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Friday Dec. 19, 2014 Vol XV, Edition 107

Longtime city manager to leave Foster City

Councilmembers skewed on ideas for finding replacement for Jim Hardy
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Foster City is losing a longtime

leader as City Manager Jim Hardy
announced Thursday he will be
retiring after 34 years of service.
Hardy, who started with the city
in 1981, has spent 21 years as city
manager, six years as assistant

Jim Hardy

city manager,
two years as
deputy
city
manager and his
first two years
as administrative
services
director.
Hardys last
day will be June

30 and the City Council will begin

a search for his replacement in
January.
Its a bittersweet day on the
council and the city as a whole.
Jim has done an outstanding job
for us, Councilman Charlie
Bronitsky said. The quality of
life in our city speaks volumes to
what hes done. Well find a new

city manager, but well never be

able to replace him.
Hardy, 59, said hell continue
his community involvement
through volunteer work and is
excited for the flexibility to spend
more time with his family.
Foster City has undergone
immense changes the last few
years, particularly after selling off

its last piece of undeveloped land

adjacent to City Hall.
A lot of the excitement that I
have enjoyed is to see the community develop over the years,
Hardy said. Part of the change
youre seeing is the transformation of what do you do as kind of a

See HARDY, Page 22

County set to
declare state
of emergency
Damage from storm and flooding
estimated to be about $3.3 million
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

SAMANTHA WEIGEL/DAILY JOURNAL

Gerry Gropp shows off his artwork at downtown San Mateos 3 Bees Coffee House.

Worth a second glance

3 Bees coffee displays art, Gerry Gropp photographs
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

From hitchhiking across the

country in the 1970s to mingling
behind a lens at modern San
Francisco street fairs, photographer Gerry Gropps socially
inspired works are now on display
at downtown San Mateos 3 Bees
Coffee House.
The cozy coffee shop aims to
support and expose local artists
by hanging a variety of works
every month, said owner Rafat
Haddad. Gropp, who was recommended by a loyal customer, is
showing some of his quirky photos through December.
Many of Gropps images prompt

a double take with sometimes

shocking human interactions worthy of more than a glance.
Anything that attracts my
attention is worthy of a shot, worthy of scrutiny. And at the end of
the day when youve settled in, a
lot of situations that may not have
appeared [to be] anything turn
poignant, poetic, kind of magical.
And I just kind of look for that
poetry out there and it could be
anything, Gropp said.
Although his focus ranges from
documenting the medical struggles
of loved ones to shooting for the
Smithsonian magazine, Gropp
said hes putting his city-based
works on display in San Mateo.
Its been an ongoing project of

photographing the street fairs

within San Francisco. Theyre
open to the public, theres no
cover charge, the streets close
down and it tends to bring out the
people in that neighborhood. And
each neighborhood has its own
distinct flavor and cultural bias
and it just affords you a chance, if
youre interested in people, what
they do and how they related to
each other. Its a great place to
people watch, Gropp said.
Gropp, 63, is a native New
Yorker who studied at the
Massachusetts College of Art and
Design before moving to San
Francisco 36 years ago. Gropp

Phones Cameras Watches

Cars Hearing Aids Tools

Just South of Whipple Avenue

See ART, Page 23

The heavy storms that lashed the

Bay Area last Thursday caused
more than $3.3 million in damage
to San Mateo County, according to
officials who are declaring a local
state of emergency.
The proclamation coming
before the Board of Supervisors at
a special meeting Friday afternoon
is the first step toward the county
potentially recouping its costs
from the state although it is no
guarantee.
However, as Supervisor Don

Horsley said, the county wont get

anything if it doesnt ask.
Even if we get 80 percent or
even 50 percent, its always wise
to do. Its helpful for public agencies besides us, too, Horsley
said.
The preliminary damage estimate
is
approximately
$3,380,000 although that number
may fluctuate. Horsley said
Thursday afternoon he plans to add
another item to the damage list, a
Pescadero school roof damaged
when a tree fell on it.

See EMERGENCY, Page 23

Transferred teacher returns

to Kennedy Middle School
Redwood City Elementary School District drops
appeal to former union presidents grievance
By Angela Swartz
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A former union president in

Redwood City is being reinstated
into the position he was involuntarily transferred from last school
year.
Bret Baird, a physical education
teacher, was transferred from

Kennedy Middle School, where he

taught for 22 years, to Clifford
Elementary School at the start of
the 2013-14 school year for just
cause pursuant to the terms of the
collective bargaining agreement
between the Redwood City
Elementary School District and

See BAIRD, Page 22

FOR THE RECORD

Friday Dec. 19, 2014

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Thought for the Day

Worse than not realizing the
dreams of your youth, would be to
have been young and never dreamed at all.
Jean Genet (1910-1986)

This Day in History

Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as
the 41st vice president of the United
States in the U.S. Senate chamber by
Chief Justice Warren Burger with
President Gerald R. Ford looking on
(in a first for the Senate, the proceeding was televised live).
In 1 7 7 7 , Gen. George Washington led his army of about
11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to camp for the
winter.
In 1 8 1 3 , British forces captured Fort Niagara during the
War of 1812.
In 1 8 4 3 , A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, was
first published in England.
In 1 9 0 7 , 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in
Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
In 1 9 3 2 , the British Broadcasting Corp. began transmitting overseas with its Empire Service to Australia.
In 1 9 4 6 , war broke out in Indochina as troops under Ho
Chi Minh launched widespread attacks against the French.
In 1 9 5 0 , Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was named commander of the military forces of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
In 1 9 6 1 , former U.S. Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.,
73, suffered a debilitating stroke while in Palm Beach,
Florida.
In 1 9 7 2 , Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, winding
up the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
In 1 9 8 4 , a coal fire at the Wilberg Mine near Orangeville,
Utah, killed 27 people. Britain and China signed an accord
returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1,
1997.
In 1 9 8 6 , Lawrence E. Walsh was appointed independent
counsel to investigate the Iran-Contra affair.
In 1 9 9 8 , President Bill Clinton was impeached by the
Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of
justice (he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate).

1974

Birthdays

Actress Alyssa
Milano is 42.

Actor Jake
Gyllenhaal is 34.

Rapper Lady
Sovereign is 29.

Country singer Little Jimmy Dickens is 94. Actress Cicely

Tyson is 90. Former game show contestant Herb Stempel is
88. Rhythm-and-blues singer-musician Maurice White (Earth,
Wind and Fire) is 73. Former South Korean President Lee
Myung-bak is 73. Actress Elaine Joyce is 71. Actor Tim Reid
is 70. Paleontologist Richard E. Leakey is 70. Musician John
McEuen is 69. Singer Janie Fricke is 67. Jazz musician Lenny
White is 65. Actor Mike Lookinland is 54. Actress Jennifer
Beals is 51. Actor Scott Cohen is 50. Actor Robert
MacNaughton is 48. Magician Criss Angel is 47. Rock musician Klaus Eichstadt (Ugly Kid Joe) is 47.

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Redwood City Area California Highway Patrol officers dropped off toys collected from Chips for Kids at the St.Francis Center
in Redwood City Wednesday morning.

In other news ...

Pretty horrible scene;
car slams into crowd
REDONDO BEACH Pedestrians
were filing out of a church Christmas
service when a car sped around other
vehicles at a red light and plowed into
the crowd before hitting another car
head-on, police and witnesses said.
Three people were killed, and several
more were injured, California authorities said.
Someone ran the red light, and bodies started flying. It was pretty horrible, witness Marco Zonno told
KNBC-TV.
Within moments of the crash
Wednesday night along Californias
famed Pacific Coast Highway, people
were at the sides of victims lying in the
street, said Mark Milutin, 26, who was
in one of the cars stopped at the light.
It was a very fast reaction, he said.
Two or three people were around each
victim.
Margo Bronstein, 56, was arrested
after the crash on suspicion of driving
under the influence and vehicular
manslaughter, Redondo Beach police
Lt. Shawn Freeman said.
Five children and eight adults,
including the suspect and the other
driver, suffered injuries including
broken bones, abrasions and head
trauma, Freeman said. Three people,
Mary Anne Wilson, 81; Saeko
Matsumura, 87; and Martha Gaza, 36,

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Friday. It wasnt immediately known if

she has an attorney.
Officials said they do not have information linking her to any prior arrests
or DUI-related incidents.
She had a perfect driving record but
was restricted to driving a vehicle with
hand-controlled brakes, an additional
right-side mirror and adequate signaling device, according to Department of
Motor Vehicle records.

Police: Drunk man shot

while entering wrong house
BENICIA Police say an intoxicated man was shot by a suburban
San Francisco homeowner after
breaking into a house he thought
was his own.
The man was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not lifethreatening. He was later identified as
24-year-old True Hatch.
Hatch told police he believed he was
at the right house in Benicia,
California, a suburb north of San
Francisco. They say he thought he had
just locked himself out after a night of
drinking.
But police say Hatch doesnt live in
the city.
Benicia police Lt. Mike Greene says
the 66-year-old homeowner shot Hatch
once in the torso early Wednesday.
Police are not pursuing criminal
charges against the homeowner, who
told officers he acted in self-defense.

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all of Torrance, later died, police

said.
At least two people remained in critical condition Thursday morning,
Freeman said.
Members of the crowd had just
attended a Christmas program at St.
James Catholic Church put on by students at the churchs school.
Alan Wells, who lives in the apartment building at the corner, heard the
crash and ran outside.
I saw people lying all over the
street, and people in the crosswalk
were screaming and yelling, he told
the Daily Breeze.
One boy who was struck was flung
across the intersection, ending up
beneath an SUVs tire, according to
witnesses.
The car is on the little boy. And we
finally rolled it off the little boy. He
had a little tie on. It was scary. It
looked like he was in heaven at that
point, Michael Tovar told KTTV.
The condition of the boy was
unknown Thursday.
St. James Msgr. Michael Meyers
said church officials led prayers at the
scene.
Nobody knew the condition of any
of the victims so we simply went and
prayed for each one and prayed over
them and anointed them and just asked
Gods grace to be with them, Meyers
said.
Bronstein was held on $300,000
bail and scheduled to appear in court on

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Drought downgraded from exceptional to severe

By Erin Baldassari
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

Wetter than usual weather conditions

across Northern California has prompted a
downgrade of the drought classification
from exceptional to severe, according
to the U. S. Drought Monitor and the
National Weather Service.
Another bout of rainfall is forecasted for
the Bay Area into Friday, according to the
National Weather Service.
Rainfall totals are expected to be less
than previous storms that have hit the Bay
Area over the past week with less than an
inch of rain in most areas and an inch or
more in the North Bay mountains.
National Weather Service forecaster Bob
Benjamin said the region still has a long
way to go before the rain year is over and

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comparisons can be made about this rainy
season compared to others. Rain years
begin on July 1 and run through June 30, he
said.
Were sort of in the middle of the rain
year but were off to a good start,
Benjamin said. We are well above what we
need to be to maintain normalcy, which is
what we want, but I dont think well mitigate the drought in one rain year.
Across all the stations that the San
Fran ci s co Bay Area b ureau o f t h e
Nat i o n al Weat h er Serv i ce mo n i t o rs ,
Ben j ami n s ai d rai n fal l t o t al s fo r t h e

year are above average.

Santa Rosa has received 173 percent of
normal rainfall totals, San Francisco
International Airport has received 230 percent normal rainfall and San Jose is recording its second wettest year on record for the
month of December, he said.
Benjamin said the rainfall totals, while
they are certainly going to help the situation, are not the only factor contributing
to a drought.
Water retention in snow pack, reservoirs,
and groundwater also play a role, Benjamin
said.
We could get a ton of rainfall in two
days, but the fact is runoff would probably
exceed what we could safely retain,
Benjamin said. Whereas if you spread it
out over a period of time, you might have
more absorption.

Model scout waives hearing, straight to trial for solicitation

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

A 25-year-old convicted sex offender who

reportedly solicited three teen girls in
downtown Redwood City for modeling gigs
and sex is headed straight to trial after forgoing a preliminary hearing on the evidence.
Joshua Andrew Reveles, a transient,
waived his right to a such a hearing on
Thursday and was held to answer on five
felonies: three counts of arranging a meet-

Oakland joins L.A. in

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The circus will stop coming to Oakland in
a few years after a tool used by elephant handlers was banned in the city.
The Oakland City Council earlier this

ing with a minor for a

lewd act and two counts
of communicating with a
minor with lewd intent.
According to prosecutors, Reveles made contact with the three girls
on two separate occasions while staying at
Joshua Reveles the Euro Hotel in downtown Redwood City.
Reveles allegedly asked the girls to be

Around the Bay

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outlawing bullhooks. The instrument
resembles a fireplace poker, with a sharp
hook on one end that is used by trainers to
control the animals.

models and have sex with him. He set up a

time to meet the girls but the mother of two
of the teens saw the text message arrangements and went to the location where she
reportedly found Reveles. The mother contacted Redwood City police who arrested
Reveles.
Reveles is also on parole for a previous
conviction in Yolo County for a charge of
communicating with a minor for lewd purposes. He remains in custody on $500,000
bail.

Police reports
Do you see what I see?
A resident claims he saw a man with no
shirt sitting on his porch but his wife
said she did not see anyone on El
Camino Real in South San Francisco
before 11:17 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4.

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Mal i ci o us mi s chi ef. A person reported a
second time that someone graftied profanities on their car on Utah Avenue before 10:57
p.m. Friday, Dec. 5.
Arres t. A person was arrested for driving
under the inuence on Airport Boulevard
before 9:30 p.m Friday, Dec. 5.
Petty theft. A bicycle was stolen from a
driveway of a home on Myrtle Avenue before
12:17 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5.
Mal i ci o us mi s chi ef. The tires of a vehicle
were found slashed on Palos Verdes Way
before 8:18 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5.
Acci dent. Two drivers involved in a car accident were in a verbal disagreement over who
was at fault and one of them wanted to settle
the dispute for $50 at Airport Boulevard and
Tower Place before 8:27 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5.

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Burg l ary . A vehicles tires were attened on

the 400 block of Sonora Avenue before 7:30
a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17.
Po s s es s i o n o f a co ntro l l ed s ubs tance.
A man on probation was cited for possession
of narcotics after being stopped for a registration violation on the 100 block of San
Mateo Road before 2:56 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5.
Oakland is now the second California Arres t. A 24-year-old woman from El
city, after Los Angeles, to ban the use of a Granada was arrested after she was found drivbullhooks. The circus will stop performing ing under the inuence on Main Street before
in Los Angeles in summer 2016.
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Train hits car after drivers

GPS directs him onto tracks

A driver accidentally turned onto the Caltrain

tracks and got the vehicle stuck in Atherton
Tuesday.

The driver of a car hit by a Caltrain train

Tuesday in Atherton accidentally turned
onto the tracks and got the vehicle stuck,
firefighters said.
There were no reported injuries in the
crash.
Emergency crews responded at 7:31 p.m.
Tuesday to the Fair Oaks Lane crossing after
receiving a report Locomotive 918, with
four passenger cars, had struck a passenger
vehicle on the tracks.
Firefighters said the driver of the Toyota
Prius had mistakenly made a turn onto the
tracks on the direction of his GPS unit.
Firefighters said visibility at the time
was compromised due to heavy rainfall and
darkness.
Firefighters said the driver had realized
his mistake but not before the car left the
road and became stuck on the tracks. The
man saw the oncoming southbound train
and exited the car before the crash.
The train hit the Prius and dragged it at
least 1,500 feet before the train was able to

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come to a complete stop.
The trains passengers were able to safely
evacuate out of the rear of the train.
The vehicle did catch fire and had to be
removed from under the train, and the train
was towed San Jose for repair.

Pastor to face one count

of child molestation at trial
A Daly City pastor at a church in San
Francisco will face trial for one count of
child molestation, a San Mateo superior
court judge ruled Thursday.
Venije Singkoh, 70, pleaded not guilty to
three counts of child molestation, said San
Mateo County District Attorney Steve
Wagstaffe. San Mateo County Superior
Court Judge Donald Ayoob ruled Thursday
that Singkoh would face only one count at
trial.
Wagstaffe said the judge determined that
two less serious allegations involving the
pastor kissing young girls at the church on
the cheek and one kiss on the lips didnt fall

under lewd intent.

Prosecutors said Singkoh is a pastor at
the Indonesian Pentecostal Foursquare
Church in San Francisco. On Feb. 7, a 9year-old girl told her parents he molested
her on multiple occasions over the past year
by placing her on his lap and kissing her
inappropriately.
Wagstaffe said the girl alleged he used his
tongue while kissing her.
The girl told her mother and father, who
called a church meeting with the pastor,
prosecutors said. Several other church members attended the meeting and confronted
him as well.

Police: Prescription
meds cause of car crash
A Burlingame man was arrested for driving under the influence of prescription medication after causing a collision at the intersection of Primrose Road and Bellevue
Avenue in Burlingame Thursday morning,
according to police.
At approximately 8:33 a. m. , Andrey
Shipulin, 59, sideswiped another vehicle in
front of him, according to police.

Obituary
Carl Reuben Johnson
Carl Reuben Johnson, 86, of Redwood City, died Nov. 23,
2014.
Carl was born April 23, 1928, to
Reuben and Ida Johnson in Chicago,
Illinois, the oldest of three children and a
twin. He graduated from Northwestern
University. He met Mildred Marie
Haglund in high school and married her in
March 1951.
The foundation of Carls life was his
faith in Jesus Christ. He was saved at a
young age and his passion for Christ continued throughout his life.
After his career in finance, he worked at Kainos as a counselor to disabled adults until his retirement. His free time was
spent reading his Bible, attending church and spending time
with family and friends. He had a great sense of humor and
told wonderful stories. He knew how to love and be loved.
Carl is survived by his four children Gayle Johnson, Rick
(Carol) Johnson, Tom (Marlene) Johnson and Sue (Greg)
Kopchinski, five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren;
sister-in-law and nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Kainos at
kainosusa.org or to Peninsula Covenant Church. A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Dec. 29 at Peninsula Covenant
Church.

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Friday Dec. 19, 2014

Californias top utility regulator defends record

By Ellen Knickmeyer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO Californias chief

utility regulator ended the last scheduled public hearing of his increasingly embattled 12year term Thursday with no explicit reference
to the alleged back-channel dealings with the
states largest utility company that have
marred his tenure.
California Public Utilities Commission
President Michael Peeveys only public reference to the matter Thursday was an enigmatic
one. At the close of the hearing, in which
Peevey allowed two hours of public testimony by allies praising him, Peevey raised both
hands in the air.
I surrender! he declared, with no explanation or further comment.
State and federal prosecutors have notified
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., whose region covers the northern two-thirds of the state, that

they are investigating

emails between CPUC officials and PG&E employees.
The utility disclosed the
investigation in October
and also released emails in
which a PG&E executive
described a private dinner
where Peevey discussed
Michael Peevey PG&E regulatory matters
while soliciting large
donations from the utility. The PG&E executive, who has since left the utility, said
Peevey asked PG&E to donate more than $1
million to support an environmental ballot
initiative and make a separate $100,000
donation to a celebration of the utility commissions 100th anniversary.
Those and other emails heightened complaints by ratepayers groups and others that
the commission under Peevey was too cozy

with utility companies. Federal investigators

who investigated a 2010 PG&E gas pipeline
explosion that killed eight people in a San
Francisco suburb concluded lax regulation by
the commission contributed to the disaster.
Peevey has made no public comment on
the allegations against him in recent
months. In October, as the federal and state
investigations into the emails were made
public, Peevey announced he would not seek
reappointment when his term expired this
winter.
Peevey had refused requests for comment
about the PG&E emails, saying that he would
speak about his term at Thursdays final meeting. But Peevey made no mention of the allegations. In farewell remarks, he repeated the
praise that Gov. Jerry Brown had used to
defend Peevey earlier this year that the
utility official was a man who got things
done.
Earlier in Thursdays hearing, Peevey

Man gets two years for explosives cache

Anti-human trafficking task

force nets dozens of arrests

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

The San Mateo County Police Chiefs and

Sheriffs Association announced Thursday
that a multi-jurisdictional task force to combat human trafficking netted dozens of arrests
and rescued victims since it formed in
November 2013.
The task force conducted 11 operations
across the county resulting in five subjects
arrested for human trafficking, four for pimping and pandering related charges, 16 for
prostitution related offenses and 27 people
who solicited prostitution, according to
South San Francisco police.
Most importantly, the task force rescued
eight victims from their respective traffickers, three of whom were female juveniles
coerced, induced or forced into a commercial
sex operation, according to police.
The goal of the task force is to target predators, rescue victims and provide them with

A Brisbane man convicted of drug and

weapons charges after a large quantity of
explosives and marijuana were found in his
home was sentenced Thursday to two years
in prison which hell serve in the county
jail.
William Myles Harrell, 48, pleaded no
contest in August 2013 to charges of felony
possession of marijuana for sale, felony
possession of an automatic weapon and illegal possession of an explosive. In return,
he was promised no more than two years in
prison and yesterday received that maximum
along with an order to register as a narcotics
offender.
Harrell had been representing himself
after firing three previous attorneys but was
required by a judge to have a lawyer after a

contentious court appearance in June.

