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It’s about dam time
Finishing touches bring yearslong watershed project to a close
Crews construct a larger spillway for the Lower Crystal Springs Dam. A bridge for motorists and pedestrians will be open Jan. 11.
Speaker again, Pelosi sees
‘new dawn’ for Congress
House quickly gets to work on partial government shutdown
Rep. Xochitl Torres Small poses with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
for a ceremonial swearing-in picture on Capitol Hill.
Moments from opening hours
NANCY PELOSI — DAB!
When her name was called, freshman Rep.
Rashida Tlaib stood to cast her vote for Nancy
Pelosi as speaker. Tlaib’s sons, Adam, 13, and
Yousif, 7, stood by her side.
Then Adam shouted Pelosi’s name, too, and both
followed that with a “dab” — a move favored by
tweens in which the nose is nudged inside one
elbow while the opposite hand is raised over-
head.
REUTERS
But Bella Kaufman saw it. Pelosi’s granddaughter,
9, jumped up from her seat in the second row
and returned the salute. The House’s legions of
parents of both parties chuckled.
GATHER, CHILDREN
They mugged. They flashed thumbs-up. They
See OPEN, Page 12
Leading local news coverage on the Peninsula
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By Anna Schuessler
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Some two decades after the
Crystal Springs Dam Bridge was
first imagined, those hoping to
catch another glimpse of the
Peninsula Watershed and access
miles of recreational trails will
finally be able to do so once it
opens for the first time to pedestri-
ans, bicyclists and drivers Jan. 11.
Plans to reopen a scenic stretch
of Skyline Boulevard near the
bridge’s location where the
Crystal Springs Reservoir meets
the San Mateo Creek have been in
the works for years as the San
Mateo County Public Works and
Parks departments have coordinat-
ed with other agencies to reinstate
the road atop the spillway, realign
the approaches to it and create a
new route several feet higher than
it was before.
Though several aspects of the
project have been complete for
years, crews in the last two
months or so have been reviewing
the security of the protected water-
shed and installing fencing to
establish a perimeter around the
COURTESY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
See DAM, Page 23
By Lisa Mascaro
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Cheering
Democrats returned Nancy Pelosi
to the House speaker’s post
Thursday as
the 116th
Inside
Congress
ushered in a
h i s t o ri cal l y DAILY JOURNAL FILE PHOTO
diverse fresh- A Christmas tree left on the sidewalk for pickup by Recology in San Mateo.
man class
eager to con- • Day 13:
f r o n t Dems prepare
to pass funding
Christmas tree pickup begins
P r e s i d e n t plan,Trump digs in
D o n a l d • Worries grow Collectors eases process for those looking
Trump in a about impact of a
new era of prolonged shutdown
to recycle their former holiday centerpiece
By Austin Walsh ing regular trash pickup day
divided gov-
ernment.
See page 11
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF throughout January and they will
Pelosi, elected speaker 220- be taken for free, said Executive
192, took the gavel saying U.S. Disposing of a Christmas tree is Director Joe La Mariana.
voters “demanded a new dawn” in becoming easier than returning “We are trying to make it easy,”
the November election that swept unwanted gifts placed under it. said La Mariana, whose company
the Democrats to a House majority For customers of RethinkWaste, accommodates roughly 95, 000
and are looking to “the beauty of which services most of the San Mateo County households
our Constitution” to provide Peninsula, undressed trees 8 feet or
shorter can be left on the curb dur-
See PELOSI, Page 12 See TREES, Page 23
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Thought for the Day

“What we call the beginning is often
the end. And to make an end is to make a
beginning. The end is where we start from.”
— T.S. Eliot

This Day in History

President Lyndon B. Johnson deliv-

1965 ered his State of the Union address in

which he outlined the goals of his
“Great Society.”
In 1 8 9 6 , Utah was admitted as the 45th state.
In   1 9 0 4 ,   the U. S. Supreme Court, in Gonzalez v.
Williams, ruled that Puerto Ricans were not aliens and could
enter the United States freely; however, the court stopped
short of declaring them citizens. (Puerto Ricans received
U.S. citizenship in March 1917.)
In  1 9 3 5 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of
the Union address, called for legislation to provide assis-
tance for the jobless, elderly, impoverished children and the
handicapped.
In  1 9 4 3 ,   for the second time, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin
made the cover of TIME as the magazine’s 1942 “Man of the
Year.”
In  1 9 5 1 , during the Korean War, North Korean and
Communist Chinese forces recaptured the city of Seoul.
REUTERS
In  1 9 6 0 ,   author and philosopher Albert Camus died in an
automobile accident in Villeblevin, France, at age 46. Thai women devotees attend an icebreaking session ahead of their ordination to be novice monks at the Songdhammakalyani
In 1 9 6 4 ,  Pope Paul VI began a visit to the Holy Land, the monastery in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand.
first papal pilgrimage of its kind.
In 1 9 7 4 , President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape In other news ...
recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate
Body found in landfill was International Air Center. crimes and are each being held on $12
Watergate Committee.
The airline indicated that 147 pas- million bail.
In  1 9 8 7 ,   16 people were killed when an Amtrak train taken there by garbage truck sengers and six crew members were Authorities have said some of the
bound from Washington, D.C., to Boston collided with
LIVERMORE — Authorities say the aboard a flight Wednesday morning to children were shackled to their beds
Conrail locomotives that had crossed into its path from a
body of a woman found in a Northern San Diego from Dallas-Fort Worth and were beaten and starved.
side track in Chase, Maryland.
California landfill was transported International Airport. But a smoke The home was recently appraised at
In  1 9 9 5 , the 104th Congress convened, the first entirely alarm in the cargo area of the plane
under Republican control since the Eisenhower era. there in a garbage truck. $353,138 by Riverside County.
Alameda County Sgt. Ray Kelly said required the plane to be diverted to The newspaper says the alleged
they believe the body went through a Roswell, The Roswell Daily Record crimes were not mentioned in docu-
Birthdays transfer station in San Leandro on a
garbage truck and was off-loaded onto
reported .
Passengers and crew remained in
ments attached to the property listing.
a larger truck before being dropped Roswell for more than seven hours Father of Waffle House shooting
along with trash into the landfill in until a new plane could arrive.
rural Livermore. “Quite honestly, this is exactly what defendant disputes sheriff
Workers discovered the decompos- we are trained to do, ” Air Center NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The father of
ing body Monday. Director Scott Stark said. “We have to the man accused of fatally shooting
Kelly says the woman’s death is con- do a drill every three years, and this is four people in a Nashville Waffle
sidered suspicious and the coroner’s exactly what we do. This didn’t turn out House claims authorities didn’t
office is determining the cause and to be a major catastrophe, thank God, expressly tell him to keep guns away
manner of death. but this is exactly what we train to do.” from his son.
Country singer Actor Dave Foley is Comedian-actress He says the body may have come Jeffrey Reinking registered the
Patty Loveless is 56. Charlyne Yi is 33. from any one of the cities on the west- California home in alleged claim last month in an ongoing feder-
62. ern side of Alameda County such as child torture case is sold al civil lawsuit filed against him by
Actress Barbara Rush is 92. Football Hall of Fame coach Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville or San one of the victim’s families.
Leandro. PERRIS — A Southern California
Don Shula is 89. Opera singer Grace Bumbry is 82. Actress The Tennessean reports that authori-
Kelly says officials are working on home where authorities say a couple
Dyan Cannon is 80. Author-historian Doris Kearns Goodwin tortured most of their 13 children has ties denied the claim.
is 76. Country singer Kathy Forester (The Forester Sisters) is identifying the woman.
been sold in an online auction. Reinking’s son Travis Reinking is
64. Actress Ann Magnuson is 63. Rock musician Bernard charged in the April shooting.
Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) is 63. Actor Julian Sands is Roswell aids passengers after The Press-Enterprise reports that the
four-bedroom house in the Riverside In August 2017, the Tazewell County
61. Rock singer Michael Stipe is 59. Actor Patrick Cassidy is plane makes emergency landing County city of Perris was sold Sheriff’s Office in Illinois said it told
57. Actress Dot Jones is 55. Actor Rick Hearst is 54. Singer- ROSWELL, N. M. — Roswell city Wednesday for $310,360 to an uniden- Jeffrey Reinking to keep the weapons
musician Cait O’Riordan is 54. Actress Julia Ormond is 54. officials and staff at the city’s visi- tified bidder. away from his son, whom the U.S.
Tennis player Guy Forget is 54. Country singer Deana Carter tors’ center made inconvenienced Authorities arrested suspects David Secret Service had arrested that July at
is 53. Rock musician Benjamin Darvill (Crash Test Dummies) passengers feel welcomed and com- and Louise Turpin last year after their the White House.
is 52. Actor Josh Stamberg is 49. Actor Jeremy Licht is 48. fortable after an American Airlines 17-year-old daughter escaped from the Jeffrey Reinking had locked up his
Actor Damon Gupton is 46. Actress-singer Jill Marie Jones is plane was forced to make an emer- home and called 911. Both have plead- son’s three rifles and a handgun, but
44. Actress D’Arcy Carden is 39. Alt-country singer Justin gency landing at the Roswell ed not guilty to torture and other later returned the weapons to him.
Townes Earle is 37.
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By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
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Man allegedly sleeping while
driving Tesla pleads not guilty
By Supriya Yelimeli
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
A Los Altos planning commissioner
pleaded not guilty to a driving under the
influence charge Wednesday after being
found asleep in a moving Tesla in November
on Highway 101 in Redwood City.
Alexander Samek, 45, was cited for two
misdemeanors, DUI and DUI with a blood
alcohol level of 0.08 percent or higher, and
was told to appear in court on Friday.
Samek’s attorney Josh Bentley instead
filed a “paper arraignment” pleading not
guilty on Wednesday, according to San
Mateo County District Attorney Steve
Wagstaffe. Bentley could not be reached for
comment.
California Highway Patrol officers tried
to stop Samek’s Tesla Model S traveling at
70 mph on southbound Highway 101 at
Whipple Avenue to conduct a DUI check
shortly before 4 a.m. on Nov. 30.
They noticed Samek was asleep at the
wheel and drove in front
of the car at a close dis-
tance to activate the
vehicle’s automatic stop-
ping system.
The Tesla came to a
complete stop at 4:04
a. m. on southbound
Highway 101 north of
Alexander Embarcadero Road after
Samek tailing the CHP vehicle
for about 7 miles.
According to Wagstaffe, Samek refused a
chemical test for DUI, and officers drew his
blood in a “medically approved manner”
after obtaining a warrant. His blood alcohol
level registered as 0.12, after initially com-
ing in at 0.14 on a preliminary test about an
hour earlier.
Wagstaffe said Samek has no prior offens-
es, and will return to court for a pretrial hear-
ing in April and a jury trial in May. The Los
Altos Planning Commission declined to
comment on the case.

Police reports Tuesday, Jan. 1.

That’s not very bright
Someone was seen weaving with their
head lights off on Highway 101 in
Redwood City, it was reported at 6:58
a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16.
FOSTER CITY
Sus pended l i cens e. A San Bruno man was
arrested on Shell Boulevard and Catamaran
Street for driving on a suspended license, it
was reported at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1.
Petty theft. A gift card was stolen on
Staysail Court, it was reported at 8:52 p.m.
Arres t. A Foster City resident was arrested
on Chess Drive for driving with a suspended
license and for being illegally parked, it
was reported at 10:19 a.m. Monday, Dec.
31.
Arres t. A San Mateo man was arrested on
Metro Center Boulevard for driving on a
suspended license, it was reported at 9:19
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29.
Arres t. A Merced man was arrested at East
Hillsdale Boulevard and Promontory Point
Lane for driving with a suspended license, it
was reported at 8:36 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29.
Petty theft. A package on Bounty Drive
showing delivered on Dec. 12 was not
received, it was reported at 2:47 p. m.
Saturday, Dec. 29.

The Triton, a brand new apartment community in Foster

City will be accepting preliminary applications for the
Below Market Rate in the “low income” and “moderate
income” categories, rent starting at $1,934 per month.

To learn more, visit

www.thetritonfostercity.com/affordable-housing/
Applications are due no later than
3:00 PM Thursday January 31st ,2019.
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California water below normal

in season’s first snow survey
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS water resources,” Karla Nemeth, director of
the California Department of Water
PHILLIPS STATION — Winter storms Resources, said in a statement.
have blanketed California’s Sierra Nevada More than 92 percent of California is
in snow, but the drought-prone state is still considered abnormally dry, or in moderate,
off to another drier-than-normal start to the severe or extreme drought, according to the
crucial wet season, state officials said U.S. Drought Monitor, a project of several
Thursday. federal agencies and University of
California water managers said Thursday Nebraska-Lincoln. That’s up from 56 per-
the Sierra snowpack is only 67 percent of cent a year ago.
normal in this winter’s first manual meas- California typically gets about two-thirds
urement. The amount of snow is measured of its annual rainfall between December and
monthly through the winter at more than March.
260 locations to help water managers plan A storm is expected to drop snow and rain
for how much they can deliver to customers on much of Northern California, including
later in the year. the Sierra, this weekend and into next week,
As snow in the Sierra melts in the spring the National Weather Service said Thursday.
and summer, it flows into reservoirs for At Phillips Station, a water measurement
storage and provides drinking and agricul- site near Lake Tahoe, officials on Thursday
tural water for much of California. The measured 25.5 inches (65 centimeters) of
snowpack supplies about 30 percent of the snow and a snow water equivalent of 9 inch-
state’s water needs, according to the Water es (23 centimeters) — about 80 percent of
Resources department. average for the early January survey.
Precipitation has bounced up and down as “We still have three wet season months
the state continues to recover from a devas- A storm is expected to drop snow and rain on much of Northern California, including the Sierra, this ahead of us, so there’s time for the snow-
tating drought that led to tight water restric- weekend and into next week, the National Weather Service said Thursday. pack to build and improve before it begins
tions for residents and farmers. Persistent to melt, which usually starts happening
drought has also dried out trees and brush, a three-year drought emergency in 2017, “The last few years have shown how vari- around April 1,” Michael Anderson, clima-
contributing to severe wildfires. but said water conservation efforts must able California’s climate truly is and what a tologist for the water department, said in a
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a formal end to continue. profound impact climate change has on our statement.

San Francisco toasts $550 million convention center expansion

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor London
Breed says a $550 million expansion of San
Francisco’s convention center will better
meet the needs of tourism as the city battles
entrenched problems of homelessness and
drug addiction.
Breed and other civic leaders toasted on
Thursday the expansion of Moscone
Center, which opened in 1981.
The building is environmentally friendly
with solar paneling and recovered water for
landscaping and street cleaning. Officials
showed off new terraces with breathtaking
views and above-ground pedestrian bridges
that connect its north and south sides.
Breed says she is aware that the city’s liv-
ability issues deeply affect tourism, and
said the expansion is an eye to the future.
The convention center is in San
Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood,
a challenging part of the city riddled with
used needles and other trash.
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Governor calls off planned shutdown of NYC subway line

By Deepti Hajela relief. Brown said she had been worried
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS about what the shutdown would mean for
business, and whether the alternatives the
NEW YORK — For two years, New MTA had proposed in terms of buses, ferries
Yorkers have been planning for and dread- and other subway lines would have worked.
ing “L-mageddon,” a subway rehabilitation “It didn’t feel very secure at all,” she said.
project that would have meant 15 months of “It was going to be very trial-and-error.”
painful detours for the quarter million riders Some are questioning, however, if the
a day who use the L train to get between new plan is truly the best option.
Brooklyn and Manhattan. “The governor’s plan may or may not
Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly canceled work, but you’ll pardon transit riders for
the plan Thursday, just three months before being skeptical that a last-minute Hail
it was to take effect, saying a team of Mary idea cooked up over Christmas is bet-
experts had come up with a way to overhaul ter than what the MTA came up with over
a flood-damaged tunnel beneath the East three years of extensive public input,” said
River without closing it or even signifi- John Raskin, executive director of the
cantly curtailing service. Riders Alliance, a transit advocacy group.
“With this design, it would not be neces- “We need a full public release of the details
sary to close the L train tunnel at all, which of Governor Cuomo’s idea, as well as the
would be a phenomenal benefit to the peo- mitigation plans that will allow hundreds of
ple of New York City,” Cuomo, a Democrat, thousands of L train riders to get around dur-
said at a news conference announcing the ing the inevitable shutdowns and slow-
new plan. He was flanked by engineering downs in service.”
experts from Columbia and Cornell univer- The L line is one of the city’s most crowd-
REUTERS ed, running through neighborhoods like
sities who dreamed up the proposal.
The surprise announcement came after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in the Queens Williamsburg and Bushwick that have
years of planning for the upheaval expected borough of New York City. become major draws for young people and
to be caused by the tunnel’s closure, which (11 kilometers) of the tube. wall cuts down on cost and time, officials the businesses that cater to them, like
was supposed to happen in April. The plan called for replacing old electri- said. And the new plan could be accom- restaurants and bars. Since 1990, ridership
Brooklynites had already begun rearrang- cal equipment by removing a damaged con- plished with night and weekend work has vastly increased, with about 400,000
ing their lives for the expected “L-poca- crete benchwall that lines the tunnel and instead of a shutdown. rides on an average day. Of those, more than
lypse,” with some changing jobs or apart- encases power cables. The cables would “This was an outside-the-box, creative half go through the tunnel.
ments to avoid the looming commuting then have been replaced and the wall rebuilt, solution,” Cuomo said. “Human nature is to The agency could have gone with a three-
snarls. in a labor-intensive process. do what you have done that’s tried and true year partial shutdown, but the MTA decided
The original plan, adopted by the The new plan calls for installing cables ... the original design was the best practice. in mid-2016 that it would be better to close
Metropolitan Transportation Authority on racks along the inside of the tunnels, and But you have to be willing to think outside the Canarsie Tube completely starting in
after lengthy public debate, had called for a leaving the old cables where they are. The the box or break the box.” the spring of 2019. That called for L train
complete shutdown of a portion of the L old concrete benchwall would stay too, Shanice Brown, who manages the Goorin service at five stops in Manhattan to be
line for 15 months while workers repaired encased in protective fiberglass, where nec- Bros. hat store in Williamsburg that depends halted, as well as trains through the tunnel.
damage from 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, essary, or patched. on the L train to bring in customers and The line would continue to operate between
when salty, corrosive water flooded 7 miles Not having to take out and replace the old employees, said the change in plans is a big Brooklyn neighborhoods.

