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MORE THAN 75 INJURED IN LONDON THEATER EMERGENCY
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The complexities of Covered
California, the Affordable Care
Act and the technical difculties
consumers are experiencing are
well-known. However, doctors
and providers are also nding it
difficult to navigate the fast
approaching changes in the
health care system.
Single practitioners are begin-
ning to take the brunt of the
changes with little input and trou-
bling unanswered questions, said
pediatrician Dr. Niki Saxena, pres-
ident of the San Mateo County
Medical Associations board of
directors and co-owner of a private
practice in Redwood City.
Everything you read is patient
centric, which is important. But
the system is only going to be as
good as the hospitals and
providers that sign up, and right
now, thats the big question
mark, Saxena said.
Figuring out how local inde-
pendent providers will t into the
new health care system has been
daunting, Saxena said. Many are
having a hard time determining if
theyre providers under new
Covered California plans, are fac-
ing drastic insurance pay cuts or
havent even been told what reim-
bursement rates they can expect in
the upcoming year, Saxena said.
I think in this country were
used to choice, which is the
bedrock of capitalism ... but when
you take away choice by creating a
Doctors frustrated with health law changes
Physicians growing concerned independent practitioners will get pushed aside
CPUC gives OK
to uppressure
on citys pipe
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The California Public Utilities
Commission ordered Pacic Gas
and Electric yesterday to pay
$14.3 million for faulty record
keeping related to a San Carlos gas
pipeline and also unanimously
gave the utility approval to
increase pressure in that same
line.
San Carlos Mayor Mark Olbert
lauded the ne as well-deserved and
appropriate but found it interest-
ing that the same commission
imposing it on one hand and lam-
basting PG&E
over safety on
the other was
telling the city
to work with the
utility.
Its like how
can you tell us
ve minutes ago
to work with
these guys,
Olbert said, and then turn around
and say but theyre such
scoundrels?
Olbert and other city ofcials
PG&E ordered to pay $14.3M
for its faulty record keeping
By Angela Swartz
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Students at Notre Dame High
School have helped push for a
change to healthier food options
at the school.
Officially beginning Jan. 7,
2014, the Belmont school signed
a multi-year contract with
Belmont-based Fare Restaurant
Group to provide a food program
that offers locally sourced, quickly
made, balanced, nutritious, made-
from-scratch food to students and
staff for breakfast and lunch.
Michelin-rated chef, from Cin-Cin
in Los Gatos, and Bay Area native
Chris Schloss will craft the
menus.
Our students were the drivers of
this change, said school head
School switching to
locally sourced food
Notre Dame meals will now be made from scratch
Last-minute
gift ideas at
great prices
Local businesses offer
a wide range of ideas
By Kerry Chan
DAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT
Every year during the holidays,
department stores and big retailers
are looking to cash in. According
to National Retail Federation,
some retailers make 20 percent to
40 percent of their annual sales dur-
ing the holiday season. While that
is a signicant amount of revenues
for big retailers,
family-owned or
local businesses
often get left out
of the hype. Many
carry unique and
eccentric gifts that
you may not nd at the mall and
offer a more personalized service.
At Active Aggie at 2601
Broadway in Redwood City, owner
Dayna Marr literally corners the
downtown area with a store that
offers a variety of yoga and tness
apparel. Dayna is an animal advo-
cate and stays active in the commu-
nity.
Great gift idea: Fashionable and
charitable dog collars for $10 with
personalized Chakras, money from
each purchase go towards pets in
need.
Mavericks Surf Shop at 25
Johnson Pier in Half Moon Bay
has become a local landmark since
1995, the store provides gear and
rentals for beach and surf lovers
from all around the world that come
to catch Maverick or chat with
owner Jeff Clark, who has surfed
the awesome wave his whole life.
Great Gift idea: Avariety of surf
inspired T Shirts for $10-$25, or
give the gift of adventure, a lesson
for standup paddling starts at $50.
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Above:Karl Ho,employee at I-Tea in Millbrae,demonstrates how to use an
authentic tea pot from China. Below:Om My Dog,dog collars with Chakra
symbols from Active Aggie in Redwood City.
See GIFTS, Page 23
See CPUC, Page 8
See FOOD, Page 21
See DOCTORS, Page 23
Mark Olbert
See page 5
Inside
Vegan leather,
faux fur are hot
holiday gifts
Life sentence
for double-murderer
The property manager accused of
savagely murdering the Millbrae cou-
ple who were both his friends and
longtime employers after they
learned he was stealing money was
sentenced to life without the pos-
sibility of parole the week of Dec.
20, 2008.
Joseph George Cua, 54, was
convicted of two
counts rst-degree
murder and the spe-
cial allegation of
committing multiple murders in
the June 13, 2006, deaths of
Fernand and Suzanne Wagner, a 78-
year-old investor and his 68-year-old
part-time hairstylist wife. Cua also
received two extra years for allega-
tions he used a knife on the couple
although it hardly matters since the
primary counts brought a mandatory
term of life in prison without parole.
According to the prosecution,
Fernand Wagner learned the week
before the killings that his bank
accounts were missing funds. Cua was
in charge of collecting rent money
but allegedly charged tenants more
than he was depositing, pocketing
the rest for a lifestyle of expensive
cars and both a Southern California
wife and Bay Area girlfriend.
County structural
deficit ballooning
The week of Dec. 20, 2008, the
countys structural decit had bal-
looned $22.5 million under the weight
of drooping property tax, falling home
sales and nearly 500 percent more
property reassessments than the year
prior.
The $41.1 million estimat-
ed decit for 2009 could
worsen even more once state
budget information is factored
into the equation, Budget Director
Jim Sacco said at a Board of
Supervisors budget study session that
week.
The countys structural decit was no
secret, as County Manager John
Maltbie had continually emphasized
throughout the year the need to curb
what was then a $28.6 million esti-
mate. Without action, he cautioned, the
gure would swell to $92.1 million in
the next ve years.
Supervisors appoint
Carole Groom to vacancy
County supervisors appointed San
Mateo Councilwoman Carole Groom to
ll the vacant District two seat the
week of Dec. 20, 2008, despite strong
calls for an election by more than two
dozen groups, leaders and even one sit-
ting member of the board.
Grooms appointment by a 3-1 vote
was met with a standing ovation from
an audience lled with many of the 10
other applicants vying to replace Jerry
Hill, the supervisor elected the prior
month to the state Assembly.
District two includes portions of San
Mateo, Belmont and Foster City.
Automakers get $17.4B bailout
Citing imminent danger to the
national economy, President
Bush ordered an emergency
bailout of the U.S. auto industry
the week of Dec. 20, 2008,
offering $17.4 billion in rescue loans
and demanding tough concessions
from the deeply troubled carmakers and
their workers.
Detroits Big Three cheered the
action and vowed to rebuild their once-
mighty industry, though they acknowl-
edged the road would be anything but
smooth as they ght their way back
from the brink of bankruptcy.
The autoworkers union complained the
deal was too harsh on its members, while
Bushs fellow Republicans in Congress
said it was simply bad business to bail
out yet another big industry.
From the archives highlights stories origi-
nally printed ve years ago this week. It
appears in the Friday edition of the Daily
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is 31.
This Day in History
Thought for the Day
1803
The Louisiana Purchase was complet-
ed as ownership of the territory was
formally transferred from France to
the United States.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy,
like art. ... It has no survival value; rather it is
one of those things that give value to survival.
C.S. Lewis, British author (1898-1963)
Producer Dick
Wolf is 67.
Actor Jonah Hill is
30.
Birthdays
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North winds 5 to 15 mph.
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50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
Saturday night: Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. North
winds 10 to 20 mph.
Sunday: Sunny. Highs around 60.
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Monday through Thursday: Mostly clear. Highs in the
lower 60s. Lows in the 40s.
Thursday night: Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in the
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I n 1790, the rst successful cotton mill in the United
States began operating at Pawtucket, R.I.
I n 1812, German authors Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm pub-
lished the rst volume of the rst edition of their collection
of folk stories, Childrens and Household Tales.
I n 1860, South Carolina became the rst state to secede
from the Union as all 169 delegates to a special convention
in Charleston voted in favor of separation.
I n 1864, Confederate forces evacuated Savannah, Ga., as
Union Gen. William T. Sherman continued his March to the
Sea.
I n 1912, the play Peg O My Heart, a comedy of youth
by John Hartley Manners starring his wife, actress Laurette
Taylor, opened on Broadway.
I n 1945, the Ofce of Price Administration announced the
end of tire rationing, effective Jan. 1, 1946.
I n 1963, the Berlin Wall was opened for the rst time to
West Berliners, who were allowed one-day visits to relatives
in the Eastern sector for the holidays.
I n 1973, singer-songwriter Bobby Darin died in Los
Angeles following open-heart surgery; he was 37.
I n 1987, more than 4,300 people were killed when the
Dona Paz, a Philippine passenger ship, collided with the
tanker Vector off Mindoro island.
I n 1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause,
sending troops into Panama to topple the government of
Gen. Manuel Noriega.
I n 1998, Nkem Chukwu gave birth in Houston to ve girls
and two boys, 12 days after giving birth to another child, a
girl. (However, the tiniest of the octuplets died a week later. )
I n 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that homosexu-
al couples were entitled to the same benets and protections
as wedded couples of the opposite sex.
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Actor John Hillerman is 81. Original Mouseketeer Tommy
Cole (TV: The Mickey Mouse Club) is 72. Rock musician-
music producer Bobby Colomby is 69. Rock musician Peter
Criss is 68. Psychic/illusionist Uri Geller is 67. Rock musi-
cian Alan Parsons is 65. Actress Jenny Agutter is 61. Actor
Michael Badalucco is 59. Actress Blanche Baker is 57. Rock
singer Billy Bragg is 56. Rock singer-musician Mike Watt
(The Secondmen, Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 56. Actor Joel
Gretsch is 50. Country singer Kris Tyler is 49. Rock singer
Chris Robinson is 47. Actress Nicole deBoer is 43. Movie
director Todd Phillips is 43. Singer JoJo is 23.
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race time was clocked at 1:44.21.
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Petty theft. Aman took three fragrances from a store on
the 1100 block of El Camino Real before 8:45 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 14.
Disturbance. Aman attempted to start a ght on the 400
block of San Mateo Avenue before 2:53 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
14.
Petty theft. A group of ve or six women were brought
into custody for concealing merchandise on the 1200 block
of El Camino Real before 12:59 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14.
HALF MOON BAY
Vandalism. School property was defaced with grafti on
Lewis Foster Drive before 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Suspi ci ous ci rcumstance. Approximately $900 worth
of merchandise was taken from a store on the 100 block of
North Cabrillo before 5:20 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5.
Police reports
Letting off a little steam
A woman sat on the street and screamed, then calmly
returned to a care facility on the 1800 block of
Magnolia Avenue in Burlingame before 10:03 a.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 10.
By Jeff Shuttleworth
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
Veteran BART Director Joel Keller
began his term as the transit agencys
board president with a bang Thursday
by proposing a ballot measure sup-
porting state legislation that would
ban strikes by BART workers.
Keller, who was first elected to the
board in 1994 and has served as its
president twice before, said he
believes two short strikes by BART
workers in July and October under-
mined the publics confidence in the
transit system and he sees a measure
that would ban strikes as a riders
bill of rights.
Keller said he thinks binding arbi-
tration would be better than strikes in
resolving BARTs labor disputes,
which he said have gotten progres-
sively worse and worse since hes
been on the board.
He said, I see no alternative other
than banning strikes as a way to
improve the bargaining process
between BART and its unions.
Keller said that in the next 60 to 90
days, he will draft an advisory meas-
ure supporting a strike ban that would
appear on the November ballot in
Alameda, Contra Costa and San
Francisco counties.
Union leaders who were at todays
board meeting immediately criticized
Kellers proposal in harsh terms.
Chris Finn, one of the lead negotia-
tors for Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 1555, which represents 945
station agents, train operators and
foreworkers, said its disingenuous
for Keller to support a strike ban.
Finn said he believes BART man-
agement and the board of directors
forced workers to go on strike earlier
this year by engaging in what he
alleged was unfair bargaining.
We hade a deal two days before the
second strike in October but BART
sabotaged it by proposing to make
work rule changes without consulting
us, Finn said.
Pete Castelli, the executive director
of Service Employees Union Local
1021, which represents 1,430
mechanics, custodians and clerical
workers, told Keller, Your first move
as president is to undermine your
employees and to demonize and
attack them.
Castelli alleged that Kellers pro-
posal is nothing more than a politi-
cal move and grandstanding.
Castelli said, Youre throwing
gasoline on the fire and creating a
clear pathway to conflict and disso-
nance.
SEIU Local 1021 president
Roxanne Sanchez told Keller, I do
not publicly support your leadership
in any way, shape or form and I think
its dangerous for you to hold your
seat as board president.
BART management is back at the
bargaining table with SEIU Local
1021 and ATU Local 1555 to try to
resolve a dispute over a contract pro-
vision that calls for employees to
receive up to six weeks of paid family
medical leave annually.
Negotiations were also held last
Thursday and Friday and on
Wednesday but there has been no
agreement yet.
BART management says it hadnt
intended to include the paid family
medical leave provision in a tenta-
tive agreement that was reached on
Oct. 21 and claimed it had been mis-
takenly inserted by a temporary
employee and that they had only dis-
covered it while conducting a final
review before submitting the agree-
ment to BART directors.
On Nov. 21, BART directors
approved the contract without the
paid family medical leave provision
and told union leaders to take the
agreement back to their members for
another vote without that provision.
Leaders of SEIU Local 1021 and
ATU Local 1555 refused manage-
ments request and instead filed a law-
suit two weeks ago alleging that the
transit agencys directors had acted
unlawfully and must honor the terms
of the tentative agreement.
Members of a smaller union,
American Federation of State, County
and Local Municipal Employees
Union Local 3993, which represents
about 210 middle managers, voted
two weeks ago to approve the con-
tract without the paid family medical
leave provision.
BART directors approved 8-1
Thursday to approve the contract
with AFSCME Local 3993.
Director Zachary Mallett, who has
said he believes BARTs agreements
with its union are too generous, was
the only director to vote against the
agreement with AFSCME Local 3993.
BART president supports strike ban
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Bay Area company recalls sausage products
ANorthern California company is recalling 740 pounds of
its sausage products because they may be contaminated with
dangerous toxins.
An FSIS inspector discovered during a safety assessment
that the water level in the product may have been high
enough to allow for the production of Staphylococcus aureus
enterotoxin.
The United States Department of Agricultures Food Safety
and Inspection Service said Thursday that Lee Bros.
Foodservice Inc. of San Jose is recalling 16-ounce packages
of Lees Sandwiches brand pork sausages produced on Feb. 11
with the identifying code 042P and 16-ounce packages of
pork and chicken sausages produced on Feb. 12 with the code
043PC.
The sausages were sold at outlets in Arizona, California,
Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas as well as online.
There have been no reports of illnesses.
PG&E fined $14M over incorrect records
Pacic Gas and Electric Company has been ned with
$14.35 million for failing to promptly notify state ofcials
of incorrect records related to a Northern California natural
gas pipeline.
California Public Utilities Commissioner Mark J. Ferron
said in a statement Thursday that the penalty is designed to
serve as a deterrent to prevent similar behavior in the future.
Ferron says the commission expects forthright and timely
disclosure in all matters of public safety.
As of Thursday, the CPUC has authorized PG&E to restore
operating pressure on the line to no higher than 330 pounds
per square inch gauge.
In October, PG&E had reduced the pressure so CPUC staff
could check the safety of the line after community members
raised concerns.
Lottery winner still hasnt claimed prize
The identity of one of two jackpot winners of the near-
record Mega Millions lottery drawing remains unknown.
The California Lottery said in a statement Thursday after-
noon that the person who had purchased a winning ticket at a
gift shop in San Jose had not come forward to claim their
prize, now revised up to a whopping $648 million. The name
of a second winner in Georgia has already been announced.
Split between the two tickets, the lottery commission said,
the jackpot comes to a total of $324 million per winner. If
the winners choose to take their winnings as a lump sum,
they would receive $173.8 million before taxes.
By Kenny Martin
DAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT
Christmas is fast approaching, and
that means its time to get the decora-
tions out. The centerpiece of all the dec-
orations is the Christmas tree. When it
comes down to buying Christmas trees,
there are three options: Acut-your-own
tree lot, a pre-cut tree lot or an articial
tree from a store. In the Bay Area, there
are places of each type.
On Pilarcitos Road in Half Moon
Bay, Santas Tree Farm is lled with
elds of trees to be cut and Christmas
attractions. What started as a high
school students project in 1969 is now
a 487-acre farm of trees beckoning fam-
ilies to come with train rides, an elves
workshop, a sweets booth serving pas-
tries and hot cider and Santa for kids to
visit.
The trees, which take anywhere from
four to 12 years to grow, come in a six
different types (Douglas r, grand Fir,
Monterey pine, redwood, noble r and
white r), and range in price from $55
to upwards of $100. Natalie Sares, one
of the owners of Santas Tree Farm and
wife of Dan Sares, the high school kid
who started it all more than 40 years
ago, said cutting your own tree is better
than going to a pre-cut lot because the
trees will be fresher, will last longer and
the smell will travel farther and be
stronger. Also, real trees are biodegrad-
able and can be used for sh and bird
habitats, Sare said.
The Project 90 lot off of Fourth
Avenue in San Mateo preps approxi-
mately 600 trees for sale by sawing the
ends off, drilling a hole in the trees, and
tting the trees in a stand. All of their
trees come from the Noble Mountain
Farm in Oregon, and are of the noble
and Douglas fir varieties, said Eric
Chester, manager of the Project 90 tree
lot. Project 90 is a nonprot organiza-
tion that helps alcoholics and drug
users recover, and it has been doing the
Christmas tree fundraiser for 19 years,
Chester said. The price of the Project 90
pre-cut trees range from $22 for trees
between 2 and 4 feet to $125 for 8- to 9-
foot trees. All of the money received
from tree purchases goes to Project 90.
Representing the third option for pur-
chasing a Christmas tree, Balsam Hill
in Burlingame offers artificial trees
ranging in price from $90 to the mid-
hundreds to more than $1,000 and up to
$11,000. Most of the higher-priced
trees are meant, however, for celebrity
set designs and other special occa-
sions. The most popular tree purchases
in the Bay Area are the noble r and
Vermont white spruce species, said
Balsam Hill spokeswoman Jennifer
Faulkner. These styles of trees typical-
ly cost between $300 and $600. As the
price increases, more lights and decora-
tions are added to the tree, and the
design of the tree is more detailed.
Balsam Hill uses a polyethylene resin
for their tree needles. Faulkner said the
advantage of buying an articial tree is
being able to reuse the same tree for
years and its less of a hassle to decorate
the tree with lights. Balsam Hill man-
ages to keep business going through-
out the year with numerous sales, such
as the Christmas in July event.
We sell trees every day of the year,
Faulkner said.
Another potential problem Balsam
Hill has alleviated is that of returning
customers, since the trees last so long.
But Faulkner said customers often want
multiple trees in their home, and the
various sizes Balsam Hill offers makes
this possible.
Still time for a tree: Options abound for
those looking to get in Christmas spirit
Around the Bay
KENNY MARTIN/DAILY JOURNAL
Santas Tree Farm in Half Moon Bay also has a train ride.
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Former PTA president jailed for embezzlement
The former PTA president of a Daly City elementary
school was sentenced to 90 days in jail Thursday for embez-
zling $14,000 of the organizations
money including funds raised through
book and ice cream sales.
Mathew Glenn Hidalgo, 28, pleaded no
contest in June to one felony count of
embezzlement in return for no prison
time, no more than six months jail and
the dismissal of another charge.
Hidalgo surrenders Feb. 1 and has no
credit against his 90-day term as hes
been free from custody.
The sentence showed that Judge Mark
Forcum had a positive Christmas spirit, said District
Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
Hidalgo, of Belmont, was president of the PTAat Margaret
Pauline Brown Elementary School in Daly City. Prosecutors
say, between September and November 2012, Hidalgo
cashed checks for his own use from the PTAaccount and also
did not deposit money raised by ice cream and book sales for
the school. Hidalgo told others he gave $7,000 of the
money to the school principal to buy computers but, when
confronted by the administrator, said he borrowed the funds
to pay $5,000 in back taxes to the IRS and prevent the
repossession of his vehicle, according to the District
Attorneys Ofce.
Undercover police arrest
man suspected of trying to molest child
An undercover police operation led to the arrest of a man
accused of attempting to molest a child in Millbrae
Wednesday.
Marlon Monton, a 28-year-old San
Francisco resident, was arrested at 3:12
p.m. on felony and misdemeanor charges
for harassing and attempting to molest a
child and contributing to the delinquency
of a minor, according to police.
Detectives received information that
Monton had approached and given his
phone number to two middle school chil-
dren walking home from school, accord-
ing to police. In an undercover opera-
tion, law enforcement personnel purported themselves as a
13-year-old girl and engaged in a text messaging conversa-
tion with Monton who represented himself as a high school
junior, according to police.
During the conversation, Monton agreed to bring alcohol
and meet the minor in Millbrae. At the time of arrest,
Monton was found with in possession of alcohol and the
cellphone he used to correspond with the minor, accord-
ing to police.
Monton was booked into county jail and his bail was set
at $200,000, according to police.
Local briefs
Mathew
Hidalgo
Marlon Monton
By Mae Anderson
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ATLANTA Finding a knockoff
version of the fur you want under the
Christmas tree would ordinarily be a
disappointment.
Not this year.
Faux is the new black this season
for holiday gifts. But this isnt the
pleather of the 1980s that cheap,
plastic-looking material made popu-
lar by Michael Jackson during his
Thriller days.
A$198 fuzzy brown coat at Banana
Republic has a prominently placed
tag that reads faux fur. Dresses with
vegan leather accents are flying off
virtual shelves at shopbop.com. And
at luxury retailer Barneys, a Marni
faux leather three-quarter sleeve jack-
et sells for $1,900.
Faux is gaining popularity in part
because there have been advances in
technology enabling designers to
make better-looking fakes. In a still-
shaky economy that has made
Americans more frugal, faux also can
be seen as a good way to be trendy
without breaking the bank. And a
movement toward socially conscious
shopping makes some people feel
better about faux purchases.
It helps that some A-listers have
given faux their seal of approval.
Models have been seen on the runway
wearing faux leather pieces in shows
for big-name designers like Tom Ford
and Rag & Bone. And actresses Anne
Hathaway and Kate Hudson have strut-
ted on the red carpet in faux leather
and fur.
While its difficult to pin down
overall sales for faux goods, retailers
say they are benefiting from their
growing popularity. Banana
Republics $69.50 faux-fur neck-
warmer and faux-fur leopard vests
have been best sellers. Target says
faux fur home goods like pillows and
throws are performing exceptionally
well. And Macys says new tech-
niques used with faux leather, like
scalloping and quilted stitching, have
given tops and jackets new rele-
vance.
It used to be that faux meant less
expensive and quality less than desir-
able, but not any longer, said Josh
Saterman, vice president and fashion
director for millennials at Macys .
Faux is a part of our next evolution
to our fashion must-haves.
Andrew Dent, who is a vice presi-
dent at global materials consultancy
Material Connexion, says that the
trend is being fueled by the fact that
faux fur and leather are nearly indis-
tinguishable from the real thing
nowadays. He said thats because
designers are replacing older plastic
like PVC with improved polyurethane
that is more leather-like to the touch.
Theyre also tapering synthetic fibers
to make faux fur seem more luxe and
softer.
Faux is the newblack for holiday gifts
It used to be that faux meant less expensive and
quality less than desirable, but not any longer. ... Faux
is a part of our next evolution to our fashion must-haves.
Josh Saterman, vice president and fashion director for millennials at Macys
SAN FRANCISCO Workers who
maintain the nations transit rail
tracks urgently need more protections
to help prevent accidents such as the
one that killed two workers on the San
Francisco Bay Area system last fall,
federal ofcials said Thursday.
If implemented, the recommenda-
t i ons by t he Nat i onal
Transportation Safety Board would
require transit agencies to install
safety systems to help warn train
drivers of workers on tracks ahead.
