Daily Breeze back issues from October 2004:
GETTING TO BE A HABIT
Oct 01, 2004; ... It was supposed to run 12 performances ... not 12 years. Chicago actress Maripat Donovan, a rising star in the Windy Citytheater scene, thought it would be fun to relive her childhoodexperiences attending Catholic school. With her friend, Vicki Quade,she wrote a one-act "refresher ...
Havana Mania serves up lots of good food and music
Oct 01, 2004; ... On a recent Monday night, when many restaurants are closed andthose that are open are doing minimal business at best, Havana Maniawas packed. This is due, in part, to the food -- Havana Mania offersa wide selection of dishes from Cuba, a choice of chow that's almostcertainly more ...
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Bloodiest fights in 30 months kills 26 Palestinians in camp
Oct 01, 2004; ... JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip -- Israeli troops struck deepinside the largest Palestinian refugee camp Thursday, battling maskedgunmen in an unprecedented campaign to stop deadly rocket fire onIsraeli towns. Twenty-six Palestinians were killed and 131 wounded,the bloodiest single-day ...
[ ROCK, POP, WORLD ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... ROCK, POP, WORLD Angam Al-Rafidain Ensemble 7 p.m. Sun., Hollywood United Methodist Church, 6817 FranklinAve., L.A., 310-559-5544. Tickets $15 and $20. Aventurera 4:15 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. Sun., Universal Amphitheatre, 100Universal City Plaza, Universal City, ...
Lawsuit demands L.A. pay back DWP
Oct 01, 2004; ... Five supporters of state Sen. Richard Alarcon sued the city of LosAngeles on Thursday on the grounds that it illegally used $800million in Department of Water and Power funds to pay for police,fire and other general city purposes. Alarcon, who is running for mayor, helped ...
NOT BIGGER THAN A SHOEBOX
Oct 01, 2004; ... Six-foot sculptor William R. Bergman usually works on a life-sizescale. His art includes a wooden table and 6-foot sculptures of wood,steel and nautical pieces. The challenge of scaling down his artwork to fit into a shoeboxwas "bone-crushing" said the Albany, N.Y., resident ....
[ Question of theWeek answers ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... Question of theWeek answers Today we publish a roundup of answers to our Question of the Week.The question: "Do the impending closures of RFK Medical Center andthe trauma unit at King-Drew Medical Center make you worry about thestate of health care in the region? Are you concerned ...
[ BY ROGER EBERT ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... BY ROGER EBERT SPECIAL TO RAVE! Here are minireviews of upcoming and recent video releases.Ratings are on a four-star scale, four being best. New releases Deadline <!--e048(unknown)--><!--e048(unknown)--> (no MPAA rating, 93 m., ...
[ Openings ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... Openings Almost Peaceful Death camp survivors struggle to rebuild their lives in post-warParis. With Simon Abkarian and Zabou Breitman. (Laemmle's Music Hall,Beverly Hills.) Reviewed on Page K8. DIG! Filmmaker Ondi Timoner chronicled the feud between Anton ...
[ Lottery ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... Lottery Thursday DAILY 3 MIDDAY: 3 8 6 DAILY 3 EVENING: 3 6 2 FANTASY 5: 8 11 29 31 37 DAILY DERBY: 1st: 3, Hot Shot 2nd: 1, Gold Rush 3rd: 12, Lucky Charms Time: 1:43.95 Wednesday's results SUPER LOTTO ...
Governor vetoes bill toboost housing supply
Oct 01, 2004; ... Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Thursday that would havemade it easier to build more homes in residential neighborhoods -- abill that had encountered fierce opposition in the South Bay. The Legislature had seized on the bill as a way to ease thestate's housing crisis. But ...
Gagne back in action, but on a limited basis
Oct 01, 2004 ... National League Cy Young and All-Star closer Eric Gagne was goodto go Thursday, which was perhaps the best news the Dodgers couldreceive as they look forward to their first playoff berth in eightyears. Gagne, who had been diagnosed as having right shoulder tendinitisand bursitis ...
