Daily Breeze back issues from October 2002:
Fox scores major victory facing down oil-strike threats
Oct 01, 2002; ... Fox scores major victory facing down oil-strikethreats MEXICO: Nation's leader shows new resolve, political savvy inavoiding work action at state-owned Pemex. MEXICO CITY -- President Vicente Fox scored his first big victoryin his program to transform Mexico when he averted a ...
Ozone hole over Antarctica has shrunk and divided in 2, scientists say
Oct 01, 2002; ... Ozone hole over Antarctica has shrunk and divided in 2, scientistssay WASHINGTON -- The ozone hole over Antarctica is markedly smallerthis year than in the past few years and has split in two, governmentscientists reported Monday. The "hole," which is actually an area of ...
NJ's Torricelli drops bid for Senate re-election
Oct 01, 2002; ... NJ's Torricelli drops bid for Senate re-election TRENTON, N.J. -- Dogged by questions about his ethics and fallingin the polls, Democratic Sen. Robert Torricelli abruptly dropped hisbid for a second term Monday, throwing atwist into the battle for theSenate just five weeks ...
Clue to cancer risk in everyday foods
Oct 01, 2002; ... Clue to cancer risk in everyday foods HEALTH: Scientists say amino acid may help form carcinogen infrench fries, chips and some cereals. WASHINGTON -- Scientists have found aclue to the chemical reactionthat may cause potato chips, french fries and other fried or bakedstarchy ...
SWEDEN; Man arrested at airport freed; BELGIUM; Americans spared war crimes charges. QATAR. Omar said to be in Afghanistan. INDIA. 4 on bus die in election violence
Oct 01, 2002; ... SWEDEN. Man arrested at airport freed. BELGIUM. Americans sparedwar crimes charges. QATAR. Omar said to be in Afghanistan. INDIA.SWEDEN. Man arrested at airport freed. BELGIUM. Americans spared warcrimes charges. QATAR. Omarsaid to be in Afghanistan. SWEDEN. Manarrested at airport freed ....
EL SEGUNDO; Ex-priest won't fight extradition; HAWTHORNE ; Victims recovering after shootout. TORRANCE. Man bilked out of $5,000 in cash
Oct 01, 2002; ... EL SEGUNDO. Ex-priest won't fight extradition .HAWTHORNE. Victimsrecovering after shootout. TORRANCE. EL SEGUNDO. Ex-priest won'tfight extradition. HAWTHORNE. Victims recovering after shootout. ELSEGUNDO .Ex-priest won't fight extradition. HAWTHORNE. EL SEGUNDO. Ex-priest won't fight ...
Simon speaks at Nixon library, as Davis debuts ads
Oct 01, 2002; ... Simon speaks at Nixon library, as Davis debuts ads POLITICS: Gubernatorial candidates take different paths ingettingtheir message to voters in the final weeks before theelection. Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon stumpedin OrangeCounty on Monday, and Democratic ...
Bus overturns after driver's throat is slashed; 2 are dead
Oct 01, 2002; ... Bus overturns after driver's throat is slashed; 2 are dead FRESNO-- At least two people died and dozens of bus passengers were injuredMonday night after a Greyhound driver's throat was slashed and hisbus overturned while traveling 70 miles per hour on Interstate 5 nearwestern ...
Governor signs range of bills before deadline
Oct 01, 2002; ... Governor signs range of bills before deadline STATE: Farmworkers get new rights in labor disputes, but illegalimmigrants are denied driver's licenses. SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gray Davis split the difference Monday on apair of controversial pieces of legislation, signing a bill to ...
Special circumstances added in RH murder case
Oct 01, 2002; ... Special circumstances added in RH murder case COURT: Defense lawyer calls the prosecution's move retaliation fordefendant Joe Nino's bail denial challenge. Prosecutors filed a special circumstances allegation against a mancharged with a Rolling Hills murder to retaliate against ...
POLICE LOG; TORRANCE & CARSON
Oct 01, 2002; ... Carson 1. Homicide: 12:20 a.m. Sept. 25, 600 block of East Alondra Boulevard. Robbery: 2. 6:30 p.m Sept. 24, 18500block of South Avalon Boulevard. 3. 1 a.m. Sept. 20, 600 block of East Carson Street. 4. 2:55 p.m. Sept. 24, 2600 block of East Carson ...
Neighbors
Oct 01, 2002 ... West Point Cadet Ryan Joseph Chang of Redondo Beach has completedcadet basic training at the U.S. Military Academy. Chang, who entered the academy in July, learned basic militaryskills, including leadership, combined with military ...