Harrell was arrested after Brisbane police
were called to a domestic dispute involving
him and his girlfriend on Oct. 1, 2012.
While police were there, Harrell reportedly
agreed to leave the home he shared with his
girlfriend and take a taxi to his parents
home in Montara. After he left, Harrells
girlfriend showed officers a closet in the
home that contained 145 pounds of dynamite sticks, which experts said was enough
explosives to destroy the neighborhood.
The closet also allegedly contained
$37,000 in cash and a gallon-sized bag of
marijuana.
He had been free from custody on a
$500,000 bail bond but was remanded back
into custody after a previous court appearance. While incarcerated, he earned credit of
213 days against the two-year term.

opened the floor to dozens of former utilities

commission staffers, union officials, nonprofit representatives and others who praised
him.
Cal i fo rn i a Hi g h way Pat ro l o ffi cers
briefly surrounded the only person who
took the floor to condemn Peevey. You
belong in jail, Steve Zeltzer, a local
activist, told him.
I dont like the accusatory tone, Peevey
responded.
Peevey leaves with state authorities still
deciding PG&Es final penalty for the 2010
explosion in the San Francisco suburb of San
Bruno, Mark Toney, the head of The Utility
Reform Network, a ratepayer advocacy group,
noted outside the meeting.
Jim Ruane, mayor of San Bruno, where the
pipeline blast also destroyed dozens of
homes, said he hoped Peeveys departure
would lead to change in the regulatory commission.

Local briefs
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restore their lives, according to police.
Anyone who suspects an incident of human
trafficking should notify the National Human
Trafficking Hotline at (888) 373-7888.

Protection sought for

scenic California region
A contingent of California environmental
groups, business representatives and politicians will use a visit Friday from Interior
Secretary Sally Jewell to push for permanent
protection of some 350,000 acres of picturesque federal land near the states famous
wine country. Congress declined this session
to pass legislation from Democratic Rep.
Mike Thompson that would have designated
the land as a national conservation area, and
companion legislation by U.S. Sen. Barbara
Boxer also faltered.

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Thousands of young immigrants

allowed to get drivers licenses
By Jacques Billeaud
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOENIX A judge cleared the way

Thursday for thousands of young
immigrants in Arizona who are protected from deportation under an
Obama administration policy to get
drivers licenses.
The preliminary injunction issued
by U.S. District Judge David Campbell
bars the state from enforcing Gov. Jan
Brewers policy of denying the licenses to about 20,000 immigrants.
The injunction that takes effect
Monday was a formality that carries
out instructions issued in July by the
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Nora Preciado, one of the attorneys who pressed the challenge of
the state policy, said the injunction
eliminates the rule change that made
it difficult or impossible for young
immigrants to do essential things
such as go to school and stores, and

This has been a terrible harm

to them and has really stunted their ability to
contribute to Arizona and their communities.
Nora Preciado, an attorney who pressed the challenge of the state policy

find and hold a job.

This has been a terrible harm to
them and has really stunted their ability to contribute to Arizona and their
communities, Preciado said.
Brewer lashed out at the order, saying issuing licenses is a state matter,
not one for the federal government or
an unelected judiciary.
It is outrageous that Arizona is
being forced to ignore longstanding
state law and comply with a flawed federal court mandate that requires the
state, at least temporarily, to issue
driver licenses to individuals whose
presence is in violation of federal law,
as established by the United States
Congress, Brewer said in a statement.

Regardless, the governors office

confirmed she would comply, even as
she vowed to keep fighting the case.
The governor is asking the U. S.
Supreme Court to review her appeal of
the 9th Circuit decision.
The move in Arizona to deny the
licenses was a reaction to steps taken
by the Obama administration in June
2012 to shield thousands of immigrants from deportation.
Brewers move marked the nations
most visible challenge to the Obama
policy.
Nebraska is the only other state to
have made similar denials, and a federal judge this year dismissed a lawsuit
contesting that states policy.

Mistrial in molestation case

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

Prosecutors are weighing whether to

retry a former San Mateo gas station
worker whose molestation case ended in
a mistrial when jurors could not unanimously agree whether he molested the
owners 7-year-old son and his friend.
On the second day of deliberations,
jurors in the trial of Yun Anthony Mak,
26, of San Leandro, deadlocked 9-3 in
favor of guilt on charges related to one

victim and 7-5 in favor of acquittal for

charges stemming from the second.
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said
a decision has yet to be made on
whether to try Mak a second time but
that it will be announced Dec. 23.
Meanwhile, he remains in custody
on $250,000 bail.
Mak worked at a San Mateo station
in 2009 and the two 7-year-old boys
would play there, according to prosecutors who said the man showed them

inappropriate photos on his cellphone, exposed himself and also

placed their hands on his genitals.
Mak was fired from the gas station
for an unrelated theft and the owners
son at age 10 told his mother about the
alleged incidents and the man was
arrested in June 2013, according to
prosecutors.
If retried and convicted, Mak faces a
possible life sentence because of the
multiple victim allegation.

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Around the nation

Tsarnaev appears in court for first time since 2013
BOSTON Boston Marathon bombing suspect
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returned to court Thursday for the first
time since he was arraigned in July 2013, and he received a
shout of encouragement from the motherin-law of a man who was shot and killed
while being questioned by law enforcement after the bombings.
Security was tight at the federal courthouse in Boston for Tsarnaevs final pretrial conference. Tensions ran high, and
one bombing victim had a testy
exchange with protesters outside.
During the brief court hearing, U.S.
Dzhokhar
District Court George OToole Jr. made
Tsarnaev
no rulings, saying he would rule in writing on pending motions, including the defenses latest push
to move the trial out of Boston.
David Bruck, one of Tsarnaevs lawyers, told the judge
that the defense plans to file a motion to delay the trial,
which is now scheduled to begin on Jan. 5 with jury selection. Bruck did not say how long of a delay the defense will
seek.
At one point, the mother-in-law of Ibragim Todashev
called out to Tsarnaev in Russian in the courtroom. Elena
Teyer said she told him: We pray for you. Be strong, my
son. We know you are innocent.

Sheriff to cede immigration-enforcement foothold

PHOENIX An Arizona sheriff known for crackdowns on
people living in the country illegally is giving up his last
major foothold in immigration enforcement efforts that
won him popularity among voters but
gradually were reined in by Washington
and the courts.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaios
office revealed late Wednesday that it was
agreeing to disband a controversial squad
that has raided businesses to arrest more
than 700 immigrants who were charged
with using fake or stolen IDs to get jobs.
He has proved that when he gets
Joe Arpaio
involved in immigration enforcement,
he tramples on the U.S. Constitution, at great expense to
taxpayers and public safety, said Cecillia Wang, an
American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who won a racial
profiling case against Arpaios office.
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Not much chance of Congress

stopping Obamas Cuba policy
By Deb Riechmann

Paul: Trade with

Cuba good idea
By Ken Thomas
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Kentucky Sen.

Rand Paul said Thursday the lengthy
U. S.
economic
embargo against
Cuba just hasnt
worked
and
voiced support for
opening trade with
Cuba in the aftermath of the Obama
admi n i s t rat i o n s
policy
shift
Rand Paul
regarding
the
communist island.
Paul became the first potential
Republican presidential candidate to
offer some support for President
Barack Obamas decision to attempt
to normalize U. S. relations with
Cuba. The presidents surprise
announcement on Wednesday was
criticized by several potential GOP
candidates, who said it amounted to
appeasing the Castro regime.
Paul said in a radio interview with
Tom Roten of News Talk 800 WVHU
in Huntington, West Virginia, that
many younger Cuban Americans support open trade with Cuba. And many
U.S. farmers, he said, would back
Obamas moves because Cuba would
offer a new market for their crops.
The 50-year embargo just hasnt
worked, Paul said.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON A lack of unanimity in both political parties toward

President Barack Obamas sudden move
to re-establish ties with Cuba complicates any congressional effort to scuttle
the most significant change in U.S.
policy toward the communist island in
50-plus years.
His initiative faces some strong
resistance among lawmakers, with criticism
coming
mostly
from
Republicans, who say the new policy
rewards Cubas decades-long policies of
repression, human rights abuses and
aggression.
Some
prominent
Democrats voiced opposition, too.
Opponents spoke of holding up
money to set up a full-service U.S.
embassy in Havana, blocking Obamas
nominee as ambassador to Cuba or
other such steps. But even if they were
to pass sweeping legislation to stop
what Obama wants to do, he could veto
it and they are unlikely to muster the
two-thirds majority to override a veto.
The GOP will control both the Senate
and House come Jan. 6, but Republicans
will face pressure from businesses and
the farm industry eyeing opportunities for commerce in Cuba not to
stand in the way of expanded ties.
The Chamber of Commerce spent
heavily in the midterm elections,
investing $35 million to elect business-minded,
predominantly
Republican lawmakers. Its president,
Thomas J. Donohue, said Wednesday
that Obamas actions will go a long
way in allowing opportunities for free
enterprise to flourish.
The U.S. declared an embargo on

most exports to Cuba in October 1960

and severed diplomatic relations in
January 1961. Three months later Fidel
Castro declared Cuba a socialist state
just a day before the doomed, U.S.sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion meant
to topple him. After the hard-line
Castro became ill in 2006, his brother,
Raul, took charge of the nation, fewer
than 100 miles off the southern coast of
Florida.
Now Obama says he will ease economic and travel restrictions on Cuba
and work with Congress to end the trade
embargo. This came after Cuba released
American Alan Gross, who had been
imprisoned for five years, and a Cuban
who had spied for the U.S. In exchange,
the U.S. freed three Cubans jailed in
Florida.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., one of
three lawmakers who flew to Cuba
before dawn to escort Gross home,
praised Obamas move.
Leahy, the top Democrat on the committee that oversees foreign aid, said
that over the years hes heard members
of Congress tell presidents, Hang
tough on Cuba and those Castros will
be out of there any day now.
That was said to President Kennedy,
President Johnson, President Nixon,
President Ford, President Carter you
see what Im driving at, Leahy said.
The fact is they are there. The fact is,
Cuba is still there.
Lets start finding out ways to at
least work through our differences,
embrace areas where we are alike.
Another Democrat, New Jersey Sen.
Bob Menendez, the outgoing chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, voiced opposition to the
new Cuban policy.

Friday Dec. 19, 2014

Next steps on Cuba

RESTORING FULL DIPLOMATIC TIES:
While international relations can be subject to
laws passed by Congress, the White House
enjoys broad discretion in diplomatic
recognition.An exchange of diplomatic notes
between Washington and Havana would be
enough to normalize diplomatic relations,
but that must be preceded by agreement on
a series of separate understandings that
would govern those ties.
High-level discussions to reach those
understandings will begin in late January in
Havana as part of previously scheduled U.S.Cuba immigration talks.The top U.S.diplomat
for the Americas, Assistant Secretary of State
for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta
Jacobson, will lead the administrations
delegation. Jacobson told reporters on
Thursday that the process is in many ways
mechanical and will not be contingent on
reaching accords on areas of deep U.S.
concern,notably Cubas human rights record.
Nor are comprehensive settlements of
outstanding U.S. and Cuban legal claims
against each other and private companies
required for normalization,she said.President
Barack Obama and others maintain, though,
that improving human rights and resolving
other contentious issues, including lawsuits,
will remain key U.S.priorities moving forward.
Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and
Cuba were severed in 1961 but partially
restored in 1977 with the creation of U.S.and
Cuban interests sections staffed by diplomats
in the countries respective capitals. Those
facilities are technically under the authority
of Switzerland,which serves as what is known
as a protecting power for both the United
States and Cuba in each others nation. Once
full diplomatic relations are restored, those
interests sections would be converted to
embassies.
REOPENING THE U.S.
EMBASSY IN HAVANA AND
NOMINATING AN AMBASSADOR:
As with recognition,the U.S.Constitution gives
the executive branch wide discretion in
opening and closing diplomatic facilities.But
Congress must approve money to pay for
them, and Senate confirmation is required
for ambassadorial nominations. Several
senators opposed to the administrations
policy shift have threatened to withhold
funding for an embassy in Havana and to
block any nominee for ambassador. Since
Congress has for 37 years funded the interests
section in Havana and for its staff,who provide
vital services to Americans and Cubans,
administration officials do not believe
Congress will block payments to convert the
mission to an embassy.The State Department
says it plans to use the building in which the
current interests section is located,a six-story
structure that served as the embassy from
1953 until 1961, and does not expect the
change to cost significantly more than what
is currently spent.
The ambassador post could be more
problematic. A single senator can block a
nomination. Administration officials expect
that any nominee will face a difficult
confirmation process but note that the
functions of an ambassador are often carried

out by a deputy chief of mission or charge

daffaires.The administration says it hopes to
have the embassy openwithin monthsbut
that timetable will be dictated by the speed
of the broader normalization effort.
ENDING THE U.S. EMBARGO AND
REMOVING THE STATE SPONSOR
OF TERRORISM DESIGNATION:
The executive branch does not have the
power to abolish the 1963 embargo, but it
can take steps to mitigate its effect. Ending
the embargo would take an act of Congress,
and administration officials admit they are
not optimistic that will happen soon.Officials
say, however, they believe an easing of
sanctions will eventually create conditions in
Cuba that will persuade opponents of
normalization to vote in favor of ending the
embargo.
In addition to the embargo,Cuba is subject to
sanctions under other legislation, including
its designation in 1982 as a state sponsor of
terrorism. That designation restricts U.S.
foreign assistance,bans defense exports and
sales, puts controls over exports of dual-use
items and sets out numerous financial and
travel restrictions.Obama announced he had
instructed Secretary of State John Kerry to
begin a six-month review of the designation
that is required to delist Cuba.Officials refuse
to pre-judge the outcome of the review but
acknowledge that the White House would
not have ordered it without an eye on lifting
the designation.
Cuba is also subject to sanctions under the
Trading With the Enemy Act, the HelmsBurton Act and other legislation, all of which
would require congressional approval to
repeal but not necessarily to ease.
EASING SANCTIONS SHORT
OF ENDING THE EMBARGO:
Dont rush to Cuba to pick up cigars and rum
just yet. The easing of trade, travel and
currency restrictions announced on
Wednesday will not take effect until the
Commerce and Treasury Departments revise
the regulations and publish the revisions in
the Federal Register.That could take weeks,at
least.
The administration says rules on visits to Cuba
by Americans will be liberalized to allow for
travel in categories that have in the past
required special licenses from Treasurys Office
of Foreign Assets Control. Those categories
include: family visits, official U.S. or foreign
government business, journalism, research
and professional meetings, educational and
religious activities,performances,workshops,
competitions and expeditions and
humanitarian support. Specific licenses will
also no longer be required for business related
to telecommunications and Internet linkages
with Cuba.
In addition, Americans with family in Cuba
will now be allowed to send their relatives up
to $2,000 every three months, up from $500,
and Americans visiting Cuba will be allowed
to legally import merchandise bought there
with a value of up to $400, including up to
$100 in tobacco and alcohol purchases.Those
purchases will also be allowed to be made
with credit and debit cards issued by U.S.
banks.

LOCAL/NATION

Friday Dec. 19, 2014

Reporters notebook

CITY GOVERNMENT
The city of Mi l l brae is looking to ll a
vacancy on the S an Mat e o Co un t y
Mo s qui to and Vecto r Co ntro l Di s tri ct
Bo ard.
Applicants must be a Millbrae resident and
registered voter and are applying to ll a term
ending on Dec. 31, 2015.
Visit
ci.millbrae.ca.us for an application and information. Applications
are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015.
On Dec. 9, Belmont held its annual council rotation. Dav i d
Brauns tei n is now mayor, replacing Warren Li eberman, who
remains on the council and Eri c Reed is now vice mayor.

EDUCATION
The San Bruno Park El ementary Scho o l Di s tri ct performed its annual rotation Dec. 10. Kev i n Marti nez is now president, while Jo hn Mari no s is vice president.
The San Mateo -Fo s ter Ci ty El ementary Scho o l Di s tri ct
performed reorganized Dec. 11. Audrey Ng is now president, while
Ed Co ady is vice president.
The So uth San Franci s co Uni ed Scho o l Di s tri ct performed its annual rotation Dec. 17. Judi th Bus h is now president,
while Patri ck Lucy is vice president.

NASAs Orion spacecraft

Around the nation
back in Florida after test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
NASAs experimental Orion
spacecraft left Florida by rocket
and returned by truck.
The capsule arrived back at
Kennedy Space Center in Florida
on Thursday. It rocketed into
orbit Dec. 5, traveling 3, 600
miles into space on an unmanned
test flight that proved to be a
great success. NASA plans to use
future models to help get astro-

nauts to Mars in coming decades.

Orion parachuted into the
Pacific. After coming ashore at
San Diego, the spacecraft was
hauled by truck across the country.
Engineers will now begin the
lengthy process of inspecting the
vessel and reviewing all the data
collected by sensors. The capsule
was struck by micrometeoroids,
but that was anticipated.

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al trai n is offering free

rides on New Years
Ev e and scheduled four
extra southbound trains after
midnight. Starting 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 31, riders will
be able to stay out of their vehicles and avoid driving drunk by
hoping on Caltrain at no cost.
The regional rail service doesnt
allow open alcohol containers
onboard after 9 p.m. For more
information and scheduling visit
www.caltrain.com.
***
Half Moon Bay has released
applications for its high school
and middle school Annual
Leaders hi p Awards . Those
who have made outstanding
achievements and embodied
leadership within the community can apply.
A winner in each grade will be
chosen with a high school senior receiving $1,000, junior
$200 and middle school through
sophomore student award winners receiving $100. Applicants
must be in good academic standing and have volunteered within
the community. The awards will
be based on achievements, work
ethic, community service, leadership and overcoming obstacles.
Applications are due by 5
p. m. Jan. 12 and can be downloaded at www. hmb. com or

picked up at City Hall.

***
Students from Jo bTrai n are
likely knee-deep in dough baking 10,000 cookies to be distributed Chri s tmas Day to
inmates in San Mateo County by
the Serv i ce Leag ue. Each
inmate will receive at least 10
cookies. The Jo bTrai n Co o ke
Pro ject is one of seven fulltime vocational programs that
the nonprot provides at no
cost.
***
The Central Co unty Fi re
Department recognized Jo hn
Kev rani an, owner of Nuts fo r
Candy and president of the
Bro adway Bus i nes s
Impro v ement Di s tri ct, with a
plaque for his 17 years of service
working on the re departments
toy drive.
***
Check out the holiday puppet
show Puppy l o cks at 11 a.m.
and 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 for
free at the Burl i ng ame Publ i c
Li brary , 480 Primrose Road in
Burlingame. The show follows
the story of a golden, mischievous little dog who does everything wrong at three teddy bears
home while they are off at the
teddy bear circus. The performance includes live music and
singing and features the

Mag i cal Mo o ns hi ne
Theater.
Tickets are free, but space is
limited. Pick up tickets at the
librarys Childrens Desk.
***
Cub Sco ut Pack 6 5 , based
in San Carlos, recently collected
16,860 pounds of food in the
annual BSA Sco uti ng fo r
Fo o d canned food drive, which
locally benets the Seco nd
Harv es t Fo o d Bank.
Approximately 75 Cub Scouts
(ranging from rst- to fthgrades) from Pack 65 participated
in the annual BSA Scouting for
Food canned food drive. To
achieve their goal, scouts distributed iers throughout San
Carlos neighborhoods, manned
donation stations at local grocery stores, enlisted the help of
classmates and friends.
Based in San Carlos, Cub Scout
Pack 65 primarily draws from
Bri ttan Acres , Whi te Oaks
and San Carl o s Charter
Learni ng Center s cho o l s ,
but is open to any interested
rst- through fth-grade boys.
http://www.pac65.org
The Reporters Notebook is a weekly
collection of facts culled from the
notebooks of the Daily Journal staff. It
appears in the Friday edition.

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Friday Dec. 19, 2014

U.S. forces preparing Afghans for success

Other voices

Fayetteville (North Carolina) Observer

he long war in Afghanistan is

winding down, with American
forces gradually pulling out
and turning over control of security to
Afghan forces.
Green Berets from Fort Bragg have
seen other conicts reach this point,
only for reversals to erase those
gains. But they and their commanders
believe what they have accomplished
in Afghanistan is unprecedented and
can endure.
No one was really surprised when
South Vietnam collapsed after the
U.S. withdrawal. The Saigon regimes
ill-equipped, badly led and poorly
motivated military never measured up.
Iraq is a more recent event. Many of
those who have served in Afghanistan
also did tours in Iraq. The rise of the
Islamic State leaves Iraqs future
unclear. U.S. special operation forces

coordinated anti-insurgency efforts

with Iraqis and helped train them to
take charge. But the total removal of
U.S. forces left a void.
Worse, the utter incompetence of
the political leaders there, an Iraqi
military organization that made
absenteeism and corruption protable
and a discriminatory religious policy
that undermined loyalty resulted in a
total collapse under pressure from the
terrorists.
Who knows what role American
troops will have to play as the situation develops.
But those events are lessons
learned. And Afghanistan is different,
say those working at Kabuls Fort
Commando today.
Through years of cooperation and
trust, the U.S. special and conven-

tional forces have forged bonds with

the new Afghan military that will persist after most Americans have gone
home.
U.S. forces continue to advise, but
theyve trained the Afghan instructors
who prepare new Afghan commandos.
Afghan Special Mission Wing units
have also been developed that allow
them to conduct their own insertions
into difcult terrain and their own
remote aerial surveillance.
The Green Berets and other special
operations forces are justly proud of
these achievements. No other foreign
force working with Americans has
been trained to this level. These new
Afghan special forces are being compared, not to those of other small
countries but to the elite forces of the
worlds top militaries.
Just as Americans hopes have been
with U.S. troops, they will now focus
on those who continue their work.

