Daily Breeze back issues from November 2002:
RJR accused of smuggling
Nov 01, 2002; ... RJR accused of smuggling IRAQ: European Union files lawsuit saying U.S. sanctions wereviolated, enabling Saddam Hussein to profit. NEW YORK -- Tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds smuggled cigarettes intoIraq in a scheme that violated U.S. sanctions and enriched bothSaddam Hussein's ...
Military reveals testing of nerve agent in Hawaii
Nov 01, 2002; ... Military reveals testing of nerve agent in Hawaii PENTAGON: Disclosure is meant to alert veterans in the area duringthe 1960s when the substances were used. WASHINGTON -- Themilitary secretly tested sarin nerve agent in aHawaii forest preserve in 1967, the Pentagon acknowledged ...
Quake in Italy traps children
Nov 01, 2002; ... Quake in Italy traps children DISASTER: Rescuers work to free preschoolers. At least 22 diedwhen the roof of their classroom caved in. SAN GIULIANO DI PUGLIA, Italy -- An earthquake jolted south-central Italy on Thursday, sending a nursery school roof crashingdown on a class ...
Palestinians can expect hard line from new defense minister
Nov 01, 2002; ... Palestinians can expect hard line from new defense minister ISRAEL: Former army chief likely will be named to post Monday. Arafatexpects "escalation" of hostilities. JERUSALEM -- As Israel's army chief, Shaul Mofaz sent troops toreoccupy West Bank towns, hunt down militants and ...
SEC selection triggers inquiry
Nov 01, 2002; ... SEC selection triggers inquiry ACCOUNTING: Chairman joinsrequest for review of his actions inappointment of Websterto oversight board. WASHINGTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered aninvestigation Thursday into allegations that Chairman Harvey Pittconcealed ...
INDONESIA; Progress reported in bombing probe; FRANCE; Halloween revelry draws protest. ILLINOIS. Alleged drug lord, 18 others are held. GEORGIA. CDC: Syphilis cases increasing
Nov 01, 2002; ... INDONESIA. Progress reported in bombing probe. FRANCE. Halloweenrevelry draws protest. ILLINOIS. Alleged drug lord, 18 others areheld. GEORGIA. INDONESIA. Progress reported in bombing probe. FRANCE.Halloween revelry draws protest. ILLINOIS. Alleged drug lord, 18others are held ....
Davis rallies his backers in Compton
Nov 01, 2002; ... Davis rallies his backers in Compton GOVERNOR'S RACE: Kemp joins Simon in Santa Monica, but small-business session is closed to reporters. Gov. Gray Davis rallied enthusiastic supporters in Compton onThursday as part of a final re-election campaign push to shore ...
Navy sonar deployment blocked
Nov 01, 2002; ... Navy sonar deployment blocked RULING: Amid environmental concerns, a judge limits the high-frequency system's usage to wartime and related training. SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid concerns about marine life, a federal judgetemporarily has blocked the Navy from deploying a new ...
Dentist pulls in kids with offer for Halloween candy
Nov 01, 2002; ... Dentist pulls in kids with offer for Halloween candy SANTA ROSA -- He calls it the Halloween Candy Buy-Out and he payschildren $1 a pound for their sweets. Dr. Stephen Berger, a Santa Rosa dentist, has bought backHalloween candy every year since 1984. He said he averages ...
SACRAMENTO; Bank told to drop payday loan link; BRISBANE ; Evicted squatters leave tree home
Nov 01, 2002; ... SACRAMENTO. Bank told to drop payday loan link. BRISBANE .SACRAMENTO. Bank told to drop payday loan link Federal bankregulators have ordered a California bank to stop providing short-term loans through a national chain of payday lenders, a move thatactivists said could lead to tighter ...
State leads in aerospace-aviation jobs
Nov 01, 2002; ... State leads in aerospace-aviation jobs EMPLOYMENT: L.A. is topmetro area in nation for industry with 137,100 jobs and $8 billion inwages. WASHINGTON -- Despite the cutbacks, mergers and relocations in theaerospace industry, California remains the top state in aerospace ...
Kidnap story proves false, police say
Nov 01, 2002; ... Kidnap story proves false, police say A Long Beach woman who said she was kidnapped after leaving workin Carson was not the victim of any crime, investigators saidThursday. Wendy Diaz, 26, who works at a gas station at Albertson'ssupermarket at Sepulveda Boulevard and Main ...
