SUPREME COURT

TACKLES PRISON
WIKILEAKS RELEASE
ISRAEL SAYS ARABS AGREE ON IRAN THREAT; U.S. SAYS LEAKS
ARE A CRIME,THREATENS PROSECUTION
NINERS CLIP
CARDINALS
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Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 • Vol XI, Edition 90 www.smdailyjournal.com

Budget solutions shot down

San Mateo study session on budget draws a variety of ideas
By Bill Silverfarb Councilman David Lim, John Lee, who gave his come up with a plan to stem the deficit by
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF who also hinted that the own ideas as to why con- sharing services with other cities, deciding
city’s restrictions on sultants are a necessity, which city services are “essential” and seek-
A number of new ideas to solve San Mateo’s building-height limits why management is paid ing wage concessions from its employees,
ongoing structural deficit came out of a study may need to be lifted to so well and why it would who eat up roughly 76 percent of San Mateo’s
session Monday night including asking upper help the city realize be impractical to put a cap $76.9 million general fund.
greater income. on expenditures. The deficit is expected to grow to $7.1 mil-
management employees to take salary reduc-
Most of Lim’s ideas, The city’s structural lion by fiscal year 2012-13, according to a
tions, placing a moratorium on consultant staff report.
spending and putting a cap on revenue. however, were not favor- deficit is approaching $5.4
Those ideas were all suggested by David Lim ably received by Mayor John Lee million and city staff has See BUDGET, Page 19

AP testing not
a requirement
District moves to clarify policy
on advanced placement classes
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Students enrolled in advanced placement classes in the San

Mateo Union High School District are not required to take the
BILL SILVERFARB/DAILY JOURNAL exam bearing the same name, although it’s encouraged — a
A man was shot and killed at an apartment complex on Madison Avenue in Redwood City Sunday night that police are distinction officials plan to make in the coming weeks after
investigating as gang-related. parents pointed out the stress students were under by the
implication.

Two in custody after gang killing

By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Two alleged Norteño gangmembers
were arrested for their parts in a fatal
shooting Sunday night and police are
looking for three or four other suspects,
said Redwood City police Sgt. Sean
Hart.
An 18-year-old Redwood City resi-
dent and 17-year-old Palo Alto resident
are in custody, Hart said, and police
believe the 18-year-old is responsible for
killing Julio Pantoja Cuevas, who lived
in unincorporated Redwood City.
Cuevas, 21, was visiting some friends
at an apartment complex at 426 Madison
Ave., a few blocks from El Camino Real,
when a group of five or six, possibly on
bicycles, approached him at about 8 p.m.
and started shouting gang slogans, Hart
said.
Cuevas was physically assaulted
before being shot, Hart said.
Police are not sure where at the com-
plex the shooting took place and the vic-
tim may have tried to chase his shooter
into an alleyway between Madison and
Jackson avenues before collapsing and
dying.
The victim was pronounced dead at
the scene.
Police have not determined if Cuevas
was a gang member and a bicycle was
taken as evidence, Hart said.
The firearm used in the shooting has
not been recovered and no shell casings
were found at the scene, Hart said.
Police were conducting follow-up
interviews yesterday to see if any resi-
dents of the complex witnessed the inci-
dent.
Residents stayed mostly inside
Sunday night and were apprehensive to
speak with police, Hart said.
Yesterday, some residents of the com-
plex said they heard multiple shots fired
but did not know who the victim was or
where he lived.
The apartment complex has 16 units
See SHOOTING, Page 27
While San Mateo Union welcomes all students in advanced
courses, student expectations has come under question.
District policy encourages enrolled students to take the AP
test administered by the College Board in the spring. Schools,
using contracts enrolled students are asked to sign, however,
See TESTS, Page 18
Killer denied parole
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A state prisoner who tried to cover up his murder of a tran-
sient 24 years ago by placing the body on the railroad tracks
in Redwood City was denied parole for five years — two
years after being recommended for release.
More than three years after a state parole board found that
See PAROLE, Page 27
2 Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 FOR THE RECORD THE DAILY JOURNAL

Quote of the Day Snapshot Inside

“What was said privately is New
now in the open....The Arab world alignment
Obama
is growing tired of Iran as a source of and GOP,room
instability and trying to force itself on Arab for deals and
confrontations
affairs.Iran maybe will face a stronger and
more unified voices of opposition in the region.” See page 7
— Sami Alfaraj,Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies
“Israel says Arabs agree on Iran threat,” see page 8

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Thursday: Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Highs in the Mediterranean Sea in Israel.
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Clarksville was charged with making the
LAFAT calls Sunday during a 35-minute stretch.
The first caller claimed to be a witness
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been stabbed, while the third said a
IDDEA woman had been killed and buried.
Police said Monday that all the calls
originated from a phone owned by
Baker, who remained jailed on $15,000
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bond. A spokesman said Baker had not
retained a lawyer.
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Now arrange the circled letters
Woman rescued from
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“ ” EVANS CITY, Pa. — Rescue crews
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Police say they’ll be citing 33-year-old
Dana Bowser for driving too fast for con-
ditions on Route 68 near Evans City.
That’s about 25 miles north of
Pittsburgh.
State police say Bowser lost control
near a culvert that carries the highway
Boy’s savings to help
rebuild burned fire station
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 5-year-
old West Virginia boy has donated his
life savings — nearly $46 in change —
to help rebuild a volunteer fire station
that burned down in an Oct. 1 electrical
fire.
The Charleston Gazette reported
Saturday that Joshua Shaffer donated
$45.85 from his piggy bank to help
rebuild the main station of the Sissonville
Volunteer Fire Department north of
Charleston.
Tom Miller, with the fire department’s
board of directors, says the donation
underscores community support for
rebuilding. He says West Virginia
schoolchildren have raised more than
$5,000 already.
Who ya gonna call after
party? Hangover Helpers
BOULDER, Colo. — Your head aches,
you’re hungry and your house is littered
that Marc Simons started cleaning party
houses about a year ago for extra cash
and realized he’d found a niche, despite
the bad economy.
He teamed up with high school friend
Alex Vere-Nicoll and started Hangover
Helpers.
They charge $15 per roommate.
They’re already getting some calls but
expect business to pick up in spring,
Boulder’s prime party season.
Elderly man accused of
whacking deputy with cane
CALLAWAY, Fla. — Authorities say
an irate 84-year-old man hit a deputy in
the stomach with his cane when the offi-
cer warned him to leave a clinic where he
had been cursing at an office manager.
The News Herald newspaper reports
that the northwest Florida man was
arrested and charged with disorderly
conduct and resisting an officer.
Bay County sheriff’s deputies were
called to Callaway Clinic on Wednesday
night because the man was yelling and
cursing at an office manager.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Hearing set in birthday party killing
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The woman prosecutors say provided the
gun used to kill one teen and injure another at
a Redwood City birthday party six years ago
will learn in a matter of weeks if she’ll stand
trial on charges including murder.
Ana Delia Cervantes, 26, is also accused of
purposely leading investigators astray about
the shooter’s identity in the 2004 incident
before she herself fled. She was apprehended
Sept. 19 crossing the border from Mexico
back into the United States and returned to
San Mateo County for prosecution.
Cervantes is charged with murder, attempt-
ed murder and aiding a criminal. An added
gang enhancement could send her to prison
Diverse judicial panel named to hear Prop 8 appeal
By Lisa Leff
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Two judges appoint-
ed by Democratic presidents and one named
by a Republican will decide if a San Francisco
trial judge improperly struck down
California’s same-sex marriage ban, a federal
appeals court announced Monday.
Judges Michael Hawkins, Stephen
Escaped inmate captured
in Northern California
SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities captured
an inmate who escaped Monday after overpow-
ering a deputy and then using a stun gun on her
as he was being was being transported to a
Northern California hospital, officials said.
Maurice Ainsworth, 24, who was considered
armed and dangerous, was arrested without
incident after being holed up in an unoccupied
house for more than four hours.
“We got him,” Santa Cruz County sheriff’s
LOCAL
for life without parole if
found true on top of the
other convictions. She has
pleaded not guilty and yes-
terday was ordered back to
court Dec. 13 for a prelim-
inary hearing on the evi-
dence, according to court
records clerks.
Cervantes’ defense attor-
Ana Cervantes
ney Eric Liberman has
contended she was returning on her own voli-
tion to clear up the pending charges and arrest
warrant.
Although Cervantes did not allegedly pull
the trigger that killed Vicente Elisondo
Mendoza in April 2004, prosecutors charged
her with murder because they say she partici-
pated in a crime that resulted in a person’s
Reinhardt and N. Randy Smith of the 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals were randomly
assigned the landmark case from the court’s
pool of 27 active judges.
The panel is scheduled to hear arguments
next week over the constitutionality of the
voter-approved ban, known as Proposition 8.
Reinhardt, a 79-year-old Los Angeles resi-
dent, was appointed by President Jimmy
Carter in 1980 and is regarded as one of the 9th
Around the Bay
Sgt. Dan Campos said.
Ainsworth surrendered in a vacant house
next to a house where police originally thought
he was hiding, Santa Cruz Interim Police Chief
Kevin Vogel told the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Ainsworth’s escape prompted foot and aerial
searches, lockdowns at schools and evacuations
of some homes in the neighborhood.
He fled around 11:30 a.m. while being trans-
ported to Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz,
death. According to neighbors and police after
the shooting, Mendoza and his friends were at
the community center for a quincenera when
another group arrived and began belting them
with Corona bottles. During the skirmish,
Cervantes allegedly pulled a gun from her
purse and handed it to her common-law hus-
band, Heriberto Sanchez, who shot Mendoza
fatally and a 16-year-old boy in the leg.
Sanchez fled while Cervantes purposely lied
to authorities about the shooter’s identity and
direction of flight. He remains at large and
there is still an outstanding warrant for his
arrest.
Michelle Durand can be reached by e-mail:
michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 102.
Circuit’s most liberal jurists. Hawkins, a 65-
year-old Arizonan, was appointed by President
Bill Clinton in 1994. Smith, 61, was appointed
by President George W. Bush in 2007 and
keeps his chambers in his native Idaho.
Proposition 8’s sponsors are appealing
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s
August ruling that overturned the 2008 law as
a violation of gay and lesbian Californians’
civil rights.
Campos said. The 6 feet 7 inches tall, 275
pound Ainsworth punched and overpowered a
female deputy while she was attempting to
reshackle him, Campos said. They struggled
briefly as Ainsworth took her Taser and used it
on her, Campos added.
Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 3
Police reports
Can you dig it?
A man was in the middle of the street with
a shovel at the intersection of Main and
Elm streets in Redwood City before 3:57
p.m. Friday, Nov. 19.
REDWOOD CITY
Petty theft. An unlocked vehicle was rum-
maged through on Rosemary Lane before
7:01 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23.
Burglary. A woman’s mouth was covered
and she was held down during a home bur-
glary on Hampshire Avenue before 9:55 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 23.
Vandalism. Two individuals broke a car win-
dow with a bat on El Camino Real before
6:29 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23.
Stolen vehicle. A vehicle was stolen on
Topaz Street before 9:41 a.m. Sunday, Nov.
21.
Burglary. Tools were taken from a shop on
Chemical Way before 2:13 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 20.
Gun shots heard. Gun shots were heard on
Stambaugh Street before 10:26 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 20.
Suspicious person. A man with an umbrella
was soliciting door to door on Sapphire Street
before 8:24 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19.
Disturbance. An uncooperative individual
was swinging a knife around on St. Francis
Street before 11:22 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19.
Grand theft. Wheels were stolen from a
vehicle on Rose Avenue before 6:12 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 18.
Stolen vehicle. A vehicle was stolen on
Brewster Avenue before 8:52 a.m. Thursday,
Nov. 18.
4 Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010
Ronald D. Romaine
Ronald D. Romaine died Nov. 5, 2010 at
home in Millbrae.
He was 76.
Born April 28, 1934 in San Francisco, he
was raised in Burlingame from ages 4 through
18. He was in Cub Scouts and B.S.A Troop
No. 156. He attended Coolidge, McKinley
and Burlingame High ’51 and ’52. Graduate
of Pacific Grove High in 1954. Served in the
U.S. Marine Corps 1954 through 1957.
He was married 46 years to his beloved
wife, Ann M. (Keeler) Romaine. One son,
David D. Romaine (44), wife Kelli, grand-
daughter Amanda. Retired after 24 years
employment with the city of San Francisco.
He was a resident of Millbrae since 1970. He
leaves behind first cousins, Pat Dauer of
Texas, Sylvia Haskins of Florida, Evon
Bowman of Capitola, Ruth van Haitsma of
Wisconsin and many more cousins and dear
friends.
At his request, private cremation and scat-
tering at sea, there will be no services.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his mem-
ory may be made to Thru The Bible Radio
Network, P.O. Box 7100, Pasadena, CA
91101-7100, Boy Scouts of America, 1300 S.
Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo, CA 94402-0005
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Obituaries
or the Millbrae Library, 1 Library Ave.,
Millbrae, CA 94030.
Pearl Tomasacci
Pearl Tomasacci, of San Francisco, died at
her home in Millbrae Nov. 29, 2010.
She was 99.
Pearl was the beloved wife of the late
Joseph Tomasacci and is survived by her
daughters, Eleanor Ormanski (her husband,
Edward) and Norma Ascani (the late Ivo); five
grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, two
great-great-grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
She was a native of Pennsylvania and
worked as an assembly worker at the Naval
shipyards during World War II and later
worked for about 17 years as a supervisor for
Planters’ Peanuts.
Family and friends may visit after 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 and attend the 7
p.m. vigil service at Chapel of the Highlands,
194 Millwood Drive at El Camino Real in
Millbrae. The funeral mass will be celebrated
at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 2 at St. Dunstan
Supreme Court to consider
Catholic Church, 1133 Broadway in Millbrae.
Committal will follow the mass at Holy Cross
Cemetery in Colma. releasing state prisoners
By Don Thompson A 2005 ruling by a federal judge in San
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Francisco found that an average of one
inmate per week was dying in California pris-
SACRAMENTO — In a case pitting states ons as a result of medical neglect or malfea-
rights against the power of the federal judici- sance. The prison health care system has been
ary, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argu- judged so poor that the federal courts have
ments about a federal court order requiring found it violates the constitutional rights of
California to release inmates from its over- inmates.
crowded prisons. Last year, a three-judge panel of the 9th
At issue during Tuesday’s hearing is the Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that reducing
medical and mental health care delivered to the inmate population by about 40,000
inmates in the nation’s largest state prison sys- inmates is the only way to improve medical
tem. and mental health care.
Eighteen other states have joined Gov. California has been fighting lawsuits over
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration in its treatment of inmates for two decades, but
urging the justices to reject the order as over- this is the first time the battle has reached the
reaching and arguing that it poses a threat to nation’s high court. It is also the first time the
public safety. Attorneys general elsewhere justices will consider a prisoner release order
fear they could face similar legal challenges if in any state under a 1996 federal law that gov-
the decision survives. erns judges’ actions in inmates rights cases.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
T
his past summer, as most stu-
dents were living a life of
leisure, a number of Sequoia
Union High School District students
devoted their summer break to pursuing
academic and enrichment opportunities
around the globe. Superintendent Jim
Lianides recognized a number of those
students at an October board meetings.
Among those recognized were:
Brooks Kelly who completed the
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Program at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, 30 minutes outside of Boston.
Kevin Bui from Woodside who com-
pleted a summer internship at
Proteomyx, a research lab in Temecula,
that specializes in drug research.
Max Moore, from Woodside, who
led an Eagle Scout beautification proj-
ect involving 158 hours of labor;
embarked on a 16-hour journey to Israel
as part of a year-long program focusing
on leadership, community service and
Jewish values; was among just 20 teens
in the Bay Area who were selected to
participate in this past summer’s Diller
Conference – an assembly of teens
from all over North America; and trav-
eled to Philmont, a sprawling Boy
Scout camp in New Mexico, with 100
miles of backpacking trails and roads.
Lauren Meier, from Carlmont, who
spent the spring semester of her junior
year in the Middle East, which included
a week-long trip to Poland.
Zoe Dubrow, a junior at Carlmont,
earned a full-tuition scholarship to
Drexel University in Philadelphia in
the 2010 Intel International Science &
Engineering Fair competition. Her
prize-winning entry was
“Characterization and Optimization
of the Bonding Forces of a Novel
Silicon Nanowire Gecko Biomimetric
Adhesive.”
Sally Weinstein, from Carlmont,
completed an internship in the Stanford
Institutes of Medicine Research
Program with a project called “Online
Cancer Thriving and Surviving
Kicking soccer balls back and forth across the Notre Dame High School athletic
field,members of the Care to Share club spend their Tuesday evenings with athletes
from the San Mateo chapter of the Special Olympics. As one of the newest clubs
of the high school, the Care to Share club wanted to raise awareness about
volunteerism within the school’s student body.Coincidentally,their first opportunity
recently occurred on their own campus.
Program,” a goal-attainment study
using qualitative and quantitative meth-
ods of inquiry which she later presented
at a poster session attended by principal
investigators, post-doctorate students
and Stanford professors.
Hallee Foster, from Menlo-
Altherton, who was awarded the
Rensselaer Medal for being one of the
country’s most promising mathematics
and science students.
Eisa Evans, from Menlo-Atherton,
interned as a theater technician this past
summer with the San Francisco produc-
tion of “Wicked.”
Erica Balderrama, from Menlo-
Atherton, earned a highly coveted
scholarship to participate in a research
program at UC-Santa Barbara over the
summer.
Jovanni Martinez and Sarena Smith
of Redwood completed internships in
the School of Earth Sciences at
Stanford.
Julia Onken, from Sequoia, worked
in a hospital, orphanage and school in
Ethiopia.
Kayla Bauhaus, from Sequoia, com-
pleted an internship with Joint
Venture: Silicon Valley Network dur-
ing which her primary project was to
aggregate and analyze CO2 emissions
data from all 44 cities and counties in
Silicon Valley.
Camilo Delay, from Sequoia, worked
for Committee for Green Foothills in
LOCAL Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 5
Local briefs
Computers stolen from school
Thieves broke into Carlmont High School over the
Thanksgiving holiday weekend stealing computer equipment
worth $50,000, according to Belmont police.
Sometime between Wednesday night and yesterday morning,
unknown suspects forced entry to a classroom where computer
equipment was stored, according to police.
The thieves made off with 25 white Apple MacBooks and 30
black Apple iPod Touches. The equipment was owned by the
school and used for instructional purposes.
“This is unfortunate,” said Bettylu Smith, spokeswoman for the
Sequoia Union High School District.
The technology was used in social studies classes to engage
students to supplement instruction, she said. The district will
work to replace the items.
Investigators are currently reviewing security video from the
school’s cameras and analyzing physical evidence, according to
police.
Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call the
Belmont Police Department at 595-7400 or the Belmont Crime
Tip Line at 598-3000. Callers can remain anonymous.
Bicyclist struck,injured
A 24-year-old South San Francisco resident was struck by a car
in the intersection of Alta Mesa and King drives Saturday night
and suffered a broken shoulder and ribs, according to police.
Neither of the two occupants in the car were injured, according
to police.
Palo Alto where he created a virtual 3- There were no witnesses to the incident that took place about
D-simulated model of the Saltworks 10:30 p.m., according to police.
Development project in Redwood City. The bicyclist also suffered some internal injuries but are not
A number of Sequoia students life-threatening, according to police.
enrolled in the Summer Search pro- Anyone with information regarding the collision should call
gram were also honored including: 877-8900.
Salvador Barajas Celis, who went on a
wilderness adventure through Outward
Bound in Utah; Maria Barrera, who
provided community service in orphan-
ages in China through Lifeworks
International; Adrian Esqueda,
whose trip through High Mountain
Institute took him to Colorado; Lonnie
Gardner, who went to Utah and
Wyoming through the National
Outdoor Leadership School; Lisette
Hamilton, who went on a wilderness
adventure through Outward Bound in
North Carolina; Viliami Langi, who
participated in a culture-learning, com-
munity service project in Morocco;
Gianelly Prieto Hurtado, who went to
Maine through Outward Bound;
Kristina Razon Gomez, whose wilder-
ness adventure through Environmental
Traveling Companions kept her in
California; and Carmen Gutierrez who
completed the summer school program
at the Ojai Valley School.
Class notes is a twice weekly column dedi-
cated to school news. It is compiled by edu-
cation reporter Heather Murtagh. You can
contact her at (650) 344-5200, ext. 105 or at
heather@smdailyjournal.com.
6 Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010
Official: Hostages
released from
Wisc. high school
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARINETTE, Wis. — A student armed with
a handgun burst into an eastern Wisconsin high
school classroom at the end of the school day
and held nearly two dozen students and a
teacher hostage for more than five hours
Monday, authorities said.
The office of Emergency Management
Director Eric Burmeister said all 23 students
and one female teacher, who had acted as a
mediator between the male hostage-taker and
authorities, were released unharmed about 8
p.m. No shots were fired.
The office didn’t immediately release infor-
mation about the status of gunman.
A Marinette High School administrator called
authorities after 3 p.m. to say a student had
taken over a classroom, officials said. Police
Chief Jeff Skorik said officials were able to
communicate with the teacher inside by phone.
A school bus pulled up to the high school
entryway shortly after 8 p.m., said Bradley
Behrendt, a councilman in the town of about
12,000 people that sits on the border with
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Behrendt, who had gathered with dozens of
others near the scene, said it was too dark to see
whether students boarded the bus, but many of
the emergency personnel left the area soon after.
Earlier, a SWAT team had arrived at the
school while dozens of mostly young people
being kept way from the scene by firefighters
gathered about 200 yards away in a hair salon
parking lot.
STATE/NATION
Goldman Environmental Prize creator dies
By Jason Dearen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Richard Goldman, a
San Francisco philanthropist who created the
prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize to
reward grass roots activism around the world,
has died. He was 90.
Goldman died Monday at home of unspeci-
fied natural causes, said Amy Lyons, execu-
tive director of the foundation that awards the
prize.
Launched in 1989, the $150,000 Goldman
Prize is informally dubbed the “Green Nobel.”
It’s awarded annually to six people who took
personal risks to safeguard the environment.
The 2010 recipients included a public inter-
est attorney from Swaziland, a Polish activist
who fought to protect a wilderness area from
a highway development, and a Costa Rican
man whose work resulted in that country halt-
ing the practice of shark finning.
Leslie Nielsen dies at 84
LOS ANGELES — Despite decades spent
playing sober commanders and serious cap-
tains, Leslie Nielsen insisted that he was
always made for comedy. He proved it in his
career’s second act.
“Surely you can’t be serious,” an airline
passenger says to Nielsen in “Airplane!,” the
1980 hit that turned the actor from dramatic
leading man to comic star.
“I am serious,” Nielsen replies. “And don’t
call me Shirley.”
The line was probably his most famous —
and a perfect distillation of his career.
Nielsen, the dramatic lead in “Forbidden
Planet” and “The Poseidon Adventure” and
the bumbling detective Frank Drebin in “The
“Goldman Prize recipi-
ents are proof that ordi-
nary people are capable of
doing truly extraordinary
things,” Goldman wrote
previously in a letter post-
ed on the prize website.
Goldman and his late
wife Rhoda Haas
Richard Goldman started awarding
Goldman the honors after realizing
the environmental world
did not have a Nobel-like prize dedicated to
honoring grass roots environmental work.
“The Goldman Prize has served as a real
inspiration to environmental activists around
the world,” said Jacob Scherr, director of
global strategy and advocacy at the Natural
Resources Defense Council. “With his pass-
ing, let it be known that Richard was too an
environmental hero.”
The prize was not the beginning of the
Obituaries
Naked Gun” comedies,
died on Sunday in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. He was
84.
The Canada native died
from complications from
pneumonia at a hospital
near his home, surround-
ed by his wife, Barbaree,
Leslie Nielsen and friends, his agent
John S. Kelly said in a
statement.
“We can be grateful that his most famous
performances are preserved on film and will
delight audiences for years to come,”
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said
in a statement which noted that Nielsen had
received one of that nation’s highest honors,
The Order of Canada.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Goldmans’ philanthropy. The couple created
the Goldman Fund in 1951, which has given
away nearly half a billion dollars since then.
Goldman was also heavily involved in fund-
ing Jewish educational and pro-Israel organi-
zations. The fund gave more than $12.6 mil-
lion to Jewish affairs groups in 2010, accord-
ing to its website.
“One of the most powerful things he did
was ensure that his children and grandchildren
care about the world,” Jennifer Laszlo
Mizrahi, founder and president of The Israel
Project, said in a statement.
Richard founded insurance brokerage firm
Goldman Insurance Services in 1949, which
was sold to Willis Insurance in 2001.
He is survived by two sons, John and
Douglas, daughter Susan and 11 grandchil-
dren.
A funeral is scheduled Friday in San
Francisco.
‘Empire Strikes Back’
director Irvin Kershner dies
LOS ANGELES — Irvin Kershner, who
directed the Star Wars sequel “The Empire
Strikes Back” and the
James Bond film “Never
Say Never Again,” has
died at age 87.
Kershner died Saturday
at his Los Angeles home
following a 3 1/2-year bat-
tle with lung cancer, said
longtime friend and
Irvin Kershner Hollywood publicist Dick
Guttman.
Kershner already had made a number of
well-received movies when he was hired by
George Lucas to direct “Empire,” which was
the second produced but fifth in the “Star
Wars” chronology.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
The new alignment
Obama and GOP, room for deals and confrontations
By Jim Kuhnhenn
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — In the first test of
Washington’s new political alignment,
President Barack Obama will meet with
Republican leaders Tuesday with the nation’s
tax rates and a nuclear arms treaty in doubt.
Neither side expects final deals from an
hour-long encounter, but the sparring could
have major consequences, both short- and
long-term.
The expiring Bush-era tax cuts are the most
pressing matter. Without quick action, taxpay-
ers face sharp increases next year as the rates
return to levels set during the Clinton admin-
istration. Discussions are expected to center
on a temporary extension that would put off
the partisan clash over the biggest disagree-
ment — whether to permanently extend cur-
rent rates to all or to raise them for higher-
income taxpayers.
The private, late-morning White House
meeting with top lawmakers from both parties
is fraught with potential and hazards, both for
the immediate work left before Congress
adjourns this year and for the relationship
between Obama and congressional
Republicans over the next two years.
Republicans caught a wave of voter disen-
chantment with the economy on Nov. 2 and
wrested control of the House from the
Democrats. They also expanded their minori-
ty in the Senate.
The new lineup presents a dramatically dif-
ferent dynamic for Obama. Though he
pledged to bridge partisan divides during his
presidential campaign, he ended up passing
the big initiatives of his first two years with
virtually no Republican support.
“My hope is that tomorrow’s meeting will
mark a first step toward a new and productive
NATION Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 7
Around the nation
Citing deficit, Obama
freezing federal worker pay
WASHINGTON — President Barack
Obama has announced a two-year pay freeze
for federal employees, saying the step is nec-
essary to help bring the federal deficit under
control.
The freeze would apply to all civilian feder-
al employees but would exclude military per-
sonnel.
Obama says the sacrifices of limiting gov-
ernment spending must be shared by govern-
ment workers.
The White House says the freeze would save
$5 billion over two years. By delaying wage
increases, the freeze would save $28 billion
over the next five years, the White House says.
Portlanders condemn
bomb plot, criticize FBI probe
PORTLAND, Ore. — Some residents of
this famously liberal city are unnerved, not
only by a plot to bomb an annual Christmas
tree-lighting ceremony last week but also by
the police tactics in the case.
They questioned whether federal agents
crossed the line by training 19-year-old
Somali-American Mohamed O. Mohamud to
blow up a bomb, giving him $3,000 cash to
rent an apartment and providing him with a
REUTERS fake bomb.
Barack Obama speaks about wage freezes in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near The FBI affidavit “was a picture painted to
the White House in Washington,D.C. make the suspect sound like a dangerous ter-
rorist,” said Portland photographer Rich
working relationship,” Obama said Monday, tax rates and whether the Senate will ratify a Burroughs. “I don’t think it’s clear at all that
“because we now have a shared responsibility treaty to reduce nuclear weapons arsenals in this person would have ever had access to even
to deliver for the American people on the the U.S. and Russia.
a fake bomb if not for the FBI.”
issues that define not only these times but our Before adjourning, Democrats also want
future.” Congress to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, Franco, Hathaway picked
That comment came as he announced a two- don’t tell” policy for gay service members and
year pay freeze for civilian government work- to pass the Dream Act, which would help chil- as co-hosts for Oscars
ers, a step hailed by Republicans and sharply dren of illegal immigrants gain legal status if LOS ANGELES — James Franco and Anne
criticized by Democratic allies such as the they attend college or join the military. Hathaway will be running the show at the next
AFL-CIO. By putting the emphasis on taxes and the Academy Awards.
The most immediate challenges for START treaty, Obama has cast the session as Oscar organizers said Monday that Franco
Congress’ postelection lame duck session are one focused on economic and national securi- and Hathaway will be co-hosts of the 83rd cer-
considering whether Congress will extend the ty issues. emony on Feb. 27.
8 Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 NATION/WORLD THE DAILY JOURNAL

