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Garbage complaints down

By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Peninsula garbage customers are
logging fewer complaints about
missed pickups and other snafus
with new provider Recology but
some are also voicing frustration
with a recent spate of double-digit
service rate hikes, according to the
Inside overseeing agency.
The call volume
SBWMA is the 12-agency joint
powers authority that contracts with
immediately available
Devincenzi said the majority are
but gruntled customers, are also quiet.
The county is no longer receiving
Garbage rates is substantially Recology on behalf of its members more inquiries about types of pro- any calls or complaints about col-
on rise in down now over the lections services, said Health
Burlingame including Belmont, Burlingame, grams rather than specific issues.
first few weeks East Palo Alto, Foster City, Menlo “It is all greatly improved since System spokeswoman Robyn Thaw.
See page 3 when customers lit A Recology representative did not
Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, the rollout,” she said.
up the phones at the San Mateo, Atherton, Hillsborough, The phone lines at San Mateo respond to an inquiry about its
South Bayside San Mateo County and the West County’s Health System, which phone traffic.
Waste Management Authority, said Bay Sanitary District. were also busy in the first few Devincenzi said some calls after
spokeswoman Monica Devincenzi.
Exact call numbers were not weeks of the year because of dis- See TRASH, Page 20

Accused explosion
scammer to trial
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A San Francisco woman who

posed as a San Bruno explosion vic-
tim to secure money and other aid
will stand trial
for fraud while
her alleged part-
ner in crime
remains on the
lam.
Niesha Marie
Taylor, 26,
waived her right
Niesha Taylor to a speedy trial
and heads
straight to trial on several felonies.
Deonte Jerome Bennett, 26, was
arrested at the same time as Taylor
but never appeared for his original
arraignment Oct. 25 and is wanted
DAILY JOURNAL FILE PHOTO
on a $100,000 arrest warrant.
Douglas Castello was found dead in the early morning hours of Jan. 21, 2008 by a fellow employee who then
Taylor is free from custody on a
notified police. At the time, police said Castello’s death may have been related to a robbery attempt at the
$100,000 bail bond. She returns to
restaurant located across the street from the Hillsdale Shopping Center on El Camino Real in San Mateo.
court Feb. 23 to enter a Superior
who have already accepted negotiat-
ed plea deals, allegedly entered the
San Bruno victim assistance center
five days after the explosion and fire
claiming to have lost all their
belongings. On Sept. 14, they pre-
sented addresses within the disaster
zone found on the Internet. They
tried getting new identification from
the Department of Motor Vehicles
so they could then receive aid from
Pacific Gas and Electric but were
apprehended by San Bruno police.
The two other women, Lisa
Monique Justin, 42, and Sonya
Smith, 44, are San Bruno residents
but live five miles from the neigh-

Looking for answers

Court plea and set a trial date.
The pair, along with two women
See TRIAL, Page 20

Three years later,T.G.I.Friday’s murder remains unsolved
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Three years after Douglas
Castello was killed at the San Mateo
restaurant where he worked, his for-
mer girlfriend is still desperately
trying to find his killer.
Castello was found dead at T.G.I.
Friday’s, where he worked as a
night manager, in San Mateo just
after 5 a.m. Jan. 21, 2008. An autop-
sy revealed the cause of death to be
blunt trauma to the head.
His killer is still on the loose and
a $40,000 reward is being offered to
anyone who can bring Castello’s
Representing at the Pro Bowl
killer to justice.
Castello was
not lived long in the Bay Area
before he was killed and was
Local cheer squad heading to Hawaii
dating Laura estranged from his family, Johnson By Heather Murtagh tional cost.
Johnson at the said. DAILY JOURNAL STAFF “The girls worked super hard to
time of his “He hadn’t talked to his brothers achieve this,” said Rachel
death. The cou- in 15 years before he was killed. He San Mateo native Tom Brady may Schmulewicz, who has coached the
ple were prep- hadn’t seen his father since he was be leading the AFC team during the squad for seven years.
ping to take a little and did not speak with his 2011 Pro Bowl later this month, but Squads compete for the opportu-
cruise together mother for at least 12 years before he’s not the only local who will be at nity during camp held over the sum-
in April 2008 he died,” Johnson said. Aloha Stadium Jan. 30. mer through the United Spirit
Douglas and Castello Since Castello has no family Mills High School’s varsity cheer- Organization. Girls participated in
Castello planned on tak- locally standing up to find his killer, leading squad is one of a number of the cheer and song, basically dance,
ing Johnson shopping for a “prom- Johnson has taken that job on her- high school squads traveling to sections of the camp held in July at
ise” ring before he was killed. self. Hawaii as part of the annual half- the University of California at Santa
Friday is the third anniversary of She maintains a website in time show. Mills has earned the Cruz. Receiving almost unanimous
Castello’s murder. invitation before, but hasn’t taken it
Castello, from Portland, Ore., had See CASTELLO, Page 20 in a number of years due to the addi- See CHEER, Page 20
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Unscramble these four Jumbles,
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WHASS Parliament so other lawmakers could
have a chance to rebut them, instead of
making comments online.
COTESK Hoyle warned Wednesday that law-
makers should not use Twitter to update
followers while they sit in the
Commons.
TASHAG
Now arrange the circled letters
to form the surprise answer, as Police chief: Man
suggested by the above cartoon.
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A: A
RANDOLPH, Mass. — Police say a
(Answers tomorrow)
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Boston man picked the wrong mark
Yesterday’s
Answer: A co-worker who takes his time can do when he tried to sell him fake gold jew-
this — TAKE YOURS elry at a grocery store.
The man approached William Pace on
Sunday and offered to sell him a bracelet
and chain marked as 14 karat gold for
$100. Two problems - Pace is the police
chief in Randolph, Mass., and he owns a
jewelry store.
Pace, who was out of uniform, tells
The Patriot Ledger he could tell the gold
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — An owl
attack has left a 4-pound Chihuahua
with a healthy fear of the dark.
The attack happened when Chico the
Chihuahua was out for a walk with his
owner George Kalomiris in the Chicago
suburb of Crystal Lake last week.
Kalomiris says they were walking down
the street when a great horned owl
swooped down and tried to fly away
with the 3-year-old dog.
Kalomiris says he kept a firm grip on
Chico’s leash as the bird dragged the
dog across the sidewalk, and he man-
aged to scare the owl away.
Chico was treated for a puncture
wound caused by the owl’s talons, and
his owner says he’s still traumatized.
Kalomiris says the dog now refuses to
go outside at night.
Deer smashes through
window of Castro Valley home
CASTRO VALLEY — A Castro
Valley couple won’t be filing a police
report after their home was broken into.
John Starkweather said the animal
was chased out of a neighbor’s backyard
onto his property. It may have gotten
scared when it found itself fenced in and
decided to jump through the window
instead of going back the way it came.
He took photos of the rampaging ani-
mal and said it did not appear to have
suffered any injuries.
Woman finds $280K
of drugs in vacuum
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A Green Bay,
Wis., woman opened a Christmas pres-
ent from her children to find a refur-
bished vacuum — and a load of drugs.
Authorities say the woman found 2
pounds of crystal methamphetamine and
2.2 pounds of cocaine shrink wrapped
inside the box. Sheriff’s officials esti-
mate the drugs’ street value at about
$280,000.
Lt. David Poteat tells the Green Bay
Press-Gazette that a smuggler likely put
the drugs in the box before it was
shipped from the Juarez, Mexico, area,
where it had been reconditioned.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Garbage rates on rise in Burlingame
City joins others in hike; officials express displeasure
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Describing the situation as having a gun to
their heads, the Burlingame City Council
unanimously approved a 17 percent rate hike
for all garbage and recycling Monday night
with the hope of studying other options in the
year ahead.
Well over an hour of public comment
against the increase was heard on the video of
Monday night’s meeting. Residents expressed
concerns over the protest process and prob-
lems with services in recent weeks. Only 55
written protests and about 50 phone calls were
taken on the topic, not enough to bar the vote.
New rates will go into effect Feb. 1.
Councilman Michael Brownrigg was partic-
ularly clear he didn’t want residents to think
there was truly a choice in the matter.
“There are no Burlingame garbage trucks
able to pick up the trash. There are no other
options. For now we have none, and I don’t
think we should pretend that we do,” he said,
describing the situation as having an SBWMA
gun to the city’s head.
Councilwoman Cathy Baylock noted the
city researched other options a couple years
back, which was unsuccessful. But she was
hopeful new options would arise in the year
ahead.
Burlingame’s rate increase is based on sev-
eral factors including an 11 percent cost of
solid waste collection and disposal; 1.4 per-
cent increase due to customers using smaller
containers with less revenue potential; and 4.6
LOCAL
“There are no Burlingame
garbage trucks able to pick up the
trash.There are no other options.For now we have
none,and I don’t think we should pretend that we do.” Burglary. An unknown suspect broke a door
— Michael Brownrigg,Burlingame councilman
percent increase to pay Allied’s final bill
under the expiring franchise agreement,
according to a staff report written by Finance
Director Jesus Nava.
Brownrigg and Vice Mayor Jerry Deal were
vocal about the 4.6 percent increase being a
one-time cost. While it may be, a Recology
representative explained the labor agreement
has a 4 percent annual increase in place. As a
result, next year’s cost may have a smaller
overall increase but will include the 4 percent.
Burlingame’s proposed rate increase is
among several considered by Peninsula cities
in part because of new provider Recology that
began its contract Jan. 1 with the South
Bayside Waste Management Authority.
SBWMA, also known as RethinkWaste,
broke with former provider Allied Waste to
contract with Recology for the next decade.
The change has brought new bins and new
service but also new pricing for member agen-
cies like Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo
Alto, Foster City, Menlo Park, Redwood City,
San Carlos, San Mateo, Atherton,
Hillsborough, San Mateo County and the
West Bay Sanitary District.
Atherton residents are on the highest end of
the spectrum with a 38.9 percent proposal and
SAN MATEO
Menlo Park has the lowest at 9.4 percent. In
between, the proposals include 32.6 percent in
Hillsborough, 23.3 percent in San Mateo, and
29.5 percent in Foster City. Redwood City,
with an 18 percent increase, and Foster City
have already approved the new rates.
In other business, the council agreed to
study the de-annexation of 1125 Jackling
Drive to the town of Hillsborough. The 3-2
vote, with Brownrigg and Deal opposing, will
allow staff to consider tax ramifications for
the city and Burlingame Elementary and
Hillsborough City school districts should the
property be moved to Hillsborough.
The property has a Hillsborough street
address and access but the land is actually in
Burlingame, which the owner, Maurissa
Hefferan, has noted causes problems when
there are calls for emergency services.
Hefferan is requesting the land become part
of Hillsborough to avoid future confusion.
Such a change will result in a decrease of
property tax and storm drainage revenue to
Burlingame of about $3,000 annually. Both
cities must sign off on such a change.
Hefferan did offer to pay the loss in storm
drain revenue, which would be about $9,000
over the life of the fee.
Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011 3
Police reports
Stealing snacks
A vending machine was stolen from
the 200 block of West 39th Avenue in
San Mateo before 1:32 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 13.
lock of a residence on the 300 block of 37th
Avenue before 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17.
Theft. Liquor was stolen by two men from a
store on the 800 block of North Delaware
Street before 12:51 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16.
Vandalism. A vehicle was scratched at the
intersection of North Claremont Street and
East Poplar Avenue before 9:57 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 15.
Drunk. A drunk man was harassing cus-
tomers at a business on the 500 block of East
Third Avenue before 12:00 a.m. Friday, Jan.
14.
Theft. A phone and credit cards were stolen
from a woman’s daughter on the 2200 block
of Bridgepointe Parkway before 9:42 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 14.
REDWOOD CITY
Disturbance. A man was disturbing cus-
tomers and threatening security, waving an
object, possibly a firecracker, on Broadway
before 11:52 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17.
Vandalism. A vehicle was keyed, its front
windshield was broken and passenger’s-side
headlight was cracked on Middlefield Road
before 6:02 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17.
Burglary. Three females were seen breaking
windows on vehicles on St. Francis Street
before 4:19 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 16.
4 Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011 LOCAL/STATE/NATION THE DAILY JOURNAL

FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
• U.S. Rep. Anna
Eshoo, D-Palo Alto,
was elected ranking
member of the
Energy and
C o m m e r c e
Committee’s Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology for the
112th Congress. She is the first woman in
the history of the subcommittee to serve in
a leadership role.
Last week, Eshoo also announced that
she will serve as a co-chair of the biparti-
san, bicameral Congressional Internet
Caucus, joining U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte,
R-VA, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT,
and U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-SD.
STATE GOVERNMENT
• State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San
Francisco/San Mateo was named
“Legislator of the Year” by the American
Psychological Association based on
authoring several bills supported by the
group including legislation to assist domes-
tic violence victims, protect state whistle-
blowers, safeguard children who ski and
snowboard and provide youth offenders
sentenced to life without parole an opportu-
nity to earn a new sentence of 25 years to
life.
• Yee also introduced legislation that
would require California community col-
lege districts to create a salary and service
credit schedule for part-time faculty that
mirrors the schedule for full-time faculty
who have the same years of experience and
have met the same academic requirements.
Judge allows gay couples’lawsuit against CalPERS
By Julia Cheever
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
Three married gay and lesbian couples in
which one partner is a state employee have
won an important step in their fight for the
equal right to buy long-term care insurance
from the state’s pension system.
In a ruling issued on Tuesday, U.S. District
Judge Claudia Wilken of Oakland said the
couples can proceed with a lawsuit they filed
in April against the U.S. Treasury Department
and the California Public Employees’
Retirement System, known as CalPERS.
Wilken said that two federal laws used to
deny the same-sex spouses the right to buy
long-term care insurance “do not bear a
rational relationship to a legitimate govern-
ment interest.”
The two laws are the Defense of Marriage
Act, or DOMA, which bars federal recogni-
tion of same-sex marriage, and a section of the
Internal Revenue Code that prohibits same-
Banks: Fewer consumer loans going bad
By Eileen AJ Connelly and Pallavi Gogoi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Americans are starting to
get their household finances in order.
In an encouraging round of earnings
reports, major banks say fewer mortgages are
going bad, credit card defaults are down and
more people are paying the bills on time.
One of the nation’s largest consumer
lenders, Wells Fargo, said Wednesday that 29
percent fewer loans went bad in the last three
months of 2010 than the year before. And late
sex spouses from receiving favorable tax treat-
ment for insurance plans.
Wilken did not explicitly strike down the
DOMA law, but said it could not be used as a
basis for dismissing the lawsuit.
She turned down a bid by the U.S. Justice
Department for dismissal and said the case
can go to trial.
Several other challenges to DOMA are
pending in other U.S. courts, including a rul-
ing in which a federal judge in Boston over-
turned the measure. That decision is now on
appeal.
The three couples in the CalPERS lawsuit
— Michael Dragovich and Michael Gaitley,
Elizabeth Litteral and Patricia Fitzsimmons
and Carolyn Light and Cheryl Light — were
married during a five-month window in 2008
when same-sex marriage was legal in
California.
One member of each couple works for the
University of California, San Francisco
Medical Center and is therefore a state
employee.
payments on loans considered likely to default
declined for the first time since 2008.
Late payments on credit cards issued by
Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and
Citigroup also improved at a record pace at
the end of last year, according to an analysis
by Barclays Capital.
The reports are a sign that Americans are
feeling more comfortable about their finances.
Personal spending powers about 70 percent of
the U.S. economy, and most economists say a
fiscally fit consumer is critical to a strong eco-
nomic recovery.
But CalPERS has refused to make its long-
term care insurance plan available to the
employees’ spouses on the ground that the two
laws would prevent the spouses from receiv-
ing favorable tax treatment.
Future long-term care benefits are exempt
from taxation, and in some cases the insurance
premiums are tax-deductible.
The employees’ spouses could buy long-
term care insurance elsewhere but say they
prefer the popular CalPERS plan.
Claudia Center, a lawyer for the plaintiffs,
called Wilken’s decision “a key legal victory”
and said the couples hope to use the case to
make the CalPERS insurance available to all
same-sex spouses and domestic partners of
state workers.
Center said the plaintiffs’ next steps will be
to seek to add two same-sex domestic partners
to the case and have the lawsuit declared a
class action. She said that sometime this sum-
mer, the plaintiffs will ask Wilken to issue a
summary judgment in their favor without a
trial.
“There are signs of stability and growth,”
said JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon.
The bank news comes after a holiday shop-
ping season in which spending was the
strongest since 2006, and auto sales grew 11
percent last year, the first gains since 2005.
Taken together, the spending indicators are
the “strongest showing for consumers since
the peak years of the last expansion,” and sig-
nal that the economy is “near a threshold of
self-sustaining growth,” analysts at Citi
Investment Research & Analysis said in a
report earlier this month.

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Leaders skeptical of Brown’s budget
By Juliet Williams
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown tried
Wednesday to sell his budget proposal to
skeptical local government officials, many of
whom are concerned about his plan to elimi-
nate the redevelopment agencies they rely on
for construction projects.
Brown addressed about 250 officials in
Sacramento during a meeting of the California
League of Cities, repeating his message about
the need for shared sacrifice as the state faces
an ongoing fiscal crisis.
The group has criticized Brown’s plan to
help close California’s $25 billion deficit over
the next 18 months by transferring about $1.7
billion in redevelopment money to the state’s
general fund. The Democratic governor said
the tax revenue is needed for other programs
such as schools and courts.
He said he understands the leaders’ desire to
protect redevelopment agencies, which direct
property tax revenue into new developments,
but noted there are few options to balance the
budget.
He lamented having to make deep cuts to
social welfare programs and universities.
“None of it’s good, but tell me how else to
draw the lines?” Brown said. “I think we have
to, all of us, rise above our own particular per-
spective. Get out of the comfort zone and try
and think as Californians first.”
Philadelphia explosion kills one, hurts six
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — A gas main explosion
caught on video sent a 50-foot fireball into the
sky above a Philadelphia neighborhood, killing
a utility worker, injuring six other people and
forcing dozens of residents from their homes.
The city health department said 19-year-old
Mark Keeley, a Philadelphia Gas Works
employee, was killed in the blast Tuesday in the
Tacony neighborhood, which destroyed nearby
buildings and torched several vehicles.
Three PGW employees critically injured in
the explosion remained in a hospital burn unit.
A hospital spokeswoman said one was in criti-
cal but stable condition Wednesday but the
families had asked that no further information
STATE/NATION
Gov.Jerry Brown walks through the state capitol in Sacramento.
