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ITS ON VOTERS NOW


GOV. JERRY BROWN TO ASK FOR TAX INCREASES STATE PAGE 7

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SPORTS PAGE 11

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Theft bites mosquito district


More than $650K missing;two workers accused of complex and sophisticated ...theft
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The county agency charged with protecting the public from mosquitos has itself been bitten, with more than $635,000 missing and two former workers including one with prior embezzlement convictions

accused of being responsible for the loss. The San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District reported the missing funds and the District Attorneys Ofce is investigating the matter. District General Manager Robert Gay did not return a call for com-

ment but, in a prepared statement, said an audit unveiled a complex and sophisticated method of misuse and theft of district funds. The outside audit was prompted after a boardmember questioned expenditures in the districts pesticide account and was dissatisfied by the response from those respon-

sible for the finances. Gay did not disclose the two former employees names but said one voluntarily resigned and the other was red. Prosecutors conrmed one is former nance director Jo Ann Dearman, otherwise known as Jo Ann Seeley but would not name the other because she is not in custody.

Seeley was previously prosecuted in two different embezzlement cases, including one in which she ran up more than a half-million dollars on her boss credit card. In March, he was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison on

See THEFT, Page 23

It looks just like a kids Erector Set!


Dr.Jim ODonnell, physician in chief,Redwood City Kaiser Permanente medical facility

Talk of school tax ramps up


Redwood City officials consider contract for community survey on future measure
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

As the state gears up for possible trigger cuts, Redwood City Elementary School District ofcials are considering a parcel tax as a way to guarantee income. On Wednesday, the Board of Trustees will consider approving a contract with Godbe Research to survey the community about a possible parcel tax. Such a measure would provide funding to support programs. Before the board

Wednesday is a contract not to exceed $25,000 allowing Godbe to gauge public opinion about placing a possible parcel tax on a future ballot. Year after year, youve heard about cuts. Sometimes you wonder will they ever stop, said Chief Business Official Raul Parungao, who added the district has made cuts annually since 2007-08. When balancing the budget, Parungao said it is important to look at both raising revenue and cutting

See TAX, Page 23

Expansion vote for Carlos Club delayed


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Construction at the new Kaiser Permanente medical facility in Redwood City is fully under way with the outline of the nal project now complete.Above, a worker hoists a metal beam into place as the structure grows.

What an operation
Kaiser hospital project reaches significant milestone
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Owner says citys denial would hurt his business; refutes top cops claims
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The construction site of a new Kaiser Permanente medical facility in Redwood City is currently the fantasy playground of every child who fancies big equipment bull-

dozers and trucks take turns digging and hauling, a large yellow crane dangling steel beams from stories above and everywhere neon safetyvested workers scrambling up and over the frame of the future hospital. It looks just like a kids Erector Set! exclaimed Dr. Jim ODonnell,

physician in chief of the medical center and a chief architect in making the 15-year dream for a new facility a reality. Standing atop a neighboring parking garage, ODonnell marveled

See KAISER, Page 21

The owner of a San Carlos bar whose expansion plans are opposed by the police chief says his business is not a hotbed of alcohol-related incidents and suggested his location and hours may be factors in the police presence. Fred Duncan, owner of the Carlos Club on the corner of El Camino Real and San Carlos Avenue, said its not for him to say whether his
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business is being targeted but the fact is they are there every weekend. Duncan believes other drinking establishments have just as many or more alcohol-related police visits but that his bar says open later than others and its 621 El Camino Real address makes it easy for ofcers to park nearby and wait for an opportunity. Were easy prey because of the location. If youre a sherman, you

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Thought for the Day


Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
James Reston,American journalist (born 1909,died this date in 1995).

This Day in History

1921

the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which established the Irish Free State, was signed in London. (The treaty came into force one year later on this date.)

In 1790, Congress moved to Philadelphia from New York. In 1884, Army engineers completed construction of the Washington Monument by setting an aluminum capstone atop the obelisk. In 1889, Jefferson Davis, the rst and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans. In 1907, the worst mining disaster in U.S. history occurred as 362 men and boys died in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, W.Va. In 1917, some 2,000 people died when an explosives-laden French cargo ship collided with a Norwegian vessel at the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia, setting off a blast that devastated the city. In 1947, Everglades National Park in Florida was dedicated by President Harry S. Truman. In 1957, Americas rst attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed as Vanguard TV3 rose about four feet off a Cape Canaveral launch pad before crashing down and exploding. In 1960, nearly 9 million acres of Alaska was set aside as an Arctic National Wildlife Range by order of Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton. In 1971, the original Auto-Train, which carried rail passengers and their motor vehicles from Lorton, Va., to Sanford, Fla., went into operation. (Although the privately owned line went out of business in 1981, Amtrak revived the service in 1983.) In 1989, 14 women were shot to death at the University of Montreals school of engineering by a man who then took his own life.

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A girl runs through decorated trees during a Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary's Church in Melton Mowbray,central England. Organizers believe it is the largest in Britain with more than 400 trees decorated by local schools,families and businesses.

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NY boys message in bottle retrieved in the Azores
BROCKPORT, N.Y. A 10-year-old upstate New York boys message in a bottle dropped in the Atlantic as part of a school project has been retrieved across the ocean in the Azores. Curtis Kipple of Adams Basin, west of Rochester, wrote a letter in March along with his fellow fourth graders at the Fred W. Hill School in Brockport. The bottles were dropped into the Gulf Stream, 30 miles off shore, by a sherman from North Carolinas Outer Banks. The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester reports (http://on.rocne.ws/ulXjPE ) that the school received a return email this week from a tiny shing village on the Azores archipelago off Portugal, about 2,600 miles from Brockport. The email said the bottle was found by a father and son out shing. had sued in Los Angeles over fees they were charged for purchasing tickets to Wilco and Bruce Springsteen concerts. A settlement, which received preliminary approval from a judge in October, will give customers a $1.50 credit on up to 17 tickets they purchased between specic dates in 1999 and 2011 that they can use on future purchases. It will also credit purchasers who received tickets via UPS up $5 for up to 17 transactions. The settlement is scheduled to be nalized in May. The credits are for an Order Processing Fee that Ticketmaster assessed on purchases. The credits come with several restrictions: Customers can only use two credits at a time and cannot use them for events scheduled at venues owned by concert giant AEG Live. Rancic said she received an overwhelming outpouring of love, prayers and support after announcing her breast cancer diagnosis in October. I want to make sure to thank everyone and give them an update for being so kind and loving and supportive, she said Monday.

High court to hear suit over Cheney event arrest


WASHINGTON The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear an appeal from Secret Service agents who say they should be shielded from a lawsuit over their arrest of a Colorado man who confronted Vice President Dick Cheney. The justices will review a federal appeals court decision to allow Steven Howards of Golden, Colo., to pursue his claim that the arrest violated his free speech rights. Howards was detained by Cheneys security detail in 2006 after he told Cheney of his opposition to the war in Iraq. Howards also touched Cheney on the shoulder, then denied doing so under questioning. Appellate judges in Denver said the inconsistency gave the agents reason to arrest Howards. Even so, the appeals court said Howards could sue the agents for violating his rights an unusual twist that the agents and the Obama administration said conicts with other appeals court decisions and previous high court rulings in similar cases.

Birthdays

Comedian Steven Wright is 56.

Musicisan Peter Buck (R.E.M.) is 55.

Actress Janine Turner is 49.

E! News host Rancic announces double mastectomy


LOS ANGELES Six weeks after revealing she has breast cancer, E! News host Giuliana Rancic says she will have a double mastectomy. The 37-year-old made the announcement Monday on NBCs Today show. It was not an easy decision but it was the best decision for me, she said. She plans to have the surgery next week and said she hopes to be recovered by New Years Eve, when she and husband Bill Rancic are planning to be in Times Square.

Jazz musician Dave Brubeck is 91. Comedy performer David Ossman is 75. Actor Patrick Bauchau is 73. Country singer Helen Cornelius is 70. Actor James Naughton is 66. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Frankie Beverly (Maze) is 65. Former Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., is 63. Actress JoBeth Williams is 63. Actor Tom Hulce is 58. Actor Kin Shriner is 58. Actor Wil Shriner is 58. Actor Miles Chapin is 57. Rock musician Rick Buckler (The Jam) is 56. Country singer Bill Lloyd is 56. Rock musician David Lovering (Pixies) is 50. Rock musician Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl) is 49. Writerdirector Judd Apatow is 44.
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Ticketmaster customers to get small fee credits


LOS ANGELES Concertgoers who purchased tickets through Ticketmaster are being notied that theyll soon receive credits for fees they were charged over the past decade. Emails are being sent to customers who are entitled to the credits as part of a classaction lawsuit led in 2003 that alleged the company overcharged them. A pair of men

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Habitual sex offender to trial


By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Local briefs
Pescadero man killed in crash identied
A 70-year-old man who died early Sunday morning when his car struck a tree near Pescadero has been identied by the San Mateo County Coroners Ofce as William Willett. The crash occurred on Pescadero Road near Butano Road at about 1:15 a.m. An initial investigation revealed that Willett failed to negotiate a turn and crashed into a tree on the roads shoulder, according to the California Highway Patrol. Willett, a Pescadero resident, was not wearing a seat belt. Investigators are still looking into what caused the crash.

A transient habitual sex offender accused of beating and sodomizing a 19-year-old acquaintance inside a van parked on a Redwood City street will stand trial on sexual assault charges that could return him to prison for life. Corey Lee Bell, 32, has pleaded not guilty to sodomy causing great bodily injury, assault by force and making criminal threats but was held to answer yesterday after a preliminary hearing. He will enter a Superior Court plea and set a trial date at his next appearance Dec. 20. Prosecutors say the teen joined Bell, whose prior offenses label him a habitual sex offender, to drink in his van May 10, 2010 but was attacked by the defendant and another man.

Bell and the other man, who remains unidentied, allegedly held the teen down and sodomized him until he passed out. The teen said when he awoke Bell was the only man with him and the other suspect remains at large. Hospital staff reported Corey Lee Bell the alleged assault days later after Bell sought medical care. This is just an ugly, ugly case, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. In December, Police found Bell in the company of another transient at a Redwood City motel. That man, Ricardo S. Avila, 18, was discovered with white powder on his nose and nightstand and later convicted of misdemeanor cocaine possession. Prosecutors said Grove Avenue before 4:42 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29.

at the time there was no evidence that Avila was the other man sought with Bell in the sexual assault. If convicted, Bell faces life in prison. Bells previous convictions, all in 1993 in Santa Clara County, include forced penetration with a foreign object, forced oral copulation with a minor under 14, lewd and lascivious act with a child under 14 and forcible sodomy with a child under 14. He was last released from prison in 2008, according to the Megans Law database. He remains in custody in lieu of $500,000 bail and a no-bail parole hold.

Bicyclist killed while crossing 101 identied


A 30-year-old man killed trying to ride his bike across Highway 101 in Burlingame on Saturday night has been identied by the San Mateo County Coroners Ofce as Edwin Lopez-Casco, 30, of Burlingame. Ofcers responded to reports of a crash on northbound Highway 101 near Broadway at about 10:40 p.m., CHP Ofcer Art Montiel said. An initial investigation revealed that LopezCasco had attempted to cross highway lanes on his bicycle when he was struck by a green Honda Accord and then by a Dodge, Montiel said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The drivers of both vehicles stopped and cooperated with investigators. Northbound lanes were closed for about 40 minutes. Alcohol was believed to have been a factor in the crash.

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Police reports
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A man came into Jailhouse Deli and stole two packs of beer on Airport Boulevard in South City before 10:16 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO


Grand theft. Copper wires were stolen from a construction site at the intersection of East Gateway Boulevard and Grand Avenue before 11:45 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28. Petty theft. A laptop was stolen from Genentech Building four on DNA Way before 10:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28. Malicious mischief. A swastika was grafttied on a door on McLellan Drive before 7:36 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27.

BURLINGAME
Theft. A wallet was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on the 900 block of Morrell Avenue before 1:17 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30. Theft. A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on the 300 block of Lexington Way before 9:46 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30. Ordinance violation. Someone was cited for using a leaf blower in violation of a city ordinance at the intersection of Easton and Jackling drives before 7:49 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29. Theft. A wallet was taken from a vehicle that may not have been locked on the 1200 block of Oak

p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. Robbery. A robbery occurred on the 700 block of Sixth Avenue before 9:51 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Petty theft. Christmas decorations valued at $250 were removed from the front yard of a home on the 3000 block of Fleetwood Drive before 9:59 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Drunk driving. A driver was reportedly hitting a guard rail near the 7-Eleven at the intersection of Interstate 280 and San Bruno Avenue before 3:27 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2.

REDWOOD CITY
Robbery. A strong-arm robbery occurred on Broadway before 6:43 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30.

SAN BRUNO
Robbery. A shoplifter pushed down a clerk and ran from a building on the 300 block of El Camino Real before 4:02 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. Suspicious person. A man with a greasy mullet haircut and a can of alcohol in a bag was talking to a 3- and 5-year-old in a driveway on the 400 block of Milton Avenue before 1:45

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John D. Smith Sr., born Nov. 22, 1924, died Nov. 28, 2011. A native of Mississippi, John moved to San Mateo in 1950 to pursue the American Dream after serving in the U.S. Navy. He married Donnie B. Smith in 1942 who preceded him in death. He was a devoted father of Tony Vernon, Barbara Smith-Rhodes, Beverly Smith, Sharon Friemark and Janet Parker. He was grandfather of 12, great-grandfather of 21 and great-great-grandfather of one. John was the owner of Peninsula Awning Company in San Mateo for 50 years. He was a Masonic and celebrated Shriner for more than 30 years. He proudly served as a deacon at Second Baptist Church. Friends are invited to visit from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 at Sneider & Sullivan & OConnells Funeral Home, 977 S. El Camino Real in San Mateo. A funeral service will be held 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 at the funeral home. Interment at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno. Donations preferred to the Smith family at CitiBank San Mateo Branch. Arrangements made by Sneider & Sullivan & OConnells Funeral Home.

ake a walk in a winter fairy tale wonderland with Notre Dame de Namur Universitys Department of Music and Vocal Arts December Fairy Tales, featuring Engelbert Humperdinks Hansel and Gretel and Stephen Sondheims Into the Woods in repertory. Both shows run through Dec. 11 at NDNUs Taube Center. Hansel and Gretel is a classic fairy tale about two naughty children who get lost in the forest and discover a cottage made entirely of candy. The inhabitant of the cottage turns out to be a mad witch who enchants them and intends to eat them, but Hansel and Gretel outwit her, save the gingerbread children who also fell under the witchs spell and are reunited with their parents. Into the Woods is a more contemporary take on numerous Brothers Grimm fairy tales that explores what happens after happily ever after. In the rst act, the characters set out to fulll their dreams through stories that are familiar Cinderella attending the ball, Jack climbing the beanstalk, Rapunzel escaping her towerbut in the second act, the characters learn the consequences of their wishes, the stories the original fairy tales conveniently left out. Leading roles in Hansel and Gretel are double-cast, with Alexis Flores and Christina Murdock as Hansel, Gabrielle Guidi and Jayne Kenny as Gretel, and also with Mary Diane Garcia, Deborah Rosengaus, Roy Eikleberry, Jason Sarten, Danielle Philapil, Jorey Cantu, Laura Sanders, Abagail Link, Debra Lambert and Geena Morales. The opera features stage direction by Yem Maizel and music direction by Louise Costigan-Kerns, and an English translation by Marcie Stapp. Into the Woods stars James Kason, Samantha Bruce, Amanda Andrews, Jordan Kersten, Lee Foster, Evan Bailey Hunt, Maggie Ek, Mackenzie Koenig, Alexis McEnroe, Tracy OBrien, Brienne Jones, Carlo Olmos, Daniel Lloyd Pias, Laura Woodruff,

Burlingame High School leadership recently held a book drive to support the Mid-Peninsula Boys and Girls.Over just one week,students generated 1,500 books to help provide adequate reading materials for the children served on the site. A number of the donations, 280 books, were collected at the annual Little Big Game against San Mateo High School.Among those who helped were Juliette Dito,left to right,Christina Peil,Marnie Sturm,Ashley Williams.
Wayne Self, Heather Orth, Sarah Griner, Leah Sawick, Olmos, Glen Riggs, and Vincent Kang, with stage direction by Greg Fritsch, music direction by Daniel Lockert and choreography by Dottie Lester-White. Hansel and Gretel performances will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. Into the Woods performances will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8. Tickets are $25 general, $15 students/seniors. Seating is limited to 100 patrons per performance. To order tickets visit www.BrownPaperTickets.com or call 1 (800) 838-3006. For all other information call 508-3429. The Taube Center is located on NDNUs campus at 1500 Ralston Ave. in Belmont. *** For the 26th year, Notre Dame de Namur University and The Performing Arts Company celebrate the spirit of giving learned by Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol: The Gift, the longest running musical adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol in the Bay Area. NDNU Theatre will offer free performances of the musical from Dec. 9 through Dec. 18 as a gift to the community. The NDNU production traditionally features professional production elements such as an elaborate mobile set, several thousand costume elements, sound system and properties. This year, audiences will be treated to a wide array of lighting and special effects generated by recently installed control systems and movable lighting instruments, purchased with funds donated to The Gift by individuals and organizations. This gift keeps on giving to those in need in the community. Attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item or new toy to be distributed to organizations such as Second Harvest Food Bank. A treasured holiday experience for Bay Area residents, A Christmas Carol: The Gift is also an annual tradition for many talented actors, singers and dancers. The cast includes over 70 performers, many of whom perform with professional theater, dance and opera companies during the year. A gala performance will be presented 7 p.m. Dec. 9 followed by a reception in the elegant Ralston Hall Mansion, to offset production costs. Tickets for the gala performance are $50 general, $20 for children under 12. Free performances of A Christmas Carol: The Gift are 2 p.m. Dec. 10, 15, 17 and 18, and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10-11 and 16-17. For more information visit http://www.christmascarolthegift.org. *** The San Mateo County School Boards Association recently announced the opening of the 2011-12 J. Russell Kent Awards Application Process. Applications for outstanding and innovative programs, both inside and outside the classroom, are now being accepted. For information on how to apply please visit the application page on SMCSBA website: http://www.smcsba.org/apply-foran-award/. Applications are due by Jan. 20, and the awards ceremony will take place on May 21.

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Police seek two suspects in Redwood City shooting


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Cupertino teen takes national science prize


WASHINGTON A high school student from California won a $100,000 scholarship Monday for research that created a tiny particle she likened to a Swiss army knife of cancer treatments because of its precision in targeting cancer tumors. Angela Zhang, 17, of Cupertino, won top individual honors at the Siemens Foundations annual high school science competition, which announced winners in Washington. Top team honors went to a pair of students from Oak Ridge, Tenn., for their research using gaming technology to analyze the motion involved in walking. Cassee Cain and Ziyuan Liu, both 17, will share a $100,000 scholarship. Six individuals and six teams were competing for the awards, which are in their 13th year. Zhang, the only female individual nalist, said her research was in part motivated by her family. Her great grandfather had liver cancer and her grandfather died of lung cancer when she was in seventh grade. Zhang said the particle she designed improves on current cancer treatments because it delivers a drug directly to tumor cells and doesnt affect healthy cells around it. The particle is also able to release a drug when activated by a laser. The idea is still years away from being used in patients, however. Zhang says it could take 25 years between clinical trials and other steps before her research is helping patients. time air pollution in the Bay Area.

