Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA. back issues from March 2007:
Shootin' pilots - grab a scope
Mar 01, 2007 ... MARCH MADNESS: This being an airport town 'n' all, it might causea bit of a panic if we were to announce that people are going to beshooting pilots all over town a few weeks from now. Panics can be kind of fun, so there's your announcement. The good news for aviators, ...
The small horrors of air travel
Mar 01, 2007 ... What's worse than snakes on a plane? Maybe kids on a plane. Consider what happened in December when AirTran, an Atlanta-basedairline, expelled a family of three after its 3-year-old girl threw atantrum and refused to be seated on a flight from Fort Myers, Fla.,to Boston. In ...
United Way puts focus on poverty
Mar 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - As United Way of Greater Los Angeles announced itwould be altering how it disperses some of the $57 million it raisesannually, at least some Long Beach nonprofits were waiting for theother shoe to fall. Although United Way wasn't specific about who would be ...
CSULB votes 'yes' on center
Mar 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Cal State Long Beach students in a referendum thisweek supported raising student fees to fund the construction of astudent recreation and wellness center, university officialsannounced Thursday. Nearly three-quarters of the 2,921 students who cast votes in ...
Trade show highlights safety
Mar 01, 2007; ... Video: Police conference LONG BEACH - Biometrics, ballistic panels and rapid-containmentbatons were among the latest in law enforcement tools on display atthe 30th Annual California Police Chiefs Association Conference,hosted by the Long Beach Police Department this week ....
City Manager Miller to stand down July 7
Mar 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - City Manager Jerry Miller on Thursday submitted aresignation letter to the mayor and the City Council, a move thatcomes months after Miller announced his intentions to top citymanagers at a retreat. "This is something I talked about a long time ago," Miller said."I ...
Bill Clinton to speak at lunch for Boys, Girls Club Tuesday
Mar 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - The law firm of Keesal, Young and Logan and the Boysand Girls Club of Long Beach have made a name for themselves bybringing in top-flight speakers for their annual fundraising luncheonfor the Boys and Girls Club. This year, they may have scored their biggest coup yet ...
Olympic officials tour L.A.
Mar 01, 2007; ... With high-profile fervor, Los Angeles rolled out its mostenthusiastic salesmen Thursday to wine, dine and shepherd U.S.Olympic Committee officials on a two-day tour as the city bids tohost the 2016 Games. USOC officials will be touring L.A., Carson and Long Beach sitestoday. All ...
Girl, 11, assaulted near school
Mar 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - An 11-year-old Long Beach girl was repeatedly rapedat knife-point about a block from a local school Wednesday afternoon,police said, prompting officials to send warning letters home toparents and to canvass the neighborhood in an effort to find theculprit. "It's an ...
Weekend should be warmer
Mar 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Local residents should see a relief this weekend fromchilly temperatures. A warming trend is expected for Saturday and Sunday withtemperatures in the 70s, said Tom Kines, senior Accuweathermeteorologist. "Both days will ...
LB school evacuated for about an hour
Mar 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - A middle school was evacuated for an hour andsearched for explosives Thursday morning after receiving a bombthreat over the telephone. Staff at Lindbergh Middle School, at 1022 E. Market St., receivedthe threatening call around 10:15 a.m., said Assistant ...
Florida girl's hiccups end after 5 weeks
Mar 01, 2007 ... ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - She sipped pickle juice, held her breath,breathed into a bag, even went to a neurologist, but for more thanfive weeks nothing would stop a 15-year-old girl's rapid hiccups -until they finally just stopped on their own. After trying countless remedies and ...
Tag, you're it
Mar 01, 2007 ... In the not-so-distance past, we called for stiffer penalties fortaggers, those narcissistic scourges who spray their fake names allover Long Beach and other towns. But when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa offered this weekto personally mentor the tagger who allegedly wrote ...
