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CALTRAIN FACES A $30 MILLION STRUCTURAL DEFICIT
WEEKEND JOURNAL PAGE 16 LOCAL PAGE 3 SPORTS PAGE 11
Loans,drugs
at center of
casino busts
Federal investigators announce 14
arrests from San Bruno,Emeryville
By Bill Silverfarb casino chips as loans, according to
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF an indictment unsealed yesterday.
Only four of the 15 sought in the
Federal investigators arrested investigation actually worked for
Wednesday 14 of 15 people sought either casino, U.S. Attorney Melinda
in connection with racketeering Haag wrote in the indictment.
charges and distributing metham- During the course of executing
DAILY JOURNAL FILE PHOTO phetamine at two Bay Area casinos, about 20 search warrants
On Sept.9,a gas pipeline in the Glenview neighborhood of San Bruno exploded,killing eight people and destroying including Artichoke Joe’s in San Wednesday, agents seized several
dozens of homes.As a result,new regulations have been discussed by the National Transportation Safety Board. Bruno. hundred thousand dollars in cash and
The suspects are charged with thousands of dollars worth of casino
‘Major victories for pipeline safety’ racketeering, loan sharking and drug
sales, among other charges and acted
independently from casino owner-
ship. Many of the defendants offered
gambling chips, jewelry and valu-
ables, several pounds of narcotics
NIBKL tigation. stration violated any local ordinances. dog near the animal shelter Friday and
Hours after accounts of the Feb. 21 The guest lecturer asked the students tried to kill it by injecting the dog with
class appeared in local newspapers — if they were “ready for a live sex show,” two lethal doses of a sedative in a fore-
©2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. including the university’s defense of student Justin Smith told the Chicago leg and the heart. Each dose should have
Professor John Michael Bailey’s deci- Tribune. been enough to kill the dog, and the sec-
TAFSF At that point, Faith Kroll took off her ond injection was meant to ensure it
sion to allow students to witness the act
— Northwestern President Morton clothes and she and Jim Marcus climbed worked.
Schapiro strongly criticized the lecturer. on the stage and, as about 100 students
UPATBR “I feel it represented extremely poor looked on, the pair demonstrated the use Police: Ohio DUI suspect
judgment on the part of our faculty of a motorized device with a phallic drinks in front of cop
member,” Schapiro said a statement object attached to it. The lecturer, Ken
issued by the Evanston university. Melvoin-Berg, told the newspaper that ELYRIA, Ohio — Police in northern
NCFIHL A guest lecturer had been discussing the students were told about issues such Ohio say a man who was asked during a
Now arrange the circled letters
to form the surprise answer, as bondage and sexual fetishes during as safety and consent. traffic stop whether he’d been drinking
suggested by the above cartoon. Bailey’s human sexuality class. “It is probably something I will took a swig from an open can of beer
According to published reports, a cou- remember the rest of my life,” Smith, a and told the officer, “Yes.”
A:
ple at the lecture decided that a video 21-year-old senior, told the Tribune. “I According to Cleveland’s WJW-TV,
(Answers tomorrow)
the students were watching on the can’t say that about my Econ 202 class the Elyria police report says 25-year-old
Jumbles: FRONT PLUMP PURPLE SHOULD
Yesterday’s
Answer: Why the tow truck driver was able to help — female orgasm was not realistic and and the material that I learned there.” Stephen Supers was pulled over early
LOTS OF PULL
gave a live presentation involving the Wednesday because the officer had
sex toy. Underdog: Hundreds observed him speeding.
Schapiro said it did not matter that the The report says that after Supers took
incident occurred after the class was
seek pup back from `dead’ the drink in front of the officer he failed
over, that attendance was voluntarily OKLAHOMA CITY — Hundreds of a series of field sobriety tests.
and that the students were warned of the people from the United States and Supers is scheduled to appear in court
explicit nature of what they were about Canada want to adopt an Oklahoma dog Tuesday on charges including driving
to see. that survived an attempt to euthanize it. under the influence, driving under sus-
“I have recently learned of the after- The puppy was one of five stray dogs pension and possession of marijuana.
THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL Friday • March. 4, 2011 3
Police reports
Caltrain declares emergency Port pranks
A person received phone calls from a
Station closures,service reductions loom • Commuters express concern caller who was making scratching sounds
and foghorn noises on the 100 block of
By Bill Silverfarb Madison Avenue in San Bruno before
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF “When a tax increase 2:46 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25.
South City also commits Crowbar beating brings 11 years prison DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT $103,351. Cuellar at his home in the 800 block
HSA serves more than 84,000 individuals Development. the District Attorney’s Office budget because
CUTS
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— about one in nine residents — in some
capacity and that figure is estimated to reach
94,000 by year’s end, Johnson said.
The requested cut means 57 percent of the
budget, Bay said, who asked for some consid-
eration during later hearings.
the two public safety areas impact each other.
Munks offered supervisors three possible
cut levels, ranging from $3.7 million to $11.3
If HSA made good on its requested $10 mil- Still, Bay said, “even if you give us a lot of million. The higher tier would devastate pro-
lion reduction, the cut would be broad and flexibility there won’t be a lot of money.” grams and cut positions which would have to
children and our grandchildren” not to, she The lack of money was a prevalent theme as be filled with overtime — thereby raising
deep, she said.
said. yesterday’s talks moved from social services
The Board of Supervisors won’t hold its costs again — or left empty.
The Health System is facing a $15.2 million and health to public safety and justice.
week of recommended budget hearings until “It would, in my opinion, threaten public
reduction in net county costs to meet the 15 The District Attorney’s Office has little to
percent request by county officials, not includ- June but, over three days this week, its sub- safety,” he said.
committees heard from the departments on cut but bodies, said District Attorney Steve Inmate release and alternative programs are
ing what hits may come from the state and Wagstaffe, adding that will lead to “cookie
federal government, she said. their respective budget strategies. The com- options, but Munks said it should not be done
mittees asked for information on how each is cutter justice” and less specialized services in simply to save money.
The preference is not using reserves but the 125-employee department of which 53 are
there will likely be cuts to treatment slots for prioritizing its programs and services, the The Probation Department, which cut
full-time attorneys.
behavioral health and other reductions. minimum service levels allowed and some dozens of jobs last year, is targeted to reduce
However, he promised not to cut costs by
Otherwise, it is too early to tell what may hap- preliminary ideas for reducing its budget. ending prosecution of misdemeanors as has its budget by $4.22 million.
pen, she said. Thursday including presentations by health, been done in other counties. Half can be met by closing the Camp Kemp
Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson, chair of the HSA, child support services, housing, the dis- “I will not declare certain crimes now legal Girls Camp and transferring approximately
Housing, Health, Human Services trict attorney, sheriff, probation, coroner, fire in San Mateo County. ... You will see me out eight to 12 wards to the juvenile hall. The
Subcommittee hearing the presentation, said protection and private defender. there prosecuting drunk driving cases before camp costs an average of $700 per girl a day
the thought of cuts “makes you a little nerv- Both housing and child support services that happens,” Wagstaffe said. and “is simply no longer economically
ous” because the county should always pro- said they don’t anticipate any layoffs — the Wagstaffe’s predecessor Jim Fox battled viable,” said Christy Morrill, deputy director
vide for the needy. first time in nine years for child support, said with the Board of Supervisors over the budg- of administration services, who pressed the
Human Services Agency Director Beverly director Iliana Rodriguez. et last year and ultimately received a backfill supervisors to strongly consider the idea.
