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Regulators open PG&E probe

PUC investigation may mean heavy fines for utility after deadly San Bruno blast
By Garance Burke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO California regulators launched a top-level legal investigation Thursday into whether Pacic Gas & Electric Co. broke any laws in the deadly San Bruno pipeline explosion, a process that
ultimately could end in hefty nes for the company. All five commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to open the penalty case after agency staff issued a scathing report saying the natural gas line blew up in part due to what they called the system-
atic failures of PG&Es corporate culture, which emphasized prots over safety. The blast on Sept. 9, 2010, killed eight people, injured dozens and sparked a reball that torched 38 homes in a quiet neighborhood overlooking San Francisco Bay. Staff also cited the utilitys woeful
record-keeping, haphazard emergency response and failure to follow both federal pipeline safety laws and accepted industry practices in their report, highlights of which were presented at the commissions public meeting. I pledge my very best effort to
See PROBE, Page 23
High-speed rail chief hands in his resignation

Big shakeup:Van Ark out, board chair gives up seat
By Bill Silverfarb
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Above: Brenda Litwin has volunteered at the San Mateo Arboretum Society for 15 years.The arboretum offers a free rose-pruning symposium this Sunday at 1 p.m. Below: Sat Takaha prunes rose bushes at the arboretum Thursday.He has volunteered there for two years.
A hidden gem
Arboretum Society holds a valued place in San Mateos Central Park
By Natasha Artavia
DAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT
The California High-Speed Rail Authoritys chief executive ofcer quit his job yesterday, a week after an advisory group said billions in state bond money should be withheld from the project. CEO Roelof van Ark announced his resignation at a board meeting in Los Angeles yesterday as Thomas Umberg, the chair of the authoritys board of directors, announced he will step down from the leadership position. Van Ark, who was paid about $375,000 a year, will depart the
agency in two months, while Umberg will step down as chair in February. Umberg will remain on the board and nomiRoelof van Ark nated current board member Dan Richards to be chair. Gov. Jerry Brown offered support for the nomination yesterday. Umberg told the Daily Journal yesterday the job of chair is a full-
See VAN ARK, Page 23
Rows of small tables are decorated with vibrant green plants and, in every other pot or so, there is a splash of yellows, pinks and reds. From carnivorous plants to irises and orchids and plants growing inside smoothed pieces of reddish brown bark, the greenhouses in Central Park act as a home not only to the plants propagating inside but as part of the headquarters for the San Mateo Arboretum Society. Established in 1974 by Marion Panaretos, a resident of the
Elliott, Farley appointed to San Carlos school board

By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
See GARDEN, Page 23
The San Carlos school board has two new trustees Carol Elliott and Kathleen Farley after they were appointed to ll two seats left vacant after the November election. The election created a unique situation for the San Carlos
Elementary School District Board of Trustees when two trustees, Carrie Du Bois and Mark Olbert, were elected to the Sequoia Union High School District board and the San Carlos City Council, respectively. The three remaining members of the board chose to ll their seats through an appointment. Seven
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Thought for the Day

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.
H.Jackson Brown Jr.,American writer.
This Day in History
1982
An Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River after taking off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people; four passengers and a ight attendant survived. (Half an hour after the Air Florida crash, a Washington Metro train derailed during rush hour, killing three passengers.)
In 1733, James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, S.C., while en route to settle in presentday Georgia. In 1794, President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American ag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. (The number of stripes was later reduced to the original 13.) In 1864, composer Stephen Foster died impoverished in a New York hospital at age 37. (In his pocket: a note which read, Dear friends and gentle hearts.) In 1898, Emile Zolas famous defense of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, Jaccuse, (zhah-KOOZ) was published in Paris. In 1945, during World War II, Soviet forces began a huge, successful offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe. In 1962, comedian Ernie Kovacs died in a car crash in west Los Angeles 10 days before his 43rd birthday. In 1966, Robert C. Weaver was named Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson; Weaver became the rst black Cabinet member. In 1978, former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey died in Waverly, Minn., at age 66. In 1987, West German police arrested Mohammed Ali Hamadi, a suspect in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner. (Although convicted and sentenced to life, Hamadi was paroled by Germany in Dec. 2005; he is on the FBIs Most Wanted Terrorists list.) In 1990, L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nations rst elected black governor as he took the oath of ofce in Richmond.
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All northbound lanes of Highway 101 just north of the connector to State Route 92 in San Mateo reopened late Wednesday night,after a major-injury accident,according to a California Highway Patrol ofcer.A vehicle overturned and caught re,which was reported at 10:35 p.m.A Sig-alert was issued at 11 p.m.and then canceled at 11:23 p.m.,according to California Highway Patrol Ofcer Peter Van Eckhardt. Northbound Highway 101 lanes were closed as a person from the solo-vehicle accident was airlifted to Stanford Hospital for major injuries, Van Eckhardt said. The Fashion Island Boulevard on-ramp was closed until midnight,according to the CHP.
In other news ...

Police ticket boy after toy motorcycle hits SUV
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico Police in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez ticketed a 6-year-old boy for reckless driving, driving without a license and not having his toy motorcycle registered after he crashed it into an SUV. The boys mother, Karla Noriega, says police also impounded the child-sized motorbike that her son got for Christmas after he ran into an SUV at a park on Dec. 27. Noriega says she decided to go to the media and make the case public after nding out she would have to pay what she calls a ridiculous $183 in nes before she could recover the toy motorbike. She says authorities dropped the nes and released the motorcycle to her son Gael on Wednesday after local newspapers published her story. searched and then whacking the ofcers ears. The ofcial then pointed to his badge and the junior officer bowed apologetically. The video has a Sunday time stamp and was posted Monday. By Tuesday it had attracted more than 5,000 angry comments. Customs Department director-general Somchai Poolsavasdi said the ofcial was transferred to an ofce job during an investigation into his distressing behavior. The department released only the ofcials rst name, Sombat. authorities late last year after it was discovered in an Italian private collection, zoo ofcials said. Forestry authorities handed it over to the zoo for safekeeping and rehabilitation. The animal will be returned to Cuba in March, coinciding with Benedicts planned trip to the island. The Cuban crocodile can reach 3.5 meters in length when fully grown. Benedicts 40-centimeter-long visitor is believed to be about four years old. Rome zoo ofcials bought the animal to the papal audience to show off the zoos conservation efforts as it celebrates its centenary.
Birthdays
Pope gets rare, scaled visitor at general audience

VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI received a rare, scaly visitor Wednesday during his weekly general audience: an endangered Cuban crocodile. Ofcials from Romes Bioparco zoo presented the 84-year-old pontiff with the young croc at the end of Wednesdays audience. Zoo ofcial Yitzhak Yadid held the iguana-sized reptile in his hands as Benedict looked on. The Cuban crocodile, or Crocodylus rhombifer, has seen its numbers fall by 80 percent in recent years and currently only survives in Cubas Zapata and Isle of Youth swamps. It is classied as endangered by the United Nations convention on endangered species. The croc who attended the papal audience had been seized by Italian forestry
Eddie Van Halen gives guitars to L.A.-area schools

LOS ANGELES Rocker Eddie Van Halen has donated 75 electric guitars to Los Angeles-area high schools as a way to inspire music in kids. Tricia Steel of the Mr. Hollands Opus Foundation says the Van Halen lead-guitarist came with the brand-new guitars this week, saying he wanted them used in schools and not sold. The non-prot Los Angeles foundation has distributed the guitars to seven schools serving mostly low-income students that needed them to replace broken instruments or build music enrollment. Schools were not told where the guitars came from until they arrived, and then they were advised to keep them under tight lock and key.
Comedian Rip Taylor is 78.
Actress Julia LouisDreyfus is 51.
Actor Patrick Dempset is 42.
Thai officials behavior at airport causes uproar

BANGKOK A Thai customs ofcial has been demoted over a YouTube video that shows him hitting an airport security ofcer while refusing to be patted down. Footage from a surveillance camera at Bangkoks Suvarnabhumi airport shows the ofcial striding through a security check, fiercely objecting to being
Actress Frances Sternhagen is 82. TV personality Nick Clooney is 78. Actor Billy Gray is 74. Actor Richard Moll is 69. Rock musician Trevor Rabin is 58. Rhythm-and-blues musician Fred White is 57. Rock musician James Lomenzo (Megadeth) is 53. Actor Kevin Anderson is 52. Rock singer Graham Suggs McPherson (Madness) is 51. Country singer Trace Adkins is 50. Actress Penelope Ann Miller is 48. Actress Traci Bingham is 44. Actor Keith Coogan is 42. Actress Nicole Eggert is 40. Actor Orlando Bloom is 35. Actor Julian Morris is 29.
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Smells like trouble
Someone stole approximately $500 worth of cologne from a shop on the 1100 block of El Camino Real in San Bruno before 1:54 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9.
Victim advocates call on sheriff to resign

By Dan McMenamin
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
A coalition of domestic violence victim advocates Thursday called for San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi to resign following an alleged incident involving his wife on New Years Eve. Members of the San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium, a network of more than a dozen local agencies, gathered outside City Hall to call on Mirkarimi to step aside from his post, even though no charges have been filed by the district attorneys office. We cannot have elected officials who are under investigation, said Sharon Johnson, former executive director of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women. These are very serious allegations. The case was reported by a neighbor after Mirkarimis wife, Eliana Lopez, allegedly showed her a bruise on her arm, according to a search warrant affidavit. During a police search, investigators seized a video camera and iPhone used to exchange text messages about the injury. Lopez has denied the allegations and is not cooperating with investigators. District Attorney George Gascon said Thursday he is still mulling whether to file charges, saying a decision will come either (Friday) or early next week. Beverly Upton, executive director of the
Domestic Violence Consortium, said, I am not the judge, nor am I the jury, and said, I think the right thing will be done by the district attorney. But we are here to say Enough, said Upton, who had been invited to serve on Mirkarimis transition team after he was elected sheriff in November. He was just sworn in to the post on Sunday after serving on the Board of Supervisors for seven years. Minouche Kandel, an attorney who specializes in domestic violence cases for the group Bay Area Legal Aid, said Mirkarimi should take a public stand that he takes domestic violence seriously. Kandel said if Mirkarimi does not step aside, Mayor Ed Lee should look into his options for removing him from office. Lee declined comment on what he might do, saying he wanted to wait until he sees whether charges are filed in the case. Its very tempting to try to answer that question, because obviously Ive been thinking about it, but I think its my duty not to make any comments until theres been a decision made by the district attorney, he said. Prosecutors say that if Mirkarimi is convicted of a domestic violence charge, even a misdemeanor, he would have to give up his department-issued gun and could be subject to searches as terms of probation.
MILLBRAE
Altercation. A man became upset and got into a heated argument with a city parks employees for shutting down the tennis courts at the recreation center on the 400 block of Lincoln Circle before 7:43 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9. Petty theft. Someone reported their wallet was stolen from their purse while at a grocery store on the 500 block of El Camino Real before 4:24 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8. Malicious mischief. Someone reported that glass bottles were being thrown at the sidewalk in front of the driveway to their home on the 900 block of Chadbourne Avenue before 9:56 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7.
Bounty Drive before 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. Fraud. A woman lost $793 by agreeing to take part in a business survey that she responded to on the Internet on East Hillsdale Boulevard before 10:37 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. Grand theft. A man reported miscellaneous jewelry, clothing and $1,500 in cash were stolen from his home on Regulus Street before 4:28 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9. Grand theft. A GPS unit, iPhone charger and sunglasses were taken from an unlocked car on Marlin Avenue before 4:41 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8. Burglary. Two atscreen televisions, a diamond ring and possibly $1,500 in cash were taken from an apartment via an unlocked door on Edgewater Boulevard before 11:28 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6.
MENLO PARK
Burglary. Cash and jewelry were taken from a home on the 600 block of Gilbert Avenue before 6:46 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. Burglary. A home was burglarized on the 100 block of East Creek Drive before 6:37p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. Petty theft. Someone stole a parking pass on Menlo Avenue and Doyle Street before 3:47 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. Bike theft. A bike was taken from the 500 block of Santa Cruz Avenue before 12:59 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. Petty theft. Someone stole a tip jar from a business on the 500 block of Santa Cruz Avenue before 10:09 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11.
BURLINGAME
Burglary. Someone smashed a window and took a purse from a vehicle parked on the 100 block of Anza Boulevard before 7:23 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. Theft. A cellphone was taken from a locker on the rst block of Mangini Way before 5:34 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. Fire. A vehicle re was reported on Hillside and Valdeflores drives before 4:54 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. Fraud. Someone reported that an unauthorized bank account was opened in their name on the 1200 block of Mills Avenue before 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. Theft. Someone took recyclables from a container in front of a residence on the 1300 block of Cortez Avenue before 1:18 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10.
SAN MATEO
Burglary. A woman arrived home to nd her residence had been burglarized on the 200 block of Avila Road before 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. Vandalism. Gang grafti was reported on East Santa Inez Avenue before 2:17 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. Bike theft. A bicycle was stolen from the backyard of a home on the 2200 block of Bermuda Drive before 9:12 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9.
STATE GOVERNMENT
State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, is hosting an education update meeting 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 28 in Palo Alto. Simitian, a member of the Senate Education Committee, will provide an in-depth update on K-12 education funding and legislation pending in Sacramento. He will then open the oor to questions, concerns and comments. The meeting will take place at the Palo Alto Unied School District Ofce Board Room, 25 Churchill Ave., in Palo Alto. It is open to the public. For more information or to RSVP visit www.senatorsimitian.com.
FOSTER CITY
Bike theft. The chains were cut and two locked bikes were taken from a patio on
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
Burlingame Mayor Jerry Deal was elected chair of the San Mateo County Transit District Board of Directors by a unanimous vote Wednesday. County Supervisor Carole Groom was elected vice chair. The nine-member board oversees SamTrans.
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Traffic collisions down in Foster City
Driving in Foster City was safer in 2011 than in 2010, according to statistics released by the police department yesterday. The number of collisions went down almost 12 percent in 2011, representing a reduction of 31 trafc accidents. The city also saw a 60 percent reduction in collisions involving injuries and a 57 percent reduction in the number of people injured during trafc collisions, according to police. In 2010, the Foster City Police Department reported 50 injury trafc collisions. In 2011, that number dropped to 20. Again in 2011, and for the 19th consecutive year, Foster City did not have a single trafc collision resulting in a fatality, despite more than 18,000 vehicles being registered in and traveling through the city regularly. During the summer and year-end holiday periods, some ofcers were assigned to various programs to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the roads. As a result, six ofcers will be recognized by Mothers Against Drunk Drivers at its annual awards luncheon. Each of the ofcers was responsible for arresting at least 12 people for driving under the inuence during the past year. As a department, 116 driving under the inuence arrests were made in 2011.
State Likes Facebook

California stands to reap windfall from social medias IPO
By Judy Lin
Local briefs
and entered the building. The suspects then unlocked the roll-up garage door, which activated the alarm, Mariucci said. No suspects were found at the scene. The owner came to the shop and informed deputies a car was missing from one of the work bays. The keys to the unlocked vehicle had been left on the dashboard, Mariucci said. A broadcast was sent out regarding the stolen gray 2004 BMW 330I with California license plate No. 5FAX045.
SACRAMENTO Whats good for Facebook and its employees could be very good for Californias treasury. If the Menlo Park company goes public this year, as many have speculated, the state stands to reap hundreds of millions of dollars in capital gains taxes from Facebook investors and employees proting from stock transactions. That could bring a much-needed windfall to a state government facing a $9.2 billion decit. In calculating how much revenue the state can expect in the next year or so, the nonpartisan Legislative Analysts Ofce released a report that considered historical income trends but also budgeted for a revenue bump on the assumption that Facebook and some other California companies will go public. An initial public offering from the Silicon Valley social networking giant is the most anticipated, with the legislative analyst saying the company could issue $10 billion worth of stock. California taxes the capital gains from stock sales. In the coming months, the states revenue forecast will need to be adjusted somewhat to account for the possibility of hundreds of millions of dollars of additional revenues related to the Facebook IPO,
Morning carjacking in South San Francisco

An elderly couple entering their vehicle on the 400 block of Noor Avenue in South San Francisco were carjacked Thursday morning, according to police. At approximately 11:36 a.m., a man approached the couple and demanded they get out and to give him the keys. They complied and he was last seen heading east on Noor Avenue toward Huntington Avenue, according to police. Police did not say what type of car was stolen. The man was described as Latino, approximately 40 to 45 years old, between 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall with an average to stocky build. Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call the department at 877-8900.
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An employee works on a computer at the new headquarters of Facebook in Menlo Park.

Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor wrote in the analysis of Gov. Jerry Browns budget proposal, released Wednesday. Democrats are already using the so-called Facebook effect to delay the governors proposed cuts to social programs. Its just another reason why we should not make consequential decisions ... before we know, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat from Sacramento, told reporters Thursday. Taylor cautioned that the performance of the overall stock market could play a larger role than any single initial public offering, no matter how successful, depending on whether the market has an unusually strong or weak year. We caution that it will be impossible to forecast IPO-related state revenues with any precision, and it is likely that little information about the state revenue gain from the Facebook IPO will be available before investors le tax returns in April 2013, the report stated in a section titled The Facebook Effect.
Car stolen after auto shop break-in

A car stolen from an auto repair shop in San Carlos early Wednesday morning has yet to be found, a San Mateo County Sheriffs spokesman said. San Mateo County sheriffs deputies responded to the San Carlos German Motor Works at 430 El Camino Real at 1:03 a.m. to nd a side window smashed out and the rear roll-up garage door open, San Mateo County Sheriffs Sgt. Tony Mariucci said. Deputies found several tools at the scene to help break the garage door lock. They believe the suspect or suspects smashed out the window
Foster City police looking for motorist who hit bicyclist

Police are on the lookout for the driver of a light four-door sedan who struck a female bicyclist on East Hillsdale Boulevard near the Arco gas station at around 6 p.m., Jan. 5. The bicyclist was heading east when she was struck and fell off her bicycle. The car left the scene without the driver contacting the bicyclist, according to police. If you know anything about the incident, Foster City police asks you call Officer Blankswade at 2863300.
State economy slips to ninth largest,behind Brazil

SACRAMENTO The recession has taken a measurable toll on California, which has slipped behind Brazil to become the ninth-largest economy in the world. As recently as 2002, Californias economic output would have ranked
it No. 6 in the world. The Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy issued a report this month saying California had a $1.9 trillion economy in 2010, putting it just ahead of India. California, with a population of 37.5 million, previously had the eighth largest economy, behind
Italy and ahead of Brazil. The center used estimates of gross domestic product from the U.S. Department of Commerce and compared it with the World Banks estimates of world economies. Based on purchasing power across countries, California continues to rank as the worlds 11th largest economy.
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Another GOP lawmaker from California to retire
WASHINGTON Rep. Jerry Lewis has become the latest Republican from California to announce his retirement from Congress after new boundaries drawn through redistricting promised to make the road to re-election more difcult. His official statement provided little explanation for why now was the right time to retire, though he Jerry Lewis did note that his district would be further segmented and would stretch from his hometown of Redlands to Rancho Cucamonga in the San Bernardino Valley. After months of consultation with loved ones and family, my wife Arlene and I have decided to retire from public life, Lewis said Thursday in a press release. Lewis, 77, made his mark in Congress as a member of the House Appropriations Committee, a panel that he also chaired for two years. He steered hundreds of millions of federal dollars to a congressional district that includes portions of San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
UC applications up 13 percent
By Terence Chea
Two suspects arrested in San Jose bank heist

