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Public tells Caltrain: Don’t close stations

Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board facing $30M deficit,set to declare emergency
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Caltrain heard from a long list of
concerned riders and local officials
in San Carlos last night as to why it
should not close any of its stations
or reduce service as it grapples to
trim a $30 million deficit for next
fiscal year.
The Peninsula Corridor Joint
Powers Board is set to declare a fis-
cal emergency in the coming weeks
and is about to increase the base
fare, close up to seven stations and
limit trains to peak commute times
only.
But disabled rights advocates,
bicyclists, mayors and commuters
alike all urged Caltrain officials last
night to find other solutions to its
deficit than closing stations and
drastically reducing mid-day serv-
ice.
Caltrain held several public meet-
ings up and down the Peninsula this
week to allow riders to weigh in on
the transit agency’s financial crisis.
Caltrain is considering the reduc-
tion of weekday trains from 86 to
just 48 to run during commute hours
only and the suspension of weekday
service at up to seven stations
including Bayshore, South San
Francisco, San Bruno, Burlingame,
Hayward Park, Belmont, San
Antonio, Lawrence, Santa Clara and
College Park.
Emily Hunter, from Belmont,
takes the train to work into San
Francisco every morning and her
husband takes it to the San Antonio
station in Mountain View.
“If Belmont closes, we can’t get
to work and will be forced to buy a
second car. You will lose two paying
customers and add one more car
onto the highway,” Hunter said.
See CALTRAIN, Page 23

New school
may require
$40M bond
San Mateo-Foster City district officials
considering measure just for Foster City
By Heather Murtagh where the fourth
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF school is need-
ed. Funding it
Building a fourth elementary may require a
school in Foster City may require a bond, which had
$40 million bond measure which decent support
could go before the voters in only from a recent
that city this November. poll. But at a
Elected officials, however, are not meeting last
Mark Hudak night, the Board
MICHAEL COSTA/DAILY JOURNAL sure about splitting the district for
of Trustees
President Barack Obama deplaned Air Force One after it touched down at 5:40 p.m.at San Francisco International this effort. The San Mateo-Foster struggled with taxing only a portion
Airport.He was greeted on the tarmac by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee,Lt.Gov.Gavin Newsom,and state Attorney City Elementary School District of the district and decided to hold a
General Kamala Harris. serves two cities, but only Foster yet-to-be-scheduled study session.
City may cover the costs of a new

Presidential visit PG&E: San Bruno blast to elementary school because that is See BOND, Page 31

Obama talks jobs with Jobs, other tech leaders

By Darlene Superville
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WOODSIDE — President Barack
Obama assembled some of the
biggest names in Silicon Valley to
confer on jobs and innovation, try-
ing to get leaders from companies
like Google and Apple behind his
push to keep spending on high-tech
initiatives even as Republicans are
out to slash the budget.
Wunderkind Facebook creator
Mark Zuckerberg, Google chief
executive Eric Schmidt and Steve
Jobs, the Apple founder and CEO
who announced last month that he
was taking his third medical leave,
were among a dozen business lead-
ers who met with Obama in
California Thursday evening. Also
attending were the heads of Twitter,
Yahoo!, NetFlix and Oracle and the
president of Stanford University.
The dinner at the home of John
and Ann Doerr in the San Francisco
Bay Area was closed to the media.
Doerr, a partner at the venture capi-
tal firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield
& Byers, attended the meeting.
Obama wants to spend billions on
clean energy, education, high-speed
Internet and other programs even as
his new budget proposal calls for a
five-year freeze on domestic spend-
ing in certain other areas. The
approach is getting a frosty recep-
tion from newly empowered
Republicans on Capitol Hill, who
are pushing steep cuts to a wide
See VISIT, Page 31
cost twice prior estimate
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific
Gas & Electric Co.’s parent compa-
ny says costs related to September’s
deadly pipeline explosion in San
Bruno will be twice as high as the
company previously expected.
The blast left eight dead, dozens
injured and 55 homes uninhabitable.
In financial statements released
Thursday, PG&E Corp. said indirect
related costs will rise to between
$200 million and $300 million, up
from a prior estimate of $100 mil-
lion to $150 million.
The California Public Utilities
Commission has ordered the compa-
ny to produce records of inspections
across its network to verify the safety
of its natural gas pipelines in the wake
of the San Bruno explosion and fire.
A spokesman said the company is
reviewing and validating its pipeline
records and will file a complete set
with state regulators on March 15.
2 Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 FOR THE RECORD THE DAILY JOURNAL

Quote of the Day Snapshot Inside

“It’s not just a matter New
of how many kids in the battle begins
classroom....There may be a few Worlds
collide in Marvel
empty classrooms, but the other vs.Capcom 3
facilities are becoming overwhelmed.” See page 18
— Mark Hudak,San Mateo-Foster
City Elementary School District board president
“New school may require $40M bond,” see page 1

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800 S. Claremont St., Ste. 210, San Mateo, Ca. 94402
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by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek
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Unscramble these four Jumbles,
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mistakenly had it sent to the dump. Morello said he became stranded
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that his stiff hair didn’t match the tou-
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sled appearance of the man in the video.
The Bucks County jury agreed
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All Rights Reserved. Wednesday, finding him not guilty of
charges including robbery and terroristic
FEWAR
threats.
Defense attorney Louis Busico tugged
on his client’s hair during closing argu-
CEMESH
ments, telling the jury that if he couldn’t
move it there was no way Corbett was
the man with the mussed locks in the
TRAPIE video.
Now arrange the circled letters Corbett had been charged with rob-
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon. bing the Bensalem convenience store on
April 24.
A: TO “ ”
Assistant District Attorney
(Answers tomorrow)
Christopher Rees says prosecutors
Jumbles: TAWNY FOLIO UPSHOT SUBWAY
Yesterday’s
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farmer said it was — SOW, SOW
jury found there was reasonable doubt.
Giant fiberglass cactus
not stolen in NM after all
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The good
news about a giant fiberglass cactus
reported stolen in New Mexico is that it
wasn’t the target of thieves.
City spokesman Chris Ramirez said
Wednesday that the employees didn’t
realize the cactus was part of a public art
project.
High school students spent a summer
building the art piece shaped like a
prickly pear cactus. They were part of a
nonprofit group that provides art educa-
tion for at-risk kids.
Man, 84, found alive in
Ariz. desert after five days
PHOENIX — Henry Morello prayed
to Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lost
things. But as the 84-year-old spent a
fifth night stuck in a ditch in the Arizona
desert, he started to lose hope.
“My phone went dead, my battery
went dead, and I went dead,” Morello
said.
But Morello lived to tell his tale
Tuesday at a Phoenix hospital, where the
diabetic man was admitted in good con-
dition despite drinking windshield wiper
fluid to stay hydrated.
He didn’t have water, Morello said, so
he broke open the wiper fluid container
when — realizing he took a wrong turn
— he made a U-turn and wound up in a
ditch. He tried to crawl out of the car, but
did not get far and returned.
He ripped a chrome piece from his car
and put it on the roof, hoping someone
would see the reflection.
A pack of hikers found him Saturday
morning. He heard a knock on a window
from a hiker, and suddenly his long,
painful ordeal was over.
“I just kissed him,” Morello said of the
hiker. “He looked like an angel to me.”
The unidentified hikers were not part
of the 100 volunteers who passed out
fliers and searched for Morello since
Wednesday, but they knew he was miss-
ing, said Jim Sheehan, a friend who
helped organize a search team.
“Nobody ever gave up,” said Sheehan,
who was on a search plane when he got
a call saying Morello had been found.
Morello said he used car mats to stay
warm and even read a car manual from
cover to cover to pass time. Nights were
hardest because he would get scared, he
said.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Drug murder trial rests
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The South San Francisco teen accused of
shooting a marijuana seller in the heart during
a 2008 robbery set up by the victim’s friend
opted against personally telling jurors his ver-
sion of events yesterday, leaving the defense
having presented no witnesses and ready to let
the jury decide.
Jury deliberations will begin next week in
the case of Jimmy Nabong after closing argu-
ments by attorneys Tuesday morning.
Nabong, 19, faces life in prison without parole
if convicted of first-degree murder, the use of
a gun, robbery and committing murder during
the commission of another felony in the Oct.
29, 2008 death of Shivnesh Reddy, 21.
Nabong considered testifying on his own
Judge,but not trial,set in death of former Raider’s daughter
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A San Mateo County Superior Court judge
has been named to preside over the retrial of
Mohammed Haroon Ali, whose conviction
for strangling a former Oakland Raider’s
daughter was overturned because of per-
ceived discrimination by the now-district
attorney during jury selection.
Attorneys had hoped to pick a jury trial
date yesterday but instead were informed the
case was assigned to Judge Barbara Mallach
who is unavailable for scheduling until
March 22. The timeline means Ali, 35, will
stand trial a second time more than a decade
after his initial April 2001 conviction in the
1999 death of 20-year-old Tracey Biletnikoff
at a San Mateo drug rehabilitation center.
Ali has pleaded not guilty once again and
remains held without bail.
Although the original prosecutor, Steve
LOCAL
behalf but informed the
court late Thursday morn-
ing he had chosen not to
take the stand. The prose-
cution had rested its case
the previous day so jurors
were ordered to return next
Tuesday for closing argu-
ments and the beginning of
deliberations. Attorneys
Jimmy Nabong and Judge Cliff Cretan
spent the remainder of the day finalizing jury
instructions.
Among the evidence jurors will weigh is the
testimony of Neil Prakash Chand, the friend
of Reddy who prosecutors say masterminded
the plan to rob him of $3,000 worth of mari-
juana he wanted to sell. Chand pleaded no
contest to murder in return for 25 years to life
in prison as long as he testified truthfully.
Wagstaffe, is now the
county’s elected district
attorney, he has staunchly
maintained plans to helm
the retrial. Ali was serv-
ing 64 years to life for the
murder and a previous
kidnapping in 2009 when
a court ordered a new
Mohammed Ali trial last July.
Ali and Biletnikoff met
in 1997 at a San Mateo County drug treat-
ment program in which they were both being
treated and later worked as counselors. Ali’s
time at Project 90 was part of his suspended
sentence for kidnapping and beating a for-
mer girlfriend but Biletnikoff’s time was not
tied to the criminal justice system.
On Feb. 15, 1999, Biletnikoff confronted
Ali about his drug relapse at the Project 90
office. Ali allegedly strangled Biletnikoff
with his hand and a T-shirt, left her body
Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 3
Police reports
Nabong, however, is the one accused of
Trashy parents
A man and woman with a baby were
pulling the trigger. During opening statements going through recyclables looking for
on Monday, prosecutor Al Giannini told jurors specific paper items at the intersection of
Chand drove he and Nabong, a friend of Arlington Road and Turnsworth Avenue
in Redwood City before 9:28 a.m.
another friend, to pick up Reddy on First
Street in South San Francisco to make the Wednesday, Feb. 9.
drug buy. When Nabong pulled a gun and told
Reddy he was taking the marijuana, the latter
reportedly told him he’d have to shoot him BURLINGAME
instead. Nabong allegedly shot him once and Suspicious circumstances. A woman’s laptop
computer was stolen by three men and one
dumped the dying man on the ground.
South San Francisco police arrested woman on the 1100 block of Burlingame
Nabong Nov. 2, 2008. Although Nabong was Avenue before 9:44 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11.
a minor at the time, prosecutors charged him Suspicious circumstances. A man was look-
as an adult under California’s Proposition 21. ing into vehicles on the 200 block of Anza
Defense attorney Jeff Boyarsky reserved his Boulevard before 3:21 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11.
opening statement until the beginning of his Robbery. A woman was hit on the back of the
case but did not deliver any remarks yesterday head and her purse was stolen at the intersec-
because he called no witnesses. tion of Bellevue Avenue and California Drive
Nabong remains in custody without bail. before 4:41 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11.
Theft. Parts were stolen from a vehicle on the
700 block of Concord Way before 8:52 a.m.
Thursday, Feb. 10.
Vandalism. The dryer in a laundry room was
near the Cañada College campus where it damaged on the 1300 block of El Camino Real
was found the following day and headed before 6:59 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10.
toward Mexico. He was arrested near the
border. FOSTER CITY
Ali admitted the strangulation but his Suspicious circumstances. A person was
defense called it a heat of passion crime that receiving anonymous unwanted letters of
deserved a manslaughter rather than murder admiration on Essex Lane before 3:01 p.m.
conviction. In April 2001, after a two-month Friday, Feb. 11.
trial, a jury found him guilty of first-degree Suspicious circumstances. Four people were
murder. That August, he was sentenced to 55 jumping off a fence into a pool of a complex
years to life in prison for murder and anoth- on Vespucci Lane before 10:42 p.m. Friday,
er nine years for the previous kidnapping Feb. 11.
conviction in which the term was suspended. Disturbance. A tenant made a verbal threat in
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals over- the office at Watersedge on East Hillsdale
turned the conviction, ruling that Wagstaffe Boulevard before 5:28 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
had improperly removed at least one black 9.
individual from the jury pool for racial dis- Soliciting without a permit. A woman
crimination reasons. Wagstaffe maintains approached another woman in the parking lot
the ruling was incorrect. at Safeway and solicited her in a manner that
Biletnikoff is the daughter of former scared her on East Hillsdale Boulevard before
Oakland Raider and Hall of Famer Fred 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8.
Biletnikoff.