Staggering Pablo
Picasso collection
found in garage
By Jamey Keaten
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS — Pablo Picasso almost
never stopped creating, leaving
thousands of drawings, paintings
and sculptures that lure crowds to
museums and mansions worldwide.
Now, a retired electrician says that
271 of the master’s creations have
been sitting for decades in his
garage.
Picasso’s heirs are claiming theft,
the art world is savoring what
appears to be an authentic find, and
the workman, who installed burglar
alarms for Picasso, is defending
what he calls a gift from the most
renowned artist of the 20th century.
Picasso’s son and other heirs say
they were approached by electrician
Pierre Le Guennec in September to
authenticate the undocumented art
from Picasso’s signature Cubist
period.
Instead, they filed a suit for illegal
possession of the works — all but
alleging theft by a man not known to
be among the artist’s friends. Police
raided the electrician’s French
Riviera home last month, questioned
him and his wife and confiscated the
disputed artworks.
Le Guennec and his wife say
Picasso’s second wife gave them a
trunk full of art that they kept virtu-
ally untouched until they decided to
put their affairs in order for their
children. The Picasso estate
describes that account as ridiculous.
“When Picasso made just a little
drawing on a metro ticket, he would
keep it,” said Jean-Jacques Neuer, a
lawyer for Picasso’s estate.
Israel says Arabs agree on Iran threat
By Brian Murphy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —
Leaked U.S. diplomatic memos
have exposed a depth of alarm
across the Middle East over the
prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran
that has never been expressed pub-
licly: Arab leaders said to be urging
that Iran be attacked if it refuses to
concede to international demands.
Iran’s president scoffed Monday
at revelations that its Arab neigh-
bors have been lobbying the U.S.
to use force — and also pointed the
finger at Washington for mysteri-
ous bombings that killed one
nuclear scientist and badly injured
another.
But Israel trumpeted the State
Department’s secret dispatches that
were obtained by document dis-
closer WikiLeaks as proof that
Arabs agree Iran poses the chief
danger in the region.
Starkly opposing views from
Tehran and Tel Aviv are a fact of
life in the Middle East. But in the
harsh light — and often blunt
words — of the massive release of
the State Department cables, they
are seen in a new context: Israel and
Arab nations finding rare common
ground and Iran’s leadership left to
wonder whether it will now face a
tougher line from across the Gulf.
It also could alter the tone of talks
over Iran’s nuclear program. Those
are scheduled to resume Dec. 5
between Iran and world powers,
including the United States, after a
yearlong impasse that brought
tighter U.N. and American sanctions
on Tehran and some stinging blows
— including international oil firms
leaving Iran and Russia’s refusal to
deliver a long-awaited anti-aircraft
system to Iran’s military.
Iran has so far used delaying tac-
tics and counterproposals to sidestep
U.N.-drafted demands to halt its ura-
nium enrichment in exchange for
reactor-ready fuel from abroad. The
revelations in the U.S. memos —
including American claims that Iran
obtained advance missiles from
North Korea — could bring sharper
calls for Iran to show signs of good-
faith negotiations.
“What was said privately is now in
the open,” said Sami Alfaraj, head of
the Kuwait Center for Strategic
Studies. “The Arab world is growing
tired of Iran as a source of instabili-
ty and trying to force itself on Arab
REUTERS
affairs. Iran maybe will face a
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a statement about WikiLeaks
stronger and more unified voices of
at the State Department in Washington,D.C.
opposition in the region.”
Arab worries have been expressed
in public in careful, diplomatic lan-
guage with the emphasis on dia-
logue and diplomacy.
U.S.:Leaks are a crime,
The accounts of meetings with
Arab leaders in some of the State
Department cables, however, sug-
gest a sense of growing urgency and
threatens prosecution
By Anne Gearan The young Army Pfc. suspected
frustration over Iran’s nuclear ambi- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of stealing the diplomatic memos,
tions and its stonewalling tactics many of them classified, and feed-
against international mediation and WASHINGTON — Striking ing them to WikiLeaks may have
snubbing of President Barack back, the Obama administration defeated Pentagon security systems
Obama’s attempts at outreach. branded the leak of more than a using little more than a Lady Gaga
CD and a portable computer mem-
One message said Bahrain’s King quarter-million sensitive files an
attack on the United States Monday ory stick.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa — whose
nation hosts the U.S. Navy’s 5th and raised the prospect of criminal The soldier, Bradley Manning
prosecution against the online site has not been charged in the latest
Fleet — “argued forcefully for tak- release of internal U.S. government
WikiLeaks. The Pentagon detailed
ing action to terminate their (Iran’s) new security safeguards, including documents. But officials said he is
nuclear program, by whatever restraints on small computer flash the prime suspect partly because of
means necessary. That program drives, to make it harder for any his own description of how he
must be stopped. The danger of let- one person to copy and reveal so pulled off a staggering heist of clas-
ting it go on is greater than the dan- many secrets. sified and restricted material.
ger of stopping it.”