Iraq bombs kill 35 children, wounding scores of others
Oct 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A string of bombs killed 35 children and woundedscores of others as U.S. troops handed out candy Thursday at agovernment-sponsored celebration to inaugurate a sewage plant. It wasthe largest death toll of children in any insurgent attack since thestart of the Iraq ...
[ NEW YORK ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW YORK Worker at WTC site falls to death NEW YORK -- A construction worker fell 21 stories to his deathdown an elevator shaft at 7 World Trade Center, the 52-story buildingunder construction just north of where the twin skyscrapers oncestood. The 28-year-old ...
TAKING STEPS
Oct 01, 2004; ... With the memory of George Balanchine's vibrant personality fadinginto twilight, fewer and fewer young dancers will hear the first-hand stories of his gifts of perfume and purses, piano jam sessionsdrunk on brandy, and his indelible impact on American ballet. As for the legendary ...
Debate turns into war of words on Iraq, terrorism
Oct 01, 2004; ... CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Sen. John Kerry accused President BushThursday night of a "colossal error in judgment" in ordering theinvasion of Iraq. "The world is better off without Saddam Hussein," the presidentshot back in a campaign debate, adding his rival once said ...
Runaway prosecutor aims to intimidate reporters
Oct 01, 2004 ... The fundamental right of Americans, through our free press, topenetrate and criticize the workings of our government is underattack as never before. Three decades ago, not long after I left the Nixon administrationto join The New York Times, I criticized the posturing of the ...
Rocker Kravitz fights off demons and critics with new album
Oct 01, 2004; ... In a recent video, Lenny Kravitz cast himself as a hard-living,substance-abusing, wild-child rocker whose life is unraveling behindthe scenes. While Kravitz insists he's never lived that stereotypical rocklife, he has been at the point of breakdown. "I was going through ...
[ SPORTSFRIDAYOctober 1, 2004Section ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... SPORTSFRIDAYOctober 1, 2004Section DBaseball D3-D5 College football D2 Golf ...
Low-cost drug bill is vetoed
Oct 01, 2004; ... SACRAMENTO -- Issuing a flood of last-minute vetoes, Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger struck down bills Thursday that would have helpedCalifornians buy low-cost Canadian drugs, given some protections tocar buyers and limited homeowner association foreclosures. He also vetoed bills that ...
[ Saturday ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... Saturday SOUTH BAY FUN CLUB The group will get together for dinner from 7 to 10 p.m. at Ante'sRestaurant, 729 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro: 310-832-7955. PALOS VERDES SINGLES A singles party will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. in a Beverly Hillshome. Cost is $25 ...
Pro-Kerry doc takes stand on war record
Oct 01, 2004; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOf all the dirty tricks in this unhappypresidential campaign, the most outrageous has been the ad campaignby the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, attempting to discredit JohnKerry's service in Vietnam. Supporters of the malingering Bush haveshamelessly challenged the ...
Lomita school alumni re-form parents' group
Oct 01, 2004; ... Helping set up for her son's kindergarten culmination last schoolyear, Cindy Perez-Ornelas noticed some familiar sights in theEshelman Avenue Elementary School auditorium: the same faded,tattered curtains that had been there since she was a student at theschool. The same drab walls. The ...
[ RAVE! ... ]
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Wounded Tiger in hunt
Oct 01, 2004; ... Tiger Woods pursed his lips and cursed under his breath as hestood over his first tee shot, feeling spasms in his back and knowingthe sharp pain that was coming with each shot. He yelped after his second drive. His knees buckled after makingcontact on the sixth tee. He stopped a ...
Unpredictable 'Huckabees' funny, audacious
Oct 01, 2004; ... David O. Russell's "I (Hearts) Huckabees" turns out to be a farceabout finding meaning and identity in a chaotic or maybe connection-enmeshed universe. Alternately wacky, self-conscious, inventive, over-eager and eveninspired, it won't be a dish for everybody. One well-known critic ...
