MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
Volume 10 Issue 270
Santa Monica Daily Press LUCKY 21 FOR KERSHAW SEE PAGE 12
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Cops release surveillance video in beating case BY DAILY PRESS STAFF
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Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com Raising over $3,000, Oliver Peake, 12, (left) and his friend Max Varady, 13, get their heads shaved by Erik Sherman (left) and Bri Davis from the Sassoon Academy during the St. Baldrick's Foundation event at the annual Santa Monica Firefighters fundraiser at Barney's Beanery on the Third Street Promenade on Saturday afternoon. The St. Baldrick's Foundation raises money to support cancer treatment for children.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY Santa Monica police have released surveillance video of two men they believe brutally beat a man Thursday morning while he was working out on the 3100 block of Santa Monica Boulevard. The video shows the suspects walking west on Santa Monica Boulevard near Busby’s West bar and restaurant around 2:15 a.m. Their attention seems to be focused on something out of frame, most likely the victim, who police said was clad in workout clothes, sparring gloves and wrist weights. The suspects, who police believe frequented the area for a few days before the attack, continue walking west, but suddenly turn back and head east toward the victim. About a minute later, the suspects come back into view and are captured running north on Berkeley Street. “The victim was approached by two suspects who, without provocation, brutally beat the vicSEE VIDEO PAGE 11
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Samohi improves to 3-0
Former car wash employee booked for attempted murder BY DAILY PRESS STAFF WILSHIRE BLVD A
BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor
CORSAIR FIELD The Samohi Vikings were in a sharing mood on Friday against Anaheim Canyon during a 42-0 laugher. It wasn’t their opponent that Santa Monica High School’s football team was sharing with, it was each other. A total of five Vikings scored touchdowns against overmatched Canyon as Samohi improved to 3-0 for the first time
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since 2008 when they started the year 6-0. “We haven’t been 3-0 in a long time,” Head Coach Travis Clark said. “It’s the first time since I’ve been here. Now we’re just getting ready for league.” The Vikings still have two non-league games to go before league season begins, but that doesn’t stop Clark and his boys from thinking about what’s possible during the coach’s third year in charge. The Vikings struck first during their first possession. Star senior running back Kori
Garcia got things started with a 6-yard scoring run that put Samohi up to stay. The steadily improving play of senior quarterback Christian Salem took over from there as he passed for two touchdowns before being pulled during the third quarter to make way for some of the Vikings’ reserves to get some reps. During his time on the field, he connected with increasingly-favorite target Sebastian
Los Angeles man was being held Sunday on $1 million bail and is facing charges of attempted murder after he was arrested Friday for Photo courtesy SMPD allegedly stabbing DURAN an employee at the Wilshire West Car Wash.
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