HERE’S HARBAUGH

JIM HARBAUGH ACCEPTS JOB AS COACH OF THE 49ERS

OBAMA AIMING TO
INCREASE GROWTH
NOTHING GOOD
IN THIS ‘SEASON’
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Help during the rebuilding process

Workshop to aid homeowners affected by San Bruno explosion and fire
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Grass is beginning to grow on the
vacant sites where homes once
stood four months after the fatal San
Bruno explosion and fire, leading
residents to consider restarting their
lives but some may have questions
about the details of construction.
The Sept. 9 blast completely
killed eight people, destroyed 38
homes and created a large swath of
damage to the Glenview neighbor-
hood. Rebuilding, repairing or buy-
ing a new home is on the mind of
many affected which brings up lots
of questions. Insurance issues arise
as do inquiries about finding the
right contractor or inventorying
what was lost. On Sunday, United
Policyholders and Rebuilding
Together Peninsula are joining
together for “Dollars and Sense:
Home Repairs, Insurance,
Rebuilding and Recovery,” a work-
shop that aims to help answer those
questions.
“Now that the holidays are over,
residents are focusing on getting out
of their temporary living quarters
and back home. Insurance negotia-
tions and contractor challenges are
at the top of their 2011 ‘to do’ lists,”
said Amy Bach, executive director
of insurance consumer advocacy
group United Policyholders.
Cari Pang Chen, program director
for Rebuilding Together Peninsula,
See HELP, Page 23

UNITED PROTEST
‘We have to
make cuts’
Brown to eliminate Secretary of
Education post, first lady’s office
By Judy Lin “California is
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS facing a huge
deficit, and it is
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry necessary to find
Brown announced Friday that he is savings through-
eliminating the Secretary of out all of govern-
Education position and slashing the ment,” Brown
governor’s office by 25 percent as he said in a state-
tries to make good on a campaign ment. “We all
promise to cut government spend- Jerry Brown have to make
ing. cuts, and I’m
The Democratic governor said starting with my own office.”
he’s also returning most of the Brown is scheduled to release his
$770,000 allocated for the budget plan for the 2011-12 fiscal
changeover to his administration year on Monday, and he has forecast
from that of Gov. Arnold deep, across-the-board cuts to many
Schwarzenegger. He said he only state programs, as well as a govern-
spent $120,000 for the gubernatorial ment restructuring.
transition. He said he would trim $4.5 mil-
NICK ROSE/DAILY JOURNAL All the savings add up to $7 mil- lion out of the $18 million budget
Flight attendants and pilots from United Airlines gathered at SFO airport on Friday to picket stalled contract lion, just a fraction of the projected for the governor’s office by cutting
talks with the company's management claiming they are working for 1994 wages.The protest occurred at $28 billion state shortfall through staff in the Washington, D.C. office;
airports across the world including Los Angeles,Chicago,New York,Denver,Portland,Cleveland,Hong Kong, June 2012. But Brown said he has to
Narita/Tokyo,London,Frankfurt,Honolulu and Las Vegas. start somewhere. See BROWN, Page 23

Officials hope to work High school bombing case still on track DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT not return a call for com-

out garbage glitches

By Caitilin McAdoo
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
A switch to a new garbage and recycling
service provider that began Monday in parts
of San Mateo County has seen some glitches,
but officials have said they are confident the
problems will be worked out.
Recology San Mateo County is providing
the new service to 92,000 residential cus-
tomers and more than 10,000 commercial cus-
tomers in Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo
Alto, Foster City, Menlo Park, Redwood City,
San Carlos, San Mateo, Atherton,
Hillsborough, the West Bay Sanitary District
and parts of unincorporated San Mateo
County.
See GARBAGE, Page 23
ment.
The jury trial of a San Mateo high school If the date continues to
bombing suspect is still on track for later this hold, the trial will come
month even as questions remain about the for- 10 days after doctors are
set to return their opinions
mer student’s sanity.
of the 18-year-old’s sanity.
A judge denied a defense request to move
the Jan. 31 trial date of Alexander Robert Youshock added the extra
plea of not guilty by rea-
Youshock. He offered a few extra days if nec-
essary but felt a complete postponement was son of insanity in mid-
Alexander December, following
premature, said Chief Deputy District Youshock
evaluations that he is
Attorney Karen Guidotti, who is prosecuting competent to aid in his own defense.
the case.
Defense attorney Jonathan McDougall did See CASE, Page 23
2 Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011 FOR THE RECORD THE DAILY JOURNAL

Quote of the Day Snapshot Inside

“The conditions are Time
in place to get pretty good for a trip?
job growth this year,....The Hawaii
attractions can
payroll tax cut is in place,exports are be yours for free
booming,and banks are lending again.” See page 22
— John Canally,an economist at LPL Financial
“Job growth remains slow,” see page 8

Local Weather Forecast

Saturday: Mostly cloudy in the morning Wall Street
then becoming mostly sunny. Patchy fog in JPMorgan,
the morning. Highs around 50. Southwest other banks
winds 5 to 10 mph. lead stocks lower
Saturday night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the
30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. See page 10
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
50s. West winds around 5 mph.
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around 5 mph. Elvis Aaron Presley was born in this home,built by his father,in Tupelo,Miss.
Monday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. on Jan.8,1935.Today,Jan.8 is Elvis’birthday.
Monday night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.