Letters to the editor

Foster City Council meeting
Editor,
I watched with muchdisappointment the last Foster City Council
meeting at which the council selected
the new mayor and vice mayor for
next year. Once again, Councilman
Herb Perezchose to pursue a practice
of petty politics, veiled threats and
not-so-subtle insults as hechallenged
his fellow councilmembers on the
nominating process in a petulant diatribe that included innuendo about the
tnessof certain members
toserveoncouncil and demonstrated
an undisguised contempt of the council.He advocatedthat mayoral nominations follow the ideals of a meritocracy, dened by Webster asleadership selected on the basis of intellectual criteria, such as achievement,
education or test scores. It was obvious to most observers that Mr. Perez
was about to be passed over for nomination for either mayor or vice
mayor. It was equally obvious he felt
that if this was a meritocracy, he
would be entitled to a higher role in
our local government (basedon
SATscores maybe?)Our system of
government in Foster City is a
democracy. And although a rotation
of councilmembers has been the norm
in the nominating processfor mayor,
it is not always so. In such times, the
council has revertedto democratic
principles,a vote by our duly elected
ofcials in search of a majority.
Perhaps Mr. Perez should look to
his own behavior as to why he was
passed over by the current
council.Perhaps hecould revisit the
article he authored in a recentedition
of TheIslander in which he offered a

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hypocritical defense of his condescendingattitudeas an example of a

new modelofcivic discourse as
opposed to what it truly is political pettinessand hubris.

David Styka
Foster Cit

A Cuban-Americans
perspective on policy changes
Editor,
Oftentimes when I tell someone I
am Cuban-American (born of Cuban
parents in the United States and raised
in Miami) the response is the same,
Oh thats so cool. Have you been to
Cuba? to which I always reply, No
not yet. Someday. Rarely do I get
into my reasons for not going.
Because, like my feelings on the
recent news of the U.S. policy
changes on Cuba, its complicated.
I think that generally Americans
dont fully understand why its so
complicated. When Obama talked
about Cutting loose the shackles of
the past, I couldnt help but bristle a
bit and think, Easy for him to say.
The heartbreak over having left a life
behind on that island was a mainstay
of my upbringing, debated countless
times throughout the years. My parents suffered and struggled greatly
after leaving Cuba and even 50 years
later, it was still a very painful subject. So for the United States to decide
that its been long enough and expect
everyone to agree with this new
approach is insensitive and unfair.
However, is it fair to ask Cubans living on the island today to continue to

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pay the debt for their governments

injuries?
We can only hope this decision
ultimately creates positive change for
the Cuban people. In his speech,
Obama referred to the U.S.-Cuban
relationship as at once family and
foe. Similarly, Im feeling at once
optimistic and skeptical.

Eileen Gonzalez-DiFranco
San Mateo

IHSS workers deserve

a living wage increase
Editor,
For the past few months, my home
care provider has fought for her right
to a livable wage. She deserves to be
treated with respect by the San Mateo
County Board of Supervisors. I would
be forced to move into a small, stale
room if it wasnt for this program.
My home care providers work has
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allows me to surround myself with
items that bring me comfort and joy.
If I was able stand outside with her,
chanting and risking arrest, I would
join her ght for higher pay.
The Board of Supervisors should to
listen to the voices of home care
workers and the community. The work
of home care providers is an asset to
San Mateo County and the board
needs to invest some of its budget
surplus into this program.

Malik Smith
Daly City
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Cubas new day

I

learned my first Spanish curse words when I happened to mention the name Castro in front of my
friends dad. A litany of such language followed
and I was essentially instructed not to speak the name
again in their house. I didnt know the meaning of the
words but I certainly knew what they meant.
My friends dad was from Cuba and came to the United
States in the 1960s. He loved Cuba. He loved the Unites
States, but he loved
Cuba. And he hated
Castro.
My friend said not to
worry about it but it
might be a good idea
not to mention Castro
again to her father,
who was normally very
reserved, quiet and
altogether extremely
nice and generous with
both his time and
knowledge. After all,
he introduced me to
mojo criollo.
I learned my lesson.
But there was a further
lesson to be learned from the one-sided exchange. Many
people in South Florida, where I went to college, were
of Cuban descent and hated the fact that they were essentially forced to leave the country they loved because of
the communist rule of the dictator they believed forever
ruined their prosperous and beautiful homeland.
I wonder what my friends dad thinks of the announcement Wednesday that the United States and Cuba are
renewing diplomatic relations after 53 years. He might
be pleased, but then again, likely not. The fact of the
matter is that the island nation is still under communist
rule and is suffering from falling fortunes due to its prior
alliances and those ever-shrinking number of nations
reliance on the oil trade. And while some tout Cubas
independence even in relative isolation, it is sad to
think of what a thriving nation it could have been without its five decades of frozen contact with much of the
rest of the world.
While the announcement is merely the first step, it is
a big one. Many likely felt it would never happen under
a regime led by either Fidel or Raul. And many may feel
this is a step that should not have been taken with
either Castro. After all, the United States would likely
have more leverage with a new regime rather than have
this now open door already established. But it is obviously a step done under a certain amount of duress
because of crumbling economic conditions in both Cuba
and with its allies. And we should keep in mind that
whatever fortune flows to Cuba will not go to its people
but rather its dictatorial regime thats how communism has worked in practice.
It is also yet to be seen if the secret diplomacy of the
Obama administration and the State Department with
once rogue nations will yield anything of value or
rather just put us at a disadvantage while our allies wonder where their attention is. It is too soon to know for
sure.
But there is hope that the people of Cuba may see the
benefit of opening up to the world and maybe, just
maybe, there might be a chance for Cubans who came to
the United States under the worst of terms to return
home to the land they once loved.
***
Perennial congressional candidate Mike Moloney died
Sunday. Mike was an interesting character who could
often be seen strolling around downtown San Mateo
with his Serra High School ball cap firmly affixed to the
top of his head.
I first met Mike when he was running for Congress
against incumbent Tom Lantos. He ran as a Republican,
but he was far from it. He was concerned about the war in
the Middle East and didnt pull any punches on his
views.
He tapered off in recent years but would sometimes
send notes and leave voice mails with his thoughts. He
was sometimes out there, but definitely well researched
and passionate. Rest in peace Mike Moloney.
Jon May s is the editor in chief of the Daily Journal. He
can be reached at jon@smdaily journal.com. Follow Jon
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Friday Dec. 19, 2014

THE DAILY JOURNAL

Dow has best day in three years

By Steve Rothwell
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dow
17,778.15 +421.28 10-Yr Bond 2.20 +0.06
Nasdaq 4,748.40 +104.08 Oil (per barrel) 55.86
S&P 500 2,061.23 +48.34 Gold
1,198.60

Big movers
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New
York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Oracle Corp., up $4.19 to $45.35
The business software company reported better-than-expected quarterly
results, including a 5 percent jump in software and cloud revenue.
Rite Aid Corp., up 72 cents to $6.78
The nations third-largest drugstore chain reported a 47 percent jump in
third-quarter profit and hiked its annual forecast.
Cheniere Energy Inc., up $5.98 to $71.46
The energy company landed a 20-year contract to supply natural gas in
Portugal, thanks in part to the U.S. natural gas boom.
AK Steel Holding Corp., up 46 cents to $6.02
The steel company said that it expects shipments to jump 37 percent to
2 million tons this quarter thanks to strong auto sales.
Nasdaq
Dunkin Brands Group Inc., down $3.17 to $43.05
With Americans still holding back on spending on top of Asias economic
woes, the doughnut maker cut its expectations for next year.
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc., up $4.81 to $38
The drugmakers infection fighter eravacycline fared well compared with
another drug treatment in late-stage clinical testing.
Herman Miller Inc., down $1.15 to $29.95
Sales are up and the furniture maker swung to a nice quarterly profit, but
lackluster growth in orders caught investors off guard.
Zagg Inc., up 87 cents to $6.20
Huge sales of new iPhones have been a big boon for the cell phone
accessory company, which boosted its outlook for next year.

NEW YORK The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest surge in
three years Thursday, its second
straight triple-digit gain following the
Federal Reserves reassurance that it
was in no hurry to raise interest rates.
Bullish earnings from technology
giant Oracle also drove the rally,
which has helped stocks erase an
early-December slump. Industrial and
health care stocks also logged big
gains. Even the energy sector
advanced, despite another drop in the
price of oil.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen said
Wednesday that she foresaw no rate
hike in the first quarter of 2015. The
comments eased concerns that policymakers would start raising interest
rates at a time when growth outside the
U.S. appears to be flagging. They also
helped investors look past worries
about the impact of a slumping oil
price and turmoil in Russia, where the
currency has slumped.
What were seeing is a move back
to
fundamentals, said Karyn
Cavanaugh, a senior market strategist
at Voya Investment Management.
Earnings continue to be good...the
U.S. economy is continuing to do
well.
The Standard & Poors 500 index

What were seeing is a move back to

fundamentals. ... Earnings continue to be
good ... the U.S. economy is continuing to do well.
Karyn Cavanaugh, a senior market strategist at Voya Investment Management

rose 48.34 points, or 2.4 percent, to

2,061.23. The Dow Jones industrial
average gained 421.28 points, also
2.4 percent, to 17,778.15. The Nasdaq
Composite gained 104.08 points, or
2.2 percent, to 4,748.40.
Oracle was the biggest gainer in the
S&P 500 index after it reported earnings late Wednesday that beat the
expectations of Wall Street analysts.
The company said its software and
cloud revenue grew 5 percent. The
stock rose $4.19, or 10.2 percent, to
$45. 35. The companys advance
helped push up the tech sector 3 percent.
Investors are betting that as the
economy improves and unemployment continues to fall, companies will
start to invest in technology to boost
productivity.
Oracle has been out of favor for
some time, and its probably about
time it gets back in favor, said Jerry
Braakman, chief investment officer of
First American Trust.
Stocks rose sharply Thursday even
as oil resumed its slide.

Film took aim at North

Koreas biggest taboo
By Eric Talmadge
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TOKYO If the U.S. governments

claim is correct that North Korea was
involved in the unprecedented hack
attack on Sony Pictures that scuttled
Seth Rogens latest comedy, no one
can say they werent warned. The
movie, The Interview, pushed all of
North Koreas buttons.
No country would welcome a movie
portraying the glib and graphic assassination of its leader.
But nowhere could it be expected to
generate more official outrage and possible reprisals than in North Korea,
home to the worlds most intense cult
of personality, where even the hint of
criticism of the ruling Kim dynasty
can mean a long stint in prison and
where its a serious offense to merely

crumple up a newspaper with any of the

leaders images.
North Koreas reaction to The
Interview was swift and loud.
Way back in June, it warned there
would be severe repercussions for anyone involved in the film, which portrays the assassination of Kim Jong Un
for the CIA by two American journalists.
When rumors began to circulate that
North Korea was behind the hack, it was
quick to deny it ordered the attack, but
suggested it was a righteous deed carried out by sympathizers abroad.
Strengthening suspicions that North
Koreas involvement might have been
deeper, a U.S. official said Wednesday
that federal investigators have connected the hacking to the North. A
security professional with knowledge
of the breach said investigators had
strong circumstantial evidence and

technical commonalities pointing to

North Korea. Both spoke on condition
of anonymity because they were not
authorized to discuss an ongoing
investigation.
Bernadette
Meehan,
National
Security Council spokeswoman, said
the United States was considering a
range of options in response.
Though Washington has yet to officially lay out its case, Hajime Izumi, a
leading Japanese expert on North
Korea and a professor at Shizuoka
University, said the film crossed a red
line for North Korea because it struck
at the countrys biggest taboo: criticism of its supreme leader.
Suppression of such criticism is vital
to the very survival of the regime.
They cant allow that, he said. I
think their response was fairly predictable.

The price of oil fell $2.36 to close at

$54.11 a barrel, after rising as high as
$58.71 in morning trading. Oil has
plunged since June, when it peaked at
$107 a barrel. Overproduction and
weak demand are behind the fall in
global oil prices. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oil, fell $1.91
to close at $59.27 in London.
A rapid descent in oil prices was the
catalyst for big losses on the stock
market a week earlier. While falling oil
prices are good for consumers, putting
more money in their pockets by cutting gas prices, they are bad for energy
companies. Oil has fallen almost 50
percent from a peak of $107 a barrel in
June.
U.S. government bond prices fell.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year
government Treasury note climbed to
2.21 percent from 2.14 percent a day
earlier.
In currency trading, the euro fell to
$1.2274 from $1.2329 the previous
day. The dollar edged higher against
the Japanese yen, climbing to 118.91
yen from 118.83 yen.

Business briefs
Hellmans maker Unilever
drops suit over Just Mayo
Hellmans mayonnaise maker Unilever has withdrawn its
lawsuit against the maker of Just Mayo.
Unilever filed suit against Hampton Creek earlier this
year claiming the name of the small California companys
product amounted to false advertising.
The consumer-products giant, whose U.S. arm is based in
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, had said that Just Mayo
has no eggs and therefore doesnt meet the definition of
mayonnaise. It argued that the word mayo implies that the
product is mayonnaise, and that Hampton Creek was stealing market share from Hellmans.
Hampton Creek has said that it marketed its product as
mayo rather than mayonnaise specifically to meet labeling regulations.
Unilever said Thursday that it decided to withdraw the lawsuit so that Hampton Creek can address its label directly
with industry groups and regulatory authorities.
Hampton Creek has had positive conversations with
industry groups and government officials, said the San
Francisco-based companys CEO, Josh Tetrick. He said that
Hampton Creek may make the word just larger on the label
but has no plans to change the products name or its labeling.
Just Mayos label states that it doesnt contain eggs. The
label features a white egg with a plant growing in front,
which Tetrick has said is the companys way of showing
that they use plants instead of chicken eggs.
Unilever, which also sells the Best Foods brand, holds the
biggest share of the U.S. mayonnaise market, estimated to
be worth $2 billion annually, according to market-research
firm Euromonitor.

Ford expands drivers air bag recall nationwide

DETROIT Ford Motor Co. has agreed to government
demands to expand a drivers side air bag inflator recall to
the entire U.S.
The move announced Thursday adds 447,000 Ford vehicles to the list of those recalled due to drivers inflators
made by Japans Takata Corp. The inflators can explode
with too much force, spewing shrapnel into drivers and passengers.
Fords action puts pressure on BMW and Chrysler, the
only two automakers that havent agreed to national recalls.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made
the demand of five automakers, saying the inflators are dangerous. Honda and Mazda already took their recalls national.
Previously the recalls were limited to high-humidity
states mainly along the Gulf Coast.
The Ford national recall covers certain 2005 to 2008
Mustangs and 2005 and 2006 GT sports cars. The company
also announced it would recall the same cars in Canada,
Mexico and a few other countries. Thursdays announcement
brings to just over 502,000 the number of Ford vehicles
under recall for Takata drivers side air bags.

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has been beaten up this season
Friday Dec. 19, 2014

Penn
State
Warriors outlast Thunder
eliminates
Currys 34 points
pace 114-109 win
Stanford VB
By Antonio Gonzalez
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By Cliff Brunt
OAKLAND Stephen Curry had 34
points and nine assists, and the Golden
State Warriors rallied from an early 17point deficit to beat Oklahoma City 114109 on Thursday night after Thunder star
Kevin Durant left with a sprained right
ankle.
Durant scored a season-high 30 points on
10-for-13 shooting in a spectacular first
half that ended with him stepping on
Marreese Speights foot. The Thunder said
Durant had a mild ankle sprain, and the
NBA MVP did not return.
Oklahoma City had won seven straight
games, which was the longest active streak
in the league after Memphis snapped
Golden States 16-game winning streak
Tuesday night.
Curry added seven rebounds, and Klay
Thompson scored 19 points for the
Warriors, who played without injured center
Andrew Bogut (right knee) and forward
David Lee (left hamstring) again.
Russell Westbrook led the Thunder with
33 points.
Westbrook and Curry traded go-ahead
shots in the final minutes until the Warriors
put together the deciding run.
Curry hit a pull-up jumper, Draymond
Green followed with a putback and Curry
connected on a short running shot to give
Golden State a 110-105 lead with 1:39
remaining.
Reggie Jackson made a layup after a timeout, and Curry came back with a finger roll
down the lane. The teams traded scores one
more time before Harrison Barnes fadeaway with 17.3 seconds left put the game
out of reach.
Green finished with 16 points, nine
rebounds and nine assists, and Barnes had
12 points and seven rebounds.
In a matchup of the NBAs top two teams
in opponents field-goal percentage, both

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NELSON CHENAULT/USA TODAY SPORTS

Steph Curry helped Golden State get back in the win column with 34 points and nine assists
as the Warriors got past the Thunder 114-109 Thursday night in Oakland.

OKLAHOMA CITY It would be difficult

to find two schools with more differing
pedigrees heading into a championship
match than Penn State and Brigham Young.
Penn State earned a chance to repeat with a
25-16, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21 win over topseeded Stanford on Thursday night. The
Nittany Lions (35-3) will seek their seventh
title, and their sixth in eight years, on
Saturday.
BYU beat Texas 25-23, 25-16, 17-25, 2624 in the early match Thursday to become
just the third unseeded team to reach the
finals since the first tournament in 1981.
The Cougars (30-4) hadnt been to the semifinals since 1993, and they advanced to the
final for the first time.
BYU expected to beat Texas, even though
the Longhorns were playing in the national
semifinals for the sixth time in seven years.
I dont think its an upset, BYUs Alexa
Gray said. Only the numbers in front of the
names say its an upset. We know were a
good team, so I think we have confidence
that we can come in play our hardest. We
think we can beat anybody here in the tournament.
Penn State coach Russ Rose is impressed
with BYUs path to the final.
To go back to back, beat Nebraska and
then Texas for sure, they have our attention, he said.
In the late match, Megan Courtney had 23
kills, Micha Hancock had 55 set assists and
Ali Frantti had 16 kills for the Nittany
Lions.
Rose got the best of Stanford coach John
Dunning again. He defeated Dunning in the
national finals in 2007 and 2008.
I would like to congratulate Penn State,
Dunning said. And I would like to say Ive

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CSM hoping to break Carlmont goes on 22-point

its slide this weekend run to cruise past El Camino
By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

As if battling through a ve-game slide wasnt bad enough, the College of San Mateo
womens basketball team had to spend the
week commuting to Caada College to use the
Colts gym.
The CSM gym was otherwise occupied as
the Red Cross set up emergency housing to
help the victims of the Belmont oods last
week.
(Our routine) sure got shook up this week,
said CSM coach Michelle Warner. Its always
difcult to go somewhere else (for practice).
But everybody at Caada has been accommodating. Its been nice to have a gym to ourselves because its been nals week.
The Lady Bulldogs will nally be back
home this weekend as they host the Tom
Martinez Invitational tournament, an eightteam bracket that features teams from around
the state.
(Well nally) have home-court advantage, Warner said. Well have some friends
and family there to support us.

The tournament tips off at 1 p.m. Friday

between Contra Costa College and Hartnell,
followed by Santa Monica-Shasta at 3 p.m.
Butte and Merritt will go at 5 p.m. with host
CSM taking on Reedley at 7 p.m.
The tournament continues through Saturday
and Sunday, with the consolation, third-place
and championship game taking place at 11
a.m., 1 and 3 p.m., respectively.
I think everyone in our tournament is really competitive, Warner said.
Reedley represents the Bulldogs rst home
game since a 69-68 win over Gavilan Nov. 14.
Their game against Siskiyous was moved to
Caada Sunday.
Itll be nice to be back in our gym, Warner
said. It will be nice to have a home game.
The Tigers also represent CSMs next
chance to get off the schneid. After winning
their rst two games to start the season, the
Bulldogs have dropped ve straight including a two-point loss at Santa Barbara (54-52),
an eight-point loss at Shasta (63-55) and a
seven-point loss to Feather River (72-65) in
Redding.

