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BY AMEERA BUTTDaily Press Staff Writer
SMMUSD HDQTRS Standardized test scoresfor students in Santa Monica and Malibupublic schools remained relatively flat, mir-roring the performance of studentsstatewide, according to results released thisweek, but the school district did see decent
gains in science and history.The Standardized Testing and Reporting
exam, or STAR, is a statewide test that 4.7million California students in grades 2through 11 participated in.
Maureen Bradford, director of assess-ment, research and evaluation for theSMMUSD, said officials were “somewhatdisappointed” in not making gains in math-
ematics and language arts.“We would love to see growth, but for a
district like ours that is relatively high per-forming you do anticipate years where thereis a slight dip or a plateau,” Bradford said.“What we look for growth over time. Fromone year to the next there are going to be upsand downs.”
The results come as schools across
California are gearing up for a transition tothe Common Core State Standards, a set ofexpectations adopted by states across thecountry that emphasize a new style of learn-ing that values critical thinking over rotememorization and application of conceptsto real-world situations.
Paul Alvarez, Jr. [email protected] DOES MATTER: Recent guests to Angels Attic on Colorado Avenue are fascinated by the miniature displays.
BY AMEERA BUTTDaily Press Staff Writer
COLORADO AVE Business is bustling at theSanta Monica Bike Center.
On Friday, the center rented and returned80 bikes, but still had about 50 to 60 rentedout, mostly to tourists, said Ron Durgin,general manager.
The bike center, run by Bike & Park, islocated in a prime location on Second Streetand Colorado Avenue just a block from theworld-famous Santa Monica Pier wherethousands of tourists pass by every day,some peering in or stopping by the center toask questions about various cargo, trek andmountain bikes.
“Location, location, location,” Durginsaid. “I think [that] really helps. We get a lotof walk by traffic and then I think word ofmouth. We ride bikes [and] hire people whohave knowledge about riding.”
The bike center was created in November
BY ILEANA NAJARROSpecial to the Daily Press
COLORADO AVENUE Amidst the talk offuture structural developments inSanta Monica, a marble covered angel
statue guards the entrance to a QueenAnne Victorian house where historicarchitectural masterpieces abound —albeit in miniature.
Founded in 1948 by JackieMcMahan and the late Eleanor LaVove
to express their passion for dollhousesand establish a nonprofit that benefitsautism centers, the Angels Attic muse-um — near the corner of Fifth Street
SEE MUSEUM PAGE 11SEE CENTER PAGE 11
SEE SCORES PAGE 10
Daniel Archuleta [email protected] PAYS: City officials said the SantaMonica Bike Center has provided $106,826 inrevenue to City Hall since its opening.
Bike Center exceedsexpectations, revenue
Flat year for students on statewide tests
It’s a small world after allAngels Attic museum offers local take on miniatures
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Get that beach body Santa Monica Pier, west end
8 a.m. Need a little help getting back inshape before the summer ends?
ROGA is back and it’s free. This runand yoga class offers the best
views in town, plus an inclusive, no-judgement environment. For moreinformation, call (310) 458-8901 or
visit santamonicapier.org.
Live at the library Ocean Park Library
2601 Main St., 2 p.m. — 4 p.m. Come enjoy an afternoon outdoorswhile swaying to the sounds of folksinger Fur Dixon and fiddle legend
Brantley Kearns on the library’sfront lawn. Admission is free. Formore information, visit smpl.org.
Performing the classics Main Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd., 3 p.m. In this delightful afternoon of stories
and song, cabaret singer JanAbrams and musical director JohnRandall perform music written byJan’s uncle, Victor Abrams, who
wrote for legendary performers likeNat King Cole, Dean Martin, DinahWashington and Sarah Vaughn. Jan
also performs classics from theGreat American Songbook, popular
standards and Broadway showtunes. This program is free andopen to all ages. Seating is first
come, first served. For more infor-mation on Santa Monica Public
1600 Ocean Front Walk, 3:30 p.m. Watch and listen to an informative
presentation about sharks, aspecies often misunderstood. Get aglimpse of the aquarium’s horn and
swell sharks and watch a shark-themed film. Everyone is invited tomake a fun shark craft project totake home. For more information
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Jazz hands Stewart Street Park
1902 Stewart St., 5 p.m. — 7 p.m. Bring a picnic, blanket and beachchair, and enjoy a sampling of jazz
as part of the eighth annual Jazz onthe Lawn series presented by the
Cultural Affairs Division of City Hall.This free series features several
acts throughout the month ofAugust. This Sunday groove to thesounds of the Elliot Caine Quintet,which lists as influences the leg-endary Art Blakey and the Jazz
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BY DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer
BOSTON Jurors in the racketeering trial ofreputed crime boss James “Whitey” Bulgerfinished a fourth day of deliberations Fridaywithout reaching a verdict.
The jury will be back Monday after deliber-ating for about 28 hours since first getting thecase Tuesday.
Bulger, 83, is charged in a sweeping racket-eering indictment with playing a role in 19killings during the 1970s and ‘80s. He was oneof the nation’s most wanted fugitives afterfleeing Boston in 1994 on the eve of an indict-ment. He was finally captured in 2011 in SantaMonica, Calif., where he had been living in arent-controlled apartment near the beachwith his longtime girlfriend.
Prosecutors said many of the crimesallegedly took place while Bulger was an FBIinformant and was being protected by corruptagents. Bulger’s lawyers strongly deny that hewas an informant.
About two dozen family members of peo-ple allegedly killed by Bulger and his ganghave waited at the federal courthouse for averdict. On Friday, many of them sat togetherin the cafeteria, sharing a meal and playingcards.
“It’s good to see a lot of people here stand-ing up for their loved ones,” said ShawnDonahue, whose father, Michael Donahue,was shot to death in 1982. Bulger is accused ofspraying Donahue’s car with bullets as he lefta South Boston restaurant with Bulger’s tar-get, Edward “Brian” Halloran. Donahue had
offered Halloran a ridehome that night.
Patricia Donahue,Michael Donahue’swidow, said althoughthe waiting has beendifficult, she is not sur-prised the jury has notyet reached a verdict.The indictment con-tains 32 counts, includ-ing racketeering, extortion, money-launder-ing and weapons charges. Within the mainracketeering charge are 33 separate acts,including the 19 killings, as well as extortionand money-laundering. The jury must findthat prosecutors proved at least two of the actsto find Bulger guilty of racketeering.
“Maybe they’re taking their time and reallylooking over a lot of issues,” Patricia Donahuesaid.
Her son, Tom Donahue, said he is not wor-ried, either.
“There is a lot to go through. To have allthat information dumped on you for twomonths, and then you have to digest it, andthen come up with a verdict — that’s a lot ofwork,” he said.
Late Friday, Bulger waived his right to havethe jury decide whether he must forfeit hisownership rights to $822,000 in cash, 30 gunsand other items found in the California apart-ment if he is found guilty. Judge DeniseCasper will now make the decision.
Prosecutors say the cash, guns and otheritems were obtained through illegal activity sothey should be forfeited.
BY LAURA OLSONAssociated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Students at nearly 250California schools posted photos on socialmedia websites while they were taking stan-dardized tests, again prompting questionsabout testing security, state education offi-cials said.
The most serious issues arose at 16 schoolswhere photos were posted containing actualtest questions or answers.
