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Pot sales now legal in state
Steve DeAngelo, center, makes the first legal recreational marijuana sale to Henry Wykowski
at Harborside in Oakland.
GOP tax plan
creating many
new questions
Local tax professionals size
up local impact of new law
By Anna Schuessler
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
As the nation turns its gaze to a new year and tax season,
local professionals have been fielding a stream of inquiries
on how the GOP’s new rules will affect
what residents and small businesses pay
toward their 2018 returns.
After spending much of late 2017
watching as changes to the federal tax
code were proposed and debated in
Congress, Glenn Carlson, a San Mateo-
based enrolled agent, said tax profes-
sionals across the county have been
Donald Trump inundated with chatter and questions
about how the plan could play out.
“It’s been the talk of the tax accounting community for a
while now,” he said of the tax legislation President Donald
Trump signed Dec. 22.
Though the new rules double the standard deduction and
the tax credit for children, Carlson said many of the clients
calling his office in recent weeks have been most concerned
with the $10,000 cap on the amount of state and local taxes
people can deduct on their federal income tax returns.
Given the inflated cost of real estate in California and
especially in the region, some residents considered “mid-
dle-income,” or those expected to pay more than $10,000
in state and local income as well as property taxes, could be
See TAX, Page 20
SECOND YEAR IN D.C.
PERILS ABROAD, FULL PLATE AT HOME, AS TRUMP RETURNS
IRAN PROTESTS
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California marijuana: Smoke ’em
(or eat ’em) if you can get ’em
By Brian Melley and Terence Chea Oakland, opened at 6 a.m. and offered early
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS customers joints for a penny and free T-
shirts that read “Flower to the People —
OAKLAND — It wasn’t exactly reefer mad- Cannabis for All.”
ness Monday as California launched the “It’s been so long since others and myself
first legal retail sales of marijuana, but could walk into a place where you could feel
those who could find the drug celebrated the safe and secure and be able to get something
historic day, lining up early for ribbon cut- that was good without having to go to the
tings, freebies and offerings ranging from back alley,” Deakin said. “This is kind of a
cookies to gummy bears to weed with names big deal for everybody.”
like Red Dragon. Harborside founder Steve DeAngelo used a
Jeff Deakin, 66, his wife Mary and their giant pair of scissors to cut a green ribbon,
REUTERS dog waited in the cold all night to be first in declaring, “With these scissors I dub thee
a line of 100 people when Harborside dis-
pensary, a longtime medical pot shop in See POT, Page 18
Burlingame eyeing increased garbage rates
Officials to discuss strategy for hiking bills as updated contract looms
By Austin Walsh and examine an Authority, also known as ReThink
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF adjusted fee struc- Waste, which contracts with Recology
ture coming over for solid waste and recycling collec-
Garbage rates in Burlingame are set the next few years. tion in Burlingame and many other
to rise in the new year and officials The rising rates neighboring cities, said Mayor
will soon begin addressing the are invited by a Michael Brownrigg.
increased cost likely facing residents renegotiated solid No decision is slated to be made dur-
and businesses. waste collection ing the upcoming discussion, but
The Burlingame City Council will deal with the South Brownrigg said the talks could set a
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Thought for the Day

“It is good to have an end to journey towards;
but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin, American author

This Day in History

The U.S. Postal Service issued its first-

1893 ever set of commemorative stamps to

honor the upcoming World’s
Columbian Expedition in Chicago as
well as the quadricentennial of
Christopher Columbus’ voyage.
In 1 7 8 8 , Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S.
Constitution.
In 1 7 9 2 , the first classes began at Georgetown University
in Washington, D.C.
In 1 9 0 0 , U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the
“Open Door Policy” to facilitate trade with China.
In 1 9 2 1 , religious services were broadcast on radio for the
first time as KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the regular Sunday
service of the city’s Calvary Episcopal Church.
In 1 9 3 5 , Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington,
New Jersey, on charges of kidnapping and murdering the 20-
month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann
was found guilty, and executed.)
In 1 9 4 2 , the Philippine capital of Manila was captured by
Japanese forces during World War II. REUTERS
In 1 9 5 5 , the president of Panama, Jose Antonio Remon A devotee lights a cigarette to a figure of Santa Muerte or The Saint of Death during the first prayer of the New Year at Tepito
Cantera, was assassinated at a racetrack. neighborhood in Mexico City.
In 1 9 6 7 , Republican Ronald Reagan took the oath of
office as the new governor of California in a ceremony that In other news ...
took place in Sacramento shortly just after midnight.
the brutal weather conditions. But they long after the unlocked Honda Civic was
In 1 9 7 4 , President Richard Nixon signed legislation Joker the dog survives
voted to go ahead with the New Year’s taken as it warmed up.
requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 miles an hour eight-day airport, city adventure
Day parade, which featured performers Police say they also found several
as a way of conserving gasoline in the face of an OPEC oil
DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Joker the dog dressed in colorful costumes adorned forged checks during the arrests.
embargo. (The 55 mph limit was effectively phased out in
with sequins and feathers marching
1 9 8 7 ; federal speed limits were abolished in 1995. ) had one heckuva Christmas adventure. The newspaper says Wilmer Lara
Joker’s owner, Summer Burgos, flew down the city’s main north-south thor- Garcia has been charged with auto theft
“Singing cowboy” star Tex Ritter died in Nashville at age
68. him to Florida on Dec. 21 to live with oughfare. and two counts of forgery. Police say he
family while she trains in the Navy. As was wearing the shirt that read “Trust
soon as Burgos’ mother-in-law opened Stylist accused of giving man Me.”
Birthdays the crate at the Fort Lauderdale- unwanted ‘Stooges’ hairdo His accomplice was charged with auto
Hollywood International Airport, the 2- theft.
year-old Canaan bolted past her. For MADISON, Wis. — Police in
eight days, in a strange city, Joker Madison, Wisconsin, arrested a hair- Man accused of rigging door
roamed the streets. stylist after he gave a customer a very
On Christmas Eve, the Sun Sentinel unwanted Larry Fine hairdo.
to electrocute pregnant wife
reports that Joker was spotted near some Police spokesman Joel DeSpain says PALM COAST, Fla. — A Florida man
shops in Fort Lauderdale. A few days the 22-year-old victim told officers the is accused of rigging the front door of a
later, a group of neighbors in Dania stylist asked him to stop fidgeting and home in an attempt to electrocute his
Beach finally rescued Joker — about 4 moving his head during the Friday hair- estranged pregnant wife.
miles (6 kilometers) from the airport. cut. The Wisconsin State Journal In a Facebook post Friday, Flagler
Actress Tia Carrere Actor Cuba Actor Dax Shepard Using information from his tags, reports that DeSpain says the stylist County Sheriff Rick Staley called the
is 51. Gooding Jr. is 50. is 43. they got in touch with Burgos. Joker then nicked the customer’s ear with his case one of the “most bizarre domestic
got a checkup at a veterinarian’s office clippers before running them down the violence cases” he’s seen.
Country musician Harold Bradley is 92. Former House
before going home to Burgos’ family, middle of the man’s head on their short- Officials said 32-year-old Michael
Speaker Dennis Hastert is 76. TV host Jack Hanna is 71. starting another new adventure. est attachment, “leaving him looking a Scott Wilson was arrested Thursday in
Actress Wendy Phillips is 66. Actress Cynthia Sikes is 64. bit like Larry from ‘The Three Knoxville, Tennessee, and charged with
Actress Gabrielle Carteris is 57. Movie director Todd Haynes Mummers parade Stooges.”’ attempted aggravated battery on a preg-
is 57. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher David Cone is 55. Model
Christy Turlington is 49. Actor Taye Diggs is 47. Actress goes on as planned
nant woman and grand theft of a firearm.
Renee Elise Goldsberry is 47. Rock musician Scott despite bone-chilling cold
Police: Suspect wearing He’s being held on a $150,000 bond and
‘Trust Me’ T-shirt steals car will be extradited to Florida. It’s unclear
Underwood is 47. Rock singer Doug Robb (Hoobastank) is PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of if he has an attorney.
43. Actress Paz Vega is 42. Country musician Chris Hartman marchers have braved bone-chilling FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A suspect The woman’s father called deputies
is 40. Ballroom dancer Karina Smirnoff (TV: “Dancing with temperatures and wind chills to take part wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with after Wilson made suspicious state-
the Stars”) is 40. Rock musician Jerry DePizzo Jr. (O.A.R.) is in Philadelphia’s annual Mummers “Trust Me” allegedly stole a car with an ments about keeping children away
39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kelton Kessee (IMX) is 37. Pop Parade, the oldest continuous folk accomplice in Fairfax County, Virginia. from the door. Deputies found the front
singer-musician Ryan Merchant (Capital Cities) is 37. Actress parade in the country. The Washington Post reports that the door barricaded, with burn marks. When
Kate Bosworth is 35. Actor Peter Gadiot is 33. Jazz singer- Organizers had considered postpon- two suspects from Falls Church were a deputy kicked the door, a large spark
musician Trombone Shorty is 32. Singer-songwriter Mandy ing the event because of concerns over arrested by police in the stolen car not was observed.
Harvey (TV: “America’s Got Talent”) is 30.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Lotto Local Weather Forecast
Dec. 30 Powerball Fantasy Five
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Daily three midday Wednes day : Mostly cloudy. A chance of
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Police shoot, kill person
who shot at them outside bank
Police said they shot a person to death
who shot at them Saturday afternoon out-
side a Redwood City bank.
Someone called police at about 2:25
p.m. to tell them that a person with a
black handgun was outside the Wells Fargo
bank at 1900 Broadway. The person with
the gun was pacing back and forth in front
of the ATM area, according to police.
Officers went to the bank and recognized
the person from previous encounters with
police. Officers set up perimeters to keep
the suspect from escaping and to protect
the safety of other people in the area.
Police said they started talking to the sus-
pect to try to establish rapport and de-
escalate the situation and have the suspect
surrender peacefully.
But the suspect continued to pace back
and forth with his finger on the trigger of
the gun and did not disarm himself as offi-
cers asked him to, according to police.
Officers started deploying less-than-
lethal weapons but before they could use
them, the suspect fired a number of shots
in the direction of officers. Officers
returned fired and the suspect was pro-
LOCAL
Local briefs
nounced dead a short while later, according
to police.
The officers involved in the shooting
have been placed on paid administrative
leave. An investigation into the shooting
will be done by the San Mateo County
District Attorney’s Office, which typically
takes up to 12 weeks to release a report.
Release of the deceased’s identity is
pending the San Mateo County Coroner’s
Office notifying next of kin.
The Dec. 30 shooting marked the fourth
fatal officer-involved shooting in San
Mateo County in 2017 and the second in
Redwood City for the year. The District
Attorney in 2017 investigated cases
involving officers in South San
Francisco, Redwood City and with the
California Highway Patrol.
Spare the air
alert issued for Tuesday
The Bay Area Air Quality Management
District issued a Spare the Air alert for
Tuesday, the eighteenth such alert of the
winter season.
Cold, still weather such as the area has
Tuesday • Jan 2, 2018 3
been experiencing allows pollution from
wood smoke to build up in Bay Area neigh- Police reports
borhoods, leading to poor air quality,
according to the Air District.
Wood burning is banned in the Bay Area Chutes and ladders
A store’s employee found a window bro-
on Spare the Air days. Residents will not
be allowed to burn wood, manufactured fire ken and a ladder inside the business on
South El Camino Real in San Mateo, it
logs or other solid fuel indoors or out-
was reported at 8:12 a.m. Thursday,
doors Monday and Tuesday, air district
Dec. 21.
officials said.
“As we enter the new year, a high-pres-
sure system continues to linger over the
Bay Area, potentially causing poor air
FOSTER CITY
quality conditions,” said Jack Broadbent, Hi t-and-run. Someone hit a vehicle and
executive director of the Bay Area Air left no note on East Hillsdale Boulevard, it
District. was reported at 11:37 a.m. Tuesday, Dec.
26.
Broadbent said the district “wants to
thank Bay Area residents for not burning Dri v i n g un de r t h e i n fl ue n c e . A
Sunnyvale resident was found driving under
wood and for continuing to protect the
the influence on Foster City Boulevard and
health and well-being of their friends and
Chess Drive, it was reported at 10:46 p.m.
neighbors.”
monday, Dec. 25.
People can find out when a Spare the Air
Reckl es s dri v ers . A silver Volvo was
alert is in effect by visiting
www.sparetheair.org or www.baaqmd.gov, driving really slow and hit the median on
by calling (877) 4-NO-BURN, signing up Alameda de las Pulgas, it was reported at
for text alerts by texting “START” to 817- 9:25 p.m. Monday, Dec. 25
Di s turbance. A man grabbed someone by
57, signing up for phone alerts at (800)
the neck, it was reported at 8:05 p. m.
430-1515 or via Spare the Air iPhone and
Android apps. Monday. Dec. 25.
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Mary Martha
Alejandrina Flores-Gutierrez
Mary Martha Alejandrina Flores-Gutierrez,
a lifelong resident of Redwood City, died on
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017,
at the age of 87.
Mary leaves behind the
love of her life, Andre
Gutierrez husband of 61
years and eight children,
Gloria, Lisa, Andy,
Danny, John, Monica,
Manuel and Carol along
with 24 grandchildren and
17 great-grandchildren.
“We love you mother dear, you will be
greatly missed by all.”
Funeral will be held Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018,
at Redwood Chapel 847 Woodside Road,
Redwood City, Viewing is 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. A
rosary will be held at 7 p.m. and Friday, Jan.
5, 2018, at St. Anthony’s Church 3500
Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, at 10 a.m.
REUTERS
A man looks at falling snow in Times Square in New York. Gladys Young
Gladys Young, passed away on Dec. 28,
Obituaries
Joseph Bernardo Montero Jr.
Joseph Bernardo Montero Jr. died Dec. 21,
2017, at home from a heart attack.
Joe was born Sept. 12,
1958, in San Francisco to
Irene and Joseph B.
Montero Sr. He was raised
in Woodside, attended
Woodside Elementary,
went to high school at
Woodside Priory and grad-
uated  from Menlo
College.
Joe worked at Woodside Priory for over 25
years as a beloved teacher and coach. He men-
tored and inspired countless students. Joe was
a dedicated man who put family and true
friendship above all else. Joe enjoyed watch-
ing and playing soccer, softball and hiking
with friends. 
Joe is survived by his devoted wife of 23
years, Lindsay Bartlett Montero, and his son
Joseph Montero Jr. III, and was very proud of
his son.  He is also survived by his brother

