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Millbrae looking at development fee hikes

Builders oppose the proposed increases charged to projects in the 116-acre site
By Austin Walsh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Developers interested in building new homes or work spaces

near the Millbrae train station
oppose an effort by city officials
to collect increased builder fees
designed to offset an anticipated
increased toll on city infrastructure.

Reuben
Holober

The Millbrae
City Council
will
discuss
updating development impact
fees for proposed projects
on the 116
acres near the
M i l l b r a e
Caltrain
and

Bay Area Rapid Transit station during a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10.
Two developers interested in
building office and residential
projects in the area adjacent to the
intersection of Millbrae Avenue
and El Camino Real oppose the
proposal, claiming the calls for
additional revenue are unjustified.
Mayor Reuben Holober disagreed, claiming the fees recom-

mended in a consultant study are

needed to backfill the anticipated
increased city cost in operating
and maintaining adequate sewer,
transportation, park and public
safety services.
We believe all these fees proposed are appropriate and legally
defensible, he said.
Under the consultants recommendation, residential develop-

ments should pay $30,708 per

unit in fees, while it should cost
$6,301 per hotel room, $44.44
per square foot of retail space,
$9.01 per square foot of office
space and $4.55 per square foot of
industrial space.
Republic Urban Properties and
property owner Vincent Muzzi
have proposed to build in separate

See FEE, Page 8

Councilman
sues to stop
school deal
Foster City officials suit alleges districts
new school development plan is illegal
By Austin Walsh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

ANNA SCHUESSLER/DAILY JOURNAL

Andrea Giuliani prepares house-made pasta at Pausa in San Mateo.The Italian restaurant offers selections such
as porcini flour ravioli with a butternut squash puree; salmon crudo with king trumpet mushrooms and salmon
caviar atop horseradish mousse; and Margherita pizza from Pausas wood-fire stove.

Taking a pause
San Mateo Italian restaurant Pausa offers breath of fresh air
By Anna Schuessler
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

For Steve Ugur and Andrea

Giuliani, creating an unforgettable
restaurant experience for diners is
in their roots.
At 16, Ugur was a server at his
fathers San Mateo Italian restaurant, Spiedo. At 13, Giuliani was
beginning his career as in the
kitchen, washing dishes in a

restaurant in his
home country,
Italy.
The two are
teaming up as
co-owners of
Italian restaurant Pausa at
223 E. Fourth
Ave. in San
Steve Ugur
Mateo, where
they hope to share their passion

for fresh food and hospitality with

the Peninsula. The restaurant will
officially open its doors this
Wednesday, inviting San Mateo
diners in for a new take on Italian
cuisine.
In mid-2015, Giuliani was ready
for a break after 28 years as a chef.
He had recently finished as a chef
at Piazza DAngelo in Mill Valley,

See PAUSA, Page 16

Foster City Councilman Herb

Perez is suing to block the building of a new elementary school
under allegations the development
deal paving way for construction
is illegal and should be voided.
Perez filed in San Mateo County
Superior Court a lawsuit seeking a
court order forcing San MateoFoster City Elementary School
District officials to stop their
work toward redeveloping the
Charter Square shopping center
into a fourth Foster City elementary school.

The
suit
alleges district
officials subverted the public
bidding
process on the
way to striking
a deal to pay
$61 million to
the owner of
Herb Perez
the shopping
center at the intersection of Shell
and Beach Park boulevards for purchase and development of a new
school.
I want to see a school built. But

See PEREZ, Page 8

U.S. had near record heat and

costly weather disasters in 16
By Seth Borenstein
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON With steamy

nights, sticky days and torrential
downpours, last year went down as
one of the warmest and wildest
weather years on record in the
United States.
The National Oceanic and

Atmospheric
Administration
announced Monday that 2016 was
the second hottest year in the U.S.
as Alaska warmed dramatically and
nighttime temperatures set a
record.
The U.S. also notched its second
highest number of weather disas-

See 2016, Page 16

FOR THE RECORD

Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

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Thought for the Day

In order to go on living one must try to
escape the death involved in perfectionism.
Hannah Arendt, American author and historian

This Day in History

President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his
State of the Union address, asked
Congress to impose a surcharge on
both corporate and individual income
taxes to help pay for his Great
Society programs as well as the war in Vietnam. That same
day, Massachusetts Republican Edward W. Brooke, the rst
black elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, took his seat.

1967

In 1 7 7 6 , Thomas Paine anonymously published his inuential pamphlet, Common Sense, which argued for
American independence from British rule.
In 1 8 6 1 , Florida became the third state to secede from the
Union.
In 1 8 7 0 , John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
In 1 9 1 7 , legendary Western frontiersman and showman
William F. Buffalo Bill Cody died at his sisters home in
Denver at age 70.
In 1 9 2 0 , the League of Nations was established as the
Treaty of Versailles went into effect.
In 1 9 4 6 , the rst General Assembly of the United Nations
convened in London. The rst manmade contact with the
moon was made as radar signals transmitted by the U.S.
A hawk owl sits on a fir branch near the village of Vasilkova, Belarus.
Army Signal Corps were bounced off the lunar surface.
In 1 9 4 7 , the musical fantasy Finians Rainbow, with
music by Burton Lane and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, opened on
Broadway.
thing thats a little different than their
In 1 9 5 7 , Harold Macmillan became prime minister of A moo-ving rescue: Stranded
average run-of-the-mill stuff, said
Britain, following the resignation of Anthony Eden.
Jesse Good, one of the events organIn 1 9 7 1 , Masterpiece Theatre premiered on PBS with cow winched across frozen pond
host Alistair Cooke introducing the drama series The First
MONMOUTH, Ore. A cow strand- izers.
Pants-less subway rides were schedChurchills.
ed on ice in western Oregon experienced what might be called a moo-ving uled to take place this year in dozens of
cities around the world, including in
rescue.
The Polk County Sheriffs Office got Boston; Berlin; Prague; and Warsaw,
organizers
said.
a report last Friday about a cow that Poland,
had ventured onto a frozen pond, fallen Philadelphias version was sponsored
by a laundry delivery service, which
and couldnt get back up.
A sheriffs deputy, the cows owner asked participants to show up with
and a friend of the owner rushed to the extra pants or other clothing to donate
rescue. The sheriffs office says the to charity.
Participants are told to get on trains
owner used some lassoing skills to get
and act as they normally would and are
a rope around the cow from shore.
Video shows the bovine being given an assigned point to take off
steadily
winched across the ice on its their pants. Theyre asked to keep a
Rapper Chris
Baseball Hall of
Boxing Hall of
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toward the barn.
McCovey is 79.
Foreman is 68.
Sheriff Mark Garton said Monday theyre cold.
Moments before entering a
Opera singer Sherrill Milnes is 82. Blues artist Eddy the cow is doing just fine.
Manhattan station, Peter Saez said it
Clearwater is 82. Rock singer-musician Ronnie Hawkins is
was his third time going pant-less.
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SALT LAKE CITY A search and
rescue team hiked up a steep, snowy
Utah mountain in an attempt to rescue
a dog that was stuck on a narrow ledge
above a 50-foot cliff.
The Utah County Sheriffs Office
posted a video Monday showing highlights of the Friday operation that
ended without getting the dog off the
mountain near Provo, Utah.
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Mary, with food. But it never worked
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LOCAL

Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

Wine country among areas

hit hard by storms in state
Rescuers take advantage of break in storms in California
By Ellen Knickmeyer
and Jocelyn Gecker

Police reports
They need to be taught a lesson
A vehicle was broken into and a toilet
training seat was stolen on the rst
block of Hillcrest Boulevard in Millbrae
before 4:06 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30.

SAN MATEO
S us p i c i o us c i rc ums t an c e s . Someone
placed broken glass under a vehicles tires at
the Main Street Parking Garage on Second
Avenue before 11:09 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.
4.
Acci dent. A car drove into a ditch near East
Third Avenue and Highway 101 before 11:03
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4.
Hi t-and-run. The driver of a silver BMW
struck a pedestrian near Baldwin and South
Ellsworth avenues and ed the scene before
6:11 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3.
Theft. A man attempted to steal a bicycle
and dropped it when confronted on Second
Avenue before 7:13 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2.
Burg l ary . The door of a business was broken and a safe was missing on South
Amphlett Boulevard before 6:59 a. m.
Monday, Jan. 2.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FORESTVILLE Emergency crews in

rescue boats and helicopters rushed to take
advantage of a one-day break between
storms Monday to rescue stranded people
and assess damage after the heaviest rain in
a decade overwhelmed parts of California
and Nevada.
Wine country in Sonoma County,
California, was among the hardest hit areas,
with up to 13 inches of rain since Friday.
Rolling hills and vineyards along the scenic route known as River Road were submerged Monday with just the tips of vines
visible in completely flooded fields.
The Russian River in Sonoma rose to its
highest level since 2006, spilling over its
banks and forcing the closure of schools
and roads.
The weekend storm dumped more than a
foot of water on parts of Northern
California, forcing hundreds of people to
evacuate and leaving thousands without
power. The system raised rivers over their
banks and toppled trees, among them the
fabled giant sequoia dubbed Pioneer Cabin
that had a drive-thru tunnel carved into its
base more than a century ago.
Another strong storm was bearing down
on the region and expected to hit Tuesday.
Such gaps between storms are what saves
us from the big water, Fire Chief Max Ming
said in the Russian River town of
Forestville, where rescuers launched rafts
and used a helicopter to search for people cut
off by rising water. People hunker down

UNINCORPORATED
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REUTERS

A partially submerged home and vehicles are seen during a winter storm in Petaluma.
and wait for it to get past.
The back-to-back storms that hit
California and Nevada since last week are
part of an atmospheric river weather system that draws precipitation from the
Pacific Ocean as far west as Hawaii. That
kind of system, also known as the pineapple express, poses catastrophic risks for
areas hit by the heaviest rain.
Its been about 10 years since weve
experienced this kind of rainfall, said
Steve Anderson, a National Weather Service

forecaster. Were getting a little bit of a

break today, but we have another storm system arriving tomorrow thats not quite as
potent but could still cause problems.

See STORMS, Page 8

Burg l ary . A vehicles window was broken

and an iPad valued at $600 was taken near
Highway 1 and Pigeon Point Road before
4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1.
As s aul t. A 34-year-old El Granada man was
arrested after choking his roommate with a
baseball bat on the 100 block of Madrona
Avenue in El Granada before 10:16 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 30.

LOCAL

Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

Redwood City clerk to retire

Redwood City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden
will retire in June after 12 years of service
to the city, it was
announced Monday.
The City Council is
expected to commence an
executive search immediately.
Vonderlinden started
her two-decade public
service career with the
City of Redwood City,
Silvia
Vonderlinden followed by a stint as
city clerk with Menlo
Park. She returned to the City of Redwood
City in 2007. She holds a masters degree in
public administration.
Were very grateful to Silvia for her 12
total years of dedicated public service to the
city of Redwood City, Mayor John Seybert
said in a prepared statement. Her last nine
years as our dedicated city clerk were outstanding, and we will miss her very much.
We wish her well in her journey overseas to
start a new chapter in her familys life.
The mission of the City Clerk
Department is to steward and protect democratic processes, such as elections, access
to official records and to comply with federal, state and local statutes.

Two accused of Foster City murder

set for three-day April hearing
Two men accused of killing a Foster City
man in 2011 for financial gain have been
scheduled to appear in court for an estimated
three-day preliminary hearing starting
April 3, according to the San Mateo County
District Attorneys Office.
David Mitchell, 33, and Willie Venable,
66, both of Southern California, pleaded
not guilty to charges of special circumstance of murder for financial gain and use
of a deadly weapon Dec. 7. The two could
face the death penalty if found guilty and
they remain in custody without bail, according to prosecutors.
The two were arrested Nov. 1, 2016, for

Local briefs
the murder of Klaus
Gachter. Mitchell, of
Fontana,
previously
lived in Foster City and
knew the victim as
Gachter and his mother
were friends. Venable
allegedly
murdered
Gachter for financial
David Mitchell gain at the behest of
Mitchell.
Financial
incentives appear to be
the motive for both suspects, according to prosecutors.
Gachter, a successful
international businessman, was 71 when his
house cleaner found him
dead Dec. 16, 2011, in
Willie Venable his home on the 600
block of Waterbury Lane.
He had apparently been in the midst of
cooking himself a steak dinner when
Venable used a knife to stab and beat him to
death, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe
said previously. A critical piece of evidence
tying the men to the murder was DNA found
on a key left in the door lock to Gachters
home, he said.
Venable, a San Bernardino resident, did
not know the victim but knew Mitchell
from living in Southern California,
Wagstaffe said previously.
Attorneys for Venable and Mitchell did
not return calls for comment.

Man charged for

Redwood City burglary
A 21-year-old man charged with residential burglary at a Redwood City home earlier this month pleaded not guilty to his
charges Monday, according to the San
Mateo County District Attorneys Office.
At around 4 p.m. Jan. 5, Juan Franco
allegedly broke the kitchen window of a
house on Ebener Street. Franco allegedly
cut himself as he went through the broken

window, and was bleeding as he moved

through the house. When the homeowners
arrived after work, they allegedly discovered $23,000 in jewelry, cash and other
property missing from the home.
Surveillance cameras positioned inside and
outside the house captured footage of
Franco committing the burglary. A detective
allegedly recognized Franco from the
footage and arrested him at his residence,
where they recovered $17,000 of the stolen
property, according to prosecutors.
Franco is set to appear in court Jan. 23 for
preliminary hearing. He is in custody and
his bail has been set at $50,000, according
to prosecutors.

Woman arrested for alleged

strong-arm grocery store robbery
Police arrested a 35-year-old woman who
they say attempted to shoplift a few items
from a South San Francisco grocery store
Friday morning.
At about 9:40 a. m. , the suspect,
Lashonda Gilfillan, allegedly grabbed three
items off the shelves and left the store on
the 300 block of McLellan Drive without
paying the full amount, according to
police.
When she was confronted by an employee, Gilfillan allegedly refused to pay the full
amount for the items or return them to the
store, police said.
She also allegedly took a swing at an
employee who tried to grab the stores
items back from her, police said.
Gilfillan, who police describe as a transient, was arrested on suspicion of strongarm robbery and giving a false name to
police and is being held in San Mateo
County Jail on $50,000 bail.

Menlo Park fire district

breaks ground on new station
The Menlo Park Fire Protection District
broke ground on a new fire station Monday,
fire officials said.
A ceremony took place at 11:30 a.m. at
700 Oak Grove Ave. to formally mark Fire

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Station 6s groundbreaking, an effort that
has been more than nine years in the making.
According to fire officials, the effort to
build a new station began in late 2007. The
site, however, was not big enough to
accommodate a seismically safe design and
a modern infrastructure that could support
personnel and equipment.
In 2008, an adjoining property and home
behind the station were purchased and
rezoned. The project experienced delays
though because of the economic recession,
fire officials said.
Last month, the old fire station at the site
was torn down, paving the way for
Mondays event. Construction of the new
station is expected to be completed in
2018.

Judge: San Francisco cant be

sued over death by immigrant
SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco cannot be held liable for a slaying by a man
who was in the country illegally and had
been released by sheriffs officials despite a
request by immigration officials to keep
him behind bars, a federal judge said.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero dismissed wrongful death claims filed by the
family of 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle
against the city and Sheriff Ross
Mirkarimi. The judge, however, allowed a
negligence claim against the federal government to move forward.
Steinles shooting death thrust San
Francisco into the national debate over
immigration
The man charged with murder in the July
2015 slaying, Juan Francisco LopezSanchez, was a repeat drug offender who was
transferred to the city jail to face a marijuana sales charge after he completed a federal
prison sentence for illegally reentering the
country. The district attorney dropped
charges, and the sheriffs department
released Lopez-Sanchez three months
before Steinles death, ignoring a request by
U. S.
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement to keep him behind bars.

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LOCAL/STATE/NATION

Fans mourn death of states

famous drive-thru sequoia
By Amanda Lee Myers
and Rich Pedroncelli
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARNOLD Joyce Brown was 12

when her parents first took her to visit
the drive-thru tree, a giant sequoia in
California famous for a car-sized hole
carved into the base of its trunk.
Brown thought she had entered a land
of giants as she walked underneath and
around the ancient 100-foot-tall tree,
which was toppled by a massive storm
on Sunday.
Its kind of like someone in the
family has died, said Brown, a 65year-old retired middle school teacher
in the San Francisco Bay Area who
spends about a third of the year at her
familys cabin in Arnold, about 4
miles from where the now-fallen tree
lies dead in Calaveras Big Trees State
Park.
Four generations of Browns family
have spent countless hours at the
Pioneer Cabin tree and often took outof-town visitors there, some from as
far away as Turkey.
In May 2015, she and her husband
showed off the tree to John and Lesley
Ripper, a Michigan couple the Browns
befriended on an African safari.
I was blown away, said John
Ripper, a 55-year-old printer in
Northville, Michigan. Ive traveled
to 70 countries. But that particular
tree and being able to walk underneath it and touch it was quite a memorable moment and something I
wont soon forget.
Ripper said he cant believe that a
storm felled such a massive, sturdylooking tree.
In the blink of an eye, its gone,
he said. Theres this giant tree everyone remembers, and its going to be
laying there in plain sight. The dead
giant.
Sumner Crawford of Charleston,

CALAVERAS BIG TREES ASSOCIATION

The tunnel that made the tree famous and ultimately weakened it was carved into
its trunk in the 1880s to allow tourists to pass through, first with horses and buggies
and later with cars.
South Carolina, remembers every
detail of his first visit to the tree as a
kid in the early 1990s.
I remember I was walking through
the tree and thinking, Im inside of
the tree right now! he said. It was
madness.
Crawford, 36, was stunned by the
sequoias size: When his family of four
tried to join hands around the tree they
discovered they couldnt even come
close.
It was so different and so odd,
Crawford said, adding that he recently
visited the tree again and relived those
memories.
I feel like its part of my personal
history. So its a bummer to see it go,
he said.
The tunnel that made the tree famous
and ultimately weakened it was carved

into its trunk in the 1880s to allow

tourists to pass through, first with
horses and buggies and later with cars.
The tunnel was limited to pedestrians
in recent decades.
The largest tree species in the world,
sequoias can reach diameters up to 27
feet and have shallow root systems
that make them vulnerable to toppling.
The drive-thru tree had a diameter of
22 feet and was about 2,000 years old,
said Tony Tealdi, a supervising ranger
at California State Parks.
When the already mostly dead tree
hit the ground on Sunday, it shattered
and is now completely unrecognizable, said Jim Allday, a volunteer at
Calaveras Big Trees State Park.
It was majestic, he said. Now its
basically a pile of rubble.