Beasley Johnson painted an equally bleak pic- Housing Director Duane Bay, though, said for the department’s deficit. Cutting the same The balance would be met by reducing the
ture, asking supervisors to remember that vir- there are still several unknowns in penciling amount now would create a “truly horrific sit- size of offices in East Palo Alto and South San
tually all programs and services that cost the out that department’s budget because much of uation,” Wagstaffe said. Francisco, shrinking the electronic monitoring
county use that money to leverage funds from the money comes from the federal Before launching into his own budget, program and eliminating approximately 40
the state and federal government. Department of Housing and Urban Sheriff Greg Munks said he also worries about positions.
ers approved a “soft” cap that allows for seven money in corrections costs. He also would like continue the temporary increases in the sales,
BUDGET
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visits unless patients get physician waivers
showing the visits are medically necessary.
Republican lawmakers have continued to
to provide counties with less money for certain
programs, such as counseling for rape victims
and training for some local law enforcement
personal income and vehicle taxes for another
five years. Those increases are set to expire this
year. His proposal also includes about $12 bil-
publicly oppose the Democratic governor’s officers. lion in spending cuts to help close the state’s
budget proposal, especially his call for a special “We think it’s half-baked,” said Sen. Bob $26.6 billion deficit.
Democrats who control the Assembly and
Senate granted Brown most of his requests, election so voters can have a say on the tax Huff, R-Diamond Bar, of the realignment plan. Zaremberg said it’s too soon for his group to
including his proposal to shift more responsi- extensions. GOP members also refused to support the take a position on the budget because the plans
bilities from the state to counties. They also GOP lawmakers on Thursday also refused to governor’s proposal to eliminate redevelop- are still being revised in legislative committees.
agreed to eliminate local redevelopment agen- support Brown’s proposal to shift a host of ment agencies, citing legal concerns that pre- But he noted that the chamber supported those
cies, a move that has come under fire from local responsibilities from the state to counties. The vent the state from raiding local government tax increases when Gov. Arnold
government officials who say the agencies are governor had altered his initial proposal to funds. Schwarzenegger proposed them as part of a
the main driver of city and county economic realign certain state and local government “There is no doubt that eliminating redevel- budget deal in 2009. They were the least harm-
development. responsibilities after criticism from local law opment agencies and using the funding for ful to the economy of several options consid-
While Democrats largely stuck to Brown’s enforcement authorities, but he still expects state purposes is unconstitutional,” said John ered at the time, Zaremberg said.
budget blueprint, they tried to make some of his substantial savings. Shirey, executive director, California To get the taxes on the ballot with a two-
spending cuts less painful for the poor. Rather Brown is asking counties to handle more Redevelopment Association, in a statement thirds majority, Brown needs support from at
than impose a cap of 10 doctor visits a month lower-risk offenders and parolees to relieve after Thursday’s vote. least two Republicans in each chamber if all
for Medi-Cal recipients, for example, lawmak- overcrowded state prisons and save the state Brown wants voters to decide whether to Democrats support the package.
THE DAILY JOURNAL OPINION Friday • March. 4, 2011 9
Deadline looms for state budget Other voices
I
grinder that has generated a series
t’s crunch time for the
California budget. Gov. Jerry
Brown and state legislators
Editorial of cobbled together budgets based
on delusions and shell games. And Pension jolt
are reaching a March 10 deadline the Legislature next week. nation’s largest economy and its no one wins that way. We haven’t
to place a measure on the ballot Brown faced a daunting task finances are closely watched. The for years, and we won’t now. And
— The (Riverside) Press-Enterprise
that would extend for five years when he entered office in January. events in Wisconsin prove that it’s no way to begin a governor’s
several tax increases that are set to The state’s $26.6 billion deficit was financial trouble are easily politi- tenure, particularly one sold on the
P
rotecting pension promises
expire this year. the result of declining revenue, ris- cized and can easily degrade to idea of straight talk. without regard to the public
The governor’s proposal for such ing pension obligations and years dysfunction and protest. To get the In the meantime, thousands of consequences is fiscal mad-
a measure stems from his budget of can-kicking and smoke and mir- necessary votes, Brown may have school teachers, administrators, ness. California cannot justify
plan that includes $12.8 billion in rors when it came to its annual to bend on certain issues he is parents and students hang in the retirement costs that will increas-
cuts and funding shifts to go along budget. His budget proposal interested in exploring like the pub- balance waiting for news on when ingly drain money away from pub-
with the $14 billion the tax exten- seemed to split down the middle — lic pension system, a state spending the ax will fall since the June 7 bal- lic services and squeeze government
sions would generate. large amounts of cuts and the cap and regulatory changes that hit lot measure was sold as a way to budgets. State and local elected offi-
The trouble, so far, is that the opportunity for voters to decide if the sweet spot for fiscal conserva- stave off school cuts. School dis- cials need to create less expensive
state requires a two-thirds vote of more were palatable or if they tives. Bend too much and he could benefits for new workers, and as
tricts are in the midst of beginning
both houses of the Legislature to wanted to extend what were once alienate the left. Bend too little and much as possible, rein in the
sold as temporary tax increases. he could risk losing a deal for the the arduous and repugnant task of
place such a measure on the ballot. exploding price of pensions for
And Brown has not pursued the Brown promised transparency and necessary votes. issuing termination notices in antic-
existing employees.
idea of a public initiative that frugality, and has delivered — If a deal is made next week, ipation of the worst-case scenario
The state’s watchdog Little
would skirt the state Senate and going so far as to take away cell Brown’s budget proposal will be up with the first deadline hitting just Hoover Commission last week
Assembly. In short, he needs two phones, some vehicles and trinkets to the voters — and even that is not days after the ballot measure’s dropped a bombshell on the pension
Republican votes in both the Senate like coffee cups and key chains. a slam-dunk. Continuing taxes, deadline next week. If Brown’s cur- debate by saying the state needs to
and the Assembly and every single But that’s not nearly enough to even in a fiscal emergency, is a rent effort fails, there will be a create cheaper retirement plans for
Democrat in the both houses to meet the kind of shortfall the state tough sell in a recession for even level of certainty, however that cer- current workers as well as new
place it on the ballot. A legislative is now facing. the most generous of Californians. tainty will one of despair unless hires. Federal law allows the private
committee passed a budget plan Here is where the rubber meets But it is his only chance of passing Brown decides to head down a new sector that power, but state court
yesterday that mirrors Brown’s, set- the road. And it is an important a budget he prefers. Otherwise, it path altogether with limited time to decisions suggest strict limits on
ting the stage for a showdown in road being that the state is the may mean it goes back into the spare. altering benefits for existing public
workers. So most reform efforts
have focused on lower-cost plans
for new employees.