The year starts with record 2017, in San Mateo, California.

Everyone is welcome to attend a quiet hour
scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Tony Montero, his sisters Jocasta Montero
Aleman, Jacqueline Montero Aivars.  
“His vibrant spirit will be treasured and
missed.”   A memorial service for Joe will take
Jan. 10, 2018, at Sneider Sullivan &

cold in parts of the Midwest

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MILWAUKEE — Bone-chilling cold
gripped much of the central U.S. as 2018
began Monday, breaking century-old
records, icing over some New Year’s celebra-
tions and leading to at least two deaths
attributed to exposure to the elements.
The National Weather Service issued wind
chill advisories covering a vast area from
South Texas to Canada and from Montana
and Wyoming through New England.
Dangerously low temperatures enveloped
much of the Midwest, yet didn’t deter hun-
dreds of people from ringing in the new year
by jumping into Lake Michigan.
Despite sub-freezing temperatures and a
warning of potential hypothermia from the
local fire chief, throngs of people took part
in the annual tradition in Milwaukee, warm-
ing up later with chili or heat from a beach
fire pit.
A similar event was canceled from the
Chicago lakefront, where the temperature
dipped below zero as thick white steam rose
from the lake Monday morning. Organizers
said the arctic blast made jumping into the
lake too dangerous.
“I’m not happy about it. But I was down
by the lake and, gosh, if you were dropped
in there, it’d take you 10 minutes to get
out,” Jeff Coggins, who helped organize the
thwarted Chicago event, told WBBM-TV.
Instead, would-be Chicago plungers had
their pictures taken while jumping on the Jan. 11, 2018, at Pilgrim Baptist Church 217
frozen beach — in their swimsuits.
Temperatures plunged below zero else-
where in the Midwest, including in
Aberdeen, South Dakota, where the mercury
dropped to a record-breaking minus 32 (-36
Celsius). The previous New Year’s Day
record had stood for 99 years.
In Nebraska, temperatures hit 15 below
zero (-26 Celsius) before midnight Sunday
in Omaha, breaking a record low dating to
1884. Omaha officials cited the forecast in
postponing the 18th annual New Year’s Eve
Fireworks Spectacular that draws around
30,000 people.
It was colder in Des Moines, Iowa, where
city officials closed a downtown outdoor ice
skating plaza and said it wouldn’t reopen
until the city emerged from sub-zero temper-
atures. The temperature hit 20 below zero (-
29 Celsius) early Monday, with the wind
chill dipping to negative 31 degrees (-35
Celsius).
Indianapolis Public Schools canceled
classes for Tuesday on all its campuses due
to the predicted sub-zero temperatures.
Students had been scheduled to return from
winter break.
In northeastern Montana, the wind chill
readings dipped as low as minus 58 (-50
Celsius). And in Duluth, Minnesota, a city
known for its bitter cold winters, the wind
chill dipped to 36 below zero (-38 Celsius).
O’Connell Funeral Home 977 South El
Camino Real, San Mateo, CA.
Funeral service scheduled 11 a.m. Thursday,
place at Woodside Priory Chapel in Portola
Valley 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6,
2018.Memorial donations may be made to
the Joseph B. Montero Jr. Scholarship Fund
N. Grant St., San Mateo, CA 94401. at Woodside Priory School.
Obituary
Evelyn Fern Jackson
January 6, 1918 - December 21, 2017
Evelyn died peacefully at the age of 99 on December 21st
in San Mateo, CA. She outlived every one of her generation
of family and friends, including her beloved husband of 70
years, David, who passed away this past March. She was
born on January 6, 1918 in Harvard, Nebraska to Edward and
Augusta Rischling. She had one sister, Ione, and three brothers,
Kenneth, Warren and Bernard. The family moved to Geneva,
Nebraska when Evelyn was five and she graduated from Geneva High School in
1935 and, until her death, was the sole survivor from her class. She came west when
she was 20 and worked as a telephone operator for Pacific Telephone in Oceanside
where she met David Jackson through mutual friends. Evelyn and Dave were married
a year later and welcomed their son, David, in 1951. Evelyn volunteered at her son’s
schools and supported her husband as his 44-year career with Western Electric took
them to many locales within California. She loved to sew and was an accomplished
seamstress. Upon David’s retirement, they traveled extensively throughout the world. In
2004, they moved to Millbrae to be closer to their son David, his wife Terry and their
granddaughter Kelly, making new friends and enjoying life at the Magnolia of Millbrae.
Evelyn is survived by her son, David, daughter-in-law, Terry, granddaughter, Kelly,
and nieces and nephews, Madeline Palmer, Jeanne Weller, Donna Jackson, Susan and
Tom Juricek, Steve and Jenny Rischling and Van Rischling.
The family wishes to thank the staff of Angel Haven in San Mateo and Mission
Hospice for their loving care of Evelyn.
Private services will be held. Donations may be made to the St. Dunstan’s
Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, 1133 Broadway, Millbrae, CA 94030.

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Colorado shooter was lawyer, Iraq war veteran
DENVER — A man who shot and killed a Colorado deputy
and wounded four others along with two civilians was an attor-
ney and an Iraq war veteran who had posted
videos online in recent months criticizing
professors and law enforcement officials,
authorities said Monday.
Shooter Matthew Riehl, 37, died Sunday
during what officials called an ambush at
his apartment building in Highlands
Ranch, 16 miles (28 kilometers) south of
Denver.
Matthew Riehl Authorities say Riehl fired more than
100 rounds in his apartment before he was
killed by a SWAT team.
Douglas County Deputy Zackari Parrish was killed.
Riehl had received warnings from authorities about his
online videos involving University of Wyoming professors
and Colorado law enforcement officers.
However, despite concerns about his mental health, it
seems officers weren’t able to prevent the violence, even
though they visited his apartment hours before the fatal
shooting.
KTWO-AM in Casper, Wyoming, reported that Wyoming
College of Law students had been warned about Riehl, a former
student, because of the social media posts critical of profes-
sors at the school in Laramie.
A Nov. 6 email from Assistant College of Law Dean Lindsay The Millbrae Lions Club awarded $500 to Carissa Chiu, a seventh-grader at Taylor Middle School, for winning the organization’s
Hoyt told students to notify campus police if they saw Riehl annual poster competition. Chiu’s creation celebrating international peace won both Northern California and state competitions,
or his car near campus. and will now go on to compete in a global competition.
In addition, security on campus was increased for several

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delay and said it was still possible that Co l l eg e.   and Dav i d Scal an, of Hillsborough, Amo ng Students In Ameri can
Mike Pence Pence could decide to come. But he said *** were named to the dean’s list at Uni v ers i ti es and Co l l eg es ” pro-
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called off the trip at late notice and said he would come instead Emi l y Sprag ue and Madel i ne Aus ti n Marcus and Teg an
in January. Mi l l i g an, of Burlingame, graduated Stanbach, of Menlo Park, Class notes is a column dedicated to school
from Bucknel l Uni v ers i ty . Chri s to pher Greg o ry, of Portola news. It is compiled by education reporter
The official reason for the delay was the Senate tax vote. Austin Walsh. You can contact him at (650)
But it also followed region-wide uproar over President Donald *** Val l ey, Samuel Nuttl e, of Foster 344-5200, ext. 105 or at austin@smdailyjour-
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Perils abroad, full plate at home, as Trump opens second year
By Catherine Lucey
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The glamour of his hol-
iday break behind him, President Donald
Trump returned to the White House on
Monday night to face a hefty legislative to-
do list, critical midterm elections and per-
ilous threats abroad.
Trump started his second year in
Washington after a lengthy sojourn at his
private club in Palm Beach, Florida, capped
by a New Year’s Eve bash. Before his depar-
ture for the capital, he fired angry tweets at
Iran and Pakistan, slamming Islamabad for
“lies & deceit” and saying the country had
played U.S. leaders for “fools,” a reference
to frustrations that Pakistan isn’t doing
enough to control militants.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif
tweeted that his government was preparing
a response that “will let the world know the
truth.”
Meantime, North Korean leader Kim Jong
Un said Monday the United States should be
aware that his country’s nuclear forces are
now a reality, not a future threat. To that,
Trump only said: “We’ll see.”
The president is hoping for more legisla-
tive achievements after his pre-Christmas
success on taxes. He plans to host Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of
Kentucky and House Speaker Paul Ryan of
Wisconsin at Camp David next weekend to
map out the 2018 legislative agenda.
Republicans are eager to make progress
Roberts promises review of judiciary’s misconduct policies
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federal appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski
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tions. The GOP wants to hold House and
Senate majorities in 2018, but must con-
tend with Trump’s historic unpopularity and
some recent Democratic wins.
The president concluded 2017 with his
first major legislative achievement — a law
to cut taxes, beginning this year, for corpo-
rations and individuals at an estimated cost
of $1.5 trillion added to the national debt
retired following accusations by women
that he had touched them inappropriately,
made lewd comments and shown them
pornography.
“Events in recent months have illuminat-
ed the depth of the problem of sexual
harassment in the workplace, and events in
the past few weeks have made clear that the
judicial branch is not immune,” Roberts
wrote, without mentioning Kozinski by
name.
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ing group examine the judiciary’s work-
place conduct policies, with a report
expected by May 1. Roberts wrote that the
group will examine whether changes are
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over 10 years. The tax overhaul also will
end the requirement, in 2019, that all
Americans buy health insurance or pay a
fine. That’s a key component of the Obama-
era health law that that Republicans have
been unable to repeal; other features of the
law remain intact.
The White House has said Trump will
come forward with his long-awaited infra-
structure plan in January. Trump has also
needed in a number of areas, from codes of
conduct to the handling of misconduct com-
plaints.
“I have great confidence in the men and
women who comprise our judiciary. I am
sure that the overwhelming number have no
tolerance for harassment and share the view
that victims must have clear and immediate
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said he wants to overhaul welfare and recent-
ly predicted Democrats and Republicans
will “eventually come together” to develop
a new health care plan.
Ryan has talked about overhauling
Medicaid and Medicare and other safety-net
programs, but McConnell has signaled an
unwillingness to go that route unless
there’s Democratic support for any
changes. Republicans will have just a 51-
49 Senate majority — well shy of the 60
votes needed to pass most bills — giving
leverage to Democrats.
Congress also has to deal with a backlog
from 2017. It must agree on a spending bill
by Jan. 19 to avert a partial government
shutdown.
Lawmakers also have unfinished business
on additional aid to for hurricane victims,
lifting the debt ceiling, extending a chil-
dren’s health insurance program and extend-
ing protections for immigrants brought to
the U.S. illegally as children. Trump has
said he wants money for a border wall in
exchange for protecting those immigrants.
Trump spent his last day in Florida as he
spent most other days — visiting his golf
course and tweeting.
On Pakistan, he said: “The United States
has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33
billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years,
and they have given us nothing but lies &
deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools.
They give safe haven to the terrorists we
hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No
more!”
recourse to effective remedies,” the chief
justice wrote in the 16-page report.
Roberts spent most of the report talking
about the judiciary’s response to this year’s
devastating hurricanes, which affected
Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, and also mentioned wildfires in
California.
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8 Tuesday • Jan 2, 2018 WORLD THE DAILY JOURNAL

