Daily Breeze back issues from April 2004:
CELEBRATION OF LABOR | Marchers gather in Los Angeles to mark what would have been Cesar Chavez's 77th birthday
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ROCKIN' NEW ROLE| Gina Gershon crosses from movies to music
Apr 01, 2004; ... POP MUSIC WRITER No sane case can be made supporting the need for successful actorsto launch rock music careers. Too many tuneless thespians haveexposed innocent fans to their delusional Mick Jagger fantasies. "Bruuuuuuuuce!" means Springsteen, not Willis. "In all ...
Prep baseball | Colleges
Apr 01, 2004; ... Prep baseball West Torrance's John Dunn pitches a four-hit shutout to outduel ElSegundo's Jeff McKinley in the Warriors' 2-0 victory ....
Hortencia Cole | Francis Powers | Ruth C. Rupp | Margaret Tesk
Apr 01, 2004; ... \STLnobit1\STLdnot Cole, Hortencia Born in Nicaragua on October14, 1914, passed away March 30, 2004 at her home. She is survived bya sister and a brother; 3 of her 6 children; 4 grandchildren; 10great grandchildren. She was a beautiful person who is now at theside of God and without ...
Iraqis celebrate grisly slayings of 4 U.S. civilians
Apr 01, 2004; ... FALLUJAH, Iraq -- In a scene reminiscent of Somalia, frenziedcrowds dragged the burned, mutilated bodies of four Americancontractors through the streets of a town west of Baghdad onWednesday and strung two of them up from a bridge after rebelsambushed their SUVs. Five U.S ....
Study questions test in prediction of heart attacks
Apr 01, 2004; ... A large new study casts doubt on one of the hottest ideas in thefield of heart disease -- that inflammation levels in the bloodstreamare a powerful predictor of heart attacks. The report in today's New England Journal of Medicine questionsthe value of a blood test already routinely ...
Wild defeat slumping Avs in overtime
Apr 01, 2004; ... Marc Chouinard scored his second goal of the game 53 seconds intoovertime to lift the host Minnesota Wild past the Colorado Avalanche,5-4, on Wednesday. Chouinard poked the rebound of a shot by Stephane Veilleux underthe leg pad of Colorado goaltender Tommy Salo, and the Avalanche ...
[ CARSON ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... CARSON Fight over eviction results in a death Sheriff's detectives in Carson on Wednesday were investigating ashooting death that apparently involved a landlord-tenant dispute. The shooting in the 500 block of 213th Street occurred about 10:30p.m. Tuesday, said Deputy ...
Reunions
Apr 01, 2004 ... Banning High School Class of 1974, 30-year reunion, Sept. 25,Hilton, Los Angeles. Call 800-655-7971 or visitwww.greatreunions.com. Banning High School Class of 1984, 20-year reunion, Aug. 28. Call800-655-7971 or visit www.greatreunions.com. El Segundo High School Class of ...
Couple suing IRS for tuition tax deduction
Apr 01, 2004; ... An Orthodox Jewish couple barred from writing off tuition paid tothe religious school attended by their children are claiming thedecision by the Internal Revenue Service violated the FirstAmendment. In their lawsuit, Michael and Marla Sklar of Los Angeles contendthe IRS erred by ...
Local conservatives scoff as talk radio takes sharp turn to the left
Apr 01, 2004; ... Love it or hate it, liberal radio hit the airwaves Wednesday. Actually, it was liberals who loved it. Conservatives, whilemostly polite to the idea, predicted doom, contending there aren'tenough liberals to go around. That was the assessment by South Bay pundits, pols and ...
[ A day in court for unborn victims ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... A day in court for unborn victims When a pregnant woman is assaulted and her fetus injured orkilled, there are two victims. That's the clear message of a billpassed last week by the Senate. But as usual, anything that codifiesthe rights of the unborn is a subject of contention ...