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Airport shooting suspect
makes initial court appearance
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The Iraq war veteran held in
the fatal shooting of five people inside Fort Lauderdales
airport answered questions in a clear
voice Monday as he was appointed public defenders and told he could face the
death penalty.
Esteban Santiago, 26, appeared before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia Valle, who
ordered him held until his next hearings.
Shackled in a red jumpsuit in the heavily guarded federal courtroom, Santiago
answered mostly yes or no to questions,
Esteban
and told the judge he understands the
Santiago
charges, which include committing violence against people at an international airport resulting in
death, and two firearms offenses.
She told him the death penalty could apply.
We are telling you the maximum penalty allowed by law
so that you understand the seriousness of the charges, the
judge said.
He said he had been in the Army, where he made about
$15,000 a year. He mentioned expenses including $560 in
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GOP hesitancy grows

on health law repeal
without a substitute
By Alan Fram
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Growing numbers of Republicans

showed discomfort Monday over obliterating President
Barack Obamas health care overhaul
without having a replacement to show
voters. Hoping to capitalize on the jitters, Democrats staged an evening Senate
talk-a-thon to condemn the GOP push.
With Donald Trump just 12 days from
entering the White House, Republicans
have positioned a repeal and replacement
of Obamas 2010 health care statute atop
their congressional agenda. But GOP lawRand Paul
makers have never been able to rally
behind an alternative, and Republican senators are increasingly voicing reluctance to vote to yank health coverage
from millions of people without a substitute.
That hesitancy was fed as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., among
those who want to delay repeal until a substitute is ready, said
Trump telephoned him Friday night and expressed support
for doing both together. The president-elect expressed a similar sentiment shortly after his election, but his call to Paul
came as GOP congressional leaders have pushed toward an
early repeal vote, to be followed by work on alternative
health care legislation that could take months or years to
craft.
There are gathering voices of people saying, Hmm,
maybe we should have a replacement the same day as a
repeal, Paul told reporters Monday.
The budding Republican divisions come as the GOP-led
Senate pushed toward a final vote this week on a budget that
would shield a future bill repealing Obamas law from a
Democratic filibuster.
Once passed by the Senate and later the House, the budget
would prevent Senate Democrats from using those delaying
tactics against the later legislation repealing Obamas
statute. Filibusters take 60 votes to halt in a chamber
Republicans control by just 52-48.
Lawmakers were also focused on confirmation hearings for
Trumps Cabinet.
In Tuesdays initial hearings, committees will examine
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Trumps pick for attorney general, and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, his choice for homeland security secretary. Seven others were also set for hearings this week.
Also Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee planned a
hearing on intelligence agencies conclusion that Russia
meddled in the U.S. election by hacking and distributing
Democratic party emails to help Trump win the White House.
Among the witnesses will be FBI Director James Comey. It
will be his first public appearance before Congress since he
announced just before the election that the FBI was studying
additional emails connected to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, a revelation many Democrats say contributed to her defeat by Trump.

REUTERS

Barack Obama waves as he walks to Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House.

Obama won the nations

approval, didnt unite it
By Josh Lederman
and Emily Swanson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON More Americans

feel Barack Obamas presidency divided the country than feel it brought people together, a new poll shows. Yet he
leaves office held in high esteem by a
solid majority.
Eight years after Obamas historic
election, just 27 percent see the U.S.
as more united as a result of his presidency, according to an Associated
Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs
Research poll conducted after the 2016
election. Far more 44 percent say
its more divided.
Those figures underscore one of the
key contradictions of Obamas presidency. By and large, Americans like
him. Yet, aside from the big
Obamacare health care overhaul, he
has been unable to translate that
approval into congressional majorities to fulfill many of his goals.
Its one of the few regrets of my
presidency that the rancor and sus-

picion between the parties has gotten

worse instead of better, Obama said
last January in his final State of the
Union address.
Still, 57 percent say they view
Obama favorably, putting him way
ahead of his predecessor, George W.
Bush, and on par with Bill Clinton at
the end of their two terms. Clinton had
the same 57 percent but Bush just 40,
according to Gallup polling at the
time. Bushs father fared better, with
62 percent viewing him favorably at
the end of his time in office, despite
his failure to win a second term.
Just over half say Obamas presidency has been great or good. Thirtyseven percent view him unfavorably.
Did he keep his promises? He did
not, in the minds of 2 of 3 Americans,
though 44 percent say he tried.
Theres frustration even among
many longtime Obama supporters
about the lack of movement on major
priorities such as overhauling the
nations immigration laws, enacting
gun control measures and shutting the
prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

He acted very presidential, but he

just couldnt get things done, said
Dale Plath, a retired sales manager
from Mason City, Iowa. He said he
voted for Obama the first time, voted
against him the second, and this year,
Plath said: I voted for change,
frankly in the form of Donald
Trump.
Yes, I understand the Republicans
were against Obama, Plath said. But
there have been other presidents in the
same situation, and they were able to
pull through.
Obama leaves office more popular
than he was just a few years ago. In
December 2014, the month after
Democrats lost control of the Senate,
just 41 percent said they viewed him
favorably in an AP-GfK poll.
His complicated legacy comes into
sharper focus when it comes to race.
Nearly 8 in 10 African-Americans view
the nations first black president
favorably, but far fewer see his presidency as having yielded the type of
profound changes for black Americans
that many had hoped.

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Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

Trump predicts all Cabinet

picks will win confirmation
By Jill Colvin and Steve Peoples
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK Facing a week of highprofile tests for his administration-in-waiting, President-elect Donald Trump predicted
Monday that all of his Cabinet picks would
win Senate confirmation even as Democrats
charged that Trumps team was ignoring
standard vetting protocol.
I think theyll all pass, Trump said of
his would-be Cabinet, describing them as
all at the highest level in between private
meetings in his Manhattan sky rise.
Trumps confidence comes as lawmakers
in both parties eagerly await the submission of background material from Cabinet
picks, including billionaires whose extensive personal financial dealings have never
faced public scrutiny. Senate Democrats
urged GOP leaders to slow their aggressive
hearing schedule, which includes Trumps
picks for the nations top diplomat, lead
law enforcement officer and head of homeland security, among others.
Bear in mind President-elect Trumps
nominees pose particularly difficult ethics
and conflict-of-interest challenges, Senate

Minority Leader Chuck

Schumer of New York
said. They come from
enormous wealth, many
have vast holdings and
stocks, and very few
have experience in government.
One wealthy Trump
pick
official who wont
Jared Kushner
require Senate confirmation: son-in-law Jared Kushner, who transition officials confirmed Monday would
serve as a senior adviser in the new administration. Kushner, a New York real estate
executive, is expected to exert broad sway
over both domestic and foreign policy, particularly Middle East issues and trade negotiations.
While not subject to Senate approval,
White House staff must publicly disclose
personal financial information.
Addressing the Cabinet selections,
Trumps incoming press secretary Sean
Spicer insisted Monday, Everyone who has
a hearing this week has their paperwork in.
Its unclear, however, whether each had
submitted the extensive list of requirements
that Senate Majority Leader Mitch

Yahoo to change name, trim

board if Verizon deal gets done
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo will adopt a

new corporate identity and slash the size of
its board if the proposed $4.8 billion sale
of its digital services to Verizon
Communications goes through.
The company plans to change its name to
Altaba Inc. after it turns over its email,
websites, mobile apps and advertising
tools to Verizon. The new name is meant to
reflect Yahoos transformation into a holding company for investments in Chinas ecommerce leader, Alibaba Group, and
Yahoo Japan that are worth about more
than $40 billion combined.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, co-founder
David Filo and four other directors currently on the companys 11-member board will
resign after the planned sale to Verizon
closes. Verizon is expected to retain
Yahoos brand under its ownership.
But the Verizon deal has been jeopardized
by Yahoos recent discovery of two com-

puter hacking attacks that stole personal

information from more than 1 billion user
accounts during two different intrusions
that occurred in 2013 and 2014.
Verizon is reassessing whether it should
renegotiate the sales price or perhaps cancel the deal light of hacking revelations
that could trigger a backlash among Yahoo
users upset about sensitive personal details
being stolen. Yahoo is fighting to keep the
deal intact.
In the only change that took effect
Monday, Yahoo director Eric Brandt
became the companys chairman. He
replaces Maynard Webb, who becomes
chairman emeritus until the Verizon deal
closes.
Brandt, the former chief financial officer
of chipmaker Broadcom, joined Yahoos
board 10 months ago. Webb had been
Yahoos chairman for nearly four years. If
the Verizon deal closes, Webb will leave
the board along with Mayer, Filo and Eddy
Hartenstein, Richard Hill and Jane Shaw.

REUTERS

Donald Trump walks from an elevator with Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma after their
meeting at Trump Tower.
McConnell requested of President Barack
Obamas nominees eight years ago. Those
include an FBI background check, detailed
questionnaires and financial disclosure
statements that include tax returns, according to a 2009 letter from McConnell that
Schumer read Monday on the Senate floor.
Everybodyll be properly vetted as they
have been in the past, McConnell told
reporters Monday after meeting privately
with the president-elect in Trump Tower.
On Friday, however, Office of
Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub
said in a letter to congressional leaders that

Ethics officials
clear Trump EPA nominee
WASHINGTON Federal ethics officials
have cleared President-elect Donald Trumps
nominee for the Environmental Protection
Agency to be confirmed by the Senate.
The Office of Government Ethics on
Monday released the personal financial disclosure report for Scott Pruitt, currently
Oklahomas attorney general. The ethics
office affirmed that Pruitts disclosures com-

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Nobody wants to be told they should be
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his office has not received even initial

draft financial disclosure reports for some
of the nominees scheduled for hearings.
Among the committees that havent yet
received the forms was the Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,
which has scheduled a hearing this week for
Betsy DeVos, Trumps pick to lead the
Education Department. The Senate
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee said it had also not received the
forms for Trumps pick for commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, though a spokeswoman
said theyre expected soon.

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ply with applicable federal laws and rules.
No date has been set for Pruitts Senate
confirmation hearing.
His finances are among the least complicated of Trumps Cabinet nominees, a group
that includes several billionaires. In just
four pages, Pruitt disclosed an investment
portfolio valued between $420,000 and $1
million, held primarily in mutual funds,
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Avalanche concerns kept some California ski areas

closed for a second day Monday in the Sierra Nevada.
Forecasters said more snow and rain was on the way.
The Russian River is prone to flooding, but this years
flood has been particularly worrisome because it threatened to topple trees weakened by six years of drought.
A flood warning for the Russian River was in effect,
along with a high wind watch planned for Tuesday afternoon and evening, Anderson said.
Jeff Watts, an artist, spent an anxious night listening
for the sound of falling trees on his property in
Forestville. On Monday, he found his drive to work
blocked by a car that had slammed into a tree toppled
across the road. Emergency crews worked to remove the
vehicle.
I couldnt get past the tree, so I turned around and Im
doing this, said Watts, who had pulled over to photograph oak trees and their reflections in the floodwater.
Sacramento River levels swelled so much that state officials planned to open a weir located upstream from
Sacramentos Tower Bridge for the first time in more than
a decade. The weir is a barrier of 48 gates that must be
opened manually to protect the city of Sacramento from
floodwaters.
Yosemite National Park will reopen the valley floor to
day visitors Tuesday after it was closed through the weekend and Monday because of a storm-swollen river, park
spokesman Scott Gediman said.
Over the weekend, trees crashed against cars and homes
and blocked roads in the San Francisco Bay Area. Stranded
motorists had to be rescued from cars stuck on flooded
roads. The city itself got just over 2 inches of rain.
A giant tree fell across a highway in Hillsborough to the
south of San Francisco, injuring a driver who could not
stop in time and drove into the tree. And a woman was
killed Saturday by a falling tree while she took a walk on
a golf course.
To the south near Los Angeles, commuters were warned
of possible mudslides in hilly areas.
Emergency workers in Nevada voluntarily evacuated
about 1,300 people from 400 homes in a Reno neighborhood as the Truckee River overflowed and drainage ditches
backed up.
Winter storm warnings were in effect in the Sierra
Nevada until Thursday, with the potential for blizzard and
white-out conditions, said Scott McGuire, a forecaster for
the National Weather Service based in Reno.
People need to avoid traveling if at all possible,
McGuire said.
Four to 8 feet of snow are forecast through Thursday
above 7,000 feet, and the Lake Tahoe area could get
between 2 to 5 feet of snow, he said.
Schools were canceled Monday in Reno and Sparks, and
Gov. Brian Sandoval told all nonessential state government workers to stay home after he declared a state of
emergency.
After touring the two cities, Sandoval said no serious
injuries were reported during the flooding.
Its bittersweet because it wasnt as bad as it could have
been, Sandoval said. But to those people affected, it was
really hard on them.

I want to see it done responsibly and

within the parameters of the law which
require it to be built by the lowest possible responsible bidder, he said. It
must be bid. This is obviously a violation of the bid law.
Following a series of closed session
negotiations, school officials agreed
in November to allow shopping center
owner Westlake Realty to build the
school accommodating approximately
500 students between kindergarten and
fifth-grade.
School officials are withholding
comment on the lawsuit, as they have
not received a copy of the document
filed Tuesday, Jan. 3.
The San Mateo-Foster City School
District has not yet been served. If we
are served, the district will examine
the claims in order to best respond to
the concerns that have been raised,
said district spokeswoman Amber
Farinha in an email.
An attorney representing the district
has previously said the developer-built
school agreement is a common method
adopted by those seeking alternatives
to the traditional open-bid process.
Perez though said he believes school
officials are seeking unconventional
methods of paying for the project
because they do not have enough

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projects a combined 800 new residential units, 77,000 square feet of retail
space, more than 436,000 square feet of
offices and a hotel in the area near the
train station.
Primary concerns raised by both
Muzzi and Republic Urban take issue
with the assumptions regarding the
amount of new residents likely to be
generated by the projects.
The city study claims 2.65 people
will come from each new residential
unit, but developers believe that figure
is likely closer to two in their case to
keep the fees low under the assumption
fewer new residents will be relying on
city facilities.
Developers also claim the city overstated the amount of parks available in
Millbrae while seeking more maintenance money, and are critical of the city
including property owned by the
school district in their inventory of
available field space.
The baseline assumptions on which
this fee has been calculated are so fundamentally flawed that they cannot serve
as the constitutionally required nexus

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money to buy the land and hire an independent contractor to develop the campus.
My sole concern is the school is
built responsibly and that means the
publics money is spent well, he said.
Financing for the project is possible
through Measure X, a $148 million
2015 voter-approved bond to construct new classrooms and schools
accommodating district enrollment
growth.
A devoted critic of the Charter Square
project, Perez suggested shortly after
the development deal was announced
the district may face a lawsuit from
those opposing the schools development.
The Committee for Responsible
Growth in Foster City is also named as
a party to the suit, but Perez did not
identify any members of the group.
Foster City resident Bob Cushman
noted the committees name is similar
but unrelated to his group, Foster City
Residents
for
Responsible
Development, which opposes additional high-density housing until
ongoing projects are completed.
Perez claims he brought the lawsuit
after being approached by shopping
center merchants as well as neighbors
and other community members who
oppose the school project. He noted
he filed the document as a resident, and
fellow Foster City elected officials as
well as city staff are not a part of the
legal battle.
Following the development deals

announcement, city officials requested

the district hold off on moving ahead
with the project in favor of holding
more in-depth discussions about its
potential impacts.
The school Board of Trustees ultimately disregarded the request, and
voted in favor of taking advantage of
the legal exemption from the citys
environmental regulations to proceed.
The lawsuit alleges that is illegal, as
the site is still owned by Westlake
Realty and will not become district
property until the school is erected,
rendering the exemption invalid.
The project is to be built on land
within jurisdiction of Foster City and
is not owned by the district. The project is to be built by the developer and
not the district. As such, the petitioners contend the project is subject
to Foster Citys zoning requirement,
its planning process and all of its
building codes, according to the
lawsuit.
The suit seeks a court order to stop
work on the project in favor of forcing
the school district to go back and
negotiate a new deal found through the
open bid process.
Perez, for his part, said he favors
building a school in Foster City but
believes a development agreement
should be struck through more traditional means.
I want a school built. I want it done
responsibly and I want it done for the
right money, said Perez. And apparently this hasnt been vetted.

study, according to a letter from

Andrew Goff, an attorney representing
Republic Urban Properties.
A majority of the proposed residential fees are designed to be set aside for
operating and maintaining parks,
accounting for $26,355 of the $30,708
proposed per housing unit fee.
Holober though said school property
being considered by a city when
accounting development impacts is a
relatively common practice and is a
valid part of the case for receiving new
fees.
A previous City Council approved in
1998 establishing impact fees, but
Holober said he believed the new rates
should be administered to address the
city costs generated by modern development.
If projects are built, there would be a
benefit to the community and potentially an impact on the services we need
to provide, he said.
Holober added he believed the proposed fees are competitive with the
amounts levied in nearby cities.
While there are some concerns that
if fees are too high they could discourage development, I feel our fees are reasonable when compared to our neighbors, he said.
In all, Holober said he believed the
proposed fee amounts are justified

when considering the likely uptick in

demand on city facilities and public
services.
These fees are proportionate to the
impact of development on the city, he
said.
In other business at the meeting, the
City Council will discuss granting City
Manager Marcia Raines a 2 percent
raise, boosting her pay to $20,844 per
month, or a base salary of $250,128
annually.
Considering the variety of issues
Raines has faced recently, including
paving the way for rail station development and helping the city move toward
building a new Recreation Center in the
wake of a summer arson fire destroying
the previous facility, Holober said he
believed the raise was deserved.
I feel she is doing a very good job
and we have a lot that we are working on
in the city and she has done a good job
in managing those projects, he said.
Councilmembers will also consider
establishing a $1 fee for two hours of
using city-owned electric vehicle
charging stations. Holober said the fees
are not designed to raise money for the
city, but rather covering the electricity
cost the citys 10 stations.
The Millbrae City Council meets 7
p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, in council chambers, 621 Magnolia Ave.