What’s happening with

Iran’s ongoing protests?
HOW DID THE PROTESTS START?
The demonstrations began Thursday in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest
city and the home of a famous Shiite shrine. The city is a conservative
bastion and a stronghold of Ebrahim Raisi, a cleric who unsuccessfully
challenged President Hassan Rouhani in last year’s election. Analysts
suggest conservatives began the protests there as a means to pressure
Rouhani, a relatively moderate cleric within Iran’s theocratic government.
The protests then rapidly spread throughout the rest of the country of
80 million people.
WHAT DO PROTESTERS WANT?
Demonstrators initially focused on Iran’s flagging economy. Despite now
being able to sell oil on the international market after the 2015 nuclear
deal, Iran faces rising inflation and high unemployment. A recent increase
in egg and poultry prices by as much as 40 percent, which a government
spokesman has blamed on a cull over avian flu fears, appears to have
sparked the protests. Protesters have chanted against Rouhani as well as
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Some have criticized Iran’s
military support of Syrian President Bashar Assad, while others have
praised the U.S.-backed shah, who fled into exile just before the 1979
Islamic Revolution and died of cancer the following year.
WHO IS LEADING THE PROTESTS?
So far, no central leadership has emerged. That’s in contrast to the 2009
Green Movement demonstrations, which protested hard-line President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election amid widespread allegations of
voter fraud. Those protests, Iran’s biggest since 1979, prompted a
crackdown by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and its affiliates
that saw thousands detained, dozens killed and others tortured. Its leaders
remain under house arrest years later.While leaderless, these new protests
have been fanned in part by an exiled journalist named Roohallah Zam
using a mobile phone messaging app called Telegram .
HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT RESPONDED?
Iran says it temporarily shut down access to both Telegram and the photo-
sharing app Instagram to “maintain peace,” limiting protesters’ ability to
share images and publicize rallies. Facebook and Twitter are already
banned. Uniformed and plainclothes police are in the streets, as are REUTERS
motorcycle-riding members of the Basij, a volunteer force under the People protest in Tehran, Iran.
Revolutionary Guard that helped carry out the 2009 crackdown. Rouhani

Iran protests have violent

himself has said Iran allows protests, and authorities often tolerate smaller,
limited demonstrations and labor strikes. But Rouhani and other officials
have warned that the government won’t hesitate to crack down on those
it considers lawbreakers.
HAS THERE BEEN VIOLENCE?

night; at least 13 are dead

At least 12 people have been reported killed so far. Iranian state television
said Monday that security forces repelled “armed protesters” who tried
to take over police stations and military bases, without elaborating.
Pictures published by semi-official Iranian news agencies have shown
water cannons being used on protesters in Tehran, as well as damage
done by demonstrators to public property. Several hundred people By Nasser Karimi In a later report, state TV said killed President Hassan Rouhani acknowl-
reportedly have been arrested, though police say they’ve released many. and Jon Gambrell six people were killed in the western edged the public’s anger over the
Some videos circulated online show protesters welcoming police officers town of Tuyserkan, 295 kilometers Islamic Republic’s flagging econo-
and demonstrating peacefully. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOW HAS THE WORLD REACTED? (185 miles) southwest of Tehran, and my, though he and others warned that
U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted several times in support of the TEHRAN, Iran — Protests across three in the town of Shahinshahr, 315 the government wouldn’t hesitate to
protests. The State Department has accused Iran’s leaders of turning “a Iran saw their most violent night as kilometers (195 miles) south of crack down on those it considers law-
wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically Tehran. It did not say where the 10th breakers.
depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed and “armed protesters” tried to overrun
chaos.” Rouhani has dismissed Trump’s criticisms, while many Iranians military bases and police stations person was killed. That was echoed Monday by judici-
remain angry with the American president over his travel bans barring before security forces repelled them, Earlier Monday, the semi-official ary chief Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani,
them from getting U.S. visas, as well as his refusal to re-certify the nuclear killing 10 people, Iranian state tele- ILNA news agency quoted who urged authorities to confront
deal. Hedayatollah Khademi, a representa- rioters, state TV reported.
IS IRAN A DEMOCRACY? vision said Monday.
Iran describes itself as an Islamic Republic. Elected representatives pass The demonstrations, the largest to tive for the town of Izeh, as saying “I demand all prosecutors across the
laws and govern on behalf of their constituencies. However, the supreme strike Iran since its disputed 2009 two people died there Sunday night. country to get involved and the
leader has the final say on all state matters. The Guardian Council, a 12- presidential election, have seen five He said the cause of death wasn’t approach should be strong,” he said.
member panel half selected by the supreme leader and half nominated immediately known, though authori- Rouhani also stressed Monday that
by the judiciary and approved by parliament, must approve all laws.The days of unrest across the country and a
council also approves all presidential and parliamentary candidates, death toll of at least 13 with the slay- ties later described one of the deaths Iran “has seen many similar events
barring anyone who challenges the political system itself or advocates ing of a police officer announced late as the result of a personal dispute. and passed them easily.”
dramatic reform. Security forces answering only to the supreme leader, Monday. Late Monday, Iran’s semi-official U.S. President Donald Trump, who
like the Revolutionary Guard, routinely arrest dual nationals and foreigners, Mehr news agency said an assailant has been tweeting in support of the
using them as pawns in international negotiations. The protests began Thursday in
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? Mashhad over economic issues and using a hunting rifle killed a police- protesters, continued into the New
Demonstrators have called for more protests in the days ahead. While have expanded to several cities, with man and wounded three other officers Year, describing Iran as “failing at
Rouhani has said the government allows demonstrations, all so far have some protesters chanting against the during a demonstration in the central every level despite the terrible deal
been held without police permission, which is illegal. Ultimately, the city of Najafabad, about 320 kilome- made with them by the Obama
supreme leader will decide how to respond. As Cliff Kupchan at the government and the supreme leader,
Eurasia Group wrote in an analysis Sunday: “When it comes to regime Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Hundreds of ters (200 miles) south of Tehran. The Administration.”
survival, Khamenei calls the shots. And he’s got a lot of loyal and ruthless people have been arrested. slaying marked the first security “The great Iranian people have been
troops at his disposal.” Iranian state television aired force member to be killed in the repressed for many years,” he wrote.
footage of a ransacked private bank, unrest. “They are hungry for food & for free-
broken windows, overturned cars and Two protesters also were killed dur- dom. Along with human rights, the
a firetruck that appeared to have been ing clashes late Saturday in Doroud, wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME
set ablaze. It said 10 people were some 325 kilometers (200 miles) FOR CHANGE!”
killed by security forces during clash- southwest of Tehran in Lorestan While some have shared Trump’s
es Sunday night. province, authorities have said. tweets, many in Iran distrust him
“Some armed protesters tried to take On Sunday, Iran blocked access to because he has refused to re-certify the
over some police stations and mili- Instagram and the popular messaging nuclear deal and his travel bans have
tary bases but faced serious resistance app Telegram used by activists to blocked Iranians from getting U.S.
from security forces,” state TV said. organize. visas.
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Ray of hope, then deep hostility

between U.S. and North Korea
By Matthew Pennington
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — In the first
month of Donald Trump’s presi-
dency, an American scholar quiet-
ly met with North Korean officials
and relayed a message: The new
administration in Washington
appreciated an extended halt in the
North’s nuclear and ballistic mis-
sile tests. It might just offer a ray
of hope.
North Korean officials respond-
ed defiantly. The nearly four-
month period of quiet wasn’t a
sign of conciliation, they retort-
ed, insisting supreme leader Kim
Jong Un would order tests whenev-
er he wanted. As if to ram the point
home, North Korea only two days
later launched a new type of medi-
um-range missile that ended
Trump’s brief honeymoon.
The February launch heralded a
year of escalating tensions that
have left the U.S. and North Korea
closer to hostilities than at any
time since the Korean War ended in
1953. The North is now at the
“increasing every day.”
Shortly before Christmas, the
administration unveiled a new
security strategy that offered few
answers. It vaguely spoke of
“improving options” to get the
inscrutable North to abandon its
nuclear weapons.
By the administration’s own
admission, its official North
Korea policy of “maximum pres-
sure and engagement” hasn’t to
date included significant engage-
ment.
“The White House and the secre-
tary of state seem unable to coor-
dinate on even the most basic ele-
ments of a common strategy, ”
wrote Stephan Haggard, a North
Korea expert at the University of
California, San Diego.
The U.S. has scored successes in
its international pressure on
North Korea. It has won coopera-
tion from the North’s traditional
backers such as China and Russia
REUTERS on restrictions that have put new
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a New Year’s Day speech in this photo released by North Korea’s strains on an economy Kim has
Korean Central News Agency. promised to modernize in his half-
decade as leader. The U.S. also

Kim: U.S. should know North

brink of realizing its decades-old
goal of being able to strike any-
where in America with a nuclear
weapon. And two leaders untested
in the delicate diplomacy of deter-
rence have exchanged personal
insults and warned of the other
nation’s annihilation.
“Pyongyang and Washington
are caught in a vicious cycle of
action and reaction,” Korea expert
Duyeon Kim wrote in the Bulletin
of Atomic Scientists. “If nothing
happens to break the cycle, it will
continue until one side either
stands down, which is very unlike-
ly, or, far worse, takes military
action.”
The exchanges at the unofficial
U. S. -North Korean talks 10
months ago hadn’t been reported
before. They were recounted to the
Associated Press by a participant
who requested anonymity to
describe them. No U.S. govern-
ment officials took part.
Although North Korea at that
time signaled interest in talks
with Washington, its uncompro-
mising position made plain the
challenges Trump faced as he
entered the White House, promis-
ing to sort out the North Korean
“mess” he inherited. It also under-
scored how much difficulty the
U.S. has experienced gauging the
North’s thinking.
Before his inauguration, Trump
blithely tweeted about the
prospect of Kim having a nuclear-
tipped missile that could strike
America: — “It won’t happen!”
Korean nuclear force a reality
By Eric Talmadge
and Kim Tong-Hyung
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea — North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un said
Monday that the United States
should be aware that his country’s
nuclear forces are now a reality,
not a threat. But he also struck a
conciliatory tone in his New
Year’s address, wishing success
for the Winter Olympics set to
begin in South Korea in February
and suggesting the North may
send a delegation to participate.
Kim, wearing a Western-style
gray suit and tie, said in his cus-
tomary annual address that his
country had achieved the historic
feat of “completing” its nuclear
forces and added that he has a
nuclear button on his desk.
“The U.S. should know that the
button for nuclear weapons is on
my table,” he said during the
Almost a year later, and after an
onslaught of new economic sanc-
tions and U.S. military threats,
the nuclear menace from
Pyongyang is far worse.
speech, as translated by the
Associated Press.
“The entire area of the U.S.
mainland is within our nuclear
strike range. ... The United States
can never start a war against me
and our country,” Kim said.
He also called for improved
relations with the South, an idea
mentioned in speeches more
often than it is met. He said the
Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
would be a good opportunity to
showcase the status of the Korean
nation.
He also said the two Koreas
could meet urgently to discuss the
North sending a delegation.
“The Winter Olympic games
that will be held soon in the
South will be a good opportunity
to display the status of the
Korean nation and we sincerely
wish that the event will be held
with good results,” he said.
South Korea’s presidential
office said it welcomed the pro-
And U.S. strategy is muddled.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
recently offered unconditional
talks with North Korea only to be
quickly shot down by the White
posal to hold talks between gov-
ernment officials over the issue
of North Korea sending a delega-
tion to the Olympics. The office
of President Moon Jae-in said the
successful hosting of the
Pyeongchang Olympics would
contribute to peace and harmony
not only on the Korean Peninsula
and in Northeast Asia, but in the
entire world.
The New Year’s address is an
annual event in North Korea and
is watched closely for indica-
tions of the direction and priori-
ties Kim may adopt in the year
ahead.
This year’s speech was seen as
particularly important because of
the high tensions over
Pyongyang’s frequent missile
launches and its nuclear test in
2017. The tests were the focus of
fiery verbal exchanges between
North Korea and President Donald
Trump, who has derisively called
Kim “little rocket man.”
House, where not only Trump has
talked up the possibility of mili-
tary confrontation. National secu-
rity adviser H.R. McMaster also
has warned the potential for war is
says more than 20 countries have
curtailed diplomatic ties with
Pyongyang.
But Trump this past week
strongly criticized China for still
allowing oil supplies to North
Korea, highlighting the likely
limits on Beijing’s willingness to
put the squeeze on its unpre-
dictable neighbor. So far, pressure
hasn’t accomplished the stated
goal: forcing the North to aban-
don its nuclear weapons program
or, at least, to enter negotiations
over such a possibility. Kim has
remained focused on developing a
nuclear arsenal he views as guaran-
teeing regime survival. And his
program advanced leaps and
bounds during 2017.
After a rash of failed missile
tests last year, North Korea has
conducted more than 20 missile
launches since Trump came to
office. It also tested what it
described as a hydrogen bomb —
an underground blast so big it reg-
istered as a 6.3 magnitude earth-
quake. Then in late November, it
test-fired a new intercontinental
missile in the clearest demonstra-
tion yet that all of America was
within its striking range.
Trump has compounded the
world’s sense of alarm. While he
has presented his own threats as
proof of an America that won’t be
intimidated, critics at home and
abroad have argued that he has ele-
vated the risk of nuclear conflict
through his personal insults to
Kim.

