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BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALDDaily Press Staff Writer

SMO The Airport Commission wants toexplore incentives for pilots to fly more qui-etly in the wake of a successful test of a muf-fler that cut some airplane noise in half.

The device, manufactured by Germancompany Golmozig, reduced the noise emit-ted by a Cessna 172 by over three decibels insome cases, and almost five in others,according to a study by City Hall.

It also shortened the duration of the sound— the total time that neighborhoods wereexposed to the noise — by 43 and 56 percent,depending on where in the area one lives.

BY KEVIN HERRERA Editor-in-Chief

WILSHIRE BLVD As the owner of a smallbagel shop and deli on Wilshire Boulevard,Brian Gruntz makes it his mission to get toknow his loyal customers, the lifeblood ofhis business. And it’s not just their favoritecream cheese spread either.

Gruntz considers those who frequentNew York Bagel and Deli members of hisextended family. So when he heard that onewas a passionate volunteer with Guide Dogsof America, which provides professionally-trained guide dogs for the blind and visuallyimpaired, Gruntz knew he wanted to dosomething to help out.

For the first three days in February heplans to donate 10 percent of his gross salesto the nonprofit in the name of his cus-tomer, Santa Monican Glyn Judson, and his11-month-old golden retriever Fred.

BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALDDaily Press Staff Writer

SM BEACH Work began this week onimproved markings and signage along thebeach bike path meant to make it easier forbicyclists and pedestrians to coexist aroundthe busy route.

The project will stretch along the entire2.5-mile route, with special attention tosections like the north and south entrances

to Santa Monica and the areas surroundingthe Santa Monica Pier.

It will include new crosswalks to givepedestrians places to safely traverse thepath as well as different colors for pedestri-an and bicyclist sections where the twomodes of travel sit side-by-side.

That’s particularly relevant north of thepier, where there is a single, shared path,said Judith Meister, beach manager.

Crosswalks will be picked out in durable

thermoplastics, and the bicycle lanes will bepainted green where they are near pedestri-an routes, similar to the new treatment seenon Ocean Park Boulevard.

The project will also involve specializedsigns developed to show distances to majordestinations like the pier and Venice as wellas signs directing cyclists to slow downwhen they get to particularly busy sections.

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Learn what’s going on in the newsFairview Library

2101 Ocean Park Blvd., 1 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.

Join a current events discussion foradults ages 50 and up. Discussion mod-

erated by Jack Nordhaus. For moreinformation, visit smpl.org.

Talking classic filmMontana Library

1704 Montana Ave., 2 p.m. — 4.15 p.m.There will be a screening of “Local

Hero.” The comedy stars Burt Lancasteras an American, representing a Texas oilcompany and the small inhabitants of avillage in Scotland. The screening is fol-lowed by a discussion with film scholar

Vivian Rosenberg. For more information,visit smpl.org.

Unlock your goalsMain Library

601 Santa Monica Blvd., 7 p.m. — 8:45 p.m.

Dr. David Allen and Gary Kobar will givea lecture on ways you can identify andrealize your physical, mental, emotionaland spiritual goals. The event is locatedin the MLK, Jr. Auditorium. Admission is

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Let the games beginMain Library

601 Santa Monica Blvd., 3:30 p.m. — 5 p.m.

Enjoy an afternoon of video and boardgames for all ages in the Children’s

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Celebrating motherYWCA Santa Monica/Westside2019 14th St., 6 p.m. — 8 p.m.

Experience the rich heritage of the spo-ken word tradition with Woman’s Voices,

an ensemble group of storytellers, asthey present a concert titled “YES

MOTHER!” that is sure to entertain.Come and eavesdrop on this colorful

group of long-term friends as they gatheron the front porch to sample a new

cookie recipe and reminisce about pastholidays. Put on by a partnership with

the Institute of Musical Arts and theYWCA Santa Monica/Westside. Ticketsare $20. For more information call (310)452-3881 or e-mail [email protected].

Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013

Le salon de Santa MonicaSanta Monica Bay Woman’s Club1210 Fourth St., 4 p.m. — 8 p.m.

The Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Clubwill be transformed into a 17th-centuryFrench salon in an effort to fundraise

money for the upcoming 2013 season.The event starts with live music and amix and mingle, where guests will beable to make masks, have their hair

coiffed and participate in a silent auctionand raffle. A fully costumed stage read-ing of Moilere’s “The Learned Ladies”will be the primary entertainment of the

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Mozart’s “Divertimento” and“Contredanse,” Debussy’s

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ST. MONICA The top ranked St. Paulwomen’s basketball team on Tuesdaydefeated the second-ranked St. Monica

Mariners 49-53 in a highly anticipatedleague showdown. St. Monica is now 4-2 inleague play and 18-6 overall.

The Mariners gained an early advantage

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BY ANTHONY MCCARTNEYAP Entertainment Writer

AIRPORT COURTHOUSE Lindsay Lohanbriefly appeared in court Wednesday for thefirst time in nearly a year and left with a new

attorney, new trial date and new judge.Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner

shook her head when she saw Lohan seatedwith her attorney, just months after thejudge had warned the “Liz and Dick” star togrow up and stay out of trouble.

The actress was required to attend thepretrial hearing involving three misde-meanor counts filed after a car crash lastsummer on Pacific Coast Highway in SantaMonica. Lohan has pleaded not guilty tolying to Santa Monica police, reckless driv-

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COUNTYWIDECounty accepting water quality fee protests

The Los Angeles County Flood Control District is now accepting protests via e-mailfrom property owners who oppose the Clean Water, Clean Beaches Measure.

The measure proposes to raise $295 million a year for cities and unincorporated areasin the county to clean the region’s rivers, lakes and beaches to protect public health andsafeguard local sources of drinking water, officials said in a news release issued thisweek.

