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If you clean your house, go to
work every day or if the nearest
vending machine is a favorite hang-
out, chances are youve met San
Mateos leading lady. And if you
havent been formally introduced,
then Victor Hanna hopes youre
willing to make a new local friend.
Her name is Betty Mills and,
while she doesnt exist in the physi-
cal sense, she has most likely been a
part of your daily life since 2002.
Our mission, what weve set out
to do, is to build a great American
brand, Hanna said about Betty
Mills, a TOP 500 e-commerce com-
pany and one of the Internets lead-
ing janitorial and supply businesses
headquartered in San Mateo. Our
company evolved quite a bit along
the way. Most recently, weve
entered the industrial supply, the
ofce snack, over 2,000 organic and
all-natural snacks and thats a very
big leading differentiator of Betty
Mills. The most recent category is
medical supplies. Weve now got
over 130,000 products on the site.
Hanna, formerly of the four-per-
son startup team that founded
Onsale.com, began Betty Mills fol-
lowing the dot-com implosion in a
time when no one wanted anything
to do with the technology business.
But Hanna and his founding partner,
David Schulhof, saw potential in
bringing customers a new way to
purchase everyday household items.
Despite not knowing much about
San Mateo, Hanna was drawn to the
Meet Betty Mills
ROSIE LINARES/DAILY JOURNAL
Victor Hanna, founding partner of San Mateo-based Betty Mills, started
the business in 2002 after the dot-com bust. Now, its one of the leading
supply businesses on the Internet.
Building a great American brand in San Mateo
See MILLS, Page 19
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
After hearing directly from
Bridgepointe Shopping Center of-
cials last week that the Ice Center of
San Mateo will not have its lease
renewed when it expires next year, a
group of hockey moms and other
supporters of the rink have vowed to
ght its demise.
Peter Meier, with SPI Holdings,
told a packed house at the
Harbortown Clubhouse Thursday
night that Bridgepointe will not wel-
come back the ice rink next year and
is instead asking the city to allow it
to offer a recreational amenity off
site.
When the old Fashion Island was
torn down, city ofcials mandated
that the ice rink or a similar recre-
ational amenity remain on the prop-
erty under a master plan.
Thirteen years late, SPI is looking
to maximize its prots from the cen-
ter by replacing the ice rink with
several retailers by amending its
Ice center
supporters
plan fight
By Brendan Bartholomew
Pacica residents and ofcials are
grappling with questions and con-
troversy as they decide whether to
alleviate traffic congestion by
widening Highway 1 from Sharp
Park through Rockaway Beach.
Pacifica has been considering
such a project for more than years,
but was forced to take a tentative
step forward in late June when the
citys staff received a letter from
Pacifica officials split
over Highway 1 plans
See ICE, Page 20
See SPLIT, Page 19
By Samantha Weigel
Tucked in a parking garage in
downtown San Mateo, a mural with
two musicians in mid-note greets
those who seek it and those who
happen upon it.
It is the work of Dylan Hararah, a
23-year-old native of San Mateos
Shoreview neighborhood, who is
slowly nding ways to bring his
work to life in San Mateo through
murals and other pieces of art.
Hararah believes looking at art is
an experience, one that gives people
a break from the advertisements
with which our society is inundated.
Yet in the course of our daily lives,
its a rarity to view art outside of
museums or gallery exhibitions.
Hararahs murals give the public an
artistic respite from everyday life.
Public art gives people a break, I
think, from a world of monetary
value said Hararah.
The B Street and Vine caf in
downtown San Mateo commis-
sioned Hararah to paint Jazz Duet.
The mural, nished several years
ago, is on the restaurants back wall
Bringing walls to life
ROSIE LINARES/DAILY JOURNAL
San Mateo artist Dylan Hararah stands in front of the mural in the Central Parking Garage in downtown San
Mateo he painted.The artist has also been commissioned to repaint the murals outside the Swingin Door pub
on 25th Avenue.
San Mateo muralist enlivens the city through art
See ART, Page 20
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Law professor
Anita Hill is 56.
This Day in History
Thought for the Day
1956
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed
a measure making In God We Trust
the national motto, replacing E
Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one).
The fellow who says hell meet
you halfway usually thinks hes
standing on the dividing line.
O.A. Battista, Canadian-born author-scientist.
Musician is Buddy
Guy is 76.
Actress Vivica A.
Fox is 48.
In other news ...
Birthdays
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Chinas Jingbiao Wu competes on the mens 56Kg Group A weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the
lower 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
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the 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Lows in the lower 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming
sunny. Patchy fog. Highs in the 60s.
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In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill creating
a womens auxiliary agency in the Navy known as Women
Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service WAVES for
short.
In 1619, the rst representative assembly in America convened
in Jamestown in the Virginia Colony.
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take
Petersburg, Va., by exploding a gunpowder-lled mine under
Confederate defense lines; the attack failed.
In 1918, poet Joyce Kilmer, a sergeant in the 165th U.S.
Infantry Regiment, was killed during the Second Battle of the
Marne in World War I. (Kilmer is perhaps best remembered for
his poem Trees.)
In 1932, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
In 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was
torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during World War II; only
316 out of some 1,200 men survived.
In 1962, the Trans-Canada Highway was ofcially opened at
Rogers Pass in British Columbia.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the
Medicare bill, which went into effect the following year.
In 1975, former Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa dis-
appeared in suburban Detroit; although presumed dead, his
remains have never been found.
In 1980, Israels Knesset passed a law reafrming all of
Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state.
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush signed into law the
most far-reaching government crackdown on business fraud
since the Depression.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is 78. Movie
director Peter Bogdanovich is 73. Feminist activist Eleanor Smeal
is 73. Singer Paul Anka is 71. Jazz musician David Sanborn is 67.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is 65. Actor
William Atherton is 65. Blues singer-musician Otis Taylor is 64.
Actor Frank Stallone is 62. Actress Delta Burke is 56. Singer-
songwriter Kate Bush is 54. Country singer Neal McCoy is 54.
Movie director Richard Linklater is 52. Actor Laurence Fishburne
is 51. Actress Lisa Kudrow is 49. Actor Terry Crews is 44. Movie
director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Night) is 42. Actor Tom
Green is 41. Rock musician Brad Hargreaves (Third Eye Blind) is
41. Actress Christine Taylor is 41. Actress Hilary Swank is 38.
Olympic gold medal beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor
is 35. Actress Jaime Pressly is 35. Actress April Bowlby is 32.
Actress Yvonne Strahovski (TV: Chuck) is 30.
Olympic viewing: NBC
critics loud on social media
NEW YORK In the age of social
media, NBC now has millions of televi-
sion critics who make their opinions
known about every aspect of Olympics
coverage instantly.
Theyve even set up their own hashtag
on Twitter: (hash)nbcfail. The online
complaints focused Saturday on NBCs
decision to air the marquee swimming
event won by American Ryan Lochte on
tape delay in prime time, and Friday on
the network not streaming the opening
ceremony online. Sundays critics start-
ed early: people wondering why the U.S.
mens basketball teams opening game
aired on a cable network while womens
cycling was shown on NBC.
The conversation is so active that
NBCs executive producer of the games,
Jim Bell, took to Twitter to answer crit-
ics and even change the way NBC is
doing something in response.
(hash)nbcfail is lled with a lot of
crying and snark and humor, but NBC
can actually learn something from it,
said Jeff Jarvis, a media critic who
writes the Buzzmachine.com blog.
Complaints about tape delayed cover-
age are an evergreen with Olympics held
on foreign soil. But the London Games
are the rst with Twitter, Facebook and
other social media sites in full ower, in
a mobile phone era where people carry
computers that instantly deliver news in
their pockets. It has amplied the impa-
tience of viewers who want to see events
on their large-screen TVs instantly and
havent been mollied by NBCs deci-
sion to stream the events live online.
James Poniewozik, Time magazine
TV critic, tweeted that NBC tape delay
coverage is like the airlines: its interest
is in giving you the least satisfactory
service you will still come back for.
That drew a quick response from
NBCs Bell: You do know that all
sports events are being streamed live
right?
I do, indeed! replied Poniewozik.
Have enjoyed it. Apparently a lot of
folks still prefer watching it on TV.
NBC says it saves big events for
prime-time airing because that is when
most viewers are available to watch
them and where the network makes the
bulk of its advertising revenue. Since
prime time on the U.S. East Coast coin-
cides with 1 a.m. London time, there are
no events to air live then. NBC represen-
tatives noted that there were 39 hours of
live events Sunday on NBC and its afl-
iated networks.
Jonathan Wald, who produces Piers
Morgans CNN talk show and used to
work at NBC, tweeted that the medal
for most Olympic whining goes to
everyone who complains about what
happens every four years. Tape delay.
One of those complainers, in fact, was
Morgan: He tweeted his disdain Friday
for NBCs decision not to make the
opening ceremony available live.
The advent of Twitter makes it seems
like theres a lot of unhappiness when
the majority of viewers are watching
NBC on tape delay and appear satised
with it, Wald said in an interview.
NBC can point to television ratings
justifying their approach. The Nielsen
company said the opening ceremony
drew more than 40 million people
Friday, the most ever for one of those
Olympic events. Saturdays rst night of
coverage was seen by 28.7 million,
another record, beating every other rst
night of Olympic competition. In
Beijing four years ago, 24 million
watched on the corresponding night.
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REUTERS
A parachutist dressed as Queen
Elizabeth is seen during the opening
ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic
Games.
I
n the 1950s, the Peninsula was booming
with construction projects involving
family houses. A number of developers
such as Henry Doelger (Westlake-Daly City),
Bohannon in San Mateo, Eichler throughout
the Peninsula and Conway, as well and many
others, were making their mark as construc-
tion kings in developing farmland throughout
the Peninsula. The Peninsula was experienc-
ing a construction boom. The population of
San Mateo County was in the 300,000 area
with many thousands a month moving into the
Peninsula.
In the early 50s, Pacica was still a series
of isolated communities without much indus-
trial base or tax base except from the county.
Although spread out along the coast for a
number of miles, it had many sparsely popu-
lated, isolated valleys such as Manor,
Vallemar, Sharp Park and, the largest, Linda
Mar, in the San Pedro Valley that had been the
home of Francisco Sanchez. The Ocean Shore
Railroad had attracted a small number of set-
tlers when it was built through the valleys and
alongside the ocean on its way to Half Moon
Bay. However, it had failed economically and
its only reminders were a few train stations
and acreage that was still owned by the rail-
road company. A San Francisco real estate
developer, Ray Higgins, had purchased land
in the San Pedro Valley, along with the adobe
built by Francisco Sanchez, from the Edward
Kirkpatrick heirs. The future city of Pacica
was still isolated and looking for an identity,
however.
Andres Oddstad, born in 1919, was a
nephew of Henry and Ellis Stoneson. His
mother was Stephanie Oddstad of San
Francisco. He did carpentry work to nance
college at the University of California. He
received his civil engineering degree from the
university at age 27 and, in 1946, he started
working carpentry jobs in San Francisco.
After marriage, his wife, Clara, bore him two
children, Sandra in 1946, and David in 1955.
He continued constructing houses with nan-
cial loans from his uncles, Henry and Ellis
Stoneson (who developed Stonestown in San
Francisco). He started by building Sterling
Park in Colma. Oddstad then acquired proper-
ty in South San Francisco and built the fol-
lowing additions: Hillside Manor, Sterling
Terrace (1949-51) and Sterling Manor (1950
surrounded by Buri Buri Addition). Many
more houses were built down the Peninsula.
In the 1950s, Oddstad bought the San Pedro
Valley land (Pacica) from Ray Higgins. He
now had a vision of building thousands of
moderately priced houses for the people who
desired to live in future Pacica. The once-
thriving artichoke elds were bulldozed for
construction of roads, shopping centers,
churches, gas stations and schools. The proj-
ect was called the San Pedro-Linda Mar
Sterling home project. He then moved to the
west of Junipero Serra in San Bruno and start-
ed construction on the Rollingwood addition
just west of the Golden Gate Cemetery. In
1955, the valleys along the coast were still
unincorporated and there and there was talk of
incorporation. It was at this time that a move-
ment to annex Linda Mar and other properties
into the city of San Bruno began. When the
citizens of the San Bruno got wind of this
movement, they went berserk. The city of San
Bruno and the unincorporated area of Pacica
were isolated from each other by the Coast
Range that was approximately 600 to 700 feet
high. San Bruno was in the throes of a great
deal of construction and its city government
was having trouble coping with this. To ade-
quately administer the coast communities, the
city had to supply infrastructure such as water
and sewer. At this time, the community of San
Bruno did not want to acquire these
headaches, and the concept of incorporation
of these properties was soundly defeated.
Oddstads next challenge was in Portola
Highlands in San Bruno, west of Skyline
Boulevard. The community that was to
become Portola Highlands had been part of
the Sneath Dairy and it had a steep hill and a
valley where they had to construct around a
creek. The creek was covered over and cul-
Andres Oddstad, house builder
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LOCAL
BELMONT
Theft. Someone stole multiple packs of beer
from the Safeway supermarket on El Camino
Real before 7:40 p.m. Sunday, July 15.
Driving under the inuence. Someone was
driving recklessly and arrested for driving
under the inuence at Ralston Avenue and
Highway 92 before 7:15 p.m. Sunday, July 15.
Hit and run. Someone reported their car had
been hit by their neighbors car on Old County
Road before 5:36 p.m. Sunday, July 15.
Theft. Items were stolen out of a yard on Villa
Avenue before 11:49 a.m. Sunday, July 15.
Vandalism. Someone broke a sign on Ralston
Avenue before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 24.
FOSTER CITY
Vandalism. A persons vehicle was keyed on
Marquette Lane before 10:12 a.m. on
Wednesday, July 25.