Donald Trump slams Pakistan for ‘lies & deceit’ in New Year’s tweet
By Kathy Gannin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ISLAMABAD — President
Donald Trump slammed Pakistan
for ‘lies & deceit’ in a New Year’s
Day tweet that said Islamabad had
played U.S. leaders for ‘fools.’
‘No more,’ Trump tweeted.
Trump in his tweet said the U.S.
had given Pakistan $33 billion in
the last 15 years, yet Afghanistan
and the U.S. have long accused
Pakistan of providing safe havens
for militants.
Meanwhile, Pakistan had no offi-
cial comment but Foreign Minister
Khawaja Asif Asif said Trump’s tweet was borne
tweeted that his out of frustration and that the
government was United States should pursue dia-
preparing a logue with Afghanistan’s insur-
response that gents rather than military force.
‘will let the “America is frustrated over defeat
world know the in Afghanistan. America should
truth.’ take the path of dialogue instead of
P a k i s t a n ’s using military might in
Donald Trump Urdu language Afghanistan,” Asif was quoted as
Geo Television saying.
quoted Asif as saying: “We have The Afghan Ambassador to the
already said ‘no more’ to America, U.S. Hamdullah Mohib welcomed
so Trump’s ‘no more’ has no impor- Trump’s tweet. “A promising
tance. We are ready to give all message to Afghans who have
account for every single penny to suffered at the hands of terrorists
America in public.” based in Pakistan for far too
long,” Mohib tweeted.
The uneasy relationship between
the United States and Pakistan has
been on a downward spiral since the
2011 U.S. operation that located
and killed Osama bin Laden in the
military garrison town of
Abbottabad. Trump ratcheted up the
pressure last year when he
announced his Afghan strategy that
called out Pakistan for harboring
Afghan Taliban insurgents warning
it would have to end.
In August, the United States said
it would hold up $255 million in
military assistance for Pakistan
until it cracks down on extremists
threatening Afghanistan. On
Monday, the Trump administra-
tion’s National Security Council
said that was still the plan although
the U.S. would continue to reassess
the situation.
“The president has made clear
that the United States expects
Pakistan to take decisive action
against terrorists and militants on
its soil, and that Pakistan’s actions
in support of the South Asia
Strategy will ultimately determine
the trajectory of our relationship,
including future security assis-
tance,” according to the U.S. state-
ment
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10 Tuesday • Jan 2, 2018 BUSINESS THE DAILY JOURNAL

A recession warning signal is

flashing; investors carry on
By Stan Choe climbed to nearly 1.85 percent, up from
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from 1.25 percent at the end of 2016.
But longer-term interest rates have not
NEW YORK — One of Wall Street’s tradi- followed suit. The Fed has less control over
tional warning signs for a recession is longer-term rates, such as the 10-year
flashing yellow, and nobody seems to care. Treasury yield, which are affected not only
The signal lies within the bond market, by forecasts for the Fed’s rate decisions but
where Treasurys maturing in a couple years also by expectations for inflation, econom-
have been paying nearly as much in interest ic growth and other things.
as bonds that take a decade to mature. The The 10-year Treasury yield is close to
gap between the two is usually much wider. where it ended last year, at 2.50 percent
Market watchers call this phenomenon a compared with 2.47 percent. If the trend
“flattening yield curve,” and it’s often been continues and short-term rates go higher
a harbinger of slowing economic growth, if than long-term rates, it would create what
not a recession. market watchers call an “inverted yield
Earlier this month, a 10-year Treasury was curve.” That would be a flashing red light on
offering just 0.53 percentage points more the warning system because it can indicate
in yield than a two-year Treasury. The last the bond market is expecting weak econom-
time the spread was so thin was in October ic growth.
2007. Two months later, the Great A rule of thumb says a recession would
Recession began. follow in about a year, and an inverted yield
“The curve normally is the ultimate crys- curve preceded each of the last seven reces-
tal ball portending recession,” said Rich sions, according to the Cleveland Fed.
Taylor, client portfolio manager at One big reason for longer-term rates
American Century Investments. “It tells us REUTERS being stuck in place is stubbornly low
what the economy will do. And a curve this The trading floor is seen on the final day of trading for 2017 at the New York Stock Exchange. inflation. Raises for workers are a bit
flat would suggest we have an impending the sentiment last week. years old and the unemployment rate is low, healthier than in prior years, and wage
recession.” How can so many along Wall Street feel as it is now, short-term rates are usually growth has historically fed through to
Yet Taylor and most of Wall Street say that so confident saying what have been famous moving higher as a result of the Federal higher inflation. But the wage gains are
technical factors are making the yield curve last words for so many market trends: This Reserve hiking its overnight interest rate. still only modest: about 3. 4 percent,
a less reliable indicator this time around, time is different? This year, the Fed has raised short-term according to the Federal Reserve Bank of
and they don’t see a recession looming on Taylor said the curve is “flattening for dif- rates three times, after doing so just twice in Atlanta. It was closer to 4 percent before the
the horizon, at least not in 2018. Even ferent reasons.” the prior 10 years combined. In response, Great Recession and 5 percent at the turn of
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen echoed When an economic expansion is several the yield on the two-year Treasury has the millennium.

Using government policy to guide investment choices

By Alex Veiga
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
From the Republican-led federal tax
reform package signed into law by
President Donald Trump to his predecessor’s
sweeping overhaul of health care, govern-
ment policies can often benefit some com-
panies and hurt others.
That dynamic is something investors can
work with to identify companies that could
make big gains, or to short shares in those
that may face turbulence should unfavorable
legislation win passage or a federal agency
impose new rules.
That’s the idea behind three exchange-
traded funds, or ETFs, from EventShares
that debuted in October. One invests in
companies that are likely to benefit from
Republican policies, while another favors
companies that would thrive under
Democratic policies.
A third aims to invest in companies that
will see the biggest benefits from the
recently enacted tax overhaul. To date, the
ETFs now have combined assets under man-
agement of just under $18 million.
Ben Phillips, chief investment officer of
EventShares, spoke with the AP about how
he manages the ETFs’ holdings and why
investors should consider this niche
approach rather than sticking with broader
ETFs that are not focused on policy and pol-
itics. Answers have been edited for length
and clarity.
Q: Why create ETFs g eared to ward
co mpani es that pl ay o n the po tenti al
po l i cy o utco mes i n Was hi ng to n?
A: We went back 40 plus years and studied
airline regulation in the 1970s and studied
that impact, which was regulatory and poli-
cy driven. We looked at Glass-Steagall in
the 90s. We looked at Dodd-Frank and,
obviously, Obamacare. It had implications
for the market and still does today.
The idea was there are these major policy
trends that really do drive market returns,
especially for specific sectors. And we
thought those should be consolidated into
funds. The GOP and the DEMS fund.
Q: Ho w do y o u s el ect the co mpa-
ni es fo r each fund?
A: We picked what we believe the top five
policies of each party are over the next zero
to five years. The GOP fund has defense,
border protection, infrastructure, U.S. ener-
gy independence, deregulation and tax
reform. All of those policy items are driv-
ing returns for those stocks. The Democrat
ETF’s largest policy bucket is health care
expansion, environmentally conscious,
social good, finance reform and educational
access.
That’s really our starting point, trying to
start with the policy and then we pick under-
lying stocks that we think are best suited to
fit that policy.
Q: Do y o ur ETFs l end to o much
wei g ht to the g o v ernment’s i nfl u-
ence o n ho w a co mpany perfo rms ?
A: I don’t think so. What’s driven the
market’s returns over the past year? It’s
been potential deregulation, whether it’s
health care or financial or energy. It’s been
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in 24-6 Sugar Bowl blowout
League begins for some;
key matchups for others
W
hen the calendar flips
to a new year, not
only do all those
new-year’s resolutions kick in,
but it also signals the beginning
of high school basketball league
play. And while many schools
don’t even resume classes until
next week, some aren’t wasting
any time getting back on the
court and starting the long slog
toward a league title.
The West Catholic and West
Bay athletic
leagues
kickoff con-
ference play
this week,
while the
Peninsula
Athletic
League does
not begin
for another
week.
Serra, the county’s lone repre-
sentative in the WCAL, seems to
be hitting its stride at the right
time. After a slow start, the
Padres have won five in a row
and stand at 8-2 going into
Tuesday’s league opener. They
will get a stern test right off the
bat with a road game at 9-0
Valley Christian and then host-
ing 8-2 St. Francis Friday. Both
games are at 7:30 p.m.
The WBAL offers a couple of
interesting boys matchups right
out of the gate Wednesday.
Preseason favorite Menlo hosts
a Pinewood squad that has been
on the rise the last several years
at 6:30 p.m. In another strong
pairing, 7-3 Woodside Priory
heads to East Palo Alto and a
matchup against a 10-0 Eastside
College Prep, also at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday.
On the girls’ side, there is an
interesting Private School
Athletic League North Division
meeting when Summit Prep-
Redwood City takes on Summit
Shasta-Daly City at 4:45 p.m.
Thursday. The two are sister
schools that share the same ath-
letic director, Mike Lofburg,
who is in charge of building
both programs.
A strong non-league matchup
has a resurgent Terra Nova girls’
squad on the road at Notre Dame-
Belmont at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Terra Nova is off to a 7-1 start
this season and is looking for
one more big win before the start
of PAL play. NDB is coming a
big rivalry win over Carlton,
beating the Scots 44-34 last
Saturday. Both these teams strug-
gled last season and a win by
either would give them a boost
of confidence heading into
league play.
Just look at this week as the
perfect way to slowly ramp up
your high school basketball
intake before everything breaks
loose next week with a full slate
of league games up and down the
Peninsula.
***
How quickly can a team’s for-
tunes change in the NFL? The
Oakland Raiders went from pre-
See LOUNGE, Page 16
GARY A. VASQUEZ/USA TODAY SPORTS
Georgia running back Sony Michel
runs for the winning TD in overtime
Monday at Rose Bowl Stadium.
M-A bulls way to crown at
Coaches vs. Cancer tourney
By Terry Bernal
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Menlo-Atherton’s tandem of
Greer Hoyem and Carly McLanahan
has etched quite a history in the
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
The superstars of the Lady Bears
basketball team continued their
winning ways in the annual tour-
nament hosted by Eastside
College Prep and Menlo School,
leading M-A (6-4 overall) to a 64-
57 win over crosstown rival
Menlo School (8-1) in Saturday’s
Competitive Bracket No. 1 cham-
pionship game.
The Bears, who led by as much
as 15 near the end of the first half,
saw their lead dwindle to 1 midway
through the fourth quarter. After a
See M-A, Page 15
Gators star senior
realizes end game
with Nor Cal title
By Terry Bernal
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Soldiering through the postsea-
son was no easy task for Cate
Desler.
All season long, Sacred Heart
Prep volleyball’s senior outside
hitter was focused on one thing
—  elevating her team to champi-
onship status, a goal she hadn’t
realized in league, section or state
postseason play in her three pre-
vious varsity seasons.
And the story of how Desler led
the Gators to their first title of any
kind since 2012 —  beyond her
ranking first in total kills in the
state of California, or her being
named West Bay Athletic League
Foothill Division Most Valuable
Player —  is why she has been
named the Daily Journal
Volleyball Player of the Year.
“She was a pinnacle part of our
team, both on and off the court she
did her best to include everyone to
get the team bonding, ” Sacred
Heart Prep senior setter Haley
Georgia rallies late
in Rose Bowl classic
By Ralph D. Russo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PASADENA — After ending the
first overtime Rose Bowl, one of
the greatest Granddaddies of Them
All, Sony Michel was swarmed by
Georgia teammates as he broke
down in tears.
The senior tailback had gone
from possible goat to all-time
hero for Georgia, sending the
Menlo-Atherton senior Carly McLanahan, right, drives against Menlo
senior Mohini Gupta in the Coaches vs. Cancer Competitive Bracket No. 1
championship game Saturday at Eastside College Prep.
Tuesday • Jan. 2, 2017
Martella said. “That’s such a huge
aspect of our amazing team
dynamic, is it started off her will-
ingness to help out everyone.”
When the Gators were at their
best, Desler carried them as well.
Even through a postseason bout of
influenza heading into the Central
Coast Section Division IV playoffs.
“I just knew I had to push
through no matter what was hap-
pening,” Desler said. “No matter
what happens to me, you’ve just
got to keep playing.”
Sacred Heart Prep had already
missed in its pursuit of the league
title, finishing in third place in
the WBAL Foothill.
Then after suffering through two
CCS playoff victories, Desler
arrived for the championship
match coughing, sniffling and
white as a sheet. Once again,
Sacred Heart Prep was denied a
title, as WBAL rival Notre Dame-
Belmont seized the CCS Division
IV crown with a four-set victory.
See DESLER, Page 14
Bulldogs to the national champi-
onship game with a one last burst
in a game full of them.
Michel raced 27 yards for a
touchdown in the second overtime
to give No. 3 Georgia a 54-48 vic-
tory against No. 2 Oklahoma in
the College Football Playoff
semifinal Monday night.
Michel, who had a fumble in the
See ROSE, Page 13
TERRY BERNAL/DAILY JOURNAL
12 Tuesday • Jan 2, 2018 SPORTS THE DAILY JOURNAL