SAN JOSE Trafc is owing again on a San Jose highway that had been shut down for more than four hours as police investigated a bomb threat. Police say a car used in a bank robbery on Thursday crashed on Highway 85 during the getaway. The bomb squad was called because the suspects had threatened employees at the bank with a suspicious device. A remote-controlled robot detonated a small object that was removed from the car but it wasnt immediately clear what the object was.
SAN FRANCISCO The University of California on Thursday reported a 13 percent increase in students applying for undergraduate admission, driven by a surge in outof-state applications and a new policy aimed at expanding the applicant pool. The UC system received nearly 161,000 applications, a record high, from freshman and transfer applicants for fall 2012, with all nine UC undergraduate campuses reporting gains, according to the university. The sharp increase shows demand for a UC education remains strong despite a series of sharp tuition increases prompted by state budget cuts. But the system cant accommodate the increased demand without more money from the state, officials said. Students will have a harder time being admitted to their campus of choice, said Kate Jeffery, UCs interim director of undergraduate admissions. UC officials partly attribute the increase to a new admissions policy intended to broaden the range of applicants. Under new rules that go into effect this application season, students are no longer required to take SAT subject exams, which made many qualified students ineligible for admission, officials said. The university reported the number of freshman applicants jumped 19 percent, while applications from students seeking to transfer from other colleges fell by more than 4 percent. The overall increase was driven by a 56 percent spike in freshman applications from students outside the state and country. The university received 33,000 applications from out-of-state students, up from about 21,000 last year. In recent years, UC campuses have stepped up recruitment of nonresidents who pay $36,000 in annual tuition, compared
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Student demonstrators protest tuition rates on the University of California at Los Angeles.
with $13,000 for residents. I think the word has gotten out that the university welcomes applicants from out of state and other countries, Jeffery said. Currently, about 7 percent of UC undergraduates are from outside California. A university policy limits the percentage of nonresident students to 10 percent of undergrads across the system. Individual campuses can exceed that limit. The number of California residents applying for freshman admission rose by almost 10 percent to more than 93,000, even though the number of students graduating from the states high schools is projected to remain the same, officials said. The university reported an increase in applications from every racial group. African Americans and Latinos increased as a proportion of the applicant pool, while whites declined and Asians remained roughly the same. Among California freshman applicants, the pool was 32 percent Asian, 30 percent Latino, 28 percent white, 6 percent black and less than 1 percent American Indian. The share of applicants from low-income families rose modestly to 39 percent. UC Berkeley and UCLA, the systems largest and most competitive campuses, saw the biggest jumps in applications, with each school receiving about 12 percent more than last year. The drop in transfer applicants may reflect the difficulty community college students are having getting the classes they need to transfer to a UC school, Jeffery said. UC campuses will begin notifying applicants about their admission decisions in March.
Obituary
Mary Anne Inman (Mullany) age 77

Our Mom/Nana passed away at Sequoia Hospital peacefully after a brief illness on December 28, 2011. A 47 year resident of Belmont California, Mary was born on August 6, 1934 to John L. and Hazel Mullany. She was extremely proud to be a Mullany and of her Irish heritage. The second of eight children, Mary was a 4th generation San Franciscan who later moved to San Mateo where she graduated from Mercy High School, Burlingame in 1952. Her rst job was in banking followed by 30 years in the cashiers ofce at Macys, Hillsdale. She continued working after her retirement as an election ofcial for The County of San Mateo where she eagerly anticipated participating in this years election process. She was a dedicated employee and cherished both her work and her co-workers. Mary enjoyed her family immensely. She was a devoted and unwavering mother who made many of her childrens clothes and some amazing Halloween costumes. Any occasion was appropriate for baking cookies or other delectable treats. She also found time to become a Girl Scout leader in 1970. She spent her leisure time doing needle work, going to movies, reading, cooking and taking the occasional nature walk with her ve year old granddaughter. Her home was always open to family and friends. Mary is survived by her children Lezlee (George) Miller of Half Moon Bay, J. Scott Inman of Belmont and Laurie (Brian) Gardiner of Danville; grandchildren Kasey, Conness, Kianna and Coel Miller and Amelia Gardiner; siblings Frank Mullany, Nancy Lotti, Diane (Dinny) Kenning, Noelle Weinbel, John Mullany, Gerry Mullany and over 30 nieces and nephews. Mary is preceded in death by her parents, ex-husband Carl Inman, sister Suzanne Furrer and nephew Mitchell Mullany. She touched many lives and will always be remembered for her quick wit and generosity. She is truly irreplaceable. A celebration of Marys life will be held on January 14th at 2:00 pm at Skylawn Memorial Park, Highway 92 & Skyline Blvd., San Mateo, California. In lieu of owers, donations may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: 49 Stevenson St., San Francisco, CA 94105 or www.JDRFBayArea.org.
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Gingrich tempers Romney attacks

By Julie Pace
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Unemployment benefit applications jump to 399,000
WASHINGTON Applications for weekly unemployment benets spiked last week, largely because companies let go of thousands of workers after the holiday season. Weekly applications rose by 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 399,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Thats the highest level in six weeks. Economists said such a jump is typical in early January and downplayed the increase. It followed three months of steady declines that brought applications to their lowest level in more than three years. And weekly unemployment claims have been below 400,000 in nine of the past 10 weeks. Thats a clear indication that the pace of layoffs has slowed, said Steven Wood, chief economist at Insight Economics. Applications typically soar in the rst two weeks of the year. Thats because many companies lay off temporary workers who were brought on to help during the holidays. The department tries to adjust for those patterns. But the task is difcult because the data can be volatile.
COLUMBIA, S.C. Under pressure from some in his own party, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Thursday tempered his public attacks on front-runner Mitt Romney while defending his right to question the former Massachusetts governors business record. If you ask about his career, its because hes running for president, Gingrich said of the questions he and his allies have raised about Romneys tenure as head of a private equity fund. I think he owes the country a much more detailed answer about what his career was like, what decisions they made, because were looking at the judgment, the values of a particular person, he said during a Fox News interview Thursday night. Gingrich and other GOP presidential hopefuls have drawn the ire of an array of Republicans who believe the attacks on Romneys record at Bain Capital could hurt the party in the general election against President Barack Obama. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce entered the debate Thursday, saying it was foolish for Republicans to bash Romney for his work as a venture capitalist. A top South Carolina supporter of GOP contender Rick Perry, who had taken to calling Romney a vulture capitalist, said he was joining Romneys camp out of irritation over Perrys attacks. Gingrich called the criticism absurd and said his questions had been misconstrued as an attack on capitalism. A pro-Gingrich political action committee also has railed against Romneys tenure at the helm of Bain Capital with the release this week of a 28-minute lm assailing Romney for reaping massive rewards as head of the rm. Gingrich is grasping for a campaign lifeline in South Carolina, which holds its primary
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Jan. 21, after a pair of disappointing fourthplace nishes in the contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. During two campaign appearances in South Carolinas capital earlier Thursday, Gingrich stuck to a largely subdued campaign, focusing on his plans for saving Social Security, creating jobs and boosting domestic energy production. He made no references to Romney, nor did he repeat his criticism of Romneys record as a venture capitalist. Instead, he tried to broaden his message with a call for auditing the federal bailout of the nancial industry to see who got the money and why. When you have crony-capitalism and politicians taking care of their friends thats not free-enterprise. Thats back-door socialism, Gingrich said during remarks to older voters at a senior citizens expo. The former House speaker predicted that a win in the rst-in-the-South primary would pave a path to the presidency. If I win South Carolina, I think I will become the Republican nominee, he said. Last month, Gingrich made a similarly bold declaration about winning the nomination. At the time he was ahead in the polls and Romneys allies had not yet blooded Gingrich with a barrage of negative attack ads in Iowa. Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey is considering an improbable comeback run for his old Senate seat. Its a prospect even he rates as a longshot. Kerrey tells the Associated Press hed bet against himself, but hes giving the race consideration during a visit to Nebraska this week. The former senator would provide an instant jolt to the race to replace Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson who is retiring at the end of his term. How the Nebraska Senate race unfolds is pivotal for both parties: Republicans need to net four seats in the 2012 election to take back the Senate.
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Obamas pose: Above the political fray

By Erica Werner
WASHINGTON To hear the White House tell it, President Barack Obama has scant interest in politics as Republicans battle each other for the right to challenge him. But in reality, Obama is increasingly involved in his reelection, staying in regular contact with his campaign staff, raising money and evaluating Republican debate performances. Throughout the White House, Obamas aides are knee-deep in the re-election business. There are daily conference calls between top aides in the White House and campaign staff at the Chicago re-election headquarters and close consultation on message and travel. His pose of indifference allows Obama to try to position himself above the sometimes-ugly fray of the campaign, leaving the political back-and-forth to others as he focuses instead on the loftier work of governing. But as with any incumbent president seeking reelection, political concerns weigh heavily as the election approaches. Its just smarter politics, for now, to pretend otherwise. Presidents like to act like theyre not paying attention to every little detail of every little thing, when I suspect they all do, said Ari Fleischer, press secretary under President George W. Bush. The job requires you to act like
attacks on the presidents economic stewardship. Similar White House counterprogramming was on display last week, a day after the Iowa caucuses, when Obama announced he was going around congressional Republicans to appoint a new consumer protection chief. And take travel, a good barometer of priorities because it requires that most precious commodity: the presidents time. Of a half-dozen domestic day trips Obama made in November, December and so far in January, five were to politically important states both parties will be contesting this fall North Carolina, Ohio, New Hampshire and, twice, Pennsylvania. Obama also visited his hometown of Chicago Wednesday, but in reliably Democratic Illinois he didnt bother with any official presidential events; he just dropped by his campaign headquarters and hit a few fundraisers before coming back to Washington. REUTERS Carney downplays politics as the Barack Obama speaks at a Chicago Forum event at the University of Illinois. motivation behind Obamas travel. youre above all the less important involved once the election is clos- House increasingly driven by poli- Every president ought to be able stuff of the world especially if er. Because he does not need to tics. to travel everywhere in the counthe less important stuff is the guy now, he is not engaging particularOn Wednesday, a day after GOP try. Its part of his responsibility, ly aggressively in his re-election presidential hopeful Mitt Romney the presidential spokesman said who wants to take your job. White House press secretary Jay campaign. Its only January, solidified his front-runner status ahead of one Pennsylvania trip. Carney said the president spends Carney said this week. with a win in the New Hampshire But Chris Lehane, an aide in Bill But the presidents schedule and primary, Obama hosted a White Clintons White House, said the only about 5 percent of his time on the campaign, and there will be sometimes even his own words House event on job creation a presidents travel schedule reflects plenty of opportunity to get more paint another picture: of a White way of countering Republicans campaign imperatives.
Former San Mateo County official, assistant held on embezzlement

Panetta: Full probe into urination video

By Pauline Jelinek and Robert Burns
The former nance director of a San Mateo County agency and her assistant are accused of embezzling more than $450,000. Sixty-year-old Jo Ann Seeley was the finance director of the San Mateo mosquito control district. She and 35-year-old bookkeeper Vika Sinipata were charged Tuesday. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said the
two gave themselves extra pay and bogus time off from 2009 to 2011. They also allegedly padded their deferred compensation funds. Its the third time Seeley has faced such charges. The county apparently didnt run a criminal background check when it hired her in 2009, so it was unaware she already was accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from two previous employers.
WASHINGTON Pentagon leaders scrambled Thursday to contain damage from an Internet video purporting to show four Marines urinating on Taliban corpses an act that appears to violate international laws of warfare and further strains U.S.Afghan relations. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
called Afghan President Hamid Karzai to offer assurances of a full i nv e s t i g a t i o n and the top Marine general promised an Leon Panetta internal probe as well as a criminal one. Investigators moved quickly to identify and interview at least two of the four Marines. They were members of a battalion that
fought for seven months in former Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan. Their unit, the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, returned from Helmand province to its home base at Camp Lejeune, N.C., last September. Marine officials said that a battalion officer confirmed to investigators on Thursday, based on his examination of the video, that the four men depicted urinating had been members of the battalion. Two have since moved on to other units.
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Redevelopment battle was a cash grab

or the rst time in many years, the importance of local investment in community development is being debated. Now, it is in the context of whether the state has the right to abolish local redevelopment agencies that use tax money generated from a certain area for new projects to eliminate blight. In late December, the California Supreme Court ruled that the state government can indeed abolish the agencies and take the money while also ruling that local cities cannot keep them as long as they paid the state a portion of the funds. That was essentially the worst-case scenario for local cities that have long relied on the agencies for a variety of projects most notably, and some say importantly, affordable housing developments. In the wake of that ruling, local cities are now looking at creating successor agencies to wrap up the loose ends by the time the redevelopment agencies are disbanded Feb. 1. There could be arguments about the validity of redevelopment and its worth from all sides. It creates jobs, housing and new opportunities for blighted areas. It provides new life for areas that have seen better days and ways for cities to forge part-
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nerships with other districts. In San Mateo, there would likely not be a new movie theater downtown if it werent for redevelopment nancing. There may not be the shared-use gymnasium at San Mateo High School. On the other hand, there are arguments that it took money away from school districts across the state and that some cities provided sweetheart deals for developers. The truth is redevelopment had a little bit of both. The denition of blight is hard to discern and can be seen almost as if it was a term of art. One mans blight can be another mans paradise. But it was and is a critical tool for cities to improve certain areas and to be a little bit more creative than what was once possible. However, the battle over redevelopment was not really about its uses or practices. It was simply that the state was short of money and it again saw a pot of money it could stick its hand into. For too long, the state has seen local jurisdictions as a source of revenue when its own nances did not pencil out. Pitting proponents of rede-
velopment which include local ofcials who saw the benet in their cities and affordable housing advocates who saw it as a way to create true transitoriented workforce housing against those who see the dire need to fund schools is inherently unfair. There may be more money for schools, but there will be fewer affordable places for lowincome students to live. The dissolution of redevelopment agencies is not a boon by any means. It is simply another way the state saw to take local money away after that practice was stemmed by a number of state ballot initiatives. The upside, if there is an upside, is that there might be a way for new rules and limitations on redevelopment in the future, if in fact there is enough momentum to get the agencies back up and running once again. That way, there may be limits on the amount of taxincrement nancing is retained in individual areas and more denitions on what exactly blight is. But dont hold your breath. The state got what it wanted with its legislation to abolish the agencies along with the Supreme Court ruling solidifying it. Its the rest of us that have to live with the money grab, its impacts and how to make up for the loss of local revenue.
Reality check for high-speed rail

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Editor, Your front page article County braces for budget hits in the Jan. 7-8 edition of the Daily Journal completely missed the mark. Instead of asking where all of the money is going and has been spent, Michelle Durand, your writer, spoke about the cuts to social services. How about looking at the huge pensions, current salaries and health care costs that the public unions negotiated for themselves? How many former city employees get retirement benets that are not sustainable? Did you know that Burlingame has approximately 200 former employees receiving pensions? Did you know the city of Burlingame has an unfunded future health care liability of approximately $80 million? Did you know that Burlingame does not cap health care expenses? The numbers will only get worse as people live longer. How about talking about why the public unions are the root of all the expenses now causing the huge city nancial decits? For example, the city of Laguna Niguel has 59 full-time employees with a population of 60,000 residents. They do not have huge future nancial obligations like the city of Burlingame with its large workforce of 240 employees and a population of only 30,000 residents. The most logical option I foresee is having the cities like Burlingame lay off some city employees and outsourcing their jobs to private companies who can save the citizens money and retain the high level of service. for continuation to points north and east in the future, which the San Francisco cul-de-sac plan doesnt. This change allows work to move forward, bringing billions of federal construction contract dollars to the California economy, and preparing our state for transportation options in the future.
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High-speed rail doomed

Editor, My opinion is that the real aw in the high-speed rail planning is insisting that the terminus be in San Francisco. It was clear to me from the start that there was no way that wealthy Peninsula communities were going to stand for this huge project, literally in our backyards, for the vanity of the city. It is time for the high-speed rail planers to admit that they will never be able to carve the railway through the politically powerful cities of Palo Alto/Stanford, Menlo Park, Burlingame, etc. The sensible destinations are on the east shore of the Bay, which has historically been the rail hub for the area, and has connections to the peninsula from Oakland, Fremont, San Jose, etc. In addition, an East Bay hub will allow
Track policy
Editor, Regarding Jon Mays column Track policy means new restrictions in the Jan. 11 edition of the Daily Journal, I understand legitimate concerns regarding public use of school athletic elds and tracks during school sponsored sporting events. If facilities are closed during nonschool activity hours that were traditionally open to the public, Im sure the administrators will understand if a crucial segment of the voters considers closing their wallets to any requests for additional funds.
risk. The report, by the California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group, was immediately dismissed by the states High Speed Rail Authority as deeply awed, in some areas misleading, and its conclusions are unfounded. Its easy to see why the Rail Authority would be upset. It wants the Legislature to start selling some $9 billion in voterapproved bonds to kick off construction. That money will be combined with about $3.3 billion in federal funds. But the Peer Review Group, mandated by law to scrutinize the project, raises a fundamental question: funding. The fact that the Funding Plan fails to identify any longterm funding commitments is a fundamental aw in the program, the Peer Review Group said in its report last week. The Peer Group includes private-sector nancial experts, a University of California dean of engineering, a former Caltrans director and a local government representative. And the group is not just one voice crying in the wilderness, but one in a string of negative project assessments from the state auditor, the state inspector general, the legislative analyst, the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies and the transportation committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Gov. Jerry Brown seemed unmoved. Brown spokesman Gil Duran said the latest report does not appear to add any arguments that are new or compelling enough to suggest a change of course. Fear that well get the rst 100 miles or so of track built in the south San Joaquin Valley and not be able to fund the rest isnt compelling enough? Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinburg, a longtime supporter, is not so dismissive. The Peer Review Group report raises important issues for the Legislature to weigh as we consider any appropriation for the project during this years budget process, the Sacramento Democrat said. Put another way: polls indicate Californians are swinging against this project, elections are coming and, in fact, the report raises important issues. What are they? The group said in its report that we cannot overemphasize the fact that moving ahead on the HSR project without credible sources of adequate funding, without a denitive business model, without a strategy to maximize the independent utility value to the state, and without the appropriate management resources, represents an immense nancial risk on the part of the state of California. The Rail Authority may see this as deeply awed nitpicking. We see it as a reality check.
he states $100 billion, 20-year north-south high speed rail project has suffered another blow, this one from a group that said it represents an immense nancial
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he Supreme Court will hear argument Jan. 17 to invalidate a Federal Communications Commission policy that punishes broadcasters for spontaneous vulgar utterances so-called eeting expletives. Thats an easy call, but the justices face the harder task of deciding whether advances in technology have undermined the rationale for any governmental policing of indecency on television. The eeting expletive cases involve the use of the Fword or a variation on it by Cher and Nicole Richie on live award shows broadcast outside the FCCs safe harbor for adult programming, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The court also will review FCC action against the lmed program NYPD Blue for showing partial nudity in an episode aired at 9 p.m. in some time zones. Punishing a broadcaster for inadvertent remarks over which it has no control makes no sense. Indeed, the FCC recognized as much until a policy change in 2004. But in examining the cases, the U.S. 2nd Court of Appeals went further than invalidating the rule; it struck down the FCCs entire indecency policy as unconstitutionally vague, noting that the agency used subjective criteria. For example, coarse language in the prime-time broadcast of the lm Saving Private Ryan was considered acceptable, as is vulgarity in a bona de news program a term open to multiple interpretations. ... But if the FCC cant protect children from indecency on the airwaves, parents might ask, wouldnt that threaten their innocence? That concern assumes inaccurately that broadcast television and radio are still the only or principal media that expose children to unsuitable material. Certainly the Supreme Court should reject the FCCs eeting expletives rule. But it needs to recognize that the day is fast approaching when it will have to decide whether the FCC should be in the business of policing indecency at all.
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Stocks up on late rally

Dow 12,471.02 +0.17% 10-Yr Bond 1.933 +1.52% Nasdaq 2,724.70 +0.51% Oil (per barrel) 99.330002 S&P 500 1,295.50 +0.23% Gold 1,646.00
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bonds at a rate of just 2.735 percent, less than half the 5.95 percent rate it had to pay last month. Thats a signal that investors are becoming more condent in Italys ability to pay its debts. Spain was able to raise double the amount of money it had sought to raise in its own bond sale as demand for its debt was strong. Both auctions were seen as important tests of investor sentiment. Investors have been worried that Italy and Spain, the third- and fourth-largest countries in the euro area, might get dragged into the regions debt crisis. Greece, Ireland and Portugal have been forced to get relief from their lenders after their borrowing costs spiked to levels the countries could no longer afford. The euro rose nearly a penny against the dollar, to $1.28, as worries eased about Europes nancial woes. The currency, which is shared by 17 European countries, fell to a 16-month low against the dollar the day before. In other trading, corn futures plunged 6.1 percent to $6.12 per bushel after the government reported that supplies of the grain were higher than traders had expected. Wheat also fell 5.6 percent. An auction of 30-year Treasury bonds drew meager interest from investors as cash owed back into European debt.
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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Dicks Sporting Goods Inc.,up $4.54 at $40.94 The Pittsburgh-based retailer said its board of directors authorized a $200 million share repurchase program over the next year. Williams-Sonoma Inc.,down $4.76 at $34.32 The home goods seller cut its fourth-quarter earnings guidance to below what analysts expected due to its holiday promotions. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,up 37 cents at $7.17 The government-owned British bank said it will cut 3,500 jobs in a reorganization and rebranding of its investment banking unit. Chevron Corp.,down $2.80 at $104.97 The oil and gas company said that its fourthquarter prot will be below its third-quarter results due to lower rening margins. Nasdaq Sears Holdings Corp.,up $1.10 at $34 Bloomberg reported that lender CIT Group will stop nancing loans to suppliers waiting to be paid by the troubled retailer. Infosys Ltd.,down $5.02 at $51.85 Quarterly prots at the software services company beat expectations, but it said that the global slowdown will hurt its growth. Openwave Systems Inc.,up 17 cents at $1.94 The mobile technology software maker said that it is reviewing strategic options for its messaging and mediation businesses. Synutra International Inc., down 49 cents at $4.24
NEW YORK A drop in oil prices and strong bond auctions in Europe drove stocks to a slightly higher close Thursday. The Standard & Poors 500 index rose for the fourth straight day. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 21.57 points, or 0.2 percent, to end at 12,471.02 It was down most of the day, losing 64 points in the rst hour of trading, following a spike in unemployment claims and a weak report on December retail sales. Materials and industrial companies led the afternoon recovery. Caterpillar and Alcoa rose the most in the Dow. Stocks drove higher in the last hour and a half of trading after oil prices dropped below $100 per barrel for the rst time this year. Oil fell on rumors that Europe will delay an embargo on Iran. Crude plunged $2 a barrel in just eight minutes, ending at $99. Also pushing stocks were strong bond auctions in Italy and Spain. European markets ended mostly higher rose after Italy and Spain held highly successful bond auctions, easing worries about Europes debt crisis. Italys benchmark stock index rose 2.1 percent. In Italys rst bond auction of the new year, the country was able to sell one-year
Retail sales cap a record year