Brown swears in fourth justice The 45-year-old
Groban, of Los Angeles,
to California Supreme Court oversaw Brown’s
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Jerry appointment of about
Brown has sworn in former top adviser 600 judges since 2011.
Joshua Groban to the state Supreme Court in He gives the court a
what aides say is likely to be his final pub- majority of Democratic
lic appearance before leaving office next appointees for the first
week. time since 1986. The
Brown has now placed four justices on the Joshua Groban Harvard Law School
seven-member court. The Democratic gov- graduate fills the vacan-
ernor said Thursday that it cannot be con- cy created by the retirement last year of
sidered a “Brown court” because each justice Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar.
acts independently, sometimes unpre- Groban received the approval of all three
dictably. members of the Commission on Judicial
thefts were also down.
Around the state The 68 homicides in
Appointments last month. 2018 are the lowest since
1999 when there were 60
Oakland city reports lowest killings.
Schaaf and other lead-
number of murders in two decades ers credit the drops in
OAKLAND — Authorities say the San crime to better communi-
Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland recorded ty relations and a city
its lowest number of murders in nearly two Libby Schaaf initiative called
decades with 68 homicides in 2018. Operation Ceasefire,
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced which tries to reduce gang- and other group-
Thursday that overall, major crimes related gun violence.
declined 11 percent from the previous year. Oakland has a population of about
She said that home burglaries and auto 400,000 people.
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Forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally for the Affordable Care Act.
As health care law case goes to
appeals court, sign-ups steady
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Democratic attorneys
general on Thursday appealed a federal
court ruling that the Affordable Care Act is
unconstitutional, as new enrollment num-
bers underscored the staying power of the
Obama-era law.
The government reported that about 8.4
million Americans have signed up this year
under the law, reflecting steady demand for
its subsidized health insurance. President
Donald Trump still disdains “Obamacare,”
but he failed to repeal it after promising a
better plan in its place.
The Democratic attorneys general said
they’ve launched their appeal of a recent
ruling by a conservative federal judge in
Texas who declared the Affordable Care Act
unconstitutional. In Washington, Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced a vote
next week on a resolution that would
authorize lawyers for the House to join the
appeal.
The health law remains in place while the
lawsuit continues before the 5th U. S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
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Thursday’s enrollment update covers the
39 states served by the federal
HealthCare.gov website. For those states,
sign-up season officially ended Dec. 15.
The final count will be higher, after major
states like California and New York that run
their own campaigns are added in.
The Trump administration called the
sign-up numbers “remarkably steady” at a
time when unemployment has been low and
more workers have access to job-based
coverage. Sign-ups in the 39
HealthCare.gov states were about 5 percent
lower than last year, despite the adminis-
tration’s deep cuts to the advertising budg-
et and Trump’s ongoing disdain for the pro-
gram.
A former Obama administration official
said it’s validation for former President
Barack Obama’s signature law.
“A larger percentage of people kept their
coverage than ever before,” Joshua Peck,
who previously ran marketing for
HealthCare. gov, said after analyzing
Thursday’s numbers. “Once again, demand
for comprehensive health coverage wins
the day and underscores the resiliency of
the Affordable Care Act.”
29 West 25TH Ave.
(Near El Camino)
San Mateo
For-profit college owner agrees
to end $500M in student debt
A company that owns two national for-
profit college chains said Thursday that it
will erase nearly $500 million in debt
incurred by former students as part of a set-
tlement with 48 states and the District of
Columbia.
The deal with Career Education
Corporation will resolve allegations that it
lied about job placement rates and misled
potential students to get them to enroll.
State attorneys general began investigating
the company in 2014 following complaints
from students and a damning report by the
U.S. Senate.
Company officials on Thursday said they
deny any wrongdoing but called the settle-
ment an “important milestone.”
“We have remained steadfast in our belief
that we can work with the attorneys general
to demonstrate the quality of our institu-
tions and our commitment to students,”
Todd Nelson, the company’s CEO, said in a
statement.
Frank Lonis Sherr
Frank Lonis Sherr, born April 10, 1934,
died Sunday, Dec. 30, after a long battle
with heart disease. He lived a long and col-
orful life as a concert pianist, Army veteran,
airline purser, veteran’s employment coun-
selor and teller of many bad puns.
In his later years, Frank was also caretak-
er for his wife Susan, who died in 2014 after
a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Frank was born in New Jersey but spent
his early years traveling the world from his
home base in New York before moving to
Washington, D.C., and then to the San
Francisco Bay Area. Frank is survived by
his sons Guy (Cristina), Ian (Laura) and
Cameron, grandsons William and Theodore,
sister Susan, uncle Arthur, first wife Pat, and
many other family members and friends;
including Eleanor and Leonard Cohen, who
were “g*dparents” to his younger sons.
A memorial will be 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
13, at the Brookdale Paulin Creek in Santa
Friday • Jan 4, 2019 7
Around the nation
Walt Disney joins Sandy
Hook-inspired school social program
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The Walt Disney
Co. will help expand a national educational
program developed in response to the 2012
mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary
School, a related organization announced
Thursday.
Sandy Hook Promise, whose founders
include the parents of some of the children
killed in the Newtown shooting, said
Disney will help fund and further develop its
Start With Hello program.
It is a curriculum that promotes inclusion
and combats social isolation among ele-
mentary school students by teaching kids
how to reach out to children who feel mar-
ginalized and let them know that they are
seen and valued.
Disney will help underwrite both the
development of the curriculum and a digital
platform that can be used in the elementary
schools, the organization said.
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China lunar probe sheds light

on the ‘dark’ side of the moon By Ken Moritsugu
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING — China’s burgeoning space
program achieved a lunar milestone on
Thursday: landing a probe on the mysterious
and misnamed “dark” side of the moon.
Exploring the cosmos from that far side of
the moon, which people can’t see from
Earth, could eventually help scientists learn
more about the early days of the solar system
and maybe even the birth of the universe’s
first stars.
Three nations — the United States, the for-
mer Soviet Union and more recently China
— all have sent spacecraft to the side of the
moon that faces Earth, but this landing is the
first on the far side. That side has been
observed many times from lunar orbit, but
never up close.
The China National Space Administration
said the 10:26 a.m. touchdown of the
Chang’e 4 craft has “opened up a new chapter
in human lunar exploration.”
A photo taken at 11:40 a.m. and sent back
by Chang’e 4 shows a small crater and a bar-
ren surface that appears to be illuminated by
a light from the lunar explorer. Its name
comes from that of a Chinese goddess who,
according to legend, has lived on the moon
for millennia.
One challenge of sending a probe to the
REUTERS moon’s far side is communicating with it
The far side of the moon taken by the Chang’e 4 lunar probe is seen in this image provided from Earth, so China launched a relay
by China National Space Administration. satellite in May to enable Chang’e 4 to
send back information.
The mission highlights China’s growing
ambitions to rival the U.S., Russia and
Europe in space, and more broadly, to cement
its position as a regional and global power.
“The space dream is part of the dream to
make China stronger,” President Xi Jinping
said after becoming the country’s leader in
2013.
Chinese media and officials hailed the Dec.
8 launch of Chang’e 4 as one of the nation’s
major achievements in 2018.
The public was kept in suspense about the
landing itself for more than an hour after it
occurred, with state broadcaster CCTV
announcing it at the top of the noon news.
By that time, speculation already had begun
spreading on social media in China and over-
seas.
“On the whole, China’s space technology
still lags behind the West, but with the land-
ing on the far side of the moon, we have
raced to the front,” said Hou Xiyun, a profes-
sor at Nanjing University’s school of astron-
omy and space science.
He added that China has Mars, Jupiter and
asteroids in its sights: “There’s no doubt that
our nation will go farther and farther.”
The landing was “a big deal” because it
used an engineering technique of the space-
craft itself choosing a safe place to touch
down in treacherous terrain, something
called autonomous hazard avoidance, said
Purdue University lunar and planetary scien-
tist Jay Melosh.

Bail sought for ex-Marine held in Moscow for alleged spying

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW — The defense lawyer for a for-
mer U.S. Marine who was arrested in Russia
for alleged spying said Thursday that he is
trying to get the American released from the
Moscow prison where he has dealt well with
his detention.
Michigan resident Paul Whelan, a 48-
year-old corporate security director from the
Detroit area, was arrested Friday on espi-
onage charges. The Russian Federal
Security Service, or FSB, hasn’t given
details of what led to the charges.
In Russia, a spying conviction carries a
prison sentence of 10 to 20 years.
Defense lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov
told the Associated Press he applied for
Whelan to be released on bail that would be
set at an amount determined later. The court
would have 15 days after Russia’s winter
holidays end Jan. 9 to make the decision, he
said.
Zherebenkov said he visited Whelan on
Wednesday and found him in a “very hope-
ful” mood. U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon
Huntsman Jr. met with Whelan at Lefortovo
Prison the same day.
The ambassador said Washington com-
plained to the Russian government about
the length of time it took to grant consular
access to Whelan after his arrest.
Whelan’s brother, David Whelan, said in
an interview Tuesday that he had no idea
why his brother was targeted by the Russian
security services. Paul Whelan was in
Moscow to help plan the wedding of anoth-
er former Marine because he had been to
Russia several times before, the brother
said.
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What’s next on horizon for legal marijuana
Santa Cruz Sentinel
C
alifornia has completed its
first year of legalized mari-
juana, and, as recent news
stories published in this newspaper
have proclaimed, the smoke hasn’t
yet cleared to see clearly ahead.
While some communities, Santa
Cruz included, seem to have a better
handle on the growing marketplace,
overall there remain myriad
unsolved issues. It’s telling that in a
community such as Santa Cruz, long
tolerant of marijuana, legal medical
marijuana organizations, hailed as
the model of how legal pot could
work in the state, have had to close
down, unable to cope with the myri-
ad licensing requirements.
The issues swirling around legal
pot include taxation, licensing, dis-
tribution and delivery, the still-
flourishing illegal market, the stark
difference in how cities and counties
throughout the state are regulating
sales, environmental problems, test-
ing, and establishing enforceable
laws regarding operating vehicles
while under the influence.
And, if that list isn’t long enough,
consider that the expected Weed
Rush of entrepreneurs hoping to get
rich quick on delivering pot to a
huge California market of consumers
hasn’t really materialized as many
operators hoped. The reality of
murky rules and regulations, an
uncertain marketplace buffeted by
start-up costs and taxes, have mari-
juana industry advocates warning
that many companies trying to make
a quick killing will fail.
Letters to the editor
In the Christmas spirit
Editor,
Having just hosted our second
annual Sunday Night Supper Club
caroling party on Saturday night, I
read young Mr. Prathikanti’s Student
News column in the Dec. 29 edition
about Christmas caroling with
heightened interest. Our SNSC was
formed 10 years ago and we have
gathered to dine at alternating hous-
es the first Sunday of every month.
Our families have grown, children to
college and back, marriages and
more. The core value of our group is
love and we strive to live by Patty
Harder’s motto: “Life is Good!”
So we gathered and filled our red
cups with killer homemade eggnog
and headed out. Many wore festive
sweaters, others illuminated hats and
all brought good cheer. While Vishu
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Meanwhile, the state hasn’t, yet,
realized the vast streams of revenue
from the hefty taxes slapped on pot
sales — state tax revenues were less
than half what was forecast and local
communities also report revenues
are not as high as expected.
The reason is obvious: high tax
rates — 40 percent in some areas —
make the price of legal pot prohibi-
tive for many buyers who simply
turn to the ever-welcoming embrace
of the black market. Growers and
distributors who remain outside the
legal system can sell for a much
lower price. Most no longer fear law
enforcement, since the relaxation of
laws has been widely viewed in
many communities as the end of pro-
hibition of the drug.
What’s somewhat ironic about all
this is that legal pot backers con-
vinced a significant majority of
California voters in 2016 that legal-
izing marijuana was worthwhile
because doing so would help end the
black market by allowing consumers
to buy their pot at local dispen-
saries.
Marijuana sold through legal chan-
nels, it was said, would be safer, and
the taxes could help cover related
law enforcement expenses. In this
rosy vision, illegal cultivation and
production, along with the associat-
ed crime, would be curtailed.
If anything, however, the situa-
tion has grown only more confus-
ing. In cities such as Los Angeles,
hundreds of retail pot shops are open
for business and advertising prolif-
worried about his singing voice, we
couldn’t hold each other back as we
wassailed into the night in more
keys than you could count.
At every stop there was unbridled
joy. We sang to families, we sang to
singles, we welcomed a brand-new
homeowner to our neighborhood.
We caroled to Paul and Cathy in their
bathrobes. As we headed back to
base, I said there is one more house
we have to go to but it was slightly
off our path. The group followed me,
and we sang to a father and his chil-
dren who had lost their mother to
cancer a few months ago. Unbridled
joy. Vishu came to the realization
that “caroling and the holidays are
about accepting others” regardless
of religion, race or any other demo-
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erates trying to entice consumers.
But many of these businesses are
illegal; pot users, with no penalty,
quite naturally frequent shops with
the lowest prices. Estimates are that
about 80 percent of sales in the state
are from illegal operations.
Clearly, state regulators are going
to have to bring some coherence to
this situation. Cannabis-related
companies that are operating suc-
cessfully and legally in the state
would like to see an aggressive push
by law enforcement against illegal
operators. We agree with
California’s pot regulation chief,
Lori Ajax, who says she wants to see
more licensed businesses come
online.
If taxes are too high then local
communities, also hoping for a
windfall, need to rein in the add-ons
that are making it hard for the legal
market to survive, and agree this is
just pumping up illegal operations.
This newspaper did not support
legalization, which allows people
21 or older to legally possess up to
an ounce and grow six pot plants at
home. Our reasoning was that
despite the age declaration, younger
people would have even more access
to an intoxicant that is much more
powerful and impairing than non-pot
smokers probably realize.
But the law is the law and it’s what
voters mandated. And that means
legislators and regulators need to
take a much more active role in
bringing sense and overall organiza-
tion to the patchwork of rules and
regulations that sift through the
state like wayward secondhand
smoke.
share with each other on this rock
orbiting the sun. If we all followed
his example of acceptance and
shared our love unconditionally, we
would all be enriched. Join us next
year Vishu!
Gus Sinks
San Bruno
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a wall for?
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Careful what
you wish for
F
or those of you in town this week, you may have
noticed that it is a bit easier to move around.
There is less traffic, fewer people, more room.
Heck, you could probably even walk into a restaurant
without reservations this week.
Throughout the week, I’ve heard more than one com-
ment about how nice it is, and how it’s like the good old
days. What good old days, I’m not sure, but maybe way
before 1997, or after 2002, or after 2009? Basically, the
recent good old days people
refer to is an economic reces-
sion.
In 2001, it was the dot-com
bust. In 2009, it was the
Great Recession. Both were
tumultuous and challenging
so I don’t know what was so
good about them. I do know
the dot-com boom put a lot of
stress on the area all at once
and that there was some sense
of relief from locals that it
was over. I mean, I think any-
one who lived through it
around here can agree it was
all a bit too much. Fueling it
were a couple of things — the dawn of the internet and
low interest rates which contributed to a boom in ven-
ture capital funding. A similar formula is what con-
tributed to the most recent boom. The Great Recession
was no joke. I don’t think anyone liked that one,
though it did drop home prices to a more normal level
for some and provided some affordable housing for a
spell.
Soon after, the low interest rate environment necessi-
tated after the recession spurred a new venture capital
fascination with internet companies of all stripes.
Advances in online technology in a number of different
ways, specifically the cloud, enabled new companies
and old companies alike to make tremendous advance-
ments, along with some not so tremendous advance-
ments. They are nowhere near finished, at least with the
tremendous advancement part, and there are a number of
new opportunities in new fields just as the steam engine
was just one advancement (albeit a primary one) in the
industrial revolution. The information age is just anoth-
er leg of that industrial revolution, is it not? But that
might be a topic for another day.
Back to our current economy. It seems it is time for a
pause. Are you sensing that as well?
After all, we are entering year 10 of a seven-year eco-
nomic cycle out of a recession. So there is another eco-
nomic condition coming because there is always a yin
to the yang. How bad it will be is difficult to discern but
one could argue that it is already here and will fully
reveal itself in a few months. The Trump tax cuts were
lighter fuel on a dying fire and we are starting to see the
embers.
So are you ready? Consumer confidence is still high,
but anyone with exposure to the stock market is think-
ing twice about how steady everything is. Most veteran
company leaders who look at P&L all day long have
squirreled enough away and those lucky enough for a
cushion at least try to have money put away in savings.
But have local governments done enough to prepare?
Hopefully.
After all, there are fewer tools in the toolbox after
most local cities have already raised sales tax to help
pay for ongoing pension obligations for their retired
workers, so when revenue drops precipitously there may
be a more pronounced need for hiring freezes and lay-
offs. Though there has been money set aside in reserves,
a substantial recession means city services will drop
even though it seems there are not a lot of extras for the
general population as it is right now. It is worrisome, or
should be if it’s not currently for you.
Some projections, however, suggest the recession
will not be that substantial — these insane market gyra-
tions aside. And it may be just enough to cool off what
is an incredibly overheated environment in these parts.
I think most of us can agree that we did not manage well
the recent tremendous influx of jobs and that we are at a
tipping point in becoming an entirely different commu-
nity altogether. Perhaps the cooling off period will
allow us to get our bearings and determine what we want
to be and how we want to do it. But if you are truly long-
ing for the good old days, and what that actually means,
be careful what you wish for.
Jon May s is the editor in chief of the Daily Journal. He
can be reached at jon@smdaily journal.com. Follow Jon
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Stocks take a beating after iPhone sales slip

By Marley Jay
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Stocks tumbled
Thursday on Wall Street, with
technology companies suffering
their worst loss in seven years,
after Apple reported that iPhone
sales are slipping in China.
The rare warning of disappoint-
ing results from Apple stoked
investors’ fears that the world’s
second-biggest economy is los-
ing steam and that trade tensions
between Washington and Beijing
are making things worse. The sell-
off also came after a surprisingly
weak report on U.S. manufactur-
ing.
The Dow Jones Industrial
Average plunged 660 points, or
2.8 percent, and the broader S&P
500 index fell 2.5 percent.
Apple stock plummeted 10 per-
cent, wiping out more than $74
billion of the company’s market
value. That’s almost as much as
Starbucks is worth and more than
Lockheed Martin, Lowe’s,
Caterpillar, General Electric or
Morgan Stanley.
Other major exporters, including
heavy-machinery manufacturers
and tech companies like Intel and
Microsoft, also took big losses.
“For a while now there’s been an
adage in the markets that as long
as Apple was doing fine, everyone
else would be OK, ” said Neil
Wilson, chief markets analyst at
Markets.com. “Therefore, Apple’s
rare profit warning is a red flag for
market watchers. The question is
to what extent this is more Apple-
specific.”
Over the past year, the U.S. and
China slapped new tariffs on hun-
dreds of billions of dollars’ worth
of imports in a trade war that
year in a decade.
DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS
The S&P 500 lost 62.14 points
High: 23,176.39 Thursday, closing at 2,447.89.
Low: 22,638.41 The Dow fell to 22,868.22. The
Close: 22,686.22 Nasdaq, which has a high concen-
Change: -660.02 tration of tech stocks, retreated
202.43 points, or 3 percent, to
OTHER INDEXES
6,463.50.
S&P 500: 2447.89 -62.14
U.S. government bond prices
NYSE Index: 11,190.45 -193.09 surged, sending yields to their
Nasdaq: 6463.50 -202.43 lowest level in almost a year, and
NYSE MKT: 2321.55 -0.21 gold and high-dividend stocks
Russell 2000: 1330.89 -25.01 like utilities also rose as investors
Wilshire 5000: 25,200.45 -594.27 looked for safer places to put their
money.
10-Yr Bond: 2.55 -0.10 The Institute for Supply
Oil (per barrel): 47.13 +0.59 Management said its index of U.S.
Gold : 1,295.40 +11.30 manufacturing fell to its lowest
level in two years, and new orders
threatens to snarl multinational officer of Cresset Wealth have fallen sharply since
companies’ supply lines and Advisors. November. Manufacturing is still
reduce demand for their products. In a letter to shareholders growing, but at a slower pace than
Companies such as General Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook it has recently.
Motors, Caterpillar and Daimler said that iPhone demand is waning Apple’s stock has slumped 39
have all said recently that trade in China and that the company percent since early October. The
tensions and slower growth in expects revenue of $84 billion for company also recently announced
China are damaging their busi- the quarter that just ended. That’s that it would stop disclosing how
nesses. $7 billion less than analysts many iPhones it sold each quarter,
“When the largest and second- expected. a move many investors suspected
largest economies in the world get Cook’s comments echoed the was an attempt to hide bad news.
into a trade dispute, the rest of the concerns that have pushed Apple took its biggest loss in
world’s going to feel the effects. investors to flee stocks over the six years and ended at $142.19.
That’s what we’re seeing now,” past three months. The U.S. stock Microsoft fell 3.7, Intel 5.5 per-
said Jack Ablin, chief investment market in 2018 posted its worst cent.