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Giving props
Y
ou gotta give props to
Michael Erickson of
Belmont.
The man certainly knows how to
garner some national attention.
Take one dash Tea Party, a hefty
scoop of Arizona anti-immigration
sentiment, a sprinkle of left-leaning
California and the greenlight of the
Secretary of State. Shake well.
The end result? A proposed 2012
initiative that has some
Californians reeling at the idea that
the Golden State may follow in
Arizona’s footsteps, others fist
pumping and wondering what took
so long and likely a good number
who think none of the controversy
matters at this point because immi-
gration is a federal rather than state
matter.
Besides, Erickson and like-mind-
ed folks will need nearly a half-
million signatures by registered
voters to even merit a spot on the
ballot. Isn’t that a long shot at best?
From published reports, Erickson
seems like a man bent more on
what he believes is needed change
rather than superfluous attention.
Erickson’s proposal would require
state law enforcement officials to
investigate someone’s immigration
status if they are “reasonably suspi-
cious” the person is in the country
illegally. It would also make it a
crime to hire an illegal immigrant
or for an illegal immigrant to seek
work.
Cracking down on illegal immi-
gration, he appears to argue, is
actually a win for that demographic
because it protects them from a
State budget crisis: One suggested approach
By Gene Mullin
G
ordon Moore, the founder
of Intel, suggested that any
expansion of his company
would not occur in California
because he said, “we don’t expand
in Third World Countries.”
This was in the 1990s, following
the folly of energy deregulation and
subsequent power interruptions.
Steve Peace, then a state legislator,
led the way to that unfortunate set of
circumstances, which were enacted
prior to term limits for legislators
taking effect.
California now faces a similar set
of circumstances; Third World status
brought about by the international
financial meltdown in which this
state played a substantive role, given
its size and impact on the national
and international market place.
So how do we extricate ourselves
from this fiscal morass? Obviously
there is no convenient way to create
revenue to overcome a projected $28
billion revenue gap between now
and June of 2012. There is seeming-
ly no way to increase taxes given the
universal pledge of no tax increases
Candidates should pick
up old campaign signs
Editor,
I appreciate Don Horsley’s open
letter to county residents “Thanks
for the support” in the Nov. 9 edi-
tion of the Daily Journal, thanking
them for their support of his cam-
paign and electing him to office.
However, after my bike ride on a
‘Those who wait until a
proposition is on the ballot instead of its
infancy, then, may already be two steps behind.’
foregone future as a drug mule,
gangmember or indentured sex
worker.
Local legislators disagree, calling
Erickson xenophobic and blasting
him for even attempting to get such
a law passed.
For the better part of last week,
Erickson and his initiative drew
headlines and attention. Granted,
the holidays made it a slow news
week but the attention is notewor-
thy amid a sea of other sugges-
tions. Dozens of initiatives are pro-
posed to the Secretary of State’s
office each election cycle. Several
of those get the OK to begin col-
lecting signatures. Of those, the
only ones that merit wide-spread
attention tend to be the oddities
like a ban on divorce or ones that
fall in line with trends of the time.
Erickson’s proposal is the latter and
the attention shows it hit a nerve,
however momentarily.
Yet, now the story has made
room for the newest headlines, the
opinions have been replaced with
different worries and the sluggish
Thanksgiving news days have
given way to mad-dash holiday gift
buying. Chances are good now the
initiative will slip under the radar
until it raises its head by qualifying
for the ballot.
Certainly right now that qualifi-
Guest perspective
by Republican
legislators.
Seventy percent
of the population
unrealistically
believes the
deficit can be
solved by cutting
waste in state
government. So
here is my suggestion, a difficult and
serious one and hopefully a discus-
sion starter.
When I was in the Legislature and
faced ongoing fiscal dilemmas, we
tried to avoid across-the-board cuts,
as they suggested that all programs
were equal and priorities should not
be analyzed or debated. I’m recom-
mending now that we set aside the
ranking of programs, at least at the
front end, and make drastic cuts to
balance the budget. This means that
all state spending, department by
department, would be cut between
10 percent and 20 percent. This
includes education spending which,
as a former teacher and former chair
of the Education Committee, is a
painful suggestion which would
require suspension of Proposition
98. No general funded programs
Letter to the editor
recent beautiful Saturday morning,
complete with sunshine and clear,
blue skies, I have an open letter of
my own to his campaign, as well as
the campaigns of April Vargas and
Dave Mandelkern.
On my bike ride of just over an
hour and a half, I saw three Don
Horsley for Supervisor signs laying
along the roadside, two of April’s
and three of Mandelkern’s.
OPINION
cation doesn’t seem like a sure
thing. More than 433,971 signa-
tures is a lot to collect by the
spring and Erickson hasn’t said
how many troops will be helping
out.
Besides, nobody in happy, liber-
al California will sign up if for no
other reason than the estimated
$140 million lost in Arizona busi-
ness because of its law. The state
can ill afford to follow that path.
The proponents won’t prevail.
Or will they?
Remember Proposition 187, the
good ol’ Save Our State initiative,
back in the ancient days of 1994?
Nobody seemed to think banning
illegal immigrants from health care
and public education would ever
win but it did. But for a federal
court ruling, California would have
a law that makes Erickson’s sug-
gestion look tame.
Or, what about Proposition 13?
The state is still living with that,
although some may have never
thought they’d see the day when
property tax limits came to fruition.
Proposition 8? Lots of folks sat
out that election, figuring the state
housing gay-friendly San Francisco
would never let the supporters
gather the steam to put it before
voters let alone let it break through
the finish line tape.
would be exempt, including the
prison system.
There are exceptions to these cuts;
all programs that are funded by rev-
enue outside of the General Fund
would be excluded, for cuts there
would have no impact on the deficit
problems. Other programs which
draw down federal funds and require
Maintenance of Effort State funding
would drop to that MOE level but
not below, so as to not endanger fed-
eral dollars coming into the state.
Bond repayments out of the General
Fund would continue so as to avoid
endangering further the state’s frag-
ile bond ratings. Each department
would then have the authority to
determine how to manage these
drastic cuts. Contracts with employ-
ee groups would have to be part of
the discussion.
It is inevitable that if this or some
similar approach, or by default even
more radical choices are made, serv-
ices to the citizens of California are
going to be dramatically reduced or
eliminated.
With a closer to balanced budget,
and an improved financial climate, it
is likely that revenue would begin to
grow in the future. This revenue
I would ask that these individuals
give as much effort to picking up
their signs as they did putting them
out. Given that all three are
Democrats, the party which advo-
cates “green” policies and saving
the environment, I would think it all
the more imperative that they see to
it that their campaign signage be
properly picked up and disposed of.
I know it can be done because I’ve
Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 9
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10 Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 BUSINESS
Dow 11,052.49 -39.51 10-Yr Bond 2.8220% -0.0420
Stocks end lower
By Chip Cutter and Pallavi Gogoi
Nasdaq 2,525.22 -9.34 Oil (per barrel) 85.68 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
S&P 500 1,187.76 -1.64 Gold 1,366.50
NEW YORK — Stocks ended lower
Monday on lingering fears that Europe’s
debt crisis will continue to spread even
after Ireland gets bailed out. The Dow
Jones industrial average dipped below
11,000 earlier, but recovered much of its
losses late in the day.
The euro fell to a two-month low as
investors flocked to the safety of the dol-
lar and U.S. Treasurys. Gold prices also
rose.
Investors are worried that other weak
European countries like Portugal and
Spain will still need help even after the
$90 billion bailout package for Ireland
announced on Sunday.
Some of those worries faded late in the
day as traders shifted their focus to pos-
itive economic news. The Federal
Reserve Banks of Dallas and Chicago
both reported higher manufacturing
activity in their areas.
“The fundamentals are improving and
there are several indications that the
economy is picking up a little bit of
steam here,” said Peter Cardillo, chief
Ireland’s bailout boosts banks
By Shawn Pogatchnik
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBLIN — Ireland’s international
bailout boosted its bank stocks Monday
but outraged many hard-pressed taxpay-
ers, who questioned why the govern-
ment’s pension reserves must be ravaged
as part of a deal that burdens the whole
country with the mistakes of a rich elite.
Shares in Ireland’s banks rose sharply
as markets were encouraged by the
bailout’s immediate focus on injecting
10 billion into the cash-strapped lenders
out of a total of 67.5 billion ($89 billion)
in loans.
But the Irish were shocked by a key
condition for the rescue — that the gov-
ernment use 17.5 billion of its own cash
and pension reserves to shore up its pub-
lic finances, which have been over-
whelmed by recession and exceptional
Sales could top $1B on a manic Cyber Monday
By Mae Anderson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Cyber Monday start-
ed as a gimmick to get people to shop at
their desks on the first workday after
Thanksgiving. But if you promote some-
thing enough, it can take on a life of its
own.
This year, stores swamped customers
with online ads and e-mail deals, and
sales could top $1 billion, making it big-
ger than any single shopping day last
year.
Online sales were already running 15
percent ahead of last year’s by 3 p.m.
Monday, with the biggest shopping
hours of the day still to come, according
to IBM’s Coremetrics tracking service.
Regulator fines insurers for underpayment
By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — California’s seven
largest health insurers face nearly $5
million in fines for failing to pay hospi-
tals and physicians fairly and on time,
following an 18-month audit by a state
regulator, an official said Monday.
Improper claim payments are burden-
ing health providers as they struggle to
stay afloat in a bad economy, California
Wall Street
market economist at Avalon Partners, a
New York brokerage house. “There’s a
slew of numbers that are coming out
later this week and the market is prepar-
ing for that.”
The Dow Jones industrial average fell
39.51 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at
11,052.49. It had been down as many as
163 earlier in the morning, falling to
10,929.28, the lowest level in six weeks.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index
edged down 1.64, or 0.1 percent, to
1,187.76. The technology-heavy Nasdaq
composite index dropped 9.34, or 0.4
percent, to 2,525.22.
Holiday retail sales also got off to a
good start in the post-Thanksgiving
weekend. The National Retail
Federation, a trade group, estimated that
212 million shoppers visited stores and
websites during the first weekend of the
holiday season, up from 195 million last
year.
Online spending rose more than 14
percent from Thanksgiving Day through
Saturday, according to IBM’s
costs of a runaway bank-bailout effort.
Opposition leaders and economists
warned that the EU-IMF credit line’s
average interest rate of 5.8 percent
would be too high to repay. They also
questioned why senior bondholders of
Ireland’s struggling banks — chiefly
other banks in Britain, Germany and the
U.S. — still weren’t being asked to bear
some costs.
“This is not a rescue plan. It is the
longest ransom note in history: Do what
we tell you and you may, in time, get
your country back,” said Fintan O’Toole,
a commentator and author who led a
weekend protest by labor-union activists
in central Dublin against the imminent
bailout. He called the average interest
rate being demanded “viciously extor-
tionate.”
The mood on Dublin’s snow-covered
streets was just as icy.
“The numbers are really strong,” said
the service’s chief strategy officer, John
Squire, who added that he expects Cyber
Monday to be the biggest online shop-
ping day of the season.
The Monday after Thanksgiving was
dubbed Cyber Monday by the National
Retail Federation trade group in 2005 to
describe the unofficial kickoff to the
online shopping season. The idea was
that people returning to work after the
long weekend would shop at their desks.
It never really was the busiest online
shopping day of the year.
But like any good marketing angle, it
spawned imitation. Nearly 90 percent of
U.S. retailers offered some kind of
Cyber Monday promotion this year, tar-
geting shoppers who didn’t want to ven-
Department of Managed Health Care
Director Cindy Ehnes said.
“If providers are not paid, patient care
and access suffers,” Ehnes said. “The
insurance companies in this state must
pay their fair share of their claims
promptly, fairly and on time.”
Audits ordered by Ehnes in 2008
found seven health plans weren’t meet-
ing a legal threshold of paying 95 per-
cent of claims correctly. On average,
plans paid about 80 percent of claims
correctly, Ehnes said.
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Coremetrics. Shares of online retailer
Amazon.com rose 1.3 percent on expec-
tations that shoppers were returning on
what is known as “Cyber Monday,”
when retailers offer deals to lure people
to buy items online while at work.
A fuller picture on spending will come
Thursday when retailers report
November sales. Investors have been
hoping that consumers, who have gener-
ally been spending cautiously since the
recession, would feel more comfortable
about shopping during the holidays.
Bank stocks were some of the best
performers. Wells Fargo & Co. rose 2
percent, Bank of America Corp. was up
1.7 percent, while JPMorgan Chase &
Co. rose 1.7 percent.
Dick Bove, a banking analyst at
Rochdale Securities, said investors real-
ized that some U.S. banks had little
exposure to European debt issues. He
added that if European banks are subject
to more stringent capital requirements,
U.S. banks could benefit.
“When people sit down and think
about the situation in Europe, it is clear
that the American banks emerge in a
much stronger position,” he said.
“We’ve been screwed by the IMF. It’s
going to be years and years until we’re
free of this,” said Paul Flood, an unem-
ployed 53-year-old Dubliner sheltering
from the cold in a pub doorway. “We
have to use our own pension reserve, and
we’re still being stung with a 5.8 percent
interest rate. It sounds ridiculously
high.”
But the government’s transport minis-
ter, Noel Dempsey, said the EU-IMF
credit line “has taken us out of the situa-
tion where we’re at the absolute mercy
of the markets.”
The high rate on the loans is also to
discourage other countries from looking
for cheap financing, said Patrick
Honohan, the independent governor of
the Central Bank of Ireland.
“It’s not cheap funding, but it’s cheap-
er, and it buys the government time to
get its finances on track,” he said.
ture out at 4 a.m. for those in-store deals.
In 2007, 72 percent offered a Cyber
Monday promotion.
“Retailers are doing everything they
can to build up and extend the event
aspect of it — tweeting deals every hour,
running Cyber Monday ads — like it’s
such a big thing you can’t miss out on,”
said Stacy Landreth Grau, associate pro-
fessor of marketing at Texas Christian
University’s Neeley School of Business.
Rachel Bergman, general manager of
e-mail marketing service Experian
CheetahMail, said this year the company
sent out several hundred million Cyber
Monday promotional e-mails, 40 percent
more than last year — on behalf of
clients like Borders, J. Jill and Bass Pro
Shops.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of California each have agreed to pay
$900,000 fines. United/Pacificare is
being fined $800,000; HealthNet and
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan are being
fined $750,000 each. Cigna is being
fined $450,000; and Aetna is being fined
$300,000.
Additionally, insurers will have to pay
an uncapped amount of restitution to
hospitals and health providers, which is
expected to cost tens of millions of dol-
lars, Ehnes said.
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Niners run all over Cardinals on primetime stage

By Bob Baum
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Brian Westbrook’s
big games weren’t all in his rearview mirror
after all.
The 31-year-old running back rushed for
136 yards and a touchdown in place of the
injured Frank Gore and the San Francisco
49ers sent punchless Arizona to its sixth
straight loss, 27-6 Monday night in a shower
of boos from the Cardinals home crowd.
49ers 27, Cardinals 6
Westbrook, who had 9 yards on five carries
all season, ran 23 times in his 21st career 100-
yard game, but first since Dec. 7, 2008, for
Philadelphia against the New York Giants.
San Francisco (4-7), beaten at home by
Tampa Bay 21-0 last week, improved to 3-1
since Troy Smith became starting quarterback
and pulled within a game of co-leaders St.
Louis and Seattle in the anemic NFC West.
often-spectacular seasons with Philadelphia, a
move caused by a combination of his age and
injury history as well as the $7.5 million he
Arizona (3-8), two-time defending division
would have been due this season.
champion, has not lost this many in a row
He signed with San Francisco on Aug. 16,
since dropping eight straight in 2006, Dennis
but had hardly played at all until Gore went
Green’s final season as coach.
down on Monday.
The 49ers rushed for 261 yards, by far their
“I just kind of bided my time, tried to stay
season high and the most allowed by the
fresh, tried to stay focused,” Westbrook said,
Cardinals this season.
“and when I got my opportunity, make the
Westbrook, who led the league in rushing in
2007, was released a year ago after eight,
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Peninsula’s
A full-time player
By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF Athlete of the Week
strength is
in its depth
A
ny longtime Peninsula Athletic
League football fan knows the
Sequoia football coach Rob
tradition and history Aragon has
Poulos knew he had one of the
built over the last couple of decades.
Peninsula Athletic League’s most
Aragon has been a premiere program since
versatile players in Isaias Flores. He
the PAL as we now know it formed in
was, after all, named the Lake
1996.
Division’s Utility Player of the Year
From 2001 through 2008, the Dons lost
last season.
five PAL Bay Division games and were
This season, in his quest to have
undefeated in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
his starting players serve only on
Next year, however, will be the first time
offense or defense, Poulos penciled
since the PAL incorporated that Aragon
in Flores as one of his starting line-
won’t be playing in the PAL’s highest, most
backers.
competitive division.
But after running for nearly 800
In 2011, the Dons
yards last season — as well as serv-
will play in the Ocean
ing as the emergency quarterback —
Division — follow-
Poulos knew he had to get Flores
ing their last place
incorporated into the offense, to
standing in the six-
give the Cherokees a third option to
team Bay and their
go along with quarterback James
first overall losing
Beekley and tailback Josh Lauese.
record (4-6) since
Flores is also one of the team’s
1990.
fastest and most ferocious hitters.
Don’t expect
He certainly needed to be used on
Aragon coach Steve
special teams as well.
Sell to throw up his
Suddenly, Flores went from a one-
hands in anguish. At
way starter on defense to not com-
quick glance, the rel-
ing off the field.
egation might look bad — a once proud
Saturday, all of Flores attributes
program falling on hard times. A more in-
were on display in the Cherokees’
depth analysis shows there might not be
27-14 win over Leland in the
much difference between the Lake Division
Central Coast Section Division II
champion and a Central Coast Section
semifinal game. Flores led the
championship.
Cherokees in rushing with 114 yards
“This day was coming. For a long time,
on just 10 carries, scoring twice. He
it was M-A, Terra Nova and us (that had
also made a key interception to go
never played in the Ocean Division),” Sell
along with six tackles. He made a
said, alluding to the fact that less and less
big hit on punt coverage as well, just
impact football players are walking the
to announce his authority.
halls of the Aragon campus. “I brought it
For his efforts, Flores is the Daily
up last year (at the post-season coaches’
Journal Athlete of the Week.
meeting) we might not be very good this
“He’s been contributing on all
year.”
three sides (phases of the game),”
And yet, Sell believes playing in the
Poulos said. “I think why he might
Ocean might actually benefit, in the long
not shine as much is because he has
run, the teams playing in what most con-
to play every single down.”
sider the PAL’s second-best division. The
Flores has keyed a defense that
teams in the Ocean, along with a couple
has allowed less than 17 points a
teams in the Lake Division, can compete
game. His 52 tackles this season are DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS FILE
with the teams in the Bay. Maybe not week
second on the squad. Offensively, he
Sequoia’s Isaias Flores rushed for 114 yards and two scores in the Cherokees’27-14 win over Leland in
the CCS Division II semifinals. But Flores’impact is felt in aspects of the game for Sequoia, starring on
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Sacred Heart Prep volleyball team has a reputation to uphold