Deputy Superintendent Deborah Sigmantold reporters Friday that officials remainconfident the Standardized Testing andReporting (STAR) results are still valid andsaid the incidents involved a small number ofthe students tested.
“It looks to us as though most of thesepostings were about gaining some attentionand communication with peers, and not anactive (attempt) to try to game the system interms of the assessment,” Sigman said.
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Parents with students in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School Districtshould be receiving a letter letting them know whether or not they qualifyfor free or reduced-price meals and how to apply, education officials saidFriday.
The SMMUSD released its policy for providing the meals for children under theNational School Lunch and School Breakfast Program. Each school and the cen-tral office should have a copy of the policy for parents to review.
Under the guidelines, which are effective from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, asingle-parent household with one child and an annual income of $20,163 qualifiesfor free meals, while the same household with an annual income of $28,694 qual-ifies for reduced-price meals.
For each additional family member add $5,226. Kids who receive food stamps (know called CalFRESH) or other public assis-
tance are automatically eligible. Applications should be in the mail. They are also available at the principal’s
office of each school in the district, officials said. Parents or guardians dissatisfied with their eligibility ruling may discuss the
decision with the determining official on an informal basis. Parents may also makea formal request for an appeal hearing of the decision and may do so orally or inwriting with the hearing official.
If a household member becomes unemployed or if the household size increas-es, the household should contact the school. Such changes may make the childrenof the household eligible for benefits if the household's income falls at or belowthe levels.
For more information, contact the SMMUSD at (310) 450-8338. The district’scentral office is located at 1651 16th St. in Santa Monica.
— KEVIN HERRERA PCH McClure Tunnel closure
Caltrans will close portions of the Pacific Coast Highway starting this Sunday,Aug. 11 to repair damaged pavement inside the McClure Tunnel, officials saidFriday.
The closures will be on the following days and times:• Aug. 11 and Aug. 12 from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.Full closure of northbound PCH at Ocean Boulevard. • Aug. 13 and Aug. 14 from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Full closure of southbound PCH at Fourth StreetFull closure of westbound Fourth Street on-ramp to westbound Interstate 10. A signed detour will be in place. Closures are subject to change. Caltrans
reminds motorists to “slow for the cone zone” and “move over.”— KH
SEATTLE SMC track coach breaks record
A hiker completed the 2,655-mile Pacific Crest TrailThursday night at the Canadian border in Washington,finishing in less than 60 days and claiming a speedrecord.
Supporters of Josh Garret say he averaged nearly45 miles a day on the hike through deserts and moun-tains (“Vegan hiker takes on Pacific Crest Trail for ani-mals,” June 26, Daily Press). He left June 10 from theborder with Mexico.
The 30-year-old track coach at Santa Monica Collegeis a vegan who used his hike to raise awareness and funds for Mercy For Animals,which works to prevent cruelty to farm animals.
No agency formally tracks trail records, but Jack Haskel of the Sacramento-based Pacific Crest Trail Association told The Seattle Times he has no reason todoubt the accomplishment.
On Wednesday, Heather “Anish” Anderson of Bellingham finished the hike in 61days.
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OPINIONS EXPRESSED are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Santa Monica Daily Press staff. Guest editorials from residents are encouraged, as are letters to the editor. Letters will be published on a space-available basis. It is our intention to publish all letters we receive, except those that are libelous or are unsigned. Preference will be given to those that are e-mailed to [email protected]. All letters must include the author’s name and telephone number for purposes of verification. All letters and guest editorials are subject to editing for space and content.
Development done right Editor:
Following up on Bill Bauer’s column on the inevitabil-ity of change in downtown (“Like it or not, change iscoming,” My Write, Aug. 5).
I firmly believe the majority of the Santa Monicacommunity, whether young or old, understands theinevitability of change, while also understanding devel-opment can and should be done in a responsible way;responsible development that includes open space,walkable streets and better building design.Development that retains the beachfront, human scaleof Santa Monica while also providing for growth toremain an economically vibrant city.
There are simple alternative approaches to planningstaff’s bifurcating and piecemealing the planningprocess and choosing to focus only on increased heightand density. Don’t let outside developers hijack theprocess. Greed is not synonymous with quality of life,either environmentally or economically.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE POLICE?How you answer probably reflects your
skin color, bank account, age, education,language skills, political leanings, where youlive and your past experiences and those ofyour family and friends.
If you think it’s a ridiculous or needlesslyprovocative question, then I would sayyou’re less informed than you could be. Butotherwise, probably like me.
I’m white, own my own home, am over50, have a college degree and I speak Englishwell. I’ve never had a problem with thepolice, certainly in 27 years in Santa Monica.On a few occasions, I’ve been helped out bythem. Given my demographics, that’s hardlysurprising.
So, do I raise this question onlybecause I’m a bleeding-heart liberal?Come of age during student revolutiondays of the ‘70s, when the cops werereferred to as pigs?
Slightly radical though I was, I neverbought into that thing about pigs; it neverseemed right to me. I understood thepolemics, but realized even then that theyare brave, tough individuals doing a hard,dangerous, important job, and like most ofus, I’m glad to have them there. Funny, I justnow recalled something that was thrownaround in those days by defenders of thethin blue line: Next time you’re in trouble,call a hippie.
But I’m more and more troubled lately byreports of terrible behavior by some policeofficers, and the mild reaction of theirdepartments. It was set off by an incidentrecently in Seattle, involving a reporter. Noone was hurt, but the mindset of at least twopolicemen was disturbing. It’s the attitudethat I am the law rather than the enforcer ofit, and that anything I choose to do in thecourse of my work is justified.
There have been three terrible reportscoming out of Texas in the last year ofwomen who were stopped for minorinfractions and then subjected to bodycavity searches right there on the side ofthe road. The “searches” fit the legal defi-nition of rape in Texas, yet the three sepa-rate police departments defend them asproper procedure. An intoxicated man wassurrounded by nine officers and a dog inBakersfield last May and beaten to death.The officers then confiscated the camerasof neighbors across the street who wit-nessed and recorded it. No one has beeneven suspended. Just this week it came tolight that police in Georgia are defying thelaw and Supreme Court rulings by force-fully taking blood from suspects withouttheir permission.
I think there’s something very wrongwith our philosophy of policing in thiscountry. I don’t think it can be reversedwithout great effort, and that would have tostart with a recognition that there is a prob-lem. It will be hard to convince people of mydemographic.
But I’ll tell you what: I’m informedenough to know that every time in my life Ihave encountered the police (me — white,polite), I am totally aware that my life is onthe line, and I act accordingly. And it makesme sad.
It doesn’t have to be that way. I’ve trav-eled a bit, and the police in westernEuropean countries are a completely differ-ent animal. They are not feared. They have avery different attitude and demeanor. And
they still get the job done.
YOU DO THE POLYMATHI thought the Rum & Humble people
booking the Twilight Concert Series on thepier had ignored my earlier jabs at theirstewardship for the last three years of thislandmark L.A. music series (it’s on ourpier, but belongs to the whole region), inparticular my remarks about this year’slineup. Sometimes being ignored is justfine. But do I detect a reaction in their lat-est e-mail posting about this pastThursday’s concert with Hanni El Khatiband Bombino?
