Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA. back issues from November 2007:
Speakout for Friday, Nov 2
Nov 01, 2007 ... Lethal injection Why not just put people to death in the same method in which theykilled? Then that wouldn't be considered cruel. Damn Yankee Here's a scary thought: Joe Torre as manager of the Dodgers.Please don't let it happen. Cartoon chant Bring ...
Friday's Letters
Nov 01, 2007 ... Realistic look at schools Re "Hot air and education reform": I think this is a first: anewspaper publishing an article related to education that takes arealistic look at the other problems faced by public schoolteachers. It is almost as if Peter Schrag has actually visited ...
Harbor group reaches for local jobs
Nov 01, 2007; ... Initiatives designed to help out local job seekers and youthprograms were among a series of items approved this week by the LosAngeles harbor commission. The panel agreed Thursday to launch the Port of Los Angeles FirstSource Hiring Program, which will require companies doing ...
Knabe promises millions for L.B.
Nov 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe on Thursdaypromised $1 million or more for a local homeless program during theLong Beach Area Chamber of Commerce's First Annual State of theCounty Report. The event at the Long Beach Hyatt in downtown drew a crowd ofabout 800 ...
Medfly quarantine to reach port
Nov 01, 2007; ... The recent discoveries of Mediterranean fruit flies on the PalosVerdes Peninsula could prompt officials to expand a quarantine areato cover part of the Port of Los Angeles. Four female flies were found in traps last week in Rancho PalosVerdes and Rolling Hills, followed by a fifth ...
Attempted sex assaults are not believed related
Nov 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Two attempted sexual assaults in Belmont Shore and athird attempted attack in Central Long Beach in October do notappear to be related, police said Thursday. Rumors of the attacks prompted concerns among some Belmont Shoreresidents that a series of sex crimes was ...
Police seek 3rd murder suspect
Nov 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Homicide investigators have arrested two women inconnection with the slaying of a 57-year-old Long Beach man andasked for the public's help in capturing a third outstandingsuspect, believed to be armed and dangerous, on Thursday. Long Beach Police Department ...
Going back in time
Nov 01, 2007 ... LOSING LIGHT: Our computer is always telling us how smart it is,and yet on Sunday it switched its clock back an hour, figuring thatStandard Time was back in effect as it generally has been, on thelast Sunday of October. Our computer is so cute when it tries to think ....
All's well on Hallow's Eve
Nov 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - No major incidents of violence were reported inBixby Knolls, or any other part of Long Beach, in relation toHalloween night, police said Thursday. Some in the neighborhood had expressed concern about this year'sholiday in the wake of last year's attack on three women ...
$1.15M clears QM sale hurdle
Nov 01, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - A bankruptcy court judge approved a legalsettlement Thursday that opens the door for a November sale of thelease to the Queen Mary and its surrounding acreage. The $1.15 million settlement between Queen's Seaport DevelopmentInc. and AAC Shoreline removes the need for ...
Mia Wells Beglinger thrived on community involvement
Nov 01, 2007; ... Mia Wells Beglinger seemed to be always on the go, lending hertalents to community organizations that supported the arts,children, health care and animal welfare. Only failing health stopped her active involvement in the concernfor her causes. She died last Friday of pneumonia at ...
Santa's coming to Halloween
Nov 01, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - For 30 years, children have lined up Halloweennights outside the house of Lawanda Reynolds, or Mrs. Claus as sheprefers to be known. Their trick-or-treats are greeted with ho-ho-hos. And instead ofcandy, the kids are handed toys. This is no nightmare before ...
'Hairspray' star is just along for the ride
Nov 01, 2007; ... Nikki Blonsky is a movie star, but it seems like maybe she hasn'tbeen told yet. The talented "Hairspray" star, who turns 19 next week, is one ofthe most unassuming and friendly actresses I've ever encountered,and her talent should take her far in films. But to go from unknown ...