Pinching suspect is chased, arrested
Oct 01, 2004; ... Police on Thursday arrested a man suspected of grabbing a woman'sbuttocks and leading officers on a chase, but were unsure whether heis the same person who might have groped two women previously inTorrance and Redondo Beach. The man was taken into custody about 3 p.m. after he ...
Both candidates rework figures to suit messages
Oct 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON -- President Bush spoke as if al-Qaida leaves seniorpositions vacant when its top operatives are taken down, while hisDemocratic opponent spoke as if only the rich got a tax cut underBush, when in fact taxpayers in all income groups did. Self-serving oversimplifications ...
[ Officers reassured car theft victim ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... Officers reassured car theft victim In possibly the very early morning hours on Sept. 23, my car wasstolen in San Pedro. Luckily, it was recovered later that samemorning a block and a half away. These criminals stripped vehicleparts from our car and took many personal belongings ...
Brian Wilson finally tackles the lost Beach Boys masterpiece
Oct 01, 2004; ... K24 RAVE! Friday, October 1, 2004 Friday, October 1, 2004 RAVE! K25JASPER DAILEY/COURTESY OF DAVID LEAFPHOTO BY MELINDAWILSONYou know how painful it is to hold a smile? Try doing it for 38years. The greatest album almost never made, "Smile" by the Beach Boys,is finally out, ...
GOT HIM PEGG'ED
Oct 01, 2004; ... Is the romantic zombie comedy -- or rom-zom-com, as Edgar Wrightand Simon Pegg like to call it -- a genre whose time has come? Wright and Pegg, the creative team behind "Shaun of the Dead,"sure hope so. Their feature debut, a slacker romantic comedy setagainst a plague of ...
'Eternal Sunshine' worth remembering at Oscar time
Oct 01, 2004; ... You've had this really great, but really bad, relationship. It isover but the very thought of her tightens up your chest until you canbarely breathe. She's still with you in all that you see, all that you hear,everywhere you go. Suppose you could delete every memory of her, ...
R-rated evangelical drama gritty success
Oct 01, 2004; ... A movie that cuts to the bone, "Woman, Thou Art Loosed" is anevangelical film that fully deserves its R rating. Its unblinkinglook at some deep-seated social problems and its refusal to acceptpat, feel-good answers would be remarkable in any movie. Here suchtraits are both startling and, ...
Trial over alleged Jackson taping delayed
Oct 01, 2004; ... A judge Thursday agreed to postpone the trial date for a lawsuitbrought by Michael Jackson and his former lawyer over the allegedsecret recording of them on a charter jet as the singer flew to bebooked on child molestation charges. Jackson and attorney Mark Geragos sued XtraJet ...
Redondo fights off feisty West
Oct 01, 2004 ... Natalia Contreras-Brown and Aliya Stuart won all three of theirsingles sets as Redondo stayed undefeated with a 10-8 Bay Leaguevictory Thursday at West Torrance. West (4-5, 0-1) stayed close to Redondo (8-0, 1-0) by winningseven doubles points. The West doubles team of ...
Crosby steals show, puts A's back on top
Oct 01, 2004; ... ATHLETICS/D4OAKLAND -- Ichiro Suzuki went home quietly, stillwaiting for the big hit he's been chasing. Bobby Crosby sent the Athletics into a decisive weekend seriesagainst the Angels with the biggest hit of Oakland's season. Suzuki got his 256th hit to move within one of ...
[ ATP Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... ATP Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia Thursday At Country Time Club Palermo, Sicily Purse: $461,000 (Intl. Series) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Tomas Berdych (8), Czech Republic, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 4-6, 7-5, ...
Russia clears way for Kyoto Protocol
Oct 01, 2004; ... MOSCOW -- The long-delayed Kyoto Protocol on global warmingovercame its last critical hurdle to taking effect around the worldThursday when Russia's Cabinet endorsed the treaty and sent it toparliament. The treaty, the first to require cuts in emissions linkedto global warming, would ...