5 top L.A. archdiocese officials step down amid budget cuts
Nov 01, 2002; ... 5 top L.A. archdiocese officials step down amid budget cuts Wordthat five top executives, including Cardinal Roger Mahony's chief ofstaff, had resigned in the latest of a string of layoffs andresignations linked to widespread budget cuts, sparked concern overhow business will be ...
Ryder lawyer questions Saks guard
Nov 01, 2002; ... Ryder lawyer questions Saks guard COURT: Attorney accuseschief witness of profiting from role inshoplifting case. Winona Ryder's attorney aggressively attacked the testimonyof akey witness in the actress' shoplifting trial in a Beverly Hillscourtroom Thursday, accusing the ...
POLICE LOG; PENINSULA & LOMITA
Nov 01, 2002; ... Lomita 1. Strong arm robbery: Nighttime Oct. 20, 25800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Two menused physical force to steal a watch and an unspecified amount ofcash from two male victims walking along Pennsylvania Avenue. 2.Assault: Nighttime Oct. 26, 1800 block of Lomita ...
LIGHTS & SIRENS
Nov 01, 2002 ... Why were the police in the neighborhood? Why were those firetrucks down the street? You ask, we'll answer. Just call our Lights and Sirens hotline at 310-543-6611 to askyour question. While we can't respond to every ...
CHINO; Suspect in rape had worked in RB; WILMINGTON; Gasline severed; corridor closed
Nov 01, 2002; ... CHINO. Suspect in rape had worked in RB. WILMINGTON. CHINO.Suspect in rape had worked in RB A convicted sex offender sought inChino in the kidnap and rape of a woman frequently was hired by theRedondo Beach Unified School District to fix telephones. Dennis E. Langevin, 46, of Chino ...
Man killed during assault on his ex-wife's family, police say
Nov 01, 2002; ... Man killed during assault on his ex-wife's family, police say A man broke into his ex-wife's home and attacked her family with ahomemade hatchet before hewas shot to death by the woman's boyfriend,authorities said Thursday. The man had been arrested Sunday night when, in ...
Anna Marie Vitalich Eldan; Lupe Andrea Pender; Elizabeth Ann Smith. Joanne Frances Stroud. Margaret M. Weather. James G. Wilcox
Nov 01, 2002 ... Eldan, Anna Marie Vitalich Passed away Octobe 26, 2002 in SanDiego, CA. She was born May 14, 1916 in San Pedro and was a lifetimeresident. Survived by her husband of 61 years, Martin; 2 sons, Gerald(Patsy) of San Diego and Bob (Pat) of Lander, Wyoming; daughter,Linda (Robert) Ditch of ...
ASK US; Q: All-California World Series
Nov 01, 2002; ... Q: All-California World Series Have any California teams ever faced each other in a World Seriesbefore this year? -- MARGARET BELL Torrance Before the Anaheim Angels and San Francisco Giants met in thisyear's fall classic, three World Series boasted ...
Neighbors
Nov 01, 2002 ... Five students from Torrance High School have been selected toparticipate in the Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses HonorBand and Colorguard. Seniors Tana Barajas (drum major and trumpet), Michael Franco(drumline), ...
Restaurant closures
Nov 01, 2002 ... Here is a list of restaurants and food vendors closed or allowedto reopen by the county Department of Health Services during the weekending Oct. 27. Shin-Sen-Gumi 18517 S. Western Ave., Gardena Close date: 10/21 Reopen date: Not yet reopened Reasons for ...
Kidnap victim is OK, walks into hospital
Nov 01, 2002; ... Kidnap victim is OK, walks into hospital A 60-year-old kidnap victim walked into a Sun Valley hospitalemergency room Thursday night and appeared to be in good condition,West Covina police said. Angelina Bejarano was taken from her home in West Covina about 8p.m. Tuesday. She ...
Officer's lawyer calls for dismissal
Nov 01, 2002; ... Officer's lawyer calls for dismissal INGLEWOOD: Attorney files a motion stating the grand jury didn'tget all of the facts in its indictment of Jeremy Morse in videotapedarrest. Prosecutors wrongly withheld police use of force expertsfrom thegrand jury deciding whether or not ...
L.A.'s new billboard fee is ruled unconstitutional
Nov 01, 2002; ... L.A.'s new billboard fee is ruled unconstitutional Los Angeles' new billboard inspection fee violates free-speechrights and is unconstitutional, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson barred the city from collectingthe $314-per-sign fee, which was due ...
Costner has appendectomy; Zevon laughing on the outside; Filmmakers honor Harris
Nov 01, 2002; ... Costner has appendectomy. Zevon laughing on the outside. Costnerhas appendectomy Actor-director Kevin Costner is recuperating at hisLos Angeles area home following surgery last week to remove hisappendix, a spokesman said. The surgery was described as a common appendectomy and ...