Protests must be submitted by the end of the public hearing period on March 12 whenthe Board of Supervisors will evaluate the protests received. The board has yet to con-sider whether it will move forward with an election concerning the measure.

To send a protest be sure to include the parcel’s site address, assessor’s parcel num-ber, the name of the parcel owner and a signature. Parcel owners may use the protestform provided at www.lacountycleanwater.org or submit a letter and e-mail [email protected]. Only scanned or photographed e-mail protests with a hand-written signature will be accepted.

Protests can still be sent by mail through the protest period to the executive officerof the Board of Supervisors, P.O. Box 866006 Los Angeles, Calif., 90086. A ballot boxfor hand-delivered protests is located on the third floor of the Kenneth Hahn Hall ofAdministration, 500 West Temple St., Room 383. Only one protest will be counted foreach parcel.

For more information on the Clean Water, Clean Beaches Measure, visit http://lacoun-tycleanwater.org or call (800) 218-0018. Follow the measure on Twitter at@LACleanWater.

— MYA MCCANNPACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY$14M grant for highway safety

The city of Malibu received approval for more than $14 million in grant funds forimprovements to Pacific Coast Highway and other intersections, city officials said thisweek.

Awarded by the Los Angeles County Metro Transit Authority, the grant will includefunding for bike lane improvements and will allow the city to conduct necessary projectstied with the Pacific Coast Highway Safety Study.

This is all due to the passing of Measure R in 2008. Measure R, a half-cent sales taxincrease, commits up to $40 billion toward traffic relief and transportation upgradesthroughout the county over the next 30 years.

More information about Malibu’s ongoing mission to improve public safety and pro-mote driver awareness can be obtained by visiting www.malibucity.org.

— MMCIVIC CENTER Spots still available for Super Bowl-a-thon

It’s not too late to sign up for the 17th annual Super Bowl-a-thon, a fundraiser on Feb.1 benefiting the Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition.

Roughly 700 bowlers, representing various businesses, social service agencies andlocal governments, are expected to attend, organizers said. Some highlights to look for-ward to are the Gutterballers, a team including Councilmembers Pam O’Connor andGleam Davis and Assemblyman Richard Bloom at 11 a.m., and the police department vs.the fire department at 4:15 p.m., with a trophy presentation at the conclusion of the ses-sion.

The event will be held at the AMF Bay Shore Lanes from 11 a.m. — 9 p.m.To participate in the event, call (310) 314-0071.

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Morgan Genser [email protected]: St. Monica's Katrina Balatico drives in between several St. Paul defendersTuesday night as the teams battled it out for best in league. The Mariners lost 53-49.

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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.

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Defending Village Nation Editor:

I am an African-American parent of an African-American/Caucasian/Native-American student atSanta Monica High School. We live in Santa Monica in ahouse owned by an African-American family that’s livedin Santa Monica for several generations. Our house is ina historically African-American neighborhood. I havelived here for 12 years. My youngest daughter was bornin Santa Monica. My church is The Church In OceanPark. That’s about as belonging here and being part ofthis community as it gets.

It grieves my spirit that people who don’t wantVillage Nation (“SMMUSD creates strategy to attackachievement gap,” Jan. 25) have stooped so low toattack the families and individuals who support theprogram. As for Caucasian people standing up to helpAfrican-American children, lest we forget the peoplewho died for our civil rights. They are not all black.There were Caucasian Freedom Riders, people who reg-istered voters, drove people of color in their cars dur-ing the Montgomery bus boycott, and Quakers whogave safe passage to slaves on the UndergroundRailroad. We enjoy our freedoms on the blood that theyshed for us. As for the involvement of a church. Thecivil rights movement started in the church and we justcelebrated The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day.

If these people who don’t want Village Nation knowso much about closing the achievement gap, where aretheir books? When are they going to be on Oprah’sshow? When are they going to be the keynote speakerfor the superintendent of public education inCalifornia? When are they going to speak at the U.N.like Fluke Fluker, one of the founders of Village Nation?

If families don’t want their child to participate inVillage Nation, there is an option. It’s called “opt out,”just like if you don’t want your child to drink chocolatemilk at school.

Class dismissed!Debra Shepherd

Santa Monica

Forming a collective voice Editor:

It is interesting to note that the defenders of theshutdown of Emeritus College’s winter session all havesome connection to the administration: the ExecutiveCouncil members and instructors. The averageEmeritus student, who was left out of the process thatled to the shutdown, does not share their enthusiasticsupport.

Jerry Schneir (“Worried about Emeritus,” Letters tothe Editor, Jan. 22) would like to see everyone docilelyaccept whatever the administration decides. He seemsto envision anything less as “seniors picketing andyelling at college trustee meetings,” something thatnever happened except in his mind. On the contrary,when Emeritus students exercised their democraticrights to address their public officials at a Decembertrustees meeting, they expressed their disapproval in arespectful manner.

While educating college age students is a primaryconcern, even closing Emeritus College would notmean all Santa Monica College’s fiscal issues will magi-cally disappear. California community colleges have amandate to serve all segments of the community.Santa Monica, a city that promotes a “lifetime of learn-ing,” has a large senior population that deserves atten-tion.

Rather than buy into top-down actions by theadministration, Emeritus students want to have a colle-gial approach to decision-making. SMC students wereable to influence their college to reverse a decision toend its winter session by negotiating directly with theadministration. Emeritus students want the sameaccess. Towards that end, we are organizing theEmeritus Students Union which will give seniors, whoare most directly affected, a voice in future actions.Working with the administration, we hope to find waysto keep Emeritus open and functioning as fully as pos-sible.

