Daily Breeze back issues from August 2002:
Diana fountain design chosen; Loren plans festival comeback ; Keith's `angry' album is No. 1
Aug 01, 2002; ... Diana fountain design chosen. Loren plans festival comeback. Dianafountain design chosen LONDON -- An American landscape architect'sdesign for a "necklace" of water was announced Wednesday as thewinner of a competition to create a fountain in memory of PrincessDiana. Kathryn ...
Too much creeping big brotherism in California
Aug 01, 2002 ... Too much creeping big brotherism in California It was fine when state government put the clamps on easy purchasesof assault weapons and Saturday Night Specials. And it was allrightwhen California lawmakers banned smoking in office buildings, grocerystores and virtually every indoor ...
Are you prepared for 2008 and Hillarywood?
Aug 01, 2002 ... Are you prepared for 2008 and Hillarywood? Hollywood agents now advise budding screenwriters how to pitchscripts by using a political analogy. "You're in the Oval Office," they bark. "You're briefing PresidentBush. He's got no attention span. He doesn't care about details ....
Scooter is fat-headed idea
Aug 01, 2002; ... Scooter is fat-headed idea In the cryonic craze over Ted Williams, we should not forget thatit is actually an American pastime to freeze our bodies intosuspended animation. The preservation of the corpse of the baseballlegend has galled most people who accept that death is final ...
Faith doesn't excuse behavior; Nurses need better conditions. Discipline, love makes difference. Experimenting on troops common
Aug 01, 2002 ... Faith doesn't excuse behavior. Nurses need better conditions.Discipline, love makes difference. Faith doesn't excuse behavior.Nurses need better conditions. Faith doesn't excuse behavior I am sotired of "God" being the excuse or reason to get out of things. Staff Writer Larry ...
Other Views; Pope should back American bishops
Aug 01, 2002 ... Pope should back American bishops Speaking to young Catholics at an open-air Mass on Sunday inToronto, Pope John Paul II broached a subject that has been on theminds of the faithful of all ages: the sexual abuse of minors byadestructive minority of Catholic clergymen. "The ...
Speak Up
Aug 01, 2002 ... No more easy money for corporate criminals, just hard time.. . .No boardroom in America is above or beyond the law. -- ...
Irradiation would make red meat safer
Aug 01, 2002 ... Irradiation would make red meat safer Two and one-half years after the U.S. Department of Agriculturegave meat processors the OK to irradiate red meat, most have refusedto do so. This reluctance makes potentially fatal E. coli infectionsmore likely. The processors' refusal ...
Salvation Army vs. La Rambla; Discipline, love makes difference. Faith doesn't excuse behavior. Experimenting on troops common
Aug 01, 2002 ... Salvation Army vs. La Rambla. Discipline, love makes difference.Faith doesn't excuse behavior. Salvation Army vs. La Rambla.Discipline, love makes difference. Salvation Army vs. La Rambla I amwriting in response to the article in the July 9 edition of the DailyBreeze by Donna Littlejohn, ...
TELL US
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Rapist alert came too late
Aug 01, 2002 ... Rapist alert came too late At issue: Did Torrance police wait too long before informing thepublic about the presenceof a rapist in their community? A Torrance resident e-mailed us some pointed questions: * Why does it take four weeks of attempted and actual rapes ...
Targeted man goes to Egypt
Aug 01, 2002; ... Targeted man goes to Egypt ATTACKS: Police officials say he was to be arrested in the sale offake IDs to two Sept. 11 hijackers. PATERSON, N.J. -- A man who allegedly sold fake IDs to two of theSept. 11 hijackers apparently fled the country for Egypt just beforeauthorities ...
Power shortages are crippling India
Aug 01, 2002; ... Power shortages are crippling India CORRUPTION: Politicians give electricity to farmers in exchangefor votes, and official says about half of all power made is stolen. NEW DELHI, India -- Lying under the open sky each night, AsmitAggarwal gets to gaze at the stars, take in the ...
2 men beaten to death after traffic accident
Aug 01, 2002; ... 2 men beaten to death after traffic accident CHICAGO -- Police pleaded for help Wednesday in finding members ofa mob that pulled two men out of a van after an accident and beatthemto death with bricks, stones and their bare hands. "This is a simple, senseless double homicide ...
