01-14-13 Edition

By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

It was Wii, the gaming console,
that made Rajat Paharia into one of
those people who waits in line at 4
a.m. after Thanksgiving Day.
Hes not one of those guys. But he
really needed it. Each year around
Thanksgiving, Paharia gets together
with his wifes family and plays
game. For days, the family gets
together and spends time playing all
kinds of games. He knew theyd
love it. And it was a hit.
In the early 2000s, the challenge
came after the annual tradition.
Everyone went their separate ways.
While there were online games, it
was difcult to really play friends. It
was much easier, however, to play
strangers. Paharia wanted to change
that. Redwood City-based
Bunchball was created in 2005 with
that goal in mind. Today, the idea of
providing the interactive gaming
platform has turned into a leader in
gamification using the ideas
behind games to increase employee
productivity or customer loyalty.
Its not about games at all. Its
about human motivation, Paharia
said.
Clearly he didnt grow up with
plans to create a company that uses
game principles to motivate people.
The 42-year-old grew up in
Bunchball not just fun and games
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BRING ON THE FALCONS
SPORTS PAGE 11
FRENCH JETS
BOMB CITY
WORLD PAGE 8
BELL CORRUPTION
CASE GOES TO TRIAL
STATE PAGE 6
NINERS BACK IN NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
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Rajat Paharia, founder and chief product ofcer of Redwood City-based
Bunchball, works at his desk Thursday afternoon.
Gamication leader helps companies use play to motivate
A weekly look at the people who
shape our community
See GAME, Page 20
Pastry Smart President and Founder Mark Ainsworth prepares pastries during a March of Dimes fundraiser last
year.The company is producing cheese crisp crackers for Whole Foods market in 13 states.
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The San Mateo City Council will
decide Monday night whether a
recently opened 7-Eleven in a most-
ly residential neighborhood will be
allowed to stay or be forced to go
based on whether building permits
were properly issued to the property
owner of 501 N. San Mateo Drive,
the former Stangelinis Italian Deli
& Hilltop Market.
The council will consider whether
the 7-Eleven is a legal non-conform-
ing use for the property like the old
deli was or whether the land should
be converted back to residential, as
the property is
t e c h n i c a l l y
zoned for.
Residents in
the San Mateo
H e i g h t s
Neighborhood
want the 7-
Eleven gone
and have hired
a lawyer to battle 7-Elevens deep
pockets.
Both Portfolio Development
Partners, the land owner, and
lawyers for 7-Eleven contend they
will lose up to $8 million if the
7-Eleven:
Is it legal?
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Two months after county voters
heartily put their faith in ofcials by
passing a half-cent sales tax for the
next 10 years, the Board of
Supervisors is ready to craft a
spending plan.
The board on Tuesday will hold a
workshop the rst of several,
hopes board President Don Horsley
to provide staff with some direc-
tion about priorities and possibilities
for the roughly $60 million expected
to be raised annually after receipts
County preps for
tax spending plan
By Sally Schilling
DAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT
An organic pastry factory in San
Mateo, founded in 2006, is now sell-
ing its pastries, bread and cookies
across the country. Located in an old
bakery building near Highway 101,
Pastry Smart is producing cheese
crisp crackers for Whole Foods mar-
ket in 13 states. The factory also
supplies bread and pastries to high-
end hotels and community grocery
stores, including several Ritz
Carlton hotels, and New Leaf mar-
ket in Half Moon Bay.
Nobody knows that were here
and that we supply all of these peo-
ple, said Mark Ainsworth, presi-
dent and founder of Pastry Smart.
The company is also selling white
whole wheat muffin batters and
bread rolls to school cafeterias.
They chose a white whole wheat
so kids dont think twice about eat-
ing whole grains, said Ainsworth.
He is enjoying the rapid expan-
sion of his business, but is hoping to
resonate more with the surrounding
community by creating brands that
speak to the history of San Mateo
County.
Pastry Smart is beginning a new
chocolate line called Mission
Blue. The name comes from an
endangered buttery species that is
indigenous to the area, said
Solar-powered, sustainable, San Mateo
Pastry Smart channels local history in its specialty baked goods
See PASTRY, Page 20
Hearing to begin assessing where half-
cent sales tax revenue will be allocated
See TAX, Page 19
See STORE, Page 19
George C. Wallace was sworn in as gov-
ernor of Alabama; his inaugural address
included the ringing declaration,
Segregation today, segregation tomor-
row, segregation forever! a view
Wallace came to repudiate in later years.
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Love is the condition in which the happiness
of another person is essential to your own.
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On this date:
In 1784, the United States ratied a peace treaty with England,
ending the Revolutionary War.
In 1858, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and his wife,
Empress Eugenie, escaped an assassination attempt led by
Italian revolutionary Felice (fay-LEE-chay) Orsini, who was
later captured and executed.
In 1900, Puccinis opera Tosca had its world premiere in
Rome.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de
Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.
In 1952, NBCs Today show premiered, with Dave
Garroway as the host, or communicator.
In 1953, Josip Broz Tito (YAW-sihp brawz TEE-toh) was
elected president of Yugoslavia by the countrys Parliament.
In 1963, Sylvia Plaths semi-autobiographical novel The Bell
Jar was published in London under the pen name Victoria
Lucas, less than a month before Plath committed suicide.
In 1968, the Green Bay Packers of the NFL defeated the AFLs
Oakland Raiders, 33-14, in Super Bowl II.
In 1969, 27 people aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise,
off Hawaii, were killed when a rocket warhead exploded, set-
ting off a re and additional explosions.
In 1973, the Miami Dolphins of the AFC defeated the
Washington Redskins of the NFC 14-7 to win Super Bowl VII.
(This game featured the notorious Garos Gaffe by Dolphins
kicker Garo Yepremian that resulted in a Redskins touchdown.)
In 1989, President Ronald Reagan delivered his 331st and nal
weekly White House radio address, telling listeners, Believe
me, Saturdays will never seem the same. Ill miss you.
Blues singer Clarence Carter is 77. Singer Jack Jones is 75.
Singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint is 75. Former NAACP
Chairman Julian Bond is 73. Actress Faye Dunaway is 72.
Actress Holland Taylor is 70. Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is
65. Rock singer Geoff Tate (Queensryche) is 54. Movie writer-
director Steven Soderbergh is 50. Actor Mark Addy is 49. Rapper
Slick Rick is 48. Actor Dan Schneider is 47. Actress Emily
Watson is 46. Actor-comedian Tom Rhodes is 46. Rock musician
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne Band) is 46. Actor Jason Bateman
is 44. Rock singer-musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) is 44.
Rock singer-musician Caleb Followill (Kings of Leon) is 31.
Miss America crown
goes to Brooklyn woman
LAS VEGAS A woman who grew
up in Alabama and moved to New York
City is the new Miss America, winning
the title after tap dancing to a James
Brown tune, deftly dealing with a ques-
tion about guns, and raising the issue of
child sexual abuse in her contestant plat-
form.
In addition to dancing to Get Up Off
of That Thing, 23-year-old Mallory
Hagan strutted down the runway during
the Las Vegas pageant Saturday night in
an asymmetrical white gown and
donned a revealing black string bikini.
She won a $50,000 college scholar-
ship and a year as an instant celebrity
and role model to many girls as she
defeated Miss South Carolina Ali
Rogers, who took second, and Miss
Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who nished
third.
She told The Associated Press in an
interview after her win that it was her
mother who encouraged her to tackle the
issue of child sex abuse in her platform
the issue she will promote during her
reign.
She said that sexual abuse had rip-
pled through her family, touching her
mother, aunt, grandmother and cousins.
Her mother had trouble at rst convinc-
ing others of the trauma she had faced.
That kind of sent her into a whirl-
wind of anxiety and depression. So as a
teen I lost my mom kind of for a couple
years, she said. She was dealing with
her own issues, and thats something that
now as an adult I understand, but then I
certainly did not.
During an interview backstage,
Hagans mother Mandy Moore wiped
tears away as she spoke.
Its very overwhelming, she said.
Its all hitting me so fast.
Hagan said she will work to make
child abuse education mandatory in all
50 states.
Its something I can hopefully
change for the next generation, she
said.
Hagan left her native Alabama for
New York at 18 with less than $1,000 in
her pocket. She tried for the Miss New
York title in 2010 and 2011 before win-
ning last year.
She studied communications at the
Fashion Institute of Technology and has
been living in the Park Slope neighbor-
hood of Brooklyn.
Hagan, who aspires to be a global cos-
metic company executive, ends a long
dry spell for New York in the competi-
tion. The previous winner from that state
was actress Vanessa Williams, who
became the rst black winner when she
took the crown in 1984. Hagan is the
rst Brooklyn-dweller to claim the title.
During the show, she survived the cuts
as the contestants competed in swimsuit,
evening wear, and talent events.
In the nal moments of the contest,
Good Morning America weatherman
Sam Champion asked her if schools
should hire armed guards in the wake of
the Newtown, Conn. shooting.
I dont think the proper way to ght
violence is with violence, she replied.
I think the proper way is to educate
people on guns and the ways we can use
them properly. We can lock them up, we
can have gun safety classes, we can have
a longer waiting period.
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Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan,23,
is crowned by Miss America 2012 Laura
Kaeppeler after being named Miss
America 2013 during the Miss America
Pageant in Las Vegas Saturday.
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LOCAL
F
remont, Calif.; Fremont Streets in San
Francisco and Las Vegas, Nev.;
Fremont Bridge, Portland, Ore.; John
C. Fremont Hospital, Mariposa, Calif.;
Fremont Senior High School as well as
numerous other schools, streets in other
states; etc. can be found attributed to John C.
Fremont.
Born out of wedlock in Savannah, Ga. in
1813, into a society that shunned bastards
socially, Fremont nevertheless was able to rise
above these social barriers and carve a name
for himself in the pursuit of explorations that
rose above this social disaster. In fact, being a
bastard may have inuenced his development
more than he would acknowledge and created
the drive for self-attainment that few other
explorers achieved. The 1840s were a time of
crisis in America. The president and Congress
wanted California for Americans but the
Mexicans still controlled it. Much animosity
and anger was generated between the two
countries and Fremont was in the center of
many diplomatic situations and many times
he added tension for wrong reasons. His
actions were controversial, contradictory and
impetuous.
Many said he was too ambitious in his drive
for success, he had too much self-justication
in many decisions he made, and that he had a
passive-aggressive behavior. Many of his
superiors either loved him or hated him due to
his actions.
In 1849, Fremont married Jessie Benton,
daughter of Sen. Hart Benton from Missouri.
Sen. Benton favored and preached the concept
of Manifest Destiny. The United States
should rule and own all of the land between
the Atlantic and Pacic Oceans. It is our des-
tiny, he said. With Sen. Bentons help, money
was appropriated for a national survey of the
Oregon Trail (1842), the Oregon Territory
John C. Fremont The Pathfinder
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John C. Fremont.
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BURLINGAME
Disturbance. A cab driver was in a dispute
over fare on on the 1300 block of Bayshore
Highway before 2:21 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1.
FOSTER CITY
Grand theft. A woman reported multiple sun-
glasses valued at $1000 each went missing
from a Eye Health Optometry after a young
hispanic male left the store on East Hillsdale
Boulevard before 12:26 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan.
8.
Petty theft. Four sets of junior golf clubs and
a Razer scooter were reportedly stolen from a
residence on Pompano Circle before 7:28
p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Fraud. A man reported unauthorized online
charges were made against his credit card
account on Shooting Star Isle before 8:00 a.m.
on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
SAN CARLOS
Possession. A man was arrested and booked
into the San Mateo County Jail for possession
of a controlled substance on the 200 block of
El Camino Real before 9:45 a.m. on
Wednesday, Jan. 9.
Theft. A report of theft took place on the 1200
block of Eaton Avenue before 12:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, Jan. 8.
Fraud. An Oakland resident was arrested
for forging a check on the 700 block of
Laurel Street before 4:52 p.m. Monday, Jan.
7.
Weapon. A 28-year-old man was arrested
for brandishing a weapon, burglary and
petty theft on the 1100 block of Old Country
Road before 8:51 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5.
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LOCAL
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Now, it is the publics turn.
After hearing hours of presenta-
tions by experts and consultants, the
San Carlos City Council will now
open the oor to the public to gath-
er what residents think of the pro-
posed Transit Village. And if the
multiple Planning Commission
meetings held last year on the proj-
ect are any hint of whats to come,
the public will have plenty to say.
The question is not whether the
planned luxury rental and retail
complex is a good t for the area
around the existing train station but
if the environmental analysis of the
project is sufcient. The Planning
Commission last year reluctantly
voted yes unanimously but only
after several members added
caveats about where they wanted
more mitigation or evaluation.
If the City Council similarly certi-
fies the environmental impact
report, both bodies can then begin
the process of evaluating the pro-
jects merits.
I want a project that works. In
the simplest terms, I want a project
that works for the community, said
Councilman Ron Collins.
Collins said he has a few techni-
cal questions about the environmen-
tal impact report but nds it pretty
thorough.
Some people dont like the EIR
but the EIR is not the project,
Collins said.
As currently proposed by Foster
City-based developer Legacy
Partners, the Transit Village plan
would convert a 10.53-acre strip of
land within the existing Caltrain sta-
tion and running parallel to the rail-
road corridor. Legacys proposal
envisions eight four-story buildings
with 281 housing units among a mix
of 407,298 square feet of residen-
tial, 23,797 square feet of ofce
space and 14,326 square feet of
retail space. The project would also
include 667 parking spaces and a
new SamTrans Transit Center on
4.29 acres.
East-side neighbors believe the
development will bring undesirable
levels of noise, shadowing and traf-
c. Other concerns include parking,
toxins and the possibility of eminent
domain to use Old County Road to
accommodate high-speed rail. City
staff concluded that the projects
potential to reect train noise cant
be considered a signicant impact
because the noise already exists and
is caused by transportation rather
than the buildings themselves.
The Planning Commission also
recommended the City Council
impose 13 improvement measures
to help mitigate the possible
impacts, including that the develop-
er prepare a landscape design plan
for the vacant railroad corridor
property, contribute funding toward
a residential parking permit pro-
gram and more thoroughly study
noise before and after construction.