State, tribe near deal on gambling
Apr 01, 2004; ... Aides to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger confirmed Wednesday that thestate is close to a major new Indian gambling agreement that hassplit the state's most powerful tribes. The emerging deal could generate an up-front payment of more than$1 billion, plus an unspecified amount of ongoing ...
STANDOFF: Redondo Beach bank robbery suspect surrenders after holing up in a Torrance home for about six hours.
Apr 01, 2004; ... A skinny 21-year-old man suspected of participating in a string ofbank robberies barricaded himself inside a Torrance home Wednesday,beginning a six-hour standoff with legions of heavily armed policethat forced the evacuation of the neighborhood. Police believe Jerry McClendon of ...
What becomes of the previous program in upgrade installation?
Apr 01, 2004 ... Question: When I install an upgrade to a software program, or whenI install a whole new program, what happens to the old program? Is itremoved or is it stuck on my hard drive? -- R.K., Torrance A: Funny you should ask. Software programs are, in some ways, alot like ...
HB resident resigns from health district board
Apr 01, 2004; ... Beach Cities Health District board of directors member Carol Freyresigned from the post this week, marking the second departure fromthe publicly elected board this year. Frey, an orthopedic surgeon, was first elected in November 1996and re-elected to a second four-year term in ...
[ Q: Rescue drills ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... Q: Rescue drills At about noon March 24, I saw four fire department vessels millingaround Banning's Landing in Wilmington, in the corner of the basinnext to the liquid bulk terminal. Three of the boats had theirflashing lights on, and two of the boats appeared to be ...
Student to collect 1 million letters of thanks for military
Apr 01, 2004; ... Between studying for geometry and playing softball, high schoolstudent Shauna Fleming has found time to organize a campaign tocollect 1 million letters of appreciation for military troops at homeand abroad. With the help of her classmates at Orange Lutheran High School,Fleming ...
Bush blasts Kerry on taxes as Greek Americans aid campaign
Apr 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON -- Greek Americans helped President Bush raise $1.5million Wednesday night at a re-election fund-raiser in the nation'scapital, where he began his drive for $170 million nine months ago. Greek surnames dominated the list of donors for the event, one daybefore a White ...
[ GOOGLE ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... GOOGLE Gmail service added to search engine MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Search engine Google Inc. said Wednesday it wouldlaunch a free, Web-based e-mail service to compete against popularservices from rivals Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Google's service, called "Gmail," will ...
Governor in class as a part of policy
Apr 01, 2004; ... SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose campaign wasdogged by allegations of sexual misconduct, volunteered to take a two-hour course about preventing sexual harassment earlier this year. Schwarzenegger wasn't required to take the training course, whichwas conducted by a ...
[ Q: Wine bottle recycling ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... Q: Wine bottle recycling I buy foreign produced wines. Those bought in grocery stores haveCRV. Other outlets do not charge for that. There are even Californiaproduced wines whose bottles are not recyclable. Recyclers do notaccept bottles not marked CRV or without the recycle logo ....
[ TOPREGION ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... TOPREGION USC names dean of Marshall School Management scholar Yash Gupta was named dean of USC's MarshallSchool of Business, USC officials confirmed Wednesday. Gupta's appointment starts July 1, said Lloyd Armstrong Jr.,provost and senior vice president for academic ...
[ Wednesday's races ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... Wednesday's races (70th day of 84-day meeting) 2004 by Daily Racing Form, Inc. Track: Clear, Fast 9594 FIRST RACE. 2 furlongs Purse- $36,000. Maiden. Fillies, Twoyear olds, Cal-breds. Index Horse and Jockey Wt. PP St 1/4 1/2 3/4 Str. Fin.To ...
Music Choice network will go live on cable Internet
Apr 01, 2004 ... SAN JOSE (AP) -- Television network Music Choice will soon givecable broadband customers access to its content and a song downloadservice through their computers -- a move that will thrust the cableindustry into the young but highly competitive online music market. Music Choice ...
