Daily Breeze back issues from July 2003:
Woman sues L.A. County over son's death in jail
Jul 01, 2003 ... By City News Service The mother of a jail inmate sued Los Angeles County on Monday forallegedly withholding her son's blood pressure medicine and causinghis death. Mariano Avenar Maradiaga, a 39-year-old Mexican native, was bookedinto the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los ...
SAN PEDRO
Jul 01, 2003; ... Shooting claims life of parolee From staff and news services A parolee was shot to death on a San Pedro street early Monday,police said. Robert Hernandez, 24, was gunned down in the 1500 block of BeaconStreet at 2:30 a.m., Los Angeles police Detective James Perkins ...
Demetry Ackel | Samuel J. Ardaiz | Frank Ashworth | Margery E. Capps | Edwin Tet Chong Chung | Grace Downing | Mario Ferrara | Mariann Marusich | William P. Mauck III | Lola L. Merkel | Andrea V. Solis | Clara M. Ungaro
Jul 01, 2003; ... \STLnobit1\STLdnot Ackel, Demetry Of Wilmington passed away June27, 2003 at the age of 89. Born in Lebanon on December 26, 1913.Survived by wife, Rose; son, Dennis (Carol); daughters, Renee andYvonne (Gary) Roswell; two grandchildren and sister, Virginia. Anevening service will be held ...
POLICE LOG | TORRANCE & CARSON
Jul 01, 2003; ... DAILY BREEZE Carson Robbery: 1. 9:54 p.m. June 19, 2000 block of East 223rd Street. 2. 2:20 p.m. June 23, 300 block of West Neilson Street. Assaults: 3. 12:15 a.m. June 22, 18300 block of Milmore Avenue. 4. 10:10 p.m. June 20, 200 block of ...
Neighbors
Jul 01, 2003; ... The Las Vecinas Women's Club recently announced four winners of$7,000 in scholarship funds. The winners are Sue Ahnn, PriscillaVidal, Kathleen Farish and Jonathan Hradecky, all of ...
LIGHTS & SIRENS | Errant firework
Jul 01, 2003; ... DAILY BREEZE Q: Errant firework About 7:30 p.m. June 19 in El Segundo, right after the high schoolgraduation adjacent to the football field and baseball practicefield, there were at least four fire engines and probably more andone police car. What happened? LORI ...
Breeze wins reporting, front page awards
Jul 01, 2003; ... From staff reports The Daily Breeze has earned two awards in the annual CaliforniaNewspaper Publishers Association competition. Renee Moilanen won second place in the Freedom of Informationcategory for her package of stories revealing that Centinela Valleyschool district bond ...
Victims longtime store employees
Jul 01, 2003 ... ATTACK: Relatives of the suspect, who had worked at the IrvineAlbertson's, said he had schizophrenia. By The Associated Press Judy Fleming had worked for Albertson's for 28 years, and JohnNutting had worked there 42 years. The reliable, well-liked employeesat the ...
ASK US | Q: Moon name
Jul 01, 2003; ... DAILY BREEZE Q: Moon name You had a recent question regarding the name of our moon and thesun. I have always been taught and seen in numerous crossword puzzlesthat the name of our moon is Luna, which is of course the Latin namefor moon. The name of the sun is Sol ....
Comedian Buddy Hackett's career spanned 50 years
Jul 01, 2003 ... By The Associated Press Buddy Hackett, the squat, round, rubbery-faced funnyman whoappeared for more than 50 years as a top act in nightclubs, inBroadway shows, on television and in such movies as "The Music Man,""The Love Bug" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," has died, ...
Police say little about 2 dead females
Jul 01, 2003; ... LAWNDALE: A gun was found on one of the victims, who may be the other'sparent. y By Larry Altman Sheriff's deputies continued to remain tight-lipped Monday abouttheir investigation into the deaths of two females found dead insidea Lawndale house. A Coroner's ...