Harriet P. EpsteinSanta Monica

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DEAR NEW SHRINK,After many years in Los Angeles, I have

finally decided that it is time to move closerto family. While I have established a success-ful career here I dread coming back aftertrips to see my family and hearing aboutfriends who have been able to purchase ahome with a mortgage far less than what Ipay in rent. Although I have decided that it istime to move, I am now realizing all thecomplications that come with changing jobsand cities. I am writing to you to see if youhave any helpful tips for finding a job whileliving in another city.

Signed,Leaving Los Angeles

DEAR LEAVING,Making the decision to relocate is a diffi-

cult one. Congratulations on listening toyour heart and determining what is trulyimportant to you. While the coming weeksand months may be difficult as you look fornew career opportunities, plan for transitionand physically pack up your belongings,focus on your goal and allow your familyand friends to support you throughout thischange.

To get started, it is important that younarrow down and decide on a time frame forthis change. Having an open-ended movedate may make it more difficult to take thenecessary steps to make your move a reality.There are several viewpoints on job searchand relocation. Some believe that it is easierto find a job if you are already in the imme-diate area and others state that it is too riskyto move without a secure plan. You are theonly one to decide what is truly fitting foryou and your situation. However, it isimportant to recognize that if you are com-mitted to relocating within a specific timeframe, you may need to make a transitionbefore all of the pieces fall neatly into place.

As you begin to explore career opportu-nities, make sure that everyone in your net-work is aware of your career goals and relo-cation plans. Now is the time to reconnectwith past mentors, colleagues and class-mates. Develop a strong pitch to highlightyour professional background and currentcareer goals and make sure that others knowwhat you are looking for. The power of per-sonal connections makes a huge differencein securing a new job opportunity. You will

also need to consider if you will inform yourcurrent supervisor about your plans.

Searching for job opportunities in a newcity also requires that you are familiar withthe hiring organizations in the area. For anumber of major U.S. cities the local busi-ness journal will publish an annual “Book ofLists” which ranks the top performing com-panies within that city or region. This listmay be available at your public library oravailable for purchase online through theBusiness Journals Digital Network. TheBook of Lists can be a great way to identifykey players within your field as well as up-and-coming organizations. Once you identi-fy those that fit your key criterion, you canvisit the corporate website to examinepotential job opportunities within that firm.Job search websites can help in identifyingnew openings in a particular area, but keepin mind that if it is easy for you to find, it iseasy for other job seekers to find also. Toincrease your odds of success, search yourLinkedIn network or university alumnidatabase to explore possible connectionswith the company.

As you craft your application materials,make sure that your plans to relocate appearon your resume or cover letter. If you plan tovisit the area at a specific time, include thosedates on your documents to show anemployer that you’ll be available to interviewin person. Many employers will ask for yoursalary requirements as part of the applica-tion process. Keep in mind that the cost ofliving varies across different geographicareas so your salary offer may reflect thesedifferences. If this is your first time workingin your home state, it is important that youreview any professional licensure require-ments that may exist for your field. You willwant to take steps to ensure that you meetthese standards as you plan for your move.

It is important that you break your searchdown into actionable steps; set smaller goalsand attach a time frame to each target tomake your job search manageable.

KKAATTRRIINNAA DDAAVVYY,, M.A., Ed.M. is a Santa Monicabased professional career counselor who holdsdegrees from Cornell and Columbia Universities.Visit her online at www.kdcareer.com. Sendyour questions to [email protected]. Allquestions are kept anonymous; let us help youwith your life matters!

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SAN DIEGO Sales of million-dollar homes inCalifornia hit a five-year high in 2012, withsales of multimillion-dollar homes showingeven bigger gains, a research firm saidWednesday.

There were 697 homes sold for more than$5 million last year, up 42 percent from 2011and the highest since DataQuick begantracking sales in 1988. There were 460homes sold between $4 million and $5 mil-lion, up 34 percent from the previous yearand also the highest on record.

The most expensive sale was a SiliconValley home in the community of Woodsidethat changed hands for $117.5 million inNovember. Public records identify SVProjects LLC as the buyer of the 8,930-square-foot, four-bedroom home that sitson nearly nine acres. The Los Angeles Timeshas identified the seller as Tully Friedman,chief executive of Friedman, Fleischer andLowe, a San Francisco-based private equityfirm.

The Woodside home eclipsed the 2011purchase of a property in nearby Los AltosHills for $100 million as the highest-pricedsale in California public records, saidDataQuick analyst Andrew LePage.

There were 26,993 houses and condo-miniums sold for at least $1 million last year,

up 26.9 percent from 21,267 in 2011 and thehighest since 42,502 sold in 2007, DataQuicksaid. The all-time high was 2005, when54,773 homes sold for at least $1 million.

The increase far outpaced an 8.2 increasein all sales of California homes.

Janice Lee, director of luxury propertiesfor California Prudential Realty, said she hasseen an influx of Chinese buyers who aredisenchanted with their government seekingto raise families in Southern California.

“There is a huge foreign buyer pool inSouthern California,” said Lee, who is basedin Pasadena.

The Silicon Valley community ofHillsborough registered the most million-dollar sales, followed by Manhattan Beach,Menlo Park, Saratoga and Newport Beach.Rounding out the top 10 were San Diego’s LaJolla area, Los Angeles’ Brentwood section,Beverly Hills, Los Altos and Laguna Beach.

Buyers in the million-dollar-plus marketare less motivated by job security, the size ofdown payments and lending rates than buy-ers in the rest of the market, said John Walsh,president of the San Diego-based researchfirm.

“Returns on investments in a low inter-est-rate financial environment and safe-haven investing do play a role,” Walsh said.

DataQuick said 7,791 million-dollarhome buyers paid cash, up from 5,802 a yearearlier and the highest on record.

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LOS ANGELES A group of seven CaliforniaRepublican state legislators wants to allowschool districts to use state funds to train staffto use guns to ward off campus attackers.

Assemblyman Tim Donnelly saidWednesday that he introduced AB 202 inresponse to the December shooting at aConnecticut elementary school that killed20 children and six adults.