Charlotte Gibner Train

May 22, 1914 – Feb. 10, 2011

After a short final illness, Charlotte, 96, died peacefully at Yesteryear

House in San Mateo where she had been living for four years since her hus-
band died. Before that, she had been happily married to William Frew (Bill)
Train, Jr. for over 70 years. They had three children, William Frew (Bill) Train
III, Bruce Gibner Train, and Leslie Stillwell Train, and one grandchild, Zachary
Matthew (Zack) Train.
Until the very end, Charlotte was blessed with good health, which sup-
ported the energetic and enthusiastic way she lived her life. With her spar-
kling personality, she readily made friends wherever she went, which turned
out to be a lot of places. Charlotte’s father was a doctor in the Army and the family moved often and also
travelled just for the fun of it. After college, in April 1936 she married Bill Train, a young Army lieutenant
with a long career and many moves ahead of him. Among other places, they had the good fortune to be
stationed in London, Vienna, San Francisco, and picturesque Heidelberg. After Bill retired as a three-star
general in 1967, they moved to San Francisco and travelled widely from that base, frequently on “people-
to-people”golf tours as informal ambassadors to exotic locales around the world.
Always athletic, Charlotte was an avid golfer and skier and, when stationed on an Army post, an
accomplished horsewoman. She learned to ride and jump horses as a child at various Army posts, all of
which had stables and horses before World War II and encouraged the kids to ride the horses on the week-
ends to exercise them. After the war, stables and horses were less common on Army posts, but she was able
to keep riding through the mid-1950s. Bill was allergic to horses; however, she somehow found a way to
keep the horse dander out of—and peace in—the house.
In 1935 Charlotte graduated from Stanford, her mother’s alma mater, with a degree in political sci-
ence and thoughts of pursuing a career in the foreign service. Bill Train and three children sent her down a
different track in life as a loving wife and mother. When she retired to San Francisco after a 31-year career
as an Army wife, she kept up with her many Army and college friends in the area. In 1989, she and Bill
moved to The Peninsula Regent, an elegant senior residence in San Mateo, where she participated in the
Thespians and other activities and made many new friends.
Charlotte had a vivacious and good-natured personality that was appreciated by all who knew her,
with only one known exception. Her eighth grade report card, from The Central School in Manila, Philip-
pines (then an American colony), for the school year ending in 1927, marks her down for such conduct as
“Whispers,”“Restless: Inattentive”and, worst of all, “Inclined to mischief,”notwithstanding her excellent
grades in academic subjects. Happily, these life skills survived the best efforts of the schools to eradicate
them, and, as an adult, Charlotte continued to be a lot of fun to be with, as evidenced by the fact that every
sorority at Stanford asked her to join. (She joined Pi Phi.)
She is survived by two of her children, Bruce (and his wife, Mary Beth), of Palo Alto, and Leslie, of
Mountain View, as well as her grandson, Zack, of San Jose and of whom she was very proud. Her first child, Bill
III, pursued an Army career like his father and was killed in an ambush in Vietnam in 1962.
A private memorial service for Charlotte is being held at Yesteryear House. Per her wishes, she has
been cremated and will be interred in the cemetery of the United States Military Academy at West Point,
New York, where she will join the two Bill Trains of her life, her husband and eldest son.
4 Friday • Feb. 18, 2011
San Bruno pursues parcel,bond measures
School district moves forward,final decision upcoming
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
San Bruno school leaders are interest-
ed in possibly putting a parcel tax and
also a bond measure to voters after
polling results were favorable to both.
Two phone surveys of possible voters
in the San Bruno Park Elementary
School District showed support for
either a parcel tax or bond measure.
With a variety of different needs, the
board directed staff to draft resolutions
for both measures without setting a dol-
lar amount for either. The conversation
will continue at the board’s Wednesday,
March 9 meeting, Superintendent David
Hutt said.
“I still don’t like [taxes]. I hate to have
to ask for them. But what are we going
to do?” said board Vice President Skip
Henderson, who has historically
opposed tax measures.
Henderson explained the district is
facing cuts due to the state not meeting
educational needs, some of which could
be funded through a parcel tax. A com-
munity desire to realign the district with
Parkside Intermediate to serve sixth
graders in the future will require money,
said Henderson, which is where the
bond comes in.
“If we do this,
we’re going to do the
right thing,” he said,
adding the uses for
the funds will be
clearly outlined.
Both a bond meas-
ure and a parcel tax
Skip generated strong
Henderson support, according to
results by Dale Scott
from San Francisco-based Dale Scott &
Company shared at Wednesday’s meet-
ing.
About 70.3 percent of people polled
supported a parcel tax before receiving
additional details, which dropped to
69.5 percent at the end of the survey —
still above the two-thirds passage
threshold required for the measure that
could support programs, according to
Scott’s report. A four-year annual tax
polled favorably at $49 and $75 levels.
That would raise between $612,000 to
$935,000 a year, depending on the level.
A $96 per parcel amount would raise
$1.2 million per year and a $115 per
parcel would raise $1.435 million per
year, according to Scott.
Voters also were supportive of a pos-
sible bond measure at $18 or $25 per
LOCAL
$100,000 of a property’s assessed value,
Scott wrote. It would generate between
$13.5 million and $18.75 million,
respectively. Such a measure, normally
used for capital improvements, requires
a 55 percent passage rate.
Finances have been the focus of the
many of the district’s recent conversa-
tions.
It’s been relying on one-time money
— $30.5 million from selling the former
Sandburg site in 2005 — to cover capi-
tal projects as well as gaps in funding.
Next year it’s facing a $1 million short-
fall.
While the district hasn’t gone to the
voters for a tax increase, it did consider
an $87 annual levy in 2008. In fact, the
board voted to put it on the March 2009
ballot. But in November, the measure
was brought back before the board after
parents expressed an understanding for
the need, but did not think the timing
nor the approved ballot language was
right. The decision was rescinded, in a
3-2 vote, with trustees Jennifer Blanco
and Kevin Martinez dissenting.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Local brief
Father shoots son during argument
A 41-year-old Redwood City man was accidentally shot by
his father during an argument Wednesday evening, police said.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting at a home on
Meadow Lane in Redwood City at about 5:25 p.m.
Police said a man and his son were involved in a domestic
dispute when the father armed himself with a handgun and
shot his son in the abdomen.
The victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to sur-
vive.
No arrests have been made, and the shooting remains under
investigation.
CITY GOVERNMENT
• The San Mateo Planning
Commission will hold a public
hearing on the site plan and archi-
tectural review of the Odd Fellows
building on South B Street for a
modification to the scope of work
regarding two facades. At the same
meeting, the commission will hold a study session on
whether to demolish two existing commercial buildings
and construct a mixed-use development comprised of a
four-story 197-unit residential building and a three-story
commercial building containing 125,978 square feet of
office space. The meeting is 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb.
23, City Hall, 330 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo.
Obituary
Theresa Chortack
Theresa Chortack, of Hillsborough, died peacefully on Feb.
16, 2011. She was predeceased by her loving husband Sam
and son Ron. Theresa was born in San Francisco on Sept. 21,
1913. She graduated from Lick Lux Wilmerding High School
in 1932.
She is survived by her devoted daughter-in-law, Sharon,
who would like to thank Theresa’s two wonderful care-givers,
Jenny and Deborah.
No services. Private interment will be at Salem Memorial
Park in Colma.
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Brown seeks ways to cut waste Sequoia plans for
By Judy Lin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry
Brown already has cut back on cell
phones and vehicles for govern-
ment employees. Now he’s look-
ing for even larger ways to reduce
state government spending.
This week the governor asked
the state’s top watchdog agencies
to create “Top 10” lists for cutting
waste and improving efficiency.
Brown sent letters to the state
auditor and the Little Hoover
Commission, a state oversight
agency, asking for their help tack-
ling the state’s nearly $27 billion
budget gap.
It’s a move that could appease
Republican lawmakers who say
state government is bloated.
“We must examine and re-exam-
ine every possible way to save tax-
payer dollars,” Brown said in a
statement.
Sen. Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar,
who serves as vice chairman of the
Senate Budget Committee, called
Brown’s request an excellent
Lawmakers seek to build rail without Florida Gov. cocaine, amphetamine
By Brendan Farrington
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Some
members of Florida’s congressional
delegation and state lawmakers are
trying move forward with a high-
speed rail line from Orlando to
Tampa without Gov. Rick Scott’s
approval, and U.S. Transportation
Secretary Ray LaHood said
Thursday he’ll give them a week to
come up with a plan.
Gov. Jerry Brown has asked the state’s top watchdog agencies to create
‘Top 10’lists for cutting waste and improving efficiency.
approach that takes advantage of
previous reports that may be gath-
ering dust on shelves. He applaud-
ed Brown for making the effort to
change the culture of government.
“I think there are some bold
U.S. energy lab missing
ideas out there,” Huff said. “Often
times, the bolder the idea, the
LaHood met
with U.S. Sen.
Bill Nelson, D-
Fla., and
Democratic
House members
a day after Scott
rejected $2.4 bil-
lion in dedicated
Rick Scott federal money,
or about 90 per-
cent of the project’s estimated cost,
in part because he doubted the train
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more difficult to implement. I
would certainly suggest zero-
based, or performance-based,
budgeting. Put every expenditure
under the magnifying glass every
year to make sure you’re doing
what you’re supposed to be
doing.”
service would pay for itself once
completed.
Alternatives could include having
a regional planning agency or the
rail authority that runs a South
Florida commuter line oversee the
project, according to Nelson’s office.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of
25 state senators wrote to LaHood
saying that an agency that state law-
makers created during a special leg-
islative session 14 months ago could
independently oversee the project.
$4.5 million in cuts
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
With an uncertain state budget,
the Sequoia Union High School
District Board of Trustees directed
staff to create a list of $4.5 million
in possible cuts for the coming
school year.
“It’s a difficult decision. We don’t
want to create anxiety,” said board
President Lorraine Rumley.
The board, which met Wednesday,
discussed the many uncertainties
about California’s education fund-
ing for next year. Gov. Jerry Brown
has proposed staying away from
education funding if voters support
tax extension measures which could
be placed on a special June ballot. If
those don’t pass, the district is fac-
ing $4.5 million in cuts. The plan
By Marcus Wohlsen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory
failed to properly track cocaine,
amphetamines, opium and black
tar heroin that undergoes forensic
evidence testing and other uses,
leaving personnel unable to deter-
mine if the drugs had been mis-
used or misappropriated, accord-
ing to a federal report released
Thursday.
Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 5
will be discussed by the board
Wednesday, March 2.
Rumley called the decision a
planning move. Planning ahead
gives the district more time to dis-
cuss possible impacts with the pub-
lic.
The plan does rely on the district’s
reserves. This year, Sequoia has a
budget calling for $101.2 million in
revenue and $104.5 million in
expenditures — a $3.4 million
deficit, according to a staff report. A
portion of the deficit, $1.8 million,
is offset by one-time federal money.
Without any decreases, the multi-
year projections presented to the
board Wednesday show the reserve
dwindling from $16.4 million this
school year down to $2.24 million
in the 2013-14 school year.
Some drugs were missing, while
opium and black tar heroin were
found in greater amounts than lab
records showed were
purchased legally, the Energy
Department’s inspector general
said in the report.
“I don’t think that the inspector
general’s office said there was
anything nefarious going on here,”
lab spokesman Jim Bono said.
“What they pointed out was less
than stellar record-keeping. And
we agree.”
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Around the nation
Palin rejects new gun
laws, vague on 2012 plans
WOODBURY, N.Y. — Sarah Palin, in a
rare public appearance at which reporters
were allowed, praised
lawmakers threatening to
vote against raising the
federal debt ceiling. She
stuck to her guns on
“death panels” Thursday
and continued tweaking
the first lady’s efforts to
fight childhood obesity,
Sarah Palin but she chided some of
her own supporters for
sustaining the “annoying” claims that
President Barack Obama is foreign-born and
Muslim.
As for the big question — whether she’s
running for president in 2012 — the former
vice presidential Republican nominee said
she’s thinking about it.
“No one is more qualified, really, to multi-
tasking and the things you need to do as pres-
ident, than a woman, a mom,” said the former
Alaska governor, who has five children.
Palin sat for a wide-ranging interview with
the president of the Long Island Association,
a business group outside New York, at the
group’s annual meeting. Kevin Law pressed
her on gun rights, potential presidential aspi-
rations and how she usually communicates
through Facebook and Fox News, where she
is a contributor, rather than talking to
reporters.
ICE auditing 1,000 more
companies’ hiring records
WASHINGTON — The Obama adminis-
tration is launching a new round of worksite
investigations, maintaining the pressure on
businesses to make sure they are hiring only
people who can legally work in the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
said Thursday it has notified 1,000 companies
of upcoming audits of their I-9s, forms that
new employees complete, and of the identifi-
cation documents those employees provided
to show they are eligible to work in the U.S.
“The inspections will touch on employers
of all sizes and in every state in the nation —
no one industry is being targeted nor is any
one industry immune from scrutiny,” ICE
said in a statement. The agency declined to
name the businesses to be inspected.
NATION
Government shutdown?
Republicans,Democrats swap charges over spending
By David Espo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — In a deepening struggle
over spending, Republicans and Democrats
swapped charges Thursday over a possible
government shutdown when money runs out
March 4 for most federal agencies.
“Read my lips: We’re going to cut spend-
ing,” declared House Speaker John Boehner.
He pledged that the GOP-controlled House
would refuse to approve even a short-term
measure at current funding levels to keep the
government operating.
The Ohio Republican prefaced his remarks
by accusing Democrats of risking a shutdown
“rather than to cut spending and to follow the
will of the American people.”
But moments later, Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid, D-Nev., retorted that Boehner
was resorting “to threats of a shutdown with-
out any negotiation.” Officials added that
Democrats would seek a short-term bill with-
out any cut in spending levels, a position
sharply at odds with Boehner’s.
The sparring occurred as the House labored
to complete work on veto-threatened legisla-
tion to cut more than $61 billion from the
Lawmakers flee Wisconsin to block anti-union bill because it’s an extreme piece of legislation
By Scott Bauer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADISON, Wis. — Faced with a near-
certain Republican victory that would end a
half-century of collective bargaining for pub-
lic workers, Wisconsin Democrats retaliated
with the only weapon they had left: They fled.
Fourteen Democratic lawmakers disap-
peared from the Capitol on Thursday, just as
the Senate was about to begin debating the
measure aimed at easing the state’s budget
crunch.
By refusing to show up for a vote, the group
brought the debate to a swift halt and hoped
to pressure Republicans to the negotiating
table.
“The plan is to try and slow this down
“Read my
lips:We’re going
to cut spending.”
— House
Speaker John Boehner
budget year that’s more than a third over. That
bill also would provide funding to keep the
government operating until Sept. 30.
Working through dozens of amendments,
the House voted 244-181 in early evening to
block the FCC from implementing “network
neutrality” regulations. The rules prohibit
phone and cable companies from discriminat-
ing against Internet content and services,
including online calling and Web video serv-
ices that may compete with their core opera-
tions.
With that one bill at the center of a political
dispute — the House has repeatedly worked
well past midnight on the legislation this week
— Boehner chose the moment to open a sec-
ond front. To underscore the budget-cutting
commitment by the 87 conservative new
members of his rank and file, he announced
that Republicans would move quickly this
that’s tearing this state apart,“ Sen. Jon
Erpenbach said.
The move drew cheers from tens of thou-
sands of protesters — teachers, prison guards
and others targeted by the proposal — who
filled the Statehouse during the past three
days.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who took
office just last month, has made the bill a top
priority. He urged the group to return and
called the boycott a “stunt.”
“It’s more about theatrics than anything
else,” Walker said, predicting that the group
would come back in a day or two, after real-
izing “they’re elected to do a job.”
Walker said Democrats could still offer
amendments to change the bill, but he vowed
not to concede on his plan to end most col-
lective bargaining rights.
With 19 seats, Republicans hold a majority
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spring on companion legislation to cut
“wasteful mandatory spending” by the federal
government.
He provided no details, but party officials
said they expected the effort to begin shortly
after the House returns from next week’s
recess.
The current legislation is sweeping in
scope, containing cuts to literally hundreds of
domestic programs, from education to envi-
ronmental protection, nutrition and parks.
In addition, it has become a target for first-
term conservative Republicans eager to
demonstrate their budget-cutting bona fides
and for other lawmakers hoping to change the
course of government in ways large or small.
Republicans led the way on a 250-177 vote
to stop the Environmental Protection Agency
from imposing limits on mercury pollution
from cement factories. Supporters said the
new rules would send American jobs overseas,
where air quality standards are more lax or
non-existent.
An attempt by Democratic Rep. Barney
Frank to increase funding for the Securities
and Exchange Commission was turned back,
despite arguments that lax enforcement of
Wall Street contributed to the financial melt-
down of two years ago. The vote was 270-160.
in the 33-member Senate, but they are one
vote short of the number necessary to conduct
business. So the GOP needs at least one
Democrat to be present before any voting can
take place. Once the measure is brought to the
floor, it needs 17 votes to pass.
Other lawmakers who fled sent messages
over Twitter and issued written statements but
did not disclose their location until hours
later.
Erpenbach said the group had been in
Rockford, Ill., but they dispersed by late
afternoon.
In response to a question of where she was,
Sen. Lena Taylor sent a tweet saying she was
“doing the people’s business. Power to the
PEOPLE.”
Sen. Tim Cullen of Janesville said he was
back in Wisconsin by Thursday night, but he
did not expect Democrats to return to take up
the bill until Saturday.
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Bahrain locked down after protesters killed
By Hadeel Al-Shalchi
and Barbara Surk
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahrain’s
leaders banned public gatherings
and sent tanks into the streets
Thursday, intensifying a crackdown
that killed five anti-government pro-
testers, wounded more than 200 and
turned a hospital into a cauldron of
anguish and rage against the monar-
chy.
Bahrain’s streets were mostly
empty after the bloody clampdown,
but thousands defied authorities by
marching in cities in Libya and
Yemen as the wave of political
unrest continued in the wake of
uprisings that toppled leaders in
Egypt and Tunisia.
The tiny kingdom of Bahrain is a
Anti-government protesters
killed in Libyan crackdown
By Salah Nasrawi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO — Libyan protesters
seeking to oust longtime leader
Moammar Gadhafi defied a crack-
down and took to the streets in five
cities Thursday on what activists
have dubbed a “day of rage,” amid
reports at least 20 demonstrators
have been killed in clashes with pro-
government groups.
New York-based Human Rights
Watch said Libyan internal security
key part of Washington’s military
counterbalance to Iran by hosting
the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. Bahrain’s
rulers and their Arab allies depict
any sign of unrest among their
Shiite populations as a move by
neighboring Shiite-majority Iran to
expand its clout in the region.
While part of the recent revolt in
the Arab world, the underlying ten-
sions in Bahrain are decades old and
pit the majority Shiites against the
Sunni elite.
After allowing several days of ral-
lies in the capital of Manama by dis-
affected Shiites, the island nation’s
Sunni rulers unleashed riot police
who stormed a protest encampment
in Pearl Square before dawn, firing
tear gas, beating demonstrators or
blasting them with shotgun sprays
of birdshot.
forces also have arrested at least 14
people. Hundreds of pro-govern-
ment demonstrators also rallied in
the capital, Tripoli, blocking traffic
in some areas, witnesses said.
An opposition website and an
anti-Gadhafi activist said unrest
broke out during marches in four
Libyan cities — Beyida, Benghazi,
Zentan, Rijban and Darnah.
Organizers were using social net-
working sites like Facebook and
Twitter to call for nationwide
demonstrations.
WORLD
An injured protester is rushed to the operation theater in a hospital in
Manama,Bahrain.
Egypt reports Iran asking for
warships to pass Suez Canal
By Hamza Hendawi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO — Two Iranian naval
vessels have submitted a request to
transit the Suez Canal, Egypt’s
Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Israel has expressed concerns over
the plans, labeling them a “provo-
cation.”
Ministry spokesman Hossam
Zaki said Egyptian authorities have
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received the request to grant the
vessels passage, while a Suez
Canal official said the Defense
Ministry would process the appli-
cation.
In Tehran, Iran’s official
English-language Press TV cited
an Iranian naval official saying the
two warships are to pass through
the canal. The official said Tehran
was in contact with Egypt about
the ships.
Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 7
Around the world
Kurdish guards fire on
protest in Iraq, killing two
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq —
Kurdish security guards opened fire
Thursday on a crowd of protesters
calling for political reforms in north-
ern Iraq, killing at least two people,
officials said, showing even war-
weary Iraq cannot escape the unrest
roiling the Middle East.
Separately, a car bomb killed eight
people and wounded 30 others in
Muqdadiyah, 60 miles (90 kilometers)
north of Baghdad, an official said. The
area was once one of the strongholds
of al-Qaida, and insurgents there stage
frequent attacks despite improved
security in much of the country.
The demonstration in
Sulaimaniyah was the most violent in
a wave of protests that extended to
the southern cities of Kut, Nasir and
Basra. Iraq has seen small-scale
demonstrations almost daily in recent
weeks, mainly centered in the impov-
erished southern provinces and
staged by Iraqis angry over a lack of
basic services like electricity and
clean drinking water.
The hundreds of Kurdish protesters
in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah,
160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast
of Baghdad, Thursday, demanded
political reforms from the regional
government in the semiautonomous
territory.
Although Kurds generally enjoy a
higher standard of living than the rest
of Iraq, many are tired of the tight
grip with which the ruling parties
control the region and the economy.
8 Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 THE DAILY JOURNAL
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Dose of reality needed in fire consolidation
N
o one said it would be easy to
find a way to combine several
local fire departments into one
regional group. But the spark that
fueled the discussion is threatening to
destroy the entire effort.
The cities of San Carlos and Belmont
are in the midst of dissolving their fire
partnership after years of being on the
rocks over funding formulas, personali-
ty politics and failed attempts to get the
public to agree to pony up more taxes
specifically to fund it.
It was five years ago this week that
representatives from both cities
announced an opportunity to save the
partnership, which at the time, seemed
beyond repair. So when San Mateo
County Supervisor Adrienne Tissier
offered to mediate the most recent dis-
pute over funding formulas between the
two cities, there was some history of
reconciliation on which to base the
offer. But this agreement is five years
old and has dissolved to the point that
representatives from both cities just
don’t seem ready to talk about any-
thing, never mind make sacrifices to
make the relationship work.
Just this week, Belmont Mayor
Coralin Feierbach said she would climb
Sugarloaf Mountain and scream “no” at
the top of her lungs rather than work
with San Carlos officials again on the
issue of shared fire services. And that’s
quite a statement considering how
absolutely steep Sugarloaf Mountain is.
But good for Tissier, though she later
said she’d rather not be the mediator
and that role should be independent.
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Win back lost Caltrain riders
Editor,
A large contingent of loyal bike rid-
ers are among Caltrain’s strongest
supporters in this funding crisis.
However, further service cuts and
erratic service will continue to drive
away both walk-on riders and bike
riders.
Caltrain’s current ridership will
continue to promote train riding if it
becomes more convenient and service
cuts are minimized or alternately
service is improved.
At minimum, I recommend that
Caltrain improve bike capacity. I urge
Caltrain to implement the second bike
car on regular trains and to increase
the bike capacity for bullet trains with
three bike cars on every train.
We need security of access, and in
return, Caltrain will see an increase in
revenue from bike riders who promote
the train to their friends and col-
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But don’t bet on anything coming out
of any discussion between representa-
tives from both cities. The relationship,
it seems, is beyond repair.
In an ideal world, both cities would
be willing to put aside their differences
and work with other fire officials like
San Mateo Fire Chief Dan Belville and
Redwood City Fire Chief Jim Skinner
who want to tackle a regional fire
agency from their cities south and north
respectively to include Belmont, San
Carlos and Foster City, which is already
led by Belville in a recently formed
partnership. The idea then would be
that the county would join the partner-
ship at a later time and save a little of
the money they are losing for fire serv-
ices.
But this is not an ideal world. And
while the cities of Belmont and San
Carlos put the charge into shared fire
services when it formed the South
County Fire Authority in 1978, its cities
just can’t seem to work together.
Belmont has expressed an interest in
forming its own fire department when
the partnership with San Carlos ends in
October. While that bucks the recent
trend of consolidation, the city has the
money to do it since it has its own fire
protection district.
This leaves San Carlos out in the cold
and searching for a new partner or fac-
ing the possibility of forming its own
bare-bones department or asking anoth-
leagues. Hopefully I can help to win
back some of my friends who left, if I
can assure them that their complaints
have been addressed.
Bottom line, provide greater pre-
dictability and access to the train for
bike riders, and revenue will increase,
as it has in the past with improve-
ments. Caltrain will get lots of good
press and promotion of its service
from happy biking customers.
Dominique Irvine
San Mateo
Problem with unions
Editor,
Again Bob Stine rushes out to be a
union mouthpiece (“The real root of
the financial meltdown” letter to the
editor in the Feb. 10 edition of the
Daily Journal). I’m sure his employ-
ees are all union members? He must
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OPINION
er agency like the county or the state to
take over as a last resort. That led to
San Carlos asking the county for a con-
tract proposal to compete with one
already presented by Redwood City.
This week, county officials said no
dice. But they would help mediate the
dispute with Belmont.
That’s just not realistic. It’s a fine
sentiment, just not realistic. The city of
San Carlos needs to take care of itself
and find a way to provide its residents
with fire services. If it means starting
from scratch, that may prove to be chal-
lenging since current contracts will
have to be thrown out and the firefight-
ers’ union may not exactly get on
board, to put it mildly. A temporary
solution may be to contract out with
Redwood City while continuing to be
involved with negotiations on the wider
scale.
In the meantime, the county should
ride the sentiment of creating a regional
agency and find out ways to make it
work without Belmont. If it proves to
be successful, then Belmont city offi-
cials may then be enticed to get on
board if the numbers work.
A primary obstacle is the pay scale
and hours described in a proposal by
Cal Fire, whose firefighters operate
under a different contract as local ones.
But the only way to work out these dif-
ferences is to get everyone to the table,
but only those who are interested.
Getting Belmont officials involved
adds a layer of complexity and difficul-
ty that could cause the entire effort to
fail before it even begins.
be devoid of any common sense.
Every paper for the last three years
has had at least one article per day
shouting about union shortfalls. They
are so obvious that even Stevie
Wonder could see it.
I’ve been a member of two different
unions, (I had to in order to work in
California) and both times when I
needed help from them, it was as if I
didn’t exist. I had to go to a judge
both times and ended up winning one
and breaking even the second time.
There is no reason I should pay
some fat cat cigar-smoking union boss
to do nothing for me. The only people
that I know that support the unions
are people who can’t or won’t think
for themselves and fascistic progres-
sives
John Parry
San Mateo
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Guest perspective
Caltrain and bikes,a
perfect combination
By Shirley Johnson
L
et’s face it; nobody enjoys commuting on a jammed
freeway, and it’s just as painful wasting time taking the
bus. In contrast, Caltrain’s onboard bicycle service is
beloved by commuters. The drudgery of the daily commute is
transformed into a healthy and fun bike ride at both ends of a
Caltrain trip. The Caltrain trip itself is
relaxing and commuters chat, read, doze
and work on the train.
A Caltrain/bike commute is an all-
around good experience, except when
commuters with bikes are denied service
or “bumped.” At that point, the otherwise
enjoyable commute turns into a nightmare,
while commuters anxiously wait on the
platform and jockey for position, not
knowing if there will be bike space on the
next train either. The result is missed appointments, angry
bosses and distraught children wondering why mom or dad is
late to pick them up after work, all because Caltrain does not
have enough room for bikes.
Caltrain is preparing to declare a fiscal emergency, and its
proposed solution is to drastically cut service, rather than maxi-
mize revenue. It is disturbing that an agency with severe finan-
cial problems leaves paying customers behind on the platform,
while trains pull away with empty seats.
Caltrain needs consistent bike capacity to meet customer
needs and keep commuters coming back to the train. For over
two years, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) has
been recommending that Caltrain provide a consistent mini-
mum of 72 bike spaces per train to meet demand.
A report by the SFBC (www.sfbike.org/cuts) shows that
Caltrain lost more than $1 million in ticket revenue last year
alone due to limited bike capacity. Thankfully, the Transit
Sustainability Committee of the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission, the agency responsible for regional transportation
planning, has recently advised transit providers to become
“customer-focused, not agency-centric.”
Caltrain could readily increase ticket revenue by replacing
empty seats with bike spaces. Caltrain will still require addition-
al funding to close its $30 million budget gap, but by diligently
working to maximize revenue on its own, Caltrain can better
support its case for emergency funding. However, Caltrain CEO
Mike Scanlon emphatically declared at this month’s board
meeting that Caltrain will not upgrade the 48-bike space trains.
This is regrettable, because Caltrain will continue to drive away
customers through unreliable service for bicycle commuters.
At the continued encouragement of cycling advocates,
Caltrain has been taking steps to address the problem of bicy-
cle bumps by improving service consistency. Because Caltrain
operates two kinds of rail cars, and some trains have one bike
car while others have two, bike capacity per train is unpre-
dictable. Between 2002 and 2009, bike capacity varied from 16
to 64 bike spaces per train, a four-fold difference. In 2009,
Caltrain increased bike capacity to 40, 48 or 80 bike spaces per
train, a two-fold difference. In October 2010, Caltrain commit-
ted to increase bike capacity again, though no timeline was
given. After the planned increase, bike capacity will vary from
48 to 80 bike spaces per train, a 1.7-fold difference.
Unfortunately, bicycle bumps will continue because trains with
48 bike spaces frequently bump cyclists today.
Caltrain’s onboard bicycle service is very popular because a
bike onboard Caltrain solves the problem of a sparse public
transportation network, particularly at suburban stations on the
Peninsula, and biking is often faster than buses or shuttles, if
available. With a bike onboard, commuters can disembark at
various station stops, and easily bike to their destinations, mak-
ing train service effectively more frequent despite Caltrain’s
skip-stop schedule.
Caltrain has successfully attracted elusive non-public transit
users by enticing them with onboard bike service. According to
Caltrain’s 2007 online survey of cyclists, 80 percent of bicycle
commuters rarely if ever ride Caltrain without bringing a bike
onboard, with the majority driving alone instead.
Caltrain’s 2010 Onboard Passenger Survey showed that 13
percent of Caltrain passengers bike to and from stations. The
survey did not query how many bring their bike onboard, but
Caltrain’s online survey of cyclists showed that 87 percent of
those who bike to the station bring their bike onboard.
Caltrain’s onboard bicycle service is obviously an important
selling point.
Caltrain is to be commended on its forward-thinking policy
of providing bike capacity onboard trains. A bike onboard
solves the “first and last mile” problem in an environmentally
friendly, cost-effective way. Additionally, it makes good busi-
ness sense, because more passengers bring in more ticket rev-
enue.
Shirley Johnson, Ph.D., leads the BIKES ONboard project,
sponsored by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
(www.sfbike.org/bob). She is also chair of Caltrain’s Bicycle
Advisory Committee.
10 Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 BUSINESS THE DAILY JOURNAL