Gruden cloud hanging over

Raiders after Del Rio firing
By John Dubow ward to seeing what happens.”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This isn’t the first time Gruden has been
tied to the Raiders. Owner Mark Davis has
ALAMEDA — The Raiders players took always expressed interest on bringing him
their exit physicals, packed up their lockers back and there was talk of that possibility
and said their goodbyes. back when Dennis Allen was hired in 2012
A season that started with Super Bowl and again before Del Rio was hired in 2015.
expectations ended with coach Jack Del Rio Davis has not talked publicly about the deci-
getting fired after a six-win season, sending sion or the future, issuing only a brief state-
the team into another offseason of uncertain- ment thanking Del Rio.
ty. Gruden is still extremely popular among
Already the speculation has turned to Jon Raiders fans after going 38-26 in four sea-
Gruden returning to Oakland for a second stint sons before being traded to Tampa Bay fol-
as coach, with ESPN reporting that Gruden is lowing the 2001 season that ended with the
expected to be the team’s next coach. “Tuck Rule” game playoff loss at New
“It’s exciting,” said linebacker NaVorro England. JACK GRUBER/USA TODAY SPORTS
Bowman, who called Del Rio a great Gruden beat the Raiders for the Super Bowl Former Raiders head coach Jon Gruden is rumored to be heading back to the Bay Area.
coach. “You know what he’s done in the the following year, but didn’t win another game between Tennessee and Kansas City. Moving forward, the future is bright.”
past. You know that he understands the playoff game in his final six seasons with the “I guess I’ll believe it when I see it, from all Expectations were high coming into this
game of football, both sides, and he has Buccaneers. Tampa Bay had a 57-55 overall the reports in previous years and stuff like season with Carr and most of the key offen-
studied the quarterback position inside and record in Gruden’s tenure. He has spent the that. I mean, he may do it, he may not. Looks sive pieces back, along with the addition of
out. He’s a guy that’s a well-known critic past nine seasons as an announcer for ESPN like he is, but I don’t know. It would be inter- running back Marshawn Lynch and tight end
in this game and coach as well. I look for- and is schedule to work Saturday’s playoff esting to see him back on the sideline,” long Jared Cook.
snapper Jon Condo said. But Del Rio’s decision to fire coordinator
“I’ve met him a couple of times, but I don’t Bill Musgrave after last season despite a
know what he’s like as a coach. I know what dynamic offense and replace him with quarter-
he’s done 15 years ago. He’s been a part of the backs coach Todd Downing backfired.
game, so he knows the game. I don’t know.” The offense regressed significantly this
Del Rio, who grew up in the East Bay city season as Carr struggled under Downing’s
of Hayward cheering for the Raiders, took tutelage and the defense showed no signs of
over a three-win team in 2015 and immediate- improvement before firing coordinator Ken
ly changed the culture and helped Oakland win Norton Jr. after 10 games.
seven games that season. That led to Del Rio getting fired despite a
The Raiders had a breakthrough season in 25-23 record for a team that won 11 games in
2016 with 12 wins, but it ended in disap- the three seasons before he arrived. Del Rio is
pointment when a broken leg for quarterback the first Raiders coach fired with a winning
Derek Carr in Week 16 cost the Raiders a record since Art Shell was let go with a 54-38
chance at a division title and led to a first- mark following the 1994 season.
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ROSE
Continued from page 11
fourth quarter returned for a go-ahead
Oklahoma touchdown, ran for 181 yards
and three scores for the Bulldogs (13-1),
but none bigger than the last one.
“I made plays. I gave up plays. My team just
had faith in me,” said Michel, who did all that
damage on just 11 carries and got a hug from
former Bulldogs great tailback Garrison
Hearst after scoring the winning TD. “That’s
what this team is all about. They showed true
character today.”
In the final game of his great career,
Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield threw for 287
yards and two touchdowns, and caught a
touchdown pass that gave the Sooners a 17-
point lead with 6 seconds left in the first half.
But the Heisman Trophy winner could not
get the Sooners (12-2) into the end zone in
the first overtime when a touchdown would
have ended the game.
“It’s tough to describe right now,”
Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said of the
loss. “It’s a hell of a college football game.
You know, an epic Rose Bowl game.”
The Bulldogs will play either Alabama or
Clemson on Jan. 8 for the national champi-
onship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta,
about 70 miles from their campus. After
Georgia made its first trip to the Rose Bowl
since 1943 a rousing, heart-stopping suc-
cess, the Bulldogs will play for their first
national title since 1980.
“We got to get back to work. It’s not done,”
Michel said. “Now we got to finish. Let’s just
finish this season off right.”
The 104th Rose Bowl was also the highest-
scoring, surpassing last year’s 52-49 USC
victory against Penn State. There was a lot
more on the line in this one, the first CFP
game to go to overtime as well.
After an offside penalty on Georgia gave
Oklahoma a first down on third-and-five in
the second OT possession, the Sooners
stalled again and Austin Seibert came out for a
27-yard field goal. Leaping through the line,
Lorenzo Carter got his outstretched hand on
SPORTS Tuesday • Jan 2, 2018 13
the kick and the ball fluttered down short of
the uprights.
Any score would have ended it for the
Bulldogs, and on the second play Michel
slipped one tackle and was home free. The
Bulldogs sprinted off the sideline and toward
the corner of the end zone to mob Michel.
Confetti rained down. Meanwhile, Mayfield
stood motionless on the sideline for several
seconds, bent over with his hands on his
knees and head down. Mayfield battled flu-
like symptoms the week leading into the
game, but he played just fine.
“I can’t believe it’s over. It’s been a wild
ride,” said Mayfield with a hoarse voice
before he started to cry.
Michel and his roommate and running mate
Nick Chubb were awesome for Georgia.
Chubb ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns,
including a 2-yarder on a direct snap with 55
seconds left in regulation to tie it. The
Sooners had taken a 45-38 lead when Steven
Parker returned Michel’s fumble for a TD with KEVIN JAIRAJ/USA TODAY SPORTS
6:52 left in the fourth. Alabama running back Damien Harris jumps over the pile during the third quarter against
“I told him that he had to keep running and Clemson in the Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
trying to hit the corner,” Chubb said. “We had
a long game and after the fumble, we went
down and he made up for it with that run to win
the game.”
’Bama dominates Clemson
By Paul Newberry session in the Big Easy.
Both teams settled for field goals in the first THE ASSOCIATED PRESS There would be no drama in the nightcap.
overtime. First, Georgia’s Rodrigo With Deshaun Watson off to the NFL, top-
Blankenship hit from 38 to make it 48-45. NEW ORLEANS — The rubber match of ranked Clemson (12-2) simply had no
Then it was Mayfield’s turn. A touchdown the Alabama-Clemson trilogy was a total answer for Nick Saban’s latest group of
would have sent the Sooners to Atlanta, but dud compared to the teams’ previous two defensive standouts. The Crimson Tide’s
on a third-and-2 from the 17 Georgia All- meetings. win set up an all-Southeastern Conference
America linebacker Roquan Smith nailed Except to the Crimson Tide defense, showdown for the national title — with
Jordan Smallwood a yard short of the first which will remember it as a thing of beauty. Saban matched against his former defensive
down. In a game where every yard was a struggle, coordinator, Georgia coach Kirby Smart.
Seibert kicked a 33-yarder and the Bulldogs the ‘Bama defenders took matters into their Clemson was fortunate to be down only
and Sooners played on, but not for much own hands, scoring a pair of touchdowns 10-3 at halftime against the fourth-ranked
longer. just 13 seconds apart in the third quarter to Tide (12-1), and actually closed the gap with
turn an offensive slog into a 24-6 rout of a field goal after Jalen Hurts fumbled on the
The takeaway defending national champion Clemson in first play of the second half.
The Bulldogs came in with the sixth-best the Sugar Bowl semifinal game Monday But any thoughts of a Tiger rally were
defense in the country, but Mayfield and the night. snuffed out by the time the third quarter was
Sooners sliced it up in the first half, includ- It was quite a contrast to their last two done.
ing a nifty reverse pass to the Heisman meetings, both high-scoring classics with The Tide, which began the season in
Trophy-winning quarterback that made it the national title on the line, not to men- Atlanta beating Florida State, will return to
31-14 with 6 seconds left in the second quar- tion the Rose Bowl semifinal that preceded Mercedes-Benz Stadium next Monday night
ter. Oklahoma had 360 yards in the first it. Georgia knocked off Oklahoma 54-48 in to face No. 3 Georgia and give Saban anoth-
half, the second-most the Bulldogs had a double-overtime thriller that wasn’t decid- er shot at matching Bear Bryant’s record six
allowed in a game this season. ed until the Alabama was on its second pos- national titles.
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14 Tuesday • Jan 2, 2018
South Korea offers
to talk with North
on Olympic accord
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on
Tuesday offered high-level talks with rival
North Korea meant to find ways to cooperate
on the Winter Olympics set to begin in the
South next month.
The offer came a day after North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un said in his New Year’s
address that he’s willing to send a delegation
to the Olympics, though he also repeated
nuclear threats against the United States.
Analysts say Kim may be trying to drive a
wedge between Seoul and its ally Washington
as a way to ease international isolation and
sanctions against North Korea.
South Korean Unification Minster Cho
Myoung-gyon says the South proposes the
two Koreas meet Jan. 9 at the border village
of Panmunjom to discuss Olympic coopera-
tion and how to improve overall ties.
If the talks are realized, Cho said South
Korea will first focus on Olympic coopera-
tion but also try to discuss a restoration of
strained ties between the Koreas.
In his closely watched address, Kim said
that the United States should be aware that
his country’s nuclear forces are now a reality,
not a threat. He said he has a “nuclear button”
on his office desk.
He called for improved ties and a relaxation
of military tensions with South Korea, say-
ing the Winter Olympics could showcase the
status of the Korean nation.
SPORTS
DESLER
Continued from page 11
But with the Gators advancing to the CCS
championship game, they earned a berth in
the CIF Northern California Division II
playoffs. And it was there a recuperated
Desler led Sacred Heart Prep’s redemption,
scoring victories over Del Oro-Loomis and
Nevada Union-Grass Valley before prevail-
ing in a rematch with Notre Dame-Belmont
in the Nor Cal semifinals.
Then, by the most dramatic of margins in
the Nor Cal championship match — a 25-
16, 25-20, 18-25, 14-25, 17-15 thriller at
Carlmont —  Sacred Heart Prep earned its
first banner of any kind since two years
prior to Desler’s arrival, and the first since
coaches Ali Magner and Ali Taufoou took
over the program in 2014.  Cate Desler was one of the SHP’s top defenders this year, ranking second on the team in digs.
“I just knew since freshman year, Ali and
Ali said we’re going to get something on
the wall,” Desler said. “And last year we
came so, so close.”
Indeed, the 2016 postseason was a heart-
breaker. The Gators entered the CCS
Division IV bracket as the No. 1 seed, but
ultimately fell in the championship match
to Monte Vista Christian.
The silver lining was the marked
improvement the program saw in 2016.
When Desler was the lone freshman to
make the varsity cut in 2014, Magner
— then in her first season — recognized the
talent in the tall, powerful outside hitter,
and that she was a player upon whom to
build the program.
“We saw Cate and we knew she was so spe-
cial,” Magner said. “She dedicated herself
not just this year, but since the moment she
walked into that gym she bled Gators vol-
leyball.”
The Gators posted an 18-14 overall record
in 2014, then in Desler’s sophomore sea-
son improved to 19-11. Last year, in earn-
ing CCS Division IV runner-up and CIF
Northern California final four status, Sacred
Heart Prep went 26-12.
And through a club season with Vision
Volleyball Club between her junior and sen-
ior seasons, Desler resolved to keep the
Gators improving. Already a franchise
player, she took it to another level as a sen-
ior, leading the Gators to a 29-9 record.
“She’s consistent and she executed,”
Magner said. “You know you’re going to put
the ball in her hands and she’s going to get
the job done. She really understood this year
you have to have a diverse game. … She
really truly blossomed as a strategic player.”
What distinguished Desler this season
was her ability to vary her shots. Already a
daunting terminator with a powerful swing,
the 6-1 outside hitter added finesse to her
attacking game. It helped her total 725 kills
THE DAILY JOURNAL
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on the year, over 100 more than the state’s
second leading kill getter, James Logan-
Union City senior Tatiana Toleafoa with
609. Desler also ranked sixth in the state
with 5.8 kills per set.
Desler also blossomed into a complete
player, ranking second on the Gators in
aces (71), blocks (71) and digs (6.7 per set).
Then, there was the leadership, which was
second to none, according to Magner.
“Cate is a very silent leader, if you will,”
Magner said. “She’s quiet, she’s very hum-
ble as an athlete, which I think when you
have that level of skillset is rare.”
Next season, Desler will take that star-
quality skillset to Tufts University, a
Division III program in Massachusetts
where she will have the opportunity to be
an impact presence from the get-go.
As for her legacy as one of the Sacred
Heart Prep all-time greats?
“I hope I left a good legacy of continued
leadership,” Desler said. “Somebody who
brings a lot of smiles and happiness to the
court. … Volleyball is a sisterhood and we
all love each other so much. We’ll all do
anything for each other.”
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timeout, during which she drew up relaxed,” Menlo head coach John