The safety board has long sought
some of the measures but does not have
the power to force transit agencies to
comply. However, in the letter dated
Thursday, the board asked the Federal
Transit Administration to push for the
changes.
In a written statement, the Federal
Transit Administration said it would
act soon, though it did not promise to
adopt the recommendations.
Before the end of this year, we will
issue new safety related guidelines to
all rail transit agencies, including the
Bay Area Rapid Transit system, said
Peter Rogoff, administrator of the
Federal Transit Administration.
ABART train struck two track work-
ers on Oct. 19 as they were inspecting
a dip in a track and using a safety pro-
tocol called simple approval that
relied on one person watching for
oncoming trains while the other
checked the track.
Autopsies revealed that the men were
struck in the back, suggesting they did
not follow the protocol.
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California lawmakers
seek a health care FAQ
HARTFORD, Conn. Two
members of the U.S. House of
Representatives from Connecticut
and California want the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services to distribute a list of fre-
quently asked questions to help
people signing up for health insur-
ance under the federal health care
overhaul law.
Democratic Reps. Elizabeth
Esty of Connecticut and George
Miller of California sent a letter
on Thursday to HHS Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL-
yuhs) asking that the agency dis-
tribute the information across the
country in the next few days. They
said it should be part of a national
consumer education effort.
The lawmakers said consumers
may have questions about how to
use their health coverage for the
rst time. For example, they said
some people may not know how to
identify authorized health
providers in their plan.
DHS removed more than
368,000 immigrants in 2013
WASHINGTON The Obama
administration removed 368,644
immigrants from the country last
year.
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement Acting Director John
Sandweg says 235,093 of those
immigrants were arrested at or near
the U.S. border with Mexico.
This is the fewest number of
immigrants deported by ICE since
the end of President George W.
Bushs administration.
Last year ICE removed more than
409,000 immigrants.
Sandweg says significant
increases in the numbers of
Central Americans arrested along
the Mexican border led to the drop
in deportations this year. He said
those case take more time.
Aroound the state
By Don Thompson
SACRAMENTO A federal
judge abruptly interrupted a weeks
long hearing so that he could
begin considering whether the
prolonged solitary connement of
mentally ill inmates in California
prisons violates their civil rights.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge
Lawrence Karlton in Sacramento
ordered attorneys representing
inmates and the state to submit
written closing arguments instead
of hearing oral arguments as
scheduled.
I cant possibly absorb any
more, Karlton said, expressing
impatience with the volume of tes-
timony that followed his April
decision to reject Gov. Jerry
Browns attempt to end court over-
sight of prison mental health pro-
grams.
The solitary connement issue
is the last of four questions sur-
rounding the treatment of mental-
ly ill inmates that are before the
judge. He already has ruled against
Browns administration on two
others: He decided that mentally
ill inmates on death row lack
proper care and that the
Department of State Hospitals
also provides substandard treat-
ment to mentally ill prisoners.
Karlton said he is still strug-
gling to decide on the third, which
focuses on use of force by prison
guards. That question hinges in
large part on the guards use of
heavy amounts of pepper spray on
the mentally ill.
While hearing the latest dispute,
the judge said earlier Thursday that
he is considering ordering mental
health professionals to examine
each mentally ill inmate before
they can be put into isolation
units.
There are people who are clear-
ly very ill, and the likelihood of
their being unable to cope with
administrative segregation is very
high, Karlton said.
His comments came the same
day as state Senate President Pro
Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-
Sacramento, proposed creating a
$50 million competitive grant
program to help counties provide
more mental health treatment as
one way of reducing the criminal
population. Half the money would
go to aid juvenile offenders and
half for adults, and it could be used
in part for special mental health
diversion courts.
The court hearing is the latest
development in a 23-year-old law-
suit that helped lead to sweeping
changes in the state prison sys-
tem, including a sharp reduction in
overcrowding.
Karlton and two other federal
judges, with backing from the
U.S. Supreme Court, have ruled
that reducing the prison popula-
tion is necessary to improve
inmate medical and mental health
treatment.
The crowding debate overlapped
into Karltons hearing on the seg-
regation of mentally ill inmates,
after the judge demanded that the
administration limit the time that
some troubled inmates spend in
isolation. Once the administra-
tion complied, Karlton and the
other judges last week gave the
state until April to meet a court-
ordered population cap, extending
what once was a year-end deadline.
State inmate isolation case goes to judge
SACRAMENTO State health
researchers have discovered the
rst new strain of botulism in four
decades, but decided to withhold
publishing the genetic code
because of bioterrorism concerns.
An infant earlier this year fell ill
with botulism, but survived, the
state Department of Public Health
reported. No other details were
made public.
Researchers published the case
in the Journal of Infectious
Diseases in October, but did not
include the genetic sequence. The
decision was made after consulting
with the federal government, lead
researcher Stephen Arnon told the
Sacramento Bee.
Theres no treatment for the new
botulism strain yet, and there are
concerns that rogue groups could
use information about the genetic
code to develop a bioweapon.
The recommendations from the
federal government were clear on
the potential risks of publishing
the gene sequence, Arnon told the
newspaper. There was agreement
among all involved in the discus-
sions that it would be possible to
publish this information to
achieve the scientic and public
health benets of sharing the nd-
ing while safeguarding national
security.
Botulism, a rare but serious ill-
ness that can lead to paralysis, is
caused by a nerve toxin produced
by bacteria. About 145 cases of
botulism are reported in the United
States every year and about 65 per-
cent are infant botulism, according
to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
The state Department of Public
Health is among several agencies
around the country responsible for
developing treatments for botu-
lism strains. It usually takes one to
two years to develop an antitoxin.
David Relman, professor of med-
icine and microbiology at Stanford
University, wrote an accompany-
ing editorial supporting the deci-
sion to not publish the genetic
sequence just yet.
There is certainly more aware-
ness of the possibility of doing
harm not only of the means and
capability of doing harm but
also the fact that there seems to be
more people who voice that kind
of perspective and intention,
Relman told the Bee.
Other scientists disagreed, say-
ing its better to publish the data
so that others can evaluate the
work.
This is pretty unusual for
them to ag something like this
and have some internal review and
discussions with the powers that
be and decide to black out the sec-
tion of the genome corresponding
to that toxin, said Jonathan
Eisen, a microbiologist at the
University of California, Davis,
who was part of a team that
sequenced anthrax in 2001.
We had many, many discus-
sions about whether one should
publish the genome data. In gener-
al, all the conclusions were that it
was better to publish the data,
Eisen said. As a scientist, if
something is published, you want
to be able to see everything. You
want to see their method. People
should have access to all the differ-
ent data . in order to reassess for
yourself whether or not you agree
with their conclusions. That is the
general practice of science.
State researchers withhold data in botulism study
There are people who are clearly very ill,
and the likelihood of their being unable to cope
with administrative segregation is very high.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton
NATION 7
It was 1986 and Pamela Ward was awarded a degree. Not an
ordinary degree but an advanced degree, an M.A. in Education,
Administration, and Policy Analysis from prestigious Stanford
University. And Pamela was not your ordinary Stanford graduate
student. An African American single woman, Pamela became
pregnant by a heroin addict at age 16 and raised her two children
and her stepson as she mastered the curriculum. And Pamela did
what few have been able to attain completing her Masters in only
9 months. Pamela kept going. She continued her studies and raise
her children without any spousal support. Pamela completed her
doctoral coursework at Stanford and then it happened. Pamela
suffered a major bout of depression. It was her rst but it would not
be her last.
Life growing up wasnt easy for Pamela. Raised with her siblings
by her single mom, Pam was frequently left home alone with her
sisters as her mom worked at night. She recalls, starting at age 4,
fending for herself in the evening until her mom returned home.
Pamela loved school and was a gifted student. Pamela received
degrees with Honors from both Merritt Community College and
Mills College. At age 30, Pamela was juggling a life of raising
children as a single mom without child support, attending graduate
school and maintaining a 3.5 grade average.
Later she worked at several high pressure jobs, teaching in the
Community College full-time and working a part-time job with
parents in recovery from substance abuse. Managing motherhood
and work was taking its toll on Pamela. She began to feel extremely
tired and her body felt heavy. She found herself recoiling, often
spending weeks in bed. She nally recognized that she needed help.
Her journey toward recovery was about to begin.
The road to wellness for mental health consumers is not always an
easy, straight-forward path. Pamela was no exception to the rule. In
Pamelas case, she was hospitalized off and on for 8 years, tried taking
her own life with pills and alcohol, and unsuccessfully sought out help
and assistance from therapists. Pamela also received 12 unsuccessful
electric shock treatments. Pamela recounts that she was too depressed
to ask them to please stop shocking her. Because of the treatments
Pamela describes her memory as a bucket with a hole in it.
It wasnt until Pamela was introduced to Caminars supported
housing that her journey to healing, wellness, and a sense of
self-respect and dignity began. Released from the hospital and
nding herself homeless, Pamela was admitted to Redwood House,
Caminars crisis residential facility, a 30 day program offering
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in a warm and inviting environment. Clients, like Pamela, receive
personalized treatment plans and are provided the support they need
to navigate through difcult times and rejoin the community. In
Pamelas case it kept her out of bed and interacting with people.
Pamelas successful journey with Caminar began 17 years
ago and she continues on the road to recovery through active
participation in several of Caminars outpatient programs. And
Pamelas love of school and teaching has returned. She presently
works as a part-time contractor for The Ofce of Diversity and
Equity, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services at the San Mateo
County Medical Center teaching a parenting course. She also
Chairs the African American Community Initiative, supervises the
Cultural Stipend Intern Program, and serves on the board for Voices
of Recovery. And thanks to Caminar, the holidays have arrived
early for Pamela. Through Caminars assistance, she just moved
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This year, Caminars annual Holiday Appeal is focusing on
providing housing support for clients like Pamela. Homelessness
in San Mateo County is at an all-time high with an average daily
census in 2013 of 2,281 individuals. Compounding the problem is
an alarming statistic the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom
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nation. No one should have to live on the streets and Caminar is
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By Julie Pace
WASHINGTON In a sharp and
unexpected shift, the national
debate over U.S. government sur-
veillance seems to be turning in
favor of reining in the National
Security Agencys expansive spy-
ing powers at home and abroad.
Its happened suddenly, over a
span of just three days. First, a
federal judge ruled that the NSAs
bulk collection of telephone
records was unconstitutional, and
then a presidential advisory panel
recommended sweeping changes
to the agency. Together, the devel-
opments are ratcheting up the
pressure on President Barack
Obama to scale back the contro-
versial surveillance programs.
Even Russian President
Vladimir Putin chimed in on
Thursday. He said U.S. surveil-
lance efforts are necessary to ght
terrorism and not a cause for
repentance, but he, too, said
they should be limited by clear
rules.
Obama is in no way obligated to
make substantial changes. And,
countering the public criticism he
faces, he hears internal appeals
from intelligence officials who
insist the collection of phone and
Internet data is necessary to pro-
tect the U.S. from terror attacks.
But even that argument has been
undermined in the course of an
extraordinary week. Federal Judge
Richard Leon said in a ruling on
Monday its effect stayed, pend-
ing appeal that even if the
phone data collection is constitu-
tional, there is little evidence that
it has prevented terror attacks. The
intelligence advisory panel,
which had access to signicant
amounts of classied information
and counted as a member a former
acting director of the CIA, came to
the same conclusion in its 300-
page report.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a erce
critic of the NSA programs, con-
cluded, What this says to the mil-
lions of Americans who have been
concerned that the government
knows who they called and when
they called and for how long, this
says it wasnt essential for pre-
venting attacks.
The White House has already
rejected one proposal from the
task force, which would have
allowed for a civilian to head the
NSA. While Obama spokesman
Jay Carney said Thursday that the
president was open to each of the
panels other 45 recommenda-
tions, a U.S. ofcial familiar with
the deliberations said that Obama
rejected a handful of the proposals
out of hand when he met with the
panel members this week.
The president indicated he was
comfortable with about half of the
recommendations but thinks some
others need further study, accord-
ing to the ofcial. That ofcial
commented only on condition of
anonymity because the official
was not authorized to discuss the
process by name. Obama is
expected to announce his deci-
sions in January.
Congress has been jarred by the
new focus on government surveil-
lance. For years, lawmakers had
shown little interest in curtailing
the programs, but an unusual
coalition of conservative
Republicans and liberal
Democrats has now taken up the
issue.
However, Capitol Hill appears
stuck over how to proceed. Abroad
bipartisan coalition in the House
is backing legislation that would
prohibit the NSA from collecting
hundreds of millions of telephone
records every day from U.S. phone
companies. But congressional
leaders, who have been briefed for
years on the classied terrorist-
tracking programs, generally sup-
port more modest changes to the
surveillance systems and have
sidelined the House measure.
The chairs of both the House and
Senate intelligence committees
have also championed more-limit-
ed legislation that would call for
greater court and congressional
oversight of the NSA.
At least before the review
groups report, the Obama admin-
istration was backing the intelli-
gence committees bill. However,
the review groups recommenda-
tions if Obama accepts some of
them could change the dynamic
once again.
The mere consideration of
rolling back the governments
vast surveillance powers marks a
psychological shift for a nation
that was set on edge by the terror
attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
President George W. Bush faced
little resistance from Congress
when he implemented the USA
Patriot Act, the law Congress
approved that covers the surveil-
lance programs. And opinion
polling at the time indicated
Americans were broadly willing to
give up privacy for the sake of
security.
NSA debate shifts in favor of surveillance limits
REUTERS
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Children in grades K-5 were asked to draw
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An adult Great Horned Owl is ying
free again albeit with one sighted eye.
The Peninsula Humane Society and
SPCA treated the owl after it was found in
a San Francisco backyard with blood
pooling in both eyes likely caused by
head trauma. The left eye was permanently
blinded but the right eye regained sight
after more than month of care. PHS of-
cials say the owl will be ne with only
one good eye because due in part to asym-
metrical ear positions on the head it is
able to perceive depth and hunt accurately.
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Know any heroes? The American Red
Cross Bay Area Chapter is seeking
nominations for its annual Hero Awards,
which recognizes members of the commu-
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and character through acts of heroism and
kindness. These people could be your
neighbors, coworkers, friends or family.
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both adult and youth; Act of Courage
hero; Act of Kindness and
Philanthro p y hero; Community
Servi ce hero, both individual and organ-
ization; and Animal Rescue hero.
Acommittee of San Mateo County com-
munity leaders will select the Hero Awards
recipients. All nominees must work or
reside in San Mateo County, although the
heroic acts may have occurred elsewhere.
The heroic act must be in 2013. The dead-
line to submit nominations is Jan. 31. To
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nationwide, the San Mateo County
Library now offers free e-music to its
library card holders. Customers have
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Smartphones, tablets and/or computers.
There are more than 6 million song titles
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Organizers of the popular Paci c
Coast Dream Machines Show return-
ing to to a single-day event in 2014. The
24th annual show will be held 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Sunday, April 27 at Hal f Moon
Bay Airport. Show chairman Chad
Hooker said while two days had some
advantages, a single-day show is more
pragmatic.
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due to its extensive social media program
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***
Theres a free family program featuring
Puppet Art Theater presenting two
showtimes for Jack and the Beanstalk
at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. tomorrow, Dec. 21.
It takes place at the Burlingame Public
Library, 480 Primrose Road. Free tickets
are available at the Childrens Desk
and are required for entrance.
***
The Burlingame Streetscape
Proj ect is now in a holiday shutdown,
which will continue until January 2014.
However, light work on both sides of
Burlingame Avenue between Park and
Primrose roads may consist of minor
planting, street furniture installation and
cleanup during night work hours only.
The reporters notebook is a weekly collection of
facts culled from the notebooks of the Daily
Journal staff. It appears in the Friday edition.
Reporters notebook
By Vladimir Isachenkov
and Nataliya Vasilyeva
MOSCOW In a surprise decision,
President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday
that jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail
Khodorkovsky will be pardoned, a move that
will see his top foe and Russias onetime rich-
est man freed after more than a decade in
prison.
The development, along with an amnesty
for two jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk
band and the 30-member crew of a Greenpeace
protest ship, appeared aimed at easing inter-
national criticism of Russias human rights
record ahead of Februarys Winter Olympics
in Sochi, Putins pet project.
Putin waited until just after his tightly cho-
reographed annual news conference to make
the announcement, dropping the biggest
news of the day after journalists had already
peppered him with questions in a four-hour
marathon.
Putin said the 50-year-old Khodorkovsky,
who was set to be released next August, had
submitted an appeal for pardon, something he
had refused to do before.
He has spent more than 10 years behind
bars. Its a tough punishment, Putin said.
Hes citing humanitarian aspects his
mother is ill. Adecree to pardon him will be
signed shortly.
The head of the Kremlins United Russia
faction said he expects Khodorkovsky to cel-
ebrate the New Year at home with his family.
Khodorkovskys son, Pavel, tweeted:
Very happy news. Waiting to speak with my
father to learn more.
Putins announcement came as a big sur-
prise for me, totally out of the blue,
Khodorkovskys mother, Maria, told RTtele-
vision.
We are old people, and we are waiting,
hoping to live to the moment when we can
embrace him, his father, Boris, said in
remarks posted on the Slon.ru online newspa-
per.
Putin to pardon jailed
tycoon Khodorkovsky
including City Manager Jeff Maltbie had
been urging the CPUC to postpone a vote
on the line pressure until January or at the
very least pull it off of consent and hold a
public hearing. State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San
Mateo, also sent the commission a letter
with the same request.
The commission did pull the item and dis-
cussed it but ultimately voted 5-0 in favor of
letting Line 147 operate at the maximum
operating pressure of 330 pounds per square
inch gauge.
The line was temporarily taken out of
service after questions were raised about its
safety but later reinstated at a reduced pres-
sure of 124 psi.
In its approval yesterday, the commission
based its decision on staff which found that
PG&E provided sufcient information on
its pressure test results and safety certica-
tion of the line. Also, on Dec. 6,
Administrative Law Judge Maribeth Bushey
recommended the CPUC allow PG&E to
restore the pressure.
Olbert and the others though werent as
convinced, particularly because of erro-
neous record keeping and communication
lapses on PG&Es part that led the city to
declare a state of emergency in October. That
month, city ofcials learned of November
2012 emails by a PG&E engineer question-
ing the safety of 84-year-old gas transmis-
sion Line 147 which runs parallel to Brittan
Avenue. The former engineer suggested the
city could be another San Bruno situation
in reference to the Sept. 9, 2010, gas line
explosion and re that killed eight, injured
dozens and destroyed 38 homes. The engi-
neer also questioned if hydrotesting in 2011
exacerbated cracking.
After declaring the state of emergency,
San Carlos ofcials allocated $250,000 for
its own consultants which Olbert said he
wished the CPUC would have heard from
before raising the pressure.
This whole process feels very much like
a rush to a preordained judgment and, at the
end of the day, I dont see how that serves
the legitimate safety interests of my com-
munity, Olbert said.
Hill said the CPUCs move gives him
some pause, particularly as PG&E has not
testied about needing the extra gas for the
winter months.
They certainly didnt need it last week
when they had the greatest usage, Hill said.
Olbert said the city will now look at other
options like possible legal action or revis-
iting the issue with the commission.
This is not necessarily over, Olbert
said.
Continued from page 1
CPUC
OPINION 9
Letters to the editor
The Oklahoman
D
ysfunction in the federal govern-
ment may be at an all-time high,
but lawmakers are finding bipar-
tisan unity regarding one goal: repeal of
the ethanol fuel mandate.
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee,
has teamed with Sen. Dianne Feinstein,
D-Calif., to author legislation repealing
the federal mandate that requires an ever-
increasing amount of ethanol-blended
fuels in the U.S. supply, regardless of
actual consumer demand, market realities
or real-world negative consequences.
The federal Renewable Fuel Standard
requires that 35 billion gallons of
ethanol-equivalent biofuels and 1 billion
gallons of biomass-based diesel be
refined by 2022. This was never a great
idea it would be far better to allow con-
sumer preference and market demand to
hold sway but at least when the man-
date was originally imposed, officials had
reason to believe U.S. fuel consumption
would continue increasing and domestic
oil production would decline.
That hasnt been the case.
In 2007, U.S. gasoline consumption
totaled around 145 billion gallons; this
years consumption is expected to be
closer to 120 billion gallons. Thanks to
the fracking revolution, domestic produc-
tion of oil has surged and imports have
declined by more than 72 percent since
2005.
To meet the current mandate under those
conditions could force production of
gasoline with up to 15 percent ethanol
instead of the current 10 percent blend.
Most auto manufacturers warn that E-15
fuel will damage engines and void a cars
warranty. Astudy by the economic con-
sulting firm NERA also found mandating
E-15 could increase the cost of gasoline
by up to 30 percent by 2015.
Feinstein was blunt in her assessment
of the ethanol mandates impact, noting
it has caused roughly 44 percent of U.S.
corn to be diverted from food to fuel,
increasing consumer food costs. She
declared the mandate is damaging the
environment.
That last statement may surprise many,
since ethanol was touted as a green fuel
that would reduce global warming. But
Paul Driessen, senior policy adviser for
the Committee For AConstructive
Tomorrow, notes, We are already plow-
ing an area bigger than Iowa to grow corn
for ethanol millions of acres that could
be food crops or wildlife habitat.
The ethanol mandate was enacted to
solve a problem that no longer exists and
is harming the environment. Its creating
financial hardship for citizens without
offsetting benefits. The lawmakers from
both political parties recognize this real-
ity and support the mandates repeal is
reason to cheer.
Pan Am anniversary
Editor,
Twenty-five years ago, on Dec. 21,
1988, a terrorists bomb ripped apart a
Pan Am jet, raining fire, wreckage and
death on a quiet Scottish town. The bomb-
ing of Pan Am Flight 103 left wounds that
still ache for the families, the people of
Lockerbie and for Pan Am employees
around the world.
This Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, we invite
you to join the people of Pan American
World Airways in observing a moment of
silence at 1902 GMT, the hour the bomb
exploded, or 11:02 a.m., PST. We hope
this silent remembrance will honor those
who lost their lives in what is now
known as The Lockerbie Bombing.
We also hope to help a younger genera-
tion to understand that this was not just
the beginning of the end of Pan Am, it
was also the beginning of the age of ter-
rorism that we are experiencing now.
Americas culture was changed 25 years
ago this Saturday. We lost our innocence,
our sense of security and our loved ones.
We must never forget that.
Marilyn Porto
Hillsborough
The letter writer is the past president of
World Wings International, Inc., San
Francisco Bay Area Chapter, the charita-
ble organization of former Pan Am flight
attendants.
Climate change scam
Editor,
In the Dec. 16 issue of the Daily
Journal, letter writer Gordy Burton states
there are thousands of climate scientists
and the majority of them agree that cli-
mate change is happening. It appears Mr.
Burton is not familiar with veteran mete-
orologist Brian Sussmans best-selling
book, Climate Gate. In his book, Mr.
Sussman references the Oregon Petition
that was signed by more than 30,000
American scientists who have formal
training in the analysis of information in
physical science. Asection of the text of
this petition states, There is no con-
vincing scientific evidence that human
release of carbon dioxide, methane or
other greenhouse gasses is causing or
will, in the foreseeable future, cause cata-
strophic heating of the Earths atmos-
phere and disruption of the Earths cli-
mate.
The recent conference in San Mateo
County, Meeting the Challenge of Sea
Level Rise in San Mateo County, is just
the tip of the iceberg of the amount of
time and money spent on a non-existent
problem. Mr. Burtons said follow the
money. The Earths temperature is not
increasing but Al Gores bank account is
increasing from his promotion of climate
change.
John Bloomstine
San Carlos
False prophet
Editor,
I noticed this man, Bono (lead singer of
Irish rock band U2), in attendance at
Nelson Mandelas funeral. He is a man
who has embraced social causes like the
fight against AIDS, the memory of MLK
and Third-World debt. On his own behalf
though, he has taken all his money out of
Ireland to avoid paying taxes, hes raised
his concert tickets to $500 and spends
nearly all of his time in the south of
France living like a king.
