Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA. back issues from April 2007:
Inferno on the 18th floor
Apr 01, 2007 ... With the images of flames spurting through the 18th-floor windowsof the Galaxy Tower still raw in his memory, it's a wonder the LongBeach firefighter's language wasn't blunter. If the apartment hadbeen equipped with sprinklers, he told a reporter, there would havebeen a chance for its ...
Market fuels hybrids
Apr 01, 2007 ... Toyota, which once had months-long waiting lists for its market-leading Prius hybrid car, is now offering low-interest financing tomove the now readily available model off dealers' lots. Does that mean the bloom is off the hybrid rose? Or that carbuyers began losing interest in ...
Monday's Letters
Apr 01, 2007 ... College tuition Shirley Gooding exhibits the typical victim/entitlement mentalitythat we see so often today \. No one forced her to return to school at age 50 to get herjournalism degree. Why does she expect California taxpayers tosubsidize her education? You would think ...
Speakout For Monday, April 2
Apr 01, 2007 ... Galaxy Tower fire Re "Man dies in tower blaze" \: Many neighbors questioned how thatbuilding ever got erected in the first place. It was a 20-storybuilding that didn't fit with. What a sad story. Hospice balloons With no disrespect to the hospice, a mass balloon ...
Mona Charen: Permission to celebrate Jamestown?
Apr 01, 2007 ... The Far East has its Mecca, Palestine its Jerusalem, France itsLourdes, and Italy its Loreto, but America's only shrines are heraltars of patriotism - the first and most potent being Jamestown; thesire of Virginia, and Virginia the mother of this great Republic. - From a 1907 ...
Rich Lowry: Just a misunderstanding
Apr 01, 2007 ... Iran wants to quit the international community, but theinternational community won't let it. No act of warfare against thecivilized world, no defiance of the United Nations, no violation ofinternational norms, no brazen lie is ever enough to mark Iran asunworthy of outreach, dialogue and ...
Dan Walters: School contract begets raid
Apr 01, 2007 ... Los Angeles Unified is, by far, the state's largest schooldistrict.It has more than 700,000 students - three-fourths of them Latino -and is demonstrably one of the state's most troubled, with very lowacademic test scores and very high dropout rates. This month, the ...
Union Pacific proposes upgrade at Port of L.A.
Apr 01, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - Union Pacific Railroad has submitted a $300 millionproposal to upgrade its massive intermodal container yard near WestLong Beach. The modernization plan seeks to double the facility's container-handling capacity while replacing nearly all the yard's diesel ...
In basket: Paramount group to host job fair
Apr 01, 2007 ... Looking for a job? Then Paramount Park would be a good place to be on April 28. The Paramount Chamber of Commerce will host its seventh annual jobfair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Paramount Park, 14400 Paramount Blvd. Paramount Petroleum is the event's major sponsor. More ...
Restoring Rose Park
Apr 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Jeff Anderson stood proudly in the kitchen of his1922 home at the corner of Obispo Avenue and Eighth Street in RosePark as he showed off the white and green tiles from the time. The squarish wood cabinetry of the day, the lighting and themolding around the door are ...
Happenings at the Convention Center
Apr 01, 2007 ... Monday American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Trade Event/ExhibitHalls A-C) Tuesday American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Trade Event/ExhibitHalls A-C) Wednesday American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Trade Event/ExhibitHalls ...
A Lifelong Love Story
Apr 01, 2007; ... Less than a year after graduating from Washington High School inSouth Bend, I found myself in Oakland, Calif., for Coast Guardtraining. In no time, I also found my future wife there. It was my very first day in Oakland, and given leave, I headed totown with a pal from base. After ...
Cool Pet
Apr 01, 2007 ... Readers Kay and Hal Reed of Long Beach send in their cool pet.They write: "This is Kobe. Our little doxie "rescue puppy" starts outthe day reading the newspaper articles I save for him. It's mucheasier to read sitting on the table, after all, with those shortlittle legs it's too ...
Our Billy a big bully
Apr 01, 2007; ... Writer's note: This is a true story that happened when I wasgrowing up on a farm near Bristol, South Dakota, in the 1930s.Back in the '20s we had a billy goat that roamed the farm like heowned the place. We didn't have a name for him. To us he was justBilly. Billy would ...
Good Kids
Apr 01, 2007; ... Best pals Katie and Lauren Dvonch and Riley and Addie Hermstad,left to right, sold baked goodies at Seal Beach Pony Baseball'sOpening Day recently to benefit the Seal Beach Animal Care Center.With the help of many of ...