Dow 12,318.14 +29.97

Nasdaq 2,831.58 +6.02
S&P 500 1,340.43 +4.11
10-Yr Bond 3.5740% -0.0470
Oil (per barrel) 86.44
Gold
1,384.70
Stocks pull higher
By Matthew Craft
and David K. Randall
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Stocks finished high-
er Thursday after a strong manufacturing
report overshadowed a bigger than
expected rise in the number of people
applying for unemployment benefits.
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia said its index of manufac-
turing in the mid-Atlantic region nearly
doubled between January and February.
The surge in manufacturing was enough
to offset a Labor Department report that
applications for unemployment benefits
rose 25,000 from the previous week.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose
29.97 points, or 0.3 percent, to 12,318.1.
The Dow has been rising steadily this
month, with only three down days in
February. For the month, it’s already up
3.6 percent.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose
4, or 0.3 percent, to 1,340.43. The
Nasdaq composite rose 6, or 0.2 percent,
to 2,831.58.
“The initial jobless claims data look
disappointing,” said Anthony Chan,
chief economist at JPMorgan Private
Wealth Management. “But from a
longer-term perspective we’re seeing a
pickup in employment.”
Chan said the most recent data appears
bad compared to the previous week,
when claims for unemployment benefits
Wall Street
fell to the lowest level since July 2008.
But that was partly a result of winter
weather in many parts of the country that
closed government offices and kept peo-
ple from applying for benefits.
The government also reported that
consumer prices in January were slight-
ly higher than forecast, largely a result of
rising food and gas prices. The
Consumer Price Index rose 0.4 percent.
The core index, which excludes food and
energy costs, looked relatively tame, ris-
ing 0.2 percent.
Forecasters had expected to see the
price index rise 0.3 percent last month,
and the core index inch up 0.1 percent.
Barrick Gold Corp., Duke Energy
Corp. and J.M. Smucker Co. all rose
after reporting stronger earnings results.
Barrick’s quarterly profit jumped four-
fold, helped by higher production and
lower costs. The world’s largest gold
miner’s stock gained 1.9 percent.
Duke Energy’s net income grew 23
percent, boosted by gains from selling
assets and rising customer demand.
Duke gained 2.3 percent.
Profit fell at J.M. Smucker, maker of
Jif peanut butter and Folgers coffee, but
still beat analysts’ expectations. The
company also raised its earnings outlook
for the year. J.M. Smucker rose 4.2 per-
cent.
Big movers
Stocks that moved substantially or traded
heavily Thursday on the New York Stock
Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Duke Energy Corp.,up 42 cents at $18.12
A cold winter and assets sales lifted the utility’s
revenue, but a higher tax rate weighed on the
adjusted profit.
Williams Companies Inc.,up $2.32 at $30.08
Williams plans to split into two companies —
one for oil exploration and production,the other
to operate pipelines — and raised its dividend.
J.M.Smucker Co.,up $2.70 at $66.65
The maker of peanut butter, jams and jellies,
and coffee lifted the lower end of its guidance
even as commodity costs rise.
Skechers U.S.A.Inc.,down 1 cent at $22.06
Fading demand for the shoe maker’s toning
shoes dented quarterly earnings,and it forecast
shrinking profit margins and wholesale
revenue.
Liz Claiborne Inc.,down 39 cents at $5
The women’s clothing company said that
“current market conditions”would lead it to fall
short of its prior forecast for 2012 forecast.
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.,down $1.09 at
$28.01
A Stifel Nicolaus analyst cut his investment
rating on the movie studio’s stock because of
problems in the children’s DVD market.
NASDAQ
NetApp Inc.,down $3.77 at $54.77
The data storage company was overwhelmed
by demand for a new product,and expects the
supply shortfall to continue in the current
quarter.
Nvidia Corp.,up $2.30 at $25.68
The graphics cards company’s quarterly net
income jumped,and its profit outlook beat Wall
Street estimates.

Home prices dip 3.2 percent in Dec.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — California’s medi-

Median prices in December vs. 2010
an home price dipped 3.2 percent last COUNTY # SOLD % CHANGE PRICE % CHANGE
month, as distress sales and bargain San Francisco 333 7.1 $590,250 -6.2
hunting continued to dominate the mar- San Mateo 372 4.8 $504,250 -12.9
ket, a tracking firm said Thursday. Marin 174 13.7 $500,000 -6.5
San Diego-based DataQuick Santa Clara 1,134 -0.3 $439,000 -2.7
Information Systems said the state medi- Orange 1,929 3.3 $415,000 -2.4
an declined to $239,000 in January from Ventura 550 3.8 $350,000 -2.8
$247,000 a year earlier, marking a fourth Napa 118 35.6 $315,000 -10
consecutive year-over-year drop after 11 Alameda 969 3.5 $308,181 -9.6
months of annual gains. San Diego 2,248 -3.2 $304,000 -0.3
Last month’s median price also fell 5.9 Los Angeles 4,908 -6.1 $300,000 -7.7
percent from $254,000 in December, a Sonoma 326 -2.4 $297,500 -8.5
steeper dip than the 3.3 percent decrease Contra Costa 1,092 1.3 $240,000 -6.7
seen on average between December and Riverside 2,738 -13.4 $190,000 -2.6
January. Solano 448 -3 $182,000 -9.5
DataQuick President John Walsh said San Bernardino 2,085 -7.4 $151,500 1.0
the price declines showed that lower-end
properties being unloaded by distressed
borrowers remained the biggest sellers. DataQuick said. more than $500,000, down from a
“Last month’s activity was a continua- Sales dropped 24 percent from 36,215 January average of 26.2 percent over the
tion of trends we saw much of last year,” in December, consistent with the past decade.
he said. “We’re seeing very little discre- December-to-January sales drop seen Foreclosures accounted for 40.4 per-
tionary activity.” most years. The decline between those cent of last month’s sales, up from 38.1
The lower prices helped contribute to months has averaged 27.1 percent since percent in December but down from
relatively stable sales, which declined DataQuick’s statistics began. 43.8 percent in January 2010.
just 0.5 percent to 27,706 last month The firm said 15.9 percent of last Foreclosure resales peaked at 58.5 per-
compared with 27,858 in January 2010, month’s sales were for homes costing cent in February 2009.

Facebook adds civil unions
option to profiles of users
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Facebook on Thursday
added civil unions and domestic partner-
ships to the list of relationships that its
users can pick from to best describe their
romantic status.
The world’s largest online social net-
work also gives its users the option to list
themselves as single, married, in an open
relationship or “it’s complicated,” among
others.
The option for civil unions or domestic
partnerships is only available to Facebook
users in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France
and Australia, said the nonprofit Gay &
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation,
which has been among the groups working
with Facebook to add the options.
Facebook said it is rolling out the feature
in countries where users asked for it.
“We will monitor user reaction and
requests, and assess how to move forward
with the rollout based on how this is going,
and respond,” said Facebook spokesman
Andrew Noyes in an e-mail statement.
Facebook has well over 500 million
users. About 70 percent of them live out-
side of the U.S.
Business brief
Rising wholesale prices
spur inflation concerns
WASHINGTON — Steady improve-
ment in the economy may soon come at
a price — faster inflation.
Shoes, clothes, tires, plastics and other
products all cost more at the wholesale
level last month, putting pressure on
businesses to pass the increases along to
their customers.
The hikes also give ammunition to
critics who fear that the Federal
Reserve’s bold steps to strengthen the
economy have started to feed inflation
and need to be reined in. Those critics
include some Fed officials.
A widely watched measure of whole-
sale inflation, the core Producer Price
Index, rose 0.5 percent last month, the
largest monthly increase since October
2008.
MILLS ADVANCES: THE VIKINGS WATCHED A 15-POINT HALFTIME EVAPORATE BUT HELD ON FOR A ONE-POINT WIN >>> PAGE 12
<< Warriors’ Dorell Wright making his mark, page 12
• Wilson misses throwing session with stiff back, page 13
Burlingame still unbeaten versus PAL
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
For three straight years, the Burlingame
boys basketball team has dominated the
Peninsula Athletic League tournament.
And with its performance Thursday night, a
61-44 beatdown of Ocean Division co-cham-
pion Jefferson, there’s no reason to believe
that the Panthers won’t dominate this time
around.
Burlingame lead by as many as 23 points,
Out right title denied
Scots tops Bearcats,
Aragon beats Tigers,
for Bay Division title
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Even with a late-season slide, in which they
went 1-2-1, the San Mateo girls’ soccer team
found itself Thursday afternoon with some-
thing all teams with championship aspirations
want: a chance to control their own destiny —
a win against Carlmont would mean a division
title for the orange and black.
But the Scots’ girls soccer team didn’t make
the drive up to San Mateo to just roll over and
hand the Peninsula Athletic League Bay
Division title to the Bearcats. Amidst a torren-
tial downpour that featured some moments of
hail, the Scots played the ultimate spoiler, rid-
ing an early Jillian Quan goal to the 1-0 vic-
tory.
That, coupled with a 4-0 win by Aragon
against Terra Nova, gives the Dons the divi-
sion title and knocks the Bearcats from the
spot they held for the majority of the season.
“My team is definitely a team of competi-
tors,” said Carlmont head coach Tina Doss.
“And we had some games we didn’t like the
outcome of (so) they were going to fight
through the whole season.”
The Scots battled and were the aggressors
the entire afternoon, but it was a fortunate
break in the early minutes of the game that
sprung them to victory.
A loose ball wandering near midfield was
challenged by two players. As they collided at
the ball, it shot up and over the San Mateo
backline. Had it been a direct pass from a
Scot, Quan, who had started her run toward
goal, probably would have been flagged off-
side. But because of the ricochet, No. 10 was
legal, beautifully dropping the ball to her feet
and skillfully beating a charging Karyn
Jacobs for the 1-0 lead.
“The last couple of games it’s been hard for
us to finish,” Doss said. “So to get that goal
early on was a big deal, a very big deal. When
Jillian is on the field, my team plays better.
See SOCCER, Page 14
DeRosa ready to win a job with Giants
By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Mark DeRosa had
barely been in the clubhouse for five minutes
unpacking his things Thursday morning when
Aubrey Huff arrived and the razzing began.
DeRosa is loving it. The San Francisco utili-
tyman feels like a new man this spring. He’s
healthy at last, truly part of the team again.
taking a 15-point lead into the second quarter
while picking apart the Indians. For all intents
and purposes, the game was over after eight
minutes, because it was evident Jefferson had
no answer for Kwesi Bailey, Rodrigo
Puliceno and Kyle Shaffer.
“We’ve seen them before, so we knew what
was coming,” Bailey said. “We had a lot of
guys who came in to contribute in different
ways.”
Burlingame was the beneficiary of some
woeful shooting by the Indians to begin the
Carlmont’s Katie McGonegal shields the ball away from a San Mateo defender during the
Scots’1-0 win,denying the Bearcats an outright Bay Division championship.
His troublesome left
wrist finally healed follow-
ing a second surgery that
cost him most of last sea-
son, DeRosa is ready to do
whatever is asked of him
for the reigning World
Series champions. Manager
Bruce Bochy’s plan: play
Mark DeRosa him everywhere.
contest. Jessie Gilson gave the Indians their
only lead of the ballgame on a 3-pointer from
the wing in the opening seconds. But from
that point on, the Panthers took control, going
on a 16-0 run over the next five minutes. It
wasn’t until Gilson scored again with 40 sec-
onds left in the period that Jefferson showed
any signs of offensive life. The Burlingame
rims were unfriendly for the visitors the entire
game. They shot 12 percent in the first half.
“We wanted to go out and get their attention
right from the get-go, and I think we did,” said
NATHAN MOLLAT / DAILY JOURNAL
“I’m 100 percent ready to go, ready to
reclaim my spot in the world,” DeRosa declared
with a grin Thursday. “It’s been a year and a half
since I’ve swung a bat with no pain. So that’s
been the nicest thing, just to go through an off-
season doing all the things I’m used to doing —
working out, hitting, holding my kids, playing
golf. Everything was affected by it.”
DeRosa will take groundballs during camp at
each spot of the infield, including shortstop to
Friday, Feb. 18, 2010
Burlingame coach Jeff Dowd. “I thought we
came out strong and played well right from
the get-go. Jefferson gives us trouble with
their length and their athleticism, but we did a
good job of getting the ball inside.”
Actually, the entire league hasn’t been able
to handle Burlingame’s twin towers the whole
season — Jefferson would be no different.
Puliceno and Shaffer combined for 18 points
in the first half alone.
See PANTHERS, Page 14
Iowa wrestler
forfeits rather
than face girl
By Luke Meredith
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DES MOINES, Iowa — After a standout
season in which he went 35-4, Joel Northrup
had every reason to dream of winning an Iowa
wrestling championship this year, but he gave
it all up before his first state tournament match
Thursday.
Northrup, a home-schooled sophomore who
competes for Linn-Mar High School, said his
religious beliefs wouldn’t allow him to wres-
tle Cassy Herkelman, a pony-tailed freshman
from Cedar Falls who is one of the first two
girls to qualify for the tournament in its 85-
year history.
Northrup issued a statement through his
school expressing his “tremendous” respect
for what Herkelman and Ottumwa sophomore
Megan Black achieved this season, but he said
didn’t feel he had a choice.
“Wrestling is a combat sport and it can get
violent at times,” Northrup said in a statement
released by his high school. “As a matter of
conscience and my faith I do not believe that
it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in
this manner. It is unfortunate that I have been
placed in a situation not seen in most other
high school sports in Iowa.”
There were several thousand fans at Wells
Fargo Arena on Thursday, but many were
watching other matches when the referee
raised Herkelman’s hand to signal her win.
There was a smattering of cheers and boos
from the crowd before Herkelman was
whisked into the bowels of the arena.
Northrup’s decision to default put
Herkelman in the quarterfinals in the 112-
pound weight class, and it put her name in the
record book as the first girl to win an Iowa
state tournament match. But it deprived her of
the chance to show the skills that earned her a
20-13 pre-tournament record.
Tournament organizers declined to make
Herkelman available for questions. But her
father, Bill Herkelman, told The Associated
Press via text message that he understands and
respects Northrup’s decision.
See WRESTLER, Page 14
give the Giants some insurance behind new
addition Miguel Tejada.
Bochy and DeRosa met Thursday in the skip-
per’s office to map out a schedule for the com-
ing weeks, when DeRosa also will get some
work in the outfield. He had been projected as
the team’s starting left fielder at this point a year
ago.
See DEROSA, Page 13
12 Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 SPORTS THE DAILY JOURNAL

Vikings hold off Half Moon Bay

By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The Half Moon Bay girls’ basketball team
outscored host Mills 24-10 in the second half
in a Peninsula Athletic League tournament
quarterfinal game Thursday night.
Unfortunately for the Cougars, 15 of those
points only tied the game. When it came down
to crunch time, Mills — somehow, some way
— made the crucial buckets and held off Half
Moon Bay 38-37.
“We didn’t look past Half Moon Bay at all,”
said Mills coach Dave Matsu. “We’re lucky to
be playing (today).
“They kicked our [butts] that whole second
half.”
Mills will take on San Mateo 3 p.m. today
at Burlingame. San Mateo beat Aragon 59-48.
Mills will have to play much better if it
hopes to advance to the PAL tournament final
Saturday. And for a half, the Vikings did look
like one of the best teams in the PAL.
Following an even first quarter in which Mills
took a 13-10 lead going into the second, the
Vikings threatened to make the game a
blowout as they outscored the Cougars 13-3 in
the second period to take a 28-13 lead at half-
time. After a 6 for 18 shooting performance in
the first quarter, the Vikings shot 50 percent
from the field in the second period (6 for 12)
as Half Moon Bay struggled.
“We just didn’t execute in the first half,”
said Half Moon Bay coach John Carey. “They
took us out of what we were trying to do.”
Mills post player Lexi Chierici was nearly
unstoppable in the first half, scoring 10 points.
They would be the only points she would
score as the Cougars switched from a man-to-
man defense in the first half to a zone in the
second. That effectively took Chierici out of
the game and forced the Vikings to beat the
Cougars by shooting over the top of the zone.
It worked as Half Moon Bay held Mills to
just two third-quarter points as the Cougars
whittled a 15-point halftime deficit to just six
points heading into the final eight minutes.
Mills’ scoring woes seemed to take effect
once Stephanie Del Bianco, who scored 11
points, was forced out of the game early in the
third quarter when she picked up her fourth
foul. Del Bianco had the Vikings’ only bucket
in the third quarter and when she returned
midway through the fourth quarter, her basket
put the Vikings up two, 32-30. Mills endured
a 10-minute, 49-second scoring drought
between Del Bianco’s two baskets. Half
Moon Bay, meanwhile, outscored the Vikings
15-0 during Mills’ quiet time.
NATHAN MOLLAT / DAILY JOURNAL
Mills’Lexi Chierici drives to the basket for two
of her 10 points in the Vikings’38-37 win.
“We were feeling good when we came back
and tied it,” Carey said. “It would have been
nice to have this one. We’ve been playing well
the last three weeks.”
It was Del Bianco’s second basket of the
fourth quarter that finally appeared to wake up
the Vikings. With only four seconds left on the
shot clock, Mills had the ball out of bounds. It
was inbounded to Del Bianco, who faked a 3-
point attempt, took a dribble and nailed a long
jumper as the shot clock expired to give Mills
a 34-32 advantage.
Half Moon Bay’s Lena King knotted the
score at 34 when she banked home a jumper
from the top of the key, but back-to-back
buckets from Mills’ Bryana Sui put the
Vikings up 38-34 with 27 seconds to play.
Miranda Reimche cut the Half Moon Bay
deficit to one, 38-37, when she drained a 3-
pointer with 14 seconds left. Mills’ Kristen
Lastofka had a chance to ice the game when
she went to the free-throw line for a 1-and-1
with just over eight seconds to play. She
missed the front end and Reimche rebounded
the ball. The Cougars got the ball into the
hands of senior point guard Diana Cariaga,
but her long 3-point attempt with about two
seconds left slammed off the backboard.
Although Half Moon Bay chased down the
rebound, time expired.
“I just hope we got that out of our system,”
Matsu said.

Warriors’ Dorell Wright enjoying breakout year

By Antonio Gonzalez
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — Dorell Wright was already
plotting his departure from Miami even before
LeBron James bumped him from the Heat’s
roster last summer. The moment James made
his infamous decision on national television it
all became official.
James was in.
Wright was out.
“And the shackles were off,” Wright said.
In what he considers his first major chance
to shine, Wright has more than doubled his
career average in every major category this
season with the Golden State Warriors. He is
averaging 16.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.2
assists per game and become a candidate for
the NBA’s Most Improved Player.
Wright also leads the league in 3-pointers
made with 135 and will represent the Warriors
in the 3-point contest during All-Star weekend
Saturday night in Los Angeles.
“Never at all thought I’d be in the 3-point
contest,” he said. “Growing up, my dream was
to be in the dunk contest.”
That alone shows Wright’s evolution.
The kid with the infectious smile and awe-
some athleticism came to Miami as a raw 18-
year-old, but he often logged more minutes on
the bench than he ever did in games in his six
seasons with the Heat. He
was saddled behind
Dwyane Wade and other
stars on the 2006 NBA
championship team, a
young talent some
believed might’ve been
better off spending a year
or two in college.
Dorrell Wright Maybe all he really
needed was time.
And the right place.
On a team filled with some questionable
contracts, Wright has proved to be a bargain
since he signed a three-year deal worth about
$11.4 million this summer. He has thrived in
Golden State’s frenetic, shoot-first offense
alongside guards Monta Ellis and Stephen
Curry and been one of the team’s most con-
sistent players.
“And he’s still only 25 years old,” Warriors
coach Keith Smart said. “He’s got all the abil-
ity in the world, dunking, doing all those
things. He can be a triple-double threat every
night if he’s willing to develop his entire
game. I tell him all the time, ’What you don’t
use, you lose.”’
Added Curry: “I think some people don’t
realize how much Dorell can do. He’s not just
a shooter or a defender, he’s a great passer and
a strong voice on the court.”
Only now is Wright starting to see the
results so many had projected.
He originally signed a letter of intent with
DePaul as a teenager because his mother lived
in Chicago and he was fond of the coaching
staff. But all the hype and hoopla surrounding
him at prep school in South Kent, Conn.,
made it tough not to make the NBA leap.
“Danny Ainge, Pat Riley, Larry Bird are at
your games and stuff. You see those types of
dudes, you know you have the potential,”
Wright said. “At that point, (college) was real-
ly not an option.”
Wright was expected to be a long-term proj-
ect when he was selected by Miami with the
19th overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft. He
just wasn’t expected to take this long.
The 6-foot-9 forward spent countless hours
before games and after practices with Heat
assistant Keith Askins, among others, working
on shots, footwork and finding the fundamen-
tals and finesse missing from his repertoire.
He had his share of highlight dunks and alley-
oops, but he also had some lowlights that
played out in public.
He was arrested for driving under the influ-
ence on Miami Beach and had embarrassing,
explicit photos of himself posted on the
Internet that were taken from a private video
chat. Wright immediately apologized both
times and said he has learned from his mis-
takes.
He has taken the experience of playing
alongside Wade — who’s also godfather to
Wright’s son, Devin — and others in Miami,
and he led some Bay Area charity events dur-
ing the holidays. He’s still the only Warriors
player with a championship ring, even show-
ing it off to some teammates at his home when
they came over to watch the Super Bowl.
Wright also has helped the Warriors (26-29)
win four of their last five games to move with-
in four games of Utah for the Western
Conference’s final playoff seed. But they’re
heading into a difficult road stretch shortly
after the All-Star break and would need a seis-
mic shift to overcome their past misfortunes.
No matter how the rest of the season plays
out, Wright is just happy to be back on the
path those in Miami and around the NBA had
long expected.
“The Heat probably wanted me to do this
four years ago,” Wright said. “But if they
would have given me the opportunity I have
here, they might have got that.
“But I enjoyed my time in Miami, and I
think it all worked out,” he added. “The big
thing coming here was an opportunity to get
the minutes. Because I knew if I get the min-
utes, I know I can go out there and show my
whole game and guys would be like, ’Wow. I
didn’t know he could do it.”’

