Daily Breeze back issues from August 2005:
Speak Up
Aug 01, 2005 ... Reachus Editorial Page Editor Mike Carroll 310-540-5511 Ext.381mike.carroll@dailybreeze.com Internet letters@dailybreeze.com Mail Editorial Page EditorDaily Breeze5215 TorranceBlvd.Torrance, CA 90503-4077Note to Readers The Daily Breeze welcomes suggestions ...
[ Wednesday ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Wednesday Palos Verdes Peninsula Lions Club meets for dinner from 7 to 8:30p.m. at Giorgio's Restaurant, 672 Silver Spur Road, Rolling HillsEstates. Information: 310-833-2103. Thursday Harbor City/Harbor Gateway Chamber of Commerce will host aBreakfast Connection from ...
'LiveStrong' laptop needs Armstrong's endurance
Aug 01, 2005; ... Two years after Intel Corp. made a splash with computer chipsspecially designed for notebook PCs, rival Advanced Micro DevicesInc. jumped on the bandwagon with a microprocessor similarly pitchedto the portable crowd. Like Intel's Centrino processors, the AMD Turion 64 is supposed ...
Open Doors
Aug 01, 2005 ... * Name: Little Miss Muffet's Tea House * Location: 1311 Sartori Ave., Torrance * Type: special events tea house * Opened: July 23 * Services: tea parties for little girls and ladies. Parties caninclude outfits and costumes; cakes, sandwiches, croissants, ...
Big names stay put as deadline passes quietly
Aug 01, 2005; ... NEW YORK -- Manny Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, A.J. Burnett and MikeCameron all stayed with their teams as baseball's non-waiver tradedeadline passed with only five low-level deals involving 11 players. Outfielder Matt Lawton was the highest-profile player to switchsides Sunday, going ...
Boggs, Sandberg join game's best at Cooperstown
Aug 01, 2005; ... COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Wade Boggs cried when he acknowledged hisfather, who turned a scrawny kid into one of the game's toughest outsby teaching him that inside-out swing. Ryne Sandberg was simply Ryno -- smooth, stoic and flush withreverence for the game. Four decades after ...
[ South Bay Wood Bat Classic ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... South Bay Wood Bat Classic Palos Verdes 8,South Torrance 7 Semifinal South 120 013 0 -- 7 10 6 Palos Verdes 303 001 1 -- 8 11 0 Torrance 7, Wilmington 2 Semifinal Torrance 007 000 0 -- 7 Wilmington 000 002 0 -- 2 Torrance ...
Other Views
Aug 01, 2005 ... IRA needs to dissolve itself IN ITS dramatic statement Thursday the Irish Republican Army endedits war but not itself. It needs to prove that it has decidedirrevocably against using force to expel the British from NorthernIreland or to wield power in the divided society ...
Your fund's cash level may indicate manager's skill level
Aug 01, 2005; ... When you invest in mutual funds, you probably expect the managersto be a bit more creative than you'd be with your piggy bank, yet arecent survey shows cash levels are on the rise in many portfolios. A hefty cash stake can dent long-term returns and may irkindividuals who wish to ...
[ ATP Mercedes-Benz Cup ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... ATP Mercedes-Benz Cup At The Los Angeles Tennis Center Los Angeles Purse: $380,000 (Intl. Series) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Championship Andre Agassi (1), United States, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-4, 7-5. Doubles ...
Neighbors
Aug 01, 2005 ... Lt. Col. Anne Fay of Redondo Beach recently marked the culminationof a long service with the Air Force Reserve. She began her career 32years ago as an ROTC cadet at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Commissioned right out of college, she started as an electricalengineer with the ...
Peters lifts Armada to win over Bears
Aug 01, 2005; ... Samone Peters drove in Kevin Moore with a one-out single in thebottom of the 10th inning to give the Armada a 7-6 win over thevisiting Japan Samurai Bears on Sunday in the Golden Baseball League. Moore had tripled down the right-field line off Masanori Yajima,who gave up one run ...
[ TODAY'S RACES ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... TODAY'S RACES JEFF BOB JACK JERRY MIKESIEGEL IKE KARLIK ANTONUCCI SUPERSTEINCONSENSUS PTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Best bets are in bold. Consensus is based on 7 for best bets, 5for first place, 3 for second ...