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In 1861, President James Buchanan’s pro-Southern Secretary
The Daily Derby race winners are Winning Spirit, of the Interior, Jacob Thompson, resigned.
No. 09, Lucky Charms, No. 12, in second place; In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his “Fourteen
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ws clocked at 1:45.36. the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution,
which established Prohibition. Physicist Stephen Rock singer David Singer R.Kelly is
In 1935, rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley was born in Hawking is 69. Bowie is 64. 44.
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North Vietnam resumed. director John McTiernan is 60. Actress Harriet Sansom Harris
In 1989, 47 people were killed when a British Midland Boeing is 56. Singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is 47. Actress Maria
Publisher Editor in Chief 737-400 carrying 126 people crashed in central England. Pitillo is 46. Actress Michelle Forbes is 46.
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(1917-2007) is often incorrectly stated as 35 members and was located in a build-
Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . (650) 344-5200 Fax: (650) 344-5290 1914. Wyman added three years to her ing that was formerly used by the Donald
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Career: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . info@smdailyjournal.com Bill Walsh (1931-2007) was a football entered her drawing of a woman’s coat in
800 S. Claremont St., Ste. 210, San Mateo, Ca. 94402 coach at Stanford University before he a design competition sponsored by
became the head coach of the San Harper’s Bazaar magazine. She won the
Francisco 49ers in 1979. Walsh led the competition which led to a job as a
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME 49ers to three Super Bowl champi- clothes designer in New York.
by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek Mime artist Marcel Marceau (1923-
onships in 1981, 1984 and 1988. ***
2007) created a character called Bip; a
Unscramble these four Jumbles, *** As a boy, Russian leader Boris Yeltsin
one letter to each square, white-faced clown that wore a striped
Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (1931–2007) blew off two fingers of his
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shirt and battered hat. Bip hunted butter-
DUWNE flies, tamed lions and struggled with
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***
©2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Merv Griffin (1925-2007), a San Mateo
native, hosted the game shows “Play
TRIVE
Your Hunch” (1958-1963) and “Word
for Word” (1963) before creating and
producing the game shows “Jeopardy!”
MUHLIE (1964-present) and “Wheel of Fortune”
(1975-present).
***
Although best known as supermarket
TIPURY
Now arrange the circled letters manager Mr. Whipple in Charmin com-
to form the surprise answer, as mercials, actor Dick Wilson (1916-2007)
suggested by the above cartoon.
had recurring roles in television sitcoms
Ans: including “Bewitched” (1964-1972),
“Gidget” (1965-1966) and “McHale’s
(Answers Monday)
Jumbles: SWOON GRIPE PULPIT SPLEEN Navy” (1962-1966).
Yesterday’s
Answer: A politician will do this when faced with a
***
knotty problem — PULL “STRINGS”
A popular toy of the 1970s was the Evel
Knievel Super Stunt Set in which kids
could recreate the motorcycle jumps of
Evel Knievel (1938-2007). The set came
with an action figure with removable hel-
met, a motorcycle, ramps and a hoop of
fire.
***
(1918-2007) was a three time winner of
the Academy Award for best foreign film.
Can you name the movies he won the
awards for? See answer at end.
***
Beginning in 1992 opera singer Luciano
Pavarotti (1935–2007) held the Pavarotti
& Friends concert annually in his home-
town of Modena, Italy. The concert
raised funds for charities that aid child
victims of war.
***
Robert Goulet (1933-2007) was born in
Massachusetts but moved to Canada at
age 13. As his singing career took off Ed
Sullivan (1902-1974) dubbed Goulet the
“American baritone from Canada.”
***
Anna Nicole Smith (1967-2007)
appeared on the cover of Playboy in
March 1992. The cover got the attention
of Guess president Paul Marciano (born
1952) who made her the face of Guess
jeans the following year.
***
In 1956 at age 22, the Rev. Jerry Falwell
(1933-2007) founded the Thomas Road
Baptist Church in his hometown of
left hand while playing with a live
grenade.
***
While her husband was vice president,
Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) was an
ambassador of goodwill for the White
House. She traveled to 33 foreign coun-
tries over three years.
***
In 2002, Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
(1942-2007) was asked to do a televised
celebrity boxing match against Sylvester
Stallone’s mother Jackie Stallone (born
1921). Tammy Faye turned down the
offer.
***
Answer: “The Virgin Spring” (1960),
“Through a Glass Darkly” (1961) and
“Fanny & Alexander” (1982).” Most of
Bergman’s films were set in Sweden. His
films were emotionally intense, often with
themes of illness, death and insanity.
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the weekend and Wednesday editions of the
Daily Journal. Questions? Comments? E-
mail knowitall@smdailyjournal.com or call
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Judge will determine suspect’s competency
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
A transient accused of fatally beating an
88-year-old Belmont man during a home
invasion robbery will be evaluated for trial
fitness by a third doctor but the decision of
his competency ultimately rests in the hands
of a judge.
Although the defense for Tyler James
Hutchinson previously argued a judge could-
n’t appoint a third doctor to break the differ-
ing opinions of the first two, Judge Mark
Forcum on Friday decided the court does
have the authority. However, that report will
be one of just several considered by Forcum
Feb. 14 at a court trial on the competency
issue. The prosecution plans to call five of
the six doctors who’ve previously evaluated
Accused neckslasher finally cleared for court
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
The coastside man accused of sawing at
the neck of his live-in girlfriend with a ser-
rated knife in early December was finally
medically cleared for court, more than a
month after his hospitalization for an undis-
closed condition that befell him at the time of
arrest.
David Jon Vanalstine, 56, was charged in
absentia with attempted murder and using a
knife against a woman who he dated in high
school and currently shared a mobile home
with in Moss Beach. Authorities have been
unable to say why Vanalstine was unable to
leave the hospital because of patient confi-
dentiality laws.
What is known is that Vanalstine was hos-
LOCAL
Hutchinson in this and
prior criminal cases.
A conditional exam of
an infirm witness will also
be held that day.
The outcome of the trial
will determine if
Hutchinson, 22, will be
tried or hospitalized.
Tyler Sanity is a defendant’s
Hutchinson mental state at the time of
an alleged crime while
competency is the ability to aid in one’s own
defense.
Hutchinson is charged with murder, rob-
bery and the special allegation of committing
murder in the course of another felony.
Albert Korn died two weeks after alleged-
pitalized after police
responded to the Pillar
Ridge Estates residence
on Dec. 2. The 56-year-
old victim told dispatch-
ers she had been stabbed
by Vanalstine who was
still inside the home.
Vanalstine allegedly
David held the woman down on
Vanalstine the couch by her hair and
began sawing at her neck
with a serrated knife, according to the
District Attorney’s Office. Vanalstine
allegedly stopped when the woman’s friend
arrived. Deputies found her outside with a
10-centimeter laceration to her neck, from
her carotid artery to her ear, and Vanalstine
Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011 3
Police reports
Keep off the grass
ly encountering Hutchinson on the afternoon
of June 2, 2009. The transient had allegedly A vehicle ran over a resident’s lawn and
entered a back window of a home on the caused damage on the 300 block of La
2500 block of Hallmark Drive in Belmont Prenda in Menlo Park before 3:03 p.m.
and authorities believe he beat Korn before Saturday, Jan. 1.
fleeing with his wallet and jewelry in the
man’s car.
Hutchinson was identified as the suspect
MILLBRAE
after being arrested for similar invasions inBurglary. A suspect entered a backyard and
West Sacramento. After being convicted, ransacked storage containers under the house
Hutchinson was sentenced to prison for six and a bench in the front of the residence was
stolen on the 200 block of Loyola Drive before
years and eight months and sent back to San
11:09 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4.
Mateo County. Burglary. A vehicle’s window was smashed
He is also charged in an alleged Aug. 4 and miscellaneous items were taken on the
attack on two jail officers providing security
first block of Larkspur Drive before 2:39 p.m.
for a maintenance worker in his cell. Tuesday, Jan. 4.
Hutchinson remains in custody on no-bail Brandishing a weapon. A suspect brandished
status. a knife in a supermarket and then fled to a
BART station on the 500 block of Magnolia
before 12:52 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3.
Theft. A black and white BMX bike was taken
from outside a Walgreens on El Camino Real
also at the scene, according to the District before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2.
Attorney’s Office.
Both were taken to the hospital where the BURLINGAME
woman underwent surgery and Vanalstine Burglary. A gray Honda was burglarized and
its window was smashed on the 1000 block of
began treatment for his condition.
El Camino Real before 7:37 a.m. Thursday,
The attack came days after Vanalstine was Jan. 6.
sentenced to 45 days in jail for a 2010 mis- Suspicious circumstances. A male suspect
demeanor drunk driving conviction with pri- tried break into a vehicle with a coat hanger on
ors. Police believe the victim turned the 1500 block of Sherman Ave. before 4:39
Vanalstine in on the charge. Judge Cliff p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6.
Cretan stayed the sentence until Jan. 22. Theft. A camera was stolen on the 1600 block
of Bayshore Highway before 10:05 p.m.
Vanalstine appeared in court briefly Thursday, Jan. 6.
Wednesday but declined to enter a plea. He Stolen auto. A 1995 teal Acura Integra was
returns to court Monday afternoon to identi- stolen from a parking lot on the 1000 block of
fy his court-appointed attorney and set fur- Carolan Avenue before 8:53 a.m. Wednesday,
ther proceedings. Jan. 5.
4 Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011
Betty J. (Bathen) Beals
Betty J. (Bathen) Beals, born Oct.
14, 1921 in Dell Rapids, S.D. and
died peacefully Dec. 24, 2010 in
Redwood City where she lived since
1949.
The only child of Rae and Julia
Bathen, Betty moved to San
Francisco in 1925 when her father
accepted a job with “Ma Bell.”
Betty rode and competitively
jumped horses in Golden Gate Park
as a young woman; and became an
extremely talented seamstress. At
Polytechnic High School, she met
her future husband, football star
Alyn Beals. After graduating from
high school in 1938, she attended
San Francisco State while Alyn
attended the University of Santa
Clara on a football scholarship. On
Jan. 9, 1943, Betty and Alyn were
married at the courthouse in San
Francisco; later that year, Alyn was
called to fight in World War II.
Upon his return from Germany in
1946, Alyn played for the San
Francisco 49ers. The Beals settled
in Park Merced, and their son Alyn
Thomas was born in 1947. In 1949,
the Beals bought their first home in
Redwood City; and Alyn retired
from the 49ers following the 1951
season. Betty was a homemaker and
volunteered for nearly 30 years with
the Sequoia Hospital Auxiliary and
was president in 1956 — the same
year she was president of the
Lincoln Elementary School PTA.
In 1957, the Beals welcomed a
daughter, Lesley Ann.
Betty was preceded in death by
her husband of 50 years, Alyn, in
1993. Her physical health had been
declining for several years, and she
succumbed to pneumonia on
Christmas Eve at the age of 89. She
is survived by her children Alyn
Beals and Lesley Beals of Redwood
City; grandchildren Keri Beals
Litchfield of Visalia; Kevin (and
wife Devon) Beals, Alyn Ames and
Corey Ames (all of Redwood City);
and great-grandchildren Hailee
Litchfield (Visalia) and Zachary
Beals (Redwood City).
A celebration of Betty Beals’ life
will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan.
15, 2011 at Crippen & Flynn
Woodside Chapel, 400 Woodside
Road, Redwood City.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests contributions to the
Sequoia Hospital Foundation or the
University of Santa Clara Alumni
Scholarship Fund.
Beatrice Brown O’Donnell
Beatrice Brown O’Donnell, born
Oct. 28, 1926, died Dec. 1, 2010
after a two-week illness.
She was 84.
She is survived by her younger
brother Bob Brown of Bethlehem,
LOCAL
Obituaries
Penn. (wife Madeline), sons Jim
O’Donnell of San Francisco, Bill
O’Donnell of Idaho Falls, Idaho
(wife Susan), Scott O’Donnell of
Hayward (wife Nancy) and grand-
son Hugh Quincy O’Donnell of
Idaho Falls. She was preceded in
death by her husband Philip of 55
years in 2002, parents, three older
sisters, Jackie, Anita Fenn and Fran
Zeff and a grandson Jacob Wylie
O’Donnell.
She was born in Paris, France of
American parents, J. Wylie Brown
of Johnson County, Tenn. and Anna
Welles Brown of Pennsylvania.
With four siblings, three sisters and
one brother, she had a rich family
life in Europe, El Paso, Texas and
Altadena. Matriculating through
private schools in Southern
California, she attended Smith
College in Massachusetts and
Stanford University, graduating in
1947. She married longtime
Stanford companion and local attor-
ney Philip John O’Donnell of Butte,
Mont. and settled in Menlo Park and
then Atherton. Her first two sons,
James and William, were born in
1951 and Scott followed in 1956.
She was involved with local
Democratic politics and was active
with the League of Women Voters.
In the 1960s, she also served on the
local Menlo Park Unified School
District board. Retiring in the
1970s, she spent her later years in
the Sharon Heights area of Menlo
Park. In her younger years, she was
an active member of the First
Congregational Church of Palo Alto
and taught Sunday school.
A memorial/celebration of life
service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday
Jan. 15 at Crippen & Flynn
Woodside Chapel, 400 Woodside
Road in Redwood City across the
street from Woodside Terrace, her
home for about nine years. There
will be a reception immediately fol-
lowing the service at Woodside
Terrace from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Memorial donations can be made to
the local Chapter of the League of
Women Voters.
Pauline ‘Pina’ Helen Truscelli
Pauline “Pina” Helen Truscelli,
resident of Redwood City, died Dec.
29, 2010.
She was born Feb. 20, 1922 in
Sunnyvale to Ciroil and Maria Artal
of Spain. Pauline married Vincent
Truscelli on Aug. 3, 1947 in San
Francisco then moved to Redwood
City where they raised their two
daughters.
Pauline “Pina” was active in the
community and volunteered count-
less hours with many organizations.
She loved going to Reno on her bus
THE DAILY JOURNAL
trips with all her friends. Vince and
Pauline loved to travel and he has
loving memories of all their adven-
tures.
Pauline “Pina” is survived by her
husband of 64 years, Vince. Her
daughter Debbie Cortez of Fremont
(Phil Cortez), her daughter Judy
Eckley of Scotts Mills, Ore. (Greg
Eckley). Grandchildren Alyssa and
Taylor Eckley and Daniel and Emily
Cortez. Her sister Mary Karp of
Concord and Anita Chaplain of
Texas. She has many nieces and
nephews.
Pauline “Pina” is known for her
loving and giving ways. She was a
wonderful wife, mother, Nana and
friend. She will be missed and her
spirit will live on with us in all the
wonderful memories.
There will be no services. In lieu
of flowers, donations can be made
to the American Cancer Society.
Dr. Cecilia A. Hopkins
Dr. Cecilia A. Hopkins, born in
Harve, Mont. Feb. 17, 1922, died
Jan. 2, 2011.
She resided in San Mateo since
1942. She was the dean of the
College of Business and director of
the Real Estate Department at
College of San Mateo.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday, Jan.
10 at St. Gregory’s Catholic Church
in San Mateo.
THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL/NATION Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011 5
Carjacking suspects to trial
Two men accused of carjacking a
where they went inside momentarily.
Back in the cab, the driver said he
was told to use surface streets in
Local briefs
In early December, a dead deer was
have not been able to confirm how
many suspects were in the bank or
their races and ages, Brennan said.
House taking
taxi driver on the order of a fellow
cabbie will stand
trial on charges
Millbrae to reach San Bruno. At one
point, one of the passengers reported-
ly drew a handgun and ordered the
found on campus and officials said
they believed it was killed by a moun-
tain lion.
Planned burn at county park
The California Department of
step to repeal
that could send
them to prison
for life.
driver to the back seat where he was
held with the weapon to his head
while the other passenger drove the
More information regarding moun-
tain lions can be found on the
Forestry and Fire Protection will
begin a planned burn as early as Jan.
11 at Edgewood County Park and the
health care law
Rajinbder Department of Fish & Game website By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
cab. a t adjacent Public Utilities Commission THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kumar, 25, and After the back seat passenger took
Balraj Singh, 48, (http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/issues/l property.
the cab driver’s cell phone and wallet, ion/). The burn will re-establish a fire
both of Fremont, WASHINGTON — House
they warned him not to move for 15 break and keep the area safe for
have pleaded not minutes and left, the driver reported. Republicans cleared a hurdle Friday
Rajinbder guilty to charges South City bank robbed homes in the Emerald Hills area. in their first attempt to scrap
Kumar The driver later reported hearing the The burn will involve chemise
of kidnapping man walk to another car and drive South San Francisco police are President Barack Obama’s landmark
for the purpose bushes and tree limbs that have been health care overhaul, yet it was little
off. Raj Singh is the man who picked searching for suspects wanted in con-
of robbery, rob- cut and piled. Pile burning will take
them up and set up the crime, accord- nection with a robbery at a Bank of more than a symbolic swipe at the
bery and carjack- several days throughout January and
ing to prosecutors. the West Friday, a police corporal law.
ing. If convicted, February and will occur only on per-
The three defendants were tracked said. The real action is in states, where
they face life missive burn days as determined by
by the calls made to the driver’s cell At around 10:25 a.m., police were the air quality management district. Republicans are using federal courts
sentences. After phone and between each other. called to the bank located at 2288 and governors’ offices to lead the
Smoke will be visible from
a preliminary All three men are being held in lieu Westborough Blvd., police Cpl. assault against Obama’s signature
Interstate 280 and Caltrans will post
hearing with two of $250,000 bail. Elena Brennan said. domestic achievement, a law aimed
signs informing drivers of the pile
witnesses, a Police were initially told that there at covering nearly all Americans.
burning.
Balraj Singh judge found Mountain lion sighted were possibly two or three armed In a post-election bow to tea
there is sufficient suspects inside the bank, and about Earthquake with 4.1 partiers by the new GOP House
evidence to try both. They return to near school campus six employees and two customers majority, Republican lawmakers are
court Jan. 25 to enter a plea and set a A mountain lion sighting at inside as well, Brennan said. magnitude hits Bay Area undertaking an effort to repeal the
trial date. Ralston Middle School Friday morn- Upon arrival, officers were unable An earthquake jolted San Jose and health care law in full knowledge
The third suspect, Raj Singh, 30, ing prompted a temporary suspension to make contact with anyone inside the surrounding region yesterday that the Democratic Senate will stop
of San Jose, is being prosecuted sep- of classes while officials investigated. the bank, Brennan said. afternoon. them from doing so.
arately. He is scheduled for a prelim- At approximately 10:06 a.m., The North-Central Regional SWAT The U.S. Geological Survey said a Republicans prevailed Friday in a
inary hearing Jan. 20. police received a report of a mountain team was deployed, entered the bank quake with a magnitude of 4.1 hit
Authorities say Raj Singh orches- 236-181 procedural vote, largely
lion on campus. A discussion with the and found all of the employees and about 13 miles southeast of down-
trated the plan in which the other two along party lines, that sets the stage
sole witness, a sixth-grade boy, led customers unharmed, and the sus- town San Jose around 4:10 p.m.
called the cab driver’s cell phone sev- officials to believe it was a juvenile, pects were nowhere to be found, for the House to vote next week on
Friday.
eral times to arrange a late pickup at according to police. Brennan said. Though the quake was strong the repeal.
the British Bankers Club. The driver Classes were suspended for one The suspects had not been located enough to be felt in San Francisco, 60 Shortly before the House vote,
later reported that they directed him hour and further outdoor activity was as of 2 p.m. Friday. Witnesses and miles to the north, San Jose police Republican governors representing
to Daly City but first stopped at a canceled for the day as a precaution- victims were being interviewed said they had not received any calls 30 states opened up a new line of
Redwood City apartment complex ary measure, according to police. Friday afternoon, but investigators for service. attack, potentially more successful.
6 Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011 LOCAL/NATION
O
n Wednesday Dec. 8, 19 kids from
STATE GOVERNMENT the Boys and Girls Club in San
• State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, introduced Mateo tested successfully for their
Senate Constitutional Amendment 7 which would reimburse local yellow belts. Everyone on the test passed and
governments for the cost of enacting laws passed by voters as well as advanced in rank. The test was lead by Kerry
the Legislature. Yee proposed the bill to ensure public entities follow LeVan from United Studios of Self
requirements to post agendas and to disclose any actions taken. Budget Defense-
challenges left the Brown Act unfunded last year. Foster City,
SCA 7 will require approval by two-thirds of the Legislature before and Patrick
qualifying for a statewide ballot in November or a June special election. Spiteri of
S p i t e r i
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT Builders, both
have volun-
• The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, which owns and operates Caltrain, wel- teered and pre-
comed Liz Kniss as its newest member. Kniss is a Santa Clara County supervisor and pared these
serves on the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. students for
over six
CITY GOVERNMENT m o n t h s .
• The Redwood City Council will consider adopting a memorandum of understanding Rondell Howard, a Boys and Girls Club
with the firefighters Local 2400 for a term through Dec. 31, 2013 which offers no salary employee, worked in conjunction with these
increases the first two years, followed by a formula with a 3 percent minimum in 2012 and 2 instructors, and even at times, participated in
percent in 2013. The city will also make changes including increasing the lifetime orthodon- drills along with the kids.
ture cap, add a 3 percent at 55 formula for new employees and offer exit incentives for mem- ***
bers who retire before June 30, 2012. Beacon Christian High in San Mateo had
The total cost of the four-year contract is estimated at $483,000, an approximate increase numerous students who were named MVP
of 4 percent for the total term. and All League players this volleyball season
The City Council meets 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10 at City Hall, 1017 Middlefield Road, for the Bay Area Christian Athletic League
Redwood City. include: Freshman Sarah Chu was named
MVP for varsity volleyball with 91 aces, five
EDUCATION
saves, 29 kills and 42 assists; senior Emily
• The Burlingame Elementary School District Board of Trustees will consider hiring
Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates to conduct a search to replace Superintendent Dianne
Talarico, who retired earlier this month for health reasons. As proposed, the contract includes
Gates goes after military health care
a $17,000 consulting fee with estimated additional travel and correspondence costs of $2,500. WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary
The board meets 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11 at the District Office conference room, 1825 Robert Gates is betting that Americans’ frus-
Trousdale Drive in Burlingame. tration with a ballooning
deficit will finally allow
him to trim one of the
government’s most politi-
cally protected entitle-
ment programs: the mili-
tary’s $50 billion-a-year
health care system.
The defense chief has
Robert Gates tried to push similar pro-
posals through Congress
before and failed. And this year’s pitch is a
particularly fraught with political risk.
President Barack Obama is defending his own
health care plan from threats of repeal in the
House, while Republicans are looking for
ways ahead of the 2012 election to discredit
the administration’s commitment to the
troops.
The military health care program, set up in
the 1960s and known as TRICARE, has
exploded in cost in recent years with some
10 million individuals now eligible for cov-
erage, including active-duty personnel,
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Nineteen kids from the Boys and Girls Club in
San Mateo tested successfully for their yellow
belts.
Ishiki with 55 aces, two saves, 29 kills and
62 assists and senior Hannah Chu with 41
aces, four saves, 27 kills and 58 assists were
both named to the All League First Team.
Making All League Second Team were
Victoria Rehn, Lisandre Meyers, Rachel
Fobelli, Ally Legaspi and Kaelah Velisano.
Class notes is a twice weekly column dedicated to
school news. It is compiled by education reporter
Heather Murtagh. You can contact her at (650)
344-5200, ext. 105 or at heather@smdailyjour-
nal.com.
Around the nation
retirees, reservists and their families.
Sisters who will share
kidney released from prison
PEARL, Miss. — Sisters Jamie and Gladys
Scott left prison on Friday for the first time in
16 years, yelling, “We’re free!” and “God
bless y’all!” as they pulled away in a silver
SUV. That freedom, though, comes with an
unusual condition: Gladys has one year to
donate a kidney to her ailing sister.
Now, with their life sentences for armed
robbery suspended, their future is uncertain.
Their children have grown up. Their family
moved to Florida. They are using technology
like cell phones for the first time. And ques-
tions abound: Who will pay for their medical
care? Would Gladys’ conditional release hold
up in court? And perhaps the biggest mystery
ahead: Are they a compatible match for the
kidney transplant?
An afternoon news conference for the sis-
ters in Jackson was attended by dozens of sup-
porters. Many cheered. Some sang. A few
cried.
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Enjoy fun time with Mom, Dad or your favorite grown-up. The across clues are for kids and the down clues are for adults.
Kids Across
1. State that has the most
Eskimos
4. Words on a New Year’s
card: “____ Wishes for a
Happy 2011!”
7. To settle in for a long
winter nap, like a
groundhog does
8. It’s a cozy top that folks like
to wear (the turtleneck type
can mess up your hair)
10. Lighting the 16D in a
___place warms up the
room
11. Brrrrrr!: What your teeth
might do when you’re very
cold
13. This frosty dwarf planet is
colder than Antarctica (and
shares its name with a
Disney dog)
15. Super-sloppy wet snow
19. Face it — yours might get
rosy in frosty weather
22. It’s the abbr. for the winter
getaway state where folks
say “Aloha” when you
arrive
23. On a snowy day, they’re
proof that a bunny hopped
across your yard
Parents Down
1. Contents of a sweater’s
sleeves
2. Shake with cold
3. It’s the height of success
for a mountain hiker
4. Silver part on a skate (or
fan part)
5. Postman’s frosty foe,
consistently defeated
6. One nut in a squirrel’s
buried winter stash
FAMILY RESOURCES Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011 7
Wintertime Words
9. A woman’s shawl (or a
film’s last shot)
10. The season just before
winter
12. Flightless Australian bird
whose oil can be used to
treat cold sores
14. Island dream destination
for the winter-weary
16. What one might use to
build a cozy cabin like
This Week’s Solution
Abe’s
17. Hard winter precipitation
(or the first word in the title
of the song that heralds the
President’s arrival)
18. Chimney’s blast of smoke
(or a certain magic dragon)
20. Now hear this!: These are
very vulnerable in freezing
weather
21. Added your voice to a
verse of “Auld Lang Syne”
kris@kapd.com Visit www.kapd.com to join the KAPD family! 1/9/11 © 2011 Jan Buckner Walker. Distributed by
Tribune Media Services, Inc.
8 Weekend • Jan. 8, 2011
High-speed rail
head ditches Caltrain
Bob Doty, a man brought in to
help save Caltrain from financial
ruin by partnering with the
California High-Speed Rail
Authority, this week announced he
is moving to the private sector after
heading the Peninsula Rail Program
for two years.
Doty will take a senior executive
position with HNTB, an engineer-
ing firm contracted to design the
Peninsula segment of the high-
speed rail project. He will first work
on a high-speed rail program in
Florida, however. Doty worked for
and answered to both Caltrain and
the rail authority and by agreement
will do no work on the Peninsula
section of the rail corridor for the
next year.
The move forces Caltrain to
reconsider how it will move forward
with high-speed rail because Doty
was hired to “save” Caltrain,
Executive Director Mike Scanlon
wrote in a statement.
Property taxes fall short
for high school district
Borrowing more money or reduc-
ing construction projects promised
under a 2006 $298 million bond
measure are the two options San
Mateo Union High School District
officials must choose between after
local property values dropped.
In July 2009, the San Mateo
Union High School District Board
of Trustees approved a plan of issu-
ing bonds from the $298 million
bond measure, Measure M, for
upgrades to its high school facilities.
Obama strongly backs
U.S.trials for terror suspects
WASHINGTON — President Barack
Obama forcefully declared his support
Friday for U.S. civilian trials of
Guantanamo detainees, pledging to over-
turn language in a sweeping defense bill
that would effectively block such trials
anytime soon.
“The prosecution of terrorists in federal
court is a powerful tool in our efforts to
protect the nation and must be among the
Job growth remains slow
By Christopher S. Rugaber
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The U.S.
economy is steadily adding jobs, but
still just barely enough to keep up
with the growth of the work force.
The weakness underscores the
nation’s struggle to get back to some-
thing resembling normal employ-
ment.
The economy added 103,000 jobs
in December, a figure that fell short
of what most economists were hop-
ing for. The unemployment rate did
come down, to 9.4 percent from 9.8,
but that was partly because people
gave up looking for work.
“The labor market ended last year
with a bit of a thud,” Ryan Sweet, an
economist at Moody’s Analytics, said
after the Labor Department released
its monthly jobs report Friday. He
said the drop in unemployment was-
n’t likely to be sustained.
Over the past three months, the
economy has added an average of
128,000 jobs a month. That’s just
enough to keep up with population
growth. Nearly twice as many are
generally needed to significantly
reduce the unemployment rate.
All told, employers added 1.1 mil-
lion jobs in 2010, or about 94,000 a
month. The nation still has 7.2 mil-
lion fewer jobs today than it did in
December 2007, when the recession
began.
Some economists predict that the
nation will create twice as many jobs
this year as it did last year. They note
that people who still have jobs are not
as worried about losing them as they
might have been a year ago, and that
people are spending more. A rebound
in retail sales probably means busi-
nesses will hire more people.
Around the nation
options available to us,” the president said.
“Any attempt to deprive the executive
branch of that tool undermines our nation’s
counterterrorism efforts and has the poten-
tial to harm our national security.”
Obama made the comments even while
signing the legislation, which also allows
funding for a wide range of military and
national security programs that the presi-
dent said were too important to dispense
with.
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Economists also expect that a tax
cut that takes effect this month — a
reduction in the amount taken out of
workers’ paychecks to pay for Social
Security — will also lead Americans
to spend more this year.
“The conditions are in place to get
pretty good job growth this year,”
said John Canally, an economist at
LPL Financial. “The payroll tax cut
is in place, exports are booming, and
banks are lending again.”
But even if hiring picks up, the
damage from the recession, which
has been over for a year and a half,
will take years to undo.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke told a Senate panel Friday
it could take five more years for the
unemployment rate to return to a
more normal level of 6 percent. Most REUTERS
economists think unemployment will Barack Obama discusses the economy and December jobs report during
still be near 9 percent at the end of his visit to Thompson Creek Window Company in Landover,M.d.
2011.
“This was a brutal recession we
went through,” said President Barack
Obama, who introduced Washington
Obama’s mission for new
insider and veteran adviser Gene
Sperling as director of the National
Economic Council.
The president said the jobs report
team: Accelerate growth
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ly confirmed budget director Jacob
showed that the economy is trending
Lew form an inner circle with a
in the right direction, but acknowl- WASHINGTON — His presi- history of bipartisanship and expe-
edged that hiring must accelerate. dency tied to the fate of the econo- rience in the art of the deal.
“We’ve got a big hole that we’re my, Barack Obama is revamping “Our mission has to be to accel-
digging ourselves out of,” he said. his economic policy team and sig- erate hiring and accelerate growth,”
That’s why the economy needs naling cooperation to ascendant the president declared Friday at a
stronger job growth than after milder Republicans and the business com- window manufacturing plant in
recessions. munity at a pivotal moment in the suburban Maryland.
Hiring has picked up faster this nation’s recovery and Washington It’s a mission facing political and
time than after the 2001 recession. In politics. economic crosscurrents, under-
the year and a half since this reces- The president is surrounding scored Friday by a mixed bag of an
sion ended, the economy has added a himself with veterans of the unemployment report and a rela-
total of 72,000 jobs. In the same peri- Clinton administration. Chief of tively upbeat but cautionary assess-
od after the 2001 recession, the staff William Daley, economic ment of the economy from Federal
nation lost jobs — more than a mil- overseer Gene Sperling and recent- Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
lion.
The law prohibits the use of Defense
Department dollars to transfer suspected
terrorists held at the U.S. Navy prison at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United
States, where they could be tried in civil-
ian court. That effectively prevents any
such transfer during the period covered
by the legislation — the 2011 fiscal year
that runs through September.
The language reflects deep concerns in
Congress and the country about
Guantanamo detainees being tried on
U.S. soil.
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Stimulus spending
— The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
D
id President Barack Obama’s
stimulus actually work? It
depends on which numbers
you’re looking at.
The number you need to look at is
the spending multiplier. And the multi-
plier shows that the stimulus isn’t
working.
In estimating the impact of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009, ciphers in the Obama
administration came up with a high-end
multiplier of 1.5 — that is, $1.50 of
growth for every $1 of government
Letters to the editor
Great column
Editor,
I enjoyed Dorothy Dimitre’s column
on grandparenting, “Messengers from
another world” in the Jan. 4 edition of
the Daily Journal.
Dorothy’s terrific piece struck home
with me. My oldest son and his wife
are due to become parents of triplets in
just a few weeks. Fortunately, they are
healthy and strong and getting some
sleep now before “instant family” time
happens. Me? I’m a basket case. My
partner says she is going to get me a
“tear bucket.” I am overwhelmed with
emotions of joy. This is a huge deal.
When I talk to my son and daughter-in-
law, they never fail to put in a plug for
me to move to Southern California,
closer to them. I know it will be diffi-
cult for me to return home to
Burlingame after visits with the grand-
kids, but I have lived here for two
decades. Work is here. My younger
children live in San Francisco. My part-
ner has lived here all her life. It will be
fun for the new Aptekars to come up to
the Bay Area.
Richard Aptekar
Burlingame
Council’s courage on Koret Field
Editor,
In 1955 John F. Kennedy’s “Profiles
in Courage” was published to great
public acclaim. Two years later it
received the Pulitzer Prize in
Biography.
The book is a study of the bravery
and political courage of eight U.S. sen-
ators. In holding to their convictions
and principles, they defied the noisy
contrary opinion of some of their con-
stituents, in some cases at great person-
al cost.
In the smaller arena of Belmont, all
four members of the City Council who
were entitled to hear the matter of a
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money spent. That’s good, right?
Only if it were true. Historically, the
multiplier is more like .7 — a figure
agreed upon by the International
Monetary Fund and other distinguished
economists. ...
The back-and-forth debate about
whether Obama’s stimulus package
actually worked could be described as a
tennis match, but it wouldn’t be accu-
rate. At least tennis can be fun to
watch.
Two leading economists actually
called the game back in July, publishing
have worked tirelessly to find a fair
solution to an admittedly difficult prob-
lem. Their judgments have not com-
pletely pleased all parties to the contro-
versy, but their ultimate decisions are
measured and equitable.
Like Kennedy’s eight senators, the
four councilmembers have been sub-
jected to relentless pressure from sports
enthusiasts and NDNU to ignore the
pleas of numerous Belmont residents
for relief from relentless, noxious noise
from Koret Field. They have not lost
sight of the fact that they are represen-
tatives of all the people of Belmont.
Bravo!
Gordon and Evelyn Seely
Belmont
Metropolitan Apartments
and Gateway Commons
Editor
There is a lot of blame to go around
in the The Metropolitan Apartments
(Prometheus project) — San Mateo city
inspectors, the contractors and the
union members employed who were
not very skillful in their work are all at
least partly to blame (“San Mateo’s
Metropolitan sues builder for $20M,” in
the Jan 6 edition of the Daily Journal).
It’s reminiscent of the subsidized
Gateway Commons low-cost housing
project that has asked for another
bailout by the city who “donated the
two-acre plot of land to a developer in
1988 to build a first-time homeowner
complex, and aims for mostly moder-
ate-income people by capping selling
prices. It has since loaned various resi-
dents a total of $7 million, about one-
fourth of the project’s value, to help
with down payments.” San Mateo may
now loan another $1.7 million, all for
inadequate home owner association
fees to maintain the property that was
ill conceived in 1988. The co-op
received $2.4 million from the develop-
er in 1993 to fix problems. Around $7
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OPINION
a paper provocatively titled “How the
Great Recession Was Brought to an
End.” No, we didn’t realize it was over
then, either.
Part of their argument is that the hun-
dreds of billions in allocated govern-
ment spending has managed to nudge
down a few economic indicators. It just
doesn’t look as dramatic, some say,
because of initial estimates on the state
of the economy — if there wasn’t a
stimulus, things would be a lot worse.
Spare us. That glass-half-full
approach to economic analysis hasn’t
been selling among rank-and-file
Americans whose glasses have been
empty for some time.
million in subsidies went to the owners,
all because they could not afford own-
ership.
How do you improve quality control
over all entities from underfunded own-
ers who may be prone to cut corners,
the construction industry who is sus-
ceptible to cost cutting, and failure of
government planning approval and
oversight? Simple: site inspections. It
seems that our contractors and their
union and nonunion employees have
failed to maintain standards. It reminds
me of the pejorative phrase, “It’s good
enough for government work.”
Lastly, where do the renters’ and
owners’ responsibility fall in maintain-
ing the property? Maybe they are more
responsible for misusing the property
than the craftsmen.
Jack Kirkpatrick
Redwood City
Capping California
executives salaries
Editor,
I hope Peninsula Assemblyman Jerry
Hill’s proposed legislation to cap the
highest-paid UC executive pension ben-
efits will be written to include other
very highly-paid California unelected
executives, including the highest-paid
California executive.
Currently, that is the CEO of the
wasteful, hugely debt-generating and
general fund-depleting California High-
Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA), whose
current occupant is Roelof Van Ark.
In addition, I hope Jerry’s bill will
include eligibility caps on multi-public
pension (double-dip) public employee
payments to these taxpayer gigolos,
such as those who populate the
CHSRA board and staff.
Omar Chatty
San Jose
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Reading is
believing?
“A
good society is one in which attention takes
precedence over distraction.” — Robert Bellah,
“The Good Society.”
It started a few weeks ago when I was reading the book sec-
tion of the Sunday Chronicle and I noticed that the list of 10
nonfiction best sellers nationally
was quite different than that of the
Bay Area. What stood out most
was that Dubya’s book, “Decision
Points” was number one on the
national list but number nine in
the Bay Area. Also, Sarah Palin’s
book, “America by Heart” was
number two in the nation and was-
n’t on the Bay Area list at all.
So I thought, what does this tell
us? Obviously, it tells us that we
in the Bay Area think quite differ-
ently politically than other parts of
our nation. But what was quite
dismaying was that so many people across the country must
consider those two books credible. If the people who are read-
ing such hype are taking it seriously, it is no wonder that we
as a nation find ourselves so divided.
Then, on Dec. 27, a Gallup poll that listed “The Most
Admired People — 2010” was published. There was Dubya as
man No. 2 (No. 1 was Obama) above Bill Clinton, Nelson
Mandela, Bill Gates, Jimmy Carter, etc. (My choice, Warren
Buffet, didn’t even make the top 10). Sarah Palin came in as
woman No. 2 (No. 1 was Hillary), closely followed by Oprah
and Michelle Obama. You wonder how many people were
called and how long they had to think. It would also be inter-
esting to know the thought processes of those who selected
Bush and Palin.
Has Dubya done anything in 2009 or 2010 (except come out
with his book) that is to be admired? And if we think back to
his presidency, many things come to mind that it seems would
have kept him off the list. Consider the preemptive invasion of
Iraq that he and Cheney et al drummed up that was based on
lies and deceit. Tens of thousands of innocent people, includ-
ing our own servicemen, were slaughtered because of Bush’s
delusion that we should invade other countries and bring them
democracy. Add the clumsy way he handled Katrina plus how,
when he left office he bestowed upon the new administration a
huge deficit and an unprecedented recession. This is to be
admired?
There apparently are people who have never looked beyond
Dubya’s superficial demeanor of congeniality or who never
added up or were in denial about all of those items listed
above. He seems like a “good old boy” from Texas with
whom they can identify and that’s all that matters. As George
Lakoff wrote in “Whose Freedom?”: “The record of our histo-
ry suggests that given a choice between a harsh truth and a
comforting myth, we have inclined to embrace the latter.”
As I write this, I am aided and abetted not only by Bellah
and Lakoff, but by Rick Shenkman who wrote the provocative
and challenging book, “Just How Stupid Are We?” my
favorite columnist, Bob Herbert, who writes for the New York
Times, and Rebecca Costa, author of “The Watchman’s
Rattle.” Shenkman writes, “No one thing can explain the fool-
ishness that marks so much of American politics. But what is
striking is how often the most obvious cause — public igno-
rance — is blithely disregarded.”
Palin came up with more votes than Dubya. It’s somewhat
spooky to realize that there are that many people who do not
see through her obvious pretentious demeanor and her dogged
opportunism. These two examples add to what many have
long believed — that there are basically two Americas — on
one side those who tend to be intellectually curious, thinking
and feeling, and on the other side, those who mostly skim the
surface, being mainly impressed by glitz and phoniness and
believe whatever they see on the Fox News channel.
In 2011, we are in dire need of people who are connected to
reality — people who admire and hopefully emulate those
who have contributed something constructive to this world.
But it seems we are becoming more like what Bob Herbert
described in his column, “Putting Our Brains on Hold,”
“Instead of exercising the appropriate mental muscles, we’re
allowing ourselves to become a nation of nitwits, obsessed
with the comings and goings of Lindsay Lohan and increas-
ingly oblivious to critically important societal issues that are
all out screaming for attention. What should we be doing
about the legions of jobless Americans, the deteriorating pub-
lic schools, the debilitating wars, the scandalous economic
inequality, the corporate hold on the arts, the deficits?”
Some people say I read too much into things. Maybe. But
unless more of us see through the haze of our illusions, we’ll
soon wonder why we have become completely lost in the fog.
As Rebecca Costa advises us, “Think of facts and knowledge
as powerful vaccines that protect us from surrendering to irra-
tional beliefs.”
Since 1984, Dorothy Dimitre has written more than 500
columns for various local newspapers. Her e-mail address is
gramsd@aceweb.com.
10 Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011 BUSINESS
Dow 11,674.76
Nasdaq 2,703.17
-22.55
-6.72
10-Yr Bond 3.3280% -0.0910
Oil (per barrel) 88.03
Stocks dragged lower
By Chip Cutter and Matthew Craft
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
S&P 500 1,271.50 -2.35 Gold 1,368.50
NEW YORK — A disappointing jobs
report dragged stocks lower Friday.
Banks took a hit after a Massachusetts
court upheld a ruling in a foreclosure
case against U.S. Bancorp and Wells
Fargo & Co. that could lead to more
trouble for lenders.
The Labor Department said employers
added 103,000 jobs in December, less
than analysts expected. Job growth has
remained sluggish in the U.S. since the
recession ended in June 2009.
A separate survey found that the
unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent
last month. That’s a decrease from 9.8
percent in November and the lowest rate
in 19 months. But the drop came partly
because many people gave up looking
for work.
“On balance, this was a pretty disap-
pointing report,” said Hugh Johnson,
chairman and chief investment officer of
Johnson Advisors. It “suggests we have
a long way to go to recover the 8.4 mil-
lion jobs that we lost during the crisis.”
The Dow Jones industrial average fell
22.55 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at
11,674.76.
Fast color printers on tap
By Peter Svensson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS — For a long time, the
two choices in desktop printers have
been inkjet and laser. This year, a signif-
icant twist on the inkjet is hitting the
market and promises high speed — think
one color page per second — at relative-
ly low cost.
The company behind the new technol-
ogy, Memjet, hopes to snag a significant
share of the $250 billion-per-year world-
wide printing market.
“We’re bringing revolutionary change
to the industry,” said Len Lauer,
Memjet’s CEO.
Memjet can be several times faster
than a regular inkjet because instead of
having a small print head that sweeps
across the page, over and over, Memjet’s
head is as wide as the page and doesn’t
move. As the paper travels underneath it,
70,000 microscopic nozzles spurt ink all
at the same time.
High-end laser printers can match
Fed boss: It will take years for jobs to come back
By Jeannine Aversa
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON —Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress
Friday that there’s increasing evidence
that a “self-sustaining” economic recov-
ery is taking hold, but he said the Fed’s
$600 billion Treasury bond-buying pro-
gram is still needed because it will take
years for unemployment to drop to more
normal levels.
Testifying before the Senate Budget
Committee, Bernanke offered a more
optimistic outlook, saying the economy
should grow more strongly this year as
Court rules against banks
in pivotal mortgage case
The highest court in Massachusetts
ruled against U.S. Bancorp and Wells
Fargo & Co. Friday in a pivotal mort-
gage foreclosure case that could spark
more turmoil and uncertainty in a hous-
ing market already mired in depression.
The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed
a lower court judge’s ruling invalidating
two mortgage foreclosure sales because
Wall Street
Even after falling for two days in a
row, the Dow still gained 97.25 points
for the week. That’s the sixth straight
week of gains for the index.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell
2.35, or 0.2 percent, to 1,271.50. The
Nasdaq composite fell 6.72, or 0.3 per-
cent, to 2,703.17. For the week, the S&P
500 rose 1.1 percent, the Nasdaq 1.9
percent.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of
America Corp. were two of the biggest
losers among the 30 stocks that make up
the Dow. Banks fell as investors worried
that the foreclosure ruling in
Massachusetts could set a precedent for
other cases against lenders. Bank of
America, the largest holder of mortgages
in the U.S., fell 1 percent to $14.25.
JPMorgan lost 2 percent to $43.64.
The highest court in Massachusetts
found that U.S. Bancorp and Wells Fargo
failed to prove that they owned the mort-
gages in two cases where homeowners
were in foreclosure. Lenders have been
under scrutiny from law enforcement
officials since last fall over accusations
that they bungled foreclosure proceed-
Speedy new color printers
WHAT’S COMING: Memjet and
partners are bringing out a new type
of desktop printer that can churn out
one page in color every second.
HOW THEY DO IT: Memjet uses inkjet
technology but it has a print head that’s
as wide as the page. That means it
Memjet’s speed but they cost more, both
to buy and to use. Lauer expects
Memjet-equipped printers to hit the
market this year for $500 to $600. The
ink will cost about 5 cents per page,
compared with 12 cents to 25 cents per
page for laser toner or consumer inkjet
ink.
The page-wide heads and tiny nozzles
are made possible by advances in micro-
electro-mechanical systems, or MEMS.
These are parts made out of silicon using
many of the same techniques that go into
making computer chips, so manufactur-
ers can create tiny and very precise
consumers and busi-
nesses boost their
spending.
However, he said
that even with the
expected improve-
ments, it could still
take four to five
years for unemploy-
Ben Bernanke ment to drop to a
historically normal
rate of around 6 percent.
Bernanke spoke one hour before the
government released a disappointing
employment report. Employers added
only 103,000 jobs in December. The
Business brief
the banks, in their capacity as trustees
for mortgage securities, did not prove
that they actually owned the mortgages
at the time of foreclosure.
The decision, which highlights the
failure of financial firms to adhere to the
rules that govern mortgage-backed secu-
rities, is likely to lead more borrowers to
sue bank servicers and trustees for
wrongful foreclosures. It’s unclear what
THE DAILY JOURNAL
ings and had shoddy record-keeping
practices.
“This court ruling is a reminder that
banks are still facing some headwinds
left over from the financial crisis,” said
Alan Gayle, senior investment strategist
at RidgeWorth Investments. “It’s going
to be tough sledding for the financial
industry until they get these mortgage
problems sorted out.”
Wells Fargo fell 2 percent to $31.50.
U.S. Bancorp fell 0.8 percent to $26.09.
In testimony on Capitol Hill, Federal
Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he
was optimistic that the economy would
grow this year. But he also said it could
take up to five years for the unemploy-
ment rate to move significantly lower.
Bond prices rose, sending their yields
lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury
note fell to 3.32 percent from 3.40 per-
cent late Thursday. The yield helps set
interest rates on many kinds of loans
including mortgages.
KB Home rose 6 percent to $15.25
after the homebuilder surprised Wall
Street with a profit.
Falling stocks outnumbered rising
ones on the New York Stock Exchange
by a small margin. Consolidated volume
was 5.2 billion shares.
doesn’t need to sweep from side to side,
making it much faster.
WHAT ABOUT HOME PRINTING?:
Memjet isn’t targeting the home for
now,because consumers don’t have as
much need for speed as business users
do.
mechanical assemblies. MEMS are also
used in digital cinema projectors and in
the sensors that capture the motion of the
Nintendo Wii’s remotes and such smart
phones as the iPhone. Other companies
have demonstrated wide inkjet heads,
but Memjet appears to be the first to
make it a finished desktop product.
The inventor of the Memjet head is
Kia Silverbrook, an Australian, but the
privately held company is based in San
Diego. Lauer comes from another San
Diego-based company, wireless technol-
ogy developer Qualcomm Inc., where he
was chief operating officer.
unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent
partly because people gave up looking
for jobs. The report suggested only slow
healing in the jobs market. Many econo-
mists had forecast much bigger job
gains, signaling that a crucial corner had
been turned in the labor market recovery.
The Fed chief defended the central
bank’s much criticized decision in
November to start buying $600 billion in
Treasury’s through June. And, he gave
no hint that the Fed would change its
course.
The bond purchases are designed to
boost the economy by lowering interest
rates and lifting stock prices.
the ruling means for people who were
forced from their homes after defaulting
on their loans or for those who pur-
chased houses in foreclosure sales.
“There are now thousands of these
homes that have been purchased through
foreclosures handled in a very similar
fashion where the titles are defective,”
said Ward P. Graham, a Massachusetts
title attorney who co-authored a friend-
of-the-court brief in the case on behalf of
the Real Estate Bar Association for
Massachusetts, Inc.
NOW WHAT?: STANFORD FINDS ITSELF IN SIMILAR POSITION AS 49ERS WERE — NEEDING A NEW HEAD COACH >>> PAGE 12
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<< Warriors begin crucial stretch with win, page 12