Waning iPhone demand highlights Chinese anxiety

By Joe McDonald
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING — Apple’s $1,000 iPhone is a
tough sell to consumers in China unnerved
by an economic slump and the trade war
with the U.S.
CEO Tim Cook said in a letter to share-
holders Wednesday that demand for iPhones
is waning and revenue for the last quarter of
2018 will fall well below projections, a
decrease he traced mainly to China.
The iPhone is Apple’s biggest product,
accounting for about 60 percent of its rev-
enue in the July-September quarter, the lat-
est reported. Its stock fell 10 percent
Thursday, the worst drop in five years, wip-
ing out about $75 billion in market value.
Apple is the latest company grappling
with increasing Chinese consumer anxiety.
Other brand names such as Ford Motor Co.
and jeweler Tiffany & Co. already have
reported abrupt declines in sales to Chinese
buyers.
Bristol-Myers Squibb
buying Celgene in $74B deal
SUMMIT, N.J. — Bristol-Myers Squibb is
spending $74 billion on fellow drugmaker
Celgene in a deal aimed at stocking the com-
bined company’s development pipeline with
cancer, immunology and cardiovascular
treatments.
Bristol would gain the cancer treatment
Revlimid in the cash-and-stock deal
announced Thursday, as well as inflammato-
ry disease treatments and several products
close to launching.
The combined company will have nine
China still is one of the fastest-growing
economies, with 2018’s expansion forecast
at about 6.5 percent. But China’s tariff fight
with the U.S. and an avalanche of bad news
about tumbling auto and real estate sales are
undermining consumer confidence after two
decades of almost unbroken rapid growth.
“It’s definitely worrying,” said China
specialist David Dollar, senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution. “Overall, consump-
tion growth is slowing down in China.”
The Apple news shows how vulnerable
many big U.S. companies are to a slowdown
in China, especially as the world’s two
biggest economies seek to settle a con-
tentious trade dispute.
“It’s not going to be just Apple,” Kevin
Hassett, chairman of the White Council of
Economic Advisers, told CNN Thursday.
He said many companies have a lot of
sales in China and will “be watching their
earnings downgraded next year until we get
a deal with China. And I think that puts a lot
of pressure on China to make a deal.”
REUTERS FILE PHOTO
Apple staff hold iPhone X packages at the Apple Store.
Business brief
products with more than $1 billion in annu-
al sales. Bristol’s product portfolio already
With a slump in iPhone sales,
includes Orencia, an injected drug for
rheumatoid arthritis, and the cancer treat-
ment Opdivo. Bristol Chairman and CEO
are we post Peak Smartphone?
By Mae Anderson market value. The news also reinforced
Giovanni Caforio said in a prepared state- investors’ fears that the world’s second-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ment that the combination will create a deep biggest economy is losing steam: The
product portfolio that drives growth.
NEW YORK — Behind Apple’s discon- Dow Jones Industrial Average was down
It was a hard sell, however, on Wall Street.
certing news of weak iPhone sales lies a more than 550 points at midafternoon and
Shares of Bristol ended Thursday down
more sobering truth: The tech industry has the broader S&P 500 index was down 2
$6.90, or 13.3 percent, at $45.12, on a day
hit Peak Smartphone, a tipping point percent.
when the Standard & Poor’s 500 lost 2.5 per-
when everyone who can afford one already The fact that even Apple’s iPhone jug-
cent. gernaut is suffering cements a larger trend
owns one and no breakthroughs are com-
pelling them to upgrade as frequently as for all major smartphone makers. After a
they once did. steady rise for a decade, worldwide smart-
Some manufacturers have boosted prices phone shipments fell 3 percent to 1.42
to keep up profit. But Apple’s shortfall billion in 2018, the first annual drop,
highlights the limits of that strategy. The according to International Data Corp.,
company said demand for iPhones is wan- which tracks such movements. IDC esti-
ing and revenue for the last quarter of 2018 mates that shipments will rebound 3 per-
will fall well below projections, a decrease cent in 2019 to 1.46 billion, but that still
traced mainly to China. Apple Inc. ’s falls short of 2017 levels.
$1,000 iPhone is a tough sell to Chinese Apple’s news is a “wakeup call for the
consumers unnerved by an economic industry, ” said analyst Dan Ives of
slump and the trade war with the U.S. They research firm Wedbush Securities.
also have a slew of cheaper smartphones And it’s not just Apple. Demand has
from homegrown competitors such as been lackluster across the board, Ives said.
Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo to choose from. Samsung, long the leading seller of smart-
Apple’s shares dropped 9 percent phones, has been hit even harder, as its
Thursday on the sales slump forecast as phone shipments dropped 8 percent dur-
the company lost about $71 billion in ing the 12 months ending in September.
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Donald Trump speaks to reporters about border security in the Briefing Room at the White House.
Day 13: Dems prepare to pass
funding plan, Trump digs in
By Matthew Daly,
Catherine Lucey and Jill Colvin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — House Democrats
prepared Thursday to pass a plan to re-
open the government without funding
President Donald Trump’s promised
border wall, after Trump made a surprise
appearance pledging to keep up the
fight for his signature campaign prom-
ise.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said
Trump and Senate Republicans should
“take yes for an answer” and pass a bill
— without funds for the wall — that the
Senate approved on a voice vote last
month.
“We’re not doing a wall. Does any-
one have any doubt that we’re not
doing a wall?” Pelosi told reporters at a
news conference Thursday night.
Pelosi, who was elected speaker ear-
lier Thursday, also took a shot a Trump,
calling his proposal “a wall between
reality and his constituents.”
Trump strode into the White House
briefing room Thursday — the 13th day
of the partial government shutdown —
and declared that “without a wall you
cannot have border security.” He then
left without taking questions from
reporters.
The appearance came hours after the
new Congress convened, with
Democrats taking majority control of
the House and returning Pelosi to the
speakership after eight years of GOP
control. Democrats expected to quickly
pass legislation to re-open the govern-
ment without funding the wall, but it is
going nowhere in the Senate, where
Republicans want Trump’s endorsement
before voting on a funding package.
Trump is demanding billions of dol-
lars to build his wall along the U.S.
border with Mexico, which the
Democrats have refused.
Asked if she would give Trump $1 for
a wall to reopen the government,
Pelosi said: “One dollar? Yeah, one dol-
lar. The fact is a wall is an immorality.
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It’s not who we are as a nation.”
Congressional leaders from both
parties met with Trump at the White
House Wednesday, but failed to make
progress during their first sit-down in
weeks. The White House has invited
the leaders back Friday for another
round of talks that officials have sug-
gested might be more successful now
that Pelosi has been sworn in.
Reporters were told Thursday that
White House Press Secretary Sarah
Huckabee Sanders would be holding a
hastily called late afternoon briefing.
Instead, out walked Trump, flanked by
members of the unions that represent
border patrol and immigration enforce-
ment agents. It was his first time deliv-
ering remarks at the briefing room
podium.
“You can call it a barrier, you can call
it whatever you want,” Trump said.
“But essentially we need protection in
our country. We’re going to make it
good. The people of our country want
it.”
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Worries growing about
impact of a prolonged
government shutdown
By Martin Crutsinger
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump warning
that it “could be a long time” before the partial shutdown of
the government ends, concerns are rising about potential
economic damage given that the shutdown is coinciding
with other threats.
Most analysts don’t regard the shutdown alone as severe
enough to imperil an economic expansion that has lasted
nearly a decade. But should it drag into February, the slow-
down in government activity could help shake confidence
and cause businesses and consumers to stop spending.
“The shutdown is coming on top of lots of other prob-
lems — the trade war, the slump in the stock market, Brexit,
Trump’s political problems,” said Mark Zandi, chief econo-
mist at Moody’s Analytics. “By itself, the shutdown may
not be a big deal, but if you add it up and mix it with all this
other noxious stuff, it could become a real problem.”
Though he still foresees only a minimal impact from the
shutdown, Zandi said that “if the trade war isn’t settled
soon, that will be a real problem, and if it conflates with a
prolonged shutdown, that could be fodder for a recession.”
The shutdown has already suspended the government’s
release of some economic data, making it harder to fully
assess the state of the economy. And the risk is growing
that tax refunds could be delayed if furloughed IRS workers
aren’t around to process returns.
In the end, 15 Democrats
Around the nation
don’t back Pelosi for speaker
WASHINGTON — What started as a rebellion with a poten-
tially devastating effect on Nancy Pelosi’s winning drive to
reclaim the House speaker’s post officially fizzled Thursday
as just 15 Democrats refused to back her bid for the job.
Though suspense about the outcome vanished last month,
the 15 Democrats who supported other people or voted “pre-
sent” was an unusually high number of defectors for speaker
elections, which every new Congress holds on its first day.
It underscored that there remains a nucleus of Pelosi oppo-
nents within her party whom she may need to confront, if
she seeks to lead the House again after the 2020 elections
and Democrats retain their majority.
Ten newly minted Democratic freshmen and five other crit-
ics from her party abandoned Pelosi, D-Calif. Because some
lawmakers missed the roll call or voted “present,” she need-
ed 216 votes to win Thursday — a figure she surpassed by
just four.
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modern infrastructure from sea to
shining sea.”
The day unfolded as one of both cel-
nickname “AOC. ” California Rep.
Brad Sherman introduced articles of
impeachment against Trump, though
ebration and impatience. Newly elect- for now the measures are largely sym-
ed lawmakers arrived, often with bolic.
passed around the speaker’s gavel that again belongs to Pelosi. checks and balances on power. She
At least two dozen of the children of the House, at least one of whom had fallen faced 15 dissenting votes from fellow friends and families in tow, to take the Republicans face their own internal
asleep during the roll call, streamed to Pelosi’s side on the dais as she took her oath
Democrats. oath of office and pose for ceremonial battles as they decide how closely to
to serve in the post second in line to the presidency. “Come on, kids!” And up they
streamed. Some excitedly jostled as she raised her right hand. Others clutched teddy For a few hours, the promise of a photos. Then they swiftly turned to tie their political fortunes to Trump.
bears. At least one carried a bright pink handbag. new era was the order of the day. The the shutdown. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s
There were so many kids up there that some were forced to stand on the stairs, Vice President Mike Pence swore in
around the clerk’s desk and in the well.
new speaker invited scores of law- name was put into nomination for
But they all watched and applauded as Pelosi took the oath. One paged through the makers’ kids to join her on the dais as newly elected senators, but Senate speaker by his party’s caucus chair,
documents on the desk; another used his phone to record the moment as Pelosi she was sworn in, calling the House Republicans under Majority Leader Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the
banged the gavel and prepared to swear in the new House. to order “on behalf of all of America’s Mitch McConnell had no plans to daughter of the former vice president.
“I now call the House to order on behalf of all of America’s children,” she said. children.” consider the House bills unless Trump He faced six “no” votes from his now-
Even Trump congratulated her dur- agreed to sign them into law. That shrunken GOP minority.
BELLA ing a rare appearance at the White
She was the dark-haired girl in the velvet dress who seemed to be everywhere dur-
ensured the shutdown would continue, As McCarthy passed the gavel to
House briefing room, saying her elec- clouding the first days of the new ses-
ing the proceedings, but particularly by Pelosi’s side. Pelosi he said voters wonder if
When the vote was announced electing Pelosi speaker, Bella grabbed her hand and tion by House colleagues was “a sion.
jumped for joy. When Pelosi summoned the children to the dais, there was Bella Congress is “still capable” of solving
tremendous, tremendous achieve- McConnell said that Republicans
right next to her, gazing up at her grandmother. Even when she was sitting, Bella in- problems, and said this period of
tently watched and cheered as Democrats voted. ment. ” The president has tangled have shown the Senate is “fertile soil divided government is “no excuse for
Bella is one of Pelosi’s nine grandchildren. often with Pelosi and is sure to do so for big, bipartisan accomplish- gridlock.”
again with Democrats controlling the ments, ” but that the question is
TRUMP House, but he said, “I think it’ll be a One office remains disputed as the
whether House Democrats will engage House refused to seat Republican
Trump congratulated Pelosi and called her return to the speakership a “tremendous, little bit different than a lot of people in “good governance or political per-
tremendous achievement” ahead of what’s expected to be a clash of political titans are thinking.” Mark Harris of North Carolina amid
from now until the 2020 elections. formance art.” an investigation by state election
“Hopefully we’re going to work together, and we’re going to get lots of things done As night fell, the House quickly got It’s a time of stark national politi-
like infrastructure and so much more,” he said adding: “I think it’s actually going to officials of irregularities in absentee
to work on the partial government cal division that some analysts say is
work out. I think it’ll be a little bit different than a lot of people are thinking.” ballots from the November election.
shutdown, which was winding up Day on par with the Civil War era. Battle
13 with Trump demanding billions in Many GOP senators are up for re-
LANDMARKS lines are drawn not just between
Mexican border wall funding to bring election in 2020 in states where vot-
Democrats and Republicans but with-
If you missed the proceedings, you can get a sense of the jubilant mood from the
it to an end. Before midnight on ers have mixed views of Trump’s per-
avalanche of tweeted photos by new members walking to their oath-takings, grin- in the parties themselves, splintered
ning on the House floor and posing with each other. But there were solemn moments, Congress’ first day, Democrats formance in the White House.
by their left and right flanks.
too, as new members scored historic firsts just by being sworn in. planned to approve legislation to re- Pelosi defied history in returning to Trump, whose own bid for 2020
For example, Reps. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., and Sharice Davids, D-Kan., the first Native
American women to serve in Congress, hugged and shed a few tears after they were open the government — but without the speaker’s office after eight years already is underway, faces potential
sworn in. the $5.6 billion in wall money, which in the minority, overcoming internal challenges from the ranks of Senate
They are part of a record-breaking class of new lawmakers in the House and Senate Democrats under Chuck Schumer.
that includes the most women, the first two Muslim congresswoman and the first
means it has no chance in the opposition from Democrats demand-
black women sent to Congress from Massachusetts and Connecticut. Arizona and Republican Senate. ing a new generation of leaders. She The halls of the Capitol were
Tennessee also are getting their first female senators. The new Congress is like none will be the first to regain the gavel bustling with arrivals, children in the
other. There are more women than since Sam Rayburn of Texas in 1955. arms of many new lawmakers. Visitor
IN THE SENATE ever before, and a new generation of Putting Pelosi’s name forward for galleries included crooner Tony
Across the Capitol, new senators checked the place out and got their first taste of Muslims, Latinos, Native Americans nomination, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of Bennett and rock legend Mickey Hart,
the chamber that’s supposed to cool the passions of the House.
As Vice President Mike Pence swore senators in, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., peeked and African-Americans is creating a New York, the incoming Democratic both guests of Pelosi. Incoming
under his desk to see what was inside. The desks all have signatures of the senators House more aligned with the popula- caucus chair, recounted her previous White House Chief of Staff Mick
who previously used them. Mulvaney, a former congressman, sat
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., startled when her name was called during a routine
tion of the United States. However, accomplishments -- passing the
tally and said,“Here!” She looked around for guidance and, finding none, shrugged. the Republican side in the House is Affordable Care Act, helping the with Republican leaders.
still made up mostly of white men, country out of the Great Recession -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. ,
CELEBS IN THE HOUSE and in the Senate Republicans bol- as preludes to her next ones. He called opened the House prayer asking at “a
When Pelosi first stepped up to the speaker’s chair, she turned and waved to her stered their ranks in the majority. her leadership “unparalleled in mod- time fraught with tribalism at home
family sitting in the gallery. Daughter Alexandra flashed her a thumbs-up. In a nod to the moment, Pelosi, the ern American history.” and turbulence abroad” that lawmak-
Then Pelosi pointed out someone else seated with her family, singer Tony Bennett,
“a true American patriot,” she said. first female speaker who reclaimed the One Democrat, Rep. Brenda ers “become the architects of a kind-
Bennett, who marched for civil rights, was one of several luminaries seated with post she lost to the GOP in 2011, Lawrence of Michigan, cast her vote lier nation.”
Pelosi’s family, including Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead and Tim Gunn of the re-
ality TV show “Project Runway.”
broadly pledged to make Congress for Pelosi “on the shoulders of women Overnight, Democratic Rep-elect
Her guests cheered and hollered as she was sworn in and took the gavel. They work for all Americans — addressing who marched 100 years ago” for Ilhan Omar of Minnesota tweeted a
laughed when the California delegation sang “California, here we come” and fol- kitchen table issues at a time of deep women’s suffrage. Newly elected Rep. picture with her family at the airport.
lowed Pelosi down the center aisle.
Seated elsewhere in the House were former CIA director and House member Leon economic churn — even as her party Lucy McBath of Georgia, an anti-gun The House rules were being changed
Panetta — Pelosi’s fellow Californian — and acting White House chief of staff Mick readies to challenge Trump with violence advocate, dedicated hers to to allow Omar, who is Muslim, to
Mulvaney of South Carolina. investigations and subpoena powers her slain teenage son, Jordan Davis. wear a head scarf on the chamber
that threaten the White House agenda. As speaker, Pelosi will face chal- floor. She wrote, “23 years ago, from
Pelosi promised to “restore integri- lenges from the party’s robust wing a refugee camp in Kenya, my father
ty to government” and outlined an of liberal newcomers, including 29- and I arrived at an airport in
agenda “to lower health costs and pre- year-old New Yorker Alexandria Washington DC. Today, we return to
scription drug prices and protect peo- Ocasio-Cortez, who has risen to such that same airport on the eve of my
ple with pre-existing medical condi- prominence she is already known swearing in as the first Somali-
tions; to increase paychecks by around the Capitol — and on her pro- American in Congress.”