Current law allows school staff to carry aconcealed firearm on campuses.

The Twin Peaks lawmaker says his billwould expand that by allowing school dis-tricts to use state funds to give firearm train-ing to teachers, administrators and otherstaff in a “school marshal” program.

He says the program would also serve as adeterrent to would-be intruders.

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RUBY WAX MAY BE OUT OF HER MIND,but she makes a good point with a lot ofhumor.

Now onstage at The Edye, Santa MonicaCollege Performing Arts Center’s intimateperformance space adjacent to the BroadStage, “Ruby Wax is Out of Her Mind” iswickedly funny about her bouts of depres-sion, now medically controlled (“withoutchemicals I wouldn’t be vertical”), whichhave repeatedly landed her in institutions fortreatment. And institutions were the firstplace she performed the show, which sheturned into a hit at the 2011 EdinburghFestival Fringe, and has developed into thetale she tells here.

In England, where the American-bornBritish TV celebrity lives, mental illness is asilent epidemic. “One in four,” she tells usearly in her one-woman show, will be afflict-ed with mental illness of one kind or anoth-er, but absolutely no one talks about it.England, after all, is where she went to “toget away from the crazy,” so when she’s beensleeping for days to avoid the troubling “darkthoughts,” her “uber-polite U.K. friends” canonly comfort her by saying, “Perk up.”

Asked whether she would allow her phototo be taken for what she later discovered wasa major British awareness campaign, shebecame “literally the poster girl” of thatcampaign, whose tagline was “This is theface of mental illness.” Confronted by theposters plastered throughout theUnderground (London’s train transport sys-tem), she was gobsmacked to see herself sopublicly outed. So, she says, she decided topretend they were publicity posters for theshow she now performs.

She takes us on an abbreviated journeythrough her life, coming from being “therunt of the litter” ignored by everyone, andmoving to England where she joined theRoyal Shakespeare Company and laterbecame a TV star. She gives us a very funnyeasel-pad tour through “the three humanbrains” to explain how the impulses of earlymental evolution conflict with the chal-lenges of modern life, for which “there’s noinstruction manual.”

Wax has gone on to find somethingresembling that manual: she received adegree from Oxford University in cognitivetherapy which, in conversation with theaudience after the show, she says kept herfocused and gives her means to control hercondition. Mental illness, she says, “is likeherpes; you don’t always have it.”

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IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Among the thoughts careening through

my brain at the overwhelming visual experi-ence known as Art Los AngelesContemporary at The Barker Hangar, I won-dered whether galleries selling art are tryingto set trends, follow them or simply want toshow us what they love and think will betimeless.

To my eye there’s a great deal of derivativework: the Ed Ruscha look-alike text pieces;the faux Basquiat guerilla-style graffiti art;the neo-abstracts that remind us of prior

superior works of the genre.But my eyes will always be drawn to what

they love and I found several riveting exam-ples.

Images infused with influences fromaround the globe marked the dramaticgraphic works offered by Tracy Williams’New York gallery. Gorgeous large hand-made paper sheets painted in starkly vibrantpatterns calling to mind native American artwere created by Pakistani-born, American-raised artist Alyssa Pheobus Mumtaz.Equally appealing, the small works by herhusband, Murad Khan Mumtaz, on theopposite wall include cleverly illustrated dol-lar bills juxtaposing U.S. icons and Middle-Eastern symbols. He also paints fantasyscenes that are hauntingly reminiscent of aplace that does not exist.

From La Jolla, the Quint Gallery show-cased a powerful work by Adam Belt,“Through the Looking Glass: Hubble 2012.”This is a simulacrum of the telescopeembedded directly in the wall, and we lookfrom the perspective of the lens into space,with a mystical greenish glow coming fromits depths.

My favorite discovery, Lucia Koch, is aBrazilian artist whose work will be high-lighted in May at Santa Monica’sChristopher Grimes Gallery. Walk into thismassive wall-sized work; you think you’restanding inside a simple, tranquil architec-tural space in beautiful earth tones with aview of greenery through a skylight.

In reality this is a massive multi-panelphotograph shot looking down into theinside of a rice box, and the skylight is theplace where the box’s see-through plasticwould be.

It is hard to describe the complete feelingof calm and comfort this work invoked; butthe idea is just brilliant. I will be first in linefor the gallery show in May, which will alsofeature a site-specific work by the artist.

SSAARRAAHH AA.. SSPPIITTZZ is a former freelance arts pro-ducer for National Public Radio and former staffproducer at public radio station KCRW-SantaMonica. She has also reviewed theatre forLAOpeningNights.com.

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IF YOU LIVE IN A CITY LIKE SANTAMonica that showcases art films, independ-ent productions and documentaries, you arevery fortunate indeed.

If you do, I would encourage you to finda feature film called “56 Up” (playing at theLaemmle Theaters). It is a fascinating docu-mentary that follows the lives of 14 diversechildren from all over England, beginning in1964, when they were 7 years old, and revis-iting them every seven years.

Now 56, the “children” can look back ontheir lives and their accomplishments and,surprisingly, their disappointments with anequanimity which appears to come with age.

But it wasn’t always so. In the beginningthey were a bouncy lot, filled with opinions,judgments, and childhood dreams. At 14they were beginning to question their con-victions and revising their plans for thefuture. By 21 their lives had begun to fall intoplace, and by 28 most of them were marriedand many had children of their own.

By 35 several of them were divorced.At 42 and 49 they had resigned them-

selves to their lives and, ironically, the moresuccessful of them had some regrets andunfulfilled dreams, while the less affluentand successful appeared more accepting oftheir lot.

Contentment seemed to be the prevailingmood at 56, although by this time, havingbeen filmed over nearly half a century, andhaving become minor “celebrities” inEngland, they were aware of the limits oftheir portrayals and their roles as “represen-tative Brits.”

