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One of the country's largest warehouses will be built in Moreno Valley for Skechers USA Inc. , the Manhattan Beach shoe manufacturer said Tuesday. Skechers has agreed to be the sole occupant of a 1. 8-million-square-foot building it will use to distribute shoes across the United States and Canada ice hockey goalie . The rectangular building near the 215 and 60 freeways in Riverside County will be half a mile long. "We believe this is the largest industrial lease by a single tenant under one roof ever in the United States," said real estate broker Darla Longo of CB Richard Ellis, the Los Angeles brokerage that represented both Skechers and landlord HF Logistics I in the transaction. Longo declined to reveal the price of the lease, but an industry expert who asked not to be identified because details of negotiations were confidential valued it at about $100 million based on current rents in the Riverside County neighborhood. HF Logistics, an affiliate of Moreno Valley industrial property developer Highland Fairview, should have the building ready by January 2009, said Paul Galliher, senior vice president of distribution for Skechers Ice Hockey Ice Hockey - nhl . It will consolidate operations now in five buildings in Ontario. "Having everything all under one roof will obviously improve our efficiency," Galliher said team hockey . He said it would cost "well over $100 million" to build. The bulk of Skechers shoes are made in Asia and shipped through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Galliher said hockey . It also has operations in Italy, Romania, Brazil and Mexico. Ice Hockey tickets At the new facility, shoes will be removed from shipping containers and placed on shelves as high as 42 feet hockey goalie . Robots will roam the aisles, pulling out pairs of shoes to fill orders from Skechers stores and other retailers. It will take about 800 employees to operate the center, with the payroll swelling to about 1,100 during the peak back-to-school season, Galliher said. The customers whom Skechers targets are generally ages 12 to 30. With its proximity to the ports, the Inland Empire "is one of the most dynamic industrial and distribution markets in the country," Longo said. "It's a key logistic center for the world, really. "--roger. vincent. Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army declared a cease-fire and called on the government to lay down its arms ahead of peace talks scheduled to resume in Sudan next week. A spokesman contacted by satellite telephone at the rebels' camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo said the cessation of hostilities was issued by the rebels' deputy commander, Vincent Otti, on behalf of LRA leader Joseph Kony. Otti, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has rejected requests by mediators to attend the negotiations, saying he feared arrest. .

SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys for two reporters, who face jail if they refuse to reveal who gave them secret testimony on the use of steroids by star athletes, argued Friday that hamstringing the press' ability to gather news would harm the public interest more than the leak did. The San Francisco Chronicle reporters, Mark Fainaru-Wada, 41, and Lance Williams, 56, were subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in May to reveal who provided the testimony of baseball stars Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield in the federal probe of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO). The reporters' attorneys immediately sought to quash the subpoenas U. S District Judge Jeffrey S ice hockey skate . White heard arguments from both sides Friday. Prosecutors contend that the leak in 2004 seriously breached grand jury secrecy and could hinder their ability to get reliable testimony in future criminal probes. Greg Anderson, Bonds' personal trainer, has cited the leaks as a reason he has refused to testify to a new grand jury -- for which he was jailed last month. Prosecutors are also investigating perjury and obstruction-of-justice allegations, because all the people known to have had access to the leaked material have signed sworn declarations that they were not the source. The Chronicle's attorneys downplayed the breach hockey skate . They urged the judge to balance it against the need of the press to use confidential sources to fulfill its news-gathering role -- and specifically the public service that the Chronicle's series on steroid use provided. The Chronicle's stories on the BALCO probe sparked a national debate, pushed Major League Baseball to impose punishments and earned praise from President Bush, attorneys said. "This reporting put a name and a face on a very abstract concern," said Chronicle attorney Jonathan Donnellan hockey jerseys . "Before these articles came out, Congress was not moving on the issue of steroid abuse in Major League Baseball. "There is no federal law protecting journalists from being compelled to reveal their sources, nor has the U. S hockey rink . Supreme Court given them such a shield under the 1st Amendment. The only time the high court addressed the issue specifically was 34 years ago in Branzburg vs. Hayes, when it upheld contempt convictions for reporters who had failed to appear before grand juries. An appeals panel in Washington, D. C. , last year used the Branzburg ruling to uphold contempt charges against New York Times reporter Judith Miller and Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper Ice Hockey - wikipedia . But the Branzburg case left enough latitude that the issue is far from settled. In his oft-cited concurring opinion in 1972, Justice Lewis Powell wrote there must be a "proper balance between freedom of the press and the obligation of all citizens to give relevant testimony with respect to criminal conduct. "Media attorneys routinely advocate such a balancing.