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Andy Hodzic, longtime
Hillsdale coach, dies at 72
By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
“Honestly, I will coach at
Hillsdale until I die,” said long-
time Hillsdale coach Andy Hodzic
in 2008.
“I can’t leave coaching.”
Hodzic finally left coaching at
Hillsdale in 2015 after nearly a
quarter century with the school.
On New Year’s Eve, Hodzic died at
the age of 72 following a five-year
battle with Ataxia Syndrome, a
degenerative neurological condi-
tion.
“He started losing the ability to
walk, then motor skills. He was
bed-ridden for a year and half,” said
Renato Hodzic, Andy’s son. “His
communication really dropped
over the last year. … (But) he was
there mentally. He understood
everything. I’d bring my son, he’d
be happy. He was watching
Warriors games up until the day
of.”
There will be a service held for
Hodzic at 11 a.m. Jan. 20 at the
San Mateo Elks Lodge.
Born Feb. 12, 1946 in Konjic,
Yugoslavia, in an area now known
Harden stuns Warriors in OT
KYLE TERADA/USA TODAY SPORTS
James Harden shoots in the first
quarter Thursday at Oracle Arena.
King is queen of court
as Bosnia and
He r z e g o v i n a ,
Hamdija (Andy)
Hodzic moved
to the United
States in 1986.
He got the name
“Andy” when he
went to meet a
Andy Hodzic p r o s p e c t i v e
emp l o y er.
When the man asked his name,
Hodzic gave him his given name
of Hamadija.
“I’m going to call you ‘Andy,’
’cause that’s what I heard,” Renato
said, retelling the story. “Every
American called him ‘Andy.’ Every
Bosnian called him ‘Hamadija.’
“Unless you were from the home
country, it was ‘Andy.’”
A physical education teacher and
coach in his home country, Hodzic
started coaching at Hillsdale in the
1990s. He started the water polo
program and later took over the
boys’ soccer program and was a
fixture for the Knights’ track and
field team as a jumps coach. He
first stepped away from coaching
after Renato graduated from
Hillsdale with a water polo schol-
arship to University of Pacific in
By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — A defender on
either side of him, James Harden
let it fly one last time for an
improbable game-winner in the
waning seconds of overtime
before falling backward and hit-
ting the floor.
It took his second triple-double
of the week, fifth straight 40-
point performance and sheer will
Stockton in 2005. He returned to
the pool deck and soccer sideline
two more times. Every time one of
the Knights programs hit a rough
patch, Hodzic was there to prop
the teams back up.
“He’s an athletic director’s
dream,” said Brett Stevenson, the
school’s longtime AD and boys’
basketball coach who stepped
down after last season in becom-
ing co-principal at the school.
“Anyone who can coach two varsi-
ty sports (is rare). … He mentored
a lot of our younger coaches. For
someone to really care about the
Hillsdale school and community
was pretty special.”
One of those coaches was
Renato who took over as boys’
varsity coach in 2009 before step-
ping down after the 2017 season.
His older sister, Aida, coached
track and field at Monte Vista High
School in Danville and is now
assistant superintendent for the
Acalanes Union High School
District in Lafayette.
Even Stevenson benefited from
that mentorship. He’s known
Hodzic for nearly 25 years.
See HODZIC, Page 18
Rockets 135,
Dubs 134
to rally the Houston Rockets past
the Warriors 135-134 in a thriller
between Western Conference pow-
ers Thursday night for their sixth
straight victory.
Harden hit a contested 3-pointer
with 2.7 seconds left in OT and
See DUBS, Page 16
Friday • Jan. 4, 2019
By Terry Bernal
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Just look at her now.
When Grace King was promoted to the Menlo School var-
sity volleyball team in 2016 at the start of her sophomore
season, it wasn’t a popular choice. She was one of four soph-
omores that would help the Lady Knights to a Division IV
state championship, sure. But the then-varsity rookie admit-
tedly had plenty of room to grow.
“I spent every day feeling like I was the runt of the team,”
King said. “So just having that mindset pushed me to get better.”
Come her senior year, King grew into a formidable force.
The 5-10 outside hitter ranked seventh in the Central
Coast Section with 369 total kills, and led the West Bay
Athletic League Foothill Division with 3.7 kills per set. She
proved a well-rounded six-rotation player, ranking third on
her team with 2.8 digs per set, third in total blocks with 32,
and first from the service line with a team-best 60 aces.
In leading Menlo to play among the elite postseason
brackets — the Knights qualified for both the Central Coast
Section Open Division tournament and the CIF Division I
State Volleyball Championships tournament — King
emerged as the most elite player in her league, earning the
title of WBAL Foothill Division Most Valuable Player.
Now, King has been named the Daily Journal’s Volleyball
Player of the Year.
See KING, Page 16
TERRY BERNAL/DAILY JOURNAL
Notre Dame-Belmont sophomore Mia Adao, right, blocks a shot by South
City sophomore Alex Salise Thursday at Moore Pavilion. NDB went on to
a 38-37 victory in its last non-league game before opening WBAL play.
NDB goes to the wire,
takes down South City
By Terry Bernal South City, knocking down an
eight-foot baseline jumper with
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
seven seconds to go to give the
Alaiyah San Juan is no stranger Tigers a 38-37 victory in their
to game-winning shots. final non-league tuneup before
West Bay Athletic League play
Now a sophomore at Notre
Dame-Belmont, opens Saturday at Pinewood.
San Juan made a “I think she just really likes to
grand impres- take those,” NDB head coach Sam
Rossi said. “Alaiyah’s a great
sion on the fans
at Moore player. She makes our offense
Pavilion in her work. And all the girls work well
off of each other.”
varsity debut
last season by San Juan’s game-winner was set
up by a fortuitous rebound. South
hitting the
g ame-wi n n i n g City was intent on setting its half-
Alaiyah
shot in the court zone defense for NDB’s final
San Juan
Tigers’ season possession, so much so that with
opener against Swett-Crockett. the Warriors shooting free throws
San Juan brought the noise
again Thursday night against See HOOPS, Page 17
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14 Friday • Jan 4, 2019
Charges against
Foster dropped
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. — Prosecutors have decided
not to pursue a domestic violence charge
against Washington Redskins linebacker
Reuben Foster, though the NFL continues to
review the matter.
Prosecutors in Tampa, Florida, filed a
notice of termination of prosecution on
Wednesday. The notice states that the first-
degree misdemeanor bat-
tery charge is dismissed
and there is no need for
Foster to appear at any
future court hearings.
Prosecutors concluded
there was insufficient evi-
dence to file charges
against Foster after “a
meticulous review of the
Reuben Foster facts of the case,” said
Estella Gray, director of
communications for the State Attorney’s
Office.
She didn’t elaborate further.
“We take allegations of domestic violence
very seriously and thoroughly investigated
this case,” Gray said in an email to The
Associated Press.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said
Thursday the league is monitoring all devel-
opments in the situation, which continues to
be under review. Foster is currently on the
Commissioner Exempt list, which prevented
him from playing in games or practicing.
The league could still decide to punish
Foster even though he has been cleared by
the court system.
Foster was arrested at the San Francisco
49ers’ hotel in Tampa in November and jailed
overnight following an incident involving
the second-year linebacker and a companion
police identified as the same woman who said
Foster hit her in February. The woman later
recanted the earlier allegations.
The woman, Elissa Ennis, said on “Good
Morning America” last month that Foster
slapped her and pushed her at the Tampa
hotel. She told “Good Morning America” she
recanted about the previous situation because
she loved him and that can make someone do
something that’s not in their best interests.
Washington claimed Foster after the 49ers
released him, saying they spoke to former
University of Alabama teammates about the
24-year-old before making the decision to
sign him. The Redskins declined comment
when asked about the charge against Foster
being dropped.
SPORTS
15 finalists for Hall of Fame
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First-time eligibles Tony Gonzalez, Ed
Reed and Champ Bailey are among 15 mod-
ern-era finalists for the Pro Football Hall of
Fame’s class of 2019.
They will be joined in balloting on Feb. 2
by Steve Atwater, Tony Boselli, Isaac Bruce,
Don Coryell, Alan Faneca, Tom Flores,
Steve Hutchinson, Edgerrin James, Ty Law,
John Lynch, Kevin Mawae, and Richard
Seymour. Although previously eligible,
Flores — who coached two Raiders teams to
Super Bowl titles — and longtime defensive
lineman Seymour are finalists for the first
time.
Also being considered for induction are
senior committee nominee Johnny
Robinson, a star safety for Dallas/Kansas
City from 1960-71, and contributors final-
ists Gil Brandt, former personnel director
for the Cowboys and now the NFL’s top draft
NFL adds Caesars as casino sponsor
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The NFL entered a partnership with
Caesars Entertainment on Thursday, the
league’s first official casino sponsor. The
multiyear deal, however, does not include
sports betting or fantasy football.
The arrangement begins with this week-
end’s playoffs and is worth $30 million
annually for three years, a person with
knowledge of the agreement tells The
Associated Press. The person spoke on con-
dition of anonymity because the league has
not announced specific terms.
This latest development is part of a dizzy-
ing turnabout for the league. For years, the
league insisted gambling was one of the
biggest threats to its existence.
Caesars will draw on its properties,
celebrity chefs, music artists and other
Army’s coach Jeff Monken
named coach of the year
PHILADELPHIA — Army coach Jeff
Monken simply shrugged at the good news.
“It was just a great job by everybody,”
Monken said Thursday after learning he had
been selected as the George Munger coach of
the year by the Maxwell Football Club. “I’m
really proud of the job the staff did.”
Monken earned the award after guiding the
Black Knights to an 11-2 record, the most
consultant, and Broncos
owner Pat Bowlen.
A maximum of eight
new members can be
elected, five from the
modern-era group.
Inductions are Aug. 3 in
Canton, Ohio.
Gonzalez played 17
Tony Gonzalez seasons with the Chiefs
and Falcons, but never
made a Super Bowl. No
matter: he holds the
career record for tight
ends with 1,325, second
only overall to Jerry
Rice, and gained more
than 15,127 yards while
scoring 111 touchdowns.
His string of 211 straight
games with a catch lasted
Ed Reed
from 2000-13.
entertainment platforms to provide NFL
fans with “unique experiences.”
Caesars will have exclusive rights to NFL
trademarks in the U.S. and United Kingdom,
including the Super Bowl and draft. Caesars
will host parts of the 2020 draft.
The Cowboys, Ravens, Saints, Falcons,
Eagles, Bears, Raiders, Jets, Lions and
Seahawks already have advertising agree-
ments with casinos. Caesars Entertainment
is heavily into sports books operations and
has locations in New Jersey and
Mississippi, along with Nevada. It has
planned one in Pennsylvania.
With the expansion of sports betting to
other states made possible by last year’s
Supreme Court ruling, other gambling com-
panies have reached partnerships with
leagues. Last year, MGM Resorts became
the official gambling partner of the NBA,
Football brief
victories in a season in academy history.
Army also earned its first national ranking in
22 years.
Army capped its breakthrough campaign
with a 70-14 victory over Houston in the
Armed Forces Bowl, which tied a Bowl
Subdivision record for points in a bowl game.
It was the Black Knights’ ninth straight win.
“That’s a great accomplishment for our
team,” Monken said. “We didn’t win them all,
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Reed spent 12 seasons with the Ravens,
Texans and Jets, winning an NFL title in
2012. He’s one of two players to lead the
NFL in interceptions three times (2-4,
2008, 2010) and was the NFL Defensive
Player of the Year in 2004.
Bailey played 15 seasons with
Washington and Denver and was a three-
time All-Pro. Considered one of the game’s
best cover cornerbacks, he had a career-high
10 interceptions in 2006.
Lynch, a standout safety for Tampa Bay
and Denver, becomes a finalist for the sixth
straight year. Coryell, who coached the
high-powered offenses of the Cardinals and
Chargers in the 1970s and ‘80s, is a five-
time finalist.
In all there, are three safeties, two corner-
backs, two offensive tackles, two coaches,
one guard, one center, one tight end, one
running back, one wide receiver and one
defensive lineman as finalists.
the NHL and Major League Baseball.
Attempts by Las Vegas to advertise on the
Super Bowl were rebuffed repeatedly in the
past because the city has casino gambling
and sports betting. Three years ago, the NFL
canceled a fantasy sports convention that
then-Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was
helping organize because it was going to be
held in a convention area adjacent to a Las
Vegas casino.
Things began changing in 2017 when the
NHL put a team in Las Vegas, the first major
sports franchise for the city. They changed
even more when the city lured the Raiders
beginning in 2020 with a $1.9 billion sta-
dium built across the freeway from the
Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. NFL
Commissioner Roger Goodell attended the
groundbreaking for the new stadium and
later awarded Las Vegas the 2020 NFL draft.
but that (bowl victory) made it pretty spe-
cial.”
The No. 22 Black Knights have had three
straight winning seasons. Before Monken
replaced Rich Ellerson ahead of the 2014 sea-
son, Army had had only one winning season
since 1996.
The Black Knights have also had three con-
secutive wins over rival Navy under Monken
and have captured the Commander In Chief’s
Trophy outright in consecutive years for the
first time.
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Unique approach lands LHP Kikuchi in Seattle
By Tim Booth
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE — Yusei Kikuchi smiled wide for
the cameras, pointing to the back of his No.
18 jersey — a celebrated number for Japanese
pitchers. In the city where one of his child-
hood idols, Ichiro Suzuki, became a major
league star, Kikuchi is eager to prove he
belongs in America, too.
“Thank you for this new journey,” Kikuchi
said.
The prized Japanese left-hander was intro-
duced as the newest member of the Seattle
Mariners on Thursday, a day after signing a
four-year deal with options that could make it
a seven-year stay in the Pacific Northwest.
The 27-year-old Kikuchi spent more than 40
minutes answering questions about why he
wanted to come to the majors and why he
chose Seattle.
Kikuchi answered the vast majority of the
questions from English-speaking reporters in
English. His answers were brief, but it was a
sign of how long he’s wanted to play in the
majors. The dream started when he was 15, and
Kikuchi knew if he was going to realize it,
English would be an asset.
A fastball ticking into the mid-90s helps,
too.
Robertson, Phillies agree to two-year, $23M contract
By Rob Maaddi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — David Robertson got
himself a new deal in a new pair of pin-
stripes.
The 33-year-old right-handed reliever and
the Philadelphia Phillies agreed to a $23
million, two-year contact on Thursday.
Robertson gets $10 million this year and
$11 million in 2020, and the Phillies have
a $12 million option for 2021 with a $2
million buyout.
“The Phillies are a great organization, and
they have that hunger to get back in the
postseason and they’re going in the right
direction,” Robertson said. “It’s a place
where I’ll get a lot of opportunities to pitch
in the back end of the bullpen and I don’t see
any reason why we can’t get in the postsea-
son.”
Robertson went 8-3 with a 3.23 ERA and
five saves in 69 games last season for the
New York Yankees. He left the Yankees after
the 2014 season to sign a $46 million, four-
year contract with the Chicago White Sox,
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“I want to practice hard and adjust myself. I
want to enjoy every single thing,” Kikuchi
said.
Kikuchi also has an array of offspeed pitch-
ers, part of his resume as one of the top young
pitchers in Japan. Kikuchi was posted by the
Pacific League’s Seibu Lions on Dec. 4. Under
the rules in the November 2017 posting
agreement, he had until Wednesday afternoon
Seattle time to sign with a major league team.
Seattle is planning to limit Kikuchi’s
innings while keeping him on the regular
rotation of starting every fifth or sixth day. To
make that happen, general manager Jerry
Dipoto said there may be times Kikuchi goes
through his normal routine but only throws
one or two innings.
The Mariners might use that plan for a few
of their young pitchers over the next few sea-
sons. Kikuchi and agent Scott Boras are on
board.
“I really felt with a player of this ability that
we had the opportunity to restructure a new
format to how we’re going to acclimate them
to this environment,” Boras said. “Jerry
being a former pitcher, I raised this, we talked
about the data that I had assimilated and talked
about, let’s do something that is going to
help you long term and help the player
become something that is more what we do
who traded him to New
York in July 2017.
An 11-year veteran and
a 2011 All-Star,
Robertson has appeared
in at least 60 games in
nine straight seasons. He
could get opportunities
to close in Philadelphia,
David which hasn’t made the
playoffs since 2011.
Robertson
Seranthony Dominguez
led the Phillies with 16 saves last season,
and manager Gabe Kapler likes versatility
in his bullpen.
“He’s going to pitch high-leverage
innings for us,” Phillies general manager
Matt Klentak said of Robertson. “That’s
what he’s done very effectively and consis-
tently for a long time. The fact he has expe-
rience pitching the ninth inning is very
appealing for us.”
Hector Neris led the Phillies with 26
saves in 2017 and had 11 last year. He’s also
in the mix to pitch the ninth. It’ll likely be
determined by matchups.
Robertson has even better numbers
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27-year-old Yusei Kikuchi, who pitched for
seven seasons in Japan’s Pacific League,
signed a four-year deal with the Seattle
Mariners.
with our youth here.”
Kikuchi’s deal is unusual in its structure, but
falls in line with Seattle’s approach to its new
lefty. The deal is worth $56 million guaran-
teed over four years, but could be worth up to
$109 million over seven seasons if options
are exercised. He receives a $6 million sign-
ing bonus and salaries of $8 million this year,
$14 million in 2020 and $15 million in
2021. The agreement includes a $13 million
against lefties than righties during his
career. He has held lefties to a .188 batting
average and .268 on-base percentage vs.
.222 and .302 for righties.
“I want to pitch whenever I can to help the
team win games,” Robertson said. “If I have
to pitch in the sixth, seventh, eighth or
even the ninth, it doesn’t matter to me. I
just want to be in the back end of the
bullpen when the big outs need to get
made.”
Robertson represented himself in con-
tract negotiations for the first time. Klentak
said he was impressed and called it a
“unique” experience talking money directly
with the player.
“He was very well prepared, he knew the
market very well, he knew what was impor-
tant to him and he was able to articulate it
well and that helped us get to a deal,”
Klentak said.
Robertson spent parts of nine seasons in
the majors with the Yankees, who selected
him in the 17th round of the 2006 amateur
draft. He made a pair of relief appearances
against the Phillies in the 2009 World
Series, allowing a two-run single to Raul
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player option for 2022, and Seattle has
options worth $16.5 million annually for
2022-25.
On the surface it appears to be a winning
combination for the player and the team.
Kikuchi gets to acclimate to the majors with-
out the pressure of being thrust onto a pitch-
ing staff that needs him to carry big innings
and be a major contributor from the start.
Seattle gets a lower upfront cost for a possible
major return if Kikuchi develops into a front-
line starter. And the structure of the deal allows
for potential opt-outs at three and four years if
the sides believe the relationship isn’t work-
ing, but provides the opportunity for Seattle
to lock up Kikuchi through 2025 during a
stretch the Mariners hope to again be con-
tenders.
Boras said there were teams interested in
Kikuchi that would have put him right into the
heart of their rotations with the expectations
of throwing 170 or more innings in 2019.
That won’t be the case in Seattle.
“It was more about where Yusei ends up than
where he begins,” Dipoto said. “We know
we’re getting very talented young players who
is focused and high character. This is about
step one in a development that will allow him
to achieve his upside as a major league player,
and we think it’s considerable.”
Ibanez in the eighth inning of the opener
and an RBI groundout to Carlos Ruiz in the
third inning of Game 5.
Robertson replaced Mariano Rivera after
he retired following the 2013 season and
had 39 saves in 2014.
He’s 53-32 with a 2.88 ERA and 137 saves
in 654 career appearances, all in relief.
“I had a great time playing in New York.
They are an excellent organization, ”
Robertson said, adding he spoke to Yankees
general manager Brian Cashman about
returning. “New York will always hold a
special place in my heart. It was just time
for me to go someplace else.”
The Phillies have been active this offsea-
son, acquiring shortstop Jean Segura and
signing outfielder Andrew McCutchen. They
finished 80-82 last year after leading the NL
East in August.
Klentak said the team had a “productive”
meeting with Manny Machado last month.
“I expect that the dialogue there will con-
tinue,” Klentak said.
The team also is scheduled to meet with
Bryce Harper.
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KING
Continued from page 13
“She jumps like a beast and has a very fast
arm,” Menlo head coach Marco Paglialunga
said when King was named Daily Journal
Athlete of the Week for the final week in
September. “And in these three years, she
learned how to mix it up with her shot. She’s
not a typical player who just hits hard; she
can hit line, she can hit angle. It’s some-
thing rare because it’s not easy to find a
physical player who is as technically
advanced like she is.”
King is one of three Menlo seniors com-
mitted to play NCAA Division I volleyball
next season.
Selina Xu, a setter who did not play for the
Knights as a sophomore due to an injury she
suffered while playing with the Team USA
Junior National Team, is committed to
Stanford. And outside hitter Sianna
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finished with 44 points, 15 assists and 10
rebounds. The reigning MVP’s team had
trailed by 20.
“I take my shots, I drive to the basket,”
Harden said. “I shoot my step-backs with
confidence and live with the results.”
Kevin Durant’s long 3-pointer missed as
the buzzer sounded in what will go down as
one of the best games this regular season —
a rematch of the seven-game Western
Conference finals won by two-time defend-
ing champion Golden State.
Stephen Curry put the Warriors ahead with
23.1 seconds remaining in OT on the way to
35 points, a basket that shouldn’t have
counted because Durant was clearly out of
bounds when he flung the ball back in.
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Houghton is committed to University of
Washington. King is committed as a recruit-
ed walk-on at Cal Poly, where she has
already declared a major in biology.
Had Xu not gotten injured, she would have
almost certainly been in the Daily Journal
Athlete of the Season conversation. So it
came as quite a shock to all in the Menlo
ranks when it was clear she had to miss her
senior season.
“I think it was definitely a shock,” King
said. “The rest of the seniors, we were super
bummed out because we knew, no matter
what, the team was not going to be the same
without her. So our expectations were not
going to be as high.”
Xu’s absence was such a game-changer,
Paglialunga said he believed Menlo’s streak
of qualifying for the CCS playoffs every
year since 1996 might be in jeopardy. The
third-year coach’s reasoning was simple.
The depth chart at the setter position, after
Xu, consisted of two freshmen.
Paglialunga said he expressed his con-
cerns in a meeting with Menlo’s athletic
Durant said he knew it, too, and “I could
believe it because the refs were missing a
lot tonight.”
Harden, however, had one more incredi-
ble, acrobatic moment still in him. He
released the ball swarmed by two defenders
— Klay Thompson to his left and Draymond
Green in front of him.
Harden also hit 3-pointers at the 3:52 and
2:02 marks of OT in a game featuring daz-
zling displays on both ends by some of the
game’s biggest stars.
“I don’t know where it ranks but I’m just
happy to come away with the win,” Harden
said. “I just had to go out and do my part on
the highest level.”
Thompson made a go-ahead layup with
40.6 seconds left in the extra period, then
Harden tied it at 132 on a pair of free throws
with 33.5 seconds left.
“He just did what he does,” Warriors coach
Steve Kerr said. “He’s the master of the iso-
lation, the step-back 3 and drawing fouls.”
director. His message: “We’re not going to
play to qualify for any playoffs, not even
section wise,” Paglialunga said. “With just
two freshman setters, I don’t think we’re
going to make it.”
With Menlo’s history, Paglialunga’s wor-
ries didn’t seem like a realistic outcome. But
with the Knights dropping their first three
matches of the season, the concern seemed
validated. Ironically, the third loss had a
profound effect on Paglialunga’s outlook.
Despite it being Menlo’s worst losing
streak since 2014, the third loss was a prom-
ising five-set battle with St. Francis-
Mountain View.
“I said, ‘this is it,’” Paglialunga said. “If
we can play this volleyball not just for 20
minutes, but for one hour, we’re going to
have fun.”
King’s performance in that match had a lot
to do with turning around Menlo’s fortunes.
She scored her third straight double-digit
kill total, scoring a match-high 19. And
she’d go on to etch many of her finest per-
formances against the Knights’ toughest
Durant added 26 points and seven
rebounds.
Harden also had a triple-double Monday
against Memphis of 43 points, 10 rebounds
and 13 assists, but he was disappointed with
nine turnovers he thought gave the
Grizzlies too many transition opportuni-
ties.
Including his 50-point game Dec. 13
against the Lakers, Harden has scored at
least 30 in 11 straight.
Clint Capela contributed 29 points and 21
rebounds for Houston.
Kerr’s simple message about defending
Harden, who went to the line 27 times
Monday: “Don’t foul him!”
Harden shot five free throws in the first
quarter Thursday and nine in all.
His jumper with 5:37 left in regulation cut
Golden State’s lead to 112-111. He also got
the Rockets close by knocking down two 3-
pointers and assisting on another basket in
the final 1:26 of the third as Houston cut its
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opponents.
On Sept. 5 in a non-league loss against
eventual Santa Clara Valley De Anza League
champion Palo Alto, King recorded a new
career-high of 23 kills. She’d go on to break
her career record twice more, including her
all-time best on Oct. 18 with 30 kills as
Menlo clinched the WBAL Foothill champi-
onship against Notre Dame-Belmont.
To think two years ago there were many
who didn’t think she belonged. And while
King was one of those who wondered if
Paglialunga’s choice to promote her to play
opening day 2016, in his Menlo coaching
debut, was a questionable one, Paglialunga
said he never doubted her potential, and that
it needed grow at the varsity level.
“What I like of Grace’s story is the jour-
ney,” Paglialunga said. “When we decided to
take her on that state championship team,
she wasn’t at that level … and a lot of play-
ers in the program didn’t understand that
choice.”
Now the choice is clear. King is the queen
of the court.
deficit to 98-92 going into the final quarter.
“We had a 20-point lead and lost. It does-
n’t really matter what happened at that
point,” Green said.
Thompson scored 26 points and hit con-
secutive 3-pointers late in the first half.
After struggling to find his stroke from
deep, Thompson is 10 for 17 on 3-pointers
the past three games.
With his first 3 at the 7-minute mark of
the opening period, Durant became the 32nd
player in NBA history to reach 22,000
points.
Falling backward as he released the ball
over Harden, Durant swished a 3 with 59.2
seconds left in the first half.
The cold-shooting Rockets fell behind
70-53 at halftime. Houston was just 6 of 23
from long range, 3 for 9 by Harden, while
the Warriors shot 62.8 percent.
“I don’t think we played with that killer
instinct in the second half,” Thompson
said. “I think we relaxed up 17 points.”
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Man City deals HOOPS
Liverpool first
loss of season
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANCHESTER, England — Liverpool can’t now win the
Premier League unbeaten. Manchester City has renewed hope
it won’t be surrendering the trophy at all.
A title defense faltering a week ago is back on track for Pep
Guardiola after City beat Liverpool 2-1 on Thursday, inflicting
the leader’s first league loss of the season in their 21st game.
Completing the packed festive program with an engrossing
encounter, Liverpool’s threatened a comeback when Roberto
Firmino canceled out Sergio Aguero’s first-half opener but
Leroy Sane struck the winner in the 72nd minute.
A year after Liverpool ended City’s hopes of emulating
Arsenal’s 2003-04 Invincibles, the tables were turned on a
freezing night that saw the title race open up again.
“Pretty intense,” Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said. “It
had wild moments.”
Back-to-back losses for City less than two weeks ago had
put Liverpool on a seemingly smoother path to a first English
title in 29 years. Rather than going 10 points clear,
Liverpool’s lead has been trimmed to four points by City,
which reclaimed second place from Tottenham.
“It’s still in Liverpool’s hands, but our performance was
beyond anything else I’ve ever witnessed,” City captain
Vincent Kompany said.
“We went toe-to-toe with a very physical and aggressive
team and we matched them for everything, if not more.”
City was spared from going behind by just 11 millimeters
(0.4 inches) of the ball failing to cross the line in the 18th
minute.
When Sadio Mane hit the post, City defender John Stones’
attempted clearance went straight onto goalkeeper Ederson’s
head. The ball looped back toward goal and Stones had to
scramble to clear. It proved just enough, as goal-line technol-
ogy ruled out the score.
With video review not entering the Premier League until
next season, the eyes of referee Anthony Taylor saved City
captain Vincent Kompany around the half-hour mark. A slid-
ing tackle into Mohamed Salah that Liverpool manager Klopp
later said should been a sending off only saw Kompany
booked.
“I thought it was a great challenge — was it not?” Kompany
said, chuckling. “I felt I got the ball, a little bit of the man but
it wasn’t naughty. I didn’t try to injure him, that’s for sure. It
was that or let him go through on goal.”
The hosts did go through on goal themselves — and scored
in the 40th minute.
Receiving Bernardo Silva’s cross on his right foot, Aguero
got away from Dejan Lovren and used his left boot to power
the ball into the roof of the net.
“We need Sergio in this kind of game. The finish was incred-
ible,” Guardiola said. “It was important we played with
courage in our game and we were aggressive in our pressing.”
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at the other end, head coach Paul Carion decided to forego an
attempt at an offensive rebound and, prior to the second free
throw, dispatched his team down to the other end of the
court to defend.
After South City missed the free throw, Carion’s strategy
worked — initially. The Tigers tried to get penetration, but
missed on a tough midrange runner. The shot, however,
careened for a long offensive rebound to NDB senior
Jasmine Masuda, who kicked the ball to San Juan for an
open look near the baseline.
“We did get the miss,” Carion said, “… but Alaiyah’s a
great player and that’s what great players do.”
South City’s 6-foot center Becca Tasi was barreling down
on San Juan, but the 5-1 sophomore got enough arc on the
jumper to get it over Tasi and watch it rattle in.
“And that wasn’t an easy shot she made,” Carion said.
“She shot a floater over a 6-footer running at her. So … she
deserves all the credit.”
San Juan finished with a team-high 11 points, five of
them coming in the final 1:07 of the game.
With four lead changes in the final period, South City
took a 34-33 lead with 4:55 to go when senior Gabby
Natividad finished a dribble drive with a shot floating run-
ner. The Warriors upped the lead on the next series when
sophomore Ulalia Talolo got a sharp baseline pass in the
paint, powered in with a single dribble to give her team a
36-33 advantage.
With just over a minute to go, though, San Juan came up
clutch from 3-point land.
NDB (8-3 overall) shot just 31.3 percent from the field,
and converted just 4 of 15 from beyond the arc. But her sec-
ond 3 of the game tied it 36-36. Talolo responded with
South City’s final point, hitting 1 of 2 free throws on the
following possession to give her team a one-point advan-
tage. But San Juan would not be denied.
“I like how we’re playing,” San Juan said. “We’re pushing
and changing it up from last year. It’s better.”
With Rossi in her first year at the varsity held, the Tigers
are off to an 8-3 start. And they are still finding their
rhythm, with San Juan missing five of those games due to a
minor Achilles injury.
When NDB is at full-strength, it can really create a tempo
Friday • Jan 4, 2019 17
with its persistent passing. This half-court passing commu-
nication was nonexistent in the first quarter — which Rossi
anticipated with NDB playing its first game since Dec. 22
— but once the Tigers established themselves, they went on
to outscore South City 13-6 in the second quarter and take a
20-18 lead into halftime.
“I think this game we had moments where we didn’t,”
Rossi said. “And then when we started scoring, it’s because
we were moving it around.”
The Warriors (4-7) switched up their defense in the second
half, utilizing a swarming zone that proved the equalizer.
NDB increased to its best lead at 26-20, and advanced it to
30-24 with 1:10 to go in the third quarter. But South City
responded with an 8-0 run, including a big play from its
defense with four defenders surrounding a single ball-han-
dler in the paint to force a turnover with a traveling call.
Tasi’s post presence was critical, especially through the
fourth quarter. The senior went for a double-double, notch-
ing game-highs with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Seven of
those rebounds came in the fourth period, including four
offensive boards. The Warriors outrebounded the Tigers 37-
31.
Carion and Tasi shared a funny moment in the closing sec-
onds when the coach dispatched his team to the other end of
the court to set up its defense.
“Because of [San Juan’s] 3 right before that,” Carion said.
“They pushed the ball so fast that we couldn’t get the tran-
sition defense we wanted. So, I was more comfortable in
having a set defense than taking the chance on an offensive
rebound.”
But Tasi, with her back to the South City bench, looked
over her shoulder and politely shook her head “no” toward
her coach.
“I thought she was going to make it,” Tasi said, “but I
knew we had to be there to get the rebound because it was a
one-point game. So, either way we had to be there to
rebound.”
Ultimately, Tasi abided.
“I had to listen to my coach,” Tasi said.
Maybe it was just meant to be San Juan’s night. The soph-
omore was certainly feeling it when she got her chance at
the other end. She said the initial attempt was supposed to
go to her, but NDB couldn’t get her an open look. Then,
when she benefitted from the offensive board, her shot rat-
tled around, magnifying the drama of the moment.
San Juan, though, said she had it all the way.
“I kind of felt like it was going in,” San Juan said,
“because I felt it out of my hand.”
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New Orleans 17 22 .436 6 at Eastside College Prep, 1 p.m.; Monte Vista Chris-
Boys’ basketball attack to top the Panthers in the Boys’ basketball tian at San Mateo, 1:30 p.m.; Carlmont at Palo Alto,
3 p.m.; Half Moon Bay at Windsor, 5 p.m.; Notre
WBAL opener for both squads. Northwest Division
Dame-SJ at Sacred Heart Prep, Notre Dame-Bel-
Sacred Heart Prep 67, Harker 57 Cole Kastner filled the stat sheet Carlmont 54, Westmoor 41 Denver 25 11 .694 —
mont at Pinewood, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma City 24 13 .649 1 1/2
After struggling to just three Down three at halftime, the Portland 22 16 .579 4
with 13 points, seven rebounds,
wins during the non-league por- Scots powered past the Rams in the Utah 18 20 .474 8 Boys’ soccer
five steals and four assists to lead second half, outscoring them 32- Minnesota 17 21 .447 9 Serra at Mitty, 10 a.m.; Woodside at El Camino, 2:30
tion of the their schedule, the
Gators opened WBAL play with a Menlo (1-0 WBAL, 7-2 overall), 16 to grab the non-league victory. Pacific Division
p.m.