Brown is proposing about $12 billion in
spending cuts and wants to ask voters in a
June special election to extend temporary tax
increases enacted two years ago on sales,
income and vehicles for another five years,
generating an estimated $11 billion. The
Legislature has until March to call the elec-
tion.
be released about the others.
Executive Chief Daniel Williams of the
Philadelphia Fire Department said two other
injured utility employees and a firefighter had
been released by Wednesday evening. Debris
had been cleared from the scene to allow inves-
tigators to begin trying to find the cause of the
blast, he said.
Jim Campoli, 61, told The Philadelphia
Inquirer that he was at home, listening to the
radio, when a police officer banged on his door
and told him to evacuate. He said he and sever-
al people were standing on the corner watching
utility and fire crews working when the fireball
burst into the sky.
The force of the explosion knocked down a
man standing with Campoli, he said.
REUTERS
Brown invited local officials to bring their
ideas to him.
The officials said they were open to discus-
sions with the governor but vowed to fight the
redevelopment proposal. The league’s chief
executive, Chris McKenzie, called it an
extreme proposal that was not well thought-
out.
“Oh, man! It just blew up the whole street,”
Campoli said.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter of
the American Red Cross opened a comfort cen-
ter to help residents of the 15 to 20 dwellings
affected by the blast. The Red Cross helped
about 75 people who visited the center during
the evening. All were allowed back home by
early Wednesday or found a place to stay, the
Red Cross said.
The newspaper said those evacuated includ-
ed about 24 people from a senior care home.
Jim Smith, a supervisor in the Philadelphia
Fire Department’s communications center, said
a company was dispatched after the center
received a report of an odor of gas in the neigh-
borhood.
Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011 5
Around the state
L.A.schools step up
security after student shooting
LOS ANGELES — Security officers wield-
ing metal detecting wands meticulously
searched students Wednesday as they waited in
a long line outside a Los Angeles high school
where two 15-year-olds were shot in a class-
room a day earlier.
The stepped-up security measures come after
a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun being carried
in a backpack by a 10th-grader discharged
Tuesday when he put the bag down on a desk
at Gardena High School, authorities said.
A bullet pierced a boy in the neck, exited,
and hit a girl in the head. The boy was doing
well Wednesday, while the girl remained in
serious condition with a skull fracture.
The girl regained consciousness and could
move her body after surgery to remove a blood
clot from her brain caused by the bullet’s
impact, said Julie Rees, spokeswoman for Los
Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical
Center. The boy was expected to be discharged
Wednesday night, Rees said.
Handgun ammo rules thrown out
FRESNO — A trial court judge in central
California has thrown out key sections of a
state law restricting handgun ammunition
sales, barring authorities from registering bullet
buyers’ thumbprints on the grounds that it
would be unconstitutional.
Gun rights supporters applauded Tuesday’s
ruling in Fresno County Superior Court, saying
the law would have created uncertainty by forc-
ing local sheriffs and firearms shops to decide
for themselves what caliber of bullets were
covered under the regulations.
The statute also would have compelled cus-
tomers to buy their handgun ammunition in
face-to-face transactions, which they said
would not have prevented a tragedy like the
Jan. 8 shooting rampage in Arizona that killed
six people and wounded 13 others, including
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Bell student shot near high school
BELL — Authorities say a 16-year-old Bell
High School student has been shot near a pop-
ular burger restaurant a block away from his
school.
Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Don
Kunitomi says the shooting occurred around
3:30 p.m. near Boulevard Burgers on Florence
Avenue.
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House votes to repeal health care law
Local reactions
“The attempt to
repeal health
care reform
would hurt the
people who
need health
insurance the
most:seniors,
children and
workers.Some
97,000 seniors in my district would
be denied preventive care that
health care reform guarantees.
Some 11,300 seniors who hit the
donut hole each year would be
denied the 50 percent prescription
drug brand name discount.This
would cost each of these seniors at
least an additional $500 this year.
“Some 31,000 children in the
district with pre-existing conditions
— like asthma,acne,obesity or even
devastating conditions like cancer
— could again be denied insurance.
Some 2,700 young people up to the
age of 26 would no longer be
allowed to stay on their parents’
plan.
— U.S.Rep.Jackie Speier,D-San Mateo
“Last year,I
voted to give
millions of
Americans the
same
healthcare
options as I
receive as a
member of
Congress.
Today,Republicans voted to take
away those options and return our
country to insurance companies
setting the rules and patients
having non alternatives.
“Repeal would immediately strip
the majority of my constituents of
essential protections,removing the
ban on lifetime caps,raising taxes
on small business,and increasing
prescription drug costs for seniors.
It would also add $230 billion
directly to the deficit over the next
ten years and more than a trillion
dollars over twenty years,
according to the non-partisan
Congressional Budget Office.”
— U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto
By David Espo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Swiftly hon-
oring a campaign pledge, newly
empowered Republicans pushed
legislation to repeal the nation’s
year-old health care overhaul
through the House Wednesday
night, brushing aside implacable
opposition in the Senate and a veto
threat from President Barack
Obama.
The 245-189 vote was largely
along party lines, and cleared the
way for the second phase of the
“repeal and replace” promise that
victorious Republicans made to the
voters last fall. GOP officials said
that in the coming months, congres-
sional committees will propose
changes to the existing legislation,
calling for elimination of a require-
ment for individuals to purchase
coverage, for example, and recom-
mending curbs on medical malprac-
tice lawsuits.
Republicans also intend to try to
reverse many of the changes
Democrats made to Medicare
Advantage, the private alternative to
the traditional government-run
health care pro-
gram for sen-
iors.
Like the
repeal bill itself,
these other
measures will
require Senate
approval and a
Barack Obama presidential sig-
nature to take
effect, and the prospect is for
months of maneuvering on the
issue.
Debate across two days leading to
the vote was markedly restrained, as
lawmakers in both political parties
observed self-imposed vows of
civility in the wake of the shooting
rampage in Arizona that left six
dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
wounded.
But there was no mistaking the
significance many first-term
Republican lawmakers attached to a
day they had long waited for, finally
getting a chance to speak and then
vote on the House floor against a
law they had campaigned for
months to repeal.
Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C. said the
legislation produced by Obama and
congressional Democrats was a
“job-killing, socialistic” approach
to health care. Rep. Frank Guinta of
New Hampshire, who defeated a
Democratic incumbent last fall, said
it was misguided, needing repeal.
“The American people have
soundly, soundly rejected the
Democrats’ government takeover of
health care,” said Rep. Sandy
Adams of Florida.
Rep. Steve Southerland, also of
Florida, said the law imposes a
crushing tax burden on businesses,
and he predicted “1.6 million jobs
will be lost by 2014 due to this man-
date” to require many businesses to
provide coverage for employees.
Both Floridians won their seats
by turning out Democratic incum-
bents.
“This is not symbolic. This is why
we were sent here,” added Rep.
Michelle Bachman, of Minnesota, a
third-term conservative with strong
support among tea party activists.
On the short end of the vote,
Democrats challenged Republican
claims and highlighted politically
popular elements of the bill that
would be wiped out if repeal took
effect.

Federal grand jury indicts Around the nation

Pa. abortion doctor charged
with eight counts of murder
By Patrick Walters and Maryclaire Dale
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — An abortion doctor
who catered to minorities, immigrants and
poor women was charged with eight counts of
murder in the deaths of a patient and seven
babies who were born alive and then killed
with scissors, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 69, made millions of
dollars over 30 years, performing as many
illegal, late-term abortions as he could, prose-
cutors said. State regulators ignored com-
plaints about him and failed to visit or inspect
his clinic since 1993, but no charges were
warranted against them, District Attorney Seth
Williams said.
Gosnell “induced labor, forced the live birth
of viable babies in the sixth, seventh, eighth
month of pregnancy and then killed those
babies by cutting into the back of the neck
with scissors and severing their spinal cord,”
Williams said.
Williams said patients
were subjected to squalid
and barbaric conditions at
Gosnell’s Women’s
Medical Society.
Authorities went to
investigate drug-related
complaints at the clinic last
year and stumbled on what
Kermit Gosnell Williams called a “house
of horrors.”
“There were bags and bottles holding abort-
ed fetuses were scattered throughout the
building,” Williams said. “There were jars,
lining shelves, with severed feet that he kept
for no medical purpose.”
The clinic was shut down and Gosnell’s
medical license was suspended after the raid.
Workers, some of whom were also charged
with murder, were untrained and unlicensed,
including a high-school student who per-
formed anesthesia with potentially lethal nar-
cotics, Williams said.
Arizona shooting suspect
PHOENIX — A federal grand jury on
Wednesday indicted the suspect in the deadly
Arizona shooting rampage
that wounded U.S. Rep.
Gabrielle Giffords.
The indictment against
Jared Loughner, 22, accus-
es him of attempting to
assassinate Giffords and
trying to kill two of her
aides.
Jared Loughner It does not include two
murder charges listed in
an earlier criminal complaint for the deaths of
Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman, 30, and U.S.
District Judge John Roll, 63.
Those are potential death penalty charges. A
statement from the U.S. attorney for Arizona,
Dennis Burke, said those require a more
painstaking process under Justice Department
rules.
Burke said the initial indictment issued by a
grand jury in Tucson was just the beginning of
federal legal action against the 22-year-old
Tucson resident.
Sen. Joe Lieberman
says he will retire in 2012
STAMFORD, Conn. — Sen. Joe Lieberman
of Connecticut announced Wednesday that he
will not seek a fifth term, ending a political
career spanning four
decades in which he
evolved from a reliably
Democratic state legislator
into an independent U.S.
senator who backed the war
in Iraq and the Republican
candidate for president.
While Lieberman’s sup-
porters lamented his deci-
Joe Lieberman
sion not to run in 2012,
many constituents, especially Democrats, said
they were pleased because the “Joe” they knew
as a state lawmaker and activist state attorney
general is already long-gone.
“I think Joe at one point was a really good
legislator. ... He was on the right side of the
issues,” said Leslie Simoes of West Hartford, an
advocate for people with disabilities and a reg-
istered Democrat.
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Hu concedes China’s rights need help
By Ben Feller
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — In a rare concession on
a highly sensitive issue, Chinese President Hu
Jintao used his White House visit on
Wednesday to acknowledge “a lot still needs
to be done” to improve human rights in his
nation accused of repressing its people.
President Barack Obama pushed China to
adopt fundamental freedoms but assured Hu
the U.S. considers the communist nation a
friend and vital economic partner.
Hu’s comments met with immediate skepti-
cism from human rights advocates, who dis-
missed them as words backed by no real his-
tory of action. Hu contended his country has
“made enormous progress” but provided no
specifics. Still, his remarks seemed to hearten
and surprise U.S. officials, coming during an
elaborate visit that centered on boosting trade
and trust between the world’s two largest
economies.
More broadly, Hu and Obama sought to
show off a more mature and respectful rela-
tionship, not the one often defined by disputes
over currency, sovereignty and freedoms. Hu
said he wanted even closer contact with
Obama; Obama sought again to embrace
China’s rise, and the two men shared some
unexpected laughs.
GOP spending cuts would affect millions of people
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Low-income students
may get smaller grants and the newly disabled
might have to wait longer for their benefits.
And just about every politician is going to get
an earful from the local PTA if school aid gets
whacked.
Republicans are finding it’s one thing to
issue a blanket promise to cut spending, an
entirely different matter when you actually
NATION/WORLD
Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome president of China Hu Jintao for a
State Dinner at the White House in Washington,D.C.
The Chinese president was treated lavishly,
granted the honor of the third state dinner of
Obama’s presidency. He was welcomed in the
morning to the sounds of military bands and
the smiles of children on the South Lawn; he
was capping the evening at a black-tie White
House gala of jazz musicians and all-
American food.
take the scissors to $1 of every $6 spent by
agencies like the IRS, the FBI, NASA and the
National Park Service. Federal layoffs would
be unavoidable, the White House warns.
That’s the real-world impact of House
Republicans’ campaign promise to cut $100
billion from the budgets of domestic agencies.
Next week, they plan to vote on a resolution
setting appropriations for the rest of the year
at 2008 pre-recession levels in place before
President Barack Obama took office.
REUTERS
Eager to show progress, particularly with
the unemployment weighing down his coun-
try, Obama said the nations sealed business
deals that would mean $45 billion in U.S.
exports and create roughly 235,000 jobs. The
package included moves by China to expand
U.S. investment and curtail theft of intellectu-
al property.
The vote will be largely symbolic. The actu-
al cuts would have to be made in appropriations
bills that would have to clear a 60-vote hurdle
in the Senate, where Republicans hold only 47
seats. The $100 billion promise, contained in
the GOP’s “Pledge to America” campaign
manifesto, is based on cuts from Obama’s
budget recommendations for 2011, but the
actual savings in returning to Bush-era levels
would be a little less since the government is
operating at last year’s slightly lower budget.
Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011 7
Around the world
Lawyer: Duvalier
plans to remain in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian
authorities want Jean-Claude Duvalier to leave
the country, but the once-feared dictator will
not go and could even choose to get involved
in politics, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.
Defense attorney Reynold Georges told
reporters that it is Duvalier’s right to remain in
Haiti, but that he is free to travel. He stressed
that Haiti’s government has not ordered
Duvalier to return to France following his sur-
prise return on Sunday.
“He is free to do whatever he wants, go
wherever he wants,” Georges said of the once-
feared strongman, known as “Baby Doc.” “It
is his right to live in his country ... He is going
to stay. It is his country.”
But Duvalier, whose reasons for coming
back to Haiti remain murky, stayed
sequestered in his room at the upscale Hotel
Karibe in the hills above downtown Port-au-
Prince and spoke publicly only through his
lawyers. At one point, he went out on his bal-
cony and waved to a small group of supporters
on the street.
Tunisia calms as
government rejects old guard
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s new govern-
ment began releasing prisoners Wednesday
and moved to track down assets stashed over-
seas by its deposed president and his widely
disliked family.
Tensions on the streets appeared to be calm-
ing as the administration tried to show it was
distancing itself from the old guard.
Hundreds of protesters led a rally in central
Tunis demanding that former allies of deposed
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stop cling-
ing to power. Later, about 30 youths in the
capital broke a curfew and set up camp near
the heavily guarded Interior Ministry, bringing
mats, food and water for an overnight sit-in.
Police didn’t bother them.
In recent days, police have fired tear gas and
clubbed protesters.
8 Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011
Reporters’ notebook
T
he San Mateo City Council
Tuesday night gave its unanimous
approval for Station Park Green, a
599-unit mixed-use development slated to
be built on the site where a Kmart current-
ly sits on Delaware Street. The project went
through five years of planning before the
council made its decision to approve the
project. The city offered a 10-year develop-
ment deal for the project so financing to the
tune of $300 million can be secured.
***
Foster City residents will see garbage
rates increase from $13.73 a month to
$17.78 a month for most customers starting
Feb. 1. The council unanimously approved
the rate hike Tuesday night but not before
Mayor Linda Koelling said the new serv-
ice provider, Recology, had experienced
“hiccups” during the transition from the old
provider, Allied Waste. Recology secured a
10-year contract to collect garbage for 10
cities and unincorporated San Mateo
County.
***
Monday was not just Martin Luther
King Jr. Day but also a day of service.
Kaiser Permanente South San
Francisco worked in conjunction with the
South San Francisco Parks and
Recreation Department to build a garden
at Ponderosa Elementary School. This
garden will be supported by the children
who attend the after-school program during
the school year to plant and harvest fresh
fruit and vegetables. The goal of the pro-
gram is to help eliminate obesity in children
by teaching them about healthy eating; one
way is through a sustainable garden.
***
Employees at the Kaiser Permanente
Redwood City Medical Center also
changed from scrubs to sweats Monday to
help the community. The group partnered
with Garfield Elementary School in Menlo
Park to build shelves, paint and organize.
***
Anyone out there enjoy crab? The
Belmont Rotary Club is holding its annual
Crab Feed starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
22 at the Twin Pines Community Center
in Belmont. A silent auction, raffle and no-
host bar begins at 6 p.m. followed by all-
you-can-eat crab, door prizes and live auc-
tion at 7 p.m. The raffle will go throughout
the evening with the top prize being $500.
LOCAL
Tickets are $60 and raffle tickets are $5, or
five for $20. Raffle winners need not be
present to win.
Proceeds from the event help fund a high
school scholarship program. In addition, the
group will be helping an elementary school
in Mazatlan; distributing dictionaries to all
third graders in Belmont schools; helping
to subsidize underprivileged kids at
Footsteps after-school program; sponsoring
Rotaract at Notre Dame de Namur
University and Interact at Carlmont High
School; and complete a community “Rotary
at Work” Day in the spring.
For more information contact Vince at
574-1100 or vince@borelfinancial.com.
***
Earlier this week, Sequoia Hospital in
Redwood City announced the distribution of
$100,000 in community grants to five local
agencies: Peninsula Family Service,
Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., Rebuilding
Together Peninsula, Samaritan House and
Second Harvest Food Bank. These San
Mateo County agencies who collaborate in
carrying out the Sequoia Hospital
Homecoming Project. This innovative,
multi-faceted program is designed to bridge
the gap between a patient’s discharge from
the hospital and a strong recovery. The pro-
gram began last March and has effectively
served more than 50 seniors in the commu-
nity, enabling them to recuperate success-
fully and independently at home. The goal
is to help recovering seniors avoid the use
of a skilled nursing facility or readmission
to the hospital.
***
House of Bagels seems set to move in to
the old Starbucks site at Third Avenue and
Eldorado Street in San Mateo. We’ll take
ours with extra schmear.
***
Congratulations to Half Moon Bay
Review Editor Clay Lambert for being
named “Editor of the Year” for weekly
publications by the Suburban Newspapers
of America.
The reporters’ notebook is a weekly collection of
facts culled from the notebooks of the Daily
Journal staff. It appears in the Thursday edition.
Public works probe punishes four
Four employees of the San Mateo Public
Works Department performed side jobs
without proper permits and will face disci-
plinary action, Public Works Director Larry
Patterson said in releasing the results of a
three-month internal
investigation the week of
Jan. 21, 2006.
The four
public
works
employees
were noti-
fied of the impending
disciplinary actions, but
the extent of those actions was not made
public. The employees were found to have
performed side jobs for seven San Mateo
residents without obtaining the proper per-
mits and, in some cases, arranging the work
while on duty, Patterson said.
There was no evidence current employees
conducted the work while on duty or with
city tools. One former employee may have
used city tools to perform a job between
2000 and 2002. That person was no longer
an employee with the city. Patterson would
not specify how and when he left his posi-
tion.