Police are searching for two individuals related to a shooting in a Redwood City parking lot Sunday evening. Just before 7 p.m. Sunday, Redwood City police responded to a report of a shooting victim in the lobby of the Burger King restaurant at 2201 Middleeld Road, according to a press release. Once on scene, ofcers found a 32-year-old male on the oor suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. While helping the victim, a second shooting victim, a 29-yearold man, contacted police. Sgt. Sean Hart said it appears to have been an attempted robbery against the two victims which took place in an overow parking lot

near Burger King. Hart added it doesnt appear that the incident was gang related. Two people are being sought in connection with the shooting, said Hart. Witnesses said the suspects ed on foot to a nearby white Buick with tinted windows. As of Monday afternoon, no one had been apprehended. Names of both victims have been withheld. One was struck once in the arm and the other twice in the leg, according to police. Both are expected to survive. As of Monday afternoon, one victim had been released from the hospital while the other was described by Hart as being in stable condition. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Sgt. Sean Hart at (650) 780-7100.

Bay Area briefs


Bay Area calls on residents not to burn wood
SAN FRANCISCO The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is recommending that Bay Area residents not burn wood in their replaces or woodstoves to prevent air quality from becoming unhealthy. Though a Winter Spare-the-Air Alert is not in effect and wood burning is allowed, authorities are strongly discouraging wood burning on Monday night and all day Tuesday. Eric Stevenson of the Air Quality District says the weather forecast indicates the Bay Area may experience stagnant weather patterns that trap wood smoke near the ground, causing unhealthy breathing conditions. If pollution levels continue to climb, the Air District will call a Winter Spare-the-Air Alert and the use of wood burning devices will be banned. Wood smoke is the largest source of winter-

State officials warn of upcoming freezing weather


MATHER The California Emergency Management Agency is warning Californians that temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s to low 30s later this week. Freeze warnings have been issued in and around Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. California Emergency Management acting secretary Mike Dayton is calling on Californians to prepare for the cold. He says prolonged exposure to cold temperatures can cause hypothermia and other serious health problems, particularly for seniors, infants and people with chronic conditions such as asthma and other respiratory conditions. Cold temperatures also threaten pets that are left unprotected. Dayton says residents should make sure radios and ashlights are working and have plenty of extra batteries. 3880 S. El Camino Real. The man was described as black, in his late teens to early 20s, about 5 feet 8 inches to ve feet 10 inches, wearing a plaid shirt over a gray hooded sweatshirt. He may have been on foot in the area of 38th Avenue and El Camino Real before and after the crime, according to police. No vehicle was seen and there were no injuries, according to police.

San Carlos school board to discuss two vacancies


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How to ll two vacancies on the San Carlos Elementary School District Board created after two trustees were elected to other ofces will be discussed by the board during a special meeting Thursday. On Nov. 8, San Carlos Elementary School trustees Carrie Du Bois and Mark Olbert were both elected to new positions. Du Bois will join the Sequoia Union High School District Board of Trustees while Olbert will join the San Carlos City Council. As a result, the trustees will soon be leaving the board. On Thursday, Dec. 8, the board will have a second meeting to discuss the options. A vote on how to proceed is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 15, said Superintendent Craig Baker. Originally the vote was scheduled for this week. Waiting until next will allow the county to certify election results, said Baker. Du Bois or Olbert will soon take their newly elected positions. Du Bois will be sworn in at the Sequoia meeting Wednesday, Dec. 7 while

Olbert will ofcially join the City Council Monday, Dec. 12. As a result, the board will decide if it wants to hold a special election, which could cost about $60,000, or appoint people to ll the positions. An appointment is a cheaper option for the district but is one that is sometimes criticized by those who see the process as not democratic. Alternatively, if the board doesnt make a decision between appointing or holding an election within 60 days, San Mateo County Superintendent Anne Campbell can call an election to ll the vacancy. One possible candidate is civil engineer Peter Tzifas who was one of three candidates who ran for the board during last months election. With only two spots open for the election, Trustee Seth Rosenblatt and technology executive Adam Rak were elected. The board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at the Central Middle School library, 828 Chestnut St., San Carlos.

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Check cashing store robbed at gunpoint
San Mateo police are on the lookout for a man who robbed the Check N Go California with a silver handgun Monday morning. At approximately 11 a.m., ofcers responded to a call of an armed robbery at the store at

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Tuesday Dec. 6, 2011

Brown asks voters for tax increases


By Judy Lin
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SACRAMENTO Gov. Jerry Brown led a ballot initiative on Monday asking California voters to increase taxes on themselves to generate more money for schools and public safety. Brown posted an open letter to the people of California on his website, saying he wants to temporarily increase taxes on the rich and raise the statewide sales tax by half a cent, to 7.75 percent. The proposal would raise about $7 billion a year for ve years. The stark truth is that without new tax revenues, we will have no other choice but to make deeper and more damaging cuts to schools, universities, public safety and our courts, the Democratic governor wrote. He said he is going directly to voters because he does not want to get bogged down in partisan gridlock as happened this year in the Legislature, where he failed to reach a tax compromise earlier this year as the state faced a $26.6 billion budget decit. Assembly minority leader Connie Conway, RTulare, dismissed the proposal ballot initiative as part of a plan to increase government spending. Assembly Republicans will again stand united as the last line of defense for taxpayers and will ght these reckless taxes every step of the way, Conway said in a statement.

Brown led a measure titled The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 with the state attorney generals ofce on Monday. It would appear on the November 2012 ballot if supporters collect 807,615 Jerry Brown valid voter signatures. It is backed by Democratic leaders and some labor groups and could face competing tax initiatives from groups that want to raise taxes even higher. If voters approve Browns plan, individuals earning $250,000 up to $300,000 would pay an additional 1 percent income tax, bringing their tax rate to 10.3 percent. Individuals earning more than $300,000 but not over $500,000 would be taxed an additional 1.5 percent, bringing their tax rate to 10.8 percent. And individuals earning more than $500,000 would be taxed at 11.3 percent. The income amounts double in each category for joint lers. The income tax hike would be retroactive to January 2012 and last ve years. The sales tax increase would start Jan. 1, 2013, and last four years. Brown and Democratic supporters say the initiative would place the additional revenue into a special account dedicated to school districts and California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso. Task force members were nominated by various campus organizations. The fact-nding portion of the investigation will be conducted by a rm run by former Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton. The task force will be responsible for assigning blame for the Nov. 18 incident and making recommendations on police protocols for handling campus demonstrations. The pepper-spraying prompted large protests and calls for the Davis chancellors resignation after online videos of the incident went viral.

community colleges, which would in turn free money for other services. The measure also gives constitutional protection to a recent shift that directs more money to local governments for taking on additional responsibility for thousands of lower-level criminals, who would be incarcerated in county jails instead of state prisons. Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, said he believes Browns plan is something all Californians can support. The plan asks the wealthiest among us to pay their fair share and takes us another major step forward on getting control of our long-term nances, Perez said in a statement. Also on Monday, a coalition led by California Federation of Teachers and Courage Campaign led a tax initiative seeking to raise personal income taxes only on individuals who make $1 million or more annually. The California Funding Restoration Act would raise the income tax rate by 3 percent for individuals making more than $1 million, and hike the rate for those making more than $2 million by 5 percent. The group said its proposal is the only one that targets the rich, which has been a rallying cry for the Occupy movement. This is the only initiative proposal that would restore funding devastated by the recession, and rehire thousands of teachers, senior care providers and public safety personnel, without

affecting the wallets of working families and the middle class, said Rick Jacobs, chairman and founder of Courage Campaign. Attorney Molly Munger, the daughter of Charles Munger, a longtime nancial partner of Warren Buffett, is leading a separate initiative that would impose a sliding scale income tax hike to raise $10 billion for California schools. Were going to continue to press forward and wait and see how this all shakes out. ... We dont know how the voters are going to start reacting to these (different) proposals yet, Munger said. She said polls for the rst time are showing that Californians now believe education cuts have been so deep that they are willing to pay higher taxes to x them. California has cut tens of billions of dollars in state spending since the recession began in late 2007 and sent tax revenue plunging. The state general fund this scal year is $86 billion, down from $103 billion before the recession. The state is facing a projected $13 billion shortfall over the next 18 months. With tax revenue running behind projections, the budget passed last summer calls for automatic spending cuts after the rst of the new year to higher education, public schools and some social services. Among the options for school districts is slicing another seven days off the states minimum 175-day school year, which already is ve days shorter than before the recession began. Richard Subia, a deputy director with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The shortage wouldnt be felt significantly until the 2013 fire season because the state is just beginning to move inmates as part of a law that took effect Oct. 1, Clare Frank, an assistant deputy director at the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, told a legislative panel. The program is the largest in the nation, with inmates making up nearly half of the states wildland firefighters.

State briefs
UC names 12 to Davis pepper-spraying task force
DAVIS The University of California has named a dozen people to a task force that will investigate the pepper-spraying of student protesters at UC Davis. UC President Mark Yudof on Monday appointed 12 UC Davis students, faculty, alumni and staff to the panel, which will be headed by former

Inmate shift could hurt firefighting crews


SACRAMENTO Moving Californias lower-level criminals to counties could deprive the state of a third of its inmate firefighters unless agreements are reached with counties, officials said Monday. During the next two to three years, the state could lose 1,500 of the nearly 4,500 inmates who work on firefighting crews, as less serious offenders serve their time in county lockups instead of state prisons, said

Tuesday Dec. 6, 2011

STATE
By Terry Collins
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Rangers nd third body in Yosemites Merced River
FRESNO Ofcials on Monday identied a body found in the Merced River as one of three young people swept over a waterfall last summer in Yosemite National Park. Meanwhile, searchers found another body that could be the last missing hiker from the July accident that traumatized dozens of people using one of the parks most popular trails. The body of Ninos Yacoub, 27, was found on Nov. 29, trapped under house-sized boulders that became visible after the river receded. Park ofcials said the Mariposa County coroner had identied Yacoubs body. On Saturday, rangers searching the same area located another body that family members believe is that of 21-year-old Ramina Badal. Rangers had stepped up search efforts after the Merced River, which was owing at near record levels at the time of the accident, slowed to its lowest level all year. After nding Yacoubs body, rangers walked in the water along an otherwise inaccessible stretch of the river about a half-mile below the falls to look for Badal. Badal, Yacoub and 22-year-old Hormiz David were swept over the 317-foot Vernal Fall after stepping into the river to pose for a photograph. Davids body was located a month later pinned against a boulder 240 feet downstream from the waterfall. They were part of a group of friends from a close-knit community of Central Valley Christians from the Middle East who had tackled the strenuous and popular Mist Trail on a hot day then stopped at the top of the waterfall to cool off.

2010 homicide rate drops to 44-year low


SAN FRANCISCO Californias homicide rate dropped last year to its lowest level in more than four decades, according to a report by the state department of justice. There were 4.7 reported homicides for every 100,000 people in California, a 7.8 percent decrease from 2009, according to the latest gures released last week. The 2010 rate is the lowest since 1966 and also marked the fth year in a row that homicides in California have declined, Lynda Gledhill, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Kamala Harris ofce, said Monday. California statistics mirror national crime gures. The rate for murder and non-negligent manslaughter nationwide fell to 4.8 per 100,000 people. Thats less than half what it was two decades ago, according to FBI crime data released in September. The last time that rate was so low was 1963. An aging population, better policing and high rates of imprisonment are helping to drive down crime rates, criminologists contend. The homicide rate in California, the most populous state in the nation with more than 37 million people, has dropped about 40 percent since peaking in the early 1990s, said Robert Weisberg, a law professor at Stanford University. The homicide rate drop is both interesting and promising and it parallels the national trends, said Weisberg, director of Stanfords Criminal Justice Center. The state gures show more than 80 percent of homicide victims in 2010 were male. Hispanics made up the largest percentage at 44.5 percent, slightly down from nearly 47 percent in 2009. Nearly 30 percent of all homicide victims in 2010 were black, up from 27 percent in 2009. Nearly 50 percent of all homicide arrests in 2010 involved Hispanics, the report said. Gangs and drugs were contributing factors in 39.5 percent of homicides. Among the states 35 most populous counties, Monterey and Merced had the highest homicide rates at 10 per 100,000 people in 2010. Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego counties all saw lower rates, while Sacramento, San Joaquin and Solano counties saw rates climb slightly during the same time. And the rates in San Francisco Kern and Orange counties remained level.

Court tosses gang leaders death sentence


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SAN FRANCISCO The California Supreme Court on Monday tossed out the murder convictions and death sentences of a Los Angeles gang leader who authorities believe was the shot caller responsible for as many as 60 killings. Cleamon Big Evil Johnson led the 89 Family Bloods during the 1980s and early 1990s. Authorities allege the 80 members of Johnsons gang were responsible for more than 60 slayings on their turf, which stretched for a quarter of a square mile in the heart of South-Central Los Angeles.

Johnson was convicted in 1997, along with Michael Fat Rat Allen, of murdering two rival gang members six years earlier. Prosecutors allege that Johnson ordered Allen to kill the rivals with an Uzi. The rivals were killed at a South-Central car wash before dozens of witnesses, but no one would admit to witnessing the shooting. A task force with the help of federal ofcials nally got witnesses to come forward and put Johnson behind bars. During deliberations, two jurors told the judge they were concerned a third juror had made up his

mind before all testimony was heard. After the judge interviewed the entire jury, the juror was removed from the trial for prejudging the case and relying on evidence not presented during the trial. That juror was replaced with an alternate juror. The new jury found Johnson and Allen guilty of rst-degree murder and recommended each receive the death penalty. The replaced juror had reportedly told his colleagues that he didnt believe one of the witnesses who testied that he wasnt at work at the time of the killing because a Hispanic co-worker had punched his time card for him.

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narcotics laws get their money from the states general fund. The result: Those units are in effect being eliminated as part of a $71-million cut in funding to the department, while enforcement of gambling and gun laws goes ahead. It would be one thing if that were the result of considered evaluation by the attorney general and her deputies, who had reluctantly come to the conclusion that California could no longer afford those units and that the state had to concentrate on the more compelling problem of, say, enforcing gambling laws. Some might agree or disagree with those priorities, but at least the ofcials entrusted with making such decisions would be making them to the best of their ability. In this case, however, Gov. Jerry Brown has targeted these particular bureaus, and a broken financing system is forcing cuts at the top, rather than the bottom, of the Justice Departments priority list. And these are not abstract cuts. Already, the

Tuesday Dec. 6, 2011

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department has withdrawn agents from 34 task forces statewide that enforce gang and drug laws; it has managed to keep another 18 open using federal money, but the rest will have to go about their business without the coordination and contribution of Californias largest law enforcement agency. Thats allowing a bad funding mechanism to determine which law enforcement priorities are addressed and which are eliminated. Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris gets it. This is going to have impact, she said last week. Harris is prepared to cut her budget to help the state through its scal crisis; she should have the authority to make those cuts where she thinks they will do the least harm. once compiled photo albums. Now, Im amiss because I dont scrapbook. I once got haircuts. Now, I get hair design. I thought I was just opting to eat in with farmers market fare rather than hit the local burger joint. Now it seems Im indulging in the slow food movement. Is it any wonder then to nd out I can no longer simply bake? Now, I must indulge in food crafting. Were not talking about the cakes and cookies my mom and her homemaking peers would whip up after school, a attened chocolate chip from too much butter or hastily frosted Bundt cakes when the kids were clamoring for something sweet. No, were talking mini red velvet cupcakes with peppermint lling and towering Santa Clauses perched atop a pillowy mountain of marshmallow froth. Cookies with silver balls and glittery sprinkles spritzed just so. Three different colors of frosting! Fondant! Three-dimensional gures made from spun sugar and sheet cakes turned on their head! In other words, the fancy-schmancy stuff. In more plain words, the stuff I have rarely the inclination, less rarely the time and nearly-always the inability to accomplish. Theres some good reasons why I didnt give in to the scrapbooking craze. Again, the time and effort required are big factors. But also the cost. Do you have any idea how much all those specialty zig zag scissors and star-shaped hole punchers cost? Using a cheap pair of pruning shears might sufce for one border, but all of them? The scrapbooking masters would undoubtedly snicker. Plus, I doubt the quick snaps and Polaroids of innite nights on the town or toothy grins by adorable baby relatives will be all that less embarrassing or all that more precious just because they are cut into a circle or pasted onto a sunshine background. Lest you think there is not a creative bone in my body, Ill admit making homemade birthday cards and whipping out the glitter upon occasion. There are is also a little genetic artistry in the bloodline, if you count my wonder-chef grandmother, master-builder father or even the Christmas my older brother decided to make all the animal-shaped cookies anatomically correct. Dont judge creativity comes in many forms. For me, it seems, that form is not typically in the current trends of knitting, quilting or pottery painting. I dont bedazzle, high school tie-dying was a disaster and all the rubber stamp ink pads always dried out long before I could complete hand-made stationary. Im not adverse to turning perfectly good normal-sized foods into miniature versions and Im as guilty as charged to feeding the culinary craze by watching competitive cooking shows and being lured in by words like artisanal and made in small batches. That said, whatever happened to the term baking? Granted, the label may not be exactly accurate for the churning out of fudge or other confectionery delights not requiring an oven. Chilled pies and newfangled ice creams dont really meet the criteria, either. Cooking also might be a tad narrow for the assembly of sandwiches or the arranging of canaps. But really food crafting? The phrase hit me out of left eld in an arts and crafts store advertisement. I was expecting sales on ribbon or doit-yourself stockings. Instead, I saw an intricately decorated cupcake and the announcement this store is the place for all my food crafting needs. Once again, the re-naming contingent has re-branded a perfectly acceptable word. And once again, I felt just that less creative. With the holiday season, the doubt of my own artistry will undoubtedly swell under the weight of gingerbread houses and social gatherings. Ill bring the bottle of wine as a hostess gift while the guest behind me whips out a crocheted cozy and a tin of hand-ground cocoa. Ill buy my niece a princess doll. Another relative will show up with a hand-carved marionette made from a single piece of wood. Visions of sugar plums will dance in my head. My friends will actually grow plums and sugar them before crafting them into some sort of wonderful foodstuff. This year, though, there will be no chance for them to look askance at my offerings of boring, monotone cupcakes or selection of store-bought goodies. Instead, I will buy the most intricate nibbles possible and delicately arrange them on a ne piece of china. Nobody will ever know I turned on nary an oven or dirtied a spatula. Or perhaps Ill remove the tags from the fuzziest socks in the store and pull a few strings for that extra-homemade look before popping the pair in the gift bag. After all, tis the season to be crafty.
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retty much everything the government does costs money. Some things it does also raise money. The danger comes when priorities are set to favor government functions that raise money over those that do not. Thats starkly evident in a debate now rippling beyond Sacramento and into the real life of California law enforcement. Some functions of the state Justice Department enjoy their own sources of revenue. Enforcement of gambling laws, for instance, is partly paid for by skimming money off Indian gambling revenue. Efforts to combat health care fraud are subsidized by the federal government, and enforcement of California gun laws is underwritten, in part, by money from rearms licenses. By contrast, the special units of the Justice Department that run multi-jurisdictional investigations and that enforce

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City of San Mateo should be commended for pedestrian plan
Editor, I would like to congratulate the city of San Mateo for completing its draft Pedestrian Master Plan. With the over-65 population reaching 35 percent of San Mateo by 2017, the plan could not have come at a better time. I believe the city has developed a great plan that will ease San Mateo pedestrian concerns of mobility and safety. Through walking tours, workshops and surveys from San Mateo residents, the city worked to incorporate needs of the residents and visitors, particularly in areas of mobility, accessibility, safety, equity and implementation: Including programs such as Safe Routes to Schools, Safe Routes for Seniors and Safe Routes to Transit to incorporate walking as a viable and safe option for all; Vertical curbs to prevent on-sidewalk automobile parking; Ensuring that all sidewalks, crosswalks, and other access to senior centers and community centers are ADA accessible; Mid-block crosswalks, islands, crossing beacons, and high-visibility crosswalks to reduce pedestrian-related collisions; Pedestrian-scale lighting and landscape to improve safety and to encourage walking over driving for trips less than a mile; Turning three specic parking spots into parklets; Prioritizing projects into three tiers (within ve years, within 10 years and within 20 years) to ensure more important and pressing projects are addressed rst Through these and several other recommendations, the plan aims to make San Mateo a more liveable and walkable environment for all residents and visitors. Congrats to the city again for taking a leadership role on this matter. expunged from public life. Jaroslav Pelikan, Yale Graduate School dean and theology professor, pointed out that Jesus of Nazareth and no other person, concept or ideology has had a greater inuence on the Western world. That inuence spans nearly 20 centuries. That inuence can be found in the development of natural rights and the creation of our nation. To say religion did not play a role in the creation of our nation is to deny history. I will close by saying Merry Christmas! to everyone regardless of where they stand on this debate, and good wishes for a prosperous and peaceful New Year.

