Daily Breeze back issues from May 2009:
3 arrested in Lennox taco truck shootings
May 01, 2009; ... RELATED LINKS: * BLOG: Keep up to date with South Bay crime and court news * BLOG: Track South Bay court cases * South Bay crime stats A man was killed and five people were injured when a gunmanopened fire into a crowd outside a Lennox taco stand at a ...
The 'Star Trek' Zone
May 01, 2009 ... The new "Star Trek" film will be released to South Bay theaterson May 8, and will take ...
Headmaster arrested on child porn charges
May 01, 2009; ... RELATED LINKS: * >> BLOG: Keep up to date with South Bay crime and court news * >> BLOG: Track South Bay court cases * >> South Bay crime stats An Episcopal clergyman and headmaster of a Christian grade schoolin Gardena has been arrested on suspicion of ...
Five suspects arrested in Torrance residential burglary
May 01, 2009; ... Five people were arrested today following a residential burglaryin the Walteria area of Torrance. Police received a call at 12:17 p.m. regarding a "suspiciousperson" in a vehicle in the 24600 block of Madison Street, accordingto Lt. Mark Athan. Arriving officers found that ...
Hermosa Beach man is 'chief party officer' for Kentucky Derby
May 01, 2009; ... Whether an innate or adaptive trait, knowing how to have a goodtime comes pretty naturally to most folks in Hermosa Beach. In fact, most Hermosans could teach people in other parts of thecountry - heck, make that other South Bay cities - a thing or twoabout partying. So, ...
Catalina benefits from cruise ship swine flu fears
May 01, 2009; ... Two cruise ships diverted from Mexico to Catalina Island becauseof swine flu fears have given the island an influx of visitors andan "economic shot in the arm," officials said Friday. The 2,052-passenger Elation and 2,670 Sapphire Princess arrivedat Avalon on Friday for several ...
SUSAN CHRISTIAN GOULDING: Numbers don't tell the tale on honors English
May 01, 2009; ... At the beginning of the school year, my son announced that he wasgoing to take eighth grade very seriously. He'd never been a badstudent -- mostly B's with enough A's in P.E., band and artsprinkled in to give his report card a sheen. But on the other hand, Matt wasn't one to push ...
Fed shares 'stress tests'
May 01, 2009 ... WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve will release results Thursday of"stress tests" for the 19 large banks at the center of the nation'sfinancial crisis. The results will shed light on which banks may need governmentsupport to ...
Big 5 earnings, stock price jump
May 01, 2009 ... A day after Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. reported quarterlyearnings, the El Segundo-based company's stock rose 34.39 percent,or $2.83, to $11.06 on Friday. On Thursday, Big 5 said its first-quarter profit tumbled33percent as consumers continued to pull back on spending. The ...
Chevron earnings down
May 01, 2009 ... Chevron Corp. on Friday posted net income that plunged 64 percentfrom a year ago as it too was stung by lower oil and natural gasprices. For Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company with an ...
Chrysler/Fiat deal imminent
May 01, 2009 ... NEW YORK - Attorneys for Chrysler LLC said the company will filea motion by Saturday morning to sell substantially all of its assetsto Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA, but that won't include eightplants, including five that the automaker revealed it will shutterby the end of next year ....
Singer Susan Raye donates gold record for 'Airport' to Flight Path Museum
May 01, 2009 ... Country crooner Susan Raye on Friday donated one of the two GoldRecords she earned for her song "L.A. International Airport" to theFlight Path Museum. The tune peaked at No. 9 on the country music charts and No ....
'Ask a Lawyer" comes to Torrance courthouse on Wednesday
May 01, 2009 ... Members of the South Bay Bar Association will be available toanswer questions for free during this year's annual Law Day "Ask aLawyer" event. The lawyers will be on the first floor of ...
San Pedro historical society seeks rummage sale donations
May 01, 2009 ... The San Pedro Bay Historical Society is looking for items to sellat its June rummage sale. Items can be brought to the Muller House Museum at 1542 BeaconSt. from 1 ...
Rite honors victim of Korean War
May 02, 2009 ... The first Korean War casualty from the California Army NationalGuard 40th Infantry Division will be honored at a special ceremonySunday in Inglewood. Veterans, their families and the public are encouraged to attendthe 11 a.m. event at Inglewood Park Cemetery, 720 E. Florence ...
Income tax exemptions
May 02, 2009; ... Q: Income tax Who is exempt from payingfederal or state taxes? What is the income limit or how is itdetermined? - Inga Tatikian Manhattan Beach For federal income tax returns for 2008, single filers youngerthan 65 with a gross income ...
Candidates set their sights on Lieu's seat
May 02, 2009; ... While South Bay Assemblyman Ted Lieu campaigns for attorneygeneral, several little- known candidates are lining up to replace him in the Legislature. Most of the candidates were at last weekend's state Democraticconvention in Sacramento, which offered local political insiders ...