Stories wanted
Apr 01, 2007 ... Here's your chance to share part of your life with the Press-Telegram's readers each Monday. We're looking for personal stories and photos. They can be of agood kid, a favorite neighbor, good Samaritan or your cool pet. Welove stories, hometown memories and whatever moments you'd ...
Lotto numbers
Apr 01, 2007 ... Friday's Mega Millions 15-23-37-48-53 Meganumber 22 Tuesday's jackpot: $88 million No tickets matched all six numbers drawn. Results reflect tickets sold in California. Other ways to win: 5 numbers, no Meganumber, 0 tickets, ...
Say what? Clown, bike have joyous reunion
Apr 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK - Bello Nock, the daredevil clown, was all smiles Sundaywhen he was reunited with his lost little bike. The star of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus thankedRicky Robinson, who found Bello's shiny foot-high, 6-inch-widecontraption Friday night outside a ...
LAX's south runway reopens
Apr 02, 2007; ... The southern runway at Los Angeles International Airport reopenedto flights Monday after months of construction work - even asquestions about airport safety on runways to the north remain. Construction crews have spent the past nine months ripping up andrebuilding the southern ...
Fire displaces 2 in North L.B.
Apr 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - An apartment fire sparked by a trailer early Mondaydisplaced two people and caused an estimated $100,000 in damages,fire officials said. The Long Beach Fire Department received the call of a fire at 6087Atlantic Ave. at around 2 a.m. Monday. The blaze burned a ...
Injured Iraqi kids need help
Apr 02, 2007 ... One week later, the reports are still confusing. A truck or maybe two trucks, ostensibly carrying flour, blew up inthe Iraqi city of Tal Afar. Mixed with the flour were about 2,000pounds of explosives. Some of us are becoming numb to such stories. They seem to happenalmost ...
Pre-Prix film rush
Apr 02, 2007 ... UNDER THE WIRE: Movie crews are speeding into town this week toget their last fixes of L.B. scenery before the dark days of theApril 9-17 filming moratorium, when the city's special events crewswill be all tied up with the Grand Prix and its affiliated events. Among the projects ...
Dee Andrews 'can talk to everybody'
Apr 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - As soon as Dee Andrews steps outside his campaignoffice on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, he is greeted by a string ofhellos and friendly honks. Teenage boys and girls, along with their mothers, and seniors stopin their tracks for a quick chat with the self-proclaimed ...
Proposition G
Apr 03, 2007 ... Shall Proposition G , which amends the Long Beach City Charter bydeleting obsolete ...
Proposition H
Apr 03, 2007 ... Shall Proposition H, the Police and Fire Public Safety OilProduction Act, which amends the Long Beach Municipal Code to providededicated funds for police officers ...
Proposition F
Apr 03, 2007 ... Shall Proposition F, which amends the Long Beach City Charter byremoving the duty of ...
Proposition E
Apr 03, 2007 ... Shall Proposition E , which amends the Long Beach Charter torequire that certain City park and recreation areas shall not be soldor otherwise transferred without either a ...
Proposition D
Apr 03, 2007 ... Shall Proposition D , which amends the Long Beach City Charter by:modifying the residency requirements for City Council candidates;prohibiting a candidate from running for two City ...
Proposition C
Apr 03, 2007 ... Shall Proposition C, which amends the Long Beach City Charter by:modifying the term limits for the Mayor and City Council offices ...
Proposition B
Apr 03, 2007 ... Shall Proposition B , which amends the Long Beach City Charter by:creating an Independent Salary Commission to set the salary for CityCouncilmembers; creating an Ethics Commission to advise the CityCouncil on ...
Proposition A
Apr 03, 2007 ... Shall Proposition A, which amends the Long Beach City Charter by:modifying the Mayoral veto to require a 2/3 City Council vote tooverride; creating a line-item Mayoral veto of the City s annualbudget; modifying the ...
Ahmed Saafir
Apr 03, 2007 ... Age: 60 Occupation: Business owner Education: Attended Long Beach City College and Cal State LongBeach Personal: Married with seven adult children Public Service: Vice president, Long Beach Civil ServiceCommission; chair, Community Improvement League; ...
Lillian Parker
Apr 03, 2007 ... Age: 41 Occupation: Audit supervisor Education: Attended Long Beach City College Personal: Married with two adult children Public Service: Vice chair, Citizen Police Complaint Commission;Youth and Gang Violence Prevention Program; LBUSD Concerned AfricanAmerican ...
Ballot measures debated at forum
Apr 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - An increased oil tax that would fund the hiring ofpolice officers and firefighters, as well as the creation of acommission to potentially change City Council members' salaries, werediscussed Sunday at a forum on the city's May 1 ballot measures. The panel discussion, ...