I had written that this venerable serieshad featured, over the previous quarter ofa century, so many “performers for theages… people who have proved theirexceptional worth over more than a sum-mer of being the hot new things on thefestival circuit. Shows folks will talk aboutyears and decades from now, without hav-ing to answer, ‘Who?’ That’s right kids, Isaw…”
The promotional e-mail from TwilightConcerts last Wednesday proudly declaredof last Thursday’s show, “this is an historicdouble billing you’ll be telling the grandkidsabout.”
Really?It was probably a very good show. I was
looking forward to it, because I alwaysenjoy a potent rocker, but mainly because Iwas curious about opener Bombino. I’msorry I had to miss it. But sight unseenunheard, I’m willing to take bets that infive years, not the 25 years it will take mostof the audience who were at that show tohave grandkids, all but the very musicallyhip with good memories will respond,“Who?” Only last year the promoters ravedabout the privilege of having DonavonFrankenreiter. Who? See?
But then, in the same e-mail they calledHanni a “creative polymath.” You may haveto look up polymath; I did. I’m not surebeing the creative director at a skateboardfashion label, then releasing two albumsqualifies for that rarefied designation as agreat thinker with encyclopedic knowledgeand expertise in a significant number ofdiverse areas of science and the arts, usuallyepitomized by the likes of Michelangelo,Francis Bacon, da Vinci, Benjamin Franklinand Aristotle.
Maybe if I had shared an evening with atrue polymath, I would be telling my grand-kids about it. I just don’t think that hap-pened on the pier this week.
But I do thank the bookers for theupcoming English Beat, Trombone Shortyand Jimmy Cliff shows. Several attempts inprevious years were made to bring Cliff, butthis group did it. Speaking of words havingmeaning, the term legend is thrown aroundlightly, but the Grammy-winning Jamaicansinger-songwriter-actor qualifies. (Not apolymath, but yes, a legendary figure.) Verymany of the world’s reggae fans came to themusic through his groundbreaking 1972film “The Harder They Come,” and he andBob Marley are the only Jamaicans in theRock and Roll Hall of Fame. Irie, SantaMonica.
CCHHAARRLLEESS AANNDDRREEWWSS has lived in Santa Monicafor 27 years and wouldn’t live anywhere else inthe world. Really. You can reach him at [email protected].
Police, polymaths, prince of reggaeCharles Andrews Send comments to [email protected]
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“THE HOURS THEY’RE OPEN ARE NOTlisted. When you ask the employees, theemployees don’t know the hours or giveyou conflicting answers. Also the employ-ees don’t even know the phone number forthat location on Seventh Street. There’s noclock once you’re inside and you have toget in line to get the free envelopes, likepriority that sort of thing, where we usedto be able to pick them up for yourself.Now, all those things could eventually becorrected. That I understand. One thingthat cannot be corrected is the diagonalparking where when you pull out it’s verydangerous because you can’t see cars thatare coming both south of you and north ofyou.”
“I THINK IT’S UTTERLY DASTARDLY THATthe post office was moved from that cen-tral location. I’m now disabled so thatmakes it really hard. So no, I don’t think it’sa suitable replacement at all.”
“THE PROBLEM WITH THE NEW LOCATIONof the post office and mail boxes is thislocation is just one block from the OceanPark Community Center’s (OPCC)Homeless Service Center and homelessshelter. The SMRR-controlled City Councilbought the former trailer park at FifthStreet, evicted the tenants, and then gavemoney to OPCC to build the homeless shel-ter. This location is a magnet for SouthernCalifornia’s homeless to move to SantaMonica. The homeless there were notevicted from an apartment in SantaMonica or homeless due to losing a SantaMonica home to foreclosure. They movedhere from some place else. Based on thearrest reports by the Santa Monica PoliceDepartment, the police blotter published inthis paper and other papers the homelessare responsible for a lot of the crime inSanta Monica and surrounding areas. Theperson arrested for the Venice Boardwalktragedy is a homeless person who movedhere from Colorado. Many people I speakwith are afraid to go to the new post officedue to the proximity of the OPCC facilitiesat Fifth and Olympic.”
“ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT THE U.S.Postal Service can do in Washington D.C.can compensate for their policies of closingdown or selling off beautiful, old, historicand architecturally desirable WPA-builtpost offices, not just in Santa Monica butaround L.A. and California and across thecountry. It’s a shame that they’ve been ableto get away with closing down or selling offthose beautiful pieces of architecture.”
“IT WAS AN ENORMOUS ERROR TOshutter our historic Downtown post office.It was very convenient to use for most peo-ple while shopping downtown. Perhaps it isjust another effort to weaken and destroyour present fine postal service.”
“I PARTICIPATED IN THE POST OFFICEoutreach meeting, which brought 120 resi-
dents and business people together toexpress outrage over the loss of the cen-trally located post office. With the openingof the Seventh Street branch, I can tell you,symbolically, that our political representa-tion is as barren and as removed as thatlocation. No one from the city, not even theusually reliable Councilmember KevinMcKeown, showed up in support of our con-cerns, and no one from CongressmanWaxman’s office even bothered to attend tomonitor the proceedings. On Tuesday, Ipassed Colorado and Seventh, andColorado is now being torn up for the ExpoLine tracks. As predicted at the meeting,the only access to the Seventh Street officewill be westbound on Olympic, parallel tothe freeway. Good luck trying to reach it, ifyou must. Thanks to our politicians, we nowhave two unusable post office branches —the Ocean Park Community Center branchat Seventh and Olympic, apparently nowexclusively designated for the use of thehomeless; and the cramped, cubbyholecalled the Will Rogers Branch on Wilshire,where lines typically spill out the door. Lastyear, I suggested to the City Manager’sOffice that a small post office substation bebuilt in the dead zone behind the MainPublic Library. That location is one of thecommunity’s last true gathering places. Doyou see it built? I don’t”
“THEY NEVER PICKED UP. I CALLED MANYtimes. They left me on hold for a long time.And the closed post office was doing aprofit. I don’t know if anyone knows that.It’s like a dictatorship of the proletariat. Ifput to an election it would have failed, theywould not have closed it. … The customerserve there sucks. It’s unbelievable what itis. A disgrace. It’s too bad the old oneclosed. It was doing well. If these people dobad, can they be fired?”
“I MADE A TRIP TO THE POST OFFICE BYbus yesterday, or rather tried to. By thetime the bus had skirted the roadwork andpermitted me to get off, I found I had towalk farther than had I walked directlyfrom my home. I shall never go to that postoffice again.”
EARLY REVIEWSThe United States Postal Service recently closed the post office on Fifth Street inDowntown and opened its replacement on Seventh Street, just off Colorado Avenue.
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BANNING, Calif. California truly is theGolden State this summer — golden brown— and that has fire officials worried headinginto the peak of the wildfire season.
It’s still weeks before the fire-fanningSanta Ana winds usually arrive and alreadyit’s been a brutal fire season, with nearlytwice as many acres burned statewide from ayear ago, including 16,000 scorched thisweek in a blaze still raging in the mountains90 miles east of Los Angeles.
So far this year, California fire officialshave battled 4,300 wildfires, a stark increasefrom the yearly average of nearly 3,000 theyfaced from 2008 to 2012, said DanielBerlant, a spokesman for the CaliforniaDepartment of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Until last week, those fires had alreadyburned more than 71,000 acres — up from40,000 during the same period last year. Theannual average for acreage charred in the lastfive years was 113,000, he said.