The council could let those meas-
ures stand or add or subtract them.
While Collins said he doesnt
have a lot of questions, fellow
Councilman Mark Olbert said he
has 10 pages of them across a num-
ber of different categories including
the methodology of the sound meas-
urements and trafc ow.
Despite the two councilmen
apparently being on different ends
of the spectrum in terms of unan-
swered questions, both agree on one
thing the project is signicant
and should require greater public
outreach beyond the commission
and council meetings.
We had town hall meetings on
the plastic bag ordinance. I dont
think its too much to ask for a town
hall meeting once the EIR is certi-
ed about this project, Collins said.
Olbert is also hopeful the neigh-
bors and developer continue meeting
in hopes of resolving some conicts.
Im not terribly crazy about the
process that was used, Olbert said.
But Im still very hopeful there
will be some movement among the
various parties.
The City Council meets 7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 14 at City Hall, 600
Elm St., San Carlos
Council ready to tackle Transit Village
Time for public comment on San Carlos developments environmental review
Police reports
No, no, no!
Someone was detained after assaulting
ofcers who were on a welfare check on
the 900 block of El Camino Real in
Millbrae before 9:43 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4.
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consultant
Al Stanley Jim Esenwen
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By Linda Deutsch
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES Six former
ofcials of the scandal-ridden city
of Bell go on trial this week in a
massive corruption case that nearly
bankrupted the Los Angeles suburb.
The former mayor and vice
mayor and four former City Council
members are charged with misap-
propriation of public funds in a 20-
count felony complaint.
Prosecutors claim they looted the
citys treasury in order to pay them-
selves exorbitant salaries. The com-
plaint says sham commissions were
created to enrich the defendants.
Two major gures in the scam are
not part of this trial. Former City
Manager Robert
Rizzo and
Assistant City
Manager Angela
Spaccia are
scheduled to be
tried separately.
They have been
accused of mak-
ing millions
while hiking
taxes and fees for residents in the
modest, blue-collar suburb where
many live in poverty.
Jury selection begins Tuesday and
the trial is scheduled to last seven
weeks. Key witnesses are expected
to be former city employees and
ofcials who discovered the shady
dealings and were granted immuni-
ty from prosecution for their testi-
mony.
A judge who presided at a prelim-
inary hearing for the ofcials con-
cluded they had shirked their
responsibilities and sold out their
constituents for nancial gain.
These people were elected to be
the voice of the people, to be a safe-
guard, said Superior Court Judge
Henry Hall, who ordered them held
for trial. And they basically sold
that off.
Defense attorneys had argued that
the council members earned their
salaries, working full time on the
citys behalf, not only attending
monthly council meetings but tak-
ing part in community projects that
beneted low-income people, the
aged and numerous others.
Prosecutors contend that Rizzo
had an annual salary and compensa-
tion package worth $1.5 million and
masterminded a scheme to loot the
city of Bell of more than $6 million.
His assistant city manager, Spaccia,
was paid $376,288 a year
Council members drew salaries of
about $100,000 a year, which Hall
said was about 20 times more than
they were entitled to make.
The six defendants are expected
to claim they worked hard for the
city and were unaware of Rizzos
nancial manipulations.
Those set to go on trial Tuesday
are former Mayor Oscar Hernandez,
former vice mayor Teresa Jacobo
and former council members
George Mirabal, George Cole,
Victor Bello and Luis Artiga.,
Testimony at the trial is expected
to focus on the creation of sham
boards and commissions such as the
citys Surplus Property Authority
which met a handful of times
between 2005 and 2010 and never
for more than a minute or two. Hall
calculated that resulted in council
members being paid hundreds of
thousands of dollars an hour for sit-
ting on the authoritys board.
He said the citys Solid Waste and
Recycling Authority was never
legally created and, in any case, met
only one time in 2006 -- to vote its
members a pay raise.
It was a sham agency, said the
judge.
Massive corruption case going to trial
Robert Rizzo
By Judy Lin
SACRAMENTO Gov. Jerry
Brown says hes rmly committed
to making national health care
reform work in California, but he
also is wary of potential costs that
could affect state spending for years
to come.
In releasing his budget for the
coming scal year last week, Brown
pledged to be a reliable partner in
implementing the federal
Affordable Care Act by expanding
Medicaid coverage for low-income
Californians. Brown said he wants
to move cautiously so the state can
run a sustainable program that will
not burden taxpayers with new
expenses.
He set aside $350 million for the
Medicaid expansion, but even his
top health care aide said the true
cost is not yet known.
Were committed to bringing
more people to the health care sys-
tem, but we recognize there are big
costs out there, there are big
unknowns, Brown said. Were
going to move carefully, but were
going to move with commitment
because I do believe people do need
decent health care.
Starting in 2014, California will
help the uninsured gain access to
health care in two key ways:
through a new insurance market-
place or exchange that will
offer subsidies and tax credits to
individuals and small business; and
by expanding Medicaid, the federal-
state health program for low-income
people. The program is called Medi-
Cal in California.
Brown commits state to health reform
Northern Californians
facing more cold weather
SAN FRANCISCO People
across Northern California woke up
to another morning of cold temper-
atures, with forecasters predicting
at least two more days of chilly
weather.
The National Weather Service
says temperatures late Saturday and
early Sunday dropped into the 20s in
some San Francisco Bay Area loca-
tions.
In the East Bay city of Walnut
Creek, forecasters reported an
overnight low of 23 degrees, while
in the Santa Clara County commu-
nity of Scotts Valley, the tempera-
ture dropped to 26.
Forecasters say even with sun-
shine in the forecast for Sunday,
temperatures across the Bay Area
are expected to only get up into the
upper 40s or low 50s.
Meanwhile, in the Sierra Nevada
temperatures plunged below zero
overnight.
Forecasters say high temperatures
across the Sierra will be in the 20s
during the day Sunday, before drop-
ping below zero again Sunday night.
Local brief
NATION 7
By Eileen Sullivan
WASHINGTON The power-
ful gun lobby is gauging enough
support in Congress to block a law
that would ban assault weapons,
despite promises from the White
House and senior lawmakers to
make such a measure a reality.
Senators plan to introduce a
bill that would ban assault
weapons and limit the size of
ammunition magazines, like
the one used in the December shoot-
ing massacre that killed 27 people,
most of them children, in Newtown,
Conn. Democratic Sen. Dianne
Feinstein of California has prom-
ised to push for a renewal of expired
legislation.
The National Rie Association
has so far prevented passage of
another assault
weapons ban
like the one
that expired in
2004. But
some lawmakers
say the Newtown
tragedy has transformed
the country, and Americans are
ready for stricter gun laws.
President Barack Obama has made
gun control a top priority. And on
Tuesday Vice President Joe Biden is
expected to give Obama a compre-
hensive package of recommenda-
tions for curbing gun violence.
Still, the NRA has faith that
Congress would prevent a new
weapons ban.
When a president takes all the
power of his ofce, if hes willing to
expend political capital, you dont
want to make predictions. You dont
want to bet your house on the out-
come. But I would say that the like-
lihood is that they are not going to
be able to get an assault weapons
ban through this Congress, NRA
president David Keene told CNNs
State of the Union.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,
responded with a at out no when
asked on CBS Face the Nation
whether Congress would pass a ban
on assault weapons.
Democratic West Virginia Sen.
Joe Manchin, a lifelong member of
the NRA has said everything should
be on the table to prevent another
tragedy like Newtown. But he
assured gun owners he would ght
for gun rights at the same time. I
would tell all of my friends in NRA,
I will work extremely hard and I
will guarantee you there will not be
an encroachment on your Second
Amendment rights, Manchin said
on ABCs This Week.
The NRAs deep pockets help
bolster allies and punish lawmakers
who buck them. The group spent at
least $24 million in the 2012 elec-
tions $16.8 million through its
political action committee and near-
ly $7.5 million through its afliated
Institute for Legislative Action.
Separately, the NRA spent some
$4.4 million through July 1 to lobby
Congress. Keene insists the group
represents its members and not just
the gun manufacturers, though he
said the NRA would like industry to
contribute more money to the asso-
ciation.
We know what works and what
doesnt work. And were not willing
to compromise on peoples rights
when there is no evidence that
doing so is going to accomplish the
purpose, Keene said.
The NRA, instead, is pushing for
measures that would keep guns out
of the hands of the mentally ill, until
a person gets better. If they are
cured, there ought to be a way out of
it, Keene said.
Currently, a person is banned
from buying a gun from a licensed
dealer if the person is a fugitive, a
felon, convicted of substance abuse,
convicted of domestic violence, liv-
ing in the U.S. illegally or someone
who has been adjudicated as a
mental defective or has been com-
mitted to any mental institution.
States, however, are inconsistent
in providing information about
mentally ill residents to the federal
government for background checks.
NRA says Congress will not pass weapons ban
By Dave Collins
NEWTOWN, Conn. Talk about
Sandy Hook Elementary School is turn-
ing from last months massacre to the
future, with differing opinions on whether
students and staff should ever return to
the building where a gunman killed 20
rst-graders and six educators.
Some Newtown residents say the
school should be demolished and a
memorial built on the property in honor
of those killed Dec. 14. Others believe the
school should be renovated and the areas
where the killings occurred removed.
Thats what happened at Columbine High
School in Littleton, Colo., after the 1999
mass shooting.
Those appear to be the two prevailing
proposals as the community begins dis-
cussing the schools fate. A public meet-
ing on the buildings future drew about
200 people to Newtown High School on
Sunday afternoon, with another meeting
set for Friday. Town ofcials also are
planning private meetings with the vic-
tims families to get their input.
Sundays meeting was an emotional
gathering with many speaking in favor of
keeping the school. Although opinions
were mixed, most agreed that the Sandy
Hook children and teachers should stay
together. Theyve been moved to a school
building about seven miles away in a
neighboring town that has been renamed
Sandy Hook Elementary School.
I have two children who had every-
thing taken from them, said Audrey Bart,
who has two children at Sandy Hook who
werent injured in the shooting. The
Sandy Hook Elementary School is their
school. It is not the worlds school. It is
not Newtowns school. We cannot pre-
tend it never happened, but I am not pre-
pared to ask my children to run and hide.
You cant take away their school.
But fellow Sandy Hook parent
Stephanie Carson said she couldnt imag-
ine ever sending her son back to the build-
ing.
I know there are children who were
there who want to go back, Carson said.
But the reality is, Ive been to the new
school where the kids are now, and we
have to be so careful just walking through
the halls. They are still so scared.
Newtown weighs fate of school where 26 died
Hindus now have a fellow believer in Congress
NEW YORK When Dr. Uma Mysorekar looks at the
members of the new Congress, the Indian immigrant and prac-
ticing Hindu can see that, for the rst time, theres someone
who shares her ethnicity and someone who shares her faith.
To her surprise, theyre two different people.
Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii is the rst Hindu
elected to Congress. Rep. Ami Bera of California, also a
Democrat, is the third Indian-American to serve in the House.
Online activist, programmer Swartz dies in NY
NEW YORK Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, who
helped develop RSS and co-founded Reddit, has been found
dead weeks before he was to go on trial on federal charges that
he stole millions of scholarly articles in an attempt to make
them freely available to the public. Swartz, 26, hanged himself
in his Brooklyn apartment, his family in Chicago conrmed in
a statement Saturday. He was pronounced dead Friday evening
at home in the Crown Heights neighborhood.
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By Hamza Hendawi
CAIRO An Egyptian appeals
court on Sunday overturned Hosni
Mubaraks life sentence and ordered
a retrial of the ousted leader in the
killing of hundreds of protesters, a
ruling likely to further unsettle a
nation still reeling from political
turmoil and complicate the struggle
of his Islamist successor to assert
his authority.
The courts decision put the spot-
light back on the highly divisive
issue of justice for Mubarak and his
top security ofcers, who were also
ordered retried, two years after the
revolution that toppled him.
The ruling
poses a distrac-
tion for
P r e s i d e n t
Mo h a m m e d
Morsi as he tries
to restore law
and order, grap-
ple with a
wrecked econo-
my and deal
with the aftermath of the worst
political crisis since Mubaraks
ouster.
A new trial is virtually certain to
dominate national headlines,
attracting attention away from a
crucial election for a new house of
deputies roughly three months from
now. Morsi and his Islamist allies
are determined to win a comfortable
majority in the new chamber, allow-
ing them to take the helm of the
most populous Arab nation.
The ailing 84-year-old Mubarak
is currently being held in a military
hospital and will not walk free after
Sundays decision. He remains
under investigation in an unrelated
case.
A small crowd of Mubarak loyal-
ists erupted into applause after the
ruling was announced. Holding por-
traits of the former president aloft,
they broke into chants of Long live
justice! Another jubilant crowd
later gathered outside the Nile-side
Cairo hospital where Mubarak is
being held, passing out candies to
pedestrians and motorists.
Still, the crowds paled in compar-
ison to the immediate reaction to
Mubaraks conviction and sentenc-
ing in June, when thousands took to
the streets, some in celebration and
others in anger that he escaped the
death penalty.
Sundays muted reaction indi-
cates the fate of Egypts ruler of
nearly three decades may have, at
least for now, been reduced to a
political footnote in a country sag-
ging under the weight of a crippling
economic crisis and anxious over its
future direction under the rule of
Islamists.
No date has been set for the retri-
al, but attention is sure to dramati-
cally pick up when it begins and
Egyptians again watch fascinated
by the sight of their countrys one-
time strongman behind bars in the
defendants cage.
If convicted, Mubarak could face
a life sentence or have it reduced.
He could also be acquitted. Under
Egyptian law, a defendant cannot
face a harsher sentence in a retrial,
meaning the former leader cannot
face the death penalty.
The Court of Cassation did not
immediately disclose its reasoning,
but legal experts said the appeal was
granted over a series of procedural
problems in the conduct of the orig-
inal trial.
Egypts Mubarak to get new trial over killings
Hosni Mubarak
BAMAKO, Mali French ghter
jets bombed rebel targets in a major city
in Malis north Sunday, pounding the air-
port as well as training camps, warehous-
es and buildings used by the al-Qaida-
linked Islamists controlling the area, of-
cials and residents said.