Another container fee
Mar 01, 2007 ... Here comes Sen. Alan Lowenthal again, trying to slap a $30 fee onshipping containers and shipping the money to Sacramento. This is abad idea, but more power to him. Here's why. Any money that goes through Sacramento goes throughtoo many sticky fingers. It should be kept in the ...
Speakout for Friday, Mar 2
Mar 01, 2007 ... L.B. housing Something should be done about the real estate market in LongBeach. They're destroying old buildings and putting up expensive onesthat people can't afford. Bixby beatings People are still speaking about the Bixby beatings. It's overwith, get over it! ...
Friday's Letters
Mar 01, 2007 ... $500 bonus Let's give illegals another reason to sneak into California. Giveevery baby born here $500. Who is foolish enough to believe that the money would be used fora college education or a house in 18 years? And who is delusionalenough to believe that the initial $500 ...
Character counts, even in politics
Mar 01, 2007; ... Think of it as revisionist politics. The Clintonistas and some of their chums in the elite media wantyou to think that Hillary Clinton actually got the better of BarackObama in their recent scrape over the comments by movie/music moguland Obama supporter David Geffen ....
Stocks end lower after early plunge
Mar 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK - A still skittish Wall Street closed modestly lowerThursday, having clawed its way back from an early-session plungeafter upbeat manufacturing data allayed fears about a flagging U.S.economy. The Dow fell 34.29, or 0.28 percent, to 12,234.34, after droppingas low as ...
Dognappers snatch pups
Mar 02, 2007 ... LOS ANGELES - Two men forced their way into a family's home atgunpoint and stole four purebred Yorkshire terrier puppies worth$2,500 each, police said Thursday. The men arrived at the family's Koreatown home around 10 p.m. lastFriday and posed as prospective buyers of the puppies, ...
L.B. rolls out red carpet for Olympic panel
Mar 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - The city put on its game face Friday as Long Beachplayed host to officials from the United States Olympic CommitteeEvaluation Commission. The USOC group concluded a two-day tour of Los Angeles, which isbidding to host the 2016 Summer Games, with visits to Carson, ...
Man carjacked in Hawaiian Gardens
Mar 02, 2007; ... HAWAIIAN GARDENS - A man walking to his truck was carjacked atgunpoint Thursday night. The victim was approached by a male Hispanic with a gun at about10:25 p.m. near 12463 222nd St., said Sgt. Andy Berg of the LakewoodSheriff's Station. The suspect took the victim's wallet ...
Biz Bytes
Mar 03, 2007 ... Jury duty is a necessary, if not always pleasant, civicresponsibility. But if you get a call about jury service from someoneclaiming to be an officer of the court, be skeptical. According to the FBI, a jury-duty scam duped civic- minded citizens into releasing their Social ...
Message to Sharpton: Free the slaves now!
Mar 03, 2007; ... Al Sharpton is apparently subdued by news that his ancestors wereowned by ancestors of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond. New York Timescolumnist Bob Herbert described him as "quiet" and "reflective" -states of mind that Herbert acknowledges are "unusual" for thereverend \. That qualifies as ...
Introducing the P-T's first Road Scholars
Mar 03, 2007 ... Last week, we described a hellacious situation on the southboundHarbor Freeway at the 223rd Street exit near Carson. Because of roadwork on 223rd Street, the right lane was blocked, causing a dangerousbackup on the freeway. We suggested keeping the traffic light at theend of the off-ramp ...
Can California afford itself?
Mar 03, 2007; ... Four months after California voters crossed their fingers, heldtheir breaths and approved $42 billion in bonds to repair and expandCalifornia's long-neglected highways, levees, parks and other formsof public infrastructure, politicians and bureaucrats are beginningto spend the ...
Karnette pushes back
Mar 03, 2007 ... Assemblywoman's bill targets those who threaten witnesses. Police and prosecutors struggle to build violent felony casesbecause witnesses are scared to talk - with good reason. A witness in the first Bixby Knolls beating case found her cardestroyed. The guy who broke up the ...