Michael Apted, who created the series fortelevision in Britain and released it as a seriesof films in the U.S., has done a brilliant jobof reprising each of their life stories withwarmth and generosity, giving us a glimpseof the changes, physical as well as emotional,that they underwent over the years andreminding us once again who they were ateach phase of their lives.

It’s a moving documentary that toucheseveryone who watches it, inviting us to takestock of our own lives, and reminding us,inevitably, that there but for the grace of God.

GET A PIECE OF PII couldn’t get through the book, so now I

feel the need to express my apologies to itsauthor, Yann Martel. The film made of hisnovel, “Life of Pi,” is one of the most exqui-site films I have ever seen. It has received

rave reviews from everyone (Newsweekcalled it “stunning”), but I had to add myoverwhelming reactions to this extraordi-nary film.

Each frame is visually gorgeous and emo-tionally provocative. India looks like India— swarming with color. The ocean, even atits most fiendish, is extravagantly blue.When the sun comes out, it blinds you. Andthe nighttime sky, filled with stars, is as youremember it from your childhood.

Not that director Ang Lee needs to havehis genius reconfirmed, but this fantasticalpicture is bound to be remembered as one ofhis major masterpieces.

I sat enthralled as we journeyed throughPi’s childhood and his engagement with thetiger in his father’s zoo. I admired the way heearned his fellow students’ respect by fillingup a room full of blackboards with the end-less numbers that make up pi. (Does anyoneknow those numbers any further than3.1415?)

And when he becomes the sole survivorof a catastrophic shipwreck and sails for har-rowing months across the Pacific with only atiger for company, you become as parchedand debilitated as he.

The glistening scenes underwater. Thevariety of quirky animals. The flying fishand the flying birds. And the virtuoso per-formance of Suraj Sharma as he lives thisstory.

I usually have mixed feelings about 3-Dmovies because the directors can’t resist thegimmickry and it’s often distracting. But“Life of Pi” is 3-D at its very best anddelightfully integrated into the story.

It’s so hard to believe that the tiger,Richard Parker, is only real some of the time.But I’ll bet you won’t be able to tell when he’sreal and when he’s computer-generated! Thecomputer work alone took a year, and 14,000people were engaged in the final production.

This is a film not to be missed. And to allthe people who worked on it, one can onlysay “Namaste,” or, “I bow to the divine inyou.”

The “Life of Pi” is playing now at theAMC Santa Monica 7 and will be screened atthe Aero Theatre on Friday, Feb. 1. It was anominee for Best Picture at the GoldenGlobe Awards and is currently a nominee inthat same category for an Oscar.

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Pictoral signs will point the way forpedestrians and cyclists when the path tran-sitions from one configuration to another.

It’s important to use those kinds of signsto communicate the idea to tourists andother users who may not speak English,Meister said.

“People get really confused by the chang-ing conditions,” Meister said. “The purposeis to guide the users to be where they oughtto be.”

That’s a source of frustration on the bikepath, which attracts walkers because it cross-es through the sand in some sections wherethe pedestrian path is further east, and not asconvenient for those looking for a respitefrom walking in the sand.

It can be a dangerous situation that pitsquickly-moving bicyclists against pedestri-ans in a confrontation where nobody wins.

While the bicycle versus pedestriandynamic on Santa Monica’s portion of thebicycle path isn’t quite as bad as in Venice, it’sstill annoying, said Jeff Feazell, 31, of West L.A.

Feazell works at the Santa Monica Bike

Center located in the parking structure atColorado Avenue and Second Street. Hebikes there every day.

“I’ve had to swerve around people. If thecity can afford to put in a walking lane forpedestrians, that’s great. I think it’s better toaddress this problem now than to wait for aserious incident to occur,” Feazell said.

Even irregular users of the path havetaken notice.

Chris Lee, 44, of Rhode Island, is in SantaMonica on a business trip. He rented a bicy-cle rather than getting a car, and has taken itout on the beach bike path.

“Although I haven’t had any problemswith pedestrians getting in my way, I havenoticed many signs asking for pedestrians tonot be on the bike path, and I’ve also noticedthat many of them still walk on it,” Lee said.

The City Council approved $362,481 forthe project in a consent agenda item inNovember. The contract for the project wentto Sterndahl Enterprises, Inc. after a differ-ent company already doing work on thenearby beach parking lot turned in a moreexpensive bid.

The work is supposed to take 30 days,Meister said.

“Hopefully, it will go fast enough that

people will see the differences pretty soon,”Meister said.

City Hall is also working on a map thatshows where bicyclists and pedestrians are

allowed along the length of Santa Monica’ssection of the beach bike path.

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Sautner warned Lohan on Wednesdaythat she could face jail time for a possibleprobation violation, even if she is acquittedof the counts filed after her sports carcrashed into a dump truck.

Lohan was on probation at the time ofthe wreck and could be sentenced to 245days in jail if a judge determines her actionsin the crash were a violation of her sentencein a theft case.

Sautner, however, won’t be handlingLohan’s upcoming case. The judge said she isretiring before the next court hearing onMarch 1. Lohan will not be required toattend that hearing.

Lohan’s new trial date is March 18.Lohan was accompanied to court by her

new attorney, Mark Heller, who said hewanted to get the case resolved as quickly aspossible.

The judge quipped that it would onlysolve her legal trouble “on this coast” — areference to her two arrests in New Yorksince being released from supervised proba-tion in Los Angeles in March. No chargeshave been filed in those cases.

Heller, a New York attorney, was grantedpermission to handle Lohan’s Californiacases. He said he was meeting with prosecu-

tors to determine how to proceed.Sautner gave him more time by delaying

the trial but said, “This is not the most com-plex case we’ve ever seen.”