Kennedy book assesses couple
Jul 01, 2003; ... Springer says he offers hope From news services DAYTON, Ohio _ Jerry Springer says his fame could help revitalizethe Democratic Party if he's elected to the U.S. Senate next year. "I could be an incredible voice in the Senate," Springer saidSaturday at a meeting of the ...
Institution of marriage could use some repairs
Jul 01, 2003 ... The Supreme Court has just slammed America's bedroom door. Sodomy_ defined in the new 11th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate as"anal or oral copulation with a member of the same or opposite sex" _when practiced between consenting adults, straight or gay, is none ofthe government's ...
Internet brings us closer to danger, too
Jul 01, 2003 ... Since 9-11 the world has felt increasingly fragmented. Reading thepapers, one senses that many Americans are emotionally withdrawingfrom the world and that the world is drifting away from America. Thepowerful sense of integration that the go-go-globalizing 1990screated, the sense that ...
Car tax actually makes sense
Jul 01, 2003 ... By James O. Goldsborough It would seem slightly insane for a governor facing the firstgubernatorial recall in state history to spring a large car taxincrease on the citizens. The vehicle license fee hits everyone and under Davis' newdirective will triple the amount paid in ...
Other Views | Deception about global warming
Jul 01, 2003; ... Deception about global warming For the second time in less than a year, White House officialshave doctored an Environmental Protection Agency draft report onglobal climate change. . . . The draft report . . . had contained references to studiesconcluding that global warming ...
Volunteers put shine on flagpole
Jul 01, 2003; ... Special thanks go to Steven Meyer and Chris Watanabe of theKiwanis Club of San Pedro and the crew of Comcast CableCommunications Inc., Jean Carpenter, Gary Cox, Teresa Estabrook, RobMeyer, Pablo Cadena and Erik Odem. All of them played an important role in getting the San ...
Speak Up
Jul 01, 2003; ... It was pitch black and people were yelling, 'I'm dying.' I wasassuming I was going to die. I guess I got lucky and only had two orthree ...
TELL US | Question of the Week
Jul 01, 2003; ... Our Question of the Week is still open for your responses. Pleasecall (310-543-6691) or e-mail (tellus@dailybreeze.com) your thoughts.We'll publish your answers here in Tell Us later in the week. This week's question: "Who is your favorite Democraticpresidential candidate in the ...
Gloomy June is finally over
Jul 01, 2003; ... At issue: What are the chances that the June gloom will lift sothat the Los Angeles region can enjoy a sunny July? It's the first day of July, but unfortunately that's no guaranteeJune gloom in coastal Los Angeles is history. Stuart Seto, a weather specialist for the National ...
Business reforms as bargaining chips?
Jul 01, 2003; ... Herb Wesson, the state Assembly speaker, says the car tax ought tobe tripled and the sales tax increased another half-cent to help theLegislature close the whopping $38 billion budget deficit caused inpart by its mismanagement of the state's finances. Wesson's message of taxation ...
Volunteers put shine on flagpole
Jul 01, 2003; ... Special thanks go to Steven Meyer and Chris Watanabe of theKiwanis Club of San Pedro and the crew of Comcast CableCommunications Inc., Jean Carpenter, Gary Cox, Teresa Estabrook, RobMeyer, Pablo Cadena and Erik Odem. All of them played an important role in getting the San ...
Motion to drop skater suit denied
Jul 01, 2003; ... EL SEGUNDO: Judge rules there still are questions in Josh Gardner's death. y By Dennis Lim Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cary Nishimoto has denied amotion to dismiss a lawsuit against a driver who accidentally ranover 11-year-old Josh Gardner in El Segundo on June ...
Council challenges LAPD's worsening response times
Jul 01, 2003; ... COPLEY NEWS SERVICE The time it takes for Los Angeles police officers to respond toemergency calls citywide has risen steadily during the past threeyears, and has increased by 34 percent in the Harbor Division since2000, officials said Monday. In the Los Angeles Police ...
.5 Elected officials won't get raises
Jul 01, 2003; ... BUDGET: A panel created by Proposition 112 votes unanimously to freeze thesalaries and benefits of all California lawmakers. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO _ It took the state's pay commission less than 20minutes Monday to decide that California can't afford to give ...