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Euro crisis kills stock rally


Dow 12,097.83 +0.65% 10-Yr Bond 2.0540 +0.59% Nasdaq 2,655.76 +1.10% Oil (per barrel) 100.480003 S&P 500 1,257.08 +1.03% Gold 1,744.50
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Theres pent-up demand, and people will use any excuse to get back in, thinking theres been too much pessimism, said Brian Gendreau, investment strategist with Cetera Financial Group. Despite strong signals about the U.S. economy, the market has been weighed down by negative headlines about the U.S. budget impasse, credit-rating downgrades of the U.S. and other nations, and Europes spreading crisis, Gendreau said. The gains were broad. All 10 industry groups in the Standard & Poors 500 index rose. Financials stocks were among the biggest winners. Investors have feared that U.S. banks might be dragged down by their close connections to the unstable European nancial system. JPMorgan Chase & Co. jumped 3.7 percent, the most in the Dow. Bank of America was the second-biggest gainer, 2.7 percent. Citigroup Inc. rose 5.9 percent, Morgan Stanley 6.8 percent. Investors are hoping that a summit of European leaders on Thursday and Friday will produce concrete measures to prevent a messy breakup of the euro currency, which is shared by 17 nations. Markets have been jittery because of fears that the euro might disintegrate, causing a sharp recession in Europe that would spread through the world economy.

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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Imax Corp.,up $2.16 at $21.43 A Stifel Nicholas analyst upgraded the big-screen movie company toBuysaying that he expects a strong 2012 for the company. SuccessFactors Inc.,up $13.50 at $39.75 The maker of software specializing in human resources tasks agreed to be sold to German software company SAP AG for $3.4 billion. MetLife Inc.,up $1.16 at $32.92 The life insurer expects to report higher operating earnings for 2011 that nevertheless would be short of analystsexpectations. US Airways Group Inc.,up 28 cents at $5.12 The airline said that its trafc rose 3.4 percent last month and its planes were more full than any November before. Nasdaq Telular Corp.,up 23 cents at $7.20 The wireless technology company said that it agreed to buy SkyBitz for $42 million in cash and stock to expand its mobile business. Incyte Corp.,down 28 cents at $13.96 A Citi analyst said that a newly approved drug may have limited long-term growth potential in treating patients with myelobrosis. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.,up 47 cents at $14.13 A Pacic Crest analyst said that now is the best time to buy the video game makers stock,two months after announcing a new Grand Theft Autogame. eBay Inc.,up $1.10 at $30.70 A Raymond James analyst upgraded the shares of the online marketplace to Strong Buy on improved growth in the fourth quarter.

Reports that all countries using the euro could get their credit ratings downgraded deated a morning rally in the stock market Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 78 points, giving back much of a 167-point gain from earlier. News reports in the afternoon said Standard & Poors would put all nations that use the euro on creditwatch negative, meaning there is a 50-50 chance of a downgrade in the coming months. S&P had warned of possible rating demotions for many of the countries. The inclusion on the list of Germany, Europes strongest economy, was the biggest surprise. After the market closed, S&P conrmed that it had placed 15 nations on notice for possible downgrades. Two countries that use the euro werent affected: Cyprus already had that designation and Greece already has ratings low enough to suggest that its likely to default soon anyway. Stocks rose in the morning after the leaders of France and Germany called for a new treaty to impose greater scal discipline on European countries. Yields on Italian government bonds receded sharply after the new government of Mario Monti introduced sweeping austerity measures over the weekend. That suggests traders believe Italy is less likely to default.

Service firmsexpansion slowed in November


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WASHINGTON Service companies, which employ 90 percent of the U.S. work force, expanded at a slower pace in November and a measure of employment at those rms fell. Separately, the government said orders to U.S. factories dropped for the second straight month. Mondays data show that the economy remains vulnerable despite recent signs of improvement. Still, economists said the broader message from other reports is that economic growth and hiring continue at a modest and steady pace. As it comes at a time when all the other economic news has been quite good, it is not too much to worry about, said Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics. The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its index of service sector activity dropped to 52 from 52.9 in October. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion. The service sector has grown for two straight years. But the reading was the lowest since January 2010.

There were some positive signs in the report: New orders and business activity rose. The trade group of purchasing managers surveys a range of industries, including hotels and restaurants, nancial services, construction and agriculture. The Commerce Department said companies cut their orders to U.S. factories in October for the second straight month. A key measure of business investment also declined. The report also wasnt all bad. Manufacturers boosted their stockpiles 0.9 percent in October after more modest increases in previous months. That suggests they are optimistic about future sales. Manufacturing has been showing signs of rebounding after slowing earlier this year. Auto sales and production are up now that supply chain disruptions caused by the earthquake in Japan have eased. And the ISM, which reports separately on manufacturing, said last week that factory output expanded in November for 28th straight month. Some economists were surprised that ued to battle a disease that had haunted her through a sparkling investment banking career and a stormy nine-year stretch on the board of HP, one of the worlds largest technology companies.

the ISM service-sector survey showed its employment index fell below 50 for the second time in three months. Thats a sign that companies are cutting workers, which conicts with other data on hiring. On Friday, the government said the unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent last month, the lowest level in 2 1/2 years. Employers added 120,000 net new jobs and more jobs were generated in September and October than the government previously estimated. Half of those jobs added in November were at retailers, bars and restaurants all service rms. We hope this is a rogue number, said Ian Shepherdson, an economist High Frequency Economics, referring to the ISM employment index for service rms. It is certainly not consistent with the decline in jobless claims and the rebound in the ow of new online help wanted ads, but we cannot yet be sure. About half the drop in the unemployment rate occurred because many of those out of work gave up searching for jobs. When the unemployed stop looking for work, they are no longer counted in the unemployment rate. including Gowalla are launched. Gowalla never quite caught on with a large audience, trailing rival Foursquare.

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Dunn, ex-HP chairwoman, dies after cancer returns
SAN FRANCISCO Patricia Dunn, the former Hewlett-Packard Co. chairwoman who authorized a boardroom surveillance probe that ultimately sullied her remarkable rise from investment bank typist to the corporate upper class, has died. She was 58. Dunn, who had battled cancer, died Sunday morning at her home in Orinda surrounded by her family, according to her sister, Debbie Lammers. She said Dunns ovarian cancer had come back. Once one of the most powerful women in corporate America, Dunn saw her career tarnished in 2006 when she was ousted from HP and brought up on criminal charges which were ultimately dropped for approving the companys plan to snoop into the private phone records of board members, journalists and HP employees to catch people leaking to the media. The scandal unfolded as Dunn contin-

Facebook hires Gowalla team, will shut it down


NEW YORK Facebook has hired the team behind Gowalla, the location service that lets people share where they are using their mobile phones. Gowalla started out in 2009 as a way for people to share their location with friends and strangers by checking in. Now, Facebook will wind down the service, as it often does when buying a startup to hire its talent. It did not acquire the Gowalla service or technology. Financial terms were not given. Gowalla co-founder Josh Williams said in a blog post that Gowalla will join Facebook in California. Gowalla is currently headquartered in Austin, Texas, a city with a thriving tech scene and the site of the annual South By Southwest Interactive festival, where many startups

U.S. factory orders fall for second straight month


WASHINGTON Companies decreased their overall orders to U.S. factories in October for the second straight month, evidence that the economy remains weak despite some signs of improvement. The Commerce Department said Monday that total factory orders fell 0.4 percent. Septembers modest 0.3 percent increase was also revised to a 0.1 percent drop. Demand for so-called core capital goods, a good proxy for business investment plans, fell 0.8 percent. Still, thats after two months of solid increases in that category, fueled by increased demand for computers and heavy machinery. Factory orders can vary greatly from month to month. A big reason for Octobers decline was a large drop in orders for commercial aircraft, a volatile sector that fell nearly 17 percent.

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Contenders, pretenders for NFL playoffs


By Barry Wilner
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Its been a common scene for the 2011-12 San Francisco 49ers: rst-year coach Jim Harbaugh welcoming the offense to the sideline after another successful drive.There were plenty of high-ves to go around Sunday as the 49ers clinched their rst playoff berth since 2002 while capturing the NFC West title with a 26-0 win over St. Louis.

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Teams focus turns from playoff spot to earning first-round bye
By Janie McCauley
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NEW YORK The NFL has reached the quarter pole with its share of thoroughbreds. And its share of pretenders. With four weeks remaining, the Packers, 49ers and Saints have separated themselves in the NFC, and perhaps in the entire league. Green Bay and San Francisco already have secured division titles, and New Orleans is almost there. The elite of the AFC, while not quite so accomplished, are the Ravens, Steelers, Patriots and Texans. In the middle is a muddle: all kinds of teams with all kinds of strengths and weaknesses. Nine teams sit at 7-5, and one (Giants) at 66. All are in the mix to either win their division or grab a wild-card spot. Most, if not all of them, are not legitimate championship contenders, no matter how bravely they talk. Such as what Giants defensive end Justin Tuck said after a 38-35 loss to Green Bay that was New Yorks fourth straight. Hopefully something wakes us back up and lets us understand that we still have a great shot of getting to where we want to get if we come out with that intensity and come out with that passion and play like that every game, we arent going to lose a lot of games, Tuck said. Heading down the stretch, heres who really has a shot at making the postseason and doing some damage there:

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The Packers lead the list, naturally, just as they lead the standings at 12-0 and seem headed for an undefeated regular season if they decide to chase it. Aaron Rodgers is in the midst of one of the greatest years for any NFL player, quarterback or otherwise. The offense is so dynamic the Packers can outscore the mistakes of their gambling defense, which makes a bunch of them. Green Bay also has been through the crucible, having won the Super Bowl at the end of a six-game winning string to nish off the 2010 season. I think it helps to have done what we did last year, receiver Greg Jennings said. Two years ago, it was New Orleans leading the charmed life. Drew Brees has an even deeper, more dangerous receiving corps and backeld than in 2009, and while the Saints also have issues on defense, they, too, can outscore them. Plus, the Saints understand the pressures of chasing a championship.

SANTA CLARA The San Francisco 49ers had just returned to the celebratory locker room after clinching the NFC West and ending an eight-year playoff drought when players immediately turned their attention to several televisions around the room. They were just in time to catch the thrilling nal seconds of the unbeaten Green Bay Packers 38-35 road win over the Giants. The Niners (10-2) might be the new division champions at last, yet one message resounded: This is just the rst step. They care a whole lot about trying to keep up with the defending Super Bowl champions. There will be plenty of scoreboard watching to come, and perhaps some rooting against the Pack. Its come up, sure it will come up more in the next few weeks, coach Jim Harbaugh

said of watching the weekly results. It has signicance. Frank Gore, among a group of playoff rsttimers that includes Alex Smith, Vernon Davis, Patrick Willis and Joe Staley, doesnt plan to rest in the remaining weeks. He is determined to do his part to put the 49ers in the best playoff position possible. Nah, nah, were playing ball, Gore said Monday, a day after passing the late Joe Perry to become the franchises career rushing leader. Weve got four more games left, man, so were playing ball. Were trying to win these last four and hopefully whatever happens with Green Bay, well get the No. 1 or No. 2 seed and it would be great for us. Any postgame fun following a 26-0 rout of the St. Louis Rams on Sunday to wrap up the division was well over by Monday, when the team turned its attention to Sundays game at Arizona. Linebackers Tavares Gooden and Parys Haralson were on the eld Monday morning moving sleds in an optional workout.

Harbaugh and Co. want to make a mark in the playoffs. Winning out or going 3-1 over the seasons final month would put San Francisco in position for a rst-round bye and thats the focus now. Everything has its time and place. We have a long way to go, defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois said. Some people look at it as a bad thing that weve got a long way to go. Team president Jed York didnt hide the fact he hopes to see a lot more from the 49ers the rest of the way. York stood in the winning locker room Sunday night in a drastically different scene than the last time he did so: after a 25-17 loss at St. Louis in Week 16 of 2010 that marked the final game for fired coach Mike Singletary. I had the u that day so that wasnt a real fun day for me. This time is a little bit better,

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Stanfords Luck among Heisman finalists


By Ralph D. Russo
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NEW YORK Andrew Luck, Robert Grifn III, Trent Richardson, Tyrann Mathieu and Montee Ball are the Heisman Trophy nalists. The group, announced Monday on ESPN, includes the preseason favorite Stanford quarterback Luck and at least one player, Mathieu, who was low prole when the season began. Luck is a nalist for the second straight season, while the other QB

on the list, Griffin, is the first Baylor player to get an invitation to the Heisman dinner in New York. The school has never had a Andrew Luck player finish better than fourth in the Heisman voting. Richardson is the second Alabama running back to be a nalist in the last three years. Former

teammate Mark Ingram won the Heisman in 2009. Ball has scored 38 touchdowns for Wisconsin and needs one more to match Barry Robert Sanders NCAA Griffin III record. Mathieu, the LSU defensive back nicknamed Honey Badger, has made numerous game-changing

plays for the topranked Tigers. The Heisman Trophy will be presented Saturday night. Luck was the Heisman runnerup to Auburns Cam Newton Trent last year and Richardson passed up a chance to be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft to return to Stanford for his junior season. From the moment

he made the decision to stay in school in January, he became the odds-on favorite to win the Heisman this season. Luck had another stellar season, passing for 3,170 yards with 35 touchdowns while leading the Cardinal to an 11-1 record and a second straight BCS bid. But the competition has been so erce that its been tough for Luck to hold onto his front-runner status. In fact, Grifn seemed to take the

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play well, I didnt coach well. But the psyche of this team is very strong. That was the message Jackson delivered to his team less than 24 hours after the loss to Miami, a setback that dropped the Raiders into a rst-place tie with the surging Denver Broncos in the AFC West. Oakland fell back into many of its old habits against the Dolphins. The Raiders couldnt stop Miamis running game, converted only 2 of 11 third downs and were penalized 10 times to pad their league-leading total. It was in stark contrast to the way the team played during its three-game winning streak and left Jackson and his staff scrambling for answers while trying to get their players focused on the Packers. Yeah, but its always been that way, right tackle Khalif Barnes said. We never lost that perspective. But when you drop one like that, it just puts it a little bit more into perspective. Well be OK. Apparently so will McClain. Jackson initially said he wouldnt wait for the NFL to take action against McClain for the incident, but

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Raiders dont have time to rest with Packers looming


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ALAMEDA The Oakland Raiders dont have much time to get over Sundays lopsided loss in Miami. With a trip to undefeated Green Bay this week, whatever problems the Raiders (7-5) had against the Dolphins need to get corrected in a hurry. Theres plenty to x, too. A sputtering offense that punted on eight of its rst nine possessions against Miami. The defense which allowed 209 yards rushing, continuing a season-long troublesome trend. The special teams also had a critical breakdown. Theres also the controversy over middle linebacker Rolando McClain playing three days after his arrest on misdemeanor assault, rearms and other charges in his Alabama hometown. Moving on from all of that might be just as challenging for the Raiders as facing the Packers (12-0). Were going to let it go but we aint going to forget, coach Hue Jackson said on Monday. We didnt

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Oakland quarterback Carson Palmer throws against Miami in the rst quarter during the Raiders34-14 loss to the Dolphins.
backed off after meeting with the second-year player Saturday. Now Jackson is taking a wait-andsee approach. Im comfortable in my mind that the charges that people are saying and the things that theyre saying that he did, I dont think that he did that, Jackson said. If I nd out differently, if Ive been led down the other brick road, then I will adjust accordingly. At some point I got to take a stand,

and Im taking a stand behind my player. McClain did not start but played extensively against the Dolphins. Hes expected to be back in Oaklands starting lineup in Green Bay. Lambeau Field isnt exactly the best place for the Raiders to correct their on-eld issues. Oaklands run defense is 28th in the NFL and opponents are gaining a league-high 5.2 yards per carry against the Raiders. Green Bays defense has struggled at times, which might be encouraging if the Raiders were not coming off one of their worst offensive performances of the season. Although they managed 304 yards of offense, the Raiders trailed 34-0 midway through the fourth quarter before quarterback Carson Palmer threw a pair of late touchdown passes to avoid the shutout. (Miami) provided the blueprint for everybody else, so its time for me to go back to the drawing board, Jackson said. These challenges dont get any easier. They get harder.

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Coming off injury, Giants Posey to play some 1B
DALLAS The San Francisco Giants plan to give Buster Posey some time at rst base. Posey won the 2010 NL Rookie of the Year award as a catcher, but his past season ended in May after he was hurt in a bruising collision at home plate. Giants manager Bruce Bochy says it would help Posey and the team for him to play some at rst base next year. Bochy says Posey still wants to catch, but is open to spending time at another spot to stay Buster Posey fresh. Wed like to get him out there as much as we can without wearing him down, Bochy said Monday at baseballs winter meetings. With him coming off his injury, theres a little question how much we can catch him back there, and well know more in spring training, he said.