In other words, he embraces all of these
social causes but doesnt mind ripping off
anyone he can, including his own coun-
try, his fans and anyone who will listen
to his music. All this for a life of perfect
leisure. So when it comes to social justice
and giving, he is not someone to listen
to.
Patrick Field
Palo Alto
Pardon Edward Snowden
Editor,
I would like to thank Mark Pincus, the
founder of Zynga, for personally asking
President Obama to pardon Edward
Snowden this week.
Michael G. Stogner
San Carlos
Repeal ethanol mandate
Other voices
House of horrors
H
oly mother of the belly of the beast.
I have seen it, been immersed in it
and experienced all of its impure and
twisted awful inanimate yet somehow alive
presence.
It is American Girl.
Even after rolling it around in my head, it
continues to haunt me. I will never be the
same.
First, let me set the stage. I dont like
shopping. I dont like shopping centers.
When the occasion arrives for me to purchase
new garments or gifts for this joyous holiday
season, I will venture into such establish-
ments in a quick and precise action that has
me, and me alone, in and out in no more than
45 minutes. I do
not like to talk
about shopping
or items one
would bring
home while
shopping. I do
not like contem-
plating whether a
purchase is right.
I like to buy the
item after waiting
in a small and
quick-moving
line and walk
promptly back to
my car.
And yet, because of a certain new person in
my household, I found myself at a shopping
center that happened to have a Santa Claus
cordial enough to be photographed with this
new household person who I might add
looked amazingly cute in her red Christmas
dress, coat and hat.
After this task was completed, I believed it
was home-free. But alas, no. That was not to
be. There was a new store that needed to be
checked out and that store was American Girl.
Second, let me apologize to those who
love this store and its products. I understand
the appeal. You are not wrong. It is just not
for me.
The rst level was ne. Strange, but ne.
Dolls of varying types were propped up in
individual displays next to clothing for the
dolls proposed new owner so they can
match. The prices for the garments seemed
reasonable if they were for fashionable
adults. But they were not. Venturing further,
one can see that there were dolls from differ-
ent eras with their personalities and stories
written about them and videos produced about
them. Strange, but ne. Like Thomas the
Train. Again, not for me.
The true horror began up the winding stair-
case. There, a cafe of sorts appeared in which
one could sit and order food. With dolls.
Dolls were part of this cafe equation as they
had small chairs that attached to tables
specically for dolls. Inside, I spotted a well-
appointed mother enjoying (I use that term
with sarcasm) the meal with her daughter and
her two dolls. I did not stare as I saw a
moment of deep embarrassment in the eyes
of that mother. I moved along. To the side of
the cafe was a hair salon where dolls could
have their hair styled. I am not sure as to how
the new style is determined, but I know there
was styling taking place. And also an option
to have a new doll fashioned after a human
girl. I draw the line here. Again, I see the
appeal but is this really the type of activity
we need in our ever-growing narcissistic
society?
The new person in my household seemed to
enjoy the experience, I believe, though she
was smaller than others there and was
bumped into far more than I care for by those
others zeal for these products. She also
enjoys putting a napkin on her head and
declaring herself a pirate. While different,
perusing a doll store on steroids and pushing
dirt are not mutually exclusive. I just prefer
the latter, and not because of the cost differ-
ential.
Third, if the new person in my household
ever expresses an interest in returning to this
store, and that interest is really really really
strong, I will buy her what she wants and
hide my horror as I do so. I will even have
lunch with her new purchase, and I will gen-
uinely smile while doing so.
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BUSINESS 10
Dow 16,179.08 +11.11 10-Yr Bond 2.92 +0.04
Nasdaq 4,058.13 -11.93 Oil (per barrel) 98.71
S&P 500 1,809.60 -1.05 Gold 1,187.90
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New
York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Target Corp., down $1.40 to $62.15
The retailer warned that as many as 40 million credit and debit cards
may have been affected by a data breach early this holiday season.
Oracle Corp., up $2 to $36.60
Second-quarter prot edged lower, but the business software maker
still topped Wall Street expectations and its revenue rose.
Rite Aid Corp., down 59 cents to $5.17
The retailer and pharmacy cut its per-share earnings guidance for the year
despite sales growth.
Darden Restaurants Inc., down $1.90 to $51.02
Red Lobster may be put up for sale and the restaurant operator is
suspending the opening of new Olive Garden locations.
KB Home, down $1.08 to $16.47
The homebuilder reported that sharp increases in its activity in the South
and Central U.S. were offset by sluggishness in the West during the past
quarter.
Nasdaq
Facebook Inc., down 52 cents to $55.05
The social network will sell 70 million shares, including more than 41
million shares owned by Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Accenture PLC, up $3.89 to $79.51
First-quarter prots rose as the management consulting company logged
some notable growth from new bookings, while revenue rose.
Alimera Sciences Inc., up $1.60 to $4.15
No more trials will be required before regulators decide on whether to
approve the biopharmaceutical companys eye disease treatment.
Big movers
By Steve Rothwell
NEW YORK U.S. stock indexes
ended up pretty much where they start-
ed on Thursday, a day after a powerful
surge.
Stocks gained the most in more than
two months Wednesday after the
Federal Reserve said it would reduce its
bond-buying program to $75 billion a
month from $85 billion. Investors
saw the decision as a vote of con-
dence in the economy.
Its good for the economy, and its
good for the market, to start standing
on its own two feet, said Natalie
Trunow, chief investment ofcer for
stocks at Calvert Investments.
Financial markets were still digest-
ing the Feds move on Thursday. While
stocks were holding close to record
levels, Treasury yields climbed, the
dollar rose and gold slumped to its low-
est in more than three years.
Major U.S. stock indexes started the
day lower, moved gradually higher
throughout the day and closed essen-
tially at.
The Standard & Poors 500 index fell
1.05 points, or 0.06 percent, to
1,809.60. The Dow Jones industrial
average rose 11. 11 points, or 0.07
percent, to 16,179.08. It rose 293
points the day before. The Nasdaq
composite fell 11.93 points, or 0.3
percent, to 4,058.13.
Target fell $1.40, or 2.2 percent, to
$62.15 after the company said that
about 40 million credit and debit card
accounts may have been compromised
by a data breach that happened just as
shoppers ooded into stores for Black
Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
Facebook declined 52 cents, or 0.9
percent, to $55.05 after the company
said it will sell 70 million shares,
more than half of them from CEO Mark
Zuckerberg.
The S&P 500 is up 0.2 percent for
the month after moving into the green
for the first time in December on
Wednesday. If the gains hold, the index
will have advanced for 10 of the 12
months this year.
Stock have surged this year as the
Fed has kept up its economic stimulus
and held down long-term interest rates.
Stock prices have also been supported
by growing corporate earnings and a
gradually strengthening economy.
Investors were happy to get more
reassurance Wednesday from the Fed
that interest rates would stay low after
the bond-buying stimulus was
removed, said Eric Weigand, a senior
portfolio manager at U.S. Bank.
The moderate pace of the reduction in
the Feds bond purchases was also
encouraging. It was not too hot and
not too cold, Weigand said.
In government bond trading, the
yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose
to 2.93 percent from 2.89 percent late
Wednesday. The yield climbs when
bond prices fall. Demand for bonds
was lower Thursday as traders antici-
pated less buying from the Fed.
The rise in yields also hit the stocks
of power companies.
Utilities companies fell the most of
the 10 industry sectors that make up
the S&P 500. Investors buy utility
stocks because they pay big dividends.
As bond yields rise, those stocks
become less attractive.
The price of gold dropped $41.40, or
3.4 percent, to close at $1,193.60 an
ounce. Gold hadnt settled below
$1,200 an ounce in more than three
years.
Investors are dumping their hold-
ings of gold because interest rates are
rising and the dollar is gaining after
the Fed said it would pare back its bond
purchases. Traders are selling gold
because they see less risk of ination
from the Feds stimulus program.
Stocks pause onWall Street a day after a surge
Its good for the economy, and its good for
the market, to start standing on its own two feet.
Natalie Trunow, chief investment ofcer for stocks at Calvert Investments
By Anne Dinnocenzio
and Michelle Chapman
Target is grappling with a data security
nightmare that threatens to drive off holi-
day shoppers during the companys busiest
time of year.
The nations second largest discounter
said Thursday that data connected to about
40 million credit and debit card accounts
was stolen as part of a breach that began
over the Thanksgiving weekend.
The data theft marks the second largest
credit card breach in the U.S. after retailer
TJX Cos. announced in 2007 that at least
45.7 million credit and debit card users were
exposed to credit card fraud.
Targets acknowledgement came a day
after news reports surfaced that the dis-
counter was investigating a breach.
The chain said customers who made pur-
chases by swiping their cards at terminals
in its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec.
15 may have had their accounts exposed.
The stolen data includes customer names,
credit and debit card numbers, card expira-
tion dates and the three-digit security codes
located on the backs of cards.
The data breach did not affect online pur-
chases, the company said.
The stolen information included Target
store brand cards and major card brands such
as Visa and MasterCard.
The Minneapolis company, which has
1,797 stores in the U.S. and 124 in Canada,
said it immediately told authorities and
nancial institutions once it became aware
of the breach on Dec. 15. The company is
teaming with a third-party forensics rm to
investigate and prevent future breaches.
The breach is the latest in a series of tech-
nology crises for Target. The company
faced tough criticism in late 2011 after it
drummed up hype around its offerings from
Italian designer Missoni only to see its
website crash. The site was down most of
the day the designers collection launched.
The company angered customers further
with numerous online delays for products
and even order cancellations.
Target: 40M card accounts may be breached
By Josh Boak
WASHINGTON In his nal per-
formance, Ben Bernanke rewrote the
script.
Investors had been on edge for
months about when the Federal
Reserve might slow its economic
stimulus. Apullback in the Feds bond
purchases, they feared, could jack up
interest rates and whack stocks.
Bernankes mere mention of the possi-
bility in June had sent stocks tum-
bling.
So on Wednesday, Bernanke showed
something hed learned from leading
the Fed and addressing the public for
eight years: Tough news goes down
best when its mixed with a little
sweetener.
At his last news conference as chair-
man, he explained that the Fed would
trim its monthly bond purchases by
$10 billion to $75 billion a
prospect that had worried the markets.
Yet Bernanke also calmed nerves by
walking back a plan to consider rais-
ing short-term rates once unemploy-
ment reaches 6.5 percent from the cur-
rent 7 percent.
That 6.5 percent threshold the Fed
had been using? Not much of a thresh-
old anymore. The Fed now says it
expects to keep its key short-term rate
near zero well past the time that
unemployment falls below 6.5 per-
cent.
The message: The Fed expects low-
cost loans to boost the economy for,
well, for a very long time.
Investors rejoiced Wednesday by
sending the Dow Jones industrial aver-
age rocketing nearly 300 points to a
record. On Thursday, those gains gen-
erally held as stocks nished mostly
at.
It means that ve years after the Fed
responded to the nancial crisis by
cutting its key short-term rate to near
zero, it has no plans to change course.
Low rates encourage spending, hiring
and investing. At the same time, crit-
ics say it can inate dangerous bubbles
in stocks, housing and other assets.
Bernankes remarks suggested that
three factors had led him to the balance
he struck Wednesday: The unemploy-
ment rate can be misleading. The Fed
wants to avoid setting unrealistic
expectations. And ination remains so
low that it poses a potential problem
for the economy.
Bernankes new formula for pleasing investors
By Paul Wiseman
WASHINGTON Consumers will
likely pay more for home loans.
Savers may earn a few more dollars on
CDs and Treasurys. Banks could prot .
Investors may get squeezed.
The Federal Reserves move
Wednesday to slow its stimulus will rip-
ple through the global economy. But
exactly how it will affect people and
businesses depends on who you are.
The drop in the Feds monthly bond
purchases from $85 billion to $75 bil-
lion is expected to lead to higher long-
term borrowing rates. Which means
loan rates could tick up, though no one
knows by how much.
The move could also weigh on stock
markets from the United States to Asia,
even though the early response from
investors was surprisingly positive.
Just keep in mind: The impact of the
Feds action is hard to predict. It will
be blunted by these factors:
Its a very slight reduction.
Economists had expected the Feds
monthly purchases to be cut more than
they were.
Even though it will buy slightly
fewer bonds, the Fed expects to keep
its key short-term rate at a record low
well past the time unemployment
dips below 6.5 percent from todays 7
percent. Many short-term loans will
remain cheap. They have tried to
sugarcoat the pill, says Joseph
Gagnon, senior fellow at the Peterson
Institute for International
Economics.
The Fed thinks the economy is
finally improving consistently. An
economy that can sustain its strength
can withstand higher borrowing rates.
How Feds pullback of stimulus could affect you
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Marshall has
magical season
Lacy makes
Menlo history
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
If for any reason, you were
searching for Half Moon Bays
Logan Marshall this cross
country season, your best bet
was to go looking at the top of
a Peninsula Athletic League
winners podium.
Simply put, the senior
Cougar did not lose, could not
lose, even if he tried.
If he would have run any
better, said Half Moon Bay
head coach Paul Farnsworth,
it would have been one of
those, out of your mind sea-
sons.
Well, for what its worth, it
was pretty darn close.
When we say that Marshall
did not lose, we werent kid-
ding. The Half Moon Bay
Cougar, who last season won
the Central Coast Section
Division IV title, won every
single Peninsula Athletic
League meet this season.
And most of the time, it was
in dominating fashion, to
boot.
At Westmoor, he won by ve
seconds.
At Half Moon Bay, there was
18 seconds between him and
second place.
At Crystal Springs (the rst
See MARSHALL, Page 16
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Menlo Schools cross coun-
try coach Jorge Chen tells the
story of Lizzie Lacys birth
into the Knights running
program.
Having joined her freshman
year to just be around her
friends, Lacy was placed on
the junior varsity team and
would hang out near the back
of the pack in practice.
But during that seasons
first meet, the Westmoor
Invitational, something went
off in Lacys mind.
She did so well that a week
later, she was racing at the
varsity level for Menlo.
And the rest, they say, is
history, Chen said.
Its a history that currently
nds itself at its peak with her
senior season chapter still
waiting to be written. But the
part of her history that is her
junior season campaign
might be hard to top.
The season was awesome,
Lacy said. And not even just
for me. We werent sure how
well we were going to do but a
lot of the freshmen that
Menlo got really stepped up.
See LACY, Page 14
SANTACLARA Yes, Jim Harbaugh wants
to coach the San Francisco 49ers for years to
come. No, he doesnt want to discuss a contract
extension in a public forum.
Harbaugh twice said he absolutely wants to
stay put coaching the 49ers for the long haul.
The third-year NFLcoach signed a $25 million,
ve-year contract when he left Stanford to take
over the 49ers in January 2011. As far as an
extension, 49ers CEO Jed York said on KNBR-
680 radio this week that he
would like to hammer out a
new deal for Harbaugh dur-
ing the offseason.
When it comes to talk
about contracts, Ive always
felt its in nobodys best
interest to publicly discuss
things, Harbaugh said
Thursday.
He wouldnt say whether
he looks forward to sitting
down with York to discuss the future.
Harbaugh earned NFLCoach of the Year hon-
ors in his rst season of 2011 while leading the
49ers back to the playoffs following an eight-
year stretch without a playoff berth or winning
record. Last season, the 49ers returned to the
Super Bowl for the rst time in 18 years. They
lost 34-31 to the Baltimore Ravens and his
older coaching brother, John.
There has been speculation Texas might pur-
sue Harbaugh to replace Mack Brown.
In Judge Judys court, hearsay is not admissi-
ble evidence, Harbaugh said. I watch a lot of
Judge Judy.
No urge
to leave
By Greg Beacham
LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant is expect-
ed to miss about six weeks with an injured
left knee, dealing the second major injury
setback of the year to the Los Angeles
Lakers superstar guard.
An MRI exam on
Thursday revealed Bryant
has a fracture in his later-
al tibial plateau the
top of his shinbone near
his knee.
Bryant made his season
debut with the Lakers
Dec. 8 after nearly eight
months away while
recovering from a torn
Achilles tendon. He
apparently was hurt again Tuesday night in
Memphis while playing his fourth game in
ve nights.
After playing six games in 10 days, the
fourth-leading scorer in NBA history is out
again until February or longer and the
Lakers already miserable run of injuries got
even uglier.
You hate it for Kobe, Lakers coach Mike
DAntoni told reporters after practice
Bryant
breaks
leg bone
See KOBE, Page 14
JimHarbaugh
Kobe Bryant
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By Janie McCauley
SANTACLARA Vernon Davis is giving
opposing safeties ts. Whether its Davis
hurdling over defenders, sprinting by them
or easily out-leaping them in the end zone,
nobody seems to be able to stop San
Franciscos speedy tight end.
He has produced one of the best stretches
of his eight-year career
down the stretch for the
49ers.
The Atlanta Falcons
certainly have a fresh
memory of Davis spec-
tacular day from last
Januarys NFC champi-
onship game.
Months later, with
Atlanta coming to
Candlestick Park on Monday night, Davis
has caught touchdown passes in five
straight games and will look for another
dominant display against the Falcons. He
caught a pair of touchdown passes and had
ve receptions total for 106 yards in that
28-24 victory that sent San Francisco back
to the Super Bowl for the rst time in 18
years.
Hes the kind of tight end who blocks at
the highest level, has speed of the highest
level, catching ability, ability to get open,
coach Jim Harbaugh said Thursday. An all-
tool tight end, which is rare.
Davis streak is the longest by a 49ers
player since Terrell Owens caught touch-
down passes in eight straight games from
Nov. 8-Dec. 27, 1998. The 29-year-old
Davis needs one more touchdown catch to
match his career high of 13 set in 2009.
With last weeks TD catch at Tampa Bay,
Davis became the rst tight end in NFL hi s-
tory to produce two 12-touchdown seasons.
That pretty 52-yard touchdown pass from
Colin Kaepernick showed how well these
two are working together in Kaepernicks
rst full season as starter.
Hes a big playmaker in our offense, left
tackle Joe Staley said of Davis. The coach-
es do a good job of drawing up plays for him
and he delivers. That was a heck of a throw
Colin had and a good job by Vernon to haul
it in.
Davis latest defensive victim was
Buccaneers safety Mark Barron. Davis beat
him and made a high catch with arms out-
stretched at the goal line to put San
Francisco ahead 17-0 at halftime of an even-
tual 33-14 victory.
Obviously, the special talents of both
those guys on display in that one play.
Vernon, the speed, the ability to track a
football, extend for a catch, balance of
keeping and getting the feet in bounds,
Harbaugh said. Theres many superlatives
there. Colin, great accuracy and arm
strength down the eld, buying time, which
he did a great deal in this ballgame, which
was impressive on that play and others.
The only thing that wasnt picture-perfect
on that one: Davis slammed right into the
wall behind the end zone and briey had the
wind knocked out of him.
Staley joked, he needs to watch out for
the wall next time.
The timing was perfect, Davis said of
the play. Just the way it was supposed to be
and just the way we rehearsed it in practice.
Vernon Davis produces
another special year
Vernon Davis
See 49ERS, Page 14
By Josh Dubow
ALAMEDA The Oakland Raiders hoped
they had the quarterback to build the fran-
chise around after Terrelle Pryor dazzled in a
victory over the San Diego Chargers 11
weeks ago that showed ashes of what he
could bring as a dual-threat quarterback.
Instead of building on that strong start,
Pryor regressed and even-
tually lost his starting
job to undrafted rookie
Matt McGloin.
McGloin will make his
sixth start of the season
on Sunday for the Raiders
(4-10) against the
Chargers (7-7) and the
organization still is
searching for the long-
term solution at quarter-
back that has eluded the
Raiders since Rich
Gannon left almost a
decade ago.
Oakland is playing out
the string of its 11t h
straight non-winning
season with much of the
focus on what they have
to build on for the future.
I think both these
guys have shown signs of being a quarter-
back in the National Football League,
coach Dennis Allen said. I dont think
either one of them is a nished product yet.
Were going to look at these last two games
and try to see what we have and see what we
need to do going into the future.
Pryor showed signs of being that guy by
winning two of his rst four starts, capped
by the strong performance against the
Chargers when he completed 18 of 23 passes
for 221 yards, two touchdowns and no inter-
ceptions in a 27-17 victory.
But he has struggled since then, complet-
ing 49.2 percent of his passes, with nine
interceptions, one touchdown and a league-
worst 40.7 passer rating in that span. He lost
his starting job after trying to play through
a sprained knee injury in a loss against the
New York Giants on Nov. 10 and then blam-
ing the injury for his poor performance.
McGloin made a triumphant debut the fol-
lowing week in Houston, becoming the
fourth quarterback since the 1970 merger to
throw three touchdown passes and no inter-
ceptions in his rst start.
But McGloin has lost four straight starts
since then, with his worst coming last week
when he threw four interceptions and lost a
fumble in a 56-31 loss to the Kansas City
Chiefs.
It is tough, McGloin said. As competi-
tors we dont like to lose. We put so much
time and so much effort in that to get beat
isnt something that you expect or want.
Again, we just have to work harder, stay
later, watch more lm and work harder in the
weight room. We have to nd a solution for
it.
But McGloin remains the starter as Allen
has praised his big-play ability with a
league-high 15 passes of at least 25 yards
since becoming the starter.
The Raiders have sprinkled Pryor back into
the offense the past two weeks. He played an
entire series in a 37-27 loss to the New York
Jets on Dec. 8, leading Oakland to a eld
goal. Pryor then got 15 snaps last week
against the Chiefs, coming in and out of the
game as the Raiders put in a special package
of plays to capitalize on his athleticism.
You always want to play and you always
want to be in the game, Pryor said. If they
think thats the best way to go about it, OK.
Coach Allen is our leader. Its on them.
Whatever he wants to do Im all for it.
Two of the four quarterbacks who entered
training camp competing for jobs are no
longer with the Raiders. Matt Flynn, who
had the inside track to be the starter, was
released in October and is now in Green Bay
helping the Packers ght for the NFC North
title.
Fourth-round pick Tyler Wilson, who
spent most of the season on the practice
squad, was signed by Tennessee to the active
roster earlier this week.
Oakland also could be in the market to draft
a quarterback in May and despite wasting
draft picks to trade for Flynn and select
Wilson and paying Flynn $6.5 million in
guaranteed money, Allen believes strongly
that the organization can identify the right
quarterbacks.
Sometimes things dont work out.
Sometimes mistakes are made, he said.
But, Im very condent in Reggie McKenzie
and the personnel staff of being able to eval-
uate football players quarterbacks, offen-
sive linemen, defensive linemen.
Raiders still seeking
answer at quarterback
Terrelle Pryor
Matt McGloin
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By Greg Beacham
LOS ANGELES Martin Jones made 31
saves in his seventh consecutive win to
begin his NHL career, and fellow rookie
Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist in the
Los Angeles Kings 4-1 victory over the
San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.
Dwight King and Jeff Carter also had a
goal and an assist apiece for the Kings, who
ran over their California rivals for their
eighth win in nine games to cap a 15-2-4
stretch since Nov. 2.
Jones shutout streak ended at 133 min-
utes, 26 seconds, but Patrick Marleaus goal
with 2:10 to play was just the sixth Jones
has allowed in his club-record 7-0 start.
Kings captain Dustin Brown was ejected
for a knee-on-knee hit on Tomas Hertl late
in the rst period. San Joses rookie goal-
scorer didnt return to the game.
Jones has been spectacular since his NHL
debut on Dec. 3, keeping the Kings on a roll
without injured starter Jonathan Quick.
Jones didnt give up a goal in his rst eight
periods at Staples Center, shutting out the
New York Islanders and Edmonton before
Marleaus late goal.
Already the rst goalie since the 1938-39
NHL season to record three shutouts in his
rst six starts, Jones is one victory shy of
Bob Froeses NHL record 8-0 start. Jones
even earned an assist in the second period
on a goal by Toffoli.
Antti Niemi stopped 28 shots on a miser-
able night for the Sharks, who have lost six
of eight while falling off the pace set by
their two Southern California rivals, who
have two of the NHLs four best records.