Fireworks. Someone reported hearing re-
works on Pilgrim Drive before 12:30 a.m. on
Tuesday, July 17.
Residential burglary. Someone reported
tools valued at $160 missing from his garage
over the past two months on Eliza Court
before 1:13 p.m. Monday, July 16.
Embezzlement. A former employee turned in
$57,000 worth of fraudulent expense receipts
since 2008 at Electronics for Imaging, Inc. on
Velocity Way before 10:22 a.m. Monday, July
16.
Police reports
My taxi!
Someone was arrested for battery in a
ght between two people in a taxi at
Balboa Avenue and Carmelita Avenue in
Burlingame before 1:54 a.m. Saturday,
July 21.
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DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Many lessons can be learned from sports
teamwork, condence, responsibility, relying
on others and the payoff of working hard.
Darrin Uecker is denitely a believer in
those kinds of lessons. One of his sons, August,
was going through the traditional Little League
routes. Because of watching his older son take
on the same team challenges, Uecker knew the
next year wouldnt be a t for August, who has
autism.
It took about a year for Uecker to learn Little
League has a Challenger Division for special
needs children. August joined a Foster City
team then returned to his Hillsborough home
league where a Challenger division was creat-
ed.
After two seasons, the undertaking of nding
a supportive environment for his son has blos-
somed into a multi-sport operation inviting
children with a variety of abilities to play
together. Its also been warmly embraced by
Augusts school, San Carlos-based Arbor Bay
School a nonprot non-public state accred-
ited school founded in 2003 that offers an inte-
grated program of academics and occupational
therapy for students with mild to moderate
learning difculties.
Now there are a few sporting options for
local children. Volunteers and new players are
always welcome to join the outings. Ueckers
ultimate goal isnt to boost the local group. It is
to raise awareness of the opportunities for chil-
dren with special needs.
But the idea really started with 11-and-a-
half-year-old August.
Uecker didnt want his son to miss out. Once
on the Foster City team, August really enjoyed
himself. Starting the Hillsborough Rays has
meant reaching out to families with children
with special needs. Its been a learning experi-
ence for all involved. The Challenger Division,
for example, has two-inning games. During
each inning, every child plays, hits and runs the
bases. And, whatever help a child needs to
make that happen is offered. Its that support
which Arbor Bay Principal Susan Rose loves.
Every child is successful where they are,
she said, adding the hope is to wean children
off the additional help when possible.
Uecker didnt anticipate the power of the
uniform. Once all the kids were suited up, he
noted it was magnetizing for them. The kids
dont practice. For two hours on Sunday after-
noons during the spring, they play ball.
Baseball players in other divisions are encour-
aged to join on a specic Saturday to play with
their buddies. Uecker has also been surprised at
the impact on those children who help.
With the success of baseball, the team ven-
tured into soccer this year through AYSO. Its
a bit of a different setup but the same concept.
Children come together, participate in drills to
start then play a short game.
Its organized chaos, Uecker said with a
smile.
Rose wanted to add basketball to the winter
options. Uecker obliged, then wondered if it
was making a difference. Basketball was bit
harder to be inclusive of all children. Often
kids are just running around. Rose assured him,
this is just fun and kids need fun.
Parents and siblings have also gotten into the
act by volunteering, supporting the children on
the eld, or growing a community of support-
ive fans. Its a chance for them to take an hour
to relax and share resources, which can be dif-
cult for any parent.
Regardless of the sport one watches, its not
a traditional game. But children have started to
be more independent and learn the basics
like to stay on the eld.
Rose noted one child who started with the
original baseball team would simply run off the
eld. The childs parent would focus on keep-
ing the little one on the school campus. After
taking part in the other sports, the little one
returned this summer understanding to stay
within the diamond. Its a lesson thats building
to that childs skill set, she explained.
The winners are the ones who have the most
fun, she said, adding these kids are having fun.
Thats what Uecker wants an opportunity
for children to become involved. And, regard-
less of the activity, he said there should be a
uniform. Kids love the uniform.
Those interested in becoming involved by
enrolling a player or volunteering can email
Darrin Uecker at darrin@theueckers.com or
Susan Rose at srose@arborbayschool.org. The
goal is access for all. Donations are accepted
to help cover the cost for those who need nan-
cial assistance.
Special needs children play ball
A weekly look at the people
who shape our community
August Uecker plays Little League for the Hills-
borough Rays.
Riders rescued from
top of roller coaster
A dozen riders were stuck on top
of Six Flags Discovery Kingdoms
Superman Ultimate Flight roller
coaster Sunday afternoon in Vallejo
for about an hour after it stalled near
the top, a re captain said.
The Vallejo Fire Department
responded to help rescue the riders
from the coaster that is 15-stories
tall and travels 62 mph after the
incident was reported at about 2:55
p.m., Capt. Dan Sarna said.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the stall is being
investigated by the park, Sarna said.
Bicyclist robbed at
gunpoint on bike path
A bicyclist was robbed at gun-
point on a Palo Alto bike path earli-
er this week, police said.
The victim was commuting home
from work via bicycle on the
Embarcadero bike path behind the
Town and Country Village shopping
area around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday
when the armed suspect confronted
him.
The suspect demanded the victim
hand over the contents of his pock-
ets. The victim complied and hand-
ed over a cell phone and a small
amount of cash.
The suspect took the items and
ed northbound on foot. He exited
the bike path at Encina Avenue and
ran toward El Camino Real.
The victim reported the robbery
to police immediately and a search
of the area ensued.
Police were unable to locate the
suspect. He has been described as a
black male in his 20s. He was wear-
ing a black hooded sweatshirt and
blue jeans. He was described as
having an average height and wield-
ed a black handgun during the rob-
bery.
Anyone with information about
this incident is encouraged to con-
tact police at (250) 329-2413.
Anonymous tips can be emailed to
paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text
message or voicemail to (650) 383-
8984.
Two dead in San Bruno crash
Two people died and several oth-
ers were injured in a multi-vehicle
crash in San Bruno Saturday after-
noon.
Police responded to reports of a
crash near the intersection of Sneath
Lane and El Camino Real at around
12:15 p.m., police said.
A vehicle traveling east on Sneath
Lane apparently struck several vehi-
cles that appeared to be stopped on
eastbound Sneath Lane near the
intersection, police said.
Two people in one of the vehicles
that was struck were pronounced
dead at the scene, according to
police. The dead have have been
identied as Arnulfo Picazo, 39, of
San Bruno, and Usbaldo Picazo
Gomez, 37, of South San Francisco,
according to the San Mateo County
coroners ofce.
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SAN FRANCISCO More
people are taking the remains of
their loved ones and having them
cremated, and having the ashes
turned into other items such as dia-
monds.
The number of cremations in the
U.S. has jumped to 41 percent of all
deaths, up from 30 percent eight
years ago, and up from four percent
in the 1960s.
With that increase comes rising
demand for finding alternatives
for what do with the ashes. The
newspaper reported in its Sunday
edition that some of the more cre-
ative options
were unheard
of just a few
years ago.
In Palo
Alto, a funer-
al home
offers a serv-
ice that
allows family
members to
turn the cre-
m a t e d
remains into a diamond. For
$3,000, the Alta Mesa Funeral
Home will take the remains and,
using the services of Illinois-
based LifeGem, have the ashes
turned into a genuine diamond of
about a quarter carat.
LifeGem will, according to its
website, produce a high-quality
diamond that can serve as a
memorial to their unique life.
Some people say, Oh no, I
would never do that! And others
say, I absolutely want that, Alta
Mesa co-owner Don van Straaten
said. Its a very special way of
remembrance.
Some grieving loved ones are
also turning to Eternal Reefs, a
Georgia-based company that
offers to create permanent living
legacies by taking cremated
remains and placing them in arti-
ficial reefs. The so-called cre-
mains are placed in a cement
mixture, designed to create artifi-
cial reef formations.
The memorial reefs are then
placed in a permitted ocean loca-
tion selected by the individual,
friend or family member, accord-
ing to the companys website.
Other options for cremated
remains include using the services
of Celestis, Inc., which through its
afliate company of Space Services,
Inc., will launch the remains into
space, or, for $10,000, send the
ashes onto the moons surface.
Theres also Eternity Message,
which offers a service where the
someday-to-be-departed can send
mourners emails up to 60 years after
death.
The changes in the $12 billion
funeral industry are attributable to a
number of factors, said Ron Hast,
the publisher of Mortuary
Magazine, a trade publication for
the funeral service industry.
People are increasingly looking
for simple methods of honoring the
departed, not more elaborate ones,
said Hast. The big funerals in big
churches, we just dont see them as
much as we used to. And because
cremations are so common now,
that has led to fewer people needing
graves.
Companies get creative with cremains
ANAHEIM More than 300
demonstrators rallied Sunday to
denounce two fatal police shootings
and to issue a call for community
peace.
Some 200 vocal protesters rallied
in front of police headquarters while
a separate group of about 100 peo-
ple marched along a two-mile
stretch of a main thoroughfare, The
Orange County Register reported.
The vocal group started marching
toward Disneyland, but a police line
had formed to stop the group.
Whats going on here in Orange
County is symbolic of a problem with
the system, Eduardo Perez, a 21-
year-old student, told the Register.
This wouldnt happen to white peo-
ple. This is racism, simple as that.
The other marchers dressed in
white and remained silent as part of
their call for peace. City
Councilwoman Kris Murray and
state Sen. Lou Correa, a Democrat
who represents Anaheim, were
among the marchers.
The demonstrations occurred just
hours before a scheduled evening
memorial service for Manuel Diaz,
a 25-year-old man who was shot
dead July 21. Police said Diaz, who
had a criminal record, failed to heed
orders and threw something as he
ed police. He was unarmed.
The following night, police shot
to death Joel Acevedo, a suspected
gang member they say red at of-
cers after a pursuit.
The shootings ignited four days of
violent protests, culminating Tuesday
night in hundreds of demonstrators
surging through downtown. Police
said some in the crowd smashed the
windows of 20 businesses, set trash
can res, threw rocks and bottles at
police and damaged City Hall and
police headquarters. Two dozen peo-
ple were arrested.
Hundreds march against police violence
Suspect killed in gunre
with police in Ventura
SANTA PAULA A 25-year-old
Ventura County man has been shot
dead by police ofcers in a gunre
exchange that also wounded an ofcer.
It was reported that 25-year-old
Edgar Garcia was shot Saturday
shortly after 8 p.m. in the backyard
of his Santa Paula home.
Police were called to the house to
investigate reports of a man display-
ing a handgun. They were met with
gunre when they arrived.
Garcia was shot in the upper
torso. An ofcer was injured, but the
wound was not life-threatening.
Amber Alert issued for
Monterey County girl
SAN ARDO Authorities have
issued an Amber Alert for a missing
16-year-old girl after two men were
found dead in a Monterey County
home. Investigators say 16-year-old
Eunice Serrato disappeared after the
bodies of the two men were discov-
ered in a home in San Ardo around
10 p.m. Saturday.
Monterey County authorities have
identied two men theyre terming
persons of interest in the case.
Sheriffs Sgt. Dave Murray says
besides the girl, authorities are also
looking for 19-year-old Juan
Manuel Salazar Jr. and his father,
39-year-old Juan Manuel Salazar Sr.
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WASHINGTON Democrats
have their thumbs on Republican
scales in Senate primaries in
Missouri and Wisconsin this sum-
mer, hoping to improve their own
chances of maintaining a majority
in November.
The idea isnt quite as far-fetched
as it might sound.
Two years ago, Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reids allies invested
heavily in an effort to help Sharron
Angle win a contested GOP pri-
mary in Nevada after deciding she
would be the easiest Republican to
defeat in the fall. She won the nom-
ination, but ultimately lost to Reid.
Now Democratic Sen. Claire
McCaskill of Missouri is running a
series of television advertisements
that strategists in both parties say
indicates a preference for Rep.
Todd Akin over primary rivals John
Brunner and Sarah Steelman.
At the same time, Majority PAC,
a group with ties to Reid, has run
television commercials selectively
attacking Republican contenders in
Missouri and Wisconsin, where pri-
maries are set for next month.
At rst glance, each of the three
ads run by McCaskills campaign
appears to be an attack, one at each
of her potential rivals.
Yet one calls Akin too conserva-
tive to be a senator and says he
once referred to President Barack
Obama as a complete menace to
our civilization characteristics
that seem more likely to appeal to
Republican primary voters than to
repulse them.
In a brief interview in the
Capitol, McCaskill said she decid-
ed to advertise before the primary
because she has been attacked
heavily by Republican outside
groups and didnt want to wait any
longer before telling voters how
extremist, how awed the GOP
eld is.
She sidestepped when asked if
she has a preferred opponent, say-
ing they were three of a kind, one
and the same.
Republicans as well as some
Democrats said the ad relating to
Akin was running more often than
the others, and one GOP ofcial,
citing detailed advertising informa-
tion, said it was shown about ve
times for each airing of the others.
McCaskills campaign declined
to discuss the issue, except to say
that all ads are airing statewide.
Democrats now hold a 53-47
majority in the Senate, including
the support of two independents.
Republicans must gain four seats
this fall to be assured of winning
control, although a pickup of three
would be sufcient if Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney
defeats Obama.
Beginning with a Republican
runoff Tuesday in Texas, there are
Senate primaries in 15 states
through mid-September.
Most of the contested races
involve Republicans, although
Democrats have a competitive pri-
mary in Hawaii on Aug. 11 between
Rep. Mazie Hirono and former
Rep. Ed Case. The campaign is
notable for the cross-party endorse-
ment Hirono recently received from
Republican Rep. Don Young of
Alaska, a rarity in a hyperpartisan
political environment.
Former Gov. Linda Lingle is the
Republican in the race.