Rivers snap six-game slide,gouge reeling Jaguars


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TD run in the fourth. It was a much-needed victory for a team that trails Denver and Oakland by two games in the AFC West with four to play. Were going to ght like crazy to get em, Rivers said. Weve been here before and we believe we can do it. Were going to do our part and see if its enough. And it was another blow to the Jaguars, who endured the most sweeping changes in the 17-year history of the franchise last week. Team owner Wayne Weaver red coach Jack Del Rio and announced he was selling the club to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan. Interim coach Mel Tucker red receivers coach Johnny Cox, reassigned quarterbacks coach Mike Sheppard and waived starting receiver Jason Hill. The moves seemed to invigorate a franchise that had seemingly gone stale in Del Rios ninth season. It made little difference on the eld, mostly because Jacksonvilles defensive injuries proved too much to overcome.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. This was the Philip Rivers everyone expected all season. Rivers threw for 294 yards and three touchdowns, burning Jacksonvilles depleted secondary early and often, and the San Diego Chargers beat the Jaguars 38-14 on Monday night to snap a sixgame losing streak. Its been a while, Rivers said. It was just good to win a game. The Chargers (5-7) could have used Rivers turnaround sooner. The three-time Pro Bowl selection leads the NFL in interceptions (17) and turnovers (21), and was a key part of San Diegos disappointing season. He was nearly perfect against Jacksonville (39), adding to the teams tumultuous week. Rivers completed 22 of 28 passes hooking up with Vincent Brown, Vincent Jackson and Malcom Floyd for long scores before sitting out the nal few minutes. He nished with a 146.1 QB rating, by far his highest of the season. The Chargers scored on ve of their rst six drives, then sent most of the home crowd scrambling for the exits with Ryan Mathews 31-yard

The Jaguars played without their top three cornerbacks Rashean Mathis, Derek Cox and Will Middleton and lost safety Dwight Lowery (shoulder) and defensive end John Chick (knee) during the game. Rivers took advantage, picking on a pair of cornerbacks who were signed off the street in recent weeks. Rivers threw a 22-yard TD pass to Brown and a 35-yarder TD to Jackson on the nal two drives of the rst half as the Chargers overcame a brief decit to seize control. The opening drive of the third quarter didnt take long. On the fth play, Rivers found Floyd deep down the right sideline for a 52-yard score. Floyd, activated Monday night after missing six games with a hip injury, beat Ashton Youboty badly on the play. Floyd nished with four receptions for 108 yards. It was the second TD given up by Youboty, who was replaced on the next possession by Morgan Trent, signed ve days ago. The biggest cheer for the Jaguars came late in the third quarter, when Weaver was shown on the stadiums large video board. Weaver and his wife received a standing ovation.

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Veterans panel elects Santo to Hall of Fame


By Ben Walker
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DALLAS Ron Santo always kept rooting for the causes dearest to him for his Chicago Cubs to win the World Series, for doctors to nd a cure for diabetes and for him to reach the Hall of Fame. On Monday, Cooperstown nally came calling. The barrel-chested third baseman who clicked his heels in victory was elected to the Hall, overwhelmingly chosen by the Veterans Committee nearly a year to the day after he died hoping for this very honor. Its really exciting because so many years that we had parties over to his house in spring training saying this is the year, Id tell him this is the year youre going in, said Hall of Fame teammate Billy Williams, a member of the voting panel. The one thing, of course, is hes not here to enjoy it, but his family will. He long awaited this, and were all happy. I know Im happy, his family is happy, the fans of Chicago are happy, he said. Santo was a nine-time All-Star, hit 342 home runs and won ve Gold

Gloves. He was a Cubs broadcaster for two decades, beloved by the home crowd for the way he eagerly cheered for his favorite team on the air, hollering Yes! Ron Santo Yes! or All right! after good plays and groaning Oh, no! or Its bad when things went wrong. Shortly after the announcement, Santos ag white with blue pinstripes, plus his name and No. 10 was ying from the center pole atop the scoreboard at Wrigley Field. There was always kind of a missing piece of the puzzle of Cubs history, team owner Tom Ricketts said. Santo breezed in with 15 votes from the 16-member panel that met at baseballs winter meetings. It took 75 percent 12 votes to get chosen. Ive got tears in my eyes writing this: congrats to the Santo family on Rons election to MLB Hall of Fame. A good day to be a Cub fan, tweeted Chicago-area rocker Billy Corgan, frontman for the Smashing

Pumpkins. Santo died Dec. 3, 2010, from complications of bladder cancer at age 70. He had diabetes, which eventually cost him both legs below the knees, and worked tirelessly to raise millions for research into the disease. Williams was on the line when Santos widow, Vicki, got the congratulatory phone call. Ron has passed, but it was always his dream, to even have this come to him after his passing. It just shows you cant give up, she said during a conference call from Arizona. All he said (was) I hope I get in in my lifetime, thats certainly a reasonable request for anybody who gets an honor as special as this one. Unfortunately, it wasnt meant to be, she said. With his lifetime every disappointment that came along, he was very disappointed. Said daughter Linda Brown: I know, even if my dad were here today, he would never reect on any of the wrongdoings, so to speak. ... There would be no bitterness, it would just be him being happy, and I believe he is. Santo joined former Cubs teammates Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins

and Williams in the Hall. That famed quartet did most everything at the Friendly Connes through the 1960s and early 1970s except bring a World Series to the ivy-covered ballpark. With Ernie, myself and Fergie, those players he played with ... to hear this kind of news today that hes inducted in the baseball Hall of Fame is really gratifying because so many times that we talked about it, its a place he wanted to be, Williams said. Santo will be inducted into Cooperstown on July 22, along with any players elected by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America on Jan. 9. Bernie Williams joins Jack Morris, Barry Larkin and others on that ballot. This is a great day for baseball and for Cubs fans everywhere, Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. Ron was a staple of the Cubs experience every single day for decades. I always admired Rons courage and loyalty, and I miss him very much, he said. Jim Kaat was second with 10 votes, Gil Hodges and Minnie Minoso each drew nine and Tony Oliva got eight on the 10-person Golden Era ballot.

Buzzie Bavasi, Ken Boyer, Charlie Finley, Allie Reynolds and Luis Tiant each received under three votes. Santo never came close to election during his 15 times on the BBWAA ballot, peaking at 43 percent far short of the needed 75 percent in his last year of eligibility in 1998. Santo had gotten closer in previous elections by the Veterans Committee. The panel has been revamped several times in the last decade, aimed at giving a better look at deserving candidates. Since his nal swing in 1974, Santos numbers on the eld never changed. The perception of what he meant to the game did, though. From the discussion yesterday, we kind of got in depth, Williams said. We really, really talked about each individual and some things were brought out, I imagine that wasnt brought out last time, in so far as what hed done for the game of baseball, the $60 million he raised for (juvenile diabetes research), all the other stuff we knew. This was the case of Ron Santo. We talked about it, we had good discussions on it and it happened, he said.

Late Red Sox clubhouse chief accused of 90s abuse


By Denise Lavoie
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON A man who worked as a teenager in the Red Sox clubhouse with big-name players such as Roger Clemens and Wade Boggs said his dream job ended abruptly when the clubhouse manager sexually assaulted him. Charles Crawford and another Massachusetts man are now accusing Donald Fitzpatrick, who died in 2005, of abusing them in the early 1990s. The statute of limitations has expired for ling lawsuits, but the men are seeking $5 million settlements from the team.

During a news conference Monday, Crawford said Fitzpatrick assaulted him twice inside the clubhouse at Fenway Park once in an equipment room and once in a restroom. He was 16 at the time. People need to know what happened, said Crawford, who agreed to have his name used. Its still mindboggling to me. Fitzpatrick had been accused of sexually abusing children earlier. In 2002, he pleaded guilty in Florida to attempted sexual battery on a child under 12. The team also settled a lawsuit with seven Florida men who said Fitzpatrick molested them during spring training beginning in the 1970s.

Crawford said he decided to come forward now after U.S. Sen. Scott Browns revelation earlier this year that he was molested by a counselor at a summer camp when he was 10 and the more recent sexual abuse allegations made against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Crawfords lawyer, Mitchell Garabedian, said the newest allegations are believed to be the rst time that Fitzpatrick has been accused of molesting boys at Fenway. The new allegations were rst reported by The Boston Globe. Garabedian said he sent the Red Sox a letter last month informing them of the new allegations and asking for

the settlements. Red Sox attorney Daniel Goldberg did not immediately return two calls seeking comment Monday, but in a statement he said the Red Sox have always viewed the actions of Mr. Fitzpatrick to be abhorrent. When the team, then under a previous ownership group, became aware of the allegations against Mr. Fitzpatrick in 1991, he was promptly relieved of his duties, Goldberg said. He said the club does not have any specics on the two recent allegations. Crawford said he was thrilled when he got a job as a clubhouse attendant, running errands for the players, getting them food and cleaning up around

the clubhouse. It was a dream job for me, he said. It was the best job in the world for a kid. Then one day, he asked for a baseball and Fitzpatrick led him to the equipment room, which was a locked room away from anyone else in the clubhouse, Crawford said. Everything happened fast. ... I couldnt tell anybody, he said. Garabedian said Crawford has had trouble holding jobs, served a short stint in jail for a drug conviction and fathered ve children with ve women. Ive been running from a lot of things, Crawford said.

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is that if you do well, it helps you stand out. If dont do well, hopefully the motivation is to continue to do better. Lapchick hopes a lot of effort will go toward closing the racial disparity in graduation rates. While the average GSR for AfricanAmerican players rose from 60 percent to 61 percent from a year ago, it remains far behind the average for white players, which increased from 80 percent to 81 percent. In addition, 26 percent of the bowl teams (18 of 70) graduated fewer than half of their African-American players, while none graduated fewer than half of their white players. If the schools with the highest overall GSR among bowl teams were paired in the national championship game, the matchup would feature Northwestern and Notre Dame. But unlike past years, when BCS title game teams often had less than stellar academic credentials, both of this years participants LSU and Alabama rank high, with APRs of 966 and 963, respectively. LSU graduates 77 percent of its players overall and 91 percent and 69 percent of its white and African-American players, respectively. Alabama graduates 69 percent of its much like Luck, Grifn has led a long-struggling program to its greatest success in decades. Baylor is 9-3 this season, its rst nine-win season since 1986. The best showing a Baylor player has ever had in the Heisman voting was quarterback Don Trulls fourth-place nish in 1963. Richardson has been the unquestioned offensive engine for No. 2 Alabama. Hes fth in the nation in rushing at 131.9 yards per game and tied for fth in touchdowns with 23. Richardson and the Crimson Tide will meet take pride in the fact they lured Harbaugh to the 49ers despite nearly a decade of losing. Harbaugh came aboard in January, hired away from nearby Stanford on a $25 million, ve-year contract, and challenged to pull off an immediate turnaround. Little did anybody know it would be such a drastic transformation so soon. York was a junior at Notre Dame the last time the 49ers made the playoffs in 2002. Its a great accomplishment. The expectation is to win the division, he said. Thats players overall 89 percent and 62 percent of its white and African-American players. Lapchick said that, based on the poor overall record of bowl teams a decade ago, he wouldnt have thought that the teams competing in the national championship would have such strong academic credentials this fast. That brought a big smile to my face, he said. In March, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan along with Lapchick and NAACP president and CEO Ben Jealous were critical of some of the poor graduation rates and APRs from schools that qualied for the mens NCAA basketball tournament. A Knight Commission analysis showed 10 of the 68 teams in the mens tournament last season didnt meet the NCAAs APR goal of being on track to graduate at least 50 percent of their players. Duncan called for the NCAA to ban basketball teams with graduation rates below 40 percent from competing in the NCAA tournament. The NCAA Board of Directors responded and during an August meeting voted to raise the APR standard across Division I to 930. It includes a provision that bans all teams below Mathieu and LSU in the BCS championship game on Jan. 9 in New Orleans. The sophomore cornerback is the second defensive player to be a Heisman nalist in the last three years. Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska nished fourth in 2009. Mathieu, though, is more like Charles Woodson, the do-it-all defensive back who won the 1997 Heisman for Michigan. Mathieu has forced ve fumbles, intercepted two passes and scored four touchdowns, the rst step, the rst milestone for us this year. Thats what we set out to do. Im proud of the guys for their work ethic, their ght, but we need to keep this up for the rest of the season and carry this into the playoffs. Theres a lot of work that we need to do if we want to get there. We cant let up. ... You have to be prepared. Sometimes celebrating this early isnt always a good thing. We need to make sure we keep our heads down, we keep focused and we keep moving forward. All along, Harbaugh has preached the notion of getting 1 percent better each day. He

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Bowl team graduation rates up,racial gap persists


By Kyle Hightower
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ORLANDO, Fla. A study released Monday of the 70 Football Bowl Subdivision schools that will participate in the upcoming college football bowl season showed continued academic progress, but that the gap between white and African-American players continues to persist. The report by the University of Central Floridas Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport notes an overall Graduation Success Rate improvement from 67 percent to 68 percent for students on the 70 bowl teams. A total of 97 percent of schools had at least a 50 percent GSR for football teams, up 6 percent from 2010. Also, for the second straight year 99 percent of schools received a score higher than the target 925 on the NCAAs four-year Academic Progress Rate. Teams with a four-year APR of 925 or below face penalties including loss of scholarships. If I was an advisor of athletes on a college campus, I would feel good about myself overall, said primary study author Richard Lapchick. One of the things about the report

that from participating in the postseason, including all NCAA tournaments and football bowl games. Previously, only when a school fell below a 900 APR had it been considered to be doing poor enough to receive a postseason ban. If the new 930 APR standard had been in place for in March, 12 schools would not have qualied for the mens NCAA basketball tournament and seven teams, including Michigan and Louisville, would not have been eligible to play in this seasons bowls. Lapchick said he and Duncan would like to see the APR standard reect a 60 percent graduation rate, but that the 930 threshold (equivalent to 50 percent) is a great start. Now theres pressure on the two of things coaches treasure losing scholarships and not going to NCAA tournament or making bowl appearance. No coach wants to be subject to that, Lapchick said. The GSR measures graduation rates at Division I schools after four years, and includes students transferring into the institutions. The GSR also allows schools to subtract student-athletes who leave prior to graduation as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete if they remained. including two long punt returns in LSUs last two games against Arkansas and Georgia. He also was suspended for a game this season for violating the teams drug policy. Ball has been a touchdown machine for Wisconsin and ranks fourth in rushing at 135.3 yards per game. He has 12 more touchdowns than the next best player in the nation and if he can tack on two more in the Rose Bowl against Oregon, hell break Sanders record. hopes his guys continue to apply that philosophy as the season winds down and they prepare for the NFLs big stage. Still, he wants the players to cherish what theyve done so far. Its a great thing winning the division, Harbaugh said. Much like a diploma or a certicate you might receive in school, it has your name on it and what you did. Put that in a little frame, put it up on the wall, feel good about that accomplishment and then move forward to the next goal.

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lead in the race over the last month of the season. The quarterback called RG3 by Baylor fans leads the nation in passer rating (192.3), with 3,998 yards and 36 touchdowns. He has also run for 644 yards and nine touchdowns. And

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York said. I knew that we had talent on this team and Ive said that a lot. Its great to see it all come together. Even at 10-2 there are things we can do a lot better on the eld and off the eld and thats what were going to be working on. York and general manager Trent Baalke can

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NFL INDIANAPOLIS COLTSPlaced CB Jerraud Powers and CB Terrence Johnson on injured reserve. Claimed LB Zac Diles off waivers from Tampa Bay. Waived TE Mike McNeill. NHL NHLAnnounced the Board of Governors approved a four-conference alignment format. MLB National League LOS ANGELES DODGERSAgreed to terms with INF-OF Jerry Hairston Jr.on a two-year contract. MIAMI MARLINSAgreed to terms with RHP Heath Bell on a three-year contract. COLORADO ROCKIESClaimed OF Jamie Hoffman off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

NHL STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W Pittsburgh 16 N.Y.Rangers 15 Philadelphia 15 New Jersey 12 N.Y.Islanders 8 Northeast Division W Boston 17 Toronto 15 Buffalo 14 Ottawa 13 Montreal 11 Southeast Division W Florida 15 Washington 13 Winnipeg 11 Tampa Bay 11 Carolina 8 L 8 6 7 12 11 L 7 10 11 11 11 L 8 12 11 13 16 OT 4 3 3 1 5 OT 1 2 1 3 5 OT 4 1 4 2 4 Pts 36 33 33 25 21 Pts 35 32 29 29 27 Pts 34 27 26 24 20 GF 86 71 88 62 52 GF 88 87 72 83 67 GF 78 79 75 69 66 GA 69 55 73 72 78 GA 52 87 69 91 69 GA 69 84 82 84 94 East

NFL GLANCE
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
New England N.Y.Jets Buffalo Miami South Houston Tennessee Jacksonville Indianapolis North Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland West Denver Oakland Kansas City San Diego W 9 7 5 4 W 9 7 3 0 W 9 9 7 4 W 7 7 5 5 L 3 5 7 8 L 3 5 9 12 L 3 3 5 8 L 5 5 7 7 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .750 .583 .417 .333 Pct .750 .583 .250 .000 Pct .750 .750 .583 .333 Pct .583 .583 .417 .417 PF 362 290 278 246 PF 310 249 152 174 PF 296 268 266 175 PF 256 274 163 287 PA 247 260 304 220 PA 189 229 238 358 PA 192 195 250 240 PA 292 308 268 289