M-A a post play for Hoyem and

implored her team to slow down
the tempo.
Paye said. “We’re kind of a streaky
team. We had the momentum
going. And I have to hand it to M-
Gionta named captain as
Continued from page 11

timeout, and a set play to the 6-1

senior Hoyem in the post, M-A
closed the game on a 10-1 run to
claim the title, marking the third
straight year the team has taken
home the Competitive Bracket No.
1 trophy.
“It means so much, honestly,”
McLanahan said. “This is our
[third] one, me and G. We’re just
really happy right now.”
With Hoyem the post notorious
presence she is, M-A outrebounded
Menlo 46-34. But, surprisingly, it
wasn’t Hoyem who grabbed the
most boards for the Bears. It was
instead the point guard
McLanahan, who recorded a dou-
ble-double with 11 points and 12
rebounds.
McLanahan joked that Hoyem —
who scored a game-high 23 points
and grabbed seven rebounds —
taught her everything she knows
about battling in the post.
“Learn from the best, right?”
McLanahan said.
Hoyem’s clutch performance
inside the final four minutes of the
game was no joke though. M-A
took a 54-41 lead into the fourth
quarter, but Menlo found the hot
hand from beyond the 3-point arc
to go on a 12-0 run, with treys
from Mallory North and Ally
Stuart, followed by a steal and
assist by Stuart to senior Erin
Dunn for a 9-foot jumper to close
the deficit to 54-53.
M-A head coach Markisha
Coleman responded by calling a
“I just told them to be patient,
that we were going to be OK,”
Coleman said. “You could see it in
everyone’s eyes that they believed
that. So, they just remained calm,
came out and executed on a play
really well. And then got a stop on
defense.”
After Hoyem posted up, off a
clutch lob pass from Erica Fischer,
to up the lead to 56-53, Fischer
came up with a rare steal. Menlo
turned over the ball just four times
in the game, but the Fischer steal
allowed M-A to dominate the
remainder of play.
Hoyem went on to score two
more buckets down the stretch,
drawing fouls on both.
“She’s very reliable,” Coleman
said. “She usually never has a
problem scoring. What we’ve been
working on with her this year is
when they send two or three
(defenders) — and in this game
they sent three people — being
able to pass it out to your shoot-
ers. And every game she’s getting
better.”
Considering the Knights’
abysmal shooting percentage, it is
a testament to how talented they
are — in incurring their first loss
of the season — that they were in
the game at all. Menlo shot 31.3
percent from the floor throughout,
including just 6 for 30 in the first
half.
After going into the halftime
locker room down 36-23, however,
the Knights scored 34 points in
the second half.
“I think they just kind of
A … obviously they’re a talented
team, an experienced team.”
Dunn led the comeback surge in
the second half, scoring 11 of her
team-high 18 points after the
break. But the Knights distributed
the ball well when the going was
good, with freshman Avery Lee
adding 13 points, North adding 12
and Mohini Gupta scoring 9.
What M-A did in neutralizing the
swarming Menlo press, though,
was the difference in the game.
During pregame warm-ups, it was
clear the Bears were intent on three
facets of their game above all —
passing, passing and passing.
“I think the best way to beat any
team is teamwork,” McLanahan
said. “So, we like to move the ball
and get open shots. Our best
offense is when we’re getting the
extra pass in, just getting every-
one a touch on the ball, getting
everyone in the flow of the game.”
M-A still turned over the ball 15
times, but only once in the first
quarter, allowing the inside-out
passing of Hoyem to get the
perimeter shooters some looks.
While the Bears knocked down just
one 3 in the first period — a
McLanahan swish to end the quar-
ter — Fischer went on to hit three
3s in the game.
The win for M-A marks the fifth
straight over Menlo head-to-head
dating back to 2013-14.
“There were scheduling issues so
we weren’t able to play them dur-
ing the regular season,” Paye said.
“So I’m glad we were able to play
them in this tournament.”
U.S. unveils Olympic roster
By Stephen Whyno with the U.S. last year.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “I get the opportunity to go over
there and show everyone what I
Without the ability to pick from a can do,” Greenway said. “I would
crop of young American stars, USA have never (thought I’d) been say-
Hockey is leaning on a longtime ing to myself I will probably be
NHL winger as captain and hopes a playing in the Olympics in my
diverse roster junior year of college.”
can capture an This isn’t a rag-tag bunch of col-
Olympic medal. lege kids like the 1980 “Miracle On
At the Winter Ice,” the last time the U.S. men’s
Classic in New hockey team won the Olympic gold
York on Monday, medal. The goal was to build a team
the U.S. named of varying talents that could com-
veteran Brian pete with two-time defending cham-
pion Canada and favored Russia, so
Gionta captain as
much of the roster is seasoned.
Brian Gionta it unveiled its With 1,006 games played over 15
roster for the
seasons, the 38-year-old Gionta has
Pyeongchang Olympics, the first
by far the most NHL experience of
games without NHL players since
the 23 players named. A total of 15
1994. There’s no Patrick Kane,
players have appeared in the NHL,
Johnny Gaudreau, Auston Matthews,
including AHL star Chris Bourque
Jack Eichel or Jonathan Quick, so
the U.S. men’s hockey team is made and European-based forwards Mark
up of Gionta, four college players, Arcobello and Jim Slater and
three from the American Hockey defensemen James Wisniewski and
League and 15 playing in profession- Bobby Sanguinetti.
al leagues across Europe. “I think it’s a great mix of young
“We really like our roster,” gen- talent and veteran players with a
eral manager Jim Johannson said. lot of international experience,”
“It’s a group that brings versatili- said Sanguinetti, who was a first-
ty and experience and includes round pick of the New York
players who have a lot of passion Rangers in 2006. “Excited to get
about representing our country.” together in a month.”
Denver’s Troy Terry, Boston Tony Granato, who played at the
University’s Jordan Greenway, St. 1988 Olympics and now coaches
Cloud State’s Will Borgen and at Wisconsin, will be behind the
Harvard’s Ryan Donato are the bench in South Korea. The U.S.
NCAA players who should give the lost the bronze medal game to
U.S. a shot of youth. Terry and Finland in 2014 and got the silver
Greenway won World Junior gold in Vancouver in 2010.