Three of the incidents happened between
2000 and 2002 and one happened in 2005,
Patterson said. The disciplinary action
wraps up a three-month investigation that
began Oct. 19, 2005 after an independent
plumber informed Patterson of the possible
improprieties.
The investigation also sparked a top-to-
bottom review of the department.
Coach arrested for molestation
A Woodside High School basketball
coach remains was in custody the week of
Jan. 21, 2006 after being arrested the prior
week on suspicion of child molestation and
a lewd act with a minor.
Guy Hayman, 43, was charged with one
lewd act with a minor more than 10 years
his junior and 40 counts of child annoy-
ance, Redwood City police said. He was
arrested at his Redwood City home on Jan.
11, 2006.
The investigation began Monday, Jan. 9,
2006 after a tip came in the weekend
prior by the victim and the victim’s moth-
er, said Blanc. All the counts are related
to one victim. The District Attorney’s
Office revealed that Hayman was arrested
THE DAILY JOURNAL
and charged with peeping in 1991.
Allied Waste trashed over service
Complaints of poor service seemed to be
piling up when it comes to Allied Waste
garbage service the week of Jan. 21, 2006
and city officials were taking notice.
The South Bayside Waste Management
Authority, which represents cities from
Burlingame to Palo Alto, took aim at the
poor cus-
tomer service
during an
annual performance review held at San
Carlos City Hall.
The main issue was Allied Waste’s lack
of customer service and nearly 700 missed
pickups in 2005 that were not corrected
within 24 hours of a customer complaint.
The company received 9,558 missed pickup
complaints in 2005. Of those, approximate-
ly 670 were not cleared within 24 hours,
according to a report conducted by
SBWMA.
Allied Waste wasn’t supposed to have
more than 180 missed pickups per year.
Anymore than that can result in fines,
according to the garbage contract renewed
the prior year.
San Mateo woman escapes gunfire
A brazen early-morning shooting at a
woman in her car the week of Jan. 21, 2006
sparked worry and concern about the rising
level of violence in the North Central San
Mateo neighborhood.
At 6:40 a.m. Thursday, San Mateo police
responded to several reports of shots fired
into the car of a 49-year-old woman leaving
her duplex in the 300 block of Humboldt
Avenue in San Mateo. The woman was
reversing down the driveway when a man
appeared at her driver’s side window with a
handgun. He fired several rounds into her
car and fled. The woman was not injured.
The incident was the latest in what
appeared to be an increasing amount of vio-
lence in the neighborhood, which surrounds
the King Center. On Oct. 5, 2005, a 24-
year-old man was shot in the back at the
King Center playground regarding a dis-
agreement over a woman. The shooter, from
San Francisco, was arrested the next day.
From the archives highlights stories originally
printed five years ago this week. It appears in the
Thursday edition of the Daily Journal.
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Perception or reality?
By Alice Weiss
I
recently read about a study which asked
participants to watch part of a basket-
ball game. They were then asked if they
had seen the gorilla on the court. Few had,
and didn’t believe there had been a gorilla,
until they were shown the footage again and
the gorilla was pointed out.
I thought it was an interesting study about
perception, but didn’t appreciate how truly
oblivious people can be to realities until I
witnessed the media blowback from the
Tucson shooting. I expected that the immedi-
ate reaction would be to theorize a link
between the shooter and the Tea Party and
talk radio. After all, no facts were in yet so
the media had to fill up air time with theo-
ries, and the “hate-filled right” meme
abounds in the media. However, the facts are
in and many still link the isolated actions of a
wingnut to popular conservatism. This is
repellent. We now know that Jared Lee
Loughner was not a Sarah Palin acolyte nor a
Rush Limbaugh fan, but his actions are being
used as an excuse for U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn,
D-S.C., to call for reinstituting the so-called
fairness doctrine, for U.S. Rep. Louise
Slaughter, D-N.Y., to ask for legislation to
police language on the airwaves that might
“incite” violence, and for U.S. Rep. Bob
Brady, D-PA, to draft legislation to ban the
use of symbols or language that could foster
violence.
Bill Maher on Jay Leno’s show made the
jaw-dropping claim that only conservatives
espoused extremist, violent rhetoric. It goes
without saying there are numerous examples
of lefty extremism, from a movie theorizing
the assassination of President Bush, to for-
mer representative Paul Kanjorski, D-PA,
Letters to the editor
‘No new taxes’
Editor,
Gov. Jerry Brown won’t hoodwink
California voters to approve any new taxes,
or extend existing taxes, until he stops all
new California debt-fund borrowing to pay
for wasteful billion dollar union-backed pet
projects, epitomized by the California High-
Speed Rail boondoggle. It is laughable that
Brown wants to severely cut billions in nec-
essary education funds, Medi-Cal, welfare
and non-union worker pay (but leaving
untouched escalating “union”
pensions/wages/health care costs), while
somehow finding $9.95 billion available to
fund a new high-speed rail construction proj-
ect estimated by respected experts to cost
$213 billion by completion.
The taxpayer dollars required to pay just
the interest on new rail bonds will bankrupt
California, at a time when cities like Vallejo
will soon be forced into bankruptcy, due to
Brown saddling them with more responsibili-
ties, but less taxpayer funds.
Jerry Lee, Publisher
Jon Mays, Editor in Chief
Nathan Mollat, Sports Editor
Erik Oeverndiek, Copy Editor/Page Designer
Nicola Zeuzem, Production Manager
Kerry McArdle, Marketing & Events
Michelle Durand, Senior Reporter
REPORTERS:
Julio Lara, Heather Murtagh, Bill Silverfarb
Susan E. Cohn, Senior Correspondent: Events
Carrie Doung, Production Assistant
Letters to the Editor
Should be no longer than 250 words.
Perspective Columns
Should be no longer than 600 words.
• Illegibly handwritten letters and anonymous letters will not
be accepted.
OPINION
saying that the Florida
governor-elect, a
Republican, should be
taken against a wall and
shot (and now calling for
“civility and respect” in
public discourse), to sug-
gestions that AIG execu-
tives should commit hari-
kari. Nor do we need to
be reminded of Chris Matthews fantasizing
of someone blowing up Rush Limbaugh or
the aforementioned Bill Maher ranting that
the NRA is the “assassin’s lobby” (insert
irony here). Much has been made of Palin’s
targeting image, but what of the terms “pun-
ish our enemies,” “if they bring a knife to the
fight, we bring a gun” or engaging in “hand
to hand combat” with political opponents,
which our president has used? To the left,
those are just metaphors, while Palin is
engaging in a call to arms.
Some on the left honestly do not see the
vitriol in their own camp. I’m sure conserva-
tives would be just as apt to fall victim to this
willful blindness if we weren’t bombarded
every day by a gleeful media pointing out
any real or perceived malfeasance on the
right. When Robert Kennedy Jr. wrote in a
recent Huffington Post column that right-
wing hate was responsible for the assassina-
tion of his uncle, I believe that he has actual-
ly sublimated the knowledge that it was in
fact a self-avowed Marxist, not a conserva-
tive, who pulled the trigger. He just can’t see
that 600-pound Marxist gorilla on his court.
But we can’t let history be rewritten by
either those who would rather not see the
truth, or by those who would warp it to suit
their political ends. Just as there is a contin-
gent who can only see hate when it’s from
the right, there are many who are knowingly
Governor, you want “new taxes” approved
or extended, then kill the high-speed rail
boondoggle first.
California spends, borrows and taxes too
much already.
Mike Brown
Burlingame
Centrism promoting general welfare
Editor,
It will be nice when our political parties
become centrists: the Democrats will reduce
entitlement funding for those who can’t
demonstrate more personal responsibility
and accountability for national and state
assistance; the Republicans will increase
entitlement funding for those who demon-
strate more personal responsibility and
accountability for national and state assis-
tance.
The Libertarians will see that the centrist
forum advances liberty for all and our inde-
pendents will promote nonpartisanship — the
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using this latest tragedy as a tactic. Shutting
down conservative speech is the object for
some. So they first portrayed the Tucson
shooter as a crazed Tea Partier and when that
didn’t hold true, blamed his actions on a neb-
ulous atmosphere of hate created by conser-
vatives. This allegation of a climate of vio-
lence created by the right is especially insidi-
ous because of its nonspecificity. It is hard to
defend against charges devoid of facts, but
based instead on a perceived environment.
Those who put forth this “climate of vio-
lence” doggerel are engaging in a form of
psychological bullying. It is an attempt to
marginalize a political ideology in the hopes
of cowing its adherents into silence.
In the great American marketplace of
ideas, we are bombarded with speech that
offends, angers or insults our intelligence.
And so be it. The alternative, limiting free
speech, is unthinkable. So while it is Paul
Krugman’s absolute right to spout his non-
sensical view about what he sees as extremist
hate from the right (See
http://nyti.ms/gAmmgK), we can’t ignore the
facts that Loughner wasn’t a right-wing ideo-
logue, the Tea Party has been an extremely
peaceful movement and that political rhetoric
in America has always been rancorous. When
the facts don’t align with your personal nar-
rative, it’s time to reexamine your beliefs. We
can’t let history be rewritten to suit a politi-
cal agenda.
Alice Weiss is a tax and estate attorney. She is
a longtime resident of San Mateo.
great equalizer that truly promotes the gener-
al welfare as a universal right. The Green
Party will be persuaded to be colorblind and
advance environmental safety that encapsu-
late the “Horn of Plenty” for all.
Jack Kirkpatrick
Redwood City
Our best hope
Editor,
Republican representative Michelle
Bachmann on the House Intelligence
Committee? Is this a sick joke, a play into
the hands of any remaining foreign enemies
or an expectation of some intelligence to
rub off? Republicans, please continue what
you do, and 2012 will be a Democratic land-
slide across the board. That’s the best hope
for our great nation.
Jorg Aadahl
San Mateo
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Time killer
T
he Internet is not your friend. Oh, it
admittedly seems welcoming and help-
ful, the way it is so quick with a bread
pudding recipe or those ads for shoes in just the
right size that pop up on the side of news sites
or the way it helps settle trivial arguments with
friends over what year Ghostbusters was
released.
Yes, what did the world do in those days
before the information superhighway, when the
curious had to travel the unpaved roads of data
provided in libraries, newspapers and books
with actual pages and
covers? The worst that
could happen in those
more innocent, naive
days were flipping
through the dictionary
to find the correct
spelling of “cassoulet”
and being drawn in by
the image of “cas-
tanets.” And look,
Fidel Castro’s photo in
the corner and a map
of Castile (a former
kingdom in Spain, by the way). Suddenly a
manual spell check that should take seconds
turns into a few minutes as the reader peruses
other words in the popular “c-a-s” section of
Merriam-Webster’s tome.
But it’s easy enough to slam the book shut.
There is not the option of having multiple pages
open simultaneously without a combination of
dog ears, bookmarks and the hand method of
keeping a palm slid between two sections.
There are no links taking you from C to Z
and back to A, filling the mind with useless
information with no immediate relevance to the
task at hand.
In other words, the non-cyber world is the
friend that listens when you say no more, I
must go home, I have to work in the morning.
The online world though — God help the
person who doesn’t search with blinders
because the Internet is the pal that is generally
well-intentioned but often veers into the bad
influence category. It may not mean to do so; in
fact, it might think it’s only helping you spread
your wings a bit. But a click here and a click
there and the next thing you know it’s late, no
work is done and you’ve learned things and saw
things from which the mind can never recover.
Take bedbugs.
One minute, the widespread panic over the
insects are leading you to Wikipedia with hopes
of figuring out if they are really the evil, preda-
tory creatures newly feared by travelers and
mattress owners. The next minute, you’re star-
ing at a blown-up photo of a critter with legs
and antennae and buggy little eyes that make
most Hollywood-generated monsters look
downright cuddly. The real problem arises
halfway down the page under the reproduction
section with the term “traumatic insemination.”
The phrase itself is enough to scare most people
old enough to know how the birds and bees
work. Nothing about that should ever include
the word “traumatic.” But the words are in blue
which means there is a link, meaning curiosity
will lead you to a more specific definition. Let’s
just say, be warned and explore that at your
own peril.
From there more links carry the visitor to
other sites and other windows. Bedbugs lead to
strange mating habits which lead to other ani-
mals which lead to scientific databases which
lead eventually to more stops in the black hole
of information just waiting to lure the masses
into a place of no easy return.
And back to the Ghostbusters. One piece of
trivia — 1984 by the way — leads to articles
about the pending third installation, not to men-
tion posting after posting of opinions on
whether the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
should make a cameo and if Bill Murray is on
board yet. Or the bread pudding. Who ever
wanted to know so much about gluten or pud-
ding or Bill Cosby or pudding pops?
Can you feel the minutes and hours of your
life being sucked away? Like I said, the Internet
is not your friend. It is an information drug
dealer, offering up a taste of what’s out there
before turning you into a full-blown junkie.
There might be ways to kick the habit,
though — just be careful looking it up.
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10 Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011 BUSINESS
Dow 11,825.29 -12.64 10-Yr Bond 3.3370% -0.0270
Stocks suffer hit
By Chip Cutter
Nasdaq 2,725.36 -40.49 Oil (per barrel) 90.86 and David K. Randall
S&P 500 1,281.92 -13.10 Gold 1,370.20 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Stocks suffered their
largest one-day decline since November
after banks reported steep drops in prof-
its Wednesday.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said its
earnings fell 53 percent in the last quar-
ter because of a slowdown in its trading
and investment banking businesses.
Northern Trust Corp. and State Street
Corp. also reported lower profits.
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America
Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Visa
Inc. each fell by more than 2 percent.
“Banks are under pressure right now
because they are not making money in
places where you’d expect to see trading
gains,” said Quincy Krosby, a market
strategist at Prudential Financial.
Financial companies had rallied by more
than 5 percent over the last month.
The Standard and Poor’s 500 fell 13.1,
or 1 percent, to 1,281.92. It was the
biggest percentage drop in the bench-
mark index since Nov. 23.
Losses were spread across the market.
Each of the 10 company groups that
make up the S&P 500 index lost ground.
Second worst year for home construction 2010
By Martin Crutsinger
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — U.S. home-
builders are coming off their two worst
years in more than a half-century, and
the outlook for this year is only slightly
better.
Economists say it could take three
more years before the industry begins
building homes at a healthy rate. In the
mean time, the housing downturn is
dragging on the broader economy, with
one-quarter of the jobs lost since the
recession began in the construction field.
Builders normally help lead the econ-
omy out of a recession. Construction
projects fuel growth and that leads to
more hiring.
EBay 4Q revenue rises, helped by holidays
By Rachel Metz
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — EBay Inc. said
Wednesday that its fourth-quarter rev-
enue rose 5 percent, as the healthy holi-
day shopping season bolstered growth in
its online marketplace and PayPal online
payments business.
The company’s profit fell, since the
year-ago quarter included a large gain
from the sale of Internet communica-
tions business Skype. Excluding special
items such as the Skype gain, eBay’s
fourth-quarter profit shot up 24 percent.
For the quarter that ended Dec. 31, the
Genentech: Melanoma drug met goal
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The drugmaker Genentech said its can-
cer drug RG7204 improved survival for
people with melanoma, and slowed the
progress of the disease.
Genentech said in a release late
Tuesday that the late-stage trial showed
RG7204 was more effective than an
older cancer drug, dacarbazine. The
study compared the drug’s effects on
how long patients lived, and how long
they lived before their cancer began to
spread again. The patients in the trial had
metastatic melanoma, the most aggres-
sive type of skin cancer. Their cancer had
already spread elsewhere in their body.
RG7204 is designed to work by block-
ing a mutated protein that is found in
Wall Street
The Nasdaq composite fell 40.49, or
1.5 percent, to 2,725.36.
The Dow Jones industrial average of
large companies held up better, partly
due to a big gain in one of its 30 compo-
nents, IBM Corp. IBM jumped $5.04 to
$155.69 after reporting sharply higher
earnings.
The Dow lost 12.64 points, or 0.1 per-
cent, to 11,825.29.
Small companies fell the most. The
Russell 2000 index slumped 2.6 percent,
its worst percentage loss since Aug. 19.
“A lot of these companies have a great
deal of good news priced into them,”
said Alan Gayle, a senior investment
management at RidgeWorth
Investments. “If there’s a whisper of
weakness out there then they will fall the
hardest.”
Bond prices rose, sending their yields
slightly lower. The yield on the 10-year
Treasury note fell to 3.34 percent from
3.37 percent late Tuesday.
Four stocks fell for every one that rose
on the New York Stock Exchange.
Consolidated volume came to 4.7 billion
shares.
But a year and a half after the reces-
sion officially ended, builders are strug-
gling to compete in markets flooded with
unsold homes — many of them foreclo-
sures that are depressing prices.
“Housing in the past has always been
one of the key drivers getting the econo-
my back on track. It is not going to hap-
pen this time because there is a huge glut
of homes out there,” said Patrick
Newport, U.S. economist at IHS Global
Insight.
Homebuilders broke ground on a total
of 587,600 homes in 2010, just slightly
better than the 554,000 started in 2009,
the Commerce Department reported
Wednesday Those are the lowest annual
totals on records dating back to 1959.
And the pace is getting worse. The
Commerce Department reported
San Jose-based company earned $559.2
million, or 42 cents per share, compared
with $1.35 billion, or $1.02 per share, in
the year-ago quarter.
However, excluding one-time items,
such as Skype, eBay earned 52 cents per
share in the latest quarter, compared
with 42 cents per share in 2009.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected
an adjusted profit of 47 cents per share.
For the quarter that ended Dec. 31,
revenue totaled $2.50 billion — a bit
higher than the $2.48 billion analysts
expected, on average.
Revenue from eBay’s marketplace
business, which is its largest unit and
about half of all cases of metastatic
melanoma.
Genentech, a unit of Swiss drugmaker
Roche, said the most common side
effects in the trial were rash, sensitivity
to light, joint pain, hair loss, and fatigue.
Serious side effects were mostly skin
related, including cases of cutaneous
squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin
cancer that is treated by removing the
malignancy. Some patients experienced
mild and reversible increases in liver
enzymes.
The South San Francisco company
said patients who were treated with
dacarbazine in the trial will have the
option to switch to RG7204. Genentech
plans to report full results from the study
at a medical conference later this year.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Big movers
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily
Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and
Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
International Business Machines Corp.,up $5.04
at $155.69
Business spending on outsourcing and computer
system upgrades drove the technology
company’s profit higher,and its outlook topped
expectations.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.,down $8.19 at $166.49
The bank’s earnings fell 53 percent in the fourth
quarter due to sharp declines in its investment
banking businesses.