Missouri and Wisconsin gure to
be among the most competitive
Senate races this fall, and
Republicans have unpredictable
multi-candidate primaries in both.
McCaskill has trailed in many pub-
lic polls and has been hit with more
than $8 million in attack ads so far
by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
and other Republican-aligned
groups.
In Wisconsin, surveys suggest
Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin
faces a difcult campaign to win
the seat long held by retiring
Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl. She,
too, has been under attack.
It is fairly common for a candi-
date of one party to criticize the
challenger of another before pri-
maries are held in which there is no
doubt about the outcome. But it is
relatively rare in other cases, and
even rarer that the strategy suc-
ceeds.
Two years ago, Reids allies
attacked then-front-runner Sue
Lowden in the Nevada Republican
primary in an attempt to prevent her
from advancing to the general elec-
tion. Im hoping that people see
through it, she said not long before
she lost to Angle.
GOP, Dems have sights on Senate control
By Jesse Washington
PHILADELPHIA Ask
Americans how race relations have
changed under their rst black pres-
ident and they are ready with
answers.
Ashley Ray, a white woman,
hears more people debating racial
issues. I know a lot of people who
really thought we were OK as a
nation, a culture, and now they
understand that were not, she says.
Karl Douglass, a black man, sees
stereotypes easing. White people
deal with me and my family differ-
ently, he says.
Jose Lozano, who is Hispanic by
way of Puerto Rico, believes preju-
dice is emerging from the shadows.
Now the racism is coming out, he
says.
In the after-
glow of Barack
Obamas his-
toric victory,
most people in
the United
States believed
that race rela-
tions would
improve. Nearly
four years later,
has that dream come true?
Americans have no shortage of
thoughtful opinions, and no consen-
sus.
As the nation moves toward the
multiracial future heralded by this
son of an African father and white
mother, the events of Obamas rst
term, and what people make of
them, help trace the racial arc of his
presidency.
Shortly before the 2008 election,
56 percent of Americans surveyed
by the Gallup organization said that
race relations would improve if
Obama were elected. One day after
his victory, 70 percent said race
relations would improve and only
10 percent predicted they would get
worse.
Just weeks after taking office,
Obama said, There was justiable
pride on the part of the country that
we had taken a step to move us
beyond some of the searing legacies
of racial discrimination.
By July 2009, the black Harvard
professor Henry Louis Gates was
arrested for yelling at a white police
officer who questioned whether
Gates had broken into his own
home. Asked to comment, Obama
said he didnt know all the facts, but
Gates was a personal friend and the
ofcer had acted stupidly.
In Obama era, have race relations improved?
Rev. Jesse Jackson: No
timetable on sons recovery
CHICAGO The Rev. Jesse
Jackson said there is no timetable
as his son, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson
Jr., recovers from depression and
gastrointestinal issues at the Mayo
Clinic in Minnesota.
The elder Jackson spoke to
reporters Saturday outside a down-
town Chicago movie theater. The
civil rights leader was with protest-
ers in support of a ban on assault
weapons.
House Ways and Means
chairman ghting cancer
WASHINGTON The chair-
man of the Houses tax-writing
committee says hes been diagnosed
with a very early, highly treatable
and curable type of cancer.
GOP Rep. Dave Camp of
Michigan says in a statement that
doctors found non-Hodgkin lym-
phoma during a recent physical.
Camp says hell continue in
Congress and retain his committee
chairmanship during chemotherapy.
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a can-
cer that begins in the cells of the
immune system. The 59-year-old
Camp says he has large B-cell lym-
phoma. B-cells are a type of white
blood cell that helps ght infections.
Man who lost hand
charged with feeding gator
EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. A
Florida airboat captain whose hand
was bitten off by a 9-foot alligator
faces charges of feeding of the animal.
Collier County Jail records show
63-year-old Wallace Weatherholt
was charged Friday with unlawful
feeding of an alligator and later
posted $1,000 bond.
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By Paul Schemm
BEIRUT Syrian tanks and
artillery pounded rebel-held neigh-
borhoods in the commercial hub of
Aleppo on Sunday in a bid to retake
control as President Bashar Assads
regime accused regional powerhous-
es Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey
of trying to destroy the country.
Activists say opposition ghters
control large swathes of territory
across Syrias largest city. The gov-
ernment has been struggling for a
week to beat back their assault and
stem the tide of recent rebel
advances in the civil war.
The head of the main opposition
group, the Syrian National Council,
called for international help in arm-
ing the rebels to face the regimes
heavy weaponry, particularly tanks.
If the international community
cannot act, they should support the
opposition with anti-tanks missiles
and anti-aircraft rockets, Abdel
Basset Sida told the Gulf News dur-
ing a stopover in Abu Dhabi. We
seek international supporters to arm
our uprising against the regime.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have
expressed willingness to help fund
the rebels and they are believed to be
funneling money through Turkey to
the opposition, which is using it to
purchase arms and equipment.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-
Moallem railed against interference by
the regions Sunni powers in a rare pub-
lic criticism of his Middle East neigh-
bors. He accused them of supporting
the rebels at the behest of Israel.
Israel is the mastermind of all in
this crisis, he said during a joint
news conference in Tehran with his
Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi
. They (Qatar, Saudi Arabia and
Turkey) are ghting in the same
front.
Syrias Sunni majority forms the
backbone of the uprising while the
regime is dominated by Assads
minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of
Shiite Islam. Iran is Syrias only
remaining ally in the Middle East,
standing by Damascus throughout
the 17-month uprising. Amid fears of
a massacre or a bloody nal battle in
Aleppo, civilians have been eeing
the city in ever greater numbers.
Life in Aleppo has become
unbearable. Im in my car and Im
leaving right now, said a Syrian
writer as he got ready to drive away.
Theres shelling night and day,
every day, he said over the tele-
phone on condition of anonymity for
fear of reprisals.
Syria pounds rebel neighborhoods
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Aleppos district of al Sukkari Sunday.
By Kasie Hunt
JERUSALEM Standing on Israeli soil,
U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney on
Sunday declared Jerusalem to be the capital of
the Jewish state and said the United States has
a solemn duty and a moral imperative to
block Iran from achieving nuclear weapons
capability.
Make no mistake, the ayatollahs in Iran are
testing our moral defenses. They want to
know who will object and who will look the
other way, he said. We will not look away
nor will our country ever look away from our
passion and commitment to Israel.
The presidential election hovered over the
speech. The Old City formed a made-for-televi-
sion backdrop behind Romney, while some of
his campaign donors listened in the audience.
Romneys declaration that Jerusalem is
Israels capital was matter-of-fact and in keep-
ing with claims made by Israeli governments
for decades, even though the United States, like
other nations, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.
He did not say if he would order the embassy
moved if he wins the White House, but strong-
ly suggested so in a CNN interview.
My understanding is the policy of our nation
has been a desire to move our embassy ulti-
mately to the capital (Jerusalem), he said,
adding, I would only want
to do so and to select the
timing in accordance with
the government of Israel.
His remarks on the sub-
ject during his speech drew
a standing ovation from his
audience, which included
Sheldon Adelson, the
American businessman
who has said he will donate
millions to help elect Romney to the White
House.
Romneys embrace of Israel was on display
throughout the day when he met with Prime
Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and other lead-
ers. He also visited the Western Wall, Judaisms
holiest site, where he was mobbed by worship-
pers. In addition, Romney met with Palestinian
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
In his remarks, Romney steered clear of overt
criticism of President Barack Obama, even
though he said the threat of a nuclear-armed
Iran has only become worse in the past ve
years.
In an unspoken rebuttal to Obama and other
critics, Romney said, It is sometimes said that
those who are the most committed to stopping
the Iranian regime from security nuclear
weapons are reckless and provocative and invit-
ing war.
In Israel, Romney declares
Jerusalem to be the capital THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEHRAN, Iran Irans new message to
parents: Get busy and have babies.
In a major reversal of once far-reaching fam-
ily planning policies, authorities are now slash-
ing its birth-control programs in an attempt to
avoid an aging demographic similar to many
Western countries that are struggling to keep up
with state medical and social security costs.
The changes announced in Iranian media
last week came after Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the coun-
trys wide-ranging contraceptive services as
wrong. The independent Shargh newspaper
quoted Mohammad Esmail Motlaq, a Health
Ministry ofcial, as saying family planning
programs have been cut from the budget for the
current Iranian year, which began in March.
Its still unclear, however, whether the high-
level appeals for bigger families will translate
into a new population spike. Irans economy is
stumbling under a combination of international
sanctions, ination and double-digit unemploy-
ment. Many young people, particularly in
Tehran and other large cities, are postponing
marriage or keeping their families small
because of the uncertainties.
Ali Reza Khamesian, a columnist whose
work appears in several pro-reform newspa-
pers, said the change in policy also may be an
attempt to send a message to the world that Iran
is not suffering from sanctions imposed over
the nuclear program that the West suspects is
aimed at producing weapons something
Tehran denies.
Iran urges baby boom
Mitt Romney
OPINION 9
Bigger mess
Editor,
Having read a recent column by Paul
Krugman, a columnist for the New
York Times, about manufactured goods
sold within the United States, he never
took this calamitous practice to the next
step.
Krugman wrote that 86 percent of
goods manufactured in the United
States are sold in the United States,
while 14 percent are exported. That g-
ure is damning enough but take it one
step further. The jobs big businesses
have outsourced for the good of their
stockholders have another devastating
effect on our economy. The tens of bil-
lions of dollars that big businesses pay
to other countries in the form of wages
stay in those countries and are used to
purchase products manufactured in
those countries; less than 14 percent of
that money may trickle back to the
United States. So not only are we los-
ing jobs to greed, we are losing GNP to
big businesses greed. Then, they have
the nerve to keep their money in off-
shore accounts waiting for a sweetheart
tax deal from the government just like
the 29 percent tax break they got from
the Bush/Cheney administration.
Big businesses continue to use all our
infrastructure for their personal greed
but do everything they can to avoid
paying their fare share to maintain it.
Thats what we 99 percenters are for.
Mike Turturici
San Carlos
Failed repeal of Obamacare
Editor,
Republican House representatives
again, for the 33rd time, unsuccessfully
tried to repeal the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (otherwise
known as Obamacare) knowing full
well that it wont pass the Senate and
that President Obama would veto any
part reaching his desk anyway. Nothing
else to do, like creating a better job
environment?
Republican House Speaker John
Boehner keeps chanting where are the
jobs? and that the American people
do not want Obamacare! despite the
vast majority being in favor of
improved health care coverage for more
people.
Who is Boehner talking about when he
refers to the American people? Since
even most Republicans have now turned
around and realized that Obamacare will
benet the nation, the only American
people Boehner refers to must be the
health insurance industry, riding prof-
itably on people need for health care
without contributing anything but addi-
tional cost. Why is he so protective of
this group at the expense of the rest of
the people he is supposed to represent?
Couldnt be a hefty bribe, could it?
Jorg Aadahl
San Mateo
Letters to the editor
Ottawa Citizen
T
he drought hitting parts of
North America illustrates why
its never a good idea for any
region to become dependent on a hun-
dred-mile diet or protectionist trade
policy.
The hot, dry weather is affecting
about 61 per cent of the contiguous
United States, which means staple
crops such as corn and soybeans are
suffering. Here in Canada, many farm-
ers are also worrying over their elds,
but the damage so far isnt as wide-
spread.
Indeed, some Canadian farms and
related industries, such as potash are
likely to benet from the U.S. drought,
as it creates higher world demand and
higher prices. The prices will trickle up
through the food chain, so the world
prices for meat and dairy will likely
rise, too.
Nobody likes to pay higher prices at
the grocery store, but the scenario
would be much worse if there were no
trade if a hundred-mile diet were
enforced on everyone. If consumers in
the U.S. had no access to imported
food, a drought there would be even
more disastrous, and the costs of food
there would go even higher while
having no effect on food prices here in
Canada, and thus creating no reward for
our farmers or incentive for them to
grow more food.
This is why trade works. It helps con-
sumers in one country access products
they otherwise couldnt access at all, or
at least not without paying exorbitant
prices.
From a food-security perspective,
policies that aim to protect local
farmers from international competition
are a double-edged sword. Isolation
makes regions vulnerable to drought,
ood and disease. There is no protec-
tionism strong enough to protect
against nature. Well-designed risk man-
agement programs can and should
reduce the damage for farmers, but con-
sumers need some consideration too.
The global food system is more
resilient when it has more sources of
supply, and more avenues of trade.
Food security
More questions
about special
districts
S
ome special districts have been making headlines
recently. Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control
was in trouble, not because of its work in the eld,
but because of poor management at home. The general man-
ager failed to vet and oversee the new nance director who
allegedly embezzled $450,000 under his nose and the noses
of 21 board members. The district has survived a call for dis-
solution but questions persist over the management skills of
the director and the board who extended the general manag-
ers contract even after they learned of the embezzlement.
Each of the 21 members receives $100 for attending a meet-
ing so each meeting costs
well over $2,000. As the
Local Agency Formation
Commission (LAFCo)
report explained in recom-
mending dissolution, Given
the large size of the board
and the legislative require-
ment that trustees be
appointed by city councils
and not directly elected by
voters, the districts visibili-
ty and responsiveness to the
public is constrained.
Meanwhile, one of the
countys two health care dis-
tricts, Peninsula, was amassing reserves of over $43 million
and turning down the countys request for $4 million to help
with indigent care. This is one of several cases which
prompted an California Assembly committee to investigate
health care districts. At Sequoia, we have just learned of a
conict of interest of two of its board members. One voted
to approve a grant to a nonprot where his wife worked,
while another held stock in two banks with district ties.
No one is questioning the work of mosquito abatement.
Just faulty management. In the case of the health care dis-
tricts, the concern is whether they have outlived their pur-
pose. They were originally established to create hospitals.