• LSU beats Texas A&M for Cotton Bowl title, page 15

By Janie McCauley “I can feel the enthusiasm cours-

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — All week,
Jim Harbaugh had a good feeling
about making the jump to the NFL
and joining the San Francisco 49ers
— just the way mentor and late Hall
of Fame coach Bill Walsh did more
than 30 years ago.
Declaring it a “perfect competi-
tive opportunity,” Harbaugh accept-
ed the job as coach of the 49ers on
Friday and said his goal is to win a
Lombardi Trophy for “one of the
legendary franchises in all of foot-
ball.”
The successful Stanford coach
receives a five-year deal and gets to
remain right at home in the Bay
Area, moving to the NFL after four
years with the Cardinal. A longtime
NFL quarterback, he replaces fired
coach Mike Singletary. ESPN
reported Harbaugh’s deal is for $25
million.
Harbaugh decided to leave
Stanford for the pros even though
San Francisco has missed the play-
offs for eight straight seasons and
Orange Bowl MVP quarterback
Andrew Luck announced Thursday
he would remain at Stanford for
another season.
ing through my veins right now,”
said Harbaugh, who was going to
team headquarters Friday night to
get to work. “I accept this competi-
tive challenge willingly.”
The 49ers pulled out all the stops
to introduce him. The swanky
Palace Hotel in downtown San
Francisco rolled out a special red
carpet for Harbaugh’s arrival, and he
showed up in a limousine for a news
conference that began with a music
video featuring team highlights.
The Cardinal (12-1) finished with
a school-record 12 wins following a
40-12 victory over Virginia Tech in
the Orange Bowl on Monday night.
It’s been a whirlwind week to say
the least.
Harbaugh has long admired
Walsh and how he made the suc-
cessful leap from Stanford to the
49ers. Harbaugh knew the man
nicknamed “The Genius” for 18
years and once received footwork
tips from the coach while playing
for the Bears. “Everything that came
out of his mind, his heart, his mouth,
I hung on every single word.”
Walsh thought up the original
schemes that became known as the
West Coast offense, which
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Panthers top Scots Woodside-Sequoia