Letters to the editor Attempting to adjust current
workers’ retirements would
undoubtedly lead to a legal struggle.
But the Legislature should investi-
Californians must retain the rev- downtown against future sea level seven station closures and the gate this option, because a system
Schools facing fiscal crisis enue that enables us to invest in our that shackles government to pension
rise, with the added bonus of a nighttime service cuts, my house-
Editor, schools and our students for the healthy Bay for all. hold will no longer be able to ride promises it can no longer afford fur-
The article “San Mateo County future but also for the present. Caltrain. This will not be a tempo- thers no conceivable public interest.
schools brace for layoffs” pub- Gladwyn d’Souza rary change. It will be a life-alter- State and local officials juiced
lished in the March 2 edition of the public retirements a decade ago, on
Shelly Masur Belmont ing adjustment. We will be forced
Daily Journal highlights the chal- the false premise that a booming
Redwood City to buy a second car, and we will stock market would cover the cost.
lenge that school districts face never have an opportunity to com-
across the state. In the last three The letter writer is a trustee on That prediction was wildly wrong:
years, funding has been cut by the Redwood City Elementary Keep Caltrain running mute to our jobs by public trans- In 1999-2000, state and local agen-
School District and president of the Editor, portation again. cies contributed $363 million to the
$3,000 per student, causing many
San Mateo County School Boards I currently take Caltrain daily I don’t think transportation offi- California Public Employees
districts to raise class sizes, elimi-
Association. from San Mateo to work. Thanks to cials realize the irreparable damage Retirement System, the state’s
nate electives and lose nurses and
Caltrain, my husband and I only they will cause throughout the Bay largest pension fund. By 2009-10,
counselors. In the Redwood City
need one car and we purposely Area if they enact these service that yearly tab was nearly $7 bil-
School District, class sizes are cur-
rently at 31 at all grade levels —
Salt ponds rented our current apartment cuts. These changes will not only lion. Taxpayers need a way to cor-
should not be sacrificed because it is within walking dis- kill ridership for Caltrain (easily rect that mistake before it burns yet
including kindergarten. To keep our
budget status quo for next year, we tance of Caltrain. If Caltrain was two-thirds of its customer base will further through public coffers.
Editor, be affected by these cuts), but more At the least, state and local offi-
need our legislators to put the tax John Nelson’s letter published in dramatically reduced, it would
require enormous personal and seriously, they will disrupt people’s cials should follow the commis-
extensions on the ballot and the the March 1 edition of the Daily
financial changes. We would have lives: lives that Caltrain riders (and sion’s sensible roadmap for revising
voters to pass them. In the worst- Journal is correct about the intelli- retirement benefits for new workers:
case scenario, without tax exten- to move apartments and buy a sec- their communities) planned specifi-
gence of people living in Redwood cally for train transportation. I can Governments should raise retire-
sions, we will see Redwood City City. ond car. It would mean that I would
have to drive to work and battle say with complete confidence that ment ages for public workers to dis-
children going to school 10 fewer The city’s new general plan and courage early retirements that boost
days and our teachers taking an traffic every day. We pay very high if these cuts are made, Caltrain will
downtown-specific plan provide for pension costs. Low retirement ages
additional pay cut. The governor’s taxes and use very few public serv- be forced into bankruptcy, and the
exactly the future he describes: a — as early as age 50 — create the
balanced budget proposal of rev- mix of new housing for workers, ices, but we use Caltrain daily. service will die. There is simply no
turning back. For Caltrain and its ludicrous possibility of people col-
enue and cuts will start to restore retail for a vital economy and Keep Caltrain running. lecting pensions for more years than
some stability to the system and resources to improve our schools vital customer base alike, every-
they actually worked.
begin to reverse the downward spi- and parks. These plans are the map thing possible must be done to State and local government
Janet Goldenstein avoid enacting any of the proposed
ral currently facing our children. to less traffic, better air quality and should also base pensions on a five-
We need great schools in a sustainable city for present and San Mateo service cuts. The Bay Area cannot year average of salary, instead of
California. Gov. Brown says educa- future generations. We do not need afford such a drastic, horrific step the final year. And they should
tion is a priority, and we expect to sacrifice the restoration potential backward. include only salary, not unused sick
lawmakers to work with him to of the salt ponds to achieve this A step backward for transit time or other compensation, in com-
protect schools from further cuts future. In fact, 1,400 acres of wet- Editor, Emily Hunter puting retirement payouts. Those
and to ensure the continued invest- lands at the Bay edge is a smart If Caltrain makes its proposed Belmont steps would help avoid artificially
ment our students deserve. choice to protect Redwood City’s service changes, specifically the inflated pensions.
Employees and employers should
OUR MISSION: also share pension costs equally.
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10 Friday • March. 4, 2011 BUSINESS THE DAILY JOURNAL
Sharks defeat
the Red Wings
DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS FILE By Josh Dubow including a tough stop on Devin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Setoguchi early in the third and
Reed McConnell (above), and the rest of the No. 1 seeded Sacred Heart Prep Gators, will look to win a CCS title another on a deflection by Jamal
tonight when they face off against No.2 Santa Cruz at Santa Clara University.Tip off is scheduled for 4:45 p.m. Mayers later in the period that kept
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dany
Heatley scored twice and Antti Detroit in the game.
PLAYOFFS
Continued from page 11
Ford also goes yard,Vogelsong throws three strong innings the Knights finally got their bats going in their half of the fifth.