Lohan appeared in court in a black dress.She spoke only briefly to confirm that shewas switching attorneys and no longer want-ed her longtime lawyer, Shawn Holley, torepresent her.

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“As a mom-and-pop you really grow closeto your customers,” said Gruntz, who tookover the bagel shop in 1998. “When I gotmarried all the customers had a catered eventfor us. When one got sick with cancer, otherstook care of them because they had no fami-ly in town. It’s really just a great community,and we want to give something back.”

Judson, 69, a retired photographer forHughes Aircraft Co., where he first heardabout Guide Dogs of America, is touched bythe offer to donate.

“It was so sweet of Brian and his wife todo this. They’re very good folks,” said thejovial Judson, who has been raising guidedogs for the last decade. “I’m very touchedby his generous offer.”

Judson said he and his group of friends,whom he affectionately calls “a bunch ofgray-haired old farts,” meet practically everymorning at the bagel shop for breakfast andto talk about current events, lament lossesand share stories. Of course Fred is never farbehind. As a guide-dog caregiver, it isJudson’s job to introduce the pooches to theworld around them. That means takingthem to restaurants, doctor appointments orgrocery stores.

“If I get a root canal, he goes with me,”Judson said. He has helped train nine dogs.He said it can be difficult to see them go, but

he knows they’ll be serving a purpose. It’snot long before he welcomes another pupinto his home.

“You prepare them as best you can, andthen it starts all over again with pee on thekitchen floor,” he said with a laugh.

Donating money to Guide Dogs ofAmerica is important, officials with the non-profit said, because it receives no fundingfrom the federal, state or local governments.It’s all about individuals and businesses.That’s how Judson found out about theorganization. As an employee of Hughes,every year he and others would opt into thecompany’s Give Once (GO) Club, a philan-thropic arm.

“I thought, I like dogs, I’ll donate tothem.”

And he’s been giving ever since.Judson encourages people to stop by New

York Bagel in the first week of February, grabsome breakfast and say hello to Fred and therest of Judson’s pals.

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by securing the tip off. In a brilliant displayof defense, Katrina Balatico grabbed a stealand drained a three-pointer, recording thefirst score of the game.

Following Balatico’s shot, BrianaHarris made a trip to the free throw line,converting one of her two shots. Thesewould be the only points the Marinerswould score in the first quarter, and theonly time St. Monica would hold the lead.

Harris had a standout performance,recording 28 points, more than half of theteam’s total. She was the only Mariner toreach double figures.

“We just fought back, we should havefought harder,” Harris said.

After weathering the initial burst, St.Paul would make a 7-0 run to take thelead, with the score 4-7 ending the firstquarter. St. Monica would trail the major-ity of the first half, with a half-time scoreof 13-24.

Feeling a sense of urgency, theMariners ramped up their intensity in thefourth quarter making an 11-2 run in aneffort to snatch a victory.

Harris put St. Monica in striking dis-

tance with a clutch three-pointer to tiethe game at 44-44, with approximatelythree minutes remaining.

The perimeter shooting of St. Paulwould prove too much for St. Monica, asPriscilla Hidalgo made a crucial three-pointer. This shot would prove to be thedagger for the Mariners. Hidalgo had 14points on the night.

With the clock winding down, St.Monica struggled at the free throw line.The Mariners missed 13 free throwsthroughout the game. “We gotta do abetter job at making free throws,” saidJohn Skinner, St. Monica’s head coach.

“This was a big game and a learningexperience,” said Skinner. “She [Harris]fought through some tough calls. I’mproud of her and her leadership.”

“My offense wasn’t there so I had tostep up my defense,” said Balatico, whohad 9 points.

“She’s been one of our most consis-tent players and we’ll need her if we’regonna make the playoffs,” Skinner said.

St. Monica’s next game is scheduledfor tonight at 7 p.m. at Mary Star of theSea.

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Although the tests have won praise fromneighbors who are notoriously difficult toplease when it comes to the Santa MonicaAirport, actually getting aircraft owners touse the mufflers may present a challenge.

The devices cost roughly $5,000 to install,a prohibitive cost for some airplane ownersand flight schools, which often keep Cessna172s in their arsenal of practice planes.

In an effort to sweeten the deal for air-craft owners, commissioners got the ballrolling Monday on a recommendation to theCity Council to pair the mufflers with anongoing effort to raise landing fees at the air-port.

Right now, only aircraft that fly intoSMO, and are not based there, have to pay afee of $2.07 per 1,000 pounds of weight thathits the tarmac. Officials initiated a processin July 2011 to study those fees and likelyraise them in order to cover costs in the air-port budget that historically has required asubsidy from the general fund, which paysfor public safety, roads, libraries and otheressential city services.

If that fee study reveals a need to raiserates and start charging pilots with planesbased at SMO for their landings, somethingcommissioners and the public have refer-enced often, City Hall may have leverage toencourage airplane owners to purchase themufflers by providing breaks on landing fees.

Owners could then recoup their costs inmere months depending how many timesthey land aircraft, said John Fairweather,founder of Community Against SantaMonica Airport Traffic, or CASMAT.

The addition of the after-market mufflercould also increase the overall value of theairplane, he suggested.

“This is an historic moment that we havehere,” Fairweather said.

European airports have had similar pro-grams in place for years, said Stelios

Makrides, operations manager at SMO.If a few decibels doesn’t sound like much

to make a fuss about, think again.Decibels are measured on a logarithmic

scale, meaning that an increase of 10 deci-bels equates to a doubling in the level ofnoise. That means the muffler is, in somecases, cutting noise emitted by airplanesalmost in half, as well as reducing the lengthof time that people hear it.

The results intrigued commissioners,who have seen other measures to reduceimpacts of the airport on the communityshot out of the sky by the very people theywere meant to help.

