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Officials want stand-alone fire department

Belmont considers ways to go on its own when partnership dissolves with San Carlos
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
An analysis of cost related to fire
services in Belmont shows it will
save significantly by contracting out
the service to another city compared
to running its own department.
Some on the council, however, are
not convinced Belmont would be
better suited to partner with another
city or develop a developed to provide fire services mula related to property values, Feierbach. “We have a constant rev-
hybrid depart- after the Belmont-San Carlos Fire population and other criteria caused enue stream for fire services and we
ment, for Department dissolves in October. San Carlos to pay a greater share for should use it.”
instance. While San Carlos pays for fire fire services than it expected. The stand-alone option, however,
The Belmont service out of its general fund, Some Belmont officials have is estimated to cost the city about
City Council, Belmont residents approved a spe- leaned toward establishing its own $1.7 million more to maintain as
acting as the cial assessment district that gener- stand-alone department since it has opposed to contracting the service
Fire Protection ates roughly $6.5 million a year in a dedicated funding stream to sup- out to another agency.
District, will Vice Mayor Dave Warden is hav-
revenue toward fire services. port it.
Coralin consider three ing a hard time understanding how
options staff has The two cities agreed to dissolve “Things get out of hand when you
Feierbach the department after a funding for- partner up,” said Mayor Coralin See FIRE, Page 19

HAPPY ANGELS COME TO TOWN

More cops
on way in
South City
Council discussing plan to stop the
violence in Old Town neighborhood
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Hiring four additional police offi-
cers and creating a process to estab-
lish community leadership is part of
South San Francisco’s plan to curb
violence in the Old Town neighbor-
hood — a proposal to be discussed
Wednesday after a triple homicide
HEATHER MURTAUGH/DAILY JOURNAL last month created a public outcry
Students from Beijing, China visited College Park Elementary School and performed traditional music and for change.
dance Monday afternoon.In addition to performing,the students in the Happy Angel Chorus of Yi Shi Fu Xiao Hector Flores, 20, Omar Cortez,
had the chance to experience a typical American school day in San Mateo.SEE STORY PAGE 3 18, and Gonzalo Avalos, 19, were
shot dead in an alley off Linden
Avenue Dec. 22 in a gang-related
shooting that also left three others
injured. Since then, residents and
city officials have met in a variety of
forums to discuss how to change the
environment of the neighborhood
and the city. On Wednesday, the
City Council will consider a
$400,000 proposal to hire four
police officers who would focus on
the neighborhood, re-establish a
See POLICE, Page 27

County deficit to hit $82M City

By Michelle Durand
Hall shake-up continues
Redwood City eliminates deputy city manager
meet for more brainstorm-
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF ing on how to improve the
budgeting process in hopes
San Mateo County’s ongoing budget deficit of eventually eliminating
will hit $82 million this fiscal year, not count- that deficit completely.
ing backfilling state cuts, replacing the The Board of
women’s jail and future salary hikes. Supervisors has made sig-
Taken together, the structural deficit will be nificant progress on its
well over $100 million by fiscal year 2015, five-year plan to wipe the
said County Manager David Boesch. David Boesch budget away by decreasing
On Tuesday afternoon, Boesch, the Board
of Supervisors and department heads will See DEFICIT, Page 19
By Steve Penna city manager; identifying,
SPECIAL TO THE DAILY JOURNAL analyzing, proposing and
implementing solutions to
Redwood City announced it will eliminate operational problems and
the position of deputy city manager, and the staff and budgetary issues;
person who holds that position, Magda preparing reports and
Gonzalez, will be laid off effective sometime studies as requested by the
in February. Gonzalez has held the position city manager; working
since 2001 with a salary last year of $179,714. with departments to ana-
The deputy city manager’s functions Magda
include being the primary staff assistant to the Gonzalez See CUTS, Page 27
2 Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 FOR THE RECORD THE DAILY JOURNAL

Quote of the Day Snapshot Inside

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recently were notified our PERS rates are sister she didn’t
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going up more than we even projected....
See page 19
We are now making some cuts again to
mitigate further erosion of our fiscal health.”
— Jeff Ira,Redwood City mayor
“City Hall shakeup continues,” see page 1