With Perez still pitching, Austin Parker doubled. The next bat-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Colorado’s Todd Helton doubled for third than the first,” Vogelsong said. “I ter, Armando Fajardo, traded places with him on an RBI double
his first hit of the spring. was just trying to feel out my mechan- of his own to tie the game once again. Perez was replaced by
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Once Buster Posey singled and scored on Burriss’ ics a little bit.” Matthew Hamilton, who walked the next hitter and then plated
Posey connected, Jorge De La Rosa base hit in the second. The reigning NL the down-ahead run on a throwing error to first. The fourth run
knew exactly where the ball was going. Rookie of the Year went deep with one Tulowitzki hit his heel on his back of the frame was driven in on an RBI single off the bat of Kody
“That’s the out in the third, belting a drive that trav- swing in the bottom of the fourth and Barden.
longest home run eled an estimated 450 feet to straight- had to leave the game. He wasn’t too
I’ve ever given up,” away center. concerned about it afterward. Westmoor didn’t go away though. With Taylor on the hill, the
De La Rosa said. “It’s hard to hit a ball much further Rams got the first two hitters in the sixth on base via a hit bats-
Posey hit a long than that,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy “I’ve never done anything like that,” man and a walk. Bryan Fletes would drive them home on a dou-
two-run shot to cen- said. “He got every bit of that.” he said. “It’s just bruised a little bit and ble into the left centerfield gap two pitches later as Westmoor
ter field and a sharp Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, might be sore tomorrow.” cut the deficit to a single run. But Fletes was thrown out a bat-
single off De La who got a new six-year contract worth ter later trying to advance to third on a groundball to the short-
Rosa, helping the NOTES: RHP Aaron Cook, whose
$120 million during the offseason, has sore right shoulder has not shown any stop, thus killing the Westmoor rally.
San Francisco Buster Posey been impressed with Posey from the
Giants beat the improvement for almost two weeks, Barden gave up an infield single to lead off the seventh inning
start.
Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Thursday. asked for an examination by the as he came in to close the game. But he successfully retired the
“Everybody knows he’s real good,”
“It’s safe to say Buster Posey is a Tulowitzki said. “Some guys are just Rockies’ team doctor. ... Giants RHP next three Rams’ hitters to record the save.
pretty good player,” Rockies manager good players. Everything he’s done Brian Wilson threw to hitters and could
Jim Tracy said. since the beginning has been a class act. throw in a game as early as Sunday. ...
Darren Ford also homered and Ryan Rockies OF Carlos Gonzalez said he Julio Lara can be reached by e-mail: julio@smdailyjournal.com or by
To hit a home run off that caliber of phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 109. You can also follow him on
Vogelsong threw three hitless innings pitcher and to the middle of the field is lost Burriss’ triple in the sun and just
Twitter@julitolara.
for the Giants, who won for the third impressive. His other at-bats were solid covered his face to avoid getting struck
time in four games. Mike Fontenot too. He’s a pretty solid player.” by the ball. “I almost got killed,” he
added three hits, and Emmanuel Burriss Vogelsong walked one and struck out said. “You can’t catch what you can’t
had two hits and two RBIs. two. He has thrown five shutout innings see.” ... Rockies RHP Felipe Paulino,
De La Rosa allowed four runs and six this spring as he tries to make a major who could pitch himself into the start-
hits over three innings in his first spring league roster for the first time in five ing rotation, allowed a run and three hits
start. The left-hander pitched in an years. in three innings. “That was a bright
intrasquad game Sunday.
“I felt better in the second and the spot,” Tracy said.
Madcap
Book recounts Adam
Walsh’s abduction
By Bruce DeSilva
THE ASSOCIATED
Western
Lizards and light dance in ‘Rango’
PRESS
By Jake Coyle
This is the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘Rango’
d e f i n i t iv e
story of the It was somewhere around Barstow, Director: Gore Verbinski
1981 kid- on the edge of the desert, where “the Cast: Johnny Depp,Isla Fisher,
napping, rape and drugs began to take hold” in the Abigail Breslin,Ned Beatty,
murder of 6-year- Johnny Depp adaptation of Hunter Alfred Molina
old Adam Walsh, S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing Rated: PG for rude humor,
and of the botched in Las Vegas.” language,action and
police investi- In the manic, animated smoking
gation that “Rango,” which stars Depp as a Grade:
took 27 years to chameleon, our coordinates are
unmask his killer. similar, and the hallucinogens
It was perhaps the are well under way. It’s as
most important kid- though the drug-conjured
napping in American history because — large- lizards of “Fear and
ly through the efforts of Adam’s parents, John Loathing” have been con-
tracted by Hollywood movies should: with a Mariachi band of
and Reve Walsh — it revolutionized the way musical owls. Our narrators, they intro-
in which local, state and federal authorities and tasked to make a
Western. duce the film and our hero, an early hint
investigate cases involving missing and mur- at the self-consciousness pervading the
dered children. Go West,
young rep- wink-filled “Rango.”
Because it is such a We find our chameleon protagonist in
famous case, you tile.
But full theatrical flight, turning his pet lizard
might think you tank into a film set, with supporting roles
already know the played by an inanimate fish toy and a
story; the authors palm tree: “Acting is reacting,” he know-
quickly demonstrate ingly professes to no one.
that you would be “Rango”
proceeds With a wide, flat Don Rickles mouth
mistaken. and two giant bowl-shaped eyes, Rango,
Les Standiford, the from a pre-
sumably more clad in a red Hawaiian shirt, doesn’t look
author of 15 non-fic- like your normal animated hero. We
tion books and nov- sober place: the
mind of director quickly learn that he’s a precocious
els including “The young actor whose life cooped up as a pet
Man Who Invented Gore Verbinski, who
helmed the “Pirates of has habituated his imagination to flights
Christmas” (2008), tells the story with help of fancy. He is badly in need of an audi-
from Joe Matthews, the detective who finally the Caribbean” trilogy. It’s
his first animated film, but if ence.
solved the case while working for John Rango is bounced out of his cage by a
Walsh’s TV show, “America’s Most Wanted.” you recall Depp’s Jack
Sparrow, you’ll note that bump in the road and — in a beautifully
The book has been likened to Truman done scene — tossed from the back seat
Capote’s classic “In Cold Blood,” but the Verbinski is well acquainted with
cartoon. “Rango” is also a first ani- of his unseen owners onto a Mojave
comparison is not apt. Desert road, where he comes careening to
Unlike Capote, Standiford does not bend mated feature for the effects house
Industrial Light & Magic. a stop atop a broken piece of glass.
facts for the sake of art, and his writing is not Spurred by an “enlightenment”-seeking
self-consciously literary. He spills out the nar- Together, they’ve created perhaps
the most cinematic animated film since armadillo (Alfred Molina), he sets out on
rative in a precise, matter-of-fact style — a a journey of self-discovery that includes
wise choice for a story laced with so much Pixar’s “Ratatouille.” As a slapstick
comedy, it doesn’t have the emotion reso- momentarily landing on the windshield of
heartbreak, gore and perversion. A more apt the “Fear and Loathing” convertible, with
comparison: “Bringing Adam Home” is one of nance of a Pixar film, but it’s a visually
stunning, endlessly inventive, completely Depp’s former character inside.