“We have seen a significant increase inour fire activity and much earlier than nor-mal,” said Berlant, adding that fire seasonbegan in mid-April, about a month ahead ofschedule after an especially dry winter.“We’re not even yet into the time periodwhere we see the largest number of damag-ing fires.”
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., wholives in Riverside County, said more than165,000 acres have burned in California thisyear, and climate change is setting condi-tions for more disastrous blazes, while budg-et cuts are limiting resources to fight them.Boxer’s data comes from both Californiaofficials and federal agencies, including theU.S. Forest Service.
This year, state fire officials have called upmore firefighters and reserve engines ondays with hot, dry conditions, Berlant said.
And while state officials encouraged resi-dents to rid their properties of dry brushbefore fire season starts, he said authoritiesare now urging the public not to use lawn-mowers or weed eaters during the heat of theday because a spark off the metal blades cantrigger a blaze.
On Friday, firefighters launched a fleet ofseven retardant-dropping airplanes againstSouthern California’s latest destructive wild-fire, which has destroyed 26 homes andthreatened more than 500 others in the SanJacinto Mountains.
The so-called Silver Fire has forced some1,800 people to flee their homes and injuredsix people, including one civilian with seri-ous burns. The fire grew by 2,000 acres to 25square miles overnight, but it was signifi-cantly less active Friday morning.
In the Twin Pines neighborhood outsideBanning, Andy Schrader said he couldn’t get
out in time. The wildfire crept up suddenlyand blew over his house, burning his motorhome and singeing his hair as he sprayedwater from a hose to try to keep the housewet.
“I could feel my face burning,” the 74-year-old carpenter said. “And I thought I wasgoing to die.”
Most of Southern California’s severewildfires are associated with Santa Anawinds, caused by high pressure over the Westthat sends a clockwise flow of air rushingdown into the region.
This week’s fire, however, was beingfanned by a counter-clockwise flow around alow pressure area over northwest California.The National Weather Service said condi-tions could change in the second half of nextweek, with weaker winds in the mountainsand deserts.
Wildfire experts say the traditional fireseason has grown longer in California asrainfall has been lower than usual over thelast two years and tapered off sooner.
Los Angeles, for example, received only5.85 inches of rain from July 2012 throughJune 2013, compared with 8.71 inches a yearbefore and a 30-year average of 14.93 inches,said Eric Boldt, a meteorologist with theNational Weather Service.
Tom Scott, a natural resources specialistwho teaches at University of California cam-puses in Riverside and Berkeley, said plantscan have a harder time staying hydratedunder such conditions.
“The whole system is like a bank account— it’s being drawn down,” he said.
Richard A. Minnich, a professor of earthsciences at University of California,Riverside, said much of Southern Californiais in pretty good shape because older vegeta-tion burned off during a spate of wildfiresover the past decade, but there are spots atserious risk because of the prevalence of old-growth chaparral.
“Wherever there is very old chaparral,we’ve got a tremendous threat,” he said.
About 1,600 firefighters were battling thewind-fed fire that sparked on Wednesdayafternoon. Eight helicopters had been dis-patched to fight the blaze. Evacuation orderswere issued for Cabazon and the rural com-munities of Poppet Flats, Twin Pines, EdnaValley and Vista Grande, and several camp-ing and hiking areas.
It was the second major wildfire in theSan Jacinto Mountains this summer. A blazethat erupted in mid-July spread over 43square miles on peaks above Palm Springs,burned seven homes and forced 6,000 peo-ple out of Idyllwild and neighboring towns.
The latest fire also burned in the foot-print of the notorious Esperanza Fire, a2006, wind-driven inferno that overran aForest Service engine crew. All five crewmembers died. A man was convicted of set-ting the fire and sentenced to death.
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WASHINGTON The Postal Service hastrimmed its losses to $740 million over thelast three months by consolidating process-ing facilities, cutting hours for workers andpost offices and reducing workers’ compen-sation costs, the agency said Friday.
Still, year-to-date, the Postal Service hadlosses totaling $3.9 billion, and the agencysaid that without help from Congress itsfinancial woes will worsen.
The report for the financial quarter end-ing June 30 comes as Congress considersproposals to fix the agency’s finances. Theagency lost $16 billion last year and is tryingto restructure its retail, delivery and mail-processing operations.
Over the first nine months of its fiscalyear, the Postal Service said 104 mail pro-cessing facilities were consolidated, careeremployee work hours were reduced by about41 million and operating hours at 7,397 postoffices were reduced.
The service wants to end most Saturdayand door-to-door mail delivery. It also isseeking to reduce its congressionally man-dated $5.6 billion annual payment for future
retiree health benefits. The agency says end-ing Saturday mail delivery would save $2 bil-lion each year.
Joe Corbett, the agency’s chief financialofficer, said in a statement that “withoutcomprehensive postal reform legislationsigned into law, our hands are tied and weexpect multi-billion dollar annual losses tocontinue.”
The third-quarter loss was far less than its$5.2 billion loss for the same period last year.Postal officials said its cost-cutting and effi-ciency moves helped lower losses, along witha $918 million decrease to its workers’ com-pensation expenses due to interest rates.
Shipping and package revenue continuedto be a bright spot for the agency, increasing8.8 percent compared to the same period lastyear. That helped operating revenue rise 3.6percent to $16.2 billion in the third quarter,compared to last year’s third quarter.
First-class mail revenue, the PostalService’s most profitable category, declinedby 0.9 percent compared to the same periodlast year. Total mail volume was 37.9 billionpieces, down from 38.3 billion pieces for thethird quarter last year.
The Postal Service for years has beenwrestling with declining mail volume and a
2006 congressional requirement that it makeadvance payments to cover expected healthcare costs for future retirees, something nofederal agency does. The agency expects tomiss a $5.6 billion health care payment nextmonth at the end of its fiscal year. It default-ed on two similar payments last year.
The pre-funding requirement for futureretiree health benefits accounts for the bruntof the agency’s red ink and underscores theurgency for Congress to end the mandate,postal officials say. About $11.1 billion of lastyear’s $16 billion agency losses were due tothe annual health care payments.
Earlier this year, the agency backpedaledon its plan to end Saturday mail deliveryafter running into opposition in Congress.
The National Association of LetterCarriers says ending Saturday deliverywould hurt small businesses along with ruralresidents and the elderly, who depend moreheavily on the mail for prescription drugsand other goods.
Postal officials also want permission toship beer, wine and spirits to compete withprivate shippers such as FedEx, saying itcould bring in as much as $50 million a year.The service also favors gradually ending mostdoor-to-door deliveries in favor of curbside
and cluster box service to save money.Congress is beginning to tackle plans to
help the Postal Service.A Senate bipartisan proposal would let
the agency end Saturday delivery in a yearand make changes in how pensions andretiree health care costs are calculated in anattempt to stabilize the agency’s finances.
It also would impose a two-year morato-rium on closing mail processing plants. Theagency also would be allowed to ship alco-hol. Hearings on the bill are expected afterCongress returns from its summer breaknext month.
The House Oversight and GovernmentReform Committee recently approved a billto end Saturday delivery and to change howpension and retiree health costs are calculat-ed to curb the agency’s losses. The GOPmeasure did not win any Democratic votes.The bill also directs the agency to graduallyshift from door-to-door delivery to clusterbox and curbside delivery as a cost-cuttingmove over the next decade, something whichmany House Democrats oppose.