Now in its third-day, the French-led
effort to take back Malis north from the
extremists began with airstrikes by com-
bat helicopters in the small town of
Konna. It has grown to a coordinated
attack by state-of-the-art fighter jets
which have bombarded at least five
towns, of which Gao, which was attacked
Sunday afternoon, is the largest.
More than 400 French troops have
been deployed to the country in the all-
out effort to win back the territory from
the well-armed rebels, who seized con-
trol of an area larger than France nine
months ago. What began as a French
offensive has now grown to include
seven other countries, including logisti-
cal support from the U.S. and Europe.
The United States is providing communi-
cations and transport help, while Britain
is sending C17 aircrafts to help Malis
allies transport troops to the frontlines.
French President Francois Hollande
authorized the intervention after it
became clear the swiftly advancing
rebels could break Malis military
defenses in Mopti, the rst town on the
government-controlled side, located in
the center of this African country. The
move catapulted the world into a ght
that diplomats had earlier said would not
take place until at least September.
French ghter jets have identied and
destroyed this Sunday, Jan. 13, numerous
targets in northern Mali near Gao, in par-
ticular training camps, infrastructure and
logistical depots which served as bases
for terrorist groups, the French defense
ministry said in a statement.
French jets bomb major Malian city
Allies lead pro-Chavez rallies across Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela Thousands of supporters of
Venezuelas absent, cancer-stricken president held rallies
across the nation on Sunday to defend Hugo Chavezs populist
revolution, with a top ally alleging that far-right factions
were seeking violent instability.
The opposition says the governments indenite postpone-
ment of Chavezs inauguration, which was to have occurred on
Thursday, is unconstitutional and is demanding it lift the veil
of secrecy about his medical condition.
Pakistan sacks provincial government after attack
QUETTA, Pakistan Pakistani leaders dismissed the gov-
ernment of southwest Baluchistan province early Monday in
response to the demands of protesters angry about an attack on
minority Shiite Muslims there that killed 86 people.
Around the world
OPINION 9
Wrong target spot on
Editor,
On the issue of air pollution, weve
long needed a breath of fresh air, so to
speak. In his letter published in the Jan.
10 edition of the Daily Journal, Jay
Rivers is spot on, noting that air quality
managers are quick to blame foul air on
wood-burners (minuscule offenders)
while doing little to corner and slay the
real dragon toxins from hordes of cars
and trucks. For that, we pay huge costs
for pulmonary ailments, as in the Central
Valleys struggle with an epidemic of
asthma, notably among children.
We worship the almighty automobile.
We spend billions to roll out special
carpets to ease their way. And more bil-
lions to buy the latest models every
year. That wont change any time soon.
If there is a solution, it has to include
truly competitive, less-polluting public
transit. Our goal is to make it so acces-
sible and convenient that its use
becomes more sensible than driving an
oversized sport utility vehicle to go to
work, shop, keep an appointment or
have a latte.
If billions for roads were partly
diverted to buses and trains right to
a nearby street corner we could do
it. Our overriding motive is concern for
our own and others health. That calls
for, if not relief from relentless pitches
to sell more cars, then public education
on the full price paid to have them. And
for political leadership able to recog-
nize, for instance, that a high-speed rail
starting in the valley, far from being a
train to nowhere, is the rst, major
move toward trafc reduction that
would help thousands who suffer from
diseases linked to tailpipe toxins.
James Kelly
San Bruno
Bags
Editor,
I dont understand what all the
hoopla is about plastic bags versus
paper bags. I have about six cloth bags
from various stores that I keep in my
trunk. I take them into the store, they
bag my groceries in them and I leave. I
unpack the bags at home, return them
to my trunk on the next trip out to my
car and theyre ready for the next shop-
ping trip.
This isnt rocket science, folks. I also
have some reusable paper bags which
can be used in the same way. Why ever
use a plastic bag again unless youve
bought raw meat in a drippy package?
Get with the program: use cloth bags.
Janet Lutus
San Bruno
Answer to FDR
Editor,
A frequent letter writer wrote two let-
ters, Daily Journal Boycott, in the
Jan. 1 edition of the Daily Journal, and
Enough of Dwight Schwab, in the
Jan. 4 edition of the Daily Journal,
claiming he would not read the Daily
Journal if you published Schwabs
crazy viewpoints. This letter writer
commented he had chosen Franklin D.
Roosevelt as his personal hero. I fol-
lowed with a letter on Jan. 6 that said in
part, I like to see divergent opinions
and thats one of the reasons I enjoy
your paper. Roosevelt did some good
things, but those who call Roosevelt a
hero just dont know any better. I
dont want another president-for-life. I
dont want hungry, homeless people
and a government paying farmers to not
plant crops. I dont want decade-long
(18 percent) unemployment, a president
who tried to pack the Supreme
Court(and) sent American citizens of
Japanese decent to interment camps
and got us into a calamitous world war.
Another frequent letter writer has
now used my name twice in his letter,
FDR, in the Jan. 7 edition of the
Daily Journal, to take me to task for not
mentioning FDRs pivotal and heroic
role during World War II. I did mention
that FDR did some good things and
would even like to add that after he got
us into the war (Keeping us out of war
would have been more heroic) he was
actually trying to win. I consider this to
be every presidents normal and non-
heroic duty, even though its no longer
common. The real heroes of war are the
guys in the trenches, not the ones back
home in the swivel chairs.
Robert Parkhurst
Redwood City
Letters to the editor
The (Riverside) Press-Enterprise
C
alifornias need for well-edu-
cated workers collides head-on
with the fast-rising cost of
higher education. One legislators plan
for a new low-cost college degree needs
more thorough analysis to see if the
idea makes nancial sense. But the
Legislature should support the central
concept of achieving savings through
greater efciency and better coordina-
tion of higher education programs.
Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-
Marysville, last month introduced AB
51, which proposes a bachelors degree
that students could earn at a cost of just
$10,000, including textbooks. The bill
would create pilot programs in Chico,
Long Beach and Turlock, focusing on
science, engineering and math degrees.
Logue envisions a partnership where
students would start earning college
credits in high school, then transfer to
community colleges and nally gradu-
ate from a Cal State campus. Logues
bill is based on similar efforts in Texas
and Florida, programs which could pro-
vide useful insights for California.
Whether Logues plan would work is
not clear, as the bill has yet to undergo
any legislative review. Tuition for just
one year at a CSU school is now
$5,472, and other mandatory fees can
increase that amount by an average of
more than $1,100 annually. And the
language of the bill suggests that the
state might have to pick up the costs of
the program, including any overruns.
The Legislature should avoid creating a
backdoor subsidy that shifts expenses
from students to taxpayers instead of
cutting costs.
But a true low-cost college program
would be attractive to families squeezed
by the rising cost of higher education.
The average state-university bachelors
degree now comes with a price tag of
more than $50,000, while four years at
a private institution averages nearly
$130,000. Many students graduate
weighted down by debt from student
loans.
Regardless of whether the $10,000
amount is practical, the premise behind
Logues bill is promising. A closer part-
nership between high schools, commu-
nity colleges and four-year institutions
could trim wasted time and cost from
the system, not to mention easing pro-
cedural frustrations that can discourage
students.
The states legislative analyst in 2010
noted the need for better coordination
among community colleges, Cal State
and the University of California. A lack
of clear alignment creates duplication
between programs and inconsistent
requirements for graduation which
costs taxpayers and students. And the
legislative analyst has reported many
times on the challenges students face
trying to transfer from two-year schools
to four-year colleges; such obstacles
can deter students from continuing their
education.
Better coordination with K-12 dis-
tricts is also crucial. Too many students
enter college requiring remedial classes
that add needless cost and delays to
college completion.
Such streamlining is hardly the only
viable approach to cutting college
expenses. Greater use of online educa-
tion, cutting administrative costs and
scrapping nonessential spending also
can trim the price of a degree.
An educated work force is vital for
the states future. But California will
struggle to nd those workers if it lets
college costs rise outside families
reach.
State should pursue $10,000 college
What makes
a great
teacher?
P
arents, administrators and fellow teachers know the
answer. Its the teacher who inspires a student to learn.
Its a teacher who has the skills and knowledge to
expand the minds of his or her pupils. And its one who is also
entertaining, one who can hold the interest of his or her class.
Its a job which demands energy and enthusiasm and patience.
Its more than a profession, its an art. Thats a tall order and
not many can be great or even good teachers.
The criteria are clear but how do you judge or, in education
parlance, evaluate, the performance of a teacher. Fair and hon-
est evaluation has been a thorn for decades and a major issue
in attempts to improve
American schools. Recently,
six California teacher unions
refused to support their
school district applications
for millions of dollars worth
of federal funding offered by
the Race to the Top to pro-
vide high quality math pro-
grams for fourth-eighth grade
students. Oakland and San
Francisco were among the
two. The sticking point was
the requirement to use stu-
dent test scores to evaluate
teacher performance. Many
were outraged that the union
placed the welfare of its members above its students.
Union representatives say test scores are an inadequate
measure of whats happening in a classroom. They dont
account for environmental surroundings, language barriers or
a host of other circumstances. The fear is that teachers will
lose their jobs because of poor performance or that schools in
poor communities with extremely low test scores will be
closed. That happened in Washington, D.C. under the reforms
of former superintendent Michelle Rhee. Race to the Top chal-
lenges districts to improve their programs. And it should be
emphasized that test scores are but one measure among many
to determine whether the schools are performing at their peak.
Last week, California was one of 12 states in the nation,
which received an F from StudentsFirst, an advocacy group
to improve public schools, headed by Rhee. Only eight states
met their requirement to base teacher pay on merit rather than
length of service.
***
Its a tough time for teachers. Classrooms are packed with
students making it difcult to provide the individual attention
which so many students need to succeed. And students in
many public schools provide a more difcult challenge
because of outside factors poverty, illiteracy of family
members, unstable home life and English as a second lan-
guage. You can see why teacher unions are worried about
evaluation based on tests. Yet you marvel at how many teach-
ers are able to succeed in spite of these challenges.
There is another problem. Its not about children. Its about
adults losing their jobs. Unfortunately, there are many in the
profession who do not belong in the classroom and are not
qualied to be teachers. Not everyone can be a great teacher
or even a good teacher. Yet various studies show that the most
critical factor in student achievement is a good teacher. The
countries which have the most successful school systems
(again measured by student achievement) are where standards
are high to enter the profession. Teachers are chosen from the
top third of college graduates. In the United States, teachers
often come from the bottom ( In San Mateo County, we do
much better than that because this is a desirable place to
work). Our schools of education do not adequately prepare
teachers for what they face in the real world. If it was as dif-
cult to enroll in a school of education as it was law or medical
school, you would see the best and brightest of our graduates
going into teaching. Yes, earnings are a factor. But not the
main incentive. Its the prestige and knowing you are entering
a eld where merit and hard work count. Thats why programs
such as Teach for America and the programs Mayor Michael
Bloomberg have introduced in New York City show promise.
So do the KIP schools, where students spend more time in
school as do the teachers.
How do you get rid of failing teachers if you do not use stu-
dent performance as an indicator of job performance? The
times are changing and, despite their power, the unions may
lose this one. Another sign of hope is the increase, small but
signicant, of the number of top students who are interested in
teaching as a profession. Californians have shown they are
willing to support education with their pocketbooks by pass-
ing Proposition 30, local school tax and bond measures. Now
its time for organizations representing teachers to become
part of the solution, and not the problem, in improving student
performance and obtaining funds to do so.
Sue Lempert is the former mayor of San Mateo. Her column
runs every Monday. She can be reached at sue@smdailyjour-
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BUSINESS 10
By Matthew Craft
NEW YORK The big worry a
year ago was that Greece would col-
lapse under its debts, upend
Europes markets and set off a glob-
al nancial crisis. But the worlds
most dangerous bond market turned
out to be one of the worlds best
bets last year: Greeces government
bonds soared 97 percent as the debt
crisis eased. Across Europe, many
of the regions stock markets out-
paced those in the U.S.
It has been a great investment
opportunity, because a year ago at
this time Europe was a big mess,
said Geoffrey Pazzanese, who man-
ages an international stock fund at
Federated Investors.
The worst is likely over, most
investors say. And thats where any
agreement ends.
A lot appears to be going right in
Europes nancial markets. Greece
is no longer a threat, banks are look-
ing stronger, and government bor-
rowing costs are down. Yet Europes
economy remains in a slump. The
17 countries that share the euro cur-
rency recently slid into their second
recession in three years, and the
European Unions statistical agency
reported Tuesday that the unem-
ployment rate had reached a new
high of 11.8 percent.
Either the pain will pass and mar-
kets will continue surging ahead,
investors say, or its going to be a
painful slog for many more years to
come.
It looks like the Greek meltdown
scenario is off the table, Pazzanese
says. Im just not sure Europe is
back from the dead yet.
Greece and the European debt cri-
sis no longer topped Wall Streets
list of worries by the end of the
summer. Traders turned their atten-
tion to the danger that a package of
budget cuts could push the U.S. into
a slump in 2013. The turning point
came in September when the
European Central Bank pledged to
stand behind the hardest hit coun-
tries and protect the euro currency.
Mario Draghi, the head of the ECB,
said the bank would buy the bonds
of struggling governments once
they sought rescue loans and agreed
to the terms.
Thanks to the ECB, people now
expect that if you buy a government
bond youll get paid back in full on
time and in the right currency, says
David Kelly, chief global strategist
at J.P. Morgans money-manage-
ment group. Before the central bank
hatched the plan, bond buyers
werent entirely sure if their Greek
bonds would be paid back in euros
or in newly printed Greek drach-
mas.
Since then, Government borrow-
ing costs in Greece, Italy and other
struggling countries have dropped
from dangerously high levels.
European finance ministers have
given Greece another two-year
nancial lifeline, and made strides
toward shoring up the continents
banking system. In December, the
rating agency Standard & Poors
gave Greece a better credit rating.