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GIRLSSOCCER Notre Dame-Belmont 4,Mercy-Burlingame 0 ND-B goal scorers Piazza, Kobayashi, Jackson, Vierhous. Records Notre Dame-Belmont 2-1 overall. SATURDAY BOYSSOCCER Menlo School,Pacic Grove 1 Menlo goal scorer Bard (penalty kick).Records Menlo School 2-0-1 overall. GIRLSSOCCER Notre Dame-Belmont 4,Castilleja 1 ND-B goal scorers Brady, Piazza, Parque, Vierhouse.Records Notre Dame-Belmont 1-1 overall; Castilleja 1-1. FRIDAY GIRLSSOCCER Sacred Heart Prep 0,Aragon 0 Records Sacred Heart Prep 0-1-1 overall;Aragon 0-0-1. BOYSBASKETBALL James Lick Invitational Championship game Woodside 48,St.Francis-CCC 39 Woodside 6 9 15 18 48 St.Francis 5 15 5 14 39 WOODSIDE (fg-ftm-tp) Castillo 2-0-5,Hickman 3-2-9,Rodriquez 0-1-1,Bet 1-4-6,Hoffer 1-2-5,McClough 0-1-1, Ricks 1-0-2, Lopez 1-3-5, Ennis 6-114.Totals 16-12-48.ST.FRANCIS Figueroa 1-0-2, Burkett 4-0-9, Mathews 2-2-6, Carrera 1-0-2, Ruso 1-0-2,Saucedo 2-0-4,Yee 3-1-8,DeVogelaere 1-3-6. Totals 14-6-39.3-pointers Castillo,Hickman,Hoffer,Ennis (W);Burkett,Yee,DeVogelaere (SF).Records Woodside 4-0 overall; St.Francis-CCC 3-1. Crusader Classic Seminals Burlingame 61,Mission-SF 52 Mission 11 13 13 15 52 Burlingame 16 13 18 14 61 MISSION (fg ftm-fta tp) Murray 1 2-6 9,Porter 8 1-2 20, Davis 1 0-0 2, Edwards 3 0-1 8, Fisher 2 1-4 5,Prescott 3 2-2 8.Totals 20 6-15 52.BURLINGAME Ferrari 10 0-0 24,DeQuant 2 2-2 8,Haupt 3 0-0 9,Titchener 2 0-0 4, Loew 3 0-2 6, Graham 2 0-0 4, Dobson 2 2-4 6. Totals 24 4-8 61. 3-pointers Porter 3,Edwards 2,Murray (M); Ferrari 4,Haupt 3, DeQuant 2 (B). Records Burlingame 2-0 overall; Mission 1-1. GIRLSBASKETBALL Sacred Heart Prep 45,Woodside 30 Sacred Heart Prep 12 14 13 6 45 Woodside 10 2 7 11 30 SHP (fg ftm-fta tp) Gannon 3 0-2 7, Meehan 2 1-2 5,Suzuki 2 0-0 5,Cummings 2 2-2 7,Holland 8 6-6 19, Koenig 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 9-12 45. WOODSIDE Lucas 1 0-0 2, Kitavra 0 2-7 2, Michelis 8 0-3 16,Argivlar 1 0-0 2,Smith 3 2-4 8.Totals 13 4-16 30.3-pointers Gannon,Suzuki,Cummings,Holland (SHP). Records Sacred Heart Prep 2-0 overall. BOYSSOCCER Sacred Heart Prep 5,Riordan 0 SHP goal scorer (assist) I.Polkinhorne (Callinan); I.Polkinhorne (Liotta);Spillane (penalty kick);I.Polkinhorne (Lamb);I.Polkinhorne (Lamb).Records Sacred Heart Prep 1-0 overall. Menlo School 2,Stevenson 1 Halftime score 1-1.Menlo goal scorer (assist) Parker (Bard); Bard (Wagner). Records Menlo School 2-0 overall. COLLEGE MENS BASKETBALL Skyline 89,Solano 82 Halftime score 42-29 Skyline.SKYLINE (fg ftmfta tp) Wong 8 15-19 33,Chew 1 5-6 7,Woodard 4 2-2 12, Gartrell 2 7-10 12, Scott 0 2-2 2, Smith 5 10-11 21, Marshall 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 41-50 89. SOLANO McKinney 10 -0 22,Cauchi 6 9-10 24, Arnold 1 0-0 2,Gabriel 0 1-2 1,Cook 3 3-3 9,Thomas 1 2-2 4, Edens 5 2-6 12, Carter 1 1-2 3, Bonds 1 2-4 4,Aubert 0 1-2 1.Totals 28 21-31 82.3-pointers Wong 2, Woodard 2, Gartrell, Smith (Sky); McKinney 2,Cauchi 3 (Sol).Records Skyline 2-4 overall; Solano 0-6.

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SPORTS

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Messi,Ronaldo,Xavi,up for FIFAs top player


By Jerome Pugmire
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez are nalists for the FIFA player of the year award along with Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo. The three Ballon dOr nalists were selected Monday from among 23 nominees. Messi beat Barcelona teammates Andres Iniesta and Xavi to win last year. Messi could become the rst player to win the FIFA honor three years in a row and join the Brazilian Ronaldo (1996, 1997, 2002) and Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2000, 2003) as the only three-time winners of the FIFA award,

which began in 1991. FIFAs player of the year award merged last year with France Footballs Ballon dOr to create one trophy. French midelder Michel Platini, and former Dutch greats Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten are only three-time Leonel Messi the Golden Ball winners. Messi has 27 goals this season and Ronaldo 21, with the pair tied for the Spanish league lead with 17 apiece. They face each other in the Spanish league on Saturday. The winner will be announced Jan. 9 in Zurich, Switzerland. they have lost their last three postseason games, two at home. Theres no air of invincibility around them. Nor is there one around AFC defending champion Pittsburgh, which must protect Ben Roethlisberger better and create more turnovers on defense. Still, the Steelers are coming on. Baltimore might have the best balance of offense, defense and special teams in the AFC, with game-breakers (Ray Rice, Terrell Suggs, Haloti Ngata) on both sides of the ball. If the Ravens have cured their tendency to play down to the level of the opposition and can get home-eld advantage for the entire playoffs, they could be formidable. Houston, closing in on its rst playoff appearance in its 10th season, is using a rookie third-string quarterback and has been ravaged by injuries, yet has responded superbly. The Texans need to maintain their winning formula even without some key players, a difcult enough challenge in the regular season. The remaining schedule is not the most rugged with Cincinnati, Carolina, Indianapolis and Tennessee remaining.

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Marta, who helped the New York Flash win the Womens Professional Soccer title last season, is seeking to win the womens award for the sixth straight year. The Brazilian is up against American forward Abby Wambach and Japan midelder Homare Sawa, who was the top scorer at

the World Cup. The 24-year-old Messi scored in the 3-1 win over Manchester United in last seasons Champions League nal and scored 31 league goals as Barcelona won the Spanish title. He

has 53 goals for Barcelona in 2011. Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, Manchester Uniteds Alex Ferguson and Barcelonas Pep Guardiola are in the running for best coach. Messi, Neymar and Xavi Wayne Rooney are up for Hernandez the best goal award. Frances Bruno Bini, Japans Norio Sasaki and the United States Pia Sundhage were nominated for the best coach of a womans team. Japan beat the Americans to win the Womens World Cup in July. The Jets wont match their last two Januarys, in which they made the AFC title game, unless their defense tackles and covers better, their special teams hold onto the ball and they get a running game to take pressure off QB Mark Sanchez. Tennessee probably needs to beat New Orleans or Houston to grab a wild-card slot, but at least its best player, Chris Johnson, is hitting his peak and is capable of carrying the Titans higher than projected. That leaves Atlanta, the one outsider with the best chance of having an impact in the nal four weeks. For that to happen, the Falcons need to emulate their regular season of 2010, when they were the NFCs top seed. And soon. Coach Mike Smith expects it will happen. We have not played smart, we have not played consistent and I dont believe weve played as focused as we need to be, he said. And I think that shows that during different parts of a football game, were hitting on all cylinders and then other times, were not. Thats something weve got to get xed as a team and were going to do this thing together.
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The 49ers most certainly dont as they have become one of the NFLs surprise success stories. Having clinched their rst playoff berth since 2002, the Niners have the kind of rugged, versatile defense that gives any team a chance. Its not a Hollywood team, coach Jim Harbaugh said. Its a blue-collar team. Four AFC teams are 9-3 and, barring collapses, are headed to the postseason. New England, Baltimore and Pittsburgh are the perennials, Houston the newcomer. Unlike the NFCs best, though, each carries some hefty question marks. As long as Tom Brady is slinging the ball and Bill Belichick is masterminding game plans, the Patriots cant be discounted. Their defense, though, isnt particularly reliable, with a secondary that makes big plays and gives them up, and a so-so pass rush. Plus,

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Even with the enticing story they are writing with Tim Tebow, a forceful defense and some great clutch performances, its difcult to see the Broncos riding deep into the playoffs. Same for the Raiders, who are tied with Denver atop the AFC West but who have huge issues on defense and with penalties. One of them will win the division their schedules are similar and they dont meet again and not much more. Dallas can be dangerous in the NFC East, and also can be a op, as it proved Sunday at Arizona and nearly did on Thanksgiving Day against Miami. You dont face anyone on the Cardinals or Dolphins level in the playoffs. The Cowboys might not even get out of the division if they dont at least split with the Giants, who trail them by a game and have signicant problems running the ball and covering the pass. Cincinnati cant beat any of the good teams on its schedule, Chicago is down to a backup quarterback and its key offensive player, RB Matt Forte, has an injured right knee. Undisciplined on the eld, Detroit is in semi-free-fall.

How Trees Benet Our Health While Absorbing Air Pollutants


By Paul Larson
MILLBRAE As a Past President of the Millbrae Lions Club I was recently asked to take on the position of Tree Planting Chairman. It is a goal of the current Lions Clubs International President for all Lions Clubs across the world to plant one million trees during the 2011-2012 term. This new responsibility reminded me of a plan I had in the back of my mind to donate a number of trees on behalf of the CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS for planting on several sparsely landscaped strips at Saint Dunstans Church in Millbrae. Ive always been a fan of planting trees, and my new task as Tree Planting Chair gave me an excuse to follow through with this previous goal. I immediately put my plan into action, so as of this writing 17 good sized Redwood Trees have already been planted at Saint Dunstans which will grow up tall and lush (see the picture to the right of me with one of the trees on the day they were planted). Trees are a major life sustaining feature of our planet. They not only help secure the ground they are planted in, but are the home to countless numbers of species. Trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) in addition to other harmful pollutants from the atmosphere, and during photosynthesis they release the oxygen we breathe. An acre of trees absorbs enough CO2 over one year to equal the amount produced by driving a car 26,000 miles. If everyone reading this article planted one new tree at their home it would not only create a noticeable improvement in everyones quality of life but also would benefit future generations.

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Historically San Mateo County had a vast population of healthy old growth Redwood Trees. In the 1800s a large portion of these tall majestic trees were cut down to feed the quickly growing need for lumber in the up and coming city of San Francisco. During this gold rush period little was known of the benefits in keeping these trees alive and healthy. Realistically we still need lumber today, and now the lumber industry regularly replaces the trees they harvest with new young trees. Trees are a good renewable resource if used in a responsible manner, and many more trees have to be planted than harvested to support societys needs. We all have a chance to help by planting our own new trees and replacing those which may be unhealthy or have died. Tying this topic into our role at the CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS is easy. Wood is used in caskets, urns, paper and other items needed for funerals. The CO2 absorbed by trees is permanently locked into the wood used to craft these items therefore keeping it out of the atmosphere. My goal is to keep planting trees where ever I find the need as to help replenish this vitally essential and health-nourishing resource. If you ever wish to discuss cremation, funeral matters or want to make preplanning arrangements please feel free to call me and my staff at the CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS in Millbrae at (650) 588-5116 and we will be happy to guide you in a fair and helpful manner. For more info you may also visit us on the internet at:

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Obama prods GOP on payroll tax cut


By David Espo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama accepted a move by Senate Democrats to scale back his Social Security payroll tax cut extension on Monday, then prodded Republicans to support it despite a requirement for the very wealthy to pay more taxes. Obama also called on lawmakers to renew a program of extended unemployment benets due to expire on Dec. 31. He said the checks, which kick in after six months of joblessness, are the last line of defense between hardship and catastrophe for some victims of the recession and a painfully slow recovery. The president made his remarks at the White House as Republicans and Democrats in Congress said a holi-

day-season package was beginning to come into focus that could cost $180 billion or more over a d e c a d e . Elements include not only the payBarack Obama roll tax cut and unemployment benet renewals, but also a provision to avert a threatened 27 percent reduction in fees to doctors who treat Medicare patients. While there are differences over the details of the three principal components many Republicans are reluctant to extend the tax cut there is at least as much disagreement among senior lawmakers in the two political parties over ways to cover the cost so decits dont rise.

House Republicans are drafting legislation to extend an existing pay freeze for federal workers as partial payment for the tax cut and unemployment benets. Other cost-savers are expected to include a proposal Obama advanced earlier this year to raise pension costs for federal employees, ofcials said. The bill may also include another presidential recommendation, this one for a surcharge on Medigap policies purchased by future Medicare recipients. Ofcials said that to offset the twoyear, $38 billion price tag of the Medicare provision, House Republicans want to cut funds from the year-old health care legislation that stands as Obamas signature domestic policy accomplishment. Some Democrats want instead to count defense funds approved but

unspent for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan a proposal that many GOP lawmakers deem an accounting gimmick. The Medicare proposal enjoys strong popularity among lawmakers in both parties. House Republican leaders signaled last week they intend to include it in the overall package as a sweetener for members of the partys rank and le who are unhappy at the prospect of extending the payroll tax cut. GOP critics say there is no evidence that the current tax cut has helped create jobs, and also say they fear the impact of a renewal on the decit and on the fund that pays Social Security benets. A majority of Republican senators voted last week against a plan backed by their own leadership to extend the cut. But Obama noted House Speaker

John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said that the renewal would help the economy, and said the partys Senate leaders had made similar comments. I couldnt agree more. And I hope that the rest of their Republican colleagues come around and join Democrats to pass these tax cuts and put money back into the pockets of working Americans, the president said. Obama also added, I know many Republicans have sworn an oath never to raise taxes as long as they live. How could it be that the only time theres a catch is when it comes to raising taxes on middle-class families? How can you ght tooth-andnail to protect high-end tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, and yet barely lift a nger to prevent taxes going up for 160 million Americans who really need the help?

Pearl Harbor survivors share stories of attack


By Audrey McAvoy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HONOLULU Clarence Pfundheller was standing in front of his locker on the USS Maryland when a fellow sailor told him they were being bombed by Japanese planes. We never did call him a liar but he could stretch the truth pretty good, Pfundheller said. But once you seen him, you knew he wasnt lying. The 21-year-old Iowa native ran up to the deck that Sunday morning to man a ve-inch anti-aircraft gun. Seventy years later, he remembers

struggling to shoot low-ying Japanese planes as smoke from burning oil billowed through the air. This was the worst thing about it yeah, your eyes it bothered you. It bothered your throat too, because there was so much of that black smoke rolling around that a lot of times you could hardly see, he said. Now 91, Pfundheller will be returning to Pearl Harbor on Wednesday for the 70th anniversary ceremony honoring those lost in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack that brought the United States into World War II. Accompanying him will be fellow Babbitt, 65, was charged with driving while intoxicated after a patrol ofcer spotted him driving on the wrong side of the street and pulled him over about 10:30 p.m. EST Saturday in Fairfax City, Va., police in the Washington, D.C., suburb said.

survivors, other World War II veterans, and a handful of college students eager to hear their stories. The student and veteran group will be among 3,000 people attending a ceremony the Navy and the National Park Service hoist jointly each year at a site overlooking where the USS Arizona sank in the attack. The College of the Ozarks program aims to preserve the stories of veterans something thats becoming increasingly urgent for Pearl Harbor survivors as the youngest are in their late 80s. Pfundheller said he enlisted in the Navy in 1939 because he kept hearsquad has removed a Navy training mine that authorities say washed ashore on Miami Beach in an area dotted by numerous condominiums. Police cordoned off the area around the mine with yellow tape Monday and kept bystanders away as Fire Rescue crews and a bomb squad examined the device. Fire Rescue spokesman Jesus Sola says photos of the mine were taken and sent to the Navy. The device, which is 6 feet long and 2

ing there was going to be a war and he wanted to know what to do when the ghting started. By the time Japanese ghter planes and torpedo bombers invaded the skies above Hawaii, he was well-trained. Even so, the scene was utterly chaotic. Commanders hadnt expected Japan to strike from the air, so Pfundhellers anti-aircraft ammunition was locked away in a gun locker. Then, when he gained access to the 3foot-long, 75-pound shells, Pfundheller said the Japanese planes were ying too close for him to take aim. feet in diameter, was later loaded onto a truck and hauled away.

You could see them pumping their sts and laughing at you, he said. The Marylands crew scrambled to prevent their battleship from going down with the USS Oklahoma, which rolled over after being hit by multiple torpedoes. We had to cut her lines tied up to us because it was pulling us away, he said. Altogether, 2,390 Americans lost their lives in the attack. Twelve ships sank or were beached, and nine were damaged. The U.S. lost 164 aircraft. On the Japanese side, 64 people died, ve ships sank, and 29 planes were destroyed. Aiming to cast Obama as unfairly harsh toward Israel and soft on the Palestinians, Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have called on the president to re his ambassador to Belgium. The envoy, Howard Gutman, had said that some antiSemitism stemmed from tensions between Israel and the Palestinians; Romney and Gingrich say his remarks unfairly blamed Israel.

Around the nation


FAA chief on leave after drunken driving arrest
WASHINGTON FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt was placed on a leave of absence Monday as Department of Transportation ofcials decide how to handle Babbitts weekend arrest on charges of drunken driving in suburban northern Virginia.

Obama fights for Jewish support amid GOP attacks


WASHINGTON President Barack Obama and his Republican opponents are clashing over U.S. policy toward Israel as each side jockeys for support from Jewish voters, who could be critical in the 2012 election.

Navy training mine washes ashore on Miami Beach


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HEALTH

THE DAILY JOURNAL

Parents: Doctors not saying child overweight


By Lauran Neergaard
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Pediatricians are supposed to track if youngsters are putting on too many pounds but a new study found less than a quarter of parents of overweight children recall the doctor ever saying there was a problem. Does that mean doctors arent screening enough kids, or arent frank enough in these tough conversations? Or is the real story parent denial? The research published Monday cant tell, but makes it clear the message too often isnt getting through. Its tricky to say, and its tricky to hear, says lead researcher Dr. Eliana Perrin of the University of North Carolina. She analyzed government health surveys that included nearly 5,000 parents of overweight children from 1999 to 2008. Parents tend not to realize when a weight problem is creeping up on their children. When almost a third of U.S. children are at least overweight, and about 17 percent are obese, its harder to notice that theres anything unusual about their own families. Plus, children change as they grow older. The new study suggests when parents do recall a doctor noting the

problem, its been going on for a while. About 30 percent of the parents of overweight 12- to 15-year-olds said a doctor had alerted them, compared with just 12 percent of the parents of overweight preschoolers. Even among the parents of very obese children, only 58 percent recalled a doctor discussing it, says the report published Monday by the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Many pediatricians dont worry until children are very overweight, or until theyre much older, says Perrin, whose team has created stoplight-colored growth charts to help doctors explain when a problems brewing. If we can notice a concerning trend early, were more likely to be able to do something about it. That means taking a family approach, says Dr. Nazrat Mirza, medical director of an obesity clinic at Childrens National Medical Center in Washington. Important changes such as switching to low-fat milk and water instead of sugary sodas and juice, or cutting back on fast food should be viewed as making the whole family healthier, not depriving everyone because Johnny needs to lose weight. You do not want to single out one

About 30 percent of parents of overweight 12- to 15-year-olds said a doctor had alerted them, compared with just 12 percent of parents of overweight preschoolers.
individual in the family. Thats enough to cause a lot of friction, says Mirza, who wasnt involved with the new study. Doctors have long tracked childrens height and weight during yearly checkups, but more recent guidelines urge them to calculate a youngsters body mass index, or BMI, to screen for developing obesity. Unlike with adults, one measurement alone doesnt necessarily mean children are overweight they might be about to shoot up an inch. The next step is plotting that BMI on a growth chart. Youngsters are considered overweight if their BMIs track in the 85th to 95th percentile for children their same age and gender, a range that just a few years ago was

termed merely at risk. Above the 95th percentile is considered obese. To tackle lack of awareness, Childrens National has begun calculating BMIs for every child age 2 or older who is admitted for any reason. Mirza calls it a teachable moment. Perrins analysis shows more parents of overweight kids are starting to get the message. Overall, 22 percent of parents reported a health professional telling them their child was overweight. But that rose to 29 percent in 2008, the latest year of the survey data and about the time guidelines changed. So what should parents, and overweight children themselves, be told? Perrin focuses on health, not fat. She tells them the child is at an unhealthy weight that puts them at risk for later problems and that she can help families learn to eat better and get more active. Thats where her color-coded BMI charts (www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com) come in. Parents can tell at a glance if their child is in the overweight yellow zone or the obese red zone, and over time if theyre moving closer to the green zone. Perrin calls the charts especially useful between ages 3 and 8, when children are growing so fast its particularly hard to tell if theyre a healthy size.