Company is sweet on chocolate for crisis
Jul 01, 2003; ... CRUNCH: Candy maker takes a light and dark (with orange pulp and almondchunks) approach to crisis. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO _ A chocolatier has started offering a sweet twiston the state's budget crisis _ the California "Budget Crunch" Bar. The candy's ...
U.S. tests exposed troops
Jul 01, 2003; ... COLD WAR: A Pentagon report finds 50 secret chemical and biological trialswere conducted in the 1960s. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ The Pentagon used potentially dangerous chemical andbiological agents in 50 secret tests involving military personnel ina ...
SEEKING CLOSURE
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E-mail to flight crew cited 'no concern'
Jul 01, 2003; ... SHUTTLE: Columbia astronauts were told all was well as officials debateddamage issue. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ As NASA engineers debated possible damage, a flightdirector e-mailed Columbia's astronauts to say there was "absolutelyno concern" that breakaway ...
Nations risk losing U.S. aid over tribunal
Jul 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ Dozens of countries could face the loss of U.S.military assistance today for not heeding American demands that theyexempt members of the armed forces of the United States fromprosecution before a new U.N. international war crimes ...
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Jul 01, 2003 ... Ridge may move up succession line From news services Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge could move up to eighth inthe line of presidential succession, leapfrogging 10 other Cabinetmembers in a congressional effort to better prepare for acatastrophic attack on ...
U.S. treatment of Iraqi detainees comes under fire
Jul 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, Iraq _ An Iraqi businessman detained during a raid on hishome says U.S. interrogators deprived him of sleep, forced him tokneel naked and kept him bound hand and foot with a bag over his headfor eight days. Khraisan al-Abally's story comes as an ...
Troops depose Iraqi mayor
Jul 01, 2003; ... SWEEP: Leader who clashed with Shiites is accused of kidnapping andcorruption. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAJAF, Iraq _ American troops moved in force Monday to arrest theU.S.-appointed mayor of this southern Iraqi town, removing him onkidnapping and corruption charges and ...
W. Africa presses U.S. for Liberia peacekeepers
Jul 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONROVIA, Liberia _ Pressure built Monday on the United States tosend a force to Liberia, with West African leaders asking for 2,000U.S. troops and seeking a response from President Bush before hisJuly visit. In Washington, Defense Secretary Donald H ....
IRAQ
Jul 01, 2003 ... At least 5 killed in explosion at mosque From news services FALLUJAH _ A massive explosion rocked a mosque in this restiveIraqi town, killing at least five Iraqi civilians and injuring fourothers, witnesses and hospital officials said today. Iraqi civilians said the ...
High court decision prompts review of sex cases
Jul 01, 2003; ... RULING: Hundreds of molestation prosecutions in Los Angeles County areexpected to be overturned. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS California judges ordered two molestation defendants freed Mondayas authorities sought to determine how many cases may be voided bythe U.S. Supreme ...
REPTILE STYLE
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Boy Scouts worker accused of child porn possession
Jul 01, 2003 ... By The Associated Press FRESNO _ A Boy Scouts of America summer camp director has beenarrested and accused of possessing and distributing childpornography, according to court records filed Monday. Michael Shawn Careatti, 35, of Bakersfield, made an initialappearance in U.S ....
Appellate court rejects DEA hemp food ban
Jul 01, 2003 ... By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO _ A federal appeals court Monday overturned a U.S.Drug Enforcement Administration ban on the sale of food containinghemp, saying the agency failed to give enough advance warning orallow for public comment before imposing the rule. The 2-1 ...
Wildfires show conditions ripe for blazes
Jul 01, 2003 ... By The Associated Press TEMECULA _ A handful of wildfires whipped across dry brush andgrass in Southern California on Monday, the largest one blackeningmore than 100 acres in Riverside County. No injuries were reported. Amid 100-degree temperatures, 250 firefighters and ...