All these signs of progress pro-
pelled stock markets up. The Athens
market surged 32 percent for the
year, Italys 8 percent. Germanys
DAX index reached a ve-year high
this month. Hedge funds and other
big money managers from around
the world have started warming up
to the region, putting billions into
European stock funds for all but one
of the past eight weeks, according
to fund tracker EPFR.
Even after those recent gains,
stock markets across Europe still
appear cheap by standard measures.
The typical company trades at less
than 12 times its earnings over the
next year and 6 times its cash ow.
For U.S. companies, the same aver-
ages are 13 and 8.
Can Europes markets climb out of slump?
By Maria Sudekum
KANSAS CITY, Kan. Inside a
small bungalow on the street separating
Kansas City, Kan., from its sister city in
Missouri, a small group of entrepreneurs
are working on their ideas for the next
high-tech startup, tapping Google Inc.s
new superfast Internet connection that
has turned the neighborhood into an
unlikely settlement dubbed the Silicon
Prairie.
The home on State Line Road is one of
several startup-friendly locations that
have sprouted up in Kansas City in recent
months. The catalyst is Google Fiber, the
search-engine giants ber-optic network
being tested in the Kansas City area that
advertises speeds of up to a gigabyte per
second a rate that massively exceeds
the average Internet speeds at homes
hooked up with cable modems.
The advantage here for startups is sim-
ple: A fast Internet pipe makes it easier
to handle large files and eliminates
buffering problems that plague online
video, live conferencing or other net-
work-intensive tasks. Though the
Kansas City location presents challenges
for startups, including the ability to raise
money outside the traditional Silicon
Valley venture capital scene, entrepre-
neurs like Synthia Payne believe its the
place to be right now for up-and-coming
tech companies.
Payne is one of those entrepreneurs
hoping to launch her startup dream an
Internet subscription service for musi-
cians who want to collaborate online
on the cheap. She shares the State Line
Road house, known as the Home for
Hackers, with other startups under a
deal that allows them to live rent-free
while they develop their business plans.
Googles network was attractive,
Payne said, because her business plan is
dependent upon really good, really fast
Internet.
Without this on-ramp here I probably
would have found it very difcult to
come here, said Payne, who in
December moved from Denver to devel-
op CyberJammer.
Residents here were thrilled when
Google announced last year that Kansas
City, Kan., and neighboring Kansas City,
Mo., would be its test bed for Google
Fiber. The Mountain View, Calif.-based
company spent months and unknown
sums installing optical ber around the
area. Google provides the full gigabit
service for $70 a month and its own cable-
TV like service for another $50. A slower
Internet connection is free on a monthly
basis after a $300 installation fee.
The rst homes were installed with
ber optics in the fall, with more ber-
hoods planned in stages over the next
several months. Kansas City, Mo., and
Kansas City, Kan., remain Googles only
ber market, though the company has
said it plans additional roll-outs. Many
in the tech industry believe Googles
move could ultimately force broadband
providers to accelerate their networks to
compete. Making Internet access faster
would give the company more opportu-
nities to attract trafc and sell more
advertising the main way Google
makes money.
Ultrafast Internet spawns startups
Hitting the debt
limit: What bills
would be paid?
By Jim Kuhnhenn
WASHINGTON In the summer of 2011, when a debt
crisis like the current one loomed, President Barack Obama
warned Republicans that older Americans might not get their
Social Security checks unless there was a deal to raise the
nations borrowing limit.
After weeks of brinkmanship, Republicans consented and
Obama agreed to a decit-reduction plan the GOP wanted.
Crisis averted, for a time.
Now that theres a fresh showdown, the possibility of Social
Security cuts and more is back on the table.
The government could run out of cash to pay all its bills in
full as early as Feb. 15, according to one authoritative esti-
mate, and congressional Republicans want signicant spend-
ing cuts in exchange for raising the borrowing limit. Obama,
forced to negotiate an increase in 2011, has pledged not to
negotiate again.
Without an agreement, every option facing his administra-
tion would be unprecedented.
It would require a degree of nancial creativity that could
test the law, perhaps even the Constitution.
It could shortchange Social Security recipients and other
people, including veteran and the poor, who rely on govern-
ment programs.
It could force the Treasury to contemplate selling govern-
ment assets, a step considered but rejected in 2011. In short,
the Treasury would have to create its own form of triage, cre-
ating a priority list of its most crucial obligations, from inter-
est payments to debtors to benets to vulnerable Americans.
It may be that somewhere down the line someone will
challenge what the administration did in that moment, but in
the moment, whos going to stop them? asked Douglas
Holtz-Eakin, a former director of the Congressional Budget
Ofce. I pray we never have to nd out how imaginative they
are.
Meg Whitmans payday for rst year at HP: $15M
Meg Whitman could get more than $15 million for her rst
year as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, according to company lings.
Its a big payday even by the lofty standards of big-time
CEOs. The chief executives of major public companies made
a median of $9.6 million in 2011, the most recent year avail-
able, according to executive pay research rm Equilar.
But Whitmans $15.4 million pay package takes an unusual
formula, one that she hopes will inspire condence that she is
serious about turning around the ailing computer company.
For the second year in a row, she will receive just $1 in salary.
She will also receive a $1.7 million bonus and about $220,000
worth of perks, almost all of that related to use of company
airplanes.
Vatican surprised by banks credit card block
VATICAN CITY A senior Vatican ofcial says he is
truly surprised that the Bank of Italy ordered credit card pay-
ments suspended in the tiny city-state and insists the Vatican
has taken adequate measures to ght money laundering.
The Vatican has been cash-only since Jan. 1 after Italys
central bank compelled Deutsche Bank Italia to stop provid-
ing electronic payment services to the Holy See. That has
meant visitors to the Vatican Museums they numbered 5
million last year and the Vatican post ofce have had to pay
cash for tickets and any other transactions.
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By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
There is a reason why you play to
the nal whistle.
Not that the boys from the Serra
High School soccer team dont
already know this, but on Saturday
against Bellarmine College Prep,
the Padres were reminded that if
you persevere through a game in its
entirety, the soccer gods will often
reward you.
Serra shocked the Bells 2-1 to cap
off a 3-1-1 run through the grueling
ve-game, 11-day opening stretch
of the West Catholic Athletic
League season. The Padres Lee
Vella scored the winning goal in the
closing seconds of a hard-fought
match when a restart on a throw-in
netted Serra one nal opportunity.
The nal whistle blew on the
ensuing touch of the ball.
Any game with Bellarmine is
going to be an 80-minute mental
exercise, said Serra head coach Jeff
Panos. So, we were quite fortunate
to have a heck of an opportunity at
the end of the game.
The goal came during a test of
will for both teams 400-plus
minutes of soccer over the rst 11
days of the regular season meant the
Padres and the Bells were itching to
catch the opponent off-guard.
I think with 10 minutes to play,
fatigue set in a little bit and it
became a game of counter attacks
a track meet a little bit, Panos
said.
Bellarmine dominated to begin
the second half. Trailing 1-0, the
Bells equalized in the 22nd minute.
I say the rst 25 minutes of the
second half Bellarmine really
stepped up the pressure, their pos-
session game was incredible, they
were winning the loose 50-50 balls
and really capitalized on our inabil-
ity to gain control of the ball,
Panos said. And when you dont
have the ball, obviously you cant
do much in the way of attack.
Serra was all attack in the rst
half and controlled the early part of
the game Antoine Martel collected a
ball on the left ank and sent a low
diagonal pass to the feet of fellow
midelder Robert Peardon.
Peardon cut to his right, saw day-
light and red a shot from 25 yards
out that beat a diving Bells keeper to
Serra beats Bellarmine with late goal
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Kaepernick!
By Antonio Gonzalez
SAN FRANCISCO Colin
Kaepernick stood in a cramped cor-
ner of the 49ers locker room smil-
ing and chatting with Alex Smith
late Saturday night when a stranger
interrupted the two quarterbacks.
Wow, great game, said former
franchise quarterback John Brodie,
shaking Kaepernicks hand and pat-
ting him on the back. Nice to meet
you.
After a record-setting playoff
debut that sent San Francisco to the
NFC championship game for the
second straight season, Kaepernick
needs no more introductions.
The second-year pro out of
Nevada squashed all the questions
and uncertainty about Jim
Harbaughs late-season decision to
supplant Smith as the starter in a 45-
31 rout of Aaron Rodgers and the
Green Bay Packers. Kaepernick is
quickly becoming a household
name, and his touchdown celebra-
tion exing his right arm and
kissing his biceps is trending all
over social media.
Tebowing? No, call it
Kaepernicking.
Riding his strong legs and right
arm, the 49ers (12-4-1) are back
where they were a year ago and
seemingly more dangerous and dar-
ing than when the eventual champi-
on New York Giants eliminated
them last January. San Francisco REUTERS
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick scores a touchdown against the Green Bay Packers in the
rst quarter during their NFL NFC Divisional playoff football game in San Francisco Saturday.
Quarterback gives 49ers new look in NFC title game
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Cal ladies
topple the
Cardinal
By Janie McCauley
STANFORD Stanford has
reigned for so long every other Pac-
12 team only hopes to hang around
each season. It had been almost four
years since the Cardinal last lost
against a conference opponent.
Lindsay Gottlieb mentioned that
81-game conference winning streak
to her gritty California crew this
week after Stanford beat the Golden
Bears on Tuesday night. Five days
later, it was Cals turn this time
on Stanfords home oor.
Gennifer Brandon had 14 points
and 12 rebounds and No. 7 Cal
snapped fth-ranked Stanfords long
conference winning streak with a
commanding 67-55 victory Sunday
in the second meeting between the
Bay Area rivals in six days.
Were thrilled to have gotten this
win, Gottlieb said. I think the way
it feels for us, rst and foremost,
speaks to how good Stanford is and
their consistency of excellence.
Doing this for the couple years Ive
done it, you realize how hard it is to
be good, day in and day out. They
obviously set the standard for that.
Gottlieb gathered her California
players for a full-on movie outing
popcorn, candy, the works.
Well, sort of. The second-year Cal
coach broke down lm to the minute
from her teams nine-point home
loss to Stanford earlier in the week,
making sure the Bears were much
better prepared for the second meet-
ing.
They were motivated, all right,
from the moment they stepped on
the court at Maples Pavilion. From
every crash to the offensive boards,
to every loose ball and made 3-
pointer.
I want them to enjoy it. This team
hasnt kind of had that celebration
moment, Gottlieb said. I think it
does put us maybe in a different
class where now we have beaten a
team thats ranked above us. Thats a
big step. These players always knew
that we could win and always play
like we can win, but to actually do it,
I hope gives us a boost of condence
that will be good for us going for-
ward.
Brittany Boyd added 19 points
while Layshia Clarendon had 14 to
help the Bears beat a top-5 opponent
for the rst time since a 66-52 victo-
ry against No. 2 Rutgers on Nov. 22,
2008.
By Paul Newberry
ATLANTA Matt Bryant
pumped his st and celebrated atop
the Falcons logo in the middle of
the field. Tony Gonzalez broke
down in tears. Matt Ryan relished
the thought of not having to answer
a familiar question.
The Atlanta Falcons finally
showed they could win a playoff
game.
And, wow, what a game it was!
After a melt-
down in the
fourth quarter,
the Falcons
pulled off a
comeback that
will long be
remembered in
championship-starved Atlanta.
Ryan completed two long passes
and Bryant kicked a 49-yard eld
goal with 8 seconds remaining, lift-
ing the NFCs top seed to a stunning
30-28 victory over Russell Wilson
and the gutty Seattle Seahawks in a
divisional game Sunday.
Wow! said Falcons coach Mike
Smith, summing up this classic as
well as anyone could.
Atlanta (14-3) squandered a 20-
point lead in the fourth quarter,
falling behind for the rst time all
day when Marshawn Lynch scored
on a 2-yard run with 31 seconds left
and Ryan Longwell knocked
through the extra point for a 28-27
lead.
No team has ever won a playoff
game when facing such a daunting
decit in the nal period.
The Falcons, thanks to a pair of
Matty Ices Ryan and Bryant
didnt become the rst.
Ryan, shaking off his struggles in
three previous playoff losses and
two interceptions against the
Seahawks, hooked up with Harry
Douglas on a 29-yard pass in front
of the Falcons bench, and Smith
quickly signaled a timeout. Then,
Late FG lifts Falcons over Seattle 30-28
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his lower right to give Serra the early 1-0 lead.
Its a lead theyd take in to halftime.
And its from there that the Bells pressure
netted them the equalizing goal before both
teams ran out of juice and it was the Padres
who were able to take advantage of their late
opportunity.
If you can capitalize on a restart late in the
game, boy, thats a pretty big weapon to have,
Panos said.
BOYS BASKETBALL
ARCHBISHOP MITTY 60, SERRA 50
The Serra varsity basketball team lost in
San Jose Saturday night to the Archbishop
Mitty Monarchs by the score of 60-50. The
Padres had the lead at halftime 21-17 but the
Monarchs surged ahead in the second half.
GIRLS SOCCER
MENLO 6, NOTRE DAME-SJ 1
Menlo School jumped on top very early
with three goals in the rst 10 minutes of play
and carried that start to a 6-1 win over Notre
Dame-San Jose.
Lindsay Karle and Sienna Stritter each
scored a hat trick in the match to account for
all six of Menlos goals.
Karle started things quickly with goals in
the fourth and sixth minutes of play.
Stritter got her rst goal in the 10th minute
after a beautiful feed from Emma LaPorte.
Karle scored in the 20th minute with a well-
placed 20-yard blast.
Stritter then took a nice feed from Gray and
drove a 20-yard shot low into the corner of the
goal in the 34th minute to push Menlos lead
to 5-0 at halftime.
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SERRA
Ryan went down the middle to his favorite
target Gonzalez, a Hall of Famer-to-be play-
ing what couldve been his nal game.
Gonzalez hauled in the 19-yard throw, and
Smith called his nal timeout with 13 seconds
remaining. Instead of risking another play and
having the clock run out, he sent Bryant in for
the eld goal try.
The Seahawks called time just before the
ball was snapped, and Bryants kick sailed
right of the upright. That turned out to be
nothing more than practice. The next one was
right down the middle as Bryant took off in
the other direction, pumping his st before he
was mobbed by his teammates.