Local news roundup
Apr 01, 2007 ... Cambodian New Year event is Sat. The Cambodian Coordinating Council will host the 3rd AnnualCambodian New Year Parade and Celebration on Saturday in Long Beach. The parade opening ceremony will start at 9:30 a.m. at the cornerof Junipero Avenue and Anaheim Street. The parade ...
Fees, chief on council agenda
Apr 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH The City Council on Tuesday will consider a proposalto increase developer fees that would help pay for police and firefacilities to accommodate the impact of new developments. The vote comes two weeks after a contentious debate that resultedin three failed motions and ...
Devoted teacher and mother
Apr 01, 2007; ... The night Judy Guess was diagnosed with cancer in October 2003,she and her husband Larry sat stunned and speechless. Then she turned to Larry and said, "I'm so sorry, this is going tobe so hard on you." "She just had been told she had stomach cancer, and she wasworried ...
WHAT'S HOT! Tim Grobaty: Seeking the ideal deli
Apr 01, 2007 ... BIG TOWN'S BEST: Our next little Holy Grail in the continuingWhat's Hot! Best in Long Beach series is an elusive one, (otherwiseit wouldn't be a Holy Grail; it'd be something easy to find, like ourcar keys, usually) and one that's widely open to interpretation.We'll go ahead and tell you ...
Acevedo focuses on the little things
Apr 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Edward Acevedo is quick to point out that he doesn'thave the major endorsements or the big dollars backing his campaign.But he sees that as an asset in his bid for the City Council's 6thDistrict seat. "It'll hurt me to have the big machine behind me," the ...
Miracle at Memorial: Medical crews battle the odds to save two wounded cops
Apr 01, 2007; ... Second of a two-part series Standing outside Long Beach Memorial Medical Center on theafternoon of Dec. 22, 2006, Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Battstook a moment to compose himself. Less than an hour earlier, he had glimpsed two of his officers,unconscious and badly ...
A contract for the chief
Apr 02, 2007 ... If there's one thing to make clear at City Hall, it's that thepolice chief works for the city manager, not for elected politicians.The issue comes up tonight, indirectly, before the Long Beach CityCouncil. Council members will be asked for the first time to approve anemployment ...
Skin-deep policy
Apr 02, 2007 ... We are not the types to sport tattoos, but we do know how to spilla little ink in the name of free expression. That is why we opposethe Marine Corps' new ban on large tattoos below elbows and knees. Those risking their limbs should at least be able to decorate themin any fashion ...
Speakout for Tuesday, Apr 03
Apr 02, 2007 ... Chavez Day The students who skipped school to fly the Mexican flag on CesarChavez Day should be sent back to Mexico, where their flag belongs. It's great that the students protested for recognition of a CesarChavez holiday. Mexican Americans are a vital part of U.S ....
Middle-class prosperity
Apr 02, 2007 ... It would be easy to make a villain out of Circuit City. Theelectronics retailer last week announced a particularly harsh cost-cutting plan to lay off employees who made about $15 an hour - andonly hiring them back if they would agree to accept a lot less. But Circuit City isn't so ...
Tuesday's Letters
Apr 02, 2007 ... Galaxy fire Though tragic, the death at the Galaxy Tower was not due to a lackof sprinklers in the building. It was because of this man's choice toreturn to a burning residence. I urge the City Council to be rationalin its reactions. Hysterically creating a new ordinance will be ...
Merger news gives stocks slight boost
Apr 02, 2007 ... NEW YORK - Wall Street managed a moderate advance Monday as aspate of takeover deals gave investors enough confidence to buy intothe market despite a report showing that U.S. manufacturing is moresluggish than expected. The Dow rose 27.95, or 0.23 percent, to ...
Business briefs
Apr 02, 2007 ... New Century calls it quits LOS ANGELES - New Century Financial Corp., once the nation'ssecond-largest provider of home loans to high-risk borrowers, filedfor bankruptcy protection Monday, the victim of its own financialmissteps as well as pressures felt by its rival lenders ....
Green port may cost drivers
Apr 02, 2007; ... A new study on the economic well-being of port truckers seems tore-affirm what most everybody already knows: Hauling containers toand from the waterfront isn't very lucrative. Oral and written surveys from February and March examined driverincomes, hours worked, expenses, miles ...
Passover teaches the lesson of deliverance
Apr 02, 2007; ... The dinner table at Rabbi Paul Kipnes' house was topped Mondaynight with more than the ceremonial food associated withcommemorating the Exodus from Egypt. The arrangement of bitter herbs, parsley and matzo also included afootball, history book and corkscrew. The purpose of ...