By Martin Crutsinger
WASHINGTON Americas retailers enjoyed a record 2011 and their rst $400 billion sales months ever. But the nal month of the year was a dud. Sales eked out a 0.1 percent increase in December, to a seasonally adjusted $400.6 billion. It was the second straight month that sales topped $400 billion. The government revised November sales to show a 0.4 percent gain, twice the original estimate. Decembers increase, though, was the weakest in seven months. Excluding volatile auto purchases, overall sales actually fell 0.2 percent. It was the rst such drop since May 2010. But analysts said they still expect consumers to help the economy strengthen further, especially because businesses have stepped up hiring. More jobs mean more people with money to spend. Although consumer spending is not particularly robust, households do continue to spend and provide moderate support for the overall economy, said Steven Wood, chief economist at
Insight Economics. For all of 2011, sales totaled a record $4.7 trillion. That was a gain of nearly 8 percent over 2010 the largest percentage increase since 1999. Steady sales gains have fueled a 20 percent surge from the low during the Great Recession. Monthly sales are even 6 percent above their pre-recession high. The gures conrm evidence that the economy was strengthening as 2011 ended. Part of the reason for Decembers weak showing was lower gasoline prices. Those prices reduced sales at gasoline stations. Excluding gas stations, overall retail sales would have risen 0.3 percent in December. Another factor was heavy discounting during the holiday shopping season. Many retailers said they had to offer cut prices in December to attract shoppers. The sluggish retail-sales data followed a report this week that consumers raised their borrowing in November by the most in a decade. Many might have charged more spending to their credit cards because their pay has all but stagnated. The savings rate has also declined. Continued job growth may be needed
to sustain spending increases. In the meantime, Thursdays news reminds us that the economy is still struggling, said Michelle Meyer, an economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. This is the recovery of ts and starts. Separately, more people applied for unemployment benefits last week. Applications rose 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 399,000. But the gain was due largely to companies shedding workers after the holiday season. Economists downplayed the increase. It followed three months of declines that had reduced the number of unemployment applications to their lowest level in three years. And businesses increased their stockpiles in November to meet rising consumer demand. That gain likely boosted economic growth in the nal months of 2011. Companies are rebuilding stockpiles after cutting them last summer amid fears of another recession. It means many anticipate higher consumer spending. The retail sales report showed that holiday discounts helped push department store sales down 0.2 percent in December.
Bankrupt solar firm Solyndra eyes employee bonuses

DOVER, Del. A California solar panel manufacturer that received a half-billion dollar loan from the federal government before declaring bankruptcy is asking a Delaware judge to approve up to $500,000 in employee bonuses. A hearing on the request by Solyndra LLC of Fremont, Calif., is set later this month. Solyndra says the performance-based incentives will help it retain key employees whose work is critical to a successful reorganization and sale of the companys assets. The bonuses would be for up to nine equipment engineers, up to six general business and finance employees, up to four facilities workers and up to two information technology workers. The bonuses would range from 8 percent to 38 percent of a workers base pay. The employees in question make
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ECB holds rates, spots signs of stabilization

FRANKFURT, Germany The European Central Bank left its key interest rate unchanged at 1.0 percent on Thursday as bank President Mario Draghi spotted signs that the troubled eurozone economy is steadying. Draghi said after the decision that recent indicators showed tentative signs of stabilization of activity at low levels. However, he conceded that the economy of the 330 million or so people in the 17 countries using the shared currency faces substantial downside risks from the debt crisis that began more than two years ago. It is not possible to express a judgment of condence, he said at a news conference. He predicted the economy would recover in 2012, albeit very gradually. The eurozone grew by only 0.1 percent in the third quarter and many economists predict a recession.
Redwood Citys Openwave reviewing messaging, mediation units

REDWOOD CITY Mobile technology software maker Openwave Systems Inc. said Thursday that it is reviewing strategic options for its messaging and mediation businesses and has hired Jefferies and Co. as an adviser in the matter. Openwave did not say what its plans are for the businesses. But the company said it wants to focus on its intellectual property initiative, that is, its portfolio of about 200 patents covering mobile devices and the mobile Internet. The companys shares rose 10 cents, or 5.6 percent, to $1.87 in midday trading. The stock has traded in a 52-week range of $1.17 and $2.67.
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Saints have advantage in playoff experience

By Janie McCauley
SANTA CLARA Center Jonathan Goodwin has been going around San Franciscos locker room offering bits of veteran insight here and there. Playoff knowledge, Saints knowledge. The NFC West champion 49ers have eight players who have been to the postseason previously. The New Orleans Saints? A whopping 39 before their victory over Detroit last weekend.
I think some of the guys who didnt get a chance to go to the playoffs in the past, theyre hungry, 49ers tight end Vernon Davis said. Theyre really hungry. I dont know what its going to be like, I just know Im playing in the playoffs. I Jonathan try not to get too excited Goodwin because I want to keep myself under control.
Thats where Goodwin comes in. Among the key offseason acquisitions for San Francisco, Goodwin is one of those playoff-tested guys for the Niners (13-3). He won a Super Bowl ring with the Saints two years ago. Should be pretty fun, Goodwin said. Hopefully my experiences seeing that defense a lot during training camp and sometimes during the season will be valuable. When the 49ers head into their rst postseason appearance in nine years Saturday afternoon against Drew Brees and the high-pow-
ered Saints (14-3), quarterback and 2005 No. 1 draft pick Alex Smith will be just one of many San Francisco regulars making postseason debuts and taking their most signicant steps yet onto the NFLs big stage. Of the eight 49ers who have been to the postseason before, one is little-used wide receiver Brett Swain, another is long snapper Brian Jennings and also record-setting kicker David Akers. Jennings is the only player still around from the 49ers 2002 playoff season,
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No goals for Cats

By Julio Lara
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Terra Novas Justin Pessino,top,has South Citys Rubeen Salem in a world of trouble in their 106-pound match Thursday night.Pessino couldnt quite record the pin,but he won the match easily,16-1.
Tigers take out champs

By Nathan Mollat
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The schedule makers did not waste any time in matching two of the premiere wrestling programs in the Peninsula Athletic League when two-time defending league champion South City traveled over the hill to take on Terra Nova in the league opener for both squads. The Tigers, the 2009 PAL champs, won six of the rst matches including two forfeits and then held on for a 40-29 win. We wrestled tough. We told our kids that were going against the two-time defending
champs, said Terra Nova coach Bill Armstrong. Might as well go after the big dog right away. Why wait? South City had to forfeit the matches at the 220- and 285-pound weight classes, giving Terra Nova 12 free points. The only other way to pick up six points is by pinning an opponent. When two quality programs face off against each other, forfeits can be the difference between winning and losing. If the Warriors could have put anyone at those slots, there is a good chance the matches would have gone to a decision and the match would have been entirely different. Unfortunately, we had to give up forfeits, said South City coach Steve Matteucci. I told
them (the South City team) we beat them on the mat. Thats not entirely the case. Of the 12 matches wrestled, the teams split them, winning six matches each. But throw out the two South City forfeits and that takes 12 points off the board. In that scenario, South City actually won, 29-28. The match started with the 182-pound class where South Citys Arthur Georgiyev topped David Melton 6-2. After ending the rst period behind 1-0, Georgiyev recorded two secondperiod takedowns and added a reversal late in the third.
Sometimes, when it comes to girls soccer in the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division, youre just trying to survive. Take Thursdays game between San Mateo and Woodside when both teams came in a bit bruised and battered the Bearcats physically and the Wildcats mentally. Last Tuesday, San Mateo ran up and down the field for 80 minutes, chasing MenloAtherton for the majority of the game. They were rewarded for their efforts on a late goal by Danielle Coyle that gave them the win. But they paid dearly for it, with more than a handful of girls suffering injuries that kept them out of Wednesdays practice. And then there is Woodside, who on Wednesday played on par with a defensivelygifted Carlmont team for 79 minutes before a lapse on defense cost them a goal and a draw. Their injuries were more bruised egos than battered bodies. So when both teams met Thursday, it was about surviving and making sure you didnt beat yourself. Both squads were able to do that, thus the game ended in a nil-nil draw. I think the positive here is we didnt lose, said San Mateo head coach Daire OConnor. Woodside had a lot of intensity from the getgo. And I was really pleased with our last 15 to 20 minutes where we kind of started to pass ball-to-feet, we had a bit better tempo and we pressured them, we put them on their back foot. So that was really pleasing because the rst half was a really disappointing performance. But to be fair to the girls, I had several complaining of injury after Tuesdays game and it just shows you that this league is so competitive, its just so hard to recover after a tough game on Tuesday. I think we wanted to come out here and play the way weve played, said Woodside head coach Jose Navarette, and not really change anything. Were not a real experienced
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Speckman comes full circle as new Oaks coach

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With their latest move at the top, the Menlo College football team expects to be ying high very soon. Mark Speckman, an award-winning collegiate coach and pioneer of the Fly offense, was named the Menlo College head coach Thursday. Speckman, whose resume includes more than 30 years
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of success at both the collegiate and high school level, will replace former head coach Fred Guidici, who has taken a spot on the football staff at San Jose State University.
The hiring of Coach Speckman shows the commitment we have to our student athletes in providing them the very best coaches available, said Athletic Director Keith Spataro in a press release. We are privileged to hire such an amazing coach and I look forward to watching him build a championship program for the Oaks. Speckman spent the past 17 years at NCAA Division III Willamette
University in Salem, Oregon, the last 14 of them as head coach. Under Speckman, the Bearcats went 82-59 (.582) in 14 seasons, 47-28 (.627) in Northwest Conference play. Additionally, Willamette enjoyed ve conference championships, ve national playoff berths and a 1997 National Championship Game appearance with Speckman in the fold.
As a Bay Area native and Menlo alumnus, its great to be able to come full circle, Speckman said via press release. I am proud that I can give back and donate my skills as a coach to help turn around Menlos football program. Ive had a pretty good track record in similar situations, and one of my strengths is looking at unique challenges to gure out how to achieve success. I
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Sharks ground the Jets,win in shutout

WINNIPEG, Manitoba Logan Couture and Brad Winchester scored and Antti Niemi made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season in the San Jose Sharks 2-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Couture scored at 13:36 of the second period and left wing Winchester made it 2-0 early in the
third for the Sharks, who have won five of six. C o u t u r e scored for the second straight game, but it was defenseman Brent Burns Logan Couture that was key on the play.
Burns picked the puck up outside his blue line, bounced the puck off the left-side boards and then took control of it again. Just as it looked as if he was going to go around the back of the net, Burns sent a quick backhand pass to Couture, who snapped the puck into the net while goalie Ondrej Pavelec was out of position. It was Coutures 18th goal of the
season. Pavelec faced 37 shots in his 36th start of the season as the Jets lost for the fourth time in their past five games. San Jose has picked up 11 of a possible 12 points in January and continue to lead the Pacific Division with 53 points. Winchester got his stick on a bouncing puck for his fifth goal of the season.
Gonzaga with an 83-62 win Thursday night in a matchup of the West Coast Conferences ercest rivals. Brad Waldow added 17 points and 10 rebounds and Stephen Holt had 13 points and six assists for the Gaels (16-2, 5-0) at a rocking McKeon Pavilion, where a standing-room only Kevin Perez stopped the slide for South City by toying with his opponent at 126 and winning 16-9. Perez was dominating the match but appeared to run out of gas in the third period. With just seconds remaining in the match, Josh Torres picked up a takedown and nearfall, nearly pinning Perez before the nal horn sounded. Jason Cervantes pin at 132 the rst pin of the night gave the Warriors a two-match winning streak, but that was snapped by Terra Novas Zach Skiles at 138, where he shutout his opponent 10-0. Alex Phyo won at 145 for the Tigers to give them a insurmountable 4012 lead with three matches remaining. If nothing else, the Warriors nished like champions, winning the final three matches. Miguel
Notes: The Sharks are 17-1-3 when leading after the second period, while the Jets are 0-14-2 when trailing after two ... Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien, selected to the NHL All-Star game, missed his eighth game with a knee injury. Fellow defenseman Zach Bogosian was out with a lower-body injury he suffered in Tuesdays loss. to Boston.
crowd packed the arena for a nationally televised showdown thats always the biggest draw of the season here. Students stormed the court after the nal buzzer. Elias Harris had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Kevin Pangos scored 12 for the Bulldogs (13-3, 3-1 WCC). Rodriguez pinned his opponent in the rst round at 152 pounds, Roko Smijanic dominated his opponent to the tune of 16-1 at 160 and Dupra Goodman picked up a third-period pin at 171. Despite being the two-time defending champs, Matteucci understands a three-peat may not be in the cards for the Warriors this year. We have a real young team. I sent ve freshmen and sophomores out there and they did their job, which was to stay off their backs, Matteucci said. I hate the moral victory stuff. Well have to turn in the (championship) trophy at the end of February, but well take it right back next year. Said Armstrong: All that running, all that lifting weights came to fruition today.
Seligs contract extended

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St. Marys 82, Gonzaga 62
Matthew Dellavadova hit ve 3pointers on the way to 26 points and also dished out six assists, and Saint Marys pulled off a rare rout of No. 21
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says he couldnt resist the pleas of team owners for him to stay on the job. His wife Sue has said all along there was no way her husband would walk away from the game. In the end, Bud Selig she was right. Owners voted 29-1 on Thursday to give Selig a two-year contract extension through the 2014 season. Selig has held the position since 1992, rst as interim commissioner and then as commissioner since 1998. He will turn 80 in July 2014. If he stays until September 2016, he would surpass Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1920-44) as the longest-serving baseball commissioner. Ive often said, and I believe this,
for me personally in my life theres no higher honor than being the commissioner of baseball, Selig said. Seligs contract had been due to expire this Dec. 31 and he had talked of doing some teaching after leaving the job. But he said he began hearing lately from owners who wanted him to stay on. I started hearing a couple of weeks ago that there was a groundswell movement to do this, he said. You cant leave now. Id hear from various owners. .He said he reached the decision after thinking about it over the holidays, although he acknowledged his wife had been right when she said all along that he wouldnt be stepping down this year. In the end, doing whats in the best interest of baseball if this many people believe that and feel that is something that I felt I should do, he said. Asked how he felt to have so many want him to stay on the job, Selig said, You cant pay a human being a better compliment than that.
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Robert Pyne got Terra Nova on the scoreboard by winning at 195. He completely dominated Jordan Locsin, eventually earning a technical fall by building up a 17-1 lead. That win gave the Tigers a 5-3 lead and by the time two wrestlers took the mat again, Terra Nova enjoyed a 16-3 by virtue of the two forfeits. The Tigers kept the momentum on their side of the gym, getting wins from Justin Pessino (106), Niko Richardson (113) and Manny Borejo (120). Suddenly, Terra Nova enjoyed a comfortable 33-3 advantage on the scoreboard.
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Magic handles Warriors

OAKLAND Dwight Howard broke Wilt Chamberlains nearly 50-year-old NBA record for most free throw attempts in a game, making 21 of 39 in the Orlando Magics 117-109 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night. The Warriors hacked Howard intentionally throughout, sending the notoriously poor shooter to Dwight Howard the line in record-setting fashion. Chamberlain shot 34 for the Philadelphia Warriors against St. Louis on Feb. 22, 1962. Howard nished with 45 points and 23 rebounds, and Hedo Turkoglu scored 20 points to propel the Magic to their third straight victory. Monta Ellis had 30 points and 11 rebounds and David Lee added 26 points and 12 rebounds for the short-handed Warriors, play-
ing without starters Stephen Curry and Dorell Wright. The Hack-a-Howard routine reached a whole new level. Howard had never shot more than 24 free throws in a game which he had four times previously and fouled so early. Certainly, nothing compared to the Warriors ways. Howard eclipsed his old mark with 2:09 remaining in the third quarter, getting hacked and held intentionally at the end of each quarter with mixed results. If nothing else, Golden State rookie coach Mark Jacksons strategy slowed down the pace and refused to let the Magics potent shooters nd their rhythm. Howard tied Chamberlains record when Andris Biedrins fouled him and fouled out with 7:17 remaining in the fourth quarter, making 1 of 2 to give the Magic a 93-92 lead. Howard has shot just below 60 percent at the line for his career. Golden State almost managed an upset behind the tactic. Klay Thompson put the Warriors ahead 107-106 on a 3-pointer with a little less than 3 minutes remaining, only to see Howard respond on the other end quickly. Turner led the Bulldogs with 16 receptions in only six games. He was rst with 272 receiving yards for an average of 17 per catch. Offensive lineman John Murphy signed a full athletic scholarship to Southeastern Louisiana University. Murphy will major in Business.
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Tarryn OMahoney,left,and Alexis Kasser battle for the ball in Thursdays game at San Mateo.
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team and were not a deep team. So a lot of our kids are playing a lot of minutes. But I dont believe we have to change anything because, I think you witnessed today, thats how weve played all year. The only thing is, a little luck and a little bit better nishing, and I think were going to be OK. Both teams lacked the legs to push that extra bit needed to nd a goal. In the rst half, Woodsides best chance came on a cross by Erika Negrete that San Mateos Karyn Jacobs handled nicely at the near post. The Wildcats ran the doorbell once more before the half on a Gianna Rosati header that looked bound for goal were it not for the efforts of Stephanie Lee clearing the ball off the line. For the second straight game, Lee, along with her defensive teammates, held their line nicely particularly Ashlyn Avendano, who played central defense and covered nicely for Coyle when she crept up to try and provide some offensive spark. Woodside found a bit of life in the second half with Negrete pushing from the right ank and crossing balls into the box.
The games tempo picked up a bit with 15 minutes left to play. We denitely were disappointed with our passing, OConnor said about his halftime adjustments. Our reactions, there always seemed to be an orange shirt getting on the ball, they were making quicker choices, passes to their forwards. So, we said as a group, we need to step it up, and we did. There could have been goals at both ends. Im surprised it stayed 0-0. Shannon Wischer and Brenda Flores provided a bit of a spark, with Jennifer Ticzon being the beneciary of a pair of great looks at goal. Perhaps the play of the game though was made by Jacobs on a ball over the San Mateo defense that Negrete tracked down. As No. 7 rushed in one versus one, Jacobs came off her line and forced Negrete to her left foot. The forward lost the angle and with an open goal in front of her, struck the ball wide to the left. Weve made some blunders where we dont nish games off, Navarette said. It could have happened again today. Our intensity has to be better in the last 15 minutes than in the rst 15. And right now, thats where were lacking right now. But theyre young and theyre working on it. Im happy with the way were progressing.
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am condent I can turn it around at Menlo. The Oaks havent had a winning season in eight years. Speckman, a Belmont native, played linebacker for Menlo in 1973-74 before going on to play at Azusa Pacic University.
Skyline 83, Chabot 79

In womens basketball action, Skyline improve to .500 overall by defeating Chabot 83-79. Four Trojans were in double gures, led by Andrea Mochida and her 19-points. Mochida was 5-of-6 from beyond the arc. Karen Jacobs scored 13 for Skyline and had ve rebounds. Bianca Hussein scored 11 and Kelly Huey tallied 10. Skyline is now 2-1 in conference play. The Skyline men picked up their rst win in conference by defeating Chabot 94-88. The 94 points is a season-high for the Trojans. Chabot came in ranked 15th in Northern California. Anthony Smith scored 23 points to lead ve Trojans in double gures. Skyline will head to the East Bay tonight to battle Ohlone College.
CSM transfer three