Mosaic Co.,down $8.92 at $76.15
Agribusiness conglomerate Cargill Inc. will turn
over its 64 percent stake in the fertilizer maker to
its shareholders and debt holders.
American Express Co.,down $1.13 at $45.24
The credit card issuer’s outlook fell short of
expectations due to charges related to its plan
to close a service center,shedding 550 jobs.
NASDAQ
Apple Inc.,down $1.81 at $338.84
The consumer electronics giant had a sparkling
holiday quarter thanks to strong sales of its
popular iPhone and the new iPad.
Comcast Corp.,up 32 cents at $23.10
The Justice Department and the FCC approved
the cable company’s acquisition of broadcast
network NBC Universal.
Adtran Inc.,up $2.60 at $42.25
The networking equipment maker set a revenue
record for the fourth quarter as its broadband
business ramped up.
Wednesday that builders started work at
a seasonally adjusted annual rate of
529,000 new homes and apartments last
month. That’s a drop of 4.3 percent from
November and the slowest pace since
October 2009.
A big reason for the decline is that
people are buying fewer single-family
homes, which represent nearly 80 per-
cent of the market. Single-family home
construction fell 9 percent to an annual
rate of 417,000 units in December.
In a healthy economy, homebuilders
break ground on more than 1.5 million
units a year.
Newport said he doesn’t expect that
level of home construction until 2014.
He expects builders will start work on
685,000 homes this year, 1.09 million
units in 2012, and 1.43 million in 2013.
includes its namesake website, rose 4
percent to $1.52 billion.
The company said gross merchandise
volume, which measures the value of all
goods sold on eBay, excluding vehicles,
increased 6 percent to $15 billion.
EBay.com counted 94.5 million active
users at the end of the year, up 5 percent
from the same quarter in 2009.
The company has been working to
bolster eBay.com by cutting upfront list-
ing fees it charges sellers, improving its
search engine, revamping its home page
and ramping up its focus on fashion with
the launch of a clothing and accessory
site, fashion.eBay.com.
Business brief
Wells Fargo 4Q profit
up, aided by lower reserves
NEW YORK — Wells Fargo & Co.,
one of the largest lenders to consumers
among U.S. banks, on Wednesday said its
fourth-quarter profit shot up as its cus-
tomers opened more accounts and
improved their loan paying habits. Better
results from lending also meant Wells
Fargo was able to lower the amount of
reserves set aside to cover souring loans.
CEO John Stumpf said all the bank’s
business segments contributed to earnings
as the economy started to gain strength.
But the bank said its net interest
income, or the money earned from
deposits and loans, fell 4 percent to
$11.06 billion.
IT’S NEVER EASY: GOLDEN STATE SWEATS OUT TWO-POINT WIN OVER PACERS >>> PAGE 12
<< NFLPA head meets with NFL commissioner, page 13
• A’s continue to make off-season moves, page 12
Mills pulls away for win
By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Wednesday was only the third game of the
Peninsula Athletic League season, but the
Mills boys’ basketball team was already facing
a must-win game if the Vikings want to con-
tend for the Ocean Division title.
Mills went into Wednesday’s game against
visiting Hillsdale with two league losses under
its belt already. They were two games the
Vikings had a chance to win in the fourth quar-
ter, but could not get the job done.
The Vikings found themselves in another
tight game in the fourth quarter against the
Knights but, this time, the Vikings finished
with a flourish. Mills scored 28 points in the
final eight minutes to turn a one-point lead
heading into the final quarter, 43-42, into a
comfortable 71-58 win.
“[The win] meant a lot,” said Mills coach
Rick Hanson. “To go 0-3 (in league play), to
lose three in a row, all in the fourth quarter,
would not be good.”
Hanson and the Vikings can thank Arakel
Aristakessian’s hot fourth-quarter shooting for
putting them in position to win. A seldom-used
post player last year, Aristakessian moved into
a starting role this season as a wing player and
he is paying dividends. Aristakessian scored
14 of his team-high 20 points in the fourth
quarter, hitting four 3-pointers in the process
and finishing the game with six.
“I was just feeling hot,” Aristakessian said.
“They were playing zone and I love playing
(against the) zone.”
Making Aristakessian’s performance even
more unlikely is the fact he was not a 3-point
shooter until this season.
“I didn’t shoot any 3s last year,”
Aristakessian said.
Considering the Vikings lost all five of last
year’s starters, Aristakessian took it upon him-
self to change his game. He worked over the
summer on extending his game to the 3-point
line and the effort is paying off.
“He’s a guy that can get it going,” Hanson
said. “Last year, his shots were few and far
between. He was last in line (to get his shot
last season). Now, he’s first in line.”
Mills (1-2 PAL Ocean, 10-7 overall) needed
all 20 of Aristakessian’s points to offset Danny
Mahoney’s big night for Hillsdale (1-2, 10-6).
Mahoney, a freshman, scored a game-high 27
points, including four 3s, but he didn’t get a lot
of support offensively as he was the only
Knights’ player to score in double figures.
The Knights were at a disadvantage with its
See MILLS, Page 14
Steelers WR Brown Packers’ best way to
bursts on the scene stop Hester:Don’t punt
By Chris Adamski
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH — The first time Antonio
Brown officially touched the football as an NFL
player, he took it 89 yards for a touchdown.
Knowing that, it shouldn’t come as a surprise
that he made arguably the biggest play in his
first playoff game.
Brown burst onto the national scene Saturday
with a timely and creative 58-yard reception on
3rd and 19 that set up the Steelers’ winning
touchdown vs. the Ravens. He beat his defender
with speed down the sideline, and hauled in a
Ben Roethlisberger pass.
Then came the tricky part. He held on to it as
Mills’ Marcus Chew goes flying over the top of Hillsdale’s Nick Serrata during the Vikings’
71-58 win over the Knights in PAL Ocean Division action Wednesday night in Millbrae.
veteran teammate Hines
Ward said, between “the
Steelers emblem (on his
helmet) and his right hand.”
Brown is not a familiar
face — in part because he
wasn’t even active for seven
of Pittsburgh’s first 11
games — but he is quickly
Antonio Brown making a name for himself,
as the Steelers (13-4) pre-
pare for the New York Jets (13-5).
Of course, that’s in national circles. To
Brown’s teammates, though, they never doubted
him.
See AFC, Page 15
NATHAN MOLLAT / DAILY JOURNAL
By Chris Jenkins
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay
Packers have devised and tested the ideal solu-
tion to stopping dangerous punt returners such
as the Chicago Bears’ Devin Hester.
Just don’t punt.
It worked perfectly in their playoff rout of
Atlanta.
Thanks to a dominant performance by the
Packers offense, punter Tim Masthay wasn’t
called into action against the Falcons in the
divisional playoffs. That doesn’t seem likely
to happen again in Sunday’s NFC champi-
onship game in Chicago, especially against a
tough Bears defense.
That means the Packers’ special teams will
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011
Padres sign
intent letters
T
he long tradition of Serra student-
athletes taking their talents to the
college level continued Wednesday
as four Padres signed letters of intent to
play sports at the next level.
Basketball player Connor McGrath, as
well as baseball players Andre Mercurio,
Chris Lewis and Barry Timko, signed with
their respective schools during an on-cam-
pus ceremony.
McGrath (point guard), will play at
Chico State, Mercurio (outfielder) becomes
the latest Padre to sign with San Jose State.
Lewis (infielder) is
going to Sacramento
State, while Timko
(pitcher) has signed
with the University of
Nevada.
McGrath is the type
of player you loathe
playing against, but
love having on your
team. Physical and
tough minded, he’s a
three-year varsity
starter — a first in
school history for a
point guard. He is a player who doesn’t
mind taking the last shot and the Wildcats
should love the tenacity he brings to the
court.
Mercurio joins former Serra teammate
Tim Quiery with the Spartans, but there are
plenty of other familiar faces to make
Mercurio comfortable. Listed on the San
Jose State 2011 roster are nine other play-
ers with ties to either San Mateo County or
the West Catholic Athletic League.
How strong was the pitching in the
WCAL if Timko was only a member of the
WCAL honorable mention team after post-
ing an 8-2 record with a 2.94 ERA? On top
of that, Timko hurled a no-hitter against
Carlmont last year.
In other college signing news, King’s
Academy running back Amir Carlisle —
who orally committed to Stanford follow-
ing his sophomore year — changed course
and signed a letter of intent with USC.
Joining him in SoCal is College of San
Mateo offensive lineman Jeremy Galten,
who also agreed to a scholarship with the
Trojans.
***
Strike while the iron is hot. That is the
adage the San Francisco Giants manage-
ment has used ever since winning the
See LOUNGE, Page 14
once again have their
hands full with Hester, the
NFL’s career leader in
combined punt and kick
returns for touchdowns
with 14.
From one punt returner
to another, Green Bay’s
Tramon Williams is
Devin Hester impressed.
“Natural ability,” he
said. “From watching film, everything he does
is great. He has the vision and the ability,
everything. ... Coach said he’s the best ever, so
I feel the same way.”
Indeed, Packers coach Mike McCarthy
See NFC, Page 15
12 Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011
A’s,Fuentes agree to $10.5 million,2-year deal
By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — The Oakland Athletics have
all kinds of options in the bullpen — and they
like it that way.
The A’s added another proven arm to their
already deep corps of relievers Wednesday,
finalizing a $10.5 million, two-year contract
with free-agent lefty Brian Fuentes.
“We’re excited about the depth and versatili-
ty of the bullpen. Not only do we have more
options than we’ve ever had, we have multiple
guys who can pitch late in games,” assistant
general manager David Forst said.
The sides agreed to the deal last weekend and
completed it after Fuentes passed a physical.
The incentive-laden contract includes a $6.5
million club option for 2013.
The 35-year-old Fuentes, who grew up in the
Central Valley town of Merced where he still
lives, was 4-1 with 24 saves and a 2.81 ERA in
48 appearances and 48 innings with the Los
Monta Ellis gives Warriors win over Pacers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — Monta Ellis made a jumper
with less than a second remaining to give the
Golden State Warriors a 110-108 victory over the
Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.
Ellis scored 36 points for the Warriors, who
matched a season high with their third straight
victory. David Lee and Dorell Wright each added
21 points as Golden State beat the Pacers at home
for the fifth straight time.
Danny Granger had 32 points and 13 rebounds
SPORTS
Angeles Angels and
Minnesota Twins last year.
He is slated to be a setup
man for manager Bob
Geren with Oakland going
to 2009 AL Rookie of the
Year Andrew Bailey as
closer.
“I was told that he’s the
Brian Fuentes closer. There’s no competi-
tion in my mind,” Fuentes
said. “He’s done a tremendous job. I’ve gotten
to watch him from afar. He’s electric, man.
When he’s healthy, he’s really, really good.”
Forst, Geren and general manager Billy
Beane drove to Merced last week to court
Fuentes, taking him to the top Mexican restau-
rant in town.
Fuentes will earn $5 million this season and
again in 2012. The A’s must decide within five
days of the finish of the 2012 World Series
whether to exercise his 2013 option or pay him
a $500,000 buyout.
Warriors 110, Pacers 108
for the Pacers, who lost their third straight overall
and their 11th in the last 12 road games. Tyler
Hansbrough added 16 points and Jeff Foster
matched his season high with 15 rebounds.
Stephen Curry added 11 points and seven
assists for the Warriors. Darren Collison and
Mike Dunleavy each had 14 for the Pacers.
Indiana led 105-103 when Ellis, who was 16 of
28 from the field, took a charge with 2:28 left and
hit a short jumper 23 seconds later to tie the game.
Fuentes also can earn performance bonuses
with an additional $100,000 each for 30, 40, 45
and 50 games finished and $250,000 each for
55 and 60 games finished.
If traded, Fuentes would receive a $200,000
bonus.
“It’s a very young, talented group,” Fuentes
said of Oakland’s staff. “Coming into a staff
that was already set up pretty well, to come in
and make it a little bit stronger is a win-win sit-
uation. ... It’s never a bad problem to have not
knowing who to go to in games. It’ll be a force
to be reckoned with.”
Fuentes became the second bullpen addition
in two days. Oakland added right-handed
reliever Grant Balfour on Tuesday when he
finalized an $8.1 million, two-year deal.
On Saturday, the A’s agreed to terms with
righty submariner Brad Ziegler on a $1.25 mil-
lion, one-year contract to salary arbitration.
On paper, Oakland seems to have one of the
top pitching staffs in the American League.
Fuentes is happy to be pitching near his
The Pacers turned the ball over again on their
next possession, allowing the Warriors to take a
one-point lead when Lee hit one of two free
throws.
Another turnover led to Curry’s running bank
shot and a three-point lead. Collison tied it when
he converted a three-point play with 18 seconds
left.
After a Warriors timeout, Ellis took the ensuing
inbounds pass from Brandan Wright and held the
ball against Brandon Rush at the top of the key for
12 seconds. He made a move to his right and
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hometown and part of a talented staff.
“I can’t get any closer than Oakland. It was a
good fit overall,” Fuentes said. “That was actu-
ally my team growing up, it’s funny. ... I was a
big Dave Stewart fan and that bulldog personal-
ity of his.”
Right-hander Rich Harden is returning to the
A’s and could compete for the fifth starter job
after years of injury troubles — though there
are several talented candidates for the last rota-
tion spot that will be decided once spring train-
ing begins next month.
The A’s led the AL in ERA (3.56) and
shutouts (17) while holding opponents to a .245
batting average last year, when they remained in
the playoff chase until late September before
finishing second in the AL West to the eventual
AL champion Texas Rangers.
The most memorable pitching highlight was
left-hander Dallas Braden’s perfect game
against Tampa Bay on May 9, the first by an A’s
pitcher since Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter did
it in 1968.
pulled up for the game-winning jumper over
Rush.
Hansbrough scored 12 points in the first quar-
ter as the Pacers took the early advantage.
The Pacers used a 17-2 run that bridged the first
and second quarters to take an 11-point lead.
They eventually settled for a 58-53 advantage at
halftime.
Acie Law hit a jumper from just inside the half-
court stripe to end the third quarter, bringing the
Warriors within 83-81 heading into the final quar-
ter.
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NASCAR to kick off season amid changes
By Paul Newberry
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Jamie McMurray
likes the idea of switching to a new
points system to determine the
NASCAR champion.
Specifically, one he actually
understands.
“The points system we have right
now is really confusing,” McMurray
said Wednesday during a promo-
tional stop in downtown Atlanta,
where he posed with the 2011 ver-
sion of the trophy he won at last
year’s Daytona 500. “And not just
for the average fan who watches the
race. Everyone in our sport is con-
fused by the way our points system
is right now.”
NASCAR has floated the idea of
dumping the complicated system it
has used since 1975 — which,
according to legend, was drawn out
on a napkin over drinks in a
Daytona bar — in favor of a simpler
method that awards points based
NFLPA leader meets with NFL commish
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — NFL
Commissioner Roger Goodell and
union executive director DeMaurice
Smith spoke face-to-face in New York
on Wednesday, while more than a
dozen current or former players were
on Capitol Hill for face time with law-
makers and congressional staffers.
Union spokesman George Atallah
characterized Wednesday’s session
directly on the finishing position in
the 43-car field.
In other words, 43 points for first,
down to a single point for last. Also,
the Chase for the Sprint Cup cham-
pionship would be determined by
the top 10 drivers in the points, plus
two wild-card spots for the next two
with the most wins.
That certainly would have benefit-
ed McMurray last season, when he
won at three of the most famous
tracks on the circuit — Daytona,
Indianapolis and Charlotte — but
missed the Chase because he was
outside of the top 12 in overall
points.
Not that he would’ve traded the
wins he had for a shot at the title.
“Just to make the Chase is not that
big a deal for me,” McMurray said
to a reporter. “You couldn’t tell me
who finished 12th in the points last
year. You have no clue. Neither does
anyone else. But they know who
won the Daytona 500.”
A revised points method is one of
between Goodell and Smith as “an
effort to advance the bargaining,”
rather than a formal negotiating ses-
sion toward a new labor contract.
Atallah would not discuss the sub-
stance of the meeting in any detail.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello
declined to comment via e-mail —
and, indeed, would not even confirm
that the two leaders were meeting.
The league and union acknowl-
edged last week that they have not
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the hot-button issues heading into a
season that ended just two months
ago with Jimmie Johnson winning
his record fifth straight title and
cranks up again Thursday with an
open test at Daytona International
Speedway, site of next month’s sea-
son opener.
The Super Bowl of stock car rac-
ing is coming off an embarrassing
race last year, won by McMurray in
a thrilling finish but only after two
long delays caused by potholes in
the track.
Daytona International Speedway
spent $20 million to totally repave
the track, a five-month job that was
completed in time for a December
tire test. Some 40 teams are expect-
ed for the first big test, this three-
day session.
Speedway president Joie
Chitwood, who accompanied
McMurray to Atlanta for a meet-
and-greet with local Daytona ticket-
holders, said the track is working
hard to regain the trust of the fans
held a large-group bargaining session
since November. The present collec-
tive bargaining agreement — it was
agreed to in 2006, but owners activat-
ed an opt-out clause — expires in
early March, and the union expects
owners to lock out the players.
At an owners’ meeting in Atlanta on
Tuesday, Goodell complained that
“there’s not enough communication”
between the sides. Also in Atlanta,
Jeff Pash, the league’s lead labor
after the embarrassment of 2010.
“We didn’t give ’em the event
they expected,” Chitwood said.
“This year, we hope we spent the
right money to fix the problem and
we have a great event.”
McMurray expects the repaved
track to create a much more exciting
race Feb. 20, even though he was
initially against the idea of putting
down a new surface.
“Daytona has always been that
place that you had to make the car
handle,” he said. “The guys who
were able to do that really prided
themselves on making their car
drive good.”
After testing in December,
McMurray had a change of heart.
“It’s remarkable the amount of
grip the track has and the packs
we’re able to run in,” he said.
“We’re really able to run three-wide
for the entire fuel run, which is
something we’ve never had at
Daytona, at least not since I’ve been
racing. From a fan’s perspective, i
negotiator, took a swipe at the union
by saying: “If our focus is going to be
on litigating, on decertification, on
meetings in Washington, on media
events, it will be hard to get a deal
done.”
The union has held team-by-team
votes to approve decertification,
which would allow the players to file
an antitrust lawsuit against the league
if there is a lockout. The union also
has filed two claims with a special
Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011 13
think it’s going to be really good
and a really exciting 500 to watch.”