See CSM, Page 16

By Terry Bernal
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Home-court advantage and a 22-0 run was

all Carlmont needed Thursday night to cruise
past El Camino 56-32.
The Scots (3-3) set the tempo early with
the full-court press to fluster the winless
Colts (0-6), who committed 16 turnovers in
the first half. The result was not pretty, as El
Camino was shut out from the end of the first
quarter to the beginning of the third.
Carlmont dominated by riding the hot
hand of senior guard Joe Rodriguez, who
scored a game-high 20 points.
Weve been working on [the full-court
press] a lot and havent had the chance to use
it, Carlmont head coach Patrick Smith said.
We saw an opportunity tonight and got a
good chance to utilize it.
The Scots got cooking early with the play
of their starting guard tandem of Rodriguez
and junior Tyler Brandenberg, who accounted
for eight of Carlmonts 12 first-quarter
points. After El Camino took its lone lead of
the game 2-1, Brandenberg responded with a

sweet baseline drive to the bucket to give the

Scots the lead for good.
Brandenberg produced one of his three
steals on the night at midcourt and drove to
the hoop uncontested to give Carlmont a 104 lead. It was the first basket of the 22-point
scoring spree, as Carlmont would hold El
Camino scoreless until going up 30-4 in the
third quarter.
Were a very young team and we didnt
come in ready to go, El Camino head coach
Jeff Sutton said. They smelt blood in the
water and went for it.
The Colts did start generating some points
in the second half. At 1 minute, 40 seconds
into the third quarter, El Camino sophomore
Ian Ostrea hit a 3-pointer to break Carlmonts
scoring streak. Ostreas fellow sophomore
Alan Ouitayakul kept it going from beyond
the arc with a 3-pointer of his own.
After going 0 for 3 from the floor with no
points in the first half, Ouitayakul erupted in
the second half for a team-high 15 points.
Had we played like that for two halves, it

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49ers Aldon Smith hopes to build off tough year

By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA Aldon Smith might not

have the intimidating and impressive sack
numbers of past seasons in his abbreviated
year, yet he judges his play by more than
just flattening opposing quarterbacks.
Smith believes he has done well applying
pressure since returning from a nine-game
suspension that has made it tough for him to
gain much momentum on an ever-changing,
beat-up 49ers defense.
Ive been making plays, havent been
getting sacks but getting pressure, Smith
said. I feel good. Still making plays, still
making it hard for the quarterback to throw
and creating havoc in the backfield.
Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who
called Smith rusty when he returned last
month, has spoken of Smiths inconsistencies on the pass rush at times. Pressuring the
quarterback has regularly been a problem,
and the 49ers (7-7) will have to contend with
San Diegos Philip Rivers on Saturday
night.

Smith has 12 tackles

and two sacks in five
games, four starts.
Theres a lot more to
the job than just sacks. I
mean, setting an edge,
drops into coverage,
physical against the run
in the tackles, coach
Aldon Smith Jim Harbaugh said
Thursday. I think hes
done a very good job and (it has) been good
for everybody to have him back out there.
Finishing with a winning season, not
chasing a Super Bowl ring as so many of the
49ers planned, is what the season has come
to with two games left.
It is different, this is my first year not
being in the playoffs after having an extra
couple games, Smith said. So, its different, but take advantage of this time and
when its time to start, be ready.
Smith missed the first nine games this
season for violations of the NFLs substance-abuse and personal-conduct policies.
That came after a five-game absence last year

to undergo treatment following his

September 2013 DUI arrest. The 25-year-old
Smith was also arrested April 13 at Los
Angeles International Airport. Police said
Smith was randomly selected for a secondary
screening and became uncooperative with
the process, telling a TSA agent that he had
a bomb. No charges were filed.
He hopes to finally put all of that behind
him. Away from the field, Smith said he
believes hes now on the right track.
I feel like Ive done what I needed to do,
Smith said.
The 49ers picked up Smiths option for
2015, though they will certainly be no-nonsense when it comes to his behavior or
anybody elses for that matter going forward.
We talk to our players often about
respect, accountability, character, what that
means, general manager Trent Baalke said
Wednesday. Were a big part of this community, and we expect a lot from our players.
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hasnt said whether he will return for a 15th
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I just hope we can end it on a strong note.
Its good to play with him and if hes here
next year, thats good, Aldon Smith said.
If hes not, then Im sure hell be happy
retired.
Fangio has joked about flying to Missouri
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If I was the D-coordinator, I would, too.
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SANTA CLARA 49ers coach Jim

Harbaugh is declining to respond to reports
that he is weighing an offer from Michigan to
become the new football coach at his alma
mater.
Harbaugh has one season remaining on the
$25 million, ve-year
contract he signed in
January 2011. Several
media outlets, including
ESPN and the NFL
Network, have reported
Harbaugh has a six-year
offer on the table from the
Wolverines to return to
Jim Harbaugh Ann Arbor.
As you know, Ill only
talk about the job that I have. Weve been
together a long time and its a longstanding
policy, Harbaugh said Thursday.
All season long, he has said he wont let
outside issues affect him. His name has
emerged as a possible candidate for what
should be several NFL vacancies after the season if Harbaugh and the 49ers part ways,
including to ll the job across the bay in
Oakland.
San Francisco general manager Trent
Baalke said this week that a decision on
Harbaughs future would come after the season. The Niners (7-7) were eliminated from

Sports brief
As acquire lefty
De La Rosa from Arizona for cash
OAKLAND The Athletics have acquired
left-hander Eury De La Rosa from the Arizona
Diamondbacks for cash.
Oakland made the announcement Thursday,
the latest trade in another offseason full of them
for general manager Billy Beane.
The As designated right-hander Fernando
Rodriguez for assignment to clear room on the
40-man roster. Right-hander Jorge De Leon,
who was designated for assignment Dec. 9, has
been released.
De La Rosa, 24, began the 2014 season with
Triple-A Reno and posted a 2.52 ERA in 36
relief appearances before being called up by
Arizona July 5. He then went 2-0 with a 2.95
ERA in 25 games for the Diamondbacks. He
allowed only two home runs in 36 2-3 innings.

playoff contention in last Sundays 17-7 loss

at Seattle, giving them their rst three-game
losing streak under Harbaugh. San Francisco
had reached three straight NFC championship
games, losing the Super Bowl after the 2012
season.
Trent and I have discussions every day,
Harbaugh said, noting he still intends to
coach out his contract. I have said that Im
going to nish this til the end. My focus is
the same as the players focus, the same as the
coaches focus, focused on the practice eld,
focused in meetings, by our players, by our
coaches and by me.
Harbaugh said the 49ers still have plenty to
play for in their nal two games, Saturday at
home against San Diego and next week hosting Arizona like ending with a winning
record.
Offensive coordinator Greg Roman, who
worked on Harbaughs staff at Stanford before
joining him in the jump to the NFL, said
everybody wants to end this season on a positive note despite all the outside chatter about
the coachs future.
We dont talk about that stuff at all. Were
focused on the Chargers, all that water cooler
talk is just that, Roman said.
When asked whether he still has a special
afnity for the Michigan program and university, Harbaugh again wouldnt bite.
Again, I really dont want to talk about any
other job than the one I have or talk about
anybody elses process, Harbaugh said.

Oregon high court says

injured snowboarder can sue
SALEM, Ore. The Oregon Supreme Court
has ruled that a ski resorts liability waiver cannot prevent a paralyzed snowboarder from
suing.
The justices ruled Thursday that its not in the
public interest to allow the Mount Bachelor
resorts liability waiver to stand.
The ruling sends the case back to the
Deschutes County trial court.
To win, the snowboarder will have to convince a jury that the ski resort was negligent in
designing, building and maintaining the ski
jump.
Myles Bagley was 18 when he was injured at
Mount Bachelor in 2006. He filed a lawsuit two
years later seeking $21.5 million. The trial
court threw out his claim, and the appeal wound
up in the Supreme Court.
A ski resort lawyer says hes confident the
resort will win at trial.

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Raiders defense depleted by injuries

By Josh Dubow
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALAMEDA The Oakland Raiders

defense was dealt a big blow back in the preseason when middle linebacker and defensive signal caller Nick Roach suffered a season-ending concussion.
That injury set the tone this season for the
Raiders, who have had to piece together
their defense on the fly because of a litany
of injuries.
The Raiders (2-12) have nine defensive
players on season-ending injured reserve,
including the teams top two strong
safeties, two linebackers, a starting defensive end and a starting cornerback.
Those absences have played a big role in
Oaklands struggles this season as the team
will miss the playoffs for the 12th straight
year.
I think it takes a toll, but its hard to use
those things, interim coach Tony Sparano
said. Everybodys hurt right now. Its just
the next-man-up mentality for us and weve

been fortunate that some of these young

guys have gone in there and done a good
job. Thats the good news, is that youre not
going to have to sit here at the end of the
season and wonder whether or not so-and-so
can play.
Thats the one positive from all the
injuries. The Raiders have gotten plenty of
chances to see what some of the younger
players can do when they get playing time.
That will give them a better idea of what
needs to be prioritized come the offseason.
Were about playing together, were
about playing with passion, defensive
coordinator Jason Tarver said. Whats been
great is the young men keep jumping in and
rallying around each other. Thats what its
about.
Miles Burris stepped in for Roach and
struggled at the start in his adjustment to
middle linebacker but now has shown versatility to play all three spots in the future.
When outside linebacker Sio Moore went
down last week with a season-ending hip
injury, former college safety Ray-Ray

Armstrong got his most extensive time ever

at linebacker with 63 defensive snaps.
Its always great having good opportunity, Armstrong said. Its what you do with
it. Just trying to make the most of it and
help my team out.
Armstrong is not alone in getting an
opportunity. Benson Mayowa, claimed off
waivers from Seattle earlier this season, has
gotten ample time in place of LaMarr
Woodley at defensive end.
There has been a revolving door at strong
safety after starter Tyvon Branch and backup Usama Young went down with injuries.
Brandian Ross stepped in and played much
better than he did a year ago as a replacement starter and also showed the ability to
play in the slot in nickel packages.
Larry Asante also played well before he
was put on injured reserve earlier this
month.
The secondary has been a work in
progress much of the year with starting cornerback Carlos Rogers out for the season
with a knee injury and fellow starter Tarell

Brown slowed in recent weeks by a foot

injury.
Those injuries have allowed second-year
player DJ Hayden and rookie TJ Carrie to
get significant playing time that will pay
off in the future.
I think thats very, very valuable and I
think theres huge carry-over, Sparano
said. I think that that provides a real easy
transition into Year 2 for them. The game
doesnt surprise them. The speed of the
game doesnt surprise them. The preparation that it takes to play the game doesnt
surprise them.
NOTES: The Raiders announced the game
Sunday against Buffalo is sold out and will
be televised locally. Oakland sold out every
home game this season. ... CB Tarell Brown
did not practice for a second straight day
with a foot injury but still could play
Sunday. ...DL C.J. Wilson returned on a limited basis after missing practice Wednesday
with a knee injury.

Two third-period goals lift Sharks past Oilers

By Rick Eymer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN JOSE Matt Tennyson and Barclay

Goodrow scored within 34 seconds of each
other midway through the third period to lift
the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 victory over
the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.
Logan Couture and James Sheppard also
scored for the Sharks, who won their season-best fourth straight and eight of nine
overall.
Steven Pinizzotto and Ryan NugentHopkins scored a couple of minutes apart in
the second period to give the offensively
challenged Oilers a 3-2 lead. Boyd Gordon,
in his first game since returning from a back
injury, also scored.

Edmonton scored three

goals for the first time in
10 games but still fell a
fifth straight time in San
Jose. The Oliers have not
won when scoring at
least three goals since
Nov. 9, a span of 19
games. Edmonton has
scored a league low 69
Matt
goals.
Tennyson
Antti Niemi saved 25
of 28 shots for the Sharks to remain undefeated (5-0-1) against the Oilers in San
Jose.
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Oilers, who are 1-12-5
since Nov. 11, the early
edge with his fifth goal
of the season late in the
first
period.
David
Perrons pass found
Gordon open in front of
the net.
Barclay
Sheppard tied the game
Goodrow
early in the second period with his fourth goal, and the first since
scoring in three straight between Nov. 1-8
a span of 18 games.
Couture scored less than two minutes later
to put the Sharks on top, but Pinizzotto tied
the game when he batted the puck into the

net during a scramble in front of Niemi.

Nugent-Hopkins scored on a rebound from
a shot by Jordan Eberle, who has 10 points
in his last seven games against the Sharks.
Tennyson scored his first NHL goal during
a power play and Goodrow followed with the
game winner shortly thereafter.
NOTES: Perron had his first multiple
point game since the seasons second game
on Oct. 11. . Oilers F Matt Hendricks assisted on Pinizzottos goal to end a nine-game
scoreless streak. . The Oilers only win over
their past 18 games is against the Sharks. .
Couture has 12 points in his last 11 games.
. Oilers F Taylor Hall extended his careerlong scoreless streak to 11 games. . The
Sharks and Oilers were playing each other
for the third time in 12 days.

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THE DAILY JOURNAL

Celtics trade SCOTS

Rondo to Mavs
Continued from page 11

By Jimmy Golen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON The Celtics traded point guard

Rajon Rondo to Dallas on Thursday night,
cutting ties with the last remnant of
Bostons last NBA championship while
giving Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks a
chance at another title.
The Celtics will send Rondo and forward
Dwight Powell to Dallas for Jae Crowder,
Brandan Wright, Jameer Nelson and two
draft picks, according to a person with
knowledge of the deal. The person spoke on
the condition of anonymity because the
trade was not official yet.
Boston will acquire a first-round pick in
next years draft and a second-rounder in
2016. The Celtics have eight first-round
picks in the next four years, picking them
up in trades for Kevin Garnett and Paul
Pierce and even coach Doc Rivers as it sheds
the pieces of the new Big Three that earned
the franchise its unprecedented 17th NBA
title in 2008.
The Mavericks get a pass-first point guard
a four-time all-star to team with
Nowitzki, Monta Ellis and Chandler
Parsons in what they hope will make them a
contender again. Dallas is 19-8 this season
but in third place in the Southwest Division
and sixth in the Western Conference.
The Mavericks, who won their only NBA
title in 2011, have not won a playoff series
since.

would have been a more tightly contested

game, Sutton said.
With the win, Carlmont (3-3) seesaws back
to the .500 mark, having alternated losses and
wins since the outset of the season.
Thursdays 56-point performance stands as
the Scots highest single-game point total of
the season to date.
Carlmont power forward Jacob Lloyd had a
game-high seven rebounds and added two
blocked shots with eight points.
In his second year with the varsity squad,
the 6-3 Lloyd earned a starting spot down the
stretch last season when Thomas Gifford went
down with an injury. Now in Giffords senior
season, he and Lloyd give the Scots some ups
in the paint. Gifford had six rebounds in the
game, all of which came in the second quarter.
We have a lot of height and we all can hop,
Lloyd said.
Smith is counting on the two to hold down
the fort until the Scots get healthy though.
Matt Reiley, a 6-4 sophomore, is out of action
four to six weeks after twisting an ankle

STANFORD
Continued from page 11
said that too many times. Im actually tired
of it. But no one should feel sorry for us.
Brittany Howard had 13 kills, and Merete
Lutz and Jordan Burgess each had 10 for
Stanford (33-2).
Penn State rolled through the first set on
Friday to win 25-16. The Nittany Lions hit

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Tyler Brandenberg, right, comes up with one of his three steals of the night for the Scots.
against Burton in the Lowell Tournament,
according to Smith. Daniel Zorb is also out
with a vertebrae injury.
The Scots took advantage of the
blowout Thursday by utilizing all 14 of

their active players.

I kept 16 guys because its tough to cut
guys who are super dedicated and are close in
talent, Smith said. So its good to get them
in and see the fruits of their labor.

.471 and had just one attack error. Stanford

bounced back to win the second 25-23. Lutz
had five kills with no errors in the set.
Penn State won the third set 25-22, as
Courtney and Frantti both had five kills.
Stanford led 11-7 early in the fourth set, but
Penn State rallied to win its 19th consecutive match.
Now, the Nittany Lions will play BYU,
which is on a 12-match winning streak.
Jennifer Hamson had 22 kills and Gray
had 19 for BYU against the Longhorns. The
Cougars won the first two sets against

Texas, but the Longhorns won the third 2517. With the score tied at 24 in the fourth
set, Hamson delivered a hit that was called
out at first. The call was quickly reversed
because it was ruled that Texas touched the
ball on the way out. The Texas bench was
issued a yellow card for disagreeing with the
call. After a Texas timeout, Hamson put the
match away with a kill.

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WHATS ON TAP
FRIDAY
Boys basketball
Mission-SF at Oceana, 6 p.m.; Crystal Springs at Westmoor, Millbrae at Stuart Hall-SF, Jefferson at Hillsdale,
6:30 p.m.; Woodside Priory at Capuchino, 7 p.m.;
Menlo-Atherton at Menlo School, Burlingame at
Serra, 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball
Carlmont at Sacred Heart Prep, 2:30 p.m.; MenloAtherton at Menlo School, Sequoia at Andrew
Hill-San Jose, 6 p.m.; Mills at Castilleja, Capuchino at
Jefferson, 6:30 p.m.
Boys soccer
Menlo-Atherton at San Ramon Valley, 2 p.m.; San
Mateo at Menlo School, Woodside Priory at Mills, 3
p.m.;Westmoor at Harbor-Santa Cruz, 3:30 p.m.; Milpitas at Carlmont, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer
Mills at San Mateo, 3:30 p.m.; Mountain View at Carlmont, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Boys basketball
Jefferson at Saratoga,3 p.m.; Half Moon Bay at Menlo
School, Edison-Stockton at Sequoia, 4 p.m.; Monte
Vista Christian-Watsonville at Capuchino,5 p.m.; Carlmont at Mountain View, San Mateo at Westmoor, 7
p.m.; Menlo-Atherton at Serra, 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball
Menlo School at Burlingame, 2 p.m.;Woodside at Sacred Heart Prep,Hilldale at Live Oak-Morgan Hill,2:30
p.m.; Capuchino at Washington-SF, Sequoia at Half
Moon Bay, Capuchino at Washington-Fremont, Los
Altos at Carlmont, 5:30 p.m.
Boys soccer
Burlingame at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 11:30 a.m.
Girls soccer
Menlo-Atherton at Christopher-Gilroy, Half Moon
Bay at South City, 11 a.m.;Terra Nova at Burlingame,
1 p.m.; Sacred Heart Prep at Hillsdale, 2:30 p.m.
MONDAY DEC. 20
Boys basketball
El Camino at Leland, 4:30 p.m.; Aragon at St. Ignatius,
Capuchino at Pioneer, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Carlmont at Santa Clara, 11:30 a.m.; Hillsdale at Valley Christian-SJ, 5:30 p.m.; Capuchino at Lowell-SF, 7
p.m.
Boys soccer
Woodside at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 3 p.m.

ALL-PAL FOOTBALL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Offensive Player of the Year: Anthony Gordon,

Terra Nova, (sr. QB)
Defensive Player of the Year: Ben Burr-Kirven,
Sacred Heart Prep (sr., LB)
Utility Player of the Year: Griffin Intrieri, Burlingame
(sr., RB/CB)
Special Teams Player of the Year: Ryan Tinsley,
Sacred Heart Prep (sr., RB/PK/KR)
Coach of the Year: Peter Lavorato, Sacred Heart
Prep

Atlantic Division
GP W L OT
Tampa Bay 33 20 10 3
Detroit
32 17 7 8
Montreal 33 20 11 2
Toronto
32 19 10 3
Florida
30 14 8 8
Boston
32 16 13 3
Ottawa
31 13 12 6
Buffalo
32 13 17 2

Pts
43
42
42
41
36
35
32
28

92 80
88 82
110 91
68 76
81 83
82 86
62 100

Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT
Pittsburgh 31 21 6 4
N.Y. Islanders31 21 10 0
Washington 31 15 10 6
N.Y. Rangers 29 15 10 4
Columbus 31 13 15 3
Philadelphia 31 11 14 6
New Jersey 33 11 16 6
Carolina
31 9 19 3

Pts
46
42
36
34
29
28
28
21

GF
99
99
91
89
76
81
74
66

Running backs: Reggie Auelua (Terra Nova, jr); Griffin Intrieri (Burlingame, sr.); Charlie Roth (Menlo
School, jr.)
Offensive line: Chris Couch (Menlo School, sr.);
Justin Harmon (SHP, jr.); Grant James (Burlingame,
sr.); Api Mane (Menlo-Atherton, sr.);Thomas Rogers
(SHP, sr.)
Tight end: Andrew Daschbach (SHP, jr.)
Wide receivers: Jordan Genato (Terra Nova, sr.);
Cooper Gindraux (Burlingame, jr.); Jack Marren
(Menlo School, sr.); Eric Viana (Terra Nova, sr.)
Kicker: Carlos Grande (Terra Nova, sr.)
First-team defense
Defensive line: Laki Fonua (Menlo-Atherton, sr.);
Bryce Rodgers (Menlo-Atherton,jr.); Vainikolo
Veimau (Burlingame, sr.); Chi Li Tang (Burlingame, sr.)
Linebackers: Ben Burr-Kirven (SHP, sr.); Dante Campagna (Terra Nova, sr.); Tommy Dreyden
(Burlingame, sr.); Andrew Robinson (SHP, sr.)
Defensive backs: JR Hardy (SHP, sr.); Andrew
Kennedy (Burlingame, sr.); Mitch Martella (SHP, sr.);
Tom Lopiparo (Sequoia, sr.)
Punter: Leo Jaimez (Menlo School, sr.)

TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS Agreed to terms with
RHP Kris Medlen on a two-year contract. Designated INF Johnny Giavotella for assignment.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS Acquired LHP Eury De
La Rosa from Arizona for cash considerations. Designated RHP Fernando Rodriguez for assignment.
Released RHP Jorge De Leon.
SEATTLE MARINERS Signed RHP Justin Germano, RHP Mark Lowe and INF Carlos Rivero to
minor-league contracts.

NFL GLANCE

NHL GLANCE

Bay Division

First team offense

Quarterback: Anthony Gordon (Terra Nova, sr.)

National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS Acquired INF-OF
Matt Long from the Los Angeles Angels to complete an earler trade.
Korea Baseball Organization
HANWHA EAGLES Signed OF Nyjer Morgan to
a one-year contract.
NBA
NBA Suspended Milwaukee C Larry Sanders
one game for pushing Portland F Nicolas Batum
in the back as he elevated toward the basket during a Dec. 17 game.

GF GA
110 87

GA
71
89
85
79
100
92
96
88

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT
Chicago
32 22 9 1
St. Louis
32 21 9 2
Nashville
30 20 8 2
Winnipeg 32 16 10 6
Minnesota 30 16 12 2
Dallas
30 12 13 5
Colorado 31 10 13 8

Pts
45
44
42
38
34
29
28

98
81
78
86
87
78

78
59
75
78
103
99

Pacific Division
GP W L OT
Anaheim 34 22 7 5
Sharks
33 18 11 4
Vancouver 31 18 11 2
Los Angeles 33 16 11 6
Calgary
33 17 14 2
Arizona
31 11 16 4
Edmonton 33 7 20 6

Pts
49
40
38
38
36
26
20

GF
99
94
89
90
97
72
69

GA
90
85
88
82
90
100
110

GF GA
100 64

Thursdays Games
Florida 2, Philadelphia 1, SO
Pittsburgh 1, Colorado 0, OT
Carolina 4, Toronto 1
Washington 5, Columbus 4, OT
Anaheim 2, Montreal 1
Los Angeles 6, St. Louis 4
San Jose 4, Edmonton 3
Fridays Games
Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Anaheim at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Dallas at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Saturdays Games
Arizona at Los Angeles, 1 p.m.
Colorado at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Washington at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.
Florida at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Nashville at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

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NBA GLANCE

AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T
y-New England
11 3 0
Buffalo
8 6 0
Miami
7 7 0
N.Y. Jets
3 11 0

Pct
.786
.571
.500
.214

PF
442
302
327
230

PA
280
254
301
360

South
y-Indianapolis
Houston
Tennessee
Jacksonville

W L T
10 4 0
7 7 0
2 12 0
2 12 0

Pct
.714
.500
.143
.143

PF
424
324
231
211

PA
317
277
390
376

North
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Cleveland

W
9
9
9
7

T
1
0
0
0

Pct
.679
.643
.643
.500

PF
311
389
376
276

PA
289
339
267
300

West
y-Denver
Kansas City
San Diego
Raiders

W L T
11 3 0
8 6 0
8 6 0
2 12 0

Pct
.786
.571
.571
.143

PF
407
322
303
213

PA
303
254
294
381

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T
Dallas
10 4 0
Philadelphia
9 5 0
N.Y. Giants
5 9 0
Washington
3 11 0

Pct
.714
.643
.357
.214

PF PA
381 328
416 347
317 339
257 370

South
New Orleans
Carolina
Atlanta
Tampa Bay

W
6
5
5
2

Pct
.429
.393
.357
.143

PF
364
288
348
254

PA
374
358
369
367

North
Detroit
Green Bay
Minnesota
Chicago

W L
10 4
10 4
6 8
5 9

T
0
0
0
0

Pct
.714
.714
.429
.357

PF
281
436
277
296

PA
238
325
297
409

x-Arizona
Seattle
49ers
St. Louis

11 3
10 4
7 7
6 8

0
0
0
0

.786 287 244

.714 339 242
.500 251 285
.429 291 297

L
4
5
5
7

L T
8 0
8 1
9 0
12 0

Thursdays Game
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 5:25 p.m.
Saturday Games
Philadelphia at Washington, 1:30 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.
Sundays Games
Baltimore at Houston, 10 a.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m.
Atlanta at New Orleans, 10 a.m.
Minnesota at Miami, 10 a.m.
Cleveland at Carolina, 10 a.m.
Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.
Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.
New England at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 1:05 p.m.
Buffalo at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.
Indianapolis at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.
Seattle at Arizona, 5:30 p.m.
Mondays Game
Denver at Cincinnati, 5:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Toronto
20
Brooklyn
10
Boston
9
New York
5
Philadelphia
2

6
14
14
23
22

.769
.417
.391
.179
.083

9
9 1/2
16
17

Southeast Division
Washington
18
Atlanta
18
Miami
12
Orlando
10
Charlotte
6

6
7
14
18
19

.750
.720
.462
.357
.240

1/2
7
10
12 1/2

Central Division
Chicago
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Indiana
Detroit

9
10
13
18
21

.640
.583
.519
.308
.192

1 1/2
3
8 1/2
11 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Memphis
21
4
Houston
19
6
Dallas
19
8
San Antonio
17
9
New Orleans
13
12

.840
.760
.704
.654
.520

2
3
4 1/2
8

6
14
15
19
19

.769
.462
.400
.269
.208

8
9 1/2
13
14

3
7
14
15
17

.880
.720
.481
.423
.320

4
10
11 1/2
14

16
14
14
8
5

Northwest Division
Portland
20
Oklahoma City
12
Denver
10
Utah
7
Minnesota
5
Pacific Division
Warriors
22
L.A. Clippers
18
Phoenix
13
Sacramento
11
L.A. Lakers
8

Thursdays Games
Chicago 103, New York 97
New Orleans 99, Houston 90
Milwaukee 108, Sacramento 107
Golden State 114, Oklahoma City 109
Friday's Games
Charlotte at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Utah at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Washington at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Portland at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Denver, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Phoenix at New York, 10 a.m.
Portland at New Orleans, 4 p.m.
Utah at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Houston, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Indiana at Denver, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

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MLB brief
Padres, Dodgers finalize Kemp trade
SAN DIEGO The Padres have finalized a five-player
trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers that sends slugger
Matt Kemp and $32 million to San Diego in exchange for
catcher Yasmani Grandal.
The teams agreed to the deal last week but didnt finalize
it until Thursday.
There was no explanation for the holdup, although the
Padres, desperate to pump up the worst offense in the
majors, reportedly had concerns about Kemps physical.
San Diego also gets catcher Tim Federowicz. The
Dodgers also receive right-handed pitchers Joe Wieland
and Zach Eflin.
The Padres are waiting to finalize an 11-player, threeteam trade that will bring them outfielder Wil Myers, the
2013 AL Rookie of the Year, from Tampa Bay.

WARRIORS
Continued from page 11
opened with an offensive outpouring and never relented
over 48 minutes.
Durant made his first six shots, including three 3pointers, and scored 16 points in the first 6 minutes. The
Thunder went ahead by 17 but led 40-32 at the end of the
first quarter.
It was the most points the Warriors had allowed in any
quarter this season.
Curry came roaring back in the second, hitting one
spectacular shot after another, seemingly controlling the
crowds oohs and aahs on his fingertips.
The Warriors led 65-63 at halftime, which took its toll
on both stars. Durant and Curry each limped to the locker room after twisting their ankles in the final minute,
though Currys problem was short-lived.
Durant was called for a charge after stepping on
Speights foot and falling to the floor. He lay on the
ground in pain before walking to the bench with the help
of teammates Westbrook and Serge Ibaka.

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Bogut will be out indefinitely

By Antonio Gonzalez
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND Just as they have the past two seasons, the

Golden State Warriors will have to get by without center
Andrew Bogut for an undetermined amount of time.
The Warriors announced Thursday that Bogut is out indefinitely after undergoing platelet-rich plasma therapy on his
ailing right knee. The team said Bogut consulted with the
teams medical staff and his personal physician from
Australia before deciding on the treatment.
We fully support Andrew in his decision to undergo the
PRP treatment, Warriors general manager Bob Myers said
in a statement. Our number one concern is that Andrew is
100 percent healthy and we will continue to support him in
any way we can to make that happen.
The 7-footer will miss his fifth straight game when the
Warriors host Oklahoma City on Thursday night. He is averaging 7.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, three assists and 2.2
blocks and has played a key role in helping the Warriors get
off to an NBA-best 21-3 start.
Bogut is the anchor of Golden States smothering
defense, though his seasons have often been derailed by
injuries, including the past two years.
Last spring, a fractured rib kept him from playing in the

CSM
Continued from page 11
Warner said the teams slide doesnt have to do with talent.
Its been more about nding out how best to use that talent.
Oh, and of course, a lack of execution.
We have a lot of versatile players. Theyve all been
starters (in high school). Theyve all been leading scorers,
Warner said. We knew in a lot of these games we were looking for a lineup. Because we are so versatile, (we have to
decide) what we can be good at quickly and what is going to
take time to develop.
Were taking a longer time to develop (those other
areas).
Sophomore guard McKenna Hilton has been the Bulldogs
best player this season, leading the team in scoring at 14.6
points per game and second in rebounds with 5.9.
Sophomore forward Julianne Llacer and sophomore center
Liane Whipple gives CSM a potent from line. The two combine for 15 points and 11 rebounds per contest.
Reedley comes into the tournament with a 7-6 mark, but
are coming off a 57-54 loss to Skyline Saturday, but are 7-3
in its last 10 games.

first-round playoff loss to the Los

Angeles Clippers. He also missed 50
games recovering from left ankle surgery
during the 2012-13 season, playing
through pain and playing well
when he returned for the Warriors surprising run to the second round.
The Warriors originally said Bogut had
tendinitis before listing it as knee chonAndrew Bogut dromalacia and bone edema. The injury
causes bone marrow to swell and absorb
fluid and can be extremely painful.
Bogut said before Golden States loss at Memphis on
Tuesday night which ended the teams franchise-record
16-game winning streak that he hadnt felt any improvement since leaving in the first quarter against Minnesota on
Dec. 8. He also had his knee drained last week.
In PRP therapy, blood is drawn and placed in a centrifuge
that spins it to separate the platelet-rich plasma. The
platelets, which release growth factors for tissue healing,
are re-injected into the injured joints and muscles.
Golden States Andre Iguodala underwent PRP treatment
on his right knee in the offseason and said he came back
stronger. Houston Rockets All-Star center Dwight Howard
missed 11 games earlier this season after undergoing the
procedure on his right knee.

Skyline still undefeated

When the Dec. 8 womens state basketball ranking were
released, the 5-0 Lady Trojans were not in the top 25. In fact,
they snuck into the No. 15 spot in the Northern California
poll.
Since the last rankings came out 10 days ago, Skyline has
won three more games to improve to 8-0 on the season.
The Trojans are doing it by averaging nearly 70 points per
game. Their 75-54 win over Reedley was the rst time they
did not eclipse the 60-point mark this season. Skyline has
four players scoring in doubles gures: freshman guard
Stephanie Allen leads the way at 14.5 points per game.
Sophomore post Tianna Mitchell and freshman guard Alyssa
Dela Cruz are averaging 12.9 and 12.5, respectively. Jazel
Talauta, a sophomore guard out of Terra Nova, rounds out the
quartet, averaging just over 10 points game.
Defensively, the Trojans are dominating the boards, grabbing an average of 36.5 rebounds per game. Sahara Clay, a
sophomore forward, along with Mitchell, are pulling eight
rebounds a game. Talauta is just under ve rebounds per contest and leads the team in assists with nearly seven a game.
Skyline will play in the City College of San Francisco
tournament this weekend and will travel to the Fullerton
College tournament the weekend after Christmas. It opens
the Coast Conference-North season on the road at College of
San Mateo 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7.

Journey finally reaches its end

No plans to go back again
to Middle-earth on film
By Derrik J. Lang
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES The final

installment of The Hobbit
doesnt just mark the conclusion
of Bilbo Baggins journey on
the big screen. Its also the end

of a massively successful film

franchise thats earned New
Line and Warner Bros. nearly $5
billion, going all the way back
to the 2001 release of The Lord
of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring.
See HOBBIT, Page 18

By Jake Coyle
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

With a sum total of 1,032 minutes, Peter Jacksons six J.R.R.

Tolkien films have earned more
than $5 billion worldwide. They
have made New Zealand synonymous with Middle-earth.
And they have slaughtered
enough orcs to constitute genocide.
The sheer size of Jacksons
accomplishment a majestic,

fully realized fantasy world,

from its lush landscapes down to
its hairy feet is enough to
make Cecil B. DeMille blush.
Across craggy mountaintops and
through enchanted forests, he
has set his hobbits, elves and
wizards scampering to and fro,
always under the threat of greed,
ego and selfishness. More than
anything, he has taken the stuff
of fantasy seriously and renSee END, Page 18

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HOBBIT
Continued from page 17
I dont know what to compare it to
because Ive never been involved in a project thats gone on for so long or been such a
huge success, said Toby Emmerich, president and CEO of New Line, the unit of Warner
Bros. responsible for releasing The
Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings films
over the past 13 years.
The marketing campaign for The Hobbit:
The Battle of the Five Armies promises
moviegoers one last trip to Middle-earth
when it debuts in wide release Wednesday.
Will it really be the final outing for all those
dwarfs, elves, hobbits and orcs? After all,
The Hobbit was originally envisioned as
two, not three films.
I wish I could say differently, said
Emmerich. There is nothing at New Line or

END
Continued from page 17
dered Tolkiens splendid creation with love.
Sadly, all of that was true after Jacksons
Lord of the Rings trilogy. The subsequent
Hobbit trio, which is now finally sputtering to an end with The Battle of the Five
Armies, will inevitably go down as an
unneeded, unloved gratuity, a trilogy, like
the second Star Wars run, to write off as
overkill.
The magic, fleeting to start with, is mostly gone. The Hobbit might have been a
nice little prequel add-on to The Lord of the
Rings, but by dividing it into three movies,
Jackson and company have drained the

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Warner Bros. I think there could be another

video game, and Middle-earth will probably
live on in licensing and merchandising a
while longer, but we do not have any plans,
as far as I know, to tackle another Middleearth movie.
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
filmmaker Peter Jackson, who crafted all six
of the films in his native New Zealand, was
similarly adamant that he was finished
adapting J.R.R. Tolkien, though he would
never say never to a Middle-earth homecoming.
If we wanted to and I dont know
whether I would want to or not its not a
question I need to worry about, Jackson
said in an interview in London to promote
his final Hobbit. Warner Bros. has the
rights to The Lord of the Rings and The
Hobbit, and they dont have the rights to
anything else, said the director, who will
next work on an extended cut of The Battle
of the Five Armies.
The fate of Middle-earth continuing in

other realms beyond literature could be

decided in a courtroom. The Tolkien estate
and Warner Bros., which doesnt have permission to adapt Tolkiens later work The
Silmarillion, have been legally sparring
since 2012 over exactly what the studios
film rights entail when it comes to merchandising.
The Tolkien estate is very protective, as
they should be, and I dont begrudge them
that at all, said Jackson, who has expressed
interest in creating a Lord of the Rings
museum in New Zealand. They are very protective and I dont think theres a lot of room
for Warner Bros. to move, particularly.
Is it possible New Line could take a cue
from the producers of the James Bond film
series, or from their very own colleagues at
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and
use Tolkiens fantasy world as a backdrop for
new stories? It recently proved both critically and financially successful for the videogame division.
After recasting Tolkien tales in virtual

worlds, the interactive arm at Warner Bros.

ventured into mostly uncharted territory earlier this year with Monolith Productions
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, a game
set between The Hobbit and The Lord of
the Rings centered on characters not depicted in the books.
I think wed be wary about taking too
much creative license with Tolkien and making up stories ourselves that werent based
on what he wrote, said Emmerich. It doesnt feel to me like what MGM and the
Brocollis have so brilliantly done with
Bond and Ian Fleming. From where I sit now,
it really does feel like this is it.
Emmerich noted its unlikely the studio
would consider spin-off projects, say, a film
centered on Evangeline Lillys elf quarreler
Tauriel, who was a new creation for The
Hobbit films. Other than a possible
Shadow of Mordor game follow-up, he
insisted no return trips to Middle-earth have
been booked much to his own personal
dismay.

books dramatic momentum.

The first, An Unexpected Journey,
remains in ones memory only for its clowncar introduction of the 13 dwarfs in an interminable dinner scene I fear is just now
approaching dessert. The Desolation of
Smaug, for me the most successfully rollicking of these three, brought in (finally)
another woman (Evangeline Lillys elf
Tauriel) and Benedict Cumberbatchs glorious dragon.
What most distinguishes The Battle of the
Five Armies is its relative torpor. After five
films of relentless forward motion, its characters always in perpetual flight, Jacksons
Hobbit has, as if out of gas, plopped down
at the Lonely Mountain. Picking up with
Smaugs fiery escape, Five Armies caps
The Hobbit with a Middle-earth melee as
all forces gather around Erebor.

The riches inside the mountain draw dwarfs

(led by Richard Armitages king Thorin),
elves (ruled by Lee Paces wonderfully snobbish Thran-duil), a smattering of humans
(most notably Luke Evanss Bard) and, of
course, huge armies of hulking orcs.
All the commotion doesnt leave much
room for Martin Freemans Bilbo Baggins.
The funny, natural Freeman is one of the best
things to hit Jacksons overly earnest epic
(its an hour into Five Armies before the
first chuckle), but he has often been crowded
out by the avalanche of characters and CGI
effects. Perhaps and I know this could
strike Jackson as incredulous a battle
scene need not be an hour long?
The action, too, comes in Jacksons preferred 48 frames-per-second (theater options
will vary; and the film is also in 3-D), which,
in the mission of greater clarity, yields a

heightened artificiality. Some believe this

high-frame-rate is the future (James Cameron
is a fan), but for now, its the greatest evidence that some 15 years down a Hobbit hole
both pleasingly and frustratingly far from
reality have marred Jacksons vision.
Effects-only shots look fine, but live-action
appears like a soap opera.
But maybe its time to admire Jackson for
his obsessions. He has spent a very long
time in Middle-earth and his affection for it
hasnt, for even 1/48th of a moment, ever
been in doubt. It is his precious.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five
Armies, a Warner Bros. release, is rated PG13 by the Motion Picture Association of
America for extended sequences of intense
fantasy action violence and frightening
images. Running time: 144 minutes. Two
stars out of four.

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Director Jackson says

goodbye to Middle-earth
By Jill Lawless
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON After a long and eventful journey, The Hobbit trilogy has reached its
bloody climax.
Not a minute too soon for director Peter
Jackson, who has been longing to unleash
mayhem on Middle-earth.
Its the first time weve got to kill
dwarves, said the director, his enthusiasm for
death and destruction at odds with his laidback manner and luxurious surroundings in a
London hotel suite.
Its hard to get any emotional power in a
film unless you are able to actually kill some
of your main characters, he said. Weve
been hampered with that in the first two
Hobbit movies. But at least we have a good
dwarf death toll in the third one.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five
Armies wraps up the trilogy spun from
J.R.R. Tolkiens slim book about home-loving hobbit Bilbo Baggins, coaxed away from
his burrow to help a band of dwarves retake
their mountain home from a destructive dragon.
The third film sees the dragon dispatched
before a cataclysmic clash involving armies
of dwarves, elves, humans, eagles and dastardly orcs.
Its a CGI extravaganza, with all the visual
overkill that 3-D and 48-frames-per-second
filming can provide. But Jackson says this
film was the most emotionally satisfying of
the three. (Its also the shortest, at a relatively brisk 144 minutes). For one thing, while
the first two movies charted a journey, this
one largely stays put, at the Lonely Mountain
of Erebor.
It was a joy not to have to do any big helicopter shots of people walking across New
Zealand landscapes, Jackson said
although the countrys tourist authorities may
disagree. Tolkien tourism has become a big
draw for the small nation.

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REUTERS

Peter Jackson
poses with his
daughter Katie
Jackson.