The home team has won 15 straight
games between San Jose and Los Angeles,
including all seven in the Kings second-
round playoff series victory last spring.
Brown and Hertl collided late in the score-
less rst period, with Brown making a cut at
the Sharks blue line before their right
knees connected. Hertl dropped his equip-
ment and limped to the bench while Brown
was tossed, but Los Angeles killed the ensu-
ing power play.
Shortly after Alec Martinez opened the
scoring with a wobbly slap shot off
Toffolis pass, Toffoli added his ninth goal
in impressive fashion, getting an extra-
long pass from Slava Voynov and beating
Niemi with a vicious wrist shot.
The Sharks had two golden opportunities
to score on the same sequence late in the
period, but Joe Pavelski whiffed on an open
Martin Jones leads LA Kings past Sharks 4-1
By Fred Baer
SPECIAL TO THE DAILY JOURNAL
Butte guard Darian Pruis drove for a lay-up
with 17 seconds left in overtime to break
the nal tie of Thursdays Tom Martinez
Womens Basketball Invitational and the
Roadrunners took a 85-82 victory over host
College of San Mateo.
CSMs 6-1 sophomore forward Kate
Larson (out of Notre Dame, Belmont) had
knotted the game at 81 with two free throws
with 1:16 remaining.
Butte increased its lead to 85-81 on a pair
of free throws with 8 seconds left. CSM
missed a three but Larson got the rebound
and was fouled with 1.4 showing on the
clock. She made the rst attempt and then
couldnt get the ball to bounce far enough
off the rim on the second try for a possible
three-point attempt.
CSM will play Merritt (2-3) in a consola-
tion seminal Friday at 3 p.m. Butte (4-6)
meets Santa Monica (4-7) in a champi-
onship seminal at 7 p.m. Santa Monica
defeated Merritt, 66-60, in another overtime
opener on Thursday.
San Mateo had battled back from an early
17-point, 34-17 decit by scoring the rst
10 points after the halftime break, closing
to within two points at 45-43. It was a dog-
ght the rest of the way.
CSM nally took the lead at 64-63 on a
pair of free throws by Larson with 3:28 left
in regulation. There was a tie and ve more
lead changes before sophomore guard Kay
Cooper (South San Francsco) sent it into
overtime at 73-73 with a technical foul free
throw with three seconds left in regulation.
McKenna Hilton, a 5-8 freshman out of
Half Moon Bay High, scored the rst four
points of the extra period for CSM. The
Bulldogs led 79-75 when Butte ripped off
six straight to go up 81-79 to set-up the
nal minute drama but Hilton fouled out
during that run.
Hilton led San Mateo with 20 points,
including a pair of threes. Larson had 14
points and sophomore guard Amanda Lee
(Mills) added 13.
Jaysheana Williams of Butte led all scor-
ers with 30 points.
CSM drops tourney opener to Butte
By Antonio Gonzalez
OAKLAND Tiago Splitter tipped in a
rebound with 2.1 seconds left, lifting the
short-handed San Antonio Spurs to a 104-
102 victory over the Golden State Warriors
on Thursday night.
Stephen Curry hit a tying 3-pointer on the
previous possession for the Warriors. After
two misses by teammates, Splitter elevated
around the rim to tap in the winning score.
San Antonio gave Tim Duncan and Manu
Ginobili the night off to rest, and Tony
Parker sat out for the second straight game
with a bruised right shin.
The Spurs still managed to get the road
win, using big nights from Marco Belinelli,
Kawhi Leonard and Patty Mills to hand the
Warriors another devastating defeat in a
rematch of last seasons Western Conference
seminals.
Belinelli scored 28 points against his for-
mer team, Leonard had 21 points and 10
rebounds and Mills added 20 points and ve
assists in one of San Antonios most impres-
sive wins this season. It was a season high in
points for all three players.
David Lee had 32 points and 13 rebounds
for the Warriors, who trailed by eight after
three sloppy quarters. Curry scored 30 points
and tied his career high with 15 assists.
The Warriors allowed a season-high 31
points off 24 turnovers. San Antonio gave up
19 points on 19 turnovers.
The Warriors started the nal quarter on a
12-4 run, tying the game on Klay
Thompsons 3-pointer with 8:37 remaining.
Curry gave Golden State the lead moments
later with another from long range.
The teams traded scores for several minutes
until San Antonio slowly began to pull away.
Splitter hit two free throws, and Leonard fol-
lowed with a difcult runner to give the Spurs
a 100-97 lead with 2:52 to play.
After the Warriors closed within one, Boris
Diaw blocked Currys layup and Mills jumped
out of bounds to save the rebound. Golden
State stopped
San Antonio again, but Thompson missed
a jumper on the other end and Lees tip
rimmed out.
Last-second shot beats Warriors
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The whole season was one big
surprise.
Lacy is the Daily Journal Female
Cross Country Runner of the Year
after a year of ups that culminated
with a surprising and uplifting
sixth-place nish at the CIF State
Cross Country Championships
the highest nish by a San Mateo
County runner and the best in
school history.
Her nish at state was the perfect
ending to a junior year that saw her
finish second in the West Bay
Athletic League (with a FIrst Team
All-League nod) and a sixth-place
nish at the Central Coast Section
championships.
Going into that race, Lacy was
seeded 16th with one huge
obstacle in the form of Harkers
sensation Niki Iyer in her way.
I thought she would have to run
a perfect race to finish 10th,
maybe eighth, Chen said. It was
a great race. It wasnt a surprise to
me that Lizzie did so well. But the
placing she came in was a surprise.
Placing podium was a hard feat to
accomplish because [she] pretty
much had to run a perfect race. And
Lizzie ran a really smart race.
It was the smartest race Ive
ever run, Lacy said. I ran exactly
how I had planned to.
Its a combination of skill and
intelligence, coupled with an
attention to detail, that Chen said
put Lacy over the top this season
and had her peak during the
biggest race of the season.
Lacys time was 50 seconds bet-
ter than her sophomore year per-
formance and she defeated three
other CCS runners in Division IV
who had beaten her the week
before overall, she was the
third-best Central Coast Section
runner at state.
It was insane, Lacy said. I had
no idea I had the ability to do that.
I just thought it was ridiculous.
And then there was the personal
accomplishment of taking down
Iyer who Chen said had dominated
Lacy during the beginning part of
the season. As the season pro-
gressed, Lacy crept closer and
closer to Iyer but no one
expected her to actually catch the
Harker freshman at state.
Coming to the second mile, I
wanted her to be in the teens (in
the standings), but I looked up and
she was eighth, Chen said. And
that kind of blew my mind. Niki
was sixth or seventh and there was
Lizzie, 10 meters behind her. At
that point, I knew Lizzie was
going to get her. She literally
gave everything she had in the fuel
tank. All the coaches in the
WBAL, they came up to me and
said, Lizzie did so well. I was
obviously very happy. Lizzie
works really hard. Shes the kind
of kid, whatever you tell her to do,
shell do it to the T.
I was denitely nervous, Lacy
said, about the home stretch of
that race. But once I passed some-
one, I wanted to make sure I left
them behind. I was nervous. [Iyer]
knew I was in a good place and I
knew I had to maintain that to do
well. Thats what kept me going. I
was really worried, but I just went
for it.
By nishing sixth at state, Lacy
jumped into the Menlo record
books. Her race was the best nish
by a Menlo cross country runner
ever the previous best was by
Martin Keck who nished 10th in
1997.
Lacy also led her Menlo team to
a league championship this year
only their second ever and rst
since 1984.
To me, it really speaks to the
potential of Menlos program,
Lacy said about her place in histo-
ry. Next year, Zoe Enright is
going to do really well and we
have a couple of great freshman.
So, if I did that well, I know as a
program were going to do ever
better.
LACY
He pops back, keeps it high,
launched it up in the air and he put it
right where it was supposed to be.
While Davis said late last season he
and Kaepernick were still nding
their timing, theres no question they
have it now and have had for
months. The chemistry of these two
will be a big key to whether the
Niners can make another run at the
Super Bowl.
I think you saw the same thing
last year where there was clickage,
Harbaugh said. And theyre clicking
again. Two great football players.
Falcons coach Mike Smith puts
Davis right up among the best at the
position. At 6-foot-3 and 250
pounds, Davis presents a major mis-
match.
He has a different skill set in that
hes a burner, Smith said. I can
remember watching him at the com-
bine run his 40 and he turned a lot of
heads.
Atlanta tight end Tony Gonzalez
needs no convincing of Davis abili-
ties. He has admired Davis from afar
while steadily producing his own
remarkable career, which will come to
a close after the season.
Vernons a great player, scores a
lot of touchdowns, Gonzalez said.
Hes always impressed me since hes
come out with his athletic ability. Its
unparalleled.
49ERS
Thursday. Hes worked so hard to get
back, but hell be back. Hell be back
in six weeks. Weve just got to
weather the storm until he gets
back.
The Lakers also announced Steve
Nash will be out for at least four more
weeks with nerve root irritation,
leaving injury-riddled Los Angeles
without its top three point guards and
Bryant who lled in at the point in
recent games for at least another
week.
On Thursday afternoon, a tweet was
posted on Bryants ofcial Twitter
account that consisted solely of the
hashtag: BrokenNotBeaten.
I think hell be back in six weeks,
and hell be hunting for some bear,
DAntoni said.
The rest of the Lakers found out
about Bryants injury after practice
for Fridays home game against
Minnesota. The remnants of the
Lakers, who have lost four of six
since Bryants return, also will host
Miami on Christmas Day.
KOBE
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VAL GARDENA, Italy An air bag worn
by skiers to help improve safety was tested
on the World Cup circuit for the rst time this
week.
Werner Heel of Italy and Jan Hudec of
Canada wore the air bags behind their necks
in downhill training on Thursday. The air
bags inate to help protect the spine and neck
during a crash.
Working with the International Ski
Federation (FIS), the Italian manufacturer
Dainese has been collecting information
from skiers for four years. Theyre trying to
determine the point in a fall where a racer can
no longer regain control, which then acti-
vates the bag to inate.
We are very close, mens World Cup direc-
tor Guenter Hujara said.
Up to six skiers will wear the air bags in
downhill training sessions for the rest of this
season. They have not been approved for
races yet.
Its great to see private companies getting
involved in taking great technologies from
other sports and applying it to skiing, U.S.
Ski Team mens head coach Sasha Rearick
said, adding that he would encourage his rac-
ers to wear the air bags. Its impressive.
Asimilar air bag system has been in use in
motorcycle racing since 2009.
In motorcycle racing, the air bag system
inates when the body leaves the bike with a
forward rotation. In skiing, the moment when
a racer loses complete control varies from
one skier to another.
Dainese collected information from skiers
by lodging special chips in their back protec-
tors that record speed, angular rotation, accel-
eration and other information.
While skiers have been wearing the chips
for four years, this was the rst time a skier
wore an air bag on a World Cup course.
This is a giant step, said Vittorio
Cafaggi, Daineses strategic development
manager.
The air bags did not inate Thursday,
because neither skier crashed during the run.
The skiers to test the air bags are sponsored
by Dainese Heel, Hudec, and Canadians
Manuel Osborne-Paradis and Erik Guay
plus two other random racers who can apply
to wear the systems at each training session.
Air bag system tested on skiers
By Christian Corona
AUSTIN, Texas Being a high school foot-
ball coachs son and the starting quarterback at
one of the most scrutinized programs in the
country, Case McCoy wasnt as surprised as
some of his teammates when Mack Brown told
them he was stepping down.
Ive had the For Sale signs in my yard
numerous times, McCoy said. Ive moved a
few times in my life. The job is to win a lot of
ball games here. Thats what people expect at
this university and we havent done what weve
needed to do.
Brown will be coaching his 206th and nal
game at Texas when the Longhorns (8-4) take
on No. 10 Oregon (10-2) in the Alamo Bowl on
Dec. 30. McCoy struggled in the teams last
game, a 30-10 loss to Baylor that kept Texas
from claiming its rst Big 12 title since
McCoys older brother, Colt, took the
Longhorns to the national title game in 2009.
Now Texas is trying to help Brown end his
16-year Longhorns coaching career with a vic-
tory.
It would be great to have him ride off in the
sunset (with a win), junior center Dominic
Espinosa said. More than anything it excites
us to make sure we send Mack out with a win.
Thats another incentive to go out and practice
harder this week.
After meeting with school President Bill
Powers and athletic director Steve Patterson last
week, Brown informed them of his plans to
make this year his last at Texas. He addressed his
players and staff in an emotional meeting.
Hes got more love for this university than
he does love for himself, senior offensive
guard Mason Walters said. Whatever he does,
hell be successful in it. He has that same feeling
about us. Whoever this university brings in is
obviously going to be well-compensated and
really good at their job so I dont think we have
a lot to worry about.
Brown led the Longhorns to nine consecutive
10-win seasons from 2001-09, but has gone
30-20 over the past four seasons. As much as
the Longhorns players want Brown to end his
career on a high note, they want to beat the
Ducks just as badly for themselves.
We denitely love Coach Brown and its sad
to hear that but you cant approach it in a differ-
ent way, senior All-American defensive end
Jackson Jeffcoat said. Im a senior. Im
approaching it as my last game and Im working
my butt off this week. Thats how everyone else
is. You cant worry about the future. Youve got
to worry about the now.
Like McCoy, junior defensive back Quandre
Diggs had an older brother play for Brown at
Texas. Quentin Jammer was a sophomore when
Brown was hired and was a consensus All-
American by the time he left. Diggs followed in
Jammers footsteps by coming to Texas, start-
ing 35 games over the past three years.
Ive known Coach Brown since I was six or
seven years old so Ive always thought he was
going to be the coach here, Diggs said. Ive
known him for a long time, probably longer
than anyone else on the team. He means a lot to
me because hes a legend here, but besides
coaching hes just a better man.
Texas looks to
send coach out
with a bowl win
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time), he was the only one to break 15 min-
utes, winning by eight seconds.
And when the league returned to Belmont
for the PAL championships, Marshall
closed out the regular season with a domi-
nating 15-second win to become the
leagues individual champion. With him at
the helm, the Cougar boys managed a sec-
ond-place team nish. Marshall was one of
two boys to crack the 15-minute mark.
For his efforts, Marshall is the San Mateo
Daily Journals Boys Cross Country
Runner of the Year.
He had a lot of goals and he met almost
every single one of them, Farnsworth said.
He was incredibly consistent. But the cool
thing about him, thats lost in the stats, is
his leadership and his sportsmanship.
Ah yes, when you step away from your
stop watch and really take in Marshalls sea-
son, its then that you get a glimpse of what
made his season so mind-blowing in the
eyes of his coach who was there to see
every single step.
You see, if youre a fan of the PAL runners
and follow the sport from afar, you could
always nd Marshall at the top of the stand-
ings, crushing every single Peninsula run-
ner.
But if youre one of those Peninsula run-
ners, if you wanted to find Marshall in
2013, all you had to do was nish the race
because at the end of every single one of
his victories, the Cougar would nish, then
stay behind and congratulate every single
one of the PAL runners.
From the rst guys all the way to the last
nisher, Farnsworth said, It just made our
team look fantastic. Hes a wonderful leader
and he was a great mentor for the young
sophomores on the team. And a role model
for his senior classmates. It was really fun.
The rst meet we had at Westmoor, and
this pretty much set the tone for us, Logan
wins the race and then he stops at the end of
the chute and shakes the hand of the second
place nisher, shakes the next guys hand,
and the next guy. Then his teammate nish-
es. Logan shakes his hand and his team-
mates stays with him. And pretty soon I
look over there and I think 15 of the top 20
nishers were all standing there shaking
everybodys hand. You cant ask for any-
thing more. It just makes you as a coach, as
a teacher and as a parent, and you just go,
Yeah, this is the kind of season you
enjoy.
It was off the course, before Marshall
would accept yet another gold medal, that he
truly cemented himself as one of the Half
Moon Bay greats.
Ive had some great runners, great peo-
ple, Farnsworth said. And Logan, Logan
is denitely up there. Hes going to run
track and eld for me, but I already miss
him.
Marshall wasnt done with medaling just
yet, though. After a PAL championship, he
went on to place third at the Central Coast
Section meet in Belmont. According to
Farnsworth, it took a couple of monster
efforts to take him down nally, after
four races. He nished in 15:45 his best
mark of the season, though.
Then at the state championships at
Woodward Park in Fresno, Marshall nished
10th and was the top CCS runner in
Division IV.
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OAKLAND In yet another December trade
by general manager Billy Beane, the Oakland
Athletics have acquired outelder Corey Brown
from the Washington Nationals for cash.
Brown has played in 36 major league games
in parts of three seasons, batting .175 with two
homers and four RBIs.
After recently trading Seth Smith to San
Diego, the addition of Brown provides further
depth to an outeld guring to feature Yoenis
Cespedes in left eld, Coco Crisp in center and
Josh Reddick in right.
The 28-year-old Brown, a rst-round pick by
Oakland in the 2007 amateur draft out of
Oklahoma State, can play all three outeld posi-
tions.
Spain tops year-end
rankings for 6th straight year
ZURICH Spain is at the top of the year-
end FIFArankings for the sixth straight year.
The reigning world and European champi-
ons were No. 1 for the 28th consecutive
month in the December rankings released
Thursday. Germany was second in an
unchanged top 10, followed by Argentina,
Colombia, Portugal, Uruguay, Italy,
Switzerland, the Netherlands and Brazil.
The United States, the top-ranked team from
North and Central America and the Caribbean,
remained 14th for the second straight month.
The U.S. was 13th in September and October,
its highest ranking since July 2010.
Sports briefs
EASTERNCONFERENCE
ATLANTICDIVISION
W L Pct GB
Boston 12 15 .444
Toronto 9 14 .391 1
Brooklyn 9 16 .360 2
New York 8 17 .320 3
Philadelphia 7 19 .269 4 1/2
SOUTHEASTDIVISION
W L Pct GB
Miami 19 6 .760
Atlanta 14 12 .538 5 1/2
Charlotte 12 14 .462 7 1/2
Washington 11 13 .458 7 1/2
Orlando 8 18 .308 11 1/2
CENTRALDIVISION
W L Pct GB
Indiana 20 5 .800
Detroit 13 14 .481 8
Cleveland 9 15 .375 10 1/2
Chicago 9 16 .360 11
Milwaukee 5 20 .200 15
WESTERNCONFERENCE
SOUTWESTDIVISION
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 21 5 .808
Houston 17 9 .654 4
Dallas 15 10 .600 5 1/2
New Orleans 11 13 .458 9
Memphis 10 15 .400 10 1/2
NORTHWEST DIVISION
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 21 4 .840
Portland 22 5 .815
Denver 14 10 .583 6 1/2
Minnesota 13 13 .500 8 1/2
Utah 7 21 .250 15 1/2
PACIFICDIVISION
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 18 9 .667
Phoenix 14 10 .583 2 1/2
Golden State 14 13 .519 4
L.A. Lakers 12 13 .480 5
Sacramento 7 17 .292 9 1/2
ThursdaysGames
Oklahoma City 107, Chicago 95
San Antonio 104, Golden State 102
FridaysGames
Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Utah at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
NBA GLANCE
EASTERNCONFERENCE
ATLANTICDIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 35 23 10 2 48 96 74
Tampa Bay 35 21 11 3 45 97 84
Montreal 37 21 13 3 45 92 81
Detroit 37 16 12 9 41 94 101
Toronto 37 18 16 3 39 101 106
Ottawa 37 14 17 6 34 103 122
Florida 36 14 17 5 33 85 112
Buffalo 35 9 23 3 21 63 100
METROPOLITANDIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 37 26 10 1 53 117 80
Washington 34 18 13 3 39 107 102
Philadelphia 35 16 15 4 36 86 97
Carolina 34 14 13 7 35 79 94
N.Y. Rangers 35 16 17 2 34 79 95
New Jersey 35 14 15 6 34 83 87
Columbus 35 14 17 4 32 91 100
N.Y. Islanders 35 9 19 7 25 85 121
WESTERNCONFERENCE
CENTRALDIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 37 25 7 5 55 138 102
St. Louis 34 23 7 4 50 119 81
Colorado 34 23 10 1 47 100 80
Minnesota 37 20 12 5 45 86 88
Dallas 34 17 12 5 39 99 102
Nashville 35 16 16 3 35 80 99
Winnipeg 36 15 16 5 35 95 106
PACIFICDIVISION
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 36 24 7 5 53 116 91
Los Angeles 36 24 8 4 52 101 69
San Jose 35 21 8 6 48 113 88
Vancouver 37 20 11 6 46 101 90
Phoenix 34 18 10 6 42 106 105
Calgary 35 13 16 6 32 88 111
Edmonton 37 11 23 3 25 95 127
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss.
ThursdaysGames
Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 2
Florida 4, Ottawa 2
Detroit 3, Calgary 2, OT
Tampa Bay 4, Nashville 2
St. Louis 5, Montreal 1
Dallas 4,Vancouver 1
Colorado 4, Edmonton 2
Los Angeles 4, San Jose 1
NHL GLANCE
NATIONALCONFERENCE
EAST
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 8 6 0 .571 364 349
Dallas 7 7 0 .500 393 385
N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 251 357
Washington 3 11 0 .214 305 434
SOUTH
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 10 4 0 .714 359 270
Carolina 10 4 0 .714 328 208
Tampa Bay 4 10 0 .286 258 324
Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 309 388
NORTH
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 8 6 0 .571 406 391
Green Bay 7 6 1 .536 353 362
Detroit 7 7 0 .500 362 339
Minnesota 4 9 1 .321 363 425
WEST
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Seattle 12 2 0 .857 380 205
San Francisco 10 4 0 .714 349 228
Arizona 9 5 0 .643 342 291
St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 316 324
AMERICANCONFERENCE
EAST
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 10 4 0 .714 369 311
Miami 8 6 0 .571 310 296
N.Y. Jets 6 8 0 .429 246 367
Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 300 354
SOUTH
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Indianapolis 9 5 0 .643 338 319
Tennessee 5 9 0 .357 326 355
Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 221 399
Houston 2 12 0 .143 253 375
NORTH
W L T Pct PF PA
Cincinnati 9 5 0 .643 354 274
Baltimore 8 6 0 .571 296 277
Pittsburgh 6 8 0 .429 321 332
Cleveland 4 10 0 .286 288 362
WEST
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Denver 11 3 0 .786 535 372
x-Kansas City 11 3 0 .786 399 255
San Diego 7 7 0 .500 343 311
Oakland 4 10 0 .286 295 393
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
NFL GLANCE
vs.Atlanta
5:40p.m.
ESPN
12/23
@Arizona
1:25p.m.
FOX
12/29
Playoffs
@Chargers
1:25p.m.
CBS
12/22
vs.Denver
1:25p.m.
CBS
12/29
@Phoenix
6p.m.
CSN-CAL
12/27
@L.A.
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
12/19
vs. Dallas
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
12/21
vs. Colo.
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
12/23
@Ducks
5p.m.
CSN-CAL
21/31
vs.Ducks
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
12/29
vs.Clippers
7:30p.m.
ESPN
12/25
vs. Spurs
7:30p.m.
CSN-BAY
12/19
vs.Lakers
7:30p.m.
CSN-BAY
12/21
@Denver
6p.m.
CSN-BAY
12/23
@Cavs
3p.m.
CSN-BAY
12/29
vs.Phoenix
7:30p.m.
CSN-BAY
12/27
vs. Oilers
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
1/2
@Orlando
2p.m.
CSN-BAY
12/31
FRIDAY
Boys basketball
Sacred Heart Prep vs. Oak Grove at DJ Frandsen
tournament;Lowell at Mills,Crystal Springsat Alma
Heights, 6 p.m.; Serra at Burlingame, San Mateo at
Westmoor, 7 p.m.; Menlo School at Menlo-Ather-
ton, 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball
Capuchino at Jefferson, 5:30 p.m.
Girls soccer
Los Gatos at San Mateo, 3:30 p.m.
Burlingame tournament
Carlmont vs. Sacred Heart Prep, 3 p.m.