By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The season may be young, but if there’s one
thing we know about this year’s Burlingame
boys soccer team is that the Panthers know
how to score. And score in bunches.
Two days after putting up a four-spot
against Westmoor in the league opener,
Burlingame (2-0 PAL Bay) found the net
three times against Carlmont (1-1 PAL Bay)
in defeating the host team 3-0. The win runs
the Panthers’ unbeaten streak to six games —
a stretch of soccer in which they’ve outscored
their opponents 21-3.
“I thought (the game) was well played on
both sides,” said Burlingame coach Mike
Sharabi. “This has been a rivalry for over 10
years and we knew we were going to get a
battle today from Carlmont. They’re always a
powerhouse.”
A battle it was indeed — there was no love
lost on either side with some hard, physical
play from the opening whistle. By the end of
the game, the teams had combined for a hand-
ful of yellow cards and a fair amount of strong
tackles and flying elbows.
But as tough of a game as it was,
Burlingame’s goals were all beautiful in
nature — great passes met by superb finish-
ing on the first two and a player who contin-
ues his magical scoring touch on the last.
Up until the 32th minute the teams looked
evenly matched. Carlmont’s Brad and Jeff
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game is suspended
By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The annual rivalry game between the Woodside
and Sequoia boys’ basketball teams was suspend-
ed Friday evening because the fire alarm caused
the Sequoia gym to be evacuated midway through
the third quarter with Woodside leading 44-30.
There was no word on the cause of the alarm,
but the teams will attempt to finish the game at a
later date. It might be tough with the Peninsula
Athletic League beginning play Wednesday.
“[Whether the game will be finished is] going
to be up to the (PAL) commissioner,” said
Sequoia coach Fine Lauese. “We’re going to have
to pick it up where we left it.
“I’ve never had this happen in 15 years.”
After about a 15-minute delay, the fire alarm
was turned off and everyone was allowed back in
the gym. As the teams went through a five-minute
warm-up period, the alarm sounded again,
prompting the evacuation of the gym for a second
time. The coaches met with the two referees
working the game and, at that point, it was decid-
ed the game would be suspended.
“I feel bad we couldn’t finish the game,”
Lauese said.
He had every reason to be disappointed
because, despite trailing by as many as 20 points
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12 Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011
Now Stanford begins searching for new coach
By Josh Dubow
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STANFORD — Jim Harbaugh
turned Stanford from a Pac-10 door-
mat into a national power in his four
years as coach on the Farm.
Now that he has officially left for
the San Francisco 49ers, it will be
up to his successor to keep the
Cardinal there.
The task will be made much easi-
er because of the talent Harbaugh
brought to Stanford, most notably
Heisman Trophy runner-up Andrew
Luck.
Luck announced Thursday that he
would stay in school for another
year until he graduates rather then
become the likely No. 1 pick in the
2011 draft. That surely tempers the
blow that hit Stanford a day later
when Harbaugh decided to leave for
the NFL.
Athletic director Bob Bowlsby
will likely want to act quickly to
hire a replacement with national
Ellis, Lee lead Warriors to win over Cavs
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — Monta Ellis
scored 32 points, David Lee had 22
points and 14 rebounds and the
Golden State Warriors beat
Cleveland 116-98 on Friday night,
sending the Cavaliers to their ninth
straight defeat.
Stephen Curry added 15 points
and four assists for Golden State
before leaving midway through the
third quarter with a bruised left hip
after a hard foul by Cleveland’s Mo
Williams.
Antawn Jamison had 21 points
and five rebounds for the Cavaliers,
who lost at Oracle Arena for the first
“He helped build momentum that we are confident will continue
into the future.We made Jim the best offer we could commensurate
with our role as a university.We wish him the best of luck and look
forward to his continuing contributions to football in the Bay Area.”
signing day less than four weeks
away. There are a couple of poten-
tial contenders on the Cardinal staff,
including offensive coordinator and
former Stanford receiver David
Shaw and associate head coach
Greg Roman.
Bowlsby also could look outside
for candidates for a job that figures
to be coveted because of Luck’s
decision to stay in school.
Luck was the runner-up this sea-
son to Auburn’s Cam Newton for
the Heisman Trophy and will now
be one of the favorites for next
year’s award.
Luck capped this season by com-
pleting 18 of 23 passes for 287
yards and four touchdowns in the
Warriors 116, Cavaliers 98
time in more than two years.
Overall, Cleveland has lost 19 of 20.
Playing their first home game fol-
lowing an encouraging 2-3 road
trip, the Warriors had little trouble
against the NBA’s worst team.
Golden State made 14 3-pointers
led by as much as 21 and had five
players reach double figures.
Ellis led the Warriors in scoring
but was equally effective dishing
off, something coach Keith Smart
has been pressing his veteran guard
to do more of in recent weeks.
It worked.
Ellis had 10 assists, the fourth
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— John Hennessy,Stanford president
fifth-ranked Cardinal’s 40-12 victo-
ry over No. 12 Virginia Tech in the
Orange Bowl on Monday night.
That helped Stanford (12-1)
extend its school record for wins in
a season and has the Cardinal
poised to finish in the top five of the
AP poll for the first time since the
unbeaten 1940 team finished No. 2.
“We are grateful to Jim Harbaugh
for re-energizing the Stanford foot-
ball program over the past four
years,” Stanford president John
Hennessy said. “He helped build
momentum that we are confident
will continue into the future. We
made Jim the best offer we could
commensurate with our role as a
university. We wish him the best of
time this season he’s reached double
digits in that category. That’s
encouraging news for the Warriors
(15-21), who ended a four-game
home losing streak to the Cavs.
It was a rough day all around for
Cleveland (8-28).
Before the game the Cavs learned
that reserve forward Leon Powe
would be out at least six weeks after
undergoing surgery to repair a torn
meniscus in his right knee. Powe
was injured in Wednesday’s loss to
Toronto but the full extent wasn’t
revealed until he had an MRI test
early Friday.
luck and look forward to his contin-
uing contributions to football in the
Bay Area.”
Harbaugh engineered quite a turn-
around from the 1-11 team he took
over from the fired Walt Harris in
December 2006. Harbaugh immedi-
ately made his impact on campus by
challenging USC coach Pete
Carroll.
Harbaugh backed that up with a
memorable upset of the Trojans in
his first year. He also led the
Cardinal to a win over rival
California. He fell one win shy of a
bowl bid his second year before
finally breaking through last season.
Led by 2009 Heisman Trophy
runner-up Toby Gerhart and Luck,
The hard-luck Cavs were also
without leading rebounder
Anderson Varejao, who was still
sore after spraining his left ankle
late in practice Thursday.
That added to Cleveland’s already
lengthy list of injured players that
includes Daniel Gibson (ankle),
Joey Graham (quad) and Anthony
Parker (back).
“All you can do sometimes is
shake your head when things like
this keep cropping up,” Cavs coach
Byron Scott said before the game.
“It’s the opportunity for these young
guys to show us what they can do.”
Cleveland couldn’t overcome its
health issues and lost in Oakland for
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the Cardinal had their best season in
years. They beat Oregon and USC
in consecutive weeks to move into
the AP poll for the first time since
2001, stayed in contention for a
Pac-10 title until late in the season,
and earned their first bowl bid in
eight years. Stanford lost the Sun
Bowl to Oklahoma when Luck sat
out with a broken right index finger.
The Cardinal followed that up
with perhaps their best season ever
this year.
“Coach Harbaugh has led the pro-
gram with integrity, vision, enthusi-
asm and energy and his teams have
played with precision and excep-
tional passion,” Bowlsby said. “Jim
has been a relentless recruiter and
he has been successful in enticing
some of the finest scholar-athletes
in the nation to attend Stanford
University. We wish Jim all the best
with his new challenges and we
know that he will continue to be
highly successful.”
the first time since Nov. 4, 2007.
The Warriors got a scare of their
own midway through the third quar-
ter when Curry went down after the
flagrant foul by Williams. Curry
was slammed to the court on his
stomach and lay prone for several
anxious moments as Golden State
head athletic trainer Tom Abdenour
rushed to his side.
Curry was eventually helped to
his feet but stayed in the game and
made both free throws to make it
82-63 then went to the Warriors
bench. He returned with just over 7
minutes left to play and Golden
State up 97-83 but left less than two
minutes later.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Playoffs offer test of focus on illegal hits
By Howard Fendrich
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
As a player in the 1980s and ’90s,
Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie
Lott was known for — and roundly
praised for — jarring tackles. As a
newly appointed co-chairman of the
NFL Player Safety Advisory Panel,
he’s looking forward to watching
this year’s playoffs and keeping tabs
on what he calls “good hits.”
After a regular season in which
unnecessary roughness penalties
rose from 2009, and there was so
much attention on concussions and
dangerous hits — including elevat-
ed fines and threats of suspensions
— the first glimpse of how that all
will play out in the playoffs comes
Saturday and Sunday during wild-
card weekend.
Lott figures players have had suf-
ficient time to adjust to the NFL’s
increased emphasis. He also figures
players should — and can — adjust.
“You’re still going to play hard.
You’re still going to hit hard. You’re
still going to find a way to get to the
New NFL OT rules in effect this weekend
By Barry Wilner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — As if NFL coaches
needed something else to worry about.
When the playoffs begin this week-
end, they will feature a new rule for
overtime. That field goal to win the
game on the opening series of the extra
session? Forget it.
If a team wins the coin toss and
receives the overtime kickoff, it does
not automatically win the game if it
kicks a field goal. The team that kicked
off then gets a possession.
If the trailing team also kicks a field
goal, the game continues. If it scores a
touchdown, it wins. And if it does not
get any points, it loses.
“It’s another component of a football
ball. Great players will adapt, and
you want to respect the integrity of
the game. ‘Great’ trumps fines.
‘Great’ trumps doing it wrong. You
can’t be ‘great’ if you’re doing it
wrong,” Lott said in a telephone
interview. “That’s the most impor-
tant thing: If the rules change, and
you want to be ‘great,’ you’re going
to learn how to adapt; you’re not
going to learn how to complain.”
According to STATS LLC, there
were 184 unnecessary roughness
penalties called this season, a 14
percent increase from 162 in the
2009 regular season — and the
highest total since at least 1991;
that’s how far back STATS LLC’s
penalty information goes. In 2010,
there were 0.719 unnecessary
roughness calls per game, which
also is the highest average in the
span for which data were available;
the average was 0.713 in 1998,
when there were fewer teams and
games.
There also was a jump in rough-
ing-the-passer calls this season,
from 72 in 2009 to 91 in 2010,
game,” said Green Bay coach Mike
McCarthy, whose Packers are at
Philadelphia on Sunday. “I clearly
understand why the rule was changed,
the fairness to give both teams the
opportunity to have the ball. I don’t
think it’s a huge deal.”
The tweak was made last March,
two months after Garrett Hartley’s
field goal won the NFL championship
game for New Orleans over Minnesota
on the opening series of OT. While that
kick prompted an early Mardi Gras for
Saints fans, it gave impetus to sugges-
tions there might be a fairer way to
determine outcomes in overtime.
Team owners passed the change
only for the playoffs, but reserved the
right to add it to the regular season if it
works well.
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“If … you
want to be
‘great,’
you’re
going to
learn how
Ronnie Lott
to adapt.”
STATS LLC said.
The NFL’s own data, provided to
the AP, include various penalties the
league considers to fall under the
unnecessary roughness “umbrella,”
including leg whips, roll blocks and
face-mask calls. The NFL’s num-
bers show a smaller increase — of 8
percent, from 220 such calls in
2009, to 238 in 2010.
Linebacker David Harris, whose
New York Jets play at Peyton
Manning’s Indianapolis Colts on
Saturday night, said his team did not
need to talk about making sure to
keep hits clean.
“We didn’t spend one second on
“I was one of those guys that was
hoping that this would be a yearlong
thing,” said Kansas City coach Todd
Haley as his Chiefs prepared for
Sunday’s game with Baltimore. “It is
different and there are multiple vari-
ables that could come into play.”
Such as whether the winner of the
coin toss actually would choose to go
on defense first, something unheard of
for OTs under the previous rules.
But there might be merits to it under
the new regulations.
“When you get close, you’re think-
ing touchdown,” said Jets coach Rex
Ryan, whose team is at Indianapolis on
Saturday night. “In the game, if you
have the ball, you have to be thinking
touchdown. Obviously, it’s an advan-
tage if a team kicks a field goal on you.
it. It should be natural, knowing
how to tackle. It’s never been a
problem for us,” Harris said.
“The league is all about player
safety, and they want (officials) to
be stricter,” he added. “We just have
to be smart about it.”
Per-game unnecessary roughness
penalties have gone up from the reg-
ular season to the postseason in
recent years, according to STATS
LLC data. In 2009, for example,
there were an average of 0.6 such
calls in the regular season, com-
pared to 1.2 in the postseason; in
2008, the 0.7 regular-season aver-
age was followed by a 1.1 postsea-
son average.
“It’s playoff football. Guys are
coming; they’re coming hard,”
Chicago Bears center Olin Kreutz
said. “You may risk fines you
wouldn’t risk in the regular season.
That’s just something you have to
understand when you play.”
Lott couldn’t account for why
such calls might increase in the
postseason. He thinks officials call
games consistently, and players play
If you have a chance to come back,
then you’re basically playing four-
down football until you can kick a field
goal or score a touchdown. I think
that’s the advantage for the team that
gets the ball second, or if that team
scores initially.”
Every coaching staff has discussed
the change with the players and has
spent time going over scenarios. The
best solution is easy: score a TD on the
first possession of overtime, preferably
by running the kickoff into the end
zone.
But if you don’t, and you’re in field
goal range?
“Weather could have a factor, but
there’s going to be situations that come
up,” Haley said. “You’re able to offen-
sively move the ball down the field and
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or the Super Bowl.
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like that. You’ve got to play on edge
and make the play. No one’s inten-
tionally trying to hit anybody in the
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anything like that. It’s just a part of
the game,” Philadelphia Eagles
defensive end Darryl Tapp said.
“Sometimes you’re in that situation,
but, uh, you got to play ’controlled
reckless.”’
In the leadup to his team’s game
against the visiting Green Bay
Packers on Sunday, one of the key
storylines is a play from their regu-
lar-season meeting in Week 1: In the
second quarter, Green Bay line-
backer Clay Matthews tackled
Eagles quarterback Kevin Kolb
from behind and drove him into the
turf.
Kolb left at halftime with a con-
cussion; Michael Vick replaced him
and wound up putting together a
superb comeback season.
you get inside the 10, maybe inside the
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time rules.
“Or you could kick a field goal in
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the ball off and they may return it for a
touchdown to beat you. It will definite-
ly bring up some interesting scenar-
ios.”
Such as trying an onside kick to
begin overtime, a foolhardy move
under the old system, but more likely
now. Why? Because the team attempt-
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Continued from page 11
in the first half, the Cherokees clawed their way back into the game.
Sequoia finished the first half with a 12-4 run, cutting the deficit to
just 12, 38-26, at halftime.
Woodside pushed the lead back to 14, 44-30, when the game was
stopped.
It’s a tribute to the Cherokees to be in the game after Woodside
looked like it would blow them out. The Wildcats led 24-10 after
the first quarter, utilizing a suffocating pressure defense which
forced Sequoia into 10 first-half turnovers and 11 Woodside steals.
The Wildcats’ defense allowed them to get off 21 first-quarter shots
and 32 in the first half alone, compared to just 18 first-half shots for
Sequoia.
The Cherokees can thank the work of Julian Bertero on the
boards for keeping them in the game as he pulled down 10 rebounds
before the game was suspended — nine in the first half alone.
For the second night in a row, however, Woodside was hot from
the field, shooting 50 percent in the first half. After burying San
Mateo Thursday night by over 30 points, the Wildcats were still in
the zone. Five of their first six baskets were layups and they
knocked down four 3-pointers in the first half, including a pair from
Ricki Hoffer. Byron Castillo also converted a rare four-point play
when he drained a 3, was fouled and hit the free throw to put
Woodside up 16-8 with 2:33 to play in the first quarter.
Sequoia scored the first four points of the second quarter —
including a 3 from Fanor Padilla — but Woodside responded with
a 10-0 run to push its lead to 34-14.
“The first quarter, we kind of killed ourselves,” Lauese said. “But
we slowly got back in it.”
SPORTS
NINERS
Continued from page 11
Harbaugh plans to run with the 49ers. Harbaugh has a picture
of Walsh he looks at each day taped to his computer screen, but
says it will be a while before any comparisons can be made of
the two.
While Harbaugh said he had all but made up his mind to
accept the 49ers’ offer following a meeting of more than six
hours that went into Wednesday evening, he took a couple of
days to hear out his other suitors and do his “homework” —
and “do some soul searching” as new 49ers general manager
Trent Baalke put it.
“I knew in my heart and my gut the right decision was with
the San Francisco 49ers,” he said.
After quite a run at Stanford, Harbaugh will head some 10
miles along the 101 freeway from Stanford to turn around a
once-proud franchise that is desperate to become a contender
again right away. The 49ers were expected to win the NFC
West this season, then began 0-5 for their worst start since los-
ing seven straight to begin a 2-14 season in 1979, Walsh’s first
year as coach.
The 49ers finished 6-10 this year — in the chase for a play-
off berth in the NFL’s worst division until the second-to-last
week — and haven’t had a winning season since their last trip
to the playoffs in 2002.
“I met this man six or seven years ago at a college All-Star
game and I fell in love with his energy,” Baalke said. “This is
the start of a new generation. ... What we have to do is bring
back the culture of winning. He’s a guy who can lead the 49ers
franchise back to where it rightfully belongs.”
Harbaugh likely will be grooming a new quarterback in the
coming months. Alex Smith, the 2005 No. 1 overall draft pick
out of Utah, becomes a free agent. So, finding a QB is high on
the team’s to-do list heading into what should be a busy off-
season.
Once the season begins, Harbaugh will face a familiar foe —
big brother John Harbaugh, coach of the Baltimore Ravens.
SOCCER
Continued from page 11
Sorensen led the charge with Lucas Monteiro supplying some
nifty touches from the midfield in their attempts to pull ahead.
But with the way the Panthers are playing this season, you get
the feeling that it’s only a matter of time before they put some-
thing together. That is what they did on an excellent through ball
down the heart of the Carlmont defense off the foot of Kody
Wakasa to Stefano Bonomo, who had knifed his way past the
Scots defense. With ball on foot and a bit of a crease, the
Burlingame captain streaked 25 yards and beat Will Stambaugh
as he entered the penalty box for the 1-0 lead.
“Bonomo is a fantastic player,” Sharabi said. “He controlled
the midfield the entire game.”
The goal was Bonomo’s second in as many league games.
The halftime whistle sounded with the Scots still in the ball-
game, but in need of more offensive pressure — something you
could hear coach Jodi Beloff ask for during Carlmont’s halftime
pow wow.
But that is easier said then done against a Burlingame team
that has allowed only four goals all season.
Sensing Carlmont would come out aggressively, Sharabi
moved Stewart Farley from his starting attacking forward posi-
tion to sweeper. It was a move that would be gold for
Burlingame.
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Jim Harbaugh won’t be attending his brother’s playoff game in
Kansas City this weekend after all.
“Let me tell you guys out in San Francisco, you got a great
one,” John Harbaugh said. “I’m very happy he’s not in the
AFC. We’ll see him once every four years and Super Bowls —
hopefully we could get a couple of those. ... I got a feeling
you’ll see two pretty similarly built football teams.”
Niners team president and CEO Jed York said when
Singletary was fired that money would be no object in finding
the team’s next coach. He promoted vice president of player
personnel Baalke to GM earlier this week, then they worked
together to make their push for Harbaugh, who also was in
talks with the Miami Dolphins and Stanford.
The 49ers didn’t put him on a deadline, telling Harbaugh,
“There can’t be any doubt in your mind,” York said. Harbaugh
asked for Thursday night to “sleep on it,” then signed his deal
Friday. He also informed Luck and his players at Stanford.
Harbaugh insists this move wasn’t all about money. He
reportedly had an offer for more from Miami.
“It wasn’t the factor. I like a buck just like the next guy, but
I love coaching and I love winning and I love football,” he said.
“The factor that dictated my being here was that Trent and Jed
and the 49er organization wanted me to be here and I wanted
to be here as much or more than they wanted me. Here I am.”
The 47-year-old Harbaugh went 58-27 overall as a college
coach and 29-21 in four seasons at Stanford. He took over a 1-
11 team when he was hired in December 2006 and quickly
turned the program back into a winner and bowl contender.
The Cardinal went 4-8 in his first season, 5-7 the next, then
improved to 8-5 and earned a Sun Bowl berth in 2009 — the
school’s first bowl appearance since 2001.
His next challenge will be getting San Francisco back to the
playoffs.
“It’s the process of building a team, being part of a team and
leading a team, and working at it,” Harbaugh said. “It’s com-
mitting a lot of energy to it. There are definitely similarities.”
When Stanford arrived back on campus Tuesday, one man
hollered “Stay in the Bay Area!” when Harbaugh hopped off
the bus carrying his 2-year-old daughter, Addison. He also has
a newborn baby girl. Not having to move his family across the
country was an added bonus.
“He’s the main reason we did so great in the second half,”
Sharabi said. “They have two very dangerous attacking players
and we knew about them, we marked them tightly. Our defense
carried the team.”
Air tight on defense, the Panthers looked to take advantage of
the Scots and they found a window along the right side.
In the 75th minute, Victor Prieto’s cross was met beautifully
by Elad Drodi and his diving header to give the Panthers a 2-0
advantage. As far as goals go, you won’t find a prettier one than
Drodi’s gem.
Three minutes later, Eduardo Trujillo’s left-footed marvel of
a shot curled into the Carlmont back post to ice the game for the
Panthers. It was Trujillo’s third goal in the young PAL season.
“(Carlmont) was pushing a lot of guys up and that left some
holes in their defense,” Sharabi said of the second half goals.
“We controlled the midfield, we got the ball wide on the right
side, we found the holes in their defense and we finished our
opportunities.”
In the end, the second half goals would be more than enough
for Burlingame.
“We wanted to dictate the play,” Sharabi said. “We felt like we
controlled the majority of the game. We got that goal in the first
half and we never let up. We’re a fit team, we believe we’re the
fittest team in this league. If we’re in a close game at the end, we
feel like we’re going to push through and get those late goals if
we need them.”
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Down 10,LSU cruises to Cotton Bowl win
By Stephen Hawkins
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas — With
rumors swirling about LSU coach
Les Miles’ future, Jordan Jefferson
threw three touchdown passes to
Terrence Toliver and ran for a score to
help the 11th-ranked Tigers rally for a
41-24 victory over No. 18 Texas
A&M in the Cotton Bowl on Friday
night.
Miles is likely a leading candidate
for the coaching vacancy at
Michigan, where he played and was
an assistant coach.
In the days leading up to the Cotton
Bowl, Miles said his focus was on his
Tigers and that he enjoyed where he
was.
But LSU (11-2) has now complet-
ed its fourth season with at least 11
wins in Miles’ six years. The Tigers
had only two 11-win seasons in their
Eastern Washington stuns Delaware
By Jaime Aron
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRISCO, Texas — Bo Levi Mitchell
led three straight late touchdown
drives, the finale coming with 2:47 left,
leading Eastern Washington to a 20-19
victory over Delaware and its first FCS
championship.
The Eagles (13-2) trailed 19-0 and
had gained only 92 yards midway
through the third quarter Friday night.
Facing the defense that gave up the
fewest points per game in the FCS,
their title hopes looked shot.
But Mitchell took them on drives of
80, 89 and 69 yards. He converted a
fourth-and-8 on the second of those
LSU 41, Texas A&M 24
history before that.
During the postgame celebration,
Miles sang the LSU fight song loud
and proud with his players. When
asked after that if he’d back next sea-
son, there was a pause before Miles
responded, “It’s a wonderful place. I
love it here.”
Texas A&M (9-4) led 10-0 in the
first quarter, including a field goal
after Jefferson threw an interception,
but had its six-game winning streak
snapped.
It was the 50th game between the
border-state schools, but the first
since the 1995 opener. Texas A&M
had won the last five games in a series
that likely will not be renewed in the
regular season any time soon.
Jefferson was 10 of 19 for 158
yards with scoring passes of 42, 2 and
E. Washington 20, Delaware 19
series and needed two video replays to
uphold a fourth-and-1 conversion a few
plays before the winning touchdown.
Delaware (12-3) — with Vice
President Joe Biden, an alum, watching
five rows behind the team’s bench —
had one last try, but turned the ball over
on downs with 47 seconds left.
The Fighting Hens were looking for
their second title in eight years. Instead,
they’ve lost their second straight trip to
the finals; it also happened in 2007
with Ravens star Joe Flacco at quarter-
back.
Mitchell, who started his college
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41 yards to Toliver, who had only two
TD catches in the regular season.
LSU went ahead for good when
Stevan Ridley had a a 17-yard TD
run, jumping over a defender near the
line and then sweeping right
untouched into the end zone for a 21-
17 lead with 4:43 left in the first half.
Ryan Tannehill, who had been 5-0
since taking over as the Aggies start-
ing quarterback, then threw two inter-
ceptions in a span of three throws —
after 127 consecutive attempts with-
out a pick. The second interception
was by Eric Reid, who returned it 34
yards to the 2 to set up Jefferson’s
short TD pass to Toliver for a 28-17
halftime lead.
Miles was considered a top candi-
date for the Michigan job three
years ago, during LSU’s national
career at nearby SMU and is from the
Houston area, was 29 of 43 for 302
yards. He truly led the way as the
Eagles hardly ran the ball during their
stunning comeback.
Brandon Kaufman caught nine pass-
es for 120 yards and two touchdowns.
His nifty grab of an 11-yarder in the
back of the end zone was the title-win-
ner.
Nicholas Edwards had six catches
for 74 yards and the other touchdown.
Delaware was in control from the
start, scoring a touchdown on its first
drive and following with field goals on
championship season.
In an unusual pregame news con-
ference before the 2007 Southeastern
Conference championship game,
Miles expressed his intention to stay
at LSU and later signed a contract
extension through 2012. Michigan
eventually hired Rich Rodriguez,
who was 15-22 when he was fired
this week.
There was no pregame talk from
Miles before the Cotton Bowl on
Friday, after Stanford coach and for-
mer Michigan quarterback Jim
Harbaugh agreed to a five-year deal
to go to the NFL with the San
Francisco 49ers.
Before that, Harbaugh had
appeared to be at the top of a short list
with Miles and San Diego State
coach Brady Hoke, also a former
Wolverines assistant, as candidates to
return to Ann Arbor and replace
Rodriguez.
its next two series. Mixing runs and
passes, the Blue Hens had 230 yards by
halftime. They led 19-0 following
another touchdown early in the third
quarter, following an exchange of inter-
ceptions.
Conventional wisdom was that
Delaware’s size would have worn
down Eastern Washington. The Eagles
were shut out at halftime for the first
time all season and couldn’t run or
pass.
But the roles reversed. The Blue
Hens weren’t as successful running
and got out of synch passing, especial-
ly with Renard Williams and David
Gaylord pressuring Delaware’s Pat
Devlin.
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Regardless of what Miles does,
LSU will be back in Cowboys
Stadium for its 2011 season opener
— against Oregon, which plays
Auburn for the BCS national champi-
onship on Monday night.
Ridley, who wasn’t sure he’d even
get to play until the NCAA reinstated
him this week after an unspecified
“one-time” academic violation, had
24 carries for 105 yards. Spencer
Ware ran for 102 yards on 10 carries
as LSU got its first Cotton Bowl win
in 45 years, since beating Arkansas
14-7 in the 1966 game.
After a three-game losing streak
that included a loss to Arkansas in
Cowboys Stadium, Texas A&M
earned its Cotton Bowl berth with its
longest winning streak in 12 years.
The six-game surge included victo-
ries over Big 12 division winners
Oklahoma and Nebraska, along with
archrival Texas.
Devlin finished 22 of 34 for 220
yards. He also threw just his third inter-
ception of the year. It didn’t hurt,
though, as Mitchell threw his only
interception a few snaps later.
The Football Championship
Subdivision is the highest level of col-
lege football with a playoff. Eastern
Washington finished the regular season
at No. 1 and Delaware was No. 5; how-
ever, the Blue Hens had been No. 1
before losing their final game of the
regular season.
The game drew 13,027 fans to this
suburb north of Dallas. This is the first
of a three-year commitment to Frisco
after 13 straight years in Chattanooga,
Tenn.
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SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
NFL PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE NBA GLANCE NHL GLANCE
vs. Predators @ Ducks vs Toronto vs Oilers WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS
5::00 p.m. 5::00 p.m. 7::30 p.m. 7::30 p.m.
Saturday,Jan.8 EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL
New Orleans at Seattle,1:30 p.m.(NBC) Atlantic Division Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y.Jets at Indianapolis,5 p.m.(NBC) Boston 28 7 .800 — Pittsburgh 26 12 4 56 136 97
@ LAC vs.Lakers vs.Clippers
12:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sunday,Jan.9 New York 21 14 .600 7 Philadelphia 25 10 5 55 135 106
CSN-BAY CSN-BAY CSN-BAY Philadelphia 15 21 .417 13 1/2 N.Y.Rangers 24 15 3 51 124 106
Baltimore at Kansas City,10 a.m.(CBS) Toronto 12 24 .333 16 1/2 N.Y.Islanders 12 20 6 30 90 122
Green Bay at Philadelphia,1:30 p.m.(FOX) New Jersey 10 26 .278 18 1/2 New Jersey 10 28 2 22 71 128
SIERRA SNOW REPORT DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Saturday,Jan.15
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Miami 29 9 .763 — Boston 21 12 6 48 111 88
Alpine Meadows — Powder machine groomed Kirkwood — Packed powder machine groomed Indianapolis,Kansas City or
92 - 166 base 100 of 100 trails; 100% open, 2400 94 - 98 base 42 of 72 trails,56% open;10 of 12 lifts. Orlando 24 12 .667 4 Montreal 22 16 3 47 102 97
acres,13 of 13 lifts. Northstar at Tahoe — Packed powder machine Baltimore at Pittsburgh,1:30 p.m.(CBS) Atlanta 24 14 .632 5 Buffalo 17 18 5 39 111 118
Badger Pass — Powder machine groomed 105 - groomed 66 - 100 base 90 of 93 trails, 97% open, Charlotte 12 21 .364 14 1/2 Ottawa 16 19 6 38 92 124
Green Bay,New Orleans or
108 base 10 of 10 trails;100% open,80 acres,4 of 5 575 acres,17 of 19 lifts. Washington 9 25 .265 18 Toronto 16 20 4 36 105 121
lifts. Royal Gorge — Operating,51 trails. Seattle at Atlanta,5 p.m.(FOX) Central Division Southeast Division
Bear Valley — Packed powder machine groomed Sierra at Tahoe — Packed powder machine Sunday,Jan.16 W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
94 - 94 base 67 of 67 trails;100% open,1680 acres, groomed 62 - 131 base 46 of 46 trails,100% open, Chicago 23 12 .657 —
9 of 9 lifts. Tampa Bay 24 12 5 53 123 130
9 of 14 lifts. Philadelphia,New Orleans or Indiana 14 19 .424 8
Boreal — Fri 5:55 am packed powder machine Washington 23 12 6 52 120 107
Soda Springs — Packed powder 82 - 102 base 42 Seattle at Chicago,11 a.m.(FOX) Milwaukee 13 21 .382 9 1/2
groomed 82 - 125 base 30 of 41 trails,100% open of 42 trails,100% open,6 of 7 lifts. Atlanta 22 16 6 50 137 136
Detroit 11 24 .314 12 Carolina 19 15 6 44 117 120
250 acres,7 of 8 lifts,Mon-Fri:9a-9p;Sat/Sun:9a-9p; Squaw Valley USA — Packed powder machine N.Y.Jets,Kansas City or Cleveland 8 28 .222 15 1/2
Dodge Ridge — Fri 5:41 am packed powder ma- groomed 125 - 125 base 170 of 170 trails, 100% Florida 18 19 2 38 107 103
Baltimore at New England,1:30 p.m.(CBS)
chine groomed 66 - 90 base 62 of 62 trails; 100% open,4000 acres,25 of 33 lifts.
open,832 acres,10 of 11 lifts. Sugar Bowl — Packed powder machine groomed CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE
Donner Ski Ranch — Packed powder machine 86 - 162 base 94 of 95 trails,99% open,1477 acres, Sunday,Jan.23
groomed 54 - 186 base 53 of 53 trails;100% open, 10 of 13 lifts. Southwest Division Central Division
505 acres,8 of 8 lifts.
NFC,12 p.m.(FOX) W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
Tahoe Donner — Packed powder machine
Heavenly — Packed powder machine groomed groomed 56 - 72 base 14 of 32 trails, 100% open, AFC,3:30 p.m.(CBS) San Antonio 30 6 .833 — Detroit 26 10 5 57 143 117
77 - 98 base 80 of 94 trails, 97% open; 4750 acres, 120 acres,4 of 4 lifts. Dallas 26 9 .743 3 1/2 Nashville 21 13 6 48 104 96
PRO BOWL
26 of 29 lifts. Diamond Peak — Packed powder 70 - 120 base 31 Sunday,Jan.30 New Orleans 21 16 .568 9 1/2 Chicago 22 18 3 47 133 124
Homewood — Powder machine groomed 66 - of 31 trails,100% open,655 acres,4 of 6 lifts. Memphis 17 19 .472 13 St.Louis 20 13 6 46 106 110
117 base 62 of 62 trails;100% open,1260 acres,8 of Mt Rose — Packed powder machine groomed 81 At Honolulu Houston 16 20 .444 14 Columbus 20 18 3 43 103 124
8 lifts. - 125 base 60 of 60 trails100% open,6 of 8 lifts. AFC vs.NFC,4 p.m.(FOX) Northwest Division Northwest Division
W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
SUPER BOWL
Sunday,Feb.6 Oklahoma City 24 13 .649 — Vancouver 27 8 5 59 140 97
Utah 24 13 .649 — Colorado 21 15 5 47 136 130
At Arlington,Texas Denver 20 15 .571 3 Minnesota 20 15 5 45 103 114
AFC champion vs.NFC champion,3:30 p.m.(FOX) Portland 20 17 .541 4 Calgary 18 20 4 40 112 123
Minnesota 9 28 .243 15 Edmonton 13 20 7 33 101 138
Pacific Division
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
WHAT’S ON TAP L.A.Lakers
Golden State
26
15
11
21
.703
.417
—
10 1/2
Dallas
W
24
L
13
OT
5
Pts
53
GF
120
GA
116
Anaheim 22 18 4 48 116 123
SATURDAY Phoenix 14 20 .412 10 1/2
San Jose 21 15 5 47 118 115
Girls Basketball L.A.Clippers 11 24 .314 14
Phoenix 19 13 8 46 112 115
Mitty at Notre Dame-Belmont,7:30 p.m. Sacramento 8 25 .242 16
Los Angeles 22 17 1 45 118 101

TUESDAY JAN.11 Friday’s Games

San Antonio 90,Indiana 87
Girls Basketball
Philadelphia 105,Chicago 99
Aragon at San Mateo, Menlo Atherton at Mills,
Washington 97,New Jersey 77
Burlingame at Terra Nova, Oceana at South San
Francisco,Half Moon Bay at El Camino,Carlmont at Boston 122,Toronto 102
Memphis 110,Utah 99
Westmoor, Jefferson at Sequoia, Hillsdale at Ca-
puchino (all games double-headers), 4:30 p.m; Portland 108,Minnesota 98
Orlando 110,Houston 95
Castilleja at Menlo School, Pinewood at Sacred
Heart Prep,6 p.m. Miami 101,Milwaukee 95,OT
Golden State 116,Cleveland 98
L.A.Lakers 101,New Orleans 97
WEDNESDAY JAN.12
New York 121,Phoenix 96
Boys Basketball
Saturday’s Games
Aragon at South San Francisco,Menlo Atherton at
El Camino,Burlingame at Woodside,Hillsdale at Jef- Indiana at Atlanta,4 p.m.
Washington at Charlotte,4 p.m.
ferson, Half Moon Bay at Mills, Carlmont at Terra
Nova,San Mateo at Sequoia,Oceana at Capuchino Milwaukee at New Jersey,4 p.m.
(all games double-headers),4:30 p.m.; Philadelphia at Detroit,4:30 p.m.
Boston at Chicago,5 p.m.
Memphis at Oklahoma City,5 p.m.
Boys Soccer
Orlando at Dallas,5:30 p.m.
Menlo-Atherton at Aragon,Westmoor at Carlmont,
Utah at Houston,5:30 p.m.
El Camino at Capuchino, Jefferson at San Mateo,
Mills at Hillsdale, 3 p.m.; Serra at St. Ignatius, 3:15 Sunday’s Games
p.m.; Sequoia at Burlingame, Woodside at Terra Sacramento at Toronto,10 a.m.
Nova,4 p.m.;South San Francisco at Half Moon Bay, Golden State at L.A.Clippers,12:30 p.m.
5:45 p.m.; Sacred Heart Prep at Woodside Priory, Minnesota at San Antonio,4 p.m.
Crystal Springs Uplands at Menlo,TBA Cleveland at Phoenix,5 p.m.
Miami at Portland,6 p.m.
Girls Soccer New Orleans at Denver,6 p.m.
St.Ignatius at Notre Dame,3:15 p.m. New York at L.A.Lakers,6:30 p.m.
Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s Games
Chicago 3,Ottawa 2,SO
N.Y.Rangers 3,Dallas 2,SO
Detroit 5,Calgary 4,SO
Toronto 9,Atlanta 3
Carolina 5,Florida 3
Vancouver 6,Edmonton 1
Anaheim 6,Columbus 0
Saturday’s Games
New Jersey at Philadelphia,10 a.m.
N.Y.Islanders at Colorado,noon
Boston at Montreal,4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Ottawa,4 p.m.
Minnesota at Pittsburgh,4 p.m.
Florida at Washington,4 p.m.
N.Y.Rangers at St.Louis,5 p.m.
Buffalo at Phoenix,5 p.m.
Nashville at San Jose,5 p.m.
Detroit at Vancouver,7 p.m.
Columbus at Los Angeles,7:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Atlanta at Carolina,10:30 a.m.
Tampa Bay at New Jersey,2 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota,3 p.m.
N.Y.Islanders at Chicago,4 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim,5 p.m.