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THE DAILY JOURNAL
Sharks 3, Capitals 2
Sharks back Harden shut down for two weeks
home,beat
Washington
By Josh Dubow
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN JOSE — Ryane Clowe and Dany
Heatley scored third-period goals to help the
San Jose Sharks beat Washington 3-2
Thursday night for their 14th win in their last
15 meetings with the Capitals.
Joe Pavelski had a short-handed goal and
Antti Niemi made 23 saves for the Sharks, who
followed up last week’s 2-0 win at Washington
with another victory over the Capitals.
Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom
scored for the Capitals, who have lost four of
five. One night after breaking out offensively
in a 7-6 win at Anaheim, Washington once
again struggled to score and now has 10 losses
and one tie in its last 11 trips to San Jose. The
Capitals have five goals in their past four loss-
es.
For the second time in just more than a
week, these teams went into the third period
tied only to have the Sharks come up with the
big plays for the win.
Kyle Wellwood got the winning play started
this time when he fired a puck from the boards
to the front of the crease. Clowe knocked it
down with his stick and then backhanded the
puck past a sprawling Michal Neuvirth for his
15th goal to give the Sharks a 2-1 lead 4:27
into the final period.
San Jose added what proved to be the game-
winner on the power play midway through the
third when Heatley tipped in a point shot from
Dan Boyle that deflected off the stick of a
Washington defender, Pavelski and Joe
Thornton before Heatley knocked it past
Neuvirth. That ended a string of 12 straight
failed power plays for the Sharks, who had
gone five straight games without scoring with
the man advantage.
The Capitals got one goal back when
Nicklas Backstrom scored with 1:55 remain-
ing, but could not get the equalizer.
The Sharks returned home from a two-week
road swing in the thick of the Western
Conference playoff race after winning five of
seven games on the trip. This began a stretch of
15 home games in the final 24 contests, which
normally would be a good omen except for the
fact that San Jose had won only half its home
games heading into this contest.
SPORTS
By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHOENIX — Rich Harden could only chuck-
le and shake his head good naturedly at his latest
predicament.
Yes, Harden is hurt again.
The Oakland Athletics right-hander is expect-
ed to miss two weeks of spring training after
experiencing stiffness in the lat muscle below his
pitching arm when he tried to throw Tuesday.
Two days later, manager Bob Geren said Harden
wouldn’t pitch again until he is pain-free — and
the training staff figures that will take at least a
couple of weeks.
“We evaluated him the last two days,” Geren
said before Thursday’s workout. “I just look at it
as a setback. I don’t look at it as terrible news. ...
We’ll see when he gets pain-free. It definitely
could affect that fifth starter spot. Hopefully it’s
just a minor setback.”
Wilson misses session with back stiffness
By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — San Francisco
Giants closer Brian Wilson had his scheduled
throwing session delayed Thursday because
of tightness in his back.
The injury isn’t considered serious for last
season’s major league saves leader, whose
bushy black beard has made him as popular as
his reliable pitching in the ninth inning.
Manager Bruce Bochy said Wilson received
treatment on the back Thursday and could be
ready to throw again for the World Series
champions by Friday at Scottsdale Stadium.
“We’re better off backing him off, let him
DEROSA
Continued from page 11
“He’s so versatile because he can play differ-
ent positions. I think as we get deeper into
spring we’ll have a better idea of where we’re at
with DeRo,” Bochy said. “Mark, he’s a pro. He
says: ’Hey, if I hit, I’m in the lineup. I’ve been
in this game long enough.’ Sure, we’re not in a
position to say, ’Here’s your position right now.’
He understands that.”
DeRosa will play some second base once
games begin late next week, especially because
starter Freddy Sanchez is coming off arthro-
scopic surgery on his non-throwing left shoul-
der — though it isn’t expected to slow him
The news that he would
be shut down is a tough
break for Harden, who is
back for a second stint with
the A’s hoping to crack the
rotation in what stands to be
quite the competition for
the No. 5 job. He was
forced to stop his bullpen
Rich Harden session after 10 to 15 pitch-
es.
“It’s frustrating, but I still feel I can go out
there and be healthy for a full season after that,”
said Harden, who has dealt with this same injury
before. “It is what it is. I know I can come back
and still pitch well.”
Geren acknowledged the 29-year-old Harden,
who had thrown three other times off the mound
before Tuesday, may have a tougher time crack-
ing the rotation now.
“Really, that’s out of my control now,” Harden
get this treatment and let
that tight back clear up,”
Bochy said after pitchers
and catchers worked out
Thursday. “Hopefully he’ll
be out here tomorrow. If he
has any discomfort, we’ll
back him off. We have
plenty of time with him.”
Brian Wilson Wilson has dealt with
back trouble in the past,
but never anything that has cost him signifi-
cant time.
The right-hander went 3-3 with a 1.81 ERA
and 48 saves in 2010. He recorded the final
out of the World Series against the Rangers
down at all the way a similar procedure did last
spring. Sanchez began the 2010 season on the
disabled list.
DeRosa isn’t taking for granted he has a ros-
ter spot. Not given his injury issues and the fact
he turns 36 later this month.
“I’m a realistic guy,” he said. “Do I think I’m
a pretty decent player when I’m healthy? Yeah.
At the same time, I wasn’t hitting balls in the
gap during the World Series. I’m very cognizant
of that. I know I’ve got to come in here and kind
of reclaim my space on the team. I was also
very proud of the way the guys kept me around
and kept me involved.”
Last May, DeRosa called the first surgery on
his wrist a “failure” and said he might need
another procedure, which turned out to be the
case.
DeRosa initially underwent left wrist surgery
Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 13
said. “I’ve got to focus on getting back and get-
ting healthy, building up. The hard part is not
pushing too hard too early. ... I was excited to get
going because I feel so good.”
Harden received a $1.5 million, one-year con-
tract in December to rejoin the A’s. He went 5-5
with a 5.58 ERA in 20 appearances and 18 starts
for the Texas Rangers last season, when he
struggled with injuries and control. After begin-
ning the season as the Rangers’ No. 2 starter, he
walked 62 batters in 92 innings.
Harden worked this winter in Arizona with A’s
pitching coach Ron Romanick, regularly watch-
ing video from his standout 2008 season. That
year, Harden went a combined 10-2 with a 2.07
ERA in 25 starts between Oakland and the Cubs.
Chicago acquired him on July 8, 2008, in a trade
with the A’s.
Training with Romanick, Harden said he has
improved his mechanics in a way he hopes will
help him stay healthy in the long run.
for the Giants’ first championship since 1954.
Bochy said it’s unclear when Wilson’s back
began bothering him this time. Wilson, a two-
time All-Star in five big league seasons, has
among the toughest, most regimented workout
routines of any of his teammates — in season
and out. Others like starters Matt Cain and
Barry Zito have even used some of Wilson’s
exercises.
Wilson initially threw Tuesday but didn’t
look like himself.
“It’s just a little setback there with Willie,”
Bochy said.
Also, two-time NL Cy Young Award winner
Tim Lincecum was fine to pitch Thursday
after dealing with a sore neck a day earlier.
after the 2009 season, when he batted .250 with
a career-best 23 homers to go along with 78
RBIs for Cleveland and St. Louis. DeRosa was
traded from the Indians to the Cardinals on June
27 that year but was in the St. Louis lineup for
three games before hurting his wrist against San
Francisco. He spent a stint on the disabled list
for an injury that was later diagnosed as a par-
tially torn tendon sheath.
He would like nothing more than to return to
his old self.
Watching the World Series was a thrill but
difficult at the same time.
“It was bittersweet,” he said. “To watch these
guys elevate their game the way they did ... I’ve
been in the league a long time and wanted a
chance to play, but I’m very proud of what they
did. I get a ring, which no one can ever take
away from me.”
14 Friday • Feb. 18, 2011
Arrest made in Auburn oak tree killings
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUBURN, Ala. — The man allegedly respon-
sible for poisoning the live oaks at Toomer’s
Corner where Auburn fans have long celebrated
big wins has been arrested and charged.
SOCCER
Continued from page 11
That’s really what it is. She’s a playmaker, she
makes things happens.”
Quan lived up to the praise. She, along with
the entire midfield, deserves recognition for
controlling the majority of the contest and not
allowing San Mateo to get much of anything
going on offense.
“I just felt we were a little tired, a little flat
in the first half,” said San Mateo head coach
Daire O’Connor. “(It is tough) with the
amount of tough games you play in this
league. I just felt we didn’t have the energy in
the first half.”
As the second half was about to begin in
WRESTLER
Continued from page 11
“It’s nice to get the first win and have her be
on the way to the medal round,” Bill
Herkelman wrote. “I sincerely respect the
decision of the Northrup family especially
since it was made on the biggest stage in
wrestling. I have heard nothing but good
things about the Northrup family and hope
Joel does very well the remainder of the tour-
ney.”
Because he defaulted and didn’t forfeit,
Northrup was allowed to compete in the con-
solation rounds, and he won his first match
later Thursday by major decision.
PANTHERS
Continued from page 11
A lot of Burlingame’s offensive success should
be credited to Bailey, who’s yet to experience
defeat in the PAL tournament during his career as
a Panther. Whether it was setting up the half-
court offense, driving to the hoop and dishing off,
or hitting the outside shot the Indians were daring
him to take, the senior shined Thursday night.
SPORTS
Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson said
Harvey Almorn Updyke Jr., 62 of Dadeville,
was arrested at the police station at 1:26 a.m.
Thursday and was charged with one count of
first-degree criminal mischief.
He admitted to making two calls claiming
San Mateo, the other important game of the
afternoon was just about to get underway.
The Dons came into Friday’s regular-season
finale one point behind San Mateo but were
riding a white-hot, eight-game unbeaten
streak.
“We tried to focus on ourselves and not
worry about others,” said Aragon head coach
Will Colglazier.
Back in Bearcat territory, San Mateo came
out in desperate search of the equalizer. They
appeared to catch a break before the whistle
sounded when Scots starting goalkeeper
Brianna Furner took a seat on the bench.
Furner had a great first half.
With San Mateo’s first true chance at goal, a
shot that was mere whiskers from going into
the net, it appeared it might only be a matter
of time before the Bearcats did get that tying
goal.
He was spared any chance of meeting up
with Black — who also wrestles at 112
pounds and was 25-13 entering the tourna-
ment — when she was eliminated after being
pinned in both of her matches. But Northrup
and Herkelman would be matched up again if
both were to make the finals in the consolation
bracket.
Northrup’s father, Jamie Northrup, is a min-
ister in the Believers in Grace Fellowship, an
independent Pentecostal church in Marion
that believes young men and women shouldn’t
touch in a “familiar way,” said Bill Randles,
the church’s pastor.
“We believe in the elevation and respect of
woman and we don’t think that wrestling a
woman is the right thing to do. Body slam-
ming and takedowns, that full contact sport is
not how to do that.”
“I think (Kwesi) showed tremendous patience
— not forcing shots, driving by and getting to
the rim and getting everyone involved,” Dowd
said. “The strength of our team all year has been
our team. And tonight, a bunch of different guys
stepped up.”
In fact, nine different Panthers got on the score
sheet, led by Puliceno’s 13.
With the lead growing by the minute, Dowd all
but cleared his bench.
It wasn’t all great news for the Panthers. With
1:07 remaining in the third quarter, Shaffer
appeared to land awkwardly trying to rebound
knowledge of the poisoning but later denied
actually poisoning the trees, according to court
documents.
Dawson said Updyke arrived at the jail with-
out an attorney and could face other charges.
Bond was set at $50,000. If convicted,
But the Carlmont defense stood strong and
despite a couple of near-misses from Katelyn
Turtletaub and Jennifer Ticzon, the Scots
would make the lone-goal of the contest stand.
“Today was a disappointing defeat, a tough
loss, but it’s been a fantastic season,”
O’Connor said. “Coming from first place in
the lower league last year to first place going
into the last game — for that, it was just a
tremendous effort from the team, the players
worked so hard. They came out a lot stronger
in the second half. Overall (it was) a fantastic
year (and) we’re going into CCS with a lot of
positives.”
At Terra Nova, Colglazier said he found out
San Mateo had lost during halftime of his
team’s game.
Did he tell the team at halftime?
“No way,” Colglazier said. “I didn’t tell
them until after the game. [When I did tell
Randles said Joel has been involved in
wrestling for many years, and he and his fam-
ily have discussed before the possibility of
girls getting involved in the sport.
“It’s totally his choice. He’s a young man
now and he’s worked hard to get where he’s
gotten. It’s up to him, and it was his convic-
tion” not to wrestle Herkelman.
Black said Northrup refused to wrestle her
three years ago, and that she respects him for
adhering to his beliefs.
“If it’s his religion and he’s strong in his
religion, then I just respect that,” Black said.
“Obviously, everyone can be pointing fingers
at him. He, at least, is true to his beliefs and
you have to respect that. It takes a lot for a 15-
or 16-year-old boy to do.”
Marth Stetzel, a mother from Perry who had
two sons in the tournament, said she had no
the basketball. He was in noticeable discomfort
on the endline as the trainer came out to check on
the star post player. Shaffer was helped off the
floor with what looked like a right ankle injury.
“We’re hoping it’s not as bad as it looked,”
Bailey said.
Jefferson crawled to within 17 points late in the
third period and, with the athleticism they’ve
showed all year, a serious run wasn’t out of the
question.
But Dean Ferrari and Bailey shot down any
ideas of that by draining a pair of 3s to end the
quarter.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Updyke could face one to 10 years in prison. His
court-appointed attorney, Philip Tyler, filed a
motion to withdraw as Updyke’s representative,
citing his former job as a part-time Auburn pro-
fessor and “numerous” family and personal ties.
Calls to Tyler were not immediately returned.
them], they were elated.”
Elated because Aragon did what they were
supposed to in their game against the Tigers,
routing the home team 4-0 to capture the PAL
Bay Division championship.
Defensive stopper Rachel Killigrew was the
offensive standout for the Dons (9-2-3 PAL
Bay, 30 points), scoring twice off assists from
Nicole Roderick and Kimi Petsche. Kat
McAuliffe started the scoring, off an assist
from Angela Knowles. Addy Eveslage scored
Aragon’s other goal, getting an assist from
Jenny Winterbottom.
After starting the Bay Division season 0-2-
2, the Dons went 9-0-1 the rest of the way.
Sports editor Nathan Mollat contributed to
this story.
problem with Northrup’s decision.
“We’re really raising kids that are going to
be bigger than wrestling, and if it’s something
that he believes strongly in — which is not
necessarily what I would do — you’ve got to
respect a kid like that,” Stetzel said.
Wrestling is extremely popular in Iowa, and
Black and Herkelman are the first girls to
qualify for the state tournament since it was
first sanctioned by the Iowa High School
Athletic Association in 1926.
According to the National Federation of
State High School Associations, more than
6,000 girls competed in wrestling in 2009-10
— compared with nearly 275,000 boys.
Though most states require girls to wrestle
boys, California, Hawaii, Texas, Washington
and Tennessee sponsor girls-only high school
wrestling tournaments.
Frank Ferrari had a great game for the Panthers
off the bench, scoring 12 points. Neil DeQuant
added two long-distance goals of his own in the
fourth quarter to nail the coffin.
Jefferson was paced by Gilson and his 12
points. Bernard DeBerry added 11 and Kyani
Harris had 10.
“We want to be the first time to win four years
in a row,” said Bailey of the tournament’s impor-
tance. “That’s always been our goal. You know,
you never want to lose a game. So we came in to
do a job and win it.”
THE DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 15

Aaron sees a Giants-Red Sox World Series

By Ronald Blum
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hank Aaron sees hitters regaining
superiority over pitchers this sea-
son, one that he suspects might end
with a World Series between the
Red Sox and Giants.
During a telephone interview with
The Associated Press, the Hall of
Fame slugger said he thinks the
upcoming trials of Barry Bonds and
Roger Clemens won’t overshadow
the season. Hammerin’ Hank also
predicts his Atlanta Braves will have
a successful first season under new
manager Fredi Gonzalez.
While much of the early spring
training buzz has been about the
Phillies, who added Cliff Lee to a
rotation that already has Roy
Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole
Hamels, Aaron said Philadelphia
shouldn’t count on winning the pen-
nant.
“I know Philadelphia got Cliff
Lee and all those other top pitchers
over there,” he said Tuesday from
Atlanta. “But hey, those kids did a
heck of a job last year for San
Francisco. I think they’re going to
have a good account of themselves.”
As for the American League,
Aaron thinks the addition of Adrian
Gonzalez and Carl Crawford gives
Boston a chance to set up the first
Red Sox-Giants World Series since
1912.
“They’re going to score a lot of
runs. I know that. And if they’re
pitching comes around, they’re
going to be awful tough to beat,” he
said.
The 77-year-old Aaron was
speaking this week to promote a
new initiative by Topps, which for
its 60th — diamond — anniversary
is launching a “Diamond Dig” pro-
motion. One of every six packs of
this year’s Topps Series 1 have spe-
cial code cards, and the buyer can
enter the code online and receive a
vintage Topps card and the chance
to take part in the “dig.”
Among the prizes are diamond-
embedded cards as well as the
chance to receive a diamond
engagement ring and a Topps dia-
mond commemorative ring.
“We look at our digital card busi-
ness as our way to support our phys-
ical card business,” said Mark Sapir,
the company’s vice president of
sports. “We see the trend of kids
spending more and more time
online. And in some ways we’re
competing with that, with our phys-
ical product, but in other ways we
recognize we need to embrace it.”
Aaron, the Braves’ senior vice
president, said the major leagues
have become harder to predict.
“At the beginning of the season
last year, if anybody had told you
that San Francisco would be in the
World Series, you would say they
were crazy,” he said.
Still, he doesn’t buy into all the
hype over the Phillies.

