European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast coition Page to California Good for not humans tops bad air Quality list but officials Point out improvements by Noaki Schwartz the associated press los Angeles los Angeles can continue being the butt of smog jokes now that it has once again topped the american lung associations bad air list of most polluted cities in the association found that the los Angel Slong Beac River Side metropolitan area had the worst air based on 2003 through 2005 the Pittsburgh area was ranked As the nations second most polluted metropolitan area followed by Detroit and Cincin Indianapolis and Louis rounded out the top the news want All bad for los despite the dubious Dis the number of Days Resi dents breathed the nations worst Ozone Levels was fewer than in previous nobody is surprised that has an air pollution said Janice the associations assistant vice president for National policy and the problems there Are one of the reasons we have the clean air but it is important for folks to know that there has been some the organization based the rankings on Ozone pollution Levels produced when heat and sunlight come into Contact with pollutants from Power refiner ies and other the group also studied particle pollution lev Els emitted from these which Are made up of a mix of tiny solid and liquid particles in the such pollution can contribute to heart lung cancer and asthma the association those especially vulnerable to polluted air Are senior people who work or exercise outdoors and people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary nearly half of the Popula Tion lives in counties that still have unhealthy Levels of Ozone or particle even though there appeared to be less Ozone in Many counties than previous the study Jeff Pokonosky of san Diego swims from Alcatraz toward san Francisco with his Golden in july an Abun dance of pet Friendly off Leash dog Parks and vegetarian restaurants helped san Francisco place first monday on an animals rights groups list of americas most humane Mathew san Francisco is Best if you Are a pet by Garance Burke the associated press san Francisco an abundance of Penfriend by off Leash dog Parks and vegetarian restau rants helped this City place first monday on an Ani Mals rights groups list of americas most humane Seattle and san Diego followed san Francisco in the humane society of the United states inaugural which the organization compiled using stat level and National the group used such factors As the number of fur retailers per capita and the ratio of wildlife watch ers to Hunters in ranking the country largest 25 metropolitan areas by those most compassionate to Ward in san Francisco there is a consistent humane ethic that cuts across All kinds of said Jenni Fer the humane society chief Puppy Mill puppies Arent being demanded from pet people dont want to buy fur and people Are opposed to the Seal Hunt so Are boycotting Cana Dian the human society designation is intended to generate Community support for animal Rescue societies and welfare said Carl Fried director of the cites department of animal care and its a very Nice Pat on the head saying youve done great he san Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom called the award an noting that pets Are often Given equal status As a beloved member of the family in the fires destroy historic very rare artefacts the associated press Washington two fires ravaged historic Sites in the nations capital one gutting part of the 134yearold Eastern Market and the other destroying irreplaceable documents and Art at the Georgetown Public Library fire chief Dennis Rubin said there was absolutely no suspicion that the fires were the first Blaze Tore through the Southern half of the Eastern a Capitol Hill landmark listed on the National Register of historic the Cit owned building was empty at the time and there were no Rubin hours a Blaze rushed through the pub Lic Library Georgetown the in the Georgetown National Register historic was undergoing there were no injun Many Library employees cried at the sight of the including Jerry the archivist who oversees the Peabody collection of this is stuff nobody else not even the Library of con Mccoy weeping against a Ive always feared this was going to this is my worst Nightmare come he lament ing the Lack of fire sprinklers or a fire who was not in the said he al ways imagined what hed grab first if a fire broke out firefighters grabbed that a painting by Yaro Mam out that had twice been Bor rowed by the smithsonian it came out looking slightly lighter from water but Sal firefighters brought out one piece of Art after an other and Laid them out on the Mccoy said none of the material was on microfiche or made into digital its absolutely he investigators had not determined the cause of the Jacquelyn firefighters with the District of Columbia fire depart ment took Over the damage inside of Eastern Market in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of a fire raged through the landmark building Early fire or come up with a damage estimate shortly after the fire was doused monday said fire department spokesman Alan Library officials were still sorting through the contents late monday to determine what could be Etter said that the cause of the Eastern Market fire had not been determined but that arson had been ruled it took 160 firefighters two hours to put put the Etter estimated the damage at million to it looked like the flames of said Kyle who lives two blocks from the Burk worried what the loss of the Market would do for surrounding shops like Capitol Hill where he works on weekends and which thrives on the business the Market brings to the Las Gator the sequel Reggie has been spotted again in City Lake the associated press los Angeles an Alligator nicknamed Reggie appeared in a los Angeles Lake after disappear ing there Iva years Reggie is Reggie is big and Hes probably so i want to make sure that we keep the Public City Council woman Janice Hahn Hes a wild Alligator and Hes and were not really sure what his behaviour will Reggie was an illegal pet Alleg edly tossed into the Lake by a former los Angeles policeman when it got too it was spotted in August 2005 and caused a stir until disappear at the Reggie was estimated to be Between 5 feet and 7 feet a series of Alligator experts tried and failed to capture Reg Hahn recalled an offer of help from tvs Crocodile Steve who was killed by a Stingray last were going to Call Irwin Crew and see if they might not like to come out in memory of Steve Irwin and finish the Job that Steve promised that he would do for los if the Alligator could be housed at the los Angeles she Hahn said she had asked the Parks and recreation depart ment to put a Fence Back up around the miss America May not take stand in to sex sting Case the associated press an undercover sex sting that used miss America As bait May be in trouble after the Beauty Queen told prosecutors that she does not plan to testify against the men she helped Lauren of worked with police in suf Folk county to target would be in ternet sexual taped for an episode of the to show americas most she posed As a teenager and lured men into chatting online and meeting her at a where police and Crews were eleven men were arrested in the but one or All of the cases against the men could be in jeopardy after Nelson told prosecutors she did not plan on returning to Long Island to said suf Folk District attorney Thomas Spota in new Days tuesday Edi