New law makes birth, death certificates more difficult to obtain
Jul 01, 2003; ... y By Nick Green A new state law taking effect today complicates the way LosAngeles County the county processes the 500,000 annual requests itreceives for certified copies of birth and death certificates. Some fear the additional bureaucratic layer will lead tocomplications ...
REDONDO BEACH
Jul 01, 2003; ... Monthly trash fees to rise about 25c From staff reports Redondo Beach residents will pay about 25 cents more a month fortrash service this fall. That's the size of a rate increase approved last week by the CityCouncil though it could have been a lot higher. Rates were ...
LAPD's reflexes getting worse
Jul 01, 2003; ... HARBOR AREA: The City Council wants to know why it is taking officers longer toreach crime scenes. COPLEY NEWS SERVICE The time it takes for Los Angeles police officers to respond toemergency calls citywide has risen steadily over the past threeyears, and has ...
4th of July community festivities abound
Jul 01, 2003; ... HARBOR AREA: Food, music and most important, fireworks, are on tap for theholiday weekend. From staff reports Old-fashioned community celebrations offering activities rangingfrom pie-eating contests and softball games to patriotic speeches andfireworks will mark the ...
Fireworks regulations differ from city to city
Jul 01, 2003; ... y By Traci Jai Isaacs It's quiet outside the TNT fireworks stand in the center median ofLawndale's Hawthorne Boulevard, but that's expected midday during theworkweek. The stand, run by the Lawndale Chamber of Commerce, opened lastweek, along with those in Carson, Hawthorne, ...
Birth and death certificates have become more difficult to obtain
Jul 01, 2003; ... y By Nick Green A new state law taking effect today complicates the way LosAngeles County processes the 500,000 annual requests it receives forcertified copies of birth and death certificates. Some fear the additional bureaucratic layer will lead tocomplications that include, ...
AREAWIDE
Jul 01, 2003; ... Alameda Corridor agency chief quits From staff reports The chief executive officer of the Alameda Corridor TransportationAuthority announced Monday he is leaving the agency to accept anappointment to the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners. James C. Hankla, the ...
LONG BEACH
Jul 01, 2003; ... Alameda Corridor chief takes port job From staff reports The chief executive officer of the Alameda Corridor TransportationAuthority announced Monday he is leaving the agency to accept anappointment to the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners. James C. Hankla, the ...
Fireworks regulations differ from city to city
Jul 01, 2003; ... y By Traci Jai Isaacs It's quiet outside the TNT fireworks stand in the center median ofLawndale's Hawthorne Boulevard, but that's expected midday during theworkweek. The stand, run by the Lawndale Chamber of Commerce, opened lastweek, along with those in Carson, Hawthorne, ...
Sale of Del Amo mall is final
Jul 01, 2003; ... TORRANCE: Community leaders and retail experts expect the facility's newowner to make significant changes. y By Jasmine Lee After 30 years of running Del Amo Fashion Center, the Torrance Co.on Monday officially turned over the Torrance mall to the Mills ...
New law makes birth, death certificates more difficult to obtain
Jul 01, 2003; ... y By Nick Green A new state law taking effect today complicates the way LosAngeles County processes the 500,000 annual requests it receives forcertified copies of birth and death certificates. Some fear the additional bureaucratic layer will lead tocomplications that include, ...
Skater death suit to continue
Jul 01, 2003; ... EL SEGUNDO: Questions remain in the Josh Gardner case, a judge rules indenying a motion for dismissal. y By Dennis Lim Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cary Nishimoto has denied amotion to dismiss a lawsuit against a driver who accidentally ranover 11-year-old Josh ...
4th of July community festivities abound
Jul 01, 2003; ... HOLIDAY: South Bay and Harbor Area activities include barbecues, music andlots of fireworks. From staff reports Old-fashioned community celebrations offering activities rangingfrom pie-eating contests and softball games to patriotic speeches andfireworks will mark the ...