A top cop faces prison
Nov 01, 2007 ... Orange County's top cop will be off to prison for up to 105 yearsif he's convicted of a long list of charges brought this week by afederal grand jury. Surprised? Not if you've been reading OrangeCounty newspapers for the past several years. We should remind ourselves that an ...
A plainspoken supervisor
Nov 01, 2007 ... A State of the County speech plays to a full house simply andwell. How many political speakers get introduced in loving terms?County Supervisor Don Knabe, for one, and one of his introductionswill be hard to match. The occasion was the first in an annual series of State of ...
Business briefs
Nov 01, 2007 ... Blockbuster third-quarter losses widen DALLAS - Blockbuster Inc.'s third-quarter loss widened as themovie-rental company lost a half million online customers andabsorbed costs for layoffs and store closings. CEO James W. Keyes said Thursday that many of those ...
Busy Harden happy with life and work
Nov 01, 2007 ... Marcia Gay Harden is one of the busiest actresses in the moviebiz. She has roles in two films currently in theaters: the Sean Penn-directed "Into the Wild" and "Rails and Ties" opposite Kevin Bacon. Marcia also appears in "The Hoax" with Richard Gere, anoverlooked but ...
Retro Row is back
Nov 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Businesses at Retro Row on Fourth Street may beinspired by the past, but the future is looking pretty good, ownersthere say. The strip of a dozen-plus anachronistic shops and several otherequally quaint businesses doesn't seem a traditional shoppingdistrict at first ...
$1.15M clears QM sale hurdle
Nov 02, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - A bankruptcy court judge approved a legalsettlement Thursday that opens the door for a November sale of thelease to the Queen Mary and its surrounding acreage. The $1.15 million settlement between Queen's Seaport DevelopmentInc. and AAC Shoreline removes the need for ...
L.B. hotels are full to bursting, report says
Nov 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - The city is becoming known as a destination locationon the West Coast, with hospitality revenue figures reflecting thatrise, officials from the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureausaid Thursday. In fact, the convention center and city hotels at this point ...
L.A. port passes big rig ban
Nov 02, 2007; ... A progressive ban on older big rigs entering the Port of LosAngeles was approved Thursday by the harbor commission, a moveexpected to be duplicated next week in Long Beach. Under the initial stages of the Clean Trucks Program, some 16,000drayage trucks built before 1989 will be ...
'Bee Movie' has some extra buzz
Nov 02, 2007; ... Jerry Seinfeld got boffo ratings on TV, but does he have any boxoffice clout? We're about to find out with today's release of "BeeMovie," a CG-animated flick bowing in a whopping 3,500-plustheaters. Surely you've heard of it. We've been saturated by the trailers and a variety ...
QM buyer has until Tuesday to close escrow
Nov 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - A development group called Save the Queen has untilTuesday to close escrow on the sale of the Queen Mary's long-termlease, now that a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted a staythat temporarily halted the sale. The Ninth Circuit dissolved the stay late Thursday, ...
'Pajama Game' holds promise of sweet dreams
Nov 02, 2007; ... preview THE PAJAMA GAME Where: Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton St.,Long Beach. When: Previews 8 tonight, opens 8 p.m. Saturday. Regular run 8p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday;through Nov. 18. Tickets: $25-$53; (562) ...
Landlord, 65, bilked thousands
Nov 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - A Signal Hill businessman and former Signal HillPolice Department volunteer who bilked homeowner groups and propertyowners out of tens of thousands of dollars pleaded no contest tofelony embezzlement at the Long Beach Superior Courthouse Thursday,ensuring a two-year prison ...
Should homes in fire-prone areas be banned?
Nov 02, 2007 ... It's hard to complain about last week's wildfires when the onlyfallout here was bad air quality. But those of us who livehereabouts made a choice to live in a suburban area devoid offorests and other seasonably flammable objects. If one house in asubdivision catches fire, it's a fair bet ...
