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Sen. Feinstein drops in on SM
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OCEAN AVENUE — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined leaders of local and national environmental organizations Tuesday at Loew’s Hotel to bring attention to a House bill she says could allow offshore oil drilling in the Pacific.
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Kids’ performance ‘A Sign of the Times’ for local outreach
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Kung-fu chickens, global warming, the Wizard of Oz and penguins have something in common — they will share a stage tonight in the first of three weekend performances of “Signs of the Times,” a series of one-act plays featuring adult and child performing pairs.
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Local lawmaker’s bill shot down
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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he would veto the universal health care bill authored by Santa Monica State Senator Sheila Kuehl.
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LA County joins lawsuit to clean up the bay
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DOWNTOWN LA — Los Angeles County officials voted Tuesday to join as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to force the entity to complete its studies on the effects of pathogens on human health and to develop new water quality criteria for the polluted Santa Monica Bay.
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Homeless support programs funded
DOWNTOWN LA — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently awarded more than $800,000 to Santa Monica social service agencies in an effort to improve the city’s homeless support system.
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Witnesses say Weller had control of vehicle
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DOWNTOWN LA — The prosecution on Tuesday continued to build its case against the elderly driver who is on trial for killing 10 and injuring dozens of others while shopping at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market three years ago.
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Car control conclusions reached in Weller case
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DOWNTOWN LA — Jurors heard expert testimony Thursday that the movements of George Russell Weller’s car would have required driver control, and that there was no evidence of “hard braking” as the 86-year-old drove through the Farmer’s Market three years ago, killing 10 people and severely injuring dozens more.
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Ready and willing to help the disabled
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30TH STREET — Chris Knauf’s passion for helping those with disabilities is not exclusively a professional pursuit. The new chair of the Santa Monica Disabilities Commission watched his own mother struggle in the grips of schizophrenia, an untreated illness that led to her suicide at age 40.
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Weller’s defense rests its case
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DOWNTOWN LA — Lawyers concluded their defense of George Russell Weller on Tuesday with a pair of expert witnesses who testified that “pedal error” was to blame for the Farmers’ Market crash three years ago, and a third who hindered the claim by prosecutors that Weller was seen driving erratically the morning before he plowed into pedestrians on Arizona Avenue.
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O.J. scores legal victory in SM
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SM COURTHOUSE — A Santa Monica Superior Court judge handed O.J. Simpson a legal victory on Tuesday, at least tentatively, dismissing a petition filed by Fred Goldman to recoup money owed the family from Simpson’s public appearances.
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Inaugural SM 5000 is blocks party
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CITYWIDE — The Santa Monica 5000 will begin with a bang and end with a party on Sunday, as some celebrities lend a little star power to the inaugural foot race through the city’s streets.
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State beach kicks up water quality
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SM PIER — While Los Angeles County beaches still have the dirtiest water in the state, the area surrounding Will Rogers State Beach was found to have improved dramatically in one year’s time, according to a local environmental watchdog.
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Rats! Rodent at source of outage
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CITYWIDE — A rodent found its way into a high-voltage electrical box early Tuesday morning, leaving hundreds of residents without power and cable for up to eight hours.
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‘Black Widows’ trial is delayed
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DOWNTOWN LA — The “Black Widows” will continue to wait.
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No charge? That’s no good
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SUNSET PARK — He has a life story punctuated by news events.
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The swingers scene
SM BEACH — Passing the sets of rings hanging just south of the Santa Monica Pier, most people are reminded of their childhood playground. Others are just mystified.
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Safeguarding the soul of Santa Monica
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SM PIER — The pier is Santa Monica’s most recognizable landmark, drawing 3.5 to 4 million visitors each year and putting a face on the city for visitors, locals and Hollywood alike.
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’Tis the season to take advantage
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THIRD STREET PROMENADE — Along with the season of giving, invariably comes the season for taking advantage.
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Montana kicks it into gear
MONTANA AVENUE — There’s another shopping district in Santa Monica trying to steal a bit of the holiday thunder away from the likes of Main Street and the promenade.
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Settling SM suits
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SM COURTHOUSE — The City of Santa Monica has agreed to settle three outstanding lawsuits for a total of $422,500.
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‘Borat’ makes benefit from judges’ ruling
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LOS ANGELES — An injunction seeking to remove a scene involving two South Carolina fraternity brothers from the spoof documentary “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” has been denied by a judge in West Los Angeles.
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Ad executives lost Focus
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LOS ANGELES — Two top executives of a Santa Monica-based advertising agency and their attorney have been sentenced to time in federal prison, ranging from 21 months to five and a half years, for their parts in a fraud scheme that cost Sears and several media companies more than $40 million.
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