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Volume 10 Issue 23
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE MAKING IT OFFICIAL ISSUE
Gold company with SM branch sued, seized over alleged fraud BY NICK TABOREK Daily Press Staff Writer
SM COURTHOUSE Superior Gold Group LLC, a gold coin retailer with a location in Santa Monica that has been accused of defrauding customers, has been seized by a court-appointed receiver, and all of its assets have been frozen. The order, signed by Judge Gerald Rosenberg, the presiding judge at the Santa Monica Courthouse, came in response to a SEE GOLD PAGE 12
Local lacrosse team wants in at Samohi BY MELISSA LEU Special to the Daily Press Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com
SAMOHI Amidst objections from school officials, students here who are members of a local lacrosse club team are trying to make the sport official at Santa Monica High School. The Santa Monica Vikings club team is made up of more than 100 middle and high school students in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, with 75 students who attend Samohi. However, despite having all of its high school students from Samohi, the movement has failed to gain support from school officials despite five years of lobbying, said Chris Carrico, general manager of the lacrosse program. “We really think because we’re all Samohi students, why wouldn’t the existing field space be equally shared with us?” Carrico said. “It’s discouraging that the school feels SEE TEAM PAGE 11
ALL TOGETHER NOW: The City Council poses for a picture after newly re-elected members were sworn in at City Hall on Tuesday.
Richard Bloom named mayor for two-year term BY NICK TABOREK Daily Press Staff Writer
CITY HALL Richard Bloom will serve as Santa Monica’s mayor for the next two years after being selected for the role by his colleagues on the City Council Tuesday night. Bloom, who has been mayor for a total of three years during two prior stints, was
picked for the post after a single round of voting in which council members could make nominations. Councilmembers Pam O’Connor, Bob Holbrook and Terry O’Day supplied the other three votes to give Bloom a narrow majority. The mayor chairs council meetings and works with the city manager to set the
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agenda but doesn’t have any special powers. Bloom, who is also a member of the California Coastal Commission and chairs the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, has announced he intends to run for state Assembly in 2012, when Assemblywoman Julia Brownley (D-Santa SEE MAYOR PAGE 10
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