the finest true-crime books since Thomas Rango winds up in the old, rickety
Thompson’s “Blood and Money” (1976). madcap Western, made with obvious love
for the genre. desert town of Dirt. Despite a resume that
The authors meticulously recount Adam’s includes, as he claims, two one-acts and a
kidnapping from a Sears store in Hollywood, “Rango” begins as
including David Strathairn and Ken Ruta, per- Performance (in the movie The Rose) and limited engagement run at San Jose’s HP
CITY
Continued from page 17
forming selections from Pinter plays. 4:30
p.m. March 20 (following the 2 p.m. perform-
ance). “Pursuing Pinter” is open and free to
won its writer Amanda McBroom the Golden
Globe Award for Best Original Song. Hear
McBroom sing The Rose at Nikko Hotel’s
Pavillion (March 24 to 27) and the Cow
Palace in Daly City (April 6 to 17).
www.cirquedusoleil.com/quidam.
the public. 415 Geary St. act-sf.org/ home- Rrazz Room during a cabaret evening of clas- ***
coming or (415) 749.2228. sics including Cole Porter’s I’ve Got You NOW YOU SEE HIM. San Francisco
St., sixth floor. Attended parking across the *** Magician Peter Morrison has made an addi-
street; Mason/O’Farrell Garage at 325 Mason Under My Skin, Jacques Brel’s Ne Me Quitte
DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’. It’s the 80s, it’s Pas and Michele Brourman’s Let’s Order In. tional show appear on his popular weekend
St.; and the BART-Powell Street Station four love and it’s music, music, music from glam schedule and now performs five times a week,
blocks away. www.offbroadwaywest.org or $35. 7:30 p.m. March 18 to 20. 222 Mason St.
metal bands as Rock of Ages comes to the Thursday through Sunday, at The Marrakech
(800) 838-3006 or (415) 407-3214. (at Ellis). www.therrazzroom.com or (800)
Curran Theatre March 8 to April 9. A small Magic Theater, 419 O’Farrell St. Audience
*** town girl and a big city rocker meet and fall in 380-3095.
*** members in the 30-seat theater are just a few
AND MORE PINTER. In connection with love to the hits of Journey, Styx, Pat Benatar,
QUIDAM. Young Zoé is bored; her parents, feet from Morrison’s sleight-of-hand and
its revival of Pinter’s The Homecoming, Whitesnake and Poison. 445 Geary St. there are numerous opportunities for willing
American Conservatory Theater presents http://shnsf.com/shows/rockofages or (888) distant and apathetic, ignore her. Her life has
“Pursuing Pinter,” which begins with a panel audience members to take part in the show.
SHN-1799. lost all meaning. Seeking to fill the void of her
discussion featuring A.C.T. artistic director www.sanfranciscomagictheater.com.
*** existence, she slides into an imaginary
and longtime Pinter collaborator Carey SOME SAY LOVE, IT IS A RIVER. Top world—the world of Quidam — where she
Perloff and KQED Radio’s Forum host pop song “The Rose” won Bette Midler the meets characters who encourage her to free Susan Cohn can be reached at susan@smdailyjour-
Michael Krasny and concludes with actors, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal her soul. Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam opens a nal.com or www.twitter.com/susancityscene.
sheriff of Dirt. It’s a town teaming with Rango’s mission. cracked pavement.
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Continued from page 16
ragged curiosities: a drunk rabbit (Stephen
Root), a slinky fox (Claudia Black), a wide-
eyed and cynical mouse (Abigail Breslin), the
He seems no better equipped than Jake
Gittes to solve what he deems Dirt’s “aquatic
conundrum.” (His advice to one little creature:
Like Wes Anderson’s entry to animation,
“Fantastic Mr. Fox,” Verbinski has brought
live-action tools to an animated medium. The
prairie dog Balthazar (Harry Dean Stanton). “Burn everything but Shakespeare.”) But results in “Rango” are so lively that the post-
There’s also the potential love interest lizard Rango is a method actor, and he eventually movie conversation will go some time before
working musical, Rango — less a chameleon
of color than of character — dons the role of named Beans (Isla Fisher). becomes the part. any moviegoer remembers that 3-D was
gunslinger so that he might impress the Dirt’s problem is water. Its dwindling sup- As smart as “Rango” is, what most stands (thankfully) omitted.
townspeople. ply is kept in a large jug in a bank’s vault. The out is its simulation of light. With the great The movie’s postmodernism could be con-
Inside a saloon, he claims with great brava- town’s tortoise mayor (Ned Beatty) tells cinematographer Roger Deakins serving as a sidered too cloying, but it comes off charm-
do that he comes from the West, “beyond the Rango: “You control the water, you control visual consultant and visual effects headed by ing, especially because it pulls from such
sunset,” and vanquished seven with a single the desert.” Mark McCreery, the refraction of light in great sources. The Spaghetti Westerns of
bullet. Rango’s dialogue, from John Logan’s With folksy villainy and a creaky wheel- “Rango” may be the pinnacle yet in anima- Sergio Leone are joyfully referenced, com-
witty screenplay, is thoroughly Deppian in its chair, the mayor is a perfect stand-in for John tion. plete with a cameo from the Man With No
verbosity. Rango boasts of eating men like the Huston’s Noah Cross of “Chinatown.” That Shadows fall through the saloon — with Name (voiced by Timothy Olyphant, not Clint
menacing Gila monster Bad Bill (Ray film supplies the frame for much of “Rango,” glowing amber glasses of whiskey (or “cactus Eastwood). Hans Zimmer’s score is a playful
Winstone) for breakfast, adding: “Then we though only to a point. Incest is tabled and no juice”) — so authentically designed that one ode to those of Ennio Morricone.
braise him in clarified butter.” nosey fellows get their nostrils sliced, but swears the room full of gun-totting varmints is Perhaps a new classification has been born:
Rango is convincing enough that he’s made solving the mystery of the missing water is real. Wisps of dust swirl across the road’s the “SpaghettiOs Western.”
they briefly sketch the tireless work by the Standiford and Matthews painstakingly build killer who knew details of the crime that had
ADAM
Continued from page 16
boy’s bereaved parents on behalf of other miss-
ing and murdered children.
But the heart of the book is an investigation
their case against the police, detailing a dozen
leads that were not followed up, obvious ques-
tions that were not asked, witnesses who were
never been made public. The authors name
names and pull no punches.
For years, they recount, Matthews was
of the investigators — an expose of unforgiv- ignored, reports that were incomplete (and in stonewalled by Hollywood detectives and their
able bungling by the Hollywood, Fla., police some cases falsified), evidence that was not superiors, first when he was a Miami Beach
Fla.; the fruitless search for the missing boy; department, followed by decades of behavior examined and vital physical evidence that was detective on loan to assist in the investigation,
and the subsequent discovery of his severed that is hard to explain away as anything other lost. Most damning of all, Hollywood police and later when Adam’s desperate parents asked
head bobbing in a canal a few miles away. And than a conspiracy to cover up its incompetence. discounted repeated confessions by a serial him to give the case one last look.
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Lillian M.Wu
Landscape designer Lillian M.
Wu talks about feng shui prin-
Some see poetry in Sheen’s ‘Adonis DNA’
By Jake Coyle
ciples used in gardens. 1 p.m. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “I am on a drug....It’s called Charlie
to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 6.