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Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

Letters to the editor

Modern-day voter suppression
Editor,
I have to agree with the House
Democrats that the Republican Party
has engaged in voter suppression. In
fact, the Republican Party has systematically targeted ve groups of voters.
These are: 1). Deceased people.
Deceased people only have one tenuous tie with the living and the GOP
wants to sever it. 2). Felons in prison.
We need to prepare these felons to
become productive members of society
and ensure their right to vote in prison
will ease their transition into society.
3). Undocumented immigrants. With
millions of freedom loving people
from the PRC, Russia and ISIS ready to
immigrate to the United States, why
should a ridiculous requirement like
citizenship be a barrier to voting? 4).
People voting in multiple states. If
people maintain residences in New
York and Florida and pay property
taxes in both states, then why shouldnt they be able to vote in both states?
5). People voting multiple times within a geographic area. The GOP is discriminating against people with multiple personalities. They only want people to vote once.
Psychiatrists have testied that if we
inhibit the expression of multiple personalities we crush the human spirit.
We need the human spirit to ourish
and allowing people to vote multiple
times in an election enables that selfactualization. I urgently implore U.S.
Rep. Maxine Waters to introduce a
measure in Congress that will make
illegal the GOPs attempts to suppress
voting in these ve classes of voters
whose rights to cast their ballots have
been unfairly suppressed.

Hank Lawrence
Menlo Park

What weve learned from

rent control campaigns
Editor,
As we enter a new year and the housing crisis continues unabated, its
worth reecting on what we learned
from last years campaigns for rent
control and eviction protections.
First, we learned that we are powerful
together. We went up against one of
the wealthiest special interest groups
in the country and had relatively little
time to build our campaign. Despite
this, over many weeks, hundreds of
volunteers spoke to thousands of residents. In San Mateo, we gathered over
11,000 signatures and won 40 percent
of the vote. Not bad for a rst try.
Through countless conversations
with people at their homes and outside
of stores, we also learned that thousands of people are deeply concerned
about the impact of the housing crisis

Jerry Lee, Publisher

Jon Mays, Editor in Chief
Nathan Mollat, Sports Editor
Erik Oeverndiek, Copy Editor/Page Designer
Nicola Zeuzem, Production Manager
Kerry McArdle, Marketing & Events
Samantha Weigel, Senior Reporter
REPORTERS:
Terry Bernal, Anna Schuessler, Austin Walsh
Susan E. Cohn, Senior Correspondent: Events

on our community and are open to

talking and learning about rent control, eviction protections and the
importance of community stability.
This is a dialogue we are committed to
continuing in the new year.
We also learned that on tough
issues, we cant count on our elected
ofcials. A reasonable person would
assume that in a time of crisis our leaders would, well, lead. Instead our City
Council became an obstacle to
progress, and the people had to lead.
This is a lesson we wont soon forget.
We learned that the real estate industry will say anything, no matter how
false and offensive, to win. We were
bombarded with mailers that slandered
renters and impersonated state agencies. There must be room in a democracy for differences of opinion and interpretations of fact. But no democracy
can survive intentional, well-funded
efforts to mislead the public.
They did this, however, because they
know, and we learned, that we can win.

Tony Samara
San Mateo

Wonderful news: America

safe from foreign terrorists
Editor,
On Wednesday, at a military ceremony in Virginia,our President
Obama,claimed there had been no foreign terrorist attack on America in his
eight years as president. Now that
should be great news to
thoseAmericans killed and maimed at
Orlandos Pulse night club June 2016,
in San Bernardino,
California,December 2015, in the
Boston marathon bombing of April
2013 and the 13 American soldiers
killed November 2009 at Fort
HoodTexasby aMuslim Jihadist,
shouting Allah is Great.

Scott Abramson
San Mateo

The collapse of Obamacare

Editor,
If you have one child, you buy your
milk at the market; if you have 12
children, you buy the cow and the pasture. This is the true meaning of the
public option when it comes to health
care: it does not mean that you tax the
country into economic collapse to buy
for everybody the same plan from the
same private insurers and from the
same private hospitals, but that you
build state-owned medical facilities to
save costs and thus be able to cover
more people at a lesser cost to countrys economy.
This is the reason behind the apparent collapse of Obamacare: Obama has

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the hidden social agenda of providing

equal health insurance for everybody
irrespective of their means, of their
pre-existing conditions, of the various
games they play to game the system,
the cost to our economy be damned.
Who can argue with the noble principle that everyone deserves the best
possible health care? Who can argue
against spending 80 percent of our
health care dollar on the last two
weeks of grannys precious life? Who
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Just ask Cydney

Editor,
I read your article about the county
looking at ways to improve water
runoff management (in the Jan. 4 edition of the Daily Journal) and thought
to myself, perhaps out loud, she is
right again. Who? My wife Cydney.
Every time we see new development
and they are paving over paradise for a
parking lot she says that isnt natural, you have to provide open space
for the water to absorb into the earth
as God intended. Of course you do.
But it isnt just that, she is right about
everything. Ive told our four children
if your mother tells you to do something, she has a good reason and she
is probably right about it. So do it.
They resist, but I dont blame them.
They learned that from me. And I
learned it from my father who years
ago told Cydney there was no relationship between volcanos and earthquakes. Wrong, Gordon! And though
she tried to convince him empirically,
he took his belief to the grave in
2001. For 28 years Ive resisted her
advice, argued against her opinions
and was generally rude about it. But
not anymore. Her weekly trips to the
library loading up on reference books
on a variety of topics and her incessant watching of how to videos have
nally paid off and she has shown me,
this Missouri boy, that she is the one,
the source, the oracle.
So if you guys ever have a mystery
that needs unraveling, a question that
needs answering and/or want a new
advice columnist, ask Cydney!

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San Bruno

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Out with the

usual suspects

ime and again, we hear familiar sentiments that the

single greatest problem with our federal government in Washington, D.C., is that it is full of
Washington insiders. In other words, our nations policymakers are little more than the product of an age-old system
valuing political theatrics over substance, choosing to
focus on political differences rather than nding consensus
on policy for the greater good, and valuing special interests over constituent needs. For evidence of the nations
public disconnect with government, look no further than a
2015 study conducted by the Pew Research Center indicating that American faith in government is at a 50-year low.
Likewise, according to the Washington Post, there is new
evidence of a growing disconnect between Washingtons
top political aides and the concerns of the American people. Consider a 2016 study conducted by Johns Hopkins
University political scientists
Jennifer Bachner and Benjamin
Ginsberg. According to the
study, more than 2,376 government ofcials stated that the
public was generally ignorant of
government programs and the
most pressing policy issues facing the nation.
Ginsberg acknowledged that
middle and working class
Americans may not be mindful of
details concerning government
programs and issues.
Nevertheless, Ginsberg reasoned Jonathan Madison
that just because ones medical physician knows more than
the patient about medicine does not compel that physician
to dismiss their patients concerns or provide a professional opinion. As such, there is no excuse for government ofcials to dismiss the concerns of the American public, no
matter how trivial or uninformed they may appear.
In light of these growing concerns, many have begged
the question of how President-elect Donald Trumps administration will address the growing disconnect between
Washington bureaucrats and the American public. In fact,
President-elect Trump appears to have adopted a completely
new philosophy with regard to transitioning his administration: out with the usual suspects. President-elect Trump
has appointed several in his administration who lack the
public sector experience espoused by their predecessors,
but bring to the administration valuable private sector
experience to better connect with the American people.
Many have condemned Trumps administration picks,
suggesting that a majority of his administration nominees
lack the government experience necessary to execute the
tasks required of them. Nevertheless, the history of this
nation tells familiar stories of wonderful leaders who lacked
the experience that others thought critically necessary.
Among others, consider President Ulysses S. Grant, a
farmer and businessman who became commanding general
of the U.S. Army and led the Union Army to victory over
the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Think of
President Ronald Reagan, a radio sportscaster and actor by
trade who developed a compassion for public service in his
later years.
Among President-elect Trumps most controversial cabinet nominations is retired surgeon and former presidential
candidate Ben Carson as secretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development. The argument is that
Carson, having never held elected ofce or worked in housing development, is far too inexperienced to manage the
government agency. However, many overlook the fact that
Carson grew up in economically deprived dwellings such
that he experienced the need for improved housing and better living conditions.
In fact, Carsons mother worked three jobs to keep their
family out of public housing. As such, Carson grew up
understanding the importance behind affordable housing.
The fact that Carson has not held public ofce or worked
within an administration does not disqualify him for the
position. Quite the opposite, Carson could use his experience growing up in economically deprived housing as a
perspective by which to improve policies at HUD for working families.
Moreover, Carsons tenure as director of Pediatric
Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University speaks to his
leadership in managing a department tasked with researching and conducting neurosurgery for thousands of patients.
The bottom line is that Washington, D.C., has increasingly become a place enshrined in the age-old belief that
government knows best. While tested experience is
essential for any government leadership role, we must be
mindful not to require our elected leaders to be Washington
insiders or government bureaucrats before taking ofce,
lest we continue to ignore the present disconnect between
the federal government and the American public.
A nativ e of Pacifica, Jonathan Madison work ed as professional policy staff for the U.S. House of Representativ es,
Committee on Financial Serv ices, for two y ears. Jonathan
is an attorney at law at the Law Offices of Mark Watson. He
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U.S. stocks close mostly lower as oil prices slide

By Alex Veiga

DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A slide in oil and natural gas

companies led U.S. stock indexes
mostly lower Monday, even as the
Nasdaq composite index eked out
another record high.
Energy sector stocks declined
the most, weighed down by lower
prices for crude oil and other energy futures. Utilities and phone
company stocks also fell sharply.
But gains among health care and
technology stocks helped lift the
Nasdaq, extending a winning
streak into its fifth day.
Absent major new economic
data, investors mostly focused on
company earnings and several
corporate
deals,
including
UnitedHealths $2.3 billion cashand-stock buyout of Surgical Care
Affiliates.
All told, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 76.42 points, or

High:
Low:
Close:
Change:

19,943.78
19,887.38
19,887.38
-76.42

OTHER INDEXES

0.4 percent, to 19,887.38. The

Standard & Poors 500 index slid
8.08 points, or 0.4 percent, to
2,268.90. The Nasdaq rose 10.76
points, or 0. 2 percent, to
5,531.82.
The markets postelection rally

S&P 500:
NYSE Index:
Nasdaq:
NYSE MKT:
Russell 2000:
Wilshire 5000:

2268.90
11,169.79
5531.82
2335.08
1357.49
23,723.34

-8.08
-67.83
+10.76
+1.53
-9.79
-93.23

10-Yr Bond:
Oil (per barrel):
Gold :

2.38
52.68
1,181.50

-0.04
-2.19
+8.10

sputtered the last week of

December. So far this year, the
major stock indexes have mostly
inched higher. That could change
toward the end of the week, when
the next big wave of company
earnings news starts rolling in.

It really gets down to earnings

now, said Jim Davis, regional
investment strategist at the
Private Client Group at U.S. Bank.
The last few quarters, the bar has
been set pretty low, basically flat
earnings growth. Investors are

expecting some earnings growth

this year.
Disappointing quarterly earnings pulled Acuity Brands down
nearly 15 percent, making it the
biggest decliner in the S&P 500
on Monday. The lighting makers
results fell well short of what analysts were expecting. The stock
slid $34.85 to $202.51.
Investors rewarded strong earnings from Global Payments. The
electronic payment processing
company climbed 7. 2 percent.
The stock led all the gainers in the
S&P 500, adding $5. 34 to
$79.79.
Company deals sent some
stocks higher.
Insurer UnitedHealths bid for
Surgical Care Affiliates drove the
surgical care center operators
shares up $7.90, or 16.2 percent,
to $56.65. UnitedHealth slipped
46 cents, or 0. 3 percent, to
$161.95.

Apple proved a phone can change the world in just 10 years

By Michael Liedtke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO Few people realized

it at the time, but the world shifted fundamentally a decade ago when Steve Jobs
pulled the first iPhone from Apples bag of
technological tricks.
Every once in a while, a revolutionary
product comes along that changes every-

thing, Jobs declared as he paced across a

San Francisco stage.
It obviously wasnt an empty boast. We
all know now that Jobs magical product
has reshaped culture, shaken up industries,
put computers in billions of pockets and
made it possible to do just about anything
with a few taps on a screen. Besides its then
3.5-inch touch screen, the first iPhone featured a browser for on-the-go web surfing
and built-in apps to check
email and get directions.
Apple has sold more than 1
billion iPhones since its
debut, spawning millions of
mobile applications and
prodding other technology

companies to make similar smartphones

that have become like phantom limbs for
many of us.
We use iPhones and their copycats to
instantly share video and pictures with
friends and family from almost anywhere. We
use them to figure out where we are going. We
use them to find the best deals while shopping in stores and to pay for stuff at the
checkout stand. We use the phones to a hail
ride, to tune instruments, to monitor our
health and help find our next jobs. Phones
have gotten so smart that they even talk
back to us via helpful digital concierges such
as the iPhones Siri and the recently introduced Assistant on Googles Pixel phone.
IPhone is an essential part of our cus-

tomers lives, and today more than ever it is

redefining the way we communicate, entertain, work and live, Apples current CEO,
Tim Cook, boasted in a retrospective that the
Cupertino company posted on its website.
The iPhones revolutionary touch screen
doomed the BlackBerry, another once-popular internet-connected phone. Mobile
phones and their tablet cousins triggered a
downturn in personal computer sales that is
still unfolding. An estimated 219 million
desktop and laptop computers shipped
worldwide last year, down from 264 million
in 2007, according to the research firm
Gartner Inc. Meanwhile, nearly 1.9 billion
mobile phones shipped last year, up from
1.15 billion in 2007.

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an important milestone for a car
General Motors hopes will finally get
Americans hooked on electric vehicles.
The Honda Ridgeline grabbed the
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Clemson stuns Alabama to win national title

By Ralph D. Russo

Clemson 35, Alabama 31

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TAMPA, Fla. College footballs first

national championship rematch was even
better than the original, with an incredible
twist at the end.
Deshaun Watson and Clemson dethroned
the champs and became the first team to beat
Nick Sabans Alabama dynasty in a national
title game, taking down the top-ranked
Crimson Tide 35-31 Monday night in the

College
Football
Playoff.
Watson found Hunter
Renfrow for a 2-yard
touchdown pass with a
second remaining to
give the Tigers their first
Deshaun Watson national championship
since 1981. A year after
Alabama won its fourth title under Saban

with a 45-40 classic in Arizona, Clemson

closed the deal and denied the Tide an
unprecedented fifth championship in eight
seasons.
That has to be one of the greatest games of
all time, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.
The lead changed hands three times in the
fourth quarter, but Watson got the ball last.
Likely playing in his final college game, the
junior quarterback threw for 420 yards and

Oh, what a Knight

Junior transfer
Foley drops 40
for Menlo boys

Athlete of the Week

See TITLE, Page 14

PAL play finally

gets underway

By Terry Bernal
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

So far as names go, Joe Foley is a fairly

common one. A quick Facebook search yields
literally hundreds of people who bear the name.
After Menlo School guard Joe Foleys epic
performance against Eastside College Prep
last week, however, the junior transfer has
quickly gained some traction on a new nickname to distinguish his from the fray.
People call me 40 now just because I had
the 40 points, Foley said.
Foley indeed went on one of the great scoring tears in modern Menlo history in last
Fridays 65-49 win over Eastside Prep, knocking down four 3-pointers en route to scoring a
career-high 40 points to earn the first Daily
Journal Athlete of the Week nod of 2017.
Actually, make that a lifetime high. The
streakiest output Foley could recall ever
enjoying in his life, previous to Fridays
spree, was scoring 21 points in a quarter for
an old AAU team. But even that performance
he wasnt able to sustain over an entire game
like he did against Eastside Prep.
Besides that, Ive never really felt that
on before, Foley said. Everything was on
I guess. It was just clicking.
Even third-year Menlo head coach Keith
Larsen said has never seen anybody eclipse
the 40-point threshold. And while Larsen is
relatively new to Menlo, his coaching career
goes back to 1979 when he took his first
post at the junior-varsity level at Mills and
went on to coach at three different colleges,
including as an assistant at Stanford from
1992-98 under Mike Montgomery.
When Foley transferred to Menlo this
year from Woodberry Forest School in
Virginia, Larsen was intrigued to see what

three touchdowns. In two games against

Alabama and the most ferocious defense in
college football, Watson has thrown for 825
yards and accounted for eight touchdowns. He
was sacked four times and took some cringeinducing shots from All-Americans Jonathan
Allen and Reuben Foster.
You know, I never got the sense that he
was rattled, Allen said about Watson.
Swinney, the native Alabaman and former

PAM MCKENNEY

Junior transfer Joe Foley has emerged as a dangerous scoring threat in his first year with the
See AOTW, Page 12 Knights. He scored a career-high 40 points last Friday in Menlos 65-49 win over Eastside Prep.

fter more than a month of practices and a month more of nonleague games, and only three
weeks since the end of football season,
the winter sports league seasons get
underway in earnest beginning this week.
There were a number of soft openings
in the Peninsula Athletic League last week
with some league soccer games kicking
off league play, but this week features the
rst week of full league schedules.
And the schedule makers didnt waste
any time in putting together some juicy
matchups right out of the gate. In girls
basketball, South City and Half Moon Bay
meet in an earlyseason PAL North
showdown at 5:30
p.m. Tuesday. One
PAL coach I talked
to late last month
said after MenloAtherton, the PAL
North might have
the next three best
teams in the entire
PAL. This matchup
features two of
those three teams.
The Warriors and
Cougars come in with a combined record
of 17-3. The winner gets an early leg up in
the race for the division title.
The Carlmont girls basketball team
got a tough draw the rst week of PAL
South play with two road games against
two of the better teams in the entire PAL.
The Scots open against an always solid
Mills squad at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday
before heading to M-A Friday for a 6:15
tilt against the odds-on favorite to win
the South Division title.
On the boys side, there is a nice intracity matchup when Aragon travels to
rival San Mateo for the rst quad of the
season Friday night. The Bearcats had a
strong non-league season, but you can
throw the records out the window when
these rivals get together.
In girls soccer, four of the best teams

See LOUNGE, Page 14

Lloyd lands second FIFA award Raiders look to continue

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ZURICH Carli Lloyd of the United

States won her second FIFAs best woman
player award, even though Olympic gold
eluded her.
Lloyd seemed surprised to retain the prize she
first won after an outstanding 2015 Womens
World Cup on the title-winning U.S. side.
Five-time winner Marta of Brazil was runner-up. Lloyd tallied 20.68 percent of the
voting points, Marta got 16.60 percent and
Melanie Behringer, who retired from
national team duty after the Olympics, got
12.34 percent.