Torrance rolls past PV for title
Aug 01, 2005; ... The Torrance Chiefs won the South Bay Wood Bat Classic when theydefeated the Palos Verdes Sea Kings, 6-1, Sunday at Redondo to finishthe tournament undefeated. Chiefs starting pitcher Ryan Olivarez grabbed the spotlight,allowing no hits and no runs in five innings before being ...
[ Listed below are addresses and phone numbers of Ca... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Listed below are addresses and phone numbers of California's twoU.S. senators and the lawmakers who represent the South Bay andHarbor Area in the House of Representatives: House of Representatives 35th Dist. Rep. Maxine Waters, Dem., 2344 Rayburn HOB, Washington,D.C. 20515, ...
[ PGA Buick Open ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... PGA Buick Open At Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club Grand Blanc, Mich. Purse: $4.6 million Yardage: 7,127; Par: 72 (36-36) Final Round (a-amateur) Vijay Singh, $828,000 65-66-63-70 -- 264 -24 Tiger Woods, $404,800 71-61-70-66 -- ...
Some want rhetoric on terrorism updated
Aug 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON -- President Bush and White House officials still usethe phrase "war on terrorism" to describe the global fight against al-Qaida and other militant extremists. But with the failure to capture Osama bin Laden and a recent surgein terrorist bombings, there is growing ...
Access road closures raise fire-season fears
Aug 01, 2005; ... CRESTLINE -- As wildfires tore through Southern California twoyears ago, firefighters let Ron Albright and his wife return to theirhome in the San Bernardino Mountains to grab their belongings. They had little choice about their route back out of the forest.With paved roads blocked ...
[ Lottery ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Lottery Sunday DAILY 3 MIDDAY: 1 9 9 DAILY 3 EVENING: 4 1 5 FANTASY 5: 5 11 21 23 37 DAILY DERBY: 1st: 4, Big Ben 2nd: 1, Gold Rush 3rd: 9, Winning Spirit Time: 1:49.94 Saturday 's results SUPER LOTTO ...
U.S. can't afford to appease North Korea
Aug 01, 2005 ... With bombs exploding in Iraq on an almost daily basis; with 1,780American soldiers dead; with London braced for more terror attacks;and with bitter recriminations from liberals in Britain and Americaover Downing Street memos, yellow cake from Niger, Gitmo, ValeriePlame, Abu Ghraib, the ...
Hackett wins another 1,500; Phelps watches
Aug 01, 2005; ... MONTREAL -- Grant Hackett swam to a historic victory, then pickedup a well-deserved trophy as top man at the world championships. Michael Phelps? He spent the final night cheering from the stands. The striking contrast made two things abundantly clear: Hackett isone of the ...
U.N. needs fixing, not nominee
Aug 01, 2005 ... National politics nowadays often resembles cable news channels:Partisan operatives find a good story line and then beat it to death.That's why Democrats have so enjoyed the five-month flap overPresident Bush's nomination of veteran diplomat John Bolton to beambassador to the United ...
[ Sunday's races ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Sunday's races 11th day of 43-day meeting 2005 by Equibase Company Track: Clear & Fast 8087 FIRST RACE. 5 1/2 furlongs Purse- $16,000. Claiming. Fillies& Mares, Four year olds and up. Claiming Price- $10,000-9,000. Index Horse and Jockey Wt. PP St ...
[ Q: Cameo Custom Bras ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Q: Cameo Custom Bras I would like the number for the bra lady from the article on June21. -- LAURA DEHARO San Pedro You're not alone in trying to find this information. Dozens ofreaders have called since we published the June 21 profile of custombra fitter ...
What was panel thinking in secret railroad deal?
Aug 01, 2005 ... Californians don't like secrecy in government. That's why everytime a question of opening official records to the public goes beforethe voters, it wins handily. That's why the Ralph M. Brown Act, a1950s-era law banning most closed meetings of public boards, remainsone of this state's ...