Feds to allow use of Medicare data to rate doctors


By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Picking a specialist for a delicate medical procedure like a heart bypass could get a

lot easier in the not-too-distant future. The government announced Monday that Medicare will nally allow its extensive claims database to be used by employers, insurance

companies and consumer groups to produce report cards on local doctors and hospitals. By analyzing masses of billing records, experts can glean such critical information as how often a doctor

has performed a particular procedure and get a general sense of problems such as preventable complications. Doctors will be individually identiable through the Medicare les, but personal data on their patients will

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Triathlons can pose deadly heart risks


By Marilynn Marchione
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ORLANDO, Fla. Warning to weekend warriors: Swim-bike-run triathlons pose at least twice the risk of sudden death as marathons do, the rst study of these competitions has found. The risk is mostly from heart problems during the swimming part. And while that risk is low about 15 out of a million participants its not inconsequential, the studys author says. Triathlons are soaring in popularity, especially as charity fundraisers. They are drawing many people who are not used to such demanding exercise. Each year, about 1,000 of these events are held and several hundred thousand Americans try one. Its something someone just signs up to do, often without a medical checkup to rule out heart problems, said Dr. Kevin Harris, a cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. They might prepare for a triathlon by swimming laps in their pool. Thats a lot different than swimming in a lake or a river. He led the study and presented results Saturday at an American College of Cardiology conference in Florida. The Minneapolis institutes foundation sponsored the work and tracks athlete-related sudden deaths in a national registry. Marathon-related deaths made headlines in November 2007 when 28-year-old Ryan Shay died while competing in New York in the mens marathon Olympic trials. Statistics show that for every million participants in these 26.2-mile running races, there will be

Triathlons pose at least twice the risk of sudden death as marathoners do.
four to eight deaths. The rate for triathletes is far higher 15 out of a million, the new study shows. Almost all occurred during the swim portion, usually the rst event. Anyone that jumps into freezing cold water knows the stress on the heart, said Dr. Lori Mosca, preventive cardiology chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and an American Heart Association spokeswoman. She had no role in the study but has competed in more than 100 triathlons, including the granddaddy Hawaiis Ironman competition. Cold water constricts blood vessels, making the heart work harder and aggravating any pre-existing problems. It also can trigger an irregular heartbeat. On top of this temperature shock is the stress of competition. Its quite frightening there are hundreds of people thrashing around. You have to keep going or youre going to drown, Mosca said. Swimmers cant easily signal for help or slow down to rest during swimming as they can in the biking or running parts of a triathlon, said Harris, who also has competed in these events. Rescuers may have trouble spotting someone in danger in a crowd of competitors in the lakes, rivers and oceans

where these events typically are held, he added. For the study, researchers used records on 922,810 triathletes competing in 2,846 USA Triathlon-sanctioned events between January 2006 and September 2008. Of the 14 deaths identied, 13 occurred during swimming; the other was a bike crash. Autopsies on six of the victims showed that four had underlying heart problems. Two others had normal-looking hearts, but they may have suffered a fatal heart rhythm problem, Harris said. A search of the Minneapolis registry and the Internet found four other triathlon-related deaths from 2006 through 2008 beyond those that occurred in the ofcially sanctioned events. While not a large risk, this is not an inconsequential number, Harris said. Fundraising triathlons have enticed many runners to try to expand into areas like swimming, which they may not have learned to do very efciently, to benet particular charities, Mosca said. Theyre really recruiting people to do these events, she said. It can be a recipe for disaster. Doctors offer these tips to anyone considering a triathlon: Get a checkup to make sure you dont have hidden heart problems. Train adequately long before the event, including open-water swims not just in pools. Acclimate yourself to the water temperature shortly before a race, and wear a wetsuit if its too cold. Make sure the race has medical staff and debrillators on site.

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The researchers also did a separate study on how police deal with teen sexting of photos. Contrary to some reports, that research suggests few kids are being prosecuted or forced to register as sex offenders for sexting. It estimates that nearly 4,000 teen sexting cases were reported to police nationwide in 2008 and 2009. Slightly more than one-third of those cases resulted in arrests. About one-third of all cases involved teens and young adults; the adults were much more likely to be arrested. The studies were released Monday in the journal Pediatrics. The research shows that sexting can range from incidents that some teen health experts consider typical adolescent exploring the 21st century version of sneaking a look at dads Playboy magazine, to malicious cases with serious consequences made possible by todays technology. For example, one case involved a 10-year-old boy who sent a cellphone picture of his genitals to an 11-year-old classmate to gross her out. The girls mother called police; the boy cried when questioned by police, who concluded he didnt understand the magnitude of his actions and left the matter to his parents. Another involved a 16-year-old girl who said she accidentally posted a nude photo of herself on a social networking site. A 16year-old boy at her school found the photo and distributed it to 100 people when she refused his demand to send him more nude pictures. He was charged with a felony and was put on probation. The results suggest that police generally arent overreacting to teen sexting, said Janis Wolak, lead author of the second study. Some cases that arent clearly criminal are still worrisome and warrant intervention by parents or others, she said. In the rst study, researchers questioned 1,560 kids nationwide by phone, with parents permission, between in August 2010 and January of this year. The second study is based on mailed questionnaires to nearly 3,000 police departments and follow-up

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CHICAGO Teen sexting of nude photos online or via cellphone may be far less common than people think, new research suggests. Only 1 percent of kids aged 10 to 17 have shared images of themselves or others that involve explicit nudity, a nationally representative study found. Roughly the same number said theyd shared suggestive but less graphic photos; while 7 percent said theyd received either type of picture. The research focused on teens only not young adults, an age group included in some earlier studies which showed considerably higher sexting participation. The new study suggests texting of sexual photos among younger kids is rare. The results are reassuring, showing that teen sexting isnt rampant, usually isnt malicious, and is generally not something parents should panic over, said lead author Kimberly Mitchell, a research assistant psychology professor at the University of New Hampshire. Previous reports said as many as 1 in 5 young people, or 20 percent, have participated in sexting. But some surveys included older teens and people in their early 20s. And some used denitions of sexting that included racy text messages without photos, or images no more revealing than what someone might see at a beach, authors of the new study said. An Associated Press-MTV poll done in August found that 7 percent of teens said they had sent a naked photo of themselves. That result was for older teens 14 to 17 and was conducted online. The latest study focused only on pictures, and asked more detailed questions about the kinds of racy photos kids are sharing

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phone interviews with investigating ofcers about sexting cases handled in 2008 and 2009. The studies illustrate how sexting may include a wide range of teen behavior, and highlight an issue about which we as a society have gotten pretty hysterical and probably blew out of proportion, said Dr. Michael Rich, director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Childrens Hospital Boston. Exploring sexuality is normal behavior for teens and taking pictures of themselves and others is one way just to nd out what it is like, he said. Weve been doing that since somebody scribbled a picture of a nude woman on the side of a cave and the guys gathered around to check it out. Sexting is different only because it is happening in an environment that the adult community doesnt understand as well as kids, Rich said.

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over the work Monday morning as 3,300 tons of structural steel began rising for the sevenstory building at Walnut Street and Veterans Boulevard. However, it certainly wasnt the rst time ODonnell snuck a peek at how far the project has come since its mid-August groundbreaking. Ive been parking on the fourth oor every day so I can get a look, ODonnell said. What he saw yesterday was sparks ying from welding in one corner. A supervisor grasping blueprints directing another worker to pull a steel bar into place with a rope while another straddling a beam began making the connection. Rebar jutted up from the bottom cement, offering a hint of the walls to come. In November, 9,300 cubic yards of concrete began being poured into a ve-foot thick foundation on which the hospital will sit. On Monday morning, the outline of the nal product began emerging as bolts were soldered and large steel bars hoisted into place. While the piles of steel trucked in and piled may appear random to the casual observer, each piece is carefully chalked with lines and numbers telling workers exactly where they need to go. The steel was a key step for ODonnell who said he remembered previous plans more than a decade ago to construct a medical ofce

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There is tremendous variation in how well doctors do, and most of us as patients dont know that. We make our choices blind, said David Lansky, president of the Pacific Business Group on Health. This is the beginning of a process to give us the information to make informed decisions. His nonprot represents 50 large employers that provide coverage for more than 3 million people. Medicare acting administrator Marilyn Tavenner called the new policy a giant step forward in making our health care system more transparent and promoting increased competition, accountability, quality and lower costs. Early efforts to rate physicians using limited private insurance data have thus far focused on primary care doctors, but Medicares rich information could provide the numbers to start rating specialists as well, Lansky said. Consumers will see the first performance reports by late 2012, said a Medicare spokesman. Medicare ofcials say they expect nonprot research groups in California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and other states to jump at the chance to use the data. With 47 million beneciaries and virtually every doctor and hospital in the country participating, Medicares database is considered the mother lode of health care information.

The plan calls for a 280,000-square-foot hospital with nearly all 149 patient beds being private and with sofa beds for overnight visits,a healing garden, wider hallways and two dozen emergency room beds.
building on the other side of the existing hospital. The project went forward all the way to the steel purchase but the economic downturn left the plan abandoned. Once the metal arrived for the current construction job, ODonnell said he was relieved. I felt much more condent when the steel got here, he said. Both staff and patients often chatter about their excitement for the hospital, ODonnell said. Everybody says they cant wait, he said. The new facility is slated for completion in 2014 and spokesman Karl Sonkin said work is on schedule. The plan calls for a 280,000-square-foot hospital with nearly all 149 patient beds being private and with sofa beds for overnight visits, a healing garden, wider hallways and two dozen emergency room beds. The new hospital will vary in height from seven stories, down to six along Veterans Boulevard and two at the corner of Veterans Boulevard and Walnut Street where the new emergency department will be located. The new entrance will sit on Marshall Court between Walnut and Maple streets, opposite of where it is now in the current hospital. The existing facility, opened in 1966, is just too cramped for a modern hospital and the delivery of what ofcials call 21st-century medicine. Once the hospital opens, officials will decide whether to keep the existing facility as is for some use, connect it to the new buildings or demolish it outright. If it stays, ODonnell thinks medical ofces may be the best t but said they are still looking at whether a retrot is more cost-effective than starting over from scratch. Behind the new hospital, a two-story utilities center is also being built. The facility will generate water, air conditioning and other utilities needed to keep the new hospital running. Between the two, a loading dock is planned and ODonnell is already thinking of ways to build on top for even more space and even more opportunity for services and care. At the peak of work, Sonkin estimates using approximately 500 construction workers local jobs he said that are also a boon to the community.
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WASHINGTON A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside our solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. Its a bit too big. The planet is smack in the middle of what astronomers call the Goldilocks zone, that hard to nd place thats not too hot, not too cold, where water, which is essential for life, doesnt freeze or boil. And it has a shopping mall-like surface temperature of near 72 degrees, scientists say. The planets conrmation was announced Monday by NASA along with other discoveries by its Kepler telescope, which was launched on a planet-hunting mission in 2009. Thats the rst planet conrmed in the habitable zone for Kepler, which had already found Earth-like rocky planets

elsewhere. Twice before astronomers have announced a planet found in that zone, but neither have been as promising. This is a phenomenal discovery in the course of human history, Geoff Marcy of University of California, Berkeley, one of the pioneers of planet-hunting outside our solar system, said in an email. This discovery shows that we Homo sapiens are straining our reach into the universe to nd planets that remind us of home. We are almost there. The new planet named Kepler-22b has key aspects it shares with Earth. It circles a star that could be the twin of our sun and at just about the same distance. The planets year of 290 days is even close to ours. It likely has water and rock. The only trouble is the planets a bit big for life to exist on the surface. The planet is about 2.4 times the size of Earth. It could be more like the gas-and-liquid Neptune with only a rocky core and mostly ocean. had 73 and bar-heavy Los Gatos had 93. From October 2010 to October 2011, San Carlos police logged 131 alcoholrelated incidents at the Carlos Club alone including public intoxication, driving while under the inuence, public disturbances, assault, battery, domestic violence, excessive noise and random spot checks by officers, Rothaus said. The Carlos Club had nearly twice as many as Clooneys Pub, the Orchid Room and The Patio Bar combined, Rothaus said. Duncan questioned the accuracy of the numbers and said the police are often lingering outside his bar rather than responding to specic calls. What he may be seeing is the police proactively doing checks to prevent incidents which is done as needed at other establishments, too, although not as many as at Carlos Club, Rothaus said. What we know is we need to be proactive at the Carlos Club, he said. Aside from disputing the characterization of the Carlos Club as a potential problem, Duncan is focusing on what could happen if he cant expand mainly the possibility of him going out of business. Duncan said expanding and adding prised of a cross section of community members to analyze poll data and discuss other issues that could impact an election. As a result, Godbe and the committee presented the information to the school board recommending the district wait to move forward with an election. Time would allow for more community outreach, according to a staff report. Since then the committee has continued to meet and formed an organization called The Redwood City Community for Better Schools. The group has continued outreach to possible campaign volunteers and raised $30,000 in donations to support the effort, according to a staff report. In addition, the group requested the board poll the community again in January 2012. While San Mateo County as a whole is generally supportive of school measmeeting indicate a contract was approved to rebuild the districts nancial records from July 1, 2010 to the present. Trustee Robert Riechel asked if earlier periods should also be investigated but was informed the issues that are causing the rebuild are not as evident. During the same meeting, Gay said he developed a list of recommended policies including DMV checks, criminal background checks, drug testing and credit checks for all new employees. A boardmember also suggested adding ngerprinting to the list. In September, the district board named Rosendo Rodriguez the new nance director.

Its so exciting to imagine the possibilities, said Natalie Batalha, the Kepler deputy science chief. Floating on that world completely covered in water could be like being on an Earth ocean and its not beyond the realm of possibility that life could exist in such an ocean, Batalha said in a phone interview. Kepler cant nd life itself, just where the conditions might be right for it to thrive. And when astronomers look for life elsewhere theyre talking about everything ranging from microbes to advanced intelligence that can be looking back at us. So far the Kepler telescope has spotted 2,326 candidate planets outside our solar system with 139 of them potentially habitable ones. Even though the conrmed Kepler-22b is a bit big, it is still smaller than most of the other candidates. It is closest to Earth in size, temperature and star than either of the two previously announced planets in the zone. food lets him market the club to a different clientele looking for a mellower experience than the current party crowd. I have to change with the times. Our demographics do not support a nightclub, Duncan said. Rothaus said he wouldnt object to simply the addition of food but he cannot look at that in a vacuum when the plan calls for an expansion of capacity and all those patrons could potentially be drinking. Meanwhile, Duncan said he has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the club and shelled out thousands to the city for permits and the application process. If the city didnt want him to go forward, he asked, why did the zoning administrator even approve the parking exception? Duncans conditional use permit application was scheduled to come before the Planning Commission last night but he requested a postponement to Jan. 17 because his attorney was unable to attend. He also cited the publicity of a Daily Journal article last week on Rothaus objections.
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go where the sh are, Duncan said. The interaction between the Carlos Club and the San Carlos bureau of the Sheriffs Office came under public scrutiny as part of Duncans request for permits to convert an adjacent parking lot into an outdoor patio with a gourmet food trailer and deck that can double as a stage. Duncan received a parking exemption earlier this year but as the application moves to the Planning Commission for consideration of a conditional use permit, Capt. Greg Rothaus is saying more of the club might mean more of the problems he ticked off in a report. Rothaus said the city has an oversaturation of downtown liquor licenses according to the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and that the Carlos Club has nearly twice as many alcohol-related incidents as three other bars put together. Specically, Rothaus said in 2010, San Carlos had 132 arrests for public intoxication. In comparison, the similarly-sized cities of Burlingame had 24, Foster City had 33, Belmont

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spending. In recent years, the district has done more of the latter. Since 200708, the district has seen an increase in class sizes and the workload for almost all employees. The impact of all the cuts were at times delayed thanks to onetime money from other sources, like federal jobs money. Looking at a parcel tax would provide a new stream of revenue, which is why district ofcials have long researched the possibility. Most recently, Godbe conducted a survey for the district in December 2010. Since then, the district put together a Parcel Tax Feasibility Community Committee, which met in January, com-

ures, Redwood City has struggled in previous attempts to get enough votes to pass a parcel tax which has a two-thirds threshold to pass. In 2009, the district put Measure E forward, a ve-year $91 per year parcel tax that failed in a special election. It received 62.1 percent support. If Measure E had passed, the district would have received $2.2 million to $2.3 million. Passage would not have eliminated the need for cuts but would have reduced it from more than $6 million to about $4.1 million to $4.2 million. Redwood City also attempted a parcel tax in 2005 but only earned 61.69 percent support.
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the two cases and ordered to pay restitution. She will be free next July. A convicted embezzler committing new crimes or even alleged new crimes while awaiting prosecution is not unusual but having two individuals working together in the case theft is, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Gay said the vast majority of the districts loss happened in the last scal year. The minutes of the July 13 board

The recreation work and forensic accounting costs, possibly up to $100,000, will be part of the insurance reimbursement claim. The district also plans to seek restitution through a civil suit and the anticipated prosecution. The District Attorneys Ofce investigation is completed and the case has been submitted for review, Wagstaffe said. He estimates a charging decision in one to two weeks.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Todays good

aspects could offer you more ways than usual to further your ambitious interests. However, although the breaks may be plentiful, theyll be fleeting as well, so act immediately. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- A positive attitude regarding your involvements with others will work wonders for you. With the right mindset, youll be a bit bolder and will reach higher than usual. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- By consistently envisioning positive results for all your undertakings, theres a very good chance your hopes and

expectations will be fulfilled as well. Try it and see for yourself. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Some important news might be coming your way. After studying it closely, youre likely to discover that its much bigger and far more valuable than you ever anticipated. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Something good could happen to you that would immediately ease a financial burden. A friend is likely to be the one who brings this about. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Even if things have been a bit unimpressive for you lately, matters could suddenly, totally change. Whatever it is that occurs should please you immensely. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Should your intuition

start telling you that something good is about to bloom, dont treat it lightly. Your instincts are on track and working quite well. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- In case you havent realized it yet, youll soon have proof just how valuable your friends are. One among them will help you achieve something that you havent been able to do on your own. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Obstacles that have previously been impeding your progress could suddenly be replaced with bridges or stepping stones, carrying you straight to your hopes and dreams. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- It wont be by accident that your hopes and plans begin working out far more successfully than they did previously. Itll be

because your thinking is now much more practical and feasible. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Someone born under the sign of Sagittarius could offer you some advice that should turn out to be extremely valuable. If you happen to have a pal who is an Archer, get together posthaste. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- The genuine show of interest and caring you have for others will evoke a warmer response from someone whos been frosty toward you. Make the most of the thaw. COPYRIGHT 2011 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

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104 Training
TERMS & CONDITIONS The San Mateo Daily Journal Classifieds will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion, and its liability shall be limited to the price of one insertion. No allowance will be made for errors not materially affecting the value of the ad. All error claims must be submitted within 30 days. For full advertising conditions, please ask for a Rate Card.