Lloyd said she was

incredibly honored to
have won the support of
her peers in a poll by
national team captains and
coaches, selected media
and fans voting online.
Germany did win the
womens coaching awards
as Silvia Neid earned her
Carli Lloyd
second FIFA prize. She
also won the 2010 award.
Cristiano Ronaldo the double European
champion with Portugal and Real Madrid
won his fourth FIFA best mens player award.

building winning culture

By Josh Dubow
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALAMEDA The
meticulous rebuilding job
in Oakland crashed as
soon as quarterback Derek
Carr broke his right leg in
the penultimate game of
the regular season.
Derek Carr
Instead of thoughts of
a Super Bowl, the Raiders lost a chance at

the division and then their first playoff

game in 14 years with a 27-14 loss to
Houston on Saturday.
With most of the key pieces in place, now
the Raiders hope having a healthy Carr will
next season help them take another step
toward a championship.
Nobody wants to take one swing and
hope that you have a magical year one
time, coach Jack Del Rio said. I think you

See RAIDERS, Page 13

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Honor roll

Sean Orr scored 21 points in the second half

of Westmoors 71-64 win over Carlmont.

ean Orr, Wes tmo o r bo y s bas ketbal l . Fast becoming an Honor

Roll regular, Orr resurrected
Westmoor with a sensational second-half
effort in last Tuesdays 71-64 comeback win
over Carlmont. The Rams found themselves
trailing 38-30 at the half after Orr totaled
just four points over the opening two quar-

ters. But the senior went on a second-half

tear, finishing with 25 points and 12
rebounds, including 14 of Westmoors 27
third-quarter points.
Ge n e v i e v e Ch e at h am,
S e quo i a
g i rl s s o ccer. The Sequoia senior forward
scored both goals in the Cherokees 2-1 win
over Crystal Springs.
Nat h an
Ch an ,
Al ma He i g h t s
Chri s ti an bo y s bas ketbal l . Chan was
a welcomed edition to the Eagles lineup last
week. The junior made his season debut last
Monday, then helped Alma Heights to two
straight wins to open Private School
Athletic League North Division play. Chan
starred in last Fridays 73-42 win over
Summit Prep, scoring a season-high 19
points while adding seven steals and five
assists.
Jas mi ne Do ng , Mi l l s g i rl s bas ketbal l . The senior center pulled down 10
rebounds in the Vikings 51-47 loss to St.
Patrick-St. Vincent.
Cam Go rdo n, Sacred Heart Prep
g i rl s s o ccer. The senior scored two goals
and an assist in a 3-2 win over Gunn.
Bri an Greal i s h, Capuchi no bo y s
bas ketbal l . The Mustangs got overtaken in
fourth quarter in a 71-68 loss to Alhambra
the Bulldogs outscored Cap 18-11 over the
final eight minutes but Grealish still had a

Edmunds to skip nationals

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The U.S. gure skating national championships saw two superstars bow out this
week in 2014 Olympian Polina Edmunds on
the womens side along with defending
mens champion Adam Rippon
Edmunds a native of Palo Alto was
hoping to compete despite a bone bruise in
her right foot that has kept her out all season.
Edmunds decision to withdraw leaves
Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner, who have
combined to win the past ve titles, the heavy

favorites when competition begins next week.

Rippon was warming
up for practice late last
week when a seemingly
innocuous movement was
met with a loud crunch. He
knew immediately that he
had broken his left foot.
Polina Edmunds X-rays and an MRI
exam conrmed a sprain
and broken fth metatarsal, which will keep
Rippon off the ice up to three months.

career night, tabbing a double-double with 11

rebounds and a career-high 19 points.
Stel l a Kai l ahi , M-A g i rl s bas ketbal l . The junior wing scored a game-high
23 points, including five 3-pointers, as the
Bears downed Sacred Heart Prep for the second time in a week, 73-41.
Jerl ene Mi l l er, So uth Ci ty g i rl s
bas ketbal l . The Lady Warriors upped their
record to 9-1 overall with a 59-29 hammering of Urban-SF. Its been a double-double
per day for Miller this season, but this one
was a career effort as the junior exploded for
a season-best 21 points while adding 14
rebounds.
Emel y Mendez, Hal f Mo o n Bay
g i rl s wres tl i ng . The Lady Cougars captured third place at the Cupertino
Tournament with Mendez leading the
charge. Mendez took the individual championship in the 137-pound division, the only
Cougar to do so at last Fridays event. HMB
did earn three second-place finishes from
Llisel Badajas (121s), Maria Cuevas (170s)
and Keyana Ronquillo (189s). HMB also
earned four third-place finishes from
Michaela McGee (121s), Daniela Corona
(143s), Jessica Rodriguez (150s) and
Morgan Sparks (189s).
Ly s Hay es , Carl mo nt g i rl s bas ketbal l . The senior forward helped the Scots

Lys Hayes scored 38 points through three

Carlmont wins last week.
to a 3-0 week. She scored 10 points in the
Scots 62-33 win over Westmoor. She then
had 11 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and
two assists in the Scots 65-28 win over El
Camino. She capped her week with 17
points and 13 rebounds in a 49-42 win over
Notre Dame-Belmont.

Dunning retires after leading

Stanford VB to national title
STAFF AND WIRE REPORT

STANFORD Longtime Stanford

womens volleyball coach John Dunning
announced his retirement Monday, less than
a month after the Cardinal captured the
NCAA title with a win against Texas.
Inducted into the American Volleyball
Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2011,
Dunning never missed the postseason in 32
years as a head coach, winning ve national
titles in all and three during his 16 years at
Stanford in 2001, 04 and last year. He also
coached the Pacic team to championships in
1985 and 86, giving him the second-most
titles in the history of NCAA Division I.
I am a very lucky person. I have had the
joy of coaching in a sport I love for decades,
but have decided that it is time to retire,

AOTW
Continued from page 11
the All-Virginia Independent Schools
Athletic Association point guard would bring
to a Menlo team that finished in fourth place
in the West Bay Athletic League last season.
Foley actually grew up in Atherton, not having relocated to Virginia until the summer
prior to his freshman year. So, Larsen had
heard about him as a local middle school
standout. Then he got a look at Foleys skills
during last summers AAU season and knew he
had a player who could really drive the
Knights offense.
But Larsen said it wasnt until he got a talking to from his daughter Victoria who just
wrapped up her freshman volleyball season at
Cal State Stanislaus that the veteran coach
really took a shine to Foleys ability as a
superstar scoring threat. That talking to came
during Menlos trip to the Orange Holiday
Classic at Hope University after Foley scored
11 points in the opening game, a 65-52 loss
to Esperanza-Anaheim.
She points at Joe Foley and says: That
guy right there, he needs to be a ball hog,
Larsen said.
Stepping into a new team, Foley admittedly
played with some trepidation through his first
four games. In the second game of the Orange
Classic though an explosive 84-69 win
over Chino High School Foley went to

said Dunning via a press

release. I have had the
wonderful opportunity to
coach so many great student-athletes, and work
with amazing people in
amazing programs at
great universities. I am
grateful for all the supJohn Dunning port I have received and
hope in the coming
weeks to be able to reach out and thank people for all that they have done for me.
The Cardinal won eight conference championships under Dunning, who owns an
888-185 career record and 451-83 at
Stanford. He and Penn States Russ Rose are
the only coaches to lead 10 teams to the
NCAA nal match.
town for a then career-high 29 points.
Id say in the beginning I was a little passive, Foley said. I wasnt really positive
what my role was going to be. I didnt know if
I was going to be a true point guard and get
everyone else involved. But as weve gone on
Ive realized for us to go far I need to put up big
points and be a leader.Through the opening
of WBAL play last week, Foley showed both
sides of his game. In the WBAL opener a
50-38 win over Woodside Priory the junior
totaled just seven points but helped move the
ball around, notching four assists, while fellow juniors Thomas Brown and Riley
Woodson shared the team-high with 16 points
apiece.
With Menlo looking to get out to a 2-0 start
in league play, though, Foley took it to
another level. The matchup with Eastside Prep
turned into a favorable one as the Panthers
insisted on defending him with a strict 1-on-1
matchup. Foley made them pay, proving a true
marksman from 3-point land, including a
spree during which he knocked down three 3s
on three consecutive possessions.
Foleys chops have got the Knights optimistic about their chances of competing for
their first WBAL title since 2012-13. While
Foley is leading the team with a scoring average of 18.2 points, he is hardly a one-man
show. Woodson and Brown are both averaging
in double digits as well, while junior JH Tevis
isnt far off.
Everything has been clicking, Foley
said. At the beginning of the season we
werent shooting well but everything is clicking now. I think well make a run.

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Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

13

49ers barrage of interviews continues

Jed York meets with two candidates: Sean McVay for coaching position, Brandon Beane for GM
By Josh Dubow
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA The 49ers interviewed

Washington offensive coordinator Sean
McVay for the teams vacant head coaching
job and Carolina assistant general manager
Brandon Beane for the GM job Monday.
CEO Jed York met with McVay first and then
sat down with Beane later as part of his crosscountry interview tour to find replacements
for fired coach Chip Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke following a 2-14 season that
tied the worst mark in franchise history.
McVay is the grandson of former Niners
executive John McVay, who teamed with
coach Bill Walsh to build a dynasty in San
Francisco. Walsh hired McVay as director of
player personnel when he took over as
coach in 1978. McVay was part of the organization for five Super Bowl titles.
The 30-year-old Sean McVay is the
youngest offensive coordinator in the

RAIDERS
Continued from page 11
want to build your roster strong, build your
team strong and build the culture strong so
that what youre able to put in and put
together is a roster that can go out and compete at a championship level year after year.
Thats what the goal is.
The Raiders (12-5) seem in position to do
that with a nucleus led by Carr, All-Pro edge
rusher Khalil Mack , Pro Bowl receiver
Amari Cooper and a stout offensive line
headed by Pro Bowlers Rodney Hudson,
Donald Penn and All-Pro left guard Kelechi
Osemele.
Those players helped a team that lost its
first 10 games in 2014 when Carr and Mack
were rookies become one of the top teams in
the league before Carrs injury derailed the
season.
Im going to sit back and Im just going
to reflect on it. Im going to know that,
Hey, its not easy to win 12 games in this
league, Carr said.
Who knows if well do it again.
Hopefully we do. Thats the plan. We want to
win all of them, but that is not an easy
thing. The fact that we were able to do that is
exciting, but like I said, theres so much to
get better at and work on that that thing in
our stomach that makes us sick and makes us
angry is going to propel us moving forward
so we can compete and be better versions of
ourselves.

league. He has filled that

role the past three seasons in Washington and
has helped developed a
unit that finished third in
total offense and second
in passing offense this
past season.
McVay also spent three
Sean McVay years as tight ends coach
and one season as an
offensive assistant in Washington before
being promoted to coordinator in 2014.
McVay is the fourth candidate to interview
for the coaching job and all come from the
offensive side of the ball. York has also met
with New England offensive coordinator
Josh McDaniels, Atlanta offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and Buffalo interim
coach Anthony Lynn, who was offensive
coordinator before replacing Rex Ryan for
the final game this season.
Beane has spent the past two seasons as

assistant general manager

in Carolina under Dave
Gettleman. He was director
of football operations for
the Panthers the previous
seven years and helped
build the team that went to
the Super Bowl last season.
Beane also served as
Brandon Beane interim general manager
in 2012 after Marty
Hurney was fired six games into the season.
The Niners have interviewed four other
general manager candidates: Indianapolis
vice president of football operations Jimmy
Raye III, Minnesota assistant GM George
Paton, Green Bay director of football operations Eliot Wolf and Packers director of
player personnel Brian Gutekunst.
York said he was open to hiring either the
coach or general manager first. He said the primary goal in the search is finding a coach and
general manager who can work well together.

Moving time

Free agents

One of the biggest questions facing the

Raiders is their future home. Owner Mark Davis
plans to apply for relocation this offseason in
hopes of moving the team to Las Vegas, where
a new stadium could open in 2020 with help
from $750 million in government funding.
The Raiders need approval from 24 of 32 owners to move but no matter what gets decided
this offseason, the team is expected to stay in
Oakland for at least the next two years.

Oakland has to make decisions on several

key free agents on its roster. Perhaps the
most notable is running back Latavius
Murray. While rookies Jalen Richard and
DeAndre Washington played well, Murray
still led the team with 788 yards rushing and
12 touchdowns and is the best pass blocker
of the group.
Id love to finish my career here, Murray
said. I think that says a lot about any player whos able to stay in one place. Id love to
finish what I started but I know how things
could go.
Among the other key free agents are tackle Menelik Watson, linebacker Malcolm
Smith, defensive tackle Stacy McGee, defensive backs DJ Hayden and Nate Allen, and
receiver Andre Holmes.

Extensions
The other big financial decision revolves
around star players Carr and Mack. Both are
eligible for contract extensions on their
rookie deals this offseason. Carr is a higher
priority since he can become an unrestricted
free agent in 2018, while the Raiders hold a
fifth-year option on Macks contract
because he was a first-round pick. It will take
big money to lock up those players and if
GM Reggie McKenzie follows his pattern of
using roster bonuses instead of signing
bonuses, it could limit what other moves the
team could make in free agency.

Carrs health
The Raiders saw what life without Carr
looks like and it wasnt pretty . Despite the
broken leg, there are no long-term worries
about his health and he expects to be ready
to participate when the offseason program
begins in April. The team might give
Connor Cook more work during the offseason so he is better prepared if he has to step
in for Carr at any point in 2017.

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Biggest needs
Despite the 12 wins, the Raiders did have
some holes on the roster they would like to
fill this offseason. Perhaps most notable is
to get more interior pass rush to help Mack
and Bruce Irvin. Oakland finished last in the
league with 25 sacks.
I didnt feel like we got enough inside
push, Del Rio said. Thats going to be an
area for sure that were going to have to be
better and do better.
Other areas of improvement are in the secondary where the Raiders need to cut down on
big plays, linebacker, slot receiver and right
tackle.

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Peyton Manning is University of Tennessees

all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards.