LIGHTS & SIRENS; Traffic accident
Oct 01, 2002; ... Q: Traffic accident About 8 a.m. Sept. 27 at Del Amo Boulevard and Madrona Avenuethere seemed to be an accident. I was wondering what happened. --MILDRED RAPER Torrance A 52-year-old Torrance woman is on life support after her car rana red light and was hit by a sport utility ...
ASK US; Q: Camp Williams
Oct 01, 2002; ... Q: Camp Williams Where does the name Williams come from in the Williams fire? Thetown of Williams is in the Sacramento Valley. It seems like amisnomer. I was wondering whatit was named after. -- RICHARD ANDESRedondo Beach The fire started Sept. 22 in the Camp Williams area of ...
L.A. court employees hold protest, attack supervisors' spending habits
Oct 01, 2002; ... L.A. court employees hold protest, attack supervisors' spendinghabits DEFICIT: Union officials say money used for new furniture couldsave jobs. About 100 Los Angeles courtemployees on Monday protested courtpurchases of such things as furniture and computers at a time when ...
Overseer picked to assess film agency's work
Oct 01, 2002; ... Overseer picked to assess film agency's work LOS ANGELES:EIDC board bars the use of the corporation's money tofund political campaigns. With a criminal investigation ongoing, politicians overseeing thecounty's embattled film permitting agency Monday ordered it to hire aformer ...
Dorothy A. Barum; Leon Eugene Bloodgood II; Donald E. Fehlman. Warren C. Ford. Otis Lee Glascock Jr.. James R. McBride. John McCoy. Herminia Perez. John R. Reed. Ofelia R. Sapien. John Paul Schafer. Anthony Sutlovich. Dore Theden. George Barton Whitmore. Bob Wilson
Oct 01, 2002 ... Barum, Dorothy A. -- A resident of Lomita since 1946 passedawaySeptember 28, 2002. She was born July 12, 1912 in Minnesota. Dorothyhad a sewing group in her home on Wednesday evenings, was a member ofthe Friday Club, Tops and the Lomita Railroad Museum and loved tomake hand crafts, ...
TELL US
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Korean talks worth pursuing
Oct 01, 2002 ... Korean talks worth pursuing At issue: Should the Bush administration pursue diplomaticchannels in order to dissuade North Korea from engaging in hostileacts? The Bush administration's decision, reached after more than a yearof internal discussion, to send a diplomatic envoy ...
Tribes continue to flout state laws
Oct 01, 2002 ... Tribes continue to flout state laws Another state agency is having problems with a casino-wealthyIndian tribe. Guess we had better start checking to see if there areany white flags left in Sacramento. It was unsettling enough when the state Board of Equalizationearlier this ...
Speak Up
Oct 01, 2002 ... At times it sounds like we're looking for Superman. But the mayorbelieves this is a job that can be done -- and has to be done ....
Mira Costa coach a role model; Band's interruption shocking. HB library ought to check out. Golf course analysis thoughtful
Oct 01, 2002 ... Mira Costa coach a role model. Band's interruption shocking. HBlibrary ought to check out. Mira Costa coach a role model. Band'sinterruption shocking. Mira Costa coach a role model Friday'sfootball game between Mira Costa and Banning high schools was truly ajoy to behold. The area's ...
Other Views; No easy answers in spam battles
Oct 01, 2002 ... No easy answers in spam battles . . . Spam forces peopleendlessly to delete ads for lower mortgagerates and bettersex. Spam can be expensive, forcing Internet serviceproviders to add bandwidth. The worst spam is sent by con artists,many of whom have grabbed the attention of the ...
L.A. officer jumped the gun; `Pedro' a term of endearment ; Mira Costa coach a role model. Golf course analysis thoughtful
Oct 01, 2002 ... L.A. officer jumped the gun. `Pedro' a term of endearment. MiraCosta coach a role model. L.A. officer jumped the gun. `Pedro' a termof endearment. L.A. officer jumped the gun I am writing about anincident that happened recentlyon 17th Street in San Pedro. My son'sfriend was involved in a ...
Gere, Hawn at ethics meeting; Hasselhoff reveals alcoholism. `Raymond' may call it quits
Oct 01, 2002; ... Gere, Hawn at ethics meeting. Hasselhoff reveals alcoholism. Gere,Hawn at ethics meeting DHARMSALA, India -- RichardGere and GoldieHawn joined Buddhist philosophers and Nobellaureates in northernIndia Monday at the exile headquarters of the Dalai Lama for ameeting of minds on science and ...