Boys soccer
El Camino at Sequoia, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY
Football
Division III state championship game at Stub-
hubCenter in Carson
Sacred Heart Prep (13-1) vs.Corona Del Mar (15-0),
noon
Boys basketball
Santa Clara at Hillsdale, 1:30 p.m.; Saratoga at Carl-
mont, Burlingame at Monte Vista-Cupertino, 2:30
p.m.; St.Ignatius at Aragon,3 p.m.; Menlo School at
Half Moon Bay,Westmoor at Woodside, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Carlmont at Half Moon Bay, 2 p.m.; Kennedy-Rich-
mondatWoodside,Hillsdaleat SouthCity,5:30p.m.
Girls soccer
Notre Dame-Belmont at Valley Christian, 11 a.m.
Burlingame tournament
Aragon vs. Mills, 9:30 a.m.
Menlo-Atherton vs. Los Altos, 11 a.m.
Hillsdale vs. Mt.View, 2:30 p.m.
Woodside vs. Los Altos, 4 p.m.
Boys soccer
Valley Christian at Serra, 11 a.m.
WHATS ON TAP
Hes back!
Anchorman 2,bloated but still funny
By Jocelyn Noveck
Can there be too much of a good thing? Where did that
expression come from, anyway? If its good, isnt more
always better?
Discuss.
Or, actually, dont discuss. Because, in the case of
Anchorman 2 anyway, the question is sort of point-
less, isnt it? Everything about both the original 2004
lm, a cult classic of the Will Ferrell oeuvre, and its lead
character, Ron Burgundy, was puffed up and absurd and
ridiculous.
And so, why wouldnt the sequel be even more puffed
up, more absurd and more ridiculous? As long as
Ferrells back (he is), and reunited with his wacky part-
ners (he is) to form a veritable dream team of inappro-
priateness (they do), then what could be wrong?
Not that Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, again
directed with total self-assurance by Adam McKay, is a
work of ne art. Its a broad, low-brow comedy, which
one imagines was concocted somewhat like a huge
Ferrell, McKay: Partnership forged on jokes
By Jake Coyle
NEW YORK To reach the level of absurdity that Will
Ferrell and Adam McKay regularly attain, they have to be
particularly open-minded. They need to be willing to throw a
joke about a female whales anatomy against the wall, and
see if it sticks.
Its a process of casual brainstorming, constant rewriting,
endless improvisation and audience testing that leads
them to ridiculous places. Their Step Brothers,
which McKay calls the most free-form lm
theyve made, culminated at, of all
places, something called the Catalina
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See LEGEND, Page 22
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BACK TO THE RANCH: PHO-
TOGRAPHS BY MATTHEW JAMES
OBRIEN, AT THE SAN FRANCISCO
AIRPORT MUSEUM. From 1991 to
1998, Berkeley-based self-taught photog-
rapher and Fulbright scholar Matthew
James OBrien documented one of the old-
est ranching communities in the United
States. Located across the Bay from San
Francisco, the East Bay ranching commu-
nity traced its origins to the first Spanish
settlement founded in the area in 1797.
OBrien, raised in San Mateo, where he
graduated from Junipero Serra High
School, received a BAin Zoology from the
University of California Berkeley. He
grew up spending time on his cousins
ranch near Dublin in Alameda County,
where, since 1852, six generations of his
family have ranched. OBrien began to
understand that these ranches could not be
taken for granted, as he saw them being
transformed into subdivisions, including
Dougherty Valley, where 11,000 homes
were approved for development. In 1991,
before it all disappeared, he focused his
attention on Back To The Ranch an
eight-year-long photo-documentary series
honoring the life, history and distinctive
East Bay ranching culture and traditions.
OBrien said, My work is almost always
about beauty, and I nd beauty all over.
Back To The Ranch began as an exploration
of life on my cousins ranch outside of
Dublin, that I have always loved and where I
used to play a lot as a kid. As I got more
involved in the project and met more peo-
ple, I came to realize that that way of life
the ranching life of the East Bay that has
been around since the founding of Mission
San Jose in Fremont in 1797 was on its
way out, as the rural lands of the East Bay
were being turned into housing tracts and
shopping centers. The project turned into a
study of ranching in the East Bay, Alameda
and Contra Costa Counties, and its demise
due to urbanization. I worked on it from
1991-1998. In addition to the photo-
graphs, I also did interviews with men and
women of the East Bay ranching communi-
t y. All previous exhibitions of Back To The
Ranch included text passages from these
interviews, which provided a context for the
images and vice versa. When I was creating
the work, I feared that it would be truly
appreciated only after all of the East Bay
had been paved over. Unfortunately, that
appears to be coming true: over a dozen
ranches I photographed no longer exist, and
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MATTHEW JAMES OBRIEN
BACK TO THE RANCH. Above Walnut Creek, 1994, from Matthew James OBriens Back To The
Ranch series, on display at the San Francisco Airport Museum through January 2014.
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ranching in the East Bay is becoming a historical note
rather than a vital activity. And of course when the ranches
go, the wildlife goes, and what was a uniquely Californian
landscape and ecosystem with its combination of ora and
fauna becomes yet another piece of homogenized neo-sub-
urbia with its sidewalks, tract homes and two-car garages
that could be anywhere in this country. So I guess you could
say that Back To The Ranch is a sort of homage to the
California that I love and which is fast disappearing.
OBriens work has been exhibited and collected in numer-
ous institutions, including the Library of Congress; the
California Museum of Photography; the Houston Museum
of Fine Arts; and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Cartagena,
Colombia. He has received awards from the Mother Jones
International Fund for Documentary Photography and a
Community Heritage Grant from the California Council for
the Humanities.
OBrien said: I am currently at work on a project that will
result in the publication of a book of my photographs
Polaroids and an exhibition that will travel around
Colombia, South America in 2014. Ive done quite a bit of
work there over the last decade, including a stint as a
Fulbright Fellow, and I am very excited to be invited back to
share that work with the Colombian public. The book, No
Dar Papaya, will also be published in the United States, so
keep an eye out for it. Im based in the Bay Area, but I trav-
el a lot for work, both shooting as well as teaching pho-
tography. My favorite clients to photograph for are NGOs
that do good work helping people, improving lives. I shoot
abroad in exotic places, but I am also available for work
closer to home.
Back To The Ranch is on display at San Francisco Airport
pre-security at Terminal A3 Departures Level Two
through January 2014. There is no charge to view this exhi-
bition. Those who wish to learn more about OBrien and his
work can reach him through his website www.matto-
brienphotography.com.
Susan Cohn can be reached at susan@smdailyjournal.com or
www.twitter.com/susancityscene.
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By John Rogers
LOS ANGELES When the A&E
network suspended Duck Dynasty
patriarch Phil Robertson for disparag-
ing gay people, it may have followed
a time-honored TVtradition of quickly
silencing a star who, for better or
worse, speaks his mind. But in doing
so it also rufed the feathers of possi-
bly millions of fans of its most popu-
lar show.
Fourteen hours after it was learned
that Robertson had been placed on
indenite hiatus for telling GQ mag-
azine, among other things, that gays
are headed to hell, more than a half-
million people liked an impromptu
Facebook page demanding the show
be boycotted until he returns.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin,
who had her picture taken with
Robertson just last month, com-
plained that his free-speech rights
were being trampled. Bobby Jindal,
governor of the state of Louisiana,
where the show is
filmed, complained
that Miley Cyrus
got a pass for
twerking on TV
while Phil got
shown the door.
T-shirts, of
course, went on the
market with the
words I Dont Give
a Duck About Aor E, Bring Back Phil.
Its a show that is promoting clean
living and good moral values, and
thats something we need more of
today, one of the programs many
fans, Rick Peter of Vernon, British
Columbia, Canada, told the Associated
Press.
Its also a show that 67-year-old
Robertson, who sports a beard that
seemingly should qualify him for
immediate membership in the rock
group ZZ Top, is at the center of.
When or if hell return or if hell
ever really go away, however is an
open question.
Duck Dynasty is on hiatus until
Jan. 15, and a network spokesman
said Thursday that nine of next sea-
sons 10 episodes have already been
filmed. That means Robertson likely
isnt needed in front of the camera
before next March, by which time
this whole crisis may have blown
over.
And blow over it will, eventually,
says veteran Hollywood crisis publi-
cist Howard Bragman, who added that
Robertson will likely return to the
show as well, perhaps after making a
heartfelt apology.
Theres too much money at stake,
said Bragman, vice president of repu-
tation.com. Although he plays kind
of a hick on TV, I dont think hes
dumb. I think he gets whats at stake
here. And I hope people on his team,
the network and his producers get the
message that what he did was wrong.
Robertson and his extended family
became wealthy manufacturing duck
calls and were turned into TV and pop
culture stars by Duck Dynasty,
which has set cable ratings records for
a non-ction series.
Duck Dynasty fans react to Robertsons hiatus
Phil Robertson
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By Jessica Herndon
LOS ANGELES In the eyes of leg-
endary newscaster Ron Burgundy, arguably
Will Ferrells most memorable character,
this is a mans world. But in Anchorman
2: The Legend Continues, it wouldnt be
anything without a few saucy newsroom
girls.
As one of the most anticipated comedies
of the year, the sequel to Paramounts
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy not only reunites Ferrell with
Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David
Koechner, but Christina Applegate is back
too and she has reinforcements.
Reprising her role as anchorwoman
Veronica Corningstone, Applegate returns
with additional leading ladies: Kristen Wi i g
and Meagan Good. Wiig is receptionist
Chani Lastname (pronounced Last-naw-
may), the meek and kooky love interest to
Carells peculiar Brick Tamland, while
Good wreaks havoc as the brazen boss of
Ron and his newsroom posse.
Its been a decade since the original
Anchorman released to mixed reviews.
The formula seemed ideal: Choice comedic
actors like Ferrell, Carell and Rudd; an asi-
nine approach to the newsroom culture of
the 1970s; and signature lines like Im in
a glass case of emotion! (delivered by
Ferrell).
But it performed below expectations at
the box ofce, earning $84.3 million over-
all. Yet the second installment, which
opens Dec. 18, could break the $100 mil-
lion mark overall, following an unabashed
marketing campaign that had Ferrell doing
all manner of publicity stunts.
This new generation, those who were 10
years old when the rst movie came out,
have found it, so the popularity of it
seemed to just grow, said Applegate in a
recent phone interview. And the demand
for it started to get bigger, so of course for
the studio guys, thats like Oh yeah, we
denitely have to do it.
Recognized for years for portraying
Kelly Bundy in the sitcom Married Wi t h
Children, which aired on Fox from 1987-
1997, the actress said her turn as Veronica
has had its challenges.
The male characters in this movie are
strong and multi-dimensional, so I had to
stand my ground and pull myself up and say
Come on, youre in here too! said the 42-
year-old actress. I couldnt shrink away
thinking I wasnt doing as good of a job.
Applegate gave her co-star, comedy new-
comer Good, the same pep talk. I told her
she had to stay up in their zone because her
character is the powerhouse in this one,
Applegate added.
It made me feel good to know that
Christina cared about me doing a good
job, said Good, 32, who appeared in the
2012 hit Think Like a Man.
As the only black female lead in the
movie, Good plays the head of the news-
room. Its a notion that is heavily mocked
in the plot. But Good had no problem tack-
ling the tough material with what she calls
morbid humor.
What I love about the brilliant minds of
(director) Adam McKay and Will is they go
full throttle and attack subjects like racism
and sexism and make them light-hearted,
she said. Its great that they are shedding
light on the fact that at that time, there
werent a lot of women dominating the
workplace, especially black women.
Added Wiig over the phone, Meagan t
right in. Its denitely interesting that Wi l l
has a female boss and Ron Burgundy being
Ron Burgundy has issues with it. But its
great.
Ahuge fan of the original for its writing
and because it has all of the ingredients for
a comedic classic, Wiig said she signed
onto the sequel without laying eyes on the
script.
The pressure was denitely on, since
this is such a beloved cast, said Wiig of
her role as Chani, which Applegate
described as a great balance of not being
too weird or adult. But the writer and star
of the acclaimed comedy Bridesmaids
held her own, as her character Chani is rem-
iniscent of her quirky portrayals during
seven years on Saturday Night Live.
It was really fun trying to come up with
different ways that Chani and Brick could
relate to each other, said the 40-year-old
actress. But when we did some improvis-
ing, it was hard to keep a straight face.
Steve (Carell) is so quick! And personally
once I start laughing, I have a really hard
time stopping. Im like I know the crew
wants to go home. Im sorry!
But off-camera, it was Wiig who had Good
in stitches. She texted me a picture of a
chocolate microphone shed received as a
gift that shed tucked into her bed with a
message that read, Look at what Im com-
ing home to, chuckled Good.
It doesnt feel like a boys club with the
guys in this movie, added Wiig. But it
was nice to have ladies around.
The ladies of Anchorman 2 show Ron whos boss
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Actress Christina Applegate poses at the U.K. Premier of the lm Anchorman 2 in Leicester
Square, London.
Maryann Osmond in a statement. They are
part of the millennial generation that is
very discerning about food quality and the
products they buy. They understand the
value of nutrition and the role it plays in
their ability to be strong, competitive and
healthy and want whole fresh, nutritious
food choices during their school day, but
they also care a lot about taste and avor.
The menu being developed for Notre Dame
includes freshly made soups, salads with
beets, grain and fruit with house made dress-
ings, handmade warm vegetable to beef to
chicken sandwiches, fresh fruit smoothies
and sensibly sized hot entrees, according to
school officials. The weekly menu will
change with the seasons and be determined
by what is locally available. Students can
preorder food a whole month at a time
through PayPal or pay for meals in cash.
Not a slice of frozen, reheated pizza,
fountain drinks or off the shelf hot dogs are
on the menu, said Carolina Whitty, Notre
Dames chief nancial ofcer, in a state-
ment. We are thrilled about that, and expect
our students and parents will be too.
Additionally, the dishes and utensils pro-
vided by Fare are fully compostable or recy-
clable.
This all came about because of a survey
students in the all girls Catholic school
took about the current food service, said
Michelle Conci, director of development at
Notre Dame. Some girls, including
Katherine Yancey and Sara Zokaei, at the
school went to Whitty and asked for
changes in food. The girls then took a sur-
vey on food at the school. The survey asked
what type of food theyd want to see served,
the quality of the food theyve want to eat,
what time of day they were interested in
buying food and if theyd be willing to pay
more for healthier or higher quality food.
Students overwhelmingly stated in the sur-
vey that they would pay more for better
food.
Yancey, a junior, said there have been
complaints about the food for some time,
but the nal straw was when the campus cafe
started charging for forks and knives. This
led to contacting the administration and cre-
ating the online survey.
It didnt make sense to pay tuition and be
denied a spoon, she said. So we went to
the school and let them know students were
planning on not eating from the campus
cafe if things didnt change. The administra-
tion told us that we didnt need to petition
anything because they wanted us to make
the school a better place and they were with
us on the forks and knives asco. ... The
survey got sent out by the administration,
and here we are, excited for next semesters
Fare food service.
Fellow junior Zokaei said that for as long
as shes been at Notre Dame, there have
been complaints about the food service but,
to her surprise, school staff had no idea stu-
dents were having problems with the food
service.
From hair in the pasta and handling food
without gloves to rude remarks by the
servers and uctuating prices based on the
ow of trafc, buying food from the campus
cafe has never been a rst option, she said.
Personally, whenever I forget my lunch, I
debate over whether I should buy food or
just skip lunch. If you know a Notre Dame
girl, you know that we love food and, as stu-
dents, we pay a tuition to go to Notre Dame,
and we pay for the food service. I believe
that its only right to do what it takes to
make students at Notre Dame happy, for fac-
tors like lunch also play a role in deciding
which high school to go to.
Meanwhile, Fare Co-founder Steve Spitts
said this is the rst school his company has
worked with and he is excited for the oppor-
tunity.
This is our only school food service rela-
tionship, he said. They offered us the
opportunity and we knew we could fulll a
breakfast and lunch program at good value.
Were very happy about the relationship we
now have with the high school; its great
for us and the Notre Dame school communi-
t y.
The school selected Fare to become its
new vendor over two other services, includ-
ing a national company.
Fare was chosen because we believe their
focus on food being locally sourced is in
alignment with what our girls want, Conci
said.
Fare has also indicated it would like to
make internships available to interested
students during the summer and will be
looking for student volunteers to tend its
kitchen garden and in the greenhouse at
Notre Dame.
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Wine Mixer, with Ferrell singing Andrea
Bocellis Por Ti Volare.
Sometimes Ill say to Ferrell: Can you
believe we ended that movie in an opera
song? says McKay.
We backed ourselves into such a corner,
says Ferrell. It was the only way.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy, the rst movie they made togeth-
er coming out of Saturday Night Live,
famously arrived at Burgundys inane transla-
tion of San Diego as meaning a whales
vagina. Actually speaking the line caused
Ferrell to uncharacteristically unravel.
A professional crew. Its a night shoot,
says Ferrell. And it all came crashing down
on me: Weve convinced a bonded company
to put these lines on lm.
The sequel, Anchorman 2: The Legend
Continues, opening Wednesday, comes nine
years after the original, a movie that helped
launch a decade of comedies and boosted the
careers of Judd Apatow (a producer on
Anchorman), Paul Rudd and Steve Carell.
Since then, Ferrell has starred in every movie
McKay has directed, including the NASCAR
comedy Talladega Nights and the white-col-
lar crime satire The Other Guys.
Their collaboration, begun in the writing
rooms of SNL, has developed into one of
the most rock-solid, long-running partner-
ships in comedy. They together created the
production company Gary Sanchez, choosing
the funniest way they could think of for an
intern to answer the phone. (I Love Jesus pro-
ductions was also an option.) They even
developed a backstory of Sanchez as a former
NFL placekicker from Paraguay who was get-
ting into the movie business.
They have something thats very special
thats almost unprecedented in comedy
lms, says Apatow, also a producer on the
sequel. It reminds me of Bill Murray and
Harold Ramis. When youre around it, you
feel how rare it is. Theyve made ve movies
and theyve all classics.
I like working with them because they
remind me Im supposed to have fun, adds
Apatow.
In a recent interview over lunch, McKay
and Ferrell reected on their process of con-
stant trial and continual renement. It usually
begins with tossing around ideas at Ferrells
California guesthouse or their Gary Sanchez
ofces.
Were big believers in sitting for two,
three, four hours, says McKay. Well write
down 50 ideas, and two will be useable.
The two rst found themselves in sync at
SNL, where McKay rose to head writer after
just one year as a writer. The rst sketch they
wrote together was about the deterioration of
a morning news show when the
teleprompters go down, leading to bloody
tribalism.
Anchorman 2 takes their chauvinist, sex-
ist newsman into the 1980s and the dawn of
24/7 cable news. But it could have taken
many different forms.
At rst, they planned to tour a musical ver-
sion in theaters before shooting the lm.
They considered setting a sequel in space
(We never gured out how or why, says
Ferrell), or having Ron become friends with
Manuel Noriega in Panama. They irted with
the Iranian hostage crisis (How do we make
THATfunny? says Ferrell), as well as having
Burgundy accidently start a war.
Well try anything, says McKay.
Just as Talladega Nights hid a commen-
tary on Bush-era red states, the premise of
Anchorman 2 includes a parody of todays
media. Burgundy has the epiphany that TV
news can tell people not what they need to
hear, but what they want to hear history as
shaped by an idiot.
The extensive promotion of the lm has
included Ferrell, in character, anchoring local
news in North Dakota and appearing on
ESPN. Ferrell is surprised that some may be
missing the satire: The news itself is kind of
blissfully endorsing all the things that were
doing.
More mixing and matching followed in the
improvisation-heavy shoot, where McKay
routinely shouts new lines at his actors.
There were so many jokes that McKay at one
point considered making the lm in two
parts, a la Kill Bill, and even tested part one
with an audience. Each joke has at least one
alternative, so McKay plans to release a DVD
version with the some 400 jokes each
swapped out for another.
A tug of war with the Motion Picture
Association of American led to some snips,
like in the scene when Burgundy smokes crack
on the air. They wince a little at losing a big
musical scene (it included a song Gay for a
Day), but say if test audiences dont respond
to a scene, theyre ruthless in editing.
Thats not to say whats in the lm isnt
plenty outlandish. It includes a section where
Burgundy goes blind, a shark named Doby
(Nothing heightens chaos more than a
berserk wild animal right in the middle, says
McKay), and exclamations like By the bed-
pan of Gene Rayburn!
More than anything, they revel in these
unpredictable, nonsensical left-hand turns
that break the movies already high degree of
absurdity.
Nothing is more enjoyable for me than
when Im watching a movie or a TVshow and
theres that sense that anything can happen,
says McKay. It is the most fun feeling in the
world.
JOKES
abstract painting: You throw gobs (or
jokes) onto a big canvas, some spills
over the edges, and its messy and
lumpy, but hey, its all good, and any-
way, the next gob is coming.
For those who may have missed the
original, it brought us Burgundy, a TV
anchor dened by his gooness, self-
importance, good-natured chauvinism,
and polyester. Set in the 70s, the
theme was gender equality; Burgundys
foil was Veronica Corningstone
(Christina Applegate), who sought her
own anchor chair.
In the sequel, the issue isnt gender
but the very purpose of TV news: To
inform, or entertain? Were in 1980,
and Burgundy and Corningstone, now
married, host a morning show togeth-
er. Then she alone is offered an
evening anchor slot. Burgundy? Hes
fired (the boss is a gruffly funny
Harrison Ford, sounding quite Brokaw-
esque.)
Ron tells Veronica she cant take the
job without him. She accuses him of
acting like Julius Caesar. Who the
hell is Julius Caesar? he bellows. I
dont follow the NBA!
Veronica takes the job and abandons
Ron. But opportunity comes in the
form of a job offer that sounds crazy: a
new 24-hour news channel, being
launched by an Aussie billionaire. Its
name? GNN.
Burgundy heads for New York, stop-
ping to gather the old news team from
San Diego er, San Di-AHgo, as he
pronounces it: overly emotional
sportscaster Champ Kind (David
Koechner), now running a chicken
joint; overly sexed reporter Brian
Fantana (Paul Rudd), now photograph-
ing cats; and overly insane weather-
man Brick Tamland (Steve Carell, reli-
ably hilarious) now dead. Or so he
thinks.
Burgundys new nemesis is the
impossibly good-looking, self-ador-
ing anchorman Jack Lime (James
Marsden, perfect in such self-mocking
roles). And his superior is the over-
achieving Linda Jackson (Meagan
Good), who nds Burgundy ridiculous
but then inexplicably falls for him.
Linda is not only a woman but black, a
double-whammy for the chauvinistic
Burgundy; their coupling, however
improbable, leads to a very funny din-
ner-table scene with Lindas disap-
proving family.
Of course, underdog Ron has tricks
up his sleeve. Why do we need to tell
the people what they need to hear? he
muses. Why cant we tell them what
they WANT to hear? And theyre off,
satirizing todays infotainment brand
of cable news. Aroutine involving an
endless car chase and, well, Yasser
Arafat (yes, Yasser Arafat) is one of the
more inspired scenes in the lm.
The starry cast also includes Kristen
Wiig, intensely weird as only she can
be. And theres the nale, a news-team
rumble in midtown Manhattan involv-
ing more celebrity cameos than you
ever thought possible. Sacha Baron
Cohen as a BBC anchor? Only the
beginning. Of course, it all feels like
too much.
But you cant have too much of a
good thing, remember?
Anchorman 2: The Legend
Continues, a Paramount Pictures
release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion
Picture Association of America for
crude and sexual content, drug use,
language and comic violence.
Running time: 119 minutes. Three
stars out of four.
MPAA denition of PG-13: Parents
strongly cautioned. Some material
may be inappropriate for children
under 13.
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WEEKEND JOURNAL 23
FRIDAY, DEC. 20
Keeping your emotional bearings
during the holidays. 7:30 a.m. to
8:30 a.m. Crystal Springs Golf Course
Wedgewood Room, 6650 Golf
Course Drive, Burlingame. Dr. Mark
Howard will be speaking on how to
cope with ones emotions during
the holiday season. This event is
sponsored by the Rotary Club of San
Mateo. $15 includes breakfast. For
more information call 515-5891.