The thing that I like about this one, probably more than anything even more than
killing dwarves is that its got this feeling
of a thriller about it, Jackson said. I enjoyed
being able to be sharper and crank the tension
up and up and up and up until the battle breaks
out.
His enthusiasm is shared by Martin
Freeman, who plays reluctant hero Bilbo. The
film brings a peril-strewn emotional climax
to the hobbits complicated friendship with
dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield (Richard
Armitage)
I always like dark tones anyway, said
Freeman, who recently took a break from
playing dependable Dr. Watson in Sherlock
to star as morally compromised insurance
salesman Lester Nygaard in the TV series
Fargo.
I like playing light and I like playing
comedy, but my natural inclination is very
often not toward that. ... I like stretching out.
I kind of feel very fulfilled when acting not
happy.
Battle of the Five Armies completes a
Tolkien saga that includes Jacksons three
Lord of the Rings films. The director says
the darkening mood of the Hobbit films was
a deliberate attempt to segue into the more
grown-up world of The Lord of the Rings,
set decades later.
Ultimately these movies will be judged in
decades to come as a six-film series that will
start with the first Hobbit film and finish
with (final Rings movie) The Return of the
King, Jackson said.
If wed made The Hobbit first wed probably have made it much more like a young childrens story, which is how the books written.
Jackson has spent a decade and a half in
Middle-earth, and says it certainly feels like
its time to move on to other things. He has
one more bit of Hobbit business to complete, an extended cut of the new movie with
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The Interview deserves to be seen

By Jake Coyle
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

That I was one of the relative few to see

The Interview is not a boast I take any
pleasure in.
Its with heavy sadness, not pride, that I
review Seth Rogen and Evan Goldbergs
North Korean farce. As of Thursday morning, the film has been shelved just a week
ahead of its planned release due to terrorist
threats by hackers said to be connected to
North Korea. The movies prospects of ever
seeing the light of day are very much in
doubt.
Yet The Interview is already assured of
cinematic infamy. Whatever its future, it
will go down as the satire that provoked an
authoritarian dictatorship, roiled Sony
Pictures in a massive hacking attack and
prompted new questions of cyber warfare,
corporate risk-tasking and comedic audacity.
The movies fate is a travesty, regardless

of its merits. But what of its merits?

Though The Interview, directed by
Rogen and Goldberg, never quite manages
the duos calibrated blend of sincerity and
over-the-top crudeness, it nevertheless usually pulses with an unpredictable absurdity
and can-you-believe-were-doing-this glee.
Its greatest charm is that it so happily
brings the silliest, most ludicrous of knives
(a preening James Franco, lots of butt
jokes) to North Koreas militarized gunfight.
Rogen plays Aaron Rapoport, a journalism-school grad who has found himself,
ignobly, producing an Extra!-like entertainment news show, Skylark Tonight,
hosted by his friend Dave Skylark (Franco).
The show traffics in the fluff of celebrity
with occasional scoops. (Eminem makes a
funny cameo as himself with the out-of-theblue confession that hes gay.)
When its learned that North Korea leader

See INTERVIEW, Page 22

Whatever its future,The Interview will go down as the satire that provoked an authoritarian
dictatorship, roiled Sony Pictures in a massive hacking attack and prompted new questions
of cyber warfare, corporate risk-tasking and comedic audacity.

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MUSEUM GOTTA SEE UM

By Susan Cohn
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SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

ANDREW VOOGEL: RECORD

OF EXILE, AT THE PENINSULA
MUSEUM OF ART. Contemporary
visual artist Andrew Voogel creates
optical interventions that leave the
viewer to think about themes of both
intimacy and isolation. A resident of
Santa Cruz, Voogel is of IndoCaribbean heritage and a 2014 graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute.
His work, shown in galleries from
the Bay Area to Austria and India, may
be seen through Jan.26 in Andrew
Voogel: Record of Exile at the
Peninsula Museum of Art. The public
is invited to hear the artist speak at
the exhibits Closing Reception on
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. Continuing at the Museum
through Jan. 4 are the works of
Richard Deutsch, an award-winning
California-based sculptor who creates sculptures of stone, water,
bronze and stainless steel abstract
sculpture for both public and private
settings. Deutschs sculpture is in the
permanent collection of San
Franciscos de Young Museum and the
Smithsonian Institution, as well as
the Oakland Museum, the Santa Cruz
Museum of Art and History, the
Tucson Museum of Art and many public and private collections throughout the U.S. The Peninsula Museum of
Art is located at 1777 California
Drive in Burlingame. The Museum
store carries artwork from local
artists, offering a selection of jewelry, cards, ceramics, glassware,
mosaics, oil paintings and scarves in
silk, chiffon and wool. For more
information call 692-2101 or visit
peninsulamuseum.org.
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announces three art exhibits:
Elementals, oil paintings by Katie
Hawkinson; Steel Dreams, painted
welded sculptures, along with drawings and collages, by Joe Slusky; and
Secret Geometry, paintings of geometric polyhedrons by Stephen
Wilmoth. Hawkinson, who teaches at
Stanford Continuing Education, and
Slusky are a well-known Berkeley
artist couple; Slusky and Wilmoth
were friends at Berkeley in the '60s.
This is the first time all three have
shown together. Stanford Art Spaces
is an exhibition program serving the
Paul G. Allen Building, housing the
Center for Integrated Systems, the
programs longtime sponsor, and the
David
W.
Packard
Electrical
Engineering Building, with smaller
venues located throughout campus.
All are open during normal weekday
business hours. For further information, or to arrange a tour, contact
Curator DeWitt Cheng at 725-3622 or
dewittc@stanford.edu.
***
HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN
GROW? The Portola Art Gallery
presents How Does Your Garden
Grow, plein air watercolor paintings
created in and around the Bay Area by
artist Barbara von Haunalter. Von
Haunalter, who paints on location
with the Peninsula Outdoor Painters
and the Half Moon Bay Painters, creates impressionistic works that
include interpretations of the effects
of climate on trees, plants, the
ocean, cliffs, harbors, barns and
hills. Portola Art Gallery exhibits
representational art by 17 award-winning Bay Area artists. Painting, pastel, photography and ceramics can be
viewed at the gallery, located at the
Historic Allied Arts Guild in Menlo
Park. 10:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Monday - Saturday. 75 Arbor Road,
Menlo
Park.
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into the new year, The Lace Museum
showcases many of the best pieces in
its collection of lace, including a
gown made from Point d Gaze lace, a
needlepoint lace in which delicate
floral designs are sewn onto a net; a
two-piece suit made from Maltese
lace, a bobbin lace of the filetguipure variety; and a jacket made
from Rosaline lace, a bobbin lace
technique using motifs (mostly flowers, leaves and sprigs) worked singly Thumbprint With Text by Andrew Voogel is on display as part
in a cloth stitch and later put togeth- of Andrew Voogel: Record of Exile, through Jan. 26 at the
er to form larger patterns. The muse- Peninsula Museum of Art in Burlingame.
um gift shop offers heirloom quality,
homemade Christmas ornaments.
These unique ornaments are beaded,
tatted, crocheted, quilted or constructed with lace coverings. The
Lace Museum is open 11 a.m. to 4
p. m. Tuesday - Saturday. 552 S.
Murphy Ave. in Sunnyvale. Free
parking. Through Jan. 10.
***
ANNUAL LEGO HOLIDAY
EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HERITAGE.
Visit the Museum of American
Heritage and enjoy a variety of Lego
creations made by members of the
club, featuring train layouts, Bay
Area landmarks, castles, miniature
cities and sculptures. The Lego
extravaganza is open to the public
from 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Friday,
Saturday and Sunday through Jan. 18.
Club members will be present during
weekend hours to answer questions
about the displays. Admission is $2
per person, 351 Homer Ave., Palo
Alto. For more information visit
www. moah. org or call 321-1004.
Children must be accompanied by an
adult at all times in the exhibit.

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HARDY
Continued from page 1
fully built-out city? I suspect in the coming years well see that change and we should
welcome it, but at the same time I would like
to see the small town feel [remain.]
While the councilmembers praised Hardy
for his service and work, their views on what
they want in a replacement and how to proceed with change varied.
This council is not conservative in their
approach, and Im not talking about fiscal,
Im talking about change. Theyre trying to
do revolutionary change instead of evolutionary change, so that has to have been hard
[for Jim,] Mayor Art Kiesel said. Im going
to miss Jim. Jim has been a stable force in
the city; in fact, Im going to really miss his
institutional knowledge. Im hopeful that
somehow we, [the council,] collectively are
going to pick that up.
The community has been clear in its opposition to more housing developments within
the small city, particularly not until the
schools overcrowding concerns are

BAIRD
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Redwood City Teachers Association, or
RCTA.
Baird, the president of the RCTA for about
15 years, off and on, is happy to be returning to Kennedy in 2015.
Having it hang over your head when you
know youre right is hard and the process
takes time, Baird said. Im disappointed it
took this long. It would have been nice to
have a clean slate to start the year fresh.
The district filed a petition in November
in San Mateo County Superior Court against
an arbitrators decision to allow Baird to go
back to Kennedy, but the district dropped
the appeal after the RCTA and the California

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addressed. While the city recently sold off its

last piece of undeveloped land known as the
Foster Square site for $30 million, the council has struggled to find alternate revenue
generators. The proximity of San Mateos
Bridgepointe Shopping Center is another
challenge for the small city trying to
increase its retail presence.
For us, its an excellent opportunity to
address where we need to head under new leadership, Councilman Herb Perez said. In my
mind, theres no doubt that we need a different skill set in the next city manager, so that
skill set will have to be based upon new revenue generation and the reality that this community will no longer stand for the development of additional housing. So we need
someone who will understand economic
development and sustainability.
Kiesel and Councilman Steve Okamoto
maintain while change within the city is certain, Hardy is an excellent role model.
Hes been a mentor to me, he shows leadership skills where he doesnt have to bully
people to get things done. He leads with a
very quiet grace and hes quite honestly really really caring, Okamoto said. Its going
to be important that we get someone that
has a similar leadership style as Jim,

because I dont think employees would

respond well to a bully-type of leadership
skill.
Hardys retirement comes shortly after several longtime Foster City employees opted
to leave their posts. Finance Director LinLin Cheng will retire Dec. 31 after 31 years
of working for the city.
Ray Towne, the citys former Public Works
director retired in 2012 and was replaced by
Brad Underwood, who left to work for the
city of San Mateo in September.
Former assistant city manager Steve Toler,
who spent 17 years serving Foster City, left
in June for a similar position in Millbrae
with Ann Ritzma, the human resources director, stepping in as interim.
Theres no questions that theyve done a
great job, the citys planned, were healthy,
were wealthy. But thats over, we need to
deal with the changing times, Perez said.
Weve had a changeover with our city manager and our assistant city manager moving
on, so now well have an opportunity to
look at those positions in terms of the new
economy.
Regardless of a discord about desired leadership style, councilmembers discussed
looking internally and possibly nationally

to find a suitable replacement for Hardy.

Disagreements among councilmembers is
par for the course and overall, theyve more
frequently voted in unity, Hardy said.
Ive learned to work with a variety of
councilmembers and come to respect them as
the elected representatives of the people and
providing the direction to go sometimes its
easier when its unanimous and very clear
direction, but the fact that sometimes theres
differences of opinion can be healthy too,
Hardy said. With any change, and the community is going through a little bit of
change, theres going to be differences on
what course do we take and how best to get
there.
The councils recent vision setting session
could help solidify some common ground
and it will hold a closed-session meeting to
discuss moving forward in January. But
Okamoto said he worries some may be discouraged from applying for the position.
One of the things that I hope wont happen, is that any solid candidate will see that
theres certain controversy on the council
and that would dissuade them from wanting to
accept the position, Okamoto said. So I
think its important that we on the council
get together in a cooperative sense.

Teachers Association indicated they would

file sanctions against the district and its
outside law firm for using frivolous legal
arguments.
Our goal is to provide the best educational environment possible for our Redwood
City students, RCTA President Kevin Sugar
said in a prepared statement. Whenever we
see unfair treatment of educators or others,
we work to correct it. In this case, a teacher
was treated unfairly, and our union successfully worked to reverse the situation. We
defended our contract.
The appeal was dropped Dec. 2 and the district decided to reinstate Baird to his former
position Jan. 6. The reason for deciding not
to move forward with the appeal is not
because of the unions possible sanctions,
said Superintendent Jan Christensen.
We disagree with the RCTAs characterization of the districts reason for dropping

the appeal, Christensen said in a prepared

statement. The district strongly believes
in its right to manage, hire, dismiss and
transfer employees when it is in the best
interest of students. We disagreed with the
arbitrators decision, and we exercised our
legal right to appeal. While we decided to
withdraw our legal appeal of this case, we
continue to pursue through the bargaining
process with RCTA contractual language
that defends our right to manage, hire, dismiss and transfer employees.
On or around July 18, 2013, Baird filed a
grievance against the district alleging it
violated his contract agreement when it
involuntarily transferred him, disciplined
and/or took other adverse actions in reprisal
for his involvement in the Redwood City
Teachers Association, and in the process the
district allegedly violated sections of the
agreement concerning handling of Bairds
personnel file.
The district alleged Baird did not get
along with site administrators or colleagues and was somewhat difficult to work
with. Bairds repeated pattern, throughout
the 2012-13 school year, of failing to ade-

quately supervise students, not following

directives and not working well with
administrators and colleagues provided the
district sufficient just cause to involuntarily transfer him, the district stated in its
appeal.
On or about Aug. 13, 2013, the district
denied Bairds grievance. On March 7,
2014, and April 10, 2014, an arbitration
hearing was held by arbitrator Alexander
Cohn regarding Bairds grievance. Cohns
July 24, 2014, opinion found the district
must show cause as it is traditionally understood for discipline to involuntarily transfer Baird under the just cause language of the
agreement. The arbitrator also found that
the just cause standard favors progressive
discipline and Baird s involuntary transfer
was inconsistent with progressive discipline. The ruling stated, as soon as practical, Bairds involuntary transfer shall be
rescinded and he shall be restored to his
prior teaching position at Kennedy Middle
School without loss of wages of benefits,
including seniority.
There was set to be a hearing on the arbitration award 9 a.m. Jan. 21, 2015.

INTERVIEW

are more at home in American pop: Western

civilization is more the target of The
Interview than the DPRK.
As Skylarks interview nears, their assassination attempts fail and ethical quandaries
mount. Skylark and Kim (a cool guy,
pleads Skylark) become fast friends, palling
around together and shooting off tanks. If
anything, the film, written by Dan Sterling
from the story by Goldberg and Rogen (their
second time directing after the better This
Is the End), verges on making Kim too likable.
And while the movie leads to a fiery end
and a slow reveal of the famine Kim inflicts
on his people, most who see The
Interview will say to themselves: THIS is
what prompted an international incident?
Theres nothing scandalous about The
Interview, unless you happen to believe
Kim is a god who rides around on unicorns.
Despite the large presence of Parks dictator, this is really Francos movie.
Seemingly energized by his more outlandish performances (like his Alien in
Spring Breakers), hes here in full, grinning Jerry Lewis-mode, a rubber-faced infotainment parody. His chemistry with Rogen
is predictably solid.
Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch and the
South Park guys have all tried before to
find comedy in the shadow of evil and thereby do a little to disarm it. The Interview
struggles to really illuminate anything
about the stranger-than-fiction Orwellian
nightmare that is North Korea, but its
attempt is admirable. It deserves to be seen.
And, yes, having your film taken down by
a totalitarian regime wins you an extra star.
The Interview, a Sony Pictures release,
is rated R by the Motion Picture Association
of America for pervasive language, crude
and sexual humor, nudity, some drug use and
bloody violence. Running time: 112 minutes. Three stars out of four.

Continued from page 20

Kim Jong Un is a fan of the show, they
maneuver to land an interview for a kind of
modern Frost/Nixon televised tete-a-tete,
though one with the same penchant for
ascots. (Francos Skylark is an extreme
dandy who speaks largely in over-used slang
and has a strange obsession with Lord of
the Rings.)
Before their trip to Pyongyang, a CIA
agent (Lizzy Caplan) recruits the pair with
the mission to turn their big interview into
an assassination. Take him out, she
instructs before putting them through training.
Like another comedy about the wrong
Americans sent overseas, Bill Murrays
Stripes, The Interview is better on
American soil and on less sure footing once
it lands in North Korea. This is partly logistical. Though The Interview obviously
couldnt have shot on location and had limited images to draw on for its sets, the
movie fails to create even a half-plausible
North Korean atmosphere and is left claustrophobically meandering almost entirely
in palace interiors.
Their first meeting with Kim (Randall
Park) isnt a regal pageant; he just knocks
softly on Skylarks door and eagerly introduces himself as a huge fan. One of the
real disappointments of the films cancellation is that people may never get to see
Parks performance. His Kim is more complex than the broad caricature youd expect:
Hes a jovial young leader haunted by daddy
issues, having been called soft by his father
for adoring American pop culture. Hes a surprisingly agile basketball player and a
lover of Katy Perry songs.
Even in North Korea, Rogen and company

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Calendar
FRIDAY, DEC. 19
Fifty percent off sale at
Burlingame
Public
Library.
Burlingame Public Library, 480
Primrose
Road,
Burlingame.
Continues every day through
December.
Family Tree Christmas Boutique.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1589 Laurel St., San
Carlos. For more information call
592-6150.
Christmas Party with Dancing to
the Swing Shift Band plus Ham
Lunch. 10:30 a.m. to 1p.m. San
Bruno Senior Center, 1555 Crystal
Springs Road, San Bruno. $5 suggested donation. For more tickets
call 616-7150.
Donate Blood. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ritz
Carlton, 1 Miramontes Point Road,
Half Moon Bay. Eligible donors with
all blood types are needed, especially those with type O negative, A
negative or B negative. Free. For
more information go to redcrossblood.org or call (800) RED CROSS
((800) 733-2767).
Holidazed Book Signing with
Jerry James Stone. Whole Foods
Market San Mateo, 1010 Park Place,
San Mateo. Cookbook author Jerry
James Stone will serve hand-crafted
seasonal cocktails and other treats
from his holiday cocktail book,
Holidazed. For more information
email
hsulien.rivera@wholefoods.com.
Off the Grid. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Devils
Canyon Brewery, 935 Washington
St., San Carlos. A curated selection of
food trucks. For more information
visit www.OfftheGridSF.com.
Reel Musical Film: The Umbrellas
of Cherbourg. 7 p.m. Belmont
Library. For more information contact belmont@smcl.org.
New Century Chamber Orchestra.
8 p.m. First United Methodist
Church, Palo Alto.
SATURDAY, DEC. 20
Fifty percent off sale at
Burlingame
Public
Library.
Burlingame Public Library, 480
Primrose
Road,
Burlingame.
Continues every day through
December.
Health coverage enrollment assistance. 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. San Mateo
Medical Center, first floor, West
Entrance, 222 W. 39th Ave., San
Mateo. In-person health coverage
enrollment assistance for Covered
California, Medi-Can and other programs. Free. Call 616-2002 to make
an appointment. For more information contact Bob Sawyer at bobsawyer20@gmail.com.
Holiday
Puppet
Show
Puppylocks. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Burlingame Public Library, 480
Primrose Road, Burlingame. Tickets
are required and can be picked up
at the childrens desk starting at
Dec. 13. For more information email
John Piche at piche@plsinfo.org.
The Hunt for Healthy Choices. 11
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Whole Foods
Market San Mateo, 1010 Park Place,
San Mateo. Make healthy eating a
game for the whole family. $20 per
family. For more information email
hsu-lien.rivera@wholefoods.com.
Visit Santa at his house. Noon to 2
p.m. 760 Laurel St., San Carlos. For
more information call 802-4832.
Learn Chinese. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Food
Court, Hillsdale Shopping Center,
San Mateo. We are a small Chinese
and English exchange group. Have
casual interactions to improve your
language skill. Free. For more information
email
chen.exchange15@gmail.com.
Bay Pointe Ballets Nutcracker. 4
p.m. San Mateo Performing Arts
Center. Tickets are $30 and up, but
there are discounts for children and
seniors. Free parking. For more information and to buy tickets go to
www.baypointeballet.org.
Mystery Book Club. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St., San
Carlos. The Mystery Book Club
meets the fourth Wednesday of the
month. This month we will discuss
Invisible Code by Charles Todd. Free.
For more information call Rhea
Bradley, Librarian at 591-0341 ext.
237.
SUNDAY, DEC. 21
Fifty percent off sale at
Burlingame
Public
Library.
Burlingame Public Library, 480
Primrose
Road,
Burlingame.
Continues every day through
December.
Third Sunday Ballroom Tea Dance
with Bob Gutierrez 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.
Third Sunday Book Sale. 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.,
San Carlos. There will be used books,
CDs and DVDs.

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A Christmas Musical Celebration.