The hospitals were built and are no longer the responsibility
of the districts. Still the districts continue to collect a tax to
promote community health which they do by giving grants
to various charities and the countys health system. They act
as philanthropic agencies but should they be using our tax
dollars to do so?
***
What are special districts? Why do we have them? What
do they do? Who pays for them? How do they serve the tax-
payers? And why dont we know more about them? Some of
the answers are on the San Mateo County LAFCo website
and the League of Women Voters online guide on special
districts. You will discover the numerous districts in the
county. Space limits listing them all. They include re,
water, recreation, sanitary; a harbor district, two health care
districts and the mosquito abatement and vector control dis-
trict.
Special districts are units of local government created by
residents of an area to provide a service not provided by the
county or city. LAFCos were created by the state to regulate
boundaries of cities and special districts and to monitor and
evaluate the performance of special districts. Our LAFCo
oversees 23 special districts.
Both mosquito abatement and the two health care districts
are independent special districts. Each has its own source of
revenue and own governing board. They are funded by prop-
erty tax owners in their spheres of inuence. Because these
districts levied a tax before Proposition 13, they get a share
of the 1 percent property tax. For mosquito abatement, that
originally included south county to Millbrae. Then after rev-
enue reductions after Proposition 13, the district successfully
levied a $3.74 parcel tax in the original boundaries. In 2003,
in response to West Nile virus, the district annexed the rest
of the county. The new area pays a benet assessment to
approximate the per parcel revenue paid elsewhere. The hos-
pital districts, in addition to property taxes, receive revenue,
some quite substantial, from other sources. The two health
care districts have elected boards whereas each city and the
county appoint a representative to mosquito abatement.
***
Its difcult to make changes to these special districts, but
it can be done. In the case of the health care districts, they
no longer serve a purpose for which they were created. They
need to be dissolved . The taxes they collect should be trans-
ferred to the county to help pay for indigent care. As for
mosquito abatement, its work needs to continue. Joining the
county was the best nancial answer for the taxpayers and
could have resulted in a consolidation of services. If that is
not going to happen, there needs to be a smaller board and
more responsible management.
Sue Lempert is the former mayor of San Mateo. Her column
runs every Monday. She can be reached at sue@smdailyjour-
nal.com.
Other voices
Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
T
heres compelling evidence
from credible sources that
voter rolls around the country
are generally littered with bad informa-
tion.
Its wrong to jump from there to the
conclusion that voting fraud is rampant.
But in a tensely competitive presiden-
tial election year, protecting the integri-
ty of elections and protecting voting
rights seem to have become competing
interests.
Its a false conict with destructive
consequences.
The latest episode involves whether
states can use a federal database,
known as SAVE (Systematic Alien
Verication for Entitlements Program),
to help determine whether noncitizens
are erroneously registered as voters.
SAVE allows government agencies to
verify whether legal immigrants qualify
for benets and licenses. Those listed in
the database have typically been
assigned an identifying number, such as
through a visa or green card. The sys-
tem isnt designed to track whether ille-
gal immigrants are improperly listed on
voter rolls maintained at the state level
...
Now that the Homeland Security
Department has agreed, after months of
sparring, to give Florida access to
SAVE, other states are asking for it,
too, to help purge wrongly registered
noncitizens. ...
Its unclear whether any changes
could be made based on SAVE before
November balloting. ...
Republicans act as though this tool is
critical; Democrats argue that
Republicans risk disenfranchising large
numbers of minority voters.
The reality is that election ofcials,
academics and technology specialists
have argued for years that our state-
based voter registration system is cost-
ly, inefcient and desperate for modern-
ization.
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Nobody in Corporate America wants
to go back to 2009, but by one measure
companies are there right now.
Based on the 291 companies in the
Standard & Poors 500 that have report-
ed earnings so far along with esti-
mates for the rest S&P Capital IQ
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before it gets better. It lowered its prot
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will lay off 1,300 people and warned that
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nomic outlook.
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from April through June.
Unemployment remains above 8 per-
cent.
The economy is bordering on stall
speed, said Kurt Reiman, a strategist at
UBS.
To be sure, some companies are
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quarterly prot jumped 67 percent, and
the maker of big construction equipment
boosted its outlook for the year. Boeing
reported a better-than-expected 3 per-
cent increase in prots as it delivers
more planes.
But outlooks overall are very cautious.
In a survey by data provider FactSet, 47
out of 60 companies lowered the earn-
ings guidance they gave investors for the
third quarter. And investors often trade
more on outlooks than on the last quar-
ters results.
Shares of online game-maker Zynga
plummeted nearly 40 percent on
Thursday after it slashed its prot guid-
ance for the year to between 4 cents and
9 cents per share, from 23 cents to 29
cents previously. UPS lost 5 percent of
its value the day after cutting its full-
year earnings forecast by 25 cents per
share, to a range of $4.50 to $4.70. Its
stock regained some of that loss later in
the week.
Starbucks shares plummeted 9.4 per-
cent on Friday after it cut its outlook for
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struggling in Europe.
Indeed, Europes problems are caus-
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Chinas growth is slowing, in part
because its hard to sustain the torrid
pace of the past few years, and in part
because of less spending from Europe.
Dow Chemical has a good window
into the worlds economies because its
materials are used in televisions, paint
and agricultural products. CEO Andrew
N. Liveris, for example, has visited
China four times in the last four months.
Every single visit, to customers and
to governments, they were seeing a
decline and the decline was the domino
effect of Europe, he said on Dows
earnings conference call on Thursday.
Earnings expected to shrink
By Paul Elias
SAN FRANCISCO Two tech titans
will square off in federal court Monday
in a closely watched trial over control of
the U.S. smart phone and computer
tablet markets.
Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit against
Samsung Electronics Co. last year alleg-
ing the worlds largest technology com-
panys smartphones and computer
tablets are illegal knockoffs of its popu-
lar iPhone and iPad products. The
Cupertino-based company is demanding
$2.5 billion in damages, an award that
would dwarf the largest patent-related
verdict to date.
Samsung counters that Apple is doing
the stealing and that some of the tech-
nology at issue such as the rounded
rectangular designs of smart phones and
tablets has been industry standards
for years.
The U.S. trial is just the latest skir-
mish between the two over product
designs. A similar trial began last week,
and the two companies have been ght-
ing in courts in the United Kingdom and
Germany.
The case is one of some 50 lawsuits
among myriad telecommunications
companies jockeying for position in the
burgeoning $219 billion market for
smartphones and computer tablets.
In the United States, U.S. District
Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose last month
ordered Samsung to pull its Galaxy 10.1
computer tablet from the U.S. market
pending the outcome of the trial, though
the judge barred Apple attorneys from
telling the jurors about the ban.
Thats a pretty strong statement from
the judge and shows you what she thinks
about some of Apples claims, said
Bryan Love, a Santa Clara University
law professor and patent expert. Love
said that even though the case will be
decided by 10 jurors, the judge has the
authority to overrule their decision if she
thinks they got it wrong.
Apple, Samsung start iBattle
Union Bank, N.A. announced the opening of a new branch in
Burlingame, located at 1410 Howard Ave. This is the second
Union Bank branch in Burlingame. The full-service banking
ofce is overseen by vice president and branch manager Roberto
Pineda, who is responsible for cultivating an overall customer
base, developing new relationships with consumers and small
businesses in Burlingames community, and leading the team of
locally based bankers with many years of service in the industry.
***
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently
announced that 12 agents from its Peninsula ofces ranked
among the top 1,000 Realtors in the United States for home
sales last year in a new report by The Wall Street Journal and
REAL Trends, a national communications and real estate con-
sulting company.
The annual ranking listed the top 250 agents and teams in
four separate categories: individual sales volume, individual
transaction sides, team sales volume and team transaction sides.
Of the top 250 sales professionals by transaction volume,
Keri Nicholas (Menlo Park-Santa Cruz) ranked 25th, Hugh
Cornish (Menlo Park-El Camino) ranked 41st, Tom LeMieux
(Menlo Park-Santa Cruz) ranked 52nd, Erika Demma
(Woodside) ranked 103rd, Hanna Shacham (Menlo Park-El
Camino) ranked 134th, Jim Arbeed (Burlingame) ranked
149th, Zach Trailer (Palo Alto Downtown) ranked 182nd,
David Young (Redwood City-San Carlos) ranked 231st, Mike
Amaroli (Burlingame North) ranked 236th, and Scott Dancer
(Woodside) ranked 239th. Of the top 250 teams by transaction
volume, Susie Dews (Palo Alto Downtown) ranked 64th, and
The Patty Dwyer Group (Burlingame North) ranked 229th.
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For the fth consecutive year, Numis International was
selected for the 2012 Best of Millbrae Award in the Coin
Dealers category by the U.S. Commerce Association.
The USCA Best of Local Business Award Program recog-
nizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country.
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Patelco Credit Union, a full-service nancial institution with
40 branches throughout Northern California, recently opened its
newest branch in San Bruno Monday, July 9. It is located at
1050 Admiral Court, across from The Shops at Tanforan.
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As the 2012 season approaches,
the Menlo College football team is
adding depth to their roster.
The Oaks unveils its second wave
of signees of over the weekend,
welcoming 12 new players to the
football team.
This is a group we have very
high hopes for, said head coach
Marc Speckman via press release.
Potentially, they have a chance at
making an immediate impact and
we as coaches are very excited
about the talent this group has.
Diversity and depth is a key factor
in the Oaks new group of 12. The
newest wave of players features
seven offensive players and five
defensive talents.
From an offensive standpoint the
Oaks welcome in three forces to
their offensive line. Bryce
Howard, Moosa McClean and
Brandon Rauth show promise after
enjoying remarkable success at the
high school level.
A four-year varsity starter at St.
Genevieve High School in
Panorama, Calif., McClean was a
two-time 1st Team All-League
recipient. Rauth boasts similar
accolades while suiting up for Mark
Morris High School in Longview,
Wash. The 6-2, 250-pound tackle
was a two-time Greater St. Helens
League 1st teamer. Howard is a
native of Los Banos, Calif. and was
highly touted coming out of high
school with his imposing 6-5, 265-
pound frame.
Other offensive potential lies in
Mykel Block, Ray Burney and
Dominic Mercurio as all three fea-
ture blazing speed at crucial skill
positions.
Block, a wide receiver and kick
returner is the younger brother of
former Oak Keoni Block, who
transfers into his Menlo tenure from
College of San Mateo. Burney
comes over from Jefferson High
School in Portland, Ore., while
Mercurio brings a star-studded
resume after playing running back
at Corona Del Sol High School in
Tempe, Ariz.
Mercurio was a 2011 All-State
Honorable Mention, a 2nd Team
All-Region running back and the
MVP of his 2011 Varsity team. The
impressive achievements earned
Menlo College adds new wave of signees to roster
See MENLO, Page 14
Giants
swept
at AT&T
SAN FRANCISCO Ryan Vogelsong
thinks his teammates will get a little angry
not shell shocked from getting swept by
the Los Angeles Dodgers.
We cant afford to think too much about
this one, Vogelsong said after the San
Francisco Giants lost 4-0 to the Dodgers on
Sunday and fell into a virtual rst-place tie in
the NL West. If anything, it makes us a little
mad and we can take it out on the Mets, the
next team coming in.
Clayton Kershaw pitched a ve-hitter for
his second shutout of the season, continuing
his dominance over the Giants, who he has
beaten seven times, including ve in San
Francisco.
Thats what happens when you face one of
the best pitchers in the game right now,
Vogelsong said. One mistake, one run, can
cost you the game.
The Dodgers (56-47) closed within one per-
centage point of the Giants (55-46) after
returning the favor from being blanked in a
three-game series at San Francisco from June
25-27. Los Angeles outscored the Giants 19-3
in this series and didnt give up a run during
the nal 20 innings.
San Francisco, which has lost four straight,
didnt get a runner past second and managed
only three hits in the nal seven innings. The
Giants were swept at home by the Dodgers for
the rst time since June 28-30, 2010.
I dont care who you are, sometimes you
are just going to get it handed to you, Giants
manager Bruce Bochy said. The important
thing is how we handle it. Were still in a great
situation.
Kershaw (8-6) struck out seven and walked
By Michael Marot
ANDERSON, Ind. Andrew
Luck drew praise from his new
coach, his new team owner and the
usually reserved Tony Dungy after
his rst full-speed workout.
The Indianapolis Colts new fran-
chise quarterback completed 27 of
32 attempts Sunday, and made it
looking easy, too.
I think thats
what impressed
me the most, to
see the decision-
making and the
lack of any inde-
cisiveness, said
Dungy, the for-
mer Colts coach.
He looked like
a third or fourth-
year guy in this rst practice. Ive
seen him play twice, Oregon against
Stanford, and so I saw it from that
perspective and you feel like, Well
hes been running this offense that
hes been comfortable with. But to
see it here, and knowing that hes
had a condensed offseason program
too because of the schools set up
there, it was very impressive.
Nobody expected Luck to be per-
fect on Day 1. He wasnt.
The former Stanford star, drafted
rst overall, threw two intercep-
tions, one off a tipped ball. He also
overthrew a wide open Donnie
Avery, who got behind two defend-
ers and was sprinting down the side-
line.
Given the circumstances, it was
still a solid debut. Luck looked
relaxed and precise throughout the
two-plus hour workout and showed
no sign of being behind after miss-
ing so many mini-camp workouts.
NFL rules do not permit rookies to
practice at the team complex, except
for a three-day rookie mini-camp,
until the schools semester ends. It
kept Luck away from Indy until
early June.