It sure is fun watching a tennislegend do what he does best
Aug 01, 2005 ... The marketing folks who came up with nicknames for tennis' topplayers to publicize the second annual U.S. Open Series dubbed AndreAgassi "The Legend.'' Silly? Pretentious? Too much hype for the good of the game, not tomention Agassi himself? Perhaps, but Agassi certainly ...
[ Major League Baseball ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Major League Baseball National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at Atlanta -190 Pittsburgh ...
Business Dealings
Aug 01, 2005 ... AWARDS Keenan, a privately held brokerage firm in Torrance, recently saidthat based on a survey conducted by an industry publication, BusinessInsurance Magazine, Keenan is ranked the 17th largest brokerage firmin the U.S., surpassing the $100 million revenue milestone. The ...
Warming may intensify storms
Aug 01, 2005; ... Is global warming making hurricanes more ferocious? New researchsuggests the answer is yes. Scientists call the findings both surprising and "alarming"because they suggest global warming is influencing storms now --rather than in the distant future. However, the research ...
Private sector may take on a 'sewage tsunami'
Aug 01, 2005; ... IMPERIAL BEACH -- The intruder crosses the border in SmugglersGulch, a dry, twisting canyon beneath the rippled metal fenceseparating Mexico and the United States. Far too many times, surfer and environmentalist Serge Dedina hasencountered this unwanted visitor: gurgling, greenish ...
Reds knock Padres out of 1st
Aug 01, 2005; ... Adam Dunn and the Cincinnati Reds knocked the San Diego Padresdeeper into despair and out of first place in the sad-sack NL West. Dunn's grand slam in the fifth inning was Cincinnati's third homerof the game, and the Reds won, 7-1, on Sunday in San Diego to dropthe Padres ...
Here's the deal: No trade, no win
Aug 01, 2005; ... The Dodgers didn't make a trade before the deadline Sundayafternoon. They didn't get the key hit that could have won the gamein the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals. They didn't getthe critical relief performance they needed in the 11th. And theycouldn't take further ...
GATE students put on show for parents
Aug 01, 2005 ... Some gifted and talented kids in the Torrance Unified SchoolDistrict got to show off their work Friday after a monthlongenrichment course. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., artwork and team-building projects were ondisplay at Hickory Elementary School, where parents were encouragedto check ...
British police arrest 7 in search for accomplices
Aug 01, 2005; ... LONDON -- Police arrested seven people Sunday during a raid on anapartment in southern England, bringing to 21 the number in custodyin the relentless hunt for accomplices in the failed July 21 transitbombings. Investigators determined to prevent further attacks also wereprobing ...
[ BASEBALL ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... BASEBALL The Torrance Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars swept the district 2championship tournament in El Segundo, defeating the host team, 7-4,to advance to the state tournament in Westchester. The team includes:Ronnie Aros, Victor Cuevas, Joseph DaCosta, Ivan Dominguez, ...
Vaccination rates continue rising at a healthy pace
Aug 01, 2005 ... Childhood immunization rates reached nearly 81 percent in 2004,hitting a record high for vaccinations for babies and toddlers in theUnited States and surpassing a public health goal set for 2010, theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention has announced. The rate reflects the ...
[ EASTERN CONFERENCE ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut 18 6 .750 -- Indiana 14 9 .609 3 1/2 New York 12 11 .522 5 1/2 Washington 12 12 .500 6 Detroit 10 12 .455 7 Charlotte 3 20 .130 14 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Sacramento ...
Sure, you look buff, but is your body ready to tackle everyday tasks?
Aug 01, 2005; ... MIND & BODYSectionBDaily BreezeMonday Mind & BodyTuesdayArts & StyleWednesday On the MenuThursday Home & FamilyFridayAdventure & DiscoverySaturday Faith & ValuesSunday Ideas& TrendsOn Friday you were a dynamo at the gym. You bench-pressed more weight than ever ...
Ho hum, another week, another ration of insults and dark boggart inferences
Aug 01, 2005 ... How good could any week be when it starts with an e-mail from mynonchain video store announcing its own demise? While mourning the loss of languid moments perusing French filmtitles, dark existential movies that start abominably and end badly,I received this anonymous phone call ...