A pair of College of San Mateo Bulldogs are moving on. CSM linebacker DJ McDonough signed a full athletic scholarship to Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala. Faulkner belongs to the NAIA. McDonough, who earned a 3.9 cumulative grade point average at CSM, will major in Physical Therapy. He earned the 2011 CSM Bulldog Award for leading by example in the classroom, weight room and football eld. McDonough played in 10 games for the Bulldogs last season. He was second on the team with 46 tackles, including a team-leading seven for loss. He also have four sacks and two interceptions. Joining McDonough at Faulkner will be wide receiver Antoine Turner, who signed a full athletic scholarship as well.
Foothill 83, CSM 61

In womens basketball action, the College of San Mateo dropped their rst conference game 83-61 after traveling south to face No. 1 ranked Foothill.
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of how his next one will go than his threegame postseason losing streak. A win on Saturday night would send Brady and the New England Patriots to the AFC championship game and end the Tebowmania season of the Denver Broncos. Preparing for the upcoming game is all Brady cares about. I havent thought about anything about last year or last week, he said before practice this week. Im trying to think about today. Before last weeks bye, the Patriots (13-3) scored 49 straight points and beat the Buffalo Bills 49-21. During the winning streak, Brady has thrown for 19 touchdowns and just two interceptions. An acknowledged plodder, hes even run for three touchdowns in his last three games. In the last four regular-season games over his 10 seasons as a starter, he is 34-6. Bradys success has made an impression on Tebow. He can learn, Tebow said, from being able to watch a quarterback like that how he handles himself, the emotion that he plays with but at the same time the calmness that he
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Brady looks to end 3-game playoff slide

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Tom Brady is on his usual late-season roll. Hed just like to stop his recent playoff slide. The quarterback with tunnel vision, focusing on the next practice and the next game, is on an eightgame winning streak. That may be a better sign
plays with, the accuracy, the leadership, the way he motivates his players, the way he gets in and out of great plays, the way hes able to handle any situation. Except, lately, the playoffs. Brady won his rst 10 postseason games and three Super Bowls. He was 14-2 before having a drastic reversal with three consecutive losses 17-14 to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl of the 2007 season, 33-14 to the Baltimore Ravens two years ago and 2821 to the New York Jets last year. Those last two were at home.
Saints linemen say chemistry was a key to success

METAIRIE, La. Moments after his missed block caused a recent sack of Drew Brees, right tackle Zach Strief looked up to nd fellow Saints linemen converging on him. Pro Bowl guard Jahri Evans told Strief to ush it from his mind, while New Orleans two other Pro Bowl linemen, guard Carl Nicks and left tackle Jermon Bushrod, teased him about it. I knew what they were all doing is saying, Hey, it happens, were behind you, Strief said as he recalled the aftermath of a sack in the Saints rst-round playoff win over Detroit last weekend.
I was able to smile and move on rather than sitting there stewing about it. At Saints headquarters, everyone from coaches to star players such as Brees and Darren Sproles say the success of their recordbreaking offense starts with their big blockers up front. Theyre smart, they work hard, but the thing about them, whatever they see on tape, they always come back and tell us so were always on the same page, Sproles said. Theyve got to know a lot of stuff, so they play a big role. The linemen, meanwhile, say its more than their size and ability that has made them a force both in pass protections and in opening San Francisco earned the NFCs No. 2 seed over the Saints, who did their share of scoreboard watching late in the season in hopes of stealing the second spot and a rst-round bye. The bigger the games get, I think you fall back on your routine and your preparation, Smith said. What youve always done, the things that got you here. Continue to fall back on all those little things. Brees will be up against a stingy San Francisco defense that allowed only three rushing touchdowns and all in the nal two games and the Niners had 38 takeaways to only 10 turnovers for a plus-28 turnover differential. That matched the second-best mark in NFL history. Now, back in the postseason, the 49ers face the daunting task of trying to slow down Brees, whose versatile offense produced a playoff-record 626 yards in Saturday nights
holes for the running game. They also get along well, which makes it easier to work together. During a football season, for about 25 weeks, we see each other about eight to 10 hours day, six days week. If you dont like each other and you dont get along, it grinds on you, Strief said. You get to a point where you dont want to go to work. We have the absolute polar opposite of that. Saints offensive linemen go out for dinner every Thursday night with Brees. They also tend to work together on charity events, socialize after games and hang out together at Saints headquarters during breaks between practices and meetings. 45-28 win over the Lions. Brees threw for 466 yards and completed 33 of 43 passes and no doubt will provide the toughest test yet for San Franciscos deep and talented defense. Darren Sproles ran for two touchdowns against Detroit and Pierre Thomas also rushed for a score. The 49ers realize the challenge and plan to stick with what got them this far. They have lost the last six meetings with New Orleans. I havent been to the postseason in my life, safety Dashon Goldson said. I won a championship in high school. But other than that, no. ... Weve got a good chance. Brees knows playoff experience wont mean much. New Orleans was set to arrive in San Francisco on Thursday evening, then hold a walk-through practice at Candlestick on Friday. I think that can be benecial at times, your
Being close and having that kind of togetherness, thats real, its not forced, Strief said. That stuff carries over to the eld. Striefs contention is backed up by the results. Brees, who was sacked 24 times, set an NFL single-season record with 5,476 yards passing. Meanwhile, the Saints were sixth in the NFL in rushing with 133 yards per game, helping them gain more offensive yards in one season 7,474 than any team in league history. The offensive lines contribution was not lost on those with Pro Bowl votes. The Saints had three of their starting ve linemen selected to the NFC squad. guys are used to playing in big games, theyre used to being in playoff situations, that kind of thing, Brees said. But to be honest with you each team is different. I would say San Francisco is a 13-win team just like were a 13-win team and weve all played in a lot of big games this year and weve all had to win down the stretch. The 49ers, who won their division to end an eight-year playoff drought, have been planning for New Orleans for a week now. San Francisco took a 24-3 beating in the Big Easy back in August during the teams exhibition opener. My advice so far is pretty much, when it all comes down to it, its still football, Goodwin said. You might have a little anxiety that rst series. After that, its something that youve done for plenty of years of your life.
11 with 9:21 remaining in the rst half. The Spartans would get no closer than nine points the rest of the game.
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when San Francisco rallied to stun the New York Giants 39-38 in their NFC wild-card game. From star linebackers Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman, to Davis, running back Frank Gore and left tackle Joe Staley, punter Andy Lee and even safety Donte Whitner, this will be a monumental rst. What a difference from the dominating Saints, with almost an entire roster of men who have played such important games before this year. The 49ers are considered an underdog again a role rst-year coach Jim Harbaugh relishes this week despite playing at home in sold-out Candlestick Park.
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Nevada rolls past San Jose State 81-57
RENO, Nev. Jerry Evans Jr. scored 19 points to lead Nevada over San Jose State 8157 Thursday night. Deonte Burton added 14 points for the Wolf Pack (13-3 overall, 3-0 WAC), who matched their win total from last season and posted their rst 10-game winning streak in ve years. James Kinney had 16 points and Stephon Smith added 14 for the Spartans (6-10, 0-2). After falling behind 7-6 early in the game, Nevada began the rout with a 16-4 run capped by a four-point play by Evans to go ahead 22-
Stanford holds on for 68-65 victory over Utah

STANFORD Josh Huestis scored all 13 of his points in the second half to lead Stanford past Utah 68-65 on Thursday night. Josh Owens and Chasson Randle each added 11 points for the Cardinal (14-3, 4-1 Pac-12) in a game featuring former NBA teammates as coaches. Chris Hines scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Utes (4-12, 1-3), who remain winless in eight road games. Josh Watkins added 14 points.
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San Francisco 104, Portland 70
SAN FRANCISCO Rashad Green scored 19 points, including 17 in the rst half when he made all seven of his eld goal attempts, leading San Francisco to a 104-70 drubbing of Portland Thursday night. San Francisco (11-8, 1-4 WCC) scored its most points in a game since beating Holy Names 129-64 on Jan. 2, 2010. Angelo Caloiaro had 16 points, all in the second half, and Dominique OConnor came off the bench to score 16 for San Francisco, which won its rst conference game of the year after losing its rst four. Ryan Nicholas scored 12 points and Tim Douglas added 11 for Portland (5-12, 2-2). Green nished 8 for 9 from the field and did not miss on two attempts from 3-point range.
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Atlantic Division W N.Y.Rangers 27 Philadelphia 26 New Jersey 24 Pittsburgh 21 N.Y.Islanders 15 Northeast Division W Boston 28 Ottawa 24 Toronto 22 Buffalo 18 Montreal 16 Southeast Division W Florida 21 Washington 22 Winnipeg 20 Tampa Bay 17 Carolina 15 L 10 12 17 17 20 L 11 15 15 19 20 L 13 17 18 21 23 OT 4 4 2 4 6 OT 1 6 5 5 7 OT 8 2 5 4 7 Pts 58 56 50 46 36 Pts 57 54 49 41 39 Pts 50 46 45 38 37 GF 118 142 119 124 98 GF 148 143 135 107 110 GF 109 119 112 115 118 GA 86 124 124 112 129 GA 77 144 131 123 119 GA 116 120 126 146 150
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Atlantic Division W Philadelphia 7 New York 6 Boston 4 Toronto 4 New Jersey 2 Southeast Division W Orlando 8 Miami 8 Atlanta 8 Charlotte 2 Washington 1 Central Division W Chicago 10 Indiana 7 Cleveland 5 Milwaukee 4 Detroit 2 L 3 5 5 7 9 L 3 3 4 9 9 L 2 3 5 6 9 Pct .700 .545 .444 .364 .182 Pct .727 .727 .667 .182 .100 Pct .833 .700 .500 .400 .182 GB 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2 5 1/2 GB 1/2 6 6 1/2 GB 2 4 5 7 1/2
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BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLBAnnounced club owners voted to extend the contract of Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig through the 2014 season. American League CLEVELAND INDIANSAgreed to terms with RHP Chris Ray on a minor league contract. NEW YORK YANKEESNamed Rick Down minor league roving hitting instructor and Tom Nieto manager of the Gulf Coast League Yankees. TAMPA BAY RAYSAgreed to terms with 1B-OF Luke Scott on a one-year contract. National League MIAMI MARLINSAgreed to terms with 1B Greg Dobbs on a two-year contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERSAgreed to terms with OF Carlos Gomez and LHP Manny Parra on oneyear contracts. BASKETBALL Womens National Basketball Association TULSA SHOCKAcquired G Temeka Johnson from Phoenix for G Andrea Riley. FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYSNamed Bill Callahan offensive line coach and offensive coordinator and Jerome Henderson secondary coach. NEW YORK JETSSigned LB Matthias Berning. WASHINGTON REDSKINSNamed Raheem Morris defensive backs coach. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOSReleased OL Patrick Kabongo,WR Chris Bauman and DB Wopamo Osaisai. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINSRecalled F Jordan Caron from Providence (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETSRecalled LW Dane Byers from Springeld (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENSTraded F Michael Cammalleri to Calgary for F Rene Bourque. WASHINGTON CAPITALSRecalled F Cody Eakin from Hershey (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXYLoaned F Robbie Keane to Aston Villa (Premier). NEW YORK RED BULLSSigned D Markus Holgersson. PORTLAND TIMBERSTraded F Kenny Cooper to New York for a 2013 rst-round draft pick and allocation money.
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Central Division W Chicago 26 St.Louis 25 Detroit 27 Nashville 24 Columbus 11 Northwest Division W Vancouver 28 Minnesota 22 Colorado 23 Calgary 21 Edmonton 16 Pacic Division W San Jose 24 Los Angeles 21 Dallas 24 Phoenix 20 Anaheim 13 L 13 12 15 15 26 L 14 16 20 19 22 L 11 15 17 17 22 OT 5 6 1 4 5 OT 3 6 2 5 4 OT 5 8 1 7 7 Pts 57 56 55 52 27 Pts 59 50 48 47 36 Pts 53 50 49 47 33 GF 144 112 138 118 101 GF 147 103 117 110 112 GF 118 97 119 111 104 GA 127 92 101 117 142 GA 110 110 127 127 121 GA 94 100 123 114 136
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Southwest Division W San Antonio 7 Dallas 6 Memphis 4 Houston 3 New Orleans 3 Northwest Division W Oklahoma City 10 Portland 7 Denver 7 Utah 6 Minnesota 3 Pacic Division W L.A.Lakers 8 L.A.Clippers 5 Phoenix 4 Sacramento 4 Golden State 3 L 4 5 6 7 7 L 2 3 4 4 7 L 4 3 6 7 7 Pct .636 .545 .400 .300 .300 Pct .833 .700 .636 .600 .300 Pct .667 .625 .400 .364 .300 GB 1 2 1/2 3 1/2 3 1/2 GB 2 2 1/2 3 6 GB 1 3 3 1/2 4
No. 4 Stanford 62, Utah 43

SALT LAKE CITY Stanford refused to allow Utahs tough defense rattle them. Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 18 points and 13 rebounds to help No. 4 Stanford pull away from Utah for a 62-43 victory on Thursday night, its school-record 62nd straight win against a Pac-12 opponent. One of the biggest things with our team is we stay poised, said Nnemkadi Ogwumike, who had 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead Stanford. We dont panic. We just keep doing what were doing. They were playing us very well in the beginning. It was a bruiser type of game, with lot of physicalness, and we did a good job of pulling away. Chiney Ogwumike added 11 points and 14 rebounds and Toni Kokenis had 13 points for the Cardinal (14-1, 5-0).
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FRIDAY GIRLSBASKETBALL Sacred Heart Prep at Mercy-SF,5 p.m.;Pinewood at Menlo School,Mills at San Mateo,6 p.m.;Carlmont at El Camino, South City at Jefferson, Westmoor vs.Aragon at Hillsdale, 6:15; MercyBurlingame at Castilleja,6:30 p.m.;Burlingame at Half Moon Bay,Terra Nova at Menlo-Atherton, Presentation at Notre Dame-Belmont,7:30 p.m. BOYSBASKETBALL Eastside Prep at Sacred Heart Prep, Pinewood at Menlo School, Half Moon Bay at Calrmont, Woodside at Mills, 7:30 p.m.; South City at Menlo-Atherton,Westmoor vs.Aragon at Hillsdale, Burlingame at El Camino, Terra Nova at Capuchino, San Mateo at Sequoia, 7:45 p.m.
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Jan.13 At Las Vegas (ESPN2),Teon Kennedy vs.Chris Martin,10,junior featherweights. Jan.14 At Offenburg, Germany, Arthur Abraham vs.Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias,10,super middleweights;Robert Stieglitz vs.Henry Weber,12,for Stieglitzs WBO super middleweight title. Jan.21 At Philadelphia (NBCSP),Eddie Chambers vs.Sergei Liakhovich, 10, heavyweights; Gabriel Rosado vs. Jesus Soto-Karass,10,junior middleweights. At Guadalajara,Mexico,Miguel Vazquez vs.Ameth Diaz,12,for Vazquezs IBF lightweight title. Jan.27 At Northern Quest Casino, Airway Heights, Wash. (ESPN),Ruslan Provodnikov vs.David Torres,10,junior welterweights;Ji-Hoon Kim vs.Alisher Rahimov, 10,lightweights.
Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss or shootout loss. Wednesday Games Washington 1,Pittsburgh 0 New Jersey 2,Edmonton 1,OT Thursdays Games Detroit 3,Phoenix 2,SO Dallas 5,Los Angeles 4,SO Boston 2,Montreal 1 Philadelphia 3,N.Y.Islanders 2 Ottawa 3,N.Y.Rangers 0 Carolina 5,Tampa Bay 2 Vancouver 3,St.Louis 2,OT Nashville 3,Colorado 2,OT
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This is not your grandmothers Dodge Dart

By Tom Krisher
DETROIT If the new Dodge Dart sells anything like the original, Chrysler will have the small-car hit it needs. The reinvented compact, unveiled at the Detroit auto show Monday, is nothing like its predecessor from the 1960s and 70s. But Chrysler is counting on the Dart, and its zippy name, to help it sell more small cars and continue its recent revival. Instead of the somewhat boxy lines of the original, the new Dart has the sleek stance of a modern muscle car, with a short hood, long roof and slightly ared fenders. And its based on the frame and suspension of a crisp-handling Alfa Romeo hatchback brought over by Chryslers Italian owner, Fiat SpA. The Dart also is a crucial test of the Chrysler-Fiat alliance, one aimed at saving millions of dollars by reusing Fiat frames, engines and technology, yet giving them an American style with more space for people and gear. The Dart is the rst Chrysler designed jointly by the companies. Chrysler, which ran out of cash and had to be bailed out by the government in 2009, saw sales jump 26 percent last year, and its poised to turn its rst annual prot since 1997. Now the automaker needs a breakthrough in the growing small-car market, where it hasnt had success since the bug-eyed Dodge Neon in the mid1990s. After nearly failing, Chrysler also realizes it must end its dependence on inefcient SUVs and pickups.
Since the Neon, few have considered Chrysler compacts, keeping the company out of a market that has grown to about 15 percent of U.S. auto sales. Forty years ago, it was a different story. Back then, Dodge Darts were everywhere. Middle-class Americans bought nearly 3.3 million between 1960 and 1976, when Chrysler offered versions for every lifestyle: the stripped-down commuter car, convertibles, the family station wagon, and street racers like the Dart Swinger, which came with a racing stripe, hood scoops and a 340-cubicinch V-8 engine. Sales peaked in 1974 at more than 340,000 when gasoline was a little over 50 cents per gallon and President Richard Nixon resigned during the Watergate scandal. Chrysler would kill for those sales today. Its current small-car offering, the Caliber, sold only 35,000 last year, a fraction of the class-leading Toyota Corolla at 240,000. The Caliber is noisy, slow and its looks cant compete with rivals like the Honda Civic, Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra and Chevrolet Cruze. Thats bad for long-term growth. Compacts are the cars that young, rst-time buyers go for, and many stick with a brand as they age. Lets face it, the Caliber is not really able to go ... toe-to-toe with ... competitive compact cars, says Reid Bigland, CEO of the Dodge brand and Chrysler Group LLCs sales chief. Thats about to change. Some versions of the Dart will get 40 miles per gallon on the highway. Its starting price is $15,995, at least
Dodge is bringing back an updated version of the Dart,top,to replace one of the best selling cars in the 1960s and 1970s,above.
$500 below its closest competitors, the Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruze. The Focus starts at $16,500, while the Cruze base price is $16,720. The Toyota Corolla, the sales leader in compacts, starts at $15,900.
The lower base price could give the Dart a foothold in a market it hasnt competed in for more than 15 years, attracting buyers who might not put Dodge on their shopping list. CEO Sergio Marchionne says Chrysler wont make much money on the base-priced Dart. But the lower price could help the company sell more features and raise the price. Id be lying to you if I told you I was making money with a car thats that capable at that price, he said. You start shopping there, and by the time I nish, maybe you came up (in price), he said. In building the new Dart, Chrysler added room to the Giulietta, a sleek, ve-door hatchback sold in Europe by Fiat-owned Alfa Romeo. Engineers widened it 3 inches and stretched the distance between the front and back wheels by 4 inches. Chrysler claims that the Dart has the most shoulder and hip room in its class, and that it has more rear-seat legroom than the midsize Hyundai Sonata. The company knew it had to overcome an image of chintzy, hard plastic interiors from its leaner years. As a result, it paid close attention to the inside, says Bigland. Chrysler gave the Dart a soft-looking dashboard and doors, and developed switches that open and close vents like in a luxury car. Dart buyers also can get touchscreen controls and can pick their own interior accent colors. Theres a choice of three engines, including a Fiat-designed 1.4-liter turbo reserved for the muscle car edition.
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Its finally Lincolns turn for an update,one that aims to show customers the brand can make more than hearses and airport limos.
for a long time. The automaker decided rst to tackle more pressing matters like downsizing and returning to protability. After a ve-year turnaround, the company is making money again. CEO Alan Mulally has shed Fords other luxury brands and is ready to focus on turning Lincoln into a real competitor that can attract wealthy buyers and fat prots. Fourteen months ago, Ford assigned a team of 180 designers and engineers to focus on Lincoln full time. The company recently opened its rst dedicated Lincoln design studio since the 1970s. Buyers will see the fruit of those efforts at the Detroit auto show, where Ford on Tuesday pulled the wraps off an MKZ sedan that is close to the model that will go on sale this fall. The new MKZ is one of seven new or revamped Lincolns due out by 2015, when the Lincoln brand will celebrate its 100th birthday. Theyre doing the right things. People are going to aspire to own a Lincoln again, said Dave Sullivan, an analyst with consulting group AutoPacic Inc. The new design reminds him of an Audi. Among the MKZs features is an all-glass roof that opens automatically and slides over the back window, giving both front and rear passengers a convertible-like ride. It still has Lincolns splitwing grille, a tribute to the 1938 Lincoln Zephyr and one of the brands most recognizable features. But designers toned it down after complaints about the ungainly maw on the most recent Lincoln sedans. The car is longer and wider, giving it a more luxurious look, and it has an elegant, clean dashboard with ush buttons for controls instead of knobs. The concept car in a rich reddish brown dubbed cognac has cream leather seats perforated into a pattern thats meant to resemble champagne bubbles. Our movement as a brand is toward something we call elegant simplicity. Its something warmer and more restrained, said Lincoln Design Director Max Wolff, an Australian who was lured away from Cadillac to revitalize Lincoln.
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Also setting the car apart is the tail lights. The Dart borrowed the trademark horizontal LED lighting from the tough-looking Dodge Charger. Bigland says the Dart will match or beat the competition on ride and handling and quality. By charging less for the Dart because its a little smaller than the Focus or Cruze, Chrysler could have a winning strategy, says Aaron Bragman, an analyst with IHS Automotive. But the Dart likely will take sales from its Detroit rivals, the Cruze and the Focus. Those analysts who have seen the Dart say it will be a strong choice for buyers. In terms of style, in terms of amenities, in terms of design and quality, it looked to be really top-notch stuff, said Bragman. Chrysler, the smallest of Detroits three automakers, for years was a scrappy underdog known for smart designs, innovation and quick thinking. But in 1998 it was bought by Germanys Daimler-Benz, which neglected the company and eventually sold it to an investment rm that starved it of capital. When Fiat got control in 2009, Chryslers cars and trucks needed redesigning.
DETROIT Lincoln was once the pinnacle of luxury. Continental limousines carried presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan. Town Cars ferried executives through Manhattan. Athletes and rappers cruised around in Navigator SUVs. But over the last two decades, the Lincoln lineup grew stale as Ford transformed its other cars and trucks with new designs and features. Now its nally Lincolns turn for an update, one that aims to show customers the brand can make more than hearses and airport limos. Its been a long wait. For years, Ford saw more promise in other luxury brands it was buying, like Jaguar and Volvo. Many Lincoln models became too similar to their lower-priced Ford siblings. Sales suffered. Lincoln sold a little more than 85,000 vehicles last year, down 63 percent from the brands peak in 1990. At one time, it was the top luxury brand in the U.S. But Lincoln is now outsold by seven other luxury brands, including Lexus and Inniti. Presidents since Bill Clinton have ridden in Cadillacs. Saving Lincoln has been on Fords back burner
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Chicken pot pie as a party appetizer SEE PAGE 20
Top five musician film stars