By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The Sacred Heart Prep volleyball
program is no stranger to success.
From 1990 to 1997, the Gators won
the Central Coast Section Division
V championship.
In 1995 and 1996, they were the
Division V state champions.
When it comes to the 2010 ver-
sion, the Gators have a lot to live up
to. Tonight, they’ll have a chance to
advance to the Division IV champi-
onship when they host rival Notre
Dame-Belmont in the Northern
California championship game at 7
p.m.
The winner advances to
Saturday’s state championship
game at noon at the San Jose State
Event Center. This is as far as the
Gators have advanced since win-
ning it all in 1996.
Sacred Heart Prep coach Damien
Hardy said he didn’t have tell his
team anything about the Gators’
legacy.
“They see it on the wall,” Hardy
said. “They see the (CCS and state
championship) banners in the gym.”
The way to San Jose will be any-
thing but smooth for the Gators.
This will be the fourth time Sacred
Heart Prep (23-10) and Notre
Dame-Belmont (26-12) have
hooked up this season. The Tigers
beat the Gators in a pre-season tour-
nament that went the tournament-
allowed three sets. The Tigers also
got the better of the Gators in a non-
league match that went four sets.
Sacred Heart Prep came out on
top in the most important match of
the season thus far, a five-set thriller
in the CCS Division IV champi-
onship game.
These teams are so even, Hardy
believes if the match was best-of-
seven, best-of-nine or best-of-how-
ever many games you want to play,
the match will more than likely go
the distance.
“They know us just as well as we
know them,” Hardy said. “We just
battle back and forth.”
With the teams so evenly
matched, Hardy believes the team
that makes the fewest mistakes will
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12 Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010
Raiders reeling after 2nd straight lopsided loss
By Josh Dubow
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALAMEDA — The once-vaunted
running game has stalled, the
defense is struggling to stop both
the run and the pass, and the
Oakland Raiders have had little suc-
cess offensively no matter who has
been playing quarterback.
The three-game winning streak
that had the Raiders (5-6) in first
place in the AFC West just two
weeks ago is a distant memory fol-
lowing a second straight lopsided
loss.
“It seems like everything is going
wrong right now,” safety Tyvon
Branch said Monday as the Raiders
tried to recover from a 33-17 loss to
Miami. “We haven’t been clicking,
and when we were winning those
games back-to-back we were click-
ing on all cylinders. And we just
haven’t been lately.”
Oakland now sits in third place,
two games behind Kansas City (7-
4) with essentially a must-win
game on tap this week against
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most of it.” He was able to show what
he still can do.
“I think we have a lot of young
guys, some of them have seen some of
the things I’ve been able to do over the
course of my career, some of them
just don’t know,” Westbrook said.
“They just see a guy running around
the practice field. For me it meant a lot
to have an opportunity to go out there
and play and have an opportunity to
have success.”
The Arizona defense did not pro-
vide much resistance as San Francisco
pushed around the home team at the
line of scrimmage from the start.
Gore injured a hip in the first quar-
ter and briefly tried to come back
before going out for good in the sec-
ond period.
He had 25 and 15 yards in his first
two carries, a sign of things to come
streaking San Diego (6-5).
The Raiders are looking at anoth-
er quarterback change this week.
After leading Oakland to its first
three-game winning streak in eight
years, Jason Campbell was pulled in
the second half of a 35-3 loss at
Pittsburgh on Nov. 21.
Coach Tom Cable originally said
that Campbell would remain the
starter but switched up last week
and went with Bruce Gradkowski,
who lost the job when he separated
his right shoulder Oct. 10.
Gradkowski struggled in his
return, throwing two interceptions
and leading the Raiders to only one
offensive touchdown before re-
injuring his shoulder on Oakland’s
final offensive play.
“It’s frustrating because you don’t
get that much time in with the quar-
terback because we changed,”
receiver Louis Murphy said. “But at
the end of the day we still have to go
out and perform with whoever is
back there and they’re both good
quarterbacks. We just have to come
out and play and help the defense
out.”
against an Arizona defense that
entered the game last in the league in
points allowed. Smith didn’t need to
pass much, completing 11 of 23 for
129 yards with one touchdown and an
interception.
San Francisco, a team that has not
scored more than 24 points in a game
all season, led 21-6 at the half. The
49ers hadn’t scored that many by half-
time in two years.
The Cardinals committed their 27th
turnover of the season on their first
play from scrimmage when Derek
Anderson and Beanie Wells botched a
handoff and Aubrayo Franklin recov-
ered for San Francisco. On the next
play, Smith threw 38 yards to Michael
Crabtree for the touchdown, the
receiver making a diving catch in the
end zone.
Wells gained a measure of redemp-
tion on the next possession. Playing as
a wideout to the right, he caught a 43-
yard pass from Anderson but a sea-
son-long red zone problem continued
and Jay Feely’s 31-yard field goal
made it 7-3.
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“It seems
like
everything
is going
wrong.…
We haven’t
Tyvon Branch
been
clicking.”
Gradkowski had an MRI on
Monday and there was no immedi-
ate word on the extent of the injury.
But he said after the game that it felt
like it did when he first hurt it
against San Diego — an injury that
sidelined him for more than a
month.
That will give another opportuni-
ty to Campbell, who has lost the
starting job twice already since
being acquired in April to be
Oakland’s quarterback of the future.
Campbell began the season as the
starter but was replaced by
Gradkowski after just six quarters.
Campbell got another chance when
Gradkowski was hurt and led the
San Francisco running back Anthony Dixon leaps over the pile and into
the end zone during the 49ers’Monday Night Football win over Arizona.
Raiders to wins in three of four
starts to seemingly win back the job
when Cable said he would stick
with the hot hand.
But Campbell got pulled in the
second half at Pittsburgh and then
was replaced last week by
Gradkowski. Now it looks as if he’ll
get another chance with
Gradkowski hurt again.
“It’s not an easy thing to be going
through, by no means,” Campbell
said. “You’re a competitor, you like
to compete. ... It’s kind of tough
because you’re caught right in
between something and you don’t
know what’s going on.”
The Raiders have plenty of prob-
lems beyond quarterback play that
need to get fixed if they are going to
make a late-season run. Darren
McFadden, who led the NFL with
108.1 yards rushing per game going
into Pittsburgh, has been held to 16
yards on 18 carries the past two
games.
Leading receiver Zach Miller has
been slowed by injuries and has just
three catches the past two games,
putting more pressure on an inexpe-
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rienced receiving corps. He has a
bruised lower leg that could slow
him again this week.
The defensive line that was so
dominant during the winning streak
has given up 348 yards rushing the
past two weeks. Pro Bowl corner-
back Nnamdi Asomugha is still
hampered by a sprained right ankle
and struggled in coverage against
Miami when he was able to play.
Rookie cornerback Walter
McFadden got picked on repeatedly
in his most extensive action of the
season, with Asomugha limited and
Chris Johnson sidelined by injuries.
Now the Raiders have one week
to fix all those problems.
“We got ourselves into this the
last two weeks,” Cable said. “We’re
also the same group of men that
were 4-1 the five weeks prior to that.
We got ourselves into that and we
got ourselves into a little lull here.
For us to do it we have to be
accountable for each other and get
ourselves out of it. We got in it and
we have to get out of it. No one’s
going to help us.”
Uribe set to sign
with the Dodgers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Infielder
Juan Uribe is closing in on a three-
year deal to leave the Giants for the
rival Los Angeles Dodgers, two peo-
ple with knowledge of the situation
told The Associated Press on Monday.
A key member of the World Series
champions this season, Uribe was set
to travel from his native Dominican
Republic to Southern California to
undergo a physical on Tuesday, one of
the people said. Both people spoke on
condition on anonymity because noth-
ing had been announced.
San Francisco offered Uribe salary
arbitration last Tuesday, when general
manager Brian Sabean acknowledged
the sides were far off in their numbers.
Sabean had hoped to bring back Uribe
to keep much of his roster intact head-
ing into 2011.
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U.S.Women draw World Cup opponents

By Nancy Armour
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
And the U.S. thought it was rough getting to
the Women’s World Cup.
The two-time world champions wound up
with what could be the toughest group at next
summer’s tournament, drawing North Korea,
Colombia and Sweden in Group C on Monday.
Sweden is No. 4 in the latest world rankings
while North Korea is sixth. Germany is the only
other seeded team to draw two top-10 opponents
in the group stage, with No. 8 France and No. 9
Canada joining Nigeria in Group A.
“It’s good because it’s a very strong group.
That’s the best thing that could happen to us,”
U.S. coach Pia Sundhage said from the draw in
Frankfurt, Germany. “That will be inspiring for
us, the fact we’re playing high-ranked teams like
Sweden and North Korea and a new team
Colombia, which will be so enthusiastic going
into the World Cup.”
Japan and Brazil are the other two seeded
teams. The World Cup will be played June 26 to
July 17 at nine sites in Germany.
The Americans are the world’s top-ranked
team and defending Olympic champion, and
have lost only two games since the 2007 World
Cup. Yet they were the last team to qualify for
the 16-nation tournament, forced into a home-
and-home playoff against Italy after being
stunned by Mexico in the semifinals of regional
qualifying.
The Americans beat the Italians 1-0 on
Saturday to win the playoff on 2-0 aggregate.
“That was something really good for us,”
defender Ali Krieger said. “We’ve come togeth-
er more as a team and on the field, we’re going
to fight more as a team. We know what we
want.”
The two-time world champions wound up with what
could be the toughest group at next summer’s tournament,
drawing North Korea,Colombia and Sweden in Group C.
The U.S. begins play June 28 against North
Korea in Dresden, the fourth straight time the
nations will meet in the group stage. The
Americans beat the North Koreans 3-0 in 1999
and 2003, but tied 2-2 in 2007.
“At the time, we had a very experienced team,
now we have a very young, inexperienced team
and I am a little bit worried,” North Korea coach
Kim Kwang-min said through an interpreter.
The North Koreans have been impressive at
the youth level, winning the Under-20 World
Cup in 2006 and the Under-17 World Cup in
2008. North Korea was the runner-up to the
Americans at the 2008 U-20 World Cup, with
one of the U.S. goals coming from Alex Morgan,
who scored in the first playoff game against Italy.
“The new team is very young and inexperi-
enced, but very ambitious,” Kim said. “We don’t
have high aims, but to do as well as we can.”
The U.S. will face World Cup newcomer
Colombia on July 2 in Sinsheim and finish group
play four days later in Wolfsburg against
Sundhage’s native Sweden. Sundhage scored 71
goals in 146 appearances for Sweden from
1974-96, including four as Sweden won the
bronze medal at the inaugural World Cup in
1991.
“It’s just a little bit weird before and after,”
Sundhage said. “But during the game, it’s like
coaching against any team, actually.”
The Americans blamed much of their recent
struggles on fatigue, with qualifying coming on
the heels of the Women’s Professional Soccer
season. That shouldn’t be as much of a factor
The way the Cherokees have played this
next year, with the team getting December off
before gathering in January in Los Angeles
ahead of the Four Nations Tournament.
The Americans also should get a boost with
the return of goalkeeper Hope Solo, who missed
World Cup qualifying to have shoulder surgery.
“I think that when we get a little bit of rest,
everybody can get their wits about them and
come back to the drawing board and perform
like we know we’re capable of,” forward Abby
Wambach said Saturday. “Because we’re honest
with ourselves. We know that this isn’t the way
we normally play. ... But at the end of the day, I REUTERS
know that this team right now has a chance of Barcelona players celebrate a goal during its
winning the World Cup.” 5-0 win over rival Real Madrid.
Germany begins the tournament June 26 in
Berlin against Canada, the winner of North and
Central America and the Caribbean qualifying.
The two-time defending champion also plays
France and Nigeria, which it recently beat 8-0 in
Barcelona
an exhibition.
“They will be a different team next year,”
Germany coach Silvia Neid said of the
Nigerians.
Japan will face New Zealand, Mexico and
buries Real
By Paul Logothetis
England in Group B, while 2007 runner-up THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil drew Australia, former champion Norway
and Equatorial Guinea in Group D.
The Americans won’t see Germany until at BARCELONA, Spain — As Barcelona kept
putting the ball past Iker Casillas and into the
least the semifinals. The Germans beat the U.S.
3-0 in the 2003 semis but the Americans are 5-0- net again and again, the celebrations among
98,255 fans at Camp Nou stadium increased
2 against the world’s No. 2 team since, including
a 3-2 victory in the Algarve Cup final earlier this along with Real Madrid’s frustrations.
Barcelona didn’t just beat its rival, it embar-
year.
rassed Real Madrid and coach Jose Mourinho
with a 1,000-yard rusher (in Lauese) and a with a 5-0 victory Monday night, moving into

AOTW
Continued from page 11
has rushed for 750 yards with a game yet to
play. He has only 86 carries on the season, but
is averaging almost 10 yards a carry.
His 114-yard effort against Leland was the
third time this season Flores has eclipsed the
100-yard mark. He gave his team a 7-0 lead in
the first quarter when he plowed into the end
zone from 2 yards out.
He made his defensive presence felt when
he intercepted a pass with his team trailing 14-
13 that turned into a 20-14 advantage after
Josh Lauese capped a 63-yard drive with a 1-
yard leap early in the fourth quarter.
Flores sealed the win for the Cherokees
when he went 82 yards for a touchdown with
just over six minutes to play.
season has allowed Flores to flourish.
Defensively, he is not asked to be a one-man
wrecking crew. As long as his teammates do
their jobs and attend to their assignments,
Flores can concentrate on doing his job.
“When I took over last year, we were going
to play team defense. Just do your job,”
Poulos said. “That lets [Flores] play his
’backer position and just flow and make
plays.”
Flores would be a featured running back on
just about any other team in the PAL, but
again, Poulos is not asking him to be the
offensive star, either. It’s hard to argue with
Flores’ production, and given the numbers put
up by others on offense, Flores is still a key to
an offense that has produced an average of
nearly 37 points per game.
“I think we have good balance (offensively)
this year,” Poulos said. “Here he is, (playing)
900-yard rusher (in Beekley) and he has 800.”
Poulos and the Cherokees will need one
more strong all-around game from Flores if
they are to complete an undefeated season
with a CCS championship. As long as he’s not
hurt, Poulos expects nothing more than what
Flores has given him so far.
“He was originally penciled in as a defen-
sive starter at linebacker. Along with that, he
was sharing the offensive load at fullback and
tailback,” Poulos said. “Plus, he was such a
hitter on (special teams) plays, we had to put
him on there, as well.
“We couldn’t keep him off the field.”
Nathan Mollat can be reached by e-mail:
nathan@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 117.
first place in the Spanish league with its
record fifth straight win in the ‘Clasico’
matchup. Barcelona ended Real Madrid’s 26-
game unbeaten streak.
“For a first ‘Clasico’ you couldn’t ask for
more,” said David Villa, who scored twice off
laser-like passes from Lionel Messi to break
open the game early in the second half.
Goals by Xavi Hernandez in the 10th
minute and Pedro Rodriguez in the 18th, the
latter capping a 22-pass buildup, put the
defending Spanish champion ahead 2-0, and
Villa doubled the lead in the 54th and 57th
minutes. Substitute Jeffren Suarez got the
final goal in the 90th as Barcelona celebrated
the 111th anniversary of its founding.
Benches cleared in the first half after
Cristiano Ronaldo shoved Guardiola. Madrid
defender Sergio Ramos was ejected in sec-
ond-half injury time for a wild tackle on
Messi.

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TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN MON

30 1 2 3 4 5 6
NBA GLANCE NHL GLANCE NFL GLANCE
vs.Detroit @ Senators @ Montreal @ Detroit
7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 11 a.m. 4:30 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE AMERICAN CONFERENCE
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL
Atlantic Division Atlantic Division East
W L Pct GB W L T Pct PF PA
W L OT Pts GF GA New England 9 2 0 .818 334 266
Boston 12 4 .750 —
vs.Spurs vs.Suns @ Ok.City
New York 9 9 .500 4 Philadelphia 15 6 4 34 87 61 N.Y.Jets 9 2 0 .818 264 187
7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 4 p.m.
CSN-BAY New Jersey 6 11 .353 6 1/2 Pittsburgh 16 8 2 34 79 62 Miami 6 5 0 .545 205 225
CSN-BAY TNT Buffalo 2 9 0 .182 229 295
Toronto 6 11 .353 6 1/2 N.Y.Rangers 14 11 1 29 74 69
Philadelphia 4 13 .235 8 1/2 New Jersey 8 14 2 18 45 69 South
Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 26 Jan. 2 N.Y.Islanders 5 12 5 15 46 72
@ Packers vs.Arizona Southeast Division W L T Pct PF PA
vs. Seattle @ Chargers @ Rams
10 a.m. 1:15 p.m. W L Pct GB Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 282 252
1:05 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 10 a.m. End regular
season Northeast Division Jacksonville 6 5 0 .545 240 294
FOX FOX NFL Net. FOX FOX Orlando 12 4 .750 — Houston 5 6 0 .455 264 287
Atlanta 11 7 .611 2 W L OT Pts GF GA Tennessee 5 6 0 .455 257 218
Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 Dec. 26 Jan. 2 Miami 10 8 .556 3 Montreal 15 8 1 31 60 47
@ Chargers @ Jags vs.Denver vs. Colts @ K.C. End regular Charlotte 6 11 .353 6 1/2 Boston 12 8 2 26 59 46 North
1:05 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 10 a.m. season Washington 5 11 .313 7 W L T Pct PF PA
10 a.m. Ottawa 11 13 1 23 58 75
CBS CBS CBS CBS CBS Baltimore 8 3 0 .727 250 188
Central Division Buffalo 9 13 3 21 62 73 Pittsburgh 8 3 0 .727 254 181
W L Pct GB Toronto 8 11 3 19 48 61 Cleveland 4 7 0 .364 216 229
TRANSACTIONS SIERRA SKI REPORT Chicago
Indiana
9
8
6
7
.600
.533
—
1 Southeast Division
Cincinnati
West
2 9 0 .182 225 288