Manning, Spurrier
enter College HOF
By Ralph D. Russo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TAMPA, Fla. Peyton Manning and his

Southeastern Conference nemesis, former
Florida coach Steve Spurrier, will go into
the College Football Hall of Fame together.
The rest of the new Hall of Fame class of
13 players and coaches announced Monday
includes Southern California Heisman
Trophy winner Matt Leinart, San Diego
State running back Marshall Faulk and
Danny Ford, who coached Clemson to its
only national championship.
Manning started for four seasons at
Tennessee and set school records for yards
passing (11,201) and touchdown passes
(89). He led the Volunteers to four consecutive bowl games and was Heisman Trophy
runner-up as a senior in 1997.
But Manning never did beat Spurriers
Gators, going 0-3. Spurrier built Florida
into an SEC powerhouse from 1990-2001,
winning six conference titles and the
schools first national championship in
1996. He also was never shy about taking
verbal jabs at his rivals such as Tennessee
(You cant spell Citrus without U-T) and
Florida State (Free Shoes University).
Also to be inducted in December are:
Notre Dame LB Bob Crable (1978-81)
Michigan State WR Kirk Gibson (75-78)
Texas OT Bob McKay (68-69)
Texas A&M LB Dat Nguyen (95-98)
Georgia Southerns Adrian Peterson (98-01)
Boston College NT Mike Ruth (82-85)
New Mexico DB Brian Urlacher (96-99)
Mount Union coach Larry Kehres (86-12)

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Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

WHATS ON TAP
TUESDAY
Girls basketball
Terra Nova at Oceana, Jefferson at El Camino, South
City at Half Moon Bay, 5:30 p.m.; Notre Dame-Belmont at Sacred Heart Prep, Woodside Priory at
Menlo School, Crystal Springs at Mercy-Burlingame,
6:30 p.m.
Boys basketball
Ocean at Terra Nova, El Camino at Jefferson, Half
Moon Bay at South City, 5:30 p.m.; Sacred Heart
Prep at Woodside Priory, Menlo School at Kings
Academy, Harker at Crystal Springs, 6:30 p.m.
Girls soccer
Notre Dame-Belmont at Menlo School, Kings Academy at Sacred Heart Prep, Crystal Springs at Notre
Dame-SJ,Terra Nova at Hillsdale, Mills at San Mateo,
Westmoor at Oceana, Jefferson at El Camino, 3 p.m.;
Mercy-Burlingame at Woodside Priory, 3:30 p.m.;
Aragon at Burlingame, Carlmont at Menlo-Atherton, Capuchino at Woodside, Half Moon Bay at
South City, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Girls basketball
San Mateo at Menlo-Atherton, Aragon at Sequoia,
Hillsdale at Burlingame, Carlmont at Mills, Capuchino
at Woodside, El Camino at Half Moon Bay, Jefferson
at Terra Nova, Oceana at Westmoor, 5:30 p.m.
Boys basketball
Menlo-Atherton at San Mateo, Sequoia at Aragon,
Burlingame at Hillsdale, Mills at Carlmont, Woodside at Capuchino, Half Moon Bay at El Camino,
Terra Nova at Jefferson, Westmoor at Oceana, 5:30
p.m.; Riordan at Serra, 7:30 p.m.
Boys soccer
Sacred Heart Prep at Eastside College Prep, 2:45
p.m.;Woodside at Aragon, Burlingame at Westmoor,
San Mateo at El Camino, Capuchino at Hillsdale,
Half Moon Bay at Mills, 3 p.m.; Mitty at Serra, 3:15
p.m.; Crystal Springs at Harker, 3:30 p.m.; Sequoia
at Menlo-Atherton, South City at Carlmont, Jefferson at Terra Nova, 4 p.m.
Wrestling
Serra at Valley Christian, 5 p.m.
THURSDAY
Girls soccer
Notre Dame-Belmont at Sacred Heart Prep, Menlo
School at Crystal Springs,Woodside at Aragon,Terra
Nova at Capuchino, Jefferson at Westmoor, El
Camino at Oceana, Half Moon Bay at San Mateo, 3
p.m.; Harker at Woodside Priory, Castilleja at MercyBurlingame, Mercy-SF at Eastside College Prep, 3:30
p.m.; Burlingame at Menlo-Atherton, Hillsdale at
Carlmont, Mills at Sequoia, 4 p.m.
Wrestling
Bay Division
Burlingame at Sequoia, Capuchino at Oceana, Half
Moon Bay at El Camino, 6 p.m.
Ocean Division
At South City, 5 p.m.
South City vs. Menlo-Atherton, South City vs. Carlmont, Woodside vs. Mills, Aragon vs. San Mateo

LOUNGE
Continued from page 11
in the PAL Bay open the season
against each other. On Tuesday,
perennial power Carlmont travels
to Atherton for a season-opening
match against defending Central
Coast Section Division I champ
Menlo-Atherton. Thursday sees
defending Bay Division and Open
Division champ Woodside going
to San Mateo to face a resurgent
Aragon side at 3 p.m.
And if youre in to rivalry
games, very few reach the levels
of intensity when the Sequoia and
Menlo-Atherton boys soccer
teams get together, which they do
Wednesday, when the Cherokees
travel to Atherton for a 4 p.m.
showdown.
The best part of league play
starting? I have to go to fewer
websites when putting together
schedules for the week.
***
I set a new personal record last
week for coldest event Ive ever

TITLE
Continued from page 11
Crimson Tide walk-on receiver,
has built an elite program at
Clemson that was missing only
one thing. Now the Tigers can
check that box, too.
After three quarters of vicious hits
and tight defense, Tigers-Tide II

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the move came right in the middle
of the recruiting period.
The only reason I can see
behind the ring at this point was
the school got sick and tired of
Dykes constantly on the lookout
for a new landing spot. Since
arriving at Cal, it seems hes
always been looking for a way
out and has been linked to a handful of schools over the last three
years.
My guess is Dykes was still
snifng around for another job
and Cal athletic director Mike
Williams had enough of it and
essentially told him: go nd
whatever job you like, youre
done here.
In a statement Williams posted
on Cals athletic website, there
was one telling sentence: We
need a head coach who is fully
committed to our program.
Thats a pretty damning statement if you ask me.

attended. The fact it happened in

Atherton was the strange part.
Previously, the coldest game I
can remember covering was the
Sacred Heart Prep football teams
Northern California championship game against El Cerrito at
De Anza High in El Sobrante in
mid-December 2013.
But that was nowhere near the
cold I experienced while covering
the Monta Vista-Menlo-Atherton
boys soccer game last Thursday.
When I pulled into the parking
lot for the 5:45 p.m. start, the
temperature gauge on my car read
in the low 40s. When I got back
to my car around 7:30, the gauge
read 39 and proceeded to drop to
36. Between those two readings I
slowly iced up as the Bears and
Matadors battled to a 1-1 draw. I
didnt have a warm enough jacket,
so it didnt take long for my
upper body to feel the biting
chill. My knit cap was no match
for the cold and while the hood on
my coat provided some relief, it
wasnt much. Denim jeans certainly do not provide much
warmth and even with running
gloves on, I found my ngers definitely feeling the nip. Toes

werent much warmer.

With about 20 minutes to play,
I realized despite hunkering down
to conserve body heat, I was turning into an icicle, so I got out and
started walking around, trying to
get some circulation going.
My post-game interview will
denitely not go down as one of
my better ones but, by that time,
all I was thinking about was getting back to my car and cranking
the heater.
Friday, I was in South City for a
Warriors-Woodside soccer match
and it was marginally warmer.
When I mentioned to Woodside
coach Darrell Ringman how cold
it was the night before, he had a
story that topped mine. He said
he was playing a game in Palo
Alto. He said it was 33 degrees at
8 p.m.
There was ice on the eld, he
said.
***
The University of California
made a strange move Sunday with
the ring of football coach
Sonny Dykes. Not so much that
he was red the fact he wasnt
canned shortly after the season
surprised many people but that

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ended up looking a lot like the first

meeting when the teams combined
for 40 points in the fourth quarter.
Clemson took its first lead when
Watson found Mike Williams for a
4-yard touchdown a minute into
the fourth quarter to make it 24-21.
The Tigers took a 28-24 lead
with 4:38 left in the fourth quarter
when Wayne Gallman surged in
from a yard out.
The Tides offense, which had
gone dormant for most of the second half, came to life with the help

of a sweet call from newly promoted offensive coordinator Steve

Sarkisian. Receiver ArDarius
Stewart took a backward pass from
Jalen Hurts and fired a strike to
O.J. Howard for 24 yards.
On the next play, Hurts broke
free from a collapsing pocket and
weaved his way through defenders
for a 30-yard touchdown run to
make it 31-28 with 2:07 left.
More than enough time for
Watson.
Watson hooked up with Williams

and Jordan Leggett, who made great

catches for big gains to get to firstand-goal with 14 seconds left.
A pass interference on Alabama
made it first-and-goal at the 2 with
six seconds left. Time for one
more play to avoid a game-tying
kick and potential overtime.
Renfrow slipped away from the
defense at the goal line with the
help of some traffic created by his
teammates or maybe it was an
illegal pick? and was alone for
an easy toss.

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Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

15

Despite woes, Obamacare not in death spiral

By Erica Werner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON President-elect
Donald Trump says that President
Barack Obamas health care law
will fall of its own weight.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says
the law is in what the actuaries call
a death spiral.
And Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell says that by
nearly any measure, Obamacare has
failed.
The problem with all these
claims: They are exaggerated, if not
downright false.
As congressional Republicans
prepare to repeal the health law,
they are working to portray it as a
mess of Democrats making, and
themselves as the ones who will
clean up that mess.
In the process they are exaggerating the laws very real problems,
according to health care experts,
who largely believe that the
Affordable Care Acts troubles with
high prices and lack of competition
could be addressed with bipartisan
solutions.
Republicans, whove gained
political advantage from campaigning against the law since its
passage in 2010, arent interested
in playing along. Instead theyve
denounced the law and made the case
to repeal it, although there are
signs some are getting cold feet
now that the reality is upon them.
Democrats, too, are guilty of
rhetorical excesses around the
health care law, often claiming that
its working as intended while
downplaying its flaws.
But with Republicans in the
majority and driving the agenda,
heres a look at some of the GOP
claims about the law, and how they
compare with the facts:
TRUMP,
RYAN
AND
MCCONNELL: The law will fall
of its own weight, is in a death
spiral and has failed.
THE FACTS: Experts agree that

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Supporters of the Affordable Care Act celebrate after the Supreme Court up held the law in the 6-3 vote at the
Supreme Court.
the law is not currently in a death
spiral, an actuarial term that refers
to a vicious cycle when rising
insurance costs force healthy customers out of the marketplace,
resulting in still higher prices,
which cause even more customers
to bail, etc., until the system collapses.
But some say that if the current
situation continues, that is a likely
or possible scenario. Health care
premiums are jumping by double
digits this year, and the health care
marketplaces created by the law are
short on the healthy consumers
who make insurance companies
profitable.
Its not a failure in that 20 million people or more have insurance
that didnt used to have insurance.
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markets remain unstable and in turmoil is an appropriate statement,
she said. To say that theyre in a
death spiral really depends on what
happens.
The American Academy of
Actuaries itself disputed the death
spiral claim Monday. The group
provided a statement from its senior health fellow asserting that
high premium increases in many
states this year do not necessarily
indicate that a premium spiral is
occurring and could be a one-time
adjustment.
RYAN: You cannot fix a fundamentally broken law; youve got to
replace it.
THE FACTS: Experts agree that
Congress could fix the laws problems, should it choose. Indeed
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problems can be traced to the decision by Obama and Democrats to

push it through on a partisan basis
alienating Republicans who
have refused ever since to participate in any attempt to tweak the law
to improve it, as would be necessary with any program of such size
and complexity.
Some predict
that
when
Republicans get through with their
repeal-and-replace effort, what it
will really amount to will be an
improved Obamacare even if
they dont admit it.
The health care exchanges, for
example, could be improved with
changes aimed at getting more
young and healthy people to sign
up, such as giving insurers more
flexibility to charge older people
higher prices.
You could, I think, relatively
simply address the issues that the

exchanges have, said Dan

Mendelson, president of Avalere
Health, a health consulting firm,
noting that other major programs
including Medicare have been
tweaked repeatedly since their creation. If you freeze a program in a
point of time, it is likely to have
problems, and thats exactly whats
happening.
Bob Laszewski, a health care
consultant, predicted: Before this
all ends theyre going to fix it ...
The Republicans are going to say
they repealed and replaced, and the
Democrats are going to say they
fixed it.
MCCONNELL: Obamacare didnt lower costs, it didnt increase
choice.
THE FACTS: McConnells
comments are true in part.
The first five years of Obamas
presidency saw historically slow
growth in U.S. health care spending, though experts differ on
whether the law had anything to do
with that. Some credit the global
recession. Individual consumers in
the laws marketplaces, meanwhile,
face higher premiums this year,
though subsidies protected most
customers from the increases.
And while the Affordable Care Act
did increase choice initially in the
individual market, that is not the
case now with brand-name insurers
bailing out of the online state markets, although the many Americans
with employer-based health coverage have been insulated from such
changes. In about one-third of U.S.
counties, consumers in the individual markets dont have a choice of
plans.
It depends for whom youre talking about, said Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the Kaiser
Family Foundation. For people
with pre-existing conditions,
choices are infinitely more abundant because they couldnt get coverage at all. For someone whos
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fewer choices available now than
before.

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PAUSA
Continued from page 1
and was looking for a fresh start.
I was saying, Im tired, I want to
reinvent myself, he said. Then my
daughter was like, You cant do that,
this is you.
Giuliani, now 42, worked at Spiedo
with Ugurs father when he first came
to the United States in 2006, and
reconnected with his former manager
during his 2015 sabbatical.
When Hamdi Ugur, who now owns
Porterhouse Restaurant in San Mateo,
learned that Giuliani was looking for
his next step, he told Giuliani to call
his son, Steve, who was starting a
restaurant of his own.
It was awesome, said Ugur, about
his phone call with Giuliani. We had
very similar visions of what we wanted the space to be, you know, designwise, conceptwise Both of us, we
really have a strong passion for having a restaurant where everything you
do is house-made.
Ugur, 28, has long been a student of
the restaurant experience. After working at Spiedo, he went on to study the
dry meat curing process in France. He
eventually became the general manager of Porterhouse Restaurant, where he
oversaw the meat preparation process,
dry-aging and cutting steaks himself.
For Ugur, a fascination with preparing
food where it is served is what drives
his work.
I was always interested in other
restaurants, interested in what restaurants were doing, how restaurants were
approaching their guests, he said.

2016
Continued from page 1
ters that cost at least $1 billion in
damage: 15 separate ones together
caused $46 billion in damage and 138
deaths.
Later this month, global temperatures will be calculated, giving climate
scientists more information as they
monitor the planets warming.
The regular tally of the nations
weather year shows that even on a
smaller scale the U.S. is only 2 percent of the Earths area climate
change is becoming more noticeable
even amid the natural variations that
play such a large role in day to day
weather.
The average temperature last year in
the Lower 48 states was 54.9 degrees,
nearly 3 degrees above the 20th
Century average of 52. Its the 20th
consecutive year that the United States
was warmer than normal.

As the pair prepares to open Pausa,

they are leveraging their strengths to
bring a fresh perspective on Italian
cuisine, sourced locally from
California farms and pastures. Theirs
will be one of three restaurants in
California licensed to make their own
charcuterie in a curing chamber at the
restaurant.
Giulianis
culinary
approach is to find fresh produce from
local California farms to cook with
essential Italian ingredients that
bring Italys 20 regions to life.
We need to really try to translate as
much as we can every day, to the
clients, he said. First things first,
tell them who we are. The fact we are
farm-to-table, we are an Italian restaurant, we produce everything inhouse.
And they have left no stone
unturned. A room where they can knead
dough allows them to craft their own
pizza and pasta dough with spices like
saffron or Italian flour to lend specific
colors and flavors to the pasta. They
made sure to install a wood-fired pizza
oven and pasta extruder imported from
Italy so their pasta and pizza crust are
as fresh as possible.
Giulianis culinary instincts are
rooted in his experience tasting and
cooking Italian food for most of his
life. For him, the fun is in helping
guests understand what they are eating, which, for many, defies what they
expect to eat at Italian restaurants in
the United States.
Food is not just for me the most
important thing in the restaurant,
said Guiliani.
And for the past 16 months, the pair
has been focused on creating a holistic
experience for their guests. They have
revised their menu several times, after

realizing an earlier draft of their menu

contained several Italian words, which
they thought may make the menu difficult to understand. Both Ugur and
Giuliani have been working with their
servers and kitchen staff to make sure
that the guest experience is memorable, from the way staff answer phone
calls to making sure they say goodbye
to guests after their meals.
The two have also immersed themselves in several major construction
projects to transform the space on
Fourth Avenue where Spiedo formerly
stood into an airy interior space with
colorful accents. Ugur said Spiedo
used to be dimly lit, with a few, small
windows facing the street. Now the
main room fills with light from large,
street-facing windows and skylights,
warmed by wood furniture, a woodburning fireplace and loops of brightly colored yarn on the walls, forming
several fiber art pieces. The two have
also accounted for live entertainment
during weekends, when the restaurant
will be open later, and installed a
state-of-the-art sound system to
accommodate live music and DJs.
Ugur and Giulianis attention to all
these details is perhaps why guests at
Pausas soft-launch events find it hard
to leave. This is exactly what the pair
hopes to achieve, which is why the
restaurant is named Pausa, which, in
Italian, means pause.
I always put myself in the guests
shoes and think about how we can
make the experience memorable,
make their pause memorable, said
Ugur. Thats it for us.
Pausa will open for lunch and dinner
on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Visit
pausasanmateo.com for more information.