L.A. harbor commission president faces conflict-of-interest dilemma
Oct 01, 2004; ... The Port of Los Angeles is legally barred from spending $2 millionon an emerging clean-air technology because harbor commissionPresident Nick Tonsich is a part owner of it and has a conflict ofinterest, according to a legal opinion released Thursday. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo ...
TODAY
Oct 01, 2004 ... Monday Mind & BodyTuesday Arts & StyleWednesday On theMenuThursday Home & FamilyFriday Adventure &DiscoverySaturday Faith & ValuesSunday Ideas & TrendsAnnie'sMailbox B2 Bridge B2 Comics B6 History B2 Horoscope B2 Random ...
[ LOCAL NEWS: Revived Harbor College newspaper help... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... LOCAL NEWS: Revived Harbor College ...
D'Amore launches his career with LMU record
Oct 01, 2004 ... It didn't take long for freshman golfer Jason D'Amore to make animpact for Loyola Marymount. In just his second collegiate tournament, D'Amore took home thetrophy on Monday, winning the Vandal Classic in Moscow, Idaho with a10-under-par 203. The Mira Costa graduate's 54-hole ...
[ Events TV/Radio Time ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... Events TV/Radio Time Baseball San Francisco at Dodgers Ch. 11, KFWB (980), 1 p.m. KWKW (1330) Angels at Oakland Ch. 13, KSPN (710), 1 p.m. KTNQ (1020) Chicago White Sox at Kansas City WGN 4 p.m. College Football Arkansas at Florida Ch. 2, KMPC ...
[ MLS ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-Columbus 11 5 10 43 34 27 MetroStars 11 10 6 39 44 44 D.C. United 8 10 9 33 38 40 Chicago 8 11 8 32 32 38 New England 6 12 9 27 38 41 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas ...
[ AMERICAN CONFERENCE ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 2 0 0 1.000 50 36 N.Y. Jets 2 0 0 1.000 65 52 Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 20 26 Miami 0 3 0 .000 23 46 South W L T Pct PF PA Jacksonville 3 0 0 1.000 35 28 Indianapolis 2 1 0 ...
Weather increasesjobless claims
Oct 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON -- Consumers were tightfisted with their money amidsoaring gasoline costs in August, and hurricane-related disruptionslast week sent applications for jobless benefits to their highestlevel in seven months. Overall spending was flat in August, the Commerce ...
Documents remain sealed
Oct 01, 2004 ... A judge in Denver has rejected requests to unseal the grand juryinvestigation of the sex-and-booze scandal surrounding the Universityof Colorado football program, saying he could only release the reporthad no indictment been returned. The investigation of the scandal resulted in a ...
MECHANICALLY
Oct 01, 2004; ... I should have figured something was wrong when all seven of my newco-workers dropped everything they were doing to watch me. I'm ratcheting loose the last of a dozen bolts connecting a 1998Mercury Grand Marquis LS to its transmission pan. No fooling, this isa real live tranny ...
Bradley is looking at big picture
Oct 01, 2004 ... One day after. One day after the Milton Bradley Telethon. One day after the extremely well-scripted charm-the-press sessionin which Bradley apologized for his bad behavior, accepted his issued-by-Major League Baseball five-day suspension with grace and announcedhe would seek ...
'Ladder 49' climbs higher than usual fare
Oct 01, 2004; ... The best compliment I can pay "Ladder 49" is to say that it leftme feeling thoughtful and sad. I was surprised it had such an effect. I walked in expecting anaction picture with heroic firemen charging into burning buildingsfor last-minute rescues. "Ladder 49" has the heroes and ...
1 knee might stifle 2 players
Oct 01, 2004 ... ARLINGTON, Texas -- Center fielder Garret Anderson's left kneetendinitis took him out of Thursday's lineup, and if past episodes ofthis injury are any indication, the Angels will not be able to startAnderson and Troy Glaus in the same lineup during their season-deciding series at Oakland ...