For the drivers, though, it means a
lot more white-knuckle moments,
much like the grind of the tightly
packed 500 miles of racing that has
been the norm at the other restrictor-
plate track, Talladega.
NASCAR has mandated plates
that sap even more horsepower than
the ones used during the December
test, looking to keep speeds under
200 mph but likely ensuring no one
will be able to put any distance on
the field.
“You’re not going to see a group
break away,” McMurray said. “It’s
going to be really close and hope-
fully we don’t have any wrecks. But
most likely if we do, it’ll be a big
wreck because everyone is going to
be so tight together.”
Chitwood is devoting his attention
to winning back fans who may have
been turned off by last year’s deba-
cle or simply cut back in the strug-
gling economy.
master — one accuses the league of
improperly assuring itself of TV rev-
enues even if there are no games
played next season; the other accuses
teams of collusion in conspiring to
restrict players’ salaries last offseason.
On Wednesday, 13 current NFL
players and three former players
headed to the Hill, trading in helmets,
pads, uniforms and cleats for pin-
striped suits, colorful ties and leather
shoes.
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World Series. DVDs highlighting the season
and playoff run, sending the trophy on a vic-
tory tour around California and across the
country.
But when it was announced Showtime
might be teaming with the club to produce a
behind-the-scenes reality show of the 2011
season, it appears the Giants’ iron is cooling.
It’s a bad idea. Not because all the cameras
and the show will somehow mess up the
team’s mojo. It’s a bad idea because 2011
will not be a repeat of 2010. All the quirks
that made the 2010 Giants so much fun —
the Rally Thong, The Machine, Tim
Lincecum swearing — are not guaranteed to
return in 2011 or have the same impact they
did last season.
The 2010 dynamic will never happen
again. Regardless of who is in the clubhouse
— and more importantly, who isn’t —
Showtime will not capture the magic the
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Continued from page 11
two best rebounders on the bench with
injuries. With everyone else having to adjust
their game to fill in for a missing Gabe Fodor
and Angelo Bautista, it was hard for anyone
else to get untracked offensively.
“We’re adjusting (to the injuries). Fodor was
really starting to develop,” said Hillsdale
coach Brett Stevenson. “It’s an identity thing.
We’re trying to find that secondary scorer (to
go with Mahoney).”
Mills has that secondary — and on most
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2010 season had.
It could still be fun and entertaining, but it
won’t be 2010. I certainly won’t be watch-
ing: I don’t have Showtime, so that makes
my decision easy.
***
Ho boy. I hope Raiders’ new head coach
Hue Jackson was taking notes at his intro-
ductory press conference Tuesday.
If you missed it, it basically boiled down
to yet another classic appearance from owner
Al Davis. After spending the first hour ram-
bling about the greatness of the Raiders,
Davis really got his juices going in the sec-
ond hour as he dragged former coach Tom
Cable through the mud. Rest assured, if
Jackson can’t get the Raiders’ ship righted,
he is store for the same type of “eulogy” that
Davis gave Lane Kiffin and now Cable.
***
Maybe the Russian billionaire owner of the
NBA’s New Jersey Nets knows what he is
doing after all. The Associated Press reported
Wednesday Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov
told the team’s management to shut down its
pursuit of Denver’s Carmelo Anthony.
nights leading — scorer in Marcus Chew. It
was Chew’s free-throw shooting down the
stretch that iced the game for the Vikings.
Chew finished with 12 points, six of which
came at the free throw line.
Before the Vikings pulled away in the fourth
quarter, however, it was anybody’s ballgame.
There were 13 lead changes through the first
three quarters and neither team led by more
than five points. Mills got off to a quick start,
getting a layup from Brandon Berkovatz and a
3 from Aristakessian for a 5-0 lead.
Hillsdale rallied to tie the score at 7, before
Mills went on a 6-0 run. Hillsdale countered
with a 8-0 run to close the first half. Z
Houston’s 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded to
Prokhorov apparently didn’t like how the
pursuit of one of the NBA’s top players
played out in public.
On top of that, the deal was becoming con-
voluted, reportedly involving three teams, as
well as expensive for the Nets.
Prokhorov didn’t become a billionaire by
making stupid decisions. Granted, the Nets
have been the NBA’s worst team the last few
years. Bringing Anthony in by himself was
not going to suddenly turn the franchise
around especially if the Nets had to give up
the talent it needed to surround Anthony.
There was also the sticky situation of
Anthony just not wanting to go to New
Jersey. If he really wanted to be there, don’t
you think the deal would have been done in a
heartbeat? He’s said in the past he wants to
play in New York. Not across the river, not
upstate. When Anthony said New York, he
meant “New York City, Madison Square
Garden.”
Prokhorov is in the process of building a
new arena in Brooklyn, with the plan on
moving the Nets there. That project is no
sure thing and it is not a given Anthony
end the first quarter gave the Knights a 15-13
lead after one quarter.
It was more of the same in the second quar-
ter, although Hanson had to go to his bench a
lot more than he would like as he had three
starters saddled with foul trouble.
“I liked how the bench played in the second
quarter,” Hanson said. “They kept the game
even.
“Michael Takenaka gave us a spark. He
came off the bench, knocked down a 3.”
Takenaka finished the night with nine points.
Hillsdale never lost its lead in the second
quarter, but the Knights couldn’t pull away
from the Vikings either as Hillsdale led 27-26
at halftime.
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would stick around long enough to make the
move.
***
The San Mateo High football program will
host a fundraising crab feed dinner and raffle
at the Foster City recreation center Feb. 18.
Tickets cost $45. For more details, contact
coach and athletic director Jeff Scheller at
558-2338 or jscheller13@gmail.com.
***
It’s Italia in Half Moon Bay is helping the
Half Moon Bay High athletic department by
donating a portion of Jan. 27’s proceeds to
the school. Half Moon Bay head football
coach Matt Ballard will be on hand to serve
diners. For more details, call 726-444 or go
to ItsItaliaRestaurant.com.
***
Half Moon Bay is looking for a water polo
coach. For more information, contact athletic
director Matt Ballard at 712-7200 ext. 4904.
Nathan Mollat can be reached by e-mail:
nathan@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 117. You can also follow him on
Twitter@CheckkThisOutt.
“To go down one at half? I was pleased with
that,” Hanson said.
The game really heated up in the third quar-
ter as the teams traded the lead throughout the
eight-minute quarter. There were 15 ties or
lead changes in the third quarter alone. A
Mahoney layup gave Hillsdale a 42-40 lead
with 1:17 left in the third, but Mills’ Justin
Lew drove the baseline, scored, was fouled
and made the free throw to complete a three-
point play for a 43-42 Vikings’ lead heading
into the final eight minutes.
“I thought we played well,” Stevenson said.
“We didn’t close out well in the fourth quar-
ter.”
The Vikings know how the Knights feel.
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NFC
Continued from page 11
called Hester the “best player on their football
team” before playing the Bears in the regular
season finale — a significant statement, given
the fact that defensive end Julius Peppers and
linebackers Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs
anchor the Bears’ defense.
The Packers allowed Hester to break free for
a 62-yard touchdown on a punt return during
the teams’ first meeting, a 20-17 Bears victory
in Chicago on Sept. 27.
But the Packers did a much better job bottling
Hester up in the teams’ second meeting of the
season, allowing Hester only two punt returns
for 35 yards in a 10-3 Packers victory at
Lambeau Field that allowed the Packers to
clinch a playoff spot.
McCarthy said the Packers’ improved effort
AFC
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“I’ve always felt like that,” wide receiver Mike
Wallace said. “It’s not like this just came after
one catch that he made. Antonio’s proved him-
self every day in practice, day in and day out.
There’s not a day that goes by that we don’t
believe we can’t put him in a game because he
does it in practice every single day.”
Brown has a history of performing at his best
on big stages. He had season highs in receptions
during bowls at the end of each of his final two
years at Central Michigan. He then left after his
junior season, becoming a sixth-round pick.
Then there’s his first regular-season NFL
game, Sept. 19 at Tennessee. Mewelde Moore
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was a combination of good ball placement by
Masthay — who has improved after a shaky
start — and good coverage by the special teams.
“Our special teams played extremely well in
that football game,” McCarthy said. “And that
will be a big part of going into Soldier Field and
being successful.”
But one blown assignment or sloppy arm
tackle on Sunday, and Hester could make a
momentum-changing return.
“He’s right at the top of the list, I would say,”
Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk said. “For sure.
He can do everything. Once he gets the ball in
his hands, he’s tough to stop.”
Hawk says Hester is at his most dangerous
when he’s not dancing around.
“When he gets the ball, he might make a few
moves, make the first guy miss,” Hawk said.
“He gets vertical quick. When a guy does that
— as you’ve seen against us, he got one earlier
this year on us — they can crease you pretty
quick and he can get in the end zone fast.”
fielded the opening kickoff and handed off to
Brown, a two-time All-Mid-American
Conference selection. He ran it 89 yards for
what ended up being Pittsburgh’s only touch-
down. The Steelers won, 19-11.
“That’s what he does,” quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger said. “He makes plays.”
Brown, obviously, was disappointed he fell in
the draft. But, hey, being on the Steelers isn’t all
that bad, right?
“The pieces fit together so well,” Brown
said. “Just being part of something that’s big-
ger than us. Coming to this organization and
getting to know great people. I’m just thank-
ful to be a part of it.”
Hard to blame him. Brown, after all, joined
a team that had won a Super Bowl 14 months
prior. And he also was lucky enough to have
an established receiving corps that could help
And the Packers have some coverage con-
cerns on special teams after allowing a 102-yard
kickoff return for a touchdown by Atlanta’s Eric
Weems.
“Frankly, the kickoff return was a combina-
tion of ball placement and coverage,” McCarthy
said. “And that’s the reason why you practice
those things and you have different types of
calls. And so that’s something I’m sure Chicago
will be taking a close look at. We’ve been play-
ing very well on special teams but can’t let it
happen this week.”
The Bears have one of the best special teams
units in football, coached by Dave Toub.
In addition to Hester’s ability to return punts,
Hester and Danieal Manning are dangerous on
kickoff returns, while punter Brad Maynard
showed Sunday that he can control field posi-
tion — playing perfectly into the hands of a
Bears defense that tries to make opposing
offenses drive the length of the field, hoping to
force them into a negative play or turnover
his development.
Not only did he have veteran mentors, like
Hines Ward and Antwaan Randle El, to work
with, he also had a built-in confidant of sorts in
third-round pick Emmanual Sanders. The two
bonded at the draft combine before they even
knew they’d be teammates. And then, there was
Wallace, who had just finished his first year, and
could show them the ropes.
It’s all added up to a season to remember for
both Brown and Sanders.
“We’ve been impressed with these young men
from Day 1,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said.
“That’s why we pushed them in the manner in
which we did. We knew that they were capable
of providing splash plays for us, plays that could
help us win. It’s become pretty clear that they’re
up for the task.”
Brown had 14 of his 16 receptions this season
Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011 15
along the way.
“Their specialists are obviously very talent-
ed,” McCarthy said. “The returners are very tal-
ented. So they factor in the field position in the
game. There’s going to be some type of wind,
there always is down there. (It’s) projected only
about nine to 10 miles an hour, but we’ll see
what happens on Sunday. Special teams is
clearly one of the strengths of their football
team.”
Hester, meanwhile, is so good that he even
can get a laugh out of typically buttoned-down
Bears coach Lovie Smith, who was asked
recently to imagine trying to prepare for him
instead of preparing with him.
“I definitely like being on the team with a guy
like Devin Hester,” Smith said, laughing. “I can
see how opposing coaches would feel trying to
figure out what to do with him, whether to kick
it to him. Eventually, you have to kick it to him.
I just don’t see how you can go an entire game
without it.”
over the final five games, then had three catches
for 75 yards in Saturday’s win against
Baltimore. He’s also become the top return man.
“He does a phenomenal job when he gets the
ball in his hands,” Ward said. “He’s very explo-
sive, so we try to get him out in space.”
Brown and Sanders are part of a rookie class
that also includes center Maurkice Pouncey,
who was selected for the Pro Bowl. The surpris-
ing early strong play of that group is part of the
reason why the Steelers are not only a title threat
this year, but for years to come.
“We’ve got a great sense of veteran leadership
and as young guys, we want to make a statement
for those guys,” Brown said. “We don’t want to
just be here playing around and be looked upon
as goofy guys. We want to put our hands in the
pile and take this team to their destiny, and that’s
the Super Bowl.”
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Nadal breezes into third round at Australian Open

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS be the first man since Rod Laver in win the French Open, Wimbledon and complete domination for Nadal came since the first day. I think I was serv-
1969 to hold all four Grand Slam titles U.S. Open titles. in the third set, when Sweeting broke ing very well today,” Nadal said, not-
MELBOURNE, Australia — at the same time. He’s conceded only Nadal hit some shots that Sweeting serve in the fifth game and got within ing the one blot on his serve was when
Rafael Nadal extended his Grand four games en route to the third round, could barely believe, including a curl- a point of bringing it back to 4-2 in a he looked into the sun. “Movement
Slam winning streak to 23 matches sealing his win over Sweeting with ing forehand on set point in the second game that went to deuce five times. good; backhand good; having a few
Thursday, beating American qualifier the last of a blizzard of forehand win- that caught the baseline. With nothing But Nadal went on to the break and more mistakes than usual. I have to
Ryan Sweeting 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in the ners. to lose, Sweeting challenged the call held serve to close it out. play longer with the backhand. Maybe
second round of the Australian Open. After his quarterfinal exit at the last as he walked off. The call stood. “A few mistakes with the backhand, have to play a little bit more aggres-
The top-ranked Nadal is aiming to Australian Open, Nadal rebounded to The only hint of anything other than that’s all. My serve improved a lot sive, more inside the court.”
THUR FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 NCAA WOMEN’S TOP 25 NBA GLANCE NHL GLANCE
at Van.
7 p.m.
vs. Wild
7:30 p.m.
@ Kings
7:30 p.m
USA Today/ESPN Women’s Top 25 Poll
EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN Women’s Atlantic Division Atlantic Division
college basketball poll,with first-place votes in paren- W L OT Pts GF GA
theses,records through Jan.17,total points based on W L Pct GB
25 points for a first-place vote through one point for Boston 32 9 .780 — Philadelphia 30 11 5 65 158 122
a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: New York 22 19 .537 10 Pittsburgh 29 14 4 62 150 110
vs.Kings @ Clippers vs. Spurs vs.Hornets N.Y.Rangers 27 18 3 57 139 115
Record Pts Pvs Philadelphia 17 24 .415 15
7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1.Baylor (20) 16-1 761 1 N.Y.Islanders 14 23 7 35 108 148
CSN-BAY CSN-BAY CSN-BAY
Toronto 13 29 .310 19 1/2
CSN-BAY 2.Connecticut (9) 17-1 749 2 New Jersey 13 29 3 29 90 140
New Jersey 11 31 .262 21 1/2
3.Duke (2) 17-0 713 3 Northeast Division
4.Stanford 14-2 683 4 Southeast Division
W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
LOCAL SCOREBOARD 5.Texas A&M
6.Tennessee
7.Xavier
15-1
17-2
14-2
650
627
578
5
6
8
Miami
Atlanta
30
28
13
15
.698
.651
—
2
Boston
Montreal
26
26
13
17
7
4
59
56
142
118
103
113
BOYS’BASKETBALL Woodside Priory 10,Crystal Springs 1 8.UCLA 15-1 555 9 Orlando 27 15 .643 2 1/2 Buffalo 20 20 5 45 123 132
Mills 71,Hillsdale 58 Crystal Springs goal — Considine. 9.West Virginia 17-1 516 7 Charlotte 16 24 .400 12 1/2 Toronto 18 22 5 41 114 139
Hillsdale 15 12 15 16 — 58 10.Notre Dame 15-4 481 12 Ottawa 17 23 7 41 103 144
Washington 12 28 .300 16 1/2
Mills 13 13 17 28 — 71 TUESDAY 11.North Carolina 16-2 432 11 Southeast Division
12.Michigan State 16-2 413 10 Central Division
HILLSDALE (fg ftm-fta tp) — Serrata 2 4-6 8,S.Cecil BOYS’BASKETBALL W L OT Pts GF GA
0 4-7 4, Mahoney 7 9-9 27, Pagano 0 2-3 2, Houston 13.Oklahoma 13-3 400 14 W L Pct GB
Burlingame 59,Menlo-Atherton 35 Tampa Bay 27 15 5 59 140 150
3 1-3 9,G.Cecil 1 3-5 5,Tsagarakis 1 1-3 3.Totals 14 24- 14.Maryland 14-3 309 13 Chicago 28 14 .667 —
Menlo-Atherton 4 11 11 9 — 35 Washington 25 14 8 58 133 124
36 58. MILLS — Berkovatz 4 1-5 9, Aristakessian 7 15.Wisconsin-GB 17-1 293 18 Indiana 16 23 .410 10 1/2
Burlingame 11 17 17 14 — 59 16.Florida State 14-4 292 15 Atlanta 23 18 7 53 146 153
0-0 20,Chew 3 6-8 12,Wong 2 0-0 5,Lew 2 4-5 9,Shu Milwaukee 15 24 .385 11 1/2
MENLO-ATHERTON (fg ftm-fta tp) — Brewer 2 0-0 17.Georgetown 14-4 280 17 Carolina 22 18 6 50 137 145
0 2-2 2,Takenaka 3 2-2 9,Rognerud 2 1-2 5.Totals 23 Detroit 15 27 .357 13
16-24 71. 3-pointers — Mahoney 4, Houston 2 (H); 4,Mathon 1 2-2 5,Weiss 4 2-2 13,Mi.Culhane 1 0-0 2, 18.DePaul 17-2 272 21 Florida 21 20 4 46 123 119
Tolson 1 0-0 2, Perez 1 0-0 2, Henninger 0 0-2 0, Ma. 19.Kentucky 13-4 252 19 Cleveland 8 33 .195 19 1/2
Aristakessian 6,Wong,Lew,Takenaka (M).Records —
Culhane 1 0-1 2, Cantu 2 1-2 5, Branning 0 0-2 0.To-
Mills 1-2 PAL Ocean,10-7 overall;Hillsdale 1-2,10-6.
tals 13 5-11 35. BURLINGAME — Bailey 2 2-4 6,
20.Iowa State
21.Iowa
13-4
15-4
186
164
16
20 WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE
DeQuant 1 0-0 3,Feinberg 2 0-0 6,Haupt 1 0-0 3,Grotz 22.Miami 18-1 126 25 Central Division
Capuchino 65,Westmoor 47 2 3-5 7,Johnson 0 2-2 2,Ferrari 6 0-0 17,Puliceno 1 4- 23.St.John’s 13-5 64 22 Southwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA
Capuchino 12 23 23 7 — 65 6 7, Shaffer 3 2-3 8.Totals 18 13-20 59.3-pointers — 24.Arkansas 15-2 60 23 W L Pct GB Detroit 28 12 6 62 158 135
Westmoor 4 2 20 21 — 47 Mathon,Weiss 3, DeQuant, Feinberg 2 (MA); Haupt, 25.Texas Tech 16-1 48 —
CAPUCHINO (fg ftm-fta tp) — Verdiano 3 0-0 7, San Antonio 36 6 .857 — Nashville 25 15 6 56 124 111
Ferrari 5,Puliceno (B).Records — Burlingame 3-0 PAL
Macareag 4 0-0 8, Arzadon 1 0-0 2, Baker 6 0-0 15, Others receiving votes:Marquette 40,Ohio State 26, Dallas 27 14 .659 8 1/2 Chicago 25 18 4 54 150 130
Bay,14-3 overall;Menlo-Atherton 1-2,8-9.