Our quarterback is a special player, Smith
said. They call him Matty Ice, but I feel like
weve got two Matty Ices. Theres Matty Ice
Ryan and Matty Ice Bryant.
The Falcons overcame their reputation for
choking in the playoffs, winning their rst
postseason game since the 2004 season.
Theyll host San Francisco in the NFC cham-
pionship game next Sunday with a trip to the
Super Bowl on the line.
Nobody inched, Ryan said. We just
kept battling, kept doing what we do. Thats
been the makeup of our team all season.
Bryant knocked through his third game-
winning kick of the season. But hed never
made one like this, with so much on the line.
When they scored their touchdown, I
walked down (the sideline), he said. I told
the offensive line, I told Matt (Ryan), I told all
the receivers, Weve done this before.
Wilson threw two touchdown passes and
ran for another, doing all he could to pull off
the most improbable of comebacks for the
Seahawks (12-6). But the Seattle defense,
which is one of the NFLs best and had total-
ly stymied the Falcons in the fourth quarter,
went to a softer coverage and got burned.
Atlanta had just enough time to pull off a
comeback of its own.
We had high, high hopes for the rest of the
season, Wilson said. When the game was
over, I was very disappointed. But walking
back into the tunnel, I got so excited about
next year. The resilience we showed was
unbelievable.
Wilson nished with 385 yards passing as
the Seahawks wiped out a 27-7 decit enter-
ing the nal quarter. When Lynch powered
over, the ball breaking the goal line just before
it squirted from his arms, Seattle celebrated
like it had won its second straight playoff
game on the road, having already taken care
of Robert Grifn III and the Washington
Redskins.
According to STATS, it wouldve been the
greatest fourth-quarter comeback in NFL
playoff history.
Not so fast. Ryan led the Falcons back, wip-
ing out his 0-3 mark in the playoffs, including
a crushing loss to Green Bay two years ago
when the Falcons were in the same position,
the NFCs top-seeded team with home-eld
advantage in the playoffs.
The one thing Ive learned during my ve
years in the league, and specically in the
postseason, is that its hard, Ryan said.
Now, hell no longer be asked why he cant
win in the playoffs.
Thats going to be nice, Ryan conceded.
But our goal is not to win one playoff game.
Our goals are still in front of us. We still have
two more games to go. Thats the mind-set I
have. Thats the mind-set this team has.
Wilsons last throw, a desperation heave
into the end zone, was intercepted by Falcons
receiver Julio Jones.
Gonzalez, who had never won a playoff
game in his 16-year career, broke down in
tears after Bryants kick went through the
uprights.
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Mikayla Lyles scored 11 of her
career-best-matching 14 points over
the nal 6:04 of the rst half as Cal
(13-2, 3-1 Pac-12) took control on
the way to snapping Stanfords 10-
game winning streak in the series
and three-year run of dominance
against the conference.
I dont know how many adjec-
tives you can use. You could use all
the ones in the book to describe this
feeling, Lyles said. It wasnt nec-
essarily that it was breaking the 81-
game win streak. It was that we did
it as a team, we came in and we did
it at Maples, we came off a loss and
made it happen.
The Bears earned just their fourth
victory in the last 46 meetings with
Stanford (14-2, 3-1) even more
special now that both are among the
nations top-10.
They might just swap spots in the
next poll now.
Chiney Ogwumike had 18 points
and nine rebounds as Stanford
dropped consecutive home games
for the rst time in 12 years.
Cal, whose only losses this season
have come against Stanford and at
No. 4 Duke, ended the Cardinals
impressive conference winning
streak that dated to a 57-54 Bears
win at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley on
Jan. 18, 2009.
Stanford had stopped Cals six-
game winning streak with a 62-53
victory last Tuesday night.
Trailing 47-39 midway through
the second half, Stanford squan-
dered four chances to cut the lead to
six. And Cal capitalized, getting a
short jumper by Clarendon followed
by a pair of free throws from Boyd
at the 10:12 mark to make it 52-39.
The Cardinal committed a shot-
clock violation the next time down,
their 14th turnover.
Stanford went 4:43 without scor-
ing before Ogwumikes layin at
9:00. Clarendon immediately
answered for Cal on the other end.
The Pac-12 Conference champi-
onship will likely come down to
these two, as everyone has expected
for months.
Stanford, which has reached ve
straight Final Fours and is chasing a
13th straight regular-season confer-
ence crown and 22nd overall
while opening Pac-12 play with ve
of eight games against teams ranked
in The Associated Press poll.
Cal has never won or shared a
conference title.
We know its January, Gottlieb
said. Maybe now a conference
championship is in our control.
Stanford struggled against Cals
swarming, trapping man defense
that forced 10 rst-half turnovers.
The Bears also generated 14
offensive boards in the opening 20
minutes on the way to a 39-31 edge
at the break despite shooting 33.3
percent to Stanfords 44 percent.
They are extremely aggressive.
If theres one thing that were not,
were not aggressive, Stanford
coach Tara VanDerveer said. Were
not aggressive enough offensively.
Were not aggressive enough defen-
sively on the glass. They came in
hungry. ... We had no pace. We were
slow.
Typically, the two matchups are
spread out by about a month but
television dictated this seasons
schedule.
Stanford returned to Maples
Pavilion for the rst game on the
home court since its 82-game home
winning streak was snapped in a
surprising 61-35 rout by
Connecticut on Dec. 29.
The Cardinal lost back-to-back
home games for the rst time since
Feb. 16 and March 3, 2001, against
Cal and Southern California.
It doesnt get any easier, with No.
14 UCLA coming to campus Friday
night. Stanford hasnt lost three in a
row at home since early in the 1986-
87 season, VanDerveers second
year.
Stanfords points were a record-
low at home in a conference game.
The previous was a 63-54 loss to
No. Oregon on March 5, 1987. This
also marked the Cardinals rst dou-
ble-digit defeat at home in Pac-12
or Pac-10 play since losing 72-57 to
Cal on Feb. 4, 2007.
Stanford made just 8 of 29 eld
goals in the second half and went 2
for 12 from long range for a 35.2-
percent performance overall.
After shooting a season-low 30.2
percent Tuesday night, Cal began
the game by missing its rst 10
eld-goal tries before Clarendons
steal and layin at the 13:48 mark of
the rst half.
But the Cardinal missed 12 of
their rst 14 shots of the second
half.
Its hard any time youre down
trying to swing the momentum back
your way, Ogwumike said.
Streaks are great when youre on
the good side of it. Hopefully these
two tough losses at Maples will
motivate us.
CAL
By Jim Vertuno
AUSTIN, Texas Out for a
Sunday morning jog in bright sun-
shine, Lance Armstrong hardly
looked like a man about to nally
confront the doping scandal that has
shadowed his storied career like an
angry storm cloud.
Im calm, Im at ease and ready
to speak candidly, Armstrong told
the Associated Press, referring to
his interview Monday with Oprah
Winfrey.
In whats been billed as a no-
holds barred session, the cyclist is
expected to reverse course after a
decade of denials and apologize for
doping, as well as offer a limited
confession about his role at the head
of a long-running scheme to domi-
nate the Tour de France with the aid
of performance-enhancing drugs.
Armstrong was stripped of all
seven tour titles last year in the
wake of a voluminous U.S. Anti-
Doping Agency report that por-
trayed him as a ruthless competitor,
willing to go to any lengths to win
the prestigious race.
The most sophisticated, profes-
sionalized and successful doping
program that
sport has ever
seen, is how
USADA chief
executive Travis
Tygart labeled
the doping regi-
men allegedly
carried out by
the U.S. Postal
Service team
that Armstrong
once led.
Yet if any of that was weighing on
Armstrongs mind, he didnt show it
early in the day.
Wearing a red jersey and black
shorts, sunglasses and a white base-
ball cap pulled down to his eyes, he
was training by himself and about a
mile from his home when he talked
to the AP. Armstrong ran for about
an hour as his team of lawyers and
advisors began arriving one-by-one
at his house.
Leaning into a reporters car on
the shoulder of a busy Austin road,
he also seemed unfazed by the inter-
national news crews gathering at the
gates of his home. He cracked a few
jokes about all the attention the
interview with Winfrey had already
drawn, then added, But now I want
to nish my run and took off down
the road.
The interview, which will take
place at his home and broadcast
Thursday on the Oprah Winfrey
Network, will be Armstrong rst
public response to the USADA
report. A person with knowledge of
the situation told the AP a day earli-
er that Armstrong will give a limit-
ed confession and apologize. He is
not expected to provide a detailed
account about his involvement, nor
address in depth many of the specif-
ic allegations in the more than
1,000-page USADA report.
In a text to the AP on Saturday,
Armstrong said: I told her
(Winfrey) to go wherever she wants
and Ill answer the questions direct-
ly, honestly and candidly. Thats all
I can say.
A confession would be a stunning
reversal after years of public state-
ments, interviews and court battles
from Austin to Europe that
Armstrong waged while zealously
protecting his reputation.
After a federal investigation of
the cyclist was dropped without
charges being brought last year,
USADA stepped in with an investi-
gation of its own. The agency
deposed nearly a dozen former
teammates and accused Armstrong
of masterminding a complex and
brazen drug program that included
steroids, blood boosters and a range
of other performance-enhancers.
Armstrong had remained deant,
tweeting a picture of himself on a
couch at home with all seven of the
yellow leaders jerseys on display
in frames behind him. But the pre-
ponderance of evidence in the
USADA report and pending legal
challenges on several fronts appar-
ently forced him to change tactics
dramatically.
A federal whistle-blower lawsuit
brought by former teammate Floyd
Landis, who himself was stripped of
the 2006 Tour de France title, accus-
es Armstrong of defrauding the U.S.
Postal Service. The Justice
Department has yet to announce
whether it will join the case.
The London-based Sunday Times
is also suing Armstrong to recover
about $500,000 it paid him to settle
a libel lawsuit, and Dallas-based
SCA Promotions has threatened to
bring yet another lawsuit against
Armstrong to recover more than
$7.5 million an arbitration panel
awarded him as a bonus for winning
the Tour de France.
The lawsuit most likely to be
inuenced by a confession might be
the Sunday Times case. Potential
perjury charges stemming from his
sworn testimony in the 2005 arbitra-
tion ght would not apply because
of the statute of limitations.
Armstrong was not deposed during
a federal investigation that was
closed last year without charges
being brought.
But the USADA report persuaded
many of his sponsors to drop
Armstrong at the cost of tens of
millions of dollars and soon
after, he left the board of the
Livestrong cancer-ghting charity
he founded in 1997. Armstrong is
still said to be worth about $100
million.
Livestrong might be another rea-
son Armstrong has decided to come
forward with an apology and limit-
ed confession. The charity supports
cancer patients and still faces an
image problem because of its asso-
ciation with Armstrong. He may
also be hoping a confession would
allow him to return to competition
in the elite triathlon or running
events he participated in after his
cycling career.
Armstrong awaits candid Oprah interview
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All the credit goes to him, said
rookie running back LaMichael
James, another part of the dynamic
read-option run game. When hes
making that read, he knows when to
give it. He knows when to pull it.
Hes taking off. Hes faster than
most people on the defense. Hes
doing everything for us right now.
In the air and on the ground,
Kaepernick conrmed Harbaughs
much-debated move more than any-
body could have imagined in 60
minutes of playoff football.
The tattoo-tattered quarterback
from nearby Turlock overcame an
early interception returned for a
touchdown and ran for scores of 20
and 56 yards, topping the rushing
mark of 119 yards set by Michael
Vick in 2005 when Atlanta beat St.
Louis. He also threw TD passes of 12
and 20 yards to go-to target Michael
Crabtree, who nished with nine
receptions and 119 yards in the NFC
divisional matchup.
San Francisco racked up 579 total
yards with 323 on the ground, scor-
ing its third-most points in the fran-
chises storied playoff history.
Kaepernick also joined Jay Cutler in
2011 and Otto Graham in both 1954
and 1955 as the only players with
two rushing and two passing touch-
downs in a playoff game.
Its been amazing and I couldnt
ask for anything more, Kaepernick
said.
Guys playing football. Hes mak-
ing it happen, Crabtree said. With
his feet, with his arm, hes just out
there making plays. Hes a playmak-
er.
Thats something San Francisco
sorely lacked last January.
Throw out the grind-it-out game
that propelled the 49ers as far as a 20-
17 overtime loss to the Giants a year
ago. With a strong arm and quick-
burst ability out of the pocket,
Kaepernick has given the offense an
added dimension - and maybe some
moxie, too - that was missing in the
championship game.
Crabtrees one catch for 3 yards
accounted for all of the production
from San Francisco wide receivers
against New York. While Kyle
Williams bore most of the blame for
his two fumbled punts, Smith and
the offense struggled to move the
ball and put the pressure on the
defense most of the night.
Maybe no more.
All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis
credited Kaepernick and Co. for bail-
ing out the defense against the
Packers, especially in the rst half,
when Kaepernick had 11 carries for
107 yards rushing to give the 49ers a
24-21 lead. The unproven quarter-
back simply ran away from Green
Bay in the second half, and the reign-
ing MVP couldnt keep up.
I joke with him all the time, I say,
`Youve got to be one of the biggest
and strongest quarterbacks Ive
seen, Willis said. Hes fast. Its just
one thing when you see a guy get
behind a guy and they try to run and
the guy already has a step on him.
But to see a guy come across the eld
at an angle and he eats up the angle,
to us, thats fast. That guys moving.
Ramping up plays out of the Pistol
formation he ran at Nevada,
Kaepernicks size and speed over-
whelmed the Packers in ways he
hadnt in his rst seven starts since
taking over.
Offensive coordinator Greg Roman
admitted he 49ers had been saving
some of those schemes -and
Kaepernicks legs - for the playoff
push. Kaepernick, the rst college
football player with three seasons of
2,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards
rushing, surely surprised the opposi-
tion with all those read-option runs,
including a 56-yarder TD keeper in
the third quarter - the longest by a
quarterback in franchise history - that
eclipsed Vicks mark.
I think they thought I had it,
James said. Thats what I told him. I
know once he gets past the second
level, nobodys going to touch him.