Cleveland 7 9 .438 2 1/2

NFL Alpine Meadows — Mon 5:39 am powder ma- W L OT Pts GF GA W L T Pct PF PA
Detroit 6 11 .353 4
NFL — Fined Houston WR Andre Johnson and Ten- chine groomed 60-75 base 33 of 100 trails 33% Milwaukee 6 11 .353 4 Washington 17 6 2 36 86 68 Kansas City 7 4 0 .636 285 231
nessee CB Cortland Finnegan $25,000 for fighting Tampa Bay 13 8 3 29 73 78 San Diego 6 5 0 .545 310 225
open,800 acres,1 of 13 lifts,sm Fri:9a-4p; Sat/Sun: Oakland 5 6 0 .455 255 256
during Sunday’s game. Atlanta 12 9 3 27 77 72
DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed S Andrew Sendejo 9a-4p Open Fri-Sun. WESTERN CONFERENCE Carolina 10 11 3 23 71 78
Denver 3 8 0 .273 250 323
from the practice squad. Released DE Jimmy Sad- Bear Valley — Mon 11:21 am packed powder ma- Southwest Division Florida 10 12 0 20 57 57
dler-McQueen. Signed DL Alex Daniels to the
practice squad.
chine groomed 48-54 base 15 of 67 trails 15% open, W L Pct GB NATIONAL CONFERENCE
5 of 9 lifts,Mon-Fri:9a-4p; Sat/Sun:8:30a-4p.m. San Antonio 14 2 .875 —
NBA
SACRAMENTO KINGS — Waived G Antoine Boreal — Mon 5:55 am packed powder machine Dallas 13 4 .765 1 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE East
W L T Pct PF PA
Wright. New Orleans 12 5 .706 2 1/2 N.Y.Giants 7 4 0 .636 277 240
groomed 56-65 base 30 of 41 trails,74% open 250 Central Division
TORONTO RAPTORS — Recalled F Ed Davis from Memphis 7 10 .412 7 1/2 Philadelphia 7 4 0 .636 310 257
acres,4 of 8 lifts,Mon-Fri:9a-9p; Sat/Sun:9a-9p; Houston 5 12 .294 9 1/2 W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 5 6 0 .455 215 262
Erie (NBADL). Detroit 15 4 2 32 73 56
Dodge Ridge — Mon 5:23 am packed powder ma- Dallas 3 8 0 .273 256 301
NHL
BOSTON BRUINS — Assigned F Jamie Arniel to chine groomed 30-34 base 62 of 62 trails 100% Northwest Division Columbus 14 8 0 28 62 53
W L Pct GB Chicago 13 11 2 28 79 74 South
Providence (AHL). open,832 acres,10 of 10 lifts,Mon-Fri:9a-4p;Sat/Sun: W L T Pct PF PA
MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled F Matt Kassian from Utah 14 5 .737 — St.Louis 12 7 3 27 57 57
9a-4p; Atlanta 9 2 0 .818 276 209
Houston (AHL).Reassigned F Robbie Earl to Hous- Oklahoma City 12 6 .667 1 1/2 Nashville 9 8 5 23 51 60 New Orleans 8 3 0 .727 265 197
ton. Donner Ski Ranch — Mon Reopen 12/04 12 new Denver 10 6 .625 2 1/2 Tampa Bay 7 4 0 .636 219 223
MLB powder machine groomed 90-100 base 15 of 53 Portland 8 8 .500 4 1/2 Carolina 1 10 0 .091 140 276
Minnesota 4 13 .235 9 Northwest Division
American League trails,3 of 8 lifts,Sat/Sun:9a-4p; open Sat/Sun;
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with C W L OT Pts GF GA North
Luke Carlin on a minor league contract. Heavenly — Mon 7:21 am packed powder ma- Pacific Division Vancouver 12 7 3 27 68 59 W L T Pct PF PA
DETROIT TIGERS — Designated RHP Zach Miner chine groomed 45-54 base 51 of 94 trails,47% open W L Pct GB Colorado 13 9 1 27 83 71 Chicago 8 3 0 .727 222 172
for assignment. 330 acres,16 of 30 lifts,sm Mon-Fri:9a-4p;Sat/Sun: L.A.Lakers 13 4 .765 — Minnesota 11 10 2 24 56 65 Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 269 166
TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with C Yorvit Golden State 8 9 .471 5 Minnesota 4 7 0 .364 189 239
8:30a-4p; 8:30a-4p; Calgary 10 12 2 22 67 69 Detroit 2 9 0 .182 258 282
Torrealba on a two-year contract and RHP Mark Phoenix 8 9 .471 5
Lowe on a one-year contract. Homewood — Mon Plan to Open 12/10 powder Sacramento 4 11 .267 8 Edmonton 7 12 4 18 59 89
West
National League machine groomed 60-77 base sm Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; L.A.Clippers 3 15 .167 10 1/2 Pacific Division W L T Pct PF PA
ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with INF Sat/Sun:9a-4p; W L OT Pts GF GA Seattle 5 6 0 .455 209 275
Shawn Bowman,INF Ed Lucas,C J.C.Boscan,C Wilkin Sunday’s Games St.Louis 5 6 0 .455 213 231
Castillo, OF Brent Clevlen, OF Jose Constanza, OF Kirkwood — Mon 10:49 am powder machine Dallas 14 8 1 29 68 62
Atlanta 96,Toronto 78 San Francisco 4 7 0 .364 187 225
Wilkin Ramirez and RHP Jay Sborz to minor league groomed 77-77 base 62 of 72 trails 85% open,5 of New York 125,Detroit 116,2OT Phoenix 11 6 5 27 66 65 Arizona 3 8 0 .273 194 319
contracts. 12 lifts,Mon-Fri:9a-4p; Sat/Sun:9a-4p; San Antonio 109,New Orleans 95 Los Angeles 13 9 0 26 63 55
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Bob Schae- Northstar at Tahoe — Mon 6:45 am packed pow- Utah 109,L.A.Clippers 97 San Jose 11 7 4 26 65 63 Sunday’s Games
fer special assistant to the general manager. Houston 99,Oklahoma City 98 Houston 20,Tennessee 0
der machine groomed 41-64 base 77 of 93 trails Anaheim 11 11 3 25 64 77 Atlanta 20,Green Bay 17
New Jersey 98,Portland 96
83% open,575 acres,10 of 19 lifts,Mon-Fri:8:30a-4p; Denver 138,Phoenix 133 Minnesota 17,Washington 13
WHAT’S ON TAP Sat/Sun:8:30a-4p; Indiana 95,L.A.Lakers 92
Monday’s Games
Sunday’s Games
Washington 3,Carolina 2,SO
N.Y.Giants 24,Jacksonville 20
Pittsburgh 19,Buffalo 16,OT
Sierra at Tahoe — Mon 6:20 am packed powder Cleveland 24,Carolina 23
TUESDAY Miami 105,Washington 94 Atlanta 4,Boston 1 Kansas City 42,Seattle 24
machine groomed 36-84 base 41 of 49 trails 84%
Girls’volleyball Oklahoma City 95,New Orleans 89 Detroit 4,Columbus 2 Miami 33,Oakland 17
Northern California championship open, 5 of 12 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; Sat/Sun: 8:30a-
Dallas 101,Houston 91 Monday’s Games St.Louis 36,Denver 33
Division IV 4:30p; Utah 109,Milwaukee 88 Chicago 31,Philadelphia 26
Pittsburgh 3,N.Y.Rangers 1
No.5 Notre Dame-Belmont (26-12) at No.2 Sacred Soda Springs — Mon Reopen 12/03 powder ma- Tuesday’s Games Baltimore 17,Tampa Bay 10
Heart Prep (23-10),7 p.m. Dallas 4,Carolina 1 San Diego 36,Indianapolis 14
chine groomed 58-65 base 15 of 42 trails,75% open, Boston at Cleveland,4 p.m.
Detroit at Orlando,4 p.m. Edmonton 4,Ottawa 1 Monday’s Game
SATURDAY 5 miles,350 acres,3 of 7 lifts,Fri:9a-4p Sat/Sun:9a- Calgary 3,Minnesota 0 San Francisco 27, Arizona 6
Portland at Philadelphia,4 p.m.
GIRLS’VOLLEYBALL 4p; Open Fri-Sun; Los Angeles at Anaheim,late Thursday,Dec.2
New Jersey at New York,4:30 p.m. Houston at Philadelphia,5:20 p.m.
State Championship Squaw Valley USA — Mon 8:21 am packed pow- L.A.Lakers at Memphis,5 p.m. Tuesday’s Games
Division IV Sunday,Dec.5
der machine groomed 43-63 base 100 of 170 trails Indiana at Sacramento,7p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto,4 p.m. San Francisco at Green Bay,10 a.m.
No.2N Sacred Heart Prep/No.4N Notre Dame-Bel- San Antonio at Golden State,7:30 p.m.
mont winner vs.No.1S La Jolla Country Day/No.2S 48% open,2000 acres,12 of 33 lifts,Mon-Fri:9a-4p; Phoenix at Nashville,5 p.m. Denver at Kansas City,10 a.m.
Wednesday’s Games Buffalo at Minnesota,10 a.m.
Santa Fe Christian,noon at San Jose Event Center Sat/Sun:9a-4p; St.Louis at Chicago,5 p.m.
Memphis at Atlanta,4 p.m. Jacksonville at Tennessee,10 a.m.
Sugar Bowl — Mon 8:32 am powder machine Oklahoma City at New Jersey,4 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado,7 p.m. Cleveland at Miami,10 a.m.
FOOTBALL Detroit at San Jose,7:30 p.m. Chicago at Detroit,10 a.m.
CCS Championships groomed 70-84 base 82 of 95 trails 90% open,6 of Washington at Toronto,4 p.m.
Portland at Boston,4:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Washington at N.Y.Giants,10 a.m.
Division II 13 lifts,Mon-Fri:9a-4p; Sat/Sun:9a-4p; New Orleans at Cincinnati,10 a.m.
No. 2 Sequoia (11-0-1) vs. No. 5 Willow Glen (10-2), Detroit at Miami,4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Montreal,4 p.m.
Tahoe Donner — Plan to Open 12/10 Mon-Fri:9a- Oakland at San Diego,1:05 p.m.
3 p.m.at San Jose City College Orlando at Chicago,5 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia,4 p.m. Carolina at Seattle,1:15 p.m.
Division III 4p Sat/Sun:9a-4p; Charlotte at New Orleans,5 p.m. Nashville at Columbus,4 p.m. St.Louis at Arizona,1:15 p.m.
No. 4 Terra Nova (8-4) vs. No. 2 Monterey (11-1), 7 Diamond Peak — Plan to Open 12/16 Minnesota at Dallas,5:30 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay,1:15 p.m.
Washington at St.Louis,5 p.m.
p.m.at Westmont High-Cupertino L.A.Lakers at Houston,5:30 p.m. Dallas at Indianapolis,1:15 p.m.
Division IV Mt Rose — Mon 10:55 am packed powder ma- Milwaukee at Denver,6 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota,5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore,5:20 p.m.
No.2 Sacred Heart Prep (10-2) vs.No.1 Carmel (11- chine groomed 31-55 base 40 of 60 trails,75% open Indiana at Utah,6 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary,6:30 p.m. Monday,Dec.6
1),7 p.m.3 p.m.at Westmont High-Cupertino 5 of 8 lifts,Mon-Fri:9a-4p; Sat/Sun:9a-4p San Antonio at L.A.Clippers,7:30 p.m. Florida at Anaheim,7 p.m. N.Y.Jets at New England,5:30 p.m.
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LOUNGE
Continued from page 11
in and week out, but on any given Friday or
Saturday, a Bay Division team can easily be
beaten by many of the Ocean teams and a
couple of the Lake teams.
“Now, the difference between the Bay,
Ocean and Lake is razor thin,” Sell said. “We
came in last in the Bay and we got beat by
Carlmont (a Lake Division team) and barely
got by Hillsdale (another Lake Division
team).”
Because the Ocean Division is considered
an “A” League by CCS, teams in the Ocean
gain an extra point for playing in the Ocean,
which translated this year to three teams
from the Ocean Division qualifying for the
CCS playoffs: Champion Jefferson was the
top seed in Division III, while second-place
Menlo and third-place Half Moon Bay quali-
fied for the Division IV bracket.
And the PAL is proving it is well deserving
of the bids as all three Ocean Division
squads advanced to the CCS semifinals.
The Lake Division might have the section’s
biggest surprise team in Sequoia, which is
playing in the Division II championship
game. Sequoia is one of two undefeated
teams left in the five CCS brackets. Open
Division finalist Palo Alto is a half game bet-
ter at 12-0, compared to 11-0-1 Sequoia.
“Sequoia is in the CCS final and they’re
roughly the same team as us,” Sell said, say-
ing there was but a few talented players sepa-
rating the two teams. “There is not a big gap
between (a) 4-6 (record) and a CCS final.”
Aragon wasn’t the only team moving
divisions. Jefferson, this year’s Ocean
Division champion, will replace Aragon in
the Bay Division. There was no question
Sequoia, the Lake Division champion, was
moving into the Ocean. The biggest debate
was which team would move down from
the Ocean. After some discussion, San
SPORTS
Mateo will be replacing Sequoia.
San Mateo, to its credit, argued to stay in
the Ocean, which reversed a long-standing
tradition of PAL teams arguing to stay where
they were or even move down a rung.
“This was the first time, and we’ve been
doing this for over 10 years, where there was
ever an argument having to stay up a league,”
Sell said.
The competitive difference between the
Bay and the Ocean, and the Ocean and the
Lake, is so minimal at this time, many teams
want to accumulate as many power points as
possible to make a run at a CCS berth. Since
moving to the three-division system, the PAL
seems to have taken a step up in the respect
department among other leagues in CCS. The
three-division system enhanced the confi-
dence of many teams who didn’t have a
chance of winning eight, nine games just
three years ago. More winning is translating
to more commitment to the program, which
builds more success over the long term.
And as Jefferson, Half Moon Bay and
Menlo School — along with Sequoia —
have proven, you don’t have to play in the
Bay Division to have a shot at CCS glory.
“We might not be the best league in the
section, but we might be the deepest,” Sell
said. “It looks like we’re (the Dons) years
away from practicing on Thanksgiving Day
(an indication the team has made the CCS
semifinals). But we could be in the CCS final
next year.”
***
While the fall season wraps up this week-
end, the winter high school season is just
starting to kick into gear with basketball,
soccer and wrestling seasons. Area coaches
are encouraged to fax schedules and rosters
to 344-5298 or e-mail the Daily Journal
sports department at nathan@smdailyjour-
nal.com and josh@smdailyjournal.com.
Nathan Mollat can be reached by e-mail:
nathan@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 117. You can also follow him on
Twitter@CheckkThisOutt.
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Katie Johnson can give opposing offenses fits.
NORCAL
Continued from page 11
Sacred Heart Prep will counter Sarah
Daschbach and Sonia Abuel-Saud on the out-
side, Jesse Ebner in the middle and Ellie
Shannon at the opposite hitter position.
Not a lot was expected of the Gators this
come out on top. In the CCS championship season because they graduated eight seniors
game, sloppy play by the Tigers cost them the from the 2009 CCS championship team. And
first two games. Sacred Heart Prep returned despite being one win away from playing for
the favor in Games 3 and 4 as Notre Dame a state championship, Hardy doesn’t see any
forced a championship-deciding fifth set, dur- nerves coming from his team. He’s sure there
ing which Sacred Heart Prep played just a lit- will be butterflies before that first serve, but he
tle bit better. said he doesn’t think his team is overwhelmed
Hardy, however, doesn’t see Notre Dame by the challenge.
waiting so long to get in a rhythm. “It just seems they want to play already,”
“I’m going to guess they’re not going to Hardy said of his team.
make (the same) mistakes this time,” Hardy Even Hardy can’t wait for the match to be
said. played.
Notre Dame is especially tough at the net. “I’m probably the most nervous person out
Mary Kate Ritzo, along with Brooke Baldwin, there. I’m not eating. I’m not sleeping,” Hardy
who had 24 kills in the CCS finals, give the said. “I’ve been in a lot of big matches. This
Tigers outstanding outside hitters, while game must mean a lot more to me. I’m a big
Emily Morris at the opposite spot is capable of eater and I’ve never not eaten before a big
taking over a game. The middle block led by match.”
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16 Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010
A bit more vitamin D is good,not too much
By Lauran Neergaard
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Got milk?
You may need a couple cups more
than today’s food labels say to get
enough vitamin D for strong bones.
But don’t go overboard: Long-
awaited new dietary guidelines say
there’s no proof that megadoses pre-
vent cancer or other ailments —
sure to frustrate backers of the so-
called sunshine vitamin.
The decision by the prestigious
Institute of Medicine, the health
arm of the National Academy of
Sciences, could put some brakes on
the nation’s vitamin D craze, warn-
ing that super-high levels could be
risky.
“More is not necessarily better,”
cautioned Dr. Joann Manson of
Harvard Medical School, who co-
authored the Institute of Medicine’s
report being released Tuesday.
Most people in the U.S. and
Canada — from age 1 to age 70 —
need to consume no more than 600
international units of vitamin D a
day to maintain health, the report
found. People in their 70s and older
need as much as 800 IUs. The report
set those levels as the “recommend-
ed dietary allowance” for vitamin
D.
That’s a bit higher than the target
of 400 IUs set by today’s govern-
ment-mandated food labels, and
higher than 1997 recommendations
by the Institute of Medicine that
ranged from 200 to 600 IUs,
depending on age.
But it’s far below the 2,000 IUs a
day that some scientists recom-
mend, pointing to studies that sug-
gest people with low levels of vita-
min D are at increased risk of cer-
tain cancers or heart disease.
“This is a stunning disappoint-
ment,” said Dr. Cedric Garland of
the University of California, San
Diego, who wasn’t part of the insti-
tute’s study and says the risk of
colon cancer in particular could be
slashed if people consumed enough
vitamin D.
“Have they gone far enough? In
my opinion probably not,
HEALTH
but it’s a step in the right direction,”
added prominent vitamin D
researcher Dr. Michael Holick of
Boston University Medical Center,
who said the new levels draw need-
ed attention to the vitamin D debate
and encourage more food fortifica-
tion.
Vitamin D and calcium go hand in
hand, and you
need a lifetime of
both to build and
maintain
strong
bones. But the two-year study by
the Institute of Medicine’s panel of
experts concluded research into vit-
amin’s D possible roles in other dis-
eases is conflicting. Some studies
show no effect, or even signs of
harm.
A National Cancer Institute study
last summer was the latest to report
no cancer protection from vitamin
D and the possibility of an increased
risk of pancreatic cancer in people
with the very highest D levels.
Super-high
doses — issue, Manson is heading a govern-
a b o v e
10,000
IUs a day
— are
known to
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cause kidney damage, and
Tuesday’s report sets 4,000 IUs as
an upper daily limit — but not the
amount people should strive for.
And Manson pointed to history’s
cautionary tales: A list of other sup-
plements — vitamins C and E and
beta carotene — plus menopause
hormone pills that once were
believed to prevent cancer or heart
disease didn’t pan out, and some-
times caused harm, when put to rig-
orous testing.
Stay tuned: To help settle the
ment-funded study that’s recruiting
20,000 healthy older Americans to
test whether taking 2,000 IUs of
vitamin D really will lower their
risk for heart disease, a stroke or
certain cancers.
In the meantime, it’s hard to con-
sume 600 IUs of vitamin D from
food alone. A cup of D-fortified
milk or orange juice has about 100
IUs. The best sources may be fatty
fish — some servings of salmon can
provide about a day’s supply. Other
good sources are D-fortified cereals.
But here’s the report’s big sur-
prise: While some people truly are
seriously deficient in vitamin D, the
average American in fact already
has enough circulating in his or her
blood — because we also make
vitamin D from sun exposure, and
because many people already take
multivitamins or other D-containing
dietary supplements.
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FDA reviewing new drugs
to reduce prostate cancer
By Matthew Perrone
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Health regulators said
Monday that two drugs from GlaxoSmithKline
and Merck reduce the risk of prostate cancer in
men, though scientists questioned the drugs’
overall benefit, since the tumors they prevent
are usually not life-threatening.
The reviewers for the Food and Drug
Administration also complained that the com-
panies only studied a small number of African-
American men, who are at high risk for prostate
cancer. The agency will hold a public meeting
on the drugs on Wednesday.
U.K.-based GlaxoSmithKline has asked the
FDA to approve its drug Avodart for a new use
against prostate cancer, after research showed a
23 percent reduction in low-grade prostate
tumors among men taking the drug.
Merck of Whitehouse Station, N.J., achieved
similar results with its drug Proscar and is ask-
ing the FDA to approve labeling about its drug’s
benefits in reducing prostate cancer risks. Both
drugs are already approved to treat enlarged
prostate.
But regulators said in an online review
Monday that only a small percentage of patients
studied were African-Americans, who are at
increased risk of the disease.
Only 4 percent of Merck’s patients were
African-American, while Glaxo’s trial enrolled
just 2 percent African-American patients.
“The applicability to African-American men
is not known due to marked under-representa-
tion,” states the FDA’s review.
FDA’s review also raises broader questions
HEALTH Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 17
about the value of preventing low-grade tumors.
According to the FDA, about 80 percent of the
tumors the drugs prevent are not aggressive.
Because the tumors grow so slowly, they are not
considered a threat to senior men with less than
20 years of life expectancy.
While the tumors may not be life threatening,
Glaxo has argued that they can lead to unneces-
sary treatment and biopsies - a procedure where
a tiny tissue sample is removed and tested for
cancer. About 650,000 men had prostate biop-
sies last year and 70 percent of the tumors sam-
pled were low-grade, according to Glaxo.
Some recent studies have suggested prostate
cancer is over-diagnosed and over-treated in
men — even in men with low-grade tumors.
Treatment for the disease can include surgery to
remove the cancer, radiation therapy or
chemotherapy.
If approved, Avodart and Proscar would be
the first drugs recognized by the FDA to help
prevent prostate cancer in men.
More than 600,000 people
On Wednesday, the FDA will ask a panel of