Luttrell 3 0-2 6,Alva 1 2-2 4,Afeaki 5 0-1 10,Kotz 2 9- Florida Gulf Coast 18, Boston College 17, Marist 16, New Orleans 27 16 .628 9 1/2 St.Louis 22 17 6 50 121 129
12 13. Totals 25 11-17 65. WESTMOOR — Wong 0 Sacred Heart Prep 62,Menlo School 37 Georgia 10, Georgia Tech 10, Bowling Green 9, Houston 20 23 .465 16 1/2 Columbus 22 20 5 49 123 147
0-1 0, Hernandez 4 0-0 10, Min 7 2-6 17, Meehlied 2 Duquesne 9,Kansas 4,Oklahoma State 4,Syracuse 4, Memphis 19 23 .452 17 Northwest Division
3-3 8, Liang 1 0-0 2, DeLosReyes 0 1-2 1,Yuen 1 0-0 Sacred Heart Prep 12 21 14 15 — 62 Tulane 3,Rutgers 1.
Menlo School 8 10 5 12 — 37 Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA
2, Desuasido 3 0-0 6, Fletes 0 0-2 0, Fung 0 1-2 1.To- W L Pct GB Vancouver 29 10 7 65 152 113
tals 18 7-16 47. 3-pointers — Baker 3, Verdiano (C); SACRED HEART PREP (fg ftm-fta tp) — R.McConnell
3 8-8 15, M.McNamara 1 2-2 5, Bird 1 0-0 3, P.McNa- Oklahoma City 27 15 .643 — Colorado 24 16 6 54 152 146
Hernandez 2, Min, Meehlied (W). Records — Ca-
puchino 3-0 PAL Lake, 12-5 overall; Westmoor 0-2,
8-9.
mara 1 1-2 3, C. McConnell 1 0-0 2, C. Baloff 2 0-0 5,
Watterson 0 2-2 2,Terndrup 2 2-4 6,W. McConnell 6
TRANSACTIONS Utah
Denver
27
24
15
17
.643
.585
—
2 1/2
Minnesota
Calgary
24 18 5 53
20 21 6 46
123 128
126 143
3-6 15,O’Donnell 3 0-0 6.Totals 20 18-24 62.MENLO MLB Portland 23 20 .535 4 1/2 Edmonton 14 24 7 35 113 155
Carlmont 50,Half Moon Bay 49 SCHOOL — Lacob 3 5-5 11,Osborne 2 0-0 5,Halprin American League Minnesota 10 32 .238 17 Pacific Division
Half Moon Bay 11 11 17 10 — 49 0 2-2 2, Bowman 1 0-0 2, Harris 7 1-2 15.Totals 13 8- CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA
9 37. 3-pointers — R. McConnell, M. McNamara, C. Brian Bruney, RHP Jeff Gray, RHP Josh Kinney, RHP W L Pct GB Dallas 28 13 5 61 135 120
Carlmont 11 10 15 14 — 50
Baloff (SHP);Osborne (MS).Records — Sacred Heart Shane Lindsay,RHP Miguel Socolovich,C Donny Lucy, Anaheim 26 19 4 56 131 136
HALF MOON BAY (fg ftm-fta tp) — Donahue 0 2-2 2, Prep 5-0 WBAL,13-2 overall;Menlo School 2-3,6-8. L.A.Lakers 31 13 .705 —
S.White 1 0-0 2,Arroyo 4 1-5 10,C.White 4 0-0 9,Car- C Jared Price and INF Dallas McPherson on minor- Phoenix 19 21 .475 10 Phoenix 23 15 9 55 136 135
riaga 1 0-0 2,Simanek 3 5-9 11,Floyd 3 0-0 6,Williams league contracts. San Jose 23 19 5 51 131 131
GIRLS’BASKETBALL Golden State 18 23 .439 11 1/2
3 0-0 7.Totals 19 8-18 49.CARLMONT — Wyatt 2 0- MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to terms with RHP Los Angeles 24 21 1 49 134 117
Menlo-Atherton 54,Burlingame 47 Carl Pavano on a two-year contract. L.A.Clippers 15 25 .375 14
0 5,Testa 10 6-7 29,Crawford 2 0-0 4,Hobbs 1 0-0 2, Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss.
Todd 3 4-4 10.Totals 18 10-11 50. 3-pointers — Ar- Menlo-Atherton 7 16 17 14 — 54 Sacramento 9 31 .225 20
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with LHP
royo, C. White, Williams (HMB); Testa 3, Wyatt (C). Burlingame 15 16 10 6 — 47 Brian Fuentes on a two-year contract. Tuesday’s Games
Records — Carlmont 3-0 PAL Ocean,12-4 overall;Half MENLO-ATHERTON (fg ftm-fta tp) — Caryotakis 1 0- National League Tuesday’s Games
Moon Bay 1-2,12-5. Atlanta 93,Miami 89,OT Anaheim 2,Ottawa 1,SO
0 2,Roache 3 0-2 6,Herschlag 3 0-0 9,Heath 5 0-0 10, SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with RHP
Charlotte 83,Chicago 82 Tampa Bay 3,Columbus 2,SO
Watson 2 0-0 4,Jellins 5 2-5 12,Tupou 4 1-2 11.Totals Chad Qualls on a one-year contract and C Gregg Zaun
BOYS’SOCCER 23 3-9 54.BURLINGAME — Gee 2 0-0 4,Gutierrez 0 Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 3,Washington 2,OT
on a minor league contract.
Sacred Heart Prep 7,Eastside Prep 1 1-2 1,Michaels 5 2-2 14,Rally 5 0-0 14,Newman 3 0- Pittsburgh 4,Detroit 1
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Agreed to terms with Phoenix 106,Cleveland 98
SHP goal scorer (assist) — Bolous (unassisted);I.Polk- 0 6,Montgomery 3 2-4 8.Totals 18 5-9 47.3-pointers Boston 3,Carolina 2
RHP Santiago Casilla on a one-year contract. New Jersey 103,Utah 95
inhorne (Bolous); I. Polkinhorne (Thaure); Ojeda — Herschlag 3,Tupou 2 (MA);Michaels 2,Rally 4 (B). Buffalo 2,Montreal 1,OT
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Acquired LHP Tom Orlando 99,Philadelphia 98,OT
(Spillane);Liotta (Spillane);Callinan (Ojeda);Sallaberry Records — Menlo-Atherton 2-1 PAL Bay, 4-10 over- Gorzelanny from the Chicago Cubs for OF Michael St.Louis 2,Los Angeles 1
all;Burlingame 0-3,7-9. Boston 86,Detroit 82
(Meany). Records — Sacred Heart Prep 5-0 WBAL, Burgess, RHP A.J. Morris and LHP Graham Hicks. Colorado 4,Vancouver 3,OT
10-0 overall. Milwaukee 100,Washington 87
Agreed to terms with INF-OF Jerry Hairston Jr. on a Nashville 5,Phoenix 2
Woodside 43,Capuchino 25 New Orleans 103,Memphis 102,OT
one-year contract.Released RHP J.D.Martin. Minnesota 4,Edmonton 1
Houston 104,New York 89 Wednesday’s Games
NFL
San Antonio 104,Toronto 95 N.Y.Rangers 7,Toronto 0
WHAT’S ON TAP NFL PLAYOFF GLANCE CAROLINA PANTHERS—Named Sean McDermott
defensive coordinator. Denver 112,Oklahoma City 107
Dallas 109,L.A.Lakers 100
Columbus 3,Florida 2,OT
Minnesota 6,Calgary 0
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed LB Austin English
Wild-card Playoffs and WR Rod Windsor. Portland 94,Sacramento 90,OT Thursday’s Games
THURSDAY Saturday,Jan.8 DALLAS COWBOYS—Named Rob Ryan defensive Golden State 110,Indiana 108 Buffalo at Boston,4 p.m.
Girls Soccer Seattle 41,New Orleans 36 coordinator. Minnesota at L.A.Clippers,late Anaheim at Toronto,4 p.m.
Aragon at Hillsdale,Terra Nova at San Mateo, Mills N.Y.Jets 17,Indianapolis 16 Sunday,Jan.9 MIAMI DOLPHINS—Named Brian Daboll offensive Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh at New Jersey,4 p.m.
at Capuchino, Half Moon Bay at Westmoor, South Baltimore 30,Kansas City 7 coordinator. Philadelphia at Charlotte,4 p.m. Washington at N.Y.Islanders,4 p.m.
San Francisco at Jefferson, Menlo at Mercy- Green Bay 21,Philadelphia 16 MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Named Mike Singletary spe- Dallas at Chicago,5 p.m. Ottawa at Philadelphia,4 p.m.
Burlingame,3 p.m.;Sacred Heart Prep at The King’s cial assistant to the head coach/linebackers coach, L.A.Clippers at Portland,7:30 p.m. N.Y.Rangers at Carolina,4 p.m.
Academy, Mercy San Francisco at Crystal Springs Divisional Playoffs Bill Musgrave offensive coordinator,Mike Priefer spe- Friday’s Games Tampa Bay at Atlanta,4 p.m.
Uplands,3:30 p.m.;El Camino at Sequoia,Carlmont Saturday,Jan.15 cial teams coordinator and Fred Pagac defensive Detroit at New Jersey,4 p.m. Detroit at St.Louis,5 p.m.
at Burlingame,Woodside at Menlo Atherton, 4 p.m.; Pittsburgh 31,Baltimore 24 coordinator. Toronto at Orlando,4 p.m. Nashville at Colorado,6 p.m.
Green Bay 48,Atlanta 21 Sunday,Jan.16 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed OL Thomas Phoenix at Washington,4 p.m.
Austin and T Steve Maneri to future contracts. Dallas at Edmonton,6 p.m.
Girls Basketball Chicago 35,Seattle 24 New Orleans at Atlanta,4:30 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver,7 p.m.
Sacred Heart Cathedral at Notre Dame-Belmont, N.Y.Jets 28,New England 21 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Named Jim Washburn
defensive line coach. Utah at Boston,4:30 p.m. Phoenix at Los Angeles,7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Cleveland,4:30 p.m. Friday’s Games
Conference Championships SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Named Ed Donatell sec-
ondary coach,Geep Chryst quarterbacks coach and Houston at Memphis,5 p.m. N.Y.Islanders at Buffalo,4:30 p.m.
Boys Wrestling Sunday,Jan.23 New York at San Antonio,5 p.m. Montreal at Ottawa,4:30 p.m.
Green Bay at Chicago,noon (FOX) Jim Leavitt linebackers coach.
Half Moon Bay at Burlingame, Terra Nova at El Sacramento at Golden State,7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida,4:30 p.m.
N.Y.Jets at Pittsburgh,3:30 p.m.(CBS) ST. LOUIS RAMS—Announced the retirement of
Camino,South San Francisco at Sequoia,6 p.m. quarterbacks coach Dick Curl. L.A.Lakers at Denver,7:30 p.m. Dallas at Calgary,6 p.m.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Landscaping can promote plants New decor comes
By Dean Fosdick
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Steve George is bringing tough love
to landscaping in hopes the environment
— and gardeners’ pocketbooks — will
both be the better for it.
George is national coordinator of the
Earth-Kind Environmental Landscape
Management Program, part of the
extension service at Texas A&M.
Among other things, the program aims
to reduce environmental damage by
using pesticides only as a last resort,
calling for little or no fertilizer and
reducing water use to a trickle. It also
mates plants known for heat-, drought-
and pest tolerance with the proper,
mulch-covered soils.
“The Earth-Kind approach applies to
everything we do in the home land-
scape, except turf,” George said. “Trees,
shrubs, annuals, vegetables, perennials.
And it works anywhere. What changes
is the adaptive plant material we bring
to the mix.”
By that he means adding plants that
have proven in garden trials in 27 states
and five countries that they’re the best
available for a wide range of soils and
climates.
“Combine plants having a strong
genetic tolerance for diseases and
insects with good soils, and you bypass
about 99 percent of your (growing)
problems,” George said.
Earth-Kind landscaping is designed to
minimize four major environmental
problems:
“We’re wasting too much water.
We’re abusing fertilizers. We’re overus-
ing pesticides. And 25 percent of our
available landfills are taken up with yard
waste,” George said. “We can reduce the
irrigation needed for crops by 70 per-
cent if we use some of that discarded
material as mulch.”
He recommends using chopped-up
tree limbs as mulch. “We’re trying to
emulate what Mother Nature does with
mature hardwood forests, dropping tree
limbs on the ground that are high in
nitrogen. They slowly decompose,
enriching the soil.”
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The Earth-Kind Environmental Landscape Management Program aims to reduce
environmental damage by using pesticides only as a last resort,calling for little or
no fertilizer and reducing water use to a trickle.
about which fertilizers to apply but not
about how much to apply, he said.
“They greatly overuse it and it
degrades our water supplies. Other than
turf, I don’t think homeowners should
have to apply fertilizer to any plant they
put into the ground,” George said.
Complementing the Earth-Kind
approach to soil preparation is its
endorsement of select groups of low-
maintenance plants. Roses were the first
species selected for trial, and only the
best of the best — existing varieties rec-
ommended by growers which then sur-
vived four seasons of George’s tough-
love standards — earn the Earth-Kind
seal of approval.
“We’re huge believers in amending
the soil, but not so for the tests,” he said.
“We’ll stick roses into some nasty clay,
for instance. They’re never fertilized,
never sprayed for pests. We do no prun-
ing or deadheading. We water regularly
only for the first year; the second year
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only once a month in summer. In years
three and four, we never turn the irriga-
tion on. These are incredibly tough
plants.”
David Ziesak, an assistant professor
of horticulture who leads an Earth-Kind
research team at the University of
Wisconsin-River Falls, said nurseries
are seeing the value in promoting that
kind of varietal resilience to consumers.
“People will navigate to those plants,”
he said. “You won’t have to maintain
them, which will reflect on everyone’s
bottom line. They also will be more
successful. Less money will be required
because you’ll need fewer replace-
ments.”
Gaye Hammond, past president of the
Houston Rose Society and another con-
tributor to the Earth-Kind Rose
Program, sums it up this way: “No
spray, no fertilizer, no problem. If you
can grow weeds, you can grow these
roses.”
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with a British vibe
By Kim Cook
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Goodbye, Paris. Hello, London! While the French capital’s
been dear to home decorators for several years, we’re seeing
the look of London more and more in the newest furnishings
and accessories.
Is it fleur de lys fatigue? Too many Eiffel Towers? Perhaps.
As designer Mei Xu notes, “London blends charm and cheek-
iness, traditions and trends.”
And it doesn’t hurt to have a royal wedding just around the
corner.
Xu’s Bliss Living Home has introduced an extensive collec-
tion inspired by things British. “To me, London’s simply irre-
sistible,” she says. “It’s such a vibrant city, where the past and
present merge.”
She remembers a visit by Margaret Thatcher to her child-
hood school in China. The Prime Minister gave the students a
large book about the wedding of Charles and Diana. For Xu, it
revealed an exciting and glamorous world, and it inspired her
creative career.
Her collection’s color palette uses white and charcoal, hues
associated with London’s often damp weather, and a soft mint
green that seems to blend the sea and the forest.
There are candles shaped like Big Ben; pillows showing
double-decker buses and classic phone booths; printed bed-
ding with the London Bridge; and blankets, rugs and shower
curtains with an oversize hounds-tooth pattern and riding-set
vibe. Metallic inks etch crowns on pillows, table linens and tea
sets.
Jonathan Adler is a fan of the Union Jack flag, and embla-
zons it on hand-loomed llama-wool dog beds, rugs, pillows,
coasters, even paperweights.
Stickerbrand has a 6-foot wall decal of Big Ben, London’s
famous clock, and American Chateau has a large decal of a
city intersection in the heart of London.
The bright red London phone booth, one of the city’s his-
toric trademarks, was retired many years ago. Replicas are
available, in the $1,000 range. But for a few dollars, you can
create the illusion of one with a door-size poster from Poster
Revolution.
Doctor Who fans might like Artfire’s wall decal of the Tardis
police phone booth.
Metrosofa has a white, throne-style chair featuring the flag
upholstered on the back; it’s much smarter looking that it
sounds, honestly.
And finally, Naked Decor uses vibrant colors like navy, sky
blue, scarlet and inky black to transform several icons — the
Union Jack, Tower of London, even the Queen’s silhouette and
the keys to Buckingham Palace — into clocks, pillows and
other accessories. The collection is called British Invasion.
18 Thursday • Jan. 20, 2011
Seed catalogs trumpet the promise of spring
By Sean Conway
TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
There’s not much to get excited
about in the garden this time of year.
Most gardens, including mine, lie
dormant. But one look at the count-
er space in my office would tell you
there’s plenty of expectation about
spring. The 2011 seed catalogs have
been arriving in the mail, and are
spread out across my office. Each
contains pages and pages of must-
have offerings.
After gardening for many years,
my back yard is overflowing with
plants, and the last thing I really
should be thinking about is adding
more. However, the excitement
sparked by the beautiful photos and
lavish descriptions of plants I’ve yet
to grow never fails to get the best of
me.
Every year, I pour over the “new
this year” sections first to check out
the latest results from plant breed-
ing programs across the country.
Here are a few of the tantalizing
offerings I’ve found so far:
Burpee seed, the venerable seed
company that’s been in business for
generations, has two new sunflow-
ers that look remarkably different
from the run-o-the-mill varieties
often sold as cut flowers at roadside
stands.