By Christy Lemire
LOS ANGELES Everyone wants to be a multi-hyphenate. No one wants to be pigeonholed. And so basketball players try to be rappers and rappers try to be basketball players. Jessica Simpson sells shoes and Jennifer Lopez sells perfume. But while actors often try to be singers Eddie Murphys Party All the Time, anyone? singers also frequently venture into acting. Sometimes they carve out impressive second careers for themselves; sometimes, theyre Britney Spears in Crossroads. This week, we see several musicians whove made the transition from the recording studio to the big screen. Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton co-star in the gospel comedy Joyful Noise, while Mark Wahlberg plays a master smuggler in Contraband. So heres a look at ve great music stars who became great actors. For sake of argument, performers like Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli and even the aforementioned J.Lo, who had their roots in both art forms simultaneously, dont count. Were talking about people who were primarily known as singers (or rappers, etc.) and made the leap: Frank Sinatra: The Chairman of the Board was, of course, a major pop star who caused a frenzy among screaming bobbysoxers in the 1940s before crafting a major movie career for himself. Sinatra won an Academy Award for best supporting actor in 1953s From Here to Eternity and earned a best-actor nomination for 1955s The Man With the Golden Arm. Early film roles naturally were in musicals, including Anchors Aweigh (1945) and On the Town (1949) with Gene Kelly. The original Oceans Eleven (1960) allowed him to play it smooth as master thief Danny Ocean, while the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962) probably provided him with his greatest performance. Will Smith: The former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air transformed himself into a twotime Oscar nominee, going from catchy rap tunes and sitcom laughs to heavyweight roles in Ali and The Pursuit of H a p p y n e s s . Smith is the epitome of a movie star, with talent and charm for days. Hes proven he can do it all, from comedy (the Men in Black movies) to action (the Bad Boys movies) to romance (Hitch) to sci- (I Am
Joyful Noisenever sings

By Christy Lemire
If some incarnation of Glee were to be developed for the Christian Broadcasting Network, it would probably look a lot like Joyful Noise. Youve got your squeaky-clean reworkings of pop tunes from various decades, which are intended to please viewers of all
ages; some romance, although nothing too hot and heavy; and a large dollop of prayer, as the characters struggle to find answers with the Lords help. Its really rather canny the way writer-director Todd Graffs lm caters to these large, wholesome audiences ones that are largely underserved in mainstream multiplex fare all at once.
But that doesnt mean its effective as entertainment. Especially during the musical numbers which theoretically should serve as the most rousing source of emotion, since the lm is about a gospel choir theres a weird disconnect, a sense that the songs are simultaneously overproduced and hollow, and repeated cutaways to
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Actor Gerard Butler describes Mavericks scare on British TV

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Actor Gerard Butler appeared on a British talk show over the weekend and described being trapped underwater while lming a movie at Mavericks in December. The 42-year-old Scottish-born actor said on The Graham Norton Show that he was held underwater for nearly a minute while a set of up to 30-foot waves crashed down above him at the famed surf spot,
located about half a mile off the coast near Half Moon Bay. This is one of the few times that reports maybe were not ex a g g e r a t e d , Butler said. It Gerard Butler was a pretty close call. He said that just before he went
under, This wave spread across the sky ... I just dived in and it took me. Butler said the wave ripped the leash that connected him to his board and he knew there was nothing to pull him back up to the surface. Im thinking, I need to get up, I need to get up, and then I felt the next wave go and the whole thing started over again, he said. Butler was on location lming a scene for "Of Men and Mavericks"
about renowned big-wave surfer Jay Moriarty, in which he plays Moriarty's mentor Rick "Frosty" Hesson, when the incident occurred on Dec. 18. He was pulled from the surf, and emergency responders from the Coastside Fire Protection District were called to the scene. Butler was then transported Stanford Hospital for observation. The actor was not seriously injured.
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curated by Steven Ruzin, Ph.D., Director of the CNR Biological Imaging Facility and Curator of The Golub Collection at the University of California, Berkeley. A World Examined: Microscopes from the Age of Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century is located pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall at San Francisco International Airport. There is no charge to view the exhibition, which runs through June 2012. Also at the SFO International Terminal are the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum, located in an architectural adaptation of the Airports 1930s passenger waiting room. The Aviation Museum collection focuses on air transport with an emphasis on the West Coast and the Pacific region. Exhibitions, research services and educational programs are offered to the public free of charge. San Francisco Airport Administration Building. Collection holdings include more than 17,000 artifacts and 8,000 books in addition to periodicals, photographs, technical drawings, oral histories and archival materials. Collection strengths include the development and management of San Francisco International Airport from 1927 to the present, and the development of domestic and international airlines operating to and through the West Coast and throughout the Pacic region. The collection is utilized for public exhibition programming and research by historians, scholars, students and enthusiasts. SFO Museum, the rst of its kind in the United States and a widely imitated model for museums operating in public arenas, features approximately 20 galleries throughout the Airport, displaying a rotating schedule of art, history, science and cultural exhibitions. For more information visit www.flysfo.com/web/page/sfo_mu seum/exhibitions.
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European farmers drag feet on poultry upgrades

By Raf Casert
The microscope is a relatively young invention. Although magniers and burning glasses are referenced in ancient Chinese texts and in the rst-century CE writings of Roman philosophers, the use of an optical instrument for observing microscopic specimens dates only to the 16th century when European scientists rst used lenses to magnify objects. A World Examined: Microscopes from the Age of Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century, on display at the SFO Museum, offers for close examination some of the very earliest microscopes. Microscopes like those shown were a public sensation during the Age of Enlightenment and were perfectly timed for those, like Robert Hooke and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, eager to employ the powers of reason to learn more about their world. Around 1590, Dutch spectacle maker Hans Janssen placed two magnifying lenses in series to gain greater magnication. Englishman Robert Hooke, one of the most important scientists of his age, used this compound microscope in the mid-17th century and documented his observations in the rst scientific bestseller, Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses (1665). Hooke said, by the help of Microscopes, there is nothing so small, as to escape our inquiry; hence there is a new visible World discovered to the understanding. By this the Earth it self, which lyes so neer us, under our feet, shews quite a new thing to us, and in every little particle of its matter; we now behold almost as great a variety of Creatures, as we were able before to reckon up in the whole Universe it self. (sic) Dutchman van Leeuwenhoek, a textile merchant by day but an expert lens grinder after hours, was one of the legions of scientists inspired by Hookes publication. Leeuwenhoek achieved extraordinary results from his simple device
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made from a single polished glass bead held between two plates. Leeuwenhoek was able to clearly view specimens magnied to 247 times their actual size, and his reports to the Royal Society of London encouraged countless others to join the burgeoning community of microscopists at the end of the 17th century. In the 18th century, the microscope became a favorite diversion among the upper classes throughout Europe an ubiquitous feature in the parlor of esteemed households. Solar and lucernal microscopes, which projected magnied images onto a screen, were used in private homes for study and education, as well as for entertainment. The instruments surge in popularity spurred innovations and improvements. A tremendous variety of microscope designs were introduced in quick succession. From the mid-17th century simple microscopes like those of van Leeuwenhoek, to the modern compound optical devices by German makers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these are the instruments that revealed the longheld secrets of the natural world the existence of microorganisms, the structure of biological cells and the composition and operation of a variety of previously unseen life forms. Nearly 350 years after Robert Hooke introduced a newly visible world, we continue to rely on the microscope in our eternal quest to better understand the world we inhabit and the challenges posed by that which remains invisible to the unaided eye. A World Examined: Microscopes from the Age of Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century was guest
FLEURUS, Belgium When Eric Pierart takes in the chaotic wiggling of thousands of hens caged in his renovated barn, hes reminded of how tough it is for Europe to unite on anything. And how much time it takes. A dozen years after the European Union set Jan. 1, 2012 as the date to eliminate the most cramped cages to improve the living standards of egg laying hens, half of the 27 European Union nations have failed to fully comply a op seen as a metaphor for Europes current state of disarray. In all, they have been talking about it for 30 years, complained the ruddy-cheeked Pierart, who adhered to the new rules. Now, it shows that common ideas for everyone are still hard to come by. Such is the way of the EU, where legislation seeps through layers of political and institutional granite in 27 nations at barely a trickle. And it affects a lot more than just the happiness of chickens. Take the global economy. For nearly two years, the world has been crying out for immediate and drastic measures to combat a debt crisis that has threatened to trigger a worldwide depression. For nearly two years, the world has come away frustrated with explanations that Europe is not a legislative superhighway. Now the fate of the lowly laying hen is again underscoring how slow a process it is to get everyone in the quilt of nations that is the European Union to unite on a common cause. Many chicken farmers who made the heavy investment on time are now at a competitive disadvantage from laggards who didnt. Pierart says he spent some (euro) 1.5 million ($1.9 million) on new equipment for 100,000 chickens. In this chicken-and-egg situation, its hard to pinpoint whos ultimately to blame. Some fault the glacial pace of continentwide legislation, as well as the EUs poor checks, controls and enforcement.
A dozen years after the European Union set Jan. 1,2012 as the date to eliminate the most cramped cages to improve the living standards of egg laying hens,half of the 27 European Union nations have failed to fully comply.
Others point the nger at the perceived bad faith of some EU nations, seen as turning a laudable ideal into a logistical mess. If it is already so difcult for this, then how tough is it for 27 nations on much bigger issues? Pierart asked. Its all deepened well-worn stereotypes that have long dogged the European Union about how the less afuent south and east skirt the rules, about how upright nations like Germany end up paying for it all, and about the bloated EU institutions that seem unable to do anything about it. Those institutions, often identied simply as Brussels, can be a soft target. Fix something, and theyre accused of meddling. When things goes wrong, theyre accused of inaction or incompetence. Its an absolute joke, said Ian Plant, the owner of Plants Eggs in Englands Lincolnshire, who, like Pierart, made the switch on time. This is such a serious situation that someone at the end of the day has to get to grips with it. Even EU Consumer Policy Commissioner Dalli has said the hen imbroglio is undermining the EUs credibility. His ofce said that 14 member states are still not complying with the rules, including France, Italy, Poland and Spain. That has particularly irked Britain, which has deep animal rights traditions and often seizes on any perceived slight from the European Union.
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Chicken pot pie as a party appetizer

ts chicken pot pie, only smaller, easier, faster and more partyfriendly. I took this classic winter comfort food and reimagined it as a party appetizer. Because when facing down party after party of relatives and dullards (you know who Im talking about), a bite or two of comfort can help get you through the night. To keep this simple, I started by using preformed pastry shells made from phyllo dough. These are widely available in the grocers freezer section. And because they are precooked, all you need to do is fill and heat them. About that filling. Because the cups are small, the filling needs to be simple. So I stuck with carrots, peas and chicken. For the creamy base, I opted for cream cheese (use low-fat if you prefer) thinned with just a bit of egg white. The result is deliciously creamy and totally do-ahead. To get a jump on things, make the lling up to a day in
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advance and refrigerate. The cups can be lled a few hours before the party, then quickly popped in and out of the oven as needed (bake them a dozen or so at a time so you always have a fresh batch coming).
CHICKEN POT PIE PARTY APPETIZERS

If you like, these miniature pot pies can be topped with a layer of puff pastry. To prepare the tops, thaw a sheet of prepared frozen puff pastry according to package directions. Use a 1-inch round cookie cutter to cut circles, then bake them on a baking sheet at 350 F for 15 minutes. Set one baked round over each fully baked pot pie just before serving. Start to nish: 25 minutes Makes 45 appetizers 3 packages (each package contains 15 cups) frozen phyllo cups
The phyllo cups can be lled a few hours before a party,then quickly popped in and out of the oven as needed.
8-ounce package cream cheese, softened 2 egg whites 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/8 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 3/4 cup petite peas 1 carrot, nely grated 2 cups nely chopped cooked chicken 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese Heat the oven to 350 F. Arrange the phyllo cups over 1 rimmed baking sheet (or several baking sheets if you want to bake them in batches). In a medium bowl, whisk together the cream cheese, egg whites, thyme, paprika, salt and pepper. Add the peas, carrots and chicken, mixing well. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the lling into each cup, then sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve immediately. Nutrition information per piece (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 50 calories; 30 calories from fat (56 percent of total calories); 3 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 10 mg cholesterol; 3 g carbohydrate; 3 g protein; 0 g fiber; 70 mg sodium.
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Chefs root for gingers versatile properties

By Michelle Locke
Fresh, dried, candied or pickled, the rhizome of the plant Zingiber ofcinale ginger root to you and me is a hot commodity at the moment. Used quietly for years to add zip to everything from stir-fries and sushi to breads and cookies, ginger also happens to be a key ingredient for the noodles and dumplings traditionally eaten for Chinese New Year, the two-week celebration of food and family that begins Jan. 23. But at the moment the knobby brown root is enjoying a bit of zeitgeist that goes far beyond that celebration, showing up in desserts, upscale sodas, marinades for pricy meats and fancy cocktails as the food world embraces this zingy root in anything but a gingerly fashion. At the Lukshon restaurant in Los Angeles, chef-owner Sang Yoon
laughingly describes himself as the guy wholl eat my own weight in the pickled ginger when sitting down to sushi. I really enjoy that light burn on the palate. It almost acts as a palate cleanser. Its especially really pleasing for richer, oilier dishes like mackerel. So at his restaurant, he has taken ginger well beyond the stir-fry, making a syrup from ginger and galangal (a more savory relative of ginger) for cocktails, juicing ginger for sauces and vinaigrettes and hot pickling ginger for raw sh dishes. Chef and Asian food authority Bruce Cost is such a fan he wrote the 1984 cookbook, Ginger East to West, which traced the history of ginger. He created Bruce Cost Ginger Ale for his restaurants and now sells it in specialty and food service retailers across the country. Unltered, its brewed in Brooklyn and made from fresh, whole ginger and cane sugar.
Ginger root is hot commodity at the moment.

Its probably the premier herb on the planet, he says, noting that ginger is an ancient food that has been embraced by diverse cultures. And his brew is hardly alone. Grocers shelves are suddenly crowded with fancy ginger ales sporting big, bold flavor, from Reeds Extra Ginger Brew to Maine
Root Ginger Brew. Diana Kuan, a New York-based writer and cooking instructor who blogs about food at appetiteforchina.com, likes ginger in all its incarnations, including, of course, its traditional role along with garlic and scallions as the basis for stir-fry and other dishes. Ginger also shows up in marinades to help tenderize meat and is a natural partner to crab, steamed sh or in rich dishes, such as pork belly or dumplings. It has a really clean and sharp avor, says Kuan. Jan. 23 ushers in the Year of the Dragon, which is the only mythical creature in the 12 animals that make up the Chinese zodiac and packs a bit more drama than the mild-mannered rabbit that ruled 2011. Celebrations begin with a big family feast on New Years Eve and go on for 14 days ending with the Spring Lantern Festival. Somewhere in there, you may
need a cocktail, and this ginger lemon drop spritzer may t the bill. Use the best ginger beer (fancy ginger ale) you can nd. Fresh ginger, usually found with the grocers Asian produce, should be rm and brown.
Ginger lemon drop spritzer

