek public’s help to find suspected peeper BY DAILY PRESS STAFF PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY Santa Monica police are asking for the public’s assistance to locate a suspected peeper. Officers say the man was seen peering into a female’s bedroom window near the intersection of Colorado Avenue and Centinela Avenue on three separate occasions between Nov. 23 and Nov. 30. The man allegedly used a stepping device in order to reach the window each time, police said. Each incident took place between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m., according to a news release from the Santa Monica Police Department. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 30 to 35 years old and 6 feet tall. He has short dark hair, dark eyes, a medium SEE PEEPER PAGE 10
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Samohi wins tourney in overtime, 62-57 BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor
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Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com People gather around ‘Surfing Santas’ Kai Werring (left) and Lars Rathje (right) as they talk about the new free Santa Monica Guide smartphone app during the Montana Avenue Holiday Walk on Friday night. Along with talking about the new app, the two Santas gave out free prizes.
my goals? Am I doing better than I was last year? They’re questions that can put anyone in a tailspin. For some, the holidays are also when it’s most difficult to avoid zeroing in on the gaps in their lives. A relationship that isn’t working, a family member who passed away or even a loved one who doesn’t make the effort to attend family functions — all of these things can take the
basketball team has picked up where it left off last season. The defending California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Division 1A champs defeated Serra of Gardena, 62-57, in overtime on Saturday to win the Inglewood Circle of Champions Tournament. The game was played at Serra. “Serra was tough,” Samohi Head Coach Marty Verdugo said. “What made it difficult was having to go down there and beat them on their own court.” The Samohi Vikings had to rally from a 28-21 half-time deficit to force the overtime. Moriah Faulk led all scorers with 23 and was six of six from the free-throw line in OT. The Vikings’ second half push was surprising given that four starters were saddled with four fouls each.
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Got the holiday blues? You’re not alone BY NICK TABOREK Daily Press Staff Writer
MAIN LIBRARY Conventional wisdom has it that the holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year. But, just ask any psychiatrist and you’ll learn that for many people, December is synonymous not with merry making but with feelings of loneliness, sadness and even despair. Dr. Andrew Leuchter, a UCLA psychiatrist,
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said it’s fairly common for people with stresses in their lives to feel low around the holidays. Part of the reason, he said, is that the holidays, like birthdays and anniversaries, are times when people tend to examine their lives and take stock of what they have. For many, the focus inevitably falls on what’s missing, Leuchter told an audience at the Main Library’s Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium at a symposium sponsored by the UCLA Health System last week. Am I moving forward? Am I achieving
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