JOHN BOGERT: Get your nails done today, help new charity
May 02, 2009; ... I was maybe a little surprised to find myself with Kim Norris theother afternoon. Not that the Palos Verdes Estates resident isn't a delightfulperson to talk to. It's just that we were discussing themiraculously fast take-off of her fledgling Lung Cancer Foundationof America ....
Port frustrates plan for shipyard
May 02, 2009; ... A plan to reconstruct a working shipyard where Bethlehem Steelonce built vessels seemed like a logical idea to Gambol Industriesof Long Beach. Not only would a new facility provide jobs - 1,000 direct jobsand 1,000 indirect jobs, according to supporters - but it also ...
Port ID card scanners in works
May 02, 2009; ... Production remains delayed for an electronic scanner that'ssupposed to read high-tech security cards allowing workers to accessthe ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to the U.S. CoastGuard. Prototypes of the Transportation Workers IdentificationCredential ...
A random act of road rage
May 02, 2009 ... Veteran freeway drivers who value their lives and property knowall too well that a random act of kindness - allowing an impatientdriver to pass, for example - helps prevent or defuse the kind ofroad rage that takes lives and ruins others. A murder case in Los Angeles Superior ...
Sunday's letters to the editor
May 02, 2009 ... Is non-Kosher flu ordained? First we worried about our economy. Then we worried about ourmoney and last, but not least, we now worry about our health. We arehearing frightening reports of a swine flu attacking the world at arecord pace. It sounds really treif - something is not ...
A lesson learned in L.A.?
May 02, 2009 ... City officials nix stormwater fee increase after protests. Maybe, just maybe, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the Los AngelesCity Council learned a lesson from the whole Measure B solarinitiative debacle. Despite assurances that anything promising solar energy would betoo ...
LARRY ELDER: Around the welfare state in 100 days
May 02, 2009; ... Has it really been 100 days? Aided by a compliant Democratic-controlled Congress, asycophantic media and squishy Republicans, President Barack Obamahas taken the country on a radical, mind-boggling leap intocollectivism. Obama - to use one of his favorite expressions - ...
LAUSD to gut education for older adults
May 02, 2009; ... As education in Los Angeles is slashed to the bone, even thosewho are long past their school days are feeling the pain. Senior citizens are fighting budget cuts proposed by the LosAngeles Unified School District that could gut adult- education programs that help keep them ...
Early autism intervention makes dollars and sense
May 02, 2009; ... With one in 150 children today diagnosed with autism, the debaterages on over what is the best treatment for this condition, and -just as importantly - who will pay for it.In the wake of Autism Awareness Month in April, we have anopportunity to take a realistic and probing look ...
El Segundo High ready for its close-up
May 02, 2009; ... El Segundo's picturesque high school wants more time in thespotlight this year. In hopes of generating more revenue, leaders of the cash-strapped school district have asked the city to ease restrictions onthe number of days that the stately campus can act as a location ...
A bitter battle for power
May 02, 2009; ... At one time, Scottsdale Estates was a nice place to live. But thegated condo complex in Carson deteriorated long ago into a haven fordrugs and gang crime. Now it is most known as the site of a fire that killed fivechildren in 2005. Neighbors tried to rescue them, but they ...
JOHN BOGERT: Barbie's new tattoo gets under my skin
May 03, 2009; ... Before I get to readers' comments, I have tocomment on Barbie, who, at 50, just got a fashion makeover in theform of a tattoo. Actually, it's 40 stick-on tattoos that can give the El Segundo-based Mattel's creation the classic tramp stamp, the now common-as-muck tattoo ...
A few swipes for credit card firms
May 03, 2009 ... President Barack Obama took the executives of credit cardcompanies to the White House woodshed the other day, telling them hewould support stricter regulatory legislation in Congress.Considering the rise in deceptive credit card practices that hasoccurred in this weakened economy, it's a ...
Monday's letters to the editor
May 03, 2009 ... Is Rose float on sinking ship? The priorities of Torrance city leaders personify what is wrongwith America today. In these dire economic times city leaders proclaim things are"rosy" enough that they can justify spending $142,000 on freshflowers to float through Pasadena on ...
MONA CHAREN: Supreme Court renders a decent ruling on expletives
May 03, 2009; ... The U.S. Supreme Court is a redoubt of decorum in a casual Fridayworld. The justices still wear robes. The assembled attorneys,journalists and interested observers still rise when the robed onesenter the chamber. Lawyers still begin their oral argumentpresentations by intoning the words ...
Ask us
May 03, 2009 ... Curious about something in the South Bay and Harbor Area andlooking for some answers? Just "Ask Us" and we'll try to help. You can leave a tape-recorded message at 310-543-6698, fax yourquestion to 310-540-6272, mail a letter to Ask Us, the Daily Breeze,South Bay Tower, ...