NEW YORK; Man is accused in Net-related rapes; NORTH CAROLINA. Army wife charged in officer's death. GUATEMALA. Catholic pilgrims' bus crashes; 7 die. JAPAN. Life spans outpace rest of world
Aug 01, 2002; ... NEW YORK. Man is accused in Net-related rapes .NORTH CAROLINA. Army wife charged in officer's death. GUATEMALA.Catholic pilgrims' bus crashes; 7 die. JAPAN .NEW YORK. Man isaccused in Net-related rapes . NORTH CAROLINA. Armywife charged in officer's ...
WASHINGTON, D.C.; Study re-evaluates Nevada eruption; HAWAII. Call saves kayaker 2 days later. WASHINGTON, D.C.. Commercial, car licenses are linked
Aug 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON, D.C.. Study re-evaluates Nevada eruption. HAWAII. Callsaves kayaker 2 days later. WASHINGTON, D.C.. WASHINGTON, D.C.. Studyre-evaluates Nevada eruption. HAWAII. Call saves kayaker 2 dayslater. WASHINGTON, D.C.. Study re-evaluates Nevada eruption. HAWAII.WASHINGTON, D.C .....
Electricity market reforms proposed
Aug 01, 2002; ... Electricity market reforms proposed ENERGY: Federal regulators say rules would bring stability. Gov.Davis' officesays the plan reflects a "blind faith" in deregulation. WASHINGTON -- Federal energy regulators proposed new rules for thenation's wholesale power market Wednesday, ...
Residents evacuate Oregon homes
Aug 01, 2002; ... Residents evacuate Oregon homes SAFETY: Firefighters facea 30-mile front and fear it will worsenwhen two fires burning 4 miles apart merge. CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. -- More residents packed up and left a valleyin southwestern Oregon on Wednesday as firefighters reinforced ...
Yosemite killer says TV told him to do it
Aug 01, 2002; ... Yosemite killer says TV told him to do it SAN JOSE -- Yosemite killer Cary Stayner told a psychiatrist thatvoices on the television told him to kill. But all he told the FBIabout TV was that it taught him how to cover up his crimes. Prosecutors began cross-examining a defense ...
Few extra pounds could be deadly
Aug 01, 2002; ... Few extra pounds could be deadly HEALTH: Study shows a link between milder weight problems andheart failure. Researchers have found another reason to watch your waistline:Being even modestly overweight increases the chances of developingheart failure. Extreme obesity ...
Judgment hits Simon's firm
Aug 01, 2002; ... Judgment hits Simon's firm TRIAL: Charges of politics flyafter pay phone company founder wins$65 million in punitive damages. Jurors in an investment fraud trial Wednesday awarded abusinessman $65 million in punitive damagesfrom the investment firmco-founded by GOP ...
Potential rape suspect questioned, released
Aug 01, 2002; ... Potential rape suspect questioned, released A motorist questioned Wednesday as a possible suspect in theserial rapes and attempted rapes in Torrance was released afterdetectives determined he was not involved, police said. The unidentified man was taken into custody in Gardena ...
Motorcyclist hits pedestrian in RB crosswalk
Aug 01, 2002; ... Motorcyclist hits pedestrian in RB crosswalk A motorcyclist who reportedly failed to stop at a Redondo Beachcrosswalk struck a man walking with his pregnant wife and dog, policesaid Wednesday. The dog, a Pomeranian, ran when it saw the motorcyclist coming,and could not be ...
TORRANCE; Meth drug lab suspected in blaze; SANTA MARIA ;Wrong-way car driven off freeway
Aug 01, 2002; ... TORRANCE. Meth drug lab suspected in blaze. SANTA MARIA .TORRANCE.Meth drug lab suspected in blaze Police evacuated residents fromapartment buildings on Crenshaw Boulevard in north Torrance onWednesday when a suspected methamphetamine laboratory caught fire. The lab was discovered ...
Inglewood teen says he did nothing wrong
Aug 01, 2002; ... Inglewood teen says he did nothing wrong A teenager who was punched and slammed onto a car by an Inglewoodpolice officer during a videotaped arrest told grand jurors he didnotprovoke the confrontation, according to a transcript released thisweek. Donovan Jackson, 16, claims ...
POLICE LOG; THE HARBOR AREA
Aug 01, 2002; ... San Pedro 1. Shots fired: 7:50 p.m. July 24, 1500 block of South Palos Verdes Street. Threemales in a black Honda drove by a group of seven people, ranging inage from 16 to 26, and fired several shots, hitting two members ofthe group. 2. Shots fired: 10:30 p.m. July 23, 800 ...