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it in northern Wisconsin during bear
ZIERP hunting season, which runs in September
and October, and then froze it.
©2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc. Montpetit says he planned to serve the
All Rights Reserved.
meat to customers, but the state health
PORDO department rejected the plan because the
meat is unprocessed. Instead, customers
can take photos with the roasting bear.
BREEMM After the game, the meat will go his
cousin’s party in Somerset, Wis.
Teens arrested for robbing
SCUMEL
Now arrange the circled letters motorists stuck in snow
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three teens
“ ” accused of robbing motorists stuck in the
A: A
snow have been caught after — you
(Answers tomorrow)
Jumbles: MESSY BEFIT BODILY TUSSLE
guessed it — they got stuck in the snow
Yesterday’s
Answer: A joke will get the most laughs when the — themselves.
BOSS TELLS IT Prosecutors announced robbery and
armed criminal action charges Friday
against 18-year-old Darion O. Page of
Kansas City, a 17-year-old and a 16-
year-old.
The Kansas City Star reported that
police found the teens stuck in a snow-
drift early Thursday morning.
The victims’ credit cards were among
marijuana soft drinks.
Clay Butler says he plans to supply
medical marijuana dispensaries with his
soda pot, which contains the psychoac-
tive marijuana ingredient THC.
Marijuana drinks are already showing
up here and there, but Butler says he
thinks his branding savvy will make his
product a hit.
Besides his flagship cola drink, Canna
Cola, he will also produce Dr. Pepper-
like Doc Weed, lemon-lime Sour Diesel,
grape-flavored Grape Ape and orange-
flavored Orange Kush.
A 12-ounce bottle will cost $10 to $15.
The Soquel-based commercial artist
tells the Santa Cruz Sentinel that he
doesn’t do drugs or need medical mari-
juana for any ailments.
Crocodile gulps
phone, starts ringing
KIEV, Ukraine — Workers at a
Ukrainian aquarium didn’t believe it
when a visitor said a crocodile swal-
lowed her phone. Then the reptile started
ringing.
when the phone slipped.
“This should have been a very dramat-
ic shot, but things didn’t work out,” she
said.
Employees were skeptical when
Golovko told them what happened. “But
then the phone started ringing and the
sound was coming from inside our
Gena’s stomach and we understood she
wasn’t lying,” said Alexandra, an
employee who declined to give her last
name as she wasn’t authorized to speak
publicly.
Since then, Gena has been refusing
food and acting listless. He also won’t
play with three fellow African croco-
diles, despite being the leader in the
group.
“His behavior has changed,”
Alexandra said. “He moves very little
and swims much less than he used to.”
Doctors tried to whet the crocodile’s
appetite this week by feeding him live
quail rather than the pork or beef he usu-
ally gets once a week. The quail were
injected with vitamins and a laxative, but
while Gena smothered one bird, he did-
n’t eat it.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Making friends through Mandarin
Chinese visitors experience typical San Mateo school day
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Holding hands, children partnered up and
went to look for lunch cards together at
College Park Elementary School in San Mateo
Monday afternoon.
Talking with one another was a bit difficult
for the students. There was a language barrier
in play. While students at College Park partic-
ipate in a Mandarin Immersion Program, they
aren’t fluent by second grade. Nor were the 40
elementary students, ages 9 to 12, visiting
from Beijing, China fluent in English. Despite
this, the pairs found their way through the
cafeteria picking up a corn dog with potato
wedges, an orange and milk.
It was just one of the activities Monday that
the students in the Happy Angel Chorus of Yi
Shi Fu Xiao experienced during a typical
American school day in San Mateo. The
Alleged girlfriend choker to trial
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
A San Francisco man who authorities say
forced his way into the South San Francisco
home of his estranged girlfriend last fall and
choked her in a headlock will stand trial on
three felonies.
Reginald Hall, 36, has pleaded not guilty
but was held to answer on all charges after a
preliminary hearing with one prosecution wit-
ness. He is charged with felony assault, resi-
dential burglary and preventing a victim from
reporting a crime.
Authorities arrested Hall in San Francisco
after the alleged incident Nov. 11 on the 700
block of Hill Avenue in South San Francisco.
Hall and the victim have had an off-and-on
relationship for four years and have two
LOCAL
group arrived in the United States last week
and are traveling to various locations. They
stopped in at College Park where a friend of
Yi Shi Fu Xiao Vice Principal Di Yongjie
works as a teacher.
Principal Diana Hallock described it as a
great opportunity for her students to make
new friends with whom to practice Mandarin.
Barriers like language didn’t deter the chil-
dren from working together.
Twelve-year-old Teddy, one of the visiting
students, said he was learning some English as
a result. His buddy, 7-year-old Guillermo,
explained they are trying to communicate with
each other the best they can.
During the visit, students took a tour of the
San Mateo school, did buddy activities in the
gym, enjoyed lunch, had physical education
and did a performance for the local children
featuring Chinese folk songs accompanied by
Chinese instruments, Chinese costumes, for-
young daughters. Although
there is no formal custody
arrangement, Hall arrived
late last Thursday after-
noon asking to visit. When
denied, prosecutors say
Hall shoved through the
door, grabbed the phone
disconnecting it and
Reginald Hall choked her for roughly one
minute in a headlock
before leaving.
The woman suffered bruising but no perma-
nent injury.
Police originally arrested Hall on suspicion
of attempted murder but prosecutors opted
against filing that charge.
At the time of his arrest, Hall had an out-
eign songs and Latin dance.
Helen, a 12-year-old student from Beijing,
said she was happy to be visiting and was feel-
ing wonderful. She described everything so
far as exciting.
Her classmate, 10-year-old Tony, was par-
ticularly fond on Disneyland, where they vis-
ited earlier in the trip. Both Helen and Tony
were enjoying American food.
College Park began an elective Mandarin
program six years ago that evolved into an
immersion program two years later. About
half the school’s faculty is Mandarin speak-
ing. Since starting the program, the school has
seen an increase in interest and kept options
for partnerships open.
In 2007, Hallock was chosen to represent
California schools on the Hanban Bridge
Delegation to China. She visited a number of
See FRIENDS, Page 19
standing warrant for a probation violation at
the time of his arrest. He also served five years
in prison for a previous felony assault on a
woman.
Hall’s previous convictions mean another
will give him a second strike and up to 13 and
a half years in prison, according to the District
Attorney’s Office.
Hall returns to court Feb. 8 to enter a
Superior Court plea and set a trial date. He
remains in custody in lieu of $150,000 bail.
Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 3
Police reports
Just nutty
A woman found a dead squirrel under her
doormat on the 100 block of Lorton
Avenue in Burlingame before 3:26 pm.
Saturday, Jan. 22.
BURLINGAME
Suspicious circumstances. Multiple guests at
a hotel reported hearing gunshots from the rear
of the hotel on the 700 block of Airport
Boulevard before 5:28 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 23.
Theft. A woman’s purse was stolen from a
hotel on the 100 block of Anza Boulevard
before 9:33 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 23.
Burglary. A vehicle in a secured garage was
burglarized on the 1800 block of Sequoia
Avenue before 7:42 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22.
Theft. Gas was siphoned from a vehicle on the
1500 block of Rollins Road before 9:20 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22.
Stolen auto. A vehicle was stolen from the
1900 block of Garden Drive before 12:49 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22.
FOSTER CITY
Disturbance. A man was refusing to pay for
his meal at the International House of
Pancakes on Foster City Boulevard before
2:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23.
Fire assist. A mattress fire occurred at the
Mormon Church on Shell Boulevard before
9:43 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23.
Assault. A woman hit another woman at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel on Chess Drive before
5:59 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22.
Vandalism. A vehicle was vandalized at
Catamaran Park before 1:33 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 22.
4 Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 THE DAILY JOURNAL
THE DAILY JOURNAL
CITY
GOVERNMENT
• Millbrae’s annual
Lunar New Year is
undergoing some
changes. Last month,
event organizers noti-
fied the city that the
event would not take place due to a lack of
sponsorships. The Sister Cities Commission
expressed interest in taking over the event.
On Tuesday, the City Council will discuss a
partnership with the Peninsula Chinese
Business Association to sponsor a Lunar
New Year event Saturday, Feb. 26 in the
downtown area and Civic Center Plaza with
outdoor performances from 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m., cultural exhibits offered from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m., and a lion dance from 1:30
p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
While the PCB is not asking for financial
resources, the city is being asked to provide
time from city employees and access to city
property and volunteers.
The council meets 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25
at City Hall, 621 Magnolia Ave. in Millbrae.
• San Bruno elected officials directed staff
to give out donations through a tiered system
earlier this month. On Tuesday, the council
will vote on a formal resolution about dis-
tributing the funds. The city collected
$395,000 in donations after the Sept. 9 natu-
ral gas line explosion and fire that killed eight
people. A tiered-approach was approved,
with those losing their homes getting $6,000.
The 17 property owners whose homes were
moderately damaged will receive $4,000.
Homes with minor damage, 45 properties,
will be given $1,000.
Since then, the city received $27,156 from
the Rotary Club of San Bruno and the
Rotary Club International District 5150.
Under the resolution, these funds will
increase the allotted distributions to $6,486,
$4,322 or $1,078.
Residents can opt out of receiving funds.
Doing so would put the money into a set
aside account, which starts at $58,000, to be
LOCAL Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 5
distributed by a yet-to-be-established com-
mittee. These funds will be distributed by
July 12, 2011.
150 YEARS OF SERVICE
At the same meeting, the council will
approve second quarter budget adjustments
which include $1.39 million for professional
services related to the Glenview incident.
The council meets 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25
at the Senior Center, 1555 Crystal Springs
Road in San Bruno.
• Half Moon Bay will begin a budget
process with a City Council study session
tonight leading up to approval of a final
budget in June for fiscal year 2011-12. The
city is facing an ongoing structural deficit
and has made significant cuts to staff and
services already. The study session is 6 p.m.,
Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly
Ave., Half Moon Bay.
• The Foster City Council approved the
adoption of an anti-scavenging ordinance
that imposes penalties on those caught
removing anything from garbage or recycling
containers that have been set out by residents
for collection. The ordinance will allow
police to ticket violators. Tickets will range
from $100 to $500. ANDREW SCHEINER/DAILY JOURNAL
• The Belmont City Council will consider Firefighter Jerry Pera, right, speaks at the kickoff celebration of Redwood City’s
changes to its sign ordinance tonight after the sesquicentennial at Fire Station No.9 in Redwood City.Mayor Jeff Ira,left,and Redwood
Planning Commission proposed several City Fire Chief Jim Skinner, second right, participated in a 150th anniversary
updates to the 50-year-old document. The commemorative badge exchange for all city firefighters.
amendments include the update of regula-
tions for billboards and better define the
requirements for temporary signage. The
council meets 7 p.m., City Hall, 1 Twin
Bond talk moves ahead in Millbrae
Pines Lane, Belmont. By Heather Murtagh to produce lunches for kids at all district
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF schools — could be met through a second
bond measure, officials said. Such a measure
EDUCATION A $35 million bond measure could be going would require a 55 percent passage rate.
before Millbrae voters in November in an “We need to bring people in, talk about how
• The Burlingame Elementary School
District Board of Trustees will begin to dis- effort to continue facility upgrades not cov- we’ve spent bond money and needs,” said
ered in a 2008 $30 million bond. Trustee Caroline Shea.
cuss the vision for the currently closed
Hoover Elementary School, which the dis- On Monday night, the Millbrae Elementary Millbrae voters approved Measure X, a $30
School District Board of Trustees began dis- million bond measure equating to a $19 annu-
trict purchased for $4.85 million last year.
The proposed timeline would result in deci- cussing a possible bond measure. While no al tax per $100,000 of a property’s assessed
decision was made, a general direction was to value, in 2008. A facilities plan generated at
sions being made in early March.
start conversations with the public about the time showed needs higher than the bond
The board meets 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 at
increased needs. Much of those needs — like could meet. Now the board hopes to showcase
the District Office, 1825 Trousdale Drive in
Burlingame. a state-of-the-art cafeteria to fit all Taylor
Middle School students with a central kitchen See BOND, Page 18
6 Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011
Health organizations to
get $2 million in grants
The Peninsula Health Care
District will award $2 million in
community health grants to organ-
izations in San Mateo County and
honor first responders from San
Bruno for their leadership and con-
tinued advocacy for residents fol-
lowing the Sept. 9 explosion and
fire in the Glenview neighborhood
at an event this Thursday.
San Mateo County Supervisor
Rose Jacobs Gibson will also be
honored for advancing core health
policies and programs in the coun-
ty.
The Peninsula Health Care
District Board will distribute $2
million through 12 community
health grants for 2011 to organiza-
tions advancing the health and
well-being of residents in the
county.
Some of the grant recipients
include the African American
Health Advisory Committee;
Caminar Medical Clinic and
Reach Programs; Peninsula Jewish
Community Center senior trans-
portation; and Samaritan House
medical/dental clinics, among oth-
ers.
With its grant, Caminar Medical
Clinic will fund a part-time posi-
tion to support clients with mental
health issues achieve stability and
independence in the community,
including medication manage-
ment.
Local briefs
The district collects property tax
annually and then doles it out to
nonprofit groups that provide
health care services for people liv-
ing in the northern part of San
Mateo County.
Foster City announces
International Writers Contest
The Foster City Parks and
Recreation Department has
announced the start of its 36th
Annual International Writers
Contest. Prizes will be awarded in
fiction, humorous story, children’s
story, personal essay and poetry
categories for works submitted
now through 5 p.m. March 11.
Past winners of the contest have
gone on to become professional
writers. First prize in each catego-
ry is $150 and second prize is $75.
Each winner will be required to
provide a Social Security number
to receive cash prizes.
The entry fee is $10 per manu-
script. To receive an entry form
and all entry requirements or for
more information, contact the
Foster City International Writers
Contest, c/o Foster City Parks and
Recreation Department, 650 Shell
Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404 or
call 286-3386. Online entries are
welcome (instructions for online
entry are on the entry form).
LOCAL
P
arent Education Event:
“Totally Wired: What
Teens and Tweens are
Really Doing Online” presented
by Anastasia Goodstein and cov-
ering topics including social net-
working, blogging and cyberbully-
ing. The free presentation will be
held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 27 in the Center for
the Performing Arts at Menlo-
Atherton High School, 555
Middlefield Road, Atherton.
Registration is requested at parente-
ducation@mabearspta.org or 868-
0590.
***
Friends for Youth will hold the
first Making A Difference Awards
for notable supporters of the organ-
ization and the youth mentoring
field. On Friday, Jan. 28, honorees
will be presented with certificates
and handmade tile plaques in recog-
nition of their work and support of
youth, volunteers and mentoring
programs during the 12th annual
mentoring conference at the Oracle
Conference Center.
There are six recipients for the
inaugural award:
• U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, who
promoted and advocated for servic-
es and programs benefiting youth in
the community;
• Assemblyman Rich Gordon,
a mentor and role model to the
organization from the beginning
and who continued to be a support-
er over the years;
• Oracle, whose generosity
through giving and volunteers
allows the group to recruit more
adult volunteers, serve more youth
in need and support hundreds of
staff from mentoring agencies;
• Sgt. Steven McEwan, San
Jose Police Department, whose
early work as an undercover detec-
tive in the Child Exploitation Unit
greatly influenced training and pub-
lished resources to help programs
effectively screen out child moles-
ters from their volunteer applicants;
• Rick May, father of slain East
Palo Alto policeman Rich May,
who has pledged his support to
changing the lives of more young
people in East Palo Alto through
mentoring in tribute to his son;
• Judy Heyboer, who, as a board
member and mentor, pours her
heart, soul, time, resources and tal-
ents into reaching out to others in
need.
***
Notre Dame Elementary
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School will be hosting a communi-
ty shred from 9 a.m. to noon
Saturday, Jan. 29 at the school
campus, 1200 Notre Dame Ave. in
Belmont.
Bring boxes of papers and docu-
ments. For $5 per box, all materials
will be recycled. You will receive a
certificate of destruction and help
the environment. Proceeds will go
to NDE’s sixth grade outdoor edu-
cation and an eco-friendly nonprof-
it.
For more information contact
Jodie Penner at
penner6@yahoo.com.
***
Saturday classes from The
Drama School at TheatreWorks,
the theater of Silicon Valley, allow
kids ages 5 to 12 immerse them-
selves in every element of the stage,
playing theater games, learning
improv, telling stories, singing,
dancing and even trying their hands
at stage combat (heavily super-
vised, of course). The spring
Saturday classes run from March 5
to March 26. Tuition is $200 per
child; need-based scholarships are
available. For more information
call 463-7146 or visit www.theatre-
works.org/learn.
Class notes is a twice weekly column
dedicated to school news. It is compiled
by education reporter Heather Murtagh.
You can contact her at (650) 344-5200,
ext. 105 or at heather@smdailyjour-
nal.com.
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Juvenile arrested for murder
Three in custody for November gang-related shooting
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A third suspect has been arrested for
his part in the homicide of Julio Pantoja
Cuevas, 21, who was assaulted before
being shot on Madison Avenue in
Redwood City Nov. 28.
Police arrested the 15-year-old suspect
at his home early Wednesday morning
who was then booked into Hillcrest
Juvenile Hall for murder and participa-
tion in a criminal street gang, according
to Redwood City police.
An 18-year-old Redwood City resi-
dent, Michael Elijah Rodriguez, and a
17-year-old Palo Alto resident were also
arrested the day after the homicide.
All three are alleged Norteño gang-
members, according to police.
Giffords intern to attend State of Union
By Darlene Superville
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — An intern who
cared for Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
after she was shot in the head and the
family of a 9-year-old girl who was the
youngest of six people killed in the same
shooting will sit with first lady Michelle
Obama for President Barack Obama’s
State of the Union address.
Giffords’ husband, astronaut Mark
Kelly, however, was not expected to join
them.
Kelly was invited to attend but will
remain in Houston, where he is based and
where Giffords is now receiving medical
care, her office said Monday. She was
transferred to a facility there last Friday to
begin rehabilitation after being hospital-
ized in Tucson since the Jan. 8 shootings.
Controller to audit state redevelopment agencies
By Judy LIn
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — The state con-
troller’s office announced Monday that it
will examine how well tax dollars are
being used by redevelopment agencies,
which have emerged at the center of a
debate over California’s budget.
Controller John Chiang said his office
will examine 18 of the state’s more than
LOCAL/NATION
Police said at the time they believed
Rodriguez was responsible for killing
Cuevas and that the shooting was gang-
related, although police have yet to
determine a motive.
Redwood City police responded to the
400 block of Madison Avenue on the
report of a man who had been shot at
about 8 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 28. When
officers arrived, they located Cuevas,
who suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
Cuevas, who lived in unincorporated
Redwood City, was pronounced
deceased by medics at the scene.
Cuevas was visiting some friends at an
apartment complex at 426 Madison
Ave., a few blocks from El Camino Real,
when a group of five or six, possibly on
bicycles, approached him at about 8 p.m.
and started shouting gang slogans,
Suspect pleads not guilty in Ariz.shooting
By Jacues Billeaud
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHOENIX — The suspect in the
shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
smiled and nodded but didn’t speak as
he appeared in court Monday and his
lawyer provided the 22-year-old’s first
response to the charges: a plea of not
guilty.
In the two weeks since the deadly
“He wants to stay in Houston to be near
his wife,” said Mark Kimble, Giffords’
spokesman in Tucson.
Giffords and 18 others were shot at a
meet-and-greet the congresswoman was
400 redevelopment
agencies, including
those in Los Angeles,
Sacramento and
Riverside.
The audit will
review how well
agencies are fighting
urban blight, whether
John Chiang they are sending
enough tax money to
according to police.
Police were not sure where at the com-
plex the shooting took place and Cuevas
may have tried to chase his shooter into
an alley between Madison and Jackson
avenues before collapsing and dying,
according to police.
Norteño gang graffiti was clearly dis-
played on the exterior of the building the
day after Cuevas died.
Police did not indicate whether the
gun used to kill Cuevas was recovered.
The investigation is ongoing in search
for other outstanding suspects, accord-
ing to police.
Anyone with information regarding
this crime is encouraged to contact the
Redwood City Police Department at
(650) 780-7100.
attack that killed six outside a Tucson
grocery store, Jared Loughner’s hair —
shaved in the mug shot that’s become
an enduring image of the tragedy —
has grown out slightly.
The Tucson resident wore an orange
prison jumpsuit and glasses, and his
wrists were cuffed to a chain around
his waist as eight U.S. marshals kept
watch in the packed Phoenix court-
room and gallery above.
holding for constituents outside a grocery
store in Tucson. A federal judge, a Caltrans finishes excavation of Devil’s Slide Tunnel
Giffords aide and 9-year-old Christina
Taylor Green were killed. Thirteen others
were wounded.
school districts, and the compensation ing, and a lot of old-fashioned hard work. Reaching this mile-
levels of their executives.
Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed a
phase-out of redevelopment agencies, portal on Sept. 17, 2007. Since then, roughly 314,000 cubic
known as RDAs, as one way to help yards of soil, clay and rock have been removed from the moun-
close California’s $25 billion deficit. tain. Construction crews have literally built a mountain on the
City and local government officials have project site out of the excavated soil, clay and rock.
criticized his plan, defending redevelop-
ment agencies as one of their main tools the walls, and the installation of electrical and other systems.
to kick-start construction projects and The tunnel is scheduled to open to traffic sometime in early
create jobs.
Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 7
Around the Bay
Mavericks surfer remains in critical condition
A Southern California surfer who nearly drowned in the
ocean off of Half Moon Bay on Saturday remained in critical
condition Monday afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Jacob Trette was airlifted to Stanford University Medical
Center after he was caught in the surf by a 20-foot wave at
Mavericks at about 10 a.m., Coastside Fire Protection District
Battalion Chief Ari Delay said.
Trette has been listed in critical condition since Saturday,
when good Samaritans pulled him from the water and brought
him to shore, Stanford Hospital spokeswoman Liat Kobza
said.
Big wave surfer Jeff Clark said he witnessed the incident
from bluffs above the ocean.
“I was out there watching things go down,” Clark said.
“It was a big set that caught everybody, and he just happened
to be in a really bad place,” he said.
Clark said fellow surfers and kayakers managed to get Trette
to shore and prop him on his side to drain his airway.
“It was the guys out there who got him and knew what to
do,” Clark said.
Mavericks is located about a half-mile from Pillar Point
Harbor and is the site of an internationally known big wave
surf contest.
San Francisco police find
woman’s body in burning car
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police are investigat-
ing the early morning death of a woman whose body was
found inside a burning car.
Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman, says the discov-
ery was made around 3:18 a.m. Monday when firefighters
responded to reports of a gray 2000 Pontiac on fire in the city’s
Lower Haight neighborhood.
Esparza says the woman’s body was found in the car’s pas-
senger seat. The vehicle had been illegally parked on a one-
way street.
Homicide and arson investigators are trying to determine the
circumstances leading up to the fire and the woman’s cause of
death.
Her name has not been released.
Local brief
Caltrans has finished excavating the new Devil’s Slide
Tunnel. Yesterday, construction crews removed the last of the
soil from the northbound tunnel. The last of the excavation for
the southbound tunnel was completed a week earlier.
“Tunneling is never easy,” Caltrans District 4 Director Bijan
Sartipi said. “It requires intelligent planning, brilliant engineer-
stone required plenty of all three.”
The digging began when Caltrans broke ground at the south
Crews are now working on the final insulation and lining of
2012.
8 Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011
Tullio Bruno Bertini
Tullio (Til) Bertini, age 80, 51-year resi-
dent of Millbrae, died peacefully with his
family by his side Jan.
20, 2011 in South San
Francisco.
Tullio is survived by
his wife of 55 years
Jeanne, sons Robert of
Washington, D.C., Bil
and son-in-law Anthony
Vayos of Chicago, Ill. He
was predeceased by his
parents Nello and Ada
Bertini and his favorite dog Shamrock.
Tullio was a husband, father, friend, son,
neighbor, educator, administrator, author,
chef, grocery clerk, coach, swimmer, card
player, elected official, photographer,
handyman, proud Italian American, golfer,
athlete and Cavaliere of the Italian
Republic, whose life truly made a differ-
ence.
Born July 13, 1930 in Boston, Mass., he
graduated from South San Francisco High
School and San Francisco State University
(B.S. and M.S.). He served honorably in the
U.S. Army Reserve. He taught industrial
technology at Capuchino High School and
was an advocate for vocational education.
He completed his 34-year career with the
San Mateo Union High School District by
serving as an assistant principal at
Burlingame High School. He served the city
of Millbrae as chair of the successful
Second Fire Station Bond Measure, city
councilman and mayor and was an advocate
for responsible and responsive government.
He served San Mateo County as community
college district trustee. In 1998, he pub-
lished his World War II memoir Trapped in
Tuscany; he loved Italian cooking and
teaching the Italian language.
A celebration of Tullio’s life will be held
South Bayside System Authority
Public Notice of
VIOLATION OF
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
During the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2010 the fol-
lowing industries were found in violation of local or federal regula-
tions that control discharges into sanitary sewers. For additional infor-
mation, please contact Norm Domingo, Technical Services Supervisor,
South Bayside System Authority, at (650) 832-6240. This announce-
ment satisfies the federal requirement for public notification in 40 CFR
403.8(f)(2)(vii).
Industry
Industrial Plating Co.
(located in San Carlos)
MEMRY Corporation
(located in Menlo Park)
LOCAL/NATION/WORLD
Obituaries
at the Millbrae Community Center, 477
Lincoln Circle 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 5. The family suggests donations to
Capuchino High School music and drama
programs (1501 Magnolia Ave., Attn:
Finance Dept., San Bruno, CA 94066) or a
charity of your choice. Tullio’s words to live
by: “people are funny” and “it’s only
money.”
Joseph F. Clee
Joseph F. Clee, father of four daughters,
Joseph F. Clee, aged 56, of Millbrae, died
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 at Mills-Peninsula
Hospital. Born in San Francisco Aug. 6,
1954, he was the youngest son of the late
William and Mireya Clee. Joseph attended
Lincoln High School and UC Berkeley.
He was a business owner in San Bruno
and worked with his mother, who was hon-
orary consul to Costa Rica. He loved cook-
ing, craftsmanship, classic cars, baseball
and sports history and proudly attending and
extensively photographing his daughters’
sporting events. Survivors include his
daughters Margaret Clee, of San Bruno;
Rachel Clee, of San Francisco; Jessica Clee
and her husband Geoff LaMotte, of Los
Gatos; Charlene Clee, student at USC;
beloved dog Terra; and several nephews,
nieces and siblings.
Friends may attend the public viewing
Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the vigil
service at 7 p.m. at Chapel of the Highlands,
194 Millwood Drive, Millbrae and may
attend the funeral mass at St. Dunstan’s
Catholic Church in Millbrae 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday. Burial will follow at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions may be made to the
Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA or the
American Heart Association.
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Exceeded Federal Monthly
Average Limit for Zinc
Illinois Supreme Court throws
Emanuel off Chicago ballot
By Deanna Bellandi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Just days ago, Rahm
Emanuel seemed to be steamrolling the entire
field of candidates for Chicago mayor. He had
millions in the bank, a huge lead in the polls
and abundant opportunities to show off his
influence, including a meeting with the visit-
ing Chinese president.
But on Monday, the former White House
chief of staff was waging a desperate bid to
keep his campaign alive after an Illinois
appeals court kicked him off the ballot for not
meeting a residency requirement. The sur-
prise decision threw the race into disarray
with less than a month to go.
Emanuel’s lawyers quickly sought help
from the Illinois Supreme Court, asking the
justices to stop the appellate ruling and to
hear an appeal as soon as possible. But time
was running short, since the Chicago Board of
Elections planned to begin printing ballots
without Emanuel’s name within days.
Iraq: Car bombs
targeting Shiite pilgrims kill 26
BAGHDAD — Two car bombs tore
through parking lots packed with Shiite pil-
grims Monday in an Iraqi holy city, pushing
the death toll from a week of attacks to more
than 170.
The uptick in violence poses a major test
for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s new and
somewhat shaky coalition government as fol-
lowers of a powerful Shiite cleric and key ally
demanded he fill key security posts.
The blasts struck Karbala as hundreds of
thousands of pilgrims were massing for
religious rituals marking the end of a 40-
day mourning period for the Islamic sect’s
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“I have no doubt that we
will in the end prevail at
this effort. This is just one
turn in the road,” Emanuel
said, adding that the “peo-
ple of the city of Chicago
deserve the right to make
the decision on who they
want to be their next
Rahm Emanuel mayor.”
Emanuel’s rivals, who
have been overshadowed by his name recog-
nition and deep pockets, immediately sought
to take advantage of the threat to his candida-
cy, asking voters to take another look at their
campaigns.
The three members of the appeals court
panel, all fellow Democrats, ruled 2-1 to over-
turn a lower-court ruling that would have kept
his name on the Feb. 22 ballot.
The election board chairman, Langdon
Neal, said there wasn’t much time left to print
ballots. Early voting was set to begin in just a
week, on Jan. 31.
Around the world
most beloved saint.
The first attack occurred about 7 a.m. in a
parking lot near busloads of pilgrims on the
eastern outskirts of Karbala, 55 miles (90
kilometers) south of Baghdad. Police and
hospital officials said that six pilgrims were
killed and 34 people wounded in that attack.
Another bomb was discovered nearby and
dismantled before it could explode, police
said.
More than four hours later, a second explo-
sion struck pilgrims on the southern edge of
the city, killing at least 20 people, including
two soldiers, and wounding 42, the officials
said.
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Letters to the editor
Stop blaming public employees
Editor,
To all the people who are bashing
public employees and blaming public
employees for the problems with the
economy: Did public employees cause
the housing bubble to burst?
Did we cause gas prices to raise?
Did we cause PERS or anything
retirement system or any ones 401(k) to
lose money?
Did we cause anybody to get laid off
for any reason?
No we did not.
If we did not do anything that caused
the economy to go south, why are all of
you blaming us for it?
When the economy is going good
and people’s 401(k) is booming and
your salaries are booming and you get
bonuses every year, no one complains
about the money they are making or the
money and benefits public employees
make, why? Because private employees
are making way more then public
employees, that’s why.
No the economy is bad and private
employees are losing money on their
401(k)’s and are unemployed and your
angry because public employees con-
tinue along with their same contract
making the same money and benefits.
We work for a public agency because
we like serving the public, job security
and benefits.
We all know we will never get rich
working for a public agency. Yes, there
are people who abuse our system and
make a boat load of money, but those
are the few.
The many are the ones who work
hard making a living during good times
and bad.
Stop blaming public employees for
the state of the economy, it is not our
fault. If you think working for a public
agency is so good, then stop writing
letters to the editor and start filling out
job applications for a job with a public
agency.
Bill Bleich
San Mateo
Struggling to pay the rent
Editor,
Your article about the Bergs no
longer being able to pay their rent
(“Struggling on a fixed income,” in the
Jan. 18 edition of The Daily Journal) is
tragic and plays to our sympathies but
it illustrates some of the cruel realities
of trying to survive on the Peninsula.
As a physician, I have counseled
numerous patients that their life’s
dreams will not be realized in this area.
They did not have the skills to produce
the necessary income to survive in this
area. Having lived in the area or want-
ing to live in the area does not give one
the right to live here. The landlord is
not the villain in this story. Individuals
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don’t invest their life savings into rental
properties to subsidize their renters.
The Bergs are also old enough to
remember that the purpose of Social
Security was not to act as your total
economic support, but merely to aug-
ment your retirement funds. The harsh
reality for the Bergs is that unless they
receive some funds from family or
friends they will have to move. There
are many areas where the rents are low
enough to leave the Bergs with enough
money to afford food and other neces-
sities. Our sympathies go out to the
Bergs but they need to deal with the
reality that they can no longer afford to
live in market-rate housing on the
Peninsula.
Steven Howard
Redwood City
Repealing Obamacare
Editor,
It’s clear from the countless polls and
the latest election results that
Americans want a change of direction
from the policies Washington has been
pursuing.
We need to help small businesses,
like mine, have the certainty they need
to plan and grow in the future. That
starts with repealing the expensive new
health care law, which simply costs too
much and delivers too little. Not only
does this health care law spend money
we don’t have, it’s paid for on the
backs of small businesses. It levies end-
less new taxes, fees and mandates that
hinder owners like me from being able
to grow a business. And, despite the
rhetoric from its supporters, this law
has actually made things worse than
they were before.
It will only result in more job stagna-
tion and shuttered businesses here in
our state. Our economic recovery starts
with small businesses, and Washington
needs to reverse these job-killing poli-
cies. I encourage our members of
Congress to stand with small business
and vote to repeal the health care law.
Diane DeSena
Walnut Creek
Wasted space indeed
Editor,
Jon Mays’ latest column (“Waste of
Space” in the Jan. 19 edition of The
Daily Journal) asserted that double-
spacing between sentences is “unneces-
sary” in today’s computer age caught
my attention simply because I’d
already read three other daily papers,
so I thought, what heck, let’s see what
this guy has to say? I had nothing else
to do anyway.
Sure, I’ve always doubled-spaced
between sentences, whether writing
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with a No. 2 pencil or with my old
Underwood typewriter — what’s wrong
with that?
Double-spacing between sentences is
not needed in today’s computer age,
according to Mays — in fact, that extra
space between sentences is simply
“wasted space.”
I struggled to read the entirety of his
column without my eyes glazing over
— sometimes I torture myself that way
— for some unknown reason.
I have to admit my admiration of Jon
Mays’ ability to stretch out a subject
over such a trivial subject: How in the
world can anyone write an entire col-
umn about an extra depression of a
thumb on the space bar? He’s amazing!
Even more amazing, however, given
his assertion, is that his entire commen-
tary on the subject indeed amounted to
“Wasted Space.”
Ruben Contreras
Palo Alto
Lies in ‘Lies upon lies’
Editor,
Keith Kreitman claims in his column
“Lies upon Lies” in the Jan. 15-16 edi-
tion of the Daily Journal that
Republicans lack empathy for those
without health insurance in the United
States, and asked, “Did they come up
with an alternative plan to help those
fellow citizens? Of course not.”
On the contrary, Republicans in
Congress proposed three alternative
health care reform bills in 2009, includ-
ing the Patients’ Choice Act (H.R.
2520). Kreitman also speaks of the
uninsured as “35 million to 50 million
poor unfortunates,” “innocents” who
have “fallen through the cracks.” But of
those uninsured in the United States,
more than 9 million have annual
incomes over $75,000; millions more
are younger Americans who are healthy
anyway and quite rationally choose not
to buy health insurance; and many are
low-income families that are eligible
for Medicaid without realizing it. Of
course, many lose their insurance
through no fault of their own, but the
Republicans’ health care proposals
would have helped those Americans
while protecting the vast majority who
are satisfied with their health care
arrangements.
Kreitman likes to accuse those who
disagree with him of “lying,” but it’s
clear that he is less interested in pursu-
ing the truth than in promoting a false
and childish narrative of “selfish”
Republicans versus “compassionate”
Democrats and pushing his own highly
partisan political views.
Kevin Combellback
Millbrae
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Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 9
Planned Parenthood
is not the problem
L
et’s get this straight: The planning application by
Planned Parenthood to open on a Redwood City
thoroughfare has nothing to do with abortion.
That is unless, of course, you are one of those individu-
als who can’t look past the title Planned Parenthood to
realize this particular outlet won’t even be offering that
medical service when first open. Maybe later, maybe not.
But not now.
Besides, a zoning decision is not about abortion.
That is unless, of course, you’re one of those individu-
als who think the organiza-
tion’s offering of a legal,
albeit controversial, medical
procedure negates all the
other less debatable servic-
es it provides — the disease
and pregnancy prevention,
the counseling, the cancer
screening.
Or, perhaps you are one
of those people so blinded
by the notion that abortion
is wrong that you spend
your days hoisting graphic
signs, driving around in
what could be called the
fetus-mobile, writing letter upon letter to the editor trum-
peting the same arguments in the name of God and the
unborn, risking arrest for trespassing and exploiting the
sensitive minds and eyes of children just to make a point.
These people probably think the planning decision com-
ing before Redwood City officials for a clinic is about
abortion and abortion only.
With such blinders on, it is rather hard to fault them.
Unfortunately, though, there is another group mixing
controversy with commercial real estate. And, frankly,
they are the ones whose arguments are the most muddled.
Some of the folks who spoke out against the clinic
moving into the commercial building aren’t even neces-
sarily pro-life or anti-choice, however one prefers to
describe the platform. Instead, they are decidedly anti-
protesters.
This group, according to reports of the dozens who
attended last week’s zoning hearing, do not want the pro-
testers the Planned Parenthood might attract. The signs,
the vehicles, the ranting, the traffic jams — this is not
what they want in their neighborhood, in their city, on a
main street.
And why would they? Why would anyone?
So this group asked the city to deny Planned Parenthood
an operating permit not because of something it does but
because of something others do. In other words, it’s not
you and it’s not me, it’s them. So please go set up shop in
some dark, quiet little corner of the county where nobody
will have to acknowledge the controversial issue, take a
side or explain. While you’re at it, throw out Obamacare
just because it might cover the procedure.
Maybe Planned Parenthood can share space with the
methadone clinic, the jail and every other land use that
throws the NIMBYs into a tizzy. After all, everybody
acknowledges the need for drug rehab and incarceration;
they just don’t want to acknowledge it on their street or in
front of their cars. The same is being said about Planned
Parenthood.
Fair enough.
There are certainly days any one of us want to just get a
cup of coffee or drop the kids at school or sing along with
the radio and not be confronted by opinionated folks
ready to share anti-abortion propaganda and tell those
who disagree they’re on a fast track to hell.
But Planned Parenthood is not the enemy in this sce-
nario. Planned Parenthood is not the one that should be
politely asked to leave or told not to show up at all. The
ones who should get the boot are the protesters.
The only glitch is the law provides for free speech,
allowing these protesters the right to set up shop within a
certain distance. Remember, though, the law also provides
that Planned Parenthood has the right to set up shop if it
meets the right land-use requirements.
Again, this is not an abortion issue.
Instead, it is a chance for residents not to let a small
group of opponents win by default.
The issue is not whether abortion is right or wrong; the
issue is that the abortion issue has no role in the city’s
decision.
Michelle Durand’s column “Off the Beat” runs every
Tuesday and Thursday. She can be reached by e-mail:
michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200
ext. 102. What do you think of this column? Send a letter to
the editor: letters@smdailyjournal.com.
10 Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011
Dow 11,980.52 +108.68 10-Yr Bond 3.4080% -0.0080
Nasdaq 2,717.55 +28.01 Oil (per barrel) 87.87
S&P 500 1,290.84 +7.49 Gold
BUSINESS
Tech stocks climb
By Chip Cutter
and Daivid K. Randall
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
1,344.50
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones
industrial average closed within 20
points of 12,000 Monday, its highest
point since June 2008.
Technology stocks rose after Intel
Corp. increased its dividend and said it
would buy back more of its stock. The
company gained 2 percent.
Materials companies rose after a
report from the National Association
for Business Economics showed that
economists are more positive about
economic growth and the job market
than at any time since the start of the
Great Recession in December 2007.
Vulcan Materials Co., Alcoa Inc. and
Sealed Air Corp. each gained more than
3 percent. Alcoa, which jumped 4.1 per-
cent, was the top-performing stock
among the 30 that make up the Dow
Jones industrial average.
The Dow gained 108.68 points, or 0.9
percent, to 11,980.52. The last time the
Google awards $100M to Schmidt
By Barbara Ortutay
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Google Inc. has
awarded $100 million worth of equity
to Eric Schmidt, who is stepping aside
as CEO but will stay with the company
as executive chairman.
Google said in a regulatory filing on
Monday the stock and stock options
will be granted on Feb. 2 and will vest
over four years.
The magnitude of the award is
“unusual” for an executive who is tran-
sitioning out of the CEO role — and
may even be unusual for sitting CEOs,
said David Wise, senior principal at
management consulting firm Hay
Group. But given Schmidt’s success,
“the board clearly wants to retain his
guidance for the next four years.”
“It’s a signal to shareholders that
he’ll continue to steer the boat,” Wise
RadioShack CEO Julian Day retiring
By Mae Anderson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — RadioShack said
Monday its chairman and CEO Julian
Day is leaving and announced disap-
pointing fourth-quarter guidance that
sent shares down 11 percent in midday
trading.
RadioShack has struggled with com-
petition from online retailers like
Amazon.com and bigger electronics
players like Best Buy. It brought on for-
mer investment banker Day — known
for pulling Kmart out of bankruptcy —
as chairman and CEO in 2006 to help
turn around results.
Since then the company has shifted its
focus to smartphones and wireless plans
Amgen 4Q profit rises,
buys cancer drug maker
NEW YORK — Biotechnology com-
pany Amgen Inc. said Monday its net
income rose 10 percent in the fourth
quarter on better sales of anti-infection
drugs and reduced taxes.
The company also bolstered its late-
stage drug pipeline by buying privately
held cancer drug maker BioVex Group
Inc. in a deal that could be worth as much
as $1 billion. The company’s drug candi-
date OncoVex is a virus that attacks can-
cer cells, destroying tumors and stimulat-
ing the immune systems to fight cancer
throughout the body.
Wall Street
average closed above 12,000 was June
19, 2008.
The broader Standard and Poor’s 500
index rose 7.49, or 0.6 percent, to
1,290.84. The Nasdaq composite
gained 28.01, or 1 percent, to 2,717.55.
Gains were spread across the market.
Financial and health care companies
were the only two of the 10 company
groups that make up the S&P index to
fall.
McDonald’s Corp. gained 0.5 percent
to $75.38 after it said it meet analyst
expectations and warned that rising
food costs could affect its margins this
year.
J.C. Penny Co. jumped 7 percent to
$32.52 after the retailer said it would
close some stores and its catalog busi-
ness to reduce costs.
Three stocks rose for every one that
fell on the New York Stock Exchange.
Consolidated volume came to 4 billion
shares.
added. Schmidt, 55,
is being replaced as
Google’s CEO by
co-founder Larry
Page. Both men,
along with Google’s
other co-founder
Sergey Brin, have
limited their
Eric Schmidt salaries to $1 for
years. But the three
are Google’s controlling shareholders
and Schmidt’s net worth is about
$5.45 billion, according to Forbes
magazine.
Page, 37, takes over the CEO role in
April. Schmidt summed up seismic
shift at Google’s helm in a Twitter post
last week that said, “Day-to-day adult
supervision no longer needed!”
Schmidt has led Google since 2001,
three years before the company went
public in August 2004. Since then,
Google’s shares have grown more than
and mobile phone
kiosks with some
success. But Monday
it said “disappointing
performance” from
its T-Mobile business
and a shift in sales
toward lower margin
handsets hurt results
Julian Day in the fourth quarter.
Smartphones such as
the iPhone, which RadioShack recently
began carrying, have a lower margin
than other products.
The company also had higher expens-
es as it invested in rolling out mobile
kiosks in Target stores.
RadioShack began to open kiosks
offering cell phones and wireless prod-
Business briefs
Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks,
Calif., said it earned $1.02 billion, or
$1.08 per share, in the quarter ended in
December, up from $931 million, or 92
cents per share. Excluding one-time
costs, Amgen posted a profit of $1.17 per
share. Revenue edged up 1 percent to
$3.84 billion from $3.81 billion.
Analysts expected a profit of $1.10 per
share and $3.81 billion in revenue,
according to FactSet.
Sales of Amgen’s drugs Neulasta and
Neupogen, which are used to prevent
infections in chemotherapy patients, rose
3 percent to $1.24 billion.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Big movers
Stocks that moved substantially or traded
heavily Monday on the New York Stock
Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
RadioShack Corp.,down $1.99 at $15.62
The electronics retailer announced
disappointing fourth-quarter guidance and said
that the company’s CEO is retiring.
JC Penney Co.,up $2.18 at $32.52
The department store chain said it plans to close
some stores, call centers and its catalogue
business to boost profitability.
McDonald’s Corp.,up 37 cents at $75.38
The hamburger chain said its McRib sandwich
and coffee products brought in more
customers,raising its fourth quarter net income.
Cabela’s Inc.,up $2.15 at $23.79
Piper Jaffray upgraded the maker of hunting,
fishing and camping gear to“Overweight”from
“Neutral.”
NASDAQ
Genoptix Inc.,up $5.10 at $24.86
Swiss drug maker Novartis AG said it will pay
$470 million to acquire Genoptix,a U.S.cancer
diagnostic specialist.
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.,up $7.48 at $35
Rival packaging manufacturer Rock-Tenn Co.
said it would buy Smurfit,making it one of the
largest North American paperboard makers.
sixfold, at one point surpassing $700.
Google’s market capitalization is now
about $196 billion. Though it faces a
formidable crop of young new rivals,
notably Facebook, Google so far has
managed to stay on top of the online
advertising food chain, relying mainly
on its search prowess but flexing its
muscles in other areas too.
Schmidt, Brin and Page had led
Google through the past decade as a
ruling triumvirate. With the changes,
Schmidt will serve an adviser to Page
and a liaison for Google’s business
partners and government officials, the
latter an important role as Google faces
growing regulatory scrutiny in the U.S.
and Europe.
Page will lead product development
and technology strategy and run
Google’s day-to-day operations. Brin,
meanwhile, will work on strategic
projects with an emphasis on new
products.
ucts in Target stores last year and plans
to have them in most Target stores by
mid-2011.
RadioShack said Day, 57, will retire as
chairman, CEO and a director as of its
annual shareholder meeting on May 16.
His duties as CEO and chairman will
be split up. Jim Gooch, 43, the current
chief financial officer, will become pres-
ident and CEO. Gooch was named pres-
ident effective immediately as part of the
company’s succession plan, and will
assume the CEO post upon Day’s retire-
ment.
Daniel R. Feehan will become non-
executive chairman of the board. He has
been a director since 2003 and is cur-
rently president and CEO of Cash
America International Inc.
Suit questions beef
content in Taco Bell products
An Alabama law firm has filed a law-
suit claiming that Taco Bell is using false
advertising when it refers to using “sea-
soned ground beef” or “seasoned beef.”
The lawsuit claims the meat mixture
sold by Taco Bell restaurants contains
binders and extenders and does not meet
the minimum requirements set by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture to be
labeled as “beef.” The class-action law-
suit was filed Friday in federal court in
the Central District of California by the
Montgomery law firm Beasley, Allen,
Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles.
DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: THE WARRIORS FACE SAN ANTONIO WITH FAMILIAR RESULT — A LOSS >>> PAGE 13
<< Brady unanimous All-Pro selection, page 12
• Bears defend their quarterback, page 12
Cazares carries Mills
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Jazmin Cazares, a striker on the Mills girls
soccer team, has been scoring goals for a long
time.
As a sophomore, she led the team in goals.
As a junior, she was the Peninsula Athletic
League Ocean Division Forward of the Year.
But it was her latest goal, the winning tally