Father faces kidnap charge
Apr 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - A 32-year-old Paramount man who allegedly took hiswife and their 1-year-old child for a drive through Corona after anargument in North Long Beach found himself behind bars on Monday. Ryan Perez and his 36-year-old wife got in an argument around 8:50p.m. on Sunday near ...
Killer's life in jury's hands
Apr 02, 2007; ... NORWALK - Life or death. That was the decision put to a jury of seven men and five womenMonday afternoon in the case of convicted killer Jose Luis Orozco. The same jury took about four hours, spread over two days, beforefinding the 29-year-old Hawaiian Gardens gang member ...
Cardinal Mahony speaks out against suicide bill
Apr 02, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - Cardinal Roger Mahony asked Catholics on Monday tofight a "culture of death" and oppose an Assembly bill that wouldallow doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. Speaking during a noontime Mass marking the second anniversary ofthe death of Pope John Paul ...
Career Paths
Apr 01, 2007 ... Administaff, Inc., a provider of human resources services forsmall and medium-sized businesses, recently named Eddie DeOchoa fromits Glendale sales office as the 2006 Top Volume producing salesconsultant.DeOchoa, who is one of approximately 245 sales consultants atAdministaff, ...
710 Fwy. to close
Apr 01, 2007; ... Caltrans will close portions of the Long Beach (710) Freeway fromShoreline Drive to Pacific Coast Highway this week for pavementreplacement and to replace the metal beam center median with aconcrete barrier, starting tonight. The $5.6 million project is estimated to be completed ...
Al Austin
Apr 03, 2007 ... Age: 38 Occupation: Labor representative Education: Bachelor's degree in organizational management,University of La Verne Personal: Married with three children Public Service: Academic Uprise, Inc.; ...
Dee Andrews
Apr 03, 2007 ... Age: 66 Occupation: Court liaison/placement specialist Education: Bachelor's degree in social science and physicaleducation from Cal State Long Beach; master's degree in governmentfrom UCLA Personal: Divorced with ...
Orozco to receive the death penality
Apr 03, 2007 ... Staff reports NORWALK - A jury decided Tuesday that Jose Luis Orozco shouldreceive the death penalty for the murder of a Los Angeles CountySheriff's deputy in 2005. The jury deliberated for less than two hours Wednesday afterbeginning their talks Monday afternoon. The ...
Edward Acevedo
Apr 03, 2007 ... Age: 34 Occupation: Teacher Education: Bachelor s degree in political science, UC SantaBarbara; M.B.A., Cal State Long Beach Personal: Single Public Service: Commissioner, Long ...
Lee Davis
Apr 03, 2007 ... Age: 55 Occupation: Publisher Education: Bachelor's degree in education, Illinois StateUniversity Personal: Divorced with one adult child Public Service: Davis was active in creating the WrigleyHistorical District; was founder, first president and wrote ...
Police seek suspects' IDs in Downey killing
Apr 03, 2007; ... DOWNEY - Authorities have released still photos from asurveillance camera of two suspects in a fatal March 13 shooting inthe hopes of identifying them. The double shooting, in which a man died and another was wounded,occurred about 3 p.m. at the intersection of Imperial Highway ...
Oil peak predicted for year 2020
Apr 03, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Development of the globe's remaining untapped oilreserves will push world production to its ultimate peak as early as2020, before a long, slow decline begins near mid-century, petroleumexperts predicted Tuesday. Peak production levels, estimated to reach 950 million ...
He's L.B.'s consummate campaigner
Apr 03, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Al Austin remembers working on his first campaign. Hewas living in Detroit, and it was for his great-uncle who was runningfor secretary of state. Austin was just 5 years old. "I loved it," he said. "I stood in front of the school pollingplace and told everyone to vote ...
Students rally for more A-G courses
Apr 03, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Students in the Long Beach Unified School District,in order to graduate, should be required to pass all courses neededto enter a four-year state university directly from high school, agroup of more than 45 students said at a rally at districtheadquarters Tuesday ....
It's all fun & games now for celebrities
Apr 03, 2007; ... Photo Gallery: Toyota Pro/Celebrity warmup LONG BEACH - Most of the highlightsof the Toyota Pro/Celebrity warm-up in downtown Long Beach Tuesdaywere outside the race cars. And with a cast that included a Hollywood icon, a former NBAplayer-turned-smart aleck, and a local ...
Death for Orozco
Apr 03, 2007; ... NORWALK - A convicted cop killer laughed Tuesday after hearing ajury's ruling that he be put to death. Jose Luis Orozco showed almost no emotion throughout the three-week trial in which he was convicted of the 2005 murder of LosAngeles County Sheriff's Deputy Jerry Ortiz. A ...