Business briefs
Nov 02, 2007 ... VIACOM INC. Media firm sees 80% jump in Q3 Viacom Inc., a media conglomerate that owns MTV, Comedy Centraland Paramount Pictures, reported an 80 percent jump in third-quarter earnings Friday on a strong showing from its summer movie"Transformers" and the sale of a music publishing ...
Homes aglow with Diwali festivities
Nov 02, 2007; ... Diyas, tea lights, candles and strings of outdoor lights willgive a festive and inviting glow to Hindu homes on Thursday duringthe celebration of Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. "This is our biggest holiday. We light up the whole house," saidVandana Kumar, who grew up in Shimla ...
State group honors L.B. policemen
Nov 02, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - Two Long Beach police officers who were nearlykilled by an armed felon who unleashed a volley of gunfire amid thecrowded streets of Downtown Long Beach last December were honored bya state law enforcement foundation for their heroism Friday night. Two other LBPD ...
Landlord, 65, bilked thousands
Nov 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - A Signal Hill businessman and former Signal HillPolice Department volunteer who bilked homeowner groups and propertyowners out of tens of thousands of dollars pleaded no contest tofelony embezzlement at the Long Beach Superior Courthouse Thursday,ensuring a two-year prison ...
Save the Queen must act quickly
Nov 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - A development group called Save the Queen has untilTuesday to close escrow on the $43 million sale of the Queen Mary'slease, now that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted a staythat temporarily halted the sale. The Ninth Circuit dissolved the stay late ...
Officers' off-duty gun use under fire
Nov 02, 2007; ... Last year, an off-duty Los Angeles cop was at the Pavilionsmarket in Sherman Oaks when Jonathan F. Reyes walked in and pointeda gun at a clerk. Reyes took cash from one clerk and then moved to another. Butthat's when the officer - armed with a concealed gun - shot Reyes ....
Customs sweep nets a record
Nov 02, 2007; ... Putting more agents on Southland streets to carry out sweeps,immigration officials said Friday they have made a record number ofarrests this year of criminal immigrants and those who ignoreddeportation orders. Nearly 2,700 were arrested during raids from the San FernandoValley ...
Teachers weigh in on union takeover
Nov 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Teachers in the Long Beach Unified School Districttoday will be sharing their concerns about the takeover of theirunion by the California Teachers Association amid a public split intheir union leadership. The CTA is holding a three-day series of hearings on the Oct ....
Raytheon to upgrade Air Force jets
Nov 02, 2007; ... El Segundo-based Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems has beenchosen to upgrade the radar systems for the Air Force's 224 F-15EStrike Eagle aircraft, the company said Friday. Prime contractor Boeing Co. is still finalizing the details withthe Air Force. But the value of the work to ...
Crunch time for big-box ballot measure
Nov 02, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - It's do or die time for the controversial measurebanning "big-box" superstores that sell groceries. The City Council will decide Tuesday, just three days before thecounty deadline, whether to spend approximately $500,000 to placethe measure on the Feb. 5 statewide ...
L.B. checks in
Nov 03, 2007 ... It wasn't too long ago that former Long Beach Mayor BeverlyO'Neill, then-City Manager Jim Hankla and various casts of the CityCouncil tried to reinvent Long Beach as a tourist destination ratherthan what it was: An aging Navy town abandoned by the military.Though sunbathers flocked here ...
Sunday's Letters to the Editor
Nov 03, 2007 ... School vouchers Re "A battle against school choice" The George Will column in support of school vouchers promotesthat same old canard about how vouchers save tax dollars. It is onlythrough the use of fuzzy math that one can reach this conclusion.The claim is that the state ...
The fallacious fallback
Nov 03, 2007 ... Humorist Max Shulman remarked once that "love is a fallacy." Thesame could be said about daylight savings time, which Congress keepstinkering with. You've probably figured this out already, but nomatter what Congress does to the clock, there is only a certainamount of daylight available ...
Easing congestion fair share of bond money.
Nov 03, 2007 ... There are many obvious differences between Southern and NorthernCalifornia. The climate, the style, the state of mind and the amountof traffic - particularly trucks carrying goods to and from thenation's busiest ports. While that last one is obvious to Southern California ...