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NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND NBA GLANCE NHL GLANCE
vs. THREE-POINT CHALLENGE
vs. Capitals
Avalanche Ray Allen,Boston EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. Kevin Durant,Oklahoma City Atlantic Division Atlantic Division
CSN-CAL
CSN-CAL W L OT Pts GF GA
Daniel Gibson,Cleveland W L Pct GB
James Jones,Miami Boston 40 14 .741 — Philadelphia 38 14 5 81 190 144
Paul Pierce,Boston New York 28 26 .519 12 Pittsburgh 36 19 4 76 176 143
@ Utah vs. Boston
6 p.m.
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All-Star Weekend 7:30 p.m.
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Dorell Wright,Golden State
Previous Winners
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2010—Paul Pierce,Boston Toronto 15 41 .268 26 N.Y.Islanders 21 30 7 49 158 195
Southeast Division Northeast Division
2009—Daequan Cook,Miami
W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
2008—Jason Kapono,Toronto
LOCAL SCOREBOARD 2007—Jason Kapono,Miami Miami
Orlando
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Montreal
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2006—Dirk Nowitzki,Dallas
GIRLS’SOCCER 25 48.3-pointers — Dito,Stocker (A);Ujihara 4 (SM). Atlanta 34 21 .618 6 1/2 Buffalo 27 23 6 60 165 166
2005—Quentin Richardson,Phoenix
Menlo School 1,Notre Dame-San Jose 0 Records — San Mateo 14-11 Charlotte 24 32 .429 17 Toronto 25 27 6 56 150 178
2004—Voshon Lenard,Denver Ottawa 18 30 9 45 129 190
Halftime score — 1-0 Menlo School. Goal scorer 2003—Peja Stojakovic,Sacramento Washington 15 39 .278 25
(assist) — MS, McFarland (Cavan). Records — WBAL tournament second round Central Division Southeast Division
Menlo School 5-1-5 WBAL, 6-4-9 overall; Notre 2002—Peja Stojakovic,Sacramento W L OT Pts GF GA
Mercy-SF 46,Sacred Heart Prep 32 W L Pct GB
Dame-San Jose 9-1-1. 2001—Ray Allen,Milwaukee Tampa Bay 34 18 6 74 177 182
Sacred Heart Prep 14 5 10 3 — 32 Chicago 38 16 .704 —
2000—Jeff Hornacek,Utah Washington 30 19 10 70 162 152
Mercy-SF 11 12 11 12 — 46 Indiana 24 30 .444 14
Aragon 4,Terra Nova 0 1999—No contest Carolina 27 23 8 62 170 178
SACRED HEART PREP (fg ftm-fta tp) — Mel. Hol- Milwaukee 21 34 .382 17 1/2
Halftime score — 3-0 Aragon.Goal scorer (assist) land 4 2-4 10, Gannon 1 0-0 2, Meg. Holland 2 0-0 1998—Jeff Hornacek,Utah Atlanta 25 24 10 60 170 192
— A,McAuliffe (Knowles);A,R.Killigrew (Roderick); Detroit 21 36 .368 18 1/2
6,Donahoe 2 0-0 4,Sheridan 1 7-12 9,Perdue 0 1- 1997—Steve Kerr,Chicago Florida 24 25 7 55 148 152
A,Eveslage (Winterbottom);A,R.Killigrew (Petsche). Cleveland 10 46 .179 29
2 1. Totals 10 10-18 32. MERCY — Chen 3 3-4 9, 1996—Tim Legler,Washington
Records — Aragon 9-2-3 PAL Bay,13-2-5 overall. Mariano 1 0-0 2, Haight 3 0-0 7, Masoli 6 6-9 18,
Sabahi 5 0-0 10. Totals 18 9-13 46. 3-pointers —
1995—Glen Rice,Miami
1994—Mark Price,Cleveland WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE
Carlmont 1,San Mateo 0 Meg.Holland 2 (SHP); Haight (M). Central Division
Halftime score — 1-0 Carlmont. Goal scorer (as- 1993—Mark Price,Cleveland Southwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA
sist) — C,Quan (unassisted).Records — Carlmont Menlo School 48,Castilleja 46 OT 1992—Craig Hodges,Chicago W L Pct GB Detroit 35 16 6 76 193 165
6-5-3 PAL Bay; San Mateo 9-4-1. 1991—Craig Hodges,Chicago San Antonio 46 10 .821 —
Menlo School 13 12 8 8 7 — 48 Nashville 31 19 8 70 154 136
Castilleja 4 11 14 12 5 — 46 1990—Craig Hodges,Chicago Dallas 40 16 .714 6 Chicago 29 22 6 64 180 159
GIRLS’BASKETBALL 1989—Dale Ellis,Seattle New Orleans 33 25 .569 14
MENLO SCHOOL (fg ftm-fta tp) — Lete 6 0-0 13, Columbus 28 23 6 62 155 172
PAL tournament quarterfinals Price 6 3-3 15,Huber 2 1-2 6,Paye 1 0-0 2,Williams 1988—Larry Bird,Boston Memphis 31 26 .544 15 1/2 St.Louis 25 21 9 59 148 164
Mills 38,Half Moon Bay 37 2 0-0 4, Edelman 3 2-5 8. Totals 18 6-10 48. 1987—Larry Bird,Boston Houston 26 31 .456 20 1/2 Northwest Division
Half Moon Bay 10 3 11 13 — 37 CASTILLEJA — Nichols 7 1-2 17,Modi 1 3-6 5,Rantz 1986—Larry Bird,Boston Northwest Division
1 0-0 2, Rose 2 2-6 6,Von Kaeppler 7 2-7 16.Totals W L OT Pts GF GA
Mills 13 15 2 8 — 38 SLAM DUNK CONTEST W L Pct GB Vancouver 37 13 9 83 197 140
18 8-21 46.3-pointers — Huber,Lete (MS);Nichols
HALF MOON BAY (fg ftm-fta tp) — King 3 2-2 8, 2 (C). DeMar DeRozan,G,Toronto,6-7,220 Oklahoma City 35 19 .648 — Calgary 30 22 8 68 181 175
Cariaga 1 1-2 3, Reimche 5 0-0 11, Hilton 2 2-4 6, Blake Griffin,F,L.A.Clippers,6-10,251 Portland 32 24 .571 4 Minnesota 30 22 5 65 148 152
Moore 1 1-2 3,Koloamatangi 2 0-0 4,Lehane 1 0-0 Denver 32 25 .561 4 1/2
2.Totals 15 6-10 37.MILLS — Sui 5 1-1 11,Chierici BOYS’BASKETBALL Serge Ibaka,F-C,Oklahoma City,6-10,235 Colorado 25 26 7 57 173 198
5 0-0 10,Del Bianco 5 0-0 11,Lastofka 1 0-1 2,Chin PAL tournament quarterfinals JaVale McGee,C,Washington,7-0,252 Utah 31 26 .544 5 1/2 Edmonton 18 32 8 44 145 195
1 0-0 2, Siu 0 2-2 2.Totals 17 3-4 38. 3-pointers — Previous Winners Minnesota 13 43 .232 23 Pacific Division
Burlingame 61,Jefferson 44
Reimche (HMB); Del Bianco (M). 2010—Nate Robinson,New York Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA
Jefferson 5 7 17 15 — 44
2009—Nate Robinson,New York W L Pct GB Phoenix 31 19 9 71 169 165
Burlingame 20 12 13 16 — 61
San Mateo 59,Aragon 48 2008—Dwight Howard,Orlando L.A.Lakers 38 19 .667 — San Jose 32 21 6 70 163 154
JEFFERSON (fg ftm-fta tp) — Harris 3 2-2 10, De-
Aragon 13 9 13 13 — 48 Berry 5 1-3 11,Gilson 5 0-1 12,Biggins 3 2-2 9,Itaas 2007—Gerald Green,Boston Phoenix 27 27 .500 9 1/2 Anaheim 32 22 4 68 165 164
San Mateo 8 16 14 21 — 59 1 0-1 2.Totals 17 5-9 44.BURLINGAME — Bailey 5 Golden State 26 29 .473 11 Los Angeles 32 22 4 68 163 139
2006—Nate Robinson,New York
SAN MATEO (fg ftm-fta tp) — Ujihara 5 3-4 17, 0-0 2,DeQuant 1 0-0 3,Feinberg 1 0-0 2,F.Ferrari 4 L.A.Clippers 21 35 .375 16 1/2 Dallas 31 21 6 68 162 166
0-0 12,Grotz 1 0-0 2,D.Ferrari 2 1-2 6,Puliceno 5 3- 2005—Josh Smith,Atlanta
Simon 3 0-0 6, Hafoka 8 2-2 18, Stevens 4 0-1 8, Sacramento 13 40 .245 23
Perez 1 0-0 2, Whipple 3 2-6 8, Totals 24 7-13 59. 4 13,Loew 1 0-0 2,Shaffer 3 3-4 9.Totals 23 7-10 61. 2004—Fred Jones,Indiana
ARAGON — Kubo 5 5-7 15,Dito 2 10-12 15,Joyce 3-pointers — Harris 2, Gilson 2, Biggins (J); Bailey 2003—Jason Richardson,Golden State Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss.
3 0-0 6, Stocker 3 0-0 7, Kwee 1 3-6 5,Totals 13 18- 2,DeQuant,D.Ferrari,F.Ferrari 4 (B). 2002—Jason Richardson,Golden State
Wednesday’s Games Wednesday’s Games
2001—Desmond Mason,Seattle
Orlando 101,Washington 76 Los Angeles 4,Columbus 3,SO
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER 2000—Vince Carter,Toronto
1999—No competition
Miami 103,Toronto 95 Toronto 2,Buffalo 1
Boston 94,New Jersey 80 New Jersey 3,Carolina 2
SECOND ROUND Lyon (France) vs.Real Madrid (Spain),11:45 a.m. 1998—No competition Cleveland 104,L.A.Lakers 99 Philadelphia 4,Florida 2
First Leg Wednesday,Feb.23 1997—Kobe Bryant,L.A.Lakers Detroit 115,Indiana 109,OT Chicago 3,Minnesota 1
Tuesday,Feb.15 Inter Milan (Italy) vs. Bayern Munich (Germany), 1996—Brent Barry,L.A.Clippers New York 102,Atlanta 90 Pittsburgh 3,Colorado 2,OT
AC Milan (Italy) 0,Tottenham (England) 1 11:45 a.m. 1995—Harold Miner,Miami L.A.Clippers 98,Minnesota 90 Calgary 4,Dallas 2
Valencia (Spain) 1,Schalke (Germany) 1 Marseille (France) vs.Manchester United (England), 1994—Isaiah Rider,Minnesota Dallas 116,Sacramento 100 Washington 7,Anaheim 6
Wednesday,Feb.16 11:45 a.m. 1993—Harold Miner,Miami Philadelphia 114,Houston 105 Thursday’s Games
Arsenal (England) 2,Barcelona (Spain) 1 1992—Cedric Ceballos,Phoenix Golden State 107,Utah 100 N.Y.Rangers 4,Los Angeles 3,SO
AS Roma (Italy) 2,Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 3 Second Leg 1991—Dee Brown,Boston Denver 94,Milwaukee 87 Boston 6,N.Y.Islanders 3
Tuesday,March 8 1990—Dominique Wilkins,Atlanta Portland 103,New Orleans 96 Detroit 6,Tampa Bay 2
Tuesday,Feb.22 Barcelona vs.Arsenal,11:45 a.m. 1989—Kenny Walker,New York Thursday’s Games Nashville 3,Vancouver 1
Copenhagen (Denmark) vs. Chelsea (England), Shakhtar Donetsk vs.AS Roma,11:45 p.m. 1988—Michael Jordan,Chicago Chicago 109,San Antonio 99 Edmonton 4,Montreal 1
11:45 a.m. 1987—Michael Jordan,Chicago Dallas 112,Phoenix 106 Phoenix 4,Atlanta 3
16 Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 AUTO THE DAILY JOURNAL

Nissan debuts new Quest By Ann M. Job

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Just when you think you’ve seen every ver-

sion of minivan possible, Nissan debuts its
fourth-generation Quest with a few new ideas.
The Quest’s third-row seats are not remov-
able, so don’t worry about straining a back
muscle lugging them out. And no matter how
many seats are occupied or how much cargo is
packed inside, the Quest has an extra, large,
hidden storage area under the floor just before
the rear bumper for sizable last-minute items.
And it’s not an earthshattering innovation,
but there are 16 cupholders, more than what
you’ll find in the Honda Odyssey.
Built in Japan, the 2011 Quest is some 2
inches narrower and shorter in length than the
Odyssey. But the Quest’s starting price is on
par with the Odyssey. Starting manufacturer’s
suggested retail price, including destination
charge, is $28,550 for a base, 2011 Quest S
with 260-horsepower V-6 and continuously
variable transmission.
Note the Quest is the only minivan on the
U.S. market with a CVT, which is designed to
optimize fuel economy. But the estimated fuel
mileage for the Quest—19 miles per gallon in
city driving and 24 mpg on the highway—is
not class-leading.
Meanwhile, the 2011 Honda Odyssey—
which has top minivan gasoline mileage of
19/28 mpg—starts at $28,580 with 248-horse-
power V-6 and automatic transmission.
The 2011 Toyota Sienna LE with 266-
horsepower V-6 has a starting retail price,
including destination, of $30,010 and the 2011
See QUEST, Page 17
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QUEST
Continued from page 16
Chrysler Town Advertisement & Country
starts at $30,995 with 283-horsepower V-6
and automatic transmission.
Nissan officials talk up the exterior styling
of the new Quest, but no one looked at the
van during the test drive.
I kept looking at it, though, every time I
approached, because the curved gap between
body pieces at the front where the hood came
down atop the silver-colored top of the grille
seemed too obvious, not blended.
Frankly, the Quest’s flat-look rear roof
reminded me of a Ford Flex, or a hearse.
At 16.7 feet long from bumper to bumper,
the test Quest SL looked bigger than it drove.
The turning circle is just 36.7 feet, which
is similar to a sedan’s. And the Quest maneu-
vered well in parking lots, though I did have
to remember just how lengthy the body was
as I made turns. I noticed a lot of body mass
as the van traveled. It was particularly acute
in curves and around corners, when passen-
gers and I felt weight shift from one side of
the vehicle to the other.
But the ride overall was well controlled
over road bumps. There was ample power to
get his van moving. The 3.5-liter, double
overhead cam V-6 from Nissan delivers a
good 240 foot-pounds of torque at 4,400
rpm, so the van didn’t feel sluggish.
The new Quest tester merged easily into
traffic and kept pace with ease.
But I heard and felt a common CVT char-
acteristic of engine revving for a long time
when I accelerated. Conventional transmis-
sions automatically move into pre-set gears,
so the revving sounds are at a predictable,
clipped pace. Not so in the Quest tester.
Note that while a CVT works a bit differ-
ently than an automatic transmission to max-
imize power and fuel, drivers operate this
tranny the same as they do an automatic. Just
put it into “Drive” and then forget about
shifting.
But even with the CVT, I didn’t get any-
AUTO Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 17
where near the estimated mileage that Nissan
has publicized.
In city driving, I was pretty much stuck
around 15.7 mpg. The mileage crept up to
16.4 mpg after I spent time on the highway.
These numbers are far below the published
19/24-mpg estimates.
Nissan only offers the Quest with front-
wheel drive, and during some startups, the
strong engine power hit the front wheels with
force. I was glad to keep both hands on the
steering wheel.
But even with its size and heft, the 4,480-
pound Quest SL tester was about 100 pounds
lighter than an Odyssey and a Chrysler Town
& Country.
The Quest is spacious inside, and it feels
generously comfortable, especially for sec-
ond-row passengers with the two second-row
captain’s chairs pushed all the way back on
their tracks. Each chair has an armrest on
each side.
Sitting there, I could extend my legs and
enjoy the large windows on the sliding side
doors. These windows, by the way, go down
just over halfway, so pets and kids can get
some fresh air.
But be aware that there can be a loud buf-
feting sound created by the air hitting the The Quest is spacious inside, and it feels generously comfortable, especially for second-row
window space as you travel. passengers with the two second-row captain’s chairs pushed all the way back on their tracks.
As is typical in minivans, the third-row Each chair has an armrest on each side.
seat accommodates three people who would
sit closely on short cushions. Rear-most win-
dows did not open in the Quest SL.
But headroom in the Quest’s third row was
impressive at 40 inches. This is more than
the 37.9 inches in the third row of the Town
& Country and the 38 inches in the rearmost
seats of the Odyssey.
The big, hidden storage area is behind
these third-row seats and under a 60/40-split
hard cover. You wouldn’t know the cav-
ernous space was there if you didn’t hook a
finger into the pull-up loop and yank one of
the covers up.
The Quest provides up to 108.4 cubic feet
of flat cargo room with second- and third-
row seats folded. They go down easily.
Curtain air bags, antilock brakes, traction
control and electronic stability control are
standard safety items.
 ‘Dead Space 2’
Better than
the original,but
still the same game
SEE PAGE 22

Former maid
sues author
of ‘The Help’
By Holbrook Mohr
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JACKSON, Miss. — A black woman who

once worked as a maid for a relative of novel-
ist Kathryn Stockett is suing the author of the
best-selling book “The Help,” claiming she
was the basis for a black servant character
who she thought
depicted her in a
poor light.
The novel is
based on rela-
tionships
between white
families
their African-
and
Worlds collide in new game
By Lou Kesten Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, more time mastering each
American maids
in the segregated THE ASSOCIATED PRESS $59.99) brings all these icons brawler’s individual moves.
South of the together for the first time since Fighting fanatics will enjoy dis-
1960s, and a
driving charac- In this corner: Marvel Comics. 2000. Their goal: to pound the covering all the attacks
ter in the book is Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron living daylights out of each unleashed by each combination
a woman named Man, Hulk, all with their own other. If you need to ask why, of different button presses.
Aibileen.
Now, a real-life woman named Ablene comic books, movies, action fig- you’re probably not a fan of this Newcomers aren’t so lucky;
Cooper, who said she worked for Stockett’s ures and lunchboxes. genre; like most fighting games, the slender training mode in
brother, is claiming Stockett used her name
Across the ring: Capcom. Ryu, “MvC3” provides the barest “MvC3” is more confusing than
and likeness without permission and with helpful. Fortunately, the game
embarrassing results. Chun-Li, Dante, Chris Redfield. thread of a plot to hang all its
The lawsuit was filed Feb. 9 in Hinds You’re forgiven for asking: mayhem on. includes a “simple” control
County Circuit Court in Jackson, Miss., where
Who? Instead, it delivers plenty of scheme that lets you execute
Stockett grew up. It asks for $75,000 in dam- complex attacks with a single
ages, an amount chosen to keep the litigation But while Capcom’s characters the flashy, frenetic fisticuffs that
from ending up in federal jurisdiction, where don’t have the Hollywood star “Street Fighter” fans have come button. It levels the field
larger actions are often decided.
power of Marvel’s superheroes, to expect. Each brawl is a three- between experts and rookies,
Cooper referred questions to her attorney
they have anchored long-run- on-three tag team affair, and you and makes the game more acces-
when contacted Thursday. Her attorneys did
not immediately respond to messages. ning video game franchises like can mix characters from both sible for party play.
Penguin USA publisher Amy Einhorn said
universes. You can start with The more the merrier, because
she doesn’t think there’s any basis to the law-
“Devil May Cry” and “Resident the single-player action is a
suit. Evil.” And Ryu and Chun-Li, the some swordplay from Dante, drag. Each character gets a story
“This is a beautifully written work of fiction headliners of the “Street have Thor deliver the thunder, line that’s little more than a
and we don’t think there is any basis to the
legal claims,” Einhorn said Thursday in an e-
Fighter” series, proved long ago and finish off your foes with series of battles; run the gantlet
mail. they can hold their own against some brute force from the Hulk. and you’re rewarded with a half-
The six-page lawsuit claims, among other the likes of Magneto and Doctor With more than 30 characters hearted collection of still
things, that Stockett’s refusal to publicly admit
that she based the character on Cooper’s like-
Doom. to recruit, you could spend frames. The developers could
ness “is so outrageous in character, and so “Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of months experimenting with
See HELP, Page 22
Two Worlds” (Capcom, for teams. You could spend even See CAPCOM, Page 22