Christmas Party with Dancing
with the Swing Shift Band. 10:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. San Bruno Senior
Center, 1555 Crystal Springs Road.
There will be a ham lunch. $5. For
Annual Lego Holiday
Extravaganza. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Museum of American Heritage, 351
Homer Ave., Palo Alto. The Museum
of American Heritage (MOAH), The
Bay Area Lego User Group (BayLUG)
and Bay Area LegoTrain Club
(BayLTC) are co-hosting the 2013-14
Lego Holiday display at MOAH.
Enjoy a variety of Lego creations
made by members of the club, fea-
turing train layouts, Bay Area land-
marks, castles, miniature cities,
sculptures and more. Admission is
$2. Exhibit runs through Jan. 19 on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Red Cross Gift Wrap and Canned
Food Drive. 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. 655
Broadway, Millbrae. Donations are
accepted to help to relief the after-
math of Typhoon Haiyan that had
recently struck the Philippines. They
will also collected new unopened
canned food and new toys. Every
day from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m and week-
ends from noon to 8 p.m. until Dec.
24. Free. For more information email
kchong0728@gmail.com.
Devils Canyon Brewing
Companys Ninth Annual Holiday
Hootenanny. 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Devils Canyon Brewery, 935
Washington St., San Carlos.
Featuring ve bands and two food
trucks. Be sure to bring your own
instrument for open jam sessions.
No cover charge and family friendly.
For more information go to
www.devilscanyonbrewery.com.
Salsa Spot with Grupo Mazacote.
8 p.m. Club Fox, 2209 Broadway,
Redwood City. $15 per person. For
more information call (877) 435-
9849 or go to www.clubfoxrwc.com.
SATURDAY, DEC. 21
Hardly Strictly Blue Oaks. 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Bill and Jean Lane
Education Center at Edgewood
Park, 6 Old Stage Coach Road,
Redwood City. Free. For more infor-
mation email scostabatis@red-
woodcity.org.
Annual Lego Holiday
Christmas Tours. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Plymire-Schwarz House Museum,
519 Grand Ave., S. San Francisco. For
Devils Canyon Brewery Ninth
Annual Holiday Hootenanny. 4
p.m. to 11 p.m. 935 Washington St.,
San Carlos. For more information
call (415) 557-7670.
Bay Pointe Ballets Nutcracker. 4
p.m. San Mateo Performing Arts
Center. 600 N. Delaware St., San
Mateo. $30 to $60. For more infor-
mation www.baypointeballet.org.
Portraits of Christmas. 7 p.m.
Crystal Springs Theatre, 2145
Bunker Hill Drive, San Mateo.
Presented by the Crystal Springs
Players. A series of vignettes to
explore Christmas and its meaning;
dessert potluck follows. Free.
Free Christmas Play. 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. Crystal Springs United
Methodist Church, 2145 Bunker Hill
Drive, San Mateo. Free. For more
information call 345-2381.
Elvin Bishop (Two Full Sets). 8 p.m.
Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood
City. $25 per person. For more infor-
mation call (877) 435-9849 or go to
www.clubfoxrwc.com.
SUNDAY, DEC. 22
A Christmas Music Celebration.
10:30 a.m. Calvary Lutheran Church,
401 Santa Lucia Ave., Millbrae. Free.
For more information call 588-2840.
Childrens Christmas Service.
10:30 a.m. Gloria Dei Lutheran
Church, 2600 Ralston Ave., Belmont.
Celebrate the miracle of Christmas
with our family this year. Free. For
more information go to
www.gdluth.org.
Annual Lego Holiday
Bay Pointe Ballets Nutcracker. 2
p.m. San Mateo Performing Arts
Center. 600 N. Delaware St., San
Mateo. $30 to $60. For more infor-
mation www.baypointeballet.org.
A Downton Abbey Christmas. 2
p.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda
de las Pulgas. A viewing of the
Season 3 Christmas special will be
accompanied by tea and cookies.
Period dress encouraged but not
required. For more information con-
tact conrad@smcl.org.
TUESDAY, DEC. 24
Worship Service. Noon. First
Presbyterian Church of Burlingame,
1500 Easton Drive, Burlingame. The
choir and hand bells will perform
carols and communion will be given.
Free. For more information call 342-
0875.
Christmas Eve Service. 3 p.m.
Central Peninsula Church South
Campus, 1550 Alameda de las
Pulgas, Redwood City. Free. For more
Christmas Eve Service. 3:30 p.m.
and 5:30 p.m. Central Peninsula
Church North Campus, 300
Piedmont Ave., San Bruno. Free. For
Christmas Eve Service. 4 p.m. and 6
p.m. Central Peninsula Church Foster
City Campus, 1005 Shell Blvd., Foster
City. Free. For more information call
349-1132.
Christmas Eve Masses. 4:30 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Saint Roberts Church,
1380 Crystal Springs Road, San
Bruno. Childrens Mass at 4:30 p.m.,
Midnight Mass at 8 p.m. Free. For
Worship Service. 4:30 p.m. First
1500 Easton Drive, Burlingame.
Family service with pageant, praise
band and carols. Free. For more infor-
mation call 342-0875.
Christmas Eve Family Worship. 5
p.m. Hope Lutheran Church, 600 W.
42nd Ave., San Mateo. Join us for
family worship in glowstick candle-
light. Free. For more information call
349-0100.
Celebrate Christmas Eve. 5:30 p.m.
Open Door Church, 4150 Piccadilly
Lane, San Mateo. Family friendly
worship (no childrens program).
Free. For more information go to
mppc.org.
Christmas Eve Worship. 6 p.m.
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 2600
Ralston Ave., Belmont. Celebrate the
miracle of Christmas. Free. For more
information go to www.gdluth.org.
Christmas Eve Service. 7 p.m.
Peninsula Metropolitan Community
Church, 1150 W. Hillsdale Blvd., San
Mateo. The church is an LGBT and
friends community. Free. For more
information call 515-0900 or go to
www.peninsulamcc.org.
Christmas Eve Family Worship. 10
p.m. Hope Lutheran Church, 600 W.
42nd Ave., San Mateo. Festival serv-
ice with a choir and traditional can-
dle lighting. Free. For more informa-
tion call 349-0100.
Worship Service. 10 p.m. First
1500 Easton Drive, Burlingame.
Lamplight service with choir and
instrumentalists. Free. For more
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25
Christmas Day Worship. 7:30 a.m.,
9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Saint
Roberts Church, 1380 Crystal
Springs Road, San Bruno. Free. For
Christmas Day Worship. 10 a.m.
Hope Lutheran Church, 600 W. 42nd
Ave., San Mateo. Worship with a car-
ols setting for Holy Communion.
Free. For more information call 349-
0100.
Christmas Day Worship. 10:30 a.m.
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 2600
Ralston Ave., Belmont. Celebrate the
miracle of Christmas with our family
this year. Free. For more information
go to www.gdluth.org.
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marketplace where independent prac-
tices may not be able to thrive, you
are weeding out doctors and offering
patients far fewer choices. I dont
know that thats going to lead to bet-
ter, more effective patient care,
Saxena said.
With technical difficulties and inac-
curate information about providers on
the Covered California website,
patients who may be considering a
certain insurance plan on the premise
that their doctor will be in network
may be finding out too late that their
chosen plan is not all that it seems to
be, said Dr. Steve Kmucha, an ear,
nose and throat specialist who co-
owns a private practice in northern
San Mateo County.
I think our real dilemma is that a
lot of patients chose their coverage
based on whos in the network so they
can stay with a provider that they like
... if the information is inaccurate,
then how do the patients really
know? Kmucha said.
Kmucha also has a law degree and is
concerned with the lack of govern-
ment oversight after the state passed
off its reform to an independently run
entity, Kmucha said.
Covered California has too much
discretion; it appointed its own board
members, refused to permit the year
extension in accordance with nation-
al legislation and, if rates become
unreasonable, theres little the
California Department of Insurance
can do as legislators didnt grant the
CDI legal authority, Kmucha said.
Its not fair, its not honest, its
certainly not transparent and its not
the way California government usual-
ly operates, Kmucha said.
Not much choice
There are about 25 or 30 different
insurance plans offered in California;
however, San Mateo County residents
are only offered five; Anthem Blue
Cross, Blue Shield of California,
Kaiser, Health Net and Chinese
Community Health Plan, Kmucha
said. If the intention was to create a
capitalistic marketplace to encourage
companies to reduce rates, its not
working. Many of the plans only dif-
fer by $10 or $20 per month, Kmucha
said.
The health care system needs to be
changed and although the ACA has
good intentions, private practition-
ers are being fractioned off by the
weight insurance companies and large
medical groups carry, Saxena said.
If we go out of business, then the
patients that come to us really dont
have a choice and will go to larger
groups . ... The ACA is supposed to
save money, but if the big guys get
bigger and can negotiate higher pay-
ment because they have the clout,
there is no competition, because they
can set the prices, Saxena said.
To become part of an insurance
companys network, doctors must
agree to rates set by the insurance
companies and many are under an all-
or-nothing products clause. Doctors
must see all patients who carry the
insurance brand or they wont be con-
tracted to see any, Saxena said.
Since the new reform, single practi-
tioners have had little force in negoti-
ating rates and many are faced with
the decision to take pay cuts or quit
seeing patients who carry that partic-
ular insurance, Saxena said.
The problem from a physicians
standpoint is we sometimes will sign
contracts that state you have to par-
ticipate in all products that an insur-
ance company decides to offer. So
when the exchange came out, some
doctors received letters from insur-
ance companies that changed their
rates. Some rates are so low that, if
you accept them, youd go out of busi-
ness, Saxena said.
She and her partner are responsible
for 17 employees and have about
5,000 patients, Saxena said. Due to
the health care reform, if she were to
accept the significantly lower pay
rate the insurance companies are
offering, she would be faced with
either losing numerous patients or
cutting down on 30 percent of her
staff, Saxena said.
Add in malpractice insurance,
repayment of student loans, rent and
the general high cost of living in the
Bay Area and it becomes extremely
difficult to support a practice when
insurance companies begin to reduce
payout, Kmucha said.
Lack of clout
Private practitioners dont have the
safety net of a medical foundation to
fall back on and have little clout in
comparison to larger groups such as
Kaiser, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
or Sequoia Hospital, Saxena said.
Negotiating with insurance com-
panies, theres pretty much zero
power on the part of the provider
unless you belong to one of the gar-
gantuan groups. As an independent
practitioner, you dont have the abili-
ty to influence that conversation,
Saxena said.
Doctors under the umbrella of a
large network are likely to be paid
higher since they have a team of
administrators advocating for them,
Kmucha said.
Larger groups, because of their
geographic footprint, because of
their financial footprint, they can
always negotiate bigger rates ... so
they get larger. Its easier to contract
with a pool, insurance companies
dont want to negotiate with a single
doctor, or even an individual patient,
Kmucha said.
Individual doctors at large medical
groups probably arent paying much
attention to insurance offers if the
financial risk is born at the adminis-
trative level. But the safety of a larger
network comes at a price, both
Kmucha and Saxena said.
Because of the expectation of high
volume practice in a large group ...
theres the expectation that you have
to see 30 patients a day. ... The quali-
ty of care really deteriorates and its
just not satisfying. Its not satisfying
for the patient or the doctor, Kmucha
said.
Adoctors ability to take time with
a patient has morphed into the pres-
sure to be productive, to meet a quota
and to see as many patients in a day as
possible, Saxena said. She became a
doctor to help people yet, with little
control over Covered California, she
fears her ability to help her patients
is waning.
Theres a feeling that I signed on
to take care of people and theres a
sense that I have to do whats right,
Saxena said. But its getting harder
and harder for physicians to feel like
they can be a voice for meaningful
change.
samantha@smdailyjournal.com
(650) 344-5200 ext. 106
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13 Greeted warmly
14 Kind of job
15 Popular watches
16 Theater company, briey
17 Mantra chants
18 Ms. Thurman
21 Chipper
23 NASA destination
26 de plume
27 Impose taxes
28 Ranis servant
29 Secretly (2 wds.)
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33 Listless
35 Vassals land
36 Type of ranch
37 Festive night
38 Coast Guard off.
39 Irk
40 Heavy-hearted
41 -tac-toe
42 Tokyo, to shoguns
44 Rock layers
47 Bring to mind
51 Like some grins
52 Double-cross
53 Unable to sit still
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12 Conical tents
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20 Moseys
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2013
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Dont give away
too much of your time or money to a demanding
organization. Additional personal responsibilities may
be inevitable. Maintain your priorities.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) I ts OK to ask
for favors, but make sure to reciprocate. Starting
your own business or get ting involved in a
partnership could lead to success. Now is a great
time to turn dreams into reality.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) You may find
that secret conversations are undermining your
reputation. Keep your thoughts and plans to
yourself for the time being. I ts best to focus only
on what you can accomplish.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Taking a creative path
will increase your earning potential and lead to a new
and exciting enterprise. Follow through on your plans
now is not the time to go only halfway.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your charisma and
energy will draw romantic partners. Be careful not
to exaggerate your interest by saying things that
you dont mean. Take the time to be sure of matters
before making any announcements.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Someone is likely to
meddle in your personal life. If you nd that youre in
need of advice, seek out an impartial outsider, but be
sure to tell them the full story.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Avoid taking
any risks today. Hide your money and avoid
the temptation to make impulse purchases of
household items. Make absolutely sure that any
legal mat ters are handled diligently.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) The home front will
be extremely active today. Make a list and plan your
day carefully in order to avoid setbacks. Make sure to
prioritize whatever needs to be done.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Problems with authority
will crop up at this time. Be as tactful as possible and
avoid antagonizing easily offended parties. You can be
respectful without letting your freedom be infringed.
VIRGO ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Group dynamics
are bound to cause you distress. The only
person who can help you at this time is you. Put
your energy into making sel f-improvements i f
you want to be successful.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Avoid procrastinating
and gossiping with your peers. Focus on completing
your work, and you will be noticed for your hard work
and integrity. Advancement is within reach.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Your partner may
be feeling rejected. You must open up the channels
of communication, or problems will arise. A secret
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25 Friday Dec. 20, 2013 THEDAILYJOURNAL
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Peninsula has an opening for a Account Executive.
The position is responsible for developing new business
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The candidate will effectivel], professionall] and
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Monday thru Saturday, early morning.
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Must have valid license and appropriate insurance
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for meal (no cooking), take care of whole
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We expect a commitment of four to
eight hours a week for at least four
months. The internship is unpaid, but
intelligent, aggressive and talented in-
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203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #258662
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Upnest, 220 Cypress Ave,
#126, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
94080 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Lessthan6percent, Inc, CA.
The business is conducted by a Corpora-
tion. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN.
/s/ Simon Ron /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 11/26/2013. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
11/29/13, 12/06/13, 12/13/13, 12/20/13).
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Fictitious Business Name Statements, Trustee
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Change, Probate, Notice of Adoption, Divorce
Summons, Notice of Public Sales, and More.
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203 Public Notices
CASE# CIV 525172
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
CarolElizabeth Nericcio
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner, Carol Eliabeth Nericcio filed a
petition with this court for a decree
changing name as follows:
Present name: Carol ElizabethNericcio
Propsed Name: Carolena Elizabeth Ner-
iccio-Bohlman
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear be-
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
sons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing. A HEARING on
the petition shall be held on January 3,
2014 at 9 a.m., Dept. PJ, Room , 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 pri-
or to the date set for hearing on the peti-
tion in the following newspaper of gener-
al circulation: Daily Journal
Filed: 11/21/ 2013
/s/ Robert D. Foiles /
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 11/18/2013
(Published, 11/28/13, 12/05/2013,
12/12/2013, 12/19/2013)
CASE# CIV 525474
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
Kaveh Moghaddami
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner, Kaveh Moghaddami filed a
petition with this court for a decree
changing name as follows:
Present name: Kaveh Moghaddami
Propsed Name: Kaven McAdami
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear be-
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
sons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing. A HEARING on
the petition shall be held on February 4,
2014 at 9 a.m., Dept. PJ, Room , 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 pri-
or to the date set for hearing on the peti-
tion in the following newspaper of gener-
al circulation: Daily Journal
Filed: 12/18/ 2013
/s/ Robert D. Foiles /
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 12/17/2013
(Published, 12/20/13, 12/27/2013,
01/03/2013, 01/10/2013)
203 Public Notices
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-
EN that San Bruno Park
School District, State of Cali-
fornia, calls for sealed pro-
posals Wireless Data Net-
working Infrastructure
Equipment Purchase, RFP
No. 13-12-05 to be delivered
to the Business Office, 500
Acacia Avenue, San Bruno,
CA 94066. The deadline
for submitting proposals is
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at
3:00 p.m. at which time and
place said proposals will be
opened. Faxed or emailed
proposals will not be accept-
ed.
RFPs shall be in accord-
ance with the specifications
for the same, which are on
file with the Chief Business
Officer at the office address
listed above. RFP docu-
ment will be available at San
Bruno Park School District,
500 Acacia Avenue, San
Bruno, CA 94066, Steven J.
Eichman, Chief Business
Officer. Inquiries regarding
this proposal should be di-
rected to Cecille Mendiola,
Administrative Assistant to
Chief Business Officer,
Email:
cmendiola@sbpsd.k12.ca.u
s or FAX: (650-624-3168).
Reference RFP No. 13-12-
05 on all inquiries.
The Governing Board re-
serves the right to reject any
and all proposals and any
and all items of such pro-
posals. This RFP shall be
subject to any and all laws,
regulations and standards.
STATEMENT #258624
The following person is doing business
as: Bruch Construction Company, 2995
Woodside Rd. Ste. 400, WOODSIDE,
CA 94062 is hereby registered by the fol-
lowing owner: Sheila Tilden, same ad-
dress. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced to
/s/ Sheila Tilden/
12/06/13, 12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13).
STATEMENT #258853
as: Master Mechanics & Smog, 400 Pen-
insula Ave. SAN MATEO, CA 94401 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Abdul Riyaaz, 701 Howe St., San Mateo,
CA 94401. The business is conducted by
an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN N/A.
/s/ Abdul Riyaaz /
12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13).
203 Public Notices
STATEMENT #258467
as: Titan Insurance Sales, 553-B El Ca-
mino Real, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
CA 94080 is hereby registered by the fol-
lowing owner: Titan Auto Insurance of
New Mexico, Inc., OH. The business is
conducted by a Corporation. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN 01/12/2007.
/s/ David G. Arango /
12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13).
STATEMENT #258744
as: MGM Beauty Salon, 250 Myrtle Rd.
BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Maria
Mendez, 24972 Lucien Way, Hayward,
CA 94544. The business is conducted
by an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN .
/s/ Maria Mendez /
12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13, 01/10/14).
STATEMENT #258281
as: Brow Art 23, 1150 El Camino Real,
Ste. 6503, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Perfect Brow Art, Inc, Il. The business is
conducted by a Corporation. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN.
/s/ Elizabeth Porinos Gorgees /
12/06/13, 12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13).
STATEMENT #258710
as: Avocauto, 1590 Rollins Rd., BURLIN-
GAME, CA 94010 is hereby registered
by the following owner: Elliot Schaffer,
831 Eucalyptus Ave., Burlingame, CA
94010. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced to
/s/ Elliot Schaffer /
12/06/13, 12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13).
STATEMENT #258756
as: I Prive, 1125 Burlingame Ave., BUR-
LINGAME, CA 94010 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner: I Sushi JD
& co. LLC, CA. The business is conduct-
ed by a Limited Liability Company. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN .
/s/ Stanley Chan /
12/06/13, 12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13).
STATEMENT #258834
as: Quick Stop Shop, 3800 S. El Camino
Real, SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Gary
and Evlin, Inc, CA. The business is con-
ducted by a Corporation. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN.
/s/ Gabriel Khoury /
12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13).
203 Public Notices
STATEMENT #258824
as: Hapag Pilipino, 33 St. Francis
Square, DALY CITY, CA 94015 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Gold-
en Jays, Inc, CA. The business is con-
ducted by a Corporation. The registrants
the FBN N/A.
/s/ Alvin Lucas/
12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13).
STATEMENT #258870
as: SSF Wash and Dry, 243 Hillside
Blvd., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
94080 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: SPMAX, Inc, CA. The busi-
ness is conducted by a Corporation. The
ness under the FBN .
/s/ Larisa Podokshik /
12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13).
STATEMENT #258698
as: My Mommas Helper, 1712 Davis Dr.
BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Celeste
Cacioppo Oneill same address. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN 12/12/2013.
/s/ Celeste Oneill /
12/13/13, 12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13).
STATEMENT #258923
as: BLOCK 34, 34 E 4th Avenue, SAN
MATEO, CA 94401 is hereby registered
by the following owner: Manxela Ven-
tures, Inc. CA. The business is conduct-
ed by an Individual. The registrants
the FBN 12/18/1970.
/s/ Alex Anderman /
12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13, 01/10/14).
STATEMENT #258772
as: Goalogolf, 219 Portola Rd., MENLO
PARK, CA 94028, is hereby registered
by the following owner: Ashvin Sangor-
am, same address. The business is con-
ducted by an Individual. The registrants
the FBN 12/18/1970.
/s/ Ashvin Sangoram /
12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13, 01/10/14).
STATEMENT #258903
as: World Energy Innovotion Forum, 36
Oak Creek Ln., SAN CARLOS, CA
94070, is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Murielew, Inc, CA. The busi-
ness is conducted by a Corporation. The
ness under the FBN Oct. 23, 2013.
/s/ Ira Echrenpreis /
12/20/13, 12/27/13, 01/03/13, 01/10/14).
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
TS No. 12-0022638
Title Order No. 12-0038285
APN No. 035-096-140
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A
DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/13/2005.
UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-
TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-
TURE OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-
TACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby giv-
en that RECONTRUST COMPANY,
N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant
to the Deed of Trust executed by KAMI-
PELI FINAU, AND ATELIANA FINAU,
HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TEN-
ANTS, dated 12/13/2005 and recorded
12/21/2005, as Instrument No. 2005-
221800, in Book N/A, Page N/A, of Offi-
cial Records in the office of the County
Recorder of San Mateo County, State of
California, will sell on 12/31/2013 at
1:00PM, San Mateo Events Center 2495
S. Delaware Street Auction.com Room
203 Public Notices
San Mateo CA 94403 at public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash or check as
described below, payable in full at time of
sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed
to and now held by it under said Deed of
Trust, in the property situated in said
County and State and as more fully de-
scribed in the above referenced Deed of
Trust. The street address and other
common designation, if any, of the real
property described above is purported to
be: 1303 COBB STREET, SAN MATEO,
CA, 944013617. The undersigned Trust-
ee disclaims any liability for any incor-
rectness of the street address and other
common designation, if any, shown here-
in. The total amount of the unpaid bal-
ance with interest thereon of the obliga-
tion secured by the property to be sold
plus reasonable estimated costs, ex-
penses and advances at the time of the
initial publication of the Notice of Sale is
$684,890.03. It is possible that at the
time of sale the opening bid may be less
than the total indebtedness due. In addi-
tion to cash, the Trustee will accept
cashier's checks drawn on a state or na-
tional bank, a check drawn by a state or
federal credit union, or a check drawn by
a state or federal savings and loan asso-
ciation, savings association, or savings
bank specified in Section 5102 of the Fi-
nancial Code and authorized to do busi-
ness in this state. Said sale will be made,
in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without cove-
nant or warranty, express or implied, re-
garding title, possession or encumbran-
ces, to satisfy the indebtedness secured
by said Deed of Trust, advances there-
under, with interest as provided, and the
unpaid principal of the Note secured by
said Deed of Trust with interest thereon
as provided in said Note, plus fees,
charges and expenses of the Trustee
and of the trusts created by said Deed of
Trust. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-
DERS 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 a 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 in-
vestigate the existence, priority, and size
of outstanding liens that may exist on this
property by contacting the county record-
er'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 lender may hold more than one
mortgage or deed of trust on the proper-
ty. 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 trust-
ee sale postponements be made availa-
ble to you and to the public, as a courte-
sy 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 1-800-281-
8219 or visit this Internet Web site
www.recontrustco.com, using the file
number assigned to this case 12-
0022638. Information about postpone-
ments 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 Inter-
net Web site. The best way to verify
postponement information is to attend
the scheduled sale. DATED:
06/22/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY,
N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-
01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063
Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281-8219
By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECON-
TRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt col-
lector attempting to collect a debt. Any
information obtained will be used for that
203 Public Notices
purpose. FEI # 1006.166293 12/06,
12/13, 12/20/2013
210 Lost & Found
LOST AFRICAN GRAY PARROT -
(415)377-0859 REWARD!