Start to nish: 5 minutes Servings: 1 Ice 12-ounce bottle ginger beer 2 ounces Domaine de Canton (ginger liqueur) 1 ounce vodka 1 ounce lemon juice 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger Fill a highball glass with ice and pour in enough ginger beer to ll the glass two-thirds of the way. In a cocktail shaker ller with ice, combine the ginger liqueur, vodka, lemon juice and fresh ginger. Shake well, then strain into the glass.
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FRESNO Authorities in California are looking into animal rights activists claims that they caused the re that destroyed 14 big-rig tractors and several trailers at the states biggest beef processor. Activists claimed responsibility for the re at Harris Farms in an email released by the North American Animal Liberation Press Ofce. The email includes a detailed description of the containers of accelerant and kerosene-soaked rope activists claim they used to set the blaze. Fresno County sheriffs spokesman Chris Curtice said Tuesday that investigators are looking into the claim, among several other leads. Investigators say the arson re started around 4 a.m. Sunday at Harris Farms Coalinga property. Harris Farms spokesman Mike Casey says the company has not received recent threats from animal rights activists.
Eating long beans to symbolize a long life is a hallmark of Chinese New Year. These beans can be found in wellstocked grocers and most Asian markets. They often go by other names, including asparagus beans, yard-long beans and snake beans. But whatever you call them, they basically look like really long green beans. Since this new year is the year of the dragon, more specifically the water dragon, we decided to serve our longevity dish with the dragon of the sea lobster. If lobster isnt available (or in the budget), shrimp is another good choice. Buy the smallest, sweetest shrimp you can nd.
Dragon beans
Start to nish: 20 minutes Servings: 8 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1/4 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns, crushed
Eating long beans symbolizes long life when eaten during the Chinese New Year.
1/2 teaspoon Chinese ve-spice powder 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 1/2 pounds Chinese long beans
1/2 cup water 1/4 cup oyster sauce 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil Splash of Sriracha sauce 7 ounces cooked lobster meat, chopped 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds In a wok or large, deep skillet over medium-high, heat the vegetable oil. Add the peppercorns, ve-spice powder and garlic. Heat, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds. Add the beans and toss to coat. Add the water, oyster sauce, and soy sauce and cover. Allow the beans to steam for 5 minutes, or until just tender. Add the sesame oil, Sriracha, lobster meat and sesame seeds. Toss together and cook until just heated through. Serve immediately. Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 430 calories; 45 calories from fat (13 percent of total calories); 5 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 20 mg cholesterol; 55 g carbohydrate; 26 g protein; 10 g ber; 530 mg sodium.
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School Education Foundation and on the Spring Fling Advisory Board for two years. During her introduction, Elliott cited a desire to make data-based decisions with a history of maintaining databases to facilitate such conversation. In addition, Elliott described herself as having a commitment to building consensus around controversial issues. Elliotts questions were about educating the whole child and values that should be considered when making decisions about the growing population. For the former, Elliott described the importance of giving students the opportunity to grow academically but also in areas like music, art and working in the community. In terms of growth, Elliott said maintaining parental input would be key since growth often leads to difficult conversations such as boundaries and capacity issues. Having parents involved will allow everyone to address the issues while also maintaining a focus on educating all stuWhen the church choir in depressed, smalltown Pacashau, Ga., loses its leader (Kris Kristofferson) to a heart attack, veteran singer Vi Rose Hill (Queen Latifah) is tapped to take over, rather than the late directors widow, G.G. Sparrow (Dolly Parton). Vi Rose is a modest, conservative Christian nurse raising her two teenage kids on her own while her husbands away serving in the Army. G.G. is all sass and big hair and folksy metaphors, usually involving animals: Theres always free cheese in the mousetrap, but trust me, the mice there aint happy. Its who you might imagine Partons Steel Magnolias character had become a couple decades later, if you were to ponder such questions. Anyway, Vi Rose and G.G. hurl passiveaggressive barbs at each other in a continuation of a long-standing hatred thats never fully explained, and probably should have been. Guess they just plain dont like each ties in her rst major lm role in 1979s The Rose, playing a self-destructive, drug-addicted rock star inspired by Janis Joplin. The performance earned her an Oscar nomination for best actress; a second nomination would come for 1991s For the Boys. Standout comic roles include Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Outrageous Fortune and The First Wives Club. And just try to watch Beaches without crying. Cher: Shes a diva whos had highs and lows and been around forever. But Cher was a singer and variety television star (with then-husband Sonny Bono) known for her big, amboyant personality before putting together a string of dents, Elliott said. Farley, vice president of product marketing and marketing for Redwood City-based Spotmixer, Inc., is a White Oaks parent. She was a charter member of Teach For America Long Beach where she helped secure grant funding while teaching middle school history and reading. Farley described herself as an education geek with a foot in the techie world. She compared the district to an amazing startup, doing much with limited resources adding she understood what it takes to make startups succeed. Interestingly, Farley was then asked how she would measure success as a district, as well as how to address growing enrollment. For the first, Farley pointed to the districts goals and examining how it is using its funds. For enrollment, Farley would start by looking at demographer projections about growth to first understand the issue. Then she plans to look at opinions in terms of both facilities and faculty. other. So when G.G.s nebulously naughty grandson, Randy (Jeremy Jordan), moves back to town and promptly falls for Vi Roses blossoming, 16-year-old songbird daughter, Olivia (Keke Palmer), the womens animosity boils over and threatens to destroy the entire choir as we know it right as theyre gaining momentum in the annual National Joyful Noise Competition. Graff, who previously directed the similarly musical Camp and Bandslam, jumps around awkwardly between catghts, performances and surreptitious snuggle sessions between the two young stars, both of whom can really sing (Jordan has appeared on Broadway in Bonnie and Clyde). Sometimes Graff veers wildly off course, as he does with a subplot in which a female church singer has sex with one of her fellow choir members, and when he dies soon afterward, shes branded as a man-killer throughstrong, eclectic lm performances in the 80s and 90s, including Mask, The Witches of Eastwick and Tea With Mussolini. She won a best-actress Oscar as the hard-headed Loretta in 1987s Moonstruck (and before that was nominated for best supporting actress for 1983s Silkwood). Her last lm role was ... well, it was providing the voice of a lioness under Kevin James care in 2011s Zookeeper. But Cher is always full of surprises, so as her Burlesque ballad goes we havent seen the last of her. Justin Timberlake: I was very tempted to put Dwight Yoakam in this spot. Or Mos Def, or even Ice Cube. But JT is just too powerful. He
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Before the board made its decision, candidates were chosen at random, given three minutes to introduce himself or herself and then asked a randomly-selected question drawn from a box. After each of the candidates had gone up, candidate names were again chosen randomly and another question was drawn from a box. The process took about an hour, after which the three-member board briefly discussed their thoughts and priorities before taking a 10-minute break to reflect upon the candidates. Throughout the process, those on the board thanked the applicants and encouraged each to remain involved with the district.
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applied Donald Cox, Elliott, Farley, Tom Hausken, Lauren Pachkowski, Peter Tzifas and Jason Wacha. On Thursday, the board appointed Elliot and Farley. After interviews were complete, each trustee listed their top three choices. Board President Seth Rosenblatt went third and only listed two Elliott and Farley since the women were unanimous on each list. An official vote was taken but, since there was consensus, not much further discussion took place. Elliott is an active volunteer with the district and neighboring Sequoia Union High School District for the past 10 years. Shes served as site manager, on various Parent Teacher Associations, on the San Carlos Education Foundation, Sequoia High
Heather Murtagh can be reached by email: heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
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reaction shots of singers nodding and smiling further undermine their cohesion. A powerful performance of Michael Jacksons Man in the Mirror toward the start is a rare exception. If theres one useful nugget to be gleaned here, though, its that virtually anything can be turned into a gospel song; apparently Yeah by Usher could be about Jesus if you wanted it to be. A progressive push for contemporary music vs. the tug of traditional spiritual tunes is at the core of Joyful Noise and represents the primary source of tension. Thats how little is at stake here.
out the nationwide gospel-choir circuit. A fantasy duet in which G.G. and her late husband sing and dance in the front yard goes on for an eternity. Theres also a subplot in which Randy tries to prove himself to Vi Rose by taking her teenage son with Aspergers syndrome (Dexter Darden) under his wing; clearly the lm means well by including this storyline but it feels wedged-in from a narrative perspective. Except for a climactic confrontation in which Vi Rose nally snaps and unleashes her frustration on the rebellious, ungrateful Olivia, very few sounds in Joyful Noise ring true. Joyful Noise, a Warner Bros. pictures release, is rated PG-13 for some language, including a sexual reference. Running time: 118 minutes. One and a half stars out of four. has long since transcended his Mickey Mouse Club and boy-band origins to become not just a formidable solo performer but also an actor of surprising range. Following dramatic supporting roles in Alpha Dog and Black Snake Moan, he was charismatic as hell as the ambitious Sean Parker in The Social Network. This year, he proved he can be both a romantic lead (Friends With Benets) and an action star (In Time), while reinforcing his strengths as a comedian (Bad Teacher). And then there are his Saturday Night Live appearances, which granted spoof his pop-star youth, but they also allow him to show off that sharp comic timing.
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Legend) to serious dramas (Seven Pounds). But his rst major role, in 1993s Six Degrees of Separation, showed he was condent enough to juggle multiple genres within the same lm. At this point, I would say hes crossed over so completely, hes known more for his acting than for his music. Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M forged her career belting out tunes on Broadway, at nightclubs and in bathhouses (with a then-unknown Barry Manilow as her accompanist) a petite woman with a larger-than-life stage presence. But she wowed the world with her acting abili-
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The California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group reported last week the project faced a $30 billion shortfall alone in constructing the rst phase of the project in the Central Valley, set to start construction later this year. The peer review group said about $2.6 billion in Proposition 1A bond money should be withheld from the project until a better business model is produced. Voters approved Proposition 1A in 2008, a bond measure that commits $9.5 billion toward a project that will connect San Francisco with Los Angeles. Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, said he is still optimistic the project will move forward. People just want to see a system that is not the gamble it appears to be today, he said. With the leadership shakeup at the authority yesterday, Hill hopes whoever takes over the authority can put together a workable plan for the project. Van Ark, he said, is a rail expert and not a politician. Hes an engineer, Hill said. But theres a lot of politics behind this and he likely became frustrated by it. Van Ark, past president of the North American division of Alstrom SA, replaced Mehdi Morshed in 2010 as head of the rail authority. Alstrom SA is a conglomerate that makes high-speed trains and built a bullet-train system in France.
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FRIDAY, JAN. 13 Paintings by Anthony Montanino. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mercy Center Art Gallery, Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame. Montaninos oil paintings include San Francisco streets, historic buildings in Sacramento, Sonoma county vineyards and jazz musicians. For more information call 340-7474. Mah Jong for beginners. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Twin Pines Senior and Community Center, 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. No experience needed. Drop-in play is encouraged. Free. For more information call 595-7444. Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tresidder Memorial Union, Stanford University, 459 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. An original theatrical production Passages of Martin Luther King will be performed. Free. For more information call 723-2092. Carl Tilchen Singer/Songwriter In Concert. 6 p.m. Angelicas Bell Theatre and Bistro, 863 Main St., Redwood City. Dinner at 6 p.m. Concert at 7 p.m. For more information and tickets visit www.angelicasbistro.com. Bluestate Band. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Half Moon Bay Brewing Co., 390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay. Great show to kick off the new year. For more information visit bluestateband.net. Will Durst, Friday 13 Political Comedy. 8:30 p.m. Angelicas Bell Theater, 863 Main St., Redwood City. For more information call 3653226. SATURDAY, JAN. 14 Paintings by Anthony Montanino. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mercy Center Art Gallery, Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame. Montaninos oil paintings include San Francisco streets, historic buildings in Sacramento, Sonoma county vineyards and jazz musicians. For more information call 340-7474. Sacred Harp Singing Convention. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Casa de Flores, 737 Walnut St., San Carlos. An opportunity to participate in an authentic sacred harp singing. Join people from across the country in singing early American hymns in the centuries-old shape note style. Experience for yourself the raw power and moving poetry of the Sacred Harp. Open to all, no experience necessary. Free. For more information visit http://fasola.org/sf/convention/. Rose Pruning Clinic. 9 a.m. to noon. Washington Park, 800 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. This clinic is taught by master gardener Bobbie Benson who will demonstrate the proper way to prune rose bushes and explain the reasons for specic pruning procedures. Bring clean, sharp hand pruners and loppers for handson learning. Protect your hands and arms with sturdy gloves and sleeves. The clinic will be canceled in the event of rain. Free. For more information visit http://groups.ucanr.org/sanmateo. Zoom In Video Production Workshop. 10 a.m. Media Center, 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. A 16-hour hands-on workshop in eld production taught over two consecutive weekends. Participants will create a short video, edit it with Final Cut Pro, burn a DVD and upload the video to YouTube. For more information email becky@midpenmedia.org. Learn how to prune roses. 10:30 a.m. San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo. This is a free demonstration with handouts and refreshments. Bring gloves and clippers. Free. For more information call 342-4956. Communicating Across Generations. 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lucie Stern Community Centers Community Room, 1305 Middleeld Road, Palo Alto. Leaders will be Steve Coralis of CODA Alliance, Jeanne Smith of Exit Stage Right and Deborah Meckler of Funeral Consumers Alliance. Coralis will use an interactive values clarification card games to start constructive conversation to explore choices and how you would like to be treated when life-limiting conditions arise. Lunch is included. $10. To RSVP call 3212109 or send names of participants, addresses, email and phone numbers to ofce@fcapeninsula.org. For more information call 321-2109. Education Expo. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hillsdale Shopping Center, 60 31st Ave., San Mateo. Private and public schools will answer questions and provide information on curriculum, open houses and more. Rose Pruning Demonstration. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Roger Reynolds Nursery, 133 Encinal Ave., Menlo Park. Roger Reynolds Nursery will host a rose pruning demonstration by the Peninsula Rose Society. You will learn the correct techniques to use when pruning a variety of rose
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time job. This project has grown dramatically in the past two years and so have the responsibilities, Umberg said. Umberg said he simply does not have the 200 hours a month in time needed to chair the authority. One-hundred dollars only goes so far, Umberg said about the meeting stipends he gets from the authority. Despite recent criticisms about the project, Umberg said it is headed in the right direction. He also praised van Ark for leading the authority the past two years. I think he advanced the project more, perhaps, than anyone else could, said Umberg, who is a full-time attorney and partner at Manatt, Phelps and Phillips. Van Ark, a rail expert, was given the job two years ago, before cost estimates for the project ballooned from $36 billion in 2008 to about $98 billion in the latest draft business plan the authority recently released. Van Arks departure, however, will not be a hindrance for the rail authority, board member Jim Hartnett said. It is not a setback. It is just an evolutionary change, Hartnett told the Daily Journal yesterday. The news of van Arks resignation shocked some Sacramento lawmakers who said he was the right man for the job.
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species as well as the right tools for the job. For more information call 363-5612. Coastal Arts League presents Mavericks: Everest of the Seas Reception. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Coastal Arts League, 300 Main St., Half Moon Bay. This is an incredible mix of photos of daring surfers and towering walls of water, taken by a group of photographers who have to be equally daring and innovative. The exhibit will be present until Feb. 29. For more information call 726-6335. Project Read Free Volunteer Literacy Tutor Training. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. South San Francisco Library Auditorium, 40 W. Orange Ave., South San Francisco. Free. For registration and information call 829-387. Bluestate Band. 8 p.m. The Club Fox, 2223 Broadway, Redwood City. Great show to kick off the new year. For more information visit bluestateband.net. SUNDAY, JAN. 15 Paintings by Anthony Montanino. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mercy Center Art Gallery, Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame. Montaninos oil paintings include San Francisco streets, historic buildings in Sacramento, Sonoma county vineyards and jazz musicians. For more information call 340-7474. Farmers Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Belmont Caltrain Station, south parking lot, 995 W. El Camino Real, Belmont. Event will happen rain or shine. Get fresh fruit, vegetables, bread, pastries, fresh flowers and more. For more information visit pcfma.com. Sacred Harp Singing Convention. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Casa de Flores, 737 Walnut St., San Carlos. An opportunity to participate in an authentic sacred harp singing. Join people from across the country in singing early American hymns in the centuries-old shape note style. Experience for yourself the raw power and moving poetry of the Sacred Harp. Open to all, no experience necessary. Free. For more information visit http://fasola.org/sf/convention/. The Sacred Church Launch. 11 a.m. Burlingame High School, 1 Mangini Way, Burlingame. The Sacred Church is a new church meeting in Burlingame that understands, loves and believes in this community. Come be a part of something signicant. We will meet every Sunday at Burlingame High School at 11 a.m. Childrens ministry is provided. Free. For more information email thesacredchurch@gmail.com. Rose Pruning Symposium. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Kohl Pumphouse, San Mateo Central Park. The San Mateo Arboretum Society will be offering a free symposium. For more information visit sanmateoarboretum.org or call 579-0536. Third Sunday Ballroom Tea Dance with the Bob Gutierrez Band. 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. San Bruno Senior Center, 1555 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno. $5. For more information call 616-7150. Pilc Moutin Hoenig. 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Douglas Beach House, 307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay. JeanMichael Pilc on piano, Francois Moutin on bass and Ari Hoenig on drums. Trio performs comback album Threedom at the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society. $35. For more information visit http://www.jmpilc.com/trio.htm. For more events visit smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
Others, however, said van Ark could not handle the projects politics. Judge Quentin Kopp, who left the rail authority board last year, said van Ark, 59, was overwhelmed in the position. He was not the right man for the job, Kopp said. You need political know-how for that job. You have to know how to deal with the Legislature and you have to know how to deal with people. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, was shocked and saddened van Ark quit the rail authority. Ma, a big supporter of the statewide project, was impressed by van Arks experience coming in to the job. There were high hopes we had someone with the right experience to push the project forward. But the project is highly political. It is not just about improving the states infrastructure needs, Ma told the Daily Journal yesterday. With free seminars available to the public, people can come to classes located in the Kohl Pumphouse and learn from experienced gardeners and specialists how to not only care for their plants and have their questions about gardening answered, but also to learn things about plants that they may have not known before. Februarys free seminar is aimed at just that. In a class titled, Flowers as Teachers the public will have the opportunity to learn how owers can aid in healing. I thought the topic sounded very interesting, said Susan Carder, education committee chair. Carder, who helps to coordinate the monthly seminars, explained that holistic classes on healing plants and herbs have grown in popularity over the years. Along with free seminars, Carder encourages the public to come to one of the master gardener clinics to have their plants looked at and analyzed. Our clinics are times when the public can bring in plants that may be sick or diseased and nd out whats going on with them and how to properly care for that plant, Carder said. The Arboretum Society is also open to all those that wish to dedicate their time to volunteering with it. Through volunteering, garden enthusiasts and rst-time green thumbs alike can participate in helping the Arboretum Society maintain raising the level of pipeline safety to new, higher standards. The report took issue with the companys decision to cut back on gas line maintenance and improvement in recent years while simultaneously awarding company executives millions in bonuses. Although the CEO affirmed that PG&E will continue to focus on safety and integrity of pipeline operations, our audit demonstrates that PG&E has under-spent the amount the Commission has authorized for natural gas transmission operations and maintenance in all but one of the past 14 years, the report said. Last year, federal investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board who also looked into the blast found that a litany of failures by PG&E led to the explosion. They warned there was no certainty that those problems didnt exist elsewhere. The board made a series of safety recommendations to regulators and the gas industry, concluding the accident wasnt
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Peninsula and garden enthusiast, the San Mateo Arboretum Society has had a long history of preserving and maintaining the wide variety of horticulture that naturally exists throughout Central Park and around the Kohl Pumphouse. Most people dont even know that the San Mateo Arboretum Society exists, publicity chair Maxine Terner said. Tucked away behind an ivy covered fence at the south end of Central Park near the rose gardens is where volunteers for the Arboretum Society work hard at propagating a variety of plants sold to the public along with running free seminars for the community. I lived in San Mateo for 20 years before I heard about the Arboretum Society, outreach coordinator Phyllis Mitchell said. While the greenhouses and Kohl Pumphouse are hidden away from view and a great distance apart from the playground, train and baseball eld, Terner encourages the public to stop by and visit or attend one of their free seminars they offer every month. People should know that the San Mateo Arboretum Society is a resource that is available to them, Terner said.
the landscape in the park and assist in keeping the rose garden clean and pruned. One of the Arboretums most recent volunteer projects occurred last November with the aid of several Girl Scout and Brownie troops. We were looking for a project where we could get the community involved and involve children as well, Mitchell said. Mitchell, who coordinated the project with the Brownies and Girl Scouts, found that planting irises throughout the park would be the perfect way to have the girls participate. Before the Brownies and Scouts got to plant, the volunteers at the Arboretum Society gave them a small history lesson on the origins of the iris along with the growth pattern of the ower. The idea of getting young people involved in the iris planting project was to have the girls know what it was like to make something theirs, Mitchell said. I think that once they plant something and know what they have done, they can take more of an interest in the community, Mitchell said. The Arboretum will be offering a free Rose Pruning Symposium this Sunday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. For additional events and information on the San Mateo Arboretum Society visit www.sanmateoarboretum.org or call (650)-579-0536. the result of a simple mechanical failure, but was an organizational accident. U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat whose district includes San Bruno, said the new report underscored longstanding concerns about PG&Es management failures. Todays audit is yet more damning proof about how deaths, injuries and property damage might have been avoided if PG&E had followed through on its initial plan to replace all of Line 132 in San Bruno, she said. It is truly unconscionable that PG&E was allowed by the CPUC to steal ratepayer monies that should have been spent on safety and, instead, was put in the pockets of PG&E shareholders. Separately, the commission fined PG&E $100,000 for failing to comply with environmental mitigation measures when it built a substation in Bakerseld. It ordered the company to donate $50,000 to a program to help recover endangered species at California State University, Stanislaus.
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you could do but that has not been asked of you, dont ignore it, do it. Special acknowledgement and/ or rewards will be given to the person who does good work and goes the extra furlong. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- This could be an especially good day socially for you. If you are fortunate enough to get an invitation to an event where you could meet new people, grab your hat and spats and get moving. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- If the entire family pulls together when a financial issue threatens to rock the boat, you can withstand any untoward effects that would have otherwise come of it.
fied, you could need to seek out some active mental and physical outlets. Dont make any commitments that you cant wriggle out of; keep your day open for sudden treks. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- If you run across a channel that could bring you more money, give it your top priority immediately. Current conditions favor adding to your income. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Whether its normal for you or not, youll have excellent managerial skills, so dont back off if someone tries to tell you otherwise. Youre right, the other person is wrong. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- There may be someone
whom youd like to help, but in order to do so, you might have to let this person feel that he or she is helping you. Some people have too much pride to accept assistance. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Rubbing shoulders with people who have clout in your field of endeavor could be beneficial. As long as you dont foist your plans on anybody, business can be combined with fun. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Youre apt to be in a stronger position than you realize where your career is concerned. Be alert, because opportunities are breaking out in several directions simultaneously. COPYRIGHT 2012 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
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CASE# CIV 510634 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, 400 COUNTY CENTER RD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063 PETITION OF JENNIFER M. NIEVA TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner, Jennifer M. Nieva, Hubert H. Watty filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: Present name: Hannah Gabrielle NievaWatty Proposed name: Hannah Gabrielle Watty THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. A HEARING on the petition shall be held on February 7, 2012 at 9 a.m., Dept. PJ, Room 2E, at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation: Daily Journal Filed: 12/21/2011 /s/ Beth Freeman/ Judge of the Superior Court Dated: 12/21/2011 (Published 12/23/11, 12/30/11, 01/06/12, 01/13/12) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248126 The following person is doing business as: Jetbrains Americas, 1900 S. Norfolk St. #350, SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is hereby registered by the following owner: Code Complete Software, INC, CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 01/01/2012. /s/ Paul McCabe / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/21/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/23/11, 12/30/11, 01/06/12, 01/13/12).
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248116 The following persons are doing business as: Hanson Crawford Crum Family Law Group, LLP, 411 Borel Avenue, Suite 440, San Mateo, CA 94402 is hereby registered by the following owners: Belinda Hanson, Joseph P. Crawford, & Jennifer Crum, same address. The business is conducted by a Limited Liability Partnership. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 12/01/2011. /s/ Belinda Hanson / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/21/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/23/11, 12/30/11, 01/06/12, 01/13/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248151 The following person is doing business as: Big Sweets Ice Cream and Treats, 746 Chestnut Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: John Alonzo, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A. /s/ John Alonzo / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/22/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/23/11, 12/30/11, 01/06/12, 01/13/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248015 The following person is doing business as: Extreme Fitness Boot Camps, 2370 Toyon Way, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: Cymuir Zada, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Cymuir Zada / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/12/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/30/11, 01/06/11, 01/13/12, 01/20/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248150 The following person is doing business as: Triple R Motors, 401 Cherry Ave, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: Ron R. Prasad, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Ron R. Prasad / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/22/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/30/11, 01/06/11, 01/13/12, 01/20/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248198 The following persons are doing business as: Cal Vision Realty, 1209 Oak Grove Ave. #201, BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is hereby registered by the following owners: Archie S. Yaymaian, same address, and Dale R. Klippel, 228 Castilian Way, San Mateo, CA 94402. The business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Archie S. Yaymaian / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/29/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/30/11, 01/06/11, 01/13/12, 01/20/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248132 The following person is doing business as: Ripplemakers, 433 Airport Blvd. #403, BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is hereby registered by the following owner: Ripplemakers, Inc., CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Carol S. Gancia / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/22/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/30/11, 01/06/11, 01/13/12, 01/20/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248040 The following persons are doing business as: P. O. O. P Protect Our Only Planet, 1 Duane St. #31, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94062 is hereby registered by the following owners: Catherine Inslee, same address, and Mary A. McGuire, 793 Orange Ave, San Carlos, CA 94070. The business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A. /s/ Mary A. McGuire / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/13/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/30/11, 01/06/11, 01/13/12, 01/20/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248183 The following person is doing business as: Seven Hills Philanthropy, 336 Aragon Blvd, SAN MATEO, CA 94402 is hereby registered by the following owner: Judith Powell, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Judith L. Powell / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/27/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/30/11, 01/06/11, 01/13/12, 01/20/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248204 The following persons are doing business as: Rosen Communications, 3820 Kingridge Dr. SAN MATEO, CA, 94403 is hereby registered by the following owners: Neal Rosen and Lisa Rosen, same address. The business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 01/02/2012 /s/ Neal Rosen / /s/ Lisa Rosen / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/29/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/06/12, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12).
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248259 The following person is doing business as: Benefit Compliant Auditing, 116 El Camino Real, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby registered by the following owner: Robert Louis La Grill, 1235 Holly St. #14, San Carlos, CA 94070. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Robert Louis La Grill / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/04/2012. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/06/12, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248167 The following person is doing business as: Bakers Floor Care, 18 Adrian Ct., BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is hereby registered by the following owner: Bakers Cleaning & Restoration, INC, CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 01/02/2008 /s/ Chris Baker / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/27/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/06/12, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12).
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248354 The following person is doing business as: 1207 Floribunda, 1207 Floribunda Ave., BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is hereby registered by the following owner: Windy Hill PV Seven, LP, CA. The business is conducted by a Limited Partnership. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 12/23/2011. /s/ Jeff Bosshard / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/10/2012. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12, 02/03/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248409 The following person is doing business as: Wanting Michelle, 1075 Rollins Road, #302, Burlingame, CA 94010 is hereby registered by the following owner: Michelle Tabilas, 846 Stanton Rd., Burl., CA 94010. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A. /s/ Michelle Tabilas / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/12/2012. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12, 02/03/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248353 The following person is doing business as: 1)Local FATT, 2)Local Food Awareness Through Teaching, 3)Local FATT (Food Awareness Through Teaching), 730 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 is hereby registered by the following owner: Rogue Chefs Culinary Company & Market, Inc., CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Kevin M. Koebel / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/10/2012. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12, 02/03/12). NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: Dec. 28, 2011 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: Bay Bread, LLC The applicant(s) listed above are applying to Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 1152 Burlingame Ave. BURLINGAME, CA 94010-4106 Type of license applied for: 41 - On-Sale Beer And Wine-Eating Place Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal Jan. 6, 13, 20, 2012
296 Appliances
WHIRLPOOL WASHING MACHINE used but works perfectly, many settings, full size top load, $90., (650)888-0039
303 Electronics
BIG SONY TV 37" - Excellent Condition Worth $2300 will Sacrifice for only $95., (650)878-9542 FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767 PS2 GAME console $75.00 (650)591-4710 SONY TRINITRON 37" TV with Remote Good Condition $65 call 650 596-9601 TOSHIBA 42 LCD flat screen TV HD in very good condition, $300., Call at (650)533-9561 TV 25 inch color with remote $25. Sony 12 inch color TV, $10 Excellent condition. (650)520-0619 TV SET Philips 21 inch with remote $40., (650)692-3260 ZENITH TV 12" $50 650 755-9833 (Daly City). (650)755-9833
304 Furniture
MIRROR/MEDICINE CAB. 3 dr. bevel glass 30X30" $35 (650)342-7933 MIRROR/MEDICINE CABINET 26" $10 (650)342-7933 MIRROR/MEDICINE CABINET 16" X 30" $20 (650)342-7933 16" X
297 Bicycles
26 MOUNTAIN BIKE, fully suspended, multi gears, foldable. Like new, never ridden. $200. (650)839-1957
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298 Collectibles
1982 PRINT "A Tune Off The Top Of My Head" See: http://tinyurl.com/4y38xld 650-204-0587 $75 2 FIGURINES - 1 dancing couple, 1 clown face. both $15. (650)364-0902 49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all, (650)592-2648 85 USED Postage Stamps All different from 1920's - 1990's. Includes air mail stamps and famous Americans stamps. $4 (650)787-8600 ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pockets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858 BAY MEADOWS (650)345-1111 bag $30.each,
MODULAR DESK/BOOKCASE/STORAGE unit - Cherry veneer, white laminate, $75., (650)888-0039 OFFICE LAMP, small. Black & white with pen holder and paper holder. Brand new, in the box. $10 (650)867-2720 PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions $45. each set, (650)347-8061 ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100., (650)504-3621 SOFA (LIVING room) Large, beige. You pick up $45 obo. 650-692-1942 STEREO CABINET walnut w/3 black shelves 16x 22x42. $35, 650-341-5347 STORAGE TABLE light brown lots of storage good cond. $45. (650)867-2720 TEA CHEST , Bombay, burgundy, glass top, perfect cond. $35 (650)345-1111 VANITY ETHAN Allen maple w/drawer and liftup mirror like new $95 (650)349-2195
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248235 The following person is doing business as: PrintPort.CO, 1100 Industrial Rd. #2, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby registered by the following owner: Shores Press, same address. The business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Homayoon Pejooh / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/03/2012. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/06/12, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248263 The following person is doing business as: Golden State Windows, 331 Philip Dr. #206, DALY CITY, CA 94015 is hereby registered by the following owner: American Home Remodeler, INC, CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Gary Gershteyn / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/04/2012. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/06/12, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248382 The following persons are doing business as: Gulf Divers International, 131 Southwood Center, So. San Francisco, CA 94080 is hereby registered by the following owners: Brian Guiles, P O Box 2023, Chester, CA 96020 and John Dresser, 43 Montrose Ave., Daly City, CA 94015. The business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Brian Guiles / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/11/2012. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12, 02/03/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248046 The following persons are doing business as: Peninsula Automotive Clinic, 317 7th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401 is hereby registered by the following owners: David Sanders, 25 Pancetta Dr., #101, Daly City, CA 94015 and Pabio Fonseca, 1001 La Conte Ave., San Francisco, CA 94124. The business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ David Sanders / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/14/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12, 02/03/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248386 The following person is doing business as: Taxsquad, 1015 Chula Vista Ave., Burlingame, CA 94010 is hereby registered by the following owner: Laurence Weinhoff, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Laurence Weinhoff / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/11/2012. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12, 02/03/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248402 The following person is doing business as: Traces of Life, 1406 Monte Diablo Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401 is hereby registered by the following owner: Elizabeth Rodriguez, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Elizabeth Rodriguez / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/11/2012. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12, 02/03/12).
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2 DINETTE Chairs (650)692-3260 both for $29
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era $40/both. (650)670-7545 42" ROUND Oak Table (with 12") leaf. Clean/Great Cond. $40. 650-766-9553. ARMOIRE CABINET (415)375-1617 $90., Call
BEANIE BABIES in cases with TY tags attached, good condition. $10 each or 12 for $100. (650) 588-1189 CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS - (6) wooden, from Shaws Ice Cream shop, early 1980s, all $25., (650)518-0813 COLLECTIBLE CHRISTMAS TREE STAND with 8 colored lights at base / also have extra lights, $50., (650)593-8880 COLLECTIBLES: RUSSELL Baze Bobbleheads Bay Meadows, $10 EA. brand new in original box. (415)612-0156 COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters uncirculated with Holder $15/all, (408)249-3858 GAYLORD PERRY 8x10 signed photo $10 (650)692-3260 JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Richard (650)834-4926 JOE MONTANA signed authentic retirement book, $39., (650)692-3260 OLYMPUS DIGITAL camera - C-4000, doesnt work, great for parts, has carrying case, $30. (650)347-5104 ORIGINAL SMURF FIGURES - 19791981, 18+ mushroom hut, 1 1/2 x 3 1/2, all $40., (650)518-0813 PLAYBOY COLLECTION 1960-2008 over 550 issues good condition, $100., (650)619-2963 PRECIOUS MOMENTS vinyl dolls - 16, 3 sets of 2, $35. each set, (650)518-0813 SPORTS CARDS, huge collection, over 20,000 cards, stars, rookies, hall of famers. $100 for all. (650)207-2712
BASKET CHAIR with cushion. Comfy, armchair-size, new! $49., (650)366-0750 BASSET LOVE Seat Hide-a-Bed, Beige, Good Cond. Only $30! 650-766-9553 BEAUTIFUL DINNER set service for 12 excellent condition $50 (Foster City) (954) 907-0100 BED FOR sale with pillow top mattress $99.00 SOLD BOOKSHELF $10.00 (650)591-4710 BREAKFAST NOOK DINETTE TABLEsolid oak, 53X66, $29., (650)583-8069 CAST AND metal headboard and footboard. white with brass bars, Queen size $95 650-588-7005 CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candelabre base with glass shades $20. (650)504-3621 COFFEE TABLE 62"x32" Oak (Dark Stain) w/ 24" side Table, Leaded Beveled Glass top. - $90. 650-766-9553 COUCH-FREE. OLD world pattern, soft fabric. Some cat scratch damage-not too noticeable. 650-303-6002 DINING ROOM SET - table, four chairs, lighted hutch, $500. all, (650)296-3189 DINING SET glass table with rod iron & 4 blue chairs $100/all. 650-520-7921, 650245-3661 DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19 inches $30. (650)873-4030 DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134 DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condition, nice design, with storage, $45., (650)345-1111 END TABLE marble top with drawer with matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619 END TABLES (2) - One for $5. hand carved, other table is antique white marble top with drawer $40., (650)308-6381 END TABLES (2)- Cherry finish, still in box, need to assemble, 26L x 21W x 21H, $100. for both, (650)592-2648 FOAM INCLINER for twin bed $40 650-692-1942 FOLDING PICNIC table - 8 x 30, 7 folding, padded chairs, $80. (650)364-0902 HAND MADE portable jewelry display case wood and see through lid $45. 25 x 20 x 4 inches. (650)592-2648. LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover & plastic carring case & headrest, $35. each, (650)592-7483 MATCHED PAIR, brass/carved wood lamps with matching shades, perfect, only $12.50 each, 650-595-3933 MATTRESS TOPPER chrome full size $15., (650)368-3037 MIRROR, NICE, large, 30x54, $25. SSF (650)583-8069
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"PRINCESS HOUSE decorator urn "Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H $25., (650)868-0436 25 LOVELY Vases all sizes $1 to $3 each ( Florist Delight ) 650 755-9833 3 LARGE Blue Ceramic Pots $10 each 650 755-9833 CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it, tall, purchased from Brueners, originally $100., selling for $30.,(650)867-2720 CEILING FAN multi speed, brown and bronze $45. (650)592-2648 DRIVE MEDICAL design locking elevated toilet seat. New. $45. (650)343-4461 LAMPS - 2 southwestern style lamps with engraved deer. $85 both, obo, (650)343-4461 PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated. $100. (650) 867-2720 SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack with turntable $60. (650)592-7483 SUSHI SET - Blue & white includes 4 of each: chopsticks, plates, chopstick holders, still in box, $9., (650)755-8238 TOASTER/OVEN WHITE finish barely used $15. 650-358-0421
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FOUND 11/19, at Bridgepointe Shopping Center, Bed Bath and Beyond bag containing something. (650)349-6059 FOUND JAN 3: digital camera in parking lot near Pillar Point Harbor. If yours, contact me with description. (415)412-1858 LOST - 2 silver rings and silver watch, May 7th in Burlingame between Park Rd. & Walgreens, Sentimental value. Call Gen @ (650)344-8790 LOST - Black cane with silver tips. $25 reward. On the Alameda near 28th Ave in San Mateo (650)344-4904 LOST - Small Love Bird, birght green with orange breast. Adeline Dr. & Bernal Ave., Burlingame. Escaped Labor Day weekend. REWARD! (650)343-6922 LOST: Center cap from wheel of Cadillac. Around Christmas time. Chrome with multi-colored Cadillac emblem in center. Small hole near edge for locking device. Belmont or San Carlos area. Joel 650-592-1111.
299 Computers
HP PRINTER Deskjet 970c color printer. Excellent condition. Software & accessories included. $30. 650-574-3865
300 Toys
CLASSIC CAR model by Danbury Mint $99 (650)345-5502 WWII PLASTIC aircraft models $50 (35 total) 650-345-5502
307 Jewelry & Clothing

