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Vol. 10,  Issue 6 July 17 - 23, 2008
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Interim SMC Basketball Coach Holds Program Together

Joe Cascio has a difficult job. He's the caretaker (interim coach) of the Santa Monica College men’s basketball program that was thrown into chaos when Jesse Teplitzky recently left for a far better contract at Cerritos College.

 The position has to be posted until the end of this month. . . . Continued

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The Rubin Report: Jerry Peace Activist Rubin To Run for City Council
Longtime peace activist Jerry Rubin announced his candidacy for one of the four open seats on the non-partisan, seven- member Santa Monica City Council. The election will . . . Continued
Landmarks Says Maybe, Yes, and Maybe
The Landmarks Commission easily designated the former J.C. Penney Building at its July 14 meeting, while continuing discussion on the adaptive reuse design for the former . . . Continued
Money Woes: Strikers and Depositors Want Their Dough
1. Large crowds waited all day outside Indymac Bank on Wilshire Boulevard on Monday, July 14, hoping to get their money after the Federal Government seized the bank over the . . . Continued
Theatre Review: One Red Flower
St. Joseph Opens New Facility
1. Chef Derek Walker, program manager at Bread and Roses Café and head instructor at St. Joseph . . . Continued
Media: Have You Blogged Your Life Today?
One of the more reliable ways to make money on the Internet, especially if you are a stay-at-home . . . Continued
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Former Loyola Pitcher Makes Olympic Team
Jeff Stevens, a former pitcher at Loyola Marymount University, has been selected for the Unites States baseball team that will play in the Olympic Games in Beijing, China . . . Continued
Samohi's Skaggs Chooses Fullerton
Tyler Skaggs, Santa Monica High’s all-CIF pitcher, has chosen Cal State Fullerton if he plays baseball in college.

 Skaggs, a 6-foot-4 left-handed pitcher, attracted . . . Continued

Safron To Quarterback Samohi In 2008
While Ryan Katz was excelling as Santa Monica High's quarterback last football season Garrett Safron was learning the position on the Vikings’ junior varsity . . . Continued
Letters to the Editor
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As a long-running fan of your “Alert Police Blotter” column, I wonder if perhaps (given its recent contents) it should be renamed: “How Santa . . . Continued

FROM THE EDITORS
The election season has begun. Unfortunately it appears once again that the same old council members will be seeking reelection. Not that we don’t like these people . . . Continued
Livin’ La Vida Hands-Free Loca
This column has long questioned the need for California drivers to make telephone calls while they are operating a motor vehicle.   So when it became law on July . . . Continued
Farmers Now Feds’ Bottom Immigration Priority
The confluence of events was striking: On the same early summer day that the U.S. Senate’s powerful appropriations committee killed a bill allowing farmers to legally . . . Continued
Ask the Doctor at Saint John’s
The Pituitary: A Small Gland with Big Influence
Q.  What is the pituitary gland and what causes it to malfunction?
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