in her team’s win against rival Capuchino, that
might be the biggest of her career.
“It was so hard to play against that defense,”
Cazares said. “And to finally get past it and
score a goal, it was a great feeling. I guess you
can say I tried my hardest, I tried the hardest
I’ve ever tried. They’re our rivals. It was amaz-
ing to beat them. We’ve always wanted to.”
The win against Capuchino was the icing on
the cake in a big week for the Mills girls soc-
cer team — a stretch that included two wins
against top-of-the-table contenders. At the
heart of those wins was Cazares, who scored
twice against the Colts and once more against
the Mustangs to keep the Vikings undefeated
in league play.
For her efforts, Cazares is the Daily Journal
Athlete of the Week.
“They were two important games,” said
Mills coach Caroline Tiziani. “We treated Cap
like it was a championship match, we were
really fired up (for the game). I told the team
to take a step back and look at the situation we
were in — imagine what it’s going to be like if
we come out of this week with two wins.”
Enter Cazares, the Mills captain, who put
the Vikings on her back and carried them to
the huge victories — handing Capuchino
their first league loss in the process. By virtue
of their two draws, Mills is only point behind
the Mustangs — and there is no question that
the Vikings will be contending for the league
title at the end of the season, thanks in large
part to Cazares.
“It would be amazing (to win the division),”
Cazares said, “I mean, after playing here for
four years, being my senior year, it was just be
amazing. It’s not something Mills has done in
a long time and it would mean so much to me
that I was here when we were able to do it.”
Cazares’ nose for the goal isn’t a mystery —
See AOTW, Page 14
Loyalty runs deep Green Bay’s subtle
for fans of Steelers swagger validated
By Genaro C. Armas
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH — Proud, tough and
resilient. The same adjectives that could
describe the Pittsburgh Steelers could also
apply to their large and fiercely loyal fan base.
Now the team has rewarded its black-and-
gold faithful with a shot at another Super
Bowl. Only the Green Bay Packers stand
between the Steelers from a seventh title
when the tradition-rich teams play in Super
Bowl XLV on Feb. 6 in Dallas.
Shuttling between stores for the latest
Steelers gear, fans Monday in Pittsburgh’s
commercial Strip District were still giddy
over the 24-19 victory over the New York Jets
to win the AFC title.
“It’s in your blood. I have the Terrible
Towel that I was wrapped in as a baby,” said
Rob Mowry, 35. The Pittsburgh-area native
manages a trading company and owns a
restaurant in Chicago, but still flies back to
western Pennsylvania at least four times a
year to watch Steelers games.
“I haven’t missed a playoff game in as long
Athlete of the Week
Jazmin Cazares, a senior striker for Mills, scored three goals in two games last week as the
Vikings remain the lone unbeaten team in the PAL Ocean Division.
REUTERS
Pittsburgh receiver Hines Ward celebrates with
fans after the Steelers’24-19 win over the Jets
in the AFC championship game Sunday.
as I can remember,” said Mowry, wearing a
black-and-gold knit hat. “I already booked a
flight to Dallas last week, before I even knew
what was going on.”
A yellow placard taped to a car window in
a hotel parking garage offered a reminder
through a new signature phrase: “Knocking
On 7’s Door.”
See FANS, Page 13
DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS FILE
By Chris Jenkins
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GREEN BAY, Wis. — While B.J. Raji wasn’t
one of the Green Bay Packers players who showed
up for a preseason kickoff luncheon wearing a
cowboy hat, he liked his teammates’ subtle show
of swagger.
Going into the season, most people took the
Packers’ Old West costume caper as a playful-but-
purposeful message that they intended to finish
their season in cowboy country, the Feb. 6 Super
Bowl at Cowboys Stadium — and weren’t afraid
to say so.
And with the Packers now preparing to face the
Pittsburgh Steelers after beating Chicago in the
NFC championship game Sunday, Raji says the
defensive linemen might be planning a motiva-
tional gimmick of their own.
“I think the D-line has something up our sleeve
for this trip,” Raji said Monday, still relishing his
interception return for a touchdown against the
Bears.
To be sure, Mike McCarthy’s Packers will
never be mistaken for Rex Ryan’s mouthy New
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011
A midseason
hoops review
T
his week marks the halfway point
of the high school basketball sea-
son and races are developing in
every league and division — boys and
girls, public and private.
Today and Wednesday mark the end of
the first round of Peninsula Athletic League
play, as well as the West Bay Athletic
League, while the West Catholic Athletic
League begins the second stage of round-
robin play.
Although the leaders of the PAL’s three
boys’ divisions are undefeated, they do not
appear to be invincible. Burlingame,
Jefferson and
Capuchino have all
been pushed by their
second-place pur-
suers, so an undefeat-
ed league season is
far from a done deal.
In the Bay Division,
both Woodside and El
Camino can’t wait to
get another shot at
Burlingame, which
beat the Wildcats by
10 in their first
matchup, and beat the
Colts by seven.
Jefferson, the Ocean Division leader, is
coming off a four-point win over Carlmont
Friday, but the Indians take on a Mills
squad Wednesday that has won two straight
after opening league play with back-to-back
losses.
Lake Division leader Capuchino opened
league play with a tough seven-point win
over Oceana, but have cruised to three
straight Lake Division wins since. The
Mustangs will have to bring their “A” game
on the road as they open the second half in
Pacifica at Oceana Wednesday.
As usual, Serra is right in the mix for a
West Catholic Athletic League title. The
Padres went 4-2 in the first half of league
play, with both their losses coming on the
road: an 11-point loss to Mitty and a three-
point loss to Sacred Heart Cathedral.
The Padres get both teams at home in the
See LOUNGE, Page 14
York Jets.
But the Packers did spend
training camp openly
embracing their role as Super
Bowl favorites, displays of
confidence that quickly were
forgotten once injuries piled
up and the Packers had to
scramble just to make the
B.J. Raji playoffs.
Had the Packers lost either
of their final two regular season games, they
wouldn’t have made the playoffs — so in their
minds, they’ve won five straight playoff games.
With the Super Bowl now a reality, the Packers’
confidence seems just as high as it was back in
September.
“We got to the point where they told us we had
to win the last two games to get in, and everybody
put it on their shoulders,” wide receiver Donald
Driver said. “Everybody had to look at themselves
in the mirror and say, ’You have to do your job bet-
ter if you want to get here.’Once we got in, we told
everybody, ’You don’t want to see us.”’
See PACKERS, Page 14
12 Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011
Brady maintains All-Pro trend Bears blast
By Barry Wilner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — It’s unanimous. And Tom
Brady has outdone even himself.
The record-setting Patriots quarterback is the
leading vote-getter for the Associated Press
2010 NFL All-Pro Team, the seventh straight
year at least one player has gotten every vote.
Three years ago, when Brady set the league
record for touchdown passes, he missed by a
half-vote of being unani-
mous, sharing a ballot with
Brett Favre.
As usual, Brady prefers
to deflect praise to the rest
of the Patriots, who went
14-2 this season before los-
ing in the playoffs to the
Jets.
“I’ve been here for a
Tom Brady
while, so I’ve seen our
offense evolve,” Brady said. “We do some dif-
ferent things now than we’ve done in the past.
Ultimately we’re still trying to do the same
thing, which is be productive and win games.”
Brady won those 14 games as the league’s
leading passer, and he went a record 335
attempts without an interception. Overall, he
threw for 36 touchdowns and had just four
picks.
Brady is one of three New England players
selected to the squad by a nationwide panel of
50 media members who regularly cover the
NFL. He is joined by guard Logan Mankins
and inside linebacker Jerod Mayo.
A player has made the team unanimously
since 2004, including one of this year’s All-
Pros, Baltimore safety Ed Reed. The Ravens
SPORTS
also have defensive tackle
Haloti Ngata and kicker
Billy Cundiff on the team.
One rookie makes AP
All-Pro: Detroit defensive
tackle Ndamukong Suh.
“It’s a great honor and
it’s an award I’ve had my
eye on, along with being in
Shane Lechler the Pro Bowl,” Suh said.
“Those are two of the high-
est accomplishments you can have other than
winning a Super Bowl and being MVP. To be
the only rookie speaks volumes about the help
I got from my teammates — especially on the
defensive line — and my coaches.”
Suh’s work, including 10 sacks that ranked
him tops at his position, so impressed longtime
defensive coach Gunther Cunningham that the
Lions coordinator said, “I’ve never seen any-
thing like this and a lot of people want to com-
pare him,” he said. “There’s no comparison.”
It’s also difficult to compare Oakland’s
Shane Lechler to other punters. Lechler has the
most All-Pro selections of anyone on the 2010
team, six.
The AFC is the dominant conference with 18
of the 27 spots: nine on offense, seven on
defense, two special teamers.
Joining Brady in the backfield is one of the
season’s biggest surprises, Houston running
back Arian Foster. He went from a nonentity
with the Texans to the league’s leading rusher
with 1,616 yards and 16 TDs. The other tail-
back is Kansas City’s Jamaal Charles, like
Foster a first-time choice.
Foster’s guide through holes in the line,
Vonta Leach, is the fullback, also for the first
time.
The wide receivers are
Atlanta’s Roddy White and
Indianapolis’ Reggie
Wayne, both newcomers.
White led the league with
115 catches.
Dallas tight end Jason
Witten makes it for the sec-
ond time.
Up front are Mankins
Patrick Willis
and New Orleans’ Jahri
Evans at guard, Miami’s Jake Long and
Cleveland’s Joe Thomas at tackle, and center
Nick Mangold of the New York Jets. Evans,
Thomas and Mangold are repeaters from last
season. Long and Mankins are first-timers.
Cundiff and Lechler are joined on special
teams by Chicago returner Devin Hester, who
also was an All-Pro in 2006 and 2007. This sea-
son, Hester’s 17.1-yard punt return average set
a record, and he passed Brian Mitchell for
career kick return touchdowns with 14.
Along with Reed, making his fifth All-Pro
squad, Ngata, Suh and Mayo on defense are
ends Julius Peppers and John Abraham; outside
linebackers Clay Matthews of Green Bay and
James Harrison of Pittsburgh; inside linebacker
Patrick Willis of San Francisco; cornerbacks
Nnamdi Asomugha of Oakland and Darrelle
Revis of the Jets; and safety Troy Polamalu of
Pittsburgh.
Defensive repeaters from 2009 are Willis and
Revis.
Polamalu, Peppers and Willis make it for the
third time, Abraham, Harrison and Asomugha
for the second.
In all, 10 AFC teams and eight from the NFC
are represented. Chicago and Atlanta are the
only two NFC clubs with two players.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Cutler’s critics
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Jay Cutler finally
got some protection.
The Chicago Bears rushed to their quarter-
back’s defense on Monday, blasting current
and former players who in Twitter posts ques-
tioned his toughness for sitting out most of the
second half of Sunday’s 21-14 NFC champi-
onship game loss to Green
Bay with a knee injury.
“I think it’s crap,” gen-
eral manager Jerry Angelo
said. “I thought they were
a union. If that’s the way
they unionize themselves,
they got bigger issues than
the one that they have with
the owners.”
Jay Cutler
Jacksonville Jaguars
running back Maurice Jones-Drew and
Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Darnell
Dockett, along with former players like Deion
Sanders and ESPN analyst Mark Schlereth,
were among those criticizing Cutler on
Sunday.
To that, coach Lovie Smith said, “Our quar-
terback’s a tough guy. ... It’s pretty simple
what happened yesterday. Before the half, Jay
hurt his knee. He showed a lot of toughness to
continue to play with it.”
Smith said Cutler sprained the medial col-
lateral ligament in his left knee late in the first
half and would have been questionable for the
Feb. 6 Super Bowl had the Bears beaten Green
Bay.
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Spurs dump Warriors,improve NBA-best record
By Antonio Gonzalez
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — Manu Ginobili had 20
points and seven assists, and the San Antonio
Spurs endured Tim Duncan’s brief injury
scare before beating the Golden State
Warriors 113-102 on Monday night.
Duncan went down with a left knee injury
in the second quarter that had the entire Spurs
bench stunned and shaken. He returned to fin-
ish with 16 points and seven rebounds, help-
ing San Antonio rebound from a loss to New
Orleans and calm any nerves about what ini-
tially appeared to be a serious fall.
Tony Parker added 18 points and 11 assists,
Antonio McDyess had 14 points and 10
rebounds and the NBA-best Spurs (38-7)
FANS
Continued from page 11
After another AFC title trophy presentation at
Heinz Field, team president Art Rooney II spoke
Sunday night of “finishing the job.”
That would be a Super Bowl title, of course.
“Steeler Nation, we’re going to Dallas,” he pro-
claimed. The Steelers, known as a model NFL
franchise, have been run by three generations of
the Rooney family.
It’s the organization’s mom and pop-type feel
that resonates with its fan base, even if the Steelers
are a big business and one of the top-selling teams
in the NFL. The franchise’s sense of loyalty
appeals to the blue-collar sensibilities of western
Pennsylvanians.
“It’s been part of the Rooney family forever. The
Steeler Nation is the Rooney family. Just because
SPORTS
Spurs 113, Warriors 102
cruised to an otherwise
stress-free victory.
David Lee had a season-
high 31 points to go with
12 rebounds, and Monta
Ellis scored 25 for a
Warriors team hoping to
get into the playoff picture
during a huge homestand.
David Lee Instead, the franchise that
knows all about postsea-
son play dominated as it has all season.
The bigger victory for the Spurs might be
that they left town with their team intact.
Duncan gave his teammates a scare when he
I left Pittsburgh 30 years ago doesn’t mean it’s not
still in my blood,” said Tim Tirlia, 52, now of
Houston, who flew up this weekend to watch the
Steelers win.
The NFL’s fifth-oldest franchise, the Steelers
were founded in 1933 as the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Rooney family changed the name to
“Steelers” in 1940 to honor the area’s industrial
heritage.
But Super Bowl success didn’t come until the
1970s, when they won four titles over six seasons
during a period of tough economic times. Steel
mills closed, and many families left seeking better
opportunities.
Many of those who departed took their Steelers
allegiance with them and passed it on to children
and grandchildren. Those who stayed viewed the
team as the common bond that offered a brief dis-
traction from the economy’s harsh realities.
“That’s all we had,” said Jim Coen, 51, the
owner of Yinzers in the Burgh, a Strip District
was setting a pick on Acie Law, turned to roll
to the basket and his left knee appeared to
buckle slightly. Duncan fell to the floor, cring-
ing for about a minute while he held his knee.
The entire Spurs bench, including coach
Gregg Popovich, came onto the floor to check
on the 12-time All-Star. Duncan had to be
helped up but eventually walked to the locker
room under his own power.
Apparently, he wasn’t hurt too badly.
Duncan, diagnosed with a hyperflexed left
knee, returned to start the third quarter and
San Antonio found its spark. Duncan,
Ginobili and Parker — the core of all those
championship teams — helped San Antonio
build an 83-70 lead.
Duncan played his usual minutes and
store that sells just about anything with a Steelers
logo. “With that winning, it gave the city some
pride.”
After a 26-year drought, Pittsburgh won its fifth
Lombardi Trophy after beating the Seattle
Seahawks in the Super Bowl in 2006. Three years
later, the Steelers won the Super Bowl again, over
the Arizona Cardinals.
Most Steelers fans vow to back the team win or
lose. The Steelers did well by them during down
times, and fans reciprocate when the team might
be down, though indiscretions by star athletes may
not always be looked upon kindly.
This season began with quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger on the sideline for the first four
games after the NFL said he had violated the
league’s personal conduct policy. He was accused
in March of the sexual assault of a 20-year-old col-
lege student, but a prosecutor in Georgia declined
to bring charges.
Big Ben’s off-field activities still draw a few
Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 13
showed no signs of being hobbled.
The Spurs had won eight in a row until los-
ing to the Hornets in their previous game. San
Antonio also has had winning streaks of 12
and 10 games this season.
Notes: Spurs F Matt Bonner missed his fifth
consecutive game with a bone bruise on his
right knee. Popovich said there is no structur-
al damage but the team is somewhat con-
cerned that it hasn’t improved. “It’s not get-
ting better a lick,” Popovich said. ... The
Warriors began an eight-game homestand, the
longest since they played eight in a row in the
1964-65 season. Seven of those games were
played in San Francisco, and the other in San
Jose. The Warriors also are in the middle of
playing 13 of 14 at home.
questions in the postseason. Some fans remain
wary.
“When it comes to play, the more you play in
this league the more you mature, the better you get
and the more things slow down for you,” the star
quarterback said last week when asked about his
growth on and off the field this year. “When it
comes to being a person, I just try to be the person
my parents raised me to be.”
Mostly though, few are feeling blue these days
in Pittsburgh. Statues are adorned with black and
gold scarves or hats. A taxi driver shuttling pas-
sengers to Heinz Field on Sunday spoke of the
karma of going for “Lucky Number 7.” And
Terrible Towels are moving fast in the Strip
District.
“It’s our way of life,” Coen said. “If you’re in
this town, and you’re not a Steelers fan, you’re
almost not accepted.”
14 Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011
LOUNGE
Continued from page 11
second half and those kind of scores indicate
home court could give the Padres an advan-
tage. Granted, there are four other teams that
could knock off the Padres during any given
game, so Mitty and SHC are not the only
teams about which to worry.
The Sacred Heart Prep boys are clearly the
class of the West Bay Athletic League. The
Gators have scored 80-plus points in three of
their six league contests. Crystal Springs
Uplands is 3-3, having already equaled last
year’s league win total. Menlo School is also
AOTW
Continued from page 11
her 20 goals last year made her a headache for
defenses heading into this season — and with
nine goals in 2010-2011, it looks like she’s
picked up right where she left off.
What makes Cazares dangerous is her cre-
ativity with the ball, and her ability to score in
an array of ways. Against El Camino, Cazares
used her speed to blow by the defense seven
minutes after the Colts took the lead to stun the
PACKERS
Continued from page 11
McCarthy said the Packers knew they were a
good team coming out of training camp, and
credited the players for not losing confidence
once the injuries hit.
SPORTS
at the .500 mark in WBAL play.
The girls’ side of the standings is equally
as tight, as 13 of the 17 PAL teams still have
a shot at winning a division title.
Current Bay Division leader Terra Nova
may be undefeated thus far in division play,
but the Tigers ran a tough gauntlet last week
with single-digit wins over San Mateo and
Mills. They’re not out of the woods yet as
they wrap up first-play against a surprising
Menlo-Atherton squad. The Bears won only
one non-league game, but have lost only
once in division action.
The girls’ Ocean Division is the most com-
petitive of the PAL’s three. Carlmont, Half
Moon Bay and Westmoor all are 3-1, with El
Camino a game behind.
Carlmont appears to have the edge right
Vikings. Cazares and Olivia Mullins came
together at the midfield circle in an attempt
corral a loose ball. After a slight hesitation,
Mullins managed to flick the ball past the
defensive line and into open space. Cazares
pounced and flew by the defense, calmly plac-
ing the ball past the El Camino keeper for the
equalizer.
Cazares would use that same speed to slice
between a pair of El Camino defenders and
rifle a shot into the roof of the net for what
turned out to be the game-winning goal.
“Her speed is one thing, but she’s incredibly
tricky,” Tiziani said. “She’s got a great shot.
When the ball goes to her feet, she’s consis-
“Our particular path this year, in hindsight,
has made us a stronger football team,”
McCarthy said. “It’s shaped us in a different
way. We’ve had an opportunity to play, really,
five playoff games going into this Super Bowl
so I think that really helps us. We feel like we’re
a razor-sharp team as far as the level of play
we’re bringing to the table here in the past
month.”
McCarthy hasn’t been particularly prone to
now, with wins over Westmoor and the
Cougars. The division will become clearer
after Tuesday following the Westmoor-Half
Moon Bay matchup.
The Lake Division might be the most sur-
prising. Hillsdale, the favorite here to win the
Lake Division, lost two of its first three
league games. Jefferson, on the other hand, is
proving its winning preseason record is legit.
The Indians squeaked past Sequoia in the
opener, but have relatively easy wins their
last two games.
***
The San Mateo High football program will
host a fundraising crab feed dinner and raffle
at the Foster City Recreation Center Feb. 18.
Tickets cost $45. For more details, contact
coach and athletic director Jeff Scheller at
tent. We know she can take players one-on-
one, she sparks the team with that. Not many
players can take a shot from 18 yards and have
it rip off their foot. She can beat two or three
players, and the thing is, she’s extremely con-
fident. She knows she can do it.”
“I don’t use my speed a lot unless I really
need to,” Cazares said. “I rather just take on
(the defender) or do something else.”
But Cazares’ game has really taken off this
year because of her ability to involve her
teammates.
“I think Jazmin feels a lot of support from
the rest of the players on the field,” Tiziani
making bold statements during his time as the
Packers’ coach, but even he embraced his
team’s Super Bowl expectations going into the
season.
Then the injuries hit. The Packers lost running
back Ryan Grant to a season-ending ankle
injury in Week 1, and it just got worse from
there.
“Once that started happening throughout the
year, we knew we still had a chance to get in, and
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558-2338 or jscheller13@gmail.com.
***
It’s Italia in Half Moon Bay is helping the
Half Moon Bay High athletic department by
donating a portion of Jan. 27’s proceeds to
the school. Half Moon Bay head football
coach Matt Ballard will be on hand to serve
diners. For more details, call 726-444 or go
to ItsItaliaRestaurant.com.
***
Half Moon Bay is looking for a water polo
coach. For more information, contact athletic
director Matt Ballard at 712-7200 ext. 4904.
Nathan Mollat can be reached by e-mail:
nathan@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 117. You can also follow him on
Twitter@CheckkThisOutt.
said. “Up until this year Jazmin was our go-to
girl, but Jazmin is actually creating more, get-
ting more assists, because there are other play-
ers on the field (that can score). So I think she
has a more well-rounded role this year.”
Cazares agrees. “ My team has developed so
much from last year,” she said. “They’re a lot
better this year — anyone can put the ball in
the back of the net. I still feel the pressure to
score because I’m up there (at the forward
position) but I know that anyone — defender,
midfielder — can put the ball in the back of the
net.
“Knowing you can help your teammates out,
it’s amazing.”
that was the crazy part,” Driver said. “You go
through the year, you’re like, ’OK, we lose this
game, we win this game, then you start bouncing
back and realizing that you can do it.”’
The Packers wouldn’t be getting ready for the
Super Bowl without players who took on bigger
roles, including inside linebacker Desmond
Bishop, safety Charlie Peprah, right tackle
Bryan Bulaga, running back James Starks and
outside linebacker Erik Walden.
THE DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 15
TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NFL PLAYOFF GLANCE NBA GLANCE NHL GLANCE
Wild-card Playoffs
@ Kings
7:30 p.m Saturday,Jan.8 EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE
CSN-CAL Seattle 41,New Orleans 36 Atlantic Division Atlantic Division
N.Y.Jets 17,Indianapolis 16 Sunday,Jan.9 W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
Baltimore 30,Kansas City 7 Boston 33 10 .767 — Philadelphia 32 12 5 69 169 128
Green Bay 21,Philadelphia 16 New York 23 21 .523 10 1/2 Pittsburgh 30 15 4 64 153 114
vs.Hornets vs.Bobcats vs.Jazz
7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Philadelphia 19 25 .432 14 1/2 N.Y.Rangers 29 19 3 61 145 122
Divisional Playoffs
CSN-BAY CSN-BAY CSN-BAY Saturday,Jan.15 New Jersey 13 32 .289 21 N.Y.Islanders 15 25 7 37 117 157
Pittsburgh 31,Baltimore 24 Toronto 13 32 .289 21 New Jersey 16 29 3 35 100 143
Green Bay 48,Atlanta 21 Sunday,Jan.16 Southeast Division Northeast Division
Chicago 35,Seattle 24 W L Pct GB
WHAT’S ON TAP N.Y.Jets 28,New England 21 Miami 31 13 .705 — Boston
W
27
L
15
OT
7
Pts
61
GF
150
GA
111
Atlanta 29 16 .644 2 1/2 Montreal 27 17 5 59 128 118
TUESDAY Girls Basketball Conference Championships Orlando 29 16 .644 2 1/2 Buffalo 22 21 5 49 134 142
Girls Soccer The King’s Academy at Mercy-Burlingame,6 p.m.; Sunday,Jan.23 Charlotte 17 25 .405 13 Toronto 19 24 5 43 124 151
Priory at Sacred Heart Prep, 2:45 p.m.; Menlo at Green Bay 21,Chicago 14 Washington 13 30 .302 17 1/2 Ottawa 17 25 7 41 106 157
Castilleja,Menlo-Atherton at Hilldale,Terra Nova at Pittsburgh 24,N.Y.Jets 19 Central Division
Aragon,San Mateo at Carlmont,Jefferson at Mills, Wrestling Southeast Division
El Camino at Burlingame,Terra Nova at South City, W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
3 p.m.; South San Francisco at El Camino, Mercy- Pro Bowl
Chicago 31 14 .689 — Tampa Bay 30 15 5 65 152 154
Burlingame at The King’s Academy,Crystal Springs Sequoia at Half Moon Bay, Oceana at Woodside, Sunday,Jan.30
Uplands at Harker, 3:30 p.m.;Burlingame at Wood- At Honolulu Indiana 16 25 .390 13 Washington 27 14 9 63 140 128
Menlo-Atherton at Aragon (Hillsdale/San Mateo), Milwaukee 16 26 .381 13 1/2
side,Capuchino at Half Moon Bay,5:45 p.m.; AFC vs.NFC,4 p.m.(FOX) Atlanta 23 19 9 55 151 166
Capuchino at Mills, 6 p.m.;St.Francis at Serra,7 p.m. Detroit 17 28 .378 14 Carolina 24 19 6 54 149 153
Girls Basketball Super Bowl Cleveland 8 36 .182 22 1/2 Florida 21 21 5 47 126 126
Terra Nova at Menlo Atherton,Mills at San Mateo, FRIDAY Sunday,Feb.6
Westmoor at Half Moon Bay, El Camino at South
City, Carlmont at Oceana,, Sequoia at Hillsdale,
Boys Soccer At Arlington,Texas
Pittsburgh vs.Green Bay,3:30 p.m.(FOX)
WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE
Sequoia at Aragon, Terra Nova at Carlmont,
Woodside at Jefferson, 6 p.m.; Sacred Heart Prep Southwest Division Central Division
Burlingame at Westmoor,South City at Capuchino,
at Eastside Prep, Menlo at Mercy-San Francisco,
Mercy-Burlingame at Harker, Crystal Springs Up- San Mateo at Hillsdale,Half Moon Bay at Mills,Jef- AUSTRALIAN OPEN San Antonio
W
38
L
7
Pct
.844
GB
— Detroit
W L OT Pts
29 13 6 64
GF GA
163 142
lands at I.C.A., 6:30 p.m.; St. Ignatius at Notre ferson at El Camino,3 p.m.;Menlo at Priory,Eastside New Orleans 30 16 .652 8 1/2
Tuesday Nashville 27 16 6 60 133 117
Dame-Belmont,7:30 p.m. Prep at Crystal Springs Uplands,Sacred Heart Prep Dallas 28 15 .651 9
Singles Chicago 26 19 4 56 155 135
at Pinewood,3:30 p.m.;Woodside at Menlo-Ather- Women Memphis 22 23 .489 16 Columbus 23 20 5 51 128 149
Boys Basketball Houston 21 25 .457 17 1/2
Eastside Prep at Crystal Springs Uplands,Priory at ton,4 p.m.; Quarterfinals St.Louis 22 19 7 51 129 142
Li Na (9),China,def.Andrea Petkovic (30),Germany, Northwest Division Northwest Division
Menlo,6:30 p.m.;Sacred Heart Prep at Harker,TBA
6-2,6-4. W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
Boys Basketball
Wrestling Oklahoma City 28 16 .636 — Vancouver 30 10 9 69 163 120
Sacred Heart Prep at Crystal Springs Uplands,Menlo Doubles Utah 27 17 .614 1
Serra at Valley Christian,7 p.m. Colorado 25 18 6 56 159 160
at The King’s Academy, 6:30 p.m.; South City at Men Denver 25 18 .581 2 1/2 Minnesota 24 19 5 53 126 132
WEDNESDAY Aragon, El Camino at Menlo-Atherton,Woodside Quarterfinals Portland 25 21 .543 4 Calgary 23 21 6 52 140 151
Boys Soccer at Burlingame, Jefferson at Hillsdale, Mills, at Half Eric Butorac, United States, and Jean-Julien Rojer, Minnesota 10 34 .227 18 Edmonton 14 25 8 36 117 162
Sequoia at Carlmont, Woodside at Aragon, Half Moon Bay,Terra Nova at Carlmont,Sequoia at San Netherlands Antilles,def.Lukasz Kubot,Poland,and Pacific Division
Oliver Marach (4),Austria,6-3,6-4. Pacific Division
Moon Bay at Hillsdale, San Mateo at Capuchino, Mateo,Capuchino at Oceana,7:30 p.m.; W L Pct GB
W L OT Pts GF GA
South City at El Camino,Jefferson at Mills,3 p.m.;Sa- L.A.Lakers 32 13 .711 —
cred Heart Cathedral at Serra, 3:15 p.m.; Menlo at Legends Doubles Dallas 29 15 5 63 144 136
Phoenix 20 23 .465 11
Pinewood,Sacred Heart Prep at Crystal Springs Up- Girls Basketball Round Robin Golden State 19 25 .432 12 1/2
Anaheim 27 20 4 58 137 144
lands, 3:30 p.m.; Westmoor at Menlo-Atherton, San Mateo at Aragon,Mills at Menlo-Atherton,Terra Phoenix 24 16 9 57 141 139
L.A.Clippers 17 26 .395 14
Burlingame at Terra Nova,4 p.m.; Nova at Burlingame, South City at Oceana, El Wayne Arthurs and Pat Cash,Australia,def.Wayne San Jose 25 19 5 55 137 135
Sacramento 10 32 .238 20 1/2
Ferreira,South Africa,and Yevgeny Kafelnikov,Rus- Los Angeles 26 22 1 53 140 122
Boys Basketball Camino at Half Moon Bay,Westmoor at Carlmont,
sia,6-4,6-3. Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss.
Woodside at Menlo-Atherton,El Camino at South Sequoia at Jefferson,Capuchino at Hillsdale,6 p.m.; Monday’s Games
City,Terra Nova at Half Moon Bay,Mills at Jefferson, Eastside Prep at Menlo, Sacred Heart Prep at Junior Singles New Jersey 103,Cleveland 101
Monday’s Games
Carlmont at Hillsdale, Sequoia at Oceana, West- Castilleja,Crystal Springs Uplands at Notre Dame- Boys Detroit 103,Orlando 96
N.Y.Rangers 2,Washington 1,SO
moor at San Mateo, 6 p.m.; Serra at St. Ignatius, Second Round Philadelphia 105,Phoenix 95
SJ, 6:30 p.m.; Notre Dame-Belmont at Mitty, 7:30 Carolina 6,Toronto 4
Burligame at Aragon,7:30 p.m.; Memphis 100,Toronto 98
p.m.; New York 115,Washington 106 Calgary 3,Nashville 1
Luke Saville,Australia,def.Dominic Thiem (2),Aus-
Girls Soccer Chicago 92,Milwaukee 83 Colorado 4,St.Louis 3
tria,7-5,6-4.
Notre Dame-Belmont at Sacred Heart Cathedral,3 Men’s Basketball Mark Richards,Australia,def.Ryota Kishi,Japan,6- Houston 129,Minnesota 125 Vancouver 7,Dallas 1
p.m. Ohlone at Skyline,7 p.m.; 4,7-5. New Orleans 91,Oklahoma City 89 Los Angeles 2,Boston 0
Nikola Milojevic (13), Serbia, def. Joey Swaysland, Sacramento 96,Portland 81 Tuesday’s Games
Girls Basketball Australia,6-2,7-6 (3). San Antonio 113,Golden State 102 Florida at N.Y.Rangers,4 p.m.
Burlingame at Aragon,6 p.m. Women’s Basketball N.Y.Islanders at Pittsburgh,4 p.m.
Mitchell Krueger,United States,def.Matthias Wun- Tuesday’s Games
College of San Mateo at Hartnell,5 p.m.; ner,Germany,4-6,7-6 (3),6-2. Anaheim at Columbus,4 p.m.
Denver at Washington,4 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Montreal at Philadelphia,4:30 p.m.
Chabot at Cañada College, Skyline at Las Positas Cleveland at Boston,4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY Girls L.A.Clippers at Dallas,5:30 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa,4:30 p.m.
College,7 p.m.; Second Round
Boys Soccer Charlotte at Sacramento,7 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay,4:30 p.m.
Serra at Mitty,11 a.m. Utah at L.A.Lakers,7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago,5:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball An-Sophie Mestach (2), Belgium, def. Eri Hozumi,
Foothill at College of San Mateo,5:30 p.m.; Wednesday’s Games Edmonton at Phoenix,6 p.m.
Japan,6-3,6-2. Wednesday’s Games
Girls Soccer Ilona Kremen (13), Belarus, def. Demi Schuurs, Orlando at Indiana,4 p.m.
THURSDAY Memphis at New Jersey,4 p.m. Florida at Boston,4 p.m.
Mitty at Notre Dame-Belmont,11 a.m. Netherlands,7-6 (2),6-2.
Girls Soccer Sabina Sharipova,Uzbekistan,def.Margarita Gas- Philadelphia at Toronto,4 p.m. Carolina at N.Y.Islanders,4 p.m.
Sacred Heart Prep at Menlo,2:45 p.m.;Castilleja at paryan,Russia,6-4,1-6,6-2. Denver at Detroit,4:30 p.m. Washington at Atlanta,4 p.m.
Mercy-Burlingame,Terra Nova at Carlmont,Wood- Boys Basketball Atlanta at Milwaukee,5 p.m. New Jersey at Detroit,4:30 p.m.
Irina Khromacheva (4), Russia, def. Nao Hibino,
side at Aragon, San Mateo at Hillsdale, South City Mitty at Serra,7:30 p.m.; Japan,6-3,6-0. Oklahoma City at Minnesota,5 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas,4:30 p.m.
at Mills,Half Moon Bay at El Camino,Capuchino at Caroline Garcia (8),France,def.Ayaka Okuno,Japan, L.A.Clippers at Houston,5:30 p.m. Phoenix at Colorado,6 p.m.
Westmoor,3 p.m.;Eastside Prep at Crystal Springs 6-3,6-3. Charlotte at Phoenix,6 p.m. St.Louis at Calgary,7 p.m.
Uplands,3:30 p.m.;Burlingame at Menlo-Atherton, Women’s Softball
College of the Sequoias at College of San Mateo, Nastja Kolar (16),Slovenia,def.Jang Su Jeong,South San Antonio at Utah,6:30 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver,7 p.m.
Jefferson at Sequoia,4 p.m.;
Korea,6-2,2-6,9-7. New Orleans at Golden State,7:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles,7:30 p.m.
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16 Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 HEALTH
Best workout for the brain may be play
By Eric Heiden
TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
The link between learning and exer-
cise is now well established. As kids
return to the classroom this fall, and
as more parents discover that
school recess and P.E. have been
cut back or eliminated
e n t i r e l y,
After a decade families are
making
exercise an
after-school priority that is as impor-
tant to their kids’ success at school as
of dieting fads, reading and homework.
Substantial research has been done
on the effect of exercise on budding
intellects. The Journal of School
still no quick fix
By Lauran Neergaard
Health published a study in 1997 show-
ing that intense physical activity pro-
grams had positive impacts on academ-
ic achievement. Even when the activity
reduced the amount of time kids had
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS for academics, exercise was found to
increase concentration, reduce disrup-
WASHINGTON — Before there was Dr. Atkins, there was tive behavior, and improve test scores
William Banting. He invented the low-carb diet of 1863. Even in mathematics, reading and writing.
then Americans were trying out advice that urged fish, mutton New research reveals that the con-
or “any meat except pork” for breakfast, lunch and dinner — nection between learning and exercise
hold the potatoes, please. is not limited to children. In a study
It turns out our obsession with weight and how to lose it published in a recent issue of the jour-
dates back at least 150 years. And while now we say “over- nal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience,
weight” instead of “corpulent” — and obesity has become epi- researchers found that after a year of
demic — a look back at dieting history shows what hasn’t exercise, adult subjects showed
changed is the quest for an easy fix. enhanced cognitive skills.
“We grossly, grossly underestimate” the difficulty of chang- In this study, adult subjects followed
ing behaviors that fuel obesity, says Clemson University soci- an exercise program of moderate walk-
ologist Ellen Granberg, who examined archives at the Library ing, stretching or toning for 40 minutes
of Congress. She believes it’s important to show “we’re not three times a week for one year. Prior
dealing with some brand new, scary phenomenon we’ve never to the study, all of the participants had
dealt with before.” been, as the researchers called
Indeed, the aging documents are eerily familiar. them, “professional
Consider Englishman William Banting’s account of losing couch potatoes,”
almost 50 pounds in a year. He did it by shunning “bread, but- each one reporting
ter, milk, sugar, beer and potatoes, which had been the main having done
(and I thought innocent) elements of my existence” in favor of
fewer than two
loads of meat.
30-minute ses-
His pamphlet, “Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the
sions of physical
Public,” quickly crossed the Atlantic and become so popular
here that “banting” became slang for dieting, Granberg says. activity in the
previous six
While obesity has rapidly surged in the last few decades, we
months. After just
first changed from a nation where being plump was desirable
one year of activity,
however, the subjects
See DIET, Page 18
THE DAILY JOURNAL
— who ranged in age from 59 to 80 — mance on cognitive tasks.
had improved connectivity of impor- These findings, which prove the link
tant circuits in their brain and between exercise and improved cogni-
had mitigated declines in tive function, should not be surprising.
their brain function A high percentage of your brain is ded-
that are typically icated to coordinating the actions of
associated with your muscles. The concept of “aero-
a g i n g . bics” was born when astronauts doing
Furthermore, mental training in the 1960s showed
they showed slower response rates the longer the
improved missions ran. Dr. Kenneth Cooper, an
per- Air Force physician, surmised that
for- though the astronauts’ tasks were
almost entirely mental, their bodies’
fatigue due to lack of fitness was
dampening their brain function. To
better the astronauts’ brains,
Cooper prescribed a program
that required the astronauts
to exercise large muscle
groups in a rhythmic
fashion — in a word,
aerobics.
Since then, a veri-
table library of
research has cata-
loged the corre-
lation between
exercise and
cognitive func-
tion, including the Maastricht Aging
Study, which recognized that among
all age groups (from young folks to
those 90 and older), those who were
more active were faster in tests involv-
ing information processing.
Plenty of other animal and human
studies have pointed up the relation-
ship between exercise and an increase
in neural growth factor (NGF), a pro-
tein that sets in motion a domino effect
in your brain that culminates with even
some neural and brain capillary
growth. Other studies have shown that
engaging in new forms of activi-
ty in midlife and beyond forces
the creation of new synapses
within the brain. The
MacArthur Foundation Study
of Successful Aging found that
the seniors who were most physi-
cally active were the most likely to
maintain their mental acuity up to 10
years later.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Cholera takes a breather in Haiti
By Ben Fox
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAINT-MARC, Haiti — The cholera epi-
demic that has raged across this country is
claiming fewer victims, with a sharp drop in
new cases everywhere from the shimmering
rice fields of the Artibonite Valley to the
crowded urban slums.
It is a welcome development, but tinged
with doubt: It’s not yet known whether the
epidemic that has killed nearly 4,000 people is
fading or merely taking a break, only to surge
again perhaps with the onset of the next rainy
season.
“The general situation is improving. It’s
clear,” Stefano Zannini, chief of mission for
the aid group Doctors Without Borders, said
Sunday. “The problem is that the possible
development of the epidemic is unpredictable.
It is impossible to say whether the situation
will continue stabilizing.”
Any progress on controlling the disease
would be a rare bit of good news for Haiti,
which is passing through a particularly
gloomy period. The country is on edge amid a
political crisis over a disputed presidential
election, and could see more of the violent
protests that paralyzed cities and hampered
cholera treatment in December. Meanwhile
hundreds of thousands are still homeless from
last year’s earthquake, and a much-reviled for-
mer dictator suddenly returned and took up
residence in the past week.
Zannini, whose group is contemplating
scaling back its more than 40 cholera treat-
ment centers, was unable to muster even cau-
tious optimism regarding the disease. The best
he could say was that he was happy new cases
and deaths are decreasing to levels not seen
since soon after the disease emerged in
October.
“I would not be optimistic,” he said in an
interview with The Associated Press at his
Port-au-Prince office.
For the moment, at least, the statistics are
moving in the right direction. The number of
new cases has dropped to about 4,700 per
week, down from more than 12,000 per week
in November, and the trend is downward in all
10 of Haiti’s departments, or regions, accord-
ing to the Health Ministry’s latest bulletin,
released Thursday. The only places it appears
to be still rising are in a few isolated spots in
the northwest and south.
Behind the drop is a massive emergency
public health campaign in response to the out-
break. A new network of cholera centers
staffed by Haitian doctors and nurses, NGOs
and international volunteers has made it easi-
er for victims to get oral and intraveneous
HEALTH
A Haitian girl receives an intravenous drip at a cholera treatment center of Medecins Sans
Frontieres MSF (Doctors Without Borders) in Port-au-Prince,Haiti.
rehydration treatment, saving thousands of
lives.
There have also been extensive efforts to
ensure access to clean water, as well as public
public health campaigns to teach people how
to avoid cholera. Finally the dry conditions of
recent weeks have slowed the spread of the
bacteria.
Health statistics in Haiti are unreliable, so
it’s hard to get a precise picture of the situa-
tion. World Health Organization spokes-
woman Nyka Alexander noted that it’s hard to
know what is happening in remote regions
where many have little or no access to health
care.
Some 40 patients a day are still coming to
the Doctors Without Borders treatment center
in Saint Marc, where the disease first explod-
ed, but that’s a third of what it was in
December and there hasn’t been a death in six
weeks, said field coordinator Oscar Sanchez
Rey.
“Is this is the end? Nobody really knows,
but the situation is better,” Sanchez said as he
took a break from treating patients, including
a family of six that all came down with the
disease together. He cautioned that even
though fewer people are getting sick, the cen-
ter’s work is still critical: “If no one is treating
patients, they are going to die, because it’s a
lethal disease.”
Lilane Estime, 42, tried to sleep on a wood-
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en bench as doctors attended to three of her
children. She said all four had piled onto a
motorcycle taxi and traveled an hour along a
dusty coastal road to reach the clinic.
Seemingly healthy, she said she could feel
cholera inside her, though she hadn’t gotten
sick yet.
“If there’s a disease going around killing
people, you’re going to be scared,” Estime
said.
In Cite Soleil, the dense slum at the north-
ern edge of Port-au-Prince, the number of new
cases is now about 15 per week, down from a
high of 700, and there are similar reports from
nearby neighborhoods. In the hard-hit
Artibonite Valley, the weekly new caseload is
about 700, compared with more than 4,800 in
November.
“We don’t want to say, ’OK, cholera is fin-
ished,’ because it’s not,” said Cinta Pluma, a
spokeswoman for the aid group Oxfam. “But
it does seem to be going down.”
Caused by a bacteria that spreads through
contaminated water, the disease so far has
sickened more than 194,000 people and killed
about 3,890 nationwide. It can lead to a rapid,
painful death through complete dehydration,
but is easily treatable if caught in time.
In December, U.N. Secretary General Ban
Ki-Moon warned the outbreak could affect as
many as 650,000 people over six months, but
that seems less likely now.
Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 17
Sold under such names as Ivory Wave, Bliss,
White Lightning and Hurricane Charlie,MDPV
can cause hallucinations,paranoia,rapid heart
rates and suicidal thoughts.
Officials:‘Bath
salts’a growing
drug problem
By Shelia Byrd
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FULTON, Miss. — When Neil Brown got
high on dangerous chemicals sold as bath
salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his
face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived,
but authorities say others haven’t been so
lucky after snorting, injecting or smoking
powders with such innocuous-sounding
names as Ivory Wave, Red Dove and Vanilla
Sky.
Some say the effects of the powders are as
powerful as abusing methamphetamine.
Increasingly, law enforcement agents and poi-
son control centers say the advertised bath
salts with complex chemical names are an
emerging menace in several U.S. states where
authorities talk of banning their sale.
From the Deep South to California, emer-
gency calls are being reported over-exposure
to the stimulants the powders often contain:
mephedrone and methylenedioxypy-
rovalerone, also known as MDPV.
Sold under such names as Ivory Wave,
Bliss, White Lightning and Hurricane Charlie,
the chemicals can cause hallucinations, para-
noia, rapid heart rates and suicidal thoughts,
authorities say. The chemicals are in products
sold legally at convenience stores and on the
Internet as bath salts and even plant foods.
However, they aren’t necessarily being used
for the purposes on the label.
Mississippi lawmakers this week began
considering a proposal to ban the sale of the
powders, and a similar step is being sought in
Kentucky. In Louisiana, the bath salts were
outlawed by an emergency order after the
state’s poison center received more than 125
See MDPV, Page 18
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MDPV
Continued from page 17
calls in the last three months of 2010 involv-
ing exposure to the chemicals.
In Brown’s case, he said he had tried every
drug from heroin to crack and was so shak-
en by terrifying hallucinations that he wrote
one Mississippi paper urging people to stay
away from the advertised bath salts.
“I couldn’t tell you why I did it,” Brown
said, pointing to his scars. “The psychologi-
cal effects are still there.”
While Brown survived, sheriff’s authori-
ties in one Mississippi county say they
believe one woman overdosed on the pow-
ders there. In southern Louisiana, the family
of a 21-year-old man says he cut his throat
and ended his life with a gunshot.
Authorities are investigating whether a man
DIET
Continued from page 16
into a nation of on-again, off-again dieters
around the end of the 19th century, Granberg
says.
Before then, people figured a little extra
weight might help withstand infectious dis-
eases that vaccines and antibiotics later would
tame. It also was a sign of prosperity. But just
as doctors today bemoan a high-tech, immobile
society, the emergence of trolleys, cars and
other machinery in the late 19th century scaled
back the sheer number of calories people once
burned, Granberg explains. Increasing prosper-
ity meant easier access to food.
“An excess of flesh is to be looked upon as
BOND
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how the first bond was used in hopes of get-
ting public support for another bond. Lower
than expected construction costs means the
district will finish about $38 million in work
using the $30 million.
Without stretching the money, the money
wouldn’t be as visible, said Trustee Jay Price.
Those in the community would see a few new
HEALTH
charged with capital murder in the
December death of a Tippah County, Miss.,
sheriff’s deputy was under the influence of
the bath salts.
The stimulants aren’t regulated by the
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, but
are facing federal scrutiny. Law officers say
some of the substances are being shipped
from Europe, but origins are still unclear.
Gary Boggs, an executive assistant at the
DEA, said there’s a lengthy process to
restrict these types of designer chemicals,
including reviewing the abuse data. But it’s
a process that can take years.
Dr. Mark Ryan, director of Louisiana’s
poison control center, said he thinks state
bans on the chemicals can be effective. He
said calls about the chemicals have dropped
sharply since Louisiana banned their sale in
January.
Ryan said cathinone, the parent substance
of the drugs, comes from a plant grown in
Africa and is regulated. He said MDPV and
one of the most objectionable forms of dis-
ease,” the Philadelphia Cookbook declared in
1900. Low-cal cookbooks hadn’t arrived yet;
the calorie wasn’t quite in vogue.
By 1903, La Parle obesity soap that “never
fails to reduce flesh” was selling at a pricey $1
a bar. The Louisenbad Reduction Salt pledged
to “wash away your fat.” Soon came an exer-
cise machine, the Graybar Stimulator to jiggle
the pounds. Bile Beans promoted a laxative
approach.
As the government prepares to update U.S.
dietary guidelines next week, the Library of
Congress culled its archives and, with Weight
Watchers International, gathered experts
recently to discuss this country’s history of
weight loss.
Granberg recounted how real nutrition sci-
ence was born.
The government’s first advice to balance pro-
ramps and rest rooms but not changes like
walls at Lomita Park Elementary, which was
built as a pod school. Now walls will create
more traditional classrooms, he said.
Interim Chief Business Official Paul
Disario noted the board must revisit needs. A
facilities plan was created when Measure X
was established. Though vetted through the
community, the top priorities total more than
$35 million, the most the district could
request in a new measure. Such a setup would
cost about $30 per $100,000 of assessed prop-
erty value.
Trustees, on the other hand, wanted to focus
mephedrone are made in a lab, and they
aren’t regulated because they’re not market-
ed for human consumption. The stimulants
affect neurotransmitters in the brain, he said.
“It causes intense cravings for it. They’ll
binge on it three or four days before they
show up in an ER. Even though it’s a horri-
ble trip, they want to do it again and again,”
Ryan said.
Ryan said at least 25 states have received
calls about exposure, including Nevada and
California. He said Louisiana leads with the
greatest number of cases at 165, or 48 per-
cent of the U.S. total, followed by Florida
with at least 38 calls to its poison center.
Dr. Rick Gellar, medical director for the
California Poison Control System, said the
first call about the substances came in Oct.
5, and a handful of calls have followed
since. But he warned: “The only way this
won’t become a problem in California is if
federal regulatory agencies get ahead of the
curve. This is a brand new thing.” In the
teins, carbohydrates and fat came in 1894. A
few years later, life insurance companies
reported that being overweight raised the risk
of death. In 1916, the Department of
Agriculture came up with the five food groups.
Around World War II, charts showing ideal
weight-for-height emerged, surprisingly close
to what today is considered a healthy body
mass index.
Diet foods quickly followed, as did weight
loss support groups like Overeaters
Anonymous and Weight Watchers — putting
today’s diet infrastructure in place by 1970,
Granberg says.
Yet fast-forward and two-thirds of
Americans today are either overweight or
obese, and childhood obesity has tripled in the
past three decades. Weight-loss surgery is sky-
rocketing. Diet pills have been pulled from the
market for deadly side effects, with only a few
on what’s been completed such as site acces-
sibility and rest room upgrades, changes to the
technology infrastructure, roofing upgrades
and some dry rot repairs. They then want to
hold community meetings to talk about
unfunded needs like a new cafeteria at Taylor.
Currently the cafeteria is not large enough
to house even half the students attending, offi-
cials said. A new proposal shows an expanded
facility with additional covered outdoor picnic
benches and a larger kitchen allowing for the
district food needs to be produced in one loca-
tion. Such a building could also act as a com-
munity center or be built to include recreation
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Midwest, the Missouri Poison Center at
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical
Center received at least 12 calls in the first
two weeks of January about teenagers and
young adults abusing such chemicals, said
Julie Weber, the center’s director. The center
received eight calls about the powders all of
last year.
Dr. Richard Sanders, a general practition-
er working in Covington, La., said his son,
Dickie, snorted some of the chemicals and
endured three days of intermittent delirium.
Dickie Sanders missed major arteries when
he cut his throat. As he continued to have
visions, his physician father tried to calm
him. But the elder Sanders said that as he
slept, his son went into another room and
shot himself.
“If you could see the contortions on his
face. It just made him crazy,” said Sanders.
He added that the coroner’s office confirmed
the chemicals were detected in his son’s
blood and urine.
possible new ones in the pipeline.
More and more, specialists question how our
society and culture fuel overeating.
“Should it be socially desirable to walk down
the street with a 30-ounce Big Gulp?” asks
Patrick O’Neill, president-elect of The Obesity
Society and weight-management director at the
Medical University of South Carolina.
Negotiating a weight-loss menu for a family
with different food preferences is a minefield
that affects how people feel about themselves
and their relationships with loved ones, adds
Clemson’s Granberg, who began studying the
sociology of obesity after losing 120 pounds
herself.
“If what you need is a nutritionally sound,
healthful weight-loss plan, you can get 100 of
them,” she says. “That, we have figured out in
the last 100 years. It’s how to do all this other
stuff that I think is the real challenge.”
options like a basketball court.
Working with the public is a necessity in
Millbrae, as residents are historically tough on
tax proposals.
Although Measure X passed, the district
attempted to pass a parcel tax in the same
year, hoping to generate up to $492,000 annu-
ally, but it failed by a fraction of a percentage
point to reach the two-thirds threshold.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 105.
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Oprah Winfrey finds sister