For unrepentant Moss, it's the same old story
Oct 01, 2002 ... For unrepentant Moss, it's the same old story If you heareven a thump while you're driving, you go, "What wasthat?" So please don't tell me that when Randy Moss pushed a femaletraffic officer half a block with his car, he didn't knowwhat he wasdoing, as he claims. Moss knew ....
Movie jokes tread on icons
Oct 01, 2002; ... Movie jokes tread on icons Humor has its limits. The line for me stops at disrespect.Apparently, the creators of the black-theme comedy movie "Barbershop"didn'tget my memo. The movie, which I haven't seen (and probably won't see), breachedthe line between hustling a laugh ...
Don't put our high-tech secrets on auction block
Oct 01, 2002 ... Don't put our high-tech secrets on auction block They neverlearn. Remember, a couple of years ago, the scandals about the waycorporate giants like Hughes Electronics and Loral Space, led by bigDemocratic contributors, sold secret U.S. satellite technology toChinese aerospace ...
Inquiry grounds plane in Hawthorne crash
Oct 01, 2002; ... Inquiry grounds plane in Hawthorne crash A plane that veered off a runway and hit an airport hangar as itwas about to depart for the Grand Canyon with 19 Japanese touristswillbe examined by federal safety investigators. The twin-engine commuter plane crashed after its pilot ...
Federal inquiry grounds plane in Hawthorne crash
Oct 01, 2002; ... Federal inquiry grounds plane in Hawthorne crash SAFETY: Aircraft stays lodged in hangar until investigators get achance to probe aborted takeoff. A plane that veered off a runway and hit an airport hangar as itwas about to depart for the Grand Canyon with 19 Japanese ...
Inspectors, Iraqis open discussions on access
Oct 01, 2002; ... Inspectors, Iraqis open discussions on access VIENNA, Austria -- U.N. weapons inspectors demanded the right toroam freely around Saddam Hussein's palaces and other suspect siteswhen they opened talks with the Iraqis on Monday on the logistics ofa possible return to ...
Burying DDT a safe remedy, test shows
Oct 01, 2002; ... Burying DDT a safe remedy, test shows Tons of DDT pesticide contaminating the sea floor off the PalosVerdes Peninsula can be safely buried with layers of clean sedimentdumped by barges, a test project by environmental officials hasshown. Based upon a trial conducted in 2000, ...
SAN PEDRO; Talks to focus on archaeology finds; SAN PEDRO . Better Half Club plans luncheon. SAN PEDRO. Signups offered for golf event
Oct 01, 2002; ... SAN PEDRO. Talks to focus on archaeology finds. SAN PEDRO . Better Half Club plans luncheon. SAN PEDRO. SAN PEDRO .Talks tofocus on archaeology finds. SAN PEDRO. Better Half Club plansluncheon. SAN PEDRO. Talks to focus on archaeology finds. SAN PEDRO.SAN PEDRO. Talks to focus on ...
TORRANCE; Teachers to observe court proceedings; REDONDO BEACH. Safety fair, open house set Sunday. PALOS VERDES PENINSULA. Signups offered for golf event
Oct 01, 2002; ... TORRANCE. Teachers to observe court proceedings. REDONDO BEACH.Safety fair, open house set Sunday. PALOS VERDES PENINSULA. TORRANCE.Teachers to observe court proceedings .REDONDO BEACH. Safety fair,open house set Sunday. TORRANCE. Teachers to observe courtproceedings. REDONDO BEACH ...
Area's towering sense of loss
Oct 01, 2002; ... Area's towering sense of loss TORRANCE: "How do we tell people to find our house?" Waterstructure had been part of the neigborhood since 1957. Lonnie Cope had a front-row seat to the best show in town Monday. From the lawn of his Torrance home, Cope -- camera in hand ...
Singer gives voice to TopSail effort
Oct 01, 2002; ... Singer gives voice to TopSail effort SAN PEDRO: Yarbroughwill present concert to help raise funds foreducational program that is building two schooners. Glenn Yarbrough is best known as the vocal mainstay of 1960s folkgroup the Limelighters and a solo artist in his own right ...
3 billboard companies sue L.A. over new sign inspection fees
Oct 01, 2002; ... 3 billboard companies sue L.A. over new sign inspection fees The billboard industry has launched a legal assault against thecity of Los Angeles' effort to restrict outdoor advertising, filing afederal lawsuit alleging that a $314 billboard-inspection feeviolates free ...
