Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) back issues from October 2007:
FISH-OUT-OF-WATER 'ALIENS' LANDS TONIGHT.(LA.COM)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: DAVID KRONKE >TV CRITIC If nerdy high-school junior Justin Tolchuck (Dan Byrd) feels like a fish out of water in his Wisconsin school, just imagine how Raja (Adhir Kalyan) must feel. Raja is a Muslim exchange student from Pakistan, and in the ...
BODY > BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE.(LA.COM)
Oct 01, 2007 ... LOSE FAT, WIN MONEY Wendy Alane Wright was inspired by her appearance as a contestant on ABC's weight-loss reality series "Fat March." The author and vocalist from La Canada Flintridge has created a 90-day weight-loss program, "March Off the Fat," designed to promote healthy ...
FREE FLOATING FLOTATION TANKS CAN SET YOU ADRIFT ON A SEA OF RELAXATION.(LA.COM)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: MELISSA HECKSCHER >LA.COM Just a few steps from Venice Beach's bustling boardwalk, inside an unassuming office of a beachfront mini-mall, the "flotation tank" I've come to try looks like either a very large metal coffin or a very small submarine. ...
DRINK IN ALL THE RESEARCH ON WATER BOTTLES.(LA.COM)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: >BY ANN TATKO-PETERSON Few plastic water bottles make it into Mary Wilstorn's curbside recycling container. She buys one plastic bottled water a week and simply refills it from the tap. "I don't buy bottled water for the so-called 'mountain spring' water," ...
WOMEN'S SPORTS COULD EVOLVE WITH SOLO ACT.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: RAMONA SHELBURNE LOCAL OK, so maybe Hope's Solo act went a little too far. But she really only needs to apologize to her teammate, Briana Scurry, which she did on Friday via her MySpace blog because none of the U.S. players were made available to ...
HORSE RACING: DIXIE CHATTER WINS NORFOLK STAKES.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Staff and Wire Services Richard Mandella's bio in Santa Anita's "Horsemen's Biographies" book is four pages long and includes all the major victories throughout the 56-year-old trainer's Hall of Fame career. About the only milestone missing is a Triple Crown ...
SHUFFLING OFF FOR PLAYOFFS ROSTER MOVES STILL NEED TO BE MADE OAKLAND 3, ANGELS 2.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: DOUG PADILLA Staff Writer OAKLAND -- With the regular season behind them and the playoff opener two days away, the Angels will fill the time by playing roster games. Will the final bullpen spot go to Dustin Moseley, Chris Bootcheck or Bartolo ...
COLLETTI AND LITTLE TO RETURN CHANGES TO STAFF, ROSTER EXPECTED SAN FRANCISCO 11, DODGERS 2.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: TONY JACKSON Staff Writer Although it already seemed apparent, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt made it official Sunday: general manager Ned Colletti and manager Grady Little will return in 2008. But as he addressed the media shortly before Sunday's season finale, ...
USC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: TROJANS JUST GLAD FOR WIN.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: SCOTT WOLF Staff Writer USC's standards plunged Saturday, when the best rationalization the Trojans could muster after barely beating Washington was that at least they didn't repeat last year's loss to Oregon State. "We know now we can be beaten," ...
UCLA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: OLSON COMES AROUND.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BRIAN DOHN Staff Writer UCLA didn't have a first down for the opening 22 minutes, and by the time Brandon Breazell caught a pass and raced 69 yards for a touchdown, the Bruins had scored one touchdown in seven quarters with Ben Olson at quarterback. ...
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: --Rich Hammond Unlike Saturday, Sunday's effort looked much like the one the 2006-07 Kings would have given. That's not a good sign for a team that needs to establish a new identity. The Ducks came out with fire, which the Kings should have expected, but except in brief ...
CHARGERS TAKING TURNER FOR WORST.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: PAUL OBERJUERGE SAN DIEGO - Remember the San Diego Chargers, Super Bowl contenders? The team with 11 Pro Bowlers and the National Football League's MVP back from a 14-2 team? They're 1-3 and playing horribly. So badly, you'd think they were being ...