By Don Babwin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey has dis-
covered she has a half-sister — a
Milwaukee woman who was given up for
adoption by Winfrey’s mother nearly 50
years ago, when the talk show host was
eight years old.
An emotional Winfrey introduced her
newly found sibling to viewers Monday
and explained the woman’s persistent
quest to find her birth mother.
“This, my friends, is the miracle of all
miracles,” Winfrey said before bringing
out the 48-year-old woman, who through-
out the program was identified only as
Patricia, with no mention of her occupa-
tion or any other details.
After years of searching for blood rela-
tives, the woman met Winfrey on
Thanksgiving Day of last year.
REUTERS
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is
interviewed at the OWN:Oprah Winfrey
Network launch cocktail reception for
the Television Critics Association winter
press tour.
When Patricia was born in Milwaukee
in 1963, the young Winfrey was living
with her father and did not even know her
mother was pregnant, she said.
reserves and solutions for the next two
Patricia, who Winfrey said bounced
from foster home to foster home until she
was adopted at age 7, had given up after
previous searches for her mother. But she
decided to resume looking several years
ago at the insistence of her grown chil-
dren.
The effort seemed to hit a dead end
when a woman from the Wisconsin adop-
tion agency called to respond to her
inquiries.
“She was telling me that my birth moth-
er had called her back, and she had made
the decision at that particular time that she
did not want to see me,” Patricia said.
Coincidentally, on the local news that
day was a story about Winfrey’ mother,
Vernita Lee, who revealed details about
two of her children who had since died.
Those details, Patricia said, matched
information she had seen in papers about
her own adoption.
also asked for more time to consider,
TUESDAY, JAN. 25
Calendar
Dr. Patrick Arbore: The Institute
on Aging and You. 10 a.m. Twin
Pines Senior and Community Center,
Belmont. A nationally recognized
doctor in the field of aging, Arbore
will cover several topics pertaining to
aging including medication oversight
and grief related issues so pertinent
after the holidays. Free. For more
information call 595-7444.
Reverse Mortgage for Home
Purchase Workshop. 10 a.m. to
noon. Coyote Point Yacht Club, 1820
Coyote Point Road, San Mateo. A
Realtor, attorney and housing spe-
cialist will discuss how to be secure
in the financial future through reverse
mortgages. Free. For more informa-
tion or to register e-mail stor-
mont@att.net.
Veterans 2011 Job Fair. 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. VA Center at 795 Willow Road,
Menlo Park. End the possible path to
financial disaster and frustration and
meet Veteran friendly employers
eager to interview on the spot and
hire you. Dress for success. Free. For
more information call (415) 678-
9965.
Animals in Action. 10:30 a.m.
CuriOdyssey, 1651 Coyote Point
Drive, San Mateo. Join us to catch
and being a part of the solution to
reduce Global Warming. Free. For
more information contact smco-
pr@plsinfo.org.
Julia Morgan, William R. Hearst,
and the Building of San Simeon. 6
p.m. to 9 p.m. Hilton Garden Inn, 200
Bridgepointe Circle, San Mateo.
Hosted by the American Institute of
Architects San Mateo County
Chapter. $25 for AIASMC members,
$30 for non-members and guests. For
more information call 579-0995.
General Meeting National Alliance
on Mental Illness. 6:30 p.m. Silicon
Valley Community Foundation, 1300
S. El Camino Real, San Mateo. Come
and hear about early intervention in
Schizophrenia presented by Robert
W. Bennett, President and CEO of
Family Service Agency. For more
information call 638-0800.
First Time Home Buying 2.0. 7 p.m.
1700 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo.
Learn about the realities and myths
of the market, how to avoid costly
mistakes and an action plan for get-
ting a great deal. Free. Reservation
required. For more information or to
reserve a spot visit
budurl.com/homebuyerclass.
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DEFICIT
Continued from page 1
expenditures by $50 million, cutting
433 positions, labor negotiations and
using approximately $200 million in
reserves, according to a report by
Boesch to the board. But more must be
considered, he said, because the esti-
mated $82 million deficit doesn’t
include assumptions like backfilling
state funding cuts, debt service and
operations of capital improvements and
future salary increases.
Boesch’s goal now is not only to get
county leaders to figure out other ways
to cut costs and raise revenue but change
the annual budgeting process which he
believes will lead to better-informed
decisions about where the money goes.
On Tuesday, county officials will
receive an overview of where the county
is at before breaking into smaller groups
to discuss available resources, how to
use them and how to time layoffs, if nec-
essary.
Boesch is recommending one of three
budget options that projects the deficit
grows from $79 million to $151 million,
using the latest numbers to replace the
jail and a modest salary increase. If the
board uses this option, the deficit can be
stymied through a combination of
years and more aggressively developing
solutions.
Boesch will recommend funding
county departments at 85 percent of this
year’s allocations to knock out $55 mil-
lion — or two-thirds — of the structural
deficit.
The hope is the process coming out of
the workshop will guide the Board of
Supervisors during the June preliminary
budget hearings and final adoption at the
end of September.
At a special meeting of the board’s
finance and operations subcommittee
last week, Deputy County Manager
Reyna Farrales said there might not be
hard and fast answers at the end of
today’s workshop but that officials cer-
tainly want direction.
There will be “a clearer path if not a
complete process,” said Supervisor
Adrienne Tissier.
However, shaking up the budget
process isn’t without its detractors or
concerns.
After Boesch first asked the Board of
Supervisors in November to consider
revamping the process, the members
held off on a vote until after further con-
sideration.
Sheriff Greg Munks’ opposition was
the strongest, telling Boesch that if the
board moved to what is known as out-
come-based budgeting he would respect-
fully decline to participate. Supervisors
what San Mateo and Foster City current-
saying there hadn’t been much internal
discussion since a day-long Oct. 5 work-
shop on the idea.
Outcome-based budgeting is a more
holistic approach to prioritizing rather
than letting individual departments
establish their own. Munks told the
board in November that the department
of an elected official like the sheriff can-
not be held accountable for its costs and
outcomes in the same manner as other
areas. Instead of working together,
Munks believes a plan in which the
County Manager’s Office first looks at
his budget proposals for prioritizing will
polarize the county and his office.
Essentially, the new system requires
the county to outline all services and
functions — essentially its priorities —
and, once approved, complete the budg-
et around them using available
resources. Proponents say this approach
often eliminates duplicated programs
while consolidating others because it
looks at the bigger picture.
IThe Board of Supervisors meets 9
a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 in Board
Chambers, 400 County Government
Center, Redwood City.
Michelle Durand can be reached by e-mail:
michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 102
“I’m not sure the pieces are there at
our Wildlife Keepers doing animal
enrichment activities, taking animals
for walks and even leading training
sessions. Free with admission to
museum. For more information call
342-7755.
Small Works. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 320
California Ave., Palo Alto. Gallery
House presents an exhibition of
small-scale works by Bay Area
artists. Exhibit runs Tuesday through
Sunday until Feb. 5. For more infor-
mation e-mail smc339@gmail.com.
Job Seekers @ Your Library. 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. San Mateo Main
Library, 55 W. Third Ave., San
Mateo. Volunteers with experience in
human resources, coaching and
teaching are here to help you in your
search for a job. For more informa-
tion call 522-7802.
Travel Tour Presentation. 3 p.m.
District Board Room, 3401 CSM
Drive, San Mateo. A slideshow pres-
entation on trips to Switzerland,
Austria and Bavaria, New England,
and Eastern Canada. Free. For more
information call 574-6149.
SDForum Cloud Computing &
Virtualization Event. 6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. Orrick, 1000 Marsh Road,
Menlo Park. Join us as we discuss
strategies for building scalable secure
cloud applications. Members, free
Non Members. $20. For more infor-
mation call 704-7844.
An Evening with Author Robert
Crais. 7 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont.
Best-selling mystery writer Robert
Crais will read from his latest book,
followed by a book signing. For more
information e-mail
conrad@smcl.org.
The Struggle in Haiti for Recovery,
Human Rights and Real
Democracy. 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Unitarian Universalists of San
p.m. to 9 p.m. Bovet Office Centre,
155 Bovet Road, San Mateo. Join a
roundtable discussion on establishing
a game plan for the new year with
real estate experts. Free for REI
Circle registered members. For more
information or to register go to reicir-
cle.com.
THURSDAY, JAN. 27
Kid’s Club: Festive Carnivale
Event. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Hillsdale
Shopping Center, Macy’s Center
Court, 60 31st Ave., San Mateo. The
Hillsdale Shopping Center Kid’s
Club kicks-off this month with an
exciting Carnivale event featuring a
juggling unicyclist, face painting,
Mardi Gras mask making, story read-
ings hosted by the San Mateo
Library, Kid’s Club sign ups and
more. Free. For more information
visit hillsdale.com or call 345-8222.
Pedestrian Master Plan Workshop.
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. San Mateo
Main Library, 55 W. Third Ave., San
Mateo. A workshop to shape the
Pedestrian Master Plan and increase
the ‘walk-ability’ of San Mateo. Free.
For more information e-mail
kchin@cityofsanmateo.org.
Online Job Searching. 7 p.m. San
Carlos Library, 610 Elm St., San
Carlos. Learn how to conduct effec-
tive searches, develop the right key-
words and search strategy and locate
and use the available online job mar-
ket information, career outlook pro-
jections, vocational training resources
and local job fair and employment
listings on the web. Free. For more
information call 591-0341.
Rain Harvesting & Gray Water
Reuse Worksop. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Millbrae Library, 1 Library Ave.,
Millbrae. Come learn methods for
harvesting rainwater and capturing
household gray water for using in
your garden and landscape. Free. For
more information and to RSVP call
259-2339.