For Signal Hill council
Mar 03, 2007 ... Forester, Hansen deserve reelection on Tuesday. Signal Hill serves as a beacon. Native Americans relied on its 365-foot elevation to send fire and smoke signals. Oil attractedpetroleum companies in the '20s. These days, however, a climate welcoming to business andresidential ...
Ballot recommendations
Mar 03, 2007 ... Our picks for Tuesday's election in several cities. Several Southeast area cities will go to the polls Tuesday to pickmembers of their city councils. Here are our recommendations. Bellflower: Incumbent City Councilmen Randy Bomgaars and Ray T.Smith and Planning Commissioner Ray ...
Sunday's Letters to the Editor
Mar 03, 2007 ... School librarians On Tuesday the LBUSD administrative staff will bring to the SchoolBoard a requested financial report with a variety of funding optionsto bring our staffing of school libraries to "exemplary standards" asoutlined by the California School Library ...
Everett hits the Sydney streets for gay parade
Mar 03, 2007 ... Rupert Everett and 250 men dressed as Kylie Minogue were among8,000 revelers who marched through Sydney, Australia, late Saturdayfor the 29th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. The annual parade began as a street demonstration in 1978, but hassince morphed into one of the city's ...
The new Austrian Alpine shark? Not exactly
Mar 03, 2007 ... LINZ, Austria - Just when you thought it was safe to go back inthe water - well, it is, actually. A mystery triggered this week by the bizarre discovery of thecarcass of a 3-foot-long shark in a freshwater river in northernAustria ended Saturday when a man confessed he had put it ...
New species of dinosaur discovered
Mar 03, 2007 ... CLEVELAND - A new dinosaur species was a plant-eater with yard-long horns over its eyebrows, suggesting an evolutionary middle stepbetween older dinosaurs with even larger horns and the small-hornedcreatures that followed, experts said. The dinosaur's horns, thick as a human arm, ...
Push for Saints band picks up
Mar 03, 2007; ... Three Sundays ago, Donald Flynn called his wife's attention to anitem in the Press-Telegram. Actually, "called" is an understatement. "Gerri, you've got to read this," she recalls him sayingexcitedly. "Look what's happening at Saint Anthony's." At the risk of sounding ...
Hollywood opens door to Christians
Mar 03, 2007; ... Long considered the modern-day equivalent of Sodom and Gomorrah,Hollywood is increasingly showing its family-friendly side, churningout an unprecedented number of films and television shows withuplifting and redemptive themes. In the three years since Mel Gibson released "The ...
Man shot in leg, torso
Mar 03, 2007 ... A man was found with multiple gunshot wounds on the 7000 block ofMyrtle Ave. on Saturday afternoon. Police responded to a call at 2:55 p.m. from a resident whoreported that there was a man on the ground in front of a house withgunshot wounds, said Officer Jackie ...
Runaway horse caught on videotape
Mar 03, 2007; ... NORWALK - A disappearing horse, videotape of suspects riding it ina parking lot, and an all-out search at stables and auctions. It's not a story line from Jim Carrey's "Ace Ventura: PetDetective." It's a real-life horse tale taking place this weekend. The events began Monday ...
5th Street fire kills 1; cause still unknown
Mar 03, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - One woman was killed and a mother and baby wereinjured in a fire Friday night. Firefighters responded to a 10:27 p.m. call at 1026 E. Fifth St.near Alamitos Avenue and arrived within three minutes, said Capt. JimArvizu of the Long Beach Fire Department. A ...
Artesia candidates vie for three open positions
Mar 03, 2007; ... ARTESIA - Depending on which candidate you talk to, the city isstagnating or on the verge of a boom. Six City Council hopefuls and an incumbent seeking his third termin office made Artesia's economic climate and the challenges faced bya multi-ethnic population the center of their ...
Vietnamese leader visit protested
Mar 02, 2007 ... PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Forty Buddhist monks staged a demonstrationnear the Vietnamese Embassy in the Cambodian capital Tuesday,claiming the Vietnamese government is repressing ethnic Cambodianmonks living in southern Vietnam. The protest coincided with the arrival of Vietnam's ...