The first is a hybrid called
Coconut Ice. Rather than the typical
orange-yellow petals seen on most
sunflowers, this flower’s creamy
Start shopping now for new flower and vegetable varieties.
white petals surround large black
centers. The plant grows 4-5 feet
tall and the blossoms would be per-
fect as a cut flowers. The other
unusual selection is another hybrid
called Frilly. Growing 5-to-6 feet
tall, this variety’s abundance of nar-
row, yellow, wavy petals look as if
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they were crimped.
Two other notable offerings from
Burpee include a black petunia and
a multi-branching white coneflower.
Petunia ‘Black cat’ is touted as
the world’s first black petunia, and
if the photos do it justice, it’s sure to
be a standout. There are very few
true black flowers, and I’m looking
forward to seeing if this one makes
the grade. If it does, the container
possibilities would be amazing.
The white echinacea, or cone-
flower ‘PowWow White,’ is a hybrid
of the rugged plant once found
growing in native prairies. PowWow
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White sports multiple white flowers
on sturdy stems from a well-
branched 20-to-24-inch plant.
Coneflowers are tough and grow
from Minnesota to Florida.
Each year I try new vegetable
varieties in my garden, and a few
offerings from Johnny’s Selected
Seeds caught my eye. Johnny’s is a
must-have catalog for any serious
vegetable gardener; the variety of
vegetable seeds they offer is tanta-
lizing.
I love fresh beets and the variety
called Cylindra looks interesting.
Instead of producing a short,
roundish root like other beets, this
one grows a long, tapered purple
root. I’ve decided to give it a try.
For lettuce lovers — and really,
who doesn’t love fresh lettuce in the
early spring — Johnny’s offers a
few new unusual varieties.
Paradai is their oakleaf lettuce. It
forms a loose head, can be harvest-
ed early and its deeply sculpted red-
dish leaves would make a wonderful
compliment to traditional green leaf
lettuces in any salad.
Bambi, another new leaf lettuce
offering, looks as much like spinach
as lettuce. Its dark green, wrinkled
leaves grow into mini-heads and the
catalog praises its excellent flavor
and texture.
While your garden is asleep,
enjoy the down time with a few
good seed catalogs (or websites)
and start picking out those “must-
haves” for your plot.
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Can’t decide how to redecorate? Join the crowd

By Kim Cook effect on a paint shade. author of “Better by Mistake” (Riverhead,
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “I also advise approaching color holisti- 2011). On the web
cally — one room should work with the next If you’re more comfortable putting your-
Full disclosure: I don’t suffer from the in some way,” says Kling. “You can accom- self in the hands of a pro, ask around for rec- www.benjaminmoore.com
indecisive decorator affliction. plish this by using related hues, or colors of ommendations. On Facebook, Benjamin www.behr.com
I take after my mother, who can nail the similar value.” Moore has launched an “Experts Exchange,” www.pittsburghpaints.com
perfect paint shade from a hundred yards. As for furniture, some retailers will let where you can talk to a designer or color www.sherwin-williams.com
We know what we like, and we know it you try a piece at home before com- pro before you choose your paint. www.valsparpaint.com
when we see it. mitting. Benjamin Moore, Behr, www.alinatugend.com
But for many folks, who are more self- Bring home samples of win- Pittsburgh and Sherwin- www.debraklingcolourconsultant.com
critical than self-confident, the journey to dow treatments, wall and Williams among others www.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk
the ideal wall color or room style is fraught floor finishes, even cabinet offer online programs www.housebeautiful.com
with angst. What if you choose wrong and doors. Live with them for a where you can overlay www.bhg.com
visitors to your home snicker? What if you few days, moving them paint shades on differ-
spend all that money and don’t get it right? around to different vantage ent room styles. Shelter before trying out colors.
It doesn’t help that decorating options are points. magazines such as 5. Show your personality, and relax.
so extensive today. Anyone who has stared 3. Size it up. House Beautiful and After all, it’s your home, no one else’s.
down a 6-foot-long wall of paint chips Take a tape measure to the Better Homes and There are no design police. As many of TV’s
knows the feeling. There’s an encyclopedic store, make sure the piece Gardens offer similar home design shows point out, modern home
sample book of sofa fabric. Wood flooring, will fit your space, and sit or options. Valspar’s website decor doesn’t follow a playbook anymore.
tile, linoleum and carpet present hundreds sprawl on it as you would at lets you download your However you arrive at your decorating
more options. And what about window treat- home. own interior and decisions, trust your instincts, advises Mark
ments, with a dozen versions of blinds A tightly-upholstered leather exterior pho- Tyrrell, therapist and co-founder of the
alone? sectional might always look t o s Oban, Scotland-based self-help program
We don’t know what tidy, but nobody’s U n c o m m o n
we like, or we like going to enjoy sit- Knowledge. “Don’t
everything. ting on it if it always
That, experts say, isn’t comfy.
leads to “decision Willhite
paralysis,” whose suf- also rec-
ferers just leave things
as they are because
choosing something differ- insist
ent is overwhelming. on logical
But they do have to paint that bed- reasons for
room eventually. They have to buy some- everything. Learn
thing to sit on. to say ‘because it
Here are five expert tips to make decor feels right,”’ he says.
decisions a bit easier: He also urges peo-
1. Look at yourself. ple to use their imag-
Seattle-based author and interior designer inations. “Really sit
Nikki Willhite advises paying attention to down and envisage
what you’re drawn to in shelter magazines, living with the deci-
other people’s homes, TV programs. Think ommends sion. How does that
about the colors in your wardrobe, too — versatile feel?”
chances are those colors and styles will pieces of furniture. Tugend notes, “The only
translate into rooms you’ll love. If your “The more flexible the way to know something is to do
closet is full of simple tones and clean lines, piece, the easier it is to it. And don’t worry about making a mistake
then neutral hues and tailored furnishings place, and relocate,” she — you might fall in love with it.”
will appeal. If the drawers brim with pattern, says. She mentions a blond wood dining table
let your home echo that exuberance. 4. Get a second opinion. purchased years ago that she’d never been
2. Test-drive it. Always admired your able to find matching chairs for.
Debra Kling, a color consultant in neighbor’s decorating “I kept thinking our dark chairs looked
Larchmont, N.Y., recommends testing a style? For the price of coffee wrong, but now I really like the combina-
large paint swath on all four walls. and dessert, design-savvy tion,” she says.
“Observe the room over several days. You friends are usually happy to In a neighborhood filled with neutral-hued
should especially like the color at the time offer ideas. homes, Willhite painted her house yellow. “I
of day, with the customary lighting, when But don’t go overboard. was surprised and embarrassed at how
you most often use the room,” she says. “Too much advice leads to bright it came out,” she says. But time has
The quality of light, the room’s orienta- just as much confusion as too toned it down, and she says, “It’s actually
tion and the surrounding colors all have an little,” says Alina Tugend, very pretty!”
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Calendar
Reverse Mortgage for Home
Purchase Workshop. 10 a.m. to
noon. Coyote Point Yacht Club, 1820
Coyote Point Road, San Mateo. A
Realtor, attorney and housing spe-
cialist will discuss how to be secure
in the financial future through reverse
mortgages. Free. For more informa-
tion or to register e-mail stor-
mont@att.net.
Animals in Action. 10:30 a.m.
CuriOdyssey, 1651 Coyote Point
Drive, San Mateo. Join us to catch
our Wildlife Keepers doing animal
enrichment activities, taking animals
for walks and even leading training
sessions. Free with admission to
museum. For more information call
342-7755.
San Mateo AARP Chapter 139
Meeting. Noon. Beresford
Recreation Center, 2720 Alameda de
las Pulgas, San Mateo. There will be
a business meeting and then the
installation of officers for 2011. For
more information call 345-5001.
Meet the Cheese Maker. 4 p.m. to 6
p.m. New Leaf Community Markets,
150 San Mateo Road, Half Moon
Bay. Jerry Jeimerl, owner of Saxon
Homestead Creamery, will offer sam-
ples of his award-winning cheeses
and discuss his dairy farm. Free. For
more information e-mail
patti@bondmarcom.com.
Jazz in January and Millbrae
Library Community Open House.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Music, refreshments
and children’s crafts program.
Millbrae Library, 1 Library Ave.,
Millbrae. For more information call
697-7607.
Wine Innovator Jean-Charles
Boisset To Speak at Notre Dame de
Namur University. 6 p.m. Ralston
Mansion, 1500 Ralston Ave.,
Belmont. For more information call
508-3469.
MyLiberty San Mateo Meeting. 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. American Legion Hall,
130 S. Blvd., San Mateo. Biweekly
meeting of the conservative group
MyLiberty San Mateo. For informa-
tion visit mylibertysanmateo.com.
Calvary Lutheran church choir. 7
p.m. Calvary Lutheran church, 401
Santa Lucia Ave., Millbrae. Do you
like to sing? Come to our choir
rehearsals. For more information call
588-2840.
John Cruz. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 2223
Broadway, Redwood City. Hawaiian
singer songwriter John Cruz is going
to California this month to do a brief
club tour before heading into the stu-
dio to continue working on his new
album.
FRIDAY, JAN. 21
Rotary Club of San Mateo Sunrise.
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Wedgewood
Banquet Center, Crystal Springs Golf
Course, 6650 Golf Course Drive,
Burlingame. Guest Speaker Dr. Mark
Howard, PhD will speak on ‘How to
handle difficult communication at
work and at home.’ $15. For more
information call 619-4818.
Bowditch Middle School presents
‘Back to the ’80s ... The Totally
Awesome Musical!’ 7:30 p.m.
Bayside Performing Arts Center,
2025 Kehoe Ave., San Mateo. $10.
For more information visit bowditch-
musical.org.
Vienna, City of My Dreams. 8 p.m.
San Mateo Performing Arts Center,
600 N. Delaware St., San Mateo.
Concert will feature orchestral mas-
terpieces from such composers as
Schubert, Mozart and Strauss and a
fully costumed and choreographed
Viennese Ball by the Academy of
Danse Libre. Pre-concert lecture
begins at 7 p.m. $38 for general
admission, $32 seniors, $20 students.
For more information visit peninsu-
lasymphony.org.
SATURDAY, JAN. 22
Photoshop Elements. 9:30 a.m.
Woodside Library, 3410 Woodside
Road, Woodside. Learn how to crop,
edit and retouch images using this
photo-editing program. Previous
computer basics suggested. For more
information call 851-0147.
Volunteer Recruitment Open
House at Filoli. 9:30 a.m. Filoli
Center, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside.
Attendees will have the opportunity
to learn about the many, varied ways
to volunteer at Filoli in areas such as
House and Garden Docents, Visitor
Services, Hospitality, the
Ambassador Program, the Art
Committee, the Café and the Garden
Shop. For more information call 364-
8300.
Habitat Restoration Day. 9:45 a.m.
to noon. Stone Pine office park, 120
Stone Pine Road, Half Moon Bay.
Join us for a of trash cleanup and
non-native plant removal and for a
talk about protection of open space in
Half Moon Bay. For more informa-
tion call 726-5056.
Dog Adoptions. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
San Mateo Petco, 3012 Bridgepointe
Parkway, San Mateo. Dogs were
saved from death in high-kill
Southern California shelters and driv-
en to Northern California for adop-
tions. For more information visit
dogsneedhomes.blogspot.com.
Organic Rose Care. 10 a.m. to noon.
Kohl Pumphouse in Central Park,
101 Ninth Ave., San Mateo. Speakers
Terry Lyngso and Alane Weber will
discuss how to care for roses and the
environment with organic rose care.
Free. For more information call 579-
0536, ext. 3.
Health and Wellness Fair. 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. Millbrae Senior Center, 477
Lincoln Circle, Millbrae. Specially
designed for men and women 50
years and older, families and friends.
Free. For more information call 259-
2371.
Peninsula Orchid Society Show
and Sale. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Community Activities Building,
1400 Roosevelt Ave., Redwood City.
The show features beautiful displays
of blooming orchids judged by the
American Orchid Society and the
Cymbidium Society of America. $5
for adults, $3 for children and sen-
iors. For more information contact
Marry Gerristen at
marygerristen@yahoo.com.
Winterfest. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CuriOdyssey, 1651 Coyote Point
Drive, San Mateo. Investigate light
and color by playing with prisms.
Examine physics by experimenting
with high-flying air cannons. Even
try your hand at some chilly ice cube
art. Free with Museum admission.
For more information call 342-7755.
Dr. Walter Bortz and the Roadmap
to 100. 10:30 a.m. Belmont Library,
1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. Dr. Bortz will discuss his
studies on living a long and healthy
life. Free. For more information e-
mail conrad@smcl.org.
The Architectural History of
Suburbia. 1 p.m. San Mateo County
History Museum, 2200 Broadway,
Redwood City. Local architect and
historian Alan Hess will discuss the
integral role the San Francisco
Peninsula played in the development
of modern suburbia. $5 for adults, $3
for students and seniors. For more
information visit historysmc.org.
Job Seeking Skills. 2 p.m. San
Carlos Library, 610 Elm St., San
Carlos. Joan Tabb, career coach, will
discuss how to use networks and
impress interviewers. Free. For more
information call 591-0341.
Bowditch Middle School presents
‘Back to the ’80s ... The Totally
Awesome Musical!’ 2 p.m. Bayside
Performing Arts Center, 2025 Kehoe
Ave., San Mateo. $10. For more
information visit
bowditchmusical.org.
The School of Rock: Tribute to
Frank Zappa. 2 p.m. Level 236, S.
B St., San Mateo. For more informa-
tion call 347-3474.
The Capo Brothers In Concert. 2
p.m. to 6 p.m. The Old Princeton
Landing, 460 Capistrano Road, Half
Moon Bay. Free. For more informa-
tion go to capobros.com.
Blah Blah Woof Woof raises St.
Johns Roof fundraiser. 5:30 p.m.
St. Johns United Church of Chirst,
480 San Anselmos Ave. N., San
Bruno. Join us for this fundraiser
event which includes dinner and
music. Music: $15 adult, $10 child.
Dinner: $10 adults, $6 child. For
more information contact
trish69@pacbell.net.
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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CHEER
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superior ratings is required to earn the
invitation.
Junior Alexandria Kim explained the
squad performed in a group and individ-
ually in the dance section. For cheer, the
girls did a performance and game time
cheer, said 16-year-old Candice
Newson.
While numerous squads compete dur-
ing the school year, Mills focuses on
supporting its athletic teams, said
Schmulewicz.
“It’s very important for them to earn
something and do it together,” said
Schmulewicz.
Both junior varsity and varsity earned
invitations but only the 10-member var-
sity squad is attending. While the big
game is Jan. 30, the squad leaves Jan. 27
and returns Jan. 31. Unlike in previous
years, the routine will not be televised.
Nor was the squad given a DVD of the
routine before arriving. Practice starts on
Thursday evening, said Schmulewicz.
Those on the squad are excited to take
a trip with teammates who are like fam-
ily.
Kim is so excited about the trip that
she packed her bag last week.
Newson added “We’re like a family.
They’re all like my sisters.”
Jessica Reginid, 16, said the squad
worked hard for the opportunity.
Seventeen-year-old Deanna Martinez,
the lone senior on the squad, was partic-
ularly excited.
CASTELLO
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Castello’s honor in hopes of bringing his
killer to justice.
Johnson distributes fliers, wristbands
and T-shirts throughout San Mateo in
hope that someone will offer up any
information on the events of Jan. 21,
2008.
After Castello’s murder, police said
his death may have been related to a rob-
bery attempt at the restaurant located
across the street from the Hillsdale
Shopping Center on El Camino Real.
Castello was 36 when he died.
Johnson, now 47, has been unem-
ployed since Castello’s death and is
focused on the fact the killer roams free.
“It is not fair to take someone else’s
life and then live life freely,” Johnson
said.
She hopes the reward will draw out the
truth or that someone will come forward
out of guilt.
“Doug was the love of my life, my one
TRASH
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Recology began its contract Jan. 1 were
not unexpected even though both it and
the SBWMA tried to head off problems
with community workshops and public
outreach.
Recology took over from Allied
TRIAL
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borhood affected by the gas pipeline
explosion and subsequent fire, according
to the prosecution.
Smith and Justin each face two years
PHOTO COURTESY OF RACHEL SCHMULEWICZ
Mills High School’s varsity cheerleading squad is traveling to Hawaii to participate
in the 2011 Pro Bowl's annual halftime show.The squad includes, clockwise from
back left, Candice Newson, Alexandria Kim, Deanna Martinez, Sarah Garcia and
Melissa Gil,Christina Green,Brooke Richardson,Jessica Reginio,Stephanie Sun and
Nicole Gauci.
“This is a once in a lifetime thing. I’m
proud. All the girls have worked so
hard,” she said.
Getting the money together for the trip
was a challenge. It was about $1,200
without airfare per person. The girls
hosted a bowl-a-thon to help raise funds.
Going did raise some questions for the
San Mateo Union High School District
Board of Trustees, which approved the
trip earlier this month. Board President
true soulmate and I miss him everyday,”
Johnson said.
Since Castello’s death, Johnson has
actually formed a relationship with his
mother, a resident of Alaska, who had
not spoken to her son for more than a
decade before his murder.
T.G.I. Friday’s offered a $10,000
reward for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the person or
people responsible for the incident
Waste, ending its 10-year contract and
bringing new collection carts and sched-
ules.
At the same time, cities and member
agencies belonging to SBWMA began
notifying customers of, and in some
cases already voting on, garbage rate
increases including some as high as 38.9
percent.
Although some of customers have
questioned why increases are being
asked at the same time service has been
in prison when sentenced Feb. 15 on
felony charges of burglary and perjury.
Last week, Daniel Leon Stansbury, 41,
of Los Altos, also settled his case by
pleading no contest to two counts of
commercial burglary, one count of iden-
tity theft and one count of grand theft.
Stansbury, according to prosecutors,
twice masqueraded as a fire victim to
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Stephen Rogers questioned the environ-
ment of a professional football game and
requested an additional chaperone
attend. While a number of district offi-
cials, elected and employed, volun-
teered, they were unneeded. Enough par-
ents were already planning to attend.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
immediately after Castello’s homicide.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office
contributed another $25,000 to the
reward and it has now reached $40,000
Johnson said she lost Castello’s baby
after the homicide and then lost her job
of 15 years.
For the first two weeks following the
murder, police devoted seven detectives,
two sergeants and one lieutenant to the
case. Police conducted 150 interviews
that included all employees at the San
Mateo Friday’s and many from nearby
Friday’s in San Bruno and Campbell.