Only 2012s 55.3 degrees was

warmer in the 122 years of U.S. record
keeping.
It is certainly a data point on a trend
that weve seen: a general warming,
said Deke Arndt, climate monitoring
chief at NOAAs National Centers for
Environmental
Information
in
Asheville, North Carolina. All five of
the warmest years on record have been
since 1998 in the U.S.
While 2016 didnt quite break the
overall heat record, Alaska had its
hottest year by far, beating 2014s old
record by 1.6 degrees. Also, the
nations nighttime low temperature was
the hottest on record, a key issue
because it hurts agriculture, costs more
in air conditioning and makes it harder
for peoples bodies to recover from the
summer heat, Arndt said.
NOAA also found that it was the
fourth consecutive wetter than normal
year in the nation, even as droughts
remained nasty in some places. We are
seeing bigger doses of rain in smaller
amounts of time, Arndt said.
That led to four different inland floods

that cost $1 billion or more, including

heavy sudden flooding in Houston,
West Virginia and twice in Louisiana.
Thats the most NOAA has seen, twice
as many as the previous high for inland
flooding.
Hotter summer nights, warming farther north and concentrated bursts of
heavy rain amid drought are all signs of
man-made climate change long predicted by scientists, Arndt said.
The fact that the U.S. has seen the
two warmest years (2012 and 2016)
within the past five years cannot be
explained by chance. It bears the fingerprint of human-caused climate
change,
Pennsylvania
State
University climate scientist Michael
Mann said in an email.
Last years 15 billion-dollar weather
disasters count is second to 2011, when
there were 16 in the United States.
NOAAs billion-dollar disaster calculations which are adjusted for inflation
goes back to 1980. In addition to
flooding, other billion dollar disasters
included Hurricane Matthew, wildfires,
drought, tornadoes and hail storms.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 10
Caldwell
Gallery
presents
Moments in the Real. 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Hall of Justice, 400 Country
Center, Redwood City. Event is open
monday through Friday and runs
through Feb. 28. Featuring oil paintings by H. Momo Zhou. For more
information
email
hmzfineart@gmail.com.
Art Ventures Gallery. 9 a.m. to
Thursday, 5 p.m. 888 Santa Cruz Ave.,
Menlo Park. Provoke! features nine
artists painting live. For more information visit artventuresgallery.com.
Google Workshop. 10 a.m. to noon.
1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood
City. This workshop introduces
Google Calendar, Gmail and
Overview to Google Docs. There are
limited laptops available. Provided
for the first eight attendees only. For
more
information
visit
phase2careers.org/index.html.
Folk Art of Eastern Europe. 10 a.m.
San Mateo Public Library, 55 W. Third
Ave., San Mateo. Display by artist
Brooks Brager. Runs through Feb. 28.
For more information email nchwee@cityofsanmateo.org.
Camp Fremont. Noon to 1:15 p.m.
75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. Join the
Menlo Park Kiwanis Club and speaker Barbara Wilcox, who will talk about
the development of an Army training
camp in Palo Alto. For more information call 327-1313.
Textile Tuesday: Fleece Socks. 1
p.m. South San Francisco Library, 840
W. Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
For more information email
valle@plsinfo.org.
JUV/Family LibLab. 4 p.m. South
San Francisco Main Library, 840 W.
Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
Make a winter craft. For more information email valle@plsinfo.org.
Library Film Nights: Florence
Foster Jenkins. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Millbrae Library, 1 Library Ave.,
Millbrae. Meryl Streeps latest film
tells the story of Florence Foster
Jenkins, a woman who didnt let her
inability to sing stop her from her
dream. There will be a discussion
afterward. Admission is free.
Refreshments are provided. For more
information and to RSVP visit
http://tinyurl.com/hgvxjb9.
Red
Cross
Emergency
Preparedness. 6 p.m. South San
Francisco Main Library, 840 W.
Orange, South San Francisco. The
presentation will cover what to do in
the case of a natural disaster or fire.
For more information email
valle@plsinfo.org.
Documentary Club: Something
Ventured. 6:30 p.m. Belmont Library,
1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. Come watch Something
Ventured, which tells the story of an
industry that went on to become the
greatest engine innovation and economic growth in the 20th century.
For more information email belmont@smcl.org.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11
The Community Gallery. 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Hall of Justice, 400 Country
Center, Redwood City. Event is open
monday through friday and runs
through Feb. 27. Featuring Picture
Book Stories a collection of childrens
book illustrations by Charlotte
Cheng. For more information
cycheng@gmail.com.
San Mateo Professional Alliance
Networking Lunch. Noon to 1 p.m.
Pacific Catch Restaurant, 243 S. B St.,
San Mateo. For more information
v
i
s
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t
sanmateoprofessionalalliance.com.
Chinese and Japanese Story Time.
4 p.m. to 5 p.m. South San Francisco
Main Library, 840 W. Orange Ave.,
South San Francisco. Stories will be
primarily told in English, Mandarin,
Cantonese and Japanese. All ages
welcome. Every Wednesday. For
more information email valle@plsinfo.org.
Vinyl Club. 5 p.m. South San
Francisco Grand Avenue Library, 306
Walnut Ave., South San Francisco. For
more information email valle@plsinfo.org.
Adult Crafts: Acrylic on Canvas for
Beginners. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Millbrae
Library, 1 Library Ave., Millbrae. All
skill levels are welcome. Free but
spots are limited. For more information and to sign up visit
http://tinyurl.com/zbgvk7x.
Playing God: Is Science Going Too
Far? 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 1095
Cloud Ave., Menlo Park. Come to
watch a filmed interview with Ron
Stoddart, an adoption attorney and
embryo adoption advocate. There
will also be a discussion on the viability of embryo adoption. For mroe
information call 854-5897.
Knitting with Arnie. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St., San
Carlos. Free and open to the public.
For more information call 591-0341
ext. 237.
Nobel Laureate Dr. Elizabeth

Blackburn and Dr. Elissa Epel: The

New Science of Living Younger. 7
p.m. Schultz Cultural Hall, Oshman
Family JCC 3921 Fabian Way, Palo
Alto. Discussion on how to increase
lifespan and live healthier. For more
information email gghue@commonwealth.org.
Laugh it Off: Improv for Wellness. 7
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 150 San Mateo
Road, Half Moon Bay. This new
monthly workshop includes brief
instruction and fun group activities.
Second Wednesday of every month;
$5. For more information visit
newleaf.com/events.
Navigate Dementia: An Evening of
Information and Support. 7 p.m. to
9 p.m. 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas,
San Mateo. Meet a panel of experts
who will give you the knowledge
you need about dementia. Free and
open to the public. For more information and to register visit seniorsathome.org/dementia-path
or
email cserbin@ptbe.org.
Club Fox Blues Jam. 7 p.m. to 11
p.m. 2209 Broadway, Redwood City.
Featuring the Daniel Castro Band. $7
cover charge. For more information
visit rwcbluesjam.com.
THURSDAY, JAN. 12
The Rotunda Gallery. 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Across the plaza from the Hall of
Justice, 555 Country Center,
Redwood City. Event is open monday
through Friday and runs through
June 29. Featuring Tensegrity sculptural metal work of Anthony
Bianconi. For more information email
abizarew@yahoo.com.
Birding with Barb. 8 a.m. New Years
Creek Road, Pescadero. Meet in the
parking lot on corner of Highway 1
and Pescadero Creek Road. For more
information visit birdersgarden.com.
San Carlos Library Quilting Club.
10 a.m. to noon. San Carlos Library,
610 Elm St., San Carlos. Free and
open to the public. For more information call 591-0341ext. 237.
English Conversation. 10:30 a.m.
South San Francisco Grand Avenue
Library, 306 Walnut Ave., South San
Francisco. Every Thursday. For more
information email valle@plsinfo.org.
Non-Fiction Book Club.11 a.m. San
Carlos Library, 610 Elm St., San Carlos.
Free and open to the public. For
more information call 591-0341ext.
237.
A New Year, A Healthier You. 11
a.m. to noon. 650 Shell Blvd., Foster
City. Foster City Seniors 55 and up
Club. For more information call 5730841.
Fertility, Pre- and Post-Natal Yoga.
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 150 San
Mateo Road, Half Moon Bay. This
comprehensive class will address the
daily changing needs of a body while
a baby grows and while healing from
birth. Every Thursday; $5. For more
information
visit
newleaf.com/events.
Lego Club: Castles. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
South San Francisco Main Library,
840 W. Orange Ave., South San
Francisco. For more information
email valle@plsinfo.org.
Movie Night: Selma. 5 p.m. South
San Francisco Main Library, 840 W.
Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
Every Thursday in January. For more
information email valle@plsinfo.org.
Pub Style Trivia. 6:30 p.m. Belmont
Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. Test your useless knowledge of pop culture, geekdom and
more. Beer, wine and snacks will be
served. For more information email
belmont@smcl.org.
Latin World Vocalist Kat Para. 7
p.m. 1044 Middlefield Road,
Redwood City. Kat Para was designated Best Latin Jazz Vocalist 2008
and 2010. For more information contact rkutler@redwoodcity.org.
FRIDAY, JAN. 13
Good Morning San Mateo
Breakfast Program. 7:45 a.m. to 9
a.m. Poplar Creek Grill, 1700 Coyote
Point Drive, San Mateo. Come for a
State of the City address by 2017
Mayor David Lim. Admission is $35
for a full breakfast and program. For
more information call 401-2441.
Mock Interviews by HR Recruiters.
9 a.m. to noon. Sobrato Center for
Nonprofits (Pacific and Cove rooms),
330 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood
Shores. Two mock interviews provided, and specific times will be
arranged after registration. For more
information or to register visit
phase2careers.org.
Midday Meditation. Noon to 1 p.m.
150 San Mateo Road, Half Moon Bay.
A guided meditation with Yoga
Nidra, Transcendental Meditation
and Reiki, followed by a one-on-one
energy healing. Also held on Jan. 27;
$5. For more information visit
newleaf.com/events.
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.

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Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

17

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

HOLY MOLE

PEARLs BEFORE SWINE

ACROSS
1 Maybes
4 Miss Marple
8 Forbidding
12 Sitcom planet
13 Above
14 Lo-cal
15 Order-taker
17 Building extensions
18 Video companion
19 Shopping havens
20 Bikini top
22 Comic-strip prince
23 Dreadful
26 Pasta tubes
28 Nightwear, for short
31 Meet Me Louis
32 Jigger
33 Heating fuel
34 Off-road vehicle
35 When Paris sizzles
36 Ms. McEntire
37 Prune
38 Flip through
39 List unit
40 Western treaty grp.

GET FUZZY

41 Rx-givers
43 Condescend
46 Just scraping by
50 Bloodhounds clue
51 Recent Nobelist (2 wds.)
54 Bus route
55 Not at home
56 MPG monitor
57 Minus
58 Insignificant
59 Perched
DOWN
1 Hawkeye State
2 Lady of the haus
3 Fishtail
4 Court figure
5 Mimic
6 Discouraging words
7 Nav. rank
8 Gather after harvest
9 Little creek
10 never fly
11 Sergeants supper
16 Yak habitat
19 CAT alternative

21 Nahuatl speakers
22 Go to
23 Gauge
24 Keen on
25 Hosts request
27 Jot
28 Blake or Burns
29 Correspond
30 Shut angrily
36 On thin ice
38 Juan Capistrano
40 People devourers
42 Tint again
43 Well-behaved kid
44 Adams or Brickell
45 Theyre not free of
charge?
47 Seine aits
48 Wine valley
49 Pesky bug
51 Loud thud
52 In debt
53 Happy hour site

1-10-17

Previous
Sudoku
answers

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2017

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Avoid temptation,
call the shots and finish what you start. Refuse to
let the actions of others influence you. Follow your
intuition and stay within budget in order to avoid
unnecessary stress.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Think outside the box
and turn your ideas into solutions. Your suggestions
will put you in a good position for advancement. Speak
your mind and make a difference.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Partnerships will play a
heavy role in the personal or professional changes you
make. Base your decisions on reality and practicality.

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monday PUZZLE SOLVED

Each row and each column must contain the

numbers 1 through 6 without repeating.
The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes,
called cages, must combine using the given operation
(in any order) to produce the target numbers in the
top-left corners.
Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in
the top-left corner.

Be willing to listen and respond without malice.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You need to put
greater emphasis on a relationship with a loved one,
close friend, relative or colleague. The nature of your
interactions will make a difference to the way you
move forward.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your financial plan
will need to be revised if you have been making
unnecessary purchases. Concentrate on taking better
care of your health and bank account.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Look at the big picture
and consider whats best for everyone before you
make a decision. Its important to incorporate
discipline and practicality into everything you
choose to do.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Go the extra mile to

show off your skill and experience. Your peers may be
jealous, but dont let that turn into your problem. Do
your own thing and avoid emotional confrontations.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Get to the bottom of any
request for money. Donations can be made, but only if
they dont jeopardize your standard of living.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Do your best to take part
and make a difference. You will encounter interesting
people who face problems similar to yours if you
participate in events geared toward your concerns.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Step up and make things
happen. Procrastination will lead to criticism and
regret. An important partnership will improve your
disposition, bring your goals into focus and boost your

standard of living. Dont fear change.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Emotional distress,
anger or overly focusing on legal, contractual or
financial endeavors will be costly. Be disciplined and
stay focused on creativity, peace, love and personal
improvements.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Youll have the
discipline to make changes that will improve your life.
Assess your relationships with others and carefully
choose with whom you plan to associate.
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treatment, & utilizing techniques such as
siRNA & Western blotting to understand
the function & expression of target
genes, cell-based proliferation assays
(96-well format) to test the potency of
ADC, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) & multi-color flow cytometry
to analyze antibody binding characteristics & ex vivo tolerability studies assessing hematology & clinical chem response
to ADC treatment; (ii) designing & executing experiments, performing assay
devel, interpreting data, & mammalian
cell cultures & cell based assays. An
EOE. Respond by mail: AbbVie Inc., 1 N.
Waukegan Road, Bldg. AP34-2, Dept.
V33C, North Chicago, IL 60064. Refer to
ad code: ABV-0104-IM

127 Elderly Care

FAMILY RESOURCE
GUIDE

The San Mateo Daily Journals

twice-a-week resource guide for
children and families.

Every Tuesday & Weekend

Look for it in todays paper to
find information on family
resources in the local area,
including childcare.

Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

203 Public Notices

203 Public Notices

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #271715
The following person is doing business
as: Sofi Belmont Hills, 2515 Carlmont
Drive, BELMONT, CA 94002. Registered Owner: PMI Belmont, LLC, DE.
The business is conducted by a Limited
Liability Company. The registrants commenced to transact business under the
FBN on 10/28/2016.
/s/Andrea Cu/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/13/2016. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/20/16, 12/27/16, 1/3/17, 1/10/17).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #271826
The following person is doing business
as: Adelante Therapies, 1591 Regent St.
#4, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94061. Registered Owner: Rebecca Green, same address. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced
to transact business under the FBN on
n/a.
/s/Rebecca Green/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/24/2016. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
1/10/17, 1/17/17, 1/24/17, 1/31/17).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #271738
The following person is doing business
as: Mar Construction, 1009 S. Norfolk
Street, SAN MATEO, CA 94401. Registered Owner: Omar Martinez, same address. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced
to transact business under the FBN on
12/15/2016.
/s/Omar Martinez/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/14/2016. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/20/16, 12/27/16, 1/3/17, 1/10/17).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #271737
The following person is doing business
as: Cabinet World USA, 1501 Laurel St.,
SAN CARLOS, CA 94070. Registered
Owner: Omar Martinez, 1009 So. Norfolk
St., San Mateo, CA 94401. The business is conducted by an Individual. The
registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 12/15/2016.
/s/Omar Martinez/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/14/2016. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/20/16, 12/27/16, 1/3/17, 1/10/17).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #271775
The following person is doing business
as: Medbux, 612 S. El Camino Real, #6,
SAN MATEO, CA 94402. Registered
Owner: Bilal Seadan, same address. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrant commenced to transact
business under the FBN on January 1,
2017.
/s/Bilal Seadan/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/19/2016. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/27/16, 1/3/17, 1/10/17, 1/17/17.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #271768
The following person is doing business
as: Alliance Corporate, 1840 El Parque
Ct Apt C, SAN MATEO, CA 94403. Registered Owner: 1) Jose L Robles, same
address 2) Yunuhe B. Ibarra, same address. The business is conducted by a
General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the
FBN on N/A.
/s/Yunuhe B. Ibarra/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/16/2016. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/27/16, 1/3/17, 1/10/17, 1/17/17.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #271565
The following person is doing business
as: DPN Consulting Services, 760 28th
Avenue, SAN MATEO, CA 94403. Registered Owner: 1) Doriel Pearson-Nishioka,
same address 2) Fred Y. Nishioka,
same address. The business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on January 1, 2016.
/s/Doriel Pearson-Nishioka/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/28/2016. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/27/16, 1/3/17, 1/10/17, 1/17/17.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #271731
The following person is doing business
as: Mosaic San Mateo, 3110 Casa De
Campo, SAN MATEO, CA 94403. Registered Owner: PUR Villa Serena LLC, DE.
The business is conducted by a Limited
Liability Company. The registrants commenced to transact business under the
FBN on 4/6/2016.
/s/Andrea Cu/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/14/2016. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
1/10/17, 1/17/17, 1/24/17, 1/31/17).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #271966
The following person is doing business
as: Super Pups, 2230 S. El Camino Real, SAN MATEO, CA 94403. Registered
Owners: 1) Susan Kogel, 509 S. Grant
St., San Mateo, CA 94402 2) Joel Veen,
same address. The business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on 2004.
/s/Joel Veen/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/09/2017. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
1/10/17, 1/17/17, 1/24/17, 1/31/17).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #271976
The following person is doing business
as: SavvyClick Marketing, 2663 Belmont
Canyon Rd., BELMONT, CA 94002.
Registered Owner: Lillian Yvette Irvin
same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on Jan. 2107.
/s/Lillian Yvette Irvin/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 01/09/2017. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
1/10/17, 1/17/17, 1/24/17, 1/31/17).
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF
THE USE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT 260899
Name of the person abandoning the use
of the Fictitious Business Name: Rebecca Hazen. Name of Business: Rebels
Elite. Date of original filing: May 20,
2014. Address of Principal Place of Business: 389 Oyster Point Blvd. Unit 8F,
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080.
Registrant: Rebecca B. Hazen, 3901 Lick
Mill Blvd. Apt. 334, Santa Clara, CA
95054. The business was conducted by
an Individual.
/s/Rebecca B. Hazen/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/14/16. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/20/16,
12/27/16, 1/03/17, 1/10/17).
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL
REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE
(Probate Code 10300, 10304)
Superior Court of California,
County of San Mateo - Case #126782
Estate of Janet Marie Johnson
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:
Subject to court confirmation by the
above-entitled Superior Court at 400
County Center, Redwood City, California,
within the period allowed by law, as Administer of the Estate of Deceased, will
sell at private sale to the highest and
best bidder on the terms and conditions
hereinafter mentioned all right, title, and
interest of said Decedent in the real
property located at the address commonly known as 1121 Skyline Drive, San Mateo, California, and more particularly described as follows: the City of Daly City,
San Mateo County, State of California
described as:
LOT 7, BLOCK 180, as delineated upon
that certain Map entitled "WESTLAKE
UNIT NO. 12, DALY CITY, SAN MATEO
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, filed for record
in the Office of the Recorder of the County of San Mateo, State of California, on
October 22nd, 1964 in Book 61 of Maps,
at pages 4 and 5.
A.P.N. 009-592-070 J.P.N. 9-59-592-07
The Sale is subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights-of-way, easements of
record and any encumberance of record,
to be satisfied out of the purchase price.