But Luck performed like he had-
nt missed a thing. At times, he
zinged balls over the outstretched
ngertips of defenders and drew
Colts Luck eases into camp with light workout
See GIANTS, Page 14
Andrew Luck
See LUCK, Page 14
Phelps
tastes
silver
By Paul Newberry
LONDON Ryan Lochte
grabbed at the edge of the pool, head
down, staring at the water. Michael
Phelps glared at the scoreboard, try-
ing to digest the rst silver medal of
his Olympic career.
Right beside them, the French cel-
ebrated.
It was just like 2008 but with the
roles reversed.
This time, it was France chasing
down the United States and
Lochte, no less to win another
riveting relay at the Olympics.
We got our revenge, French
swimmer Clement Lefert said.
With Phelps looking much
stronger than he did the night
before, the Americans built a com-
manding lead over the rst three legs
of the 4x100-meter freestyle relay
Sunday and never really had to
REUTERS
Michael Phelps makes a turn during the mens 400m individual medley nal at the London 2012
Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre Sunday.
See SWIM, Page 14
French get revenge
for 2008 relay loss
to United States
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BALTIMORE A marvelous
July for Oakland was interrupted by
a rookie pitcher who appears to be
at his best against the Athletics.
Wei-Yin Chen struck out a career-
high 12, Matt Wieters hit a three-run
homer, and the Baltimore Orioles
averted a three-game sweep with a
6-1 victory Sunday.
It was a rare setback for the As,
who fell to 18-4 this month and 12-
3 since the All-Star break. The
Athletics need to win one of their
next two games to complete the best
July in franchise history.
Chen (9-6) allowed one unearned
run, three hits and four walks in 5 2-
3 innings against a torrid Oakland
team that had scored 40 runs in its
previous four games. In two games
this season against the As, Chen is
2-0 with a 0.71 ERA.
Well, he was really good. Weve
seen him twice and hes been good
against us twice, Oakland manager
Bob Melvin said. Today, he was
just throwing his fastball by us. He
wasnt afraid to use it. He was
throwing it to both sides of the plate
and using breaking balls to keep us
off balance.
Chen struck out every As starter
except No. 9 hitter Brandon Hicks.
His fastball had good life on it. It
was pretty deceptive, said Chris
Carter, who fanned twice. Halfway
through, it seemed like it picked up
speed. His slider and changeup
were also working well.
Chen, who pitched four seasons
in Japan before coming to
Baltimore, set a major league record
for strikeouts by a Taiwanese-born
pitcher. The old mark was 10 by
Chien-Ming Wang in 2007. The last
time an Oriole pitcher had as many
as 12 strikeouts was in July 2007,
when Erik Bedard fanned 15 against
Texas.
As starter Travis Blackley (3-3)
gave up ve runs, six hits and a sea-
son-high four walks in ve innings.
He was 3-0 in six starts since June
10.
It was kind of a rough one,
Blackley said. I just couldnt seem
to nd the groove. I just couldnt
gure it out today. You cant be
awesome every time out.
Omar Quintanilla had three hits,
including a homer, to help
Baltimore win for only the second
time in seven games.
This was real big. Chen came
out and he did his thing,
Quintanilla said. He threw real
well, and overall it was a great team
effort. Weve just got to keep it up.
Lew Ford, whose contract was
purchased from Triple-A Norfolk
before the game, went 0 for 3 with a
walk in his rst big league game
since 2007. But the Orioles left
elder contributed a strong throw to
cut down Yeonis Cespedes, who
was trying to stretch a second-
inning hit into a double.
After going 0 for 6 with runners
in scoring position in a 6-0 loss
Saturday night, the Orioles got two
such hits in a four-run fourth. With
runners at rst and second and one
out, Adam Jones doubled in a run.
Wieters then ended a 1-for-31 skid
with a drive into the left-eld seats,
only the third homer allowed by
Blackley in 67 innings this season.
Athletics fall to Chen, Orioles 6-1
By Tom Withers
LONDON The hiccups out-
numbered the highlights, and for a
while the U.S. racked up fouls faster
than points.
The opener wasnt artistic.
However, it was enough easily
enough.
Kevin Durant scored 22 points in
his Olympic debut, Kevin Love
added 14 and LeBron James had
eight assists as the American mens
basketball team overcame some
sloppy moments with a 98-71 win
Sunday over France.
We know everybody else expects
us to win by 40 points, said
Carmelo Anthony. For us, a wins a
win. We expect every game to be
like this one.
Seeking a second straight gold
medal to
match the
r e d e mp t i ve
one they cap-
tured in
Beijing four
years ago, the
Ame r i c a n s
expected a tough test from a French
team featuring San Antonio guard
Tony Parker and ve other NBA
players. And although the U.S. was
never in real trouble it only led
22-21 after one quarter there
were enough aws (14 turnovers, 26
fouls) to keep coach Mike
Krzyzewski and his staff busy and
this superstar-laden squad from
feeling too comfortable.
It wasnt perfect, said James,
who only took six shots while set-
ting up his teammates. Weve still
got room for improvement. We had
too many turnovers, too many fouls
and we had a couple of defensive
rebounds we could have come up
with. But overall, we played a pret-
ty good game for as close to 40 min-
utes as possible.
Kobe Bryant had said this team
could beat the 1992 Dream Team
that changed international hoops
forever at the Barcelona Games.
That matchup is mythical, but the
London Games arent and this U.S.
team will have to play much better
in upcoming games if it plans to
maintain American dominance.
We know we have to keep going
for 40 minutes and play hard, said
Bryant, who only played 12 min-
utes.
Afterward, Parker, who nearly
missed these games after undergo-
ing surgery for a freak eye injury,
didnt want to concede anything to
the Americans. But when asked if
the U.S. team can be beat, he took a
contemplative pause before
responding.
Theyre going to be very, very
tough to beat, Parker said.
At times, the Americans offense
was erratic. The U.S missed its rst
six 3-pointers and settled too quick-
ly for jump shots instead of driving
to the basket. But France wasnt
able to capitalize as the U.S. turned
up its pressure on defense and
forced 18 turnovers.
With rst lady Michelle Obama
on hand to cheer on the U.S.,
Durant, Anthony and Tyson
Chandler added nine rebounds
apiece for the Americans, who will
next play Tuesday against Tunisia,
beaten 60-56 by Nigeria in the tour-
nament opener.
As they left the oor, the U.S.
players stopped to hug Mrs. Obama,
who can report back to her com-
mander in chief husband that his
favorite team has taken its rst step
toward gold.
Parker, playing with goggles to
protect a surgically repaired left
eye, scored 10 points but France fell
to 0-5 in Olympic competition
against the USA. Ali Traore scored
12 points to lead France, which got
few uncontested looks from the out-
side and missed 20 of 22 3-pointers.
They pressured us from the start
until the end, said France coach
Vincent Collet.
With the U.S. leading 52-36 at
halftime, Durant opened the second
half with a 3-pointer, Bryant
dropped one from long range and
after James dunked an alley-oop
pass from Deron Williams, the
Americans led 64-43.
U.S. men rout France 98-71 in Olympic basketball
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Mercurio an opportunity to participate in
the nationally televised football combine
put on by the U.S. Marines and Jr. Rank
in last January. According to
Maxpreps.com, Mercurio scored 11
touchdowns last season and averaged
nearly seven yards a carry.
Joining the new signees is quarterback
Nathan Dodson, a gunslinger who led
Palisades Charter High School to their
rst playoff appearance in over ten years.
On defense, linebackers Matthew
Lewis and Visa Thach are two to keep an
eye on. Lewis earned a 1st-Team All-
District distinction while playing his
high school ball at Friendswood High
School in Friendswood, Tex. and is
overzealous at the prospects of hitting
the gridiron at Menlo. Im very excit-
ed to join the Menlo Oaks, Lewis said.
I cant wait to start playing football
again and I know Menlo is going to have
a great team this year.
Thach brings as much promise as any-
one into his rst season in Menlo blue
and white. While suiting up at
Kentridge High School, Thach was an
All-State linebacker, All-State fullback,
Team MVP, Rotary Athlete of the Year
and a Scholar Athlete.
Austin Baker has the skill set to be a
stellar defensive lineman after success at
Brea Olinda High School. A three-year
varsity starter, Baker was an All-League
selection for both his junior and senior
campaigns.
In the secondary the Oaks welcome in
Greg Danese and Gabriel Deol. Danese,
who played his high school ball at
Newberg High School in Newberg, Ore.,
was a Pac 9 Conference Honorable
Mention, in addition to earning an invite
to the All-Star combine in Los Angeles
as one of the Top 100 recruits in the
northwest area. Deol was a three-sport
star for Livingston High School. Last
year Deol was the schools football, bas-
ketball and track MVP, while earning
All-Conference recognition as a defen-
sive back.
This second wave of 12 signees should
help bolster a Menlo squad that is ready
to go for the start of the 2012 season.
We are pleased with our geographic
diversity, and the size, speed, and com-
petitiveness of this group, Speckman
said.
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MENLO
one in his fth career shutout, beating
the Giants for the rst time in three starts
this season. He lost both previous out-
ings despite allowing just four earned
runs in 14 innings.
He kept the ball down and over the
plate, Giants outelder Angel Pagan
said. He didnt make a lot of mistakes
and worked his pitches. When hes on
like that its tough to get runs.
Vogelsong (8-5), who had won both of
his prior matchups against Kershaw this
year, allowed two runs one earned
and six hits in six innings with ve
strikeouts and three walks. He lowered
his ERA to a major league-leading 2.22.
Los Angeles went ahead with two runs
in the fourth following singles by Juan
Rivera and Kemp. With runners at the
corners and one out, newly acquired
Hanley Ramirez grounded to third and
beat second baseman Ryan Theriots
relay throw to avoid a double play as
Rivera scored. After Marco Scutaro
dropped Loneys popup to third for an
error, Luis Cruz hit an RBI double.
Vogelsong struck out Kershaw with
the bases loaded to end the sixth. The
Dodgers added a pair of runs in the
eighth against Jeremy Affeldt following
a one-out double by Loney. Cruz and
Mark Ellis hit RBI singles.
NOTES: LHP Madison Bumgarner
goes for his team-leading 12th win for
San Francisco in the series opener
against the Mets on Monday. ... The
Giants were shut out in back-to-back
games by the Dodgers for the rst time
in San Francisco history.
GIANTS
loud roars from a crowd estimated to be
roughly 3,000. At other times, he simply
read the coverage and connected with
open receivers. In all, only three balls
during seven-on-seven and 11-on-11
drills hit the ground and the offense
looked sharp.
Thats a credit to the offensive guys,
the offensive coaches, rst-year coach
Chuck Pagano said. You can see from
today the offense obviously stayed in
their playbook, the retention has been
excellent and they came out here and
moved the ball up and down the eld
pretty much at will today.
The positive reviews were a stark con-
trast from Saturday night when veterans
instructed the No. 1 overall draft pick to
stand up and sign a song, a rookie tradi-
tion in Indy.
Luck chose the John Denver hit
Country Roads because he said it was
the only song he knew the words to.
Teammates werent so sure he knew any-
thing about music after hearing the ren-
dition, which by all accounts was booed
mercilessly. Punter Pat McAfee, who
played at West Virginia where Lucks
father, Oliver, is the athletic director,
even tried to help.
That didnt work, either.
It was awful, Pagano said. Im glad
hes not doing that for a living because
he wouldnt have gotten the signing
bonus he got here. It was a great effort,
though.
Luck started his rst day at training
camp with a light walkthrough that
served as little more than a warm-up act
for the afternoon, the rst workout the
public could attend.
Some came to Anderson University, a
Division III school about 30 miles north-
east of the team complex, wearing No. 12
jerseys. Afterward, hundreds scrambled
to the 50-yard line seeking an autograph
from a quarterback covered in sweat on
another 90-degree day in Central Indiana.
Luck signed for about 20 minutes.
In between, he put on a memorable
performance. While the challenges are
bound to get tougher when he starts fac-
ing exotic blitzes and new defenses,
those standing inside the Colts rope line
liked what they saw.
My impression with him is that he is
just very strong and steady and is work-
ing toward limiting the turnovers, the
interceptions, working toward really
being patient and not feeling he has to do
it all on his own, team owner Jim Irsay
said after watching his newest multi-mil-
lion dollar investment. He is not expect-
ed to win it all on his own. I think when-
ever Peyton struggled and had his worst
periods of interception streaks or what-
ever is when he tried to do too much.
Nobody has a tougher crowd to please
than Luck, who must replace the long-
time face of the Colts franchise.
While the Stanford grad has been
billed as the most NFL-ready quarter-
back since Indy took Peyton Manning
with the No. 1 overall pick in 1998, its
easy to forget that Mannings record-set-
ting rookie season also included only
three victories and a rookie record 28
interceptions.
LUCK
worry about the defending world champions from Australia.
When Lochte dove into the water on the anchor leg, he was
a half-body length ahead of the eld and looking to add
another gold to his dominating victory Saturday in the 400
individual medley.
Not so fast.
Or, should we say, not fast enough.
Yannick Agnel, playing the chaser role that Jason Lezak
did for the Americans four years ago in this same event,
sliced through the water and was right on Lochtes shoulder
as they made the ip at the far end of the pool. With about 25
meters to go, they were stroke for stroke. But Lochte, who
had already competed in 1,200 meters of racing over the rst
two days, simply didnt have enough left to hold off the tow-
ering, 20-year-old Frenchman, one of the sports real rising
stars.
I gave everything in the last 50 until he cracked, Agnel
said. In the last 10 meters, I saw that he was really crack-
ing.
Agnel touched in 3 minutes, 9.93 seconds, having gone
exactly 1 second faster than Lochte over the last two laps.
Lochte and the Americans dropped to silver in 3:10.38, while
Australia the favorite didnt even get a medal. Russia
took the bronze in 3:11.41, edging the team from Down
Under by 0.22.
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Francisco 49ers loaded up on explo-
sive new weapons for offensive coor-
dinator Greg Roman during the off-
season. Hes already having a blast
deciding how to use them.