AMERICAN TRADITION DESPITE SOME PAST BLIPS, EXPECT WORLD SERIES CHAMP TO AGAIN COME FROM THE AL THIS YEAR.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BOB KEISSER Today's Octoberfest edition of The Sporting Muse, a holiday rarely celebrated in Chavez Ravine: If this were a classic, vintage matchup of Japanese kaiju, it would be billed as Godzilla vs. Rodan vs. Mothra. The New York Yankees are ...
A NEW EPISODE FOR 24 KOBE'S MOOD IS MAJOR CONCERN.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: ELLIOTT TEAFORD Staff Writer The summer of Kobe Bryant's discontent has come to an end. It remains to be seen whether he's still grumpy now that Fall is here and the Lakers are set to fly to Honolulu for the start of training camp. The Lakers say ...
EDITORIAL RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT L.A.'S INTERSECTION CAMERAS LET TOO MANY OFF THE HOOK.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007 ... THERE are two complementary explanations for the unimpressive performance of the cameras that the city of Los Angeles has installed at key intersections to catch red-light runners. One is inflated expectations; the other is unserious political leadership. Under the $15 million ...
EDITORIAL TINKERING WITH TOKENS CITY HALL REMAINS UNWILLING TO EMPOWER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007 ... IT took Los Angeles' city leaders' handpicked commissioners 15 months to complete their legally mandated review of the city's neighborhood-council system. And now that Neighborhood Council Review Commission has finally issued its 73 recommendations, City Hall wants ... more time ...
PUBLIC FORUM.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A high bar Re "Infant mortality" (Your Opinions, Sept. 26): Statistics for world infant mortality rates are skewered because in the United States we set the bar high. In other countries they don't count infant deaths when the child is born below a certain birth ...
AIR PLAN MAY CAUSE PORT CHAOS PROGRAM CALLS FOR CHANGES IN CARGO HAULING.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: KRISTOPHER HANSON Staff Writer An effort to reduce diesel emissions at Southern California's ports by imposing stricter regulations on the trucking industry could lead to an economic crisis reminiscent of the 2002 dockworkers' lockout, a new study warns. ...
BRIEFLY.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... 15 concertgoers sent to hospitals An estimated 20,000 people turned out for a concert in downtown Los Angeles, a handful of whom were hospitalized for drug overdoses, police said. The Nocturnal Festival near Figueroa and Eighth wrapped up at about 4 a.m. Sunday, said ...
FIREFIGHTER'S WIDOW DENIED FUNDS TANKER PILOT FLEW FOR STATE ON CONTRACT.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: STEVE GEISSINGER Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO -- Larry Groff roared out of Ukiah in state Air Tanker 87 on Aug. 27, 2001, doing what he loved -- flying and fighting wildfires. Like thousands of contract firefighters hired by the government, Groff ...
EVENT HELPS CANCER VICTIM'S FAMILY.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: ANGIE VALENCIA-MARTINEZ Staff Writer NORTHRIDGE -- Lying in her bed, the cancer having spread from her spine to her brain, Jennifer Maihori raised her fist in the air and said, "Mom, I'm fighting." "The one thing about my daughter is she'd always ...
TIPOFF MAYOR'S AFFAIR HAS BECOME A TV DRAMA HE CAN'T IGNORE.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: RICK ORLOV For Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, it is the scandal that won't go away. Speculation about the impact of his affair with Mirthala Salinas on his political future has been revived with the recent announcement that Telemundo had reassigned its former ...
REGIONAL ROUNDUP.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... ANTELOPE VALLEY Suspect is jailed in kidnap attempt LANCASTER -- A 45-year-old man who grabbed a woman on a Lancaster street and tried to hustle her into a car was behind bars Sunday, accused of attempted kidnapping. Freddie Lee Hayes of Palmdale was held ...
ONLY TAGGERS 'USE' CHILD-CARE CENTER OPENING OF FACILITY MUCH DELAYED.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer PANORAMA CITY -- When Gustavo Perez decided to buy a home in the Tupper Tobias Village several years ago, he thought his children, then ages 5 and 7, would soon be using its much touted child-care center. But the ...
A MILLION? NOT QUITE MAYOR'S PLAN FOR NEW TREES NOW AT 110,000 -- BUT WHERE ARE THEY?(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: DANA BARTHOLOMEW Staff Writer One year ago, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa planted the first of a million trees meant to turn arid Los Angeles into the greenest and cleanest big city in America. The ceremony, including such Hollywood greens as Daryl ...