outside advisers to vote on the safety and effec-
tiveness of Avodart and Proscar in preventing
prostate cancer. The agency is not required to
killed by second-hand smoke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Scientists then estimated that passive smok-
follow the panel’s advice, though it often does.
The FDA will also ask its panelists about a ing causes about 379,000 deaths from heart
slightly higher number of aggressive tumors LONDON — Secondhand smoke kills disease, 165,000 deaths from lower respirato-
seen in men taking Avodart and Proscar, com- more than 600,000 people worldwide every ry disease, 36,900 deaths from asthma and
pared with those taking dummy pills. The drug year, according to a new study. 21,400 deaths from lung cancer a year.
companies have argued that their drugs do not In the first look at the global impact of sec- Altogether, those account for about 1 per-
cause the more aggressive tumors, but only ondhand smoking, researchers analyzed data cent of the world’s deaths. The study was paid
make them easier detect. Since both drugs from 2004 for 192 countries. They found 40 for by the Swedish National Board of Health
shrink the prostate, drug company scientists say percent of children and more than 30 percent and Welfare and Bloomberg Philanthropies. It
doctors are more likely to find large, aggressive of non-smoking men and women regularly was published Friday in the British medical
tumors than smaller, low-grade tumors. breathe in secondhand smoke. journal Lancet.
18 Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010
Tax break for employer health plans a target
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Job-based health care
benefits could wind up on the chopping block if
President Barack Obama and congressional
Republicans get serious about cutting the deficit.
Budget proposals from leaders in both parties
have urged shrinking or eliminating tax breaks
that help make employer health insurance the
leading source of coverage in the nation and a
middle-class mainstay.
The idea isn’t to just raise revenue, economists
say, but finally to turn Americans into frugal
health care consumers by having them face the
full costs of their medical decisions.
Such a re-engineering was rejected by
Democrats only a few months ago, at the height of
the health care overhaul debate. But Washington
has changed, with Republicans back in power and
widespread fears that the burden of government
debt may drag down the economy.
“There is no short-term prospect of enact-
ment,” former Senate Majority Leader Tom
Daschle, a leading Democratic adviser on health
care. “However, in a tax reform (and) deficit
reducing context in the long term, the prospects
are much better,” said Daschle. He opposes
repealing the tax break by itself, but says he
would be “willing to look” at it with other
changes that improve access to quality health
care while reducing costs.
Labor unions believed they had squelched any
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imply the tests are mandatory. Requiring the
test would be legal if the district picked up the
$87 per test tab, which it doesn’t. Two weeks
ago, an administrative board recognized the
disconnect between district policy and the
message sent to many students. Principals
should soon be clarifying that students are not
required to take AP tests simply for enrolling
HEALTH
“What we are saying is that we are going to examine every tax
earmark....They are all on the table.If you want to keep one,then
show us how you are going to come up with the money.That’s
where you really have to put your money where your mouth is.”
such talk. Now, they’re preparing for another
fight. Tampering with health care tax breaks is “a
terrible step in the wrong direction,” said Mary
Kay Henry, the new president of the Service
Employees International Union, which repre-
sents many hospital workers. “We want the mid-
dle class stabilized, not destabilized.”
Employer-provided health insurance is part of
a worker’s compensation. Unlike wages, it isn’t
subject to income and payroll taxes.
Repealing the tax break would raise several
hundred billion dollars a year, depending on how
it’s done. Many economists believe employers
would boost pay if they didn’t provide health
care. Proponents of repeal usually call for a tax
credit to offset part of the cost of individually
purchasing coverage.
The leaders of Obama’s deficit commission —
Democrat Erskine Bowles, a former Clinton
White House chief of staff, and Alan Simpson, a
former GOP senator from Wyoming — have
proposed to limit the tax break or eliminate it
along with other cherished deductions, such as
the one for mortgage interest. That would allow
in the courses, explained Associate
Superintendent of Instruction Matthew
Biggar.
Elizabeth Stone, a district parent and an
educational consultant, brought the miscom-
munication to the district’s attention. While
she’s happy the change will be made, Stone
hoped it would come sooner.
“Every kid I’ve talk to thinks they have to
take these exams,” said Stone, adding each
day that misunderstanding continues is a
stress-filled one for these students.
Students in the San Mateo Union High
School District can choose to enroll in
— Rep.Xavier Becerra
for a big cut in tax rates.
The commission is supposed to report its plan
on Wednesday. It’s unclear if leaders have the
votes to back their sweeping changes.
A separate group, the Bipartisan Policy Center,
is proposing to cap the health care tax break in
2018 and eliminate it over the next 10 years.
That’s part of a deficit reduction strategy from
Democrat Alice Rivlin, a former Federal Reserve
vice chairman, and former Sen. Pete Domenici,
R-N-M., who once led the Senate Budget
Committee.
“The problem of rising debt is so serious that
Republicans and Democrats are going to have go
back and look at almost everything to see how
we solve this,” said Rivlin.
Simpson calls the health care tax break a “tax
earmark.” He said that “you cannot get anything
done in this game unless you deal with every sin-
gle aspect of the federal budget, and the biggest
thing to wrap our arms around is health care.”
Democrats struggled with proposals to curb
the tax break during the health care debate, but
strong opposition from organized labor won out.
advanced placement courses. The classes are
thought to be more rigorous. Many students
choose to take an AP exam on the same topic
at the end of the year. Students who get a high
enough ranking are eligible to get college
course credit at many, but not all, institutions.
Biggar explained the district encourages
students to take the test. Many schools creat-
ed contracts which it asks students and their
parents to sign before enrolling. Some of
these contracts include language that imply
the test is a requirement.
For example, the 2009-10 contract from
Burlingame High School reads, “I understand
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The compromise was a tax on high-cost health
insurance plans, which won’t go into effect until
2018.
In a twist, the health care law eventually may
make it easier to pry people away from employ-
er insurance, a system that dates to World War II
and has sustained three generations.
Starting in 2014, new insurance markets will
make it easier for people to buy coverage on their
own. These state-based “exchanges” would work
like the federal employee health plan. Taxpayer
subsidies will help individuals and families with
low to moderate incomes pay premiums.
“Before health reform, a declining role for
employers would have raised concerns,” Rivlin
and Domenici said in their proposal. But well-
run exchanges “will provide a viable — perhaps
even superior — alternative.”
One Democratic member of Obama’s deficit
commission is wrestling with the idea.
California Rep. Xavier Becerra says it’s a very
different situation from the health care debate.
Back then, policymakers were looking for
money to pay for covering the uninsured. Now,
they’re looking at rebalancing the role of govern-
ment in the economy. He’s not considering
health care tax breaks in isolation.
“What we are saying is that we are going to
examine every tax earmark,” Becerra said. “They
are all on the table. If you want to keep one, then
show us how you are going to come up with the
money. That’s where you really have to put your
money where your mouth is.”
I must take the Advanced Placement Exam if
offered.”
Biggar acknowledged the district policy and
message to students was “out of sync.”
Principals are now given the job of clarify-
ing the test is not required.
Despite this, Biggar anticipates many stu-
dents will still take the tests in the spring.
For Stone, this clarification is a first step.
She wants further clarity given to parents
and students specifically that a student’s deci-
sion not to take an AP exam cannot affect his
or her grade, standing in the class or ability to
enroll in the class.
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BUDGET
Continued from page 1
Lim suggested the city cap its general fund
revenue at $80 million over the next several
years so that expenditures can stay aligned
with revenue as the city anticipates a modest
general fund growth of just 2.5 percent a year,
compared to the historical high of 5 percent.
“How can you cap the general fund? This is
a growing city,” Lee said. “What we need to
do is find a way to slow down retirement
funding.”
A staff report by City Manager Susan
Loftus and Finance Director David Culver
show how the city can make significant sav-
ings by implementing a two-tiered pension
and benefits package for new hires in a staff
report on financial sustainability planning.
Public safety workers, for instance, can cur-
rently retire with an average of 3 percent of
the three highest salaried years at age 50.
In the past several years, San Mateo has
reduced its budget by more than $15 million
and has eliminated 121 positions, according
to the staff report.
Despite the reductions and loss of employ-
ees, the city faces significant increases in pen-
sion compensation cost, according to the staff
report. The employer contribution rates for
public safety employees are projected to
increase from 27.9 percent this year to 45 per-
cent by fiscal year 2018-19, according to the
staff report.
The city’s general fund revenue is expected
DATBOOK
to climb to $95.6 million by fiscal year 2018-
19, when the Measure L quarter-cent sales tax
expires.
Lim noted last night that 14 employees with
the city earn more than $200,000 a year.
“We are asking rank-and-file employees to
make deep concessions, why not upper man-
agement,” Lim said.
But Mayor Lee justified the high salaries.
“You get outstanding people by paying out-
standing salaries to get an outstanding per-
formance,” Lee said.
Lim also noted the city spends in the range
of $800,000 to $1 million a year on consult-
ants for topics ranging from high-speed rail to
senior issues.
But Lee and councilmen Robert Ross,
Brandt Grotte and Jack Matthews all said that
consultants provide an expertise city staff
cannot.
San Mateo’s most volatile funding source
has been the property transfer tax, reaching a
high of $10.4 million in fiscal year 2006-07.
The number dropped by 70 percent in just two
years, however, to $3.3 million in fiscal year
2008-09.
Median home prices in San Mateo have
dropped 25 percent since 2007 from a histor-
ical high of $781,500 to about $590,000 this
year.
The property transfer tax is forecast to
reach $5.4 million in 2013-14. This year, the
city expects to net about $4 million from the
property transfer tax.
After 2014, staff has capped the property
transfer tax at $5.4 million regardless of how
much the city actually nets from it.
TUESDAY, NOV. 30
A Little Recital. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Twin Pines Senior and Community
Center, 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont.
With pianist Rhoderick Reyes. Light
refreshments are included. All seniors
are welcome. Reservations are
required. For more information call
595-7444.
Cloud Services: Getting Scale out of
your Web Apps. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. Orrick, 1000 Marsh Road, Menlo
Park. Free for members, $15 for non-
members. For more information call
(408) 414-5950.
College Admissions Workshop. 7
p.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda
de las Pulgas, Belmont. Learn what
admissions officers want to see in
applicants and get tips on how to make
yourself the most attractive applicant
possible. For more information con-
tact conrad@smcl.org.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1
Free Ear Acupuncture. 9:30 a.m. to
noon. Ye’s Chi Clinic, 105 N. San
Mateo Drive, San Mateo. Suggested
$5 donation. For more information
call 558-8118.
Computer Coach. 10:30 a.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las
Pulgas, Belmont. Drop into this
relaxed and welcoming tutoring ses-
sion with all your technical questions
for one-on-one help. For more infor-
mation contact conrad@smcl.org.
Teen Gaming. 3:30 p.m. Belmont
Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. Come play Wii, board
games and more in the Taube
Community Room at the Belmont
Library. For more information contact
conrad@smcl.org.
Comfort Foods Cooking Class. 6
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. New Leaf
Community Markets, 150 San Mateo
Road, Half Moon Bay. The Family
Chef, Amy Fothergill, will share some
of her favorite winter recipes that
don’t take long to prepare. $20. For
more information contact
patti@bondmarcom.com.
Dance Nights. 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Twin Pines Senior and Community
Center 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont.
$6. For more information call 595-
7444.
THURSDAY, DEC. 2
Java with Jerry. 7:30 a.m. to 9:30
a.m. Specialty’s Cafe and Bakery,
1886 S. Norfolk St., San Mateo.
Please join state Assemblyman Jerry
Hill, D-San Mateo, for a cup of coffee
and conversation. Coffee will be pro-
vided. For more information call 349-
1900.
PHR/SPHR Certification
Preparation Course. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
MacCorkle Insurance Service 577
Airport Blvd., Suite 500 Burlingame.
Prepare with the best. NCHRA’s pro-
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Calendar
gram has the highest pass rates, is the music, carolers and children’s activi-
second largest in the country and ties. For more information visit cityof-
offers the best value. For more infor- sancarlos.org.
mation call 291-1992.
City of Burlingame’s Annual Tree
First Annual Redwood City Lighting. 5:30 p.m. City Hall, 501
Hanukkah Festival. 5 p.m. to 6:30 Primrose Road, Burlingame. Free. For
p.m. San Mateo County History more information call 558-7300.
Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood
City. Join the celebration of the Jewish Art Guild of Pacifica Opening
Festival of Lights with food, music Reception. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sanchez
and arts and crafts followed by a can- Art Center, 1220 Linda Mar Blvd.,
dle-lighting ceremony on the steps of Pacifica. For more information call
592-1613.
the Old Courthouse. Free. For more
information visit
jewishredwoodcity.com/festival. Hawaiian Holiday On Ice. 7 p.m.
Belmont Iceland, 815 Old County
Winter Concert at Carlmont High. Road, Belmont. The evening will fea-
7 p.m. Carlmont High School, 1400 ture a combination of musical theater,
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. $10 ice-skating recitals and dramatic per-
adults / $8 seniors & students. For formances from local skaters and per-
more information, visit www.carl- formers. $10. For more information or
montperformingarts.com. to order tickets call 592-0533.
Holiday faire and winter concert at Prince S.F. Singers Holiday
Woodside High. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Concert. 7:30 p.m. St. Peter’s
Performing Arts Center at Woodside Church, 178 Clinton St., Redwood
High School, 199 Churchill Ave., City. Featured on the one-hour pro-
Woodside. Free. For more information gram will be the premiere of
visit www.woodsidehs.org. Malucelli’s setting of the classic holi-
day poem ‘Twas the Night Before
College of San Mateo Symphonic Christmas, set to melodies of beloved
Band Concert. 7:30 p.m. College of carols and ending with a spoof of the
San Mateo, 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., opening chorus of Magnificat in D, by
San Mateo. The College of San Mateo Johann Sebastian Bach. For more
Symphonic Band and the Aragon information contact
High School Wind Ensemble will be ken@princesf.com.
performing works by Alfred Reed,
For more events visit
Aaron Copland, Ron Nelson, Dmitri
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
Shostakovich and many more. $5 at
the door. For more information call
574-6163.
FRIDAY, DEC. 3
‘Taking Care of Business...and
Yourself.’ 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. South San
Francisco Conference Center, 255 S.
Airport Blvd., South San Francisco.
GO talk show host, fitness guru and
author Joanie Greggains will be the
special guest. She will share practical
exercises and advice on how to stay
healthy and in shape.
Fabulous Holiday Boutique. 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. 65 E. Third Ave., San Mateo.
Over 20 local vendors. Free. For more
information visit www.weba.us.
Main Gallery/Corridor Gallery —
The Annual Portfolio Sale and
Show. 7 p.m. Pacific Art League 668
Ramona St., Palo Alto. For more
information contact marketing@paci-
ficartleague.org.
The E-mail Clinic. 1:30 p.m. to 3
p.m. Little House, 800 Middle Ave.,
Menlo Park. Free. For more informa-
tion call 326-2025.
Friends of the Millbrae Library
Book and Media Sale. 3 p.m. to 6
p.m. Millbrae Library, 1 Library Ave.,
Millbrae. $5. For more information
call 697-7607.
Night of Holiday Lights. 5 p.m. to 8
p.m. Downtown along Laurel Street,
San Carlos. Featuring festive lights,
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Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010
There are strong indications that you will be far luckier than
usual in the coming months, both socially and in your busi-
ness affairs. Numerous opportunities will become available to
you in each area, so make the most of them.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - If you need some kind
of specific favor that can only be granted from someone who
has the wherewithal, go directly to an individual who fits this
need. Don’t use an intermediary.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Your chances for being
able to overcome an adversarial arrangement look extremely
encouraging. However, you’ll be most effective if you play
your trump cards last.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - You are likely to find out
that there is plenty of justification for feeling hopeful about a
new endeavor in which you’re involved. It may prove to have
a bit more potential than you think.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - The reason why your chances
for success look good is because your emotions and ambi-
tious objectives are in sync. Each force will serve to fuel the
other when needed.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) - When it comes to something
for which you need help, first ask someone who would be a
competent assistant, and second make sure this person will
benefit in some way for his/her help.
asset you’ve used before. If you’re hoping to advance your
holdings, go to all wellsprings.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Don’t hesitate to ask for the
assistance of someone you know who might be the perfect
person to help you swing something important that you’ve
been trying to initiate. Chances are s/he’ll comply.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) - The only way a matter that is
quite meaningful to you materially can be concluded is if you
put all else aside and make it your top priority. You’ve got to
risk it to get the biscuit.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Something positive could come
about through a pal who knows how to ignite your ambitions.
This person may be someone you rarely see but who pops up
when something of interest is at stake.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Your luck usually tends to come
about through situations that can produce material gains
through traditional channels, not speculative ones. Don’t
waste your time looking elsewhere.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - The major reason that several
important objectives will be achieved is because you’re not
likely to be too easily discouraged, regardless of the obstacles
you might face.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Attitude will be extremely
important when it comes to your commercial dealings. Be Sudoku
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203 Public Notices