LIGHTS & SIRENS; Shots fired
Aug 01, 2002; ... Q: Shots fired call I was just curious because there waswhat seemed to be a shootingin the 1700 block of 158th Street at about 8:15 or 8:30 p.m. July 24.I didn't see any police or an ambulance. There was definitely ashooting. -- PEGGY MCGERR Gardena Gardena police received a ...
Woman struck by vehicle dies
Aug 01, 2002; ... Woman struck by vehicle dies An Anaheim woman allegedly under the influence of alcohol diedafter being struck by a car as she walked across a Long Beach streetat mid-block, police said Wednesday. Wendy Edwards, 49, died ata hospital a short time after ...
ASK US; Q: Wards filming
Aug 01, 2002; ... Q: Wards filming I am curious about all the trailers, etc., parked near the oldMontgomery Wards store at Del Amo Fashion Center. What is going on? Ifirst noticed them about a week ago. -- SHIRLEY KEAS Torrance Filming on "Bad Santa" inside the former Wards department store ...
Escofie was known for his activism in Redondo Beach
Aug 01, 2002; ... Escofie was known for his activism in Redondo Beach George Escofie, a former Redondo Beach school board member andChamber of Commerce president, died this week in Riverside Countyfrom a heart attack. He was 56. A banker, Escofie wasactive in the Redondo Beach ...
Neighbors
Aug 01, 2002 ... Sameer Amin of Torrance has been awarded a Graduate Fellowship forthe 2002-2003 academic year from Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldestand largest all-discipline honor society. Amin is among 52 students nationwide to receive ...
El Camino newspaper wins 14 excellence awards; Speech competition. Internship winner. Pet donations. Choir entertains. Arts scholars named. Who's Who recognition. Parents to vote. Playground dedication
Aug 01, 2002; ... El Camino newspaper wins 14 excellence awards. Speech competition.Internship winner. Pet donations. Choir entertains. Arts scholarsnamed. Who's Who recognition. Parents to vote. Playground dedication The Union, El Camino College's student newspaper, recently won 14awards of ...
Is Valley's secession drive sputtering?
Aug 01, 2002; ... Is Valley's secession drive sputtering? FUND-RAISING: Cityhood advocates raise far less than L.A. mayor'sanit-secession committee. The San Fernando Valley's secession drive has gotten off to ashaky start financially, raising just $75,514 in the first six monthsof this year, ...
Annittia M. Herwer; Pauline A. Manqueros; Kathleen O'Malley McLaughlin. Gay Stanley. Leonard K. Vannatta
Aug 01, 2002 ... Herwer, Annittia M. -- A 40 year resident of Redondo Beach passedaway on Monday, July 29, 2002 in Torrance. Born in Indianapolis,Indiana, Annittia was 90 when she died. She was a 56 year member ofthe Order of Eastern Star Prospect Chapter #452, the Ladies Auxillaryof the American Legion ...
Study finds second-hand smoke linked to cat cancer
Aug 01, 2002; ... Study finds second-hand smoke linked to cat cancer BOSTON -- Dr. Antony Moore knows smokers often won't quit toprotect themselves or their children. But he hopes his new studytying second-hand smoke exposure to the most common kind of felinecancer will persuade some people to kick ...
Grandparents filling day-care void
Aug 01, 2002; ... Grandparents filling day-care void FAMILIES: Census report shows parents like the quality ofattention children receive with relatives. WASHINGTON -- Working moms increasingly are relying on theirparents to watch their youngkids, and more fathers are helping outwith child ...
5 million uninsured eligible for aid
Aug 01, 2002; ... 5 million uninsured eligible for aid HEALTH CARE: Campaign will help promote extra coverageavailability for poorer children. WASHINGTON -- Nearly 5 million children are eligible forgovernment-funded health insurance but remain uninsured, five yearsafter the government created ...
Teacher accused in kidnapping apologizes
Aug 01, 2002; ... Teacher accused in kidnapping apologizes INTERVIEW: She says she regrets taking boy to Las Vegas and "Ihave no rightbeing a teacher." SAN BERNARDINO -- A teacher accused of kidnapping and having sexwith a 15-year- old student said she regrets her actions and nolonger deserves ...
Teacher accused in kidnapping apologizes
Aug 01, 2002; ... Teacher accused in kidnapping apologizes INTERVIEW: She says she regrets taking boy to Las Vegas, and "Ihave no right being a teacher." SAN BERNARDINO -- A teacher accused ofkidnapping and having sexwith a 15-year- old student said she regrets her actions and nolonger ...