EARMARKS: MUM'S THE WORD SOME LAWMAKERS CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY, WHILE OTHERS KEEP SECRETS.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: LISA FRIEDMAN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Congress' Golden State members are among the growing chorus calling for more transparency in the federal budget process -- but some insist on keeping their own requests for pet projects shrouded in secrecy. ...
BIZ BUZZ.(Business)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: -- Compiled by Ben Jauron The MSM Consulting Group of Chatsworth recently hired Steve Lair of Simi Valley as its vice president of sales and marketing. In his new role, Lair will be responsible for developing and exploring new technology products and services designed to ...
Opening of child-care center in Panorama City, Calif., much delayed.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Oct. 1--PANORAMA CITY, Calif. -- When Gustavo Perez decided to buy a home in the Tupper Tobias Village several years ago, he thought his children, then ages 5 and 7, would soon be using its much touted child-care center. But the facility, ...
Real home on horizon for working-class families in Canoga Park, Calif.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Angie Valencia-Martinez Oct. 2--CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Angelica Urena lives in a converted garage on Gault Street with her husband, infant and 5-year-old daughter. There is no kitchen or separate bedroom. The family sleeps in one bed. "The four of ...
Newscaster Mirthala Salinas and Telemundo part ways.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Television newscaster Mirthala Salinas, who was having an affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa while broadcasting news of his separation from his wife, has left the Telemundo network, the station announced Monday. Salinas, 35, had been reassigned to the Inland Empire ...
Employee unions reach tentative agreement with Los Angeles on salary hikes.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Los Angeles officials and six unions representing 22,000 city workers reached a tentative five-year, double-digit salary deal just as the current contracts expired, officials said Monday. The deal ended days of intense negotiating in which the unions sought parity with ...
FOR THE RECORD.(News)(Correction notice)
Oct 02, 2007 ... A story Monday about the Million Trees Los Angeles program incorrectly ...
LONGTIME TEACHER JON LAURITZEN DIES FORMER VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WAS 68.(News)(Obituary)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: RICK COCA Staff Writer Jon Lauritzen, who used decades of experience in the classroom to help teachers and students as a Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education member, has died. He was 68. Lauritzen, who grew up in rural Arizona and ...
JUST CALL TO GET IT HAULED PROGRAM TARGETS DICARDED ITEMS.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: RICK ORLOV Staff Writer HOLLYWOOD -- Pulling on work gloves and hoisting a faded brown velour sofa and several mattresses into a trash truck, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and city leaders kicked off a bulky-item pickup program Monday to clean up the city. ...
ARTS MAJOR PERFECTS STROKE.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: KELLY PUENTE Staff Writer LONG BEACH - While most environmentally conscious commuters boast that they carpool or take the bus, graduate student Sierra Brown can brag that she swims ... or bikes ... or sails ... In fact, in two months' time, Brown ...
TRAFFIC BOSS VOWS TO WORK WITH COUNCILS.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: RICK ORLOV Staff Writer As the new chief of the city's Department of Transportation pledged Monday to work with neighborhood councils to develop new programs, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hailed $150 million in state funds Los Angeles will receive this year to ...
DEAL MISSES DWP PAY LEVEL EMPLOYEE UNIONS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CITY ON SALARY HIKES.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: BETH BARRETT and RICK ORLOV Staff Writers Los Angeles officials and six unions representing 22,000 city workers reached a tentative five-year, double-digit salary deal just as the current contracts expired, officials said Monday. The deal ended ...
QUILTERS HONOR VALOR IN MENDING TORN LIFE.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: SUSAN ABRAM Staff Writer Two years after an explosive device nearly tore him apart, the story of Marine Cpl. Aaron Mankin's recovery is about various pieces coming together. It's about UCLA's partnership with a military burn center in Texas to ...
LIBRARY'S AUCTION IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS $1.52 MILLION GETS VAN NUYS HISTORY.(News)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer The historic Van Nuys Library fared well on the auction block Monday as a longtime admirer doled out $1.52 million to become the building's new owner. Winning bidder Tony Nasr with NTR Consultants said he's admired the ...
