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 Jan. 23, 2015
Vol XV, Edition 137
KING ABDULLAH DIES
WORLD PAGE 6
SERRA FB BANNEDFROM CCS PLAYOFFS
SPORTS PAGE 11
‘BOY NEXT DOOR’NOTHING SPECIAL
WEEKEND JOURNAL PAGE 16
SAUDI’S NEW KING, SALMAN, A FORCE FOR UNITY IN ROYALFAMILY
Just South of Whipple Avenue
Phones Cameras WatchesCars Hearing Aids Tools
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A violent convict who has spentmost of the past 38 years in prisonwas formally charged Thursday forkilling two young women in 1976in the gruesome “Gypsy Hill” mur-ders that left a total of five localwomen dead.Rodney Halbower, 66, wasextradited from an Oregon prisonand charged for the murders of Paula Baxter, 17, and VeronicaAnne Cascio,18, who wereboth foundstabbed todeath. Cascio’sbody was dis-covered at theSharp Park Golf Course inPacifica andBaxter’s bodywas foundbehind a church in Millbrae about
DNA leadsto1976murderextradition
Oregon prisoner suspected of two gruesome ‘GypsyHill’ slayings
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Teams of volunteers, includingSupervisor Don Horsley, fannedout throughout San Mateo CountyThursday to count the homeless.The point-in-time count is a pro-gram of the Housing and UrbanDevelopment Department, whichwill compare the data to previouscounts as well as counts conductedin other regions to determine whereits federal dollars should be spent. Locally, the information is usedby the Human Services Agency totailor homeless services throughthe Housing Our People EffectivelyInteragency Council, or HOPE. Horsley was part of a team thatsearched for homeless people liv-ing in wooded areas of Pacifica.“There are encampments inremote areas. We’re trying to findwhere they are and then get theresources so people are not camp-ing in the woods. We found someencampments and the people areobviously living in very primitivecircumstances in secluded areasaround Pacifica,” Horsley wrote ina statement.Seeing how some people live inthe county was an “eye-opening
County counts homeless
Action seeks info to tailor service programs
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SAN MATEO COUNTY 
San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley looks for a homelessencampment in the woods of Pacifica Thursday morning.
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Redwood City residents are split on a plan to reduce the number of lanes on Farm Hill Boulevard and JeffersonAvenue from four lanes to three.
Rodney Halbower
By Austin Walsh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Jan Christensen, superintendentof the Redwood City ElementarySchool District since 2006,announced Thursday she will retireat the end of the school year. Christensen informed the dis-trict Board of Trustees of her deci-sion during a closed-session meet-ing Wednesday night. Her retire-ment will beginJuly 1, 2015. “It has beenan honor andprivilege toserve as super-intendent inRedwood City,”Christensensaid in a pre-
Redwood City superintendent retiring
Jan Christensen led elementary school districtsince 2006, some say new direction needed
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A proposal to reduce the numberof lanes from four to three on busyFarm Hill Boulevard in RedwoodCity is drawing mixed reviewswith some saying the plan is longoverdue while others say it is sim-ply “ridiculous.”Some residents who live in thearea have complained that FarmHill, which meets Jefferson Avenuewest of El Camino Real, hasbecome a magnet for drag racing.But others say that a lane reduc-tion will only make traffic worse.The City Council will considerapproving a pilot project toreconfigure the road at its Mondaynight meeting.The plan is to reconfigure thetraffic lanes on Farm HillBoulevard and Jefferson Avenue,from the city’s western limit toAlameda de las Pulgas, from fourlanes to three lanes with a two-wayleft turn center lane and two bicy-cle lanes.Joshua Vaughn, who lives on the3500 block of Farm Hill, applaudsthe plan.He regularly commutes to workby bicycle on Farm Hill as it meetsJefferson toward downtown.Vaughn witnessed a crash on hisblock last May when a motoristwas allegedly drag racing hisMercedes and collided into a tree infront of his apartment complex.“A lot of people think they arestill on 280,” he said aboutmotorists who drive up to 60 mphon Farm Hill after exitingInterstate 280.But Redwood City resident TyeTyson told the Daily Journal thatthe plan “would bog traffic downeven worse.”Farm Hill is already congested
Road plan draws mixed reactions
Redwood City Council to discuss reducing lanes on Farm Hill Boulevard
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Surprise! Magnets used to plantdrugs under cars from Mexico
SAN DIEGO — Drug smugglers areturning “trusted travelers” into unwit-ting mules by placing containers withpowerful magnets under their cars inMexico and then recovering the illegalcargo far from the view of borderauthorities in the United States. One motorist spotted the containerswhile pumping gas after crossing intoSouthern California this month, andthought it might be a bomb. His call topolice prompted an emergencyresponse, and then a shocker: 13pounds of heroin were packed inside. There have been four such incidentsin San Diego since Jan. 12, all involv-ing drivers enrolled in the federal“trusted traveler” program, whichenables hundreds of thousands of peo-ple who pass extensive backgroundchecks to whiz past inspectors withless scrutiny.