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NBA STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
NHL STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Continued from page 11 for 2017 and Serra at Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. W L Pct GB GP W L OT Pts GF GA
when things Boston 30 10 .750 — Tampa Bay 38 28 8 2 58 144 93
Girls’ basketball Toronto 25 10 .714 2 1/2 Boston 37 21 10 6 48 114 94
started to nose- Aragon at Mt. Eden-Hayward, 5:30 p.m. New York 18 18 .500 10
season Super Bowl contenders to dive, they could- Philadelphia 17 19 .472 11 Toronto 40 23 15 2 48 135 118
Florida 38 17 16 5 39 108 121
the biggest disappointment in the n’t pull out. WEDNESDAY Brooklyn 14 23 .378 14 1/2
Detroit 38 15 16 7 37 104 119
NFL. The San Francisco 49ers, on Boys’ basketball
Jack Del Rio It should be a South City at Oceana, 5:30 p.m.; Crystal Springs at Southeast Division Montreal 39 16 19 4 36 100 122
the other hand, were supposed to cautionary tale Harker, 6 p.m.; Pinewood at Menlo School, Wood- Washington 21 16 .568 — Ottawa 37 12 17 8 32 98 128
struggle to win more than a cou- side Priory at Eastside College Prep, Sacred Heart Miami 19 17 .528 1 1/2 Buffalo 39 10 20 9 29 86 129
for the 49ers in Prep at King’s Academy, 6:30 p.m.; Aragon at Terra Charlotte 13 23 .361 7 1/2
ple games, and after an 0-9 start, 2018. We’ve Nova, 7 p.m. Orlando 12 26 .316 9 1/2 Metropolitan Division
had the specter of going 0-16 already heard
Atlanta 10 26 .278 10 1/2 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
within sight. Girls’ basketball Washington 40 24 13 3 51 123 113
the “Super Bowl Burton at Hillsdale, Lincoln at San Mateo, 1:30 p.m.; Central Division New Jersey 38 22 10 6 50 121 113
Both teams finished at 6-10. June Jordan-SF at Jefferson, 4 p.m.; Leland at Cleveland 24 12 .667 —
in 2018” talk Burlingame, 6 p.m.; Crystal Springs at Mercy-SF, 6:30 Detroit 20 15 .571 3 1/2 N.Y. Rangers 39 21 13 5 47 123 109
Which 6-10 team would you want to already, but a p.m. Milwaukee 19 16 .543 4 1/2 Columbus 40 22 15 3 47 113 114
be right now? The Raiders may have Indiana 19 18 .514 5 1/2 N.Y. Islanders39 20 15 4 44 136 139
deeper look at Chicago 13 24 .351 11 1/2 Carolina 38 18 13 7 43 106 114
as much dysfunction they’ve had in Boys’ soccer
this squad Serra vs. Mitty at Mise Park, 3:15 p.m.; Menlo-Ather- Pittsburgh 40 19 18 3 41 111 128
recent memory with the firing of shows there is a ton at South City, 4:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Philadelphia 38 16 14 8 40 106 109
coach Jack Del Rio immediately fol- Southwest Division
Jimmy ton of room for THURSDAY Houston 26 9 .743 — WESTERN CONFERENCE
lowing Sunday's 30-10 loss to the Garoppolo improvement, Boys’ basketball San Antonio 25 12 .676 2 Central Division
L.A. Chargers. The 49ers, mean- New Orleans 18 18 .500 8 1/2
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Dallas 13 25 .342 14 1/2
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while, will be a lot of prognostica- ory at Harker, 6:30 p.m.; Westmoor at Carlmont, 7 Winnipeg 40 23 11 6 52 134 110
every position but quarterback. p.m. Memphis 12 25 .324 15
Nashville 38 23 10 5 51 123 104
tors’ darlings at the beginning of The messianic performance by St. Louis 41 24 15 2 50 119 102
Northwest Division
next season, given the way they Jimmy Garoppolo at the end of the Girls’ basketball
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Kehillah Jewish at Design Tech, 3:30 p.m.; Summit
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Portland 19 17 .528 4 Chicago 38 18 14 6 42 112 106
And yet, neither team is proba- go 16-0 in 2018 and it would be Alma Heights,Terra Nova at Notre Dame-Belmont,
Denver 19 17 .528 4 Colorado 38 19 16 3 41 123 120
6 p.m.; Jefferson at Sequoia, 6:30 p.m.
bly as good or as bad as everyone foolish to think that the 49ers Utah 16 21 .432 7 1/2
thinks. The Raiders still have a lot won’t go through some more FRIDAY Pacific Division
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA
of offensive talent. A few pieces growing pains before becoming a Boys’ basketball Warriors 29 8 .784 — Vegas 37 26 9 2 54 132 106
Alma Heights vs Summit Prep at Sequoia, Stuart L.A. Clippers 16 19 .457 12
on the defensive side of the ball bona fide Super Bowl contender. Hall at Mills, 6 p.m.; Eastside College Prep at Menlo Phoenix 14 24 .368 15 1/2
Los Angeles 39 23 11 5 51 115 91
and they should be right back in The Super Bowl for either of School, King’s Academy at Crystal Springs, 6:30 p.m.; Sacramento 12 24 .333 16 1/2 San Jose 36 20 12 4 44 98 92
Pinewood at Sacred Heart Prep, St. Francis at Serra, Anaheim 40 18 14 8 44 109 115
the thick of a playoff race in 2018. these teams in the next couple of 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers 11 25 .306 17 1/2
Calgary 39 19 16 4 42 108 114
One of the worst things to hap- years is probably a reach. A much Monday’s Games Edmonton 39 17 19 3 37 114 126
Boys’ soccer
pen to the Raiders was going 12-4 more reasonable expectation South City at Woodside, 6 p.m.
Brooklyn 98, Orlando 95 Vancouver 39 16 18 5 37 106 127
would be a playoff spot and there Toronto 131, Milwaukee 127, OT Arizona 41 9 27 5 23 94 146
last season after a 7-9 record in Del Minnesota 114, L.A. Lakers 96
Rio’s first year of 2015. They is no reason why both Oakland and SATURDAY Portland 124, Chicago 120, OT Monday’s Games
Boys’ soccer Tuesday’s Games
climbed the progression ladder a San Francisco shouldn’t be in the St. Francis at Serra, 11 a.m. Portland at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 2, OT
mix for one in 2018. Tuesday’s Games
little too quickly. Those 12 wins San Antonio at New York, 4:30 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.
Wrestling Atlanta at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
in 2016 featured seven wins on Serra at Bianchini Invitational at Cupertino, 9 a.m. Charlotte at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 4 p.m.
their final drive of the game. Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Nathan Mollat can be reached by email: Boys’ basketball Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
That’s a lot of luck involved and nathan@smdailyjournal.com or by Sacred Heart Prep at Santa Cruz, 6 p.m.; Crystal San Jose at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Houston at Orlando, 4 p.m.
was certainly going to even out phone: 344-5200 ext. 117. Springs at Oakwood-Morgan Hill, 7 p.m. New York at Washington, 4 p.m. New Jersey at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Florida at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Cleveland at Boston, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.
Indiana at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Nashville at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Golden State at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Utah, 6 p.m. Wednesday’s Games
Phoenix at Denver, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.
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Nearly half of U.S. cancer deaths blamed on unhealthy behavior
By Mike Stobbe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — A new look at cancer in the
U.S. finds that nearly half of cancer deaths
are caused by smoking, poor diet and other
unhealthy behaviors.
That’s less than commonly-cited esti-
mates from more than 35 years ago, a result
of new research methods and changes in
American society. Smoking rates have
plummeted, for example, while obesity
rates have risen dramatically.
The study found that 45 percent of cancer
deaths and 42 percent of diagnosed cancer
cases could be attributed to what the authors
call “modifiable” risk factors. These are
risks that are not inherited, and mostly the
result of behavior that can be changed, like
exposure to sun, not eating enough fruit and
vegetables, drinking alcohol and, most
importantly, smoking.
A British study conducted in 1981 attrib-
uted more than two-thirds of cancer deaths to
these factors.
The study used 2014 data and was conduct-
ed by the American Cancer Society. It was
published online in CA: A Cancer Journal
for Clinicians.
“We thought it was time to redo those esti-
mates,” said Dr. Otis Brawley, the cancer
society’s chief medical officer and one of
the study’s authors.
Smoking was the leading risk by far,
accounting for 29 percent of deaths. Excess
body weight was next at 6.5 percent, and
alcohol consumption was third at 4 percent.
The authors ran separate calculations for
different types of cancer by age group and
HEALTH Tuesday • Jan 2, 2018 17
gender to try to account for how risk factors
affect different groups of people, then added
them together to understand the national
picture.
Among the findings:
• Smoking accounted for 82 percent of
lung cancers.
• Excess body weight was associated with
60 percent of uterine cancers and about one-
third of liver cancers.
• Alcohol intake was associated with 25
percent of liver cancers in men and 12 per-
cent in women; 17 percent of colorectal can-
cers in men and 8 percent in women; and 16
percent of breast cancers in women.
• Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from
sunlight or tanning beds was associated
with 96 percent of skin cancers in men and Smoking accounted for 82 percent of lung cancers.
94 percent in women.
Richard Clapp, a professor emeritus of
environmental health at Boston University
expects the new numbers to be will widely
cited and used to make decisions about how
to spend money on cancer prevention, just
as the influential British study from 1981
by researchers Richard Doll and Richard
Peto has been.
Clapp said there is still room for improve-
ment, however. He said the study doesn’t
address how two or more risk factors, like
smoking and drinking, might work togeth-
er in some cancer cases and deaths.
Also, aside from secondhand cigarette
smoke, the researchers did not to include
outdoor or indoor air pollution because the
data on the cancer risk from pollution is not
detailed enough to understand the national
impact, said the study’s lead author, Dr.
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Feds employ data-driven early warning system in opioid fight
By Sadie Gurman
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH — The pain clinic tucked
into the corner of a low-slung suburban
strip mall was an open secret.
Patients would travel hundreds of miles to
see Dr. Andrzej Zielke, eager for what
authorities described as a steady flow of pre-
scriptions for the kinds of powerful
painkillers that ushered the nation into its
worst drug crisis in history.
At least one of Zielke’s patients died of an
overdose, and prosecutors say others
became so dependent on oxycodone and
other opioids they would crowd his office,
sometimes sleeping in the waiting room.
Some peddled their pills near tumble-down
storefronts and on blighted street corners in
addiction-plagued parts of Allegheny
County, where deaths by drug overdose
reached record levels last year.
But Robert Cessar, a longtime federal
prosecutor, was unaware of Zielke until
Justice Department officials handed him a
binder of data that, he said, confirmed what
pill-seekers from as far away as Ohio and
Virginia already knew. The doctor who
offered ozone therapy and herbal pain reme-
dies was also prescribing highly addictive
POT
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a cash register.
Sales were brisk in the shops lucky to
score one of the roughly 100 state licenses
issued so far, but customers in some of the
state’s largest cities were out of luck. Los
Angeles and San Francisco hadn’t author-
ized shops in time to get state licenses and
other cities, such as Riverside and Fresno,
blocked sales altogether.
Licensed shops are concentrated in the
San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, around
Palm Springs, San Jose and Santa Cruz,
where the KindPeoples shop tacked up a
banner Monday declaring, “Prohibition is
Over!”
The state banned what it called “loco-
weed” in 1913, though it has eased criminal
penalties for use of the drug since the 1970s
and was the first state to legalize marijuana
for medicinal purposes in 1996.
California voters in 2016 made it legal
for adults 21 and older to grow, possess and
use limited quantities of marijuana, but it
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need to have confidential informants on the street to start a case.
Now, we have someone behind a computer screen who is helping
us. That has to put (doctors) on notice that we have new tools.”
— Robert Cessar, a longtime federal prosecutor
narcotics to patients who didn’t need them,
according to an indictment charging him
with conspiracy and unlawfully distributing
controlled substances.
Zielke denied he was overprescribing,
telling AP he practiced alternative medicine
and many of his patients stopped seeing
him when he cut down on pain pills.
His indictment in October was the first
by a nationwide group of federal law
enforcement officials that, armed with new
access to a broader array of prescription
drug databases, Medicaid and Medicare fig-
ures, coroners’ records and other numbers
compiled by the Justice Department, aims
to stop fraudulent doctors faster than
before.
The department is providing a trove of
data to the Opioid Fraud and Abuse
Detection Unit, which draws together
authorities in 12 regions across the coun-
The nation’s most populous state now
joins a growing list of states, and the
nation’s capital, where so-called recreation-
al marijuana is permitted even though the
federal government continues to classify
pot as a controlled substance, like heroin
and LSD.
The signs that California was tripping
toward legal pot sales were evident well
before the stroke of midnight. California
highways flashed signs before New Year’s
Eve that said “Drive high, Get a DUI,”
reflecting law enforcement concerns about
stoned drivers. Weedmaps, the phone app
that allows customers to rate shops, deliv-
ery services and shows their locations, ran a
full-page ad Sunday in the Los Angeles
Times that said, “Smile California. It’s
Legal.”
Travis Lund, 34, said he’d been looking
forward while working the graveyard shift
to buy weed legally for the first time since
he began smoking pot as a teen.
“I’m just stoked that it’s finally legal,” he
said after purchasing an eighth of an ounce
of “Mount Zion” and another type of loose
leaf marijuana at Northstar Holistic
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has to put (doctors) on notice that we have
new tools.”
And Rod Rosenstein, deputy attorney
general, told AP the Justice Department will
consider going after any law-breaker, even a
pharmaceutical company, as it seeks to
bring more cases and reduce the number of
unwarranted prescriptions.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been
try, that shows which doctors are prescrib- in lock-step with President Donald Trump
ing the most, how far patients will travel to about the need to combat the drug abuse
see them and whether any have died within problem that claimed more than 64,000
60 days of receiving one of their prescrip- lives in 2016, a priority that resonates with
tions, among other information. Trump’s working-class supporters who
Authorities have been going after so- have seen the ravages of drug abuse first-
called “pill mills” for years, but the new hand. The president called it a public health
approach brings additional federal resources emergency, a declaration that allows the
to bear against the escalating epidemic. government to redirect resources in various
Where prosecutors would spend months or ways to fight opioid abuse.
longer building a case by relying on erratic But he directed no new federal money to
informants and only limited data, the num- deal with a scourge that kills nearly 100
ber-crunching by analysts in Washington people a day, and critics say his efforts fall
provides information they say lets them short of what is needed. The Republican-
quickly zero in on a region’s top opioid pre- controlled Congress doesn’t seem eager to
scribers. put extra money toward the problem.
“This data shines a light we’ve never had While the effectiveness of the Trump
before,” Cessar said. “We don’t need to have administration’s broader strategy remains
confidential informants on the street to to be seen, the Justice Department’s data-
start a case. Now, we have someone behind driven effort is one small area where federal
a computer screen who is helping us. That prosecutors say they can have an impact.
the black market through friends and said ing license applications until Wednesday,
that may continue, given the high costs of
the legal weed, which is heavily taxed. But
he said he would indulge in retail pot occa-
and it might take weeks before any licenses
are issued. That led to widespread concern
that long-established businesses would
sionally because of controls being phased have to shut down during the interim.
in to ensure a higher-quality product. Attorneys advising a group of city dis-
Shops will be able to sell marijuana har- pensaries have concluded those businesses
vested without full regulatory controls for can legally sell medicinal marijuana as “col-
six months but will eventually only be able lectives,” until they obtain local and state
to sell pot tested for potency, pesticides and licenses under the new system, said Jerred
other contaminants, and products that have Kiloh of the United Cannabis Business
been tracked from seed to sale. Association, an industry group.
The Bureau of Cannabis Control was not It wasn’t immediately clear how many of
aware of any problems or complaints about those shops, if any, were open.
the first day of sales, but it didn’t have “My patients are scared, my employees
inspectors in the field, spokesman Alex are scared,” said Kiloh, who owns a dispen-
Traverso said. sary in the city’s San Fernando Valley area.
Employees at the bureau on the holiday In Orange County, shops in Santa Ana
continued to process 1,400 pending license received the green light over the weekend to
applications for retail sales, distribution open and a steady flow showed up at
and testing facilities. ShowGrow.
Traverso said they expect a flood of appli- Ellen St. Peter, 61, shopped with her son,
cations from LA and San Francisco after Bryce St. Peter, 23, both medical marijuana
those are approved locally. Because Los users.
Angeles is the biggest market in the state, She said she smoked pot for years — at
some of those shops will be approved more times taking great risks to get it — but
quickly than others waiting in line, he said. stopped once she started having kids.
The status of the Los Angeles shops high- “In high school my guy friends would fan-
lights broad confusion over the new law. tasize about shops we could go into and just
Los Angeles officials announced late last buy weed, ” she said. “I couldn’t have
month that the city will not begin accept- dreamed of this place.”
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Scientists tune into brain to