Speaker series has great potential
Nov 03, 2007; ... Every so often an event is born that matures into a permanentaddition to the fabric of Long Beach. Some events such as the LongBeach Grand Prix are huge. Some are middle sized such as theChamber's yearly economic forecast for the Long Beach region byCSULB economists. Some start small and ...
Social Calendar
Nov 03, 2007 ... NOVEMBER 4 - Girl Scout Council of Greater Long Beach, Girl Scout AlumnaeReunion, Girl Scouts Marine Landing, 5865 Appian Way, Long Beach, 1-3 p.m., 562-421-8456. 4 - San Pedro Peninsula Cancer Guild, "An Affaire to Remember,"Hyatt Regency Hotel, 200 S. Pine Ave., Long ...
School board elections send local voters to polls
Nov 03, 2007; ... Southland voters on Tuesday will determine the outcomes of morethan 80 city, school board and other Los Angeles County-areaelections. Locally, residents will cast their ballots in four area schoolboard elections: Cerritos Community College and ABC, Paramount andNorwalk-La ...
The Canalis Report: Sober living, somber problems
Nov 03, 2007 ... Photos: More pictures from this series LONG BEACH - Step into the "sober-living" home on West EighthStreet and you may leave needing a drink. Wires crawl from walls like arthritic fingers. Extension cordssnake through windows so units can share power. A ...
Mental illness familiar topic to CSULB speaker
Nov 03, 2007; ... At 17, Ross Szabo seemed a high-schooler others could look up to;president of his junior class, varsity basketball for two years, a3.6 G.P.A., and 5-year volunteer for Special Olympics. Today, at 29, he still recalls how his life crashed on Jan. 5 ofhis senior year. "I woke ...
Fighting with kid gloves
Nov 03, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - With a series of rapid uppercuts followed by severalfurious hooks, Moises "Mighty Mo" Orozco defeated Omar Trinidad in aclose battle on Saturday. And only seconds after his hard-fought victory, "Mighty Mo" wasin the arms of his mother for a big hug. In a muggy ...
Richardson drives for success in D.C.
Nov 03, 2007; ... When Laura Richardson arrived in Sacramento 10 months ago, shebuilt alliances on the basketball court, impressing veteranlegislators with her competitive drive and earning a spot in theAssembly leadership. Now that she's in Washington, D.C., she's had to change her ...
Gay ministers race for ratings on tonight's episode of 'The Amazing Race.'
Nov 03, 2007 ... There weren't any lesbian ministers when the Rev. Kate Lewis andthe Rev. Pat Hendrickson were young. There weren't even any women. Times have changed - slowly. But role models are still hard tofind, even in the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church, they say. Lewis and Hendrickson, ...
DUI suspected in series of crashes
Nov 03, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - A Long Beach man was arrested on suspicion of drunkdriving Saturday after allegedly causing several collisions along abusy portion of Anaheim Street, authorities said. Alejandro Moreno, 35, was driving eastbound on Anaheim nearAtlantic Avenue in a green Ford Bronco at ...
Activists march for safe climate
Nov 03, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - Activists at a global warming rally on Saturdayturned up the heat on U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson. In a rally sponsored by Greenpeace, more than 50 people gatheredin Bluff Park on Ocean Boulevard to sign an 8-foot petitiondemanding that Richardson take a strong stance ...
09/30: Long Beach Community Foundation's Founders Forum
Nov 03, 2007 ... Award-winning journalist Carol Loomis, senior editor-at-large ofFortune magazine, was the featured guest at the Long Beach CommunityFoundation's Founders Forum, Sept. 30 at the law offices of Keesal,Young & Logan. Loomis spoke of her five-decade career at themagazine and her insights on ...