The Postal Service is an independentagency that receives no tax dollars for itsday-to-day operations but is subject to con-gressional control.
BY JULIE PACEAssociated Press
WASHINGTON Responding to critics,President Barack Obama promised onFriday to work with Congress on “appropri-ate reforms” for the domestic surveillanceprograms that have stirred criticism at homeand abroad. He also said it is time to recali-brate the United States’ relationship withRussia, which is harboring NSA secrets leak-er Edward Snowden.
“It’s not enough for me to have confi-dence in these programs,” the presidentdeclared of NSA domestic intelligence-gath-ering programs at a White House news con-ference, one day before his scheduled depar-ture on a week-long vacation. “TheAmerican people have to have confidence inthem as well.”
The president announced a series ofchanges in a program begun under the anti-terror Patriot Act that was passed in thewake of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Butnone of the moves would alter the basic coreof the program, the collection of millions ofAmericans’ phone records.
As for Snowden, recently granted tempo-rary asylum by Russia, Obama said he is nota patriot, as some have suggested, and chal-lenged him to return to the United States toface espionage charges.
On Russia, Obama said that given recentdifferences over Syria, human rights andSnowden, it is “probably appropriate for usto take a pause, reassess where it is thatRussia is going ... and recalibrate the rela-tionship.”
The hour-long news conference rangedover numerous issues, although the presi-dent became especially animated when thequestions turned to Republicans inCongress. He said they would risk the wrathof the public if they vote to shut down thegovernment this fall in an attempt to cut offfunding for his signature health care law.
And on another congressional issue, hesaid that while he was open to HouseRepublicans proposing an alternative immi-gration bill, his preference was for a vote ona Senate-passed measure that would com-bine border security with a chance at citizen-ship for millions of immigrants living in thecountry illegally.
He said he was “absolutely certain” such abill would pass in the GOP-controlled U.S.House.
He did not mince words about the UnitedStates’ deteriorating relationship withRussia. He said President Vladimir Putin’srecent decision to grant asylum to Snowdenwas merely the latest in a series of differencesbetween the two countries, including aresponse to the Syrian civil war and tohuman rights issues.
“I’ve encouraged Mr. Putin to look for-ward rather than backward,” Obama said,evoking memories of relations between theUnited States and the former Soviet Union.
The president, who just this week can-celed a planned summit meeting with Putin,said he does not want the United States toboycott the upcoming 2014 Olympics sched-uled to be held in Sochi, Russia, as a protestagainst Russian treatment of homosexuals.
“One of the things I’m really looking for-ward to is maybe some gay and lesbian ath-letes bringing home the gold or silver orbronze, which I think would go a long way inrejecting the kinds of attitudes that we’reseeing here,” he said. “And if Russia doesn’thave gay or lesbian athletes, then that wouldprobably make their team weaker.”
On the U.S. economy, Obama said he hasa range of candidates he is considering tobecome chairman of the Federal Reserve, anomination he likened in importance toselecting a Supreme Court justice. Amongthe contenders are former TreasurySecretary Larry Summers and Janet Yellen,the vice chair of the Fed, he said, adding thatwhoever replaces Ben Bernanke must focus
his attention on keeping inflation in checkand helping strengthen the recovery fromthe worst recession in decades.
While saying he won’t pick a Fed chair-man until the fall, he expressed irritation atcritics of Summers, including someDemocrats in Congress, whom Obama saidwere engaging in “a standard Washingtonexercise that I don’t like” of launching pre-emptive attacks before an appointment hasbeen made.
The president and his family are due todepart the White House on Saturday for aweek-long vacation at Martha’s Vineyard offthe coast of Massachusetts.
It was Obama’s first full-blown WhiteHouse news conference since April, and bothhis opening statement about surveillanceprograms and the questions that followedunderscored the constantly shifting mix ofissues in the nation’s summertime capital.
Chief among them was the topic of sur-veillance, a subject the administration hasstruggled with since Snowden’s leaks trig-gered a vigorous public debate about theproper balance between government intelli-gence-gathering programs designed to com-bat terrorism and individual libertiesenshrined in the Constitution.
In his remarks, the president gave noindication he was prepared to change thecore of one of the most controversial pro-grams, an effort to collect and store identify-ing information about virtually all thephone calls made in the United States.
There was quick reaction from lawmak-ers.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chairmanof the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued astatement saying he would “carefully exam-ine the materials released today and willcontinue to press for greater transparency,including the release of significant FISACourt opinions.”
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, a Georgian andsenior Republican on the Senate intelligence
committee, said, “I believe there is a consen-sus among my colleagues that any modifica-tions to the Foreign Intelligence SurveillanceAct must be made on a strong bipartisanbasis and must not impede the intelligencecommunity’s ability to prevent terroristattacks.”
Obama announced relatively modestchanges, including one to create an inde-pendent attorney to argue against the gov-ernment during secret hearings of theForeign Intelligence Surveillance Court,which reviews requests for surveillanceinside the U.S. Under current law, prosecu-tors now make their legal case withoutopposing argument, subject only to a rulingby a judge.
Obama is creating an outside advisorypanel to review U.S. surveillance powers,although it is unclear how that differs fromthe U.S. Privacy and Civil LibertiesOversight Board, an existing panel mandat-ed by Congress, to monitor surveillance sys-tems and constitutional considerations.
Obama said the NSA would hire a priva-cy officer and that intelligence agencieswould build a website explaining their mis-sion.
As Obama spoke, the Justice Departmentreleased what Obama called “the legalrationale” for the surveillance. The docu-ment appeared to be primarily a recitationof what the administration has previouslytold Congress.
On another subject the presidentdeclined to confirm a series of drone strikesrecently reported carried out in Yemen todeter a suspected terrorist plot.
At the same time, he said the UnitedStates was making progress toward arrestingthe killers of four Americans who perishedlast year in a terrorist attack at a U.S. diplo-matic mission in Benghazi, Libya. “We areintent on capturing those who carried outthis attack. And we’re going to stay on ituntil we get them,” he said.
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JUST UNDER 3 MILLION CORNED BEEFS ONrye, 6,386,129 pickles and 4,635,512 matzoballs. These are the calculations Izzy’s Deliapproximated by taking their weekly sales,multiplying it into years and multiplyingthat by 40, the number of years the SantaMonica staple has been open come Aug. 20.The figures aren’t exact, but it’s a fair assess-ment and a true testament of how belovedIzzy’s is to the city by the sea.
Izzy’s, The Bagel Nosh, Fromin’s and NYBagel & Deli, all just a couple of blocks apartfrom each other, make up Santa Monica’s“Pastrami Corridor” spanning from 14th to22nd Street on Wilshire Boulevard. Izzy’swas first though, and 40 years of business isan eternity when you think about the aver-age life expectancy of a restaurant here in theL.A. area. A hot new restaurant opening inSanta Monica always makes for a good head-line. However, the fact that Izzy’s has beenopen for the same amount of time Moseswas wandering around in the desert is newsworthy as well.
When you walk into Izzy’s and see the dis-play case full of cured meats, knishes, gefiltefish and lox spreads you know it’s a legitKosher-style deli. Viewing the celebrity filledwall of fame and finding pictures of promi-nent Jewish funny men like Larry David andJerry Seinfeld further validates Izzy’s as a trueSanta Monica institution. It’s also why it’soften referred to as the “Deli to the Stars.”