Business briefs
Mar 01, 2007 ... Stocks up, but experts are cautious WASHINGTON - A better-than-expected performance from the U.S.manufacturing sector in February helped calm investors on Thursday,even as economists cautioned that one month's worth of data is not acause for too much optimism. Industrial ...
Glitch leaves 1,600 in L.B. without power
Mar 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Nearly 1,600 Southern California Edison customerslate Thursday afternoon were without electricity after an equipmentfailure in an underground power vault. Firefighters were called to the area of Clark Avenue and WillowStreet around 4 p.m. to investigate heavy steam ...
Business briefs
Mar 02, 2007 ... Tribune Co. to sell two newspapers HARTFORD, Conn. - Tribune Co. has agreed to sell two Connecticutnewspapers to Virginia-based Gannett Co. Inc., according to publishedreports Friday. Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper company and owner of USAToday, will purchase the ...
Dow closes worst week in four years
Mar 02, 2007 ... NEW YORK - Stocks stumbled in the final session of a tumultuousweek Friday as the yen rallied against the dollar and concerns aboutthe U.S. economy still dogged investors after Tuesday's huge drop.The Dow Jones industrials logged their worst weekly performance inmore than four years ....
Should illegals get credit?
Mar 02, 2007 ... Two issues involving privileges for illegal immigrants are in thenews. One concerns extending credit to illegals; another questionswhether their children should get automatic citizenship when they'reborn here. Bank of America, the second largest financial institution in ...
Religion Calendar
Mar 02, 2007 ... The Knights of Columbus and Catholic Daughters of America willhost a Fish Fry every Friday night from 5-7 p.m., Feb. 23-Mar. 30 atSt. Pancratius Catholic Church, 3519 St Pancratius Pl., Lakewood.Adults $6.50; children $4. The Friends of Music at California Heights United ...
Pamela Hale-Burns: Beware of false programs on TV
Mar 02, 2007; ... Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as aroaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour. (1 Pet. 5:8) Words to live by for the Christians of times past, and even moreso for today's Christian. Why? Because, yet again, our archenemy has reared his ...
L.B. digs pro volleyball
Mar 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Olympic gold medalist and Cal State Long Beach alumnaMisty May-Treanor greeted the news that AVP Crocs Pro BeachVolleyball will make a stop in Long Beach this summer with one word:"Finally." For one weekend in July, the city will host the professionalvolleyball ...
'English major bandits' nabbed
Mar 02, 2007; ... Two Long Beach men were arrested Friday as suspects in 19 SouthernCalifornia bank robberies attributed to the so-called "English majorbandit," a criminal who couldn't spell. Robert Armijo, 41, and Gary Cruz, 45, were taken into custodyabout 9:45 a.m. as they appeared to be casing ...
L.B. post office gets a new leader
Mar 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Ken Snavely knows the mail delivery business insideout. While working as a letter carrier early in his career, he wasattacked by dogs many times, and was once bitten on the arm by a pitbull. Snavely was installed Friday as the 20th postmaster of Long Beachat ...
Bush offers condolences, plans a visit
Mar 02, 2007 ... WASHINGTON - President Bush offered condolences to victims ofviolent storms and tornadoes that roared through several Southernstates and said he would visit stricken areas today "with a heavyheart." Bush told reporters at the White House Friday that he had spokento Alabama Gov ....
Kindergarten class will be 'preppy'
Mar 02, 2007; ... LAKEWOOD - Kaycee Greer isn't sure whether her son will be readyfor kindergarten this fall. She is considering delaying Bradly's enrollment for a yearbecause he is having some difficulty remembering numbers and showslittle interest in reading and writing. "He does well in ...
One of L.B.'s own 'earthquake twins'
Mar 02, 2007; ... Long Beach was lurching from the aftershocks of the deadliesttemblor in Southern California history when the "earthquake twins,"Buddy and Sis, were born. In an instant, they earned a lifetime of local celebrity. When Press-Telegram reporters remembered the March 10, ...