win over the Eagles. while Nate Solomon added 12 Carlmont (10-2) was led by Warriors 25 14 .641 — Girls’ soccer
L.A. Clippers 21 16 .568 3
SHP (1-0 WBAL, 4-6 overall) points for the Knights. Lajuan Nelson’s game-high 22 L.A. Lakers 21 17 .553 3 1/2 Half Moon Bay at Aragon, Woodside at El Camino,
Capuchino at Westmoor, 10 a.m.; Terra Nova at Sa-
was hot early, scoring 25 first- points. Sho Takahashi added 13 Sacramento 19 19 .500 5 1/2
cred Heart Cathedral, 11:15 a.m.
quarter points as the Gators would Girls’ basketball points for the Scots. Phoenix 9 30 .231 16

go on to lead 39-23 at halftime. Mercy-Burlingame 41, Thursday’s Games

Jai Deshpande had a huge game
for SHP, finishing with a game-
high 26 points, which included
five 3-pointers. Brendan Carney
added 13 for the Gators.
Harker (0-1, 5-5) was led by Jack
Connors, who finished with 13
points.
Menlo School 50,
Woodside Priory 35
The Knights used a balanced
San Mateo 28
The Crusaders pulled away from
the Bearcats in the second half of a
non-league game.
Ryan Galea and Mia Calsada
each scored 10 points to lead
Mercy-Burlingame (7-4).
Trinity O’Mahoney led San
Mateo with seven points, while
Audrey Morganstern pulled down a
dozen rebounds.
the track during a girls’ soccer
Boys’ soccer
Menlo 2, Soquel 1
All three goals were scored in
the game’s final 18 minutes, with
Aaron Morgan netting the game-
winner for Menlo.
Menlo (6-1-1) took a 1-0 lead on
a Jonny Ebrahmian strike in the
62nd minute, only to see Soquel
equalize before Morgan’s goal.
Ben Lasky assisted on both
Menlo goals.
Hillsdale was in the early 1990s,”
San Antonio 125, Toronto 107
Denver 117, Sacramento 113 NFL PLAYOFFS
Houston 135, Golden State 134, OT
Friday’s Games
Utah at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.
Wild-card Playoffs
Brooklyn at Memphis, 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5
Dallas at Boston, 5 p.m.
Indianapolis at Houston, 1:35 p.m. (ESPN)
Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m. Seattle at Dallas, 5:15 p.m. (FOX)
Orlando at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6
Washington at Miami, 5 p.m.
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Chargers at Baltimore, 10:05 a.m. (CBS)
New York at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 1:40 p.m. (NBC)
Oklahoma City at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
Divisional Playoffs
TRANSACTIONS Saturday, Jan. 12
Baltimore/Los Angeles Chargers/Indianapolis at
Kansas City, 1:35 p.m. (NBC)
BASEBALL Chicago/Dallas/Seattle at L.A. Rams, 12:15 p.m. (FOX)
American League Sunday, Jan. 13

HODZIC
Continued from page 13
“Andy coached my brother to a
PAL Ocean (soccer) championship
in 1997,” Stevenson said. “He
coached my wife. Renato played
basketball for me.”
Hodzic was not one of those
coaches who vanished after his
game was over. Living only a cou-
ple blocks from school, he would
walk to campus to watch whatever
may have been playing that day.
He could be seen walking around
game, or perched up in the corner
of the bleachers for a mid-week
boys’ basketball game.
By the time Renato reached
Hillsdale, Andy Hodzic had been
coaching at the school for about a
decade. His sister had graduated
from Hillsdale in 1998 and there
was no question what school
Renato would attend.
“I asked him, ‘Why Hillsdale?’
He coached in Europe and was
looking to get back into coach-
ing. That’s kind of why he started
coaching (at Hillsdale). After that,
it was the sense of community. He
just loved the aspect of what
Renato, 31, said. “The royalty of
Hillsdale athletics were my baby-
sitters. [I] grew up around
Hillsdale. … I was part of the fam-
ily.
“I don’t know who liked it more
when I put my Hillsdale jersey on
(for the first time), me or him.”
Hodzic’s last reclamation proj-
ect at Hillsdale came during the
2014-15 boys’ soccer season,
when he helped guide the Knights
to the Ocean Division title and a
spot in the Central Coast Section
playoffs.
“He’s just an amazing human
being,” Stevenson said.
BOSTON RED SOX —Signed Cs Juan Centeno and Houston/Baltimore/Los Angeles Chargers at New
Sscar Hernandez; OF Gorkys Hernandez; INF Tony England, 10:05 a.m. (CBS)
Renda; and RHPs Zach Putnam, Erasmo Rammrez,
Carson Smith, Josh Smith, Domingo Tapia and Ryan Dallas/Seattle/Philadelphia at New Orleans, 1:40
p.m. (FOX)
Weber to minor-league contracts.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Signed RHP Justin
Grimm to a minor-league contract. Conference Championships
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Named Chris DeLucia
major league tissue therapist/second assistant ath- Sunday, Jan. 20
letic trainer and Dave Iannicca minor league NFC
medical coordinator. TBD, 12:05 p.m. (FOX) AFC
MINNESOTA TWINS — Designated RHP Aaron TBD, 3:40 p.m. (CBS)
Slegers for assignment.
National League
NEW YORK METS — Signed RHP Arquimedes Pro Bowl
Caminero and OF Rymer Liriano to minor league
contracts.
Sunday, Jan. 27
At Orlando, Fla.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES —Agreed to terms with
AFC vs. NFC, noon(ABC/ESPN)
RHP David Robertson on a two-year contract.
NFL
DETROIT LIONS — Signed P Ryan Santoso and RB Super Bowl
Kerwynn Williams to reserve/future contracts.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB Jalen Collins Sunday, Feb. 3
to the practice squad. Released DE Anthony Win- At Atlanta
bush from the practice squad. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 330 p.m. (CBS)