Doctors:TV reporter suffered migraine, not stroke

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — A TV
reporter who lapsed into gibber-
ish during a live shot outside the
Grammys suffered a migraine,
her doctors said Thursday.
KCBS-TV reporter Serene
Branson was doing a stand-up
Sunday outside the Staples
Center where the award show was
held when her speech became
incoherent. The station quickly
cut away, and she was examined
by paramedics Doctors said the kind of include seeing flashes of light or worked at the CBS affiliate in
and recovered migraine Branson suffered can zigzag patterns. In Branson’s Sacramento before joining
at home. mimic symptoms of a stroke. case, she felt numbness on the KCBS. Prior to that, she was a
B r a n s o n ’s “A migraine is not just a right side of her face that affected reporter and anchor at TV sta-
incoherence headache. It’s a complicated her speech, Charles said. tions in Palm Springs and Santa
fueled Internet brain event,” said UCLA neurolo- “She was actually having the Barbara.
speculation that gist Dr. Andrew Charles, who headache while she was having A telephone message left with
she suffered an examined Branson. these other symptoms,” he said. KCBS was not immediately
on-air stroke. Most people with migraines Branson told doctors she’s had returned Thursday.
Serene Branson But doctors at don’t have any warning. But migraines since a child, but never Branson has been medically
the University about 20 to 30 percent experience suffered an episode like this cleared to resume activities.
of California, Los Angeles where sensations before or during a before, Charles said. “She’s totally normal. She’s
she went to get a brain scan and migraine attack. Branson, a Los Angeles native completely back to herself,”
blood work done ruled it out. The most common sensations and two-time Emmy nominee, Charles said.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
MUSEUM GOTTA SEE ‘UM
By Susan Cohn
DAILY JOURNAL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
Embedded journalist: A news reporter
attached to a military unit involved in an armed
conflict. The term became familiar to
Americans during the Iraq war; the role has
remained as the terrain has changed.
“Afghanistan in 4 Frames: 4 Embedded
Photojournalists Take Aim at the War,” at the
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, fea-
tures works by photographers embedded with
various military units or forces in Afghanistan
over the past five years.
Eros Hoagland embedded with U.S. troops
several times, and twice with a British unit. His
high contrast black and white photographs in
Siege Perilous portray the tension between the
western military presence and the people of
Afghanistan in the Korengal Valley and
Helmand Province. In Women at War, Pulitzer
Prize winning photographer Lynsey Addario
depicts the life of female US military person-
nel deployed to Afghanistan. Her essay illus-
trates women soldiers training and patrolling
just like their male counterparts, but also per-
forming duties that put them in direct contact
with civilian women and children. Teru
Kuwayama has been shooting in Afghanistan
and its surrounding areas for nine years, both
embedded with the US military and on his
own. Using his low-tech Holga and Leica film
cameras, Teru has remained focused on telling
both the story of the war and the civilian and
military lives it affects.
James Lee, a San Francisco based photogra-
pher, writer and Marine Corps veteran, trav-
eled alongside Afghan National Security
Forces (ANSF) near the border of Pakistan.
His resulting photo essay, Counter-Narratives,
depicts the human costs of protracted conflict
and a ground-level perspective of ANSF oper-
ations far from any US military presence. Lee,
commenting on the connection between his
military experience and his photography, said,
“Rifles and cameras are equally difficult to
carry. Their use under the best of circum-
stances can change lives in unexpected ways.
Years spent carrying a rifle has allowed me to
quickly identify and disregard the surface sim-
ilarities of armed conflict. By moving beyond
these dominant militarized themes, photogra-
phers may find the space required to pursue
alternative representational practices that focus
on those distinct human moments that provide
a clear picture of the lived experience of those
people that are often unseen and unheard in a
time of war.”
SFAC Gallery Director and Afghanistan in 4
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Durand Line.Facing dust-loaded dry winds, Afghan Border Police officer Masoud Sayed watches
for signs of trouble along the Durand Line in Nangarhar province on April 15,2010.
Frames curator Meg Shiffler said, “I decided
early on not to create an exhibition filled with
combat photography. Although all of the artists
shot their images while embedded with various
armed forces, they managed to create incredi-
bly moving and intimate stories about soldiers
and Afghan civilians. It’s my intent that this
curatorial tactic of zeroing in on the human
perspective will make people think about the
impact of war on individual lives. The brave
photojournalists in this show put themselves in
life-threatening situations to bring us visual
stories that open up a broader dialogue about
war. I hope that’s exactly what this exhibition
accomplishes.”
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery,
Ground Floor of San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr.
Carlton B. Goodlett Place. Monday to Friday,
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Curator Shiffler conducts an
exhibition walk through from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15
p.m. Thursday, March 10, followed at 7:15
p.m. to 8 p.m. by a talk with James Lee. The
public is invited and asked to RSVP to
aimee.leduc@sfgov.org by March 7. For more
information call (415) 554-6080 or visit
www.sfartscommission.org. Afghanistan in 4
Frames: 4 Embedded Photojournalists Take
Aim at the War runs through May 13. The
exhibit and related events are free.
***
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s
JAMES LEE
“Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the
Camera Since 1870” brings together historical
and contemporary photographs, films and
video works by both unknown photographers
and internationally renowned artists, and
examines some of the camera’s most unsettling
uses, including pornography, surveillance,
stalking celebrity and witnessing violence. 151
Third St., near the Moscone Center. For more
information call (415) 357-4000 or visit
www.sfmoma.org. Through April 17.
***
SF Camerawork’s “As Yet Untitled: Artists &
Writers in Collaboration” features newly com-
missioned work exploring the relationship
between the photographic arts and writing. The
exhibit features new projects by Anne Colvin
and Stuart Krimko; Colter Jacobsen and Dodie
Bellamy with Publication Studio; Nonsite
Collective; Matt Lipps and Nona Caspers; RJ
Muna and Guillermo Gómez-Peña with La
Pocha Nostra; and David Horvitz with Zach
Houston and Ed Steck. SF Camerawork, 657
Mission St., second Floor. Tuesday to
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. For more information
call (415) 512- 2020 or visit www.sfcamera-
work.org. Through April 23.
Susan Cohn can be reached at susan@smdailyjour-
nal.com or www.twitter.com/susancityscene.
Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 19
Sen.Mike Gravel
Sen. Mike Gravel, former
Democratic United States
Senator from Alaska and a can-
didate in the 2008 presidential
election, speaks on
“Recollections on Peace Work.”
Gravel shares his thoughts on
such topics as the current U.S.
wars, the Wikileaks documents,
their “predecessor” the Pentagon
Papers (in whose release Gravel
had a major hand) and possible
new people-based methods of
governance. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 20. Unitarian
Universalists of San Mateo, 300
E. Santa Inez, San Mateo. For
more information call 342-8244.
Vanitha Sankaran
The Notre Dame de Namur’s
Creative Writers Series presents
Vanitha Sankaran, author of
Watermark and editor of the lit-
erary journal “flashquake.”
Reading and reception. Noon,
Wednesday, Feb. 23. Wiegand
Gallery, Notre Dame de Namur
University, 1500 Ralston Ave.,
Belmont. For more information
call 508-3730, ext. 2.
Tom McGraw
Tom McGraw, CEO of First
National Bank of Northern
California, will provide his take
on the economic outlook for
2011 and beyond. The talk is the
third in the Distinguished
Speakers Series, co-sponsored
by NDNU’s School of Business
and Management and the
Belmont Chamber of
Commerce. The event will be
held Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. at Ralston
Hall Mansion, located on
NDNU’s campus at 1500
Ralston Avenue in Belmont. For
more information, please call
508-3469.
All events are free unless otherwise
noted. Please check before the event
in case of schedule changes.
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THE DAILY JOURNAL
New trend in aged drinks Critical shift?
By Michelle Locke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
You’ve heard of a fine, aged wine, but
how about a vintage Manhattan?
Some bartenders are shaking up tradi-
tion by aging classic cocktails in barrels
for several weeks to produce drinks
with deeper, more nuanced flavors.
“What the barrels do is soften every-
thing out and integrate the flavors,” says
Hugh Reynolds, bar manager of Temple
Bar in Cambridge, Mass.
When aging cocktails, you don’t want
to use fresh ingredients, which could
spoil. And bartenders mostly have been
using liquors that can stand up to the
flavors of charred oak, like gin with its
botanical aromas. With vermouth, a sta-
ple in many cocktails, you get a little
oxidation, but that’s not necessarily a
bad thing, says Reynolds.
One of Reynolds’ classic cellared
cocktails is a whiskey barrel-aged
Negroni, a cocktail made of gin, sweet
vermouth and Campari, that was aged
in cured whiskey barrels from
Tuthilltown Distillery in New York.
He’s also made a cherry valance —
dark rum, blackstrap rum, cherry heer-
ing (a Danish liqueur) and chocolate
bitters. “That came out wonderfully,”
says Reynolds, who generally ages
cocktails for about seven weeks.
Reynolds was inspired by Jeffrey
Morgenthaler, bar manager at Clyde
Common in Portland, Ore., who began
barrel-aging cocktails a little over a
year ago after reading about yet another
WEEKEND JOURNAL
Some bartenders are shaking up tradition by aging classic cocktails in barrels for
several weeks to produce drinks with deeper,more nuanced flavors.
mixologist, Tony Conigliaro in London,
who has been aging cocktails in bottles.
“I wanted to take it to the next level,”
says Morgenthaler, who also writes
about spirits on his blog, jeffreymor-
genthaler.com. “I thought we could
speed the whole thing up into like two
months in wood and, lo and behold, it
worked out.”
In the constantly evolving world of
cocktails — culinary cocktails, cock-
tails with special types of ice, even
cocktails with meat — barrel-aging is
part of the quest for the next and the
new.
“It’s a great selling point. It’s a great
headline,” says Benjamin Schiller,
mixologist for the Boka Restaurant
Group in Chicago.
But it’s also a chance to explore new
flavor combinations says Schiller, who
was drawn to barrel-aged cocktails by
his appreciation of another aged prod-
uct, single-malt scotch. He’s been aging
Manhattans — whiskey, vermouth, bit-
ters.
Schiller has been experimenting on
the barrel side, too, following the sin-
gle-malt scotch method of using differ-
ent types of barrels — bourbon, port,
sherry — at different points in the aging
process.
Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 21
New reviewer named for wine
By Michelle Locke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
There’s a new critic in town for California wines and
oenophiles are buzzing about what that could mean.
Robert M. Parker Jr., the influential wine critic and founder
of The Wine Advocate, recently announced he is handing off
responsibility for California wines to his associate, Antonio
Galloni.
Parker will continue to review the wines of Bordeaux and the
Rhone Valley in France, and will also critique older vintages of
those regions and California.
Though his tastes can’t be summed up as just one style,
Parker has long been associated with big, bold bottles, like the
California “cult wines” that rose to prominence during the ’90s
— small production, high-end wines.
Getting a high score from someone like Parker is a boost to
sales and there’s been speculation that some winemakers have
been making wines with Parker’s tastes in mind, which could
leave them scrambling with a new palate to please.
Others say it’s more the case that California’s sunny climate
produced robust, ripe wines and Parker simply liked them.
“Was he following the story or leading the story? I choose to
think he was following the story more than leading,” says Jeff
Smith, vintner/owner of Hourglass winery in the Napa Valley.
Galloni’s challenge will be to find his own voice. He’ll like-
ly have a different perspective, but Smith is hoping Galloni will
share at least one thing with his predecessor and “continue to
write with the passion that Robert Parker wrote with.”
In an email, Parker said he has been trying to get Galloni to
work full-time in the wine world for several years and when he
convinced him, “I thought his talents would be best used cov-
ering the two very diverse regions of California and
Burgundy.”
As for what the change could mean for California wines, it’s
hard to know, he said in an e-mail.
“Most of the wineries already have very diverse styles of
wine, and while I covered California, I didn’t sense any pro-
found change in styles other than (a) more natural winemaking
with less sulphur, less fining and filtration, and more organi-
cally farmed vineyards, (b) other significant changes involved
the pursuit of more single vineyard sites with the pursuit of ter-
roir, and picking slightly riper to get sweeter tannins.”
To Robert Smiley, director of wine industry programs in the
Graduate School of Management at the University of
California, Davis, the secret to Parker’s success is that his
choices resonate with readers.
Whether Galloni will have the same kind of impact remains
to be seen. “He’s got a hill to climb, which is to establish a rep-
utation equal to that of Parker, but I don’t see any reason he
can’t do it,” Smiley said.
Elias Fernandez, winemaker at Shafer Vineyards, highly
See WNE, Page 22
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Nothing new in ‘Dead Space 2’

By Chase Slaton, Crispy Gamer
TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICE

Three years after the first game,

“Dead Space 2” reacquaints you
with engineer Isaac Clarke — who
has apparently lost his mind.
Waking up from a drug induced
slumber, he finds himself being res-
cued from his cell in the asylum by
a character whose name I never
cared to learn as he dies faster than

An easy, crispy shrimp an action movie cop who’s one

week from retirement. Players then
control Isaac’s straitjacketed body
and flee the asylum as its residents

in honor of Mardi Gras

By Jim Romanoff
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Start thinking about Mardi Gras
and New Orleans, and it won’t be
long before you’ve got shrimp on
your mind.
The preparation of for these party-
perfect crispy shrimp with spicy
Cajun sauce is somewhat similar to
how you might make Buffalo wings.
Raw shrimp are dredged in a sea-
soned mixture of Wondra flour, corn-
starch and beaten egg, which gets
wonderfully crispy when deep-fried.
The golden shrimp are served with
a sweet-and-spicy sauce made with
hot pepper sauce, mayonnaise and
honey, all spiked with a Cajun sea-
soning blend. The results are as irre-
sistible as a basket of hot wings and
even better, there are no bothersome
bones to get rid of.
CRISPY SHRIMP
IN SPICY CAJUN SAUCE
Start to finish: 50 minutes
Servings: 6
1 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
1/4 cup honey
3 to 4 teaspoons hot sauce, to taste
3 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
blend, or to taste
3 teaspoons salt, divided
Peanut or vegetable oil, for frying
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups quick-mixing flour,
such as Wondra
1 cup cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pep-
per
2 pounds large-sized raw shrimp,
shells and tails removed
3 scallions, green parts only, thin-
ly sliced
To make the sauce, in a large bowl
whisk together the mayonnaise,
honey, hot sauce, Cajun seasoning
and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Set aside.
In a large cast-iron skillet or other
heavy skillet over medium, heat 3/4
inch of oil to 350 F.
Meanwhile, in a shallow bowl,
whisk the eggs. In a second shallow
bowl, whisk together the flour, corn-
starch, the remaining 2 teaspoons of
salt and the black pepper.
Working in batches, dip the
shrimp first into the beaten eggs,
then in the flour mixture to coat well.
Fry the shrimp in the oil until
golden, about 1 minute per side,
adjusting the heat as necessary to
maintain the oil temperature. Use a
slotted spoon to transfer the fried
shrimp to a plate lined with paper
towels. Serve with the sauce for dip-
ping.
Nutrition information per serving
(values are rounded to the nearest
whole number): 434 calories; 179
calories from fat (41 percent of total
calories); 20 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g
trans fats); 373 mg cholesterol; 27 g
carbohydrate; 36 g protein; 0 g fiber;
992 mg sodium.
turn into horrible monsters and take
chase.
In “Dead Space,” Isaac was essen-
tially his companions’ slave as
they’d send him off to do every little
errand while they sat in a cozy con-
trol room somewhere. (I never
understood why the other members
of the repair team weren’t wearing
repair suits and wielding laser cut-
ters, as well.)
Instead, in “Dead Space 2,” Isaac
wants to get off this sinkhole of a
space colony before its 1 million-
plus population all turn into mon-
sters and start forcibly inserting
things into his body.
Fans of the first game will either
be annoyed or thrilled to find that
“Dead Space 2” has changed quite
a lot of gameplay mechanics while
sticking to the core gameplay that
initially attracted fans. For starters,
the useless map was thrown away
and the controls were redone.
Reloading and picking up items
have their own buttons now, as do
Healing and Isaac’s Stasis and
Kinesis powers. It’s a little tweak,
but it means that players no longer
have to frantically fiddle with the
controls while trying to both pick
up and use a healing item and fight
off a horde of monsters. There are a
few new weapons to play with, but
you most likely will never use them
as the game can easily be beaten
using only the Plasma Cutter (the
default weapon) and the Ripper
(the Dead Space version of a chain-
saw).
The Zero-G areas of the game
‘Dead Space 2’is a well-designed and well-crafted work of art that provides
a genuinely enjoyable gaming experience.
make a comeback, but rather than
jumping from wall to wall, the game
actually tries to mimic the effects of
a low-gravity environment by let-
ting Isaac zip around through space
using jets built into his suit. The lev-
els are darker, the flashlight is
brighter, and most of the annoying
mini-games (like the asteroid shoot-
ing game from “Dead Space”) are
gone.
While “Dead Space 2” is golden
when compared to its predecessor,
it’s still the same game in many fun-
damental and unpleasant ways.
“Dead Space” wanted to be a
spooky horror title like “System
Shock 2” and it failed miserably.
“Dead Space 2” though, has come to
terms with the fact that it will never
be a suspenseful or scary game and
has opted instead to go with the
action horror/gorefest genre. This
isn’t “Silent Hill” in space; it’s a
mix of “Hellraiser” and “Aliens.”
Monsters will still jump out at you,
but at least this time they won’t do it
from the other side of the room and
give you two minutes to get ready
for the attack.
The downside though is that much
of the core gameplay mechanics that
made up the original make their
return in the sequel. “Dead Space 2”
sticks with the “Resident Evil” sys-
tem of forcing tension by artificially
restricting weapon usage. Players
are limited in their options by a
restrictive inventory and ridiculous-
ly small item stack sizes for ammu-
nition.
In terms of plot, “Dead Space 2”
makes no sense whatsoever. There’s
a new Marker that’s apparently
causing problems, but then they
never actually explain why or how
the the monsters actually got aboard
the space station. I still have no idea
what “Convergence” is. After beat-
ing the game, I actually had to go
online to the “Dead Space” wiki in
order to understand what was going
on, and even then the answers
weren’t clear. Is the Marker good or
evil? What does it want? Where are
these monsters coming from? And
why does the government want the
artifact?
The story confused me so much
that I actually went out and bought a
copy of “Dead Space” again (which
was the only game I’ve sold back to
the store in the past three years) just
so that I might understand what’s
going on. In other words, “Dead
Space 2” is compelling and interest-
ing enough to make me play its
lame predecessor.

HELP
Continued from page 18
extreme as to go beyond all bounds of human
decency, and is utterly intolerable in a civi-
lized community.”
It quotes passages from the book, including
one in which Aibileen’s character describes a
cockroach: “He black. Blacker than me.”
The lawsuit said Cooper found it upsetting
and highly offensive to be portrayed as some-
one “who uses this kind of language and
compares her skin color to a cockroach.”
“The Help” tells the story of black maids
Aibileen and Minny, who work with a white
woman named Skeeter on a book about their
experiences as domestic help. The black
characters fear retribution for working with
the white woman on such a book, but
Aibileen decides to help in part because
black maids are forced to use outside rest-
rooms.
Cooper’s lawsuit claims it was offensive to
the Cote d’Or and whites of Chablis.)
be portrayed as someone who must use a seg-
regated toilet.
Stockett told The Associated Press in 2009
that growing up her family had a maid named
Demetrie, who used a restroom on the out-
side of the family’s house. Stockett said
Demetrie died in the mid-1980s.
“The Help” debuted in 2009, and there are
2.5 million hardcover copies in print in the
U.S., according to the publisher’s website.
Scenes for a movie based on the book were
shot in Mississippi. The film has not yet been
released.
starting with their first vintage released in 1997.
CAPCOM
Continued from page 18
have at least explained why Marvel and
Capcom are so mad at each other.
Still, admirers of either company - as well as
fighting games in general - will find much to
like. On the Marvel side, the big shots like
Spidey are complemented by some lesser
known characters, like killing machine
M.O.D.O.K. and Wolverine clone X-23.
Capcom’s roster has a few surprises, too, like