California surgeon convicted in liposuction death case
LOS ANGELES — A former SouthernCalifornia cosmetic surgeon has beenconvicted of involuntary manslaughterin the death of a 61-year-old patientduring a liposuction operation thatlasted more than 11 hours. City News Service reports jurorsdeliberated just under two hours beforereturning a guilty verdict Wednesdayagainst 46-year-old Ehab AlyMohamed.Mohamed was charged in the 2010death of Sharon Carpenter after theprocedure in which prosecutors say hegave her a lethal combination of lido-caine, fentanyl and oxycodone. Mohamed was also convicted of elderabuse involving a second patient.Prosecutors say the 77-year-oldwoman lost consciousness duringliposuction and had ongoing healthissues afterward.Sentencing is set for Feb. 3.Mohamed faces five years in prison.
Old phone unveiled 100 yearsafter first coast-to-coast call
SAN FRANCISCO — In true SanFrancisco irony, smartphones wereused Thursday to snap pictures of a his-toric phone that was used to make thefirst coast-to-coast phone call 100years ago. On Jan. 25, 1915, to celebrate thecompletion of the Panama Canal and toshow that San Francisco had recoveredfrom the 1906 earthquake and fire,American Telephone and Telegraph Co.conducted a call between the city andNew York before the opening of thePanama-Pacific InternationalExposition and World’s Fair in SanFrancisco. “Thinking about the ability to trans-mit the human voice over 3,400 mileswas considered absolutely impossi-ble,” said current AT&T CaliforniaPresident Ken McNeely, who snapped aselfie with the old black handheld.“Fast forward to today when we hold allknowledge of human kind in the palmof our hands with smartphones, we’vecome a long way.”The original phones will be on dis-play at the California HistoricalSociety as part of its “City Rising: SanFrancisco and the 1915 World Fair”exhibition that opens on Feb. 22.That first call was made by AlexanderGraham Bell in New York to his assis-tant Thomas Watson who was attend-ing the World’s Fair in San Francisco.Graham Bell had invented the phone afew decades earlier. Listening in were PresidentWoodrow Wilson in Washington, andTheodore Vail, president of AmericanTelephone and Telegraph Co. inGeorgia.According to the transcript of thatcall, Bell’s first words were “Ahoy!Ahoy! Mr. Watson, are you there? Doyou hear me?” to which Watsonreplied “Yes, Mr. Bell, I hear you per-fectly.”The call actually lasted about 3 1/2hours as they kept the line open for aseries of conversations. And unliketoday, there was no such thing asunlimited talk time for a set price. The cost of a three-minute coast-to-coast call in 1915 was about $20which translates into about $500 incurrent dollars.
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Actor RichardDean Anderson is65.
This Day in HistoryThought for the Day
1968
North Korea seized the Navy intelli-gence ship USS Pueblo, charging itscrew with being on a spying mission.(The crew was released 11 monthslater.)
“The trouble is that hardly anybody in America goes to bed angry at night.”
— George J. Stigler, American economist (1911-1991)
Actor RutgerHauer is 71. Singer Anita Bakeris 57.
Birthdays
REUTERS
Glow-in-the-dark blue waves caused by the phenomenon known as harmful algal bloom or ‘red tide,’ are seen at night nearSam Mun Tsai beach in Hong Kong, China.
Friday
: Sunny. Highs in the 60s. Eastwinds 10 to 20 mph... Becoming north 5to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Friday night:
Mostly clear. Lows in thelower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
: Sunny. Highs in the upper60s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Saturday night
: Clear. Lows in thelower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
: Sunny. Highs around 70.
Sunday night and Monday:
Mostly clear. Lows in thelower 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Monday night:
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Tuesday through Thursday
: Mostly cloudy. A slightchance of rain. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in the lower50s.