Health
Aug 01, 2005 ... MIND & BODYACTIVITIESToday AL-ANON What: Support group for families and friends of alcoholics. Where: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1432 Engracia Ave.,Torrance. When: 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Information: Call 310-544-9668. ARTHRITIS EXERCISE ...
Carson residents get temporary relief in battle over big rent increase
Aug 01, 2005; ... After fearing they would be told to find the money for a rentincrease or face eviction, residents of one of Carson's oldest mobilehome parks have instead been granted relief -- at least for the timebeing -- from the higher rent. A Compton Superior Court judge told residents ...
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Aug 01, 2005 ... 1 TODAY2 TUESDAY3 WEDNESDAY4 THURSDAY5 FRIDAYAUG.Pittsburgh 4 p.m. FSN2Washington 4 p.m. FSN2Washington 4 p.m. FSN2Washington 4 p.m. FSN 2Tampa Bay 7 p.m. FSNBaltimore 1 ...
Investors succeed if they parlay holdings
Aug 01, 2005 ... As their book title, Wealth Without Worry, suggests, James N.Whiddon and Lance Alston are doing just fine, thanks. So are their clients. The two Dallas financial planners are the prime movers of JWAFinancial Group Inc., a small fee-only financial planning firm. Whilemost ...
[ * The first gold rush in North America took place ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... * The first gold rush in North America took place not inCalifornia, but in Dahlonega, Ga. The Spanish and Indians hadvillages there starting at least as far back as the 1500s. * Although domestic turkeys are bred to be too heavy to fly (andsometimes even too front-heavy to even ...
Israel threatens to strike back if Gaza pullout comes under attack
Aug 01, 2005; ... JERUSALEM -- Israel would suspend its Gaza withdrawal and launch amassive ground offensive if Palestinian militants attack Israelisoldiers and settlers during the pullout, the deputy defense ministersaid Sunday in outlining the military's plans for the first time. The threat came ...
Iraq constitution panel may seek deadline extension
Aug 01, 2005; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Framers of Iraq's new constitution said Sundaythey need more time to finish the document, a move that threatens thepolitical momentum on which Washington has staked its strategy fordrawing down forces from the country next year. President Jalal Talabani, however, ...
New DWP rate drawing customer ire
Aug 01, 2005; ... The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plans to institute anew charge for high-volume customers that generate their ownelectricity, it was reported Sunday. While the utility officially encourages co-generation, it will becheaper for some customers, such as the Los Angeles ...
Just what was the governor's school funding promise?
Aug 01, 2005; ... SACRAMENTO -- Did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger break a promise toteachers or not? In television ads and grass-roots efforts, education proponentsand Democratic groups continue to attack the governor, saying hebroke a promise to repay schools $3.1 billion in the state budgetsigned ...
[ The AcesBy Bobby Wolff ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... The AcesBy Bobby WolffNORTH (Spades) 9 8 7 (Hearts) A K Q 4 (Diamonds) K 10 8 7 (Clubs) 7 4 WEST EAST (Spades) K Q J(Spades) 5 2 (Hearts) 10 9 (Hearts) J 7 3 2 (Diamonds) 6 3 (Diamonds) Q J 9 4 ...
Red-light cameras paying off
Aug 01, 2005; ... Some nights as Chuck Kesterson watches TV, it seems like there's aneon sign flashing "Eat at Joe's" outside his second-story apartmentwindow. But he doesn't get irritated, he smiles only because he knows theflashing is just the newest member of the Gardena Police Departmentdoing ...
[ By Jack Karlik ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... By Jack Karlik First post 2 p.m. Day 12 of a 43-day meet 8097 FIRST RACE 6 1/2 Furlongs Purse: $22,000 Maiden Claiming.Three year olds and up. Claiming Price: $32,000-28,000. Index Horse (Jockey) PP Wgt. Comment Odds 7476 Souvenir Zone (Solis) 1 120 Rail ...
[ Today ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Today LITTLE DO-IT-YOURSELFERS What: For children with too much time on their hands, the city ofTorrance is offering the Carpenter Wagon. Children 6 years and oldercan make a variety of wood crafts while learning to saw, hammernails, sand and paint. Projects include ...