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 What
does it mean?
Dead birds air out
conspiracy theories
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Now a major
motion picture
By Jeremy Venook

O
n the table
beside my bed
lies the school
library’s copy of “The
Road,” by Cormac
McCarthy. I found it a
thoroughly engrossing book, full of insightful, albeit grim,
glimpses into the nature of morality and human willpower, and
critics apparently agreed with my assessment — the novel won
the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007.
But you wouldn’t necessarily know that just from looking at
the book’s cover. Aside from the title and the name of the
author, the most notable distinction
gleaned from a cursory glance is not the
prestigious literary honor but an emblem
announcing that the book is “Now a Major
Motion Picture.” In contrast, the Pulitzer
announcement is in much smaller font
along the bottom of the cover.
I have no problem with the concept of
making books into movies, and everything
I’ve heard indicates that the movie of “The
Road,” which starred Viggo Mortensen, was a well-crafted film
that accurately captured the nature of the book (incidentally,
the movie version of McCarthy’s other most famous book,
“No Country for Old Men,” won the Oscar for Best Picture a
few years ago). And I was ecstatic recently when I heard that
one of my favorite books, Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Extremely
Loud and Incredibly Close,” is set to be made into a movie
with Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks. Turning a book into a
film can be a fantastic way to pay homage to a worthy novel
and a fantastic opportunity to bring more widespread attention
to the source, hopefully encouraging more people to pick it up
at a local bookstore.
My problem, though, was the weight the publishers decided
to give that particular declaration on the cover. To me, the
mere existence of a movie isn’t a particularly good indicator of
a book’s quality — after all, it’s a distinction shared by
“Twilight,” which is by no stretch of the imagination a modern
classic. And some books simply aren’t the right source materi-
al to be made into a popular, or even good, film. For every suc-
cessful adaptation like “The Godfather” or “Gone with the
Wind,” there are countless other classics that, while irreplace-
able in the literary canon, would hardly work on the silver
screen. And the version that reaches theaters is inevitably con-
densed to fit the constraints of performance that aren’t consid-
erations for the author. As fantastic as the movie “To Kill a
Mockingbird” may be (it’s hard to separate the character of
Atticus Finch from Gregory Peck’s outstanding portrayal), it’s
a decidedly condensed version of Harper Lee’s original novel,
one that loses plot points and character development for the
sake of time.
Besides, as good as the movie adaptation may be, I can’t
help but worry that stressing its production is an indicator that
we as a society are simply moving away from good ol’ books.
Television, movies and the Internet are so vibrant, so appealing
to all of our senses, that it can be hard to remember the joy of
Bloated,boring and utterly forgettable thriller that’s never actually thrilling.
opening an old, time-worn paperback and wafting in the faint By Christy Lemire
but comforting smell of the printed page. And, confined as it THE ASSOCIATED PRESS You expect this kind of schlock in January,
may be to a single medium, a novel offers opportunities that but “Season of the Witch” isn’t even bad in
are exceedingly hard to replicate on film — the possibilities So here’s the gimmick in “Season of the an enjoyable way. The scenery is drab, the
for striking symbolism and heartfelt prose often don’t translate
to the version that appears in theaters, especially with a book Witch”: It takes place during the 14th centu- battles are interchangeable, and no one
as packed with meaningful moments as “The Road.” ry, but everyone speaks in contemporary seems particularly interested in being here.
I think it’s high time to put the “culture” back into “pop cul- language, which might have been acceptable At the same time, Dominic Sena (who pre-
ture.” Look for the Pulitzer and not the movie; chances are
you’ll be rewarded with an engrossing experience that goes if the dialogue were clever or intelligent or viously directed Cage in “Gone in Sixty
beyond just what you’ll see on the big screen. funny or, you know, good. Seconds”) never flat-out goes for it in a
Instead, Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman schlocky, B-horror kind of way. What we’re
Jeremy Venook is a senior at San Mateo High School. Student News
are the knights who say ... nothing of any
appears in the weekend edition. You can e-mail Student News at particular note in a supernatural action See WITCH, Page 20
news@smdailyjournal.com.

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gloves.Space is limited,so call for
reservations at 574-1677 or 574-4811.All
classes are in San Mateo Central Park at the
Kohl Pumphouse,101 Ninth Ave.,San
Mateo.
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By Susan Cohn
DAILY JOURNAL
SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
Begin the New Year by plunging
into the exciting world of live music,
theatre and dance.
The San Francisco Symphony contin-
ues its Great Performers series Jan. 18
with pianist Lang Lang in recital at
Davies Symphony Hall. A billion people
viewed Lang Lang’s performance in
Beijing’s opening ceremony for the 2008
Summer Olympics where he was pro-
moted as a symbol of the youth and
future of China. He played at the 2009
Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for
President Obama and at the Nobel Peace
Prize concert in Oslo the next day. At
only 28, the young piano sensation has
captured the imaginations of music
lovers the world over. Lang Lang’s Jan.
18 recital includes Beethoven’s Piano
Sonata No. 3 in C major, Opus 2, no.3;
Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F
minor, Opus 57, Appassionata; and
Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat
major, Opus 83. Davies Symphony Hall
is located at 201 Van Ness Ave. near San
Francisco’s Civic Center. For informa-
tion about San Francisco Symphony
events, visit www.sfsymphony.org or
call (415) 864-6000.
***
Jan. 12 is the Boxcar Playhouse open-
ing of Clue, the play based on the movie
based on the board game. Peering over a
life-sized board game, the audience
watches from six feet in the air as six
guests and a bumbling butler navigate
square by tiny square searching a man-
sion to find out who killed Mr. Boddy.
Was it Colonel Mustard in the billiard
room with the wrench or Ms. Scarlet in
the lounge with the candlestick? 505
Natoma St. Through Feb. 19. For ticket
information visit
www.boxcartheatre.org or call (415)
776-1747.
***
American Conservatory Theatre offers
the West Coast Premiere of Playwright
Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park, a new
comedy that spins the events of Lorraine
Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun to tell a
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Internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang performs in recital at San Francisco’s
Davies Hall Tuesday Jan.18 as part of the San Francisco Symphony’s Great Performer
series.
different story about race and real estate
in America. A.C.T. is located at 415
Geary Street, just off Union Square in
the heart of downtown San Francisco.
Jan. 26. – Feb 13. Tickets can be pur-
chased from the box office at 405 Geary
St., by phone at (415) 749-2228, or
online at www.act-sf.org.
***
Tony and Pulitzer Prize-Winning
Rock Musical Next to Normal comes to
town starring Alice Ripley in her Tony
Award-Winning Performance as a moth-
er who struggles with worsening bipolar
disorder and the effect that her illness
has on her family. The musical address-
es such issues as grieving a loss, suicide,
drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry
and suburban life. Next to Normal won
three 2009 Tony Awards: Best Original
Score, Best Orchestration and Best
Performance by a Leading Actress in a
Musical for Alice Ripley. It also won the
2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, becom-
ing just the eighth musical in history to
receive the honor. Curran Theatre, 445
PHILIP GLASER
Geary St. Jan. 26 – Feb. 20. Tickets can
be purchased online at shnsf.com, by
calling (888) SHN-1799.
***
San Francisco Ballet opens its 2011
season Jan. 29 with Giselle, the tale of
a young peasant girl driven to madness
and an untimely death by the discovery
that her true love has deceived her. This
critically acclaimed production features
lavish scenery and costumes, soulful
music and beautiful choreography epit-
omizing the pure classicism of the
Romantic ballets. San Francisco Ballet
is at the War Memorial Opera House,
301 Van Ness Ave. across from San
Francisco City Hall. The box office
may be reached at (415) 865-2000,
Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tickets may also be purchased at
www.sfballet.org.
Susan Cohn can be reached at susan@smdai-
lyjournal.com or www.twitter.com/susanci-
tyscene.
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Sunday news shows
ABC’s ‘This Week’ 8 a.m.
Reps.Paul Ryan,R-Wis.; Chris Van Hollen,D-Md.; Chris
Gibson,R-N.Y.; and Bobby Schilling,R-Ill.; Sen.Mike Lee,R-
Utah.
CBS’‘Face the Nation’ 8:30 a.m.
Sens.Charles Schumer,D-N.Y.,and Jon Kyl,R-Ariz; Rep.
Steny Hoyer,D-Md.
NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ 8 a.m.
Sen.Harry Reid,D-Nev.; Reps.Emanuel Cleaver,D-Mo.,and
Raul Labrador,R-Idaho.
CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ 3 p.m.
Sens.Dick Durbin,D-Ill.,Lamar Alexander,R-Tenn.,and Lee;
Rep.Austin Scott,R-Ga.
‘Fox News Sunday’ 8 a.m.
Sens.Rand Paul,R-Ky.,and Chris Coons,D-Del.; Rep.Cathy
McMorris Rodgers,R-Wash.
People in the news
Melissa Rivers to mom: Enough plastic surgery!
PASADENA — Melissa Rivers has a message for her
mom: Enough plastic surgery!
She said her 77-year-old mother’s surgical enhancements
are a source of conflict.
Comic Joan Rivers said in a book she wrote two years
ago, “Men Are Stupid ... And They Like Big Boobs — A
Woman’s Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery,” that
she’s had more than a dozen cosmetic surgeries.
“In my opinion, it’s like enough,” Melissa Rivers said.
“Stop it. It is a source of conflict, it really is. It bothers me.”
The two women were at a news conference Friday to hype
their upcoming WE network reality series, “Joan & Melissa:
Joan Knows Best?” The series premieres Jan. 25.
Rivers joked about her daughter’s concerns, but said it’s
part of being in show business and doesn’t think there’s any
such thing as too much.
“If you had a dollar for every stitch in the face of some-
one you interviewed, you wouldn’t be here,” she told
reporters.
Eva Longoria’s Vegas club files for bankruptcy
LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas nightclub owned by
“Desperate Housewives” actress Eva Longoria has filed for
bankruptcy, saying it owes nearly $5.7 million.
Lawyers for Beso LLC said in a federal Chapter 11 filing
on Thursday that they project losing more than $76,000 per
month at the CityCenter restaurant and nightspot. It is seek-
ing bankruptcy in order to keep operating.
Beso owes nearly $1.8 million to CityCenter for its lease
at the Crystals mall inside the resort complex that opened in
December 2009, lawyers said in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
filing in Las Vegas.
CityCenter is owned jointly by casino operator MGM
Resorts International and Dubai World, the investment arm
of the Persian Gulf state.
Longoria owns nearly one-third of Beso but is also listed
as an unsecured creditor.
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Five memorable Nicolas Cage performances
By Christy Lemire
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — No matter the role —
and he’s played a diverse array of them over
the past three decades — Nicolas Cage often
seems to be teetering on the brink of his own
personal, self-inflicted insanity.
Sure, he’s done plenty of forgettable
action movies, and lately he’s been at the
fore of some family-friendly Disney adven-
tures. Then there was that period in the late
’90s where every movie he made was a drag,
and it was a drag watching him in them. But
when he’s at his volatile best, it’s an exciting
place to be.
This week, with Cage starring in his latest
in a series of wheels-off thrillers, “Season of
the Witch,” here’s a look at his five most
memorable performances. Like the best-of-
Jack-Nicholson list recently, this one was
hard to narrow down:
“Adaptation” (2002):
Cage earned an Academy Award nomina-
tion for his portrayal of screenwriter Charlie
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left with is just bloated, boring and utterly for-
gettable.
Cage isn’t even in full-on, wheels-off Cage
mode here, sadly. And from the looks of it —
the fact that he’s goateed, a little puffy and
wears his hair in messy, chin-length waves —
it held such promise. He delivers his lines in a
droning monotone, as if returning to the
morose actor we knew in the late 1990s. The
one moment in which he busts out, snarling
and screaming with his eyes narrowed and his
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Kaufman and his identical (and fictional)
twin brother, Donald, in Spike Jonze’s bril-
liantly mind-bending comedy. And he
seemed to be having the time of his life
playing these contrasting roles: the self-
loathing and stumped Charlie, as well as the
goofy and garrulous Donald. After brooding
his way through a series of films leading up
to this (”8MM,” “Bringing Out the Dead,”
“Windtalkers”), he lets loose again here
even while creating two distinct, structured
personalities, and his enthusiasm is conta-
gious.
“Raising Arizona” (1987):
One of the Coen brothers’ earliest, most
playful and visually inventive films features
a deliriously nutso starring performance
from Cage. Hi McDunnough is a loser and
ex-con who seemingly can do no right, but
he finds a way to make his wife Edwina
(Holly Hunter) happy when he steals a baby
for her from furniture tycoon Nathan
Arizona, the father of quintuplets. Like
“Moonstruck,” “Raising Arizona” allows
Cage to tap into his unique brand of off-kil-
ter, romantic goofiness. He’s a grubby, lov-
teeth gnashed, it’s such a relief. And then it’s
over.
When we first see his character, Behmen,
he’s at the top of his game at the height of the
Crusades, brutally slaying untold numbers of
men in the name of God. With Perlman as his
wisecracking sidekick, Felson, he’s unstop-
pable. But once he realizes that, whoa, women
and children are being killed, too, Behmen
grabs Felson and together they leave the bat-
tleground, and the Church. (Bragi Schut’s
screenplay vaguely hints at some sort of
indictment of organized religion, then backs
off in favor of one-liners and cheap scares.)
Upon their return, Behmen and Felson find
that their home has been ravaged by the Black
able cartoon character.
“Leaving Las Vegas” (1995):
Cage won a best-actor Oscar for playing
an alcoholic, failed screenwriter hell-bent
on drinking himself to death. He and
Elisabeth Shue, excellent as a hardened
prostitute, forge a twisted, codependent
bond in which neither will interfere with the
other’s self-destruction. But Cage never
devolves into a drunk cliche; rather, he finds
shadings within this lost soul’s deep despair.
Director Mike Figgis’ film is intense and
unflinching, which just happen to be two of
Cage’s strong suits. While the movie itself is
often hard to watch, Cage’s performance is
mesmerizing.
“Bad Lieutenant: Port
of Call New Orleans” (2009):
Here he is in classic crazed mode. Werner
Herzog’s wacked-out remake is fueled by a
wacked-out performance from Cage, whose
character is himself fueled by a steady sup-
ply of cocaine and heroin, gambling and
violence. His Terence McDonagh is a
Plague; the general assumption is that this is
the work of witches. The dying Cardinal
(Christopher Lee, covered in gnarly sores,
squandered in just one scene) orders them to
transport a suspected witch to a faraway abbey
for trial, or else they’ll be imprisoned for
desertion. (We know from the “Hellboy”
movies that Perlman has a knack for deadpan
humor, so it’s a waste to have him make lame
observations like, “As dungeons go, this one’s
not so bad.”)
And so they set off on their journey, with
the witch in question (Claire Foy) locked up in
a cage, and with a motley crew of helpers in
tow. Along the way there are episodic, video-
game style threats (a rickety bridge suspended
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brazenly corrupt detective, a man infested
with dark proclivities. As he descends fur-
ther into drug-induced mania in post-
Katrina New Orleans, we don’t know what’s
real and what’s in his mind, and it doesn’t
matter. Cage makes it all wild and riveting,
and all you can do is watch in awe of how
far he’ll go.
“Valley Girl” (1983):
Cage’s first starring role, the one that put
him on the map, and a personal favorite of
mine, having grown up in the San Fernando
Valley in the ’80s myself. So please,
indulge me for a minute. “Valley Girl”
came from an era of dumb teenage sex
comedies, but it’s got an undeniable sweet-
ness that most of those films lack. Much of
that comes from the tender way Cage’s L.A.
punk, Randy, courts the stylish and pristine
Julie (Deborah Foreman), who lives on the
other side of the Hollywood Hills. It’s
“Romeo and Juliet” set in Southern
California, but in his endearing awkward-
ness, Cage breathes new life into a familiar
figure.
over a perilous gorge, a treacherous and foggy
forest, a pack of fakey, CGI-looking wolves).
It’s a slog from one challenge to the next, with
no real tension building, and all the while the
alleged witch plays coy about whether she’s
actually a witch, pouting beneath her bangs,
Kristen Stewart-style.
We know they won’t all make it to their des-
tination. Who lives and who dies doesn’t real-
ly matter. The ones who survive must face a
pack of zombie ninja monks — and even that
isn’t nearly as much fun as it sounds.
“Season of the Witch,” a Relativity Media
release, is rated PG-13 for thematic elements,
violence and disturbing content. Running
time: 100 minutes. One star out of four.
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Dead blackbirds air out conspiracy theories

By Jeannine Nuss
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The
moon turns blood red. The earth
shakes. Soldiers die in wars. And the
world keeps spinning, even though
these events fit neatly into apocalyp-
tic predictions.
So why, when swarms of winged
creatures hit the dirt in Arkansas and
elsewhere, do some indulge their
inner conspiracy theorists and
believe more than ever that the end
of days is near?
“There’s no prophecy in the Bible
about the birds falling from the sky,”
says Bart D. Ehrman, a religious
studies professor at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill who
sometimes teaches a class called
“Apocalypse Now and Then.”
But scientific debunking hasn’t
stopped the speculation since thou-
sands of blackbirds rained down on
a small town in Arkansas on New
Year’s Eve, the first in a series of
mass animal deaths that started less
than two weeks after a total lunar
eclipse.
Hundreds more dead birds have
descended on Louisiana, Tennessee
and Kentucky, and scores of crow-
like birds croaked in Sweden. Add in
100,000 fish that washed ashore in
Arkansas and you’ve got the making
of more than a few doomsday sce-
narios.
People are airing their suspicions
online, making “birds fall from sky”
and “birds and fish dying” top
Google search suggestions for the
word “birds.”
The talk isn’t limited to specula-
tion the world is ending: Some guess
it was a UFO. It was the govern-
ment. It was a government-con-
trolled UFO. (Is there really any
other kind?) Lightning did it. It all
comes back to the Alfred Hitchcock
movie “The Birds.” It was the
“Angry Birds” game. One spectacu-
larly dumb bird led his feathered
compatriots in a fatal plunge.
Birds fly past an Orthodox church during a partial solar eclipse in the town of Volozhin,Belarus.
Scientists have chalked up the
deaths of some 5,000 red-winged
blackbirds in Beebe, Ark., to cele-
bratory fireworks. They say the loud
cracks and booms likely sent the
birds into such a tizzy that they
crashed into homes, cars and each
other before plummeting to their
deaths.
“I think it’s safe to say that there
was no secret conspiracy by any-
one,” says Thurman Booth, a
wildlife services director in the state
where events kick-started the falling
foul trend. “It is not the beginning of
the apocalypse. It was not nerve gas.
It was not poison. I mean, all these
things have been seriously proposed
by people all over the world.”
For starters, mass wildlife deaths
like the bird drop-offs in the South
are quite common. In 1973, a hail-
storm in Arkansas encased ducks in
so much ice they were described as
feathery bowling balls.
In general, blackbirds live three
years, tops. They roost with thou-
sands, or even millions, of other
birds. Simple math dictates that lots
of them are going to die, Booth says,
and their remains don’t vanish into
thin air. It’s not a biological big deal
because red-winged blackbirds are
among North America’s most abun-
dant birds, with somewhere between
100 million and 200 million across
the U.S.
But others say that still doesn’t
solve the mystery of the birds of
Beebe.
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“Some people think it’s biblical
and apocalyptic, and it could be,”
says Robert Vicino, who heads a
California-based company called
Vivos that specializes in under-
ground, nuke-proof bunkers.
(They’re complete with access to
treadmills, theaters and libraries.)
The number of applications for
those pricey pods of safety has
increased eight-fold since the birds
fell out of the sky, Vicino says.
An Arkansas clothing company
saw a chance to capitalize on the
conspiracy theories and is offering a
shirt starring a yellow bird with X’s
instead of eyes, for $11.99.
“If you are a bird, even if (your)
last name is Bird, I would definitely
think about avoiding Beebe for a
while,” the Rock City Outfitters
website says.
Meanwhile, cable networks have
called on pundits and celebrities to
weigh in on the conundrum of the
birds.
“You know, I’m not the religious-
conspiracy-theorist go-to guy, par-
ticularly,” Kirk Cameron of
“Growing Pains” fame told CNN’s
Anderson Cooper. “But I think it’s
really kind of silly to try to equate
birds falling out of the sky with
some kind of an end-times theory.”
The level of fascination may be
new, but birds being seen as augurs
is not.
The ancient Romans thought of
birds much like tea leaves in a div-
ination class at Hogwarts: They
could reveal the future, if interpret-
ed correctly. As a large flock of star-
lings would fly through the sky like
a school of fish, a bird reader called
an auspice would translate its move-
ments into terms of things to come,
says Douglas Jacobsen, a professor
of church history and theology at
Messiah College in Grantham, Pa.
Romans also caught a few low-fly-
ers to slice open and read their
entrails.
“People look to birds,” Jacobsen
said. “They fly south in the fall and
they fly north in the spring. They
mark the time in a way that many
other animals don’t.”
Plus, many faiths associate the
sky with higher powers.
“Anything that’s in the sky that’s
unusual — or comes out of the sky
that’s unusual — seems to have the
potential to be interpreted as a sign
from God,” Jacobsen said.
Booth, the blackbird guru in
Arkansas, says people are hungry
nowadays for something to be inter-
ested in.
“There’s a whole world of people
who don’t have lives and don’t have
things to do,” he said. “Think about
it: There are hungry children, there
are wars going on and people are
worried about 5,000 blackbirds.”