Robitaille beat the odds to become a star for Kings
Apr 01, 2004; ... The scouts said he was too slow and his skating ability wasquestionable. And when he was drafted by the Kings 171st overall in1984 he was a long shot to make the NHL. Luc Robitaille has come a long way since then. He went on to winthe Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie in ...
Beach cities robotics teams unite, earn top honors at regional contest
Apr 01, 2004 ... A team of students from two rival South Bay high schools recentlytook part in a robot-building contest at the Los Angeles SportsArena, where members took home the top award for teamwork. The Beach Cities Robotics Team 294, which includes students fromboth Redondo Union High School ...
Outsourcing raises fears of data theft
Apr 01, 2004; ... Question: When I install an upgrade to a software program, or whenI install a whole new program, what happens to the old program? Is itremoved or is it stuck on my hard drive? -- R.K., Torrance A: Funny you should ask. Software programs are, in some ways, alot like ...
Don't censor Iraqi newspaper
Apr 01, 2004 ... The closing of the Baghdad newspaper, Al Hawza, is a case ofegregious bad judgment by the U.S. occupation authority; it should bereversed. The Bush administration wants to create democracy in Iraq.Democracies include newspapers of all stripes, good and bad, thosethat support governments ...
Spain issues warrants in train bombing
Apr 01, 2004; ... MADRID -- Spain for the first time issued international arrestwarrants Wednesday in the Madrid train bombings, seeking six suspectsin a widening probe into the worst terrorist attack in Spanishhistory. The names and photographs of the warrants for five Moroccans and aTunisian ...
Missing Wisconsin woman found alive
Apr 01, 2004; ... MADISON, Wis. -- A missing University of Wisconsin student wasfound alive and healthy Wednesday in a marsh near campus, four daysafter she vanished from her nearby apartment with no coat or purse. Police gave few details on what happened to Audrey Seiler andwould not say whether ...
[ People ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... People McCartney gives skiers a treat TRUCKEE -- Paul McCartney capped a ski vacation at Lake Tahoewith an impromptu performance at the same Sierra Nevada restaurantwhere he entertained surprised diners last year. "Unfortunately, you have an unscheduled guest here at ...
[ BOSTON -- Democrat John Kerry had complication-fre... ]
Apr 01, 2004; ... BOSTON -- Democrat John Kerry had complication-free outpatientsurgery Wednesday to repair a tear in his right shoulder and biceptendons and will be back shaking voters' hands soon--although not tooforcefully. The four-term Massachusetts senator planned to be off thepresidential ...
Travelers are rolling with ease into online reservation systems
Apr 01, 2004; ... CHICAGO -- Marquita Hynes turned to online travel after a co-worker kept raving about the benefits of going it alone in tripplanning. Now she can reel off her own list of Internet travel coups. Train fare from Chicago to New York and back for $33. A hotelsuite in Austin, Texas, for ...
OPEC agrees to slash oil output level
Apr 01, 2004; ... VIENNA, Austria -- With fuel costs already at uncomfortable levelsfor consumers, OPEC took a step that could push prices even higher byannouncing Wednesday that it would cut its crude oil productiontarget by 4 percent. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries hopes the ...
[ CARSON ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... CARSON CSUDH receives science funding The physics department at California State University, DominguezHills has been awarded a $295,000 grant from the National ScienceFoundation to fund particle physics research. The three-year grant will help the university explore ...
[ BEACH CITIES/PENINSULA: MB school district delays... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... BEACH CITIES/PENINSULA: MB school ...
[ SAN PEDRO ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... SAN PEDRO Registered nurses approve contract Registered nurses at Little Company of Mary/San Pedro Hospitalhave approved a first-time collective bargaining agreement thatprovides improvements in wages and benefits. The package alsoincludes a mechanism for nurses' input into ...
Local Halibut Derby offers exciting prizes
Apr 01, 2004 ... The Marina Del Rey Halibut Derby will be held this weekend,allowing anglers a chance at a myriad of great prizes. The Derby hasbeen held every year since 1974. This weekend's Derby will be the 30-year anniversary of the Derby,making it the oldest and largest fishing tournament in ...