The 49ers put on full pads Sunday
for the rst time in training camp,
and everywhere Roman looked, he
saw newcomers who promise to add
fresh dimensions to San Franciscos
offense and what Roman can do with
it this season.
Wide receivers Randy Moss,
Mario Manningham and A.J. Jenkins
darted around catching passes.
Running backs Brandon Jacobs and
LaMichael James brought new
bursts of power and speed out of the
backeld.
All gure to have an impact this
year in an upgraded San Francisco
offense that nished 26th last season
in the NFL rankings, lagging behind
the teams outstanding defensive and
special teams units that carried the
49ers to the NFC championship
game.
Now its up to Roman to determine
who goes where and who does what.
Hes letting the competition thats
playing out in practice decide for
him.
Theres denitely always some
competitive excitement when you
start thinking about how this is all
going to look together and how its
going to piece together, Roman said
Sunday. Whats going to be best for
our team, and were trying to create
depth at the same time. Adding those
news guys, it denitely adds a differ-
ent dimension to things.
Roman is getting a different per-
spective now that the competition
has gone to the next level after the
49ers began summer camp with two
days of practices without pads.
There is a certain urgency for San
Francisco to take the next step as an
offense and improve on last years
performance when the team strug-
gled in the red zone and ranked 29th
in the league in passing yards.
Thats why practically all of San
Franciscos top offseason acquisi-
tions play offensive skill positions.
Roman and coach Jim Harbaugh
raved about all the newcomers dur-
ing the teams spring workouts. But
this stage of summer camp is when
the true evaluations really begin.
Its real football now and you
start to get an indication of things,
Roman said. Were not running
around in our underwear. Now
everybody reveals themselves on the
eld because of the contact. This is
when you really, really start to get to
evaluate players. Its very exciting,
and well evaluate it as we go.
Theres a noticeable upgrade in
team speed provided by Moss and
Manningham, who joined the team
as free agents, and Jenkins and
James, San Franciscos first two
selections in the
NFL draft.
Moss already
is being consid-
ered the teams
No. 1 receiver
a l o n g s i d e
holdover starter
M i c h a e l
Crabtree, San
F r a n c i s c o s
leading receiver last season with 73
catches. Manningham appears to
have the inside track as the No. 3
receiver. And while Jenkins at this
point is just battling to nd his niche
in the rotation, Harbaugh made it
clear what the teams expectations
are for its rst-round draft pick.
Harbaugh made an unscheduled
and unusual trip to the podium dur-
ing Sundays interview session, a
move he felt was necessary
because of a perceived slow start
by Jenkins and some criticism the
young receiver has received recent-
ly in the media.
To update you on the status of
A.J. Jenkins and that topic,
Harbaugh began. A.J. Jenkins was
an outstanding football player before
he got here, and his progress has
been very, very good and exceeded
expectations. For those scribes, pun-
dits, so-called experts who have gone
as far as to say that hes going to be
a bust . should just stop. Theyre
making themselves look more fool-
ish. Ill go on record: A.J. Jenkins is
going to be an outstanding football
player.
There certainly is room for
improvement among San Franciscos
wide receivers, who combined had
just one catch for 3 yards in
Januarys overtime loss to the New
York Giants in the NFC title game.
The new repower at the position
could also help the team in other
areas, as will the addition of Jacobs,
James and free-agent fullback Rock
Cartwright in the backeld.
49ers excited about explosive new offense
By Josh Dubow
NAPA After spending a decade as
an assistant in the NFL, Oakland Raiders
coach Dennis Allen is excited for his
rst training camp as the man in charge.
Jacked up about it, Allen said.
Were ready. Its a start of a long jour-
ney.
The Raiders held mandatory meetings
and a conditioning test Sunday as they
prepare for their rst training camp prac-
tice Monday. The Raiders and Cowboys
will be the nal teams to start practicing
at training camp because they will be the
last teams to open the preseason on
Aug. 13.
The hiring of Allen as coach was part
of the major change that went on with
the Raiders in the rst offseason since
the death of longtime owner Al Davis.
Reggie McKenzie was hired as general
manager and made Allen the teams rst
defensive head coach since John
Madden.
The front ofce and scouting depart-
ments were overhauled and many veter-
ans were let go as the Raiders look to
overcome a nine-year run without a win-
ning record or a playoff berth.
There will be new systems on both
offense and defense but Allen said the
biggest change has to come from the
players and coaches themselves.
At the end of the day, change is going
to come because people decide to
change, Allen said. We might have a
change in philosophy or a change in
ideas but if people dont change their
actions. If you keep doing the same
thing over and over again, youll keep
getting the same results. We have to
change our actions. Thats coaches,
players the organization, whatever the
case may be.
Allen also said he was surprised by
assistant offensive line coach Steve
Wisniewskis decision to step down for
personal reasons and explained his rea-
soning for not hiring a replacement to
help line coach Frank Pollack.
We just felt like at this point, this late
in the game, that the right thing for us to
do is to stick with the coaches that we
have and go forward, Allen said. I got
every condence in the world in Frank
Pollack as an offensive line coach, being
able to watch him throughout the OTAs
and minicamp he did a great job and
hell do a great job coaching the offen-
sive line.
Allen said he hadnt gotten reports
from the training staff on if everyone
would be healthy enough to practice but
he expected center Stefen Wisniewski to
practice for the rst time since offseason
shoulder surgery and receiver Denarius
Moore to be back out after injuring his
hamstring during minicamp last month.
The day started with the Raiders
reaching a deal with their nal unsigned
draft pick, receiver Juron Criner. Criner
signed the deal in time to be at the rst
mandatory meeting.
The two sides were reportedly hag-
gling over a $14,000 difference in
Criners signing bonus.
Criner was drafted with a compensa-
tory pick at the end of the fth round in
Aprils draft. He immediately became a
star of offseason workouts and is being
counted on to contribute immediately to
the Raiders, especially after the recent
trade of receiver Louis Murphy to
Carolina.
Despite lacking the breakaway speed
the Raiders traditionally seek in their
receivers, Criner was an extremely pro-
ductive player in college at Arizona. He
had 209 catches for 2,858 yards and 32
touchdowns in 50 games for the
Wildcats.
Raiders coach ready for first camp
Randy Moss
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East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 61 40 .604
Atlanta 57 44 .564 4
New York 49 53 .480 12 1/2
Miami 47 54 .465 14
Philadelphia 45 57 .441 16 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cincinnati 61 40 .604
Pittsburgh 58 43 .574 3
St. Louis 54 48 .529 7 1/2
Milwaukee 45 56 .446 16
Chicago 42 58 .420 18 1/2
Houston 35 68 .340 27
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 55 46 .545
Los Angeles 56 47 .544
Arizona 51 51 .500 4 1/2
San Diego 43 60 .417 13
Colorado 37 63 .370 17 1/2
SaturdaysGames
Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis 2
L.A. Dodgers 10, San Francisco 0
Pittsburgh 4, Houston 3
Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1
Miami 4, San Diego 2
Washington 4, Milwaukee 1
Cincinnati 9, Colorado 7
Arizona 6, N.Y. Mets 3
SundaysGames
Miami 5, San Diego 4, 10 innings
Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 2
Houston 9, Pittsburgh 5
Washington 11, Milwaukee 10, 11 innings
Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis 2, 10 innings
Cincinnati 7, Colorado 2
L.A. Dodgers 4, San Francisco 0
N.Y. Mets 5, Arizona 1
MondaysGames
Miami (Buehrle 9-9) at Atlanta (Hanson 11-5),4:10
p.m.
San Diego (Volquez 6-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 4-6),
4:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Bedard 5-11) at Chicago Cubs (Ger-
mano 0-1), 5:05 p.m.
Houston (B.Norris 5-8) at Milwaukee (Estrada 0-4),
5:10 p.m.
Arizona (Cahill 8-9) at L.A. Dodgers (Harang 7-5),
7:10 p.m.
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 60 40 .600
Baltimore 53 49 .520 8
Tampa Bay 53 49 .520 8
Toronto 51 50 .505 9 1/2
Boston 50 51 .495 10 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 55 46 .545
Detroit 54 48 .529 1 1/2
Cleveland 50 52 .490 5 1/2
Minnesota 43 58 .426 12
Kansas City 41 60 .406 14
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 59 41 .590
Oakland 55 46 .545 4 1/2
Los Angeles 55 47 .539 5
Seattle 47 57 .452 14
SaturdaysGames
Toronto 5, Detroit 1
Boston 8, N.Y.Yankees 6
Seattle 4, Kansas City 3
Oakland 6, Baltimore 1
Minnesota 12, Cleveland 5
Chicago White Sox 5,Texas 2
Tampa Bay 3, L.A. Angels 0
SundaysGames
Detroit 4,Toronto 1
Baltimore 6, Oakland 1
Minnesota 5, Cleveland 1
Tampa Bay 2, L.A. Angels 0
Seattle 7, Kansas City 6
Texas 2, Chicago White Sox 0
Boston at N.Y.Yankees, late
MondaysGames
Baltimore(Mig.Gonzalez2-2) at N.Y.Yankees(F.Gar-
cia 4-4), 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 4-10) at Texas (Oswalt 3-1),
4:05 p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 10-5) at Boston (Buchholz 8-3),
4:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 4-1) at Minnesota
(De Vries 2-2), 5:10 p.m.
NL STANDINGS AL STANDINGS
7/29
vs.Seattle
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
8/11
@Montreal
4:30p.m.
CSN-BAY
8/18
vs.Rapids
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
8/25
vs.Chivas
6p.m.
NBCSN
9/2
@Chivas
7:30p.m.
CSN+
9/15
vs.Timbers
7:30p.m.
CSN-CAL
9/19
7/28
7/28
vs. Toronto
7:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
8/2 7/28
vs. Toronto
7:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
8/3
vs.Mets
7:15p.m.
CSN-BAY
7/30
7/29
vs.Rays
7:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
7/30
vs.Mets
7:15p.m.
CSN-BAY
7/31
vs. Mets
7:15p.m.
CSN-BAY
8/1
vs.Mets
12:45p.m.
CSN-BAY
8/2
vs.Rays
7:05p.m.
CSN-CAL
7/31
@Rockies
5:40p.m.
CSN-BAY
8/3
vs. Rays
12:35p.m.
CSN-CAL
8/1
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New York 11 6 5 38 38 32
Houston 10 5 7 37 33 25
Kansas City 11 7 4 37 27 21
D.C. 10 7 3 33 34 27
Chicago 9 7 5 32 23 23
Columbus 8 7 4 28 20 20
Montreal 8 13 3 27 33 43
Philadelphia 7 10 2 23 22 22
New England 6 10 5 23 26 27
Toronto FC 5 12 4 19 24 38
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 13 5 5 44 45 28
Real Salt Lake 13 7 3 42 35 27
Seattle 9 5 7 34 27 22
Vancouver 9 7 7 34 26 28
Los Angeles 10 10 3 33 39 35
Chivas USA 7 8 5 26 14 21
Colorado 7 14 1 22 28 32
FC Dallas 5 11 7 22 25 31
Portland 5 12 4 19 19 36
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturdays Games
Houston 2, Toronto FC 0
Montreal 3, New York 1
Los Angeles 1, FC Dallas 0
Columbus 2, Sporting Kansas City 1
Seattle FC 2, Colorado 1
San Jose 1, Chicago 1, tie
Chivas USA 1, Portland 0
Sundays Games
Philadelphia 2, New England 1
Friday, Aug. 3
New York at Houston, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 4
Columbus at D.C. United, 4:30 p.m.
MLS STANDINGS
LONDON Step aside, Carl
Lewis.
You, too, Jackie Joyner-Kersee
and Al Oerter.
M e e t
K i m b e r l y
Rhode, the rst
American with
i n d i v i d u a l
medals in five
s t r a i g h t
Olympics, after
a golden, record-
setting, nearly
perfect perform-
ance.
Rhode won the womens skeet
shooting Sunday, tying a world
record and setting the Olympic
mark with 99 points meaning she
missed once in 100 shots. She was
eight targets better than silver
medalist Wei Ning of China and
nine better than Slovakias Danka
Bartekova, who topped Russias
Marina Belikova in a shootout for
the bronze.
Rhode won in double trap at
Atlanta as a teenager in 1996, took
bronze in that event four years later
at Sydney, re-claimed the gold at
Athens in 2004 and won the silver in
skeet at Beijing in 2008.
Its just been an incredible jour-
ney, said Rhode, strands of glitter
intertwined with her blonde hair.
And ultimately, I couldnt be hap-
pier for bringing home the gold for
the United States.
Lewis, Oerter, Joyner-Kersee and
Bruce Baumgartner are the other
Americans recognized as individual
medal-winners in four straight
Summer Olympics.
Kimberly Rhodes drive for 5
capped by skeet gold medal
Kimberly
Rhode
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H
ave the recent animal stories in the
news been dragging you down? A
few weeks ago, the buzz was about
a stray pit bull shot in the face by police.
Days later, it was the poodle allegedly
smashed in the head by a neighbor for tres-
passing. After that, we saw a report about a
squirrel in Menlo Park that tested positive for
West Nile virus. And, to make it a grand slam
of downer animal news, we had a few dozen
emaciated and hypothermic brown pelicans
make their way to our wildlife care center.
Whats next? I see John Belushis character,
Jake, in The Blues Brothers screaming
locusts! Sorry for the obscure reference, but
thats how were feeling. Theres a cure. Its
free, its happening tomorrow and will only
take an hour of your time. Im betting our
TAILS graduation ceremony might be the feel
good hit of the summer. TAILS (Transitioning
Animals Into Loving Situations) is a partner-
ship between the Peninsula Humane Society
& SPCA and the San Mateo County Sheriffs
Ofce. Shelter dogs with a behavioral issue or
two preventing them from quick adoptions are
placed with inmates in the sheriffs minimum
security facility for eight weeks. Our trainer
teaches a weekly obedience class for the inmate
handlers and their dogs; outside of this class,
inmates are responsible for homework from
class, exercise, socialization, grooming and
cleanup. When one class graduates, we choose
another group of dogs to take their place.