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Music Lessons Sales Repairs Rentals

110 Employment

110 Employment NEWSPAPER INTERNS JOURNALISM


The Daily Journal is looking for interns to do entry level reporting, research, updates of our ongoing features and interviews. Photo interns also welcome. We expect a commitment of four to eight hours a week for at least four months. The internship is unpaid, but intelligent, aggressive and talented interns have progressed in time into paid correspondents and full-time reporters. College students or recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Newspaper experience is preferred but not necessarily required. Please send a cover letter describing your interest in newspapers, a resume and three recent clips. Before you apply, you should familiarize yourself with our publication. Our Web site: www.smdailyjournal.com. Send your information via e-mail to news@smdailyjournal.com or by regular mail to 800 S. Claremont St #210, San Mateo CA 94402.

127 Elderly Care FAMILY RESOURCE GUIDE


The San Mateo Daily Journals twice-a-week resource guide for children and families.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247584 The following person is doing business as: Fencepro, 3866 Bayshore Blvd., BRISBANE, CA 94005 is hereby registered by the following owners: Tim Garcia, 297 Humboldt Rd. BRISBANE, CA 94005. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 03/31/1990. /s/ Tim Garcia / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/10/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/22/11, 11/29/11, 12/06/11, 12/13/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247376 The following person is doing business as: Finding Bliss, 255 El Camino Real, BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is hereby registered by the following owners: Chetna Singh, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on . /s/ Chetna Singh/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 10/27/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/22/11, 11/29/11, 12/06/11, 12/13/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247416 The following person is doing business as: Melissas Taqueria, 160 Vistiacion Ave, BRISBANE, CA 94005 is hereby registered by the following owner: Louides Meza, 1311 Ceveland Ave., San Mateo CA 94403. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on . /s/ Louides Meza/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 10/31/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/22/11, 11/29/11, 12/06/11, 12/13/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247689 The following persons are doing business as: The UPS Store #4153, 1098 Foster City Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404 is hereby registered by the following owners: Alborz Ahourai and Morvarid Ahourai, 727 Mstsonia Dr. Foster City, CA 94404. The business is conducted by a Husband & Wifel. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 04/03/2003 . /s/ Alborz Ahourai / /s/ Morvarid Ahourai / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/18/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/22/11, 11/29/11, 12/06/11, 12/13/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247722 The following person is doing business as: Floral House Wings of Rabbits, 421 Rollins Rd, BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is hereby registered by the following owners: Keiko Fujita, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual . The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on . /s/ Keiko Fujita / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/21/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/22/11, 11/29/11, 12/06/11, 12/13/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247630 The following person is doing business as: Altheos, INC, 601 Gateway Blvd. #250, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080 is hereby registered by the following owner: Altheos, INC, CA. The business is conducted by an Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 05/01/2010 /s/ Henry Hsu / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/15/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/29/11, 12/06/11, 12/13/11, 12/20/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247769 The following person is doing business as: Redco Finance, 10 De Sabla Rd # 209, SAN MATEO, CA 94402 is hereby registered by the following owner: Richard Davidson, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 01/26/2007 /s/ Richard Davidson / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/23/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/29/11, 12/6/11, 12/13/11, 12/20/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247573 The following person is doing business as: Caring Hearts Home Care Agency, 1001 Bayhill Dr., #200, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: ACT American Health Care Inc, CA. The business is conducted by an Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Filirene Twinkle Ayson / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/10/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/29/11, 12/06/11, 12/13/11, 12/20/11).

Bronstein Music
363 Grand Ave. So. San Francisco

(650)588-2502 bronsteinmusic.com 110 Employment


CAREGIVERS Were a top, full-service provider of home care, in need of your experienced, committed care for seniors. Prefer CNAs/HHAs with car, clean driving record, and great references. Good pay and benefits Call for Greg at (650) 556-9906
www.homesweethomecare.com
HOME CARE AIDES Multiple shifts to meet your needs. Great pay & benefits, Sign-on bonus, 1yr exp required. Matched Caregivers (650)839-2273, (408)280-7039 or (888)340-2273

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106 Tutoring

TUTORING
Spanish, French, Italian
Certificated Local Teacher All Ages!

203 Public Notices


FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247525 The following person is doing business as: Better with Sparkle, 1630 Pecan Ct., REDWOOD CITY, CA 94061 is hereby registered by the following owner: Michele Cassetta, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A . /s/ Michele Cassetta/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/07/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/15/11, 11/22/11, 11/29/11, 12/06/11).

(650)573-9718

SALES/MARKETING INTERNSHIPS
The San Mateo Daily Journal is looking for ambitious interns who are eager to jump into the business arena with both feet and hands. Learn the ins and outs of the newspaper and media industries. This position will provide valuable experience for your bright future. Fax resume (650)344-5290 email info@smdailyjournal.com

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DELIVERY DRIVER
Wanted: Independent Contractor to provide delivery of the Daily Journal six days per week, Monday thru Saturday, early morning. Experience with newspaper delivery required. Must have valid license and appropriate insurance coverage to provide this service in order to be eligible. Papers are available for pickup in San Mateo at 3:00 a.m. or San Francisco earlier. We are currently collecting applications for the cities of Redwood City and for Burlingame. It helps if you live near the area you deliver. Please apply in person Monday-Friday only, 10am to 4pm at The Daily Journal, 800 S. Claremont St #210, San Mateo.

RESTAURANT LINE COOK Grill. Satute. Night Shift 1201 San Carlos Ave. SAN CARLOS, 94070. (650)610-0202

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247374 The following person is doing business as: 1) House of Joy Care Home, 2) House of Love Care Home, 101 Village Lane, DALY CITY, CA 94015 is hereby registered by the following owner: Good Stewardship Services, Inc., CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Robert Wong / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 10/27/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/15/11, 11/22/11, 11/29/11, 12/06/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247357 The following person is doing business as: Joyful Chapter, 340 Alta Vista Dr, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080 is hereby registered by the following owner: The Next Chapter, Inc., CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Robert Wong / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 10/27/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/15/11, 11/22/11, 11/29/11, 12/06/11). LIEN SALE- On 12/20/2011 at 210 Adrian Rd. CA a Lien Sale will be held on a 191999 Reinall Hull VIN: RNA80571L899 State: LIC: 9451PJ at 9am. LIEN SALE- On 12/20/2011 at 210 Adrian Rd. CA a Lien Sale will be held on a 0 Trailer VIN: BG1914X1010594 State: CA LIC: 1HL3788 at 9am.

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HELP WANTED

SALES
EVENT MARKETING SALES
Join the Daily Journal Event marketing team as a Sales and Business Development Specialist. Duties include sales and customer service of event sponsorships, partners, exhibitors and more. Interface and interact with local businesses to enlist participants at the Daily Journals ever expanding inventory of community events such as the Senior Showcase, Family Resource Fair, Job Fairs, and more. You will also be part of the project management process. But rst and foremost, we will rely on you for sales and business development. This is one of the fastest areas of the Daily Journal, and we are looking to grow the team. Must have a successful track record of sales and business development.

The Daily Journal seeks two sales professionals for the following positions:
TELEMARKETING/INSIDE SALES
We are looking for a telemarketing whiz, who can cold call without hesitation and close sales over the phone. Experience preferred. Must have superior verbal, phone and written communication skills. Computer prociency is also required. Self-management and strong business intelligence also a must.

To apply for either position, please send info to

jerry@smdailyjournal.com or call

650-344-5200.

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203 Public Notices 210 Lost & Found
FOUND 11/19, at Bridgepointe Shopping Center, Bed Bath and Beyond bag containing something. Call to describe. Claudia, (650)349-6059 LOST - 2 silver rings and silver watch, May 7th in Burlingame between Park Rd. & Walgreens, Sentimental value. Call Gen @ (650)344-8790 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.

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298 Collectibles
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 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

Tundra

Tundra

Tundra

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247774 The following person is doing business as: Small Business Buying Guide, 2121 Valerga Dr. # 28, BELMONT, CA 94002 is hereby registered by the following owner: Kay Kim, same adress. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 12/05/2011 /s/ Kay Kim / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/28/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/29/11, 12/06/11, 12/13/11, 12/20/11).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247497 The following person is doing business as: San Carlos Podiatry, 1100 Laurel St # E, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby registered by the following owner: Pardis A. Kelly, DPM, INC, CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 05/30/2002 /s/ Pardis Kelly / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/04/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/29/11, 12/06/11, 12/13/11, 12/20/11).

Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

294 Baby Stuff


BABY JOGGER STROLLER - Jeep Overland Limited, black, gray with blue stripes, great cond., $65., SOLD REDMON WICKER baby bassinet $25 OBO Crib Mattress $10 650 678-4398

296 Appliances
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247768 The following person is doing business as: Defensive Drivers Group, 2034 Washington Ave., REDWOOD CITY, CA 94061 is hereby registered by the following owner: Razor Traffic School, INC, CA. The business is conducted by a Corportaion. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on11/2008 /s/ Scott Plamondon / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/23/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/06/11, 12/13/11, 12/20/11, 12/27/11). 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 (650)867-2720 ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621 RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric, 1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621 REFRIGERATOR WOODGRAIN dorm size. Great for college, bar or rec room $35. SOLD 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 WASHING MACHINE - Maytag, large capacity, $75.,SOLD WHIRLPOOL WASHING MACHINE used but works perfectly, many settings, full size top load, $90., (650)888-0039

304 Furniture
DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134 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)- Cherry finish, still in box, need to assemble, 26L x 21W x 21H, $100. for both, (650)592-2648 ENTERTAINMENT CENTER Oak cabinet with three storage compartments. 78 x 36 x 21 has glass doors and shelf. $75 650-594-1494

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299 Computers
HP PRINTER Deskjet 970c color printer. Excellent condition. Software & accessories included. $30. 650-574-3865

LEGAL NOTICES
Fictitious Business Name Statements, Trustee Sale Notice, Alcohol Beverage License, Name Change, Probate, Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons, Notice of Public Sales, and More.
Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County.

300 Toys
CLASSIC CAR model by Danbury Mint $99 (650)345-5502 WWII PLASTIC aircraft models $50 (35 total) 650-345-5502

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247731 The following person is doing business as: Wink Brow Bar, 4060 S. Elcamino Real Suite A #4, SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is hereby registered by the following owner: Hemlata Gorade, 769 Shell Blvd. #102, Foster City, CA 94404. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 11/14/2011 /s/ Scott Plamondon / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/22/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/06/11, 12/13/11, 12/20/11, 12/27/11).

302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect condition includes electric cord $85. (415)565-6719 ANTIQUE STOOL - Rust color cushion with lions feet, antique, $50.obo, (650)525-1410 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

Fax your request to: 650-344-5290 Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com

FOAM INCLINER for twin bed $40 650-692-1942

306 Housewares
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 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 PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated. $100. (650) 867-2720 SALAD SPINNER - Never used, $7.00, (650)525-1410 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, brand new, still in box, $9., (650)755-8238 TOASTER/OVEN WHITE finish barely used $15. 650-358-0421

310 Misc. For Sale


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 29 BOOKS - Variety of authors, $25., (650)589-2893 3 CRAFT BOOKS - hardcover, over 500 projects, $40., (650)589-2893 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 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 BATH TOWELS - Used, Full size, white, good quantity, $4. each, a few beach towels, SSF, (650)871-7200 BAY MEADOWS CLOCK 650-619-9932 $10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247581 The following person is doing business as: Small Bussiness Upgrade, 1001 Bayhill, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: Digitalaga, INC, CA. The business is conducted by a Corportaion. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on10/04/2011 /s/ Small Bussiness Upgrade / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/10/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/06/11, 12/13/11, 12/20/11, 12/27/11).

297 Bicycles
26 MOUNTAIN BIKE, fully suspended, multi gears, foldable. Like new, never ridden. $200. (650)839-1957 BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26, $75. obo (650)676-0732 ROYAL BLUE TrailBlazer Bike 26in. Frame Excellent Cond. Needs Seat, Tires, Rims. $30 650-873-8167

303 Electronics
21 INCH TV Monitor with DVD $45. Call 650-308-6381 3 SHELF SPEAKERS - 8 OM, $15. each, (650)364-0902 46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great condition. $400. (650)261-1541. BIG SONY TV 37" - Excellent Condition Worth $2300 will Sacrifice for only $95., (650)878-9542 FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767 2 FIGURINES - 1 dancing couple, 1 clown face. both $15. (650)364-0902 49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all, (650)592-2648 ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pockets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858 BAY MEADOWS (650)345-1111 bag $30.each, PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-8244 SONY TV fair condition $30 (650)867-2720 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 VINTAGE SEARS 8465 aluminum photo tripod + bag. Sturdy! $25 SOLD

298 Collectibles
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: Nov. 4, 2011 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: Cafe Italia The applicant(s) listed above are applying to Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 1215-1219 Broadway BURLINGAME, CA 94010 Type of license applied for: 41- On-Sale General Eating Place San Mateo Daily Journal November 29, December 6, 13, 2011 1982 PRINT "A Tune Off The Top Of My Head" See: http://tinyurl.com/4y38xld 650-204-0587 $75

307 Jewelry & Clothing


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

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

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MODULAR DESK/BOOKCASE/STORAGE unit - Cherry veneer, white laminate, good for home office or teenagers room, $75., (650)888-0039 PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions $45. each set, (650)347-8061

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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 CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 CRAFTSMAN JIG saw cast iron stand with wheels $25 best offer SOLD DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power 3,450 RPM $50 (650)347-5373 DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power 1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 ENGINE ANALYZER & TIMING LITE Sears Penske USA, for older cars, like new, $60., (650)344-8549 leave msg. HAND DRILL $6.00 (415) 333-8540 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

CTE

San Mateo County Office of Education

2 DINETTE Chairs (650)692-3260

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for

$29

Career Technical Education

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 with drawer and liftup mirror like new $95 (650)349-2195

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

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BASSET LOVE Seat Hide-a-Bed, Beige, Good Cond. Only $30! 650-766-9553 BREAKFAST NOOK DINETTE TABLEsolid oak, 53X66, $29., (650)583-8069 BREAKFAST NOOK DINETTE TABLEsolid oak, 53X66, $29., (650)583-8069 BUNK STYLE Bed elevated bed approx 36 in high w/play/storage under. nice color. $75. 650 591 6283 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 CHILDREN BR - Wardrobe with shelf. bookcase and shelving. attractive colors. $99. (650)591-6283 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

306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE decorator urn "Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H $25., (650)868-0436 21 PIECE Punch bowl glass set $95.00 650 341-8342 49ER HELMET party table dip & chip server $35 650 341-8342 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 CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, Pine cones, icicle lights, mini lights, wreath rings, $4.00 each 650 341-8342 DRIVE MEDICAL design locking elevated toilet seat. New. $45. (650)343-4461 KITCHENAID MIXER - large for bread making, good condition, SOLD! LAMPS - 2 southwestern style lamps with engraved deer. $85 both, obo, (650)343-4461

309 Office Equipment


CALCULATOR - (2) heavy duty, tape Casio & Sharp, $30/ea, (650)344-8549 ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER Smith Corona $60. (650)878-9542 OFFICE LAMP new $7. (650)345-1111 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 BOAT ANCHOR - 12lbs Galvanized $10 (650)364-0902 BOOK "LIFETIME" (408)249-3858 WW1 $12.,

12:30 pm to 2:45 pm

310 Misc. For Sale


10 PLANTS (assorted) for $3.00 each, (650)349-6059 1970 TIFFANY style swag lamp with opaque glass, $59., (650)692-3260

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310 Misc. For Sale
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 BQ GILL with Cover 31/2' wide by 3' tall hardly used $49 650 347-9920 BRUGMANSIA TREE large growth and in pot, $50., (650)871-7200 CANDLE HOLDER with angel design, tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for $100, now $30. (650)345-1111 CHERRY MAPLE Headboard, Footboard only, Full $50. New Maple, Oak cabinet doors $10/ea 650-873-8167 CRAFTMENS 15 GALLON WET DRYVAC with variable speeds and all the attachments, $40., (650)593-7553 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 week-ender Satchel, All 3 at $75., (650)871-7211 GM CODE reader '82-'95 - SOLD!

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310 Misc. For Sale
DUFFEL BAGS - 1 Large Duffel Bag ,1 Xtra Lg. Duffel w Wheels, 1 Leather week-ender Satchel, All 3 at $75., (650)871-7211 ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good condition $50., (650)878-9542 ELVIS PRESLEY poster book $20. (650)692-3260 FLORAL painting, artist signed 14.75x12.75 solid wood frame w/attached wire hanger, $35 (650)347-5104 FRAMED PAINTING - Girl picking daisies, green & white, 22x26, $50., (650)592-2648 GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never used $8., (408)249-3858 GAZEBO SUPPORTS/ Garden Trellis Black Metal Four Supports w/Planter Holders About 10 tall $30. 650-873-8167 GEORGE Magazines, 30, all intact $50/all OBO. (650)574-3229, Foster City HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone perfect condition $55 650 867-2720 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

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LIGHTED CHRISTMAS TREE, 6 Ft Tall with stand, fully lighted, multi colored lights. Pick up Redwood City. $99 650 508-2370, ext. 101 MACINTOSH COMPUTER complete with monitor, works perfectly, only $99, 650-595-3933 MANUAL WHEECHAIRS (2) $75 each. 650-343-1826 MASSAGE TABLE - excellent condition with case, $100. BO, SOLD 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 NATURAL GRAVITY Water System creating Fresh Clear Water for any use $99 650 619-9203 NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners $8. 650-578-8306 NICHOLAS SPARKS Hardback Books 2 @ $3.00 each. (650)341-1861 PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant) with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648

310 Misc. For Sale


PERSIAN KLIN CARPET - 66x39, pink and burgandy, good condition, $100., (650)867-2720 PICTORIAL WORLD History $80/all (650)345-5502 Books

315 Wanted to Buy GO GREEN! We Buy GOLD You Get The $ Green $
Millbrae Jewelers Est. 1957 400 Broadway - Millbrae

316 Clothes
NANCY'S TAILORING & BOUTIQUE Custom Made & Alterations 889 Laurel Street San Carlos, CA 94070 650-622-9439

SF GREETING Cards (300 w/envelopes) factory sealed $20. (650)207-2712 SHEEP SKIN COAT - excellent condition small to med. size very thick. $35. SOLD SHOWER POOR custom made 48 x 69 $70 (650)692-3260 SONY PROJECTION TV Good condtion, w/ Remote, Black $100 (650)345-1111 STUART WOODS Hardback Books 2 @ $3.00 each. (650)341-1861 TIRE CHAINS - brand new, in box, never used, multiple tire sizes, $25., (650)5941494 TWO GREEN/BLACK Metal Bar Chairs Heavy Style Used For Plant Holders $10 each 650-873-8167 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 VINTAGE DENIM, DARK Fabric Large Pieces and Light Denim Bolt, up to $7 a yard 650-873-8167 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. Adj height for patients 5'3 thru 6'4. Brand new. $50. (650)594-1494 WALKER. INVACARE 6291-3f, dual release walker. Fixed 3" wheels & glider tips. Brand new. $50. (650)594-1494 WEBBER BBQ 18" With starter column & cover excellent condition $50, SOLD

650-697-2685

ROUGE BOUTIQUE

316 Clothes
3 BAGS of women's clothes - Sizes 912, $30., (650)525-1410 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

Retro, Vintage Inspired womens clothing, shoes & accessories. Mens shirts, gift items, fun novelties, yoga wear & much more 414 Main St., HALF MOON BAY, CA (650)726-3626 11-6 Daily 12-5 Sundays. Closed Tuesday

317 Building Materials


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

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. DARTBOARD - New, regulation 18 dimeter, Halex brand w/mounting hardware, 6 brass darts, $16., (650)681-7358 GOLF BALLS (325) $65 (650)341-5347

FINO FINO
A Place For Fine Hats Sharon Heights
325 Sharon Heights Drive Menlo Park

680 Autos Wanted

680 Autos Wanted

680 Autos Wanted

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 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 NEW BROWN LEATHER JACKET- XL $25., 650-364-0902 NEW NIKE SB Skunks & Freddy Kruegers Various Sizes $100 415-735-6669 Brown.