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Tundra

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Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

203 Public Notices

Seller is the court-appointed fiduciary under San Mateo County Superior Court
Case No. 126782. As the court appointed fiduciary for this estate, Seller has little information concerning the property
and, therefore, the property is sold in its
present condition based solely upon Buyers independent investigation and
knowledge and information supplied by
the Buyers agents or representatives,
excluding any agent or representative of
the Seller. The Seller makes no warranties, guarantees or representations concerning the property, its condition, usage,
or suitability for any use or purpose whatsoever.
The property is sold in its AS-IS condition and the Buyer is solely responsible
for any and all conditions of the property.
Similarly, all personal property, improvements and fixtures, if any, included in this
sale are bought in their AS-IS condition,
with no representations or express or implied warranties whatsoever by Seller or
her agents. The Administrator reserves
the right to refuse to accept bids.
Clerk, by Jane Cogliati, Deputy
Date: 12/30/2016
Marisa C. Nelson, Esq
Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley PC
1001 Marshall Street, Suite 500
REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063-2502
(650) 780-1633
FILED: 12/30/16
(Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on 01/10/17, 1/16/17, 1/17/17)

294 Baby Stuff

299 Computers

FISHER-PRICE HEALTHY Care booster

seat - $5 (650)592-5864.

KOGI 15 inch computer monitor. Model

L5QX. $25. PH(650)592-5864.

HIGH CHAIR (wooden) excellent condition $35.00 (650)348-2306

RECORDABLE CD-R 74, Sealed, Unopened, original packaging, Samsung, 12X,

(650) 578 9208

296 Appliances
1960'S AVOCADO Osterizer blender
excellent condition $20.00 (650)5960513
AIR CONDITIONER 10000 BTU w/remote. Slider model fits all windows. LG
brand $199 runs like new. (650)2350898
AIR CONDITIONER, Portable, 14,000
BTU,
Commercial
Cool
model
CPN14XC9, almost like new! All accessories plus remote included.
20 x 16-5/8 x 33-1/2 $345.
(650)345-1835

FOUND: LADIES watch outside Safeway Millbrae 11/10/14 call Matt,

(415)378-3634
LOST - MY COLLAPSIBLE music stand,
clip lights, and music in black bags were
taken from my car in Foster City and may
have been thrown out by disappointed
thieves. Please call (650)704-3595
LOST - Womans diamond ring. Lost
12/18. Broadway, Redwood City.
REWARD! (650)339-2410
LOST CAT Our Felicity, weighs 7 lbs,
she has a white nose, mouth, chin, all
four legs, chest stomach, around her
neck. Black mask/ears, back, tail. Nice
REWARD. Please email us at
joandbill@msn.com or call 650-5768745. She drinks water out of her paws.
LOST CAT. Black and White. Black
patch on right eye. REWARD.
Call (323) 439-7713.

The property is to be sold on an AS-IS

basis, except as to title.

LOST SMALL gray and green Parrot.

Redwood Shores. (650)207-2303.

Bids or offers for this property must be

made in writing and may be directed to
the Administrator, Janel Johnson, in care
of Cathy Courtney at the offices of Remax, 282 Redwood Shores Pkwy, Redwood Shores, CA , or may be filed with
the Clerk of Superior Court at any time
after first publication of this notice and
before making said sale.

QUALITY BOOKS used and rare. World

& US History and classic American novels. $5 each obo (650)345-5502

The sale shall be for all cash or such

credit terms and conditions as the Court
may approve.

BASSINET $25 (Musical, Rocks, vibrates, has 4 wheels, includes sheets &
mattress) (650)348-2306

Books

294 Baby Stuff

2 STORY dollhouse w/ furniture 24 x 24

good condition $50. joe (650)573-5269
3-STORY BARBIE Dollhouse with spiral
staircase and elevator. $60. (650)5588142
ALLOYED LINOTYPE (BNH ~18) for
casting miniature/board-game figurines.
10#, $15.00. (650) 591-4553
LARGE STUFFED ANIMALS - $3 each
Great for Kids (650) 952-3500
SEVEN TONKA and John Deere Construction vehicles. $7 - $20. (650)3681732.

CHEFMATE TOASTER oven, brand

new, bakes, broils, toasts, adjustable
temperature. $25 OBO. (650)580-4763

STAR WARS one 4 orange card action figure, Momaw Nadon (Hammerhead). $8 Steve (650)518-6614

CIRRUS STEAM mop model SM212B 4

new extra cleaning pads,user manual.
$45. (650)588-5487

STAR WARS SDCC Stormtrooper

Commander $29 OBO Dan,
(650)303-3568 lv msg

COLEMAN LXE Roadtrip Grill Red Brand New! (still in box) $100
(650)918-9847
JACK LALANE'S power juicer. $40.
Call (650)364-1243. Leave message.

UPRIGHT VACUUM Cleaner, $10. Call

Ed, (415)298-0645 South San Francisco

210 Lost & Found

300 Toys

CHARCOAL GRILL with cover, 24, almost new $25. (650)368-0748

NSA AIR PurifierGood Condition Paid

$190Yours for $20. (510)363 4865

FOUND: KEYS at Westwood Park in

Redwood City, off of Fernside. Call to
claim (650)714-8893

19

WHIRLPOOL WASHER DRYER, GE

Refrigerator all working and in good condition all for $99.00 (650)315-3240.
WHIRLPOOL. HIGH Efficiency Washer.
White. Like new. Top load. $250.00.
(650)483-9226

297 Bicycles
ADULT BIKES 1 regular and 2 with balloon tires $30 Each (650) 347-2356
CHILDS BICYCLE in good condition.
$30. (650)355-5189

298 Collectibles
1920'S AQUA Glass Beaded Flapper
Purse (drawstring bag) & Faux Pearl
Flapper Collar. $50. (650)762-6048
1940 VINTAGE telephone bench maple
antiques collectibles $75 (650)755-9833
BILLY DEE Williams autographed Star
Wars action figure: Lando Calrissian,
space smuggler. $35 Steve (650)5186614
DOLLIES, 30 various sizes, hand crochet dollies.$30.(650)596-0513
LENNOX RED Rose, Unused, hand
painted, porcelain, authenticity papers,
$12.00. (650) 578 9208.

302 Antiques
ANTIQUE BUFFET Cabinet, with 2 large
drawers w/skeleton key, needs refinishing. $700/obo.. ANTIQUE CHINA cabinet, with doors and legs, dark wood..
$500/obo. (650)952-5049
ANTIQUE ITALIAN lamp 18 high, $70
(650)387-4002
BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE Victorian
Side Sewing Table, All original. Rosewood. Carved. EXCELLENT CONDITION! $350. (650)815-8999.
MAHOGANY ANTIQUE Secretary desk,
72 x 40 , 3 drawers, Display case, bevelled glass, $500. (650)766-3024
OLD VINTAGE Wooden Sea Captains
Tool Chest 35 x 16 x 16, $65
(650)591-3313
STORE FRONT display cabinet, From
1930, marble base. 72 long x 40 tallx
21 deep. Asking $500. (650)341-1306

303 Electronics
46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
60 GIG Ipod, Does not work.
Battery/hard drive not working. $25.
(650)208-5758
BAZOOKA SPEAKER 20, +10W, never
used $95. (650)992-4544

BLAUPUNKT AM/FM/CD Radio and Receiver with Detachable Face asking

$100. (650)593-4490
BULOVA WINDUP Travel clocks.Vintage. Set of eight. $99. gene (650)4215469
COMPLETE COLOR photo developer
Besler Enlarger, Color Head, trays, photo
tools $50/ (650)921-1996

MILLER LITE Neon sign , work good

$59 call (650)218-6528

IPHONE 5 Morphie Juice Pack with

charger, Originally $100, now $85.
(650)766-2679

RENO SILVER LEGACY Casino four

rare memorabilia items, casino key, two
coins, small charm. $95. (650)676-0974

LEFT-HAND ERGONOMIC keyboard

with 'A-shape' key layout Num pad, $20
(650)204-0587

SCHILLER HIPPIE poster, linen, Sparta

graphics 1968. Mint condition. $600.00.
(650)701-0276

MOTOROLA BRAVO MB 520 (android

4.1 upgrade) smart phone 35$ 8GB SD
card Belmont (650)595-8855

LEGAL NOTICES

Fictitious Business Name Statements,

Trustee Sale Notice, Name Change, Probate,
Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons,
Notice of Public Sales and More.
Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County.

Fax your request to: 650-344-5290

Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com

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Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 Doofus
5 Dodge Aries and
Plymouth Reliant
10 Smack on the
mouth
14 Letter-shaped
support piece
15 For real!
16 Pop singer
Brickell
17 Dice rollers
exhortation
19 Scrabble piece
20 TV preview
21 Taken as a whole
23 Satchel feature
26 Margarita glass
rim coating
27 Curved sword
30 Application info:
Abbr.
32 Pool measure
35 What soccer
shootouts
resolve
36 Peaceful state
38 P-like Greek
letter
39 Actress Thurman
40 Actor with nearsynonymous first
and last names
41 Museum hanging
42 Amount after
costs
43 Suitcase
attachments
44 Yuletide
45 Not so hot?
47 __ Lanka
48 Swollen
49 Upper, in Ulm
51 Male voice range
53 Toodle-oo!
56 Evaluate for tax
purposes
60 Wee bit
61 Cause trouble ...
and a hint to this
puzzles circled
letters
64 Time in office
65 Emulate
Vesuvius
66 Scarlet letter of
fiction
67 Slow Churned ice
cream brand
68 Hagar of Van
Halen
69 Wine bottle
number

DOWN
1 Random House
vol.
2 Woodwind
instrument
3 Dalai __
4 Locks on heads
5 Soup mix brand
6 Blue Bloods
extra
7 Pie-mode
connection
8 TV host Kelly
9 Applies
weatherstripping
to
10 Stovetop
whistler
11 Pretty darn
simple
12 Housecats
perch
13 Watermelon
eaters discard
18 Four: Pref.
22 Saddled (with)
24 People with skill
25 Toaster snack
27 Publicity ploy
28 Evangelist __
Semple
McPherson
29 Verses by Allen
Ginsberg, e.g.

31 Shake it on the
dance floor
33 Burglar
34 Deck the Halls
greenery
36 Free (of)
37 Yearbook gp.
40 One on horseback
44 Room with a crib
46 Steel girders
48 Luxurious
50 Greets the judge
52 Well-dressed

303 Electronics

304 Furniture

ONKYO AV Receiver HT-R570 .Digital

Surround, HDMI, Dolby, Sirius Ready,
Cinema Filter.$95/ Offer (650)591-2393

ESPRESSO TABLE 30 square, 40 tall,

$95 (650)375-8021

OPTIMUS H36 ST5800 Tower Speaker

36x10x11 $30. (650)580-6324

53 Mention in a
footnote
54 Broke up some
clods
55 Senoritas other
57 Weapon with a
tip guard
58 Scotch go-with
59 Walk of Fame
figure
62 Periodic table
suffix
63 Turntable no.

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

ORIGINAL AM/FM 1967/68 Honda Radio for $50. (650)593-4490

PIONEER HOUSE Speakers, pair. 15
inch 3-way, black with screens. Work
great. $99.(650)243-8198
SAMSUNG FLAT TV 20" ex.co.incl.
VCR ,set up $70. (650)992-4544
SONY DHG-HDD250 DVR and programable remote.
Record OTA. Clock set issues $99
(650)595-8855
SONY PROJECTION TV 48" with remote good condition $99 (650)345-1111
TOMTOM GPS U.S.
$25 (650)595-3933

Canada

VINTAGE G.E. radio, model c-430-a

$60. (650)421-5469
VINTAGE G.E. radio, model c-442c $60.
(650)421-5469
VINTAGE G.E. radio, model c1470 $60.
(650)421-5469
VINTAGE ZENITH radio, model L516b
$75. (650)421-5469
Yamaha model CDC 91 - 5 disc CD player. free. tmckay1@sbcglobal.net.

304 Furniture
5 FOOT resin folding table, still in the
box $20.00 (650)368-0748

MAHOGANY BOOKCASE 40"W x 15"D

x 41"H. Double doors with lock & key.
$35 (650)832-1448
NEW DELUXE Twin Folding Bed, Linens, cover, Cost $618. Sale $250. Must
Sell! (650) 875-8159.
NEW TWIN Mattress set plus frame
$30.00 (650) 347-2356
NICE WOOD table 36"L x19"W x20"H
$30.(415)231-4825.Daly City
OAK BOOKCASE, 30"x30" x12". $25.
(650)726-6429
OAK SIX SHELF Book Case 6FT 4FT
$55 (650)458-8280
OFFICE TABLE, 24"x48" HD. folding
legs each end. 500# capacity. Cost
$130. Sell $60, (650)591-4141
OUTDOOR WOOD SCREEN - new $80
obo Retail $130 (650)873-8167
PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions
$45. each set, (650)347-8061
RECLINER CHAIR blue tweed clean
good $75 Call (650)583-3515

RECLINING SWIVEL chair almost new

$99 (650)766-4858

ANTIQUE MAHOGANY double bed with

adjustable steelframe $225.00. OBO.
(650)592-4529

ROCKING CHAIR fine light, oak condition with pads, $85/OBO. (650)369-9762

COAT/HAT STAND, solid wood, for your

mountain cabin/house. $50. (650)5207045
COMPUTER SWIVEL CHAIR. Padded
Leather. $80. (650) 455-3409
COMPUTER TABLE, adjustable height,
chrome legs, 29x48 like new $30 (650)
697-8481
COUCH, CREAM IKEA, great condition,
$89, light-weight, compact, sturdy loveseat (415)775-0141
CUSTOM MADE wood sewing storage
cabinet perfect condition $75. (650)4831222

ROCKING CHAIRS solid wood, great

shape asking 30 dollars each. Call
(650)574-4582 Lily
RUMMY ROYAL poker table top $30.00
(650)573-5269
SHELF RUBBER maid
contact joe (650)573-5269

new $20.00

TEAK-VENEER COMPUTER desk with

single drawer and stacked shelves. $30
obo. (650)465-2344
THOMASVILLE BEVELED mirror 22" x
12" $50. Call (650)834-4833
WALNUT CHEST, small (4 drawer with
upper bookcase $50. (650)726-6429
WOOD - wall Unit - 30" long x 6' tall x
17.5" deep. $90. (650)631-9311
WOOD FURNITURE- one end table and
coffee table. In good condition. $30
OBO. (760)996-0767.

306 Housewares

DINETTE TABLE with Chrome Legs: 36"

x58" (with one leaf 11 1/2") - $50.
(650)341-5347

10 TULIP CHAMPAGNE GLASSES

FOR $12 (415)990-6134

DINETTE TABLE, 3 adjustable leaf.$30.

(650) 756-9516.Daly City.

CHRISTMAS TREE China, Fairfield

Peace on Earth. Complete Set of 12 (48
pieces) $75. (650)493-5026

DINING ROOM table Good Condition

$90.00 or best offer ( 650)-780-0193

01/10/17

LOVE SEAT, Upholstered pale yellow

floral $99. (650)574-4021

ANTIQUE MAHOGANY Bookcase. Four

feet tall. $75. (415) 282-0966.

CHAIRS 2 Blue Good Condition $50

OBO (650)345-5644

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2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

LEATHER SOFA, black, excellent condition. $100 obo. (650)878-5533

RECLINING SWIVEL & high-back chair

(Hampton) exc condition $30 (650) 7569516 Daly City.

BEIGE SOFA $99. Excellent Condition

(650) 315-2319

01/10/17

LAWN CHAIRS (4) White, plastic, $8.

each, (415)346-6038

ANTIQUE DINING table for six people

with chairs $99. (650)580-6324

BAR STOOLS 2 (matching) Wood Cushioned Fair Condition $20 each. (510)363
4865

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INFINITY FLOOR speakers H 38" x W

11 1/2" x D 10" good $50. (650)756-9516

DRESSER 4-DRAWER in Belmont for

$75. Good condition; good for children.
Call (650)678-8585

COMPLETE SET OF CHINA - Windsor

Garden, Noritake. Four place-settings,
20-pieces in original box, never used.
$250 per box
(3 boxes available).
(650)342-5630

DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condition, nice design, with storage, $45.,
(650)345-1111

NEW
ELECTRIC
$19 (650)595-3933

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER 5'x4' glass

door / shell / drawers / roller ex $25/BO
(650)992-4544

PORCELAIN JAPANESE Tea set, Unopened, in wood box, great gift $30.
(650)578-9208.

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER for $50.

Good shape, blonde, about 5' high.
(650)726-4102

PRE-LIT 7 ft Christmas tree. Three sections, easy to assemble. $50. (650)3492963

Waxer/Polisher,

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306 Housewares

311 Musical Instruments

SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack

with turntable $60. (650)592-7483

BALDWIN GRAND PIANO, 6 foot, excellent condition, $8,500/obo. Call

(510)784-2598

308 Tools

318 Sports Equipment

FITNESS STEPPER compact
(12"x16") Hardly used! $50. Call
(650)766-3024

sized

ALUMINUM LADDERS 40ft, $99 for two,

Call (650)481-5296

EXCELLENT VIOLIN, previously owned,

first violinist SF Symphony, Mellow
sound. Dated 1894. $5,500/best offer.
(415)751-2416

GOLF CLUBS, new, Warrior woods

3/15 degree 5/21 degree 7/24 degree
$15 ea (650)349-0430

BENCH SAW - 8 INCH includes attached table and accessories $35 (650)3680748

GULBRANSEN BABY GRAND PIANO Appraised @ $5450., want $1800 obo,

(650)343-4461

Golf Clubs, used set with Cart for $50.