FIRE
Continued from page 1
the city will pay up to 35 percent more
for fire services than it currently does
with its partnership with San Carlos.
Staff estimates maintaining a stand-
alone fire department will cost the city
between $7.2 million and $8.9 million
yearly depending on the number of per-
sonnel the department will maintain.
Contracting out the service to another
agency is projected to cost between $6.5
million and $7.2 million a year, accord-
ing to a staff report.
A third hybrid option is estimated to
cost between $6 million and $7.9 million
annually. The hybrid option allows for
Belmont to maintain its own department
with it being managed by a fire chief
from another city, for instance, such as
ly do.
“I don’t see where the other $1 million
is in cost,” said Warden, who opposes
the hybrid option. “The problem with
the hybrid model is it is basically the
worst of both. Why would we pay a fire
chief and city manager from another city
to manage our employees?”
Warden opposes contracting out the
service to another agency.
“I don’t want to contract with another
city. That is the same situation we just
went through,” Warden said.
The San Carlos City Council moved to
dissolve the joint fire department nearly
a year ago. Since then, San Carlos has
also contracted out its police services to
the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
for $2 million in annual savings.
Recent talks have centered on whether
fire services should be provided region-
ally by consolidating departments and
reducing management.
gram, put together through a partnership
this point for regionalization,” Warden
said.
Warden said the city could make up
the difference in its fire protection dis-
trict revenue and the projected cost of
running its own fire department by using
Redevelopment Agency money, for
instance. Fire districts can also impose
user fees, he said.
For Feierbach, having a stand-alone
fire department is about local control and
identity. She also opposes regionaliza-
tion, especially if it involves San Carlos.
“I don’t want anything to do with San
Carlos,” she said.
She is intent on having a stand-alone
fire department for less than the project-
ed cost by making modifications to how
the service is provided, for instance.
Bill Silverfarb can be reached by e-mail: sil-
verfarb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 106.
Shanghai principals visit this year focus-
Mateo, 300 E. Santa Inez Ave., San
Mateo. Our first meeting of 2011 will
focus on what the impoverished
island nation of Haiti is going
through, with the very knowledge-
Thursday Night Live Music. 8:30
p.m. Flight Lounge, 971 Laurel St.,
San Carlos. A joining of several cul-
tures as they incorporate klezmer
able and experienced Seth Donnelly clarinet with rhythms of flamenco,
of the Haiti Action Committee pro- reggae and West African bata drum-
viding details. Free. For more infor- ming. For more information contact
mation call 342-8244. info@flightloungewine.com.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26
Junior Matrons Meeting. 11:30 For more events visit
a.m. Mahany Hall, Community
United Church of Christ, 1336 smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
Arroyo Ave., San Carlos. Jeff
Maltibe, San Carlos interim city
manager, will talk about projections
for San Carlos in 2011. For more
information e-mail cmclyon@sbc-
global.net.
Glee Jeopardy. 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. A trivia contest
for teenagers aged 12 to 19 based on
the hit show Glee, with a prize for the
team with the most points. For more
information e-mail
conrad@smcl.org.
Widows and Widowers Group.
5:30 p.m. Twin Pines Senior and
Community Center, 20 Twin Pines
Lane, Belmont. Meetings feature live
entertainment, guest speakers, dinner
and socialization. For more informa-
tion call 368-6200.