OUT & ABOUT IN THE SOUTH BAY
Jul 01, 2003; ... DAILY BREEZE Today TALES FOR TOTS What: Toddler Storytime featuring stories, songs and flannelboards,sponsored by the San Pedro Regional Branch Library. Where: 931 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro. When: 10:30 to 11 a.m ....
Samuel J. Ardaiz | Frank Ashworth | Iva B. Barnes | Margery E. Capps | Judith Sue Coreman | Richard "Richie" Gonzalez Jr. | Rosalie M. Kwasigroch | Beth Marie Lang | Mathew R. Lipman | Mariann Marusich | William P. Mauck III | Florence Rose Mobley | Robert Masao Yanagihara
Jul 02, 2003; ... \STLnobit1\STLdnot Ardaiz, Samuel J. He was born in San PedroAugust 8, 1953 and passed away on June 25, 2003. He is survived byhis son, Brien; his granddaughters, Alexis and Ashley Ardaiz; hismother, Catherine; his sisters, Christy Ardaiz, Evelyn (David) Monje,Linda (Rocky) Banda; his ...
San Pedro owes a celebration to a special landmark _ the Village
Jul 01, 2003; ... A birthday is usually a wonderful time. A time to honor and showrespect. We see birthdays of all types _ our mothers, grandmothers,our children. You pass Averill Park in San Pedro any given weekendand you see the celebrations. In San Pedro, we have an important birthday this month ....
State budget deadline passes
Jul 01, 2003; ... ASSEMBLY: The battle over how to resolve California's $38.2 billionshortfall continues. Bills are being paid with borrowed money. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO _ With the state on the verge of a financial meltdown,California lawmakers struggled Monday to break a ...
Mideast cease-fire holding
Jul 01, 2003; ... PULLOUT: Israel offers to return Bethlehem to Palestinian control as the"road map" to peace unfolds. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM _ Israel agreed to return the West Bank town ofBethlehem to Palestinian control after its pullback Monday from theGaza Strip, crucial ...
Jury hears DeLyle testify on lies
Jul 01, 2003; ... TORRANCE: Man accused of killing girlfriend says he was trying to buy timeto ransom her from a prostitute. y By Denise Nix Every time Richard DeLyle admitted he lied to his girlfriend'sfriends and family about her whereabouts, a prosecutor marked a lineon a white ...
HOLY WRATH IN CARSON
Jul 01, 2003; ... Parishioners fight City Hall over closing of sanctuary SAFETY: About 50 members protest the shutdown by deputies during servicesbecause of building code violations. y By Eddie North-Hager Members of a Carson church held an angry protest Monday, one dayafter ...
Galanter departs office with her trademark outspokenness
Jul 01, 2003; ... COPLEY NEWS SERVICE Time has not exactly mellowed Ruth Galanter. As she ends her 16-year political career at Los Angeles City Hall,the departing city councilwoman is as sharp-tongued as ever about hercolleagues, term limits and the future of the city. She openly ...
(A1 rail teasers) | D@ily Link
Jul 01, 2003; ... Don't spark airport trouble Planning on setting off fireworks on the Fourth of July? Beforewarned: Your pyrotechnics may delay you at the airport later.Ultra-sensitive equipment that detects minuscule traces of explosiveson suitcases and skin might raise suspicions at security ....
POLICE LOG | THE BEACH CITIES
Jul 02, 2003; ... DAILY BREEZE El Segundo 1. Assault with a deadly weapon: 7:25 p.m. June 28, 400 block of Virginia Street. One of two peoplearguing over a parking space punched the other several times andswerved his car in the victim's direction as he left. 2. Battery: ...
Neighbors
Jul 02, 2003; ... Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society, has awarded Kevin Chung-Kai Huoh of PalosVerdes Estates a graduate fellowship for the 2003-04 academic year. Huoh is among 52 students nationwide to receive the fellowship. Heplans to use it to ...
LIGHTS & SIRENS
Jul 02, 2003; ... Why were the police in the neighborhood? Why were those firetrucksdown the street? You ask, we'll answer. Just call our Lights and Sirens ...