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‘Bird Box’ gets Hollywood clucking By Michael Liedtke success of any movie made
Santa, romance, horror? ‘Bird THE ASSOCIATED PRESS for the company’s nearly 12-
year-old streaming service.
Box’ bucks the holiday trend Netflix, which typically
By Mark Kennedy bright. Lately, more and SAN FRANCISCO — refuses to provide viewership
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS more seem murderous and Netflix said 45 million sub- numbers, made the rare dis-
designed to fright. scriber accounts worldwide closure in a recent tweet as
NEW YORK — For so Take this winter, where, of watched the Sandra Bullock movie producers, writers,
long, movies around the hol- course, sugary options thriller “Bird Box” during its actors and investors continue
idays have been merry and first seven days on the serv-
See BOX, Page 22 ice, the biggest first-week See BIRD, Page 22
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20 Friday • Jan 4, 2019
Crinkle cookies look pretty
but can they taste better?
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Rolled in powdered sugar before baking,
chocolate crinkle cookies (often called
earthquakes) feature chocolaty fissures that
break through the bright white surface dur-
ing baking. While striking in appearance,
these cookies often fall short on taste.
Using a combination of cocoa powder and
unsweetened bar chocolate rather than bit-
tersweet chocolate (which contains sugar)
certainly upped the intensity, and swapping
brown sugar for the granulated created a
complex sweetness.
At this point, the cookies had deep, rich
flavor, but the exterior cracks were too few
and too wide, and the cookies weren’t
spreading enough. Using a combination of
baking soda and baking powder helped —
the bubbles produced by the leaveners rose
to the surface and burst, leaving fissures —
but the cracks gapped.
We had been refrigerating this fluid dough
overnight before portioning and baking the
cookies, but the cold dough didn’t begin to
spread very much until after that dried exte-
rior had formed, forcing the cracks to open
wide. The solution was to bake the cookies
after letting the dough sit at room tempera-
ture for 10 minutes, which was just enough
time for the dough to firm up to a scoopable
consistency.
CHOCOLATE CRINKLE COOKIES
Servings: 22
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Start to finish: 1 hour
1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour
1/2 cup (1 1/2 ounces) unsweetened cocoa
powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups packed (10 1/2 ounces) brown
sugar
3 large eggs
4 teaspoons instant espresso powder
(optional)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate,
chopped
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
Adjust oven rack to middle position and
heat oven to 325 F. Line two baking sheets
with parchment paper. Whisk flour, cocoa,
baking powder, baking soda, and salt
together in bowl. Using a combination of cocoa powder and unsweetened bar chocolate rather than bittersweet
Whisk brown sugar; eggs; espresso pow- chocolate (which contains sugar) certainly ups the intensity, and swapping brown sugar for
der, if using; and vanilla together in large the granulated creates a complex sweetness.
bowl. Microwave chocolate and butter in tablespoon mounds of dough (or use underdone), about 12 minutes, rotating
bowl at 50 percent power, stirring occa- (hash)30 scoop) directly into granulated sheet halfway through baking. Let cookies
sionally, until melted, 2 to 3 minutes. sugar and roll to coat. Transfer dough balls cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer
Whisk chocolate mixture into egg mix- to confectioners’ sugar and roll to coat; to wire rack. Let cookies cool completely
ture until combined. Fold in flour mixture space dough balls evenly on prepared before serving.
until no dry streaks remain. Let dough sit at sheets, 11 per sheet. Nutrition information per serving: 165
room temperature for 10 minutes. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until calories; 50 calories from fat; 6 g fat (3 g
Spread granulated sugar in shallow dish. they are puffed and cracked and edges have saturated; 0 g trans fats); 35 mg choles-
Spread confectioners’ sugar in second shal- begun to set but centers are still soft (cook- terol; 103 mg sodium; 29 g carbohydrate; 2
low dish. Working in batches, drop 2- ies will look raw between cracks and seem g fiber; 22 g sugar; 3 g protein.
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Low carb? Low fat? What the latest dieting studies say
By Candice Choi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Bacon and black coffee for
breakfast, or oatmeal and bananas?
If you’re planning to try to lose weight in
2019, you’re sure to find a fierce debate
online and among friends and family about
how best to do it. It seems like everyone
has an opinion, and new fads emerge every
year.
Two major studies last year provided more
fuel for a particularly polarizing topic —
the role carbs play in making us fat. The
studies gave scientists some clues, but, like
other nutrition studies, they can’t say
which diet — if any — is best for everyone.
That’s not going to satisfy people who
want black-and-white answers, but nutrition
research is extremely difficult and even the
most respected studies come with big
caveats. People are so different that it’s all
but impossible to conduct studies that show
what really works over long periods of
time.
Before embarking on a weight loss plan
for the new year, here’s a look at some of
what was learned last year.
FEWER CARBS, FEWER POUNDS?
It’s no longer called the Atkins Diet, but
the low-carb school of dieting has been
enjoying a comeback. The idea is that the
refined carbohydrates in foods like white
bread are quickly converted into sugar in our
bodies, leading to energy swings and
hunger.
By cutting carbs, the claim is that weight
loss will be easier because your body will
instead burn fat for fuel while feeling less
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In the short term you can probably lose weight by eating only raw foods, or going vegan, or
cutting out gluten, or following another diet plan that catches your eye. But what will work
for you over the long term is a different question.
hungry. A recent study seems to offer more
support for low-carb proponents. But, like
many studies, it tried to understand just one
sliver of how the body works.
The study , co-led by an author of books
promoting low-carb diets, looked at
whether varying carb levels might affect
how the body uses energy. Among 164 par-
ticipants, it found those on low-carb diets
burned more total calories than those on
high-carb diets.
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The study did not say people lost more
weight on a low-carb diet — and didn’t try
to measure that. Meals and snacks were
tightly controlled and continually adjusted
so everyone’s weights stayed stable.
David Ludwig, a lead author of the paper
and researcher at Boston Children’s
Hospital, said it suggests limiting carbs
could make it easier for people to keep
weight off once they’ve lost it. He said the
approach might work best for those with
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diabetes or pre-diabetes.
Ludwig noted the study wasn’t intended to
test long-term health effects or real-world
scenarios where people make their own
food. The findings also need to be replicat-
ed to be validated, he said.
Caroline Apovian of Boston University’s
School of Medicine said the findings are
interesting fodder for the scientific commu-
nity, but that they shouldn’t be taken as
advice for the average person looking to
lose weight.
DO I AVOID FAT TO BE SKINNY?
For years people were advised to curb fats
, which are found in foods including meat,
nuts, eggs, butter and oil. Cutting fat was
seen as a way to control weight, since a
gram of fat has twice as many calories than
the same amount of carbs or protein.
Many say the advice had the opposite
effect by inadvertently giving us license to
gobble up fat-free cookies, cakes and other
foods that were instead full of the refined
carbs and sugars now blamed for our wider
waistlines.
Nutrition experts gradually moved away
from blanket recommendations to limit fats
for weight loss. Fats are necessary for
absorbing important nutrients and can help
us feel full. That doesn’t mean you have to
subsist on steak drizzled in butter to be
healthy.
Bruce Y. Lee, a professor of international
health at Johns Hopkins, said the lessons
learned from the anti-fat fad should be
applied to the anti-carb fad: don’t oversim-
plify advice.
“There’s a constant look for an easy way
out,” Lee said.
Rain or Shine
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BIRD
Continued from page 19
to size up a company that has already
reshaped the way the world watches video.
The first-week audience means nearly
one-third of Netflix’s 137 million sub-
scribers watched the movie from Dec. 21
through Dec. 27 — a holiday-season
stretch when many people aren’t working
and have more free time. Had 45 million
people actually gone to a theater in the
U.S. to watch “Bird Box,” it would have
translated to about $400 million in box-
office revenue, based on average ticket
prices.
But people were watching the movie on a
service for which they already had paid and
had the luxury of doing so without leaving
their homes. That makes watching “Bird
Box” more comparable to watching a tele-
vision program, Wedbush Securities ana-
BOX
Continued from page 19
abounded, such as “Mary Poppins
Returns” on the big screen and “A
Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding” on
TV. Then there’s the post-apocalyptic sur-
vival story “Bird Box.”
Released just days before Christmas on
Netflix, the Sandra Bullock-led thriller is
about monstrous entities that compel any
human who sees them to quickly try to kill
themselves. Not exactly the stuff of sugar
plum fairies.
But even though Netflix declines to
release viewership numbers, “Bird Box”
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lyst Michael Pachter said.
By that yardstick, the viewership for
“Bird Box” is less impressive. For
instance, the Super Bowl typically attracts
100 million to 110 million viewers in the
U. S. alone. The annual telecast of the
Academy Awards has drawn a U.S. audience
of 26 million to 40 million in recent years.
And those totals are for a single day, not a
week.
Television viewership and theatrical
box-office numbers are typically calculated
by third-party firms, unlike the “Bird Box”
figure released by Netflix. The Los Gatos
company has steadfastly refused to divulge
its viewership because it regards the data as
a competitive advantage in deciding what
programs will attract subscribers. All
Netflix will say about its “Bird Box” num-
ber is that it counted only accounts that
watched at least 70 percent of the movie.
Multiple viewers sharing a single account
are counted once.
Netflix so far has made its biggest splash
seems to have struck a nerve, triggering
the creation of memes and online chatter
for a very dark film dropped into the fes-
tive period.
“I have never ever had as much attention
or as many page likes, post likes/ shares
and comments on any of my other pages as
I have had on this one,” says Heather
Drake, who started a Facebook page for
fans of the story and is not affiliated with
the film or distributors. “It’s been insane.
I can’t even come close to responding to
all the feedback, if that tells you any-
thing.”
Critics have been mixed toward “Bird
Box,” with many noting similarities to
John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place.” Variety
complained about the “inexplicably bland
ensemble” and The Hollywood Reporter
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with highly acclaimed TV series such as
“House of Cards,” “Stranger Things,” and
“The Crown. ” “Bird Box” is the latest
example of the company’s resolve to
become a bigger player in movies, too.
To pull it off, Netflix is borrowing bil-
lions of dollars to pay for original movies
and TV series. But beyond money, Netflix
needs to appease directors and actors who
want their work to also be seen in movie
theaters, both for their larger screens and
for award consideration. That’s why Netflix
has been arranging for films like “Bird
Box,” “Roma” and “The Ballad of Buster
Scruggs” to have limited runs in theaters
first.
That’s a strategy that Amazon had already
been following, enabling its “Manchester
By The Sea” to win Academy Awards for best
sniffed that it was “not all that it might
have been.” The Guardian declared it “a
bird-brained mess.”
In some ways, it shouldn’t come as a sur-
prise that a film about monsters attacking
people showed up on the online video
streamer on Dec. 21. Alternate Christmas
movies are all the rage these days, from
“Die Hard,” “In Bruges,” “Kiss Kiss Bang
Bang” and “Lethal Weapon.”
Drake thinks the holiday timing of “Bird
Box” isn’t that important, noting the need
for fresh and intriguing movies during the
holidays far from usual stale fare like “It’s
a Wonderful Life” or “Rudolph the Red-
Nosed Reindeer.”
“I don’t honestly think it would have
mattered if it was Dec. 21 or July 21,” she
said. “However, Dec. 21 would give an
advantage as many people are on vacation
from school and work. And who doesn’t
want to cozy up and ‘Netflix and chill’ on
a cold night when they don’t have to worry
about school or work the next day?”
Netflix’s decision may also be an
attempt to replicate last late-December’s
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actor and original screenplay in 2017. An
ESPN documentary, “O. J. : Made In
America,” also won an Oscar in 2017 after
appearing in theaters before its debut on
the TV network.
By breaking tradition and disclosing
viewership numbers for “Bird Box,” Netflix
cleverly created even more buzz, Pachter
said. “They are masters at getting attention
and they knew revealing the numbers would
get the media to write about it,” he said.
That, in turn, gets the attention of movie
producers and directors, as well as luring
back investors who had sold off Netflix in
recent weeks as part of a broader sell-off of
tech stocks. The company’s stock closed
Wednesday unchanged at $267.66, but has
dropped 37 percent from its peak in June —
a slump that has wiped out nearly $70 bil-
lion in shareholder wealth.
Netflix quickly found itself grappling
with another problem Wednesday as it
acknowledged censoring an episode from
its “Patriot Act” series in Saudi Arabia to
comply with laws in that country.
hit “Bright,” starring Will Smith and Joel
Egerton. That supernatural cop drama also
wasn’t received well by critics but gar-
nered strong word-of-mouth interest and a
sequel has been promised.
Bullock has been one of Hollywood’s
top stars since her 1994 hit “Speed” but
had never made a horror movie until “Bird
Box.” She told the Associated Press before
a special screening in New York this
month that the risks she and the cast
undertook were somehow appealing.
To evade the movie monsters, Bullock
and two young children are blindfolded
while navigating through a forest and a
treacherous river. The title refers to a liter-
al box of birds that her character carries —
the birds begin to chirp when the unseen
evil approaches. Like the timing of the
final film, it seemed to be a fresh chal-
lenge.
“Anytime that they yelled ‘Stop!’ we
knew we knew we had gotten to a place
where we could all get injured,” Bullock
said. “And we fell. And I said don’t stop
the camera unless I say, ‘Stop!’”
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the last year, PG&E crews have been

FRIDAY, JAN. 4
Calendar
‘Free First Fridays’ at the San
Mateo County History Museum. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. 2200 Broadway,
Redwood City. Admission is free for
the day and there are two fee-free
programs planned. At 11 a.m., pre-
school children are invited to learn
about automobiles and will make
paper license plates to take home. At
2 p.m., docents lead tours of the
museum for adults. Sponsored by
San Mateo Credit Union. For more
information call 299-0104.
Coloring and Coffee for Adults.
10:30 a.m. to noon. Belmont Library,
1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. Coloring sheets, colored
pencils and refreshments provided.
Free. For more information call 591-
8286.
First Friday in Woodside: 1906 in
San Francisco Rare Films. 7 p.m. to
8 p.m. Town of Woodside, 2955
Woodside Road, Woodside.
Presentation by Woodside’s Arts and
Culture Committee. For more infor-
mation call 703-8644.
SATURDAY, JAN. 5
Shred Your Documents Festival.
1:30 p.m. Millbrae Library, 1 Library
Ave., Millbrae. Free. For more infor-
mation call 697-7607.
Titanic Today: Book Signing and
Lecture with Historian Shery l
Rinkol. 2 p.m. South San Francisco
Library, 840 W. Orange Ave., South
San Francisco. The chronological his-
tory of the Titanic. Light refresh-
ments provided. For more informa-
tion call 829-3860.
Book making Project. 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. Grand Avenue Library, 306
and subject matter. $30 for six two-
hour classes. Must be 18 years or
older. For more information call 802-
4384.
IPhone and iPad Basics. 10 a.m. to
noon. San Mateo Senior Center, 2645
Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo.
Manage devices, stay connected,
browse the web and take photos.
$20 for four classes. Registration is
required. For more information call
522-7490.
Under standing Alzheimers and
Dementia. 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Redwood City Public Library, 1044
Middlefield Road, Redwood City.
Free. For more information call 780-
7063.
Textile Tuesday: Slouchy T-shirt. 1
p.m. South San Francisco Library, 840
W. Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
Please bring supplies. For more
information call 829-3860.
Memoir Classes. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo
Park. Every Tuesday until Tuesday,
Jan. 29. Cost $15. For more informa-
tion call 326-0723.
Dream Catchers. 3:30 p.m. Grand
Avenue Library, 306 Walnut Ave.,
South San Francisco. Make your own
unique dream catcher with wood,
feathers and beads. Free. For more
information call 829-3860.
K id’s Craft with Sophie’s World. 4
p.m. South San Francisco Library, 840
W. Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
Have creative fun with crafts, activi-
ties, games, songs and silliness. Free.
For more information call 829-3860.
Presentation: How to Develop
Your Professional Agility. 6:30 p.m.
DAM
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dam structure and the reservoir storing
drinking water for millions of Bay
Area residents, said Public Works
Director Jim Porter.
Acknowledging the complexity of a
project requiring coordination among
several agencies and sensitivity to the
reservoir’s functions and environ-
ment, Porter looked to the project’s
completion to benefit those expected
to travel through the area in the years
to come.
“These are career projects, you do
these things once in a lifetime,” he
said, noting the bridge is expected to
last for 75 to 100 years. “I think we’ve
done something very, very good for
the community.”
In the many years since the project
began, Porter said work on the bridge
had to be integrated with the San
Francisco Public Utilities
Commission’s project to increase the
capacity of the reservoir behind the
Crystal Springs Dam as well as an
effort on behalf of Pacific Gas and
Electric to underground a high voltage
overhead power line connecting power
sources in the Peninsula to those in
San Francisco. Porter added crews also
working to relocate high-voltage
transmission lines previously sup-
ported by towers placed on either side
of the bridge to another location under
it, an area Porter said officials have
also been working to keep secure.
Even with delays, Porter said the
bridge project, which he estimated to
cost between $13 million and $14 mil-
lion, cost only a little more than offi-
cials previously predicted, which he
said is consistent with most major
construction projects.
County Parks spokeswoman Carla
Schoof said the opening will also
had to be careful no debris fell into a coincide with the opening of the South
of Dam Trail, a path designed for
critical piece of the region’s water
infrastructure throughout construction pedestrians and bicyclists which she
as well as ensure endangered species in said will extend south of the bridge by
the area were protected. about a mile. She noted some of the
finishing touches on the project,
“Getting all those projects to coor- which included fencing to delineate the
dinate and be seamless was somewhat
paths for pedestrians, bicyclists and
of a challenge,” he said. “Working in drivers were also aimed at ensuring
that area is somewhat difficult in that visitors’ safety on the thoroughfares
you cannot allow any of the debris to themselves, and pegged the trail seg-
fall into the reservoir.” ments to open as among the most pic-
Before work on the bridge could turesque vantage points along the
watershed.
start, county planners coordinated
with SFPUC officials working to more “It really allows people that access
than double the capacity of the spill- to almost the sweet spot of that area in
way in compliance with new state and terms of view,” she said. “It’s just a
federal standards, a project completed really great spot to stop and take in the
in 2012 to the tune of $35 million, trail and then look to the west and take
according to the utility previously. In in the watershed.”
transferred to a landfill, while all oth- county communities serviced by the