SHOP > GOTTA HAVE IT.(LA.COM)
Oct 02, 2007 ... READ ALL ABOUT IT The House of Dior turns 60 this month, and to commemorate the occasion, fancy French press Assouline is releasing a special-edition "best-of" book titled "Christian Dior." The 400-page retrospective features striking photos of 150 of the French house's most ...
CHATTER.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Hawthorne picks LMU Ryan Hawthorne is the latest member of the Crespi High of Encino baseball team to make a college commitment. The senior outfielder/pitcher has verbally accepted a scholarship to Loyola Marymount. Hawthorne is coming off an impressive summer in ...
BASEBALL CAPS SCORE HOME RUN.(LA.COM)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: LYNDSEY SAUL >LA.COM Since launching his fashion line more than a decade ago, the name James Perse has become synonymous with luxuriously laid-back beachy-cool clothes. For Perse, it was in the blood; his father, Tommy Perse, is the founder of the ...
CONCRETE CATWALK > FASHION STATEMENTS.(LA.COM)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: SYLVIA MASUDA >LA.COM >CHERYL GROFF Student and photographer >Age: 29 >Residence: Torrance How would you describe your personal style? I don't really have a style. Maybe cheap and comfortable. I'm ...
Q&A WITH QUARTZ HILL GOLFER KATIE DILGER.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: -- Erik Boal A well-known talent her entire career in the Antelope Valley, Dilger is looking to establish herself among the Southern Section's elite golfers in her senior season. Following a successful summer competing in Toyota Tour Cup and Junior Amateur Golf Scholars ...
'CARPOOLERS' STUCK IN THE HUMORLESS LANE.(LA.COM)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: >David Kronke At their best, TV shows serve as cagey, sociological treatises into who we really are, what our concerns may be and where we might be going. And then, there are shows like "Carpoolers," which has no clue and absolutely no interest in any of this ....
'FIVE DAYS' IS ABOUT FOUR TOO LONG.(LA.COM)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: DAVID KRONKE >TV CRITIC From its title on, everything about "Five Days" feels drab and uninspired. HBO's miniseries is a crime procedural that delves deeply into the lives of those affected by a missing-persons case that becomes tabloid fodder -- ...
PREP SPOTLIGHT.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... RACHEL LANGE Crescenta Valley, Sr., cross country Running in the shadow of Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta's top runner, Claire Collison, has benefited Lange. If Collison wasn't competing in the same race, Lange -- the Falcons' No. 2 runner -- could have ...
LA.COMFIDENTIAL > CELEBS.(LA.COM)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Billionaire Alfred Mann kicked up his heels and tried the can-can Saturday night at the fourth annual gala that bears his name, proving that there's one thing the physicist-turned-businessman actually cannot do. Happily, he left most of the dancing to Debbie Allen and her talented troupe ...
CLIPPERS: CLIPPERS TRYING TO THINK POSITIVELY BRAND, LIVINGSTON INJURIES DON'T HELP.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: JOE STEVENS Staff writer Media day in the NBA often is the time for sheer optimism in a verbal release about the power of positive thinking. Considering the Clippers likely will be without Elton Brand and Shaun Livingston until at least February, ...
ODOM HAPPY TO STILL BE IN L.A.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: RICH HAMMOND Staff Writer EL SEGUNDO -- As Kobe Bryant, who has developed a reputation as the NBA's Great Divider, stood a few feet away filming a promotional spot, Lamar Odom spoke to reporters and said he didn't foresee any chemistry problems with this ...
COMMENTARY: BRYANT IS THE SYMBOL OF THE LAKERS' PLIGHT.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: MIKE WALDNER Staff Writer EL SEGUNDO - Symbols, symbols, symbols. All over the place. You had no choice. You had to notice them at Lakers' headquarters in El Segundo when Kobe Bryant met with reporters on media day -- Phil, Andrew, ...
ANGELS NOTEBOOK: LACKEY READY FOR MATCHUP.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: DOUG PADILLA Staff Writer BOSTON -- There is no way John Lackey misses out on a heavyweight matchup this time. The last time the Angels played at Fenway Park, Lackey was anticipating a matchup against Boston ace Josh Beckett. That game figured to ...