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
LOST GOLD Cross at Carlmont Shop-
ping Cente, by Lunardis market
(Reward) (415)559-7291
LOST ON Sunday 03/10/13, a Bin of
Documents on Catalpa Ave., in
San Mateo. REWARD, (650)450-3107
LOST SET OF CAR KEYS near Millbrae
Post Office on June 18, 2013, at 3:00
p.m. Reward! Call (650)692-4100
LOST: SMALL diamond cross, silver
necklace with VERY sentimental
meaning. Lost in San Mateo 2/6/12
(650)578-0323.
REWARD!! LOST DOG - 15LB All White
Dog, needs meds, in the area of Oaknoll
RWC on 3/23/13, (650)400-1175
295 Art
ART: 5 prints, nude figures, 14 x 18,
signed Andrea Medina, 1980s. $40/all.
650-345-3277
296 Appliances
AMANA HTM outdoor furnace heat ex-
changer,new motor, pump, electronics.
Model ERGW0012. 80,000 BTU $50.
(650)342-7933
COIN-OP GAS DRYER - $100.,
(650)948-4895
ELECTRIC DRYER (Kenmore) asking
$95, good condition! (650)579-7924
296 Appliances
FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC stove, $285. as
new! (650)430-6556
GAS STOVE (Magic Chef) asking $95,
good condition! (650)579-7924
LEAN MEAN Fat Grilling Machine by
George Foreman. $15 (650)832-1392
LG WASHER/ DRYER in one. Excellent
condition, new hoses, ultracapacity,
7 cycle, fron load, $600, (650)290-0954
MAYTAG WALL oven, 24x24x24, ex-
cellent condition, $50 obo, (650)345-
5502
PREMIER GAS stove. $285. As new!
(650)430-6556
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
ROTISSERIE GE, IN-door or out door,
Holds large turkey 24 wide, Like new,
$80, OBO (650)344-8549
SANYO MINI REFRIGERATOR- $40.,
(415)346-6038
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
SMALL REFRIGERATOR great for of-
fice or studio apartment . Good condition
$40.00 (650)504-6058
SUNBEAM TOASTER -Automatic, ex-
cellent condition, $30., (415)346-6038
VACUUM CLEANER excellent condition
$45. (650)878-9542
297 Bicycles
GIRLS SCHWINN Bike 24 5 speed in
very good condition $75 (650)591-3313
298 Collectibles
101 MINT Postage Stamps from Eu-
rope, Africa, Latin America. Pre 1941,
All different . $6.00, (650)787-8600
120 Foreign (70), U.S. (50) USED Post-
age Stamps. Most pre-World War II. All
different, all detached from envelopes.
$5.00 all, 650-787-8600
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
1982 PRINT 'A Tune Off The Top Of My
Head' 82/125 $80 (650) 204-0587
2 VINTAGE Light Bulbs circa 1905. Edi-
son Mazda Lamps. Both still working -
$50 (650)-762-6048
4 NOLAN RYAN - Uncut Sheets, Rare
Gold Cards $90 (650)365-3987
400 YEARBOOKS - Sports Illustrated
Sports Book 70-90s $90 all (650)365-
3987
ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pock-
ets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858
BAY MEADOWS bag - $30.each,
(650)345-1111
BEAUTIFUL RUSTIE doll Winter Bliss w/
stole & muffs, 23, $50. OBO,
(650)754-3597
BOX OF 2000 Sports Cards, 1997-2004
years, $20 (650)592-2648
CASINO CHIP Collection Original Chips
from various casinos $99 obo
(650)315-3240
COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters
uncirculated with Holder $15/all,
(408)249-3858
JAPANESE MOTIF end table, $99
(650)520-9366
JOE MONTANA signed authentic retire-
ment book, $39., (650)692-3260
MEMORABILIA CARD COLLECTION,
large collection, Marilyn Monroe, James
Dean, John Wayne and hundreds more.
$3,300/obo.. Over 50% off
(650)319-5334.
SCHILLER HIPPIE poster, linen, Sparta
graphics 1968. Mint condition. $600.00.
(650)701-0276
TATTOO ARTIST - Norman Rockwell
figurine, limited addition, $90.,
(650)766-3024
TEA POTS - (6) collectables, good con-
dition, $10. each, (650)571-5899
TRIPOD - Professional Quality used in
1930s Hollywood, $99, obo
(650)363-0360
UNIQUE, FRAMED to display, original
Nevada slot machine glass plate. One of
a kind. $50. 650-762-6048
300 Toys
14 HOTWHEELS - Redline, 32
Ford/Mustang/Corv. $90 all (650)365-
3987
66 CHEVELLE TOY CAR, Blue collecti-
ble. $12. (415)337-1690
LEGO - unopened, Monster truck trans-
porter, figures, 299 pieces, ages 5-12.
$27.00 (650)578-9208
MAHJONG SET 166 tiles in case good
condition $35.00 call 650-570-602
PINK BARBIE 57 Chevy Convertible
28" long (sells on E-Bay for $250) in box
$99 (650)591-9769
RADIO CONTROL car; Jeep with off
road with equipment $99 OBO
(650)851-0878
TONKA EXCAVATOR, two arms move,
articulated,only $22 (650)595-3933
TOY - Barney interactive activity, musical
learning, talking, great for the car, $16.
obo, (650)349-6059
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85.
(415)565-6719
ANTIQUE BEVEL MIRROR - framed,
14 x 21, carved top, $45.,
(650)341-7890
ANTIQUE CRYSTAL/ARCADE Coffee
Grinder. $80. 650-596-0513
ANTIQUE ITALIAN lamp 18 high, $70
(650)387-4002
ANTIQUE OLD Copper Wash Tub, 30 x
12 x 13 with handles, $65 (650)591-3313
ANTIQUE WASHING MACHINE - some
rust on legs, rust free drum and ringer.
$45/obo, (650)574-4439
BOX FULL TOYS Original Pkg., 40s -
50s, $90 for all (650)365-3987
MAHOGANY ANTIQUE Secretary desk,
72 x 40 , 3 drawers, Display case, bev-
elled glass, $500. (650)766-3024
OLD VINTAGE Wooden Sea Captains
Tool Chest 35 x 16 x 16, $65 (650)591-
3313
STERLING SILVER loving cup 10" circa
with walnut base 1912 $65
(650)520-3425
303 Electronics
27 SONY TRINITRON TV - great condi-
tion, rarely used, includes remote, not flat
screen, $65., (650)357-7484
32 FLAT SCREEN TV - Slightly Used.
HDMI 1080, $100 (650)283-0396
46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
AUTO TOP hoist still in box
$99.00 or best offer (650)493-9993
BIG SONY TV 37" - Excellent Condition
Worth $2300 will Sacrifice for only $95.,
(650)878-9542
BLACKBERRY PHONE good condition
$99.00 or best offer (650)493-9993
DVD PLAYER, $25. Call (650)558-0206
FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767
HOME THEATRE SYSTEM - 3 speak-
ers, woofer, DVD player, USB connec-
tion, $80., (714)818-8782
IPHONE GOOD condition $99.00 or best
offer (650)493-9993
LEFT-HAND ERGONOMIC keyboard
with 'A-shape' key layout Num pad, $20
(650)204-0587
NIKON FG SLR body w 3 Vivitar zoom
lenses 28-70mm. 28-219 & 85-205, Ex-
cell Xond $ 99 SOLD!
PHILLIPS ENERGY STAR 20 color TV
with remote. Good condition, $20
(650)888-0129
SAMSUNG 27" TV Less than 6 months
old, with remote. Moving must sell
$100.00 (650) 995-0012
SAMSUNG, FLAT screenTV, 32 like
new! With Memorex DVD player, $185
(650)274-4337
SET OF 3 wireless phones all for $50
(650)342-8436
SLIDE PROJECTOR Air Equipped Su-
per 66 A and screen $30 for all
(SOLD
SONY PROJECTION TV 48" with re-
mote good condition $99 (650)345-1111
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
304 Furniture
2 TWIN Mattresses - Like New - $35
each , OBO (650)515-2605
ALASKAN SCENE painting 40" high 53"
wide includes matching frame $99 firm
(650)592-2648
ANODYZED BRONZE ETEGERE Tall
bankers rack. Beautiful style; for plants
flowers sculptures $70 (415)585-3622
BBQ GRILL, Ducane, propane $90
(650)591-4927
BRASS DAYBED - Beautiful, $99.,
(650)365-0202
CHAIRS 2 Blue Good Condition $50
OBO (650)345-5644
CHANDELIER, ELEGANT, $75.
(650)348-6955
CHINA CABINET, 53 x 78 wooden
with glass. Good shape. $120 obo.
(650)438-0517
CHINESE LACQUERED cabinet, 2
shelves and doors. Beautiful. 23 width 30
height 11 depth $75 (650)591-4927
DINING ROOM SET - table, four chairs,
lighted hutch, $500. all, (650)296-3189
DINNING ROOM table with chairs excel-
lent condition like new. $99.00 (650)504-
6058
DISPLAY CABINET 72x 21 x39 1/2
High Top Display, 2 shelves in rear $99
(650)591-3313
DRESSER - 6 drawer 61" wide, 31" high,
& 18" deep $50 SOLD
DRESSERlarge, $55. Call
(650)558-0206
DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condi-
tion, nice design, with storage, $45.,
(650)345-1111
END TABLE, medium large, with marble
top. and drawer. $60 or best offer,
(650)681-7061
EZ CHAIR, large, $15. Call (650)558-
0206
FLAT TOP DESK, $35.. Call (650)558-
0206
I-JOY MASSAGE chair, exc condition
$95 (650)591-4927
KING SIZE Brass bed frame. $200 OBO
(650)368-6674
KITCHEN CABINETS - 3 metal base
kitchen cabinets with drawers and wood
doors, $99., (650)347-8061
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
MATCHING RECLINER, SOFA & LOVE
SEAT - Light multi-colored fabric, $95.
for all, (650)286-1357
MIRRORS, large, $25. Call
(650)558-0206
MODULAR DESK/BOOKCASE/STOR-
AGE unit - Cherry veneer, white lami-
nate, $75., (650)888-0039
NATURAL WOOD table 8' by 4' $99
(650)515-2605
OUTDOOR WOOD SCREEN - NEW $85
RETAIL $130 (650)873-8167
PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions
$45. each set, (650)347-8061
PATIO TABLE with 4 chairs, glass top,
good condition 41 in diameter $95
(650)591-4927
PEDESTAL SINK $25 (650)766-4858
PORTABLE JEWELRY display case
wood, see through lid $45. 25 x 20 x 4 in-
ches. (650)592-2648.
QUEEN SIZE Hide a Bed, Like new
$275, SOLD
RECLINER CHAIR very comfortable
coast $600.00 sacrifice $80.00
(650)504-6058
RECLINING CHAIR, almost new, Beige
$100 SOLD
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
ROCKING CHAIR Great condition,
1970s style, dark brown, wooden,
suede cushion, photo availble, $99.,
(650)716-3337
ROCKING CHAIR w/wood carving, arm-
rest, rollers, swivels $99, (650)592-2648
SEWING TABLE, folding, $20. Call
(650)558-0206
SHELVING UNIT from IKEA interior
metal, glass nice condition $50/obo.
(650)589-8348
SOFA 7-1/2' $25 (650)322-2814
SOFA EXCELLENT CONDITION. 8FT
NEUTRAL COLOR $99 OBO (650)345-
5644
SOFA PASTEL color excellent
condition $99 (650)701-1892
STEREO CABINET walnut w/3 black
shelves 16x 22x42. $30, 650-341-5347
TEA / UTILITY CART, $15. (650)573-
7035, (650)504-6057
TEACART - Wooden, $60. obo,
(650)766-9998
TOWER BOOK Shelf, white 72 tall x 13
wide, $20 (650)591-3313
TRUNDLE BED - Single with wheels,
$40., (650)347-8061
TV STAND brown. $40.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012
TV STAND, with shelves, holds large TV,
very good condition. $90. (650)573-7035,
(650)504-6057.
TWINE BED including frame good con-
dition $45.00 (650)504-6058
304 Furniture
WALL CLOCK - 31 day windup, 26
long, $99 (650)592-2648
WHITE 5 Drawer dresser.Excellent con-
dition. Moving. Must sell $90.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012
WICKER DRESSER, white, 3 drawers,
exc condition 31 width 32 height 21.5
depth $35 (650)591-4927
WOOD BOOKCASE unit - good condi-
tion $65.00 (650)504-6058
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
28" by 15" by 1/4" thick glass shelves,
cost $35 each sell at $15 ea. Three avail-
able, Call (650)345-5502
BRADFORD COLLECTOR Plates THAI
(Asian) - $35 (650)348-6955
CANNING POTS, two 21 quart with lids,
$5 each. (650)322-2814
COFFEE MAKER, Makes 4 cups $12,
(650)368-3037
DRIVE MEDICAL design locking elevat-
ed toilet seat. New. $45. (650)343-4461
GAS STOVE - Roper, Oven w 4 Burners,
good condition $95 (650)515-2605
HOUSE HEATER Excellent condition.
Works great. Must sell. $30.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012
KIRBY VACUUM cleaner good condition
with extras $90 OBO SOLD!01976533
MANGLE-SIMPLEX FLOOR model,
Working, $20 (650)344-6565
MONOPOLY GAME - rules, plastic real
estate, metal counters, all cards and pa-
per money $10 (650)574-3229
PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including
spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated.
$100. (650) 867-2720
PUSH LAWN MOWER - very good
condition $25., (650)580-3316
SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack
with turntable $60. (650)592-7483
VACUMN EXCELLENT condition. Works
great.Moving. Must sell. $35.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012
VINTAGE VICTORIAN cotton lawn
dress, - $65. (650)348-6955
307 Jewelry & Clothing
BRACELET - Ladies authentic Murano
glass from Italy, vibrant colors, like new,
$100., (650)991-2353 Daly City
LADIES GLOVES - gold lame' elbow
length gloves, size 7.5, $15. new,
(650)868-0436
PRO DIVER Invicta Watch. Brand new in
box, $60. (650)290-0689
308 Tools
BOSTITCH 16 gage Finish nailer Model
SB 664FN $99 (650)359-9269
CEMENT/ CONCRETE hand mixing box
Like New, metal $25 (650)368-0748
CRACO 395 SP-PRO, electronic paint
sprayer.Commercial grade. Used only
once. $600/obo. (650)784-3427
CRAFTMAN JIG Saw 3.9 amp. with vari-
able speeds $65 (650)359-9269
CRAFTMAN RADIAL SAW, with cabinet
stand, $200 Cash Only, (650)851-1045
CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450
RPM $60 (650)347-5373
CRAFTSMAN 9" Radial Arm Saw with 6"
dado set. No stand. $55 (650)341-6402
DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power
1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373
LAWN MOWER reel type push with
height adjustments. Just sharpened $45
650-591-2144 San Carlos
LOG CHAIN (HEAVY DUTY) 14' $75
(650)948-0912
NEW 18VOLT Drill/Driver w/ light,
warranty, only $29.99 (650)595-3933
PUSH LAWN mower $25 (650)851-0878
ROLLING STEEL Ladder10 steps, Like
New. $475 obo, (650)333-4400
TOOL BOX full of tools. Moving must
sell. $100.00 (650) 995-0012
309 Office Equipment
CANON COPIER, $55. Call
(650)558-0206
DESK - 7 drawer wood desk, 5X2X2.5'
$25., (650)726-9658
310 Misc. For Sale
1 PAIR of matching outdoor planting pots
$20., (650)871-7200
16 BOOKS on Histoy if WWII Excllent
condition $95 all obo, (650)345-5502
2 FLOWER pots with Gardenia's both for
$20 (650)369-9762
4 IN 1 STERO UNIT. CD player broken.
$20., (650)834-4926
70 BAMBOO POLES - 6 to 12ft. long
$40. for all can deliver, (415)346-6038
Alkaline GRAVITY WATER SYSTEM - ,
PH Balance water, anti-oxident proper-
ties, new, $100., (650)619-9203.
ALUMINUM WINDOWS - (10)double
pane, different sizes, $10. each,
(415)819-3835
ANTIQUE CAMEL BACK TRUNK -wood
lining. (great toy box) $99.,
(650)580-3316
ANTIQUE KILIM RUNNER woven zig
zag design 7' by 6" by 4' $99.,
(650)580-3316
ARTS & CRAFTS variety, $50
(650)368-3037
310 Misc. For Sale
ANTIQUE LANTERN Olde Brooklyn lan-
terns, battery operated, safe, new in box,
$100, (650)726-1037
ARTIFICIAL FICUS TREE 6 ft. life like,
full branches. in basket $55. (650)269-
3712
BALANCING SANTA, Mint condition,
Santa rocks back/forth, 20 in high, sturdy
metal, snowman, chimney, $12.00
(650)578-9208
BLACK LEATHER Organizer, Unop-
ened, Any Year, Cell Holder, Wallet, Cal-
ender., In Box $12 (650)578-9208
BLUETOOTH WITH CHARGER - like
new, $20., (415)410-5937
BODY BY JAKE AB Scissor Exercise
Machine w/instructions. $50.00
(650)637-0930
BOOK "LIFETIME" WW1 $12.,
(408)249-3858
BUFFET CENTERPIECE: Lalique style
crystal bowl. For entre, fruit, or dessert
$20 (415)585-3622
CHEESESET 6 small and 1 large plate
Italian design never used Ceramica Cas-
tellania $25. (650)644-9027
COPPERLIKE CENTERPIECE, unused
oval, 18 inches high, x 22 x 17,$10.00
(650)578-9208
DOWN PILLOW; Fully Stuffed, sterilized,
allergy-free ticking. Mint Condition $25
(650)375-8044
DRAIN CLEANER Snake 6' long,
new/unused only $5 (650)595-3933
DVD'S TV programs 24 4 seasons $20
ea. (650)952-3466
ELECTRIC IMPACT wrench sockets
case warranty $39.95 (650)595-3933
ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good
condition $50., (650)878-9542
EXOTIC EROTIC Ball SF & Mardi gras 2
dvd's $25 ea. (415)971-7555
EXTENDED BATH BENCH - never
used, $45. obo, (650)832-1392
FRONT LOADER, bucket & arm move,
articulated $12.50 (650)595-3933
FULL SIZE quilted Flowerly print green &
print $25 (650)871-7200
GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
used $8., (408)249-3858
GOURMET SET for cooking on your ta-
ble. European style. $15 (650)644-9027
GRANDFATHER CLOCK with bevel
glass in front and sides (650)355-2996
HARDCOVER MYSTERY BOOKS -
Current authors, $2. each (10),
(650)364-7777
HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone, per-
fect condition, $65., (650) 867-2720
HUMAN HAIR Wigs, (4) Black hair, $90
all (650)624-9880
ICE CHEST $15 (650)347-8061
IGLOO COOLER - 3 gallon beverage
cooler, new, still in box, $15.,
(650)345-3840
JAPANESE SAKE Set, unused, boxes,
Geisha design on carafe and 2 sake
cups, $7.00 (650)578-9208
JONATHAN KELLERMAN - Hardback
books, (5) $3. each, (650)341-1861
K9 ADVANTIX - for dogs 21-55 lbs.,
repels and kills fleas and ticks, $60.,
(650)343-4461
KENNESAW ORIGINAL salute cannon
$30. (650)726-1037
LAMPSHADE - Shantung, bell shaped,
off white, 9 tall, 11 diameter, great con-
dition, $7., (650)347-5104
LANDSCAPE PICTURES (3) hand
painted 25" long 21" wide, wooden
frame, $60 for all 3, (650)201-9166
LAWN CHAIRS (4) White, plastic, $8.
each, (415)346-6038
LITTLE PLAYMATE by IGLOO-10"x10",
cooler includes 2 icepaks, 1 cooler pack
$20 (650)574-3229
MANUAL LAWN mower ( by Scott Turf )
never used $65 (650)756-7878
MARTEX BATH TOWELS(3) 26"x49",
watermelon color $15 (650)574-3229
MARTEX HAND TOWEL(5) 15"x28", wa-
termelon color $10 (650)574-3229
MEDICINE CABINET - 18 X 24, almost
new, mirror, $20., (650)515-2605
MENS LEATHER travel bags (2), used
$25 each.(650)322-2814
310 Misc. For Sale
MERITAGE PICNIC Time Wine and
Cheese Tote - new black $45
(650)644-9027
MIRROR 41" by 29" Hardrock maple
frame $90 OBO (650)593-8880
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
OBLONG SECURITY mirror 24" by 15"
$75 (650)341-7079
OUTDOOR GREENHOUSE. Handmade.
33" wide x 20 inches deep. 64.5 " high.
$70.00 (650)871-7200
OVAL MIRROR $10 (650)766-4858
PET CARRIER Excellent Condition Very
Clean Size small "Petaire" Brand
$50.00 (650)871-7200
PILGRIM DOLLS, 15 boy & girl, new,
from Harvest Festival, adorable $25 650-
345-3277
PRINCESS PLANT 6' tall in bloom pot-
ted $15 (415)346-6038
QUEENSIZE BEDSPREAD w/2 Pillow
Shams (print) $30.00 (650)341-1861
RED DEVIL VACUUM CLEANER - $25.,
(650)593-0893
REVERSIBLE KING BEDSPREAD bur-
gundy; for the new extra deep beds. New
$60 (415)585-3622
RICHARD NORTH Patterson 5 Hard-
back Books @$3.00 each (650)341-1861
ROGERS' BRAND stainless steel steak
knife: $15 (415)585-3622
SCREWDRIVERS, SET of 6 sealed
pack, warranty only $5 (650)595-3933
SET OF 11 Thomas registers 1976 mint
condition $25 (415)346-6038
SF GREETING CARDS -(300 with enve-
lopes) factory sealed, $10 (650)365-3987
SHOWER DOOR custom made 48 x 69
$70 (650)692-3260
SINGER SEWING machine 1952 cabinet
style with black/gold motor. $35.
(650)574-4439
STEP 2 sandbox Large with cover $25
(650)343-4329
TRAVIS MCGEE (Wikipedia) best mys-
teries 18 classic paperbacks for $25.
Steve (650) 518-6614
TWIN BEDDING: 2 White Spreads,
Dust-Ruffles, Shams. Pink Blanket,
Fit/flat sheets, pillows ALL $60 (650)375-
8044
TWIN SIZE quilt Nautica, New. Yellow,
White, Black Trim San Marino" pattern
$40 Firm (650)871-7200.
VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the
Holidays, $25., (650) 867-2720
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
W still in box $45., (408)249-3858
VINTAGE WHITE Punch Bowl/Serving
Bowl Set with 10 cups plus one extra
$40. (650)873-8167
VINYL SHOWER CURTAIN
black/gold/white floral on aqua $10
(650)574-3229
WALKER - brand new, $20., SSF,
(415)410-5937
WEST AFRICAN hand carved tribal
masks - $25 (650)348-6955
WHEEL CHAIR asking $75 OBO
(650)834-2583
WOMEN'S LADY Cougar gold iron set
set - $25. (650)348-6955
311 Musical Instruments
ACOUSTIC GUITAR no brand $65
(650)348-6428
FENDER BASSMAN 25 watt Bass am-
plifier. $50. 650-367-8146
GULBRANSEN BABY GRAND PIANO -
Appraised @$5450., want $3500 obo,
(650)343-4461
HAMMOND B-3 Organ and 122 Leslie
Speaker. Excellent condition. $8,500. pri-
vate owner, (650)349-1172
K MANDOLIN - A Style, 19402 with
Case, $50 firm SOLD!