Izzy Freeman, the sole proprietor ofIzzy’s, recognizes old-school delis are threat-ened by trendier hot spots, but sees his placeas a neighborhood mainstay, a place for fam-ilies, friends and co-workers to relax and getfull on quality food — and always withfriendly service by folks who have workedthere for years.
“People like this kind of food,” Izzy toldme over lunch. (I had the pastrami sand-wich, Izzy went with a bowl of lentil soup.)“It’s comfort food. We all like fancy places.We all like the fancy restaurants of the world,but sometimes it’s nice to get a simple pas-trami or tuna melt.”
“The Deli Lama,” a moniker bestowedupon him by some of his golfing buddies,Izzy has blessed Santa Monica with his takeon traditional deli fare. And anyone who hasrecently visited any upstanding deli knowsthat a premium pastrami sandwich is not acheap lunch.
“One thing I learned about being in therestaurant business for so long is to always
raise your prices, never cut your quality, orportions,” he said. “People are willing to paya few cents more if they know it is going tobe good.”
Nowadays (especially in Santa Monica),when you eat out it’s not going to be easy onthe wallet. It is on a rare occasion where Iactually think I didn’t overpay. At this pointthough I’ve eaten out so much that I havebeen numbed to the gouging. Izzy’s, on theother hand, is a place where you get whatyou pay for and a little more, especially whencompared to other delis of the same caliber.
Aside from all the standards, Izzy’s has afew surprises as well. During Thanksgivingthey sell around 100 cooked turkeys to thepublic, as well as a full turkey dinner in therestaurant. They are open 24/7 (which isbecoming more rare in Santa Monica withthe loss of Norm’s last month) and in 40years they have never closed, aside fromwhen “Curb Your Enthusiasm” filmed a fewepisodes there. And as I discovered they haveone of the best cake and pie selections intown.
Izzy’s shouldn’t be overlooked or takenfor granted because it has been in SantaMonica seemingly forever. They give tocharities; employ families, some now for twogenerations; and have a passionate ownerwho has become a local institution in hisown right. Maybe some day they will changeWilshire Boulevard to Izzy Way, 15th Streetat the least. Regardless of the future, 40 yearsis a benchmark everyone involved with Izzy’sshould be proud of. If you have never beento Izzy’s, give it a visit and see what a greatdeli is all about.
MMIICCHHAAEELL can be seen riding around town on hisbike burning calories so he can eat more food.He can be reached at [email protected] him on Twitter athttps://twitter.com/greaseweek
Photo courtesy Google Images MAKE SURE TO CHEW: Stop and smell the … fennel. Mindful eating is a key to controllingweight gain and leads to a greater appreciation of the foods we eat.
LAST MONTH MY FAMILY AND I SPENTsome time in our lovely San BernardinoMountains. Early one morning we took ayoga class at an outdoor amphitheater.Under the shelter of a canopy we were pro-tected from the soft rain pattering the soilaround us. All the sounds of the forest quiet-ed just before the rain fell, but as soon as theclouds released the gentle stream all mysenses came alive. The birds began to chirpexcitedly, the wind carried freshly washedpine and the gray clouds swirled across thesky.
Mindfulness is a concept of being moreaware and present in the moment; to rely onall senses to achieve satisfaction. This is aconcept that I use in my practice whencounseling patients to slow down their paceof eating, smell and taste their food, and ingeneral just be more aware of what they’reputting in their mouths.
How many times have you sat at yourdesk and wolfed down your lunch withouteven tasting the food or remembering thatyou’ve finished it? Or maybe sitting in yourfavorite club chair with a bag of popcorn orchips while reading a book or watching TVwith your intention to just eat a little andthen finding yourself rooting around thebottom of the bag for more without evenrealizing that you ate the entire bag. Thissort of mindless eating can lead to reflux andunwanted weight gain, which in turn canincrease cholesterol and blood glucose andmay even lead to metabolic syndrome.
I was out to lunch with a friend recentlyat True Food Kitchen in the Santa MonicaPlace. True Food Kitchen offers seasonal,sustainable, simple and pure meals that sup-port Dr. Andrew Weil’s anti-inflammatorydiet. Their concept is to take popular trendsin cuisine and pair them with healthy living.But I will take it one step further and say thattheir food supports mindful eating as well.While catching up on the latest news andgossip with my friend, I was still able to bepresent with my meal.
I ordered the red chili shrimp entrée,which is a sesame noodle dish with perfectlycooked tender-crisp shrimp, spinach andshitake mushrooms in a flavorful broth. Thiswas a simple dish with vibrant colors, high-quality ingredients and robust, satisfying fla-vors. I left lunch having enjoyed eachmouthful of my delicious meal. The next
day I was a little swollen from all the highsodium sauces in the dish. Not a goodchoice if you have high blood pressure; for-tunately I don’t, so I just watched my sodiumintake the next day.
Now my friend’s meal, on the other hand,I didn’t like. She ordered the Tuscan kale andsalmon. It was colorful, but boring in con-tent and flavor. She was served a generous 5or 6 ounce portion of salmon on a bed ofbland kale. I like kale when it’s done right,but to me this looked and tasted like she waseating a giant plate of garnish with a side ofsalmon.
If you go to True Food Kitchen try someof their seasonal dishes. I was tempted by thesummer seafood bouillabaisse with sea bass,fennel, and zucchini. It’s gluten free, so nocrusty bread to soak up the juices, but maybeyou can order a small side of brown riceinstead. Many entrées and starters aremarked gluten free (gf) or vegetarian (v),but they cater to the omnivore as well withsuch dishes as the grass-fed steak tacos andthe chicken teriyaki brown rice bowl.
Be wary of “The Natural Refreshments.”These are a novelty and fun to try maybeonce in a while, but these “healthy elixirs”are really no more than fresh-squeezedlemon-sugar water with little nutritionalvalue. You could have one piece of bread or1/2 a cup of sesame noodles for the sameamount of carbs.
LLOORRII SSAALLEERRNNOO,, M.S., R.D.N, C.P.T. is a regis-tered dietitian nutritionist and certified person-al trainer who provides medical nutrition thera-py to groups and individuals in Santa Monicaand recipe and menu analysis for restaurantsnationwide. Learn more at www.eatwelldailynu-trition.com.
Cucumber lemonade— not worth the carbs or sugarCalories: 80; Fat: 0; Carbs: 19g; Fiber: 0; Sugar: 17g(Analyzed from True Food recipe found online.)
Red chili shrimpCalories: 350; T Fat: 6g; Sat Fat: 0.5g; Chol:145mg; Sodium: 1660mg; Carbs: 50g; Fiber:4g; Sugars: 8g; Protein: 27g(Analyzed from True Food recipe found online.)
SMMUSD Superintendent Sandra Lyonsaid despite years of budget cuts and uncer-tainty and a transition to the Common CoreState Standards, the school district’s teachersand staff remain “focused” on student learn-ing.
“We have created a multi-year plan tocontinue to work with our staff to addressequity and access so that all children whocross the threshold of a school in the SantaMonica-Malibu Unified School District havehigh-quality educations and are ready forcollege and careers and the opportunity tofulfill their dreams,” Lyon said in an e-mail.
The school district is the model for“incremental steady growth,” Bradford said.In the last 10 years, she said all of the schoolshad double digit growth in each subject area,which school district officials are proud of.
“As you creep up towards the top of ascale, it becomes harder and harder to main-tain that incline,” she said.