uncover music’s healing power
By Lauran Neergaard brain’s neural networks.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Well before memory loss becomes
severe, Alzheimer’s patients can experi-
WASHINGTON — Like a friendly Pied ence apathy, depression and gait and bal-
Piper, the violinist keeps up a toe-tapping ance problems as the brain’s synaptic
beat as dancers weave through busy hospi- connections begin to falter. The NIH-fund-
tal hallways and into the chemotherapy ed study at Wake Forest University will
unit, patients looking up in surprised randomly assign such patients to the
delight. Upstairs, a cellist strums an Irish improvisation class — to dance playfully
folk tune for a patient in intensive care. without having to remember choreogra-
Music increasingly is becoming a part phy — or to other interventions.
of patient care — although it’s still pretty The test: If quality-of-life symptoms
unusual to see roving performers captivat- improve, will MRI scans show correlating
ing entire wards, like at MedStar strengthening of neural networks that
Georgetown University Hospital one fall govern gait or social engagement?
morning. With senior centers increasingly tout-
“It takes them away for just a few min- ing arts programs, “having a deeper under-
utes to some other place where they don’t standing of how these things are affecting
have to think about what’s going on,” our biology can help us understand how to
said cellist Martha Vance after playing for leverage resources already in our commu-
a patient isolated to avoid spreading nity,” noted Wake Forest lead researcher
infection. Christina Hugenschmidt.
The challenge: Harnessing music to do Proof may be tough. An international
more than comfort the sick. Now, moving Music increasingly is becoming a part of patient care — although it’s still pretty unusual to music therapy study failed to significantly
beyond programs like Georgetown’s, the see roving performers captivating entire wards. help children with autism, the Journal of
National Institutes of Health is bringing to or creating music might improve health sang, including the brain’s emotion center the American Medical Association recent-
together musicians, music therapists and in a range of other ways — research into and areas involved with motion and ly reported, contradicting earlier promis-
neuroscientists to tap into the brain’s cir- how the brain processes music that NIH is vision. One theory: it took more mental ing findings. But experts cited challenges
cuitry and figure out how. beginning to fund. effort to keep track of where she was in the with the study and called for additional
“The brain is able to compensate for “The water is wide, I cannot cross over,” song, and to maintain its emotion, with- research.
other deficits sometimes by using music well-known soprano Renee Fleming belt- out auditory feedback. Unlike music therapy, which works one-
to communicate,” said NIH Director Dr. ed out, not from a concert stage but from Fleming put it more simply: “I’m on-one toward individual outcomes, the
Francis Collins, a geneticist who also inside an MRI machine at the NIH campus. skilled at singing so I didn’t have to think arts and humanities program at
plays a mean guitar. The opera star — who partnered with about it quite so much,” she told a spring Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive
To turn that ability into a successful Collins to start the Sound Health initia- workshop at the John F. Kennedy Center Cancer Center lets musicians-in-residence
therapy, “it would be a really good thing tive — spent two hours in the scanner to for the Performing Arts, where she is an play throughout the hospital. Palliative
to know which parts of the brain are still help researchers tease out what brain artistic adviser. care nurses often seek Vance, the cellist,
intact to be called into action. To know activity is key for singing. How? First Indeed, Jangraw notes a saying in neuro- for patients anxious or in pain. She may
the circuits well enough to know the back- Fleming spoke the lyrics. Then she sang science: Neurons that fire together, wire watch monitors, matching a tune’s tempo
up plan,” Collins added. to heart rate and then gradually slowing.
them. Finally, she imagined singing together. Brain cells communicate by fir-
Scientists aren’t starting from scratch. them. Sometimes she plays for the dying,
ing messages to each other through junc-
Learning to play an instrument, for exam- choosing a gently arrhythmic background
“We’re trying to understand the brain tions called synapses. Cells that regularly and never a song that might be familiar.
ple, sharpens how the brain processes not just so we can address mental disorders connect — for example, when a musician
sound and can improve children’s reading or diseases or injuries, but also so we can practices — strengthen bonds into circuit- Julia Langley, who directs Georgetown’s
and other school skills. Stroke survivors understand what happens when a brain’s ry that forms an efficient network for, in program, wants research into the type and
who can’t speak sometimes can sing, and working right and what happens when it’s Fleming’s case, singing. dose of music for different health situa-
music therapy can help them retrain brain performing at a really high level,” said tions: “If we can study the arts in the same
But that’s a healthy brain. In North way that science studies medication and
pathways to communicate. Similarly, NIH researcher David Jangraw, who shared Carolina, a neuroscientist and a dance pro-
other therapeutics, I think we will be
Parkinson’s patients sometimes walk bet- the MRI data with The Associated Press. fessor are starting an improvisational doing so much good.”
ter to the right beat. To Jangraw’s surprise, several brain dance class for Alzheimer’s
But what’s missing is rigorous science regions were more active when Fleming to tell if music and move-
to better understand how either listening imagined singing than when she actually ment enhance a diseased

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inquiries on what her clients could be Francisco. Program computer games Egypt. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
homeowners could deduct the interest uncertainty.” and create video animations. All skill Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
levels welcome. For more informa- las Pulgas, Belmont. Discover how
tion contact valle@plsinfo.org. Egypt’s two greatest pharaohs built
Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, with the waste management authority

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Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo
Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San
Mateo, San Mateo County and the
began.
Brownrigg said the fee increase is
also necessary to refill the city’s solid
Winter Culinary Camps for Kids. 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Highlands Recreation
Center, 1851 Lexington Ave., San
Mateo. Kids will learn to put togeth-
er holiday menus, make recipes and
their way to immortality through
architecture. For more information
contact belmont@smcl.org.
From Oz to California: Millbrae
West Bay Sanitary District are also waste collections reserve fund, estab- apply new techniques in cooking,
and Australian Bands in Concert. 7
members of the waste management p.m. to 9 p.m. Mills High School
lished to offset annual service cost baking, holiday table setting. $95. Theatre, 400 Murchison Drive,
policy direction for a rate hike authority, and could be subjected to increases for customers. Currently the Signups required. For more informa- Millbrae. Cost $8 in advance. For
expected to be approved later in the tion call (855) 485-2433. more information contact fsr-
rate increases soon as well, noted fund holds about $850, 000 said janet@yahoo.com.
year. Brownrigg. Brownrigg, but officials started draw- San Mateo Public Library B ook
“By the middle of the year we will “Everyone will have to deal with it, ing from it in 2016 to pay a portion of
Discussion Group. 6:30 p.m. San Lawyers in the Library. 7 p.m. to 9
Mateo Public Library, 55 W. Third St.,
come back with a rate recommendation but people may deal with it in different the city’s cost. San Mateo. For more information call
p.m. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.,
San Carlos. Free legal clinics every
and go out to the people and explain if ways,” said Brownrigg.
522-7849. month in collaboration with the San
He added the reserve strategy will
rates need to tick up and what that FRIDAY, JAN. 5
Mateo Bar Association. One on one
To that end, rates in unincorporated also be up for discussion. 20 minute consultations with a vol-
means for them in the context of what Tai Chi. 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. San Carlos
unteer lawyer. For more information
is happening,” said Brownrigg. San Mateo County are set to increase “The reserve policy is one that we’ll Library, 610 Elm St., San Carlos. Tai call 591-0341.
in February under the county Board of talk about and what feels like the right Chi for adults offered every Friday
As a member of the waste manage- and Saturday. Free and open to the
ment authority with 11 other partner Supervisors approving a similar hike level of reserves for my colleagues,” public. For more information call WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10
Illuminating Insights. 8 a.m. to 5
cities and agencies, Brownrigg said last year. he said. 591-0341.
p.m. Hall of Justice, 400 County
Burlingame is subjected to a new oper- As it stands in Burlingame, resi- As officials begin discussions, CuriOdyssey First Friday Family Center, Redwood City. Exhibit by
Peninsula artist Sloane Joseph. Runs
ating contract slated to start in 2021 dents pay $23.85 per month for a 32- Brownrigg said mitigating the pain Night. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. CuriOdyssey,
through Feb. 26. For more informa-
1651 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo.
and that is expected to increase rates gallon garbage can, $47.71 for a 64- for ratepayers will be top of mind, Admission is $9.50 to $12.50. Swing tion email
sloanejoseph@yahoo.com.
by roughly 15 percent. gallon can and  $70.80 for a 95-gallon while also assessing the need to be into the weekend with music, sci-
ence, food and fun. For more infor-
Brownrigg said in anticipation of can. Businesses pay an equal amount fiscally responsible. mation call 342-7755. Lego Club: Aliens. 4 p.m. 840 W
for cans, plus $150.52 for a 1-yard Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
that increase, Burlingame officials are “We have to look at how often we Explore space and create your own
SATURDAY, JAN. 6
charged with determining the most bin, $301.05 for a 2-yard bin and want to raise rates and how to keep Overeaters Anonymous. 10:15 a.m. planet. For more information con-
$451.53 for a 3-yard bin. things affordable but not eat into our to noon. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm tact valle@plsinfo.org.
appropriate schedule for hiking fees. St., San Carlos. Free and open to the
He suggested discussions will ulti- Brownrigg added the rates which res- reserves,” he said. public. Meetings every Saturday. For Art Lecture — Klimt and Rodin: An
idents and businesses pay is deter- Artistic Encounter. 7 p.m. to 8:30
mately address whether to approve more information call 591-0341.
p.m. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.,
small, annual hikes or larger, less fre- mined by the City Council, and offi- The Burlingame City Council will ABC Mouse — B ring Learning San Carlos. Free and open to the
quent increases. cials could decide to distribute the discuss garbage collection rates dur- Home. 10:30 a.m. 840 W. Orange public. For more information call
Ave., South San Francisco. Visit the 591-0341.
For his part, Brownrigg said he expected fee hike differently between ing a 6 p.m. study session, Tuesday, library for a demonstration of ABC
believes a bi-annual rate increase is the two types of customers. Jan. 2, in council chambers, 501 Mouse. Recommended for children THURSDAY, JAN. 11
ages 2 and up. For more information Bay Area Painted: Landscapes by
preferable. The coming increase is the first of Primrose Road. A regular council contact valle@plsinfo.org. Mark Monsarrat. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“I would prefer to get on a cycle where its kind since a 17 percent hike was meeting will follow, beginning an Hall of Justice Lower Level, 400
Excel for Teens. 1 p.m. 840 W. County Center, Redwood City. The
we raise rates every other year,” he said. approved in 2011, when the contract hour later. Orange Ave., South San Francisco. Community Gallery will be showing
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Spend time with
someone you love. Personal changes will turn out well
and inspire you to be bold in your personal and social
interactions.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Expand your interests.
Sign up for something that will add to your skills or
qualifications to raise your standard of living.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Socializing, networking
and working on the goals you have set for the
upcoming year are all featured. A plan that will
encourage personal investments will prove intriguing.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Expect to face inevitable
changes at home or within your inner circle. Remain
silent unless you have something worthwhile to
contribute. Protect against ill health, injury or
emotional distress.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Positive changes at
home will bring you closer to the ones you love.
Personal relationships and plans that will encourage
greater togetherness are encouraged. Love is in the
stars.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Snap decisions, actions
or purchases will not turn out as planned. Don’t be
deceived by a smooth talker or unrealistic advertising.
Stick to what you know and the people you can trust.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Apply a gentle nudge if
someone is hesitant to get involved in your plans. An
incentive you offer will help you get the go-ahead and or project. Signing up for a course or engaging in
give you something to look forward to. events that will help you gain experience and new
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Someone may try to push you connections is encouraged. Romance will improve your
to get involved in something that probably isn’t a good personal life.
fit for you. Walk away from anyone using emotional SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Hold on to your
bullying or manipulative tactics. cash and possessions. Don’t share information that is
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Get involved in life. personal or that might put you in a vulnerable position.
Take a short trip or do something that is conducive to Trust in yourself when dealing with money, emotions
socializing and meeting new people. Expand your circle and negotiations.
of friends. Romance will improve your personal life.
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emotional decisions that can cause a disruption at
home or when dealing with loved ones. Stay calm and
don’t make a move until you are ready.
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