The most recent example, a staff propos-al to subsidize flight schools to fly to otherairports to do training exercises that offendresidents of Santa Monica and West L.A.,met resistance from those who opposed theidea of lining aircraft owners’ pockets withtax dollars.

Deputy City Attorney Ivan Campbell wasunable to give a full legal opinion withoutthe say-so of the City Attorney’s Office, butsaid that the concept of a break in fees toencourage the use of the mufflers didn’tseem to violate federal or local policies.

“The city has wide latitude in construct-ing its fees,” he said.

Still, there is some concern that the pro-posal would discriminate against otherkinds of planes for which no such mufflerexists and would have no other option but topay the landing fee.

Furthermore, the fees would have to see afairly hefty increase and be applied to thosewho call Santa Monica home base or the“incentive” would be nearly meaningless —many of the small planes weigh roughly2,000 pounds, meaning they would pay justover $4 to land at the current rates.

Officials will bring proposed landing feesback to the commission in February beforethey go to the City Council in April, saidMartin Pastucha, director of Public Works.

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WASHINGTON The U.S. economy shrankunexpectedly late last year, a reminder of thebiggest threat it faces in 2013: sharp govern-ment spending cuts and prolonged politicalbudget fights.

A plunge in defense spending helpedpush the economy into negative territory forthe first time since mid-2009. The contrac-tion in the October-December quarter camein at an annual rate of 0.1 percent, accordingto a government estimate releasedWednesday.

The likelihood of another recessionappears remote. The economy is forecast togrow around 2 percent this year as strengthin areas like housing and auto sales couldpartly offset government cutbacks. Investorsappear unfazed, too: The stock market hassurged more than 6 percent this year and isnearing an all-time high.

But economists warn that further spend-ing cuts would weaken a still-precariousrecovery.

“One way or the other, government isgoing to be a constraint on growth,” saidJames Marple, senior economist at TD Bank.

Deep spending cuts in defense anddomestic programs are set to kick in March1. Most of the federal government couldshut down March 27 if Congress doesn’textend a temporary measure authorizingfunding. And the nation’s borrowing limitmust be raised by May 18 or the governmentcould default on its debts.

A sputtering economy could weakenPresident Barack Obama’s hand in dealingwith Congress and complicate his efforts topush forward on other domestic priorities,such as immigration reform and gun con-trol.

The Commerce Department said theeconomy shrank last quarter mainly becausecompanies restocked at a slower rate and thegovernment slashed defense spending.Exports also fell.

Economists say some of those factorscould prove temporary. Still, the slowdownfrom the 3.1 percent annual growth rate inthe July-September quarter was unexpected-ly sharp.

For all of 2012, the economy expanded2.2 percent, better than 2011’s growth of 1.8percent.

The Federal Reserve referred to thefourth-quarter slowdown Wednesday in astatement after a policy meeting. The U.S.economy appears to have “paused in recentmonths,” the Fed said, mainly because oftemporary factors. The central bank saidgrowth would likely resume this year. But itreaffirmed its commitment to stimulatingthe economy by keeping borrowing costslow for the foreseeable future.

Looming government cutbacks mayalready have hindered the economy:Concern over the year-end fiscal cliff couldbe one reason businesses slowed theirrestocking. And defense spending may havefallen as agencies prepared for automaticspending cuts. Congress managed to avertthe fiscal cliff but only postponed the start ofautomatic spending cuts until March 1.

The drag from the government comes asprivate-sector growth is picking up.Consumers and businesses spent more inthe October-December quarter comparedwith the July-September quarter.

Consumer spending, which drives about70 percent of the economy, added 1.5 per-centage points to growth last quarter.Business investment and home constructioncontributed, too.

But government spending cuts andslower company restocking, which can

fluctuate sharply, subtracted a combined2.6 percentage points from GDP. And adrop in exports subtracted an additionalquarter-point.

Defense spending plummeted more than22 percent, the steepest drop in more than40 years. Nearly all those cuts were in servic-es, such as weapons maintenance and per-sonnel support. The Defense Departmentsaid spending fell in part because of thedrawdown in forces from Iraq andAfghanistan.

The deal Congress reached with theWhite House to avoid the fiscal cliff delayedspending cuts of about $85 billion. Yet thosecuts appear likely to take place eventually.Congressional Republicans see them as away to force Democrats to make budget con-cessions.

At the same time, Americans are com-ing to grips with an increase in SocialSecurity taxes that is leaving them withless take-home pay. The lower pay couldcut roughly a half-point off growth thisyear, economists say. The automaticspending cuts, if they take place, couldsubtract an additional 0.3 percentagepoint, Marple estimates.

Everything from the National ParkService to federal law enforcement to healthresearch would be affected. Social Securityand veterans’ benefits, along with other enti-tlement programs, would be exempt.

Federal employees would face temporarylayoffs, likely causing contracts to be delayedor canceled. Medicare providers like doctorsand hospitals would have to absorb a cut intheir payments. Job losses at some hospitalsmight follow.

And if the two parties don’t agree on anextension of government funding by March27, a shutdown could follow. Each week of ashutdown would slice a quarter-point fromgrowth, Marple said.

Weaker growth could discourage compa-nies from hiring, potentially raising theunemployment rate. The rate has been apainfully high 7.8 percent for two months.On Friday, the government will release theJanuary jobs report.

Some trends, however, will offset the dragfrom reduced government spending.Exports, which dropped in the last quarterby the most in nearly four years, shouldrebound this year. China’s economy is pick-ing up after a brief slowdown and could helpspur U.S. exports.

And home builders are stepping up con-struction to meet rising demand. Thatshould create more construction jobs.

Home prices are rising steadily. Thattends to make Americans feel wealthier andmore likely to spend. Housing could add asmuch as 1 percentage point to economicgrowth this year.

In addition, auto sales reached their high-est level in five years in 2012. That’s boostingproduction and hiring at U.S. automakersand their suppliers.