In mathematics, 62 percent of test takers
reached proficiency while 75 percent of stu-dents hit the mark in language arts.
Those percentages include students ingrades 2 through 11 who took English examsand the students in grades 2 through 7 whotook math exams, as well as those who took“end of course” exams, which can includealgebra and geometry as well as other formsof math.
In language arts, Bradford said this year’splateau comes on the heels of seven years ofgains.
State Superintendent Tom Torlaksonsaid, as expected for a school system in tran-sition, results varied from grade to grade,subject to subject and school to school.
“While we all want to see California'sprogress continue, these results show that inthe midst of change and uncertainty, teach-ers and schools kept their focus on studentsand learning,” Torlakson said in a newsrelease. “That's a testament to the depth oftheir commitment to their students and thefuture of our state.”
Across the state, the 2013 STAR resultsshow that a significant achievement gapcontinues to exist for African-Americans,
Hispanic/Latino, low income and English-learner students, compared to their peers.
But for the SMMUSD, there were somebright spots in the test results this year.
“We still have achievement gaps but theyhave narrowed over time,” Bradford said.“For some of our groups, particularly thisyear, students with disabilities have madereally good growth. We’re happy about that.”
She said there was a seven-point gain forstudents with disabilities.
In history and science where school offi-cials saw progress, test takers jumped in pro-ficiency to 63 percent from 61 percent in his-tory, Bradford said. For science, 78 percentreached proficiency compared to 76 percentlast year. Those percentages include studentsin grades 8 and 11 and “end of course”exams in history and students in grades 5, 8and 10 in science.
This year, there were one-point gains forLatinos and African-Americans, Bradfordsaid, but “we would want to see a muchstronger gain.”
Bradford said there was a three-point gainfor the socio-economically disadvantaged.
Much like the rest of the state, Bradford
said it’s a transitional time where the schooldistrict is anticipating the new assessment ofmeasuring kids’ growth.
“We are beginning to make these shiftstowards common core standards and lookingforward to these new assessments that will bechallenging and exciting,” Bradford said.
In addition to photos revealing test ques-tions or answers, Sigman said other posts bystudents at 242 schools depicted thingsunlikely to jeopardize exam results, such astest booklet covers or “bubble art,” which shedescribed as students filling in bubbles tocraft a message.
The Sacramento Bee first reported Fridaythat results from those schools are nowflagged with a red warning message next totheir test results. It notes “a security breachinvolving social media” was identified at theschool and states: “Caution should be usedwhen interpreting these results.”
Results from the 16 schools where studentsposted actual test content also included thewarning that the school’s accountability ratingcould be impacted. Those schools also couldbecome ineligible for academic awards.
The department will be releasing itsstatewide accountability reports within thenext few weeks.
Among the 16 schools linked to postingsof test materials is San Francisco’s LowellHigh School, a high-achieving public mag-net school. A person answering the school’smain telephone line Friday said staff mem-bers were in training and unavailable to takephone calls.
Others include two Los Angeles Unifiedschools — Alexander Hamilton Senior Highand Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon
Technology Academy High— as well asschools in Burbank and Anaheim. Officialswith the Los Angeles Unified School Districtdid not immediately return a voicemail lefton the media contact line.
This year’s cases include slightly moreschools than a similar discovery last year.Online postings involving test materialswere found from students at 216 schools,with posts from 12 schools including legibletest questions or answers.
The discovery delayed the release of lastyear’s scores for two weeks. In response, theDepartment of Education enacted new secu-rity measures to monitor the use of electron-ic devices.
Students generally are not allowed to haveelectronic devices during standardized tests.
Sigman said officials believe the numberof online postings discovered may haveincreased because of the department’sefforts to monitor social media websitesduring testing.
She noted that nearly 4.7 millionCalifornia students participated in standard-ized testing this year, saying the number ofincidents is “a low number given the kind ofsocial media that students have access to.”
The department may step up its efforts tomonitor online postings and to train dis-tricts on what to look for during testing,Sigman said.
“We take this very seriously and we wantto make sure schools and administrators areappropriately monitoring test administra-tions,” Sigman said.
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and Colorado Avenue — offers a uniquefamily-friendly destination where visitorscan step into a little world of contemporaryand antique miniature toys.
Most of the museum’s collections takevisitors back to 19th century Europe; thegolden age of toy making when intricatehandmade dollhouses and dolls werereserved for well-off families as either play-things or educational tools to teach younggirls how to run an estate.
One of the more notable pieces includesthe fully furbished three-story MexicanMansion from about 1890-1920, completewith its own working elevator and lights.There is even a replica of Versailles and awooden shoe-shaped house fully occupiedby the old woman who lived in a shoe andher numerous children from the popularnursery rhyme.
“This is a nice little time capsule for peo-ple to see,” said Charles Phillips, museumdirector.
Phillips estimates that about 1,000-1,500tourists and locals a year step into theVictorian’s restored walls where they canappreciate and learn from an art form withhistorical significance.
Though he acknowledges the dominanceof advanced technological gadgets over his-toric treasures in the popular sphere, theallure of the old miniature world continuestoday spanning across a wider range of agesand evolving with the times.
While Phillips argues that a large numberof present-day children opt for electronicdevices over toys like dolls and dollhousesthat require more imagination to enjoy, atthe 110th annual American InternationalToy Fair this past February, one of thehottest trends of 2013 included toys thatpossessed vintage or nostalgic value to chil-dren and adults alike.
In addition, the Toy Industry Associationreported that dolls — the more contempo-rary kind — brought in approximately $2.69billion in U.S. domestic sales in 2012 alone.
Looking to adult consumers, organiza-tions like the National Association ofMiniature Enthusiasts host annual conven-tions for artisans, collectors and dealersacross the country and collaborate with sim-ilar international communities.
Nancy Robertson, a California state rep-resentative for the association, added thatenthusiasts could successfully transformtheir hobbies of crafting or collecting intolucrative enterprises.
Artisans can pay around $800 or more toattend workshops led by essentially minia-ture world-celebrity artisans who are mas-ters at their craft, Robertson said.
Lori Kagan-Moore, curator for the GreatAmerican Dollhouse Museum in Kentucky,wrote in an e-mail that a 19th centurySpanish Mansion dollhouse was auctionedoff in 2005 for $192,500. She explained thatage, condition, relative rarity and merit oforiginal artistry are among the major factorsdetermining high price tags for collectibles.
While there is money to be made in theminiature world, Phillips — whose fascina-tion with miniatures stemmed from hiswife’s collections and his own work experi-ence with design — said that most collec-tors, artisans and museum patrons mainlyseek a connection to their childhood.
For Robertson, who is both an artisanand a collector, the miniature world offersher just that. Only now she finds she canbring her imagination to life by creating thesets and pieces she pictures in her head.
She explained that artisans work in vary-ing scales, the more popular being the quar-ter scale (1/4 inch to 1 foot) for the time andspace saved. Sometimes though, making sev-eral of the same item even on a quarter scale,such as a miniature bouquet of flowers, cantake hours considering the time needed forpaint and glue to dry.
Many artisans even adapt to new meth-ods such as the latest trend of using lasercutters to form more intricate designs onwooden furniture pieces.
“Anybody can do it. You just have to havean interest in re-creating an event, a struc-ture, or the feeling of an era,” Robertson said.