Tomorrows event at 10 a.m. marks the pro-
grams third anniversary. Rather than the usual
low-key graduation, were going big, but with-
out speeches from us humans. The four-legged
grads will demonstrate what theyve learned,
followed by a reception in front of the Hall of
Justice in Redwood City; this is between 400
and 450 County Center. Our four grads will be
available for adoption. Bring a hankie. These
ceremonies have been known to make inmates
misty-eyed.
Scott oversees PHS/SPCAs Adoption,
Behavior and Training, Education,
Outreach, Field Services, Cruelty
Investigation, Volunteer and Media/PR pro-
gram areas and staff from the new Tom and
Annette Lantos Center for Compassion.
By Christy Lemire
LOS ANGELES The Dark Knight
Rises stayed atop the box ofce for the sec-
ond straight weekend, making just over $64
million. But its lagging behind the staggering
numbers of its predecessor, 2008s The Dark
Knight.
The final piece in Christopher Nolans
Batman trilogy has now grossed more than
$289 million in its rst 10 days in theaters. It
dropped 60 percent from its opening weekend
of $160.9 million.
By comparison, The Dark Knight took a
53 percent drop in its second weekend with a
gross of nearly $75.2 million and a 10-day
cumulative gross of $313.8 million.
Dan Fellman, head of distribution for
Warner Bros., declined to comment on the
Sunday estimates again out of respect for the
victims of the Aurora, Colo., shooting that left
12 people dead and another 58 injured at a
midnight showing of the lm on opening
night.
But people are still going to the movies, and
they did so even last weekend, said
Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
If anything hurt the numbers for all movies
this weekend, he said, it was Friday nights
opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer
Olympics in London, which drew a record-
setting 40.7 million viewers in the United
States.
For a lm that opened as big as this did,
considering the situation and what happened
last weekend and all that, I would say this is a
very strong showing, Dergarabedian said.
Its made almost $300 million in North
America and its mid-week (attendance) is
very strong. It made $19 million last
Monday.
In second place this weekend was the ani-
mated family film Ice Age: Continental
Drift, which is still going strong in its third
week. It made $13.3 million for a domestic
total of nearly $114.9 million. The fourth
movie in the 20th Century Fox franchise fea-
tures the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary
and Queen Latifah.
Both of the new movies in wide release
opened weakly. The 20th Century Fox come-
dy The Watch came in third place with $13
million. Big-name comic actors Ben Stiller,
Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill play a group of
guys who come together to form a neighbor-
hood watch; despite the star power, the lm
was panned critically, receiving only 14 per-
cent positive reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes
website.
Dark Knight stays atop box office
1. The Dark Knight Rises, $64 million.
($122.1 million international.)
2.Ice Age: Continental Drift, $13 million.
3.The Watch,$13 million.
4.Step Up Revolution,$11.8 million.
5.Ted,$7.4 million. ($2.7 million interna-
tional.)
6.The Amazing Spider-Man,$6.8 million.
7.Brave,$4.2 million.
8.Magic Mike,$2.6 million.
9.Savages,$1.8 million.
($2 million international.)
10.Moonrise Kingdom,$1.4 million.
Top 10 movies
Charlie Sheen sitcom poised for 90-episode pickup
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Charlie Sheen says hes not
insane anymore.
Instead, these are good days for the Anger Management
star, he declares, with his FX sitcom half-way through its ini-
tial 10-episode run and poised to get an order for 90 more.
Sheen told reporters Saturday that the prospect of continuing
is as exciting as hell, and added cheerily, I dont think 90s
gonna be enough.
With the expected pickup, FX plans to bring aboard Sheens
dad, Martin Sheen, as a recurring cast member. He will play
the father of Charlie Goodson, the anger-management therapist
played by Charlie Sheen. The veteran movie actor, who also
played President Jed Bartlet on the drama series The West
Wing, is guest-starring on an Anger Management episode
that airs Aug. 16.
I think that was the best episode we did, his son said.
People in the news
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Birth announcements:
Scott and Gracy Carpenter,
of La Honda, gave birth to a baby
boy at Sequoia Hospital in
Redwood City July 11, 2012.
Mychall and Martha Morris,
of Fremont, gave birth to a baby
Paul and Vanessa Liberati, of
Redwood City, gave birth to a
baby girl at Sequoia Hospital in
David and Allison Fujimoto,
of Redwood City, gave birth to a
baby boy at Sequoia Hospital in
Maxime and Andrea
Roucoule, of Palo Alto, gave
birth to a baby girl at Sequoia
Hospital in Redwood City July
12, 2012.
Noah and Roxanne Kolling, of
Belmont, gave birth to a baby boy
at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood
City July 12, 2012.
Richardo James and Marie
Antoinette Abinader-Jaime, of
Avel Mendez and Ruby
Santos, of Redwood City, gave
birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
13, 2012.
Noel Johnson-Alexandre and
Joanna Botheras, of Burlingame,
gave birth to a baby girl at
Sequoia Hospital in Redwood
City July 13, 2012.
Jose and Michelle Casillas, of
San Jose, gave birth to a baby girl
City July 13, 2012.
Juan and Sara Fernandez, of
Palo Alto, gave birth to a baby
girl at Sequoia Hospital in
Jason Hagberg and Christina
Le, of Santa Clara, gave birth to a
Jeremy and Michelle
Schoales, of San Mateo, gave
15, 2012.
Dony Unardi and Irene
Susanti, of Union City, gave birth
to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital
in Redwood City July 15, 2012.
Jeromey and Kelin Ingalls, of
City July 16, 2012.
Isaac and Jenna Stahlhut, of
City July 17, 2012.
Luis Martinez and Gabriela
Saavedra, of Redwood City, gave
18, 2012.
Andrew and Kristen Sevillia,
of San Mateo, gave birth to a
Amado Garcia and Ashley
Goodrum, of Neward, gave birth
to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital
Narvel and Lauren Brooks, of
Palo Alto, gave birth to a baby
Mark Gordon and Lauren
Paxton, of Santa Clara, gave
21, 2012.
Steven and Marlo Stroud, of
San Mateo, gave birth to a baby
Keith and Lisa Zehm, of
Brett and Vanessa Leonard, of
San Carlos, gave birth to a baby
Jisheng Wang and Yangyang
Tang, of Belmont, gave birth to a
Arnel Damian and Ariana
Flores, of East Palo Alto, gave
23, 2012.
Joseph Ravella and Sarah
Gertz, of San Carlos, gave birth
to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital
Joshua and Tara Berta, of
San Carlos, gave birth to a baby
Stanley Li and Nhi Huynh, of
San Mateo, gave birth to a baby
DAVID ALLEN
Lynne Herrick of Burlingame (right) and her cousin Ali Van Zee enjoyed the
July 18 opening night of Cavalia in San Jose. Van Zee has attended Cav-
alia 19 times in cities across America.
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verts put in place to divert the water under what
was to become Sneath Lane. The rst grading
proceeded up Monterey Avenue, and stopped
before reaching the top of the hill. Monterey
Avenue was laid out for houses and this section
was to be completed before moving to more
rugged western sections. At the same time, land
was being prepared for future construction of at
least 10 10-story apartments (site of Portola
Highlands Elementary School and along Sneath
Lane) similar to Park Merced in San Francisco.
At least 10 of these 10-story buildings were
planned, but he needed permission from the San
Bruno Planning Commission in San Bruno to
build them. On Jan. 22, 1964, at 8:30 a.m.,
Andres Oddstad was involved in a head-on auto-
mobile collision that killed him.
That night he was to have attended a Planning
Commission hearing to get the nal permission
to build the 10-story apartment complex. His
son did not pursue this project and the plans
were changed. Single-family houses were then
constructed on Sneath Lane and the Portola
Highlands Elementary school was built on the
originally planned apartment site on the hill.
At the time of his death, his company had
built over 14,000 houses and 2,500 apartment
units plus three shopping centers, a youth center
and two churches in the San Francisco area.
Rediscovering the Peninsula by Darold Fredricks
appears in the Monday edition of the Daily
Journal.
HISTORY
Caltrans informing the city it would
need to choose a favored design
before the projects nal environ-
mental impact report could be com-
pleted.
The City Council voted June 25 to
go with a design that includes a
landscaped median, which the
council felt would be in keeping
with its goal of beautifying Pacica.
It also voted to nominate the project
for funding under the San Mateo
County Transportation Authoritys
call for Measure A projects. Neither
vote was unanimous, with
Councilwoman Sue Digre abstain-
ing and Mayor Pete DeJarnatt vot-
ing against the landscaped median,
and Digre being the sole dissenter in
the decision to pursue funds.
Twenty-four citizens addressed
the council, some arguing passion-
ately for the freeway widening, with
others dead set against it.
Courtney Conlon, CEO of
Pacicas Chamber of Commerce,
advocated moving forward
[The City] Council must not sup-
port requests for unnecessary delays.
It will be very difcult to attract busi-
ness to Pacica if we have horric
trafc problems, she said.
Residents who attended the meet-
ing expressed concern about Caltrans,
the timing and the process. Bill
Collins argued the project wouldnt
give any trafc relief for at least ve
years. Peter Loeb completely support-
ed applying for the Measure A funds,
but urged the council not to make a
decision on whether to include a land-
scaped median without further public
hearings on the issue. Rich Campbell
said Caltrans was trying to have
Pacica make a decision before the
nal impact report is done.
Though Digre and Councilwoman
Mary Ann Nihart were on the oppo-
site ends of the vote, both said the
situation felt coerced.
When your choice is between a
three bean salad and a lethal injec-
tion, Nihart said, what are you
gonna choose?
Nihart explained Highway 1 is
substandard because it doesnt have
shoulders or a median.
Our rush hour trafc is nonexist-
ent compared to [Highway] 101, that
by itself doesnt drive the change.
Its an issue of accessibility to emer-
gency vehicles and breakdowns ...
Caltrans does not build shoulders
they build highways, she said.
Councilman Len Stone shares
Niharts concern about the ability of
emergency vehicles to navigate
Highway 1.
We know that central highway is
the only thing connecting the north
and south ends of Pacica. Its a big
safety issue, he said. What we have
right now is inadequate. Some people
are saying the project is a freeway; its
not a freeway its an extra lane in
each direction.
Digre, however, has several issues
starting with her concern that the
project might not be compliant with
an order signed by Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger in 2008 that all
new projects which are vulnerable
to sea level rise associated with cli-
mate change must be planned in
such a way that the expected risks
are reduced. Digre also feels pedes-
trian safety and other options, like
improving public transportation,
arent being discussed enough.
How many years have we been at
this, and we havent really had a pub-
lic forum to discuss it? The pedestrian
part isnt being talked about. Its
already hard enough for pedestrians
to get across the highway, she said.
Furthermore, Im talking about tak-
ing a really serious look at public
transportation on the coast. Ride shar-
ing isnt happening because we dont
have consistent, convenient, reliable
public transportation. The main goal
is trafc management, not widening
freeways.
She also sympathizes with those
who fear the project will fundamen-
tally alter the character their town.
Caltrans is saying it wouldnt
change our community because
theres already a freeway running
through it, Digre said, and to me
thats kind of lame, because theyre
talking about really widening the
freeway, and its not even clear what
businesses would be affected.
Though many Pacificans have
expressed concerns that businesses
along Highway 1, such as Gorilla
BBQ and the P-Town Cafe, would
have to be relocated, Nihart asserts
that this is not the case.
SPLIT
city and thought it was a good place
to launch his new company.
It was very retro in 2002, Hanna
said of the place his company has
always called home. It still is. It
has an old-fashioned vibe to it. Back
then there was a drugstore on the
corner. Slowly but surely this old-
fashioned retro-ness really rubbed
off on me and I fell in love with San
Mateo. So when we went to the
branding of Betty Mills, the old-
fashioned nature of San Mateo
rubbed off.
Wide range of products
Initially a janitorial supply com-
pany, Betty Mills has grown to
encompass a wide range of products
people use in their daily lives. From
hand sanitizer to toilet paper, vacu-
ums to AA batteries, Red Bull to
Bubballoo chewing gum. The com-
pany has recently branched out into
the medical industry and on its web-
site a shopper will nd generic med-
icines, wheelchairs and rst aid kits.
Were a lifestyle brand for your
business, Hanna said.
Despite the fact it is entirely an
online business, Betty Mills knows
she still has plenty of people to
meet. The company hired Rana
Hannoush in early July as director
of search engine marketing and is
branching out into the social media
realm as part of their attempt to
reach out to new customers.
Search engine marketing is prob-
ably the most important aspect of
our company, Hanna said. Social
for us has bit a little much of an
experiment. Our belief early on was
that people did not want to be social
regarding cleaning supplies, as
weve moved on toward food,
organic food and also as you get into
the medical supplies category peo-
ple have more interest to understand
the nature of those products.
Change
California currently makes up just
14 percent of Betty Mills business
but Hanna is hoping to change that.
Weve made it very clear to a
number of our friends locally that
were a San Mateo company, and
theres a lot about San Mateo thats
in our roots, Hanna said. For
many years, weve been unknown in
San Mateo. If you were asking me
three years ago, Whos Betty
Mills? I would say were the lead-
ing cleaning and janitorial supply
company on the Internet. The brand-
ing has kind of evolved over time, it
was more about a category before,
now its about a brand.
For more information on Betty
Mills visit www.bettymills.com.