Lawndale must say `no' to N
Nov 01, 2002; ... Lawndale must say `no' to N On Tuesday, citizens of Lawndale will vote on Measure N, aproposal to give the city redevelopment agency the power to taketheir homes and businesses away so that the city can give theirproperty to politically favored private businesses. For the ...
Playing hunches on election, foreign intrigue
Nov 01, 2002 ... Playing hunches on election, foreign intrigue The financier Bernard Baruch went before a congressional panelinvestigating stock market gyrations and startled it by asserting, "Iam a speculator." Me too, on occasion. A hunch is not news and should not bereported as such, but ...
Speak Up
Nov 01, 2002 ... Haitians should be treated in the same fashion that Jamaicans,people from the Bahamas, people from any country in the world. -- JEBBUSH, Florida ...
Other parties shouldn't cry if they're not wanted
Nov 01, 2002; ... Other parties shouldn't cry if they're not wanted During the end of every election cycle, there is a great wringingof hands. "Why," the media is asked, "why don't you take the`thirdparties' seriously?" You know the ones: the Libertarian Party, the Reform Party, theGreen ...
Question of the Week answers
Nov 01, 2002 ... Today we publish a roundup of answers to our Question of the Week. This past week's question: South Bay voters, and those in the restof the nation, will head to the polls Tuesday. Why is electionturnout typically low and what could bedone to stir more people tovote? Let's get ...
Endorsements for area water boards
Nov 01, 2002 ... Endorsements for area water boards South Bay voters on Tuesday will be able to offer some directionto local water boards when they go to the polls. After reviewing theraces, our basic message is to stay the course. The West Basin Municipal Water District posts that represent ...
36th District needs new leader; Prop. 47 would improve schools. Measure N foes mislead voters. More than 2 choices for governor
Nov 01, 2002 ... 36th District needs new leader. Prop. 47 would improve schools.Measure N foes mislead voters. 36th District needs new leader. Prop.47 would improve schools. 36th District needs new leader On Mondaymorning, I attended the Manhattan Beach Rotary Club Meeting, hopingfor a chance to hear our ...
angie-gram
Nov 01, 2002 ... Every registered voter should vote, even if we have to bitetheballot. -- Angie Papadakis Angie-grams are one-liners that go rightto the heart (and sometimes to the jugular). Guide to Opinion "Our Views" are editorials reflecting the opinions of thenewspaper's ownership and ...
2 choices for health care district
Nov 01, 2002 ... 2 choices for health care district At issue: Which of thefour candidates are best qualified to leadthe beach citiesdistrict for the next four years? Voters in the three beach cities on Tuesday will elect twocandidates to serve on the Beach Cities Health Care District, ...
Politicians elected to serve us; Misguided math program averted. 36th District needs new leader. More than 2 choicesfor governor
Nov 01, 2002 ... Politicians elected to serve us. Misguided math program averted.36th District needs new leader. Politicians electedto serve us.Misguided math program averted. Politicians elected to serve us WithElection Day approaching, it might be a good time to remind theelectorate that the person ...
Welders reportedly admit starting deadly disco fire
Nov 01, 2002; ... Welders reportedly admit starting deadly disco fire HANOI, Vietnam -- Two welders admitted accidentally starting aninferno in Ho Chi Minh City that killed at least 61 people, policesaid today. Phan Viet Thanh, 19, and Nguyen Phu Tin,32, surrendered to policeThursday, said a ...
Getty Museum bids for the last genuine Raphael
Nov 01, 2002; ... Getty Museum bids for the last genuine Raphael The J. Paul Getty Museum has agreed to buy the last, undisputedRaphael painting in private hands from the trustees of an Englishestate for an undisclosed sum. The 16th century painting entitled "Madonna of the Pinks" isestimated ...
Beacon House receives $5,000 grant from Boeing
Nov 01, 2002 ... Beacon House receives $5,000 grant from Boeing The Boeing Co. Foundation has made a $5,000 grant to supportfamily counseling and a continuing parenting class for men of theBeacon House alcohol and drug recovery program and their families. Steve Chesser, president of the ...
Mackuse is SP YMCA's new associate executive director
Nov 01, 2002 ... Mackuse is SP YMCA's new associate executive director Lucy Mackuse is the new associate executive director of theSanPedro and Peninsula YMCA, 301 S. Bandini St., San Pedro. Mackuse previously served at the Westside YMCA in West Los Angelesas associate executive director for ...