Kaepernicks performance was
hardly perfect.
He threw an interception returned
for a touchdown by Sam Shields on
the fourth play of the game, had a
taunting penalty for throwing the ball
down in the face of Packers defenders
after getting tackled in the second
quarter and often had problems get-
ting the offense out of the huddle
quickly.
As San Francisco also knows
maybe more than any other playoff
team, sustaining success is not easy.
Five previous times this season the
49ers have won two in a row, and all
ve times they have failed to win the
next game, including a 24-24 tie
against St. Louis in Week 10.
NINERS
By Barry Wilner
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Tom
Brady idolized Joe Montana as a kid
in the Bay Area. Now, hes sur-
passed his hero for postseason wins.
Brady got his 17th, the most for
any quarterback, in New Englands
41-28 AFC divisional victory over
Houston on Sunday. If Brady can
lead the Patriots past Baltimore in
next weekends conference title
game, then win the Super Bowl,
hell equal the 49ers Hall of Famer
for NFL championships.
Brady has guided the Patriots to
ve Super Bowls, winning the rst
three; Montana was 4 for 4 in the big
game, playing for Bradys home-
town team.
I grew up a 49ers fans, Brady
said. Joe Montana and Steve Young
... those guys are in another class.
Next up is Baltimore, which
stunned top-seeded Denver in dou-
ble overtime Saturday, and lost 23-
20 at Gillette Stadium last January
in the last step before the Super
Bowl. But the Ravens beat the
Patriots in Week 3 this season at
Baltimore.
Seldom-used Shane Vereen scored
three times, twice on pinpoint
throws from Brady, as New England
(13-4) beat Houston (13-5) for the
second time in a month.
Brady was missing some key
helpers, but got the usual outstand-
ing performance from Wes Welker,
his favorite target the last six years.
The AFCs top receiver with 118
catches this season, Welker looked
like he might reach that total against
Houstons befuddled defense. He
caught six in the rst half for 120
yards, including a 47-yarder, and
wound up with eight for 131.
And the AFC East champion
Patriots got more than anyone could
have predicted from third-string
running back Vereen, who scored
their rst two TDs on a 1-yard run
and an 8-yard pass. He capped his
biggest pro performance with an
over-the-shoulder 33-yard catch
early in the fourth period.
It was Bradys 41st postseason TD
pass, behind only Brett Favre (44)
and, you guessed it, Montana (45).
That boost from Vereen offset the
loss of tight end Rob Gronkowski
(arm) and RB Danny Woodhead
(thumb) in the rst quarter.
New Englands defense helped
put away the Texans. Rob
Ninkovichs leaping third-quarter
interception stopped a drive, and six
plays later, Brady hit Brandon Lloyd
for a 6-yard score.
Although the Texans got two
fourth-quarter TDs on passes by
Matt Schaub, their season ended
with four defeats in their last six
games. That slump cost the AFC
South champions the top seed in the
playoffs, forcing a trip to New
England after they beat Cincinnati in
the wild-card round.
The Texans couldnt measure up.
Unlike their 42-14 loss here a
month ago, the Texans didnt fold
early. J.J. Watt, their dominating
defensive end, bothered Brady, and
when they fell behind 17-3, they had
the fortitude to climb back.
Arian Foster did all the work
after Danieal Mannings second big
kickoff return, this one a 35-yarder
that had 15 yards tacked on when
kicker Stephen Gostkowski brought
down Manning with a horse-collar
tackle. The Pro Bowl runner cov-
ered all 47 yards on a ve-play
drive and his 1-yard run he bare-
ly squeezed into the end zone
made it 17-10.
Houston forced a three-and-out,
and a short punt gave the Texans
another shot just before halftime.
They got close enough for Shayne
Graham to kick a 55-yard eld goal
as the half ended.
But the Patriots pulled away in the
third quarter for coach Bill
Belichicks 17th postseason win,
third behind Tom Landry (20) and
Don Shula (19).
Needing a quick jolt after being
blown out by the Patriots on Dec.
10, the Texans got it on the opening
kickoff from Manning. He took the
ball 6 yards in his end zone and
never hesitated in returning it. He
broke free at the Houston 30 and
wasnt run down until reaching the
New England 12.
That spark didnt even last one
play, though, and Houston wound up
with Grahams 27-yard eld goal 63
seconds in.
And when the Texans closed the
rst half with a 10-point spurt, they
wasted the momentum by allowing a
quick touchdown drive to open the
third period. Brady went to the
familiar (Welker and tight end Aaron
Hernandez) on that series before
second-year back Stevan Ridley
scored on an 8-yard burst.
New England lost Gronkowski
and Woodhead almost immediately.
Gronkowski missed ve regular-sea-
son games with a broken left fore-
arm, but returned for the nale.
Eight Patriots plays on offense and
he was gone again.
So Brady found other targets; he
probably could complete passes to
Belichick for big gains.
Vereen was an unlikely star. After
gaining 400 yards overall during the
season, he picked up 124 against the
Texans. He had four touchdowns in
the regular season.
Patriots beat Texans, Ravens up next
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New England Patriots quarterback
Tom Brady throws a pass during the
third quarter of their NFL AFC Divi-
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the Houston Texans Sunday.
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By Josh Dubow
SAN JOSE The San Jose
Sharks skated onto their practice
rink greeted by a warm ovation
from a few hundred fans. After
gathering at center ice, the players
turned back to the crowd and raised
their sticks in salute.
With the four-month lockout of-
cially over, the Sharks players and
their fans were happy to be back at
the rink.
We didnt really know if any-
body would be out there, defense-
men Brad Stuart said. To see them
there waiting and have a glimpse of
what were doing was nice. We owe
a lot to them for their patience and
continued support. It will be great to
get out and nally give them some-
thing to watch.
San Jose began its abbreviated
one-week training camp on Sunday
with most of the same core that was
knocked out of the rst
round of the playoffs a
year ago against the St.
Louis Blues.
The Sharks had only 28
players in camp, about 20
fewer than in a typical
year that would have
three weeks of prepara-
tion, including at least six preseason
games.
Only two of those players werent
part of the organization last year:
Stuart, who is returning to San Jose
after being traded in 2005 to
Boston, and forward Adam Burish.
Captain Joe Thornton; forwards
Patrick Marleau, Logan Couture,
Joe Pavelski and Ryane Clowe;
defensemen Dan Boyle, Brent
Burns and Marc-Edouard Vlasic
and goalie Antti Niemi are all back
to make another run at the Stanley
Cup that eluded the Sharks again
last year with their early playoff exit
to St. Louis.
We didnt perform
the way we thought we
could, Pavelski said.
Its always disappoint-
ing. Hopefully everyone
got their rest and did
what they needed to be
ready this year. Theres
a lot of work that has to
go into the process to get back to
that point.
Coach Todd McLellan said he
was pleased with the physical con-
dition his players were in when they
arrived at camp with 11 having
played for at least some stretch dur-
ing the lockout. Eight others on the
ice were called up from Worcester
of the AHL for camp and are in
midseason form.
The priority for the upcoming
week will be getting players in
game shape, reviewing old systems
and then implementing some
changes, mostly on the penalty kill.
We can get a lot done and were
going to have to get a lot done,
McLellan said. We have to review
our game. The great thing about
having the group that we have is a
lot of them have been here a number
of years. Theres some familiarity of
what were trying to do as a team.
The terms and systems we play
havent changed much. Theyre
comfortable. We were able to
review two parts of our game
already and introduce a new type of
penalty kill.
The penalty kill will be the
biggest change this year for the
Sharks. They had the second-worst
penalty-kill unit during the regular
season a year ago and then allowed
six goals in 18 power-play chances
in ve games against the Blues.
Both Stuart and Burish are
expected to help on the penalty kill
but the biggest changes will be a
new, more aggressive system
brought in by new assistants Larry
Robinson and Jim Johnson, former
NHL defensemen who have exten-
sive experience coaching the penal-
ty kill.
It was a good day, Burish said.
It was fun to get back with the
guys again in a real practice rather
than make up rules as we go. To
have somebody blow a whistle and
hear a coach yelling again for a
while will probably be fun. Talk to
me in a week and it might not be. It
was fun to be out there with the
coaches and get some positive feed-
back.
NOTES: Burns (lower body) and
Jason Demers (wrist) did not partic-
ipate in practice as they are nursing
injuries. ... D Justin Braun (hand)
skated for just part of practice but
took part ... The players up from
Worcester were: forwards Bracken
Kearns, John McCarthy, Frazer
McLaren and James Sheppard and
defensemen Matthew Irwin, Matt
Pelech, Nick Petrecki and Matt
Tennyson.
Sharks greeted by fans in return from lockout
COLUMBUS, Ohio A ball that rat-
tled around the rim and bounced out sep-
arated Michigan from its rst No. 1
ranking in more than 20 years. Point
guard Trey Burkes stepback jumper
with 17 seconds went down, then came
out, leaving No. 2 Michigan on the
wrong side of a 56-53 loss to rival and
15th-ranked Ohio State on Sunday. After
No. 1 Duke lost to North Carolina State
a day earlier, the Wolverines were in
prime position to ascend to No. 1 for the
rst time since November 1992. Instead,
they went home with their rst loss, also
depriving them of the best start in school
history.
Some go in and some dont, said
Burke, a sophomore who just happens to
be from Columbus and is friends with
several of the Buckeyes. I thought it
was going in. It looked good. I think it
went in and then came out.
Michigan (16-1, 3-1 Big Ten) trailed
52-50 and had the ball as the seconds
sifted away.
Everyone in a hoarse, capacity crowd
of 18,809 knew that Burke, a star at
Columbus Northland High School
where he was a teammate of former
Buckeye Jared Sullinger, would likely
take the last shot.
Aaron Craft whom Michigan coach
John Beilein said was as good as any
defender he had ever seen prevented
Burke from driving. His path blocked,
Burke jumped back and then launched
the shot.
We were up two, so that makes it a
little more challenging for me, said
Craft, selected as the Big Tens top
defender a year ago. Fortunately
enough for me, that shot he took rimmed
in and out. I kind of turned around (and
saw) we grabbed the rebound.
Lenzelle Smith Jr. grabbed the
rebound. A moment later he was fouled
again and hit two free throws for breath-
ing room. Craft, who had struggled on
offense most of the season, then made
two more foul shots to more than offset
Burkes circus 3-pointer with a second
left.
The Buckeyes had done most of their
offensive damage early, following
Burkes opening 3-pointer with a 16-0
run that was started and ended with bas-
kets by Deshaun Thomas, who led the
Buckeyes (13-3, 3-1) with 20 points.
From there on, it was just a matter of
whether Ohio State which had blown
a late lead at Duke in November
could hold off the Wolverines, who came
in averaging 81 points a game with four
starters in double gures.
Burke led Michigan, which was trying
to exceed the 16-0 start of the 1985-86
team, with 15 points.
Tim Hardaway Jr. added 12. Down 21
points in the rst half, Michigan kept
chipping away.
The Wolverines switched defenses,
causing the Buckeyes problems with
matchup zones.
OSU hands Michigan first loss
Sharapova opens with a 6-0, 6-0 win in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Australia Maria Sharapova got the
Australian Open started with a 6-0, 6-0
victory over fellow Russian Olga
Puchkova in the rst match on center court
Monday.
Sharapova showed no signs of problems
with the right collarbone injury which
forced her out of a lead up tournament two
weeks ago.
The No. 2-ranked Sharapova, who lost
the nal to Victoria Azarenka here last year
before going on to win the French Open,
needed only 55 minutes to beat Puchkova.
She faced only two break points in the match saving both
in the rst game. Then she went on a 12-game roll that earned
her a second double bagel inside a year. Sharapova has a
potential third-round match against Venus Williams.
Sports brief
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Sharapova
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SPORTS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 24 13 .649
Brooklyn 22 15 .595 2
Boston 19 17 .528 4 1/2
Philadelphia 16 22 .421 8 1/2
Toronto 14 23 .378 10
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 24 11 .686
Atlanta 21 15 .583 3 1/2
Orlando 13 23 .361 11 1/2
Charlotte 9 27 .250 15 1/2
Washington 6 28 .176 17 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 23 15 .605
Chicago 20 15 .571 1 1/2
Milwaukee 19 17 .528 3
Detroit 14 24 .368 9
Cleveland 9 29 .237 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 29 11 .725
Memphis 24 11 .686 2 1/2
Houston 21 17 .553 7
Dallas 15 23 .395 13
New Orleans 11 26 .297 16 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 28 8 .778
Denver 23 16 .590 6 1/2
Portland 20 16 .556 8
Utah 20 19 .513 9 1/2
Minnesota 16 18 .471 11
PacicDivision
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 28 9 .757
Golden State 23 13 .639 4 1/2
L.A. Lakers 15 21 .417 12 1/2
Sacramento 13 24 .351 15
Phoenix 13 26 .333 16
SaturdaysGames
Orlando 104, L.A. Clippers 101
Indiana 96, Charlotte 88
Washington 93, Atlanta 83
Utah 90, Detroit 87
Philadelphia 107, Houston 100
Phoenix 97, Chicago 81
Dallas 104, Memphis 83
Miami 128, Sacramento 99
SundaysGames
Denver 116, Golden State 105
New York 100, New Orleans 87
NBA STANDINGS
SundaysSportsTransactions
HOCKEY
National HockeyLeague
CAROLINA HURRICANES Traded G Brian
Boucher and D Mark Alt to Philadelphia for C Luke
Pither.
CHICAGOBLACKHAWKS Recalled F Brandon
Bollig, F Marcus Kruger, F Brandon Pirri, F Brandon
Saad, F Andrew Shaw, D Nick Leddy and D Ryan
Stanton from Rockford (AHL).
DETROITREDWINGS Recalled D Brian Lashoff,
DBrendanSmithandFDamienBrunner fromGrand
Rapids (AHL).
LOSANGELESKINGS Traded F Kevin Westgarth
toCarolinafor FAnthonyStewart anda2013fourth-
round draft pick.