The approach of the fiscal cliff last yearhad one benefit: Incomes jumped in thefourth quarter as companies paid out nearly$40 billion in special dividends and bonusesahead of expected tax increases.

After-tax income, adjusted for inflation,rose 6.8 percent, the most in nearly fouryears. But incomes may fall in the currentquarter because of the end of the SocialSecurity tax cut.

Superstorm Sandy also probably draggeddown growth by closing factories, disruptingshipping and shutting down retail stores.While the department did not specifySandy’s effect on GDP, it estimated thatSandy destroyed about $36 billion in privateproperty and $8.6 billion in governmentproperty.

Economy shifted into reverse in late ‘12

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BY JANIE MCCAULEYAP Sports Writer

NEW ORLEANS Michael Crabtree refused toremove the black 49ers beanie and reveal hishair. Nope, not going to do it.

Crabtree is trying to maintain every pos-sible element of surprise he might still haveleft heading into his first Super Bowl — andwill certainly take any advantage he can getthis week.

Not that his ‘do has much to do with it.But this is Crabtree, quirky and supersti-tious, a guy still trying to shed that diva labelhe picked up as a college star at Texas Tech.It’s something his San Francisco teammatesare quick to dismiss, insisting that’s not thecase.

The dynamic, play-making wide receiverwill be a primary focus for the BaltimoreRavens’ secondary come Sunday at theSuperdome. Crabtree is as dangerous afterthe catch as he is dodging defensive backs tomake acrobatic catches or finding ways tokeep both feet inbounds while tiptoeing thesideline.

“A lot of coaches can coach a route andhow you catch the ball, but after the catch it’sreally all you,” he said. “That’s what makesyou special.”

No matter his catches or number ofchances this weekend, Crabtree cares aboutonly one thing: capping his career seasonwith a championship ring. The fanfare andmedia frenzy, he’ll take it or leave it (hisvoice was hoarse Wednesday from all thetalking). He is still coming to terms withbeing a public figure, and the constantscrutiny that goes along with it.

Just last week, Crabtree learned hewouldn’t face charges for an alleged sexualassault in a hotel after the 49ers beat GreenBay in the NFC divisional playoffs on Jan.12. The San Francisco district attorneyannounced Friday there would be nocharges “at this time.” The wideout wasnever arrested or detained, and police saidhe cooperated with the investigation.

“I was disappointed in the allegations,”Crabtree said Wednesday morning, beforeheading off to practice at Saints headquar-ters. “It’s over now.”

Crabtree still carries a chip on his shoul-der and is out to prove he should have beendrafted higher. He held out for 71 days as arookie before signing in October 2009 andbecoming a starter less than three weekslater. He wouldn’t change much about howthings have gone so early in his NFL career.

After all, had he gone to the OaklandRaiders with the seventh overall pick thatyear — they selected Darrius Heyward-Beyinstead — Crabtree would be watching afteryet another losing season in the East Bay.The Niners grabbed him three spots later atNo. 10.

“I watched him as a youngster, I watchedhim in college,” Baltimore receiver JacobyJones said. “When he came out and he heldout, I was interested to see what he was goingto do. He came in and I was like, ‘This kidcan play.’ I like his game. He’s got great

hands, great route runner.”Colin Kaepernick sure thinks so. Crabtree

quickly became the second-year quarter-back’s top target after he took over the start-ing job under center midseason.

Kaepernick’s passes come so fast theyrequire extra concentration and “you’ve justgot to focus at all times on his ball.”

“He does a lot of things well and he’s avery physical receiver,” Kaepernick said. “Hewants to get in the end zone every time hetouches the ball. As a quarterback, that’ssomething you love.”

Crabtree receives guidance from a coupleof other characters who have dazzled at hisposition — teammate Randy Moss and for-mer 49ers star Terrell Owens. Moss tellsCrabtree like it is, on the field and off, whileT.O. offers advice from time to time via textmessages.

They’ve got a few things in common, too.In the season finale against Arizona on

Dec. 30, Crabtree caught two touchdownsand finished with a career-high 172 yards oneight receptions. It was the best outing by a49ers receiver since Owens’ 166-yard per-formance in November 2002. Crabtree,finally healthy for a full season after a seriesof injuries in his first three seasons, alsobecame San Francisco’s first 1,000-yardreceiver since T.O. in ‘03.

If he and Kaepernick can keep their goodthing going, Crabtree certainly has a chanceat a championship.

“He’s a great runner and he has greatability to make people miss,” Ravens corner-back Cary Williams said. “He’s elusive. He’s aguy that can put his foot in the ground andmove and get to a different direction. He’shaving a great year and he’s done some greatthings for that team. We look forward to thechallenge out there of going against him.”

Crabtree keeps defenders guessing onevery down with his big-play potential allover the field.

He finished with career highs of ninetouchdowns, 85 catches and 1,105 yards thisseason. That included five TDs and 30 catch-es on third-down plays — both stats amongthe top five in the NFL.

Teammate Frank Gore describes hisrecent play as the “Texas Tech Crabtree.”

Crabtree took it personally when the49ers failed to reach last year’s Super Bowlafter a 20-17 overtime loss to the eventualchampion New York Giants. San Francisco’sreceiving corps managed one catch for 3yards that game. It was his reception, buthardly enough.

“I can’t really pinpoint the things thatCrabtree has picked up,” Moss said. “I justtold him when I first came I really wanted towork, I just wanted to be out there with himto make plays for him. Michael Crabtreehasn’t let me down, he really hasn’t.Everybody has little stumbles in the road. It’sgreat to see a person to overcome so manythings. His whole 49ers career he’s had somestumbles and hasn’t been able to complete awhole season, but to go out there and makethe plays he’s made this year, my hat’s off tohim.”

Crabtree caps career yearwith Super Bowl berth

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