Central Park, Kohl Pumphouse, Sheen.It’s not available because if you try it,
NEW YORK — With “tiger blood,”
Ninth and Palm avenues For more
“Adonis DNA” and his “fire-breathing you will die.Your face will melt off,and your
information call 579-0536.
fists,” Charlie Sheen has practically children will weep over your exploded body.”
Amy Stanbery invented a new language with his rants — Charlie Sheen
and ramblings.
“How Dense Are You?” Amy Stanbery of Sequoia And while it may not rate an entry in famous sayings — “winning,” “tiger able because if you try it, you will die.
Hospital discusses osteoporosis and addresses the truth Webster’s, the sitcom star’s batty, blus- blood” — like trademarked catch phras- Your face will melt off, and your children
about bones, bone density, falls, fractures and drugs. 11 a.m. tering poetry has resounded in social es. Early Thursday, he announced his lat- will weep over your exploded body.”
Tuesday, March 8. San Carlos Adult Community Center. media. Sheen gained 1 million Twitter est slogan — er, “fastball” — with more Sheen has said his former party
601 Chestnut St., San Carlos. The Center can be reached by followers in just 25 hours and 17 minutes exploits made Frank Sinatra and Mick
hype than a CBS promotion for his show,
bus or train via the San Carlos train station. From the train — record time, according to Guinness Jagger look like “droopy-eyed armless
“Two and a Half Men.”
station walk four blocks up San Carlos Avenue to Chestnut World Records, which keeps track of children.” He has called himself “battle-
“Ready for my next fastball, world?”
Street. The Center is on the corner of San Carlos Avenue such obscure achievements and had not tested bayonets.” And he’s said he’s rid-
he wrote on Twitter. “PLAN BETTER
and Chestnut Street. For more information or to pre-register previously crowned a champion in that ing the “tsunami of media ... on a mercu-
Applies to everything where an excuse
call 802-4384. particular category. ry surfboard.”
now sits. Try it. U won’t be wrong. Ever.”
His unique lexicon grows daily, Sheenspeak could be considered a Glossaries have sprung up to help keep
Dr. Chris McKay spreading rapidly over the Internet and demented combination of William S. track of Sheen’s vivid verbiage, which he
Could there be life on Titan, Saturn’s largest satellite? The onto T-shirts. On “The Alex Jones Burroughs’ beat musings and those has spewed consistently during his feud
Cassini mission, now orbiting Saturn, has sent back remark- Show,” he said he has “poetry in my fin- Chuck Norris jokes in which the ’80s with the studio and producers who shut
able images and information from Titan, revealing one of gertips,” and added: “Most of the time — action star is inflated to mythic propor- down “Two and a Half Men” because of
the most intriguing and surprising worlds in the entire solar and this includes naps — I’m an F-18, tions. his erratic behavior. CBS Corp. chief
system. In many ways, Titan is a cold twin of the Earth, with bro. And I will destroy you in the air.” “I am on a drug,” Sheen told ABC. Leslie Moonves has said the series’
liquid methane (swamp gas) playing the same role there as He has frequently repeated his most “It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not avail- future is uncertain.
water plays on our planet. Life on Earth is based on liquid
water; could there be life on Titan based on liquid methane?
Dr. Chris McKay discusses the new picture of Titan, with its
lakes, its rivers and its rocks made of water ice. McKay is a
planetary scientist with NASA whose research focuses on
the evolution of the solar system and the origin of life. 7
p.m. Wednesday, March 9. Smithwick Theater, Foothill
College, El Monte Road and Interstate 280, in Los Altos
Hills. Parking on campus costs $2. For more information
call 949-7888. No background in science is required for this
talk.
All events are free unless otherwise noted. Please check before the
event in case of schedule changes.
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ty,” U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, On Thursday, PG&E said it would adopt California’s regulatory system.
NTSB
Continued from page 1
wrote in a prepared statement. “We learned
this week that virtually no one — including
the city’s own fire chief — knew a pipeline
major safety components from her pipeline
legislation. Customers who live within 2,000
feet of one of PG&E’s pipes will receive a
“The system is not working and our utili-
ties and regulators need to be held to a higher
standard,” he wrote in a prepared statement.
was running through San Bruno. People have safety letter. More automatic and remote con- Hill recently introduced legislation that is a
a right to know. These letters will go a long trol shut-off valves will be added in highly compilation of different regulatory measures
city will never be the same, but the focus now
way toward increasing awareness about the concentrated areas. Also, the company will to improve the California Public Utilities
is improving upon what was experienced.
existence of pipelines and empowering PG&E meet with first responders in all the cities it Commission oversight over utilities.
Medina found comfort in those he met ded-
icated to finding the truth. He also took pride customers with critical safety information. serves to discuss pipelines in their area. If approved, the Interstate Pipeline Safety
in learning the city did all it could given the Furthermore, PG&E’s commitment to meet PG&E spokesman Joe Molica said Bill puts into law that ratepayer money will
circumstances. with all first responders will ensure no one Thursday the company plans to install auto- not be used by a utility to pay for any penalty
“As I stood there with Jim [Ruane] that responsible for public safety is left in the matic shut-off or remotely controlled valves or fee assessed by the California Public
night, I was as proud of the (staff) … as I was dark.” on several transmission lines running between Utilities Commission. It also requires utilities
during the NTSB hearing,” said Medina. The line that exploded in San Bruno didn’t Milpitas and San Francisco, as part of a pilot to prepare annual performance measure
For state and federal representatives, the have remotely operated or automatic shut-off program this year. reports on problems, educate the public about
hearing highlighted the need for increased valves, which would have halted the gas flow Molica estimated each valve would cost emergency response plans, establish mini-
safety measures. within minutes. On Sept. 9, it took PG&E between $100,000 to $1.5 million. mum standards for automatic or remote shut-
“These are major victories for pipeline safe- employees more than 30 minutes to turn off For Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, off valve and requires the CPUC to track pro-
the valve. the hearings emphasized the need to change posed repairs.
tively out of the Asian gaming sections of the given $5,000 and $10,000 loans at 10 percent terms and Cuong Mach Binh Tieu is charged
CASINO
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two casinos. Most members of the enterprise
primarily worked at and through one casino or
the other, according to the indictment.
interest per week and were threatened with
physical violence if the payments were late,
according to the indictment.
with 10 counts in total and faces a total of 140
years in prison if convicted on all charges.
Artichoke Joe’s remained closed yesterday
Many of the defendants did not work at Some of the defendants are also being and officials were not sure when it would
either casino and Cuong Mach Binh Tieu charged with distributing cocaine and Ecstasy. reopen. Calls to management were not suc-
and numerous firearms, according to the U.S. appears to be the ringleader. Many of the They are all being charged with the Racketeer cessful. The casino did contribute $1,452,267
Department of Justice. defendants also have multiple aliases, accord- Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or in taxes to the city in 2009 but that amount is
Arrested were Cuong Mach Binh Tieu, Lap ing to the indictment. RICO crimes.