Neighbors
Oct 01, 2004 ... Help get out the good word about the accomplishments of yourneighbors, friends, family members and co-workers. We'd like to hearabout people who have been recognized by civic organizations, risento new professional levels, received ...
Cubs fall flat as finish line nears
Oct 01, 2004; ... Mark Prior pitched his best game of the season. Still, he couldn'tstop the Chicago Cubs' final-week slump that has damaged theirchances of making the postseason. "It's not from a lack of preparation. It's not from a lack oftrying. It just hasn't worked out. I don't have a ...
Williams punctuates Yanks' AL East crown
Oct 01, 2004; ... Bernie Williams hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and theNew York Yankees clinched their seventh straight AL East title,beating the visiting Minnesota Twins, 6-4, Thursday night for their100th victory of the season. With the crowd standing and hollering, Williams connected ...
[ ROCK ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... ROCK Avalon Hollywood Gillian Welch, tonight. Snow Patrol, Tue. Supergrass, Thu., 1735N. Vine St., Hollywood, 323-467-4571, 323-462-8900,www.avalonhollywood.com. Echo Anubian Lights, Seksu Roba, Sat. Yerba Buena, Sun. Domenico, Thu.,1822 Sunset Blvd., Echo ...
Lennox man faces attempted murder charges
Oct 01, 2004; ... A 35-year-old Lennox man who allegedly attacked his estranged wifeand her boyfriend with a chain saw and set her on fire was chargedThursday with two counts of attempted murder. Carlos Hernandez Romo also was charged with arson causing greatbodily injury and first-degree ...
Fun 'Shark Tale' still lacks port of entry for youngsters viewers
Oct 01, 2004; ... "Scooby-Doo." "Josie and the Pussycats." Bill Damaschke grew upwatching his favorite Saturday morning cartoons with six siblings. While most parents urge their kids to turn off the TV and getoutside on a weekend, not Damaschke's mom and dad -- indeed, theywere right there in front ...
Authorities to release Bryant case documents
Oct 01, 2004; ... EAGLE, Colo. -- Some previously sealed documents and evidence fromthe sexual assault case against Kobe Bryant will be released today,the Eagle County Sheriff's Office said. The records could include a transcript of the NBA star's interviewwith investigators, statements from some ...
[ Today in HistoryToday is Friday, Oct. 1, the 275th... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... Today in HistoryToday is Friday, Oct. 1, the 275th day of 2004.There are 91 days left in the year. Highlights in history: Forty years ago, on Oct. 1, 1964, the Free Speech Movement waslaunched at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1800, Spain ceded Louisiana to ...
[ Q: Missing boy ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... Q: Missing boy Was the child who was missing Tuesday near Columbia Park everfound? Torrance police had a helicopter out looking and numerouspolice officers searching in cars and on motorcycles at the park andsurrounding neighborhoods. -- TRACI ...
DECLINED
Oct 01, 2004; ... If the PlayStation's sleek and sexy Twisted Metal combat racingseries is the refined city boy, Test Drive: Eve of Destruction is thedirty, gap-toothed country cousin. The latest game in Atari's celebrated Test Drive series gets backto its way-rural roots with the kinds of rugged ...
[ School district should accept gift ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... School district should accept gift Manhattan Beach Unified School District administrators andtrustees assert that they are interested in fairness for all students("Move to rehire band assistant creates discord," Wednesday). Whatthey really support is an equality of unfairness ....
[ AREA FISH REPORT ... ]
Oct 01, 2004 ... AREA FISH REPORT OXNARD (Helgren's) -- 1 boat, 16 anglers: 75 calico bass, 16 sandbass, 20 rockfish. MARINA DEL REY (Marina del Rey Sportfishing) -- 4 boats, 58anglers: 7 halibut, 39 calico bass, 8 sand bass, 65 rockfish, 21bonito. REDONDO BEACH (Redondo Sportfishing) ...