NEWJERSEYDEVILS Recalled D Adam Larsson,
RW Bobby Butler,C Stephen Gionta,LW Tim Sestito,
C Adam Henrique,RW Harri Pesonen,C Jacob Josef-
son, LW Mathias Tedenby from Albany (AHL).
NEW YORK ISLANDERS Recalled C Casey
Cizikas, D Travis Hamonic, LW Jon Landry, RW Colin
McDonald,LWDavidUllstromandDTyWishart from
Bridgeport (AHL);DGrifnReinhart fromEdmonton
(WHL); and C Ryan Strome from Niagara (OHL).
NEWYORKRANGERS Agreed to terms with D
Michael Del ZottoandDMatt Gilroy.RecalledFChris
Kreider from Connecticut (AHL).
PHOENIXCOYOTES Recalled D Michael Stone,
D David Rundblad, F Alexandre Bolduc and F Andy
Miele from Portland (AHL).
VANCOUVERCANUCKS Signed D Cam Barker
to a one-year contract.
WASHINGTONCAPITALS Signed RW Eric Fehr
to a one-year contract. Recalled G Braden Holtby
and D Cameron Schilling from Hershey (AHL) and
F Tom Wilson from Plymouth (OHL).Loaned D Tom
Poti to Hershey on a conditioning assignment.
AmericanHockeyLeague
ALBANY DEVILS Recalled C Kelly Zajac and F
Bryan Haczyk from Trenton (ECHL).
HAMILTONBULLDOGSSignedFTyler Murovich
to a professional tryout agreement.
ECHL
TOLEDO WALLEYE Traded D Dean Moore to
Florida for future considerations.
COLLEGE
OKLAHOMASTATE Named Joe Clements de-
fensive line coach.
VIRGINIANamedLarryLewisrunningbacksand
special team coach.
TRANSACTIONS
1/12
1/9
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1p.m.
CSN-BAY
1/21 1/11
@Denver
5p.m.
CSN-BAY
1/13
vs. Miami
7:30p.m.
CSN-BAY
1/16
@Spurs
5:30p.m.
CSN-BAY
1/18
@Hornets
5p.m.
CSN-BAY
1/19
2011N.Y. Giants 20, San Francisco 17, OT
2010Green Bay 21, Chicago 14
2009New Orleans 31, Minnesota 28, OT
2008Arizona 32, Philadelphia 25
2007New York 23, Green Bay 20, OT
2006Chicago 39, New Orleans 14
2005Seattle 34, Carolina 14
2004Philadelphia 27, Atlanta 10
2003Carolina 14, Philadelphia 3
2002Tampa Bay 27, Philadelphia 10
2001St. Louis 29, Philadelphia 24
2000New York 41, Minnesota 0
1999St. Louis 11,Tampa Bay 6
1998Atlanta 30, Minnesota 27, OT
1997Green Bay 23, San Francisco 10
1996Green Bay 30, Carolina 13
1995Dallas 38, Green Bay 27
1994San Francisco 38, Dallas 28
1993Dallas 38, San Francisco 21
1992Dallas 30, San Francisco 20
1991Washington 41, Detroit 10
1990New York 15, San Francisco 13
1989San Francisco 30, L.A. Rams 3
1988San Francisco 28, Chicago 3
1987Washington 17, Minnesota 10
1986New York 17,Washington 0
1985Chicago 24, L.A. Rams 0
1984San Francisco 23, Chicago 0
1983Washington 24, San Francisco 21
1982Washington 31, Dallas 17
1981San Francisco 28, Dallas 27
1980Philadelphia 20, Dallas 7
1979L.A. Rams 9,Tampa Bay 0
1978Dallas 28, L.A. Rams 0
1977Dallas 23, Minnesota 6
NFC CHAMPIONS
2011New England 23, Baltimore 20
2010Pittsburgh 24, N.Y. Jets 19
2009Indianapolis 30, New York 17
2008Pittsburgh 23, Baltimore 14
2007New England 21, San Diego 12
2006Indianapolis 38, New England 34
2005Pittsburgh 34, Denver 17
2004New England 41, Pittsburgh 27
2003New England 24, Indianapolis 14
2002Oakland 41,Tennessee 24
2001New England 24, Pittsburgh 17
2000Baltimore 16, Oakland 3
1999Tennessee 33, Jacksonville 14
1998Denver 23, New York 10
1997Denver 24, Pittsburgh 21
1996New England 20, Jacksonville 6
1995Pittsburgh 20, Indianapolis 16
1994San Diego 17, Pittsburgh 13
1993Buffalo 30, Kansas City 13
1992Buffalo 29, Miami 10
1991Buffalo 10, Denver 7
1990Buffalo 51, L.A. Raiders 3
1989Denver 37, Cleveland 21
1988Cincinnati 21, Buffalo 10
1987Denver 38, Cleveland 33
1986Denver 23, Cleveland 20, OT
1985New England 31, Miami 14
1984Miami 45, Pittsburgh 28
1983L.A. Raiders 30, Seattle 14
1982Miami 14, New York 0
1981Cincinnati 27, San Diego 7
1980Oakland 34, San Diego 27
1979Pittsburgh 27, Houston 13
1978Pittsburgh 34, Houston 5
1977Denver 20, Oakland 17
AFC CHAMPIONS
Winningest QBs-Postseason
Mosts wins by a starting quarterback in NFL post-
season history:
17TomBrady, NewEngland
16JoeMontana,SanFranciscoandKansasCity
14 Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh
14 John Elway, Denver
13 Brett Favre, Green Bay and Minnesota
WINNINGEST QBS
Top25Fared
Sunday
1. Duke (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. Georgia Tech,
Thursday.
2. Michigan (16-1) lost to No. 15 Ohio State 56-53.
Next: at No. 8 Minnesota,Thursday.
3.Louisville(15-1) didnot play.Next:at UConn,Mon-
day.
4.Arizona (15-1) did not play.Next:at Arizona State,
Saturday.
5. Indiana (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. Wisconsin,
Tuesday.
6. Kansas (14-1) did not play. Next: vs. Baylor, Mon-
day.
7. Syracuse (16-1) did not play. Next: at No. 3
Louisville, Saturday.
8.Minnesota(15-2) didnot play.Next:vs.No.2Michi-
gan,Thursday.
9. Gonzaga (16-1) did not play. Next: at Portland,
Thursday.
10. Missouri (12-3) did not play. Next: vs. Georgia,
Wednesday.
11. Florida (12-2) did not play. Next: at Texas A&M,
Thursday.
12.Illinois(14-4) didnot play.Next:vs.Northwestern,
Thursday.
13.Creighton (16-1) did not play.Next:vs.Northern
Iowa,Tuesday.
14. Butler (14-2) did not play. Next: vs. Richmond,
Wednesday.
15. Ohio State (13-3) beat No. 2 Michigan 56-53.
Next: at No. 22 Michigan State, Saturday.
16. San Diego State (14-2) did not play. Next: vs. No.
24 UNLV,Wednesday.
17.NotreDame(14-2) didnot play.Next:at St.Johns,
Tuesday.
18. Kansas State (13-2) did not play. Next: at TCU,
Wednesday.
19. Georgetown (11-3) did not play. Next: vs. Provi-
dence,Wednesday.
20. N.C. State (14-2) did not play. Next: at Maryland,
Wednesday.
21. Cincinnati (14-3) did not play. Next: at DePaul,
Tuesday.
22.MichiganState(14-3) beat Nebraska66-56.Next:
at Penn State,Wednesday.
23.WichitaState(15-2) lost toEvansville71-67.Next:
vs. Illinois State,Wednesday.
COLLEGE HOOPS
DENVER Danilo Gallinari
scored 21 points, Ty Lawson had
20, and the Denver Nuggets rallied
to beat the Golden State Warriors
116-105 on Sunday night for their
season-high fth straight win.
Wilson Chandler scored 14
points in his first game in two
months for Denver after being
sidelined since early November
because of pain in his left hip,
which was surgically repaired last
spring.
Stephen Curry scored 29 points,
including seven 3-pointers, to lead
Golden State. David Lee added 23
points and 13 rebounds and
Harrison Barnes had 21 points.
Down by eight going into the
fourth quarter, Denver opened the
period with a 19-2 urry to go up
98-89.
Andre Miller and Corey
Brewer each scored six points,
running the floor and scoring pri-
marily on layups. Kenneth Faried
converted a three-point play
when he muscled in a dunk and
was fouled by Lee.
Lee broke up the urry with a
dunk and Curry conected on succes-
sive 3-pointers to pull the Warriors
to within 100-97 with 6:10 remain-
ing.
Brewer, who finished with 13
points, and Gallinari hit 3-pointers
around a dunk by Gallinari to
rebuild the Nuggets lead to 108-97.
Barnes 3-pointer with 4:00 left cut
the Warriors decit to nine points
but Faried shook loose for a break-
away dunk and the Warriors didnt
threaten again.
Nuggets rally past Warriors for 5th straight win
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location. These dog loose in trafc calls
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injured animal calls and calls reporting
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and have him or her in your car, home or
yard, that call is less urgent since the dog is
out of immediate danger. If the dog has an
ID tag with the owners contact information,
please call the number. Its always best if
the reunion can happen like this, as opposed
to the dog coming to our facility. If the dog
doesnt have an ID tag with contact infor-
mation, you can bring the dog to our facility
(the one on Airport Boulevard., at Coyote
Point in San Mateo) or call for an ofcer
pick-up, which we will do as quickly as pos-
sible. At any given time, we may have other
pending calls, some of which are true emer-
gencies. Some people who rescue dogs from
harms way express an interest in adopting
should an owner not come forward. This is
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microchip form of identication. Many peo-
ple have adopted pets this way. Finally, if
you nd a stray that you feel comfortable
handling and need to bring him or her to our
facility after hours, we have a night drop
kennel. We kindly ask that people complete
a brief form indicating where and when the
dog was found.
Scott oversees PHS/SPCAs Customer
Service, Behavior and Training, Education,
Outreach, Field Services, Cruelty
Investigation, Volunteer and Media/PR pro-
gram areas and staff. His companion,
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By Derrick J. Lang
LOS ANGELES Zero Dark Thirty
hunted down the top spot at the box ofce
and easily won it.
Sony Pictures controversial Osama bin
Laden raid drama nabbed rst place with $24
million in its rst weekend in wide release,
according to studio estimates Sunday.
The lm, which opened in a limited run last
month, earned ve Oscar nominations last
week, including best picture, original screen-
play and actress for Jessica Chastain as a
dogged CIA operative.
Open Road Films horror parody A
Haunted House starring Marlon Wayans
debuted in second place with a solid $18.8
million. The Warner Bros. mobster drama
Gangster Squad, starring Josh Brolin and
Ryan Gosling as off-the-books police ofcers
battling a mob boss played by Sean Penn,
opened below expectations in third place with
$16.7 million.
After earning Oscar nominations last week,
several Academy Awards contenders benet-
ed at the box ofce. The Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences moved up the
unveiling of the Oscar nominations to
Thursday, three days ahead of Sundays
Golden Globes, Hollywoods second-biggest
awards ceremony organized by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The timing is great because there are a
host of these awards contenders still out
there, said Paul Dergarabedian, box ofce
analyst at Hollywood.com. Django
Unchained, Les Miserables, Lincoln,
Silver Linings Playbook and a few others are
still out there. Which movies win tonight at
the Golden Globes will denitely receive a
boost going forward.
At the Golden Globes, Zero Dark Thirty
will be up against Argo, Django Unchained,
Life of Pi and Lincoln in the best motion
picture drama category. Its also competing
against those lms for the best picture prize at
the Oscars ceremony on Feb. 24, as well as
Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Les
Miserables and Silver Linings Playbook.
Controversies surrounding Zero Dark
Thirty, which depicts waterboarding and
other harsh interrogation methods, may have
helped create buzz for the lm. Several law-
makers accused the CIA of misleading Zero
Dark Thirty lmmakers by allegedly telling
them such interrogation methods helped track
down terrorist mastermind bin Laden in 2011.
There are so many facets of Zero Dark
Thirty that have created interest in it, said
Rory Bruer, head of distribution at Sony.
Ultimately, its a great lm. Thats the piece
that you really need to have to get this great of
a result. I think its a lm thats not only going
to do well in the marketplace but also be
talked about for years to come.
The weekends third place nisher, Gangster
Squad, similarly attracted controversy last year
after the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colo.,
movie theater left 12 dead. Warner Bros. pulled
the movies trailer and delayed the release out
of sensitivity because the lm originally fea-
tured a scene with mobsters ruthlessly shooting
into a movie theater audience.
The entire sequence featuring Brolins char-
acter being ambushed inside famed
Hollywood movie palace Graumans Chinese
Theater was removed from Gangster Squad
and replaced with a new scene, which cost
millions of dollars to reshoot, set in Los
Angeles Chinatown neighborhood. The rest
of the lms many bullet-ridden Tommy gun
battles remained intact.
Theres nothing that indicates violence was
an issue, said Jeff Goldstein, general sales
manager at Warner Bros. I dont think thats
the case here. The exit polling tells us that peo-
ple liked what they saw in Gangster Squad. I
think well have a nice hold going into the hol-
iday weekend where people will be more
available and have more leisure time.
Internationally, Life of Pi dominated in
68 territories with $35.8 million, bringing its
worldwide total to $452.1 million. The
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey followed
closely behind with $35.1 million in 62 terri-
tories. The worldwide total for the first
Hobbit chapter is now $886.1 million. Les
Mis earned $35.6 million in 23 territories,
giving it a $234.3 million worldwide total.
Overall business in North America this
weekend came in at $142 million, up more
than 7 percent from the same period last year,
when the Mark Wahlberg thriller
Contraband led the box ofce with $24.3
million, according to box-office tracker
Hollywood.com. It marks the third weekend
in a row for Hollywood when business has
been up over last year.
Zero Dark Thirty captures No. 1
1.Zero Dark Thirty,$24 million
($1.2 million international).
2.A Haunted House,$18.8 million.
3.Gangster Squad,$16.7 million
4.Django Unchained,$11 million.
5.Les Miserables,$10.1 million
6.The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,
$9 million ($26.1 million international).
7.Lincoln,$6.3 million.