Hornung's remarks rile up Irish
Apr 01, 2004; ... Football great Paul Hornung said in a radio interview Tuesday thathis alma mater, Notre Dame, needs to lower its academic standards to"get the black athlete." "As far as Notre Dame is concerned, we're going to have to ease itup a little bit," Hornung told Detroit's WXYT-AM in an ...
[ * 22nd St. Landing, San Pedro: 832-8304 ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... * 22nd St. Landing, San Pedro: 832-8304 * L.A. Harbor Sportfishing, San Pedro: 547-9916 * Redondo Sportfishing: 372-2111 * Pierpoint Landing, Long Beach: 562-983-9300 * Marina del Rey Sportfishing: 822-3625 * ...
School district puts bills on hold
Apr 01, 2004; ... The final bills from the Manhattan Beach Unified School District'sdubious construction campaign will go unpaid a little longer. Trustees unanimously decided to delay paying $370,000 in changeorders during a special session Tuesday night, with board membersinsisting they needed more ...
Vets express ire over monument vandalism
Apr 01, 2004; ... For Japanese-American Torrance resident Tets Asato, the recentvandalism to a World War II monument in Little Tokyo isn't justdisrespectful, it's a slap in the face. "It's really an outrage," said Asato, a 78-year-old U.S. Armyveteran. "It shouldn't happen and I hope they catch the ...
Port aide's departure irks activists
Apr 01, 2004; ... Harbor Area activists voiced dismay Wednesday over the abruptdeparture of Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn's adviser on portissues and questioned whether he had been punished for criticizingthe port. Council deputy Grieg Asher stepped down March 25, one month afterhe sent an ...
[ HARBOR AREA: Activists are dismayed over departur... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... HARBOR AREA: Activists are dismayed over ...
Rice questions to focus on attacks
Apr 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON -- When she testifies before the commission reviewingthe Sept. 11 attacks, Condoleezza Rice will face pointed questionsabout what outgoing Clinton administration officials told her aboutterrorism -- and how urgently the new Bush administration regarded al-Qaida's ...
[ ComicsB12 ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... ComicsB12 Crosswords C5, C8 Horoscope B11 LotteryA14 Opinion A12 Insight A13 Ship ArrivalsC8 Television B10 Advertising ...
[ San Pedro ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... San Pedro 1. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 3:45 p.m. March 27, 500 block of West 19th Street. A 20-year-oldwoman and a 22-year-old man were arguing, when the woman went intothe bathroom and began using a curling iron. The man followed her andtried to burn her. 2 ....
Words fly over dastardly plan to turnHawthorne Airport into 2nd LAX
Apr 01, 2004 ... "I just hate to see all this beauty go the way of the buffalo,"said Reginald Phillips. "I remember WWII and the P-51s lined up onthe airport tarmac like aluminum chickens. I just can't imagineHawthorne without this place." Like many residents of the fabled City By The Freeway, ...
Bill may put colleges in charter game
Apr 01, 2004; ... SACRAMENTO -- Public universities and colleges could start andoversee charter schools that focus on teacher training and helpingunderprivileged students into higher education under a bill heard inan Assembly committee Wednesday. A long line of charter school advocates, in ...
GOP discord slows transit measure
Apr 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON -- A major highway and transit spending billtemporarily stalled Wednesday in the House as Republican leadersstruggled to deal with a presidential veto threat and disunity withintheir ranks. After hours of closed-door meetings, House Republicans said theywere ready to ...
[ UZBEKISTAN ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... UZBEKISTAN Standoff ends with death of militant TASHKENT -- A lone militant who was holed up in a house blewhimself up early Thursday, ending a standoff in the Uzbek capital, ananti-terrorism official said. But that account contradicted policereports of militants holding a ...