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Continued from page 3
schools, purchased materials and had a
chance to enrich her knowledge of the
country.
In 2009, College Park hosted two prin-
cipals as part of the Shanghai-California
Principal Exchange Program. The pro-
of the Shanghai Municipal Education
Commission and the California School
Boards Associations, allowed the princi-
pals from Shanghai to work with
Hallock to decide which curriculum
should be used at both schools.
Last spring, Hallock went to Shanghai
where she led professional development
workshops for Chinese English teachers.
So far, College Park has had three
ing on preschool and early learning edu-
cation.
For more information about College
Park Elementary School visit www.man-
darinimmersion.com.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
Free Home Buyer Workshop. 5:45
p.m. to 7 p.m. Wells Fargo Home
Mortgage, 900 Veterans Blvd.,
Redwood City. Why wonder what it
takes to buy a home in today’s new
world of real estate when you can get
solid information? Free. For more
information call 888-9268.
Low Carbon Diet Workshop. 6 p.m.
East Palo Alto Library, 2415
University Ave., East Palo Alto.
Acterra, a Bay Area Environment
Organization, presents a workshop
on reducing your carbon footprint
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Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011
Don’t be surprised if some powerful ambitions that will inspire
you to work toward greater material accumulation are awak-
ened during the coming months. Don’t give up too easily, and
a substantial amount of your desires could be fulfilled.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Getting along well with
others could simply be a reflexive action. Instinctively you’ll
know how to charm and impress everybody you encounter, be
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43271 has filed an application with the Comptroller of the Currency on or about 1/25/2011, as
specified in 12 CFR 5 for permission to establish a domestic branch at 1322 EL CAMINO REAL,
San Mateo County, San Bruno, CA, 94066. Any person wishing to comment on this application
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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW, Mail Stop 7-13, Washington, D.C.
20219 within 30 days of the date of this publication..
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203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242120
The following person is doing business
as: Second Wind Trading Company, 864
Bransten Road, San Carlos, CA 94070 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Tina Quarles, 460 Wisnom Ave., #1, San
Mateo, CA 94401. The business is con-
ducted by an Individual. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Tina Quarles /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/29/2010. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/04/11,
01/11/11, 01/18/11, 01/25/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242579
The following person is doing business
as: Kave, Inc. dba Complete Carpet &
Upholstery Cleaners, 751 Laurel St., San
Carlos, CA 94070 is hereby registered by
the following owner: Kave, Inc., CA. The
business is conducted by a Corporation.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on
/s/ Dave Mercurio /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/03/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/04/11,
01/11/11, 01/18/11, 01/25/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242537
The following person is doing business
as: Kim Gelman Turner, 925 Jackling
Drive, Hillsborough, CA 94010 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Kim
Gelman, same address. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Kim Gelman /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/29/2010. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/04/11,
01/11/11, 01/18/11, 01/25/11).
110 Employment
203 Public Notices
LEGAL NOTICE
Request Type: New Build
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242284
The following person is doing business
as: Mazzy’s Fire Protection Specialists,
San Mateo, Inc., 2551 W. Winton Ave.,
Ste. 6-O, Hayward, CA 94545 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Maz-
zy’s Fire Protection Specialists, San Ma-
teo, Inc., CA The business is conducted
by a Limited Liability Company. The reg-
istrants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on 01/14/2005.
/s/ Jody Mazzarella /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/09/2010. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/04/11,
01/11/11, 01/18/11, 01/25/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242676
The following person is doing business
as: 1) Kipmanagement, 2) Kwan Invest-
ment Property Management, 2605 Coro-
net Blvd, BELMONT, CA 94002 is here-
by registered by the following owner: An-
sen Kwan, same address. The business
is conducted by an individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Ansen Kwan /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/07/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/11/11,
01/18/11, 01/25/11, 02/01/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242413
The following person is doing business
as: The Hanna Group, 1428 Alvarado
Ave, BURLINGAME, CA 94010 is here-
by registered by the following owner:
Hanna Engineering, Inc., CA. The busi-
ness is conducted by a Corporation. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on 07/01/2003.
/s/ Narimane Hanna /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/20/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/11/11,
01/18/11, 01/25/11, 02/01/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242846
The following person is doing business
as: Hop On Sushi, 116 W. 25th Ave.,
San Mateo, CA 94403 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner: Hop On,
2310 Flores St., San Mateo, CA 94403.
The business is conducted by an Individ-
ual. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on
/s/ Hop T On /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/18/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/25/11,
02/01/11, 02/08/11, 02/15/11)
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203 Public Notices
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242908
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Infonage, 2654 Corte De Flores,
San Mateo, CA 94403 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owners: Deborah
Arlene Hecht & Marvin Alfred Hecht,
same address. The business is conduct-
ed by Husband and Wife. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Deborah A. Hecht /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/24/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/25/11,
02/01/11, 02/08/11, 02/15/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242694
The following person is doing business
as: Tile Anyone, 301 Oak Ave., Unit D,
Redwood City, CA 94061 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Clifford
Bradley, same address. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Clifford Bradley /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/10/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/25/11,
02/01/11, 02/08/11, 02/15/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242911
The following person is doing business
as: Vision One Optometry, 210 Skyline
Plaza, Daly City, CA 94015 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Rad-
bert Chin, 2233 Divisadero St., #103,
San Francisco, CA 94115. The business
is conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on 02/01/2011.
/s/ Radbert Chin /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/24/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/25/11,
02/01/11, 02/08/11, 02/15/11)
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application: Jan. 3, 2011
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are:
VESUVIO FOODS INC
The applicant(s) listed above are apply-
ing to Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:
617 LAUREL AVE.
SAN CARLOS, CA 94070-2417
Type of license applied for:
47 - On-Sale General Eating Place
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210 Lost & Found
MISSING GREY MALE CAT named
“Biscotti”. Last seen 12/4 on Aviador
Ave. in Millbrae. 12 years old, 12 lbs.,
strong athletic build. Domestic short
hair, solid grey including nose,
neutered,declawed front paws. Micro-
chip #985121004140013. Please call
Home Again lost pet service at 888-466-
3242 with any info. Thank you!
295 Art
PAINTING "jack vettriano" Portland gal-
lery 26 x 33. $55. (650)345-1111.
PICTURE WITH Frame Jack Vettriano
with light attached $70. (650)867-2720
296 Appliances
4 BURNER cook top commercial lifetime
burner $22., (650)756-6778
AIR CONDITIONER - slider model for
narrow windows, 10k BTU, excellent
condition, $100., (650)212-7020
CHANDELIER NEW 4 lights $30.
(650)878-9542
CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.
(650)368-3037
KENMORE MICROWAVE - Great condi-
tion, extremely clean, ready to use,
24”W18”D15”H, interior 14.5”W12”H16”D
$15., (650)347-5104
PORTABLE GE Dishwasher, excellent
condition $75 OBO, (650)583-0245
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
STOVE TOP 4 burners with electric grill
commercial grade $50., (650)756-6778
TOAST-R-OVEN BLACK & Decker not
used $14. (650)494-1687
VACUUM CLEANER $50 (650)367-1350
WASHER/DRYER “MAYTAG” - Brand
new with 3 year warranty, $850. both,
(650)726-4168
297 Bicycles
BICYCLE "MAGNA" 24 inch wheels
purple, $40., San Mateo,SOLD!
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo
(650)676-0732
GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed
good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712
298 Collectibles
2 VINTAGE COFFEE CANS - empty,
Hills Bros. red, 1922-45, HillsBros , early
80’s, $25/both, (650)347-5104
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298 Collectibles
28 RECORDS - 78 RPMS, Bing Crosby,
Frankie Laine, Al Jolson, many others, all
in book albums, $60. all, (650)347-5104
49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all,
(650)592-2648
6 GALLON "red wing" Crock $100 RWC
(650)868-0436
BAY MEADOW coffee mug in box
SOLD!
GEISHA DOLL - 14" - BEAUTIFULLY
PACKAGED IN PLASTIC CASE.-
$25/ofr. (650)588-5991
GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
tion never used $25/all. (650)345-1111
JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
chard (650)834-4926
MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle
card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x
17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238
POSTER - framed photo of President
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash,
(650)755-8238
VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers,
perfect condition, $30., (650)345-1111
300 Toys
RADIO CONTROLLED Beetle Buggy
car new in box $10. (408)249-3858
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Perculater Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85
ANTIQUE SOLID mahogany knick-knack
or bookshelf with 4 small drawers, good
condition, $95. 650-726-5200
CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot,
solid mahogany. $300/obo.
(650)867-0379
303 Electronics
46” MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
COMSWITCH 3500 - used for fax, com-
puter modem, telephone answering ma-
chine, never used, $20., (650)347-5104
DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio
charger in box $100. (650)756-7878
“FALLOUT 3” for XBox 360. $10.
(650)520-4535
JVC VHS recorder - Like new, $15.,
(650)367-8949
PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-
8244
SANIO CASETTE/RECORDER 2 way
Radio - $95.obo, call for more details,
(650)290-1960
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303 Electronics
SONY RADIO cassette recorder $25
black good condition. (650)345-1111
TV - Big Screen, $70.,
(650)367-1350
ok condition,
TV 5 inch Black and white good condition
in box $10. (408)249-3858
TV SET 32 inch with remote and stand
$30. (650)520-0619
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
3 PIECE COFFEE TABLE SET: $100.
(650)787-8219
4 STURDY metal dining chairs $20/each.
(650)756-6778
BED BRASS single trundle $100 nice
and clean. (650)854-3235
BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5
rollers $25. (650)871-5078
BOOKCASE - $25., (650)255-6652
CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350
CABINET DOORS Oak with arch-style
top. Four different sizes, good condition.
$300 all. (650)871-7200
CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
bre base with glass shades $20.
(650)504-3621
COCKTAIL AND end table brass and
glass top $65. (650)854-3235
COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor-
age good condition $70. (650)867-2720
COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350
CREDENZA - $25., (650)255-6652
DINING CHAIRS (6) $100/all. (650)854-
3235
DINING ROOM table $100. (650)854-
3235
DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19
inches $30. (650)873-4030
DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side
tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134
END TABLE marble top with drawer with
matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619
ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - Oak
wood, great condition, glass doors, fits
large TV, 2 drawers, shelves , $100/obo.
(650)261-9681
MATTRESSES (2) single, single nice
and clean $100.(650)854-3235
OFFICE DESK - $25., (650)255-6652
PICNIC TABLE round $25. (650)854-
3235
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
ROCKING CHAIR for nursing mother or
grandmother $75. (650)854-3235
ROCKING CHAIRS - (2) Great for family
with new born baby, $50. each or $75.
for both, (650)588-5991
TV STAND good condition beige lots of
storage $35. (650)867-2720
TWO END tables: $35 or $20 each.
(650)787-8219
WOODEN KITCHEN China Cabinet: $99
(great condition!), (650)367-1350
WOODEN QUILT rack with kitty designs
on end excellent condition, SOLD!
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE" decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it,
tall, purchased from Brueners, originally
$100., selling for $35.,(650)867-2720
HAMILTON BEACH Mixer, vintage, .juic-
er & bowl, beater. $30/obo(650)576-6067
OASIS COUNTERTOP water cooler dis-
penses cold and luke warm water $50.,
(650)218-4254
307 Jewelry & Clothing
49ER'S JACKET Child size $50.
(650)871-7200
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various sizes, half moon, like new, $10.
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle and up, (650)756-6778