8.Parental Guidance,$6.1 million
9.Texas Chainsaw 3-D,$5.1 million
10.Silver Linings Playbook,$5 million.
Top 10 movies
Jessica Chastain plays the CIAs Maya in Zero
Dark Thirty.
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Birth announcements:
Jacob and Heather Lile, of Redwood
City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital in Redwood City Dec. 22, 2012.
Yusuf Tjhin and Ellyn Puspitasari, of
Fremont, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia
Andrew and Angela Bunner, of Belmont,
gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital
in Redwood City Dec. 24, 2012.
Clinton and Anushka Brownley, of Los
Gatos, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia
Sergey and Yuliya Povzner, of Belmont,
gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital
An-yen and Ashley Hu, of San Carlos,
Lucas and Natalie Roberts, of San
Mateo, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia
Tomasz and Sonya Krawczyk, of
Belmont, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia
Anthony Guntharp and Nicole Kenyon,
of El Granada, gave birth to a baby boy at
Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City Dec. 27,
2012.
David Joya and Lina Pech, of Sunnyvale,
Andrew and Priscilla Shaw, of San
Mateo, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Kiyoshi and Jenny McGinnis, of
Belmont, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Bryan Wylie and Bridget OBrien, of
Redwood City, gave birth to a baby girl at
Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City Dec. 31,
2012.
Thomas and Claire Fry, of San Mateo,
Daniel and Kathleen Mattison, of San
Carlos, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital in Redwood City Jan. 1, 2013.
William and Rebecca Santos, of San
Mateo, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia
Hospital in Redwood City Jan. 2, 2013.
Juan Varela and Anahi Camacho, of
Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at
Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City Jan. 2,
2013.
Matthew and Linda McCulloch, of
Redwood City, gave birth to a baby girl at
2013.
Jacob Sherkow and Amanda Fein, of
Palo Alto, gave birth to a baby girl at
2013.
ALEX FURUYA
Wai Kan gives Cassandra Vlahos a spin during a waltz at the Victorian 12th Night Ball held Jan.
5 at the San Mateo Masonic Lodge Ballroom.
VICTORIAN BALL
Foster City Rotarians
Ollie Pattum, Linda
Grant, and Jon Grant,
Foster City Elementary
Principal David Hol-
combe, Rotarian Jeff
Brown, Rotarian Presi-
dent Noemi Avram,
San Mateo-Foster City
Elementary School Dis-
trict Superintendent
Dr. Cyndy Simms, and
Rotarian Rich Bieder-
man passed out 400
dictionaries to stu-
dents Dec. 19. It was
the fth straight year
the Rotary has made
the donation.
DICTIONARY DONATION
LOCAL 19
(1944), the Great Basin and Sierra Mountains
(1845). Fremont was to lead these expedi-
tions. His rst expedition into the West was
where he mapped the Wind River Range of
the Rocky Mountains. In May 1843, Fremont
set out with 40 men on a second topographic
expedition, this time to California.
Fremont had engaged a well-known scout,
Christopher Kit Carson. Carsons genius as a
leader saved the expeditions many times.
When he reached the Sierra Mountains, he
ignored advice to wait until the snow melted
before he continued. The trip over the Sierras
almost cost lives of his men. After four weeks of
extremely bad weather, the expedition arrived in
the Sacramento Valley and hiked to a well-
known place, Sutters Fort. Fremont was anxious
to nd out how the Mexicans and Americans in
California felt about being annexed to the United
States. Many were eager to have the area brought
into the realm of America. But not all felt this
way, especially some high-ranking Mexicans.
After spending two weeks recuperating at the
Fort Fremont, his men traveled south, crossed the
Sierra Nevada range at Walker Gap and returned
to Washington, D.C. Upon returning, he became
an instant hero. He wrote a book that was to open
his exploration to many millions of people on the
East Coast that hungered for news and informa-
tion of the West. Immigrants to the West used the
maps and information about the West in the trav-
els to California. Fremont had become a hero and
gained a nickname The Great Pathnder.
The new president of the United States,
James K. Polk, was interested in acquiring
California and immediately decided that more
had to be known about the lands to the west.
He set up another expedition for Fremont and
60 riemen to accompany him. Many saw this
as an attempt to be ready if California became
available to come into the Union and be under
American rule. Fremont saw an opportunity
to achieve more fame and fortune if he was in
California when this happened.
Sutters Fort occupants were even more
enthusiastic about statehood when Fremont
arrived in January 1846. Going against the
Mexican authoritys advice, when he left, he
traveled to Mission San Jose and set up camp.
The Mexican governor was not pleased as he
was not supposed to mingle near Mexican set-
tlements nor talk the way he was about secur-
ing California from the Mexicans. He moved to
the area of Mission Jose de Guadalupe and
immediately moved to a peak nearby Hawks
Peak (now named Fremont Peak) and built a
fort. He had had a run-in with a Mexican citi-
zen from San Jose that charged Fremont had
one of his horses and Fremont made a moun-
tain out of a mole hill by ordering the Mexicans
out of camp and told him he was wrong.
General Jose Castro, the military com-
mander of Alta California, sent a letter to
Fremont and Fremont began raising hell about
how he was being treated and that he did not
have the mans horse. Tensions were high in
both camps and the threat of a massacre was
rumored as the Mexicans had thousands of
soldiers available in case a ght began.
After spending three days, in February 1846,
on the peak, Fremont and his men retreated from
the peak and headed north to Oregon. After
reaching Klamath Lake, a mysterious messenger
arrived from Washington, D.C. and, after the
meeting at which oral report was given to
Fremont, Fremont turned around and headed
south with no explanation to his men.
At Sutters Fort, Fremont appointed Ezekiel
Merritt a eld lieutenant. Immediately, Merritt
and 33 armed volunteers marched to General
Vallejos town of Sonoma and demanded Vallejo
surrender California to America. The Bear Flag
War or Bear Flag Rebellion on the week of
June 14, 1846 was bloodless thanks to the cool
heads of everyone at this point.
Fremont then went to San Rafael where a bat-
tle ensued and Mexicans were killed and put to
rout. An event occurred on June 1846 that blem-
ished Fremonts character enough to have an
adverse affect on his run for the presidency later.
Fremont had sent Kit Carson to check on three
people disembarking from a boat nearby. Carson
asked Fremont if he should capture them and
Fremont answered that he had no room for pris-
oners. Carson killed the men; two were the
nephews of Jose Antonio Sanchez (grantee of
Rancho Buri Buri). This act haunted Fremont the
rest of his life. After this event, Fremont boated
across the Golden Gate to San Francisco and
spiked the Spanish cannons at Fort Point.
Fremont was riding high at this point but his
ego was too big for many of the military ofcers.
Eventually he was tried for mutiny, insubordina-
tion (refusal to follow orders of a superior of-
cer) and conduct contrary to military discipline
and order. General Stephen W. Kearny got his
revenge when Fremont was found guilty, but
President Polk immediately dismissed Fremonts
sentence and allowed him to remain in the Army.
Fremont, however, resigned his commission and
went back into a private life.
In January 1849, Fremont returned to
California and purchased a 44,386-acre ranch
on which he discovered gold. At least for a
while, he was wealthy. However, he eventual-
ly lost it all on bad investments.
John E. Fremont was either a hero or a
scoundrel, depending on each circumstance in
his life.
HISTORY
council goes against the recommendations of
city staff by determining that the convenience
store is not a legal non-conforming use of the
land. Lawsuits have been threatened if the city
does not stick to previous city staff decisions.
The Planning Commission, comprised of
appointed citizen volunteers, has already
made the determination that city staff some-
how bungled the process to let a 24-hour con-
venience store open up at the former deli.
Residents near the store have hinted that the
process may have also been corrupted and
used the power of subpoena to force city of-
cials, including Councilman Jack Matthews,
to testify before the Planning Commission last
month on what exactly transpired and whether
any conicts of interest or undue inuence
existed in the process.
Mayor David Lim called for public hearings
to consider initially whether the city should
terminate the legal non-conforming use of the
land which would have given 7-Eleven a min-
imum of two years to operate on the site.
The council now, however, is just consider-
ing whether the 7-Eleven is a similar use to the
former deli or whether the use now is more
intensied. If it is deemed to be more intense,
the council can nd that building permits
issued by city staff were done so in error.
The Planning Commission is recommend-
ing to the City Council to determine that the 7-
Eleven is not a legal non-conforming use of
the property.
City code dictates that since the market use
was discontinued for at least six months that
the land must be returned back to residential.
But a competing legal opinion from within
the City Attorneys Ofce, given in an email in
March, was enough to abruptly end a public
process as PDP sought a zoning code amend-
ment to push the discontinued use part of the
code past the six-month mark.
The opinion, given by interim City Attorney
Cecilia Quick, determined that although the
market use had been discontinued, the owners,
Isaac Choy and Susan Lin, had no intent to
abandon a market use for the property even
though the Hillsborough doctors marketed it
for a medical/dental ofce use.
Once Quick gave her controversial opinion
on the matter, building permits were issued,
the property was sold and 7-Eleven signed a
lease with a 30-year term with PDP.
The store has been open a little more than
two weeks and neighbors have demonstrated
at least twice now in front of the store to
protest its presence.
City planners had repeatedly told other
interested parties in the matter, including
Matthews and his architectural rm, that a
market use was no longer possible on the site
and that it must be reverted back to residential.
The San Mateo City Council meets 6 p.m.,
Monday, Jan. 14, City Hall, 330 W. 20th Ave.,
San Mateo.
STORE
begin owing in June.
The tax, which increases the county rate to
8.75 percent, begins April 1. A public workshop
is anticipated Feb. 12 to nail down spending pri-
orities and set the rst years actual allocations.
Its unclear what entities may make a per-
sonal pitch on Tuesday. However, the
November ballot provided a laundry list of
possible recipients and, heading into the
workshop, County Manager John Maltbie is
ready with another roster of potential uses.
In his report to the Board of Supervisors,
Maltbie is also ready with a word of caution
remember that the tax will sunset in 10 years.
How these fund are spent will undoubted-
ly determine whether voters renew this tax,
Maltbie wrote in the report.
Maltbie wrote that the limited term of the
funds make them appropriate for short term
and urgent needs, replacement or upgrades of
critical facilities and infrastructure, paying
down debt and unfunded liabilities and invest-
ing in pilot programs that will help reduce the
structural decit. As examples, his report ticks
off child abuse prevention, emergency dispatch,
re prevention, reading programs and homework
centers, county parks, health care, seismic
upgrades at hospitals and needs like child care,
shared services and economic development.
Many of the suggestions echo those listed on
the ballot although those included specics like
seismic upgrades at private Seton Medical Center
in Daly City and jail stafng.
For his part, Horsley said hes interested in
helping out parks. He also wants to make sure the
county doesnt spend its windfall willy-nilly.
We want to be cautious as well before we start
spending. Its not as if the tax money is anywhere
near our overall budget of nearly $2 billion,
Horsley said.
Supervisor Carole Groom wants an inventory
of the countys deferred maintenance and a look
at the programs cut by the state that might be
restored by county funding.
Thats of great importance. And I want a pri-
oritization of what we can do and how much it is
going to cost, she said.
Using Measure A funds to pay down existing
debt and unfunded liabilities like retirement ben-
ets would lower ongoing contributions and free
up money for ongoing operations, according to
Maltbies assessment. For example, a lump sum
payment of $50 million toward the countys
$962.3 million in unfunded retirement liability
could reduce annual county contributions by $4
million to $5 million.
The county has a total of more than $1.8 billion
in existing liabilities and infrastructure needs,
including more than $300 million for facilities
like the replacement jail, unfunded major main-
tenance projects and new construction. At
Tuesdays workshop, the Board of Supervisors is
expected to direct Maltbie to prepare a resolution
by May 31 designating an oversight committee
to perform an annual audit of the Measure A rev-
enue.
The Board of Supervisors meets 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 15 in Board Chambers, 400
County Government Center, Redwood City.
TAX
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MONDAY, JAN. 14
Free Tax Preparation. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from Jan. 14
to April 5. 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. Samaritan House, 4031 Pacic
Blvd., San Mateo. To make an
appointment or for more information
call 523-0804.
Teen Cooking Class: Beli Deli. 3:30
p.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda
de las Pulgas, Belmont. Make a stop
at the Wellness Hub. Sign up for free
weekly cooking classes provided by
the Peninsulas oldest traditional
deli/restaurant, Beli Deli. Recipes will
vary by week and classes are limited
to 25 students ages 12 to 19. All
supplies included. Please sign up at
the Information Desk by calling 591-
8286 or emailing goyal@smcl.org.
TUESDAY, JAN. 15
Social Media Savvy Seniors. 10:15
a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Burlingame
Recreation Center, 850 Burlingame
Ave., Burlingame. Bonnie Silverman
of Synnergy Home Care will give a
lecture as part of the Free Health and
Wellness Lecture Series for Active
Adults and Seniors. For ages 55 and
older. Free. For more information call
558-7300.
San Mateo County Newcomers
Club Luncheon. Noon. Ristorante
Buon Gusto, 224 Grand Ave., South
San Francisco. Speaker Cynthia
Schreurs, Attorney at Law, will focus
on estate planning, wills, trusts and
probate law. $25. Deadline to RSVP
Jan. 9. For more information call 286-
0688.
Playing Card Upcycle. 3:30 p.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. In this upcycled
craft, well be creating our own
pocket-journals using playing cards!
From personalized diaries to notes
for your friends, the possibilities are
endless. All materials are provided,
while supplies last. For ages 12 to 19.
Free. For more information email
conrad@smcl.org.
History of Iranian Music: Lecture
in Farsi. 6:30 p.m. Building 420,
Stanford University, Stanford. Free.
For more information go to
http://arts.stanford.edu/event/histor
y-of-iranian-music.
An Evening With Author JoAnneh
Nagler. 7 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont.
JoAnneh Nagler will discuss her new
book,The Debt-Free Spending Plan:
An Amazingly Simple Way to Take
Control of Your Finances Once and
For All. Free. For more information
contact conrad@smcl.org.
St. Timothy School Kindergarten
Open House. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. St.
Timothy Catholic School, 1515 Dolan
Ave