Car-theft suspect plants himself on roof for 10 hours
Nov 01, 2002; ... Car-theft suspect plants himself on roof for 10 hours SAN PEDRO: Man in standoff with police cut through apartmentceiling. A man suspected of car theft fled from authorities Thursday bychiseling through the ceiling of his San Pedro apartment and refusedto come down from the ...
SAN PEDRO; Auxiliary will host fashion show; WILMINGTON ;Kids to get treats at Banning pool. SAN PEDRO. Aquarium'sstaff to inform visitors. Correction
Nov 01, 2002; ... SAN PEDRO. Auxiliary will host fashion show. WILMINGTON .Kids toget treats at Banning pool. SAN PEDRO. Aquarium'sstaff to informvisitors. SAN PEDRO. Auxiliary will host fashion show. WILMINGTON.Kids to get treats at Banning pool. SAN PEDRO. SAN PEDRO. Auxiliarywill host fashion show ....
LAX; Brochure folds up into pocket size; AREAWIDE; MTA eases rules for bikes on trains. SAN PEDRO. Aquarium answers visitors' questions. Correction
Nov 01, 2002; ... LAX. Brochure folds up into pocket size. AREAWIDE. MTA eases rulesfor bikes on trains. SAN PEDRO. Aquarium answers visitors' questions.LAX. Brochure folds up into pocket size. AREAWIDE. MTA eases rulesfor bikes on trains. SAN PEDRO. LAX. Brochure folds up into pocketsize. AREAWIDE. MTA ...
Knabe may back Measure B
Nov 01, 2002; ... Knabe may back Measure B L.A. COUNTY: Supervisor is expected to reverse himself on taxincrease for regional trauma care. After spending months opposing Measure B, Supervisor Don Knabe isexpected to reverse position and endorse the $168 million taxincrease to fund trauma care, ...
AREAWIDE; 308 drivers caught in sting; AREAWIDE; MTA relaxes bike travel time rules. CARSON. Sobriety/license checkpoints set. Correction
Nov 01, 2002; ... AREAWIDE. 308 drivers caught in sting. AREAWIDE. MTA relaxes biketravel time rules. CARSON. Sobriety/license checkpoints set.AREAWIDE. 308 drivers caught in sting. AREAWIDE. MTA relaxes biketravel time rules. CARSON. AREAWIDE . 308 driverscaught in sting. AREAWIDE. MTA ...
Moen campaign flier wrongly lists 6 as supporters
Nov 01, 2002; ... Moen campaign flier wrongly lists 6 as supporters 35TH DISTRICT: The GOP candidate calls error oversight. RivalWaters thinks otherwise. Thirty-fifth Congressional District hopeful Ross Moen scrambledthis week to explain how six false endorsements ended up on campaignfliers ...
Knabe may back Measure B
Nov 01, 2002; ... Knabe may back Measure B L.A. COUNTY: Supervisor is expected to reverse himself on taxincrease for regional trauma care. After spending months opposing Measure B, Supervisor Don Knabe isexpected to reverse position and endorse the $168 million taxincrease to fund trauma care, ...
Sav-on store to replace car dealer
Nov 01, 2002; ... Sav-on store to replace car dealer HERMOSA BEACH:Pacific Volkswagen is heading to Hawthorne. Cityplanners will hear the proposal Nov. 19. The owners of property near the intersection of Pacific CoastHighway and Second Street in Hermosa Beach plan to open a 13,000-square-foot ...
Congressional race offers rarity -- choices
Nov 01, 2002; ... Congressional race offers rarity -- choices 46TH DISTRICT: Newly formed Republican area gives incumbentRohrabacher edge over Schipske and Gann. Voters who bemoan there is often little difference betweencandidates reluctant to take firm stands for fear of alienatingpotential ...
Whoever that guy on the left is, he may not be thrilled despite the smile
Nov 01, 2002 ... Whoever that guy on the left is, he may not be thrilled despitethe smile My wife, a woman who thinks that cameras steal the soul, said, "Itdoesn't look like you." She was referring, of course, to the picture at the left, the onethatyou probably didn't notice. Not that I'd ...
OUT & ABOUT IN THE SOUTH BAY
Nov 01, 2002; ... Today SEE AN OLD MOVIE ---------------------------- What: Screening of the 1945 film classic "Mildred Pierce" starringOscar-winning actress Joan Crawford. Where: El Segundo Old Town MusicHall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. When: 8:15 p.m. today; 2:30 and8:30 p.m. Saturday and ...