For younger generations still working oncreating nostalgic memories, the AngelsAttic museum provides a foray into the larg-er miniature world that captivates adults allover the world while teaching a creative his-tory lesson.
One of the museum’s older dolls isdressed completely in black for mourning,offering an opportunity to learn how high-society women in that period would dress —as well as reveal how wealthy families sparedno expense in purchasing dolls for ratherspecific occasions.
Each of the dollhouses also offer a peakinto the day-to-day lives of those long pastwith Phillips making sure to arrange minia-ture figurines and furnishings accurately,sometimes taking months to get it right.
An integral component of the museum’scharm and appeal to generations young andold, newcomers and experts is its re-mas-tered Victorian façade which plays its part asa piece of Santa Monica history.
“It’s like a dollhouse full of dollhouses,”Phillips said.
The two-story Victorian was originallybuilt in 1895 and supposedly served as aboardinghouse for local workers, Phillipsexplained.
Ruthann Lehrer, Santa Monica land-marks commissioner, said that Victorianhouses are a vanishing breed in the area witha few scattered about, most of which areone-story buildings.
“It’s a unique asset, both the museum andthe building itself,” Lehrer said, “It adds tothe character of the streetscape.”
With construction on the Expo Light Railjust a few feet away from its doors, Phillipsworries how the controversial transporta-tion project will affect the museum’s future.
“I hope [those in charge are] kind to usand leaves us alone,” Phillips said.
He explained how as of now the museumis set to stay as per founder McMahan’swishes and he hopes to continue openingthe door to curious passers-by and knowl-edgeable enthusiasts at what he calls the bestjob he’s ever had.
2011 in an effort to provide a sustainablemethod of transportation, limiting car tripsin and out of the city by the sea.
Almost two years later, the center isbreaking City Hall and bike officials’ expec-tations. As City Manager Rod Gould put it,the bike center is doing “gangbuster busi-ness” and “exceeding revenue projections.”
Durgin said the center saw more than3,000 member visits last month and boastsmore than 200 members who use the cen-ter’s facilities, which include lockers andshowers for commuters to get fresh andclean before heading to work. When theExposition Light Rail Line opens in 2016,city officials hope more people choose toleave their cars at home and bike to a nearbyrail stop. The line ends at Fourth Street andColorado Avenue, just two blocks from thecenter.
City officials said the bike center has pro-vided $106,826 in revenue to City Hall sinceits opening. The agreement between CityHall and the Bike Center calls for a base rentof $17,500 per year with a 5 percent annualincrease, plus a 15 percent share of grosssales once they rise above $250,000. Grosssales come from rental and retail andexcludes membership and day parking fees.In the first year of operation, the center paidCity Hall $78,287.
The center hopes to make a million dol-lars in revenue “soon,” Durgin said. Theretail side of the business is the revenue gen-erating arm, while membership fees help payfor the ongoing maintenance of the facility,he said.
Half of the center’s business comes fromforeigners, Durgin said. On the weekendsmore locals tend to show up, as well as folks
from the inland areas or the San FernandoValley who are trying to beat the heat.
The 10 employees rent out trek, Dutchand cargo bikes, among other varieties.
In July, Durgin said the center averaged135 bike rentals a day and valeted 150 to 200bikes each month. Bike valet is free for thefirst two hours, and $1 each additional hour,or $5 maximum for the day. To rent a bikefor an adult, it’s $20 for two hours or $30 forthe whole day. Durgin said there’s a two-hour minimum. To become a member, it’s$15 a month or $99 for one year, he said.
At Fourth Street and Broadway, there isadditional self-service bike parking formembers.
Durgin said the center has become a“resource for people.” Folks may come in tolook around, pump up a flat bike tire or rentbikes for a day at the beach. He said thebikes, which number around 200, are con-stantly maintained and every bike is rotatedout every two weeks to get a tune-up.
“We like to focus on quality bikes that arewell-maintained and equipped,” Durginsaid.
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MOSCOW The International OlympicCommittee is waiting for the Russian govern-ment to clarify the anti-gay law that is over-shadowing preparations for the Sochi Games.
The law, signed by President VladimirPutin in June, bans “propaganda of nontra-ditional sexual relations” and imposes fineson those holding gay pride rallies. It hascaused an international outcry and spawnedcalls for protests leading to the Feb. 7-23Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort.
IOC President Jacques Rogge said Fridaythe Russian government provided writtenassurances about the law Thursday but someelements remain unclear.
“We are waiting for the clarificationsbefore having the final judgment on thesereassurances,” Rogge said, a day before thestart of the track and field world champi-onships in Moscow.
In Washington, President Barack Obamasaid it would be wrong to boycott the WinterOlympics despite frustrations with Russia.
At a White House news conference Friday,Obama said he is offended by Russia’s newlaw. He added that American athletes aretraining hard and it wouldn’t be fair to denythem the chance to compete at the games.
NBC, meanwhile, is assuring its gay andlesbian employees who may cover theOlympics that it will do everything possibleto keep them safe.
The network said it finds the Russian law“deeply troubling and diametrically opposedto everything that the Olympics symbolize.”The memo by Craig Robinson, NBCUniversal’s executive vice president and chiefdiversity officer, was sent Thursday to allcompany employees identifying themselvesas gay or lesbian.
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutkoinsisted Thursday that Olympic athleteswould have to respect the laws of the coun-try during the Sochi Games. On Friday, hesaid there was no way Russia would yield to
political pressure.Referring to Western criticism, Mutko
was quoted as saying by Interfax: “I wouldn’tcall the pressure light. Russia must under-stand that the stronger we are, the moreother people aren’t going to like it. We havea unique country.”
“We don’t have to be afraid of threats toboycott the Olympic Games,” Mutko said.“All sensible people understand that sportsdemand independence, that it is inadmissi-ble that politics intervene.”
On Thursday, Mutko did make it clearthat the private lives and privacy of athleteswould be respected as it is guaranteed by theRussian constitution
Rogge said that was essential.“The Olympic charter is clear,” he said. “A
sport is a human right and it should be avail-able to all, regardless of race, sex or sexualorientation.”
Even if Russia accepts that principle, thelaw leaves open the issue of athletes speakingfreely during the games.
“As far as the freedom of expression isconcerned, of course, this is something thatis important,” Rogge said. “But we cannotmake a comment on the law” until the clari-fications have been received.
The All Out advocacy group said it washappy with Rogge’s comments.
“This is the strongest and most directstatement we have received from theInternational Olympic Committee. It showsthe IOC is listening to the global outcry,” AllOut executive director Andre Banks said.
Still, Rogge pleaded for time to study theRussian reassurances some more.
“I understand your impatience to get thefull picture, but we haven’t (received) ittoday,” Rogge said. “There are still too manyuncertainties in the text.”
Rogge, speaking at a news conference fol-lowing a meeting of the IOC executive boardwith track and field’s governing body, said theproblems seemed to center on translations.
“We don’t think it is a fundamentalissue,” he said.
IOC wants assurances fromRussia on anti-gay law
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This year you often find yourself brainstorming with others.You also like sharing stories and catching up on news withneighbors and relatives. You will renew your daily life in orderto make it more exciting and meaningful. If you are single, youwill meet a lot of people and attract many admirers. You might want to date more rather than commit. Ifyou are attached, make sure that you spend plenty of time with your sweetie; otherwise, he or she couldfeel left out. LIBRA always loves visiting with you.
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