WINE
Continued from page 21
praised by Parker, doesn’t expect immediate
change under Galloni. (Galloni currently han-
dles Italian wine reviews for The Wine
Advocate, which he will continue to do, along
with Champagne, red and white Burgundies of
Shafer’s 2002 Hillside Select cabernet sauvi-
gnon won a perfect 100 from Parker, which was
gratifying, but chasing scores would be a mis-
take, Fernandez says. “It comes back to haunt
you because you’re not maximizing what the
terroir (the unique character of a vineyard) and
the area gives you,” he says. Smith agrees.
High-end and small production, Hourglass
won consistently high reviews from Parker
“He’s been a great voice and advocate of ours
over the years,” says Smith.
But reviews will only take you so far, he says.
“When we get the good reviews, we’re excit-
ed about them. If we don’t get them we contin-
ue making the wines in the style we think is
appropriate for those specific vineyards that
we’re farming. As soon as you lose sight of
your vision, bad things start happening.”
Amaterasu, the wolf goddess from “Okami,”
and Arthur, the hapless knight from “Ghosts `n
Goblins.”
It’s a solid piece of fan service, delivered in
vibrant, two-dimensional graphics that look
like they’re ripped out of a comic book. I wish
it was more ambitious and offered more vari-
ety, but gamers who have been waiting 11
years for this sequel will be satisfied. Two
stars out of four.
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CALTRAIN
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She urged Caltrain to keep all stations open
during the crisis.
Mountain View resident Amber Kerr said she
would be willing to pay a higher base fare
increase than the 25 cents currently proposed if
it would keep the stations open.
“Cutting stations is the most unfair,” Kerr
said. “I’d be happy to pay more.”
For San Francisco resident John Murphy,
none of Caltrain’s proposed cuts are acceptable.
“Short-term cuts won’t help in the long term,”
Murphy said. “You are going to lose a lot more
ridership than you think.”
Others encouraged Caltrain to increase bike
capacity while others wondered how skipping a
station would save money.
Belmont resident George Kranen reminded
Caltrain that a bicycle bridge is being built to
link the Caltrain station in his city to the Oracle
complex east of Highway 101.
“The bike bridge will be good for Oracle
workers, but not if it is closed,” Kranen said.
South San Francisco Mayor Kevin Mullin
reminded Caltrain that his city’s biotech indus-
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try is growing at Oyster Point and is reliant on
the trains to bring in workers.
“Caltrain is critical in our growth initiatives,”
Mullin said.
Burlingame Mayor Terry Nagel also urged
Caltrain not to close the downtown station.
“We have already taken our hits in
Burlingame,” Nagel said. “We’ve just approved
a downtown specific plan heavy with transit-
oriented development but you can’t have TOD
without the T.”
San Francisco resident Craig Wiesner lives
near the Bayshore station and owns a business
near the Hayward Park station in San Mateo,
both being considered for closure.
“This is a giant step backward,” Wiesner said.
The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
will hold a public hearing at its March 3 meet-
ing when it may declare a fiscal emergency
depending on how many members of the public
wish to address the board. The fiscal emergency
may not be declared until the JPB’s April 7
meeting. Regardless, fare increases, station clo-
sures and service reductions will go into effect
July 2.
Bill Silverfarb can be reached by e-mail: silver-
farb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-
5200 ext. 106.
FRIDAY, FEB. 18
Teen Open Mic Night. 6:15 p.m. to
8:15 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. For
more information call 591-8286.
Movie Night: ‘March of the
Penguins.’ 7 p.m. Woodside Village
Church, 3154 Woodside Road,
Woodside. For more information call
851-1587.
Thomas Jefferson joins the Saint
Michaels Trio. 7:30 p.m. Notre
Dame de Namur University, 1500
Ralston Ave., Belmont. The Saint
Michael Trio will perform the music
of Haydn and Mozart and will be
joined by special guest Thomas
Jefferson, author of the Declaration
of Independence. Free. For more
information call 508-3713.
Celtic Winter Show. 8 p.m. Club
Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City.
Celtic bands Tempest and Molly’s
Revenge will perform. $16 in
advance, $18 at the door. For more
information or to order tickets visit
foxrwc.com.
Match your Key Singles Party. 7:30
p.m. Intramuros Nightclub, 101
Brentwood Drive, South San
Francisco. Single professionals of all
ages are invited to meet new friends.
$20. For more information call (415)
507-9962.
Mighty Mississippi Blues Trio. 8
p.m. to 10 p.m. The Wine Bar, 270
Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay. $5.
For more information call 726-0770.
Love Fool — The Quintessential
’90s Band. 9 p.m. Club Fox, 2209
Broadway, Redwood City. Lovefool
will play a set of ’90s hits, from
Alanis Morissette to Alice in Chains
to Vanilla Ice. $10 in advance, $15 at
the door. For more information or to
buy tickets visit foxrwc.com.
Foreverland. 9 p.m. Club Fox, 2209
Broadway, Redwood City. Join us in
a 14-piece tribute to Michael
Jackson. $18 in advance, $20 at the
door. For more information call 369-
7770.
SATURDAY, FEB. 19
Family Resources Fair. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Hillsdale Shopping Center, 60
31st Ave., San Mateo. Join us for kid
activities and meet over 30 local ven-
dors that can help enhance and
improve the lives of you and your
loved ones. Free. For more informa-
tion call 274-9892.
Second Annual Lion Dance. 11 a.m.
East West Bank, 491 S. El Camino
Real, San Mateo. Presented by the
Downtown San Mateo Association
and Self-help for the Elderly. For
more information call 342-0822.
Older Vintages Tasting and Sale.
Noon to 4 p.m. La Honda Winery,
2645 Fair Oaks Ave., Redwood City.
Bring your freshly washed empty
wine bottles to the winery. We’ll fill
them up directly from the stainless
tank with a perfectly aged Red Table
Wine. Free. For more information
call 366-4104.
Optimist Volunteers for Youth
Camp Artisan Fair. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
5306 La Honda Road, San Gregorio.
The fair, a fundraiser to support the
Optimist Volunteers for Youth Camp,
will showcase several local artisans,
wines and food. Free, with donations
accepted. For more information visit
ovycamp.org/events.html.
Green Jazz-a Tangria Group Jazz
Experience. 2 p.m. Redwood City
Public Library, 1044 Middlefield
Road, Redwood City. Tangria’s musi-
cal evolution combines poetry and
environmental justice-themed origi-
nal jazz inspired by nature. Free. For
more information call 780-7018.
SUNDAY, FEB. 20
CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point:
Tinkering. CuriOdyssey, 1651
Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo.
CuriOdyssey’s newest exhibit cap-
tures the beauty and intrigue of
mechanical processes and highlights
the importance of tinkering in the
process of innovation. Free with
museum admission. For more infor-
mation call 342-7755.
Ballroom Tea Dance with the Bob
Guitierrez Band. 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
San Bruno Senior Center, 1555
Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno. $5.
For more information call 616-7150.
Music at Messiah Presents
Stanford Talisman Concert. 4 p.m.
Messiah Lutheran Church, 1835
Valota Road, Redwood City.
Donation $20 students, $15 seniors.
For more information call 369-5201.
Senator Mike Gravel:
‘Recollections on Peace Work.’ 7
p.m. to 9 p.m. Unitarian Universalists
of San Mateo, 300 E. Santa Inez
Ave., San Mateo. Senator Mike
Gravel settled in the Peninsula some
years ago, and has lately been
appearing around the Bay Area to
share his thoughts on such topics as
the current U.S. wars, the Wikileaks
documents, their ‘predecessor’ the
Pentagon Papers (in whose release
Gravel had a major hand) and possi-
Calendar
ble new people-based methods of
governance. Free. For more informa-
tion call 342-8244.
MONDAY, FEB. 21
Dance Connection Presidents’ Day
Dance. Free lessons: 6:45 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. Open Dance: 7:30 p.m. to
10 p.m. Burlingame Women’s Club,
241 Park Road, Burlingame. $8 for
members, $10 for guests. For more
information e-mail
dances4u241@yahoo.com.
Comedy Monday Hosted by Dan
St. Paul. 8 p.m. Club Fox, 2209
Broadway, Redwood City. Dan St.
Paul hosts four of the Bay Area’s top
comedians. For ages 21 and up. $10.
For more information or to order
tickets go to foxrwc.com.
TUESDAY, FEB. 22
Peter Fletcher, classical guitarist,
live performance. 7 p.m. Belmont
Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. Classical guitarist Peter
Fletcher performs music that spans
centuries and continents. Free. For
more information e-mail smc-
pr@plsinfo.org.
Healthy Eating Cooking Demo. 11
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burlingame
Recreation Center, 850 Burlingame
Ave. Enjoy tips for older adults,
demonstrations from a local chef and
a free lunch. For more registration
and more information call 558-7300.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23
Vanitha Sankaran at NDNU. Noon.
Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame de
Namur University, 1500 Ralston
Ave., Belmont. NDNU’s English
department presents author Vanitha
Sankaran, writer and editor of the lit-
erary journal ‘flashquake.’ Free. For
more information call 508-3730, ext.
2.
Backyard Composting Presented
by Bay Friendly Coalition. 6 p.m.
East Palo Alto Library, 2415
University Ave., East Palo Alto.
Learn how to turn your kitchen
scraps and yard waste into rich fertil-
izer. For more information call 320-
7712.
Distinguished Speakers Series:
Economic Update. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Ralston Hall Mansion, 1500 Ralston
Ave., Belmont. Tom McGraw, CEO
of the First National Bank of
Northern California, will speak about
the economic outlook for this year
and the future. Free. RSVP by Feb.
16. For more information or to RSVP
call 508-3469.
College Admissions Parent
Workshop. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Redwood City Public Library, 399
Marine Parkway, Redwood City.
Learn how to plan for the college
admissions process and create a pow-
erful application package. Free. For
more information or to RSVP visit-
collegeadmissions.eventbrite.com.
THURSDAY, FEB. 24
Mars Space and Beyond
Experience. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Hillsdale Shopping Center, 60 31st
Ave., San Mateo. Hillsdale Shopping
Center’s monthly Kid’s Club will
host the Mars Space and Beyond
Experience where children are invit-
ed to learn about planets, moons,
comets, stars and more with exciting
hands-on activities, from Mad
Science of the Bay Area. Free for
kids ages 12 and younger who sign
up with their parents on-site. For
more information call 345-8222.
‘We Love Children’s Books’
Benefit. 5:30 to 8 p.m. Children’s
Room at Redwood City Downtown
Library, 1044 Middlefield Road,
Redwood City. Help raise funds for
children’s library materials, and
enjoy entertainment by Redwood
City’s former Mayor, and storyteller
Chuck Ashton. $10 donation recom-
mended. For more information call
397-1729.
FRIDAY, FEB. 25
Filoli’s Special Celebration —
‘Daffodil Daydreams.’ 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Filoli Center, 86 Cañada
Road, Woodside. ‘Daffodil
Daydreams’ features three days of
talks, demonstrations, activities for
children and families, garden walks
with horticulturalists and the first fine
art exhibit of the 2011 visiting season
entitled Filoli instructors and their
students. Free admission for current
members of Filoli. For more informa-
tion call 364-8300.
Bianca and Dorado. 8 p.m. Club
Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City.
Dr. Rock and Latin Rock, Inc. pres-
ent singer/songwriter Bianca and
groove/rock quartet Dorado. $12 in
advance, $14 at the door. For more
information or to order tickets visit
foxrwc.com.
Death of a Salesman. 8 p.m. Pear
Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave.,
Mountain View. Classic and timeless,
this iconic and moving play captures
the American psyche in the examina-
tion of one man’s broken dreams and
failed expectations. $15 to $30; sav-
ings available for students and sen-
iors. For more information call 254-
1148.
Friday • Feb. 18, 2011 23
An evening of music from Eric
Clapton and Cream performed by
Just Cream. 8 p.m. Angelica’s Bell
Theatre, 863 Main St., Redwood
City. $10 in advance, $13 at the door.
For more information call 365-3226.
SATURDAY, FEB. 26
High Speed Rail Update Meeting.
10:30 a.m. to noon. Burlingame
Public Library, Lane Room, 480
Primrose Road, Burlingame. The
League of Women Voters hosts a
meeting regarding the future of High
Speed Rail in San Mateo County.
Free. For more information call 342-
5853.
Aja Vu Steely Dan Show with spe-
cial guest Blues Kitten. 9 p.m. Club
Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City.
San Francisco-based Aja Vu recreates
Steely Dan’s jazzy rock sound. $12 in
advance, $14 at the door. For more
information or to order tickets visit
foxrwc.com.
Wavecrest Workshop and Bird
Walk. Workshop: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m;
Bird Walk: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Train
Depot, 110 Higgins Canyon Road,
Half Moon Bay. A workshop led by
Alvaro Jaramillo, author of Field
Guide to the Birds of Chile and New
World Blackbirds, focusing on local
birds of prey. Suggested donation for
workshop: $15 for adults, $5 for sen-
iors and students, free for under 18.
Bird walk: free. For more informa-
tion visit coastsidelandtrust.org.
SUNDAY, FEB. 27
Ballroom Tea Dance with the Bob
Guitierrez Band. 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
San Bruno Senior Center, 1555
Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno. $5.
For more information call 616-7150.
MONDAY, FEB. 28
Comedy Monday Hosted by Dan
St. Paul. 8 p.m. Club Fox, 2209
Broadway, Redwood City. Dan St.
Paul hosts four of the Bay Area’s top
comedians. For ages 21 and up. $10.
For more information or to order
tickets visit foxrwc.com.
Do It Yourself Jewelry. 3:30 p.m. to
5 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. All
materials will be provided. For ages
12 to 19. Free. For more information
e-mail conrad@smcl.org.
TUESDAY, MARCH 1
Twin Pines Cafe Opening
Celebration. 11:30 a.m. Twin Pines
Senior and Community Center, 20
Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. $8.50, $4
for those 60 and older. Reservations
must be received at least two days in
advance. For more information or to
reserve a seat call 595-7444.
San Francisco Conservatory of
Music. 7:30 p.m. San Francisco
COnservatory of Music Osher Salon,
50 Oak St. Boris Slutsky will be per-
forming on piano. Free. For more
information call (415) 503-6256.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
Backyard Composting Presented
by Bay Friendly Coalition. 6 p.m.
Atherton Library, 2 Dinkelspiel
Station Lane, Atherton. Learn how to
turn kitchen scraps and yard wastes
into fertilizer to save water and
reduce weeds. Free. For more infor-
mation call 328-2422.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
Anton Schwartz and Christian
Tamburr Quartet. 8 p.m. Club Fox,
2209 Broadway, Redwood City.
Vibraphone player Christian Tamburr
joins Bay Area saxophonist Anton
Schwartz for an evening of grooving
and melodic jazz. $14 in advance,
$16 at the door. For more information
or to order tickets go to foxrwc.com.
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - It behooves you to steer clear of any
high-rolling acquaintances. Chances are they will lead you
A plethora of activities where your social life is concerned
down their wasteful path and cause you to live much too high
is likely to be a strong possibility in the near future. You’re
on the hog.
likely to get many opportunities to do certain things that
you’ve never done but always hoped you could. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - It would be wise not to boast
about things that you are working on but have yet to accom-
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Don’t expect others to do
plish. If the results are good, the bragging rights will speak
something for you once they find out that you simply can’t be
for themselves.
bothered. Be prepared to be on your own.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Regardless of how many things

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Someone who expounds on his/
her ideas with bold, dramatic terms might make you feel
over which you and your mate disagree, when in front of oth-
inadequate, yet unless this person has proof of success, what
ers, support him/her all the way. There should be no hint of
s/he has to say is of little consequence.
disapproval.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Instead of imposing your way SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - It might not be too wise to
enter into a partnership in which you’re offered a minor posi-
of doing things on co-workers, let them use their own meth-
tion with no possibility of ever being anything else. It’ll stifle
ods. You might be surprised at how much their procedures
your growth.
complement yours.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - A serious erosion of your SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Underestimating your
adversaries could have strong, undesirable consequences.
finances is likely if you lack the discipline rein in your spend-
You need to be extremely realistic about the caliber of those
ing habits. Remember: you might really need what you so
with whom you joust.
easily fritter away now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - In hopes of ridding yourself of a CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Don’t think you can go
around looking for everybody else to do all the heavy lifting
problem, you could manage it so tightly that you smother any
while you give the orders. You’re not likely to find volunteers. Previous
means of resolving the dilemma. Loosen up so you can see
what is happening. Copyright 2011, United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Sudoku
CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Any tall tales you have to tell
won’t impress those with whom you’re associating, but peo- answers
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The following person is doing business
section. The RFP is also as: Renew Home Energy Systems, 7
available by calling 650- 41st Avenue #513, SAN MATEO, CA
94403 is hereby registered by the follow-
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2/18, 2/19, 2/20, 2/21, 2/22, dress. The business is conducted by an
2/23, 2/24/11 Individual. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Keith Burtscher /
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203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242991
The following person is doing business
as: CALDEN - California Dental Equip-
ment Sales & Services, 1151 Fay St.,
REDWOOD CITY, CA 94061 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Frank
Calija, same address. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Frank Calija /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/25/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/28/11,
02/04/11, 02/11/11, 02/18/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243135
The following person is doing business
as: Zen Homes, 385 Eagle Trace Dr.,
HALF MOON BAY, CA 94019 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Taka-
hide Akiyama and Emma Akiyama, same
address, and Shoji Nagayama, 142 Jib
Ct., HALF MOON BAY. The business is
conducted by Copartners. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Emma Akiyama /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/01/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11,
02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243097
The following person is doing business
as: Jenn’s Gardening, 287 Alberta Ave.,
SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Jennifer
L. France, same address. The business
is conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Jennifer L. France /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/31/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11,
02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242821
The following person is doing business
as: Fusion, Peruvian Grill, 45 North B St.
SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owners: Pedro C.
Zerpa Malca, Julio Martinez and Hector
Anujo la Cruz, 1714 Marina Ct., SAN
MATEO, CA 94403. The business is con-
ducted by a General Partnership. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on
/s/ Pedro Zerpa /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/18/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11,
02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243137
The following person is doing business
as: Sky Framers, LLC, 853 Commodore
Dr. #340, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Sky Framers, LLC, CA. The business is
conducted by a Limited Liability Compa-
ny. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on
/s/ Kei Kotani /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/02/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11,
02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243163
The following person is doing business
as: Bootstrap Marketing, 1612 Laurel
Street, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is here-
by registered by the following owner:
Martyn Crew, 2911 Eaton Ave., SAN
CARLOS. The business is conducted by
an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 01/01/2011
/s/ Martyn F. Crew /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/02/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11,
02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242717
The following person is doing business
as: Innes Business Solutions, 795 Main
Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Leisa Innes, P O Box 2062, El Granada,
CA 94018. The business is conducted
by an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 01/01/2011.
/s/ Leisa Innes /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/11/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243056
The following person is doing business
as: Integrated Healing Associates, 520
S. El Camino Real, Ste. 204, San Mateo,
CA 94402 is hereby registered by the
following owner: Nancy Marx Phd, 2638
Monserat Ave., Belmont, CA 94002. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on
/s/ Nancy Marx Phd /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/28/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243269
The following person is doing business
as: Jibe Mobile, 2600 S. El Camino Real,
#205, San Mateo, CA 94403 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Ascen-
na Mobile, Inc., CA. The business is con-
ducted by a Corporation. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on 06/20/2008.
/s/ Steve Schroeder /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/09/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242858
The following person is doing business
as: (1)Westside Boot Camps, (2)West-
side Boxing Club, 1014 Howard Avenue,
San Mateo, CA 94401 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner: Patrick Ra-
gan, same address. The business is con-
ducted by an Individual. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on 01/01/2011.
/s/ Patrick Ragan /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/20/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243234
The following person is doing business
as: Hayes Group, 2657 Spring Street,
REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Hayes
Group Architects, Inc., A California Cor-
poration, CA. The business is conducted
by a Corporation. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 01/01/2011.
/s/ Kenneth D. Hayes /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/07/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243201
The following person is doing business
as: Arcadia Global Realty, 969-G Edge-
water Blvd. #987, FOSTER CITY, CA
94404 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Ramon Ayroso and Christine
Ayroso, 376 Treasure Island Dr., BEL-
MONT, CA 94002. The business is con-
ducted by Husband & Wife. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Ramon Ayroso /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/04/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243363
The following person is doing business
as: MAR Investments, 1290 Bayshore
Hwy. Ste. 159, BURLINGAME, CA
94010 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Maria Alicea, PO Box 1627,
BURLINGAME. The business is conduct-
ed by an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on N/A
/s/ Maria Alicea /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/15/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/18/11,
02/25/11, 03/04/11, 03/11/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243331
The following person is doing business
as: TKO Management, 517 N. San Ma-
teo Drive #1, SAN MATEO, CA 94401 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Tim Mantegani, same address. The busi-
ness is conducted by an Individual. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on
/s/ Tim Mantegani /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/14/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/18/11,
02/25/11, 03/04/11, 03/11/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243276
The following person is doing business
as: (1) Ambrosetti LLC (2) Bay Area Di-
vorce Coach, 2995 Woodside Rd. Ste.
400, WOODSIDE, CA 94062 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Am-
brosetti LLC, CA. The business is con-
ducted by a Limited Liability Company.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on 01/01/2011
/s/ Michael E. Thomas /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/09/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/18/11,
02/25/11, 03/04/11, 03/11/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243416
The following person is doing business
as: Digital Media Consulting, 761 Rollins
Rd. Apt. 4, BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Stefanie Yang, same address. The busi-
ness is conducted by an Individual. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on 01/07/2011
/s/ Stefanie Yang /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/17/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/18/11,
02/25/11, 03/04/11, 03/11/11
210 Lost & Found
LOST: Center cap from wheel of Cadil-
lac. Around Christmas time. Chrome with
multi-colored Cadillac emblem in center.
Small hole near edge for locking device.
Belmont or San Carlos area.
Joel 650-592-1111.
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!
294 Baby Stuff
WOODEN POTTY CHAIR with play tray,
excellent condition, $55., Daly City,
(650)755-9833
295 Art
PAINTING "jack vettriano" Portland gal-
lery 26 x 33. $55. (650)345-1111.
PICTURE WITH Frame Jack Vettriano
with light attached $65. (650)867-2720
296 Appliances
AIR CONDITIONER - slider model for
narrow windows, 10k BTU, excellent
condition, $100., (650)212-7020
CHANDELIER NEW 4 lights $30.
(650)878-9542
CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.
(650)368-3037
IRON - BLACK & DECKER PRO X 725
with board, $35., (650)726-7424
KENMORE MICROWAVE - Great condi-
tion, extremely clean, ready to use,
24”W18”D15”H, interior 14.5”W12”H16”D
SOLD!
PORTABLE GE Dishwasher, excellent
condition $75 OBO, (650)583-0245
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
RCA VACUUM tube manual '42 $25.
(650)593-8880
REFRIGERATOR - Jordon 3 glass door
commercial refrigerator $50.00
(650)773-7533
SANYO 4.4 cubic ft. counter high refrig-
erator with stainless steel door. SOLD!
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
TOAST-R-OVEN BLACK & Decker not
used $14. SOLD!
VACUUM CLEANER $50 (650)367-1350
VACUUM CLEANER excellent condition
$40. (650)878-9542
VACUUM CLEANER Oreck-cannister
type $40., (650)637-8244
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,SOLD!
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo
(650)676-0732
GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed
good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712
298 Collectibles
28 RECORDS - 78 RPMS, Bing Crosby,
Frankie Laine, Al Jolson, many others, all
in book albums, $60. all, (650)347-5104
49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all,
(650)592-2648
5 PIECE territorial quarters uncirculated
$16. (408)249-3858
6 GALLON "red wing" Crock $100 RWC
(650)868-0436
COLLECTORS '75 LP's in covers
$5/each, (650)726-7424
GEISHA DOLL - 14" - BEAUTIFULLY
PACKAGED IN PLASTIC CASE.-
$25/ofr. SOLD!
GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
tion never used $25/all. (650)345-1111
JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
chard (650)834-4926
MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle
card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x
17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238
ORIGINAL PAT O'BRIEN'S HURRI-
CANE glass, great condition, $10.,
(650)726-7424
POSTER - framed photo of President
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash,
(650)755-8238
SPORTS CARDS over 10k some stars
and old cards $100/all. (650)207-2712
VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers,
perfect condition, $30., (650)345-1111
302 Antiques
(2) ANTIQUE Hurricane lamp complete
with wicks $25/each, (650)726-7424
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
CHROME TOASTER '50. Excellent con-
dition, $50., Daly City, (650)755-9833
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, $20., (650)347-5104
DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio
charger in box $100. (650)756-7878
DVD PLAYER -Toshiba DVD, video, CD
player, 5 disk changer, dolby digital,
works great, Burl., $50., (650)347-5104
“FALLOUT 3” for XBox 360. $10. SOLD
JVC VHS recorder - Like new, $15.,
(650)367-8949
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303 Electronics
PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-
8244
SANIO CASETTE/RECORDER 2 way
Radio - $95.obo, call for more details,
(650)290-1960
SONY RADIO cassette recorder $25
black good condition. (650)345-1111
TV - Big Screen, $70., ok condition,
(650)367-1350
TV 5 inch Black and white good condition
in box $10. (408)249-3858
TV SET 32 inch with remote and stand
$30. (650)520-0619
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
4 STURDY metal dining chairs $20/each.
(650)756-6778
BED BRASS single trundle $100 nice
and clean. (650)854-3235
BEDROOM SET - King size, 7 piece
bedroom set, marble top, SOLD!
BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5
rollers $25. (650)871-5078
BOOKCASE - $25., (650)255-6652
CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350
CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
bre base with glass shades $20.
(650)504-3621
COCKTAIL AND end table brass and
glass top $65. (650)854-3235
COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor-
age good condition $55. (650)867-2720
COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350
CREDENZA - $25., (650)255-6652
DINING CHAIRS (6) $100/all. (650)854-
3235
DINING ROOM table $100. (650)854-
3235
DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19
inches $30. (650)873-4030
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
GOSSIP BENCH with phone shelf excel-
lent conditon, $75., Daly City, (650)755-
9833
MATTRESSES (2) single, single nice
and clean $100.(650)854-3235
OFFICE DESK - $25., (650)255-6652
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, SOLD
TV STAND good condition beige lots of
storage $30. (650)867-2720
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 $35.,(650)867-2720
COUNTRY KITCHEN pot rack with down
lights. Retailed at $250. New in box $99
(650) 454-6163
GEORGE FORMAN Grill brand new
$35., (650)726-7424
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306 Housewares
HAMILTON BEACH Mixer, vintage, .juic-
er & bowl, beater. $30/obo(650)576-6067
OASIS COUNTERTOP water cooler dis-
penses cold and luke warm water SOLD!
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
CUSTOM JEWELRY all kinds, lengths
and sizes $50/all. (650)592-2648
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 length-
gloves sz 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
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
RIDGED WET AND DRY VACUUM -16
gallons 5 horse power in box accesso-
ries included $65., (650)756-7878
SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal-
lon stack tank air compressor $100.,
(650)591-4710
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219
TORO LEAF BLOWERS, Power Sweep
+ 850 Super Blower, Electric like new
$40. pair South City (415) 410-9801
309 Office Equipment
CALCULATOR - Casio, still in box, new,
$25. (650)867-2720
DELL PRINTER SCANNER COPIER all
in one with 2 ink cartridges. SOLD!
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
1 LG .Duffel Bag ,1 Xtra Lg. Duffel w
Wheels, 1 Leather week-ender Satchel,
All 3 at $75.00 650 871-7211
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
AUTO STRETCHING - The Complete
Manual of Specific Stretching, like new,
ask $75. (650) 204-0587
BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
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
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310 Misc. For Sale
BOOK "LIFETIME" WW11 $12.,
(408)249-3858
CABINET - 1 metal cabinet 3'x7'x14"
$20.00 (650) 773-7533
CABINET OAK, fits over toilet water
tank, like new $25. (650)341-5347
CANCER SALVES - A Botanical Ap-
proach To Treatment, like new, $35.
(650) 204.0587
CANDLE HOLDER with angel design,
tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for
$100, now $35. (650)345-1111
CERAMIC BOWLS - Set of blue hand
made ceramic bowls (9) with large bowl
fork/spoon set $100/all, (650)726-7424
COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters
uncirculated with Holder $15/all,
(408)249-3858
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
ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric
heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621
ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good con-
dition $35. (650)878-9542
FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide,
29"high, antique brass, folding doors,
sliding mesh screen, damper
controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047
FRONT END Dash Board from '98 Sono-
ma Truck $50. (650)871-7200
GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
used $8., (408)249-3858
HARD COVER BOOKS - Mystery & ad-
venture, current authors, some large type
print, $3.00 each, (650)364-7777
HARD COVER mystery and adventure
books (12) latest authors $3/each.
(650)364-7777
JAMES PATTERSON BOOKS - 2 hard-
back @$3. each, 4 paperback @ $1.
each, (650)341-1861
JANET EVANOVICH BOOKS - 4 hard-
back @$3. each, 3 paperback @$1.
each, (650)341-1861
KIDS GUITAR for 6 years and Up $40,
call (650)375-1550
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in
box, (650)368-3037
METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige
16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D.
$40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
NEW BANQUET table 6ft x 30. $40. Call
(650)871-7200.
NEW GAIAM Yoga P.M. Tape & CD
$10. 650-578-8306
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant)
with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648
PRECUT MILK cartons great for school
projects 24/bag $8/bag. (650)871-7200
RED LINE D4 ATF fluid (2 quarts), 50%
off retail, $5 each. (650) 204-0587
SF GREETING Cards (300 with enve-
lopes) factory sealed $20/all. (650)207-
2712
SLEEPER BLANKET (3) size 4T Soft
$7.50/each. (650)349-6059
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $30.
all, Burl, (650)347-5104
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $30.
all, Burl, (650)347-5104
SOFT BONNET hair drier "Con Air" $20.,
(650)589-2893
SPANISH GUITAR 6 strings good condi-
tion $80. Call (650)375-1550.
SPORTS BOOKS, Full of Facts, All
Sports, Beautiful Collection 5 Volumes,
$25. 650 871-7211
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310 Misc. For Sale 315 Wanted to Buy 316 Clothes 322 Garage Sales 322 Garage Sales 379 Open Houses
STUART WOODS HARDBACK BOOKS MEN'S SUIT almost new $25.
- 3 @$3. each, (650)341-1861 GO GREEN! 650-573-6981
We Buy GOLD GARAGE SALES OPEN HOUSE
SUIT/COAT HANGERS (14) sturdy good
quality hardwood unused $1/each or all
You Get The MENS JEANS - 4 pairs, Gap, Aber-
crombe & Fitch, 1 pair khaki, sizes 34/32,
FOSTER ESTATE SALES LISTINGS
$ Green $
$10. San Bruno 650-588-1946
Millbrae Jewelers
36/32, $42. all, (650)347-5104
CITY Make money, make room!
List your upcoming garage
List your Open House
TOWELS - 5 complete sets, 15 vintage
decorative towels, never used, bath, Est. 1957
MENS SLACKS - 8 pairs, $50., Size
36/32, (408)420-5646 7 Binnacle Lane sale, moving sale, estate
in the Daily Journal.
hand, washcloth,
(650)347-5104
excellent, $65., 400 Broadway - Millbrae
650-697-2685 WOMAN’S LAMB-SKIN coat, 2/3 length, Feb. 19 - Feb. 21 sale, yard sale, rummage Reach over 82,500
sale, clearance sale, or potential home buyers &
VASES (25) lovely all sizes $1-$5 Daly
size Med. VERY warm, beautiful! $75.
650 871-7211 9 am - 2 pm whatever sale you have... renters a day,
City, (650)755-9833 in the Daily Journal. from South San Francisco
316 Clothes
WOMEN'S CLOTHES extra, extra large
new with tags $50/each, (650)726-7424
Books, games, to Palo Alto.
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches women’s clothing, Reach over 82,500 readers in your local newspaper.
W still in box $60., (408)249-3858 49' SWEATSHIRT with hood size 8 extra from South San Francisco
large $100 obo. (650)346-9992 shoes, to Palo Alto. Call (650)344-5200
WALNUT CABINET- on rollers 26 W x
20 D x 34.5 H $35. (650)341-5347 BAY MEADOWS COAT - Light green,
317 Building Materials electronics & crafts in your local newspaper.
new, size L, $20., (650)867-2720 22 PIECES of 2x4's, 68" long
WETSUIT - Barefoot, like new, $40., $1.00/each (650) 773-7533 Call (650)344-5200
(650)367-8949 BLACK LEATHER MOTORCYCLE
JACKET - Large, water proof, new, $35., 380 Real Estate Services
(650)342-7568 DOUBLE PANED GLASS WINDOWS -
WIDE-BODIED VASE -- Colorful, Perfect various sizes, half moon, like new, $10.
condition, nice design, $25 (650)867- BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great and up, (650)756-6778
2720 condition $99. (650)558-1975
BLACK LIKE Leather pants Mrs. size
SCREEN DOOR 36 inch slightly bent
$15. (650)871-7200
335 Garden Equipment DISTRESS
311 Musical Instruments
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for
made in France size 40 $99. (650)558-
1975 SLIDING SCREEN door 30 inch good
condition $25. (650)871-7200
BROGMANSIA TREE $40 needs plant-
ing. (650)871-7200 SALES
both. (650)342-4537 BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle THE THRIFT SHOP Bank Foreclosures.
KEYBOARD CASIO 3 ft long $50.
length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141
BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle
WATER HEATER - 40 gallon Energy
saver electric water heater $50.00 (650)
WOMEN’S SEPARATES
ON SALE 50% OFF
TABLE - for plant, $30, perfect condi-
tion, (650)345-1111 $400,000+
(650)583-2767 length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141 773-7533 Thursday & Friday 10:00-2:00 Free list with
345 Medical Equipment
PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, “Davis & JACKET (LARGE) Pants (small) black
Velvet good cond. $25/all (650)589-2893
WOOD PALLETS - 20 pieces of heavy
duty wood pallets 30"X43" $15.00/each
Saturdays 10:00-3:00
Episcopal Church pictures.
Sons”, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007
(650) 773-7533 1 South El Camino Real CRUTCHES - adult, aluminium, for tall PeninsulaRealEstate.info
San Mateo 94401 person, $30., (650)341-1861 Free recorded message
312 Pets & Animals LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with (650)344-0921
dark brown lining RWC $35. (650)868-
0436 318 Sports Equipment 379 Open Houses 1(800)754-0569
ALASKAN HUSKY - Wolf PUPS, beauti-
ful family pets, $360. each, (408)334-
ID# 2042
1474 LADIES SHOES- size 5, $10., (650)756- 2 GOLF CLUBS - Ladies, right handed,
putter & driver $5/each (650)755-8238
Dolphin RE
6778 REDWOOD SHORES
821 Boardwalk Place
BIRD CAGE 14x14x8 ecellent condition PUTTING GOLF Set 8Ft. x 16 inches
$25 Daly City, (650)755-9833 MAN’S SUEDE-LIKE jacket, Brown.
New, XXLg. $25. 650 871-7211 $10., (408)249-3858
Open Sunday Feb. 20th
KITTY LITTER box enclosed with swing-
ing door and handle $10., (650)592-2648
MEN'S SHOES
(650)756-6778
- New, size 10, $10., SPEEDO OPTIMUS Training Fins size
10-11. Perfect for your training.
1:30pm-4pm
call jeff 650-208-5758 $25 Responsibly Priced at
only $615,000
610 Crossword Puzzle 610 Crossword Puzzle 610 Crossword Puzzle Heather Hansen
650-483.8030
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 315 Wanted to Buy 315 Wanted to Buy
ACROSS DOWN 34 “Yikes!” 46 British rule in India
1 Timeworn 1 Turkish honorific 35 Qualm 47 Post-fall
observation 2 Wilmington’s st. 36 Like some workers reassurance
6 “Pronto!” 3 Lover of armies? in an open shop 49 Interpol
10 Party person 4 Acts of kindness 37 HMO employees headquarters
14 Paganini’s 5 Enter cautiously 38 Thumbs-up vote 50 Glyceride, e.g. 440 Apartments
birthplace 6 Americans in BELMONT - Prime, quiet location, view,
41 Response to a 54 Setting on the new carpets, balcony-patio, dishwasher,
15 One of an historic Paris, e.g.
doubting Thomas Mississippi: Abbr. covered carports, storage, pool. No pets.
seagoing trio 7 Femme fatale 1 bedroom $1,295 and up. (650)595-
16 Not deceived by 8 Book collector’s 42 More scrawny 55 A lost driver may 0805 Days or (650)344-8418 Evenings.