The Chung, Bob Yuen, Ding Lin, Skyler based on the number of gaming tables it has
The Oaks Card Club in Emeryville was also The indictment is the result of an approxi- and must be paid whether the casino is open or
Chang, Chea Bou, May Chung, Hung Tieu, raided Wednesday as well as several resi- mately two-year investigation led by the FBI
Thanh The Chu, Kwai Ping Wong, John Hinyu not.
dences throughout the Bay Area, including a and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Chew, Bao Tran, Bao Hung Phung and Billy home in Belmont. who worked together with the California
Ket Chau, according to the indictment. The charges stem back to activity starting in Department of Justice, Bureau of Gambling
The defendants referred to themselves as Bill Silverfarb can be reached by e-mail: silver-
2008, according to the indictment. Control and the Internal Revenue Service. farb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-
“one family” and the enterprise worked collec-
Some of the conspirators’ victims were Some of the charges carry 20 year prison 5200 ext. 106.
Calendar
FRIDAY, MARCH 4 Half Moon Bay. For more informa- Ave., San Mateo. This event
Kick Start Your Startup tion visit thewinebarhmb.com. includes a vintage ballroom dance
Workshop. 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. DLA lesson and then the celebrated
Piper, 2000 University Ave., East SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Baguette Quartette plays a full
Palo Alto. This workshop is for new New Leaf Annual Health Fair. 8 evening of waltzes, polkas, tangos,
startup entrepreneurs or those who a.m. to 9 p.m. New Leaf Community sambas and other popular 19th and
need a refresher course on the fun- Markets, 150 San Mateo Road, Half early 20th century ballroom dances.
damentals of developing their busi- Moon Bay. A health education and Mardi Gras costume, or modern
ness plan and/or wanting to grow sales event with free product sam- evening dress are admired, but not
their company. $150 for non-mem- pling, health consultations and bar- required. $15, by Feb. 26, $20 at
bers. For more information call 704- gains on vitamins, supplements and door. For more information call
7844. body care. For more information e- (510) 522-1731.
mail patti@bondmarcom.com.
Church Women United — World ‘IN CONCERT 2011.’ 7 p.m. San
Day of Prayer. 1 p.m. Woodside Wells Fargo Celebrates Art. 10:30 Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600
United Methodist Church, 2000 a.m The Wells Fargo Bank branch at N. Delaware St., San Mateo. This
Woodside Road, Redwood City. 900 Veterans Blvd., Redwood City. premier event showcases over 270
Worship service entitled ‘How Many Wells Fargo, the RCEF and Art in music students from Aragon,
Loaves Have You’ a program written Action are proud to be collaborating Burlingame, Capuchino, Hillsdale,
by Church Women of Chile. For in this effort to showcase student Mills and San Mateo High Schools
more information call 583-4499. creativity as well as bring to the formed into 4 Honor groups, the
forefront the importance of arts edu- Jazz Ensemble, the Orchestra, the
The Fabulous Goldrush Sisters. cation as part of a well-rounded, Symphonic Band and the Choir.
1:30 p.m. 1110 Alameda de las overall educational experience. For Tickets $10 adults and $5 students
Pulgas, Belmont. Playing instru- more information call 367-1133. and seniors, available only at the
ments of the Gold Rush era, includ- door. For more information call 345-
ing fiddle, banjo, spoons, accordion Avoid Identity Theft. 11 a.m. 800 9543.
and guitar, the Fabulous Goldrush Alma St., Menlo Park. Kai Deering,
Sisters go on a fantastic, interactive Executive Director of Prepaid Legal Sewing Circle. 7 p.m. Yoga at
ride through California’s Gold Rush Services, Inc. and an expert on iden- Change, 400 Ben Franklin Court,
country in the 1850s with colorful tify theft, will discuss the ways to San Mateo. Come and finish your
stories and songs. For more informa- avoid identity theft. Free. For more unfinished objects together. Free.
tion call conrad@smcl.org. information call 330-2512. For more information call 340-9642.
Sixth Annual Sequoia Showcase: A Community Forum featuring Hang Jones at The Wine Bar. 8
Cheer and Dance Exhibition. Cornel West and Miriam Rivera. 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Wine Bar, 270
Sequoia High School, 1201 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Memorial Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay.
Brewster Ave., Redwood City. Come Auditorium, Stanford University, $5. For more information visit
watch local junior high, high school 551 Serra Mall, Stanford. Princeton thewinebarhmb.com.
and college cheer teams perform. $5 professor Cornel West and Stanford
for general admission, children Trustee Miriam Rivera will discuss The Unauthorized Rolling Stones.
under 3 are free. how low-income students of color 9 p.m. Club Fox, 2209 Broadway,
can succeed in college and beyond. Redwood City. The Unauthorized
Pacific Art League’s March Opening $15 for general public, $5 with stu- Rolling Stones bring the raunchiness
and Reception. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. dent I.D. For more information visit of the originals to Redwood City.
Pacific Art League, 668 Romona St., stanfordtickets.org. $13 in advance, $15 at the door. For
Palo Alto. Join us for the opening of more information visit foxrwc.com.
our March exhibitions. For more The Capo Brothers in Concert. 4 For more events visit
information contact p.m. to 6 p.m. The Old Princeton
marketing@pacificartleague.org. Landing, 460 Capistrano Road, Half smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
Moon Bay. Aggressive Acoustic,
Hip-hop jazz band ‘Milk & Jade’ Newgrass and Americana music
by Dana Leong. 7 p.m. Carlmont from the Capo Brothers live. Free.
Performing Arts Center, 1400 For more information visit capo-
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. bros.com or call 347-8671.
$15 for adults, students/seniors/chil-
dren $10. For more information visit Meet founder of MEPEACE.org. 4
www.carlmontmusic.com. p.m. Dove & Olive Works, 178
South Blvd., San Mateo. Eyal Raviv,
Taste of the Town 2011. 6 p.m. to the founder of mepeace.org, will
9:30 p.m. Burlingame Recreation speak about his organization which
Center, 850 Burlingame Ave., has linked together thousands of
Burlingame. This year, the event is peacemakers from the Middle East
taking place at the Burlingame and around the world to build a
Recreation Center, which will be growing, wholesome citizen-to-citi-
transformed into the perfect venue zen public peace process. Free. For
for sampling the superb food and more information contact
drink from over 25 local establish- craig@reachandteach.com.
ments and mingling with over 500
attendees. For more information Crab Feast and Dance Fundraiser.
contact nagatiello@aol.com. 6 p.m. San Bruno Senior Center,
1555 Crystal Springs Road, San
Honk! 7 p.m. Bayside Performing Bruno. Proceeds benefit San Bruno
Arts Center, 2025 Kehoe Ave., San Youth Sports. $50 per person. For
Mateo. Pied Piper Players presents more information call 589-4430.