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Pastor Eric Ackerman
Worship Service 10:00 AM
Sunday School 11:00 AM
Child care provided in the nursery.
Hope Lutheran Preschool
admits students of any race, color
and national or ethnic origin.
License No. 410500322.
Call (650)349-0100
HopeLutheranSanMateo.org
Sunday Worship 10:00 AM (650)366-1223
Sunday School • Childcare • Drama Sunday services:
Choir • Handbells • Praise Band 9:00AM & 10:45AM
Sunday October 24, 2010 CSUMC will www.redwoodchurch.org
be starting a new Samoan language
ministry which starts at 12:00pm. It will
be led by Tapuai Louis Vaili Certified Synagogues
Lay Speaker.
Everyone is welcome to join us! PENINSULA
2145 Bunker Hill Drive TEMPLE SHOLOM
San Mateo • (650)345-2381 A Reform Congregation
www.csumc.org (Member UAHC)
1655 Sebastian Dr, Burlingame
(650)697-2266
Non-Denominational Fri. Shabbat Services: 7:30pm
First Friday of month: 7:00pm
Saturday Lay Minyan: 9:30am
Church of the
Highlands
“A community of caring Christians”
1900 Monterey Drive
(corner Sneath Lane) San Bruno
(650)873-4095
Adult Worship Services:
Friday: 7:30 pm (singles)
Saturday: 7:00 pm
Sun 7, 8:30, 10, & 11:30 am,
5 pm
Youth Worship Service:
For high school & young college
Sunday at 10:00 am
Sunday School
For adults & children of all ages
Sunday at 10:00 am
Donald Sheley, Founding Pastor
Leighton Sheley, Senior Pastor
22 Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011
Hawaii attractions can be yours for free
By Beth J. Harpaz
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HONOLULU — While planning a weeklong
family trip to Hawaii as an escape from winter,
I kept getting suggestions from friends, web-
sites and even my kids for all kinds of “must-
see” activities.
Helicopter tours! Dolphin encounters!
Luaus! Bike rides down volcanic mountains!
Then I checked out the prices for all these
marvels. Helicopter tour, $200. Dolphin
encounter, $100. Luau, $100. Bike ride, $100.
Now multiply each fee by four, for me, my
spouse and two kids. I’d just added $2,000 to
the budget for our trip.
But if we didn’t do any of these things, would
we really feel we’d missed out?
I’m happy to report we skipped ’em all with
no regrets. Yet our trip to Hawaii was spectacu-
lar. We hiked through rain forests, walked
across a volcano floor, stargazed from the
world’s tallest mountain, and swam in a bay so
full of colorful sea life that it was like stepping
into an aquarium. We visited Pearl Harbor,
climbed Diamond Head, sunbathed on Waikiki
and body-surfed at Hanalei Bay. We saw petro-
glyphs on a remote seaside trail, and watched
Hawaiian dancers in a park at sunset. We even
stopped by the apartment building where
Barack Obama was raised (1617 S. Beretania
St., Honolulu), because I wanted my city-born
kids to see that you don’t have to grow up in a
mansion to be president.
The cost for these activities, aside from park-
ing or car entry fees: Zero.
Which is not to say that a vacation to Hawaii
can be done on a dime. We pounced on a $550
round-trip airfare, but even that meant $2,200
for a family of four. Because it was our first
visit, we hopscotched among three islands —
the Big Island, Oahu and Kauai — which meant
$60-per-person flights from one island to the
next. My husband covered six nights’ lodging
for free by saving hotel credit card points for
more than a year, but the one hotel night we
paid for ran $350. We also paid for rental cars,
but that let us skip taxis and tour buses.
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found the road to be no more challenging than
the potholed, swerving highways around New
York City.) Four-wheel drive vehicles can also
participate in free weekend caravans to the sum-
mit, though the public is not permitted to look
through the big telescopes at the top.
(Stargazing events use smaller portable scopes.)
Details at http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis/.
For me, the highlight of our week was a day
spent in the astonishing landscapes of Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park,
http://www.nps.gov/havo/ (car entry fee, $10).
We hiked through lush rain forests filled with
songbirds and giant ferns, then across the black-
cratered floor of the Kilauea volcano, punctuat-
ed occasionally by bright red lehua flowers.
Elsewhere in the park, the black volcanic rock
runs right to the edge of the sea. The volcano
remains active, so depending on volcanic activ-
ity during your visit, plumes of white smoke
may be visible in daylight, and a bright orange
lava glow may be seen at night. Don’t miss the
easy hike to the Puuloa site to see thousands of
petroglyphs — drawings carved in rocks cen-
turies ago by native Hawaiians.
A final Big Island wonder was Kahuluu
Beach Park in Kona. For under $10, you can
rent snorkel gear on site and wade into the
Hawaii offers a variety of tours including walking tours,bike tours,air tours and sailing tours. water to see coral and fish. The sea life is so
We stuffed ourselves at free hotel breakfasts Numerous signs warn against swimming; the colorful, you don’t even need to put your head
and at places like Me’s BBQ, 151 Uluniu St. in surf is known for deadly rip tides. But when underwater to see it, though you’ll want water
Waikiki on Oahu, where the plate lunch (a mix you’re done hiking, drive a short distance to the shoes for the rocky bottom. Huge green sea tur-
of choices including chicken, fish, pork, vegeta- public beach at beautiful Hanalei Bay for a dip. tles can be observed swimming here too. The
bles, rice and macaroni salad) fills you up for parking lot fills up fast; street parking is avail-
under $10. The ubiquitous Hawaiian ABC MAUNA KEA,VOLCANOES PARK AND able.
chain became our second home, as it does for KAHULUU BAY ON THE BIG ISLAND:
many tourists, offering basics like sunscreen
Mauna Kea, the world’s tallest mountain
DIAMOND HEAD,PEARL HARBOR,HULA
and postcards as well as fresh fruit, sushi and
(30,000 feet from its base in the ocean to its SHOW AND SURFING ON OAHU:
sandwiches.
But most of all, we collected memories from summit, which sits 14,000 feet above sea level), The famous beach at Waikiki is located in
one amazing adventure to the next, without is home to many of the world’s largest observa- Honolulu on Oahu. Here I found a wonderful
spending a lot of cash. Here are some details. tories. Guided tours to the top (including food free alternative to a luau, which I wanted to
and transportation) can run $200, but there are attend not so much for the mai tais as for the
KALALAU TRAIL AND two free alternatives. performances. The Kuhio Beach Hula Show
Free stargazing programs are held nightly at offers a charming, authentic show of traditional
HANALEI BAY ON KAUAI: the visitors center, located at 9,000 feet. It was Hawaiian music, dance and stories with a torch-
The Kalalau Trail on Kauai’s Napali Coast is cloudy the night we attended, and while we lighting. It’s held Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
11 miles one way, but the first section — four waited for better weather, we enjoyed hearing and Sunday at 6:30 p.m. (6 p.m. in November,
miles round trip — makes a per- about research done on the mountain. When December and January). The magical outdoor
fect half-day outing, skies cleared, we looked through a telescope at setting is in Kuhio Beach Park, by a giant
http://www.kalalautrail.com/. Mars’ polar ice cap and other celestial wonders. banyan tree on Kalakaua Avenue, near the stat-
Parking is free but the limited Best souvenir at Mauna Kea: “Beware of ue of the famous surfer, Duke Kahanamoku.
spots fill up early. The steep trail Invisible Cows” bumper sticker, which refers to No visit to Oahu is complete without visiting
can be muddy and slippery; cows that may be hidden by fog on the rough its two most famous landmarks, Diamond Head
wear sturdy footwear. Scenery mountain road. Most rental car companies pro- and Pearl Harbor. Arrive first thing to beat the
ranges from lush and jungle-like hibit driving to Mauna Kea because of road crowds. A steep 1.6-mile roundtrip trail to the
as you climb the mountain, to conditions, but one rental company, Harper — summit of Diamond Head’s volcanic cone
dramatic overlooks from high http://www.harpershawaii.com — rents four- offers panoramic views of the ocean and
cliffs over the ocean, to roaring wheel-drive vehicles specifically for Mauna Honolulu; parking is $5 (pedestrians, $1 per
waves crashing on a rocky beach. Kea. (Don’t be unduly scared, though; we person), http://bit.ly/eoB6kg.
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GARBAGE
Continued from page 1
Recology took over the service from
Allied Waste after being awarded a 10-
year contract with a $51 million base
compensation for the first year, according
to Monica Devincenzi, recycling outreach
and sustainability manager for the South
Bayside Waste Management Authority, a
joint powers authority known as
RethinkWaste.
The new automated service offers
improved recycling services, including
weekly pickup of recycling and green
waste.
It also offers expanded green waste
recycling that includes food waste and
even pizza boxes.
With the new system, customers no
longer have to separate recyclables such
as bottles, cans and paper by type and can
instead throw them all into a single bin
that can be wheeled out to the curb.
“Overall the service has been going
pretty well,” Devincenzi said.
She noted that Recology has received
numerous complaints from customers,
mainly for missed pickups, but said that
the company has been proactive about
responding to those complaints.
One issue customers have had is that
when they call to report a problem, they
can’t get through to anyone. Recology has
brought in 15 additional customer service
representatives over the past few days, and
Thursday, the company put 11 additional
trucks on the street to pick up garbage that
had been missed, Devincenzi said.
Hold times for customer service are
now less than a minute, Devincenzi said,
and she expects the additional trucks to be
back out on the streets today picking up
waste that was missed.
HELP
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agreed.
“We’re here to support them during
construction, not manage it. We want
people to have a good base of informa-
tion about what to expect in the process,”
Chen said.
The free four-hour workshop is broken
into four one-hour conversations. At 1
p.m., experts will offer tips on listing
personal property for insurance recov-
ery. At 2 p.m., construction professionals
will go over repair and rebuilding infor-
mation. At 3 p.m., the conversation will
turn to resolving disputes over repair
methods or costs. Lastly, the 4 o’clock
hour will focus on the insurance, tax and
real estate considerations when deciding
between rebuilding or buying something
new.
United Policyholders, a national non-
profit that works with disaster victims
during recovery, and Rebuilding
Together Peninsula, a Redwood City
BROWN
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closing field offices in San Diego,
Fresno and Riverside; and cutting com-
munications staff.
Friday’s announcement prompted
Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin to ask
Brown to designate a senior administra-
tion official to be a contact for the San
Joaquin Valley, a region she said is often
CASE
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Youshock, who was 17 at the time of
the botched Aug. 24, 2009 massacre
attempt at Hillsdale High School, is
charged with two counts of attempted
murder, one count of exploding a
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Gina Simi, spokeswoman for Recology,
said that some customers had experienced
missed pickups the week before Recology
began its service, which accounts for
some of the complaints.
Some elderly people and people with
disabilities who previously had backyard
pickup with Allied Waste did not get
backyard pickup this week, Devincenzi
said.
Recology is working on updating their
system for special pickup instructions and
is asking people who wish to have back-
yard pickup services provided to call the
company to update their information,
Devincenzi said.
The new system is expected to greatly
reduce the amount of garbage customers
send to the landfill.
Simi said the company is estimating a
25 percent to 35 percent increase in com-
posting and recycling in the service area.
In the first three days of the new service,
there was a 78 percent increase of com-
post and green waste and a 31 percent
increase in recycled materials, Devincenzi
said.
“For a rollout of this size ... there are
bound to be some problems and glitches,”
nonprofit that partners with businesses to
rehabilitate community organization
facilities or the homes of those in need,
joined forces to bring in professionals
with whom they’ve vetted to answer
questions and offer advice.
Bach encouraged individuals to bring
any documents that relate to an obstacle
to Sunday’s event. Having the document
will help professionals advise those
affected on how to proceed.
“We’re a conduit of information,” said
Bach, noting the event will feature con-
tractors, professional claim adjusters,
Pacific Gas and Electric representatives
and Realtors on hand to work with peo-
ple and answer questions.
“There is such a range of damages.
We’re trying to offer a menu of help
options,” said Bach.
Many of the vendors on hand are ones
with whom Rebuilding Together
Peninsula has previously worked, said
Chen.
Since the damages are so different,
issues vary for each individual, said
Chen, who added a woman she recently
spoke with simply needed a landscape
contractor. It wasn’t that simple, howev-
overshadowed by the state’s larger
coastal cities.
“I am urging you to demonstrate to the
people of Fresno and the San Joaquin
Valley that there will be concerted
efforts by the Brown administration to
reach out to and work with our region,”
Swearengin wrote.
Brown said he is also eliminating the
position of cabinet secretary and all
deputy cabinet secretaries.
He said he would eliminate the first
lady’s office. He previously announced
that his wife, Anne Gust Brown, would
destructive device with intent to commit
murder, one count of possession of a
destructive device in a public place, one
count of the use of explosives in an act
of terrorism and two counts of posses-
sion of a deadly weapon.
A jury will first be asked to decide if
he is guilty. If so, the sanity phase will
follow next.
Youshock was allegedly intent on
said Redwood City spokesman Malcolm
Smith.
He said he has received numerous com-
plaints from residents reporting missed
service, but a handful of people have also
contacted him to say that the switch went
smoothly for them.
“I have a great deal of confidence that
they will work out the bugs,” Smith said.
Despite the complaints, Simi said that
97 percent of customers experienced no
problems with the new service. She also
noted that the week after Christmas is tra-
ditionally the heaviest garbage week of
the year, and this year the amount of
garbage collected was double what was
collected last year.
Devincenzi said she wanted to remind
customers that the new pickup times and
routes are different from what people have
been used to.
Officials are asking customers to wait
until 6 p.m. before reporting a missed
pickup.
In another change from the previous
collector, Recology trucks will go down
one side of a street picking up trash with
their mechanical arms and then return at a
later time to pick up trash on the other side
of the street.
For safety reasons, the new routes
require the trucks to make mainly right
turns.
The new three-cart system, known as
CartSMART, also means that three differ-
ent trucks will collect the contents from
the three types of bins at different times,
Devincenzi said.
The new service, however, also means
rate increases for most customers.
Member agencies, which each set their
own rates, are in the process of recalculat-
ing rates. Overall, customers can expect
an average rate increase of between 15
percent and 30 percent with a maximum
increase of 38 percent, Devincenzi said.
er. With insurance involved, there needs
to be someone who can work with prop-
erty owners to learn what was there,
maybe by looking at old photos.
“The first step is helping [those affect-
ed] tell their story about what they lost,”
said Chen.
The free workshop was funded
through a grant from the Silicon Valley
Foundation San Bruno Fire Fund, which
collected over $529,000 in donations
since the Sept. 9 incident.
The “Dollars and Sense: Home
Repairs, Insurance, Rebuilding and
Recovery” workshops will be held from
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9 at Skyline
College student activities center, 3300
College Drive, Building 6, San Bruno.
The event is free. For more information
contact Lily Abt, outreach coordinator
for Rebuilding Together Peninsula, 366-
6597 ext. 226, lily@rebuildingtogether-
peninsula.org or visit www.rebuildingto-
getherpeninsula.org or www.uphelp.org.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
serve as an unpaid adviser.
The governor already announced he
would cut the inspector general’s office
overseeing stimulus funding.
The administration estimated it will
save another $1.9 million by eliminating
the education secretary’s office.
The secretary acted as the governor’s
chief liaison to the appointed state Board
of Education but the position was a
revolving door under the
Schwarzenegger administration, partly
because the office had limited authority
over schools and education policy.
revenge and arrived on campus with pipe
bombs, a machete and a chain saw. After
setting off two pipe bombs that injured
no one, Youshock reportedly attempted
to start the chain saw but had problems.
Youshock was tackled by staff members.
The criminal grand jury indicted
Youshock in August.
He remains in custody on no-bail sta-
tus.
Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011
Calendar
SATURDAY, JAN. 8
Dog Adoptions. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. San
Bruno Petco in the Shops at
Tanforan, 1150 El Camino Real, San
Bruno. Dogs were saved from death
in high-kill Southern California shel-
ters and driven to Northern California
for adoptions. For more information
visit dogsneedhomes.blogspot.com.
South San Francisco Baseball
League Signups. 9 a.m. to noon.
Avalon Park, South San Francisco.
Registration for baseball leagues for
children ages 5 to 10. For more infor-
mation or to print out registration
forms visit ssfbaseball.com.
Tribute to John Daly. 10:30 a.m.
Woodlawn Memorial Park, 1000 El
Camino Real, Colma. A brief tribute
to San Mateo County pioneer dairy
rancher John Daly for whom Daly
City was named in 1911. Free. For
more information e-mail
gilleskb@yahoo.com.
Photoshop Elements. 10:30 a.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. Learn how to
crop, edit and retouch images using
this powerful photo-editing program,
which is available on all San Mateo
County Library PCs. Previous com-
puter basics suggested. Free. For
more information call 591-8286.
Rose Pruning Demonstration.
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. San Mateo
Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way,
San Mateo. Learn how to prune with
the pros. Free and open to the public.
For more information call 342-4956.
Small Works. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 320
California Ave., Palo Alto. Gallery
House presents an exhibition of
small-scale works by Bay Area
artists. Exhibit runs Tuesday through
Sunday until Feb. 5. For more infor-
mation e-mail smc339@gmail.com.
Bay Meadows: The Race is Over. 1
p.m. San Mateo County History
Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood
City. A new photographic exhibit by
Raul Alvarez on the closure of the
Bay Meadows race track. Exhibit
runs through April 30. Free to
Association members, $3 to $5 for
general admission. For more infor-
mation visit historysmc.org.
Rose Pruning Demonstration. 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. Roger Reynolds
Nursery, 133 Encinal Ave., Menlo
Park. Dave Amaral, a Consulting
Rosarian with the Peninsula Rose
Society, will demonstrate how to
prune a variety of rose species. For
more information e-mail barbara-
todd@comcast.net.
Best-selling author at Belmont
Library. 2 p.m. Belmont
Library,1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. Come and hear New York
Times best-selling author, John
Lescroart, read from his new book,
‘Damage.’ Free. For more informa-
tion call 591-8286.
Schumann Festival. 7:30 p.m.
Crestmont Conservatory of Music,
2575 Flores St., San Mateo.
Featuring solo and chamber per-
formances. Free. For more informa-
tion call 574-4633.
Saturday Night Comedy
Spectacular. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The
Wine Bar, 270 Capistrano Road,
Half Moon Bay. An improv comedy
show created on the spot, presented
the second Saturday of every month
by Blue Blanket Improv. For tickets
and information visit
BlueBlanketImprov.com.
Hot for Teacher, the Van Halen
Experience, and Stung, the Police
Tribute Band. 8 p.m. Club Fox,
2209 Broadway, Redwood City.
Listen to classic rock by Van Halen
and The Police with tribute bands
Hot for Teacher and Stung. $15. For
more information visit www.foxr-
wc.com.
SUNDAY, JAN. 9
Farmers’ Market Sundays. 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. South Caltrain Parking Lot
on El Camino Real, Belmont. Get
fresh fruit, vegetables, bread and pas-
tries, flowers and more. For more
information visit pcfma.com.
Jeff Taylor Fusion Jazz Group.
10:30 a.m. Congregational Church of
Belmont, 751 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. The Jeff Taylor Fusion Jazz
Group and soprano vocalist Elizabeth
Mye will lead services. For more
information e-mail
mickicartr@aol.com.
Small Works. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 320
California Ave., Palo Alto. Gallery
House presents an exhibition of
small-scale works by Bay Area
artists. Exhibit runs Tuesday through
Sunday until Feb. 5. For more infor-
mation e-mail smc339@gmail.com.
Dollars and Sense: Home Repairs,
Insurance, Rebuilding and
Recovery. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Skyline
College Students Activity Center,
3300 College Drive, Building 6, San
Bruno. Workshops led by local pro-
fessionals and previous disaster sur-
vivors. Free. For more information
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contact Emily Cabral at (415) 393-
9990.
Rose Pruning Symposium. 1 p.m. to
3 p.m. Kohl Pumphouse in Central
Park, 101 Ninth Ave., San Mateo.
Rosarian Norma Bennet will teach
pruning techniques to help rose bush-
es thrive with proper care. Pruning
shears and gloves not provided. $10
for members, $15 for non-members.
Space is limited. For more informa-
tion or to RSVP call 574-1677.
Schumann Festival. 3 p.m.
Crestmont Conservatory of Music,
2575 Flores St., San Mateo.
Featuring solo and chamber perform-
ances. Free. For more information
call 574-4633.
MONDAY, JAN. 10
Job Search Review. 10 a.m. Foster
City Community Center, 1000 E.
Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City.
Phase2Careers will provide job
search tips and feedback on your job
search campaign. Free. For more
information call 574-1766.
Lecture: Memory Games and
Alzheimer’s Disease. 10 a.m. to 11
a.m. San Mateo Senior Center, 2645
Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo.
Dr. Wes Ashford, MD, Ph.D., of
Stanford/VA Aging Clinical Research
Center, will discuss Alzheimer’s dis-
ease, its symptoms, effects on the
brain and memory. Free. For more
information call 522-7490.
Chill and Knit. 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. Teens aged 12-
19 are invited to hang out and relax
in a knitting session. Instructions
and materials provided. Free. For
more information e-mail
conrad@smcl.org.
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s
Team in Training Info Session.
6:30 p.m. Redwood Shores Library,
399 Marine World Parkway,
Redwood City. Learn about the
Team In Training fitness program
and how it raises funds for cancer
patients. Free. For more informa-
tion visit teamintraining.org/sj.
Camelias by Tom Nuccio.
Veteran’s Memorial Building, 1455
Madison Ave., Redwood City. Tom
Nuccio of Nuccio’s Nursery in
Southern California will give a talk
on ‘Camelia Favorites: Old and
New,’ plus a plant sale, raffle and
refreshments. Free. For more infor-
mation e-mail lindakancev@hot-
mail.com.
TUESDAY, JAN. 11
Food Addicts in Recovery
Anonymous. 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Sequoia Health and Wellness Center,
749 Brewster Ave., Redwood City.
The growing group is comprised of
thousands of women and men who
have had trouble controlling their
eating. Free. For more information
contact 4dallison@gmail.com.
T.O.O.L.S. Jobs Workshop. 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Millbrae Library, 1 Library
Ave., Millbrae. Workshop will pro-
vide job-seekers one-on-one advice,
with an emphasis on resume prepara-
tion and interview skills develop-
ment. Free. For more information
contact 697-7607.
Small Works. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 320
California Ave., Palo Alto. Gallery
House presents an exhibition of
small-scale works by Bay Area
artists. Exhibit runs Tuesday through
Sunday until Feb. 5. For more infor-
mation e-mail smc339@gmail.com.
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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SAtuRDAy, JAN. 8, 2011
Dame Fortune is likely to have a few aces up her sleeves for
you in the next solar cycle, so be prepared to take advantage
of them when they arise. Benefits to which you’re entitled but
were previously denied will be part of her winning hand.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Don’t be surprised if the
group turns to you to take the helm should a critical situation
of mutual concern surface. Be ready to charge into the breach
if that is called for.
AQuARIuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - An arrangement with profit-
able potential could develop for you through some rather
unusual circumstances. Whatever it is, it will have long life
attached to it.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Because several friends are
anxious for you to get something that you’ve been hoping for,
they will be encouraging you to hang in there like a cat on a
clothesline. You may not know it, but your possibilities look
quite good.
arrangement in which you had little input. Take what comes
your way without question.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Just because you’re not
impaired by bad judgment doesn’t mean others aren’t, so be
careful about letting friends make some important calls for
you. Do your own thinking and call your own shots.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Certain benefits and advantages can
be expanded upon at this time if you are ambitious enough.
Consider bold objectives on a long-term basis rather than on
short-term ramifications.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Conditions in general are very
conducive for all pursuits of a social or recreational nature.
Don’t sit around in your spare time watching television when
you can partake in an active outing.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Two matters that have given
you much consternation look like they can satisfactorily be
resolved. Spend as much time as you need taking care of
them once and for all.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - You’re distorting the picture if
you believe the odds are tilted against you. Your chances for
success and achievement are excellent if you are tenacious
and determined.
tAuRuS (April 20-May 20) - Be smart, and take a long-
range view of things instead of looking merely at immediate
influences. By laying the groundwork now, you’ll yield great
returns later.
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203 Public Notices
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Foster City Community
Development Agency will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Tues-
day, January 18, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. to consider the following:
Approving and Making Findings Regarding the Aggregation of
Affordable Housing Units within Project Area No. 1 and the
Marlin Cove and Hillsdale/Gull Project Areas for the Agency’s
Inclusionary Housing Program.
SAID HEARING will be held in the Council Chambers located
in the Foster City Council Chambers, 620 Foster City Boule-
vard, Foster City, California.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND.
_______________________
Doris L. Palmer, CMC
CDA Secretary
Dated/Posted: January 7, 2011
Published: January 8, 2011
110 Employment
150 Seeking Employment
CAREGIVER - I am a full-time Caregiver.
Will live-out. References available.
(415)350-0425
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241998
The following person is doing business
as: AMA Family Day Care, 496 Inver-
ness Dr., PACIFICA, CA 94044 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Alice
Calalo, same address. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on 12/01/10.
/s/ Alice Calalo /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/19/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/18/10,
12/25/10, 01/01/10, 01/08/10).
203 Public Notices
110 Employment
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241846
The following person is doing business
as: Kingston Contracting Inc., 512 South
Airport Blvd., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
CA 94080 is hereby registered by the fol-
lowing owner: Kingston Contracting Inc.,
CA. The business is conducted by a Cor-
poration. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
06/01/2005.
/s/ Martin A. Gillman /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/09/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/18/10,
12/25/10, 01/01/10, 01/08/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242088
The following person is doing business
as: Mancora, 2319 South El Camino Re-
al, SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is hereby
registered by the following owner: San-
dra Mejia, 61 E. Hillsdale Blvd., SAN MA-
TEO and Felipe Valenzuela, same ad-
dress. The business is conducted by a
General Partnership. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on
/s/ Sanra Mejia /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/29/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/25/10,
01/01/11, 01/08/11, 01/15/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242225
The following person is doing business
as: Class Glass, 3344 Melendy Dr., SAN
CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby registered
by the following owner: Martha C. Ross,
same address. The business is conduct-
ed by an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 11/06/2010.
/s/ Martha C. Ross /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/06/2010. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/01/11,
01/08/11, 01/15/11, 01/22/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242440
The following person is doing business
as: 1) Maximilian Human Resource
Agency, 2) Rjaviniar Tutorial Place, 419
Hazelwood Drive, SOUTH SAN FRAN-
CISCO, CA 94080 is hereby registered
by the following owner: 1) Maximiliano
Cruz Diaz and Rowena J. Cruz Diaz,
same address. The business is conduct-
ed by Husband and Wife. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on NA
/s/ Rowena J. Cruz Diaz /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/21/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/08/11,
01/15/11, 01/22/11, 01/29/11)
110 Employment
203 Public Notices
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application: Jan. 6, 2011
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are:
Ramesh Ramasubramanian
Andrea Marie Kuduk
The applicant(s) listed above are apply-
ing to Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:
601 Old County Rd.
San Carlos, CA 94070-3208
Type of license applied for:
41 - On-Sale Beer And Wine - Eating
Place
San Mateo Daily Journal
January 8, 15, 22, 2011
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application: Dec. 10, 2010
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are:
DT MCKEE PETROLEUM CORP
The applicant(s) listed above are apply-
ing to Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:
743 MARSH RD
MENLO PARK CA 94025
Type of license applied for:
21 - Off Sale General
San Mateo Daily Journal
January 8, 15, 22
STATEMENT OF ADBANDONMENT
OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
STATEMENT #235235
The following persons have abandoned
the use of the fictitious business name:
Times Salon Inc., 181 Southgate Ave,
DALY CITY, CA 94015 The fictitious
business name referred to above was
filed in County on 9/18/09. The business
was conducted by: Wendy Tu, President
/s/ Wendy Tu /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 1/4/11. (Published in the San
Mateo Daily Journal, 1/08/11, 1/15/11,
1/22/11, 1/29/11).
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE OF
Nancy Levitt
Case Number 120764
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, con-
tingent creditors, and persons who may
otherwise be interested in the will or es-
tate, or both, of: Hon. Nancy D. Levitt,
Mayor, City of Belmont, California; Nancy
Dawn Levitt; Nancy D. Levitt; Nancy Lev-
itt. A Petition for Probate has been filed
by: Kathryn Gegenfurtner in the Superior
Court of California, County of San Mateo.
The Petition of Probate requests that Ka-
thryn Gegenfurtner be appointed as per-
sonal representative to administer the
estate of the decedent.
The petition requests authority to admin-
ister the estate under the Independent
Administration of Estates Act. (This au-
thority will allow the personal representa-
tive to take many actions without obtain-
ing court approval. Before taking certain
very important actions, however, the per-
sonal representative will be required to
give notice to interested persons unless
they have waived notice or consented to
the proposed action.) The independent
administration authority will be granted
unless an interested person files an ob-
jection of the petition and shows good
cause why the court should not grant the
authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in
this court as follows: February 1, 2011 at
9:00 a.m., Dept: 28, Superior Court of
California, County of San Mateo, 400
203 Public Notices
decedent, you must file your claim with
the court and mail a copy to the personal
representative appointed by the court
within four months from the date of first
issuance of letters as provided in Pro-
bate Code section 9100. The time for fil-
ing claims will not expire before four
months from the hearing date noticed
above. You may examine the file kept by
the court. If you are a person interested
in the estate, you may file with the court
a Request for Special Notice (form DE-
154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-
praisal of estate assets or of any petition
or account as provided in Probate Code
section 1250. A Request for Special No-
tice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for Petitioner:
Joe Della Santina, 2704 St. James Road,
REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063, 415-342-
5500 Dated: 01/07/2011
Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal
on January 8, 15, 22, 2011.
210 Lost & Found
MISSING GREY MALE CAT named
“Biscotti”. Last seen 12/4 on Aviador
Ave. in Millbrae. 12 years old, 12 lbs.,
strong athletic build. Domestic short
hair, solid grey including nose,
neutered,declawed front paws. Micro-
chip #985121004140013. Please call
Home Again lost pet service at 888-466-
3242 with any info. Thank you!
295 Art
PAINTING "jack vettriano" Portland gal-
lery 26 x 33. $55. (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
CHANDELLIER NEW 4 lights $30.
(650)878-9542
CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.
(650)368-3037
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
WASHER/DRYER “MAYTAG” - Brand
new with 3 year warranty, $850. both,
(650)726-4168
297 Bicycles
BICYCLE "MAGNA" 24 inch wheels
purple, $40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
298 Collectibles
2 VINTAGE COFFEE CANS - empty,
Hills Bros. red, 1922-45, HillsBros , early
80’s, $25/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, $55. all, (650)347-5104
BABEBALL CARDS assorted (25)
$15/all. (408)420-5646
BAY MEADOW coffee mug in box
SOLD!
GEISHA DOLL - 14" - BEAUTIFULLY
PACKAGED IN PLASTIC CASE.-
$25/ofr. (650)588-5991
GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
tion never used $25/all. (650)345-1111
JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
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MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle
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17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238
POSTER - framed photo of President
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash,
(650)755-8238
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
1912 COFFEE Perculater Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85
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, $25., (650)347-5104
CRAIG 13” COLOR TV - cable ready,
remote control, high resolution color, with
clock timer, very good condition, Burlin-
game, $35., (650)347-5104
DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio
charger in box $100. (650)756-7878
JVC VHS recorder - Like new, $15.,
(650)367-8949
PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-
8244
SANIO CASETTE/RECORDER 2 way