Bixby Knolls
Nov 02, 2007; ... Nestled between the neighborhoods of North Long Beach, CaliforniaHeights and Wrigley sits Bixby Knolls. It's named after the Bixbys,one of Long Beach's early founding families. Instead of being acoastal community, Bixby Knolls has lots of tree-lined streets andnumerous specialty shops ...
LAPD HQ cost could rise by $40M
Nov 02, 2007; ... The cost for Los Angeles Police Department's new headquarterscould rise by $40 million if city officials approve a committee'srecommendation Friday to use the money to buy land for thedepartment's Motor Transport Division. The City Council's Information and Technology Committee ...
UC students overcharged by millions
Nov 03, 2007 ... SAN FRANCISCO - The University of California system overcharged35,000 graduate and undergraduate students $33.8 million in feesfour years ago, a state appeals court has ruled. The San Francisco-based appeals court determined Friday that theBerkeley and Los Angeles campuses broke ...
Mayor Foster vows veto of big-box ban
Nov 04, 2007 ... By Paul Eakins Staff Writer LONG BEACH - Mayor Bob Foster announced today that he will usehis veto power if the City Council votes Tuesday to place anordinance banning "big-box" superstores that sell groceries on theFeb. 5 presidential primary ballot. The ballot ...
Good Kid: Grandson's his best friend
Nov 04, 2007; ... This is Seth Padilla, who will be 4 years old in December.He is my grandson and my best friend. We have great timestogether, playing with his Hot Wheels, toy dinosaurs or just kickinga soccer ball. Recently, Seth was hospitalized and diagnosed with leukemia.Doctors say it ...
House swaps an adventure
Nov 04, 2007; ... Raising a family leaves little time, opportunity or money fortravel, so when our sons grew up and flew from the nest, we wereeager to take off and see the world. In order to explore as much as possible, we hit upon the idea ofthe house exchange and, next to marrying each other, it ...
A cause for celebration
Nov 04, 2007; ... Recently, my parents, Owen and Glenda Walls did something not alot of folks get to do, they celebrated a 65th wedding anniversary.The fact is, they almost didn't get to do it, either. My parents were married on July 5, 1942, during World War II. Itwas shortly before my father left ...
Memory Lane
Nov 04, 2007; ... My grandfather, Lou Berkheimer, had a deformed index finger,which was the result of a corn grinder accident on his Iowa farm.He used that blunt, claw-like finger to thump me on the chest toget a point across. He would say, "I never want to catch you smoking. It's a ...
Got a story to share?
Nov 04, 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 ofyour hobby or collection, a good kid, a favorite neighbor, goodSamaritan, your cool pet. We love stories, hometown ...
Cool Pet
Nov 04, 2007 ... Reader Linde Stock of Elkport Street in Lakewood sent in her coolpet. She writes: "Meet Inky. We adopted him from PetSmart fourmonths ago after our cat died of kidney failure. He was ...
Speakout for Monday, Nov. 5
Nov 04, 2007 ... O.C. sheriff indicted It figures that Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona would bebrought up on charges and indicted. After all, he is a Republican. Hillary Clinton I don't blame you for under-reporting on the Democratic debate.Hillary got thumped! Big box ...
The goal is cleaner air
Nov 04, 2007 ... It's been a long time coming, but the ports of L.A. and LongBeach are about to start getting rid of thousands of high-pollutingtrucks that foul the region's air. There's more politicking ahead,but the most important rules have been drawn. L.A. gave its approval last week, and Long ...
Monday's Letters
Nov 04, 2007 ... Welcome to California On Nov. 1 new legislation defining "illegal" as "illegal" inOklahoma took effect. Fearing that Oklahoma would suffer the devastating consequenceswhich accommodating illegal aliens have wrought on California, thecitizens demanded an end to the nonsense ....
Sweet savings
Nov 04, 2007; ... SIGNAL HILL - As the owner of one of Southern California's mostsuccessful and well-known dessert bakeries, Charles Feder prideshimself on being a savvy businessman first and foremost. And like many businessmen, Feder watched in frustration in recentyears as rising oil prices cut ...