Faiths divided find unity in the South Bay
May 03, 2009; ... * » More religion news PHOTOS: » The bridge of understanding Ester Hacken has come to consider herself part of AmirFazalbhoy's family during the past decade, which saw the blossomingof their friendship. Despite many occasions on which they've broken bread and ...
ABOUT TOWN: Artists who make a difference, 'true friend' honored
May 03, 2009; ... It was an evening of excellence Friday as the Torrance PerformingArts Consortium (TPAC) presented five awards and one specialacknowledgment during a reception in the James Armstrong Theatrelobby, prior to the South Bay Conservatory's opening of "TheMikado." The conservatory ...
The Freshman: Self-diagnosing swine flu right before finals blues
May 03, 2009; ... I think I have swine flu. I called my radiologist dad at Torrance Memorial Medical Centerseven times the other day to tell him I thought I had swine flu andto make him explain how he knew I didn't have swine flu, and whatwould happen to me if I did have swine flu and it went ...
In the Classroom: Hands-On Police Work
May 04, 2009; ... PHOTOS: Teens and police Megan Bennett pointed the barrel of the shotgun straight at thechest of the practice dummy and took careful aim before pulling thetrigger. A loud bang echoed in the Torrance Police Department's firingrange and a bag filled with lead pellets smacked ...
Attacks mar L.A. city attorney race
May 04, 2009; ... It is the type of race both candidates say they wish they couldhave avoided - hard-hitting, negative, personal. Yet that is exactly what the campaign between Los Angeles cityattorney candidates Jack Weiss, a councilman, and attorney CarmenTrutanich has become. As the runoff ...
Ringing bells a reminder to take it all in
May 04, 2009; ... It is damp here and the kind of cold that seeps into your bonesand cries. Rusted metal tracks cut into the earth next to us in a wide pit;dandelions there crawl between stones searching for sunlight. Yellowdouble-deck trains barrel past every few minutes in the drizzlingrain ....
The Soap Opera Scoreboard
May 04, 2009 ... ALL MY CHILDREN: Opal is spooked by her vision of Annie and laterexperiences a disturbing image of a bloodied Tad. Ryan is caught offguard when he receives a package from Alexander Cambias Sr.containing a manuscript outlining the details of the Satin Slayermurders. Alexander takes credit ...
John Bogert said what?
May 04, 2009 ... Our columnist said that Barbie's tattoo gets under his ...
Analog 2 Digital
May 04, 2009 ... The Daily Breeze has compiled a number of helpful stories ...
An 'A' in news
May 04, 2009 ... SOUTH BAY SCHOOLS: Read up on the swine flu, the economy ...
Loving what's on 'Forbidden Broadway'
May 04, 2009; ... By A.K. Whitney From the beginning, the beauty of Gerard Alessandrini's"Forbidden Broadway" was not only that you didn't have to becompletely hip to what's playing on the Great White Way to enjoy it,you could also see it many times and it would never be quite thesame ....
The spiritual (music) side of Eric Bibb
May 04, 2009; ... To understand Eric Bibb's music, you really have to take a lookback.Bibb, 57, grew up amid the folk music revival, namely blues andspirituals, in New York during the 1950s and 1960s. His father, LeonBibb, was at the center of the folk scene, along with his uncle,jazz pianist ...
Ask the Lawyer: Fighting 'disorderly conduct' charge
May 04, 2009; ... Q: We had a barbecue, drank beers and ate well. I was standing onthe sidewalk talking with several neighbors when a police officerparked, approached us, and told me someone called about a"disturbance." Before long, I was "taken into protective custody"and issued a misdemeanor citation ...
JOHN BOGERT: Pontiacs were E-ticket rides for a now-lost USA
May 04, 2009; ... It was all about girls, naturally. Girls and cars, cars andgirls. Except when it was just about cars. And while there is a tendency to overly romanticize the days whenPontiac's GTO was special beyond belief, it would be wrong to denythat the romance actually existed as something ...
Firefighters douse Torrance brush fire
May 04, 2009; ... Firefighters doused a 2- to 3-acre brush fire that burned Mondaynear the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance. The fire broke out about 2:20 p.m. off Madrona Avenue near DelAmo Boulevard, Torrance fire Capt. Steve Deuel said. Firefighters and members of county camp ...
Ride for Life
May 04, 2009 ... Q: Ride for Life There were more than 400 motorcycles escorted by numerous policevehicles going north on Western Avenue in Torrance at about 11:45a.m. Sunday. Were they riding to raise awareness for a cause? It wasvery impressive to see. - Eileen Nitsche Torrance ...