CASE# CIV 500307
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
Cresencia Fe Aguirre Farrales
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner, Cresencia Fe Aguirre Far-
rales filed a petition with this court for a
110 Employment 110 Employment decree changing name as follows:
110 Employment 110 Employment Present name: Cresencia Fe Aguirre
Farrales
LOOKING TO HIRE a resident of Mill- Proposed name: Fe Esperanza Aguirre
brae, or an adjacent community. Go to Farrales

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terns to do entry level reporting, re-
search, updates of our ongoing fea-
tures and interviews. Photo interns al-
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear be-
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
sons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing

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months. The internship is unpaid, but
intelligent, aggressive and talented in-
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing.
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with our publication. Our Web site:
Room 2E, at 400 County Center, Red-
wood City, CA 94063.
A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall
be published at least once each week for
four successive weeks prior to the date
set for hearing on the petition in the fol-
lowing newspaper of general circulation:
The Daily Journal, San Mateo County
Filed: November 10, 2010
/s/ Stephen Hall /
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 11/10/2010
(Published 11/16/2010,
11/30/2010, 12/07/10)
11/23/2010,

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#210, San Mateo.
110 Employment 110 Employment
news@smdailyjournal.com or by reg-
104 Training 110 Employment
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CASE# CIV 500359
San Mateo CA 94402.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
TERMS & CONDITIONS CHANGE OF NAME
The San Mateo Daily Journal Classi- SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
fieds will not be responsible for more CAREGIVERS COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
than one incorrect insertion, and its lia- NOW HIRING for Live-in Caregiver
bility shall be limited to the price of one 2 years SIGN ON BONUS!!! REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
insertion. No allowance will be made for Recruiting for San Mateo, San Francisco
errors not materially affecting the value experience and Santa Clara areas. We offer excel- Arturo Prado
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
of the ad. All error claims must be sub- lent benefits!
mitted within 30 days. For full advertis- required. *Medical / Vision / Dental / Life Ins. Petitioner, Arturo Prado filed a petition
with this court for a decree changing
ing conditions, please ask for a Rate * 401K/Credit Union * Direct Deposit
Card. Immediate REQUIREMENTS: name as follows:
Present name: Arturo Prado
* 1 yrs experience * Own Vehicle
Placement * Car Insurance * Valid Drivers Proposed name: Arturo Ralph Prado
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
106 Tutoring on all assignments * Good Communication skills.
interested in this matter shall appear be-
Call today to set up an interview:
1-800-417-1897 or 650-558-8848 fore this court at the hearing indicated
CALL (650)777-9000 below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
TUTORING or send Resume to
Dedward@LivHOME.com tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
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ware, malware &/or viruses. Rqmts incl. Judge of the Superior Court
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(650)588-2502 (408)280-7039 or (888)340-2273 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
bronsteinmusic.com 127 Elderly Care STATEMENT #241941
SALES - The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Alini Tarantino & Co., 10 Azalea
Lane, San Carlos, CA 94070 is hereby
Putnam Auto Group FAMILY RESOURCE registered by the following owners: Marla
110 Employment GUIDE Santos, 1404 Floribunda Ave., Apt. 212,
Buick Pontiac GMC The San Mateo Daily Journal’s Burlingame, CA 94010 and Peter Taran-
$50,000 Average Expectation tino, 10 Azalea Lane, San Carlos, CA
AVON twice-a-week resource guide for 94070. The business is conducted by a
a must… children and families. General Partnership. The registrants
SELL OR BUY 5 Men or Women for Every Tuesday & Weekend commenced to transact business under
the FBN on
Earn up 50% + bonuses Career Sales Position /s/ Marla Santos /
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/s/ Peter Tarantino /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
1(866)440-5795 • Paid insurance w/life & dental resources in the local area, sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
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22 Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010
203 Public Notices
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
TS No. 10-0054051
Title Order No. 10-8-219719
APN No. 033-332-040
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/14/2006.
UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-
TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-
TURE OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-
TACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby giv-
en that RECONTRUST COMPANY,
N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant
to the Deed of Trust executed by MI-
CHAEL ELZO GRELLI, A MARRIED
MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE
PROPERTY, dated 09/14/2006 and re-
corded 09/20/06, as Instrument No.
2006-142444, in Book , Page ), of Official
Records in the office of the County Re-
corder of San Mateo County, State of
California, will sell on 01/03/2011 at
12:30PM, At the Marshall Street en-
trance to the Hall of Justice, 400 County
Center, Redwood City, San Mateo Coun-
ty, CA at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash or check as described
below, payable in full at time of sale, all
right, title, and interest conveyed to and
now held by it under said Deed of Trust,
in the property situated in said County
and State and as more fully described in
the above referenced Deed of Trust.
The street address and other common
designation, if any of the real property
described above is purported to be: 724
HOWE STREET, SAN MATEO, CA,
94401. The undersigned Trustee dis-
claims any liability for any incorrectness
of the street address and other common
designation, if any, shown herein. The to-
tal amount of the unpaid balance with in-
terest thereon of the obligation secured
by the property to be sold plus reasona-
ble estimated costs, expenses and ad-
vances at the time of the initial publica-
tion of the Notice of Sale is $680,813.94.
It is possible that at the time of sale the
opening bid may be less than the total in-
debtedness due. In addition to cash, the
Trustee will accept cashier’s checks
drawn on a state or national bank, a
check drawn by a state or federal credit
union, or a check drawn by a state or
federal savings and loan association,
savings association, or savings bank
specified in Section 5102 of the Financial
Code and authorized to do business in
this state. Said sale will be made, in an
“AS IS” condition, but without covenant
or warranty, express or implied, regard-
ing title, possession or encumbrances, to
satisfy the indebtedness secured by said
Deed of Trust, advances thereunder,
with interest as provided, and the unpaid
principal of the Note secured by said
Deed of Trust with interest thereon as
provided in said Note, plus fees, charges
and expenses of the Trustee and of the
trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If
required by the provisions of section
2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the
declaration from the mortgagee, benefi-
ciary or authorized agent is attached to
the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly record-
ed with the appropriate County Record-
er’s Office. DATED: 08/06/2010 RECON-
TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo
Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VAL-
LEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information:
(800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Offi-
cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a
debt collector attempting to collect a
debt. Any information obtained will be
used for that purpose. FEI #
1006.120328 11/30, 12/07, 12/14/2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241653
The following person is doing business
as: (1) FinancialContent Services Inc. (2)
PRConnect, 195 Glenn Way, Ste. 250,
SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Finan-
cialContent Services, Inc., CA. The busi-
ness is conducted by a Corporation. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on 01/01/2000.
/s/ Wing Yu /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 10/27/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/05/10,
11/12/10, 11/19/10, 11/26/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241541
The following person is doing business
as: Elegant Skin, 110 Park Place, Mill-
brae, CA 94030 is hereby registered by
the following owner: Tiffany Montalbano,
223 29th Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403.
The business is conducted by an Individ-
ual. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on 11/01/10.
/s/ Tiffany Montalbano /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 10/20/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/09/10,
11/16/10, 11/23/10, 11/30/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241765
The following person is doing business
as: Payless Car Rental, 734 San Bruno
Ave. East, San Bruno, CA 94066 is here-
by registered by the following owner: No-
cal Rentals, Inc., CA. The business is
conducted by a Corporation. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on 12/01/10.
/s/ Genesis Chen /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/03/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/09/10,
11/16/10, 11/23/10, 11/30/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241485
The following person is doing business
as: Black Diamonds+, 415 Grand Ave.,
So. San Francisco, CA 94080 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Jessi-
ca Pete, P O Box 192054, San Francis-
co, CA 94119. The business is conduct-
ed by an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 10/31/2010.
/s/ Jessica Pete /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 10/15/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/16/10,
11/23/10, 11/30/10, 12/07/10).
203 Public Notices
LEGAL NOTICES
Fictitious Business Name Statements, Trustee Sale
Notice, Alcohol Beverage License, Name Change,
Probate, Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons,
Notice of Public Sales, and More.
Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County.
Fax your request to: 650-344-5290
Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241908
The following person is doing business
as: (1)Portola Valley Lobster Shack,
(2)Shakecups, 3130 Alpine Road, Porto-
la Valley, CA 94028 is hereby registered
by the following owner: Old Port Lobster
Company, Inc., CA. The business is con-
ducted by a Corporation. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on 11/22/2010.
/s/ Russell Deutsch /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/12/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/16/10,
11/23/10, 11/30/10, 12/07/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241542
The following person is doing business
as: Aloha Taxi, 1400 El Camino Real,
Burlingame, CA 94010 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner: Keben Ka-
mealoha Kiilehua, same address. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on
/s/ Keben K. Kiilehua /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 10/20/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/16/10,
11/23/10, 11/30/10, 12/07/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241929
The following person is doing business
as: Kretiko Olive Oil, 8 Seville Court, Mill-
brae, CA 94030 is hereby registered by
the following owner: Dahko LLC, CA.
The business is conducted by a Limited
Liability Company. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on
/s/ Dorris Koutantos /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/15/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/16/10,
11/23/10, 11/30/10, 12/07/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241715
The following person is doing business
as: Bantsari Editorial Services, 1321 Pal-
oma Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Lea Anne Bantsari, same address. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on 06/03/2003.
/s/ Lea Anne Bantsari /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/01/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/16/10,
11/23/10, 11/30/10, 12/07/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241702
The following person is doing business
as: Project Blueprint, 710 Mariners Island
Blvd., #108, San Mateo, CA 94404 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Susan P. Senning, same address. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on 05/26/2004.
/s/ Susan P. Senning /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/01/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/16/10,
11/23/10, 11/30/10, 12/07/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241329
The following person is doing business
as: McDonald’s of East Palo Alto, 2401
University Ave., EAST PALO ALTO, CA
94303 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Larry C Tripplett, same ad-
dress. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Larry C. Tripplett /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 10/07/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/23/10,
11/30/10, 12/07/10, 12/14/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241635
The following person is doing business
as: SF Bay Student Jobs, 2864 Hosmer
St., San Mateo, CA 94403 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Perla
Prieto, same address. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Perla Prieto /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 10/27/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/23/10,
11/30/10, 12/07/10, 12/14/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241879
The following person is doing business
as: SPS, 533 Airport Blvd., Ste. 400, Bur-
lingame, CA 94010 is hereby registered
by the following owner: CMJ Global, Inc.,
CA. The business is conducted by a Cor-
poration. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/ David Chung /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/10/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/23/10,
11/30/10, 12/07/10, 12/14/10).
203 Public Notices
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241836
The following person is doing business
as: Pushing Daisies, 600 Laurel Street,
San Carlos, CA 94070 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner: Denise
Melanie Newman, 908 Woodland Ave.,
San Carlos, CA 94070. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Denise Newman /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/08/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/23/10,
11/30/10, 12/07/10, 12/14/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241991
The following person is doing business
as: Cars Limited, 100 Glenn Way #3,
SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Gus S.
Stamates, 444 Edgewood Rd., SAN MA-
TEO. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Gus S. Stamates /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/18/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/30/10,
12/07/10, 12/14/10, 12/21/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242667
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Choice Finee, 407 S. B Street,
San Mateo, CA 94401 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owners: Jane Lee-
Chien, 37 Garden Terrace, Irvine, CA
92603 and Holton Lee, 619 Bainbridge,
FosterCity, CA 94404. The business is
conducted by a General Partnership. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on
/s/ Jane Lee-Chien /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/23/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/30/10,
12/07/10, 12/14/10, 12/21/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242065
The following person is doing business
as: Seed of Luxury, 1290 Bayshore Hwy,
#152, Burlingame, CA 94010 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Robin
Naber, 1055 Macadamia Dr., Hillsbor-
ough, CA 94010. The business is con-
ducted by an Individual. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on
/s/ Robin Naber /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/23/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/30/10,
12/07/10, 12/14/10, 12/21/10).
295 Art
PAINTING "jack vettriano" Portland gal-
lery 26 x 33. $65. (650)345-1111.
PICTURE WITH Frame Jack Vettriano
with light attached $100. (650)867-2720
296 Appliances
4 BURNER cook top commercial lifetime
burner $22., (650)756-6778
AIR CONDITIONER - slider model for
narrow windows, 10k BTU, excellent
condition, $100., (650)212-7020
CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.
(650)368-3037
KENMORE DISHWASHER, exc. condi-
tion, 3yrs old, $95. (650)483-3630
KENMORE MICROWAVE, exc. condi-
tion, 3yrs old, $45. (650)483-3630
MINI FRIDGE - 34 inches high, runs well,
$85., (650)355-2996
PORTABLE GE Dishwasher, excellent
condition $75 OBO, (650)583-0245
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
STOVE TOP 4 burners with electric grill
commercial grade $50., (650)756-6778
VACUUM CLEANER $50 (650)367-1350
VACUUM CLEANER heavy duty like
new $45. (650)878-9542
WASHER/DRYER “MAYTAG” - Brand
new with 3 year warranty, $850. both,
(650)726-4168
297 Bicycles
BICYCLE "COMFORT touring" by Huffy
25 inch wheels blue $40. (650)341-5347
BICYCLE "MAGNA" 24 inch wheels
purple, $40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo
(650)676-0732
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297 Bicycles
GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed
good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712
298 Collectibles
2 VINTAGE COFFEE CANS - empty,
Hills Bros. red, 1922-45, HillsBros , early
80’s, $40/both, (650)347-5104
28 RECORDS - 78 RPMS, Bing Crosby,
Frankie Laine, Al Jolson, many others, all
in book albums, $90. all, (650)347-5104
49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all,
(650)592-2648
6 GALLON "red wing" Crock $100 RWC
(650)868-0436
8 VERY OLD BOTTLES - most used for
medicines, whiskey, milk, root beer, all in
good condition, $90. all, (650)347-5104
BABEBALL CARDS assorted (25)
$15/all. (408)420-5646
BAY MEADOW coffee mug in box $10.
(650)345-1111
CARNIVAL GLASS WATER PITCHER -
beautiful design, $25., leave message
(650)365-1797
CLASSICAL, OPERA dvds (200), al-
most new, and (100) CD’s, $3,000 all,
(650)233-0111
DANCING FIGURINE by Bradley Dolls -
Musical, plays “If You Love Me”, 8 1/2 “
tall, $20., (650)518-0813
GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
tion never used $30/all. (650)345-1111
JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
chard (650)834-4926
MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle
card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x
17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238
POSTER - framed photo of President
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash,
(650)755-8238
SANTA DOLL 4ft. velvet suit w/gift
sack + tree, hand crafted, SOLD!
VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers,
perfect condition, $30., (650)345-1111
300 Toys
RADIO CONTROLLED Beetle Buggy
car new in box $10. (408)249-3858
302 Antiques
ANTIQUE SOLID mahogany knick-knack
or bookshelf with 4 small drawers, good
condition, $95. 650-726-5200
CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot,
solid mahogany. $300/obo.
(650)867-0379
303 Electronics
46” MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
COMSWITCH 3500 - used for fax, com-
puter modem, telephone answering ma-
chine, never used, $35., (650)347-5104
DELL PHOTO 924 all in one with 2 ink
cartridges $60 obo. (650)290-1960
JVC VHS recorder - Like new, $15.,
(650)367-8949
PHILLIPS VCR plus vhs-hu 4 head Hi-Fi
like new, SOLD!
SANIO CASETTE/RECORDER 2 way
Radio - $95.obo, call for more details,
(650)290-1960
SONY RADIO cassette recorder $15
black good condition. (650)345-1111
TV - Big Screen, $70., ok condition,
(650)367-1350
TV 5 inch Black and white good condition
in box $10. (408)249-3858
TV SET 32 inch with remote and stand
$30. (650)520-0619
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
3 PIECE COFFEE TABLE SET: $100.
(650)787-8219
4 STURDY metal dining chairs $20/each.
(650)756-6778
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304 Furniture
BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5
rollers $25. (650)871-5078
BOOKCASE - $25., (650)255-6652
BOOKCASE - Large size bookcase, 27
X 69, with 5 shelves, walnut finish, $20.,
(650)364-7777
CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350
CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
bre base with glass shades $20.
(650)504-3621
CHEST - 6 drawer chest of drawers,
44x18x29, $20., (650)341-4905
COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor-
age good condition $65. (650)867-2720
COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350
CREDENZA - $25., (650)255-6652
DESK 60”w 28”h 30” d, two shelf exten-
sion 4 drawers, SOLD!
DINING CHAIRS - (4) solid, $20. each,
(650)756-6778
DINING TABLE with 4 chairs with leaf
light wood 42 x 34 $99. (650)341-1645
DIRECTORS TYPE CHAIR with leather
seat, $35., (650)355-2996
DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side
tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134
END TABLE marble top with drawer with
matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619
ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - Oak
wood, great condition, glass doors, fits
large TV, 2 drawers, shelves , $100/obo.
(650)261-9681
HUTCH - maple finish, 4 shelves, 52
inch W, $75., (650)341-1645
INFLATABLE BED with pump, queen,
$45., (650)341-4905
MAHOGANY BEDROOM DRESSER -
37 L x 19 W 9 drawers and attached mir-
ror 37 H x 36 W , $75., (650)341-1645
NIGHT STANDS - (2) Two drawer night
stands, 18x16x19, $25., (650)341-4905
OFFICE DESK - $25., (650)255-6652
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
SHELVING - 2000 square foot of shelv-
ing, $500. obo, (650)212-6666
TABLE & CHAIR SET - new, perfect
condition, $475., (650)638-1285
TWIN SIZE Electric beds (2) very good
condition, you haul, $100 obo,(650)583-
9395
TWO END tables: $35 or $20 each.
(650)787-8219
WHITE WICKER ROCKING CHAIR -
Solid construction, $35., (650)341-4905
WICKER CHAIRS - (2) $45. or $25. for
one, (650)341-4905
WOODEN KITCHEN China Cabinet: $99
(great condition!), (650)367-1350
WOODEN QUILT rack with kitty designs
on end excellent condition, SOLD!
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE" decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it,
tall, purchased from Brueners, originally
$100., selling for $20.,(650)867-2720
HAMILTON BEACH
Mixer-Vintage incl.juicer & bowl, beater
$30 OBO (650)576-6067
OASIS COUNTERTOP water cooler dis-
penses cold and luke warm water $50.,
(650)218-4254
REVEREWARE, 1,3.4 qt. pots, 5",7"
pans, stainless steel w/copper bottoms,
excellent cond., $60/all. (650)577-0604
307 Jewelry & Clothing
JEWELRY DISPLAY 12 piece $50/all
ask for Denise 650-589-2893
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow links gloves
size 7.5 $15 New. RWC. (650)868-0436
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307 Jewelry & Clothing
SMALL JEWELRY cabinet - 17” H, 12”
W, 2 glass doors, plus 2 drawers, very
pretty, $35., (650)592-2648
308 Tools
CLICKER TORQUE wrench 1/2 inch
drive 20-150 LBS reversible all chrome
$40. 650-595-3933
CRAFTSMAN 16” scroll saw - good con-
dition, $85., (650)591-4710
DOLLEY - Heavy Duty, Dual Use 54"
hgt. Upright-Push Cart South City
$99.OBO (415) 410 - 9801
PRESSURE WASHER 2500 PSI, good
condition, $350., (650)926-9841
SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal-
lon stack tank air compressor $100.,
(650)591-4710
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219
TORO LEAF BLOWERS, Power Sweep
+ 850 Super Blower, Electric like new
$40. pair South City (415) 410-9801
309 Office Equipment
CALCULATOR - Casio, still in box, new,
$25., (650)867-2720
FILING CABINET - 2 drawer wood filing
cabinet, 20x25x30, $45., (650)341-4905
FILING CABINET - 4 drawer steel filing
cabinet, $30., (650)341-4905
OFFICE LAMP - new in box, $35/obo,
(650)303-3568
OFFICE LAMP new $8. (650)345-1111
OFFICE WATER COOLER Hot - Ex Hot
,Cold - Ice Cold Like New South City
$99. OBO (415) 410 -9801
SHRED MASTER cuts 3-4 sheets at a
time SOLD!
310 Misc. For Sale
"PAN-AM CHINA Clipper" silver plated
creamer $40. (650)593-8880
13 PIECE paint and pad set for home
use $25., (650)589-2893
5 NEEDLEPOINT sets still in package
$10/each, (650)592-2648
ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12.
(650)368-3037
AREA RUG - Beautiful, plush, 11’ x 6.10’
remnant solid tan color, never used, tags
still attached, clean, $60., (650)347-5104
ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
AUTOMAT BLACK leather opens with
compartment SOLD!
BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
BATH TOWELS - 10 used, good condi-
tion, SOLD!
BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
BETTY BOOP perfume 3.5 ounces $8.
(408)249-3858
BROGMANSIA TREE $40 needs plant-
ing. (650)871-7200
CABINET OAK, fits over toilet water
tank, like new $25. (650)341-5347
CANDLE OIL lamp set 3 piece hand
blown glass 9 inches tall burns 25 hours.
$40, 650-343-3374
CAROL HIGGINS CLARK HARDBACK
BOOKS - 10 @ $3. ea., or all for $25.,
(650)341-1861
COLLAPSIBLE PICNIC cooler comes
with utensils, glass and plates $15.
COMIC BOOKS (10) assorted $15/all.
(408)420-5646
COOKIE JAR adorable ceramic blizzard
& Co. Snowman $20. (650)343-3374
DOG CAGE/GORILLA - folding
large dog cage good condition, 2 door
with tray, $75.,(650)355-8949
DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
total, (650)367-8949
ETAGER over the toilet water tank - wal-
nut, $25., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
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HOMES & PROPERTIES