TO ALL THOSE County Center Drive, Redwood City, CA
94063. If you object to the granting of
the petition, you should appear at the
hearing and state your objections or file
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo Radio - $95.obo, call for more details,
(650)676-0732 (650)290-1960
GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed SONY RADIO cassette recorder $25
good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712

CONSIDERING
written objections with the court before black good condition. (650)345-1111
the hearing. Your appearance may be in
person or by your attorney. If you are a TV - Big Screen, $70., ok condition,
creditor or a contingent creditor of the (650)367-1350
TV 5 inch Black and white good condition

A SALES CAREER 203 Public Notices 203 Public Notices in box $10. (408)249-3858
TV SET 32 inch with remote and stand
$30. (650)520-0619
We welcome you to Join the Family NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 304 Furniture
When we say "join the family," we really mean it. It's not just corporate doublespeak designed to
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
hide layers of bureaucracy and an out of town ownership that treats you like a number. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of $40/both. (650)670-7545
the City of Foster City will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Tues-
It means working with a locally-owned business with roots in the community. day, January 18, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. to consider the following: 3 PIECE COFFEE TABLE SET: $100.
(650)787-8219
The San Mateo Daily Journal is seeking sales pros to join our team. We're looking for men and women
Recology San Mateo County collection rates for solid 4 STURDY metal dining chairs $20/each.
with strong work ethics and unbeatable positive attitudes. (650)756-6778
waste, recyclables, and organics for the year 2011.
As an account executive with the Daily Journal, your goal will be to help other businesses succeed BED BRASS single trundle $100 nice
and clean. (650)854-3235
while achieving a high level of financial and business success using the following tools: At this public hearing the City Council will adopt rates
for the year 2011. Please call Laura Galli at (650) BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5
-- The San Mateo Daily Journal's suite of print advertising, inserts, special sections, and sponsorships 286-3280 or email her at lgalli@fostercity.org if you rollers $25. (650)871-5078
-- smdailyjournal.com online advertising have any questions. BOOKCASE - $25., (650)255-6652
-- DJ Designer graphic design and marketing services CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350
SAID HEARING will be held in the Council Cham-
-- And more to come bers located in the Foster City Council Chambers, 620 Foster CABINET DOORS Oak with arch-style
top. Four different sizes, good condition.
Some sales experience is required. Newspaper experience is useful, but not mandatory. City Boulevard, Foster City, California. $300 all. (650)871-7200
College degree is helpful, but not required. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
bre base with glass shades $20.
(650)504-3621
If any of this sounds good, send us a resume and let's talk.
We want to grow our family. Maybe with you. COCKTAIL AND end table brass and
glass top $65. (650)854-3235
_______________________
Doris L. Palmer, CMC COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
Email City Clerk COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor-
info@smdailyjournal.com age good condition $100. (650)867-2720

Fax 650-344-5290 Dated/Posted: January 7, 2011 COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350

Published: January 8, 2011
CREDENZA - $25., (650)255-6652
OFFICE DESK - $25., (650)255-6652
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304 Furniture 306 Housewares 308 Tools 310 Misc. For Sale 317 Building Materials 380 Real Estate Services
DINING CHAIRS (6) $100/all. (650)854- REVEREWARE, 1,3.4 qt. pots, 5",7" SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal- METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige SCREEN DOOR 36 inch slightly bent
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DINING ROOM table $100. (650)854-

3235
excellent cond., $60/all. (650)577-0604

VACUUM RIDGED wet and dry 16 gal-

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MUSIC CASSETTES (200) popular

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
MATTRESSES (2) single, single nice
and clean $100.(650)854-3235
PICNIC TABLE round $25. (650)854-
3235
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
ROCKING CHAIR for nursing mother or
grandmother $75. (650)854-3235
ROCKING CHAIRS - (2) Great for family
with new born baby, $50. each or $75.
for both, (650)588-5991
SHELVING - 2000 square foot of shelv-
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TV STAND good condition beige lots of
storage $50. (650)867-2720
TWO END tables: $35 or $20 each.
(650)787-8219
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 $30.,(650)867-2720
HAMILTON BEACH Mixer, vintage, .juic-
er & bowl, beater. $30/obo(650)576-6067
OASIS COUNTERTOP water cooler dis-
penses cold and luke warm water $50.,
(650)218-4254
315 Wanted to Buy
lons 5 horse power in box accesso-
ries included $65., (650)756-7878
307 Jewelry & Clothing
49ER'S JACKET Child size $50.
(650)871-7200
BLACK VELVET evening jacket w/silver
sparkles, Sz 20W, $10. (650)712-1070
BLACK VELVET pants, Sz L, $7.
(650)712-1070
HOLIDAY WEAR, barely worn: Macy's
black sweater set, Size M, wool w/gold
metalic stripes, $15 set. (650)712-1070
JEWELRY DISPLAY 12 piece SOLD!
LADIES BRACELET, Murano glass.
Various shades of red and blue $100
Daly City, no return calls. (650)991-2353
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow links gloves
size 7.5 $15 New. RWC. (650)868-0436
LIZ CLAIBORNE black evening jacket
Sz. 12, acetate/polyester, $10. (650)712-
1070
SHEER PURPLE tunic, Sz XL, w/em-
broidered design & sequins, $10.
(650)712-1070
SILVER SEQUIN shirt-jacket Sz 12-14 -
very dressy, $15. (650)712-1070
SMALL JEWELRY cabinet - 17” H, 12”
W, 2 glass doors, plus 2 drawers, very
pretty, $35., (650)592-2648
TOURQUOISE BLUE party dress, cov-
ered w/sequins, sz 14, $15. (650)712-
1070
308 Tools
CLICKER TORQUE wrench 1/2 inch
drive 20-150 LBS reversible all chrome
$40. 650-595-3933
DOLLY - 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
315 Wanted to Buy
$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
DELL PHOTO 924 all in one with 2 ink
cartridges $60 obo. (650)290-1960
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
310 Misc. For Sale
12 PIECE jewelry display $30 (650)592-
2648
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
ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
BAY MEADOWS Cup, perfect condition,
new, $15. (650)867-2720
BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
BEAUTIFUL ROUND GOLD FRAMED
Beveled Mirrors 34" diameter $75 ea Jer-
ry San Mateo 650-619-9932
BETTY BOOP perfume 3.5 ounces $8.
(408)249-3858
CABINET OAK, fits over toilet water
tank, like new $25. (650)341-5347
CANDLE HOLDER with angel design,
tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for
$100, now $35. (650)345-1111
COLLAPSIBLE PICNIC cooler comes
with utensils, glass and plates $15.
COMIC BOOKS (10) assorted $15/all.
(408)420-5646
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
DOUBLE PANE Windows 48"wide X 34"
Tall W/screens perfect condition vinyl
$75. OBO 650-619-9932
SLIDING SCREEN door 30 inch good
condition $25. (650)871-7200
DISTRESS
songs $99/all 650-873-4030
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC World book
318 Sports Equipment SALES
of Religion still in package $35. Bank Foreclosures.
2 GOLF CLUBS - Ladies, right handed,
(408)249-3858
putter & driver $5/each (650)755-8238 $400,000+
NEW GAIAM Yoga P.M. Tape & CD
$10. 650-578-8306 BOGNER SKI SUIT [blue] Ex cond.
hardly used, size medium. Orig $400+.
Free list with
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners Asking $65. 650-204-0587 pictures.
$8. 650-578-8306 PeninsulaRealEstate.info
PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant) 322 Garage Sales Free recorded message
with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648
SLEEPER BLANKET (3) size 4T Soft THE THRIFT SHOP
1(800)754-0569
$7.50/each. (650)349-6059 COATS & JACKETS
ID# 2042
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes 50% OFF Dolphin RE
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $40. Thursday & Friday 10:00-2:00
all, Burl, (650)347-5104 Saturdays 10:00-3:00
Episcopal Church
SOFT BONNET hair drier "Con Air" $20.,
(650)589-2893 1 South El Camino Real
San Mateo 94401
SUIT/COAT HANGERS (14) sturdy good (650)344-0921
quality hardwood unused $1/each or all
$10. San Bruno 650-588-1946
TRIVIAL PURSUIT GAME - genus edi-
tion, used a few times, no missing
pieces, $22., (650)347-5104 GARAGE SALES
WETSUIT - Barefoot, like new, $40.,
(650)367-8949
ESTATE SALES
Make money, make room!
WIDE-BODIED VASE -- Colorful, Perfect
condition, nice design, $30 (650)867- List your upcoming garage
2720 sale, moving sale, estate
sale, yard sale, rummage
311 Musical Instruments sale, clearance sale, or
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for whatever sale you have...
both. (650)342-4537 in the Daily Journal.
KEYBOARD CASIO 3 ft long $50. Reach over 82,500 readers
(650)583-2767
from South San Francisco
PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, “Davis & to Palo Alto. 440 Apartments
Sons”, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007 in your local newspaper. BELMONT - Prime, quiet location, view,
new carpets, balcony-patio, dishwasher,
312 Pets & Animals Call (650)344-5200 covered carports, storage, pool. No pets.
1 bedroom $1350 and up. 2 bed/2 bath
AUSTRALIAN SHEPARD - Champion $1695. (650)592-1271 Days or (650)344-
blood lines, $1000., (831)245-7876 8418 Evenings.
GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS - Top
quality, SchH3 VA AKC, $1800-$2500., 325 Estate Sales FURNISHED ROOM
(510)651-8140 for Rent
Sequoia Inn
KITTY LITTER box enclosed with swing-
ing door and handle $10., (650)592-2648 ESTATE SALE Rate starts at $45 + tax
WEEKLY AVAILABLE.
Quiet room & great location.
MALTESE PUPPIES purebreds m/f SOUTH Private Bath, FREE WiFi,
Microfridge, Premium Cable & more.
$800 available Feb 10. 650-465-5453
SAN FRANCISCO 526 El Camino Real
(650)369-6736 ext. 0
POMERANIAN PUPS 1 male $300/1 fe-
male $350. 5 months old, 1st shots.
(650)323-9481 769 Cottonwood Ave.
MENLO PARK 1 bed, near Stanford,
316 Clothes Sat. & Sun. $1,350/month.
(650)326-7343
(650)322-4940 or
BLACK LEATHER MOTORCYCLE Jan. 8 & 9
JACKET - Large, water proof, new, $35.,
8 am - 6 pm
(650)342-7568

BOOTS - 2 pairs purple leather, size 8.

One is knee length, other is ankle length,
Everything Must Go!
REDWOOD
DOUBLE PANE Windows 48"wide X 34"
Tall W/screens perfect condition white vi-
$150.obo, (650)592-9141
JACKET (LARGE) Pants (small) black
(707)292-7719
CITY
nyl $75. 650-619-9932 Velvet good cond. $25/all (650)589-2893 1 bedroom, 1 bath
ENGINE HOIST, 2 ton almost new $95 335 Garden Equipment
Burlingame. SOLD! LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with in senior complex
dark brown lining RWC $35. (650)868-
ETAGER over the toilet water tank - wal-
nut, $25., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
0436
BROGMANSIA TREE $40 needs plant-
ing. (650)871-7200 (over 55).
FIRE BOWL- new in box, 13 x 32
$50.obo, (650)592-9141
LADIES NYLON stockings new $1/per
pair size 11 (2 dozen) call evenings. 650-
TABLE - for plant, $30, perfect condi-
tion, (650)345-1111
Close to
328-0160
LADIES ROYAL blue rain coat with zip- 345 Medical Equipment
downtown.
FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide,
29"high, antique brass, folding doors, pered flannel plaid liner size 12 RWC
$15. (650)868-0436 POWER CHAIR - “Rascal 600”, new
Gated entry.
sliding mesh screen, damper SOLD!
controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047
FRONT END Dash Board from '98 Sono-
ma Truck $50. (650)871-7200
LADIES SHOES- size 5, $10., (650)756-
6778 379 Open Houses Move in
381 Homes for Sale 381 Homes for Sale
FULL BAG of plastic containers. SOLD!
HARD COVER BOOKS - Mystery & ad-
MEN'S PAJAMA set by "Dockers" size
Large new in box $15. (408)249-3858
OPEN HOUSE Special.
MEN'S SHOES - New, size 10, $10.,
venture, current authors, some large type
print, $3.00 each, (650)364-7777 (650)756-6778 LISTINGS 830 Main Street, RWC
HARD COVER mystery and adventure
books (12) latest authors $3/each.
MEN'S SUIT almost new $25.
650-573-6981 List your Open House (650)367-0177
(650)364-7777 MENS SLACKS - 8 pairs, $50., Size in the Daily Journal.
36/32, (408)420-5646
LEAD FILM BAG Protect film from x-
rays, Ex. cond. SOLD! Reach over 82,500 SAN MATEO - 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Next
317 Building Materials potential home buyers & to Central Park. Rarely available. Pres-
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover & tigious Location & Building. Gated ga-
plastic carring case & headrest, $35. DOUBLE PANED GLASS WINDOWS - renters a day, rage, deck. No Pets. $2200.mo.,
each, (650)592-7483 various sizes, half moon, like new, $10. from South San Francisco (650)948-2941
and up, (650)756-6778
MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in to Palo Alto.
box, (650)368-3037 in your local newspaper. 442 Studios
Call (650)344-5200 REDWOOD CITY- Large room with
203 Public Notices 203 Public Notices kitchen and bath. $850/mo. with $400
deposit. (650)361-1200

THE SAN Bruno Planning Commission will meet Tuesday, 310 Misc. For Sale 310 Misc. For Sale
January 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m., at the Senior Center, 1555
Crystal Springs Blvd., San Bruno, CA and take action on the
following items. All interested persons are invited to attend.

543 Cherry Avenue - Request for a Use Permit to allow an

addition which would increase the gross floor area by greater
than 50% (51%) and would exceed 1,825 square feet of living
area with a one-car garage (1,935 square feet) per Sections
12.200.030.B.1 and 12.200.080.A.2 of the San Bruno Munici-
pal Code. Environmental Determination: Categorical Ex-
emption.