Burying DDT is safe, test shows
Oct 01, 2002; ... Burying DDT is safe, test shows PENINSULA: Officials on the project call for 12 to 18 inches ofcover, but activists say at least 3 feet is needed. Tons of DDT pesticide contaminating the sea floor off the PalosVerdes Peninsula can besafely buried with layers of clean ...
Davis signs port-related bills
Oct 01, 2002; ... Davis signs port-related bills GOVERNOR: Measures attempt to reduce environmental problems whileencouraging economic growth. SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gray Davis on Monday moved to improve theenvironmental and economic health of San Pedro and Wilmington,signing port-related bills to ...
Many forget that true luxury is sharing baseball with a kid
Oct 01, 2002 ... Many forget that true luxury is sharing baseball with a kid Thegreat thing about baseball is its unpredictability. Take Saturday anda game that would turn out to be a huge Dodger win against the Padresand a back-from-the-dead shot at the playoffs . . . if the entireGiantslineup, ...
OUT & ABOUT IN THE SOUTH BAY
Oct 01, 2002; ... Today POETRY AND COFFEE ---------------------------- What: Redondo Poets poetry reading with featured poet BethMcIlvaine. Where: Coffee Cartel, 1820 S. Catalina Ave., RedondoBeach. When: 8 p.m. today. Information: Call Larry Colker at 310-548-5344 or e-mail at ...
Analysts say fighting Iraq could cost U.S. up to $9 billiona month
Oct 01, 2002; ... Analysts say fighting Iraq could cost U.S. up to $9 billion amonth WASHINGTON -- Congress' top budget analyst estimated it could costthe United States up to $9 billiona month to fight Iraq, as theSenate prepared for debate asearly as Wednesday on a resolutionauthorizing President ...
Longshore lockout ripples spreading
Oct 01, 2002; ... Longshore lockout ripples spreading LABOR: Union, shippers blame each other for showdown that couldcost $1 billion a day. Federal mediator is expected to join talks. As cargo ships brimming with Christmas goods continued to back upidly in the waters off the Port of Los Angeles ...
Reports assess July 4 shooting response
Oct 01, 2002; ... Reports assess July 4 shooting response SECURITY: L.A., airport police find preparation paid off, butimprovements could be made for the future. Panicked travelers were screaming in terror as they fled TomBradley International Terminal after the deadly July 4 shootings atLos ...
Local students beat test averages
Oct 01, 2002; ... Local students beat test averages EDUCATION: South Bay schools fare better on future graduationrequirement than those in many other districts. More than half of the students who took California's high schoolgraduation test this spring failed one or more sections, but SouthBay ...
(A1 rail teasers); D@ily Link
Oct 01, 2002 ... Wide range of bills signed Gov. Davis approves legislation giving farm workers mediationrights, but won't allow driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. A6 Boxers are booming Briefs are down for the count. Boxer shorts are big business andstudies show their ...
Economists forecast solid growth in 2003
Oct 01, 2002; ... Economists forecast solid growth in 2003 WASHINGTON -- The nation's top economists don't see anotherrecession taking hold, and instead expect a "solid" growth rate of3.2 percent next year, the National Association of BusinessEconomicssaid Monday. Indeed, 80 percent of the ...
LOCKHEED; Britain will buy version of fighter; GLOBAL CROSSING. Documents dispute portrayal of CEO
Oct 01, 2002; ... LOCKHEED. Britain will buy version of fighter. GLOBAL CROSSING.LOCKHEED. Britain will buy version of fighter The British governmentanswered one of the big questions about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighterprogram on Monday when it announced that it will buy the short-takeoff-vertical-landing ...
CD distributors, retailers will pay $143 million
Oct 01, 2002; ... CD distributors, retailers will pay $143 million NEWYORK -- The five top U.S. distributors of compact discsandthree large music retailers have agreed to pay $143 million incash and CDs to settle charges they cheated consumers by fixingprices, authorities said Monday. The ...
TOP NATION; Sluggish spending pulls market lower; FedEx to expand with new hubs. Service expansion sought by Qwest
Oct 01, 2002; ... TOP NATION. Sluggish spending pulls market lower. FedEx to expandwith new hubs. TOP NATION. Sluggish spending pulls market lower NEWYORK -- Disappointed by news of frail consumer spending, investorssold stocks sharply lower again Monday, pulling the Dow Jonesindustrials down by triple ...
Braced for lockout fallout
Oct 01, 2002; ... Braced for lockout fallout SOUTH BAY: As a labor dispute keeps ports closed, businesses worryhow much they will losein the process. Paul Isley, president of Rainforest Florain Torrance, dodged amajor economic bullet when he received a shipment last week ofceramic pumpkins, ...