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle The San Mateo Daily Journal’s
weekly Real Estate Section.
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis Look for it
ACROSS DOWN 33 Math course 49 Onetime capital every Friday and Weekend
to find information on fine homes
1 Roe source 1 Fine porcelain 34 Business orgs. of Japan and properties throughout
5 Scrape, 2 Sweetheart 35 Little ones 50 Filled up the local area.
cat-style 3 Naproxen, 39 Form incorrectly 52 Restaurant
9 100 kopeks commercially 41 Covers, as a patron
14 Geographical 4 Epicurean driveway 53 Following
extremity delight 42 Robust 54 Wax removers
15 Little suckers 5 Held firmly 43 Worldly seven 55 Growl
16 Matriculate 6 Turkish bread? 44 Messenger 56 Ceremony
17 Turow memoir 7 Fatty __
molecules 57 Country way
subtitled “The 8 Make, as
46 White House 58 Toward the
Turbulent True baskets
Story of a First 9 Fireman, family rudder
Year at Harvard sometimes ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
Law School” 10 Wild
18 The “Habanera” 11 Sassy kid
from “Carmen,” 12 Folk tales and
e.g. such
19 Blunt, as reality 13 “Benevolent”
20 One debating fraternal SAVE ON
the unpopular member BUYING OR SELLING
side 21 Having A HOME!
23 Washing aid for abundant Personal Service
Margaret Dowd
pupils vegetation Bus: (650)794-9858
24 Blood bank fluid 22 Thereabouts Cell: (650)400-9714
25 “Hold on __!” 26 Chanel of Lic# 01250058
27 Stew fashion
31 Healer using 28 Nincompoop
440 Apartments
magic 29 Burrow
36 “Man oh man!” indicator BELMONT - prime, quiet location, view,
1 bedroom $1225, 2 bedrooms $1495.
37 Out of kilter 30 Pretty pitcher New carpets, new granite counters, dish-
washer, balcony, covered carports, stor-
38 Dove murmur 31 Guitar effect age, pool, no pets. (650)344-8418 or
39 About 1,609 32 Triumphant cry xwordeditor@aol.com 11/30/10 (650)592-1271

meters
40 Game system
played with REDWOOD
gestures
41 Uncredited
CITY
author 1 bedroom, 1 bath
45 Long-haired cat
311 Musical Instruments 322 Garage Sales
in senior complex
47 Part of a family (over 55).
business title 2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for
both. (650)342-4537 Close to
48 Pitching
KEYBOARD CASIO 3 ft long $50.
GARAGE SALES downtown.
miscues (650)583-2767 ESTATE SALES
51 Where AMZN Make money, make room! Gated entry.
stock is traded 312 Pets & Animals
55 Wee-hours work KITTY LITTER box enclosed with swing-
ing door and handle $10., (650)592-2648
List your upcoming garage
sale, moving sale, estate Move in
period for 20-, sale, yard sale, rummage
31- and 41-
316 Clothes
sale, clearance sale, or
whatever sale you have...
Special.
Across?
in the Daily Journal. 830 Main Street, RWC
58 Japanese BLACK LEATHER MOTORCYCLE
cartoon genre
JACKET - Large, water proof, new, $35.,
Reach over 82,500 readers
(650)367-0177
(650)342-7568
59 Oklahoma tribe from South San Francisco
BOOTS - 2 pairs purple leather, size 8. to Palo Alto.
60 Naysayer One is knee length, other is ankle length,
in your local newspaper. SAN MATEO - 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Next
$150.obo, (650)592-9141
61 Deadly to Central Park. Rarely available. Pres-
LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with Call (650)344-5200 tigious Location & Building. Gated ga-
62 Zip (along) dark brown lining RWC $35. (650)868- rage, deck. No Pets. $1975.mo.,
63 Chick’s sound 0436 (650)948-2935

64 Head lock LADIES ROYAL blue rain coat with zip-

65 At __: arguing pered flannel plaid liner size 12 RWC 442 Studios
$15. (650)868-0436 335 Garden Equipment
66 Messes up By Mark Feldman REDWOOD CITY- Large room with
(c)2010 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
11/30/10 LADIES SHOES- size 5, $10., (650)756- TABLE - for plant, $20, perfect condi- kitchen and bath. $850/mo. with $400
6778 tion, (650)345-1111 deposit. (650)361-1200

345 Medical Equipment 470 Rooms

315 Wanted to Buy 315 Wanted to Buy 310 Misc. For Sale MEN'S PAJAMA set by "Dockers" size
Large new in box $15. (408)249-3858 ALUMINUM CRUTCHES for adults ad-
METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige justable $30. (650)341-1861 GARDEN MOTEL
MEN'S SHOES - New, size 10, $10.,
16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D.
$40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
(650)756-6778 POWER CHAIR - “Rascal 600”, new 1690 Broadway
MEN'S SUIT almost new $25. $1600., (650)574-5316 Redwood City, CA 94063
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC World book 650-573-6981 (650)366-4724
of Religion still in package $35.
MENS SLACKS - 8 pairs, $50., Size
379 Open Houses Low Daily & Weekly Rooms
(408)249-3858 Free HBO + Spanish+Sports+Movie
36/32, (408)420-5646 Channels, Free Internet
NEW GAIAM YOGA A.M. Tape & CD Daily $45+tax Nite & up
MINK COLLAR (real) wrap around
$10.00
650-578-8306 SOLD! OPEN HOUSE Weekly $250+tax & up

NEW GAIAM Yoga P.M. Tape & CD 317 Building Materials LISTINGS
$10.00 HIP HOUSING
650-578-8306 DOUBLE PANED GLASS WINDOWS - List your Open House Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
various sizes, half moon, like new, $10. in the Daily Journal. San Mateo County
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners and up, (650)756-6778 (650)348-6660
$8.00
650-578-8306 Reach over 82,500
318 Sports Equipment potential home buyers &
PAINT SET - 5 piece with pads $35/all, renters a day, REDWOOD CITY
2 GOLF CLUBS - Ladies, right handed,
(650)589-2893
putter & driver $5/each (650)755-8238 from South San Francisco Sequoia Hotel
to Palo Alto. 800 Main St.,
FISHING DEPTH SOUNDER - Hummin- $600 Monthly
PERSIAN CARPET (Klim) good condi-
bird super sixty (wps60), SOLD! in your local newspaper. $160. & up per week.
tion. Red and blue w/ bird design. 65 in x
45 $100. (650)867-2720
GOLD'S GYM - GT2000Power Tower + Call (650)344-5200 (650)366-9501
SLIDING SCREEN door 30 inch good Instructions as new, asking $100/obo, (650)279-9811
condition $25. (650)871-7200 (650)344-6565

310 Misc. For Sale
DURA-CRAFT FARM house in original
unopened box - approx 50 years old. FH
500, size 21x40x30, $100, 650-342-
1270.
EXCERCISE BALL USA 55CM pump in-
cluded pearl color SOLD!
FIRE BOWL- new in box, 13 x 32
$50.obo, (650)592-9141
FULL BAG of plastic containers. $30/all.
(650)589-2893
LUGGAGE (2 carry on) leather & cloth
SOLD!
310 Misc. For Sale
HARD COVER BOOKS - Mystery & ad-
venture, current authors, some large type
print, $3.00 each, (650)364-7777
JANET EVANOVICH BOOKS - 4 hard-
backs @ $3.ea., 4 paperbacks @ $1.
ea., (650)341-1861
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in
box, (650)368-3037
SCREEN DOOR 36 inch slightly bent
$15. (650)871-7200
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes 322 Garage Sales Room For Rent
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $40. 380 Real Estate Services
all, Burl, (650)347-5104 Travel Inn, San Carlos
THE THRIFT SHOP $49 daily + tax
SUIT/COAT HANGERS (14) sturdy good
quality hardwood unused $1/each or all
$10. San Bruno 650-588-1946
Sale - 50% Off All Kids
Clothes & Toys
DISTRESS $280 weekly + tax
Clean Quiet Convenient
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
TRIVIAL PURSUIT GAME - genius edi-
tion, used a few times, no missing
Thursday & Friday 10:00-2:00
Saturdays 10:00-3:00
Episcopal Church
SALES Microwave and Refrigerator
950 El Camino Real San Carlos
(650) 593-3136
pieces, $22., (650)347-5104 1 South El Camino Real Bank Foreclosures.
San Mateo 94401 $400,000+
TRIVIAL PURSUIT game genius edition (650)344-0921
excellent condition $20. (650)343-3374 Free list with 510 Commercial for Rent
VHS (40) 3 for $5 or $50/all, (415)468-
pictures. SAN MATEO Care Home between 20th
& 22nd Ave. $6500/mo. + 2 security de-
PeninsulaRealEstate.info
2787 posits. 13 rooms & 13 bathrooms.
Free recorded message (650)766-9512
VIKING DAISY SEWING MACHINE - by
“Husqvarna”. Portable case included, 1(800)754-0569
$175., (970)319-4269 ID# 2042 620 Automobiles
Dolphin RE
WETSUIT - Barefoot, like new, $40., CHRYSLER ‘01 PT Limited Edition, 98K
(650)367-8949 miles, black, $4000., (650)357-0313
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620 Automobiles
Don’t lose money
on a trade-in or
consignment!
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Daily Journal’s
Auto Classifieds.
Just $3 per day.
Reach 82,500 drivers
from South SF to
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Call (650)344-5200
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AUDI ‘03 A4 3.0L Grey 10068T
$12,995. Toyota 101. Please mention
the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
BMW '09 5 Series 528i Blue 9980T
$34,988Toyota 101. Please mention the
Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
BMW ‘06 325i - low miles, very clean,
loaded, leather interior, $20,000 obo.,
(650)368-6674
BMW 540I ‘03 - Excellent condition,
loaded, leather, 103K mi., $11,995,
(650)349-6969
CHRYSLER '06 PT Cruiser Touring, 60K
miles, white, $7,992. #T6T269964 Melo-
dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
FORD ‘85 VICTORIA - Original owner,
43K miles, automatic, all powered. Very
good condition. $4K, (650)515-5023.
FORD '08 FUSION SE Green 10000T
$14,488. Toyota 101. Please mention
the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
HONDA '08 CIVIC CPE LX Gold
9937T $13,998.00 Toyota 101. Please
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
620 Automobiles
MAZDA '09 MAZDA6 I Sport White
10074T $14,988.00. Toyota 101. Please
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
MITSUBISHI '09 GALANT ES Cream
10138P $12,788.00. Toyota 101. Please
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
NISSAN '10 MAXIMA 3.5 S Gray
9955P $25,488. Toyota 101. Please
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
NISSAN '09 ALTIMA 2.5 White 9956P
$14,998.00. Toyota 101. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
NISSAN '09 SENTRA 2.0 FE+ Gray
10051P $11,998.00. Toyota 101. Please
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
SCION '08 TC SPEC White 10054P
$14,488.00. Toyota 101. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
SUBARU '06 LEGACY WAGON Out-
back 2.5 XT Black 10015T $17,588.00 .
Toyota 101. Please mention the Daily
Journal. (650)365-5000
TOYOTA '07 COROLLA CE Gray
10093T $9,588 . Toyota 101. Please
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
TOYOTA '07 CAMRY HYBRID Basic
Silver 9965P $17,988 Toyota 101.
Please mention the Daily Journal.
(650)365-5000
TOYOTA '08 HIGHLANDER LIMITED
Gray 10018T $32,988 Toyota 101.
Please mention the Daily Journal.
(650)365-5000
TOYOTA '08 TUNDRA 2WD Truck
SR5 Silver 10053P $22,998 Toyota 101.
Please mention the Daily Journal.
(650)365-5000
TOYOTA '09 CAMRY BASIC Green
9998P $16,488 Toyota 101. Please
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
620 Automobiles 630 Trucks & SUV’s 640 Motorcycles/Scooters 670 Auto Parts
TOYOTA '10 RAV4 SPORT Gray HONDA '07 CR-V EX-L, silver, auto, BMW ‘03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call
10029P $23,488 Toyota 101. Please $20,792. #T7C058407 Melody Toyota, 650-771-4407 880 AUTO WORKS
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the Dealership Quality
5000 Daily Journal. HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘83 Shovelhead - Affordable Prices
special construction, 1340 cc’s, Awe- Complete Auto Service
KIA '09 SPORTAGE LX Beige 10049P some!, $5,950/obo. Rob (415)602-4535. Foreign & Domestic Autos
TOYOTA '10 YARIS BASIC Blue
10030P $14,288. Toyota 101. Please $17,988.00 . Toyota 101. Please men-
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 HONDA ‘01 Reflex Scooter - Silver, 880 El Camino Real
$1,999., Call Jesse (650)593-6763 San Carlos
5000
650-598-9288
MERCEDES BENZ '09 M-Class ML350,
TOYOTA '10 YARIS BASIC Green polar white, $36,492. P80169537 Melody 645 Boats www.880autoworks.com
10081P $13,588 Toyota 101. Please Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal PROSPORT ‘97 - 17 ft. CC 80 Yamaha
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000 Pacific, loaded, like new, $9,500 or trade, EL CAMINO '67 - parts (Protecto top)
(650)583-7946.
NISSAN '07 Sentra, gray, $11,191. $95., (650)367-8949
#P7L623495 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
VOLKSWAGEN '08 JETTA Sedan 587-8635. Please mention the Daily 650 RVs HEAVY DUTY jack stand for camper or
Wolfsburg Gray 10087P $17,988.. Toyo- Journal SUV $15. (650)949-2134
ta 101. Please mention the Daily Jour-
nal. (650)365-5000 NISSAN '08 350Z, gray,
REXHALL ‘00 VISION - 53K mi., Ford
Triton V-10 engine. 29 feet long, no pop
TIRES - 4 BMW and 4 Corvette tires with
$21,992. P8M750023 Melody Toyota, rims, $10. each, SOLD!
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PAROLE
Continued from page 1
Aaron Gillum, 50, concluded he no longer
poses a danger to the community, a different
panel yesterday decided he is not suitable for
release. Gillum, who waived his right to have
a lawyer present, was denied for five years
after a hearing in which he argued with the
commissioners, said Steve Wagstaffe, San
Mateo County chief deputy district attorney.
Gillum’s denial is most notable because
only two years ago he had hopes of actually
stepping foot out of prison.
In February 2007, a three-person Board of
Parole Hearings recommended Gillum be
paroled after serving 20 years. However, Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger overruled the deci-
sion and revoked the grant of parole. Although
Schwarzenegger is on his way out of office, he
could still reverse Gillum’s parole recommen-
dation before leaving.
Schwarzenegger has made a habit of deny-
ing release to prisoners granted parole by the
LOCAL/WORLD
board using a 1998 state constitutional
amendment giving him that power. In 2002,
the California Supreme Court upheld the gov-
ernor’s power to block the parole of convicted
murderers, but said the governor’s decisions
are subject to limited review by the state
courts. The state appeals court most notably
balked at a gubernatorial denial in January
2005 when it ordered the release of a 65-year-
old San Mateo County man convicted of a
1986 murder.
In between the legal wrangling, however,
inmates like Gillum have learned that a parole
board decision is not an absolute key to free-
dom. Interestingly, although Gillum was
granted parole in 2007, he was not given the
same recommendation at a Dec. 17, 2008
hearing.
Gillum, who is housed at Corcoran State
Prison, reportedly told the board he had
stopped attending Alcoholics Anonymous
counseling at the prison as soon as he received
his parole date in 2007 because he had only
participated in hopes of a release date.
When asked why he felt he was ready for
parole, Gillum said he “had done enough time
for what he did,” Wagstaffe said.
Tuesday • Nov. 30, 2010 27
During his October 1987 trial, prosecutor
Martin Murray had to prove that Crigger was
killed by Gillum and not the train. A key find-
ing, according to Wagstaffe, was that bodies
are pushed down by the force of the train
rather than sucked up. The push aspect is why
during that era teenagers would scare conduc-
tors by lying down between the tracks, allow-
ing the train to speed over them and emerging
unscathed, he said.
Gillum claimed the murder was self defense
after Crigger hit him on the head with a rock.
After a 21-day trial, the jury convicted Gillum
of second-degree murder and the following
month he was sentenced to 15 years to life.
Gillum has come up for parole eight times,
including yesterday. The San Mateo County
District Attorney’s Office has opposed his
release each time.
In reversing parole in 2007,
What he did, according to Wagstaffe, is
Schwarzenegger called Crigger’s murder
choke and beat fellow transient Darwin
“especially atrocious and cruel” and “demon-
Crigger to death on Feb. 25, 1986 before plac-
strated an exceptionally callous disregard for
ing his body on the tracks in Redwood City to
human suffering and life.” Schwarzenegger
be hit by a Caltrain. He was arrested the fol-
lowing October after discussing the murder also questioned if Gillum could commit to
with an employer in a Nevada gold mine. lifelong participation in substance abuse pro-
grams outside of incarceration.
SHOOTING
Continued from page 1
with many young children as residents.
Most residents at the complex yesterday afternoon said they
stayed inside their apartments Sunday night after the shots
were fired to avoid getting caught up in the incident.
“There were police everywhere,” one resident said.
Police tape was still up on the backside of the complex in a
parking area yesterday afternoon where Norteño gang graffiti
was clearly displayed on the exterior of the building.
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Afghan police officer kills six U.S.service members
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP — An Afghan border policeman
killed six American servicemen during a training mission
Monday, underscoring one of the risks in a U.S.-led program
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years. Attacks on NATO troops by Afghan policemen or sol-
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Family owned since 1963

Millbrae Business of the Year Cash
Sell Locally 4 Gold
We make loans
Instant Cash for on Jewelry & Coins
Jewelryy & Diamonds
Jewel Every Day We Are
We buy all diamonds and jewelry items regardless
of their condition. We can offer you top dollar for all antique
and period jewelry. Bring your items in to one of our experts for
an appraisal and cash offer.
BUYING
Instant Cash for
Bullion Buy & Sell
Gold, Silver, & Platinum
Gold: Maple Leaf, American Eagle,
Krugerrand. Silver: All Sizes
Platinum: All Sizes

Instant Cash for

U.S.
Gold
USED
CoinsNEW
$1.00 ............ $75 & Up............................. $150 to $7,500
$2.50 .......... $145 & Up............................. $165 to $5,000
$3.00 .......... $350 & Up........................... $1000 to $7,500
$5.00 .......... $275 & Up............................. $310 to $8,000
$10.00 ........ $640 & Up........................... $650 to $10,000
$20.00 ...... $1275 & Up......................... $1300 to $10,000

Instant Cash for

U.S. Silver Coins
We buy all coins for their collector value.
Dimes ..................... $1.50 & up ..................................... $$
To Our
O Customers:
Quarter .................... $3.75 & up .................................... $$
Numis International
Halves..................... $7.50 & up .................................... $$
Inc. is a second
Dollars .................. $16.00 & up ..................................... $$
generation, local

S e en & family owned

Foreign Coins As TV! business here in

Paying more for proof coins! On Millbrae since 1963.

Our top priority has
Note: We also buy foreign gold coins.
All prices are subject to market fluctuation been the complete
We especially need large quantities of old silver dollars paying satisfaction of our
more for rare dates! Do not clean coins. Note: We also buy customers.
foreign silver coins. All prices are subject to market fluctuation.

301 Broadway, Millbrae (650) 697-6570

Monday - Friday 9am-6pm • Saturday 9am-2pm
www.NumisInternational.com