49ER'S JACKET (650)871-7200 Adult size $50.
294 Baby Stuff

REDMON WICKER baby bassinet $25 OBO Crib Mattress $10 650 678-4398
BEADS, - Handmade in Greece. Many colors, shapes, sizes Full Jewely tray, over 100 pieces, $30., (650)595-4617 BRACELET - Ladies authentic Murano glass from Italy, vibrant colors, like new, $100., (650)991-2353 Daly City GALLON SIZE bag of costume jewelry various sizes, colors, $80. for bag, (650)589-2893 LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow lengthgloves sz 7.5 $15 New. (650)868-0436
296 Appliances
BISSELL UPRIGHT vacuum cleaner clear view model $45 650-364-7777 CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all. (650)368-3037 DRYER WHIRLPOOL heavyduty dryer. Almond, Good condtiio. W 29 L35 D26 $100 SOLD ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621 RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric, 1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621 SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393 SUNBEAM TOASTER -Automatic, excellent condition, $30., (415)346-6038 VACUUM CLEANER excellent condition $45. (650)878-9542 VACUUM CLEANER Oreck-cannister type $40., (650)637-8244
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect condition includes electric cord $85. (415)565-6719 CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot, solid mahogany. $300/obo. (650)867-0379 LARGE SELECTION of Opera records vinyl 78's 2 to 4 per album $8 to $20 ea. obo, (650)343-4461
308 Tools
CIRCULAR SAW, Craftsman-brand, 10, 4 long x 20 wide. Comes w/ stand - $70. (650)678-1018 CLICKER TORQUE Wrench, 20 - 150 pounds, new with lifetime warranty and case, $39, 650-595-3933 CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power 3,450 RPM $50 (650)347-5373 HAND DRILL $6.00 (415) 333-8540
303 Electronics
18 INCH TV Monitor with built-in DVD with remote, $21. Call (650)308-6381 3 SHELF SPEAKERS - 8 OM, $15. each, (650)364-0902 46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great condition. $400. (650)261-1541. PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-8244
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308 Tools
DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power 1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 ENGINE ANALYZER & timing lightSears Penske USA, for older cars, like new, $60., SOLD LAWN MOWER reel type push with height adjustments. Just sharpened $45 650-591-2144 San Carlos TABLE SAW 10", very good condition $85. (650) 787-8219

310 Misc. For Sale
30 DISNEY Books $1.00 each 650 368-3037 30 PAPERBACK BOOKS - 4 children titles, several duplicate copies, many other single copies, $12. all, (650)347-5104 4 IN 1 stero unit. CD player broken. $20 650-834-4926 4 WHEEL Nova walker with basket $100 (sells new for over $200) (415) 246-3746 5 CUP electric coffee marker $8.00 650 368-3037 5 PHOTOGRAPHIC civil war books plus 4 volumes of Abraham Lincoln war years books $90 B/O must see 650 345-5502 5 PHOTOGRAPHIC civil war books plus 4 volumes of Abraham Lincoln war years books $90 B/O must see 650 345-5502 7 UNDERBED STORAGE BINS - Vinyl with metal frame, 42 X 18 X 6, zipper closure, $5. ea., (650)364-0902 9 CARRY-ON bags (assorted) - extra large, good condition, $10. each obo, (650)349-6059 AMERICAN HERITAGE books 107 Volumes Dec.'54-March '81 $99/all (650)345-5502 ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12. (650)368-3037 ART BOOKS hard Cover, full color (10) Norman Rockwell and others $10 each 650-364-7777 ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712 ARTISTS EASEL - from Aaron Brothers, paid $80., never used, $35.SOLD BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD hardback books. 4 at $3.00 each or all for $10., Call (650)341-1861 BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie princess bride computer games $15 each, (650)367-8949
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310 Misc. For Sale

BBQ GILL with Cover 31/2' wide by 3' tall hardly used $49. 650 347-9920 BBQ KETTEL Grill, Uniflame 21 $35 (650)347-8061 BBQ SMOKER BBQ Grill, LP Coleman, Alaskan Cookin Machine, cost $140 sell $75. 650-344-8549 BBQ SMOKER, w/propane tank, wheels, shelf, sears model $86 650-344-8549 BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry making, $75. all, (650)676-0732 BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry making, $75. all, (650)676-0732 BIRD FEEDER 3" high, free standing, sturdy, and never used $15 (415) 333-8540 BOOK "LIFETIME" (408)249-3858 WW1 $12.,
310 Misc. For Sale

DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2 total, (650)367-8949 DUFFEL BAGS - 1 Large Duffel Bag ,1 Xtra Lg. Duffel w Wheels, 1 Leather weekender Satchel, $75. (650)871-7211 ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good condition $50., (650)878-9542 ELVIS PRESLEY poster book $20. (650)692-3260 FEMALE STATUE From Bali black ebony 20 tall $30 Cash SOLD FLORAL painting, artist signed 14.75x12.75 solid wood frame w/attached wire hanger, $35 (650)347-5104 FOAM SLEEP (650)591-4710 roll (2)-$10.00/each
310 Misc. For Sale

SAWDUST - no charge! free! clean, 15 bags, (415)333-8540 SF GREETING Cards (300 w/envelopes) factory sealed $20. (650)207-2712 SHOWER POOR custom made 48 x 69 $70 (650)692-3260 SONY PROJECTION TV Good condtion, w/ Remote, Black $100 (650)345-1111 SPEAKER STANDS - Approx. 30" tall. Black. $50 for the pair, (650)594-1494 STUART WOODS Hardback Books 2 @ $3.00 each. (650)341-1861 STYLISH WOOD tapesty basket with handle on wheels for magazines, newspapers, etc., $5., (650)308-6381 TENT $30.00 (650)591-4710 TIRE CHAINS - brand new, in box, never used, multiple tire sizes, $25., (650)5941494 TIRE CHAINS - used once includes rubber tighteners plus carrying case. call for corresponding tire size, $20., (650)3455446 VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the Holidays $25 650 867-2720 VERIZON CAR charger, still in sealed factory package, $10, 650-595-3933 VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches W still in box $45., (408)249-3858 WALGREENS BRAND Water Pitcher Royal Blue Top 2 Quart New in Box $10 Ea use all brand Filters 650-873-8167 WALKER - never used, $85., (415)239-9063 WALKER. INVACARE 6291-3f, dual release walker. Fixed 3" wheels & glider tips. Brand new. $50. (650)594-1494
316 Clothes
47 MENS shirt, T-shirts, short/ long sleeves. Sleeveless workout polos, casual, dress shirts $93 all. (650)347-5104 49ER SWEATSHIRT with hood size 8 extra large $100 obo. (650)346-9992 BLACK Leather pants Mrs. size made in France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975 BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great condition $99. (650)558-1975 BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141 EUROPEAN STYLE nubek leather ladies winter coat - tan colored with green lapel & hoodie, $100., (650)888-0129
309 Office Equipment