UCLA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: BRUINS NEED TO KEEP FOCUS ON IRISH.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: BRIAN DOHN Staff Writer UCLA won two games by a combined 39 points, displaced its road woes and displayed some mettle in rallying to win at Oregon State, but it seems like the Utah debacle was yesterday. So as reeling Notre Dame -- with an 0-5 ...
USC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: A LAUGHING MATTER FOR CARROLL.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: SCOTT WOLF Staff Writer With little reason to get excited about Stanford, there will probably be a focus on new coach Jim Harbaugh, who famously said last spring that USC coach Pete Carroll would leave after this season. But nothing Harbaugh said ...
HISTORY HAS GALAXY OPTIMISTIC.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: NICK GREEN SOCCER During a span of 15 games the Galaxy picked up just three wins, its leaky defense conceded 21 goals and there were calls for the coach's head. The year: 2005, when the Galaxy had only one win away from Home Depot Center and ...
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: -- Rich Hammond With Derek Fisher back in the fold for the Lakers, here's what he had to say on the eve of training camp ... On this time with Lakers vs. last time: "It's not like old times. Those things were centered around bigger personalities: Kobe, Shaq ...
THIS YEAR, ANGELS RUNNING ON FAITH TEAM'S GAMBLE ON YOUTH PAYS OFF WITH PLAYOFFS TRIP.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: DOUG PADILLA Staff Writer BOSTON - The Angels gambled their season on a hunch, and so far there have been payouts aplenty. It was actually more of an educated guess, truth be told, which is a more complimentary way of saying that risk was involved ...
ANGELS MUST FIND A FENWAY TO WIN.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: STEVE DILBECK BOSTON - Not here. Not in the land of that Monster. Of green-tinged nightmares and old haunts and all those Angels killings. It had to be here? At Fenway? Of all the teams in baseball, it had to be the Red Sox? This is a ...
COOLER CLIMATE IN L.A. LAKERS, BRYANT TRY TO MOVE ON FROM ROCKY SUMMER.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: ELLIOTT TEAFORD Staff Writer EL SEGUNDO -- What, you expected another meltdown? Kobe Bryant took the high road during the Lakers' media day, doing his best to put to rest a tumultuous offseason in which he demanded a trade and shredded team ...
DOMERS NOT SO GOLDEN CLAUSEN, NOTRE DAME LIMP INTO ROSE BOWL.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: JILL PAINTER Staff Writer Charlie Weis doesn't usually employ a coaching style that involves ranting and raving, and questioning the effort of his players. Yet, Notre Dame's coach pulled that card in the locker room Saturday at Purdue. That didn't ...
BRIEFCASE.(Business)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: -- Staff and Wire Services Thousand Oaks to get new Grill Grill Concepts Inc. has announced plans for its sixth flagship Grill on the Alley restaurant to open in The Promenade at Westlake in Thousand Oaks next summer. The Westlake Grill on the ...
AUGUST HOME SALES TAKE A DIVE LOAN-SECTOR WOES AFFECT LOWER END OF REAL ESTATE MARKET.(Business)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: GREGORY J. WILCOX and PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM Staff Writers VAN NUYS -- Home sales plunged across the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys during August as lending sector turmoil continued to roil the markets, a trade association said Monday. ...
IHOP TO ELIMINATE TRANS FATS THIS YEAR.(Business)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer GLENDALE -- Following a trend set by other restaurants, IHOP's plates of bacon, fried shrimp and chicken tenders will soon be healthier. The Glendale-based company known for its pancakes announced Monday that it will ...
SUN VALLEY'S ANGER WON'T ACHIEVE GOAL.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: VICKI BURCH Local View WE are too angry in Sun Valley, and I am worried about our future. Our anger divides us: neighbor against neighbor, resident against business, and everyone against the city. Of course, if anyone deserves to be angry, it's us ....
PUBLIC FORUM.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 02, 2007 ... A new name Now that the star of "24" has been arrested on suspicion of DUI, the show could be retitled "24 months with probation," starting Keifer Sutherland and Mos Def. -- Ron Sellz Chatsworth Broken system Re "Lost war" ...