High-profile cases lure stealth jurors
Apr 01, 2004; ... SAN FRANCISCO -- They're known in the legal community as stealthjurors -- people who lie to get chosen for the jury in a high-profile trial. And they usually have an agenda -- getting theirmoment of fame, securing revenge for a beloved crime victim, orimplementing their own version of ...
L.A. could seize drunk drivers' cars
Apr 01, 2004; ... Drunken drivers who are pulled over in Los Angeles could soon findthemselves without their cars -- or face the daunting prospect ofhaving to buy them back from the city, under a proposal releasedWednesday. With support from Police Chief William Bratton, Councilman GreigSmith ...
Deputies kill suicidal gunman, wound roofer in Harbor Gateway; Torrance incident ends in arrest
Apr 01, 2004; ... Deputies shot and killed a suicidal man Wednesday in HarborGateway when he jumped from his car and fired blasts at them from anassault weapon capable of discharging up to one hundred rounds inless than a minute. During the chaos, Carson sheriff's deputies confused roofers atopa ...
Governor getting reputation for arrogant outbursts
Apr 01, 2004 ... More than any other single thing, it was arrogance that did informer Gov. Gray Davis. No one wrote his political obituary right then, but the beginningof the end for Davis came in August 1999, when he told a newspapereditorial board the state Legislature exists to "implement ...
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Apr 01, 2004 ... "So," Lincoln supposedly said to the White House visitor, "you'rethe little woman who wrote the book that made this great war."Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852, quicklysold 300,000 copies -- equivalent to 3 million today -- and remainsthe only book to become ...
COMMENTARY: THE BOND ACROSS THE POND (EDS, words in bold are intended to be printed in italics.)
Apr 01, 2004; ... "In rhetoric, however," I lazily wrote, "parrhesia has aspecialized meaning." In zinged a mock-irate letter from Alistair Cooke, founder of whathe called Sanpickle, "Safire Nit Pickers' League." Did I write this unnecessary ize, he demanded, on personalizednotepaper, to be ...
Time to give charter schools greater latitude
Apr 01, 2004 ... More than 800 members of the California Charter SchoolsAssociation converged this week in Sacramento for their annualconvention. Their timing is fortuitous because the Assembly HigherEducation Committee will soon consider a charter school measure. The bipartisan bill by ...
[ SOUTH BAY: Defacing of war memorial angers local ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... SOUTH BAY: Defacing of war memorial ...
Angels make Sele their$8.5 million long reliever
Apr 01, 2004; ... TUCSON, Ariz. -- Aaron Sele is going to be the highest-paid longreliever in the major leagues, and he's partly convinced there'snothing he could have done this spring to prevent that. The Angels on Wednesday announced their rotation to start theseason, and as expected, Bartolo ...
Stanford forward Childress to test NBA's waters
Apr 01, 2004 ... Stanford forward Josh Childress will declare himself eligible forthe NBA draft but still leave open the option of returning for hissenior season. "I plan on putting my name in and testing it out, testing thewaters," Childress said in a telephone interview. "I do not plan onhiring ...
[ SPORTSTHURSDAYApril 1, 2004Section ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... SPORTSTHURSDAYApril 1, 2004Section DBaseball D4 Horse racing D8 NBA ...
[ By Jack Karlik ... ]
Apr 01, 2004 ... By Jack Karlik First Post 1 p.m 9602 FIRST RACE 6 Furlongs Purse: $30,000 Maiden Claiming Threeyear olds Claiming Price: $62,000-$55,000 Index Horse (Jockey) PP Wgt Comment Odds ---- Incarcerated (Solis) 6 120 Should come out running 5-2 9387 Jade's ...
Dodgers find Limaall smiles this spring
Apr 01, 2004; ... VERO BEACH, Fla. -- Imagine knowing nothing about baseball,knowing even less about the Dodgers and walking into their spring-training clubhouse for the first time. Imagine seeing a large roomfull of obvious athletes, all of them quietly going about theirmorning routines before another ...