HONK!, a witty and moving musical
stage adaptation of Hans Christian Shhh...Speakeasy. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Andersen’s tale The Ugly Duckling. Doubletree Hotel, 835 Airport Blvd.,
For more information call 992- Burlingame. Come enjoy a roaring
PIED. good time ’20s style with cocktails,
music, casino and a raffle, presented
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of the ad. All error claims must be sub-
So. San Francisco Hiring now! search, updates of our ongoing fea- of the newspaper and media industries.
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
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mitted within 30 days. For full advertis- (650)588-2502 Hourly & Live-ins so welcome.
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TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
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We expect a commitment of four to
Reliable Caregivers. eight hours a week for at least four
email info@smdailyjournal.com petition with this court for a decree
changing name as follows:
106 Tutoring (415)436-0100 months. The internship is unpaid, but Present name: Konstantin Fatalov
intelligent, aggressive and talented in- SOFTWARE -
110 Employment terns have progressed in time into Globe Wireless, the leading provider of
Veronica Fatalov
Proposed name: Konstantin Tovarian
paid correspondents and full-time re- total solutions in the field of communica- Veronica Tovarian
PAINLESS AVON CAREGIVERS porters. tions, operational and IT solutions to the
maritime industry is seeking a Jr. Soft-
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
We’re currently looking for interested in this matter shall appear be-
TUTORING SELL OR BUY College students or recent graduates ware Developer. Globe Wireless offers a fore this court at the hearing indicated
Algebra, Geometry, Earn up 50% + bonuses experienced eldercare aides-- are encouraged to apply. Newspaper competitive salary range based on expe- below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
experience is preferred but not neces- rience and a rich benefits package.
Trigonometry & Calcuus Hablamos Espanol CNAs, HHAs & Live-ins sarily required. tition for change of name should not be
with excellent references to granted. Any person objecting to the
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sons for the objection at least two court
excellent benefits! days before the matter is scheduled to
ply, you should familiarize yourself M/F/D/V. be heard and must appear at the hearing
Drivers preferred. with our publication. Our Web site: to show cause why the petition should
www.smdailyjournal.com.
Call Claudia at not be granted. If no written objection is
TUTORING CAREGIVERS (650) 556-9906
www.homesweethomecare.com
Send your information via e-mail to
news@smdailyjournal.com or by reg- 203 Public Notices
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing.
2 years ular mail to 800 S. Claremont St #210,
San Mateo CA 94402. CASE# CIV 502915
A HEARING on the petition shall be held
on March 30, 2011 at 9 am, Dept. PJ,
Spanish, French, experience HOME CARE AIDES
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
Room 2E, at 400 County Center, Red-
wood City, CA 94063.
Italian required.
Multiple shifts to meet your needs. Great
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall
be published at least once each week for
required. 400 COUNTY CENTER RD, four successive weeks prior to the date
Certificated Local Immediate Matched Caregivers (650)839-2273, SALES - REDWOOD CITY CA 94063 set for hearing on the petition in the fol-
(408)280-7039 or (888)340-2273 lowing newspaper of general circulation:
Teacher PETITION OF
All Ages! Placement Putnam Auto Group Aimee Cassandra Einstein Karp
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
The Daily Journal
Filed: 02/07/2011
on all assignments Buick Pontiac GMC
$50,000 Average Expectation
Petitioner, Aimee Cassandra Einstein
Karp filed a petition with this court for a
/s/ Mark R. Forcum /
Judge of the Superior Court
(650)573-9718 CALL (650)777-9000 a must…
5 Men or Women for
decree changing name as follows:
Present name: Aimee Cassandra Ein-
Dated: 02/07/2011
(Published 02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11,
stein Karp 02/04/11)
Career Sales Position Proposed name: Aimee Cassandra Ein-
stein
• Car Allowance THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
• Paid insurance w/life & dental interested in this matter shall appear be-
• 401k plan fore this court at the hearing indicated CASE# CIV 503644
• Five day work week below to show cause, if any, why the pe- ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
tition for change of name should not be CHANGE OF NAME
Top Performers earn $100k Plus!! granted. Any person objecting to the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
name changes described above must file
110 Employment 110 Employment Bilingual a plus
a written objection that includes the rea-
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
Paid training included 400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
Call Mr. Olson sons for the objection at least two court REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
1-866-788-6267 days before the matter is scheduled to PETITION OF
be heard and must appear at the hearing NOE VARGAS
to show cause why the petition should TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
not be granted. If no written objection is Petitioner, Noe Vargas/Nikki Vargas
timely filed, the court may grant the peti- filed a petition with this court for a decree
tion without a hearing. changing name as follows:
A HEARING on the petition shall be held Present name: a. Anthony Rodriguez
on March 29, 2011 at 9 am, Dept. PJ, Vargas
Room 2E, at 400 County Center, Red- b. Jeremy Rodriguez Vargas
wood City, CA 94063. Proposed name: a. Anthony Vargas Ro-
A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall driguez
be published at least once each week for b. Jeremy Vargas Rodriguez
four successive weeks prior to the date THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
set for hearing on the petition in the fol- interested in this matter shall appear be-
lowing newspaper of general circulation: fore this court at the hearing indicated
The Daily Journal below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
Filed: 02/07/2011 tition for change of name should not be
110 Employment 110 Employment /s/ Mark R. Forcum / granted. Any person objecting to the
Judge of the Superior Court name changes described above must file
Dated: 02/04/2011 a written objection that includes the rea-
(Published 02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11, sons for the objection at least two court
02/04/11) days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
110 Employment 110 Employment tion without a hearing.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME A HEARING on the petition shall be held
STATEMENT #243201 on April 19, 2011 at 9 a.m., Dept. PJ,
The following person is doing business Room 2E, at 400 County Center, Red-
as: Arcadia Global Realty, 969-G Edge- wood City, CA 94063.
water Blvd. #987, FOSTER CITY, CA A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall
94404 is hereby registered by the follow- be published at least once each week for
ing owner: Ramon Ayroso and Christine four successive weeks prior to the date
Ayroso, 376 Treasure Island Dr., BEL- set for hearing on the petition in the fol-
MONT, CA 94002. The business is con- lowing newspaper of general circulation:
ducted by Husband & Wife. The regis- The Daily Journal, San Mateo County
trants commenced to transact business Filed: 03/02/2011
under the FBN on /s/ Beth Freeman /
/s/ Ramon Ayroso / Judge of the Superior Court
This statement was filed with the Asses- Dated: 03/02/2011
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo (Published 03/04/11, 03/11/11, 03/18/11,
County on 02/04/11. (Published in the 03/25/11)
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
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