1600 El Camino Real – Request for a Use Permit to allow a

second hand retail establishment within the General Com-
mercial zoning district for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
per Section 12.96.110.C.1 of the San Bruno Zoning Ordi-
nance. Environmental Determination: Categorical Exemp-
tion.
Grundy Park (Adjacent to 586 Cherry Avenue)- Request
for a Conditional Use Permit to install a wireless telecommu-
nications facility within the open space zoning district on a
joint utility pole per SBMC sections 12.220 and 12.84.160..
Environmental Determination: Categorical exemption

Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, January 8, 2011.

28 Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2010 THE DAILY JOURNAL

442 Cottages 470 Rooms 620 Automobiles 620 Automobiles 625 Classic Cars 640 Motorcycles/Scooters
CHRYSLER '06 PT Cruiser Touring, 60K HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘83 Shovelhead -
Room For Rent AUTO AUCTION
COTTAGE WANTED - The following repossessed vehi-
miles, white, $7,992. #T6T269964 Melo-
dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
special construction, 1340 cc’s, Awe-
some!, $5,950/obo. Rob (415)602-4535.
I would like to rent a 1 Travel Inn, San Carlos cles are being sold by Patelco Credit mention the Daily Journal
bed/1bath home or cottage. $49 daily + tax Union on January 11th, starting at
$280 weekly + tax 8am ---2002 Buick Rendezvous
Preferably Atherton through Clean Quiet Convenient #512320, 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe FORD ‘85 VICTORIA - Original owner, 650 RVs
Palo Alto area. I have no #130265, 2004 Mercedes Benz S430 43K miles, automatic, all powered. Very
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom good condition. $4K, (650)515-5023. REXHALL ‘00 VISION - 53K mi., Ford
pets, non-smoker. Microwave and Refrigerator #401935, 2005 Dodge Grand Cara-
van #379205, 2005 GMC Yukon Triton V-10 engine. 29 feet long, no pop
(650)328-2505 950 El Camino Real San Carlos FORD '08 FUSION SE Green 10000T outs. Excellent cond. $20,000 OBO,
#218100. Sealed bids will be taken
(650) 593-3136 starting at 8am on 01/11/11. Sale $14,488. Toyota 101. Please mention (650)670-7545.
held at Forrest Faulknor & Sons Auc- the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
tion Company, 175 Sylvester Road, 670 Auto Service
470 Rooms South San Francisco. For more infor- HONDA CIVIC ‘99 EX sedan 4-door,
excellent mechanically, very good body,
620 Automobiles mation please visit our web site at

GARDEN MOTEL
www.ffsons.com. $3,400. (650)325-7549
C3 FIX CAR
INFINITI '07 G35 SEDAN Basic Grey
1690 Broadway Don’t lose money 10007P $23,988.00 Toyota 101. Please GRAND OPENING!
Redwood City, CA 94063 on a trade-in or AUTO AUCTION mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
(650)366-4724 consignment! The following repossessed vehi- 5000 Oil Change & Filter
Low Daily & Weekly Rooms cles are being sold by Meriwest Credit Up to 5 QT Synthetic Blend
Free HBO + Spanish+Sports+Movie Union-2005 Nissan Altima #920605, LEXUS '07 IS 250, blue, auto, $24,591.
$19.95 + Tax
Channels, Free Internet Sell your vehicle in the 2001 Porsche 911 #620602, 2003 #P72057651Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily Plus Waste Fee
Daily $45+tax Nite & up Ford F150 #A47678. The following re- OLDSMOBILE ‘69 F-85 - 2 door, power
Weekly $250+tax & up Daily Journal’s possessed vehicles are being sold by Journal front disc, $2,800., with 71 running parts
Auto Classifieds. SafeAmerica Credit Union- 2007 Hon- car with console, buckets. (650)851-4853 Four Wheel Alignment
da Civic #107972. Plus over 100 late MAZDA '08 CX-7, auto, gray,
model Sport Utilities, Pick Ups, Mini $17,891. P80169537Melody Toyota, Call PLYMOUTH ‘72 CUDA - Runs and
$55.00
HIP HOUSING Special prices apply to most cars +
Non-Profit Home Sharing Program Just $3 per day. Vans, and luxury cars ---INDOORS--- 877-587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
drives good, needs body, interior and
light trucks
Charity donations sold. Sealed bids paint, $12k obo, serious inquiries only.
San Mateo County will be taken from 8am-8pm on (650)873-8623
(650)348-6660
Reach 82,500 drivers 01/10/11 and 8am-5pm on 01/11/11 MAZDA '09 MAZDA3 I Sport Silver 609 So. Claremont St.
Sale held at Forrest Faulknor & Sons 9895P $12,788.00 Toyota 101. Please
from South SF to Auction Company, 175 Sylvester mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- 630 Trucks & SUV’s San Mateo
REDWOOD CITY Palo Alto Road, South San Francisco. For 5000 (650)343-3733
more information please visit our web CHEVROLET '07 HHR LT SUV, gray,
Sequoia Hotel site at www.ffsons.com. gray, $11,792 #P7S597332 Melody
800 Main St., Call (650)344-5200 MAZDA '09 MAZDA5 SPORT Silver Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
$600 Monthly ads@smdailyjournal.com 10050P $13,988.Toyota 101. Please tion the Daily Journal.
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
$160. & up per week.
(650)366-9501 BMW '09 5 Series 528i Blue 9980T
$34,988Toyota 101. Please mention the
5000
CHRYSLER '06 Pacifica Touring green
$13,592, #T6R902356Melody Toyota,
SMART CARE
(650)279-9811 AUDI ‘03 A4 3.0L Grey 10068T Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 MAZDA '09 MAZDA6 I Sport White Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the 400 El Camino Real
$12,995. Toyota 101. Please mention 10074T $14,988.00. Toyota 101. Please Daily Journal (1 block north of Holly St.)
the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
BMW ‘06 325i - low miles, very clean, 5000 San Carlos
FORD '07 F-150, gray, auto, $17,494.
loaded, leather interior, $20,000 obo.,
(650)368-6674 #P7FA53014 Melody Toyota, Call 877- (650)593-7873
HONDA '08 CIVIC CPE LX Gold MITSUBISHI '09 GALANT ES Cream 587-8635. Please mention the Daily Hours: M-F, 8a-4p, Sat. 8a-5p
9937T $13,998.00 Toyota 101. Please 10138P $12,788.00. Toyota 101. Please Journal
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- BMW 540I ‘03 - Excellent condition, See Our Coupons & Save!
loaded, leather, SOLD! mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000 5000 FORD '08 Escape Limited, gray,
CADILLAC ‘03 Deville. Excellent condi- $18,994. #P8KA66947 Melody Toyota,
HONDA '08 CIVIC SDN LX Silver tion, garage kept, SOLD! NISSAN '10 MAXIMA 3.5 S Gray Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
10046T $14,288.00 . Toyota 101. 9955P $25,488. Toyota 101. Please Daily Journal 670 Auto Parts
Please mention the Daily Journal. CHRYSLER ‘01 PT Limited Edition, 98K mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
(650)365-5000 miles, black, $4000., (650)357-0313 5000 FORD '09 Ranger white, 9,960 miles,
$15,994. #T9PA09768 Melody Toyota, 880 AUTO WORKS
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the Dealership Quality
NISSAN '09 ALTIMA 2.5 White 9956P Daily Journal.
$14,998.00. Toyota 101. Please men- Affordable Prices
610 Crossword Puzzle 610 Crossword Puzzle 610 Crossword Puzzle tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 Complete Auto Service
GMC '07 YUKON SLE Black 9975T Foreign & Domestic Autos
$27,998.00 . Toyota 101. Please men-
NISSAN '09 SENTRA 2.0 FE+ Gray tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 880 El Camino Real
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle 10051P $11,998.00. Toyota 101. Please
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
GMC '08 Canyon SLE1, white, auto,
$17,991. #TS15643 Melody Toyota, Call
San Carlos
650-598-9288
www.880autoworks.com
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis SCION '08 TC SPEC White 10054P
877-587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
$14,488.00. Toyota 101. Please men-
ACROSS DOWN 31 Japanese 42 Mother in tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 HONDA '07 Civic Si, blue, manual,
CHEVY RADIATOR - Like new, $60.,
(650)367-8949
1 Worker with 1 Workbench item financial market Calcutta $17,991. #T7H700724 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
SUBARU '06 LEGACY WAGON Out- CHEVY S-10 ‘97, 49000 mi. American
many keys 2 Court records inits. 44 Aspect back 2.5 XT Black 10015T $17,588.00 . Daily Journal Racing rims & radial 15-8, New. $3800
3 Floral gifts 33 Dash 45 Over Toyota 101. Please mention the Daily OBO (650)481-5296
6 Fleece Journal. (650)365-5000 HONDA '07 CR-V EX-L, silver, auto,
$20,792. #T7C058407 Melody Toyota,
10 Nick Saban’s 4 Peabody relative 34 Film for which 46 Is in session Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
CHEVY TRANSMISSION 4L60E Semi
TOYOTA '07 COROLLA CE Gray used $800. (650)921-1033
team, familiarly 5 Having no play Warren Beatty 49 Frequent taster 10093T $9,588 . Toyota 101. Please
Daily Journal.
EL CAMINO '67 - parts (Protecto top)
14 Motel 6 Pride of country won a Best 50 Push, in a way mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- KIA '09 SPORTAGE LX Beige 10049P $95., (650)367-8949
5000 $17,988.00 . Toyota 101. Please men-
convenience music Director Oscar 51 Cruising tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 FORD ‘73 Maverick/Mercury GT Comet,
TOYOTA '07 CAMRY HYBRID Basic Drive Train 302 V8, C4 Auto Trans.
16 Thames 7 Extend one’s 38 Mrs. Calabash’s 52 Where guests Silver 9965P $17,988 Toyota 101. Complete, needs assembly, includes ra-
MERCEDES BENZ '09 M-Class ML350,
landmark stay creator may be ticked Please mention the Daily Journal. polar white, $36,492. P80169537 Melody diator and drive line, call for details,
$1250., (650)726-9733.
(650)365-5000 Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
17 Quicker picker- 8 Visibly moved 39 Shrink-wraps, off? tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA '08 HIGHLANDER LIMITED FORD ‘93 250 flat bed, diesel, 100-gal-
uppers? 9 Raid targets e.g. 53 Sputnik coverer Gray 10018T $32,988 Toyota 101. NISSAN '07 Sentra, gray, $11,191. lon gas tanks $2500. Jim Deisel
(650)678-8063/Joe (650)481-5296. (Or
18 City on the 10 Churches with Please mention the Daily Journal. #P7L623495 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
trade Chevy F10 Truck)
Rhône carillons don’t ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: (650)365-5000 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
HEAVY DUTY jack stand for camper or
19 Pigeon need one TOYOTA '08 TUNDRA 2WD Truck SUV $15. (650)949-2134
SR5 Silver 10053P $22,998 Toyota 101. NISSAN '08 350Z, gray,
11 Being $21,992. P8M750023 Melody Toyota,
20 Actress Please mention the Daily Journal.
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford,
(650)365-5000 never used, $100., (650)504-3621
Anderson supportive Daily Journal

21 Guilty and more 12 Opalescent TOYOTA '09 CAMRY BASIC Green NISSAN '08 Xterra, gray, 672 Auto Stereos
9998P $16,488 Toyota 101. Please $19,691. P8C538011 Melody Toyota,
22 Dodge gems mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
23 Juice carriers 13 Warbucks’s
5000 Daily Journal MONNEY CAR AUDIO
We Repair All Brands of Car
28 Go astray charge TOYOTA '09 COROLLA BASIC Blue TOYOTA '07 HIGHLANDER Hybrid Stereos! iPod & iPhone Wired
9997P $14,588 Toyota 101. Please w/3rd Row Blue 10080T $26,988 Toyota
29 Fountain 15 What fans do mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- 101. Please mention the Daily Journal.
to Any Car for Music! Quieter
5000 (650)365-5000 Car Ride! Sound Proof Your
contemporary 23 Unlikely hero Car! 31 Years Experience!
30 Foolishness 24 Extreme TOYOTA '09 RAV4 BASIC White TOYOTA '09 4RUNNER SR5 Silver 2001 Middlefield Road
25 Automotive
10010P $18,988 . Toyota 101. Please 9886P $27,488.. Toyota 101. Please Redwood City
32 Spot remover, at mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- (650)299-9991
5000 5000
times innovation that
35 Surfing improved fuel TOYOTA '09 YARIS BASIC White TOYOTA '10 HIGHLANDER BASE
10136P $12,889 Toyota 101. Please White 10069P $26,998 Toyota 101.
equipment economy mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- Please mention the Daily Journal. 680 Autos Wanted
5000 (650)365-5000
36 It purrs when it’s 26 Front borders
cared for 27 Ninnies
37 Got ready for a 29 Perfected
TOYOTA '10 CAMRY Hybrid Basic
Blue 9784P $23,988$24,988. Toyota
TOYOTA '10 HIGHLANDER LIMITED
Silver 10048P $34,588 Toyota 101. Don’t lose money
xwordeditor@aol.com 01/08/11 101. Please mention the Daily Journal.
big date (650)365-5000
Please mention the Daily Journal.
(650)365-5000 on a trade-in or
39 Stepped on it, TOYOTA '10 MATRIX BASIC Silver TOYOTA '10 VENZA BASIC Gray consignment!
9885P $15,288 Toyota 101. Please 10040P $25,888 . Toyota 101. Please
with “up” mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
40 Boxes of 5000 5000
calendars? TOYOTA '10 PRIUS I Silver 10072P
Sell your vehicle in the
$21,998 Toyota 101. Please mention 635 Vans Daily Journal’s
41 Mountain West the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
Conference
TOYOTA '10 RAV4 SPORT Gray
CHEVROLET '07 Express Van, white,
38K miles, Auto, white, $17.892. Auto Classifieds.
athlete #P71161334. Melody Toyota, Call 877-
10029P $23,488 Toyota 101. Please 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
43 Code subject mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- Journal.
44 Builder’s
5000
HONDA '07 Odyssey EX-L, blue,
Just $3 per day.
TOYOTA '10 YARIS BASIC Blue $24,492. #P7B059887 Melody Toyota,
truckload 10030P $14,288. Toyota 101. Please Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
45 High school math mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
Daily Journal Reach 82,500 drivers
calculations KIA '09 SEDONA LX Silver 10086P from South SF to
TOYOTA '10 YARIS BASIC Green $17,888.00 . Toyota 101. Please men-
47 One fighting 10081P $13,588 Toyota 101. Please
something mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
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Report: Gov’t warns aviation industry of threat
By Danica Kirka
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — British transport
authorities have warned aviation
officials that al-Qaida is considering
an attack against a U.K. airport or
other airline industry target in a
threat described as credible, the
BBC reported Friday.
The warning, delivered in a letter,
went on to say that no changes to
security will be made and the
planned method of attack is unclear.
An American official said that the
British authorities had warned their
U.S. counterparts of a possible ter-
ror threat to planes flying through
the United Kingdom.
The official would not give
Third package ignites at Washington postal facility
By Jessica Gresko
and Ben Nuckols
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — A package
addressed to the U.S. Homeland
Security secretary ignited Friday at a
postal facility, and authorities said it
was similar to fiery parcels sent to
Maryland officials a day earlier by
someone complaining about the
state’s terrorism tip line.
The suspicious package was discov-
ered by an employee at the D.C. facili-
details, but indicated that British
authorities have said they were
monitoring all forms of transit in the
U.K. out of caution. He insisted on
anonymity to discuss the classified
matters.
The heightened awareness came
from increased “chatter” among
suspects under surveillance by the
authorities, a U.K. government
security official said, also speaking
on condition of anonymity. But he
added that no threat was imminent.
The report comes amid increased
concerns at airports and railway sta-
tions. British Transport Police
declined to comment on the deploy-
ment of officers and said the public
would not notice significant
changes. However, the police denied
ty when it began popping and smoking
and emitted “a brief flash of fire”
before extinguishing itself, D.C. Police
Chief Cathy Lanier said. The details
were very much like what Maryland
authorities described Thursday after
workers at state government buildings
opened the small packages about the
size of a book. There, the workers’ fin-
gers were singed.
It’s not clear what ignited the
package at the D.C. facility because
the worker didn’t open the package,
Lanier said. No one was injured.
STATE/NATION/WORLD
a Sky News report that officers had
been ordered to cancel days off.
Britain’s government said the
overall threat level from internation-
al terrorism remains at “severe” —
the second-highest level, meaning
an attack is highly likely. The level
has not changed since January 2010.
Britain’s Home Office said that
any imminent, serious threat to pub-
lic safety would prompt a change in
the overall threat level — and would
see it raised to “critical,” the highest
point on the system’s five point scale.
Minor day-to-day revisions of
policing are standard practice to
handle a threat from terrorism that
Prime Minister David Cameron said
in December “is as serious today as
it ever has been.”
Authorities were bracing for more
packages to surface.
“Right now we don’t have any
other packages, but we’re not taking
anything for granted,” Lanier said.
The D.C. package was addressed
to Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano, according to a
department official who spoke on the
condition of anonymity because of
an ongoing investigation. The parcel
ignited in northeast Washington
about 2:45 p.m. Authorities would-
n’t say whether it contained a note.
San Francisco leaders pick
Asian-American as mayor
By Robin Hindrey
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — City
supervisors on Friday overwhelm-
ingly backed City Administrator
Edwin Lee to be the interim mayor,
a move that could lead to San
Francisco’s first Asian-American
leader.
During its final meeting, the out-
going Board of Supervisors voted
10-1 to name Lee to the post being
vacated by Gavin Newsom, the
state’s newly elected lieutenant
governor.
The vote is nonbinding, however,
because Newsom has not yet left
office. The pick also must be con-
firmed by the new board, which has
four incoming members, scheduled
to take office this weekend.
Seventeen killed in
suicide blast in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — A
Taliban suicide bomber blew him-
self up among men washing in a
bathhouse ahead of Friday prayers,
killing 17, in an attack that showed
militants can still largely strike at
will in southern Afghanistan despite
Weekend • Jan. 8-9, 2011 31
But even
without the
newcomers’
support, the
board still has
the six votes
needed to con-
firm Lee if the
carryover mem-
Edwin Lee bers stay con-
sistent.
“It’s crystal clear now that Ed
Lee will become mayor,” Newsom
said Friday. “Unless people start
flipping, the core six (votes) will
be here.”
If confirmed, the 58-year-old
Lee would become the first
Chinese-American to lead the city,
which is more than one-third
Asian. The board was expected to
take up the issue Tuesday.
Around the world
a NATO offensive.
Roadside bombs also killed three
NATO service members in the south
and east, while gunmen shot dead a
police inspector in Kandahar’s
provincial capital, bringing the
day’s death toll to 21. Authorities
said they suspect the Taliban assas-
sinated the police inspector.
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Your Local Newspaper Supporting

The Community
As your local San Mateo County newspaper it is important to the Daily Journal to be involved
in the community, support local charitable organizations, fundraising events and local events.

Events supported by the Daily Journal in 2010

Jan. 18 MLK Freedom Train, San Mateo July 31 American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Millbrae
Jan. 23 Millbrae Health & Wellness Faire, Millbrae August 1 Tour de Peninsula, San Mateo
Feb. 27 Burlingame Community for Education Fundraiser, Burlingame August 21 Mutt Strutt, San Mateo
March 9 Art in Action Luncheon, Menlo Park August 28 Senior Showcase, Menlo Park
March 19 So. San Francisco Senior Health Fair, So. San Francisco August 28 Fire Department Chili Cookoff, San Mateo-
March 21 NAACP Luncheon, Burlingame August 29 Paint Burlingame, Burlingame
April 3 Eggstravaganza, San Mateo August 31 Taste of San Bruno, San Bruno
April 10 Master Gardeners Plant Sale, San Mateo Sept 4-5 Millbrae Art & Wine Fair, Millbrae
April 10 San Carlos Rotary Club Fundraiser, San Carlos Sept 10 San Carlos Park & Recreation Golf Tournament, San Mateo
April 11 Peninsula Humane Society Fashion for Compassion, Burlingame Sept 13 Community Gatepath Golf Tournament, Stanford
April 17 Community Gatepath Gala, San Mateo Sept 18 Disaster Preparedness Day, Menlo Park
April 24 Sunshine Gardens Elementary School Sept 18 So. San Francisco Day in the Park, So. San Francisco
Walk – A – Thon, So. San Francisco Sept 19 San Mateo Rotary Fun Run, San Mateo
April 25 Pacific Coast Dream Machines, Half Moon Bay Sept 19 Neighbors for Neighbors, San Bruno
April 26 Mills Peninsula Women’s Luncheon, Burlingame Sept 22 San Mateo Business Expo, San Mateo
April 27 San Mateo Area Chamber Taste of San Mateo, San Mateo Sept 24 Gary Yates Golf Tournament, San Mateo
May 1 Samaritan House Fundraiser, San Mateo Sept 25 Taste Desserts for Literacy, Menlo Park
May 4 CORA Spring Awakening, Menlo Park Sept 25 Burlingame Pet Parade, Burlingame
May 7 Hiller Aviation Golf Tournament, San Mateo Sept 25 San Mateo Senior Fair, San Mateo
May 12 Victory Over Stroke, Millbrae Oct 2 CRUSH Make-A-Wish Fundraiser, San Carlos
May 15 Senior Showcase, Burlingame Oct 7 One Book One Community Kick-off Event, San Mateo
May 16 Green Fair, Burlingame Oct 8-10 Chocolatefest, Belmont
May 22 NDNU Presidents Gala, Belmont Oct 9-10 San Carlos Art & Wine Faire, San Carlos
May 22 Redwood City Pet Parade, Redwood City Oct 21 Community Gatepath Possibilities Breakfast, Burlingame
May 23 San Carlos Rotary Fun Run, San Carlos Oct 23 Peninsula Oktoberfest, Redwood City
May 24 Peninsula Humane Society Golf Tournament, San Mateo Nov 5-7 International Latino Film Festival, Redwood City
May 27 Victory Over Stroke, Palo Alto Nov 5-7 San Mateo Library Book Sale, San Mateo
June 5-6 Foster City Art & Wine Festival, Foster City Nov 12-14 Harvest Festival, San Mateo
June 6 Posy Parade, San Bruno Nov 19 Senior Showcase, Foster City
June 11 HIP Housing Luncheon, Redwood City Nov 29 So. San Francisco Fun Run, So. San Francisco
June 12-13 Burlingame Art in the Park, Burlingame Nov 27-Dec 4 Peninsula Ballet Nutcracker, San Mateo
June 12-21 San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo Dec 3 Night of Lights, Half Moon Bay
June 13 Tour de Cure, Palo Alto Dec 4 Hometown Holidays, Redwood City
June 19 Hiller Aviation Museum Vertical Challenge, Belmont
June 25 Downtown San Mateo Wine Walk, San Mateo Central Park Music Series, San Mateo
June 27 Ryan’s Ride & Burlingame Criterium, Burlingame San Mateo Main Library Film Series, San Mateo
July 10 Bike for Breath, Foster City Hot Harvest Nights, San Carlos
July 17-18 Connoisseurs Marketplace, Menlo Park San Mateo Police Activities League
July 23-24 BluesFest, Redwood City
July 25 Festa Italiana, San Mateo To inquire about Daily Journal event sponsorship
July 31 Cars in the Park, Burlingame call (650)344-5200 x114