3 swine flu cases confirmed in L.A. County
May 03, 2009 ... The first three cases of swine flu have been confirmed in LosAngeles County, including a female student at Cal State Long Beachwho had earlier been considered a "probable" case of the disease,the county health department announced Saturday night. The other confirmed cases are in ...
Blame classroom, not the test
May 03, 2009 ... Provocative study doesn't justify abolishing high school exitexam. A study released last month will provide plenty of ammo foropponents of California's high school exit exam. Researchersaffiliated with Stanford's School of Education concluded that theexit exam not only doesn't ...
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Pelosi, when briefed, didn't protest torture
May 03, 2009; ... Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances.The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that couldsave this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice iseasy. Even John ...
Free video production course at Hawthorne Library
May 03, 2009 ... Does your child dream of being the next Steven Spielberg? Is heor she another Ron Howard in the making? Join a free program in video production at the Hawthorne Libraryand create your own short film. The four-week class is taught by aprofessional from the Hollywood Entertainment ...
Breeze crime blogger collars contest award
May 03, 2009 ... Daily Breeze crime reporter Larry Altman has won an award for hiswork on our Crime & Courts blog. Altman, who has worked the South Bay beat for nearly 20 years,took third place in the "Best of the West" competition, which honorsnewspapers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, ...
MONA CHAREN: Jack Kemp - a Republican MVP
May 04, 2009; ... Jack Kemp was supposed to read this column. A dinner in his honorwas scheduled for next week and I had timed the column to appearjust prior. The last his friends had heard, he was improving. Nowit's too late. Jack was deserving of tribute in so many ways - as a leader, as ...
Developer hopes rates, incentives will help sell LaSalle Lofts
May 04, 2009; ... The bad news is that the real estate market is still in a slump. The good news for the LaSalle Lofts? Interest rates are down and the developer hopes tax breaksoffered to first-time buyers will encourage sale of all 26 units. "We actually are sleeping well at night, ...
Son, 19, charged in Manhattan Beach attack on parents
May 04, 2009; ... RELATED LINKS: * » BLOG: Keep up to date with South Bay crime and court news * » BLOG: Track South Bay court cases * » South Bay crime stats A 19-year-old Manhattan Beach man was charged Monday with tryingto kill his parents with a butcher knife in ...
Rancho Palos Verdes takes up peafowl issue
May 04, 2009; ... * City of Rancho Palos Verdes While some locals appreciate their rich coloring and luxuriantplumage, other complain about their ear-splitting shrieks andcopious excrement. Today, peacocks and peahens are back in the spotlight on thePalos Verdes Peninsula, where the birds ...
Meet Raju Chhabria, the South Bay's top real estate agent
May 04, 2009; ... On the November day in 1984 when he received his real estatelicense, Raju Chhabria walked in on a couple having sex at a househe was showing to clients. At the next home, he encountered the "meanest lady I ever met." Despite those early setbacks, Chhabria was still able to ...
LAX opens bidding for new shops
May 04, 2009; ... The Board of Airport Commissioners on Monday put out a call forbids for companies wanting to operate shops and eateries inTerminals 4, 5, 7 and 8 at Los Angeles International Airport. Officials offered five options that will allow concessionaires tobid for 22 stores and 20 ...
Shoemaker's carousel plan meets resistance from Redondo Beach
May 04, 2009; ... Redondo Beach businessman Steve Shoemaker has long eyed theweather-worn blue building that sits boarded-up and vacant near thecity pier. For years, the harbor leaseholder has envisioned a merry-go-round there - an attraction he sees as an obvious draw for familiesand a moneymaker ...
Tuesday Letters to the Editor
May 04, 2009 ... Miss USA contestant set up This is regarding the Other Views column titled "Important issuelost in Miss USA 'controversy"' in the Friday Daily Breeze. This is yet another example of how liberal publications like theSan Francisco Chronicle are incapable of unbiased reporting ....
Point Fermin: Kindergartener applications due
May 04, 2009 ... * BLOG: South Bay education news POINT FERMIN MARINE SCIENCE Application packets due forprospective fall kindergarteners Applications and enrollment packets will be available this weekfor parents of prospective kindergarteners ...
Drill team to visit Stephen White Middle School
May 04, 2009 ... * BLOG: South Bay education news STEPHEN WHITE MIDDLE Championship drill team visits Gardena campus. The drill teamfrom Stephen White Middle School on Friday will visit 186 th StreetSchool to kick off its Concert in the Park event at the campus, 1581W. 186 th St., ...
Pacific Lutheran High teacher wins award
May 04, 2009 ... * BLOG: South Bay education news PACIFIC LUTHERAN HIGH Teacher wins award from Chamber of Commerce. Pacific LutheranHigh School teacher Bekah Steffens on Friday will receive thisyear's Lomita Chamber of Commerce Golden Apple Award ....