(650)593-4490

BOSTITCH 16 gage Finish nailer Model

SB 664FN $99 (650)359-9269
CRAFTSMAN 9" Radial Arm Saw with 6"
dado set. No stand. $55 (650)341-6402
CRAFTSMAN JIGSAW 3.9 amp. with
variable speeds $65 (650)359-9269
CRAFTSMAN RADIAL Arm Saw Stand.
In box. $30. (650)245-7517
CRAFTSMAN RADIAL SAW, with cabinet stand, $200 Cash Only, (650)8511045

HAMMOND B-3 Organ and 122 Leslie

Speaker. Excellent condition. $8,500. private owner, (650)349-1172
HARMONICA.
HOHNER Pocket Pal.
Key of C. Original box. Never used.
$10. (650)588-0842
PIANO, UPRIGHT, in excellent condition. Asking $345. (650)366-4769
UPRIGHT PIANO. In tune. Fair condition. $300 OBO (650) 533-4886.
YAMAHA PIANO, Upright, Model M-305,
$750. Call (650)572-2337

CRAFTSMEN 3 saw blades $20. new.

(650)573-5269

312 Pets & Animals

DELTA CABINET SAW with overrun table. $650/obo. (650)342-6993

AIRLINE CARRIER for cats, pur. from

Southwest Airlines, $25, 2 available. Call
(505)228-1480 local.

DYNAGLOPRO
HEATER.
Phone: (650)591-8062

$40.00

LEAF BLOWER electric 7.5 amps brand

new 30.00 joe, (650)573-5269

CANARY BIRD cage 24 x 16 for sale.

$40.00 firm. Used, good condition. Call
(650)766-3024

IGLOO BLUE 38-Quart Wheelie Cool

Cooler/Ice Chest $14 (650)952-3500
KAYAK 12' sit on top 2 storage compartments baby blue must see $99.00 john
(650)483-8152
LADIES MCGREGOR Golf Clubs
Right handed with covers and pull cart
$150 o.b.o. (650)344-3104
MEN'S ROSSIGNOL Skis.
good condition, (650)341-0282.

$95.00,

NEW WEIGH bench With 200lbs, plus

free weights. $50. (510)943-9221.San
Mateo.
POWER PLUS Exercise Machine $99
(650)368-3037
PRINCE TENNIS 2 section nylon black
Bag with Prince Pro Graphite Racket$55.(650)341-8342
PURSUIT SCOOTER. $99. (650)3482235

ONE KENNEL Cab ll one Pet Taxi animal carriers 26x16. Excellent cond. $60..
(650)593-2066

SOCCER BALLS - $8.00 each (like new)

4 available. (650)341-5347

ROUTER TABLE ryobi $ 99. like new

(650)573-5269

PARROT CAGE, Steel, Large - approx

4 ft by 4 ft, Excellent condition $300 best
offer. (650)245-4084

TOTAL GYM XLS, excellent condition.

Paid $2,500. Yours for $900. Call
(650)588-0828

SHOPSMITH MARK V 50th Anniversary

most
attachments.
$1,500/OBO.
(650)504-0585

PET CARRIER, brown ,Very good condition, $15.00 medium zize leave txt or call
(650)773-7201

VINTAGE CRAFTSMAN Jig Saw. Circa

1947. $60. (650)245-7517
VINTAGE SHOPSMITH and BAND
SAW, good shape. $500/obo. Call
(650)342-6993

PAINTING TOOLS - hooks, stirrups 110

ropes, poles, 20 plank, 440 Graco Spary
Machine, $500, Asking (650)-483-8048

309 Office Equipment

NEAT RECEIPTS Mobile Scanner new
in box $79, call (650)324-8416
NEW MS Wireless
(650)595-3933

keyboard,

$13,

310 Misc. For Sale

"MOTHER-IN-LAW TONGUES" plants,
3 in 5-gal cans. $10.00 each. (650)5937408
500-600 BIG Band-era 78's--most mint,
no sleeves--$50 for all-(650)574-5459
8 TRACKS, billy Joel, Zeppelin, Eagles
,Commodores, more.40 @ $4 each , call
(650)393-9008

Just $45
Well run it
til you sell it!
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BMW 07 X-5, One Owner, Excel. Condition Sports package 3rd row seats reduced $19,995 obo Call (650)520-4650

86 CHEVY CORVETTE. Automatic.

93,000 miles. Sports Package.$6,800
obo. (650) 952-4036.

(650) 340-0492
LUXURATI AUTO REPAIR
Smog Check
Repair Services
Collision and Body Work

CORVETTE 69 STINGRAY 327, Horsespeed SPS, 50.000 miles. $18,500.

(650)481-5296.

Burlingame & San Mateo Locations

FORD 64 Falcon. 4DR Sedan. 6 cyl.

auto/trans $3,500.00. (650) 570-5780.

SEE OUR AD FOR DISCOUNTS!

(650) 340-0026

630 Trucks & SUVs

LINCOLN 02 Navigator, excellent condition. Runs great! Must sell! $4,500/obo.
(650)342-4227.

635 Vans
CHEVROLET 06 Mini VAN, new radiator, tires and brakes. Needs head gasket.
$1,200. (650)481-5296

640 Motorcycles/Scooters

670 Auto Parts

BRIDGESTONE TURANZA RFT (Run
Flat) 205/55/16 EL42 used 70% left $80.
(650)483-1222
BRIDGESTONE TURANZA RFT (Run
Flat) 205/55/16 EL 42 All Season Like
New $100. (650)483-1222
COBRA CABLE chains for radial and
regular tires - never used - $45.00 call
(650)593-1780

VINTAGE ENGLISH ladies ice skates up to size 7-8, $40., (650)873-8167

MOTORCYCLE SADDLEBAGS, with

mounting hardware and other parts $35.
Call (650)670-2888

GOODYEAR TIRE P245/70R-15 Like

New, really $55. (650) 637-9791

BLACK DOUBLE breasted suit size 38

excellent condition $25 (650)322-9598

CHEVY 10 HHR . 68K. EXCELLENT

CONDITION. $8888. (650)274-8284.

VINTAGE NASH Cruisers Mens/ Womens Roller Skates Blue indoor/outdoor sz

6-8. $60 B/O. (650)574-4439

CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car

loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500.
(408)807-6529.

645 Boats

WET SUIT - medium size, $95., call for

info (650)851-0878

DODGE
99 Van, Good Condition,
$5,500, childs play three, call
(650)481-5296

BLOCH Black Boost Dance Sneakers

S0539L Good Condition $20 (650)9523500
BOY SCOUT canvas belt with Boy Scout
Buckle. Vintage. Fair condition. $5.
(650)588-0842
FAUX FUR Coat Woman's brown multi
color
in
excellent
condition
3/4
length $50 (650)692-8012
LADIES BOOTS size 8 , 3 pairs different
styles , $20/ pair. call (650)592-2648
LADIES SEQUIN dress, blue, size XL,
pure silk lining, $40.00, (650) 578-9208
LEATHER JACKET, New Black Italian
style, size M Ladies $45 (650) 875-1708
MAN'S BLACK leather jacket, size 40,
like new. $85.00 (650)593-1780

PRADA DAYPACK / Purse, Sturdy black

nylon canvas, like new, made in Italy,
$35 (650)591-6596

LIONEL CHRISTMAS Boxcars 2005,

2006, 2007 New OB $90 lot (650)3687537

SIZE 38 tan gabardine navy officers uniform great condition Perfect for that costume party. Free. (650)322-9598

LIONEL CHRISTMAS Holiday expansion Set. New OB $99 (650)368-7537

SNUG BOOTS, lambskin,

$10, (650)595-3933

LIONEL WESTERN Union Pass car and

dining car. New OB $99 (650)368-7537

VELVET DRAPE, 100% cotton, new

beautiful burgundy 82"X52" W/6"hems:
$45 (415)585-3622

size

M,

VINTAGE 1970S Grecian made dress,

size 6-8, $35 (650)873-8167
WILSON'S LG Green Suede Jacket
$50.00 (650)367-1508

317 Building Materials

CULTURED MARBLE 2 tone BR vanity
counter top. New toe skin/ scribe. 29 x
19 $300 (408)744-1041

WOMEN'S LADY Cougar gold iron set

set - $25. (650)348-6955
WOMEN'S NORDICA ski boots, size 8
1/2. $50 (650)592-2047
YAMAHA ROOF RACK, 58 inches $75.
(650)458-3255

345 Medical Equipment

BATH CHAIR LIFT. Peterman battery
operated bath chair lift. Stainless steel
frame. Accepts up to 350lbs. Easily inserted I/O tub.$250 OBO.
(650) 739-6489.

Garage Sales

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in your local newspaper.

Call (650)344-5200

SHUTTERS 2 wooden shutters 32x72

like new $50.00 ea.call (650)368-7891
WHITE DOUBLE pane window for $29
or Best offer. Call Halim @ (650) 6785133.

VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the

Holidays, $25., (650) 867-2720

318 Sports Equipment

VINTAGE WHITE Punch Bowl/Serving

Bowl Set with 10 cups plus one extra
$30. (650)873-8167

15 SF Giants Posters -- Barry Bonds,

Jeff Kent, JT Snow. 6' x 2.5' Unused. $4
each. $35 all. (650)588-1946 San Bruno

WAGON WHEEL Wooden, original from

Colorado farm. 34x34
Very good
aged condition $200 San Bruno
(650)588-1946

BRIDGESTONE WHOPPER Golf Club

#1 Driver Fair Condition Paid $295 Yours
for $20. (510)363 4865

WATER STORAGE TANK, brand new,

275 gallons. 48" x 46" x 39" $250.
(650)771-6324

BUSHNELL NEO XS Golf Watch with

charger. Mint condition. 30,000+ golf
courses. $50. Jeff (650)208-5758

311 Musical Instruments

CHILDS KICK scooter by razor with helmet $25 obo (650)591-6842

MONARCH UPRIGHT player piano $99

(650) 583-4549

Sell your vehicle in the

Daily Journals
Auto Classifieds.

625 Classic Cars

1955 CHEVY BEL AIR 2 door, Standard
Transmission V8 Motor, non-op $22,000
obo. (650)952-4036.

316 Clothes

LARGE BLACK Ciao Luggage 26"

w/wheels, Good Condition $35 (650)9523500

UNIDEN HARLEY Davidson Gas Tank

phone. $100 or best offer (650)863-8485

Dont lose money

on a trade-in or
consignment!

(most cars)

869 California Drive .

Burlingame

FIRESTONE TIRES 215/70/R16 good

condition $50. (650) 504-6057

PARIS HILTON purse white & silver unused, about 12" long x 9" high
$23. (650)592-2648

ULTRASONIC JEWELRY Cleaning Machine Cleans jewelry, eyeglasses, dentures, keys. Concentrate included. $30
OBO. (650)580-4763

TOYOTA 06 Prius, 149K, clean. $6,400

(650)302-5523

BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call

(650) 995-0003

INCUBATOR, $99, (650)678-5133

SILK SAREE 6 yards new nice color.for

$35 only. Call(650)515-2605 for more information.

620 Automobiles

AA SMOG

Complete Repair & Service

$24.75 plus certificate fee

CADILLAC 99 DeVille Concours,

98,500 miles, $3,500 or best offer.
(650)270-6637

NEW WITH tags Wool or cotton Men's

pullover
sweaters
(XL)
$15/each
(650)952-3466

SAMSONITE 26" tan hard-sided suit

case, lt. wt., wheels, used once/like new.
$60. (650)328-6709

MAZDA 12 CX-7 SUV Excellent condition One owner Fully loaded Low
miles reduced $18,995 obo (650)5204650

TREADMILL BY PRO-FORM. (Hardly

Used). 10% incline, 2.5 HP motor, 300lb
weight capacity. $329 (650)598-9804

ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER,
condition $50 (650)878-9542

RMT CHRISTMAS Diesel train and Caboose. Rare. New OB $99 (650)3687537

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

670 Auto Service

CADILLAC 02 Deville, 8 cylinder, perfect condition, like new, cashmere outside white inside 4787 miles $13,000.
(415)850-2370

MEN'S STETSON hat, size large, new,

rim, solid black, large, great gift. $40
(650) 578-9208

GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never

used $8., (408)249-3858

620 Automobiles

89 GOLD WING. 1500 CC. 39K miles.

Call Joe (650)578-8357

CHRISTMAS TREE, 7.5 Oregon pine,

1225 tips, hooked construction with
stand. Used once. $49. (415)650-6407
good

470 Rooms

21

GOLF CLUBS {13}, Bag, & Pull Cart all-$90.00 (650)341-8342

379 Open Houses

OPEN HOUSE
LISTINGS
List your Open House
in the Daily Journal.
Reach over 83,450
potential home buyers &
renters a day,
from South San Francisco
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
Call (650)344-5200

GOT AN OLDER
CAR, BOAT, OR RV?
Do the humane thing.
Donate it to the
Humane Society.
Call 1- 800-943-8412

JAGUAR 94 XJ6, very clean, 110K

miles, $3,800. (650)302-5523
JEEP 91
Comanchee w/ camper.
200K+ miles. As is. $1,000.
(650)200-5575.
LEXUS 01 IS300, 132K, clean. $6,500
(650)302-5523
SAAB 06 5 speed, 113K, clean. $4,200
(650)302-5523

ALPINE STAR motocross boots Tech 8s

size 14 good cond. $75. (650)345-5642

16 FT SEA RAY. I/B. $1,200. Needs Upholstery. Call (650)898-5732.

2003 P-15 West Wight Potter sailboat,
excellend
condition.
$5,500.
Call
(650)347-2559

650 RVs
RV - 2013 WINNEBAGO ITASCA Navion, 25 with sideout. 4000 miles. Mercedes Benz Sprinter chassis,. diesel,
loaded, like new! $85,500.
Call (650)726-8623 or (650)619-9672.

NEW CONTINENTAL Temporary tire

mounted on 5 lug rim Size T125/70/R1798M $100. (650)483-1222
SHOP MANUALS for GM Suv's
Year 2002 all for $40 (650)948-0912

680 Autos Wanted

Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets
Novas, running or not
Parts collection etc.
So clean out that garage
Give me a call
Joe 650 342-2483

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650-703-3831
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WORLD

THE DAILY JOURNAL

Assad ready to negotiate

everything with rebels
By Philip Issa
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT Syrian President Bashar Assad

said in remarks published Monday that he
was prepared to negotiate everything at
planned talks later this month in
Kazakhstan, seeking to cast himself as a
peacemaker after his forces recapture of
Aleppo last month.
However, the upcoming talks, brokered
by Ankara and Moscow, are still in doubt as
Syrian opposition groups have yet to confirm their participation.
Syrian activists meanwhile reported what
appeared to be a U.S.-led special forces raid
on Islamic State militants in eastern Syria.
Omar Abou Leila, who runs Deir Ezzor
24, said four helicopters landed in the
desert between the IS-held cities of Deir elZour and Raqqa on Sunday. Commandos set
up checkpoints and intercepted a vehicle
carrying several Islamic State militants,
killing all of them and flying off with the

bodies, he said.
Its an operation that
apparently targeted an
important figure, Abou
Leila told the Associated
Press from Germany,
where he is based. Deir
Ezzor 24 is one of several locally staffed underBashar Assad ground groups reporting
from IS-held territory.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights, another activist-run group,
said 25 militants were killed in the ambush.
Local witnesses said at least some of the
commandos spoke Arabic. There was no
immediate comment from the U. S. -led
coalition.
In the northeastern province of
Hassakeh, a car bomb exploded Monday
night in the predominantly Kurdish town of
Qamishli, wounding several people, including the driver of the vehicle, state TV, the
Observatory and a local official said.

REUTERS

Rebel fighters stand with their weapons on a military vehicle as they head toward the northern
Syrian town of al-Bab.
Jwan Mohammed, a Kurdish official in
Qamishli, said security forces detained the
driver of the car, who lost his legs in the
blast. He said the car blew up in a main
square that is home to several security
offices.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, but IS had carried out

suicide attacks in Kurdish areas in the past.

Speaking to French reporters at his
Damascus palace, Assad defended his
troops deadly bombardment of eastern
Aleppo, saying the alternative would have
been to leave the citys civilians to the
mercy of terrorists a term the government uses for all rebels.

Diplomats say Iran to get natural uranium batch

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VIENNA Iran is to receive a huge shipment of natural uranium from Russia to compensate it for exporting tons of reactor
coolant, diplomats say, in a move approved
by the outgoing U.S. administration and
other governments seeking to keep Tehran

committed to a landmark nuclear pact.

Two senior diplomats said the transfer
recently agreed by the U.S. and five other
world powers that negotiated the nuclear
deal with Iran foresees delivery of 116 metric tons (nearly 130 tons) of natural uranium. U.N. Security Council approval is needed but a formality, considering five of those

powers are permanent Security Council

members, they said.
Uranium can be enriched to levels ranging from reactor fuel or medical and research
purposes to the core of an atomic bomb.
Iran says it has no interest in such weapons
and its activities are being closely monitored under the nuclear pact to make sure

they remain peaceful.

Tehran already got a similar amount of
natural uranium in 2015 as part of negotiations leading up to the nuclear deal, in a
swap for enriched uranium it sent to Russia.
But the new shipment will be the first such
consignment since the deal came into force
a year ago.