NEAPOLITAN MANDOLIN With case
sounds good $75 SOLD!
OLD USED Tube Amplifer, working con-
dition $25 SOLD!
SHERMAN CLAY Player Piano, with 104
player rolls, $1000, (650)579-1259
UKULELE STILL in box unused, no
brand $35 SOLD!
ACROSS
1 *A bar of wood or
iron (one of nine
starred
clues/answers
that appear here
exactly as they
did in the first
crossword
puzzle)
5 Assuming that
9 Disastrous
14 Dashiell Hammett
dog
15 It may follow
eleven
16 Dumb
17 Feature of the first
crossword puzzle,
seen in 56-Across
on 12/21/1913
20 Red Cross supply
21 Fix, as a knot
22 Opinion
23 Letter string
25 Agents clients
29 D.C.s __ Mall
32 What some pros
shoot
33 Spice Girl __ B
34 Pianist
Templeton
35 *A talon
36 Like the first
crossword puzzle
39 Short warning
40 Quart, e.g.
41 Speaker systs.
42 Ab __: initially
43 Reinforcing
construction
piece
45 Like some tea
47 Not fast
48 Site of the
George W. Bush
presidential
library
51 Chan player
54 The doors open
56 See 17-Across
60 __ pants (baggy
womens
trousers)
61 Youngest Wilcox
child in Howards
End
62 *To govern
63 New Eng.
campus
64 Go fast
65 Arabic for
commander
DOWN
1 Woodworking
tools
2 Refuges
3 Possibly
4 Takes off
5 Whole
6 With 8-Down, as
a welcome
change
7 Bon __
8 See 6-Down
9 Of a son or
daughter
10 Broadway
supporter
11 Paving substance
12 Wheel of
Fortune buy
13 Took by the hand
18 Preserve, in a way
19 Stick on
24 Two-time Oscar
winner Wiest
26 Sporting weapons
27 *An aromatic
plant
28 Crowd at Lake
Como?
29 In order
30 Number from the
past
31 Baby Ruth maker
33 Unimportant
35 *Part of a ship
36 *A bird
37 Not allow
38 This Is 40
director Judd
39 *The fibre of the
gomuti palm
43 __ Lot: King
novel
44 Broadway
supporter
46 2002 Alice Sebold
best-seller The
Lovely __
48 Flu fighter
49 Pops __ Vanilli
50 Hypnotized
52 Putin put-down?
53 *A pigeon
55 *Opposed to
less
56 Calendar abbr.
57 One acting
badly
58 Time worth
remembering
59 Small inlet
By David J. Kahn
(c)2013 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
12/20/13
12/20/13
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
xwordeditor@aol.com
312 Pets & Animals
BAMBOO BIRD Cage - very intricate de-
sign - 21"x15"x16". $50 (650)341-6402
315 Wanted to Buy
GO GREEN!
We Buy GOLD
You Get The
$ Green $
Millbrae Jewelers
Est. 1957
400 Broadway - Millbrae
650-697-2685
316 Clothes
AUTHENTIC PERUVIAN VICUNA PON-
CHO: 56 square. Red, black trim, knot-
ted fringe hem. $99 (650)375-8044
BLACK Leather pants Mrs. made in
France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975
BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great
condition $99. (650)558-1975
HOODED ALL-WEATHER JACKET:
reversible. Outer: weatherproof tan color.
Iner: Navy plush, elastic cuffs. $10
(650)375-8044
LADIES COAT Medium, dark lavender
$25 (650)368-3037
LADIES DONEGAL design 100% wool
cap from Wicklow, Ireland, $20. Call
(650)341-8342
LADIES FAUX FUR COAT - Satin lining,
size M/L, $100. obo, (650)525-1990
LADIES FUR Jacket (fake) size 12 good
condition $30 (650)692-3260
LADIES WINTER coat 3/4 length, rust
color, with fur collar, $30 obo
(650)515-2605
LADIES WOOL BLAZER: Classic, size
12, brass buttons. Sag Harbor. Excellent
condition. $15.00 (650)375-8044
LARRY LEVINE Women's Hooded down
jacket. Medium. Scarlet. Good as new.
Asking $40 OBO (650)888-0129
316 Clothes
LEATHER JACKET Classic Biker Style.
Zippered Pockets. Sturdy. Excellent Con-
dition. Mens, XL Black Leather $50.00
(650)357-7484
LEATHER JACKET, brown bomber, with
pockets.Sz XL, $88. (415)337-1690
LEATHER JACKETS (5) - used but not
abused. Like New, $100 each.
(650)670-2888
MENS JEANS (11) Brand names various
sizes 32,33,34 waist 30,32 length $100.
for all (650)347-5104
MENS WRANGLER jeans waist 31
length 36 five pairs $20 each plus bonus
Leonard (650)504-3621
MINK CAPE, beautiful with satin lining,
light color $75 obo (650)591-4927
NIKE PULLOVER mens heavy jacket
Navy Blue & Red, Reg. price $200 sell-
ing for $59 (650)692-3260
PROM PARTY Dress, Long sleeveless
size 6, magenta, with shawl like new $40
obo (650)349-6059
VELVET DRAPE, 100% cotton, new
beautiful burgundy 82"X52" W/6"hems:
$45 (415)585-3622
VINTAGE 1970S GRECIAN MADE
DRESS SIZE 6-8, $35 (650)873-8167
WHITE LACE 1880s reproduction dress
- size 6, $100., (650)873-8167
WINTER COAT, ladies european style
nubek leather, tan colored, green lapel &
hoodie, $100., (650)888-0129
WOMEN'S JEANS size 10 labeled Du-
plex and is priced at $15 (650)574-4439
WOMEN'S JEANS size 10. Elie Tahari
new, never worn $25 (650)574-4439
317 Building Materials
(1) 2" FAUX WOOD WINDOW BLIND,
with 50" and 71" height, still in box, $50
obo (650)345-5502
30 FLUORESCENT Lamps 48" (brand
new in box) $75 for all (650)369-9762
BATHROOM VANITY, antique, with top
and sink: - $65. (650)348-6955
BRAND NEW Millgard window + frame -
$85. (650)348-6955
317 Building Materials
PVC - 1, 100 feet, 20 ft. lengths, $25.,
(650)851-0878
318 Sports Equipment
2 BASKETBALLS Spalding NBA, Hardly
used, $30 all (650)341-5347
2 SOCCER balls hardly used, $30 all
San Mateo, (650)341-5347
AB LOUNGE exercise machine cost
$100. sell for $25. Call 650-570-6023
BOWLING BALLS. Selling 2 - 16 lb.
balls for $25.00 each. (650)341-1861
BUCKET OF 260 golf balls, $25.
(650)339-3195
DARTBOARD - New, regulation 18 di-
meter, Halex brand w/mounting hard-
ware, 6 brass darts, $16., (650)681-7358
DL1000 BOAT Winch Rope & More,
$50., (650)726-9658
EXERCISE MAT used once, lavender
$12, (650)368-3037
FISHERS MENS skis $35 (650)322-2814
GOTT 10-GAL beverage cooler$20.
(650)345-3840
KIDS 20" mongoose mountain bike 6
speeds front wheel shock good condition
asking $65 (650)574-7743
LADIES BOWLING SET- 8 lb. ball, 7 1/2
sized shoes, case, $45., (650)766-3024
LADIES STEP thruRoadmaster 10
speed bike w. shop-basket Good
Condition. $55 OBO call: (650) 342-8510
LOOKING TO PURCHASE A TOTAL
GYM Price Negotible. SOLD
MENS ROLLER Blades size 101/2 never
used $25 (650)520-3425
POWER PLUS Exercise Machine $99
(650)368-3037
REI 2 man tent $40 (650)552-9436
SALMON FISHING weights 21/2 pound
canon balls $25 (650)756-7878
THULE BIKE RACK - Fits rectangular
load bars. Holds bike upright. $100.
(650)594-1494
318 Sports Equipment
Say Goodbye To The 'Stick In
Style & Gear Up For a Super
Season!
49er Swag at Lowest Prices
Niner Empire
957C Industrial Rd. San Carlos
T-F 10-6; Sa 10 -4
ninerempire.com
(415)370-7725
SCHWINN 26" man's bike with balloon
tires $75 like new (650)355-2996
SMALL TRAMPOLINE $5.00 call 650-
570-6023
STATIONARY BIKE, Volt, Clean, $15
SOLD!
STATIONERY BIKE, $20. SOLD
VINTAGE ENGLISH ladies ice skates -
up to size 7-8, $45., (650)873-8167
WET SUIT - medium size, $95., call for
info (650)851-0878
WO 16 lb. Bowling Balls @ $25.00 each.
(650)341-1861
322 Garage Sales
GARAGE SALES
ESTATE SALES
Make money, make room!
List your upcoming garage
sale, moving sale, estate
sale, yard sale, rummage
sale, clearance sale, or
whatever sale you have...
in the Daily Journal.
Reach over 76,500 readers
from South San Francisco
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
Call (650)344-5200
335 Garden Equipment
CRAFTSMAN 5.5 HP gas lawn mower
with rear bag $55., (650)355-2996
GAS ENGINE String Trimmer - Homelite
- 25cc engine. Excellent Cond.$70
(650)654-9252
LAWNMOWER - American made, man-
ual/push, excellent condition, $50.,
(650)342-8436
REMINGTON ELECTRIC lawn mower,
$40. (650)355-2996
340 Camera & Photo Equip.
CLASSICAL YASHICA camera
in leather case $25. (650)644-9027
SONY CYBERSHOT DSC-T-50 - 7.2 MP
digital camera (black) with case, $175.,
(650)208-5598
VIVITAR ZOOM lens-28mm70mm. Filter
and lens cap. Original owner. $50. Cash
SOLD
YASAHICA 108 model 35mm SLR Cam-
era with flash and 2 zoom lenses $99
(415)971-7555
345 Medical Equipment
2 WALKABOUT ROLLATORS 4
Wheeled Rollators, hand brakes, seats
back rest, folds for storage, transport.
$50 each SOLD!
INVERSION TABLE relieves pressure
on back. Cost $100.00 sell for $25.
(650)570-6023
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT - Brand new
port-a-potty, never used, $40., Walker,
$30., (650)832-1392
379 Open Houses
OPEN HOUSE
LISTINGS
List your Open House
in the Daily Journal.
Reach over 76,500
potential home buyers &
renters a day,
from South San Francisco
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
Call (650)344-5200
440 Apartments
BELMONT - prime, quiet location, view,
studios and 1 bedrooms, New carpets,
new granite counters, dishwasher, balco-
ny, covered carports, storage, pool, no
pets. (650)592-1271
440 Apartments
REDWOOD CITY 1 bedroom apartment
$1350. month, $1000 deposit, close to
Downtown RWC, Absolutely no animals.
Call (650)361-1200
SAN MATEO Complete remodeled 2
bdrm 1 bath. Includes parking spot.. Wa-
ter and garbage paid. . $2500/month +
dep. 6503025523
470 Rooms
HIP HOUSING
Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
San Mateo County
(650)348-6660
Rooms For Rent
Travel Inn, San Carlos
$49.-59.daily + tax
$294.-$322. weekly + tax
Clean Quiet Convenient
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
Microwave and Refrigerator & A/C
950 El Camino Real San Carlos
(650) 593-3136
Mention Daily Journal
620 Automobiles
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on a trade-in or
consignment!
Sell your vehicle in the
Daily Journals
Auto Classifieds.
Just $40
Well run it
til you sell it!
Reach 76,500 drivers
from South SF to
Palo Alto
Call (650)344-5200
ads@smdailyjournal.com
CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car
loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500.
(408)807-6529.
FLEETWOOD 93 $ 3,500/offer. Good
Condition (650)481-5296
MERCEDES 06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy
blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty,
$18,000, (650)455-7461
625 Classic Cars
FORD 63 THUNDERBIRD Hardtop, 390
engine, Leather Interior. Will consider
$6,900 OBO (650)364-1374
630 Trucks & SUVs
FORD 98 EXPLORER 6 cylinder, 167K
miles, excellent condition, good tires,
good brakes, very dependable! $2,400 or
best offer. Moving, must sell! Call
(650)274-4337
GMV 03 .ENVOY, SLT , 4x4, excellent
condition. Leather everything. 106K
miles. White. $7,800 (650)342-6342
635 Vans
67 INTERNATIONAL Step Van 1500,
Typical UPS type size. $2500, OBO,
(650)364-1374
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call
650-995-0003
MOTORCYCLE GLOVES - Excellent
condition, black leather, $35. obo,
(650)223-7187
MOTORCYCLE SADDLEBAGS with
brackets and other parts, $35.,
(650)670-2888
670 Auto Service
GRAND OPENING!
Sincere Affordable Motors
All makes and models
Over 20 years experience
1940 Leslie St, San Mateo
(650)722-8007
samautoservices@gmail.com
SAN CARLOS AUTO
SERVICE & TUNE UP
A Full Service Auto Repair
Facility
760 El Camino Real
San Carlos
(650)593-8085
670 Auto Parts
5 HUBCAPS for 1966 Alfa Romeo $50.,
(650)580-3316
670 Auto Parts
CAR TOWchain 9' $35 (650)948-0912
HONDA SPARE tire 13" $25
(415)999-4947
HONDA WHEELS with tires. Good
tread/ 14 in. 3 for $99 (415)999-4947
MECHANIC'S CREEPER vintage, Com-
et model SP, all wood, pillow, four swivel
wheels, great shape. $40.00
(650)591-0063
MECHANIC'S CREEPER vintage, Com-
et model SP, all wood, pillow, four swivel
wheels, great shape. $40.00
(650)591-0063
NEW BATTERY and alternator for a 96
Buick Century never used Both for $80
(650)576-6600
NEW, IN box, Ford Mustang aluminum
water pump & gasket, $60.00. Call
(415)370-3950
SHOP MANUALS 2 1955 Pontiac
manual, 4 1984 Ford/Lincoln manuals, 1
gray marine diesel manual $40
(650)583-5208
SHOP MANUALS for GM Suv's
Year 2002 all for $40 (650)948-0912
TIRE CHAIN cables $23. (650)766-4858
TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford,
never used, $100., (650)504-3621
672 Auto Stereos
MONNEY
CAR AUDIO
We Sell, Install and
Repair All Brands of
Car Stereos
iPod & iPhone Wired
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Electricians
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Call Ben (650)685-6617
Lic # 427952
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MAINTENANCE
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or contract
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SAMPLES
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TILE
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650-655-6600
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REPAIR
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& MORE
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Painting Electrical
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High Quality @ Low Prices
Call 24/7 for Free Estimate
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www.chaineyhauling.com
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Bay Area
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Specializing in:
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Professional, friendly, careful.
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Fully Lic. & Bonded CAL -T190632
Call (650) 630-0424
Painting
JON LA MOTTE
PAINTING
Interior & Exterior
Quality Work, Reasonable
Rates, Free Estimates
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Lic #514269
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Residental and commercial
Insured and bonded,
Free Estimates
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No Job Too Big or Small
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Call Mike the Painter
(650)271-1320
Painting
NICK MEJIA PAINTING
A+ Member BBB Since 1975
Large & Small Jobs
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ing, Varnishing, Cabinet Finishing
Wall Effects, Murals, More!
(415)971-8763
Lic. #479564
Plumbing
Remodeling
HARVEST KITCHEN
& MOSAIC
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Fast turnaround * Expert service
920 Center St., San Carlos
(650)620-9639
www.harvestkm.com
851 Cherry Ave. #29, San Bruno
in Bayhill Shopping Center
Open 7 Days 10:30am- 10:30pm
650. 737. 0788
Foot Massage $19.99/hr
Free Sauna (with this Ad)
Body Massage $39.99/hr
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GRAND OPENING
Tree Service
Hillside Tree
Service
LOCALLY OWNED
Family Owned Since 2000
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to get 10% off
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Call Luis (650) 704-9635
Window Washing
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CLEANING
SERVICES
- window washing
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Notices
NOTICE TO READERS:
California law requires that contractors
taking jobs that total $500 or more (labor
or materials) be licensed by the Contrac-
tors State License Board. State law also
requires that contractors include their li-
cense number in their advertising. You
can check the status of your licensed
contractor at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-
321-CSLB. Unlicensed contractors taking
jobs that total less than $500 must state
in their advertisements that they are not
licensed by the Contractors State Li-
cense Board.
Attorneys
BANKRUPTCY
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Clothing
$5 CHARLEY'S
Sporting apparel from your
favorite teams,low prices,
large selection.
450 San Bruno Ave.
San Bruno
650 771 -5614
Food
GET HAPPY!
Happy Hour 4-6 M-F
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333 California Dr.
Burlingame
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JACKS
RESTAURANT
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1050 Admiral Ct., #A
San Bruno
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LOBSTER CO.
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Now Open in Burlingame
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TAQUERIA
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San Mateo
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PRIME STEAKS
SUPERB VALUE
BASHAMICHI
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1390 El Camino Real
Millbrae
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Lunch & Dinner
Only Vegetarian Chinese
Restaurant in Millbrae!
309 Broadway, Millbrae
(650)697-6768
Financial
RELATIONSHIP BANKING
Partnership. Service. Trust.
UNITED AMERICAN BANK
Half Moon Bay, Redwood City,
unitedamericanbank.com
San Mateo
(650)579-1500
Furniture
DURALINER ROCKING CHAIR, Maple
Finish, Cream Cushion w matching otto-
man $70 (650)583-4943.
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WESTERN FURNITURE
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Everything Marked Down !
601 El Camino Real
San Bruno, CA
Mon. - Sat. 10AM -7PM
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Guns
PENINSULA GUNS
(650) 588-8886
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Tactical and
Hunting Accessories
Buy.Sell.Trade
360 El Camino Real, San Bruno
Health & Medical
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650-231-4754
177 Bovet Rd. #150 San Mateo
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for details
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EYE EXAMINATIONS
579-7774
1159 Broadway
Burlingame
Dr. Andrew Soss
OD, FAAO
www.Dr-AndrewSoss.net
NCP COLLEGE OF NURSING
& CAREER COLLEGE
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Vocational Nurse in 12 months or a
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Insurance
AANTHEM BLUE
CROSS
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CA. Insurance License #0737226
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HEALTH INSURANCE
Personal & Professional Service
JOHN LANGRIDGE
(650) 854-8963
Bay Area Health Insurance Marketing
CA License 0C60215
a Diamond Certified Company
Insurance
HEALTH INSURANCE
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Collins Insurance
Serving the Peninsula
since 1981
Ron Collins
650-701-9700
Lic. #0611437
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meet your insurance needs
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650.596.5900
www.parentiinsurance.com
1091 Industrial Rd #270, San Carlos
Lic: #OG 17832
Jewelers
KUPFER JEWELRY
est. 1979
We Buy
Coins, Jewelry,
Watches, Platinum,
& Diamonds.
Expert fine watch
& jewelry repair.
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1211 Burlingame Ave.
Burlingame
www.kupferjewelry.com
(650) 347-7007
Legal Services
LEGAL
DOCUMENTS PLUS
Non-Attorney document
preparation: Divorce,
Pre-Nup, Adoption, Living Trust,
Conservatorship, Probate,
Notary Public. Response to
Lawsuits: Credit Card
Issues, Breach of Contract
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Registered & Bonded
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legaldocumentsplus.com
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provide self help services at your
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Loans
REVERSE MORTGAGE
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brochure or quote
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Marketing
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Massage Therapy
ASIAN MASSAGE
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Open 7 days, 10 am -10 pm
633 Veterans Blvd., #C
Redwood City
(650)556-9888
ENJOY THE BEST
ASIAN MASSAGE
$40 for 1/2 hour
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667 El Camino Real, Redwood City
(650)363-8806
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Water Lounge Day Spa
2500 S. El Camino
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(650)389-7090
UNION SPA
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7345 Mission St., Daly City
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REAL ESTATE LOANS
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Homes Multi-family
Mixed-Use Commercial
WE BUY TRUST DEED NOTES
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PURCHASE, REFINANCE,
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Investors welcome
Loan servicing since 1979
650-348-7191
Wachter Investments, Inc.
Real Estate Broker #746683
Nationwide Mortgage
Licensing System ID #348268
CA Dept. of Real Estate
Real Estate Services
VIP can help you with all of your
real estate needs:
SALES * LEASING * MANAGEMENT
Consultation and advice are free
Where every client is a VIP
864 Laurel St #200 San Carlos
650-595-4565
www.vilmont.com
DRE LIC# 1254368
Seniors
AFFORDABLE
24-hour Assisted Living
Care located in
Burlingame
Mills Estate Villa
&
Burlingame Villa
- Short Term Stays
- Dementia & Alzheimers
Care
- Hospice Care
(650)692-0600
Lic.#4105088251/
415600633
LASTING IMPRESSIONS
ARE OUR FIRST PRIORITY
Cypress Lawn
1370 El Camino Real
Colma
(650)755-0580
www.cypresslawn.com
NAZARETH VISTA
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and Skilled Nursing Care.
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650.591.2008
900 Sixth Avenue
Belmont, CA 94002
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Travel
FIGONE TRAVEL GROUP
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Cruises Land & Family vacations
Personalized & Experienced
Travel Service
Family Owned & Operated
Since 1939
CST#100209-10
WORLD 31
By Cassandra Vinograd
and Jill Lawless
LONDON Hunks of plaster and dust
rained down on a packed audience when the
ceiling of a London theater partially col-
lapsed Thursday night. More than 75 peo-
ple were injured seven seriously, author-
ities said.
The collapse at the Apollo Theatre took
place around 8:15 p.m. during a perform-
ance of The Curious Incident Of The Dog
In The Night-Time at the height of the
Christmas holiday season. Plaster and
masonry from a section of the ceiling tum-
bled down, bringing parts of the theaters
balconies down with it onto the audience,
police said.
More than 700 people were in the theater
at the time, according to the London Fire
Brigade.
Officials said most of the injured were
walking wounded with upper-body
injuries, and that all are conscious and
breathing.
Police and fire officials said it was too
soon to say what had caused the partial col-
lapse of the ceiling, but that a full investi-
gation is being carried out.
Dee Kearney said she was just three or
four seats from the stage when an actor
shouted watch out!
Then what we felt was debris falling on
us, a loud bang, and then all of a sudden
there was a coat of dust, she said.
Scott Daniels, an American tourist who
lives in the Dallas area, said hed managed
to buy a last-minute ticket to the acclaimed
production just before show time.
I was lucky to get one seat that they had
left over, he told the Associated Press.
About 40 or 45 minutes into the show, he
said, he started hearing noises and
screaming.
I thought, maybe this is part of the
play, he said. All of a sudden, plaster
starts raining down, huge hunks of plaster
. . . The lights went out and everything
filled with dust everybody was coughing
and choking.
He said he made it out with a couple
scrapes, though he saw others with more
serious lacerations.
Dust-covered theatergoers, many with
bandaged heads, were treated by dozens of
emergency workers in the street outside the
Apollo and at a nearby theater.
City buses were commandeered to usher
some of the wounded to hospitals.
Injuries ranged from head wounds to cuts
and scrapes to breathing problems.
U.N. finds systematic
disappearances in Syria
GENEVA Apanel of U.N. investigators
said Thursday it believes the Syrian govern-
ment is committing a crime against humani-
ty by making people systematically vanish,
and that rebels have also recently begun
making their opponents disappear.
In a report based on interviews with sur-
vivors and family members of victims, the
panel said the war tactic being used by
President Bashar Assads government
amounts to a crime against humanity
because it is part of a policy of spreading ter-
ror and mental anguish among those left
wondering about their loved ones.
Rebel groups such as the al-Qaida-linked
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
that control large parts of northern Syria
also have begun seizing people and running
secret prisons, the panel said.
But until recently, it said, most of the
opposition has been committing war
crimes, a lesser category of violations, by
abducting human rights advocates, journal-
ists, activists, humanitarian workers, reli-
gious leaders and perceived supporters of
Assads government.
Over 75 injured in partial
London theater collapse
REUTERS
Emergency services look at the roof of the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue after part
of the ceiling collapsed in central London.
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