Walnut Ave., South San Francisco.
Learn how to make a pocket memo-
ry book for the new year. Free. For
more information call 877-8530.
Dance Night at Odd Fellows. 7:30
p.m. to 10 p.m. Off Fellows Lodge,
526 Main St., Half Moon Bay. Music
by DJ Blake Markes who will take
requests. No partner needed. Free.
For more information call 219-3522.
SUNDAY, JAN. 6
Ballroom Cultural Series: Aurora
Mandolin Orchestra. 3 p.m. to 5
p.m. Filoli, 86 Cañada Road,
Woodside. Tickets cost $30 for all
ages. For more information call 364-
8300.
‘The Revolutionists’ by Laur en
Gunderson. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Dragon Theatre Co., 2120 Broadway,
Redwood City. A comedic play about
four women living in France during
the French Revolution. Cost $15-$37.
For more information call 493-2006.
MONDAY, JAN. 7
The Technology Landscape — A
Year in Review and A Look Ahead.
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. San Mateo Senior
Center, 2645 Alameda de las Pulgas,
San Mateo. The Senior Tech Team will
take a look back at the big tech sto-
ries of last year, highlight interesting
trends and discuss the impact of all
this. Free. For more information call
522-7490.
Mahjong Time. 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.
San Mateo Senior Center, 2645
Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo.
Learn how to play the famous histor-
ical Chinese game of Mahjong. Free.
For more information call 522-7490.
Tech Help Desk. 3 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
San Mateo Senior Center, 2645
Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo.
Weekly drop in Help Desk where
to 8 p.m. Bovet Office Center, 155
Bovet Road, first floor, San Mateo.
Engelina Jaspers, author, speaker
and workshop leader, will teach how
to crush any curveball. Eat pizza, net-
work then participate in workshop.
Cost is $5. To register call (917) 903-
8764.
Documentary Club: RBG. 6:30 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont.
Come enjoy the film and discussion.
Free. For more information call 591-
8286.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9
Identity Theft and Online Scams:
For Seniors. 10:15 a.m. South San
Francisco Library, 840 W. Orange
Ave., South San Francisco. Learn
practices and tips from an expert at
San Mateo Health Services on keep-
ing online data safe. For more infor-
mation call 829-3860.
Computer Class: Inbox Clean Up.
10:30 a.m. to noon. Belmont Library,
1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. For more information call
591-8286.
San Mateo Professional Alliance.
Noon to 1 p.m. Central Park Bistro,
181 E. Fourth Ave., San Mateo.
Industry exclusive networking and
leads organization. Solid referrals
from other business members with-
in the group. $60 a year. For more
information call 430-6500.
Dash Robot Races. 4 p.m. South San
Francisco Library, 840 W. Orange
Ave., South San Francisco. Free. For
more information call 829-3860.
Library Film: ‘Searching’ (PG-13,
2018). 6 p.m. Millbrae Library, 1
Library Ave., Millbrae. Mystery movie
starring John Cho. Free. For more
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between East Palo Alto and
Burlingame.
The process, which has grown
increasingly simple for customers, is
leading to mind-bending amounts of
trees getting hauled away for recy-
cling, as La Mariana said more than
233 tons of organic material was col-
lected last year.
“That’s a lot of trees,” laughed La
Mariana.
So long as the ornaments and the
stand are removed, collectors will take
most trees left near the green bin, said
La Mariana. Those taller than 10 feet
should be cut in half and placed in the
bin, he said.
RethinkWaste is also accepting
flocked trees this year, a departure from
earlier policy precluding the agency
from collecting those painted with a
chemical spray designed to replicate
the appearance of snow.
He noted though flocked trees will be
ers will be processed at Recology sta-
tions in either San Jose or the Central
Valley, said La Mariana.
“They take it, grind it up or use it as
mulch or composting, ” said La
Mariana.
Once the trees are recycled, La
Mariana said the finished compost is
available for free for locals to pick up
from the transfer station. Up to two
buckets of compost can be taken, or
more can be given to local school or
organizations seeking to start a com-
munity garden, he said.
“It’s an excellent, quality product. It
creates this wonderful, nutrient-rich
soil amendment,” said La Mariana,
who noted the compost available to
locals should be mixed with soil for
planting.
La Mariana emphasized that locals
know their trees can live a second life
beyond spreading holiday cheer.
“It is really important that people
understand that trees have a material
value,” he said. “They are not just
going into the landfill.”
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on regular collection days as well.
Trees taller than 6 feet should be cut in
half, and all decorations and tinsel
should be removed.
For RethinkWaste customers, La
Mariana said no additional staffing is
needed to accommodate the uptick in
tree collections, but the service will
suspend pickup of other bulky items
for January.
Should customers wait until after
January to dispose of their tree, La
Mariana said they should be cut in half
and placed in the green bin to be col-
lected on their regular trash day.
In all, La Mariana lauded the collec-
tion of efforts required to responsibly
process the trees, with an eye on assur-
ing their lifespan continues beyond
the holiday season.
“It’s a great program, ” he said.
“Everybody wins.”
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interested in this matter shall appear be-
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
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days before the matter is scheduled to
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203 public notices
order To show Cause for
Change of name
CASE# 18C1V06780
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
Carolyn Elizabeth Strauss
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: Carolyn Elizabeth Strauss
filed a petition with this court for a decree
changing name as follows:
Present name:
Carolyn Elizabeth Strauss
Proposed Name:
Carolyn Elizabeth Marguet
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear be-
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
sons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing. A hearing on the
petition shall be held on 2/7/2019 at 9
a.m., Dept. PJ, at 400 County Center,
Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this
Order to Show Cause shall be published
at least once each week for four succes-
sive weeks prior to the date set for hear-
ing on the petition in the following news-
paper of general circulation:
San Mateo Daily Journal
Filed: 12/26/2018
/s/Susan Irene Etezadi/
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 12/24/2018
(Published 1/4/19, 1/11/19, 1/18/19,
1/25/19).
order To show Cause for
Change of name
CASE# 18C1V06423
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
Wai Kwong Pon
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: Wai Kwong Pon filed a peti-
tion with this court for a decree changing
name as follows:
Present name: Wai Kwong Pon
Proposed Name: George Pon
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear be-
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
sons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing. A hearing on the
petition shall be held on 1/15/2019 at 9
a.m., Dept. PJ, at 400 County Center,
Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this
Order to Show Cause shall be published
at least once each week for four succes-
sive weeks prior to the date set for hear-
ing on the petition in the following news-
paper of general circulation:
San Mateo Daily Journal
Filed: 12/4/2018
/s/Susan Irene Etezadi/
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 12/3/2018
(Published 12/14/18, 12/21/18,
12/28/18, 1/4/19).
fiCTiTious business name
sTaTemenT #279833
The following person is doing business
as: The UPS Store #6096, 6748 Mission
St., DALY CITY, CA 94014. Registered
Owners: Mohit Sehgal and Akshay
Sehgal, 459 Farallon Ave., Pacifica, CA
94044. The business is conducted by a
General Partnership. The registrant
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on N/A.
/s/Mohit Sehgal/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 12/18/18. (Publish-
ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/21/18, 12/2818, 1/4/19, 1/11/19).
203 public notices
order To show Cause for
Change of name
CASE# 18C1V06005
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
Leikaila Monae Durant
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: Leikaila Monae Durant filed a
petition with this court for a decree
changing name as follows:
Present name: Leikaila Monae Durant
Proposed Name: Leikaila Monae Davis
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear be-
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
sons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing. A hearing on the
petition shall be held on 1/8/2019 at 9
a.m., Dept. PJ, at 400 County Center,
Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this
Order to Show Cause shall be published
at least once each week for four succes-
sive weeks prior to the date set for hear-
ing on the petition in the following news-
paper of general circulation:
San Mateo Daily Journal
Filed: 12/4/2018
/s/Susan Irene Etezadi/
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 12/4/2018
(Published 12/14/18, 12/21/18,
12/28/18, 1/4/19).
order To show Cause for
Change of name
CASE# 18C1V06489
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
Ki Pik Fung
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: Ki Pik Fung filed a petition
with this court for a decree changing
name as follows:
Present name: Ki Pik Fung
Proposed Name: Becky Ki Pik Fung
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear be-
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
sons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing. A hearing on the
petition shall be held on 1/18/2019 at 9
a.m., Dept. PJ, at 400 County Center,
Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this
Order to Show Cause shall be published
at least once each week for four succes-
sive weeks prior to the date set for hear-
ing on the petition in the following news-
paper of general circulation:
San Mateo Daily Journal
Filed: 12/7/2018
/s/Susan Irene Etezadi/
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 12/5/2018
(Published 12/14/18, 12/21/18,
12/28/18, 1/4/19).
fiCTiTious business name
sTaTemenT #279819
The following person is doing business
as: GOAL-Physical Therapy and Sports
Medicine, 130 Loma Vista Drive, BUR-
LINGAME, CA 94010. Registered Own-
er: Laurie Wallace, same address. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrant commenced to transact
business under the FBN on July 14,
2015.
/s/Laurie Wallacel/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 12/17/18. (Publish-
ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/21/18, 12/2818, 1/4/19, 1/11/19).
203 public notices
noTiCe To CrediTors
of The deaTh of
JOHANNA H. VAN DER TAK
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Notice is hereby given to the creditors
and contingent creditors of the above-
named decedent, that all persons having
claims against the decedent are required
to file them with the Superior Court,
County of San Mateo, California and de-
liver pursuant to Section 1215 of the Cal-
ifornia Probate Code a copy to Carley B.
Wiegand, as executor of the will dated 20
July 2010 wherein the decedent was the
settlor, at 1911 Trenton Court, Walnut
Creek, California, 94596-6249, within the
later of four months after 31 December
2018 or, if notice is mailed or personally
delivered to you, 60 days after the date
this notice is mailed or personally deliv-
ered to you. A claim form may be ob-
tained from the court clerk. For your pro-
tection, you are encouraged to file your
claim by certified mail, with return receipt
requested.
(Published in the San Mateo Daily Jour-
nal, 1/4/19, 1/11/19, 1/18/19.
fiCTiTious business name
sTaTemenT #279920
The following person is doing business
as: Myung Moon Consulting, 8101 Ad-
miralty Ln, FOSTER CITY, CA 94404.
Registered Owners: 1)Sung Wook Choi
2) YoungMee Choi, same address. The
business is conducted by a Married Cou-
ple. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on 07-
14-1997.
/s/Sung Wook Choi/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 12/31/18. (Publish-
ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
1/4/19, 1/11/19, 1/18/19, 1/25/19).
fiCTiTious business name
sTaTemenT #279557
The following person is doing business
as: RoyG Records, 2274 Dumbarton
Ave, EAST PALO ALTO, CA 94303.
Registered Owner: Rogelio Guerra,
same address. The business is conduct-
ed by an Individual. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on 11/19/18.
/s/Rogelio Guerra/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 11/19/18. (Publish-
ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/14/18, 12/21/18, 12/28/18, 1/4/19).
fiCTiTious business name
sTaTemenT #279822
The following person is doing business
as: Noodles & Things, 79 East 3rd Ave.,
SAN MATEO, CA 94401. Registered
Owners: B&I CO. INTERNATIONAL,
INC., CA. The business is conducted by
a Corporation. The registrant com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on N/A.
/s/Benny Hom/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 12/17/18. (Publish-
ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/21/18, 12/2818, 1/4/19, 1/11/19).
fiCTiTious business name
sTaTemenT #279743
The following person is doing business
as: Bay City Realty, 715 El Camino Real,
SAN BRUNO, CA 94066. Registered
Owner: Hani Kaileh, 2425 Trenton Dr,
SAN BRUNO, CA 94066. The business
is conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trant commenced to transact business
under the FBN on 11/17/2008.
/s/Hani Kaileh/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 12/7/18. (Published
in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/28/18, 1/4/18, 1/11/19, 1/18/19).
fiCTiTious business name
sTaTemenT #279891
The following person is doing business
as: didabooks, 123 San Clemente Rd.,
HALF MOON BAY, CA 94019. Regis-
tered Owner: Dida A. Goudreau, same
address. The business is conducted by
an Individual. The registrant com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on N/A.
/s/Dida A. Goudreau/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 12/26/18. (Publish-
ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
1/4/19, 1/11/19, 1/18/19, 1/25/19).
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203 public notices
fiCTiTious business name
sTaTemenT #279889
The following person is doing business
as: RAMBLE, 182 Harvard Ave., HALF
MOON BAY, CA 94019. Registered
Owner: Jason M. Goudreau, 123 San
Clemente Rd., Half Moon Bay, CA
94019. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrant commenced to
transact business under the FBN on N/A.
/s/Jason Marc Goudreau/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 12/26/18. (Publish-
ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
1/4/19, 1/11/19, 1/18/19, 1/25/19).
fiCTiTious business name
sTaTemenT #279918
The following person is doing business
as: System Optimization Solutions, 1469
Bellevue Ave, Suite 309, BURLINGAME,
CA 94010. Registered Owner: Farhad
Azhadi, same address. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trant commenced to transact business
under the FBN on Nov/10/1997.
/s/Farhad Azhadi/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 12/28/18. (Publish-
ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
1/4/19, 1/11/19, 1/18/19, 1/25/19).
summons
(CITACION JUDICIAL)
CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso):
18CLJ02023
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL
DEMANDADO): VERONICA M SOLARI,
and Does 1 to 10
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF
(LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMAN-
DANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
noTiCe! You have been sued. The
court may decide against you without
your being heard unless you respond
within 30 days. Read the information be-
low.
You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after
this summons and legal papers are
served on you to file a written response
at this court and have a copy served on
the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not
protect you. Your written response must
be in proper legal form if you want the
court to hear your case. There may be a
court form that you can use for your re-
sponse. You can find these court forms
and more information at the California
Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your
county law library, or the courthouse
nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing
fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver
form. If you do not file your response on
time, you may lose the case by default,
and your wages, money, and property
may be taken without further warning
from the court.
There are other legal requirements. You
may want to call an attorney right away.
If you do not know an attorney, you may
want to call an attorney referral service. If
you cannot afford an attorney, you may
be eligible for free legal services from a
nonprofit legal services program. You
can locate these nonprofit groups at the
California Legal Services Web site
(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the Califor-
nia Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by
contacting your local court or county bar
legal noTiCes
Fictitious Business Name Statements,
Trustee Sale Notice, Name Change, Probate,
Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons,
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Fax your request to: 650-344-5290
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utory lien for waived fees and costs on Cns-3204795#
any settlement or arbitration award of san maTeo daily Journal
$10,000 or more in a civil case. The
court's lien must be paid before the court
will dismiss the case.
¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no re-
sponde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede
decidir en su contra sin escuchar su ver-
sión. Lea la información a continuación.
Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO de-
spués de que le entreguen esta citación
y papeles legales para presentar una re-
spuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer
que se entregue una copia al deman-
dante. Una carta o una llamada telefóni- 295 art
ca no lo protegen. Su respuesta por es-
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la corte. Es posible que haya un formu- OBO (650)515-6091
lario que usted pueda usar para su re-
spuesta. Puede encontrar estos formu-
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working. Belmont (415) 902-4484. You
cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a
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Center, Redwood City, CA 94063-1655 Burlingame. Phone 650-342-5220.
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ber of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff with-
(650)722-3634
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ción y el número de teléfono del aboga- mounTain bike. Top brand. Runs
do del demandante, o del demandante good. $39. (660)342-5220
que no tiene abogado, es):
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(Bar #317574) 3168 Lionshead Ave 298 Collectibles
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tario), by ANTONIO R. GERONIMO,
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$12 (650)762-6048
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thru 1992, 1998,1999 $99 Rick (415)999-
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pcs. $60, (650)207-4162
299 Computers
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dition power cord/owners manual includ-
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ened, original packaging, Samsung, 12X,
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jUmP ANd Play Keyboard brand new, in
original box. $25.00. (650)454-7580.
StAR WARS Celebration 3 Darth Vader
$20 new w/case Dan (650)303-3568
302 Antiques
ANtIqUe HemINGRAy Glass Tele-
graph Pole Insulator. Aqua colored. Pris-
tine condition. 4.5"X3.25" $15 (650)762-
6048
beeR SteINS-ORIGINAl from Germa-
ny, three different $99 ea. Call for info
(650)592-7483
mAHOGANy ANtIqUe Secretary desk,
72” x 40” , 3 drawers, Display case, bev-
elled glass, $150. (650)766-3024.
ROSevIlle tUlIP Pitcher, Ca: 1900.
$45. (650)574-2490.
303 electronics
CANNON COPIeR. $20. 650-342-5220.
FRee televISION - Mitsubishi,
26"W,22"H,18"D Works Great, Not
Flatscreen, Text (650) 333-8323 Local
Delivery available.
ONKyO Av Receiver HT-R570 .Digital
Surround, HDMI, Dolby, Sirius Ready,
Cinema Filter.$95/ Offer (650)591-2393
PHIllIPS-50” COlOR t.v., Heavy, $99
(650)591-8062
304 Furniture
2 WAlNUt 3-drawer nitestands. Tops
need work but very good cond. $20/ea
(650)952-3466.
ANtIqUe dINING table for six people
with chairs $99. (650)580-6324
ANtIqUe mOHAGANy Bookcase. Four
feet tall. $75. (415) 282-0966.
beAUtIFUl dReSSeR, dark wood fin-
ish and like new $100 (650)722-6318
beAUtIFUl HeAdbOARd for a queen
sized bed. Medium brown finish. Ask for
photo $40 (650)722-6318
bedSteAd SINGle, poster style, box
spring, mattress available. $40.00.
(650)593-7408
beIGe SOFA $99. Excellent Condition
(650) 315-2319
bROWN lIvING room chair with cush-
ion. Dimensions 38"W, 32"H, 37"D.
$80.00. Transport yourself. Call
(650)872-2371
bUNK bedS for sale. Cherry Wood, 2
years old. Includes Mattresses. $600 or
B/O (650)685-2494
COmmOde, GOOd condition. $20 obo.
Please call (650)745-6309
COmPUteR deSK (glass) & chair. Like
new $75 OBO (650)704-4709 or
gtecher@comcast.net
COmPUteR SWIvel CHAIR. Padded
Leather. $80. (650) 455-3409
304 Furniture
COzy ReClINeR in good condition.
Purchased one year ago. $90.00
(650)722-6318
deSK, Gd. cond.
(650)458-3578
$99.99 or b.o.
dINING ROOm Table-Antique,Oak,
5chairs, w/ extension $350 (650)290-
3188
dINING tAble (36"x54") and 4 match-
ing chairs, sturdy oak, cost $600, sell for
$250 .(650)-654-1930.
dINING tAble - WITH Extension, six
chairs, Solid wood, Vintage 1950’s, $450
(650)692-8012.
dReSSeR 4-dRAWeR in Belmont for
$75. Good condition; good for children.
Call (650)678-8585
dReSSeR-ANtIqUe vANIty Combo, 3
beveled mirrors, Eight Drawers, $550
(650)290-3188
eNteRtAINmeNt CAbINet, 42"W x
31"H. Two drawers at bottom, dark finish.
Good condition $75 (650)722-6318
GeNtly USed coffee table; cherry fin-
ish/traditional $40 (650)722-6318
GlIdeR rocker and ottoman, oak, excel-
lent condition. $100 (650)345-5644.
IKeA dReSSeR, black, 3 shelf. 23" x
15"deep x 50" high. $65. (650)598-9804.
IKeA tAble, black 58" x 21" x 14" high.
$ 30. (650)598-9804.
NeW delUxe Twin Folding Bed, Lin-
ens, cover, Cost $618. Sale $250. Must
Sell! (650) 875-8159.
NeW tWIN Mattress set plus frame
$30.00 (650) 347-2356
NIAGARA vIbRAtING Adjustable bed
good condition Burlingame $90 Call Dan
(408)656-0958
OFFICe tyPe 34"X 60" heavy solid
wood with formica wood grain top $25
(650) 787-9753
ReClINING CHAIR, wine colored $30,
(650)-583-4985
RetRO HUtCH Needs refinishing other-
wise good condition. Top detaches from
bottom $25. (650)712-9962
SOlId WOOd Dining table with exten-
sion great piece great condition black
$80 (650)364-5263
SOlId WOOd Entertainment Center-
TurnTable, Am-Fm, Eight Track, Built In
Speakers, Sony 26’ Smart T.V.(68.75 in.
X 25.5inch X28inch) $500 o.b.o
(925)482-5742
tAble 24"x48" folding legs each end.
Melamine top, 500# capacity. Cost
$130. Sell $50. 650-591-4141
tAble lAmP with brown base & gold
trim, 30" tall. $5.00. Call 650-872-2371
tIFFANy Style Lamp shade. Older-
multiple panels. 17” diameter. $75. (650)
727-7266.
tIKI bAR - Oringinal from the 60’s,Like
Elvis', made of wood, 68”X22X39, $3500
(650)245-4234.
tWIN bed frame-black wrought iron
from Crate & Barrel $65 (650)631-1341
tWIN bed, mattress, box spring, frame
$ 50. (650)598-9804.
tWIN bed- Free you pick up. Call
(650)344-2109
USed bedROOm Furniture, FREE. Call
(650)573-7381.
WAll UNIt/ROOm Divider. Simple
lines. Breaks down for transportation.
$25.(650)712-9962 leave message
WAlNUt CHeSt, small (4 drawer with
upper bookcase $50. (650)726-6429
WHIte WICKeR Armoire, asking $100,
great condition, text for picture (650)571-
0947
WOOd - wall Unit - 30" long x 6' tall x
17.5" deep. $90. (650)631-9311
306 Housewares
bReAd mAKeR-zOjIRUSHI $85 Call
(650)222-2025
COmPlete Set OF CHINA - Windsor
Garden, Noritake. Four place-settings,
20-pieces in original box, never used.
$250 per box (3 boxes available).
(650)342-5630
CRyStAl WINe glasses new (12ea)
$20.00 Call 650-592-2648
HUmmel WAll Plate 71/2"dia. 1981
Boy w/umbrella $15. (650)344-4756
mIKASA Set. White. Modern (square)
Setting for 4 $30 (415)734-1152.
NeW "bellA" buffet tripple slow cooker
and food warmer $35.00 call (650)592-
2648
PReSSURe COOKeR-bRANd New
$50 (650)222-2025
ROyAl- OPeNHAGeN xmAS Wall
Plates 7 7/8" dia. 1976, l980,1984 $10
ea. (650)344-4756
306 Housewares
SINK dOUble cast iron. Good condi-
tion. $99.00. (650)593-7408
teA Set-SIlveR Platted, Coffee Pot,
Tea Pot, Water Pot, Cream And Sugar
$175 (650)222-2025
308 tools
ANtIqUe IRON Hand Drills. 3 available
at $30 each. (650)339-3672 Ron
bRIGGS & Stratton Lawn Mower with
Mulch rear bag-like new- $95.00.
(650)771-6324.
CRAFtSmAN 9" Radial Arm Saw with 6"
dado set. No stand. $55 (650)341-6402
lG CRAFtSmeN shop vac 6.5hp $60
(510)943-9221
SHOPSmItH mARK V 50th Anniversary
most attachments. $1,500/OBO.
(650)504-0585
vINtAGe CRAFtSmAN Jig Saw. Circa
1947. $60. (650)245-7517
310 misc. For Sale
200 PlAStIC trading card holders; $15;
(650)591-9769 San Carlos
500-600 bIG Band-era 78's--most mint,
no sleeves--$50 for all-(650)574-5459
beSSy SmAll Evening Hand Bag With
Beige Cord $75.00 (650)678-5371
bIFOld SHUtteRS 2x28”x79 $10.00
(650)544-5306
blUe OySteR cult lp signed by donald
r. Eric b. And Wilcox. $40. Cash
(408)661-6019
CANdelAbRA-SIlveR PlAted tar-
nish resistant,5 light, 11”tall, 11”wide,
Made in England, $45 (650)222-2025
CASH ReGISteR Parts; Much Skin Not
Guts $500 (415)269-4784
COmeAlONG 3/4 ton chain $25 (650)
873-6304
COSCO PlAy Pen with travel bag. Used
once $35 (650)591-2981
CUt GlASS serving bowl 8" diameter
$25. Call 650-921-4016
delUxe FOldeR Walker - 5" wheels -
Never Used - $40 (650)341-5347
FRee mAGAzINeS. Library discards
year old ones. Wide variety. Good for
crafts, light reading. (650)952-9074
HAt, t-SHIRt, sweatshirt and comput-
erbag $80.00 for all (650)592-2648
lIONel CHRIStmAS Holiday expan-
sion Set. New OB $99 (650)368-7537
lIONel WeSteRN Union Pass car and
dining car. New OB $99 (650)368-7537
mOtley CRUe lp signed by neil lee
sixx and mars $75 cash (408)661-6019
NeGRINI FeNCING Epee mask size M
& France Lames 5 epee blade $95
(415)260-6940
NeW lAWN SWING 5'1/2" W x 5 '6" H
$100 (650) 678-6428 aft. 6pm
Old b&l Microscope in good condition;
35x 100x 430x $50. (650) 588-0842.
Old Style Water dispenser-iron stand-
clay pot-5gal. glass bottle $75. (650)873-
6304
RAy-bAN tOP Bar Sunglasses
RB31832 BlackFrameSemi rimless semi-
wrap Lens:GreyUV UltraSleek Light-
weight New w/case $65.00 (650)591-
6596
SAmSONIte 26" tan hard-sided suit
case, lt. wt., wheels, used once/like new.
$45. (650)328-6709
SIlK SARee 6 yards new nice color.for
$35 only. Call(650)515-2605 for more in-
formation.
SINK, 33”x22” Top mount with faucet,
$15.00 (650)544-5306
SlR leNS Pentax 28-90mm f3.5-5.6
Pentax K Mount $25 (650)436-7171
SlR leNS Sigma 28-105mm f3.8-5.6
Sigma SA Mount $25 (650)436-7171
tIReS-Set OF four P225 45 R18 $80
OBO (650)359-2238.
tUNtURI ROWING Machine, Good
Condition, $75, (650)483-1222
UNIdeN HARley Davidson Gas Tank
phone. $100 or best offer. (650)863-8485
WAlKeR - Good Condition - Like New -
$35 (650)341-5347
311 musical Instruments
1929 ANtIqUe Alto Selmer, Cigar Cut-
ter, Newly Refurbished $6,000 OBO Call
(650)742-6776.
CHROmAtIC HARmONICA: Horner
The 64 Chomonica, German Made $180,
(650)278-5776.
ePIPHONe leS Paul Custom Prophecy
Electric Guitar. Mint. $625.00.
(650)421-5469.
eveRett UPRIGHt antique piano.
Lovely sound. $99. 650-365-5718.
311 musical Instruments
HUGe lUdWIG Drum Set Silver Sparkle
& Chrome, Zelgian, Pasite & Sabian
Cymbals, 24 in. Timpany $3,500
(916)975-4969
PIANO, UPRIGHt, in excellent condi-
tion. Asking $345. (650)366-4769
PlAyeR PIANO 1916 W/Bench 25 mu-
sic rolls $950 Don (415)309-3892
www.elo.deals
312 Pets & Animals
ONe KeNNel Cab ll one Pet Taxi ani-
mal carriers 26x16. Excellent cond. $60..
(650)593-2066
PARROt CAGe, Steel, Large - approx
4 ft by 4 ft, Excellent condition $300 best
offer. (650)245-4084
316 Clothes
blUe tAHARI NWT wool button-up
jacket $25 (650)952-3466
FANCy HIGH heel shoes, never worn
size 8 1/2 $20.00 (650)592-2648
FAUx FUR Coat Woman's brown multi
color in excellent condition 3/4
length $50 (650)692-8012
KAyANO meN’S Running shoes size 11
good condition $20 (650)520-7045
KNee-HIGH blACK women's boots,
size 7, wide calf & wide width, new.
$40.00. Call (650)872-2371
lAdIeS SeqUIN dress, blue, size XL,
pure silk lining, $40.00, (650) 578-9208
meN'S StetSON hat, size large, new,
rim, solid black, large, great gift. $40
(650) 578-9208
NeW WItH tags Wool or cotton Men's
pullover sweaters (XL) $15/each
(650)952-3466
NWt zeGNA medium brown plaid cash-
mere blazer, XL $20 (650)952-3466
SHOeS SIze 5 1/2 and 6 for $50 or less
(650)508-8662
tUxedO SIze 40, black, including white
shirt, excellent cond. $50 (650)355-5189
WeddING dReSS-deSIGNeR, Size 12,
Needs Dry Cleaning, Org. $4000.00 Sell
for $500 Call (650)867-1728
WORK bOOtS. Iron Age, size 10-1/2,
brown, with steel metatarsal protection.
In box, $45, OBO. (650)594-1494
318 Sports equipment
bIG beRtHA, Golfsmith Titanium Driver
,Mid Driver, Stinger 1 3 5 - $99 Rick
(415)999-4474
bRANd NeW Golf bag with Stand.
Makes a great gift. $70. 415-867-6444.
bRANd NeW golf clubs: 1, 3 Woods;
Irons: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 pw. Makes a great
gift $99. 415-867-6444.
eAStON AlUmINUm bat.33 inches, 30
oz, 2 3/4 barrel. $30. (650)596-0513
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318 Sports equipment Garage Sales
eveRlASt 80# MMA Heavy Bag and
Stand. Like New. $99 (650)654-9966
GUtHy-ReNKeR POWeR Rider,Ever- GARAGe SAleS
last 2 1/2 ankle weights, kegel thigh ex-
erciser $20 (510)770-1976 eStAte SAleS
KNee RIdeR $ 50.00 joe (650)573-5269
make money, make room!
leAtHeR GOlF bag with 23 clubs $90.
(650) 592-2648.
meN'S ROSSIGNOl Skis. $95.00,
List your upcoming
good condition, (650)341-0282. garage sale,
ONe dOzeN Official League Diamond
Baseballs. Brand New. $45. Call Roger
moving sale,
(650)771-6324. estate sale,
tOtAl Gym XLS, excellent condition. yard sale,
Paid $2,500. Yours for $900. Call
(650)588-0828 rummage sale,
tReAdmIll-HORIzON lIKe New, limit- clearance sale, or
ed use, Paid $750-Asking $450 OBO
(650)508-8662 whatever sale you
tReK mOUNtAIN train tag a long; exec have...
condition;$75;will text photo; (650)218-
0121 San Carlos
vINtAGe NASH Cruisers Mens/ Wom-
Reach over 83,450 readers
ens Roller Skates Blue indoor/outdoor sz from South San Francisco
6-8. $60 B/O. (650)574-4439
to Palo Alto.
WORKOUt beNCH, weights, bars, for in your local newspaper.
flat/incline bench and legs. $100.
(650)861-2411
yAmAHA ROOF RACK, 58 inches $75.
Call (650)344-5200
(650)458-3255
340 Camera & Photo equip.
NIKON 18-140 zoom lenses (3), excel-
lent condition. $200 each. (650)592-9044 379 Open Houses
OmeGA b600 Condenser Enlarger, In-
struction Manual & 50mm El-Omegar En-
larging Lens $95 (415)260-6940 OPeN HOUSe
vIvItAR v 2000 W/35-70 zoom and lIStINGS
original manual. Like new. $99 SSF
(650)583-6636 List your Open House
in the Daily Journal.
345 medical equipment
Reach over 83,450
AdjUStAble bAtH shower transfer potential home buyers &
bench with sidebar $15 (510)770-1976
renters a day,
from South San Francisco
dRIve 3-IN-1 commode with seat,buck-
et,cover,splash sheild,armrests $10 to Palo Alto.
(510)770-1976 in your local newspaper.
dRIve delUxe two button walker $10 Call (650)344-5200
(510)770-1976
HOmedICS dUAl Shiatsu Massage
Cushion. 3 Zone. $45.00. (650)207-4162 440 Apartments
INveRSION tHeRAPy table back belmONt: lARGe -1br, 2br, 3br Apts.;
stretcher w/ heat $99.00 joe (650)573- Prime Location, Quiet Buildings, Clean &
Updated units. No Smoking, No Pets, No
5269 Housing Vouchers $2100.00 and up
(650593-8254.
Omt tAble, excellent condition, fold-
ing, $25, (650) 552-9556. 470 Rooms
RAdIAtION PROteCtION 1/2-apron HIP HOUSING
Pb free; .5mm Pb equivalent, xl, adjusta- Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
ble buckle, gently used; $60; 607-227- San Mateo County
7742. (650)348-6660
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26 Aligned
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don’t lose money $35. Call (650)670-2888
label
on a trade-in or 27 Benchmarks 22 Luxury watch
consignment! 645 boats on the way to
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Sell your vehicle in the HP. NIssan Outboard Motor. $800.
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daily Journal’s (650) 591-5404.
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reach 83,450 drivers
650 rVs
34 Make even 28 See 12-Down
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(most cars) exp 11/30
CheVy ‘08 hhr - Grey, spunky car
loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500.
869 California Drive . 44 Start of an old
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670 Auto Parts 47 Nothing like
Do the humane thing. 1960S CAdillAC hub caps $40 wetlands
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48 Screech __
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$50. Excellent condition, 80k warranty,
used less than 10k. (650)593-4490 protector
infiniti ‘06 G35, coupe, 85K miles only! 50 Carpet feature
51 See 40-Down
CheVy/GMC 1994. Full size. Front
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dition One owner Fully loaded Low Front Bumper/plastic/grill unit
complete/perfect. Perfect/photos availa- maker
55 Amazes
miles reduced $16,995 obo (650)520-
4650 ble .$75. (650)727-7266
PeerleSS tire Chains, used a few 56 Eight minutes
MAzdA 2016 Sky Active one owner per- times. Fits several sizes P165-225. $20 of the average
sitcom
fect condition 4DR Silver Low miles obo. (650)745-6309
$19,995 OBO (650)520-4650
the Club steering wheel locks 2 each
new. $ 20.00 (650)871-8907 57 Puts up
PontiAC ‘97 Passenger Van. Aluminum
Rims with good tires. Needs engine White StAr Tire Chains, never used.
58 “Hey, you!”
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9650)714-3865.
680 Autos Wanted
toyotA ‘13 Corolla - Black, Excellent
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condition Like new, Automatic, One own- 01/04/19
er, $7,295.00 (650)212-6666. Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets residence ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
Novas, running or not
VW ‘13 TIQUAN, SUV, white, 80K miles, Parts collection etc.
$9,800 (650)302-5523 So clean out that garage
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CAdillAC ‘85 Classic El Dorado
44,632 original miles. Needs body work
and headliner $2,975 OBO (650)218-
4681.