SLIDING SCREEN door 30 inch good

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis condition $25. (650)871-7200

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perhaps 23 One of the whatever sale you have...
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37 *Relocation 25 Bard’s
Reach over 82,500 readers
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315 Wanted to Buy 315 Wanted to Buy ing. (650)871-7200
50 Kentucky’s state
flower TABLE - for plant, $30, perfect condi-
tion, (650)345-1111
54 Sacro- ending
55 “How Do I Live” 345 Medical Equipment
singer LeAnn CRUTCHES - adult, aluminium, for tall
56 One of a salty person, $30., (650)341-1861
seven POWER CHAIR - “Rascal 600”, new
58 Architect SOLD!
Saarinen
59 Start of a coconut 379 Open Houses
cocktail name
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63 Former Israeli
president LISTINGS
Weizman List your Open House
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potential home buyers &
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307 Jewelry & Clothing
BLACK VELVET evening jacket w/silver
sparkles, Sz 20W, $10. (650)712-1070
BLACK VELVET pants, Sz L, $7.
(650)712-1070
HOLIDAY WEAR, barely worn: Macy's
black sweater set, Size M, wool w/gold
metalic stripes, $15 set. (650)712-1070
JEWELRY DISPLAY 12 piece SOLD!
LADIES BRACELET, Murano glass.
Various shades of red and blue $100
Daly City, no return calls. (650)991-2353
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow links gloves
size 7.5 $15 New. RWC. (650)868-0436
LIZ CLAIBORNE black evening jacket
Sz. 12, acetate/polyester, $10. (650)712-
1070
SHEER PURPLE tunic, Sz XL, w/em-
broidered design & sequins, $10.
(650)712-1070
SILVER SEQUIN shirt-jacket Sz 12-14 -
very dressy, $15. (650)712-1070
SMALL JEWELRY cabinet - 17” H, 12”
W, 2 glass doors, plus 2 drawers, very
pretty, $35., (650)592-2648
TOURQUOISE BLUE party dress, cov-
ered w/sequins, sz 14, $15. (650)712-
1070
308 Tools
CLICKER TORQUE wrench 1/2 inch
drive 20-150 LBS reversible all chrome
$40. 650-595-3933
DOLLY - Heavy Duty, Dual Use 54" hgt.
Upright-Push Cart South City $99.OBO
(415) 410 - 9801
PRESSURE WASHER 2500 PSI, good
condition, $350., (650)926-9841
RIDGED WET AND DRY VACUUM -16
gallons 5 horse power in box accesso-
ries included $65., (650)756-7878
SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal-
lon stack tank air compressor $100.,
(650)591-4710
308 Tools
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219
TORO LEAF BLOWERS, Power Sweep
+ 850 Super Blower, Electric like new
$40. pair South City (415) 410-9801
309 Office Equipment
CALCULATOR - Casio, still in box, new,
$25. (650)867-2720
DELL PHOTO 924 all in one with 2 ink
cartridges $40 obo. (650)290-1960
OFFICE LAMP new $8. (650)345-1111
OFFICE WATER COOLER Hot - Ex Hot
,Cold - Ice Cold Like New South City
$99. OBO (415) 410 -9801
310 Misc. For Sale
"COUNTRY KITCHEN" pot rack with
down lights. Retailed at $250
New in box $99 (650) 454-6163
12 PIECE jewelry display $30 (650)592-
2648
13 PIECE paint and pad set for home
use $25., (650)589-2893
5 NEEDLEPOINT sets still in package
$10/each, (650)592-2648
ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12.
(650)368-3037
ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
BEAUTIFUL ROUND GOLD FRAMED
Beveled Mirrors 34" diameter $75 ea Jer-
ry San Mateo 650-619-9932
BETTY BOOP perfume 3.5 ounces $8.
(408)249-3858
01/25/11
310 Misc. For Sale
CABINET OAK, fits over toilet water
tank, like new $25. (650)341-5347
CANDLE HOLDER with angel design,
tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for
$100, now $35. (650)345-1111
COLLAPSIBLE PICNIC cooler comes
with utensils, glass and plates $15.
DOG CAGE/GORILLA - folding
large dog cage good condition, 2 door
with tray, $75.,(650)355-8949
DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
total, (650)367-8949
DOUBLE PANE Windows 48"wide X 34"
Tall W/screens perfect condition vinyl
$75. OBO 650-619-9932
ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric
heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621
ENGINE HOIST, 2 ton almost new $95
Burlingame. SOLD!
FIRE BOWL- new in box, 13 x 32
$50.obo, (650)592-9141
FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide,
29"high, antique brass, folding doors,
sliding mesh screen, damper
controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047
FRONT END Dash Board from '98 Sono-
ma Truck $50. (650)871-7200
HARD COVER BOOKS - Mystery & ad-
venture, current authors, some large type
print, $3.00 each, (650)364-7777
HARD COVER mystery and adventure
books (12) latest authors $3/each.
(650)364-7777
JAMES PATTERSON BOOKS - 2 hard-
back @$3. each, 4 paperback @ $1.
each, (650)341-1861
JANET EVANOVICH BOOKS - 4 hard-
back @$3. each, 3 paperback @$1.
each, (650)341-1861
KIDS GUITAR for 6 years and Up $40,
call (650)375-1550
310 Misc. For Sale
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in
box, (650)368-3037
METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige
16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D.
$40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC World book
of Religion still in package $35.
(408)249-3858
NEW BANQUET table 6ft x 30. $50. Call
(650)871-7200.
NEW GAIAM Yoga P.M. Tape & CD
$10. 650-578-8306
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant)
with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648
PRECUT MILK cartons great for school
projects 24/bag $8/bag. (650)871-7200
SLEEPER BLANKET (3) size 4T Soft
$7.50/each. (650)349-6059
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $30.
all, Burl, (650)347-5104
SOFT BONNET hair drier "Con Air" $20.,
(650)589-2893
SPANISH GUITAR 6 strings good condi-
tion $80. Call (650)375-1550.
STUART WOODS HARDBACK BOOKS
- 3 @$3. each, (650)341-1861
SUIT/COAT HANGERS (14) sturdy good
quality hardwood unused $1/each or all
$10. San Bruno 650-588-1946
TOWELS - 5 complete sets, 15 vintage
decorative towels, never used, bath,
hand, washcloth, excellent, $65.,
(650)347-5104
WALNUT CABINET- on rollers 26 W x
20 D x 34.5 H $35. (650)341-5347
WETSUIT - Barefoot, like new, $40.,
(650)367-8949
WIDE-BODIED VASE -- Colorful, Perfect
condition, nice design, $25 (650)867-
2720
311 Musical Instruments 380 Real Estate Services
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for
both. (650)342-4537
KEYBOARD CASIO 3 ft long $50.
DISTRESS
(650)583-2767
PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, “Davis &
SALES
Sons”, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007 Bank Foreclosures.
312 Pets & Animals $400,000+
KITTY LITTER box enclosed with swing- Free list with
ing door and handle $10., (650)592-2648
pictures.
PeninsulaRealEstate.info
316 Clothes
Free recorded message
BAY MEADOWS COAT - Light green,
new, size L, $25., (650)867-2720
1(800)754-0569
ID# 2042
BLACK LEATHER MOTORCYCLE
JACKET - Large, water proof, new, $35.,
Dolphin RE
(650)342-7568
BOOTS - 2 pairs purple leather, size 8.
One is knee length, other is ankle length, HOMES & PROPERTIES
$150.obo, (650)592-9141 The San Mateo Daily Journal’s
weekly Real Estate Section.
JACKET (LARGE) Pants (small) black
Velvet good cond. $25/all (650)589-2893
Look for it
LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with
every Friday and
dark brown lining RWC $35. (650)868-
0436
Weekend
to find information on fine homes
LADIES NYLON stockings new $1/per and properties throughout
pair size 11 (2 dozen) call evenings. the local area.
SOLD!
LADIES SHOES- size 5, $10., (650)756-
6778
MEN'S PAJAMA set by "Dockers" size
Large new in box $15. (408)249-3858
MEN'S SHOES - New, size 10, $10.,
(650)756-6778
MEN'S SUIT almost new $25.
650-573-6981
MENS JEANS - 4 pairs, Gap, Aber-
crombe & Fitch, 1 pair khaki, sizes 34/32,
36/32, $42. all, (650)347-5104
MENS SLACKS - 8 pairs, $50., Size
36/32, (408)420-5646
317 Building Materials
SCREEN DOOR 36 inch slightly bent
$15. (650)871-7200
24 Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 THE DAILY JOURNAL