CALCULATOR - (2) heavy duty, tape Casio & Sharp, $25/ea, (650)344-8549 ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER Smith Corona $60. (650)878-9542 OFFICE LAMP new $7. (650)345-1111
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310 Misc. For Sale

10 PLANTS (assorted) for $3.00 each, (650)349-6059 12 DAYS of Christmas vintage drinking Glasses 1970 Color prints Prefect condition original box $25 (650)873-8167 1970 TIFFANY style swag lamp with opaque glass, $59., (650)692-3260 1ST ISSUE of vanity fair 1869 frame caricatures - 19 x 14 of Statesman and Men of the Day, $99.obo, (650)345-5502 2 COLOR framed photo's 24" X 20" World War II Air Craft P-51 Mustang and P-40 Curtis $99. (650)345-5502 2 VINTAGE BEDSPREADS - matching full sz, colonial , beige color, hardly used, orig package, $60/both, (650)347-5104 21 PIECE Punch bowl glass set $55., (650)341-8342 29 BOOKS - Variety of authors, $25., (650)589-2893 3 CRAFT BOOKS - hardcover, over 500 projects, $40., (650)589-2893
BOOK - Fighting Aircraft of WWII, Janes, 1000 illustrations, $65., (650)593-8880 BOOK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NATIONAL AIR MUSEUMS $15 (408)249-3858 BOXES MOVING storage or office assorted sizes 50 cents /each (50 total) 650-347-8061 CAMPING CUPS and plates (NEW)-B/O (650)591-4710 CANDLE HOLDER with angel design, tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for $100, now $30. (650)345-1111 CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, Pine cones, icicle lights, mini lights, wreath rings, $4.00 each. SOLD! COLEMAN PROPANE camp stove $25.00 (650)591-4710 COLEMAN PROPANE lantern $15.00 (650)591-4710 CRAFTMENS 15 GALLON WET DRYVAC with variable speeds and all the attachments, $40., (650)593-7553
FRAMED PAINTING - Girl picking daisies, green & white, 22x26, $50., (650)592-2648 GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never used $8., (408)249-3858 GEORGE Magazines, 30, all intact $50/all OBO. (650)574-3229, Foster City HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone, perfect condition $65 650 867-2720 JANET EVANOVICH (4) hardback books $3/each (8) paperback books $1/each 650-341-1861 LARGE BOWL - Hand painted and signed. Shaped like a goose. Blue and white $45 (650)592-2648 LARGE PRINT. Hard Cover. Mystery Books. Current Author. (20) $2 each 650-364-7777 MACINTOSH COMPUTER complete with monitor, works perfectly, only $99, 650-595-3933 MANUAL WHEECHAIRS (2) $75 each. 650-343-1826 MEN'S ASHTON and Hayes leather briefcase new. Burgundy color. $95 obo, (650)343-4461 MIRROR, ETHAN ALLEN - 57-in. high x 21-in. wide, maple frame and floor base, like new, $95., (650)349-2195 MOTORCYCLE JACKET black leather Size 42, $60.obo, (650)290-1960 NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners $8. 650-578-8306 NEW SPODE hand painted "TOYS AROUND THE TREE" cookie jar. Still in Box, $30., (650)583-7897 NICHOLAS SPARKS Hardback Books 2 @ $3.00 each. (650)341-1861 OIL PAINTING - Beautiful Daisies on canvas, artist signed, solid wooden frame 12 3/4" by 14 3/4" ready to hang excellent condition, Burlingame, $35., (650)347-5104 PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant) with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648 PICTORIAL WORLD $80/all (650)345-5502 History Books
650-854-8030
GENUINE OAKELY Sunglasses, M frame and Plutonite lenses with drawstring bag, $65 650-595-3933 LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with dark brown lining $35. (650)868-0436 LADIES FUR COAT - Satin lining, size M/L, $100. obo, (650)525-1990 LADIES JACKET size 3x 70% wool 30% nylon never worn $50. (650)592-2648 LADIES ROYAL blue rain coat with zippered flannel plaid liner size 12 RWC $15. (650)868-0436 LANE BRYANT assorted clothing. Sizes 2x-3x. 22-23, $5-$10/ea., brand new with tags. (650)290-1960 MANS SUEDE-LIKE jacket, New, XXLg. $25. 650 871-7211 MEN'S SUIT almost new $25. 650-573-6981 MENS CASUAL Dress slacks 2 pairs khaki 34Wx32L, 36Wx32L 2 pairs black 32WX32L, 34Wx30L $35 (650)347-5104 Brown.
311 Musical Instruments

2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $100 each. (650)376-3762 3 ACCORDIONS $110/ea. 1 Small Accordion $82. (650)376-3762. ELECTRIC STARCASTER Guitar black&white with small amplifier $75. 650-358-0421 PIANO ORGAN, good condition. $110. (650)376-3762
610 Crossword Puzzle
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS 1 Sign of age 5 Asian city whose name means place of the gods 10 Buds 14 Play it, Sam speaker 15 Legendary creator of talking animals 16 Fairy tale side, often 17 Peevish audience? 19 Jim-dandy 20 Third baseman Ron posthumously elected to the Hall of Fame in December 2011 21 Something for nothing 23 Know-it-__: selfproclaimed brains 26 Carrier with a portmanteau name 27 Irritable telemarketer? 32 Place for a ring 33 Like London fog 34 Range of understanding 38 Cpls., e.g. 40 Bucs and Nats 42 First name in sports cars 43 Belief 45 Rap sheet listing 47 Graffiti ID 48 Sect members telling off-color jokes? 51 Winter climbers need 54 Ornate metalware 55 If I may ... 58 High capital 62 Sunburn soother 63 Surly sort? 66 River to the Moray Firth 67 Footnote abbr. 68 Rock bands? 69 Help hold up, say 70 Country dances 71 On deck DOWN 1 Wilde and Twain, e.g. 2 Zeno of __ 3 Part of AAA: Abbr. 4 Wood being tested for use as artificial bone 5 Get behind 6 The other woman 7 Since 8 Go bad 9 Post-trial proceeding 10 Partridges perch? 11 To have, in Le Havre 12 McCartney of Wings 13 Smooth and glossy 18 Yellows 22 Critical care abbr. 24 Interpol command center site, locally 25 Cut stone 27 Slight change? 28 Derby, for example 29 Memphis middle name 30 Mimicking 31 Old string player 35 Certain forced bet 36 Winter Palace ruler 37 Big bikes 39 Briefly, show whose name appears under 123 in its logo 41 NYC neighborhood 44 Roll before flying 46 Come from behind 49 Love __ 50 Somethings Gotta Give actress 51 Bucky Beavers toothpaste 52 One of Us? 53 Jagged 56 Sunbeam speck 57 Chant ending 59 Woodpile in Light My Fire 60 Peak 61 Tang 64 Fantasia unit 65 Mil. centers
312 Pets & Animals

BIRD CAGE 14x14x8 ecellent condition $25 Daly City, (650)755-9833
NANCY'S TAILORING & BOUTIQUE Custom Made & Alterations 889 Laurel Street San Carlos, CA 94070 650-622-9439
315 Wanted to Buy GO GREEN! We Buy GOLD You Get The $ Green $
Millbrae Jewelers Est. 1957 400 Broadway - Millbrae
NEW BROWN LEATHER JACKET- XL $25., 650-364-0902 NEW NIKE SB Skunks & Freddy Kruegers Various Sizes $100 415-735-6669 VINTAGE CLOTHING 1930 Ermine fur coat Black full length $35 650 755-9833
650-697-2685
317 Building Materials

WHITE STORM/SCREEN door. Size is 35 1/4" x 79 1/4". Asking $75.00. Call (650)341-1861
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318 Sports Equipment

"EVERLAST FOR HER" Machine to help lose weight $40., (650)368-3037 13 ASSORTED GOLF CLUBS- Good Quality $3.50 each. Call (650) 349-6059. BASKETBALL RIM, net & backboard $35/all 650-345-7132 Leave message. BOYS BOXING gloves $8. 341-8342 DARTBOARD - New, regulation 18 dimeter, Halex brand w/mounting hardware, 6 brass darts, $16., (650)681-7358 GOLF BALLS (325) $65 (650)341-5347 GOLF BALLS in new carton Dunlop, Wilson, & Top Flight $9.00 650 341-8342 GOLF CLUBS - Complete set of mens golf clubs with bag. Like new, $100., (650)593-7553
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MORRELL TODD Richards 75 Snowboard (Good Condition) with Burton Boots (size 6 1/2) - $50. 650-766-9553 NORDICA 955 rear entry ski boots.Mens size 10 -1/2. Excellent condition. $25., (650)594-1494 TENNIS RACKET oversize with cover and 3 Wilson Balls $25 (650)692-3260 TWO YOGA Videos. Never used, one with Patrisha Walden, one by Rebok with booklet. Both $6 (650)755-8238 WATER SKI'S - Gold cup by AMFA Voit $40., (650)574-4586 YOUTH GOLF Bag great condition with six clubs putter, drivers and accessories $65. 650-358-0421
310 Misc. For Sale
310 Misc. For Sale
322 Garage Sales
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620 Automobiles
CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500. (408)807-6529. HONDA 10 ACCORD LX - 4 door sedan, low miles, $19K, (650)573-6981
670 Auto Service HILLSDALE CAR CARE

WE FIX CARS Quailty Work-Value Price Ready to help
670 Auto Parts

FORD 73 Maverick/Mercury GT Comet, Drive Train 302 V8, C4 Auto Trans. Complete, needs assembly, includes radiator and drive line, call for details, $1250., (650)726-9733. HEAVY DUTY jack stand for camper or SUV $15. (650)949-2134 TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford, never used, $100., (650)504-3621
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Rooms For Rent

Travel Inn, San Carlos
$49 daily + tax $294-$322 weekly + tax

Clean Quiet Convenient Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom Microwave and Refrigerator 950 El Camino Real San Carlos
MERCEDES 03 C230K Coupe - 52K miles, $9,500 for more info call (650)3449117 MERCEDES 05 C-230 66k mi. Sliver, 1 owner, excellent condition, $14,000 obo (650)799-1033 MERCEDES 06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty, $18,000, (650)455-7461
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672 Auto Stereos
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335 Rugs
WOOL AREA RUG - Multi-green colors, 5 X 7, $65. obo, (650)290-1960
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VW PASSAT WAGON '02 GLX V6, 145K miles, gold, loaded, nice, $4000 (650) 561-2806.
335 Garden Equipment

(GALVANIZED planter with boxed liners 94 x 10 x 9. Two available, $20/all, (415)346-6038 BAMBOO poles 6 to 8 Ft, 30. $15/all, (415)346-6038 FLOWER POTS many size (50 pieces) $15/all, (415)346-6038 PLANTS & POTS - assorted $5/each obo, Call Fe, Sat. & Sun only (650)2188852 POTTED PLANTS (7) $5/each 650-207-0897 TABLE - for plant, $25., perfect condition, (650)345-1111
Tel:- 408-867-0374 or 408-803-3905 430 Rentals
625 Classic Cars Dont lose money on a trade-in or consignment! Sell your vehicle in the Daily Journals Auto Classifieds. Just $3 per day. Reach 82,500 drivers from South SF to Palo Alto
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DATSUN 72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, automatic, custom, $5800 or trade. (650)588-9196 NISSAN 87 Centura - Two door, manual, stick shift, 150K miles. Clean title, good body, $1,250., (415)505-3908 PLYMOUTH 72 CUDA - Runs and drives good, needs body, interior and paint, $12k obo, serious inquiries only. (650)873-8623
QUALITY COACHWORKS
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Large Conference Room Capacity 500 people Sound and Projectors Equipped. Small Room Capacity 65 Sound and projector equipped. Location: Redwood City For more info call 650-369-8707 ccs@visionmundial.us
& Paint Expert Body and Paint Personalized Service

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680 Autos Wanted Dont lose money on a trade-in or consignment! Sell your vehicle in the Daily Journals Auto Classifieds. Just $3 per day. Reach 82,500 drivers from South SF to Palo Alto
635 Vans
NISSAN 01 Quest - GLE, leather seats, sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks new, $15,500. (650)219-6008
SAN CARLOS AUTO SERVICE & TUNE UP

A Full Service Auto Repair Facility
340 Camera & Photo Equip.

SONY CYBERSHOT DSC-T-50 - 7.2 MP digital camera (black) with case, $175., (650)208-5598
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call 650-995-0003 HARLEY DAVIDSON 83 Shovelhead special construction, 1340 ccs, Awesome!, $5,950/obo. Rob (415)602-4535.
760 El Camino Real San Carlos (650)593-8085 670 Auto Parts

2 SNOW/CABLE chains good condition fits 13-15 inch rims $10/both San Bruno 650-588-1946 CAMPER/TRAILER/TRUCK OUTSIDE backup mirror 8 diameter fixture. $30. 650-588-1946 CARGO COVER, (black) for Acura MDX $75. 415-516-7060 DENALI WHEELS - 17 inches, near new, 265-70-R17, complete fit GMC 6 lug wheels, $400. all, (650)222-2363 HONDA CIVIC FRONT SEAT Gray Color. Excellent Condition $90. San Bruno. 415-999-4947
345 Medical Equipment

SIEMEN GERMAN made Hearing aid, Never used $99., Bobby (415) 239-5651
440 Apartments
BELMONT - prime, quiet location, view, 1 bedroom $1495, 2 bedrooms $1850. New carpets, new granite counters, dishwasher, balcony, covered carports, storage, pool, no pets. (650) 592-1271 AUTO AUCTION The following repossessed vehicles are being sold by Patelco Credit Union on January 17th, 2012 starting at 8am ---2002 Ford Excursion #B16704, 2005 Cadillac Escalade #257011, 2006 Dodge Dakota #523840, 2000 Ford Explorer #C15668, 2005 Audi S4 #474541. Sealed bids will be taken starting at 8am on 01/17/2012. Sale held at Forrest Faulknor & Sons Auction Company, 175 Sylvester Road, South San Francisco. For more information please visit our web site at www.ffsons.com.
645 Boats
BANSHEE SAILBOAT - 13 ft. with extras, $750., (650)343-6563 PLEASURE BOAT, 15ft., 50 horsepower Mercury, $1,300.obo (650)368-2170 PROSPORT 97 - 17 ft. CC 80 Yamaha Pacific, loaded, like new, $9,500 or trade, (650)583-7946.
450 Homes for Rent

SAN BRUNO - Beautiful 2BR/1BA. 2 Car Garage. No pets. $1,600 per month. Call 650-871-9777
452 Condos for Rent

SAN FRANCISCO UNFURNISHED CONDO - $1850., 1 bedroom, 1 bath, panoramic view, deck, aek, wall to wall carpet, hardwood floors, parking, excellent transportation, laundry, utilities included, (415)215-1755
DONATE YOUR CAR Tax Deduction, We do the Paperwork, Free Pickup, Running or Not - in most cases. Help yourself and the Polly Klaas Foundation. Call (800)380-5257. Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets Novas, running or not Parts collection etc. So clean out that garage Give me a call Joe 650 342-2483
650 RVs
CADILLAC 93 Sedan $ 4,000 or Trade Good Condition (650)481-5296 RV. 73 GMC Van, Runs good, $2,850. Will finance, small downpayment. Call for appointments. (650)364-1374
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Iran to come clean on nuclear weapons

By George Jahn
VIENNA A senior U.N. nuclear agency team will visit Tehran on Jan. 28 with Iran saying it is ready after years of refusal to discuss allegations that it was involved in secret nuclear weapons work, diplomats said Thursday. Diplomats have previously said that International Atomic Energy Agency ofcials were discussing such a trip with their Iranian counterparts. But before the diplomats comments Thursday, no date or indication that Iran was ready to talk about the allegations had been mentioned. Any follow-through on the part of Iran on its reported pledge to discuss nuclear arms suspicions would be signicant.
For more than three years, Tehran has blocked IAEA attempts to follow up on U.S. and other intelligence alleging covert Iranian work on nuclear arms, dismissing the charges as baseless and insisting all its nuclear activities were peaceful and under IAEA purview. Faced with Iranian stonewalling, the IAEA summarized its body of information in November, in a 13-page document drawing on 1,000 pages of intelligence. It stated then for the rst time that some of the alleged experiments can have no other purpose than developing nuclear weapons. Iran continues to deny the charges and no change in its position is expected during the Tehran talks with IAEA ofcials. But even a decision to enter a discussion over the allegations would be a major departure from outright refusal to talk about them and create
hopes of future progress in the investigation. Two diplomats told the Associated Press that Iranian ofcials had suggested they were ready to talk about the issue during recent meetings with ofcials of the Vienna-based IAEA. They asked for anonymity because their information was condential. Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Irans chief IAEA delegate, declined to be drawn on what would be discussed in Tehran, indicating in comments to The AP that it was too early to go public with details. The composition of the IAEA team, as described by one of the diplomats, also reflects the significance the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency attaches to the visit, which is expected to conclude in the rst few days of February. Normally such trips are made by Deputy
Director General Herman Nackaerts, in charge of the Iran nuclear le, and more junior ofcials of his department. But the diplomat said that this time Nackaerts will be accompanied by Assistant Director General Rafael Grossi, the right-hand to IAEA chief Yukiya Amano, and Peri Lynne Johnson, the agencys senior legal ofcial. Johnson is the only American among the three. While IAEA ofcials are formally neutral, her citizenship is of potential signicance considering the high tension-level between Washington and Tehran. Beyond the dispute over Irans nuclear intentions, U.S.-Iranian relations have been further burdened by an Iranian announcement that a joint U.S.-Iranian national will be executed after being found guilty of spying a charge both he and Washington denies.
Missing teenager Natalee Holloway declared dead

Around the world

Russian spacecraft turned space junk to crash soon
MOSCOW A Russian spacecraft designed to burnish the nations faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever. It will come crashing down to Earth in just a few days. The Russian space agency Roscosmos latest forecast has the unmanned Phobos-Ground probe falling out of Earths orbit Sunday or Monday, with the median time placing it over the Indian Ocean just north of Madagascar. It said the precise time and place of its uncontrolled plunge can only be determined later, and unless someone actually spots fiery streaks in the sky, no one may ever know where any surviving pieces end up. Space experts agree its unlikely to pose big risks.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The parents of Natalee Holloway looked on somberly as a judge on Thursday declared their child dead, more than six years after the American teenager vanished during a high school graduation trip to the Caribbean island of Aruba. Weve been dealing with her death for the last six and a half years, Dave Holloway said after a brief hearing. He said the judges order closes one chapter in a long ordeal, but added: Weve still got a long way to go to get justice. Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba on May 30, 2005. The 18-year-old was last seen leaving a bar early that morning with a young Dutchman, Joran van der Sloot. Her body was never found and the ensuing searches for the young woman would reap intense media scrutiny and worldwide attention. Thursdays hearing was scheduled long before van der Sloot a suspect questioned in
Holloways disappearance pleaded guilty Wednesday in Peru to the 2010 murder of a woman he met at a casino in Lima. Stephany Flores, 21, was killed ve years to the day after Holloway, an 18-yearold from the wealthy Birmingham suburb of Natalee Mountain Brook, disapHolloway peared. Shortly after Flores death on May 30, 2010, van der Sloot told police he killed the woman in Peru in a t of rage after she discovered on his laptop his connection to the disappearance of Holloway. Police forensic experts disputed the claim. Dave Holloway told the judge in September he believed his daughter had died and he wanted to stop payments on her medical insurance and use
her $2,000 college fund to help her younger brother. The teens mother originally objected, but her lawyer, Charlie DeBardeleben, said she subsequently changed her mind once she understood her husbands intentions. Natalee Holloways parents were divorced in 1993 and Beth Holloway sat in the back row of the courtroom, mostly staring at her hands in her lap through the hearing Thursday afternoon in a probate court in Birmingham. Although Beth Holloway declined to speak to journalists, her attorney signaled it was a difcult moment for her to witness a judge signing the order declaring her daughter dead. Shes ready to move on from this, DeBardeleben added. Mark White, an attorney for Dave Holloway, told the judge just before he announced his decision, that there was no evidence that Holloway was alive.
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