Boeing again warns of C-17 shutdown
Mar 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Boeing notified C-17 suppliers Friday it will ceaseordering new parts as it prepares to possibly end production of themassive cargo plane. The order comes as military purchases and international interestfor the C-17 have dried up following a number of late orders in ...
Search for rapist hits streets
Mar 02, 2007; ... Slideshow: Search for suspect LONG BEACH - Police on Friday continued the hunt for a suspect whorepeatedly raped an 11-year-old Long Beach girl at knifepoint about ablock from a local school. About 40 Long Beach police officers, detectives and PoliceExplorers walked ...
Ruben Navarrette: Why we can't shoot smugglers
Mar 04, 2007 ... Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz shares with hisstudents a three-pronged strategy for successfully defending cases.If the facts are on your side, Dershowitz says, pound the facts intothe table. If the law is on your side, pound the law into the table.If neither the facts nor ...
Election questions and answers
Mar 03, 2007 ... Tuesday is Election Day for several area cities. Each city runsits own election, so refer to your sample ballot, the city's Web siteor the city clerk's office for poll locations and more specificelection-related information. [Q&A]Q. When is the last day to register to vote in the ...
Local cities to vote Tuesday
Mar 03, 2007; ... After months of walking precincts, seeking key endorsements andraising funds for their campaigns, incumbents and contenders hopetheir efforts will pay dividends on Tuesday. Voters in Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Lakewood, Norwalk,Paramount, Signal Hill and surrounding cities will ...
Doing the right thing can be perilous
Mar 03, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - When the district attorney's star witness in theBixby Knolls beating case saw a mob of kids surround three youngwomen, then beat them ruthlessly to the ground, she was filled withconflicting emotions. "Part of me wanted to get out of there," the 18-year-old said inan ...
Man shot in Norwalk
Mar 03, 2007; ... NORWALK - A man was shot while walking down the 16000 block ofMaidstone Avenue in Norwalk Saturday night. Police responded to a gunshot victim call at about 6 p.m., saidLt. Duane Harris of the Norwalk Sherrif's Station. The victim, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, was walking down ...
For Carson City Council
Mar 04, 2007; ... In making endorsements in Tuesday's City Council election, wedon't pretend to offer any cure-all to improve the reputation of theCarson's elected leadership. So much of what happens within the city's governing bodies seemscontrived or manipulated these days, and many of the ...
Bill O'Reilly: A media cover-up
Mar 04, 2007 ... In the summer of 2003, Operator Predator was launched by theImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency. The investigationhas targeted individuals who make and consume child pornographyworldwide. Because much of this stuff is manufactured overseas andshipped to America, ICE agents ...
Happenings at the Convention Center
Mar 04, 2007 ... Monday 7th Annual Trans-Pacific Maritime (Trade Event/Grand Ballroom/201-204) Tuesday 7th Annual Trans-Pacific Maritime (Trade Event/Grand Ballroom/201-204) Wednesday Fred Hall's Fishing, Tackle, and Boat Show 2007 (Open Event/Exhibit Halls A-C) ...
In Basket: Leadership group forms for QM
Mar 04, 2007 ... The RMS Queen Mary Foundation has announced the formation of theRMSQMF Leadership Coalition. The newly formed Leadership Coalition will consist of keycommunity leaders and stakeholders experienced in historicpreservation and developing and guiding nonprofit organizations ....
Realty Bites: New tax laws simplify things for property owners
Mar 04, 2007; ... It may be too late for this year's tax deadline, but there are afew major changes on the horizon that may make things easier forproperty owners. A loophole in existing law allows developers to impose privatetransfer taxes on home buyers. Those opposed to the practice argue ...
You may qualify for tax refunds
Mar 04, 2007; ... The Internal Revenue Service is reaching out and touchingtaxpayers with a few messages before tax deadline. Two important ones are that you may qualify for a rebate on yourlong-distance phone bill - even if you have already filed - and thereare a few more days to pay taxes ....