Local Weather Forecast
In 1789
, Georgetown University was established in pres-ent-day Washington, D.C.
In 1845
, Congress decided all national elections would beheld on the first Tuesday after the first Monday inNovember.
In 1915
, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart wasborn in Jackson, Michigan.
In 1933
, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,the so-called “Lame Duck Amendment,” was ratified asMissouri approved it.
In 1937, 
17 people went on trial in Moscow during Josef Stalin’s “Great Purge.” (All were convicted of conspiracy;all but four were executed.)
In 1944
, Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (“The Scream”)died near Oslo at age 80.
In 1950, 
the Israeli Knesset approved a resolution affirm-ing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In 1960
, the U.S. Navy-operated bathyscaphe Trieste car-ried two men to the deepest known point in the PacificOcean, reaching a depth of more than 35,000 feet.
In 1964, 
the 24th Amendment to the United StatesConstitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections,was ratified as South Dakota became the 38th state toendorse it.
In 1973
, President Richard Nixon announced an accord hadbeen reached to end the Vietnam War, and would be formallysigned four days later in Paris.
In 1985
, debate in Britain’s House of Lords was carried onlive television for the first time.
In 1995, 
the Supreme Court, in McKennon vs. NashvilleBanner Publishing Co., ruled that companies accused of fir-ing employees illegally could not escape liability by laterfinding a lawful reason to justify the dismissal.
In other news ...
(Answers tomorrow)METALBASIS BRUNCH WALLOPYesterday’sJumbles:Answer:The fashion shoot featured a model dressed asa hitchhiker with a — “A-POSABLE” THUMBNow arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.
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Actress Jeanne Moreau is 87. Actress Chita Rivera is 82.Actor-director Lou Antonio is 81. Actor Gil Gerard is72.Rhythm-and-blues singer Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions)is 71. Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., is 68. Singer AnitaPointer is 67. Rock musician Bill Cunningham is 65. Rocksinger Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) is 62. Former Los AngelesMayor Antonio Villaraigosa is 62. Princess Caroline of Monaco is 58. Reggae musician Earl Falconer (UB40) is 56.Actress Gail O’Grady is 52. Actress Mariska Hargitay is 51.Rhythm-and-blues singer Marc Nelson is 44. Actress TiffaniThiessen is 41.
Lotto
 The Daily Derby race winners are CaliforniaClassic, No. 5, in first place; Winning Spirit, No. 9,in second place; and Hot Shot,No.3,in third place. The race time was clocked at 1:45.26.
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Friday
 Jan. 23, 2015
 THE DAILY JOURNAL
LOCAL/STATE
FOSTER CITY
Theft
. A woman reported several packagesthat were taken from the porch of her homeon Bounty Drive before 7:40 p.m. Tuesday,Jan. 20.
Arrest
. A man was arrested for driving witha suspended license on Chess Drive before8:44 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Burglary
. A car was broken into on FosterCity Boulevard before 10:20 a.m. Monday,Jan. 19.
Unlicensed driver
. A man was cited andhad his car impounded for driving with a sus-pended license on Vintage Park Drive before11:01 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19.
Arrest
. A man was arrested for driving with-out a license on Edgewater and Beach Parkboulevards before 9:34 a.m. Monday, Jan.19.
BURLINGAME
Code violation
. A resident reported a gar-dener who appeared to be preparing to use aleaf blower illegally on Quesada Way before8:51 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Grand theft.
A grand theft occurred on the1100 block of Howard Avenue before 5:27p.m. Monday, Jan. 19.
Assault with a deadly weapon
. A personwas attacked and cut by an intoxicated manwielding a knife on Bellevue Avenue before1:52 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19.
Minor injury accident
. Medics respond-ed to a traffic accident on Ralston Avenuebefore 3:20 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18.
BELMONT
Burglary
. The entire contents of a 16-foottrailer containing construction tools wasstolen on Shoreway Road before 7:45 a.m.Wednesday, Jan. 21.
Theft
. A bicycle was stolen from the backof a truck on Alameda de las Pulgas before2:26 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Police reports
As think as you drunk he is
A drunk man walked into a telephonepole on Jefferson Avenue and OakridgeDrive in Redwood City before 11:07p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15.