MILLS
LOCAL 20
MONDAY, JULY 30
Foster City Village Update
Meetings. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wind
Room above the Foster City Library,
1000 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City.
Updates for seniors and others on the
Village progress. For more
information call the Foster City Village
at 378-8541.
Jazz on Main: Anton Schwartz
Quintet. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 2600
Broadway, Redwood City. Free. For
more information call 780-7340.
Free Film: Whats on Your Plate? 6
p.m. to 7 p.m. New Leaf Community
Markets, 150 San Mateo Road, Half
Moon Bay. This short film is a witty
and provocative documentary
produced and directed by award-
winning Catherine Gund about kids
and food politics. Filmed over the
course of one year, the film follows
two 11-year-old multiethnic city kids
as they explore their place in the food
chain. Free. For more information
email info@newleaf.com.
Dance Connection with music by
DJ Colin Dickie. 6:30 p.m.-7 p.m. with
open dance 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Burlingame Womans Club, 241 Park
Road, Burlingame. Free dance lessons
Admission is $6 members, $8 guests.
Light refreshments, mixers and rafes.
Join the club for half price, $10 for the
remainder of the year. For more
information call 342-2221.
Mondays Group Series Dance
Classes. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Boogie
Woogie Ballroom, 551 Foster City
Blvd., Suite G, Foster City. Includes
beginning Lindy, American Smooth
level one Tango, American Smooth
level II Tango and American Rhythm,
Rumba I. For more information call
627-4854.
TUESDAY, JULY 31
Annual Variety Show. Noon. Twin
Pines Senior and Community Center,
20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont.
Performers will include young
aspiring actors, dancers and singers.
Free. For more information call 595-
7444.
Live Bat Presentation. 6:30 p.m. San
Mateo Public Library, Oak Room, 55
W.Third Ave., San Mateo. Live bats will
be presented by Corky Quirk of
Northern California Bats. Free. For
Family Fun Night. 7 p.m. Burlingame
Main Library, 480 Primrose Road,
Burlingame. Puppet Art Theatre. Free
tickets available at Burlingame Public
Library Childrens Desk beginning the
Saturday prior. Space is limited.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1
Fratello Marionettes. 3 p.m. 800
Alma St., Menlo Park. For more
information visit
www.menloparklibrary.org.
Master DanceWorkshops. 3 p.m. to
5 p.m. Barrett Community Center,
Room A, 1835 Belburn Drive, Belmont.
Tap Class for dancers who want to
improve their technique and expand
their skills. $30. For more information
call 595-7441.
Hip Hop class for dancers who want
to improve their technique and
expand their skills. $30. For more
Free Movie: Sin Nombre. 6:30 p.m.
Community Room of the Downtown
Redwood City Library, 1044
Middlefield Road, Redwood City. In
Spanish with English Subtitles. A story
of a woman from Honduras venturing
toward a better life in the United
States. For more information call 780-
7305.
Movers in the Sky: Comets, Meteors
and Asteroids. 7 p.m. Millbrae
Library, 1 Library Ave., Millbrae.
Presented by astrophysicist Kevin
Manning. What differentiates these
small bodies as remnants of the solar
systems formation? Interesting
pictures and illustrations serve to
uncover these mysteries. Free. For
Successful LinkedIn Proles. 7 p.m.
to 8 p.m. Burlingame Public Library,
480 Primrose Road, Burlingame.
Lecture on how to use LinkedIn for
career development. Free. For more
information call 558-7400, ext. 2.
THURSDAY, AUG. 2
Contemporary class for dancers who
want to improve their technique and
expand their skills. $30. For more
Ballet Technique class for dancers
who want to improve their technique
and expand their skills. $30. For more
My Liberty San Mateo Meeting. 6
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. American Legion
Post No 82. 130 South Blvd., San
Mateo. Presentation on Obamacare.
7388.
Esthers Pledge Substance Abuse
Preventino Workshops. 6 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. 1717 Embarcadero Road,
Suite 4000, Palo Alto. Young adults,
parents and teens welcome. Takes
place the first Thursday of every
month. Will cover warning signs, how
to talk to your kids and steps for
getting help. Must RSVP. Free to
public. For more information call 424-
0852 ext. 200.
Dayna Stephens Quartet Jazz
Show. 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Stanford
Shopping Center, 660 Stanford
Shopping Center, Palo Alto. Free. For
more information visit sfjazz.org.
Central Park Music Series. 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. Central Park, downtown San
Mateo, corner of Fifth Avenue and El
Camino Real, San Mateo. Enjoy Big
Band party music by The Bud E. Luv
Orchestra. Free. For more information
call 522-7522, ext. 2767.
Star Gazing Program. 6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. South San Francisco Main
Library, 840 W. Orange Ave., South San
Francisco. Free. For more information
call 829-3860.
M.L. Steadman will read from The
Light Between. 7 p.m. Belmont
Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. Light refreshments to be
served. Open to public. Free.
Movies on the Square: Hugo. 8:45
p.m. Courthouse Square, 2200
Broadway, Redwood City. This movie
is rated PG. Free. For more information
call 780-7340 or visit
www.redwoodcity.org/events/movies
.html.
FRIDAY, AUG. 3
Free First Fridays. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The San Mateo County History
Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood
City. At 11 a.m., preschool children can
learn about baseball and at 2 p.m.,
museum docents will lead a tour of
the museum for adults. Free. For more
information call 299-0104 visit
historysmc.org.
The Great Big Garden Bonanza. 10
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Filoli, 86 Caada
Road, Redwood City. $15 for adult
non-members. There will be tours,
demos, food and more. $12 for senior
non-members. $5 for children non-
members. Free for ages four and
under. For more information call 364-
8300.
The Local Coastal Potters Show.
Noon to 5 p.m. The Coastal Arts
League Museum, 300 Main St., Half
Moon Bay. Every Friday through
Monday during the same hours until
Aug. 27. For more information call
726-6335.
Free Wine and Beer Tastings Friday
Happy Hours. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. New
Leaf Community Markets, 150 San
Mateo Road, Half Moon Bay. A
different selection will be offered
each week.We will feature local wines
and brews, wines that offer
exceptional value and limited-
quantity, hand-crafted wines. Meet
knowledgeable vendors and educate
your pallet. Must be 21 years of age
or older. No registration required. Free.
For more information email
www.newleaf.com.
Two-story Rummage Pre-sale. 5:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Congregational
Church of Belmont, 751 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. $10 per person.
For more information contact Micki
Carter at mickicartr@aol.com.
Pacic Art League's Opening. 5:30
p.m. to 8 p.m. Pacic Art League, 668
Ramona St., Palo Alto. Join Pacic Art
League for its August Art Exhibitions
opening reception featuring Figures
& Faces, Zhao Nan Duan's solo
exhibition and Ray Mendieta's
students. For more information
contact
marketing@pacicartleauge.org.
Teen Read-In. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 800
Alma St., Menlo Park. For more
information visit
www.menloparklibrary.org.
August Move Nights: The Lorax.
Dusk (around 8 p.m.). Twin Pines Park
Meadow, 1225 Ralston Ave., Belmont.
744.
Dave Matthews Blues band. 9 p.m.
Menlo Hub, 1029 El Camino Real,
Menlo Park. Live blues music. Free. For
more information call 321-6882
SATURDAY, AUG. 4
Family Sale. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clothing
for Kids, Men and Women, Tools,
Electronics, Kitchen Items, Bikes
,Outdoor Gear, Toys, and Furniture.
Coffee and Bake Sale. Profits help
benefit Troop 44. For more
Calendar
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
in the parking garage on B Street
between Third and Fourth avenues.
Vibrant saxophone and stand-up bass
players in Hararahs street scene come to
life and lighten up the garages drab con-
crete walls.
An art teacher of Hararahs recom-
mended him to Steve Spieller, the owner
of B Street and Vine. Spieller looked
through Hararahs portfolio then told
him he was looking for a music scene
that would liven up the garage. Hararah
took the brief direction, infused his cre-
ativity and gave the public a work of art.
Friends of his who played music at the
cafe inspired him to depict a jazz duet,
Hararah said.
And Spieller was thrilled.
Hararah was great to work with, very
meticulous. If I had more space Id hire
him again, Spieller said.
The appropriately named David
Bowie and Winston Churchill mural
surrounds the front entrance of the
Swingin Door pub on 25th Avenue. The
two British grenadier guards stand near-
ly 8 feet tall and are impossible for the
passing public to miss. Hararah contact-
ed the owner, Warren Chapman, about
nishing the poorly painted incomplete
guards a previous artist abandoned.
Chapman told Hararah he wanted the
guards to have recognizable celebrity
faces. Hararahs grasp of the gurative
created the two British celebrities that
now stand guard at the pubs entrance.
Hararah has been ne-tuning his skills
for many years. Artistic even as a child,
Hararah said he picked up a paint brush
for the rst time in 2002. It was a high
school art assignment that introduced
Hararah not only to painting, but to
murals as well. Along with his class-
mates, they created a large painting for
their schools library, said Hararah.
It was during his time at the College of
San Mateo that he began to focus on a
career as an artist, said Hararah. The sole
artist in his family, Hararah went against
his traditional parents ideal profession
for their son. Yet regardless of familial
encouragement, he cant imagine nding
fulllment in another career path, said
Hararah. Hararah considers his job with
humor.
When Im making art, its not neces-
sarily like working, its more like high-
stakes play, he said.
As a gurative artist, Hararah said he
typically paints from photographs he
takes on the streets of San Francisco.
The diverse culture of a large city
attracted Hararah and led him to paint
portraits of the economically disadvan-
taged. The figures in his paintings
emerge from an intensely colorful back-
ground. These abstract backgrounds
convey a sense of movement while high-
lighting the detail of his subjects faces.
Abstract goes into play with the gu-
rative, they live in this symbiotic rela-
tionship on the canvas, said Hararah.
Hararah describes his paintings as
psychological, relating to both subject
and audience. He believes viewing art is
a momentary experience and hopes that,
in seeing his art, people will take away
insight to the world and themselves.
Although he prefers to paint murals
accessible to the public, Hararah knows
they dont come easily, or often. He
works with graphic design on the com-
puter to provide artistic advertising for
clients. Hararah also paints signs for
local businesses such as Otter Books and
Talbots Toyland. Even though xing
signs doesnt require much imagination,
Hararah still nds enjoyment. Painting
signs while atop a high ladder is danger-
ous, yet still entertaining, said Hararah.
Each commission creates new chal-
lenges he nds both enjoyable and edu-
cational, said Hararah. Communication
between him and his clients is crucial
and valuable. Listening to what a client
wants and adding his own unique artistic
perspective is essential, he said.
Although Hararah nds his work per-
sonally rewarding, he delights in the
effect his art has on others.
For me, the satisfaction of the client
and of the public is [my] number one
priority, and I really enjoy that, when
people are genuinely happy about the
work Ive done, he said.
Hararahs portfolio and contact infor-
mation can be found at
dylanhararah.wordpress.com.
ART
master plan. In return, SPI has offered
the city a brand-new turfed athletic eld
at a cost of nearly $800,000. SPI has also
offered to replace the turf in 10 years at
an additional cost of about $440,000.
The company has also offered to
install rest room facilities at Mariners
Island Park in the amount of $200,000.
But opponents of the plan, who stood
in a long line Thursday night to hear
Meiers proposal, said Bridgepointe
needs to stick to the promise it made to
the city when Fashion Island was torn
down.
The promise, however, was not to
maintain an ice rink, Meier said, but
rather an ice rink or similar recreational
amenity.
The phrase similar recreational
amenity is a sticking point for hockey
mom Julie McAuliffe, who thinks it
could lead to the rinks survival.
She plans to follow Bridgepointes
request until it makes it to the City
Council for nal approval after being
considered by the Planning
Commission.
Meiers presentation to the crowd, she
said, strengthened the group.
Many wore hockey jerseys with save
the rink stickers on them Thursday
night.
The issue is the wording and intent,
McAuliffe said about Bridgepointes
master plan.
Meier, when asked what the company
would do if the city did not allow it to
place the recreational amenity off site,
did not answer.
He instead said the companys intent
was to get the city to allow it to move the
amenity to another location.
Some early suggestions for what could
replace the rink include a yoga studio,
gym, judo studio, dance studio or climb-
ing wall, among others.
McAuliffe does not think any of these
alternatives match the benets the ice
rink currently gives the community.
It is busy all day long, she said, from 5
a.m. until midnight and is used by boys,
girls and adults.
New retail uses where the ice rink now
sits could produce $28.2 million in retail
sales annually and $282,000 in sales tax
revenue for the city, Meier said.
Brisbane resident Mike Chaple has
been taking his son to the ice center for
more than ve years now to play hockey
and admits turf elds are great.
However, he thinks the owners of
Bridgepointe need to honor the commit-
ment it made to the city to keep the ice
rink, which is used by families all over
the Peninsula and Bay Area.
Pacica resident Dee Watt has two
children who have grown up playing
hockey at Bridgepointe.
Local high schools offer nothing like
hockey and those who go to the Ice
Center value every minute they have in
this rink, Watt said.
The Ice Center of San Mateo also has
a gure skating team that travels the
state and places well in competitions.
The teams supporters say closing the
rink will dash the hopes of many young
gure skaters, who may not be able to
travel elsewhere to skate.
Ice Center ownership told the Daily
Journal business is good and that it
wants to stay put.
At Thursday nights meeting, many
questioned whether a turfed eld was a
good tradeoff saying they are often cur-
rently underutilized.
Most, though, said the battle to save
the rink was more than 10 years ago and
that it should not have to be fought
again.
This battle was fought already and
ownership needs to stick to its obliga-
tion, McAuliffe said with her hockey-
playing son beside her.
Bill Silverfarb can be reached by email: sil-
verfarb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 106.
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