Deaths raise fears deer brain disease may now infect humans
Aug 01, 2002; ... Deaths raise fears deer brain disease may now infect humans WAUSAU, Wis. -- The deaths of three outdoorsmen from brain-destroying illnesses are under investigation by medical experts whowant to know whether chronic wasting disease has crossed from animalsinto humans, just as mad cow ...
Gourmet event toasts good life
Aug 01, 2002; ... Gourmet event toasts good life Dieting? Temptation awaits. Extreme, mouth-watering, high-calorie temptation, as in hotpastrami and cheese sandwiches, barbecued ribs, fried calamari, freshpeach pie. Hungry? Get a taste of the good life this weekend at the 14th ...
SAN PEDRO; Open house will feature Red Car; SAN PEDRO; Ave Maria Society focuses on funds. SAN PEDRO. New dog parkseeks volunteers. Correction
Aug 01, 2002; ... SAN PEDRO. Open house will feature Red Car. SAN PEDRO. Ave MariaSociety focuses on funds. SAN PEDRO. New dog parkseeks volunteers.SAN PEDRO. Open house will feature Red Car. SAN PEDRO. Ave MariaSociety focuses on funds. SAN PEDRO. SAN PEDRO. Open house willfeature Red Car. SAN PEDRO. Ave ...
Torrance police stress vigilance
Aug 01, 2002; ... Torrance police stress vigilance SAFETY: Officials discuss prevention, reaction during meeting atLittle Company of Mary Hospital. The sense of security that comes with daylight is one thing peoplewill have to give up, Torrance policesaid Wednesday, discussing howwomen could ...
Torrance police stress vigilance
Aug 01, 2002; ... Torrance police stress vigilance SAFETY: Officials discuss prevention, reaction during meeting atLittle Company of Mary Hospital. The sense of security that comes with daylight is one thing peoplewill have to give up, Torrance policesaid Wednesday, discussing howwomen could ...
Speaking up on the subject of closure
Aug 01, 2002 ... Speaking up on the ...
EL SEGUNDO; Tree nominated for National Register; SOUTH BAY. Audubon Society seeks volunteers. GARDENA. City bus service gets federal funds. Correction
Aug 01, 2002; ... EL SEGUNDO. Tree nominated for National Register. SOUTH BAY.Audubon Society seeks volunteers. GARDENA. City bus service getsfederal funds. EL SEGUNDO. Tree nominated for National Register.SOUTH BAY. Audubon Society seeks volunteers. GARDENA. EL SEGUNDO.Tree nominated for National ...
Associations put support former Harbor commander
Aug 01, 2002; ... Associations put support former Harbor commander LAPD: Black, Latino officers groups say they'll support GeorgeGascon for police chief. Two police officer groups -- one black, the other Latino -- saidWednesday they have thrown theirsupport behind Los Angeles policechief ...
Job loss ruled proper
Aug 01, 2002; ... Job loss ruled proper RAYTHEON: Appeals court says man was terminated over lack of work,not discriminated against. Raytheon did not discriminate against a longtime lab manager in ElSegundo who claimed he was fired because he is blackand harassed inretaliation for reporting ...
41st surf festival rolling in
Aug 01, 2002; ... 41st surf festival rolling in SOUTH BAY: Lifeguard eventsprovide highlights for three days atthe beach. Volleyballtournament and health fair also are scheduled. Chris Linkletter remembers the first time she swam the Dwight CrumPier-to-Pier race at the International Surf ...
Learning to love one who loves cheesecake, ice cream and apricots
Aug 01, 2002 ... Learning to love one who loves cheesecake, ice cream and apricots There was a notice in the church bulletin, "Homes needed in Julyfor Italian exchange students." They might as well have just addressed the thing to my wife, awoman who buys dying house plants at the supermarket ...
Rescues reflect lifeguards' dedication
Aug 01, 2002; ... Rescues reflect lifeguards' dedication SOUTH BAY: The Medal of Valor and the award event recognizelongtime effortsto ensure public safety. Dylan Jones was dozing on Oahu'sSunset Beach, relaxing on a lazyvacation afternoon after aday of surfing the island's famous ...
OUT & ABOUT IN THE SOUTH BAY
Aug 01, 2002; ... Today TAKE PART IN ART ---------------------------- What: Medea Gallery presents its "First Thursday of the Month"artparty and open house featuring the works of Ray Masters, Rob Padillaand Isabelle Oliver. Where: 445 W. Seventh St., San Pedro. When: 6 to10 p.m. today ....