1 more killing linked to rifle
Nov 01, 2002; ... 1 more killing linked to rifle SNIPER: Muhammad and Malvoare named in Louisiana murder warrants.Police say the case also involved robbery. BATON ROUGE, La. -- Two days after killing a woman in Montgomery,Ala., on Sept. 21, John Allen Muhammad returned to his birthplacehere ...
Judge decides to end life-support efforts for abused 1-year-old boy
Nov 01, 2002; ... Judge decides to end life-support efforts forabused 1-year-old boy A judge on Thursday ordered life-support measures other thannutrition and hydration to be discontinued for a 1-year-old boy whohas been in a comalike state for 10 months afterhe was allegedlybeaten by his ...
Plan puts wrinkle in dry cleaning
Nov 01, 2002; ... Plan puts wrinkle in dry cleaning HEALTH: With AQMD officials about to begin phasing out thechemical perc, many in the industry are skeptical of the options. Air pollution officials in Southern California are poised to beginphasing out a chemical widely used to dry-clean ...
`Special cop' Gascon says he's retiring
Nov 01, 2002; ... `Special cop' Gascon says he's retiring LAPD: The lifelong San Pedro resident had delayed ending hiscareer with the department to make a bid for the job of police chief. After 31 years at the Los Angeles Police Department,AssistantChief David Gascon -- a lifelong San Pedro ...
Hospital forgot a man's body
Nov 01, 2002; ... Hospital forgot a man's body HAWTHORNE: As family searched, patient died at RFK and was left inmorgue nearly a year. Family members buried Armando Ramirez onThursday morning, laying to rest a loved one more than one year afterhis death, a year that included 11 months when the ...
(A1 rail teasers); D@ily Link
Nov 01, 2002 ... Name that car Cars named Bob and Betsy, and owners who love them. B1 D@ily link When you were little, did you think there was a little man in therefrigerator who turned the light on and off? Atwww.iusedtobelieve.com submit ...
THIS WEEK'S EVENTS
Nov 01, 2002 ... WINSTON CUP: Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400, Rockingham, N.C.Qualifying: Today, qualifying, noon (TNT). Race: Sunday, 10 a.m.(TNT). - BUSCH: Sam's Club 200, Rockingham, N.C.Qualifying: Today, 10:30a.m. Race: Saturday, 10 a.m. (TNT) - CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS: AmericanRacing Wheels ...
NHL; NFL
Nov 01, 2002 ... NHL -- Paul Kariya scores three goals and sets up another as theMighty Ducks halt the Boston Bruins' eight-game unbeaten streak, 4-1 ....
Shorthanded Kings can't hang on to lead
Nov 01, 2002; ... Shorthanded Kings can't hang on to lead CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks were coming hard at the end, andJason Allison wasn't there to stop them. With less than a minute left in regulation Thursday night, theKings had a one-goal lead in their first game since Allison was ...
Toledo must make stretch run
Nov 01, 2002 ... Toledo must make stretch run Clearing out the notebook: Stretch run -- Watching UCLA play football in the final month ofthe season during the past four years has been, to putit bluntly,painful. The best year was 1998 when the record was an unimpressive 2-2.Since then, ...
It's time to step up
Nov 01, 2002; ... It's time to step up NOT TOO LATE: Venters hopes win overCerritos turns El Camino'sseason around. Ronald Venters came to El Camino College with hopes of becomingthe latest in a long line of Warriors quarterbacks who went on tohave success at the Division I level. And ...
Unger and auto racing certainly no odd couple
Nov 01, 2002; ... Unger and auto racing certainly no odd couple MOTORSPORTS: Toyota official makes tracks to form relationships insport. Les Unger likes to talk about relationships. No, he'snot Dr. Phil, but what he does requires him to developrelationships. Hundreds, maybe ...
Bohlander stock may rise later
Nov 01, 2002; ... Bohlander stock may rise later OVERLOOKED: UCLA tackle not on any college watch lists, but NFLscouts know who he is. Bryce Bohlander is a rarity in collegefootball -- an offensive lineman who was such a good athlete hestarted as a true freshman and never needed a redshirt season ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK; Fight sidelines 2 Cougars; Around the nation
Nov 01, 2002; ... COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK. Fight sidelines 2 CougarsFightsidelines 2 Cougars A locker-room fight may have put a serious hit on No. 8 WashingtonState's quest forthe Pacific-10 Conference title. The altercation -- between linebacker Ira Davis and cornerbackJason David sidelined ...