CheVy ‘55 BEL AIR 2 door, Standard

Transmission V8 Motor, non-op $22,000
obo. (650)952-4036.
CheVy ‘86 CorVette. Automatic.
93,000 miles. Sports Package.$6,800
obo. (650) 952-4036.
CorVette ‘69 350 4-SPeed. 50k
MileS. New upgrades $24,500 OBO..
(650)481-5296.
dAtSun ‘79 510 Sedan grey original
condition clean inside and out $2,700
(650)364-3562
ford 1923 Model T, Four Door, all orig-
inal, Ruckstell 2speed axel, Kevlar
Bands 27” Wheels $12,500 obo(650)
533-4886
MerCedeS ‘74 450 SEL, One owner,
No Accidents, Needs engine work, Pale
Yellow, $2,500 OBO (650)375-1350.
MerCedeS ‘79 450 SL with hard top.
Completely rebuilt. 20K obo. (650)851-
0878
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Saudi Arabia says five face death
penalty in Jamal Khashoggi killing
By Jon Gambrell
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi
Arabia announced on Thursday it will seek the
death penalty against five suspects in the
slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal
Khashoggi, a killing that has seen members
of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s
entourage implicated in the writer’s assassi-
nation.
Prosecutors announced that 11 suspects in
the slaying attended their first court hearing
with lawyers, but the statement did not name
those in court. It also did not explain why
seven other suspects arrested over the Oct. 2
killing at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul did
not immediately face formal charges. The
kingdom previously announced 18 people
had been arrested.
Saudi officials did not immediately respond
to requests for comment.
The killing of Khashoggi, who wrote
columns critical of Prince Mohammed, has
strained the decades-long ties the kingdom
enjoys with the United States. It also has
added to a renewed international push to end
the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency and state
television gave few details about the hearing.
“The Public Prosecutor demanded imposing
proper punishments against the defendants
and is seeking capital punishment for five of
the defendants for their direct involvement in
the murder,” a statement from prosecutors
said, without elaborating.
The suspects requested copies of the indict-
ments they faced, as well as asked for more
time to prepare for their case, prosecutors
said.
While vague on details about the case,
prosecutors made a point to express concerns
about Turkey. They alleged that Turkish offi-
WORLD
People holding pictures of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi attend a symbolic funeral prayer
for Khashoggi at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
cials did not answer two formal requests made
for evidence in the case.
“To date, the Saudi Public Prosecutor has
not received any response, and the Public
Prosecution is still awaiting their response,”
the statement said.
Officials in Ankara could not be immediate-
ly reached for comment. Turkish officials
have previously said they shared evidence
with Saudi Arabia and other nations over
Khashoggi’s killing.
Turkey also has demanded Saudi Arabia
extradite those 18 suspects to be tried there
for Khashoggi’s killing. Turkish security
officials have kept up a slow leak of videos,
REUTERS FILE PHOTO
photographs and morbid details surrounding
Khashoggi’s slaying to pressure the king-
dom, as the two U.S.-allied countries vie for
influence over the wider Mideast.
Turkish media have published photo-
graphs of members of the crown prince’s
entourage at the consulate in Istanbul
ahead of the slaying. Khashoggi’s body,
believed to have been dismembered after
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his killing, has yet to be found.
Khashoggi, 59, entered the consulate Oct.
2 as his fiancee waited outside. But unbe-
knownst to him, a team of Saudi officials had
flown in before his arrival and laid in wait for
him.
Saudi Arabia denied for weeks that
Khashoggi had been killed but later changed
its story and ultimately acknowledged the
brutal slaying. King Salman ordered the
restructuring of the country’s intelligence
service, but has so far shielded Prince
Mohammed, his 33-year-old son who is next
in line to the throne in the oil giant king-
dom.
All that has not has not stopped widespread
international criticism against the kingdom.
Under Prince Mohammed, Saudi Arabia has
seen the arrest of business leaders, royals and
activists while also recently granting women
the right to drive.
U.S. senators in December passed the
measure that blamed the prince for
Khashoggi’s killing and called on Riyadh to
“ensure appropriate accountability.”
Senators also passed a separate measure call-
ing for the end of U.S. aid to the Saudi-led war
in Yemen. Both measures drew angry
responses from the kingdom, but a renewed
international effort has begun to end the
Yemen war.
It is no surprise that the kingdom would
seek to execute those accused in Khashoggi’s
slaying. Saudi Arabia was the world’s third
top executioner in 2017, behind China and
Iran, according to Amnesty International’s
most recent figures available.
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