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Highlighting life and new residents at oneof the state’s largest transit-oriented devel-opments will take shape Friday as BayMeadows hosts a photography exhibit cre-ated by everyday shutterbugs. The four-hour pop-up exhibit Fame byFrame will showcase life in 2014 at SanMateo’s fastest growing communitythrough the lenses of those who shared theirBay Meadows pictures through socialmedia. One hundred finalists were chosen out of more than 1,200 photographs submitted onFacebook, Instagram, Twitter and emailunder the hashtag BayMeadowsLife. Photographs ranging from excited chil-dren to sunsets backdropping a Caltrain sta-tion will be displayed for one night only atthe Bay Meadows Welcome Center between5 p.m. and 9 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend andvote, as the fans’ choice will receive a $500grand prize, Bay Meadows spokeswomanMaureen Futtner wrote in an email.“As Bay Meadows welcomes new resi-dents and San Mateo in general sees newshops and more great restaurants open andcool events taking place, we wanted to visu-ally capture a year in the life of this specialplace,” Futtner said.The entire 160 acres of the former racetrack next to Highway 101 between theHillsdale Caltrain station and 25th Avenuehas been transformed over the last decadeand is continuing to become home to hun-dreds of residents. While the photo exhibit seeks to illus-trate life at Bay Meadows, the site’s firstrental residents have also begun to move in. Field House, a 108-unit apartment com-munity at 282 Pony Lane, is the first for-lease residential offering with about 10units having been occupied as of thismonth, Futtner said. Nearly a dozen moreunits will be move-in ready in the comingmonth, Futtner said.Field House is comprised of studios andone-, two- and three-bedroom apartments aswell as two-bedroom townhomes. A 580-square-foot studio is running between$2,700 to $2,900 per month while a three-bedroom, two-bath apartment between1,360 and 1,620 square feet ranges from$4,875 to $5,200 per month. In total, Bay Meadows will become hometo more than 1,100 residences, 750,000square feet of office space, 93,000 squarefeet of retail space and 18 acres of parks. Development of the former race track wasbroken into two phases and includes thenew Kaiser Permanente medical center,Whole Foods Market, Franklin Templetonheadquarters, San Mateo police station andthe private Nueva School.Friday’s event will serve as a uniqueopportunity for the public and BayMeadows residents to meet and mingle atthe Welcome Center, which will boast cock-tails by downtown’s Mortar & Pestle, poet-ry and live art.“Bay Meadows has always been aboutinvolving the public,” Futtner said. “SoFame by Frame is right in line with welcom-ing not only residents, but the greater com-munity to have fun and enjoy#BayMeadowsLife.”
Fame to Frame is 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fridayat the Bay Meadows Welcome Center, 380 E.28th Ave., San Mateo. For more informa-tion visit baymeadows.com.
Bay Meadows welcomesrenters, hosts art exhibit
Fame by Frame illustrates 2014 through locals’ lenses
 
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By Lisa Leff 
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California’s governing board tabled a policyon Thursday that would have made the publiccollege system the nation’s second to tiebonuses awarded to winning athletic coachesto how well their players do in the class-room. The new policy approved by UC PresidentJanet Napolitano last month would havemade coaches ineligible for lucrative incen-tive payouts if their intercollegiate sportsteams failed to meet certain minimum aca-demic standards. The University of Marylandadopted the same compensation provision inthe fall. The California policy also would haveapplied to campus athletic directors and wasset to take effect this week but ran into oppo-sition on Thursday. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsomand some other members of the university’sBoard of Regents argued that the academicperformance standard underlying the policywas not ambitious enough since all but oneof UC’s Division 1 teams already meets it. “The reform, it seems to me, is a bit mod-est at best. In fact, it is a bit illusory,”Newsom said. “We are doing almost nothinghere under the illusion that we are doingsomething.”Newsom specifically faulted the policy forusing the same cutoff score for satisfactoryacademic performance that the NationalCollegiate Athletic Association already usesto determine how many hours teams can prac-tice, how many scholarships they can award,and whether they can compete in the post-season. By reserving the most lucrative bonusesfor a team’s athletic prowess and relying onthe NCAA’s academic eligibility benchmark,the new rule does not give coaches any realadditional incentive to make sure their play-ers are succeeding academically, he argued.Dan Guerrero, athletic director at UCLA,cautioned against what he said would be theunintended consequences of the University of California setting a standard higher than theNCAA’s. Sports agents might insist on high-er salaries for their coach clients.
UC regents shelve policy tying coach bonuses to academics

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