17 Los __: city near suffix 43 Prohibitive door hang one, briefly
sign 57 M.D.’s specialty FURNISHED ROOM
San Jose 9 Put down in for Rent
18 Presidential writing? 45 Misbehaves 58 Styling stuff Sequoia Inn
Rate starts at $45 + tax
putdown? 10 Mubarak of Egypt ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: WEEKLY AVAILABLE.
20 1926 channel 11 Surfing without a Quiet room & great location.
Private Bath, FREE WiFi,
swimmer board, maybe Microfridge, Premium Cable & more.
526 El Camino Real
22 Bernardo’s girl in 12 New York’s __ (650)369-6736 ext. 0
“West Side Story” Island
23 Presidential 13 T in a sandwich
advisers? 19 Typewriter feature
26 Trademark 21 Queue after Q REDWOOD
cousins 23 Opposite of bueno
27 Trains on 24 Psychic couple? CITY
supports 25 “That’s __ ask” 381 Homes for Sale 381 Homes for Sale 1 bedroom, 1 bath
28 “Discreet Music” 26 Sta-__: fabric in senior complex
composer softener
29 Movie beekeeper 30 Hoodwink
(over 55).
30 People person? 31 Ruling family Close to
32 Presidential ATM name in 19th- downtown.
sign? century Europe Gated entry.
39 “Contact” author 33 Connecticut
40 “Uh-uh”
41 Ex-Saudi ruler __
coastal town near
Stamford xwordeditor@aol.com 02/18/11 Move in
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44 Managed
Special.
45 Onetime 830 Main Street, RWC
California (650)367-0177
gubernatorial
candidate
Huffington
445 Multi-Plexes for Rent
48 Presidential
university? SAN CARLOS - 1 bed, 1 bath, 4-plex,
private balcony, storage room, carport,
51 Biblical words $1255.mo., (650)508-0946
before and after
470 Rooms
“for”
52 Title subject of a GARDEN MOTEL
G.B. Shaw play 1690 Broadway
53 Presidential belt- Redwood City, CA 94063
tightening? (650)366-4724
Low Daily & Weekly Rooms
56 Blitz attachment Free HBO + Spanish+Sports+Movie
Channels, Free Internet
59 Prefix with Daily $45+tax Nite & up
“Language” in a Weekly $250+tax & up
1993 comedy
best-seller HIP HOUSING
Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
60 Gaston’s god San Mateo County
61 Perform penance (650)348-6660
62 Scraps MILLBRAE ROOM - new, near shop-
63 U. of Maryland ping, $800./mo., (650)697-4758
athlete
SAN MATEO - 1 bedroom with private
64 Streisand title role By Dan Naddor bath. Utilities included. No smoking/pets.
(c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
02/18/11 $700/month, female only. (650)504-
7122, Call after 6 pm, Weekdays.
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470 Rooms 620 Automobiles
REDWOOD CITY AUTO AUCTION
The following repossessed vehi-
Sequoia Hotel cles are being sold by Patelco Credit
800 Main St., Union on February 22nd starting at
$600 Monthly 8am --- 2003 Lincoln Aviator #J16647,
$160. & up per week. 2002 Lincoln Navigator #J14346,
2004 Nissan Titan #585641, 2005
(650)366-9501
Honda Accord #004734. Sealed bids
(650)279-9811 will be taken starting at 8am on
2/22/2011. Sale held at Forrest Faul-
knor & Sons Auction Company, 175
REDWOOD CITY- Large room with Sylvester Road, South San Francisco.
kitchen and bath. $995.mo. plus $600. For more information please visit our
web site at www.ffsons.com.
deposit, (650)361-1200
Room For Rent
AUTO AUCTION
Travel Inn, San Carlos
The following repossessed vehi-
$49 daily + tax cles are being sold by Meriwest Credit
$280 weekly + tax Union-2004 Acura TL #069975, 2005
Clean Quiet Convenient Jeep Grand Cherokee #543040, 2005
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
Nissan Maxima #846936. The follow-
Microwave and Refrigerator ing repossessed vehicles are being
950 El Camino Real San Carlos sold by SafeAmerica Credit Un-
ion—2006 Mazda 5 #130331, 2007
(650) 593-3136
Mitsubishi Eclipse #007450, 2003
Chevrolet Tahoe #107254. Plus over
100 late model Sport Utilities, Pick
Ups, Mini Vans, and luxury cars ---IN-
515 Office Space DOORS---Charity donations sold.
Sealed bids will be taken from 8am-
8pm on 02/21/2011 and 8am-5pm on
BELMONT OFFICE for rent. 02/22/2011. Sale held at Forrest
Great location, 2 available starting at Faulknor & Sons Auction Company,
$550 mo.
175 Sylvester Road, South San Fran-
(650)551-1255/(408)230-0122 cisco. For more information please
visit our web site at www.ffsons.com.
REDWOOD CITY Psychotherapist Office
to share. Mon-Sat., hours can be ar-
ranged as well as discussion of rent.
(650)380-4459 BMW ‘06 325i - low miles, very clean,
loaded, leather interior, $20,000 obo.,
(650)368-6674
620 Automobiles CADILLAC ‘03 Deville. Excellent condi-
tion, garage kept, SOLD!
‘95 PETERBILT TRAILER Hauls 150
yards dirt $100. CADILLAC ‘98 Catera - Green, leather
650-488-1362
interior, Bose system, 78K mi., good con-
dition, SOLD!
AUTO REVIEW
HONDA '06 Civic LX, red, $11,891. #
The San Mateo Daily Journal’s FA1656EW Melody Toyota, Call 877-
weekly Automotive Section. 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
Every Friday
HONDA ‘10 ACCORD LX - 4 door se-
Look for it in today’s paper to find dan, low miles, $19K, (650)573-6981
information on new cars,
used cars, services, and anything HONDA ‘98 Civic EX coupe red, man-
else having to do ual, $4,893. # TWL120399 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
with vehicles. tion the Daily Journal
HONDA CIVIC ‘99 EX sedan 4-door,
excellent mechanically, very good body,
$3,400. (650)325-7549
Don’t lose money
LEXUS '08 ES 350, silver, auto, $26,994
on a trade-in or #P82202515 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
consignment! 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
Sell your vehicle in the MERCEDES ‘01 E-Class E320, sedan,
silver, 76K miles, $9,992. T1B288567
Daily Journal’s Melody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635.
Auto Classifieds. Please mention the Daily Journal
MERCEDES ‘05 C230 - 40K miles, 4 cyl-
Just $3 per day. inder, black, $15,000, (650)455-7461
MERCEDES ‘06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy
blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty,
Reach 82,500 drivers $18,000, (650)455-7461
from South SF to
MERCEDES BENZ ‘04 E320 - Excellent
Palo Alto condition, leather interior, navigation,
77K mi., $17,500 obo, (650)574-1198
Call (650)344-5200
VOLKSWAGEN ‘01 New Beetle GLS
1.8L Turbo, green, 69K miles, $6,991.
ads@smdailyjournal.com T1M408000 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
CHRYSLER '07 300 Touring, sedan,
3.5L V6, silver, 38K miles, $17,892. TOYOTA ‘03 Camry Solara, white, 69K
#P7H682180 Melody Toyota, Call 877- miles, $9,994. T3C602658 Melody
587-8635. Please mention the Daily Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
Journal
tion the Daily Journal
620 Automobiles
SUTTON AUTO SALES
Cash for Cars
Call 650-595-DEAL (3325)
Or Stop By Our Lot
1659 El Camino Real
San Carols
TOYOTA ‘03 Corolla, silver, 82K miles,
$9,492. #P3C150154 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Camry, hybrid, while, 39K
miles, auto, $18,792. P8U044749 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Corolla CE, re, 41K miles,
$11,491. #P8Z956435 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Prius Touring, sedan, red,
33K miles, $19,894. P83339376 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Prius, sedan, silver, 44K
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BOND
Continued from page 1
“It’s not just a matter of how many kids in
the classroom,” said board President Mark
Hudak, who explained increasing class sizes
has allowed more students to be housed at the
same school. “There may be a few empty
classrooms, but the other facilities are becom-
ing overwhelmed.”
Hudak wanted to be sure the community at
large supported the bond idea before moving
forward.
Trustee Julie Chan, the only trustee who
lives in Foster City, noted the board will most
likely move forward but said the magnitude of
the decision will require input from all resi-
dents of her city.
Board Vice President Lory Lorimer Lawson
struggled with splitting the community with a
tax. She suggested looking at the enrollment
district-wide, which could create a reason for
a larger, district-wide tax.
Trustee Colleen Sullivan agreed, noting
Measure L, a $175 million district-wide bond
measure, only met a small amount of the facil-
ity needs in the entire district.
Regardless of the type of bond measure, the
district is moving toward funding the long-
discussed fourth elementary school this way.
Fully funding the purchase of land and build-
ing a fourth school in Foster City is estimated
to cost $40 million, said Chief Business
Official Micaela Ochoa. Reaching that level
would require annual tax of $23.50 per the
VISIT
Continued from page 1
range of programs and balking at new spend-
ing.
The president argues that targeted spending,
including education initiatives aimed at pro-
ducing a more sophisticated workforce, is cru-
cial for job creation and future U.S. competi-
LOCAL
“It’s not just a matter of how many kids in the
classroom. ...There may be a few empty classrooms,
but the other facilities are becoming overwhelmed.”
— Mark Hudak,San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District board president
$100,000 of a property’s assessed value. A tax
at that level received just over 55 percent sup-
port in polling, the rate required for such a
measure to pass, according to survey results
shared by Bryan Godbe of Godbe Research,
which conducted the poll.
Sixty percent of those polled supported at
tax rate of $19 per the $100,000 of a proper-
ty’s assessed value. Support increased to 64
percent when the rate dropped to $14. In
either of those scenarios, however, the district
would need to find another funding source to
purchase land.
Godbe said the district could go for an
affordable measure in November. However,
the district would need to focus on communi-
cating the need to voters to be successful since
there were questions among those polled
about the need and accuracy of enrollment
projections, he said.
Godbe Research conducted 300 18-minute
phone interviews of possible Foster City vot-
ers between Jan. 20 and Jan. 26, said Godbe.
When asked, 42 percent of people polled
thought Foster City would have enough space
at its current schools to meet the growing
enrollment need compared to 30 percent who
felt more room would be needed. Twenty-
eight percent were unsure, Godbe said.
Such a measure would require the district to
create a School Facilities Improvement
tiveness with other nations. A stamp of
approval from the Silicon Valley’s leading
innovators and job creators could help.
At the same time, the president’s meeting
Thursday extends outreach to the business
community that he’s embarked upon since
Democrats suffered steep losses in the
November midterm elections. With unem-
ployment stuck at 9 percent, Obama has been
pleading with corporate America to hire.
White House press secretary Jay Carney
District, allowing it to tax one area of the dis-
trict for a specific election, said Ochoa. The
timeline proposed last night calls for a resolu-
tion intending to form the district in March
with a public hearing and board vote in April.
While district representatives have been
careful not to comment on possible sites for
the school, the board has discussed four sites
during multiple closed session meetings in
recent months.
One lot at 400 Mariners Island Blvd. is
located on a street which acts as the boundary
between San Mateo and Foster City. It is val-
ued at $2.2 million, according to the San
Mateo County Treasurer-Tax Collector’s
Office.
The 6-acre parcel at 1164 Trinton Drive is
valued at $20.6 million, according to the tax
collector’s office. The 4.9-acre parcel at 551
Foster City Blvd. is valued at $5.4 million. An
online search showed office or business rental
space available at both locations.
Lastly, the 6-acre location at 1050-1064
Shell Blvd. is valued at $4.46 million. The
post office is one of the services offered at the
included addresses.
Increased enrollment and a desire to offer
neighborhood schools to families brought on
the district’s search for a home of a yet-to-be-
built fourth Foster City elementary school.
During the process, portions of a 15-acre
said Thursday that the high-tech sector has
been “a model, really, for that kind of eco-
nomic activity that we want to see in other
cutting-edge industries in the U.S. where jobs
can be created in America and kept in
America, and that’s what he wants to talk
about.”
After his stop in California, Obama was
planning to tour Intel Corp.’s semiconductor
manufacturing facility in Hillsboro, Ore., on
Friday with CEO Paul Otellini. Otellini, who
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site in the heart of Foster City topped the dis-
trict’s list of ideal locations. Last summer,
however, Foster City officials made it clear the
site would not house a school. District offi-
cials then turned their sights to private proper-
ty.
Population in Foster City is growing with a
projected 2,303 students in the 2012-13
school year, according to a district staff report.
About 385 additional students are expected to
enroll by the 2013-14 school year. Enrollment
has been managed by increasing class sizes, a
move temporarily allowed by the state
through the 2011-12 school year. Ultimately,
the new school is slated to be finished and
ready for students in 2014.
At the same meeting, the board began con-
versations about possible teacher layoffs.
California requires districts to send out pre-
liminary notices to teachers by March 15.
That number will be refined before final layoff
notices are sent out by May 15. Teachers will
know their fate a bit later this year as school
funding is contingent on a proposal from Gov.
Jerry Brown tied to a June special election. If
the tax continuation is approved by voters in
June, school districts will have more money.
At this point, the district is considering lay-
ing off 81.5217 full-time equivalent positions
including 30 teachers due to increasing class
sizes, 7.33 FTE of middle school elective
teachers, four assistant principals and 14.5
administrators, among other cuts.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 105.
was among a group of CEOs who met pri-
vately with Obama in December, has criti-
cized Obama’s policies as creating uncertain-
ty for business.
Obama has left Washington weekly since
his Jan. 25 State of the Union to highlight his
plans to boost education, innovation and infra-
structure. Education is this week’s theme.
Obama last visited California and Oregon,
both states he won easily in 2008, during a
four-state swing in October.
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