2 p.m. Calvary Lutheran Church, 401
Santa Lucia Ave., Millbrae. Presented
by combined choirs of Peace, Our
Redeemers and Calvary Lutheran
churches. Free. For more information call 588-2840.
Bay Pointe Ballets Nutcracker. 2
p.m. San Mateo Performing Arts
Center. Tickets are $30 and up, but
there are discounts for children and
seniors. Free parking. For more information and to buy tickets go to
www.baypointeballet.org.
Musica Pacifica. 7 p.m. Kohl
Mansion, 2750 Adeline Drive,
Burlingame. $15. For more information email info@musicatkohl.org.
MONDAY, DEC. 22
50 percent off sale at Burlingame
Public Library. Burlingame Public
Library, 480 Primrose Road,
Burlingame. Continues every day
through December.
Toy-Wrapping Party for Children
Served by RotaCare. 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. Portuguese Community Center,
724 Kelly St., Half Moon Bay. Guests
are welcome. For more information
go
to
www.rotaryofhalfmoonbay.com.
Increasing Independence for
Individuals with Mental Illness
lecture by Anthony Benigno, and
Noa Tidhar. 7 p.m. San Carlos
Library, 610 Elm St., San Carlos. Join
us for a discussion about
Psychosocial Recovery and the
attainment of meaningful change
that could lead to finding your
niche in the community. For more
information call Rhea Bradley,
Librarian at 591-0341 ext. 237.
TUESDAY, DEC. 23
Fifty percent off sale at
Burlingame
Public
Library.
Burlingame Public Library, 480
Primrose
Road,
Burlingame.
Continues on every day through
December.
Holiday Ballroom Dance Social
with Instructor Gary Checutti and
D.J. Jimmy Lee. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. San
Bruno Senior Center, 1555 Crystal
Springs Road, San Bruno. $2 for San
Bruno residents, $2.50 for non-residents. For more information call
616-7150.
Post-Stroke Support Group. 3 p.m.
to 4 p.m., Peninsula Health Care
District, Meeting Room, 1600
Trousdale Drive, Burlingame. In collaboration with clinicians from MillsPeninsula Health Services, Peninsula
Stroke Association hosts a free
monthly stroke group for stroke survivors, family and caregivers. Free.
For more information call 565-8485.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24
Fifty percent off sale at
Burlingame
Public
Library.
Burlingame Public Library, 480
Primrose
Road,
Burlingame.
Continues on every day through
December.
Christmas Eve Family Service. 5:30
p.m. and 10 p.m. Congregational
Church of Belmont, 751 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. For more information email Mickl Carter at micklcartr@aol.com.
FRIDAY, DEC. 26
50 percent off sale at Burlingame
Public Library. Burlingame Public
Library, 480 Primrose Road,
Burlingame. Continues on every day
through December.
CuriOdysseys Winter Break
Explorer Days. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CuriOdyssey, 1651 Coyote Point
Drive, San Mateo. Program included
with admission. Interactive drop-in
program. For more information call
342-7755
or
go
to
www.CuriOdyssey.org.
Off the Grid. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Devils
Canyon Brewery, 935 Washington
St., San Carlos. A curated selection of
food trucks. For more information
visit www.OfftheGridSF.com
SATURDAY, DEC. 27
50 percent off sale at Burlingame
Public Library. Burlingame Public
Library, 480 Primrose Road,
Burlingame. Continues on every day
through December.
Sirk-a-pocalypse. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Neologian Art Gallery, 1027 S.
Claremont St., San Mateo. $10
admission.
SUNDAY, DEC. 28
50 percent off sale at Burlingame
Public Library. Burlingame Public
Library, 480 Primrose Road,
Burlingame. Continues on every day
through December.
Last Sunday Ballroom Tea Dance
with the Bob Gutierrez 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.
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Talk of an emergency declaration

began earlier in the week but the
Office of Emergency Services needed
to first pull together data like preliminary damage estimates, County
Counsel John Beiers said.
Beiers said there is no damage cost
threshold that must first be met but
that the county needed first to make its
assessments before pulling the trigger
on a declaration.
San Mateo joins four other Northern
California counties in declaring local
emergencies Tehama, Sonoma,
Marin and Lake.
San Mateo County last declared a
local state of emergency in January
2013 due for damages in East Palo
Alto, Menlo Park and Portola Valley
due to the flooding of San Francisquito
Creek, Beiers said.
The Dec. 11 storms stretching into
the next day flooded three mobile
home parks two on Bayshore Road
in Redwood City and one in unincorporated Belmont shut down waterlogged streets and roads, initiated
flash flood warnings and collapsed
steel plates covering a culvert into the
creek in San Pedro Valley Park. Parks
and public works crews were also busy
sandbagging in other locations and
contending with minor slides and
loose rocks at the Devils Slide trail.
Winds were clocked as high as 59 mph
and the 48-hour rainfall totaled 4
inches across the county.
The county Human Services Agency,
and then the Red Cross, established a
shelter and assistance center at

College of San Mateo for between 35

to 110 displaced individuals and families at any given time. The bulk were
residents of the mobile home parks
but some were from residences in San
Bruno and South San Francisco.
The shelter at CSM closed Thursday
morning.
The Belmont park at 100 Harbor
Blvd. remained closed the longest as
habitability was assessed but by
Thursday all mobile homes were open
with residents moving back in.
Horsley, whose supervisorial district includes the Belmont mobile
home park, is hopeful the emergency
declaration will result in financial
help to replace any water-damaged
units less than fully inhabitable.
A big part of the Belmont park
flooding was a Caltrans pipe under the
freeway and connected to the creek
that became completely clogged with
silt and trapped the water, Horsley
said.
Thats something that needs to be
maintained on a regular basis. Had
somebody looked at it before the
storm they would have seen it, he
said.
Horsley said his office has contacted
Caltrans about the pipe and future
plans to keep it clear.
County Public Works pumped out
the water from the park by mid-day
Saturday and, according to the county,
the property owner hired a plumbing
company to continue pumping as new
storms occur.
As the storms died down and resi-

ART

fact that he was dying. I was kind of

putting a buffer between me and reality
in a way, but also I look at it a little bit
better too, Gropp said. Im here with
my mom. ... Im in the role as more of
a caregiver than a witness. So I have to
concentrate on what the doctors are
saying rather than taking 14 different
pictures.
Although Gropps portfolio takes
place in a variety of settings and
times; his photographs are notably
inspired by human interactions, community and social culture.
Haddad said hes a fan of a variety and
has been displaying a broad genre of
artists works at his 3 Bees coffee shop
for more than a decade.
We try to support all art work, all
kinds of art, and weve see a lot of different kinds of art in the past 13 years.
Every time I come across an artist and
you see something different, Haddad
said. Its just a nice way of changing
the atmosphere of the coffee shop;
basically the ambiance kind of
changes. People get used to coming

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reminisced about his first travels
across the country and how he came to
be a photographer.
My girlfriend and my dog and
myself would stick out our thumbs and
paws and the first year we had such a
great time, Gropp said. I had my first
Nikon F, so I had an instruction manual in one hand and a camera in the other
and from then on it just consumed
me and I was totally hooked.
Gropp said hes left the Golden State
to help care for his aging mother in
Texas, but will absolutely return to San
Francisco when its time.
One of Gropps most unique sets is
his documentation of Roberto, who
would have been his brother-in-law,
but died after being diagnosed with
Lymphoma and AIDS.
It was a way for me to deal with the

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dents began the process of cleaning

up, numerous local agencies and individuals sprung into action to help.
Along with the countys multi-department reaction, fundraising efforts
sprung up to help those affected get
back to normal.
Most recently, Art Mahoney established a GoFundMe campaign to raise
$4,500 for $50 Safeway cards per unit.
Mahoney said other fundraising is
specific to the 11 families with children so he wanted to work on behalf of
the entire community. Speaking from
the park Thursday afternoon,
Mahoney said some residents lost
refrigerators along with their food
which makes the need more keen.
Some people are going to need a
lot of help, Mahoney said.
The Board of Superv isors meets
2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19 in Board
Chambers, 400 County Center,
Redwood City.
Donate to Mahoney s campaign at
w w w. g o f un dm e . c o m / j 1 j z j k .
Samaritan House is also assisting
those affected by the recent flooding.
For more information go to samaritanhousesanmateo.org or call 341-4081.
The
Belmont-Redwood
Shores
Elementary School District is collecting money for district families. For
more information on that effort go to
gofundme. com/helpBRSSDfamilies.
One can also help by donating Target
or Kmart gift cards for clothing and
personal needs. Any amount is appreciated but donations between $15 and
$25 are recommended. Drop off cards
at the Salv ation Army, 660 Veterans
Blv d., Redwood City or The Beauty
Wheel, 628 Woodside Road, Redwood
City.
on the first of each month and they
like the change.
Haddad said Gropp was referred to
him by a regular customer and encourages more artists to come forward.
The coffee shop idea is about community and the regular customers, they
become friends and kind of family.
My idea was get people involved and
then anybody that they know whos an
artist and they want to show their artwork, they can come, Haddad said.
Thats the whole idea of having a coffee shop slash mini gallery.
3 Bees Coffee House is located at
224 E. Third Av e., San Mateo. For
more
information
v isit
www. 3beescoffee. com. For more
information about Gerry Gropp and his
photographs
v isit
www.gerry gropp.com.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #263061
The following person is doing business
as: Cinles Flooring Services, 50 W. 38th
Ave, SAN MATEO, CA 94403. Registered Owner(s): Efrain Munoz, same address. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Efrain Munoz /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/21/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
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110 Employment

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Join the Daily Journal Event marketing

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management process. But rst and
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This is one of the fastest areas of the
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We are looking for a telemarketing whiz,

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203 Public Notices

CASE# CIV 531392
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
Rufus Tracy, Nancy Tracy
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioners: Rufus Tracy and Nancy Tracy filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows:
Present name: Jacob Lupa Pell
Proposed Name: Jacob Andrew Tracy
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court
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 petition without a hearing. A HEARING on
the petition shall be held on January 21,
2015 at 9 a.m., Dept. PJ, Room 2J, at
400 County Center, Redwood City, CA
94063. A copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least once
each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation: San Mateo Daily Journal
Filed: 12/02/2015
/s/ Robert D. Foiles/
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 12/02/2015
(Published, 12/19/2014, 12/26/2014,
01/02/2015, 01/09/2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #262826
The following person is doing business
as: Virtuous Water Drops, 395 Larkspur
Dr, E. PALO ALTO, CA 94303 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Arturo
Abad-Aviles, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The
registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Arturo Abad-Aviles /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/3/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/05/14, 12/12/14, 12/19/14, 12/26/14).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #263150
The following person is doing business
as: W & D Educational, 3338 Countryside Drive, SAN MATEO, CA 94403. is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Huiping Liao, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The
registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Huiping Liao /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/2/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/05/14, 12/12/14, 12/19/14, 12/26/14).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #263065
The following person is doing business
as: Maheras Wealth Management Inc.,
155 Bovet Rd Suite 455, SAN MATEO,
CA 94402. is hereby registered by the
following owner: Maheras Wealth Management Inc., CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on
/s/ Leonidas Maheras /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/24/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/05/14, 12/12/14, 12/19/14, 12/26/14).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #262924
The following person is doing business
as: Davids Dental Lab, 2613 Gellert Dr,
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080.
is hereby registered by the following
owner: David S. Hanhan, same address.
The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on
/s/ David Hanhan /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/12/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/05/14, 12/12/14, 12/19/14, 12/26/14).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #263145
The following person is doing business
as: SC Storage, 1731 Leslie Storage,
SAN MATEO, CA 94402. is hereby registered by the following owner: 1731 Leslie Street LLC. The business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The
registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A
/s/ Spencer Covey /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/22014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/05/14, 12/12/14, 12/19/14, 12/26/14).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #263261
The following person is doing business
as: BNBuilders, 201 Redwood Shores
Pkwy Ste 125, REDWOOD CITY, CA
94065 are hereby registered by the following owner: BNBuilders, Inc., CA. The
business is conducted by a Corporation.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on 6/13/07
/s/ David Becker /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/10/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/12/14, 12/19/14, 12/26/14, 01/02/15).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #263333
The following person is doing business
as: Apollo International Student Care, 26
Nancy Ln, DALY CITY, CA 94014. Registered Owner(s): King Chung Tso, same
address. The business is conducted by a
Limited Liability Company. The registrants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ King Chung Tso /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/17/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/19/14, 12/26/14, 01/02/54, 01/09/15).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #263108
The following person is doing business
as: Hoppi Box, 235 El Cerrito Ave,
HILLSBOROUGH, CA 94010 are hereby
registered by the following owner: Indeeyo LLC, CA The business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The
registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Jasmin Bhukkarat /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12//012014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/12/14, 12/19/14, 12/26/14, 01/02/15).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #263340
The following person is doing business
as: Mar Investments, 1236 Capuchino
Ave, BURLINGAME, CA 94010. Registered Owner(s): Maria Alicea, same address. The business is conducted by a
Limited Liability Company. The registrants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on 2/15/11
/s/ Maria Alicea /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/17/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/19/14, 12/26/14, 01/02/54, 01/09/15).

210 Lost & Found

FOUND: KEYS (3) on ring with 49'ers
belt clip. One is car key to a Honda.
Found in Home Depot parking lot in San
Carlos on Sunday 2/23/14.
Call 650 490-0921 - Leave message if no
answer.

Tundra

Tundra

Tundra

Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

304 Furniture

FOUND: LADIES watch outside Safeway Millbrae 11/10/14 call Matt,

(415)378-3634
FOUND: RING Silver color ring found
on 1/7/2014 in Burlingame. Parking Lot
M (next to Dethrone). Brand inscribed.
Gary @ (650)347-2301
LOST - MY COLLAPSIBLE music stand,
clip lights, and music in black bags were
taken from my car in Foster City and may
have been thrown out by disappointed
thieves. Please call (650)704-3595
LOST AFRICAN GRAY PARROT (415)377-0859 REWARD!
LOST PRESCRIPTION glasses (2
pairs). REWARD! 1 pair dark tinted bifocals, green flames in black case with red
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bifocals. Green frames. Lost at Lucky
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San Bruno. (650)245-9061

LOST CELL PHONE Metro PCS Samsung. Light pink cover, sentimental value. Lost in Millbrae on 9/30/14 Reward
offered. Angela (415)420-6606
LOST: SMALL diamond cross, silver
necklace with VERY sentimental
meaning. Lost in San Mateo 2/6/12
(650)578-0323.

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BOOK
"LIFETIME"
(408)249-3858

WW1

$12.,

298 Collectibles

302 Antiques

ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pockets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858

VINTAGE ATWATER Kent Radio. Circa

1929 $100. (650)245-7517

COIN HOLDERS, used. 146 plastic

tubes. 40 albums. Cost $205. Sell $95
OBO. (650)591-4141

303 Electronics

COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters

uncirculated
with
Holder
$15/all,
(408)249-3858

LOST DOG-SMALL TERRIER-$5000

REWARD Norfolk Terrier missing from
Woodside Rd near High Rd on Dec 13.
Violet is 11mths, 7lbs, tan, female, no
collar, microchipped. Please help bring
her home! (650)568-9642

JONATHAN KELLERMAN - Hardback

books, (5) $3. each, (650)341-1861

LOST GOLD Cross at Carlmont Shopping Center, by Lunardis market

(Reward) (415)559-7291

295 Art

MICKEY MINI Mouse Vintage 1997 Lenox Christmas plate Gold Trim, Still in
Box $65. (650)438-7345

ALASKAN SCENE painting 40" high 53"

wide includes matching frame $99 firm
(650)592-2648

NUTCRACKERS 1 large 2 small $10 for

all 3 (650) 692-3260

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE

PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF
THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.
NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER:
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/01/2003. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.
Trustor: GREGORY R. ERICKSON AND SANDY G. ERICKSON, HUSBAND AND
WIFE
Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC
Recorded 10/17/2003 as Instrument No. 2003-299581 in book ---, page--- and of
Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Mateo County, California,
Date of Sale: 01/12/2015 at 12:30 PM
Place of Sale: AT THE MARSHALL STREET ENTRANCE TO THE HALL OF JUSTICE AND RECORDS, 400 COUNTY CENTER, REDWOOD CITY, CA
Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $471,688.72
WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S
CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A
STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR
SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND
AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE:
All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter
described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as
Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt
More fully described in said Deed of Trust
Street Address or other common designation of real property: 175 San Carlos Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94061
A.P.N.: 069-311-330
The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street
address or other common designation, if any, shown above.
The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of
the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of
the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs,
expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is:
$471,688.72.
If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's
sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee,
and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.
The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned
a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of
Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is
located.
NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property
lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid
at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of
the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a
junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the
county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge
you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be
aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on
this property.
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may
be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court,
pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your
sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for
the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site
http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.
aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2014-02487-CA. Information about
postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the
scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on
the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend
the scheduled sale
Date: November 25, 2014
Western Progressive, LLC , as Trustee
C/o 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450
Irvine, CA 92606
Automated Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299
http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.
aspx
For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (866) 240-3530
______________________________
THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE
(Published 12/12, 12/19, 12/26)

210 Lost & Found

NASCAR BOOKS - 1998 - 2007 Annuals, 50th anniversary, and more. $75.
(650)345-9595

BOB TALBOT Marine Lithograph (Signed Framed 24x31 Like New. $99.
(650)572-8895
LANDSCAPE PICTURES (3) hand
painted 25" long 21" wide, wooden
frame, $60 for all 3, (650)201-9166

296 Appliances
BREVILLE JUICER good cond. great
but $45. (650)697-7862
CHAMPION JUICER, very good, coral
color $25. Phone 650-345-7352
CHEFMATE TOASTER oven, brand
new, bakes, broils, toasts, adjustable
temperature. $25 OBO. (650)580-4763
CHICKEN ROASTERS (4) vertical, One
pulsing chopper, both unopened, in original packaging, $27.(650) 578 9208
FRIDGE, MINI, unopened, plugs, cord,
can use for warmer also $40, (650) 5789208
FRUIT PRESS, unopened, sturdy, make
baby food, ricer, fruit sauces, $20.00,
(650) 578 9208
PONDEROSA WOOD STOVE, like
new, used one load for only 14 hours.
$1,200. Call (650)333-4400
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
RED DEVIL VACUUM CLEANER - $25.,
(650)593-0893
SANYO MINI REFRIGERATOR(415)346-6038

$40.,

SEARS KENMORE sewing machine in a

good cabinet style, running smoothly
$99. 650-756-9516.
WHIRLPOOL DEHUMIDIFIER. Almost
new. located coastside. $75 650-8676042.

297 Bicycles
GIRLS BIKE 18 Pink, Looks New, Hardly Used $80 (650)293-7313

298 Collectibles
1920'S AQUA Glass Beaded Flapper
Purse (drawstring bag) & Faux Pearl
Flapper Collar. $50. 650-762-6048
1940 VINTAGE telephone bench maple
antiques collectibles $75 (650)755-9833
1980 SYLVANIA 24" console television
operational with floor cabinet in excellent
condition. $35. (650) 676-0974.
2 VINTAGE Light Bulbs circa 1905. Edison Mazda Lamps. Both still working $50 (650)-762-6048

MEMORABILIA CARD COLLECTION,

large collection, Marilyn Monroe, James
Dean, John Wayne and hundreds more.
$3,300/obo.. Over 50% off
(650)319-5334.

OLD BLACK Mountain 5 Gallon Glass

Water Jar $39 (650) 692-3260
SCHILLER HIPPIE poster, linen, Sparta
graphics 1968. Mint condition. $600.00.
(650)701-0276
SILVER
LEGACY
Casino
four
rare memorabilia items, casino key, two
coins, small charm. $95. (650)676-0974
TEA POTS - (6) collectables, good condition, $10. each, (650)571-5899

46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great

condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
BIC TURNTABLE Model 940.
Good Shape $40. (650)245-7517

Very

BLUE NINTENDO DS Lite. Hardly used.

$70 OBO. (760) 996-0767
COMBO COLOR T.V. 24in. Toshiba with
DVD and VHS Flat Screen Remote 06
$40: (650)580-6324
COMPLETE COLOR photo developer
Besler Enlarger, Color Head, trays, photo
tools $50/ 650-921-1996
FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767
HOME THEATER, surround sound system. Harman Kardon amplifier tuner and
6 speakers, NEW. $400/obo. Call
(650)345-5502
INFINITY FLOOR speakers ( a pair) in
good condition $ 60. (650)756-9516. Daly City.
JVC DVD Player and video cassette recorder. NEW. $80. (650)345-5502

299 Computers

LEFT-HAND ERGONOMIC keyboard

with 'A-shape' key layout Num pad, $20
(650)204-0587

DELL
LAPTOP
Computer
Bag
Fabric/Nylon great condition $20 (650)
692-3260

PRINTER DELL946, perfect, new black

ink inst, new color ink never installed,
$75. 650-591-0063

300 Toys

SONY PROJECTION TV 48" with remote good condition $99 (650)345-1111

K'NEX BUILDING ideas $30.

(650)622-6695
LEGO DUPLO Set ages 1 to 5. $30
(650)622-6695

WESTINGHOUSE 28" flat screen TV

LCD with Remote. works perfect, little
used.. $99. 6503477211.