They executed 10 search warrants on
data that could produce investigative
leads. They collected physical evidence
that produced no suspects. Eight people
were looked at closely and five were
given lie detector tests, police said.
Anyone with information about this
case should call (650) 522-7654 or the
secret witness hotline at (650) 522-7676.
Bill Silverfarb can be reached by e-mail: sil-
verfarb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 106.
in question, the timing is coincidental.
Customers may also not fully realize
the rate increase components include
items not specifically tied to the
Recology contract such as paying out
Allied’s final bill and tip fees at the Ox
Mountain landfill.
Michelle Durand can be reached by e-mail:
michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 102.
collect more than $2,000 in gift cards, a
rental car and hotel lodging.
In separate cases, Angela Marie Wise,
46, and Jacqueline Turner, 23, are also
accused of scamming relief workers.
Michelle Durand can be reached by e-mail:
michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 102.
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The following person is doing business
as: Carousel Classics, 205 Rockaway
Beach Avenue #3, PACIFICA, CA 94044
is hereby registered by the following
owners: Yu Sein Choo, 224 Alta Loma
Dr., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, and
Ofelia M. Choo, 100 Mclellan Drive
#2110, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. The
business is conducted by Co-Partners.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on 11/10/2005.
/s/ Yu S. Choo/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/07/2010. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/30/10,
01/06/11, 01/13/11, 01/20/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242606
The following person is doing business
as: Business Class Guru, 1415 Rollins
Rd. #110, BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Wholesale Flights Inc., CA. The business
is conducted by a Corporation. The reg-
istrants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Vlad Veinstein /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/04/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/06/11,
01/13/11, 01/20/11, 01/27,11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242592
The following person is doing business
as: Restaurant 3000, 3000 Sand Hill
Road, MENLO PARK, CA 94025 is here-
by registered by the following owner: So
Delicious Management Company, Inc.,
CA. The business is conducted by a Cor-
poration. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Joel Sage /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/04/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/06/11,
01/13/11, 01/20/11, 01/27,11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242251
The following person is doing business
as: Algenist, 225 Gateway Blvd., SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Sola-
zyme, Inc., CA. The business is conduct-
ed by a Corporation. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on 12/07/2010.
/s/ Paul Quinlan /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/07/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/06/11,
01/13/11, 01/20/11, 01/27/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242633
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Mandy’s Mutts, 906 S. Idaho
Street, San Mateo, CA 94402 is hereby
registered by the following owners: Man-
dy Tisdale & Eric Tisdale, same address.
The business is conducted by Husband
& Wife. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Mandy Tisdale /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/06/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/11,
01/20/11, 01/27/11, 02/03/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242538
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Yogatiffany, 15 Laurel Hill Ct.,
SAN MATEO, CA 94402 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner: Tiffany
Belzer, 205 De Anza Blvd. #190, SAN
MATEO. The business is conducted by
an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 01/01/2011
/s/ Tiffany Belzer /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/29/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/11,
01/20/11, 01/27/11, 02/03/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242615
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Kabagem, 823 Stonegate Dr.,
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Geo Eternal Memories, Ltd., CA. The
business is conducted by a Limited Lia-
bility Company. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 01/01/2011
/s/ Bobbie Lai /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/05/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/11,
01/20/11, 01/27/11, 02/03/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242290
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Ventura Janitorial Service, 1472
Ebener St., REDWOOD CITY, CA 94061
is hereby registered by the following
owner: Juan M. Ventura, same address.
The business is conducted by an Individ-
ual. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on
/s/ Juan Ventura /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/09/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/13/11,
01/20/11, 01/27/11, 02/03/11)
203 Public Notices
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.
Fax your request to: 650-344-5290
Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242736
The following person is doing business
as: Howard Johnson - San Bruno, 190 El
Camino Real, San Bruno, CA 94066 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Diamond Hospitality, CA. The business
is conducted by a Limited Liability Com-
pany. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
01/01/10.
/s/ Vijay D. Patel /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/12/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/20/11,
01/27/11, 02/03/11, 02/10/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242628
The following person is doing business
as: Just Because Trucking, 3150 18th St.
Ste. 314, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110
is hereby registered by the following
owner: Gerardo Velazquez, 7701 El Ca-
mino Real, COLMA, CA 94014. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on
/s/ Gerardo Velazquez /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/05/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/20/11,
01/27/11, 02/03/11, 02/10/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242826
The following person is doing business
as: Ren Xian He, 401 Richmond Dr.
#213, MILLBRAE, CA 94030 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Nexus
Holidays San Francisco, CA. The busi-
ness is conducted by a Corporation. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on
/s/ Ren Xian He /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/18/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/20/11,
01/27/11, 02/03/11, 02/10/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242670
The following person is doing business
as: Becky Ruppel Photography, 1010
Dwight Ave., HALF MOON BAY, CA
94019 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Becky Ruppel, same address.
The business is conducted by an Individ-
ual. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on
01/02/2011
/s/ Becky Ruppel /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/07/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/20/11,
01/27/11, 02/03/11, 02/10/11)
210 Lost & Found
MISSING GREY MALE CAT named
“Biscotti”. Last seen 12/4 on Aviador
Ave. in Millbrae. 12 years old, 12 lbs.,
strong athletic build. Domestic short
hair, solid grey including nose,
neutered,declawed front paws. Micro-
chip #985121004140013. Please call
Home Again lost pet service at 888-466-
3242 with any info. Thank you!
295 Art
PAINTING "jack vettriano" Portland gal-
lery 26 x 33. $55. (650)345-1111.
PICTURE WITH Frame Jack Vettriano
with light attached $90. (650)867-2720
296 Appliances
4 BURNER cook top commercial lifetime
burner $22., (650)756-6778
AIR CONDITIONER - slider model for
narrow windows, 10k BTU, excellent
condition, $100., (650)212-7020
CHANDELIER NEW 4 lights $30.
(650)878-9542
CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.
(650)368-3037
PORTABLE GE Dishwasher, excellent
condition $75 OBO, (650)583-0245
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
STOVE TOP 4 burners with electric grill
commercial grade $50., (650)756-6778
TOAST-R-OVEN BLACK & Decker not
used $14. (650)494-1687
VACUUM CLEANER $50 (650)367-1350
WASHER/DRYER “MAYTAG” - Brand
new with 3 year warranty, $850. both,
(650)726-4168
203 Public Notices
297 Bicycles
BICYCLE "MAGNA" 24 inch wheels
purple, $40., San Mateo,SOLD!
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo
(650)676-0732
GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed
good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712
298 Collectibles
2 VINTAGE COFFEE CANS - empty,
Hills Bros. red, 1922-45, HillsBros , early
80’s, $25/both, (650)347-5104
28 RECORDS - 78 RPMS, Bing Crosby,
Frankie Laine, Al Jolson, many others, all
in book albums, $90. all, (650)347-5104
49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all,
(650)592-2648
6 GALLON "red wing" Crock $100 RWC
(650)868-0436
8 VERY OLD BOTTLES - most used for
medicines, whiskey, milk, root beer, all in
good condition, $55. all, (650)347-5104
BAY MEADOW coffee mug in box
SOLD!
GEISHA DOLL - 14" - BEAUTIFULLY
PACKAGED IN PLASTIC CASE.-
$25/ofr. (650)588-5991
GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
tion never used $25/all. (650)345-1111
JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
chard (650)834-4926
MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle
card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x
17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238
POSTER - framed photo of President
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash,
(650)755-8238
VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers,
perfect condition, $30., (650)345-1111
300 Toys
RADIO CONTROLLED Beetle Buggy
car new in box $10. (408)249-3858
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Perculater Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85
ANTIQUE SOLID mahogany knick-knack
or bookshelf with 4 small drawers, good
condition, $95. 650-726-5200
CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot,
solid mahogany. $300/obo.
(650)867-0379
303 Electronics
46” MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
COMSWITCH 3500 - used for fax, com-
puter modem, telephone answering ma-
chine, never used, $25., (650)347-5104
CRAIG 13” COLOR TV - cable ready,
remote control, high resolution color, with
clock timer, very good condition, has op-
erating manual, Burlingame, SOLD!
DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio
charger in box $100. (650)756-7878
“FALLOUT 3” for XBox 360. $10.
(650)520-4535
JVC VHS recorder - Like new, $15.,
(650)367-8949
PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-
8244
SANIO CASETTE/RECORDER 2 way
Radio - $95.obo, call for more details,
(650)290-1960
SONY RADIO cassette recorder $25
black good condition. (650)345-1111
TV - Big Screen, $70., ok condition,
(650)367-1350
TV 5 inch Black and white good condition
in box $10. (408)249-3858
TV SET 32 inch with remote and stand
$30. (650)520-0619
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
3 PIECE COFFEE TABLE SET: $100.
(650)787-8219
4 STURDY metal dining chairs $20/each.
(650)756-6778
BED BRASS single trundle $100 nice
and clean. (650)854-3235
BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5
rollers $25. (650)871-5078
BOOKCASE - $25., (650)255-6652
CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350
CABINET DOORS Oak with arch-style
top. Four different sizes, good condition.
$300 all. (650)871-7200
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304 Furniture
CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
bre base with glass shades $20.
(650)504-3621
COCKTAIL AND end table brass and
glass top $65. (650)854-3235
COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor-
age good condition $75. (650)867-2720
COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350
CREDENZA - $25., (650)255-6652
DINING CHAIRS (6) $100/all. (650)854-
3235
DINING ROOM table $100. (650)854-
3235
DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side
tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134
END TABLE marble top with drawer with
matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619
ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - Oak
wood, great condition, glass doors, fits
large TV, 2 drawers, shelves , $100/obo.
(650)261-9681
MATTRESSES (2) single, single nice
and clean $100.(650)854-3235
OFFICE DESK - $25., (650)255-6652
PICNIC TABLE round $25. (650)854-
3235
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
ROCKING CHAIR for nursing mother or
grandmother $75. (650)854-3235
ROCKING CHAIRS - (2) Great for family
with new born baby, $50. each or $75.
for both, (650)588-5991
SHELVING - 2000 square foot of shelv-
ing, $500. obo, (650)212-6666
TV STAND good condition beige lots of
storage $40. (650)867-2720
TWO END tables: $35 or $20 each.
(650)787-8219
WOODEN KITCHEN China Cabinet: $99
(great condition!), (650)367-1350
WOODEN QUILT rack with kitty designs
on end excellent condition, SOLD!
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE" decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it,
tall, purchased from Brueners, originally
$100., selling for $30.,(650)867-2720
HAMILTON BEACH Mixer, vintage, .juic-
er & bowl, beater. $30/obo(650)576-6067
OASIS COUNTERTOP water cooler dis-
penses cold and luke warm water $50.,
(650)218-4254
REVEREWARE, 1,3.4 qt. pots, 5",7"
pans, stainless steel w/copper bottoms,
excellent cond., $60/all. (650)577-0604
VACUUM RIDGED wet and dry 16 gal-
lons 5 horse power in box accesso-
ries included $65., (650)756-7878
307 Jewelry & Clothing
49ER'S JACKET Child size $50.
(650)871-7200
BLACK VELVET evening jacket w/silver
sparkles, Sz 20W, $10. (650)712-1070
BLACK VELVET pants, Sz L, $7.
(650)712-1070
HOLIDAY WEAR, barely worn: Macy's
black sweater set, Size M, wool w/gold
metalic stripes, $15 set. (650)712-1070
JEWELRY DISPLAY 12 piece SOLD!
LADIES BRACELET, Murano glass.
Various shades of red and blue $100
Daly City, no return calls. (650)991-2353
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow links gloves
size 7.5 $15 New. RWC. (650)868-0436
LIZ CLAIBORNE black evening jacket
Sz. 12, acetate/polyester, $10. (650)712-
1070
SHEER PURPLE tunic, Sz XL, w/em-
broidered design & sequins, $10.
(650)712-1070
SILVER SEQUIN shirt-jacket Sz 12-14 -
very dressy, $15. (650)712-1070
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307 Jewelry & Clothing
SMALL JEWELRY cabinet - 17” H, 12”
W, 2 glass doors, plus 2 drawers, very
pretty, $35., (650)592-2648
TOURQUOISE BLUE party dress, cov-
ered w/sequins, sz 14, $15. (650)712-
1070
308 Tools
CLICKER TORQUE wrench 1/2 inch
drive 20-150 LBS reversible all chrome
$40. 650-595-3933
DOLLY - Heavy Duty, Dual Use 54" hgt.
Upright-Push Cart South City $99.OBO
(415) 410 - 9801
PRESSURE WASHER 2500 PSI, good
condition, $350., (650)926-9841
SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal-
lon stack tank air compressor $100.,
(650)591-4710
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219
TORO LEAF BLOWERS, Power Sweep
+ 850 Super Blower, Electric like new
$40. pair South City (415) 410-9801
309 Office Equipment
CALCULATOR - Casio, still in box, new,
$25. (650)867-2720
DELL PHOTO 924 all in one with 2 ink
cartridges $40 obo. (650)290-1960
OFFICE LAMP new $8. (650)345-1111
OFFICE WATER COOLER Hot - Ex Hot
,Cold - Ice Cold Like New South City
$99. OBO (415) 410 -9801
310 Misc. For Sale
"COUNTRY KITCHEN" pot rack with
down lights. Retailed at $250
New in box $99 (650) 454-6163
12 PIECE jewelry display $30 (650)592-
2648
13 PIECE paint and pad set for home
use $25., (650)589-2893
5 NEEDLEPOINT sets still in package
$10/each, (650)592-2648
ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12.
(650)368-3037
ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
BEAUTIFUL ROUND GOLD FRAMED
Beveled Mirrors 34" diameter $75 ea Jer-
ry San Mateo 650-619-9932
BETTY BOOP perfume 3.5 ounces $8.
(408)249-3858
CABINET OAK, fits over toilet water
tank, like new $25. (650)341-5347
CANDLE HOLDER with angel design,
tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for
$100, now $35. (650)345-1111
COLLAPSIBLE PICNIC cooler comes
with utensils, glass and plates $15.
DOG CAGE/GORILLA - folding
large dog cage good condition, 2 door
with tray, $75.,(650)355-8949
DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
total, (650)367-8949
DOUBLE PANE Windows 48"wide X 34"
Tall W/screens perfect condition vinyl
$75. OBO 650-619-9932
DOUBLE PANE Windows 48"wide X 34"
Tall W/screens perfect condition white vi-
nyl $75. 650-619-9932
ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric
heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621
ENGINE HOIST, 2 ton almost new $95
Burlingame. SOLD!
FIRE BOWL- new in box, 13 x 32
$50.obo, (650)592-9141
FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide,
29"high, antique brass, folding doors,
sliding mesh screen, damper
controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047
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310 Misc. For Sale
FRONT END Dash Board from '98 Sono-
ma Truck $50. (650)871-7200
FULL BAG of plastic containers. SOLD!
HARD COVER BOOKS - Mystery & ad-
venture, current authors, some large type
print, $3.00 each, (650)364-7777
HARD COVER mystery and adventure
books (12) latest authors $3/each.
(650)364-7777
JAMES PATTERSON BOOKS - 2 hard-
back @$3. each, 4 paperback @ $1.
each, (650)341-1861
JANET EVANOVICH BOOKS - 4 hard-
back @$3. each, 3 paperback @$1.
each, (650)341-1861
KIDS GUITAR for 6 years and Up $40,
call (650)375-1550
LEAD FILM BAG Protect film from x-
rays, Ex. cond. SOLD!
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in
box, (650)368-3037
METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige
16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D.
$40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
MUSIC CASSETTES (200) popular
songs $40/all 650-873-4030
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC World book
of Religion still in package $35.
(408)249-3858
NEW BANQUET table 6ft x 30. $50. Call
(650)871-7200.
NEW GAIAM Yoga P.M. Tape & CD
$10. 650-578-8306
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant)
with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648
PRECUT MILK cartons great for school
projects 24/bag $8/bag. (650)871-7200
SLEEPER BLANKET (3) size 4T Soft
$7.50/each. (650)349-6059
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $40.
all, Burl, (650)347-5104
SOFT BONNET hair drier "Con Air" $20.,
(650)589-2893
SPANISH GUITAR 6 strings good condi-
tion $80. Call (650)375-1550.
STUART WOODS HARDBACK BOOKS
- 3 @$3. each, (650)341-1861
SUIT/COAT HANGERS (14) sturdy good
quality hardwood unused $1/each or all
$10. San Bruno 650-588-1946
TRIVIAL PURSUIT GAME - genus edi-
tion, used a few times, no missing
pieces, $22. SOLD!
WALNUT CABINET- on rollers 26 W x
20 D x 34.5 H $35. (650)341-5347
WETSUIT - Barefoot, like new, $40.,
(650)367-8949
WIDE-BODIED VASE -- Colorful, Perfect
condition, nice design, $25 (650)867-
2720
311 Musical Instruments
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for
both. (650)342-4537
KEYBOARD CASIO 3 ft long $50.
(650)583-2767
PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, “Davis &
Sons”, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007
312 Pets & Animals
KITTY LITTER box enclosed with swing-
ing door and handle $10., (650)592-2648
MALTESE PUPPIES purebreds m/f
$800 available Feb 10. (650)421-3924
316 Clothes
BAY MEADOWS COAT - Light green,
new, size L, $25., (650)867-2720
BLACK LEATHER MOTORCYCLE
JACKET - Large, water proof, new, $35.,
(650)342-7568
BOOTS - 2 pairs purple leather, size 8.
One is knee length, other is ankle length,
$150.obo, (650)592-9141
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315 Wanted to Buy 315 Wanted to Buy 317 Building Materials 322 Garage Sales 380 Real Estate Services 440 Apartments
DOUBLE PANED GLASS WINDOWS - BELMONT - Prime, quiet location, view,
various sizes, half moon, like new, $10.
and up, (650)756-6778 SAN MATEO DISTRESS new carpets, balcony-patio, dishwasher,
covered carports, storage, pool. No pets.
1 bedroom $1350 and up. 2 bed/2 bath
SLIDING SCREEN door 30 inch good $1650. (650)592-1271 Days or (650)344-
condition $25. (650)871-7200
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318 Sports Equipment

Garage Sale! Bank Foreclosures. FURNISHED ROOM
2 GOLF CLUBS - Ladies, right handed, Saturday $400,000+ for Rent
putter & driver $5/each (650)755-8238
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Rate starts at $45 + tax
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hardly used, size medium. Orig $400+. pictures. WEEKLY AVAILABLE.
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and properties throughout
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miles, $17,594. P83321845 Melody
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tion the Daily Journal $1250., (650)726-9733.
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