GOLF CLUBS - Complete set of mens golf clubs with bag. Like new, $100., (650)593-7553 MORRELL TODD Richards 75 Snowboard (Good Condition) with Burton Boots (size 6 1/2) - $50. 650-766-9553 TENNIS RACKET oversize with cover and 3 Wilson Balls $25 (650)692-3260 TOBOGGAN CLASSIC all wood 4 seater excellent condition $50 OBO (650)345-5446 TOTAL GYM PRO - Valuable home fitness equipment, complete body workout, with simplicity & flexibility, easy storage, excellent condition, $98., SOLD 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

610 Crossword Puzzle

610 Crossword Puzzle

610 Crossword Puzzle

311 Musical Instruments


2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for both. (650)342-4537 3 ACCORDIONS $110/ea. 1 Small Accordion $82. 2 Organs $100/ea (650)376-3762. ELECTRIC STARCASTER Guitar black&white with small amplifier $75. 650-358-0421 PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, Davis & Sons, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle


Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS 1 Derby drink 6 Scully on The X-Files 10 Wasnt I amazing?! 14 Met offering 15 Carded at a club 16 Its __ to tell ... 17 Caribbean preserves? 19 Amazing! 20 NBA tiebreakers 21 Mineo of movies 22 Vitality 24 WWIs Red __ 26 Moths-flame connector 27 South American fellow? 31 Backed-up, in a way 34 Lined up 35 Not blabbing 37 __-Z: classic Camaro 39 The Bee Gees Gee 40 Freds dancing sister 42 Prefix with -naut 43 Japanese noodle 44 __ durn tootin! 45 Arrives 47 Zero, to Zapata 49 North American food container? 51 Available sans Rx 53 Hogwarts motto language 54 On a rampage 58 Oatmeal cooker 59 Corp. leaders degree 62 Many a Saudi 63 Balkan priestly vestment? 66 Oscar winner Minnelli 67 Brio 68 Harriets TV hubby 69 Bakery worker 70 Polite rural agreement 71 Ceaselessly DOWN 1 One-named singer with the debut album Leave (Get Out) 2 __ the crack of dawn 3 Moon landers, briefly 4 Internet __ 5 Pal 6 Play exchange 7 Noun modifier: Abbr. 8 Spring tide counterpart 9 Allow entry 10 East African beachgoers color? 11 On a liner, say 12 Cameron on camera 13 1998 insect-world animated film 18 Seed used in sauerkraut 23 Cagey locale? 24 West Indies watering hole? 25 C or D, to old Romans 27 A cappella group bookings 28 Confederacy foe 29 Start of a Flintstone cry 30 Brynner of The Ten Commandments 32 Dimin.s opposite 33 Andrea __: illfated ship 36 Nuclear test unit 38 Yale Univ. state 41 Yules mo. 46 Textbook update specification 48 Got into a stew? 50 Flamethrower fuel 52 __ eights 54 Indonesian island 55 Modern Family actor Stonestreet 56 Demolish, as a building 57 Bauhaus painter Paul 59 Pencil puzzle 60 Pancake with caviar 61 In the sack 64 Eng. majors degrees 65 Nitrogenous dye

312 Pets & Animals


BIRD CAGE 14x14x8 ecellent condition $25 Daly City, (650)755-9833

322 Garage Sales

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315 Wanted to Buy

315 Wanted to Buy

(650)344-0921

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335 Rugs

310 Misc. For Sale

310 Misc. For Sale

Oriental Rugs
Collection Harry Kourian

650-219-9086
WOOL AREA RUG - Multi-green colors, 5 X 7, $65. obo, (650)290-1960

By Appointment Only

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

By Julian Lim (c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

12/06/11

FLOWER POTS many size (50 pieces) $15/all, (415)346-6038

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420 Recreation Property SAN LUIS OBISPO
INVESTMENT PROPERTIES 2 Parcels, 2.5 Acres ea Flat & Buildable w/Elct & Roads Price Lowered to $40K Terms from $79

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620 Automobiles
CADILLAC 85 Sedan DeVille - 84K miles, great condition inside & outside, SOLD! 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

335 Garden Equipment


POTTED PLANTS (7) $5/each 650-207-0897 TABLE - for plant, $25., perfect condition, (650)345-1111

625 Classic Cars


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 PLYMOUTH 87 Reliant, Immaculate in/out, Runs Great, Garaged. SOLD!

670 Auto Service

670 Auto Parts


HONDA CIVIC FRONT SEAT Gray Color. Excellent Condition $90. San Bruno. 415-999-4947

MB GARAGE, INC.
Repair Restore Sales
Mercedes-Benz Specialists

340 Camera & Photo Equip.


SONY CYBERSHOT DSC-T-50 - 7.2 MP digital camera (black) with case, $175., (650)208-5598 VINTAGE SUPER 8MM CAMERA - Bell & Howell, includes custom carrying case, $50., (650)594-1494

Tel:- 408-867-0374 or 408-803-3905 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

2165 Palm Ave. San Mateo

672 Auto Stereos

(650)349-2744
MERCEDES BENZ REPAIR Diagnosis, Repair, Maintenance. All MBZ Models Elliott Dan Mercedes Master Certified technician 555 O'Neil Avenue, Belmont 650-593-1300

IDEAL CARSALES.COM
Bad Credit No Credit No Problem We Finance!
2001 Ford Mustang Conv, automatic, loaded, #11145, $5,950. 1999 BMW 328I Conv., 2 dr., extra clean, must see, #11144, $6,995. 2001 Ford Focus ZST, 4 dr., automatic, leather, #11143, $4,950. 2007 Chevrolet Ave05, 4 dr., auto., gas saver, #11141, $6,950 2003 Toyota Sienna, loaded, family van, #11135, $7,850. 2004 Nissan Sentra, automatic, loaded, gas saver, #11136, $6,850.

MONNEY CAR AUDIO


We Sell, Install and Repair All Brands of Car Stereos
iPod & iPhone Wired to Any Car for Music Quieter Car Ride Sound Proof Your Car

345 Medical Equipment


SIEMEN GERMAN made Hearing aid, Never used $99., Bobby (415) 239-5651

635 Vans
EMERGENCY LIVING RV. 73 GMC Van, Runs good, $2,850. Will finance, small downpayment. Call for appointments. (650)364-1374 NISSAN 01 Quest - GLE, leather seats, sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks new, $15,500. (650)219-6008

379 Open Houses

470 Rooms
HIP HOUSING Non-Profit Home Sharing Program San Mateo County (650)348-6660

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QUALITY COACHWORKS

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.

Rooms For Rent


Travel Inn, San Carlos

& Paint Expert Body and Paint Personalized Service


411 Woodside Road, Redwood City 650-280-3119

Autobody

31 Years Experience

2001 Middlefield Road Redwood City (650)299-9991

$49 daily + tax $294-$322 weekly + tax


Clean Quiet Convenient Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom Microwave and Refrigerator 950 El Camino Real San Carlos

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.

680 Autos Wanted SAN CARLOS AUTO SERVICE & TUNE UP


A Full Service Auto Repair Facility

(650) 593-3136
Mention Daily Journal

(650)365-1977
1930 El Camino Real Redwood City

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620 Automobiles Dont lose money on a trade-in or consignment! Sell your vehicle in the Daily Journals Auto Classifieds. Just $3 per day. 380 Real Estate Services HOMES & PROPERTIES
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655 Trailers
INFINITI 94 Q45 - Service records included. Black & tan, Garaged, $5,500 obo, (650)740-1743 MERCEDES 03 C230K Coupe - 52K miles, $12,000 for more info call (650)576-1285 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 ROYAL 86 International 5th wheel 1 pullout 40ft. originally $12K, SOLD!

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 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. TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford, never used, $100., (650)504-3621

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670 Auto Service HILLSDALE CAR CARE


WE FIX CARS Quailty Work-Value Price Ready to help

SUTTON AUTO SALES Cash for Cars


Call 650-595-DEAL (3325) Or Stop By Our Lot

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

CADILAC 93 Brougham 350 Chevy 237k miles, new radials, paint, one owner, 35 mpg. $2,800 OBO (650)481-5296

1659 El Camino Real San Carols

call (650) 345-0101 254 E. Hillsdale Blvd. San Mateo


Corner of Saratoga Ave.

Cabinetry

Contractors
GENERAL CONTRACTOR Concrete, decks, sidings, fence, bricks, roof, gutters, drains.
Lic. # 914544 Bonded & Insured

Cleaning

Construction

Construction

Decks & Fences

BELMONT CONSTRUCTION
Residential & Commercial Carpentry & Plumbing Remodeling & New Construction Kitchen, Bath, Structural Repairs Additions, Decks, Stairs, Railings Lic#836489, Ins. & Bonded All work guaranteed Call now for a free estimate

MARSH FENCE & DECK CO.


State License #377047 Licensed Insured Bonded Fences - Gates - Decks Stairs - Retaining Walls 10-year guarantee Quality work w/reasonable prices Call for free estimate (650)571-1500

Call David: (650)270-9586

RISECON NORTH AMERICA


General Contractors / Building & Design New construction, Kitchen-Bath Remodels, Metal Fabrication, Painting Call for free design consultation (650) 274-4484 www.risecon.com L#926933

650-766-1244
Kevin@belmontconstructionca.com

MORALES
HANDYMAN
Fences Decks Arbors Retaining Walls Concrete Work French Drains Concrete Walls Any damaged wood repair Powerwash Driveways Patios Sidewalk Stairs Hauling $25. Hr./Min. 2 hrs.

Free Estimates 20 Years Experience


Contractors Cleaning Concrete

De Martini Construction
General Contractor Doors Windows Bathrooms Remodels Custom Carpentry Fences Decks Licensed & Insured CSLB #962715

MENAS
Cleaning Services

KINGS CONSTRUCTION
Dry Rot, Roofing Repair. All Phase of Construction Small Jobs Welcome 45 yrs. Experience

(650)921-3341 (650)347-5316
Doors
30 INCH white screen door, new $20 leave message 650-341-5364

(650)704-2496
Great Service at a Reasonable Price 16+ Years in Business

(510)386-3543
AGAPE Lic. # 762750

Electricians

Move in/out Steam Carpet Windows & Screens Pressure Washing www.menascleaning.com LICENSED & INSURED
Professional | Reliable | Trustworthy

SUNS CONSTRUCTION
Addiitions Remodeling Framing Foudations Decks Fences Dry Rot

ALL ELECTRICAL SERVICE

650-322-9288
for all your electrical needs
ELECTRIC SERVICE GROUP

Cell (650) 307-3948 Fax (650) 692-0802

(650)922-4786 (415)517-4376
Lic #908368

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Hardwood Floors

Hardwood Floors

Hauling

Hauling

Landscaping FERNANDO ARRELLIN


Landscaping & Pro Gardening Sprinkler systems New fences Flagstone Interlocking pavers New driveways Clean-ups Hauling Gardening Retaining walls Drainage

Painting

MTP
Painting/Waterproofing Drywall Repair/Tape/Texture Power Washing-Decks, Fences No Job Too Big or Small
Lic.# 896174

(650)385-1402
Lic#36267

Call Mike the Painter

(650)271-1320

Electricians
ELECTRICIAN For all your electrical needs
Residential, Commercial, Troubleshooting, Wiring & Repairing Call Ben at (650)685-6617
Lic # 427952

Handy Help HANDYMAN REPAIRS & REMODELING


Carpentry Plumbing Kitchens Bathrooms Dry Rot Decks Priced for You! Call John

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING
Interior & Exterior Pressure Washing Free Estimates

(650)533-9561
Plumbing

(650)296-0568
Free Estimates Lic.#834170

Gardening

HONEST HANDYMAN
Remodeling, Plumbing New Construction, General Home Repair, Demolish No Job Too Small
Lic.# 891766

$69 TO CLEAN AM/PM HAULING


Haul Any Kind of Junk Residential & Commercial Free Estimates! We recycle almost everything! Go Green!

JOSES COMPLETE GARDENING


and Landscaping Full Service Includes: Also Tree Trimming Free Estimates

Moving ARMANDOS MOVING


Specializing in: Homes, Apts., Storages Professional, friendly, careful. Peninsulas Personal Mover Commercial/Residential
Fully Lic. & Bonded CAL -T190632

ANY CLOGGED DRAIN! Sewer trenchless Pipe replacement Water heater installation, and more!

(650)740-8602
RDS HOME REPAIRS
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Russian protesters accuse Putins party of rigging vote


By Jim Heintz
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Around the world


Syria agrees to Arab observers under conditions
DAMASCUS, Syria Syria said Monday it would agree to allow Arab League observers into the country as part of a plan to end almost nine months of bloodshed, but placed a number of conditions, including the cancellation of deeply embarrassing economic sanctions. Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby swiftly rebuffed Damascus demands, and the Syrian opposition accused President Bashar Assads Bashar Assad regime of wasting time and trying to trick Arab leaders into reversing punitive measures against Damascus. Syria has already failed to meet several Arab League ultimatums to end the crackdown which the U.N. says has killed more than 4,000 people since the uprising against Assad erupted in March.

MOSCOW Several thousand protesters took to the streets Monday night and accused Prime Minister Vladimir Putins party of rigging this weekends parliamentary election in which it won the largest share of the seats. It was perhaps the biggest opposition rally in years and ended with police detaining about 300 activists. A group of several hundred marched toward the Central Elections Commission near the Kremlin, but were stopped by riot police and taken away in buses. Estimates of the number of protesters ranged from 5,000 to 10,000. They chanted Russia without Putin and accused his United Russia party of stealing votes. In St. Petersburg, police detained about 120 protesters. United Russia won about 50 percent of Sundays vote, a result that opposition politicians and election monitors said was inated because of ballot-box stufng and other vote fraud. It was a signicant drop from the last election, when the party took 64 percent. Pragmatically, the loss of seats in the State Duma appears to mean little because two of the three other parties winning seats have been reliable supporters of government legislation. Nevertheless, it was a substantial symbolic blow to a party that had become virtually indistinguishable from the state itself. The result has also energized the opposition and poses a humbling challenge to Putin, the countrys dominant gure, in his drive to return

Lithuania cracks down on beggars and almsgivers


REUTERS

Moscow police,left, face off with protesters who contend this weekends election was rigged.
to the presidency. Putin, who became prime minister in 2008 because of presidential term limits, will run for a third term in March, and some opposition leaders saw the parliamentary election as a gamechanger for what had been presumed to be his easy stroll back to the Kremlin. More than 400 Communist Party supporters also gathered Monday to express their indignation over the election, which some called the dirtiest in modern Russian history. The Communists nished second with about 20 percent of the vote. Even compared to the 2007 elections, violations by the authorities and the government bodies that actually control the work of all election organizations at all levels, from local to central, were so obvious and so brazen, said Yevgeny Dorovin, a member of the partys central committee. Putin appeared subdued and glum even as he insisted at a Cabinet meeting Monday that the result gives United Russia the possibility to work calmly and smoothly.

15 eurozone countries put on credit watch


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VILNIUS, Lithuania A coin tossed into a beggars hat in Vilnius can be costly charity. Lithuanias capital recently introduced a ban on panhandling that not only punishes those who beg but those who give, with nes of up to 2,000 litas ($770). Outraged rights groups say the ban spells misery for the needy in one of Europes poorest countries, as winter kicks in and economic turmoil spreads across the continent. Like other European Union nations, Lithuania has been implementing severe welfare cuts that promise to hit the homeless hard. Begging is a human right, said Linas Kukuraitis, director of the Lithuanian chapter of Catholic charity group Caritas. But Vilnius Mayor Arturas Zuokas says the ban will help beggars to nd more sustainable ways to make a living.

BRUSSELS Standard & Poors threatened Monday to downgrade the credit rating of 15 eurozone countries, piling pressure on the currency unions leaders to take radical steps to resolve their debt crisis at a summit later this week. The decision to put 15 eurozone countries including AAA-rating nations such as Germany and Luxembourg on watch for a possible cut in their credit worthiness also threatens to throw the eurozones bailout mechanism into disarray, since the rescue fund relies on those countries stellar rating to cheaply raise money on the markets. Todays CreditWatch placements are prompted

by our belief that systemic stresses in the eurozone have risen in recent weeks to the extent that they now put downward pressure on the credit standing of the eurozone as a whole, S&P said in a statement shortly after markets closed in the United States. The only two euro nations not put on credit watch were Cyprus, which was already under review, and Greece, which already holds the worlds worst rating. The announcement came only hours after French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed sweeping plans to change the European Union treaties in an effort to keep tighter checks on overspending

nations. The proposal is set to form the basis of discussions at a summit of EU leaders on Thursday and Friday that is expected to provide a blueprint for an exit from the crisis. While the Franco-German plan would tie the 17-eurozone nations closer together, a tighter union would likely also result in heavier nancial burdens for the regions stronger economies, which have already put up billions of euros to rescue Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Analysts also noted that the proposals did not foresee a clear roadmap on how to get the eurozone economies growing again and to reduce funding costs for struggling nations in the longterm.

Peru declares emergency over protests


LIMA, Peru President Ollanta Humala declared a 60-day state of emergency that took effect Monday to quell increasingly violent protests over the countrys biggest investment, a highlands gold mine, by peasants who fear it will damage their water supply. The emergency restricts civil liberties such as the right to assembly and allows arrests without warrants in four provinces of Cajamarca state that have been almost paralyzed for 11 days by protests against the $4.8billion Conga gold-and-copper mining project. U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp. is the projects majority owner.

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