Donnellan argued Friday that appellate court decisions since Branzburg have established a common-law privilege for reporters to protect their sources in all but the most extraordinary circumstances, such as threats to national security. He cited the Department of Justice's own manual, which calls for subpoenas of the press only "where immediate action is required to avoid the loss of life or compromise of a security interest. "Donnellan said the leak in the BALCO case did not harm the government's probe into the firm's steroid distribution. But the judge repeatedly questioned how the leak could be insignificant. "Perjury, breach of the grand jury, obstruction of justice," White said ice hockey skates . "How can you say this is not serious?"White is expected to issue his ruling sometime this month. "If the court decides this is worthy of sending us to jail, that's what's going to happen," Fainaru-Wada said. hockey skates . A substitute teacher arrested on suspicion of molesting a 10-year-old girl at an Ontario school told police this week that he had molested 100 to 200 other female elementary school students while teaching in Riverside, San Bernardino and Kern counties during the last three years, authorities said Friday. Eric Norman Olsen, 28, who has worked for at least 13 Southern California school districts, is expected to be charged with three counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14, a felony, after telling detectives that he had inappropriately touched the girl in a class for students with learning disabilities, said San Bernardino County Deputy Dist Atty hockey equipment . Jason Anderson. Authorities are also investigating a report of a girl who said she was inappropriately touched by Olsen when she was 6 and a student in the Central School District in Rancho Cucamonga, but the Ontario student is the only confirmed victim, they said. Several students at Berlyn Elementary School told investigators that, in June, Olsen had caressed the girl on the hand and reached under her shirt and touched her back when she walked to his desk with questions about her assignments, Anderson said. Olsen also invited the student to sit on his lap during story time, said Ontario-Montclair School District officials. When the girl said she didn't feel comfortable doing so, students said, Olsen lifted her into his lap anyway, said Supt hockey gear . Sharon McGehee. The teacher told investigators he had touched the girl to become sexually aroused, police said. Students in a class described as a mix of fourth- to sixth-graders alerted another teacher to Olsen's alleged behavior. Olsen, who lives alone at an Ontario apartment complex, is being held at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga in lieu of $2-million bail. In what was at least Olsen's second interview with investigators, he made the claim about inappropriately touching other students, said Ontario Det. Diane Galindo. Authorities have contacted schools and law enforcement agencies in other counties. "I just don't know how that person would have that many opportunities over three years with most classrooms full of glass and windows," said Jim Varley, who is a spokesman for the Kern County Office of Education. "I hope he was bragging," he added. Outside Berlyn Elementary, in a residential neighborhood, parents gathered with their children to check their class schedules. Someone had posted cardboard signs, one of which read, "He Must Die. "At least 13 school districts confirmed Friday that Olsen had worked for them, but none had received a similar complaint about him. A principal at another school had spoken to Olsen at least once for having students stand too close to him, but there were no allegations regarding inappropriate touching, said McGehee. At the Fontana Unified School District, where officials said Olsen taught 45 days last school year, educators were unnerved that he could pass the required fingerprinting and background checks. "We're kind of in shock, to be very honest," said Supt. Jane Smith. Olsen's former landlord, who considers him a friend, described the substitute teacher as a quiet man who wanted to become a commercial pilot and get married. "I would have put my hand in the fire for him He was that good, that nice. . . .

Maybe he's making it up," said Marge Simon, 83, who rented her renovated garage to Olsen for two years. Olsen considered teaching a way to pay the rent while he trained to be a pilot, she said. Records show he was certified to fly private planes. Olsen, who was raised in Bakersfield, was fluent in Spanish and had studied music, Simon said. He longed for close friends and to get married, becoming distraught a year or so ago when one girlfriend ended their relationship, she said. Olsen wanted children, Simon said. He was childlike in demeanor, she said, pointing to his frequent trips to Disneyland and to his bed, covered in children's sheets with starfish. "I said, 'Aren't you too old for that?' " Simon recalled. "He said, 'I like it. ' He was in his own dream world -- he saw everything as good and bright. "Ontario police are asking anyone with information to call (909) 395-2764. ice hockey gloves . Boeing Co hockey gloves . named Pat Shanahan to replace Mike Bair as head of its 787 Dreamliner program, which is running at least six months behind schedule. Last week's announcement that delivery of the first 787 would be delayed until late next year was an embarrassing setback for Boeing, which had insisted for months that it would meet its delivery timetable despite production problems. mission hockey . The body that washed ashore in Huntington Beach early Friday was identified as that of a missing Anaheim man, authorities said. Manuel Tenorio, 20, vanished in the surf Sunday afternoon while visiting the beach with friends. Three police officers waded into the water about 6 a. m hockey pads . Friday to retrieve his body near Golden West Street, Huntington Beach Police Lt. Craig Junginger said. Tenorio was identified later through fingerprints, according to Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. "There didn't appear to be signs of foul play," Junginger said . . A lawyer must pay Chevron Corp.

$45,000 for filing "manufactured" claims that three Ecuadoreans or their family members became ill with cancer from the company's chemical dumping in that country. Judge William Alsup in San Francisco wrote an order fining the lawyer, Cristobal Bonifaz, who represented residents of Ecuador's Oriente region in the suit . Alsup threw out the claims against Chevron in August, blaming Bonifaz for fabricating the illnesses Bonifaz did not immediately return a call seeking comment. hockey league . SAN FRANCISCO — The glass ceiling at many large public companies in California remains unbreakable, but the glass offices of one Los Angeles bank are dominated by women. Nara Bank, a subsidiary of Nara Bancorp Inc that caters to Korean Americans, ranks No hockey camps . 1 in the state in terms of the number of women in positions of leadership, a new UC Davis study has found . Women hold five of its six top executive positions, and a woman sits on its seven-member board. Of the bank's 408 employees, about 70% are women. Min Jung Kim, 48, chief executive of the parent company and the bank, said it was difficult to break into the male-dominated Korean American banking world. When she became a loan officer 20 years ago, most of the customers, who were mostly men, refused to talk to her about their financial situation, she said. When she became a branch manager in 1993 at another Korean American bank, she was told that it was on a trial basis -- and that if she failed, it would hurt other women coming up the ranks. And by some accounts, when it was time for her to become chief executive, she waited in the wings for a couple of years while the company went through two others. She finally became CEO last year. "I always carried on my shoulders the pressure of being a pioneer in the Korean banking world," she said. But it's not only in the Korean banking world that Kim is a trailblazer.