Congregation crowds overlook pope's frailties
Aug 01, 2002; ... Congregation crowds overlook pope's frailties MEXICO CITY-- He sometimes stumbled over his words. But as PopeJohn Paul II stood before millions of followers at the Basilica ofour Lady of Guadalupe on Wednesday, his mumbled speech didn't seem tomatter. What mattered to people ...
Drug plan rejected
Aug 01, 2002; ... Drug plan rejected MEDICARE: Senate's failure expected tohave an effect on Novemberelections. AARP criticizes vote. WASHINGTON -- The Senate rejected a fourth Medicare prescriptiondrug proposal Wednesday before heading home empty-handed to faceolder voters. Lawmakers ...
Bomb kills 7, wounds dozens in cafeteria at Hebrew University
Aug 01, 2002; ... Bomb kills 7, wounds dozens in cafeteria at Hebrew University MIDEAST: Three Americans among the dead. Hamas says itwas revengefor last week's air raid on Gaza City. JERUSALEM -- A bomb hidden in a bag ripped through a busycafeteria at Hebrew University on Wednesday, killing ...
(A1 rail teasers)
Aug 01, 2002 ... Sports -- A reputed Russian crime boss was arrested on charges hefixed two figure skating events at the Olympics. D2. TODAY: Astragic incidents rise, there's a growing campaign to alert parents todangers of leaving children locked in cars. B1 (W ART?) Airlines trim 9-11 ...
Lawsuit targets PVE chief
Aug 01, 2002; ... Lawsuit targets PVE chief POLICE: Past strife with an official in another county is linkedto the action against TimmBrowne. Sensational allegations of death threats, plots of false arrests,slander and defamation against Palos VerdesEstates Police Chief TimmBrowne have ...
IBM; Semiconductor factory is opened; GENERAL ELECTRIC; Firm alters rules for stock options
Aug 01, 2002; ... IBM. Semiconductor factory is opened. GENERAL ELECTRIC. IBM.Semiconductor factory is opened IBM opened a sprawling, state-of-the-art semiconductor factory in East Fishkill, N.Y., on Wednesday thatcost more than $2.5 billion to build and equip the largest singlecapital investment the ...
Bush plan to let some taxpayers file for free
Aug 01, 2002; ... Bush plan to let some taxpayers file for free WASHINGTON -- Up to 78 million taxpayers would be able toelectronically file their tax returns for free next year under aproposalunveiled Wednesday by the Bush administration. The plan was immediately praised by tax preparers and ...
TOP LOCAL; El Segundo firm's net income jumps; Sports retailer's profits increase. Group completes Herbalife takeover. TOP NATION. Global Crossing auction postponed
Aug 01, 2002; ... TOP LOCAL. El Segundo firm's net income jumps. Sports retailer'sprofits increase. Group completes Herbalife takeover. TOP NATION. TOPLOCAL. El Segundo firm's net income jumps. Sports retailer's profitsincrease. Group completes Herbalife takeover. TOP LOCAL. El Segundofirm's net ...
Media giant confirms inquiry
Aug 01, 2002; ... Media giant confirms inquiry ACCOUNTING: AOL Time Warner acknowledges Justice Department islooking into revenue transactions. NEW YORK -- Just days after AOL Time Warner's chief executiveboasted that the troubled company had reached a "turning point," themedia giant confirmed ...
Screen test for golfers' swings
Aug 01, 2002; ... Screen test for golfers' swings SPORTS: Latest computerized analyzers help players model theirstrokes after the pros. NEW YORK -- It's probably the first and last time Tiger Woods andI will ever be seen together. And it's certainly the only time anyonewill keep a straight ...
Where did missing digital photo folders go?
Aug 01, 2002 ... Question: I have a problem with CDs that I hope you can help mewith. When I got my digital camera, I was told to download into a CD-R because they could not be erased. I would download into folders Iopened, naming them 1, 2, 3, etc. I got to folder No. 37 (some had 20to 30 photos, some ...
Rivalry among older siblings pains mother
Aug 01, 2002 ... Rivalry among older siblings pains mother Dear Annie: Iam having a problem with my adult children. They are all in their30s. My son, "Dennis," is usually wonderful to me, but he has atemper and has alienated his sisters with his snide remarks. Lately, the three of them ...
Horoscope
Aug 01, 2002 ... Forecast for today: As we slip into the fourth quarter ofthe lunar phase, there's aquiet urgency to finish things on time. Make plans now for thefamily's future; don't wait,as there is no better time to do it.Gifts given or favorsdone for extended family members or theirchildren ...