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BMW ‘06 325i - low miles, very clean,
loaded, leather interior, $20,000 obo.,
(650)368-6674
CADILLAC ‘98 Catera - Green, leather
interior, Bose system, 78K mi., good con-
dition, $2200. obo., (650)345-0886
HONDA '06 Civic LX, red, $11,891. #
FA1656EW Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
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440 Apartments 442 Cottages
HONDA ‘98 Civic EX coupe red, man-
BELMONT - Prime, quiet location, view, ual, $4,893. # TWL120399 Melody
new carpets, balcony-patio, dishwasher, COTTAGE WANTED - Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
covered carports, storage, pool. No pets. tion the Daily Journal
1 bedroom $1350 and up. 2 bed/2 bath I would like to rent a 1
$1650. (650)592-1271 Days or (650)344- bed/1bath home or cottage. HONDA CIVIC ‘99 EX sedan 4-door,
8418 Evenings. Preferably Atherton through excellent mechanically, very good body,
Palo Alto area. I have no $3,400. (650)325-7549
FURNISHED ROOM pets, non-smoker. LEXUS '08 ES 350, silver, auto, $26,994
for Rent (650)328-2505 #P82202515 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
Sequoia Inn 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
Rate starts at $45 + tax
WEEKLY AVAILABLE.
Quiet room & great location. 470 Rooms MERCEDES ‘01 E-Class E320, sedan,
Private Bath, FREE WiFi, silver, 76K miles, $9,992. T1B288567
Microfridge, Premium Cable & more. Melody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635.
526 El Camino Real GARDEN MOTEL Please mention the Daily Journal
(650)369-6736 ext. 0
1690 Broadway MERCEDES BENZ ‘04 E320 - Excellent
Redwood City, CA 94063
condition, leather interior, navigation,
77K mi., $17,500 obo, (650)574-1198
(650)366-4724
Low Daily & Weekly Rooms
REDWOOD Free HBO + Spanish+Sports+Movie
Channels, Free Internet
Daily $45+tax Nite & up
TOYOTA ‘03 Camry Solara, white, 69K
miles, $9,994. T3C602658 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
CITY Weekly $250+tax & up tion the Daily Journal
620 Automobiles
TOYOTA ‘09 Corolla, white, 31K miles,
$15,892. #P9Z130355 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘99 AVALON sedan, silver,
174K miles, $5,991. TXU339241 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
TOYOTA AVALON ‘01 - Silver, 61K
miles, perfect condition, SOLD!
VOLKSWAGEN ‘01 New Beetle GLS
1.8L Turbo, green, 69K miles, $6,991.
T1M408000 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
VOLVO ‘00 V70 XC AWD SE, blue,
122K miles, $7,594. TY2719581 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
625 Classic Cars
DATSUN ‘72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, au-
tomatic, custom, $5800 or trade.
(650)588-9196
OLDSMOBILE ‘69 F-85 - 2 door, power
front disc, SOLD!
PLYMOUTH ‘72 CUDA - Runs and
drives good, needs body, interior and
paint, $12k obo, serious inquiries only.
(650)873-8623
630 Trucks & SUV’s
630 Trucks & SUV’s
TOYOTA ‘08 Camry, LE V6, gray, 32K
miles, $16,891. P8U071507 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘09 Tacoma, truck access cab,
gray, auto, 23K miles, $18,891.
T9Z615723 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
TOYOTA ‘10 Highlander Limited, V6,
SUV, 3,287 miles, $35,992.
#PAS024027 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
TOYOTA ‘10 Tacoma V6 truck double
cab, gray , auto, 23K miles, $31,991.
PAZ708253 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
635 Vans
CHRYSLER '06 Town and Country van,
blue, 64K miles, $9,492. R6B718466
Melody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635.
Please mention the Daily Journal
DODGE ‘10 Grand Caravan SXT, pas-
senger van, 3.8L V-6, silver, 28K miles,
$18,792 #RAR100262 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal.
NISSAN ‘01 Quest - GLE, leather seats,
sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks
new, $15,500. (650)219-6008
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
BMW ‘03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call
650-771-4407
HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘08 Street Glide -
Lots of chrome, reinhurst dual exhaust,
premium sound system, $19,500 obo,
(650)619-8182
HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘83 Shovelhead -
special construction, 1340 cc’s, Awe-
some!, $5,950/obo. Rob (415)602-4535.
645 Boats
PROSPORT ‘97 - 17 ft. CC 80 Yamaha
Pacific, loaded, like new, $9,500 or trade,
(650)583-7946.
670 Auto Parts
2 SNOW/CABLE chains good condition
fits 13-15 inch rims $10/both San Bruno
650-588-1946
880 AUTO WORKS
Dealership Quality
Affordable Prices
Complete Auto Service
Foreign & Domestic Autos
880 El Camino Real
San Carlos
650-598-9288
www.880autoworks.com
CAMPER/TRAILER/TRUCK OUTSIDE
backup mirror 8 inch diameter fixture/in-
structions included $30.
650-588-1946
CHEVY RADIATOR - Like new, $60.,
(650)367-8949
CHEVY S-10 ‘97, 49000 mi. American
Racing rims & radial 15-8, New. $3800
OBO (650)481-5296
CHEVY TRANSMISSION 4L60E Semi
used $800. (650)921-1033
EL CAMINO '67 - parts (Protecto top)
$95., (650)367-8949
FORD ‘73 Maverick/Mercury GT Comet,
Drive Train 302 V8, C4 Auto Trans.
Complete, needs assembly, includes ra-
diator and drive line, call for details,
$1250., (650)726-9733.
FORD ‘93 250 flat bed, diesel, 100-gal-
lon gas tanks $2500. Jim Deisel
(650)678-8063/Joe (650)481-5296. (Or
Trade for Nanny Service)
HEAVY DUTY jack stand for camper or
SUV $15. (650)949-2134
TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford,
never used, $100., (650)504-3621
672 Auto Stereos
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TOYOTA ‘03 Corolla, silver, 82K miles,

ACURA MDX 3.5L w/Touring Pkg, 4WD
Auto, blue, $18,491. #T5H534016. Melo-
650 RVs (650)299-9991
1 bedroom, 1 bath HIP HOUSING
$9,492. #P3C150154 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal.
REXHALL ‘00 VISION - 53K mi., Ford
Triton V-10 engine. 29 feet long, no pop
in senior complex Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
San Mateo County
Daily Journal
FORD '06 F-150, SuperCab, gray, auto,
outs. SOLD! 680 Autos Wanted
(over 55). (650)348-6660 TOYOTA ‘08 Camry, hybrid, while, 39K
miles, auto, $18,792. P8U044749 Mel-
$15,494. # P6KA81180 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the 670 Auto Service
Close to ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
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REDWOOD CITY
downtown. Sequoia Hotel TOYOTA ‘08 Corolla CE, re, 41K miles,
HONDA '07 CR-V EX-L, silver, auto,
$17,692. #P7C022018 Melody Toyota,
C3 FIX CAR consignment!
Gated entry. 800 Main St.,
$600 Monthly
$11,491. #P8Z956435 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal.
GRAND OPENING!
$160. & up per week. Daily Journal Sell your vehicle in the
Oil Change & Filter
Move in (650)366-9501
(650)279-9811 TOYOTA ‘08 Prius Touring, sedan, red,
33K miles, $19,894. P83339376 Melody
SATURN ‘02 VUE V6 SUV, silver, 83K
miles, $6,991. T2S804347 Melody Toyo-
ta, Call 877-587-8635. Please mention
Up to 5 QT Synthetic Blend
$19.95 + Tax
Daily Journal’s
Auto Classifieds.
Special. Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
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the Daily Journal.

TOYOTA ‘00 Camry, sedan, green,

830 Main Street, RWC
(650)367-0177
SAN MATEO - 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Next
to Central Park. Rarely available. Pres-
tigious Location & Building. Gated ga-
rage, deck. No Pets. $2100.mo.,
(650)948-2941
442 Studios
REDWOOD CITY- Large room with
kitchen and bath. RENTED!
Room For Rent
Travel Inn, San Carlos
$49 daily + tax
$294 weekly + tax
Clean Quiet Convenient
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
Microwave and Refrigerator
950 El Camino Real San Carlos
(650) 593-3136
620 Automobiles
CADILLAC ‘03 Deville. Excellent condi-
tion, garage kept, SOLD!
CHRYSLER '07 300 Touring, sedan,
3.5L V6, silver, 38K miles, $17,892.
#P7H682180 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
Plus Waste Fee
Just $3 per day.
TOYOTA ‘08 Prius, sedan, silver, 44K 135K miles, $6,991. TYU744223 Melody Four Wheel Alignment
miles, $17,594. P83321845 Melody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men- $55.00
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men- tion the Daily Journal
Reach 82,500 drivers
tion the Daily Journal
Special prices apply to most cars +
from South SF to
light trucks
TOYOTA ‘04 4Runner, SUV, silver, 84K
TOYOTA ‘08 Yaris, Hatchback, gray, miles, $15,392. P40018553 Melody Palo Alto
41K miles, $11,991. P85174835 Melody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men- 609 So. Claremont St. Call (650)344-5200
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men- tion the Daily Journal
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TOYOTA ‘04 RAV-4, blue, 94K miles, (650)343-3733
TOYOTA ‘09 Camry, hybrid, silver, 34K $12,994. P40022323 Melody Toyota,
miles, auto, $18,792. PR9U105912Melo- Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please Daily Journal DONATE YOUR CAR
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TOYOTA ‘06 RAV-4, white, 26 Kmiles, MB GARAGE, INC. Free Pickup, Running or Not - in most
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TOYOTA ‘09 Camry, sedan, gray, 25K
miles, $17,994. P9U819487 Melody
$18,794. P65022899 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Repair • Restore • Sales Foundation. Call (800)380-5257.
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men- Daily Journal Mercedes-Benz Specialists
tion the Daily Journal 2165 Palm Ave. Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets
TOYOTA ‘07 Tacoma, truck access cab, Novas, running or not
TOYOTA ‘09 Corolla, silver, 26K miles, silver, auto, 27K miles, $15,891. San Mateo Parts collection etc.
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Airport bombing called terrorist attack
Moscow blast kills at least 35,wounds 180 people
By Nataliya Vasilyeva
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW — Terrorists struck
again in the heart of Russia, with a
suicide bomber blowing himself up
Monday in Moscow’s busiest air-
port and turning its international
arrivals terminal into a smoky,
blood-spattered hall of dismem-
bered bodies, screaming survivors
and abandoned suitcases. At least
35 people were killed, including
two British travelers.
No one claimed responsibility for
the blast at Domodedovo Airport
that also wounded 180 people,
although Islamic militants in the
southern Russian region of
Chechnya have been blamed for
previous attacks in Moscow, includ-
ing a double suicide bombing on
the capital’s subway system in
March 2010 that resulted in 40
deaths.
The Interfax news agency said the
head of the suspected bomber had
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lyze and revise operating proce-
dures; coordinating interdepartmen-
tal, intergovernmental and civic
activities; directing special projects;
supervising city manager office staff
and acting on behalf of the city man-
ager in his absence.
Gonzalez was also responsible for
the direct supervision of the commu-
nications director and clerical staff.
There is no decision on which, if
any, of those positions will be elimi-
nated.
“There is no direct word yet on
that, but a thorough analysis will be
made,” said Mayor Jeff Ira.
The position elimination is anoth-
er step in a city staff and department
reorganization that has included the
retirement of city manager Peter
Ingram, two demotions in the
Planning and Economic
Development Department manage-
ment and the hiring of a new eco-
nomic development coordinator.
The city has also retained the serv-
ices of Management Partners Inc. to
study the city organization and make
recommendations on changes.
“At the direction of the council,
[interim city manager] Bob [Bell]
started examining where we can
make cuts in the city and still pro-
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second police officer as a school
liaison and invest $50,000 as seed
money to sponsor the formation of a
community coalition on safe neigh-
borhoods.
“Ultimately we want the same
thing, a safer neighborhood and
city,” said Mayor Kevin Mullin.
“The question is, how do we get
there?”
The city’s proposal will require
use of reserve funds, a move Mullin
notes is necessary in times of crisis.
For this community, he said, this is
a crisis.
At least two community meetings
have been held since the shooting
by the Alliance of Californians for
Community Empowerment, whose
representatives did not return calls
for comment.
South San Francisco resident Bob
Medics transport a victim of a bomb explosion from a local hospital to an
ambulance heading for Moscow,Russia.
been found.
President Dmitry Medvedev
called it a terrorist attack and imme-
diately tightened security at
Moscow’s two other commercial
airports and other key transporta-
tion facilities.
It was the second time in seven
vide effective services,” Ira said.
It is a budget-cut position elimina-
tion, which Bell said he advised
department heads of last week.
“We have had to eliminate a lot of
positions the last few years and we
recently were notified our PERS
rates are going up more than we
even projected,” he said, referring to
Public Employee Retirement
System rates that are the payroll
contributions paid by cities, coun-
ties, school districts and state agen-
cies to cover their employees’ pen-
sion and health care benefits. “We
are now making some cuts again to
mitigate further erosion of our fiscal
health.”
During the Chamber of
Commerce-sponsored State of the
City address last Thursday, Vice
Mayor Alicia Aguirre said, during
fiscal year 2010-11, the city cut
$6.15 million, resulting in a 7.5 per-
cent decrease from the previous
year’s budget. Even with those cuts,
Redwood City is in the red $9.5 mil-
lion.
According to Ira, he and Bell have
been working to determine where
they could make “$3 million in cuts
from city employees’ salaries, retire-
ment funds and contributions.” He
went on to say that employee bene-
fits are “bankrupting cities and
states.”
A month ago, “we were hit with
$725,000 in PERS, and more are
Richardson, who attended the most
recent meeting on Thursday but
does not live in Old Town, described
a community with numerous ideas
for improvement. For Richardson,
opening the dialogue with law
enforcement is key. He would prefer
to see police officers out of their
cars and working with residents and
business owners.
In addition, a number of people
requested a community center.
Richardson suggested a closed fire
station at 201 Baden Ave. The city
owns the property, Richardson said,
and could be converted to meet that
need.
Richardson is one of many resi-
dents expected Wednesday evening
to express numerous concerns and
ideas.
For the city’s side, Police Chief
Michael Massoni is proposing a
five-part plan starting with hiring
four officers over a two-year period.
These officers will be assigned to a
Neighborhood Response Team to
focus on gang activity. The city will
LOCAL/WORLD
REUTERS
years that Domodedovo was
involved in a terrorist attack: In
2004, two female suicide bombers
penetrated the lax security there,
illegally bought tickets from airport
personnel and boarded planes that
exploded in flight and killed 90
people.
coming in February,” said Ira.
In the fiscal year 2010-11 budget,
nearly 80 percent of the city’s oper-
ating costs were related to employ-
ees who provide services to the com-
munity. Personnel costs have out-
paced inflation and city revenues.
Even as the city reduces its work-
force, personnel costs continue to
rise.
Public employee pensions are a
significant cost driver for the city.
When the stock market was doing
well, investment gains helped buy
down the costs of pensions. During
that time, CalPERS, the state pen-
sion fund with which the city con-
tracts, made actuarial assumptions
about investment returns that didn’t
hold true. That, coupled with the
economic collapse of 2008, exacer-
bated an already costly pension obli-
gation and resulted in exponential
increases to the city’s pension obli-
gation.
Another factor contributing to
increased personnel costs is the
escalating price of health care. The
cost of retiree medical expenses is
approximately $2.5 million per year
and will likely grow.
The “$725,000 is in addition to
what we were already expecting;
that is the reason for the mid-year
budget cuts,” said Bell.
As head of the Human Resources
Department, Bell was able to reduce
the level of employees in that depart-
ment from 12 full-time positions to
adopt a zero tolerance approach to
gang activity, Massoni wrote in a
staff report. This team will host
community meetings to educate the
public on illegal activities. South
San Francisco will also consider
allocating $50,000 to create a model
neighborhood outreach plan includ-
ing input of residents, local youth,
school and city officials, nonprofit
representatives and any other stake-
holder.
To help prevent issues, the city
will restore a second officer to the
school liaison program working
with and at schools to create a
stronger outreach to youth. Massoni
is also suggesting two systems to
distribute information and anony-
mously collect tips from the public.
The Peninsula Conflict
Resolution Center was asked to help
during the transition. At the
moment, the a public benefit corpo-
ration serving individuals, groups
and organizations throughout San
Mateo County is waiting to work
with the community to figure out the
Bay Area airports respond
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
Bay Area airports are in a wait-
and-see mode after a terror attack
at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport
that killed dozens of people
Monday.
“It gives everyone in our indus-
try a pause to review security,” San
Jose International Airport
spokesman David Vossbrink said.
At least 35 people were killed
and at least 140 were injured in
today’s explosion, believed to be a
suicide bombing, according to the
latest reports.
“We are monitoring the tragedy
at Moscow’s Domodedovo air-
port,” Transportation Security
Administration spokesman Nico
Melendez said. “Passengers may
continue to notice unpredictable
security measures in all areas of
U.S. airports, including before the
checkpoint.”
six and still maintained the same
level of service.
In the June 2010 City Manager
Department’s budget report from
Gonzalez to the City Council, she
recommended “elimination of the
assistant city manager position.” The
position was filled on an alternating
basis by department heads as
assigned when the city manager was
not available.
That position’s assignments were
then given to Gonzalez and the exec-
utive team members, with further
“backfilling” of tasks by other city
manager office staff, thus assuring
that core services were maintained.
“The city must now create a struc-
turally sound budget. That means we
must balance our ongoing revenues
and expenditures without further use
of reserves or more cuts and layoffs
best way to meet the needs, said
Associate
Vilchez.
Director Michelle
However, the PCRC has been
working in the community for some
time. It was invited to work with
South San Francisco High School in
May after 15-year-old Jose Lopez
Manuel was killed in a drive-by
shooting in the 800 block of
Hickory Place. As a result, a sum-
mer program to inspire leadership
and discuss challenges facing youth
was put together for 12 students
who had known Manuel since
kindergarten, she said.
Violence prevention has blos-
somed as a focus for PCRC since
2004, said Vilchez. In that year, a
program to strengthen neighbor-
hoods debuted in San Mateo saturat-
ing that community with programs,
opportunities for community serv-
ice alongside law enforcement and
other services. Its primary target
was the 700 block of North
Amphlett Boulevard which was
addled with gang crime for three
Tuesday • Jan. 25, 2011 27
Oakland International Airport
spokesman Robert Bernardo said
he anticipates a boost in safety
measures after the Moscow bomb-
ing.
“You’ll likely see increased
security presence,” he said.
Local airports have received no
specific security instructions from
federal authorities, and have no
information indicating that there is
a heightened risk here, San
Francisco International Airport
spokesman Michael McCarron
said.
“It’s been a very quiet, average
day,” he said yesterday.
The TSA and local airport offi-
cials ask that passengers and
employees continue to be vigilant.
“If you see something unusual or
that strikes you as a hazard, by all
means call it in,” Vossbrink said.
“Security is everyone’s responsi-
bility.”
of city employees,” Ira said. “To do
this, the city must partner with its
five labor groups over the course of
contract negotiations and look for
long-term solutions to escalating
personnel costs.
“[We will be] working with the
unions, not wanting to cut employ-
ees. There will be no across-the-
board cuts, and we will not be cut-
ting service levels. That is where the
line is drawn in the sand.”
The city has received cooperation
from employee unions, according to
Bell.
“They are engaged in the process
and are very willing to look at dif-
ferent solutions and proposals to
tackle the budget and they are taking
back that information to their
groups,” said Bell. “At the end of
February we will know where they
are and we will be able to make deci-
sions on that.”
In the meantime, Bell will be eval-
uating each department and looking
at ways to, he said, “streamline
administration costs and see if
restructuring is needed in any
department and go from there.”
“I have a ton of respect for Magda
and she has done a great job for the
city,” Bell said about the elimination
of the deputy city manager position.
“It (the position elimination) is the
right thing for our community at this
time. It was a tough call but it had to
be made.”
years prior and had a turnaround
after the effort. This approach has
since been implemented in other
neighborhoods. Vilchez, however,
doesn’t want to approach South San
Francisco with a cookie-cutter pro-
gram. Instead, in the weeks ahead,
she’s hoping residents will help the
PCRC understand which programs
would be beneficial.
“It’s their community. They want
to rebuild,” said Vilchez, who added
since the violence has been against
children, it has strengthened the
community goal. “We’re here to
help the community meet a common
goal.”
The council meets 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 26 at the
Municipal Services Building, 33
Arroyo Drive in South San
Francisco.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-
mail: heather@smdailyjournal.com or
by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
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Dimes ..................... $1.60 & up ..................................... $$
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Quarter .................... $4.00 & up .................................... $$
Numis International
Halves..................... $8.00 & up .................................... $$
Inc. is a second
Dollars .................. $16.00 & up ..................................... $$
generation, local

S e en & family owned

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Paying more for proof coins! On Millbrae since 1963.

Our top priority has
Note: We also buy foreign gold coins.
All prices are subject to market fluctuation been the complete
We especially need large quantities of old silver dollars paying satisfaction of our
more for rare dates! Do not clean coins. Note: We also buy customers.
foreign silver coins. All prices are subject to market fluctuation.

301 Broadway, Millbrae (650) 697-6570

Monday - Friday 9am-6pm • Saturday 9am-2pm
www.NumisInternational.com