PINK BARBIE 57 Chevy Convertible

28" long (sells on E-Bay for $250) in box
$49 (650)591-9769

WESTINGHOUSE 32 Flatscreen TV,

model#SK32H240S, with HDMI plug in
and remote, excellent condition. Two
available, $175 each. (650)400-4174

RADIO CONTROL car; Jeep with off

road with equipment $99 OBO
(650)851-0878

304 Furniture

SMALL WOOD dollhouse 4 furnished

rooms. $35. (650)558-8142
STEP 2 sandbox Large with cover $25
(650)343-4329

302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85.
(415)565-6719
73 HAPPY Meal toys. 1990's vintage, in
the
original
unopened
packages.
$60.(650)596-0513
ANTIQUE CRYSTAL/ARCADE Coffee
Grinder. $60. 650-596-0513

2 END Tables solid maple '60's era

$40/both. (650)670-7545
3 PIECE cocktail table with 2 end tables,
glass tops. good condition, $99.
(650)574-4021l
BATHTUB SEAT, electric. Bathmaster
2000. Enables in and out of bath safely.$99 650-375-1414
BROWN TALL IKEA bookcase, great
condition 6 shelves, 72" x 24" x 12". $50.
650-861-0088
CHAIRS 2 Blue Good Condition $50
OBO (650)345-5644
CHAIRS, WITH Chrome Frame, Brown
Vinyl seats $15.00 each. (650)726-5549

HIGH END childrens bedroom set,

white, solid, well built, in great/near
perfect condition. Comes with mattress (twin size) in great condition. Includes bed frame, two dressers, night
stands, book case, desk with additional 3 drawers for storage. Perfect for
one child. Sheets available if wanted.
$550. (415)730-1453.
INTAGE ART-DECO style wood chair,
carved back & legs, tapestry seat, $50.
650-861-0088.
LAWN CHAIRS (4) White, plastic, $8.
each, (415)346-6038
LEATHER couch, about 6ft long dark
brown $45 Cell number: (650)580-6324
LIVING & Dining Room Sets. Mission
Style, Trestle Table w/ 2 leafs & 6
Chairs, Like new $600 obo
(831)768-1680
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
LOVE SEAT, Upholstered pale yellow
floral $99. (650)574-4021
MIRROR, SOLID OAK. 30" x 19 1/2",
curved edges; beautiful. $85.00 OBO.
Linda 650 366-2135.
OAK BOOKCASE, 30"x30" x12". $25.
(650)726-6429
OUTDOOR WOOD SCREEN - new $80
obo Retail $130 (650)873-8167
OVAL LIVING room cocktail table. Wood
with glass 48x28x18. Retail $250.
$75 OBO (650)343-4461
PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions
$45. each set, (650)347-8061
PATIO TABLE 5x5 round, Redwood,
rollers, 2 benches, good solid
condition $30 San Bruno (650)588-1946
PEDESTAL SINK $25 (650)766-4858
PORTABLE JEWELRY display case
wood, see through lid $45. 25 x 20 x 4 inches. (650)592-2648.
ROCKING CHAIR fine light, oak condition with pads, $85.OBO 650 369 9762
ROCKING CHAIR Great condition,
1970s style, dark brown, wooden,
suede cushion, photo availble, $99.,
(650)716-3337
ROCKING CHAIR, decorative wood /
armrest, it swivels rocks & rolls $99.
(650)592-2648
SOFA - excelleNT condition. 8 ft neutral
color $99 OBO (650)345-5644
SOLD WOOD TV Tables, set of 4 + rack,
perfect cond $29 650-595-3933

made in Spain

SOLID WOOD BOOKCASE 33 x 78

with flip bar ask $75 obo (650)743-4274

COMPUTER DESK $25 , drawer for keyboard, 40" x 19.5" (619)417-0465

STEREO CABINET with 3 black shelves

42" x 21" x 17" exc cond $30. (650)7569516

ANTIQUE OLD Copper Wash Tub, 30 x

12 x 13 with handles, $65 (650)591-3313

DINETTE TABLE with Chrome Legs: 36"

x58" (with one leaf 11 1/2") - $50.
(650)341-5347

STURDY OAK TV or End Table. $35.

Very good condition. 30" x 24".
(650)861-0088

BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE Victorian

Side Sewing Table, All original. Rosewood. Carved. EXCELLENT CONDITION! $350. (650)815-8999.

DINING ROOM SET - table, four chairs,

lighted hutch, $500. all, (650)296-3189

TABLE, HD. 2'x4'. pair of folding legs at

each end. Laminate top. Perfect.
$60.(650)591-4141

ANTIQUE ITALIAN lamp 18 high, $70

(650)387-4002
ANTIQUE MAYTAG Ringer type Washing Machine, (1930-35 era) $85.
650-583-7505

MAHOGANY ANTIQUE Secretary desk,

72 x 40 , 3 drawers, Display case, bevelled glass, $700. (650)766-3024

OLD VINTAGE Wooden Sea Captains

Tool Chest 35 x 16 x 16, $65
(650)591-3313

LEGAL NOTICES

Fictitious Business Name Statements,

Trustee Sale Notice, Name Change, Probate,
Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons,
Notice of Public Sales and More.
Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County.

Fax your request to: 650-344-5290

Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com

CHANDELIER 3 Tier,
$95 (650)375-8021

DISPLAY CABINET 72x 21 x39 1/2

High Top Display, 2 shelves in rear $99
(650)591-3313
DRESSER, OLD four drawer, painted
wod cottage pine chest of drawers. Solid
and tight. Carved wood handles. 40
wide x 35.5 high x 17.5 deep. $65. Call
or text (207)329-2853. San Carlos.
DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condition, nice design, with storage, $45.,
(650)345-1111
ENTERTAINMENT
CENTER
with
shelves for books, pure oak. Purchased
for $750. Sell for $99. (650)348-5169

TABLE, OLD ENGLISH draw-leaf, barley twist legs, 36 square. $350

(650)574-7387
TEA/ UTILITY Cart, $15. (650)573-7035,
(650)504-6057
TEAK CABINET 28"x32", used for stereo equipment $25. (650)726-6429
TORCHIERE $35. (650) 631-6505
UPHOLSTERED SIDE office chairs (2).
3ft X 2ft, $85 each, (650)212-7151
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
W still in box $45., (408)249-3858

ESPRESSO TABLE 30 square, 40 tall,

$95 (650)375-8021

VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches

W still in box $45., (408)249-3858

EXECUTIVE DESK 60, cherry wood,

excellent condition. $275 (650)212-7151

WALL CLOCK - 31 day windup, 26

long, $99 (650)592-2648

EXECUTIVE DESK Chair, upholstered,

adjustable height, excellent condition,
$150 (650)212-7151

WALNUT CHEST, small (4 drawer with

upper bookcase $50. (650)726-6429

FADED GOLD antique framed mirror,

25in x 33in $15 Cell number:
(650)580-6324
GRACO 40" x28" x 28" kid pack 'n play
exc $40 (650) 756-9516 Daly City

WHITE 5 Drawer dresser.Excellent condition. Moving. Must sell $90.00 OBO

(650) 995-0012
WHITE CABINETS (2) - each has a
drawer & 1 door with 2 shelves.
36x21x18. $25 each. (650)867-3257

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27

Friday Dec. 19, 2014

304 Furniture

306 Housewares

308 Tools

308 Tools

311 Musical Instruments

317 Building Materials

WOOD - wall Unit - 30" long x 6' tall x

17.5" deep. $90. (650)631-9311

VACUUM EXCELLENT condition. Works

great.Moving. Must sell. $35.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012

CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450

RPM $60 (650)347-5373

WILLIAMS #40251, 4 PC. Tool Set

(Hose Remover, Cotter Puller, Awl, Scraper). Mint. $29. 650-218-7059.

ROLAND GW-7 Workstation/Keyboard,

with expression pedal, sustain pedal, and
owners manual. $500. (415)706-6216

BATHROOM VANITY, antique, with top

and sink, $65. (650)348-6955

310 Misc. For Sale

WURLITZER PIANO, console, 40 high,

light brown, good condition. $490.
(650)593-7001

WOOD BOOKCASE unit - good condition $65.00 (650)504-6058

WOOD FURNITURE- one end table and
coffee table. In good condition. $30
OBO. (760)996-0767.
WOOD ROCKING chair with foam and
foot rest; swivels; very comfortable and
relaxing. $45 (650)580-6324

306 Housewares
8 SKEWERS, unopened, for fondue,
roasting marshmallows, or fruit, ($7.00)
(650) 578 9208

307 Jewelry & Clothing

AMETHYST RING Matching earings in
14k gold setting. $165. (650)200-9730
ENGRAVED POCKET Watch, Illinois
watch company 1911. Works. $85.
(650)298-8546 PM only
LADIES GLOVES - gold lame' elbow
length gloves, size 7.5, $15. new,
(650)868-0436

308 Tools

COFFEE MAKER, Makes 4 cups $12,

(650)368-3037

BLACK AND Decker Electrical 17"

EDGE TRIMMER $20. (650)349-9261

HOUSE HEATER Excellent condition.

Works great. Must sell. $30 OBO
(650) 995-0012

BOSTITCH 16 gage Finish nailer Model

SB 664FN $99 (650)359-9269

NEW PORTABLE electric fan wind machine, round, adjustable $15

Cell phone: (650)580-6324
SHEER DRAPES (White) for two glass
sliding doors great condition $50 (650)
692-3260
SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack
with turntable $60. (650)592-7483

CIRCULAR SKILL saw "craftman"7/1/4"

heavy duty never used in box $45.
(650)992-4544
CRACO 395 SP-PRO, electronic paint
sprayer. Commercial grade. Used only
once. $600/obo. (650)784-3427
CRAFTMAN JIG Saw 3.9 amp. with variable speeds $65 (650)359-9269
CRAFTMAN RADIAL SAW, with cabinet
stand, $200 Cash Only, (650)851-1045

CRAFTSMAN 9" Radial Arm Saw with 6"

dado set. No stand. $55 (650)341-6402
CRAFTSMAN BELT & disc sander $99.
(650)573-5269
CRAFTSMAN BELT & disc sander $99.
(650)573-5269
CRAFTSMAN RADIAL Arm Saw Stand.
In box. $30. (650)245-7517
DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power
1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373
HUSKY POWER inverter 750wtts.adaptor/cables unused AC/DC.$50.
(650)992-4544
HYDRAULIC floor botle jack 10" H.
plus. Ford like new. $25.00 botlh
(650)992-4544
MICROMETER MEASUREMENT brake/
drum tool new in box $25. (650)9924544

BAMBOO BIRD Cage - very intricate design - 21"x15"x16". $50 (650)341-6402

FOLK SONG anthology: Smithsonian

Collection of Recordings, 4 audiotapes +
annotation booklet. $20 (650)574-3229

GECKO GLASS case 10 gal.with heat

pad, thermometer, Wheeled stand if
needed $20. (650)591-1500

BODY BY JAKE AB Scissor Exercise

Machine w/instructions. $50.
(650)637-0930

GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never

used $8., (408)249-3858

GLASS LIZARD cage unused , rock

open/close window 21"W x 12"H x 8"D,
$20. (650)992-4544

HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone, perfect condition, $65., (650) 867-2720

LIGHT GREEN Barbar Chair, with foot

rest good condition $80 Call Anita
(650)303-8390

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

67 Noble gas, and a
homophonic hint
to how this
puzzle s four
longest answers
are formed

48 Counter man
28 Very small
49 It s a real
pharmaceutical
knockout
mail order?
50 String quartet
32 I ve heard
part
enough
52 Wahine s
33 Court
greeting
35 Time in ads
DOWN
55 Two-time Atlantic
36 Sour fruit
1 Buster?
crosser of 1493
38 No real damage
2 Affirm as true
56 __ party
40 Marching band
3 Noon in Paris
57 DVR option
lows
4 Stands by an artist 43 Hill building
58 Adult, at one time
5 Put away
46 Dramatic devices 60 Commission
6 Folding craft
7 Woeful words
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
8 Dovetail
sections
9 Punch line?
10 Ruckus at a
coven?
11 The first Mrs.
Arrowsmith
12 Kind of wrench
14 International
commerce
components
19 Like some picture
cards
21 Gets used (to)
25 Land with a red,
white and green
flag
26 Over
27 Point sets, in
math
12/19/14
xwordeditor@aol.com

By John Lampkin
2014 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good

condition $50., (650)878-9542

POWER MITER Saw, like new, with

some attachments $150 (650)375-8021

WILLIAMS #1191 CHROME 2 1/16"

Combination "SuperRrench". Mint. $89.
650-218-7059.

12/19/14

FLOORING - Carolina Pine, 1x3 T and

G, approximately 400+ sq. ft. $650. Call
(415)516-4964
MEDICINE CABINET - 18 X 24, almost
new, mirror, $20., (650)515-2605

KENNESAW ORIGINAL salute cannon

$30. (650)726-1037

VINTAGE CRAFTSMAN Jig Saw. Circa

1947. $60. (650)245-7517

312 Pets & Animals

AQUARIUM WITH oak stand: Blue
background show tank. 36"x16.75"x10".
$50, good condition. (650) 692-5568.

CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC" Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, 4 audiotapes,

annotation booklet. $20.
(650)574-3229

NEW FOLDING Hand Truck, 100 lb capacity, compact. lite, $29, 650-595-3933

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS
1 What Rudolph
used to be called
6 One in a wild
bunch?
9 Beatles song
syllables
13 Pilot
15 Baseball letters
16 Baseball s
Hershiser
17 Baseball champs
of 2013
18 What do you
take me for?
20 Easy mark with a
sob story?
22 Trail terminus:
Abbr.
23 British pop singer
Lewis
24 Expressionist
painter LeRoy
26 Habitat for some
ibexes
29 Coke go-with
30 Balkan native
31 Part of a team
observation
32 Fine groove
34 Salt s output
37 It s seldom total
39 Digital filer s
target
41 1960 Olympic
gold medalist
Rudolph
42 Cape Cod catch
44 Intl. commerce
group
45 One-third of a
WWII film
47 Wind often
affects it
48 Joy
49 Calls to mind
51 Some future fliers
53 Hint
54 Shirt that hardly
covers anything?
59 Didn t ride
61 Hamper
62 ... we fat all /
creatures __ to
fat us : Hamlet
63 Roger or Brian of
music
64 Bundle up on the
farm
65 Speedometer
reading, e.g.
66 Margarita
condimento

ARTIFICIAL FICUS TREE 6 ft. life like,

full branches. in basket $55.
(650)269-3712

CULTURED MARBLE 2 tone BR vanity

counter top. New toe skin/ scribe. 29 x
19 $300 (408)744-1041

LITTLE PLAYMATE by IGLOO 10"x10",

cooler includes icepak. $20
(650)574-3229
OVAL MIRROR $10 (650)766-4858
POSTAL MAIL Box. Classy metal locking box for pillar mounting.
$100.
(650)245-7517
SEWING MACHINE Kenmore, blonde
cabinet, $25 (650)355-2167
STAR TREK VCR tape Colombia House,
Complete set 79 episodes $50
(650)355-2167
ULTRASONIC JEWELRY Cleaning Machine Cleans jewelry, eyeglasses, dentures, keys. Concentrate included. $30
OBO. (650)580-4763
VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the
Holidays, $25., (650) 867-2720
VINTAGE WHITE Punch Bowl/Serving
Bowl Set with 10 cups plus one extra
$35. (650)873-8167
WICKER PICNIC basket, mint condition,
handles, light weight, pale tan color.
$10. (650)578-9208

311 Musical Instruments

BALDWIN GRAND PIANO, 6 foot, excellent condition, $8,500/obo. Call
(510)784-2598
GULBRANSEN BABY GRAND PIANO Appraised @$5450., want $3500 obo,
(650)343-4461
HAILUN PIANO for sale, brand new, excellent condition. $6,000. (650)308-5296

PARROT CAGE, Steel, Large - approx

4 ft by 4 ft, Excellent condition $300
(650)245-4084

318 Sports Equipment

CASINO CHIP Display. Frame and ready

to hang, $99.00 or best offer.
650.315.3240
G.I. ammo can, medium, good cond.
$15.00. Call (650) 591-4553, days only.
GERMAN ARMY Helmet WW2, 4 motorbike DOT $59 650-595-3933

PARROT CAGE, Steel, Large, Excellent

Condition, $275 (650)245-4084

IN-GROUND BASKETBALL hoop, fiberglass backboard, adjustable height, $80

obo 650-364-1270

PET FURNITURE covers. 1 standard

couch 2 lounge chairs. Like new $70
OBO (650)343-4461

NEW AB Lounger $39 (650) 692-3260

315 Wanted to Buy

WE BUY

Gold, Silver, Platinum

Always True & Honest values

Millbrae Jewelers
Est. 1957

400 Broadway - Millbrae

650-697-2685

NORDIC TRACK
(650)333-4400

Pro,

$95.

POWER PLUS Exercise Machine

(650)368-3037

Call
$99

TREADMILL BY PRO-FORM. (Hardly

Used). 10% incline, 2.5 HP motor, 300lb
weight capacity. $329 (650)598-9804
TWO BASKET balls - $10.00 each
(hardly used) (650)341-5347
TWO SOCCER balls -- $10.00 each
(hardly used) (650)341-5347
TWO SPOTTING Scopes, Simmons and
Baraska, $80 for both (650)579-0933

316 Clothes

VINTAGE ENGLISH ladies ice skates up to size 7-8, $40., (650)873-8167

ALPINESTAR JEANS Tags Attached

Twin Stitched Knee Protection Never
used Blue/Grey Sz34 $65 (650)357-7484

WET SUIT - medium size, $95., call for

info (650)851-0878

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DAINESE BOOTS Zipper & Velcro Closure, Cushioned Ankle, Excellent Condition Unisex EU40 $65 (650)357-7484
NEW MEN'S Wristwatch sweep second
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PROM PARTY Dress, Long sleeveless
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HAMMOND B-3 Organ and 122 Leslie

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VINTAGE 1970S Grecian made dress,

size 6-8, $35 (650)873-8167

WOMEN'S LADY Cougar gold iron set

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335 Rugs
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340 Camera & Photo Equip.

SONY CYBERSHOT DSC-T-50 - 7.2 MP
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345 Medical Equipment

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470 Rooms

640 Motorcycles/Scooters

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440 Apartments

625 Classic Cars

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630 Trucks & SUVs

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635 Vans
67 INTERNATIONAL Step Van 1500,
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640 Motorcycles/Scooters

1966 CHEVELLE 396 motor. Standardbore block. Standard domed pistons,

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650 RVs
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670 Auto Parts

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heads, cranks, Int., Manifold & Carbs. All
$500 (650)348-1449
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2006 CADILLAC CTS-V Factory service
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Flooring

680 Autos Wanted

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Attorneys

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Putin: West wants to defang, declaw Russian bear

By Laua Mills and Vladmt Isachenkov
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW Sternly warning the West it

cannot defang the metaphorical Russian
bear, a confident-looking President
Vladimir Putin promised Thursday to shore
up the plummeting ruble and revive the
economy within two years.
While he issued a litany of sharp rebukes
against the West, Putin struck a conciliatory note on Ukraine, saying that the rebellious east should remain part of the country,
backing a quick exchange of war prisoners
and praising his Ukrainian counterpart.
The mixture of blistering anti-Western
rhetoric and constructive signals appeared
to indicate that Putin is eager to negotiate a
face-saving solution to the Ukrainian crisis, but has no intention of conceding
defeat in his standoff with the West.
In his first public appearance since the
crash of the rubles value this week, Putin
accepted responsibility for the economic
crisis.
He said Western sanctions accounted for
at least 25 percent of the rubles fall, but the
main reason was Russias failure to ease its
overwhelming dependence on oil and gas

REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference.
exports.
In his speech, the man who has led Russia
for 15 years sought to soothe market fears,
saying the country has sufficient currency
reserves and would not resort to administrative controls, such as fixing exchange rates

or obliging exporters to convert their

Western currency holdings to rubles.
Following Putins performance, the
Russian currency traded between 60 and 62
rubles to the dollar, roughly the same level
as late Wednesday, when it rallied 12 per-

cent after plummeting to a historic low of

80 rubles per dollar. Still, the currency has
lost about half its value since January.
In Brussels, the European Union
strengthened its sanctions against Russia
with new measures Thursday that ban
investment and discourage tourism in
Crimea.
And in Washington, President Barack
Obama signed legislation authorizing new
sanctions on Russia but said he does not
plan to impose the penalties outlined in the
measure.
Putin shrugged off speculation that some
members of his inner circle hurt by Western
sanctions could rebel against him in a
palace coup, citing strong public support.
An Associated Press-NORC Center for
Public Affairs Research poll released
Thursday backed up that view, recording his
approval rating among Russians at 81 percent, a level far above typical ratings for
world leaders.
The poll was conducted before the rubles
slump this week, which spurred many
Russians to withdraw bank deposits and buy
Western currencies or durable goods in an
attempt to protect the value of their savings.

Suspected Islamic extremists kidnap 185 in Nigeria

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Islamic extremists killed 35 people and kidnapped at least

185 in an attack near the town where nearly
300 schoolgirls were taken hostage in April,

witnesses said Thursday.

In Sunday nights attack on the village of
Gumburi, most of the kidnapped were young
women, children and members of a civilian
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News of the attack took days to emerge
because the militants have destroyed communications towers and people walked for days
to avoid areas under extremist control.

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