Voting secrecy a concern in RPV
Aug 01, 2005; ... As storm drain user fee ballots pour into Rancho Palos Verdes CityHall -- 4,000 in just 18 days -- some residents believe the secrecyof the process is open to question. That's because the 80 percent of residents who are eligible tovote in the election are required to sign their ...
[ Minutemen getting job done ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Minutemen getting job done Once again I must disagree, in part, with your July 25 "Our Views"editorial -- that the Minuteman effort distracts from bordersolutions. You are partly correct that the solutions to our ridiculous bordersecurity problem lies with the President and ...
Boldin receives 6-year deal from Cardinals
Aug 01, 2005 ... Wide receiver Anquan Boldin signed a contract extension withArizona Cardinals on Sunday and reported for training camp on time,anxious to put months of uncertainty behind him. "That's the most important part," the 2003 NFL offensive rookie ofthe year said. "I can go into practice ...
NASA weighs fix-it space walk
Aug 01, 2005; ... HOUSTON -- Astronauts on the shuttle Discovery may conduct thefirst space walk on the underside of a shuttle to prevent a possiblere-entry heating problem caused by errant strips of heavy insulatingcloth. Analysts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration arestill ...
Seattle tops Sparks for 6th straight win
Aug 01, 2005; ... Betty Lennox's jump shot didn't reveal how much her wrist hurt. Lennox made a 3-pointer with 27.4 seconds left, and Seattle wonits franchise-record-tying sixth straight Sunday night, 77-72, overthe Sparks in Seattle. "I tried not to show it, but I'm out there playing in a lot ...
[ A3Daily BreezeINGLEWOOD ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... A3Daily BreezeINGLEWOOD Solidarity walk is part of Night Out The public is invited Tuesday to participate with the InglewoodPolice Department and city officials in the 22nd annual NationalNight Out Crime and Prevention Rally. The event will begin at 5 p.m. at Inglewood ...
Atkins Nutritionals, leader in low-carb craze, files for bankruptcy
Aug 01, 2005; ... NEW YORK -- Atkins Nutritionals Inc., the company that promotedlow-carb eating into a national diet craze, filed for bankruptcycourt protection Sunday, a company spokesman said. Atkins has been hurt by waning popularity of its namesake diet,which focuses on eliminating ...
[ Champ Car San Jose Grand Prix ... ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Champ Car San Jose Grand Prix At Streets of San Jose San Jose Lap length: 1.448 mile All cars: Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Sebastien Bourdais, 93, 76.341 mph. 2. (3) Paul Tracy, 93. 3. (2) ...
N. Korea nuclear talks falter over compensation demands
Aug 01, 2005; ... BEIJING -- North Korea's demands for what it should receive inexchange for abandoning its nuclear weapons program snarled talksSunday, but the U.S. envoy maintained that "things are moving," withmore negotiations planned today. The negotiations ended their sixth day without an ...
Bankruptcies
Aug 01, 2005 ... Each week, the Daily Breeze Business section publishes a list oflocal companies that have filed for liquidation or reorganization inU.S. Bankruptcy Court. National Safety Institute, Inc.; aka: NSI; National Environmental 22010 S. Wilmington Ave., No. 1, Carson ...
Alvarez not interested in another surgery
Aug 01, 2005 ... Left-handed reliever Wilson Alvarez said after the Dodgers' 7-5loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday that he would considerretiring rather than undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery. Alvarez, 35, underwent surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff inMay 2000 and did not pitch ...
Singh able to hold off Tiger
Aug 01, 2005; ... Tiger Woods rolled in a long birdie putt and cupped his left earto coax a louder reaction from one of the tour's rowdiest galleries. Playing two groups behind, Vijay Singh's lead was down to twostrokes, but he wasn't concerned about the roar from No. 17 -- or theworld's top-ranked ...
[ Howard Chambers has pursued a career of building p... ]
Aug 01, 2005; ... Howard Chambers has pursued a career of building precision defensesystems. But he entered the industry by making a wrong turn. Fresh out of the Air Force and armed with an engineering degree in1969, the Tennessee native was visiting a friend in Manhattan Beach.While in the area, ...