Businesses come to terms with war possibility
Oct 01, 2002; ... Businesses come to terms with war possibility SOUTH BAY: Several industrial leaders at forum organized by Harmansay uncertainty over attacking Hussein is harming the economy. Although 90-95 percent of Rep. Jane Harman's e-mails about warwith Iraq oppose an invasion, most of the ...
MB woman is still high on airline career
Oct 01, 2002; ... MB woman is still high on airline career TRAVEL: Flight attendant landed her ideal job when she was 20.Sept. 11 didn't dent her enthusiasm for the profession. Manhattan Beachresident Patricia Mack knows how to get around. Mack, 58,started working as a flight attendant for ...
Counteroffer bargaining can be career suicide
Oct 01, 2002 ... Counteroffer bargaining can be career suicide Question: I've been offered a job with a higher salary than what Imake. I really could use the money, but actually like my job andcompany. I've heard about companies making counteroffers to try tokeep employees. How common is this? And ...
Parents oppose fiance as condo roommate
Oct 01, 2002 ... Parents oppose fiance as condo roommate Dear Annie: Before I graduated from college this past spring, I bought acondo. My parents co-signed the mortgage papers asa graduation gift.I then signed an agreement with my parents that I will be solelyresponsible for all payments, ...
Record exec Portnow to head Grammys
Oct 01, 2002; ... Record exec Portnow to head Grammys After nearly five months without a leader, the Grammy organizationannounced Monday it has a new chief. The new president of the National Academy of Recording Arts &Sciences will be Neil Portnow, a West Coast executive with ...
Hahn's fiddle ignites Chamber Orchestra
Oct 01, 2002; ... Hahn's fiddle ignites Chamber Orchestra Oh to be as young, beautiful and talented as violinist HillaryHahn. At 22, the willowy brunette with the million-dollar smile,already received her first Grammy nomination, embarked on aninternational performance career and was named ...
Horoscope
Oct 01, 2002 ... Forecast for today: The moon transits in the wee hours into the show-stopping sign ofLeo. We express ourselves bigger, brighter and bolder under this moon-- andwith the sun in Libra, there's sure to be a supportiveaudience. Many are experiencing complications under ...
Best of L.M. Boyd
Oct 01, 2002 ... * Word is modeling agencies now are hiring young women with biggerhip and bust measurements. More so than before. One thing they stillwon't put up with, though, is the oversized thigh. That physicalcharacteristic more than any otheris said to prevent otherwisequalified women from getting ...
Today in History
Oct 01, 2002; ... Today is Tuesday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2002. There are 91 daysleft in the year. Highlights in history: In 1800, Spain ceded Louisiana to France in a secret treaty. In 1885, special delivery mail service began in the United States. In 1908, Henry Ford ...
Prime-Time Highlights
Oct 01, 2002 ... SEASON PREMIERE -- "Less Than Perfect," 9:30 p.m., Channel 7: Anew workplace sitcom,which focuses on the behind-the-scenes staff ofa TV news show, offers someless-than-satisfying laughs. Here's thepremise: Nerdy Claudia "Claude" Casey (Sara Rue, "Popular") has beendesperately trying to ...
`Dr. Phil' treats viewers suffering from psychobabble
Oct 01, 2002; ... `Dr. Phil' treats viewers suffering from psychobabble During his first week as host of his own NBC daytime talk show,"Dr. Phil," psychologist Phillip C. McGraw made a verbally abusivemother cry. In another segment, he told a lawyer who is suing a fast-food chain for making his ...
(Lifestyle B1 rail teasers)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Know your arts Photographer Alfred Stieglitz took more than 300portraits of Georgia O'Keeffe between 1918 and 1937. The couple begantheir 30-year relationship when Stieglitz displayed 10 of O'Keeffe'sdrawings in his stylish Fifth Avenue gallery without her permission. Chart toppers ...
OK, just what is `family viewing' these days?
Oct 01, 2002; ... OK, just what is `family viewing' these days? Family comedies are making a comeback, but that doesn't mean thelatest sitcoms are appropriate for family viewing. What's that? Family comedies aren't family-friendly? Notnecessarily. "The Grubbs," Fox's lavishly lambasted ...
La Salle isn't `Crazy as Hell' for leaving `ER'
Oct 01, 2002; ... La Salle isn't `Crazy as Hell' for leaving `ER' It isalways strange to outside observers whenever a richlycompensated television star feels compelled to flee a successfulshow. But Eriq La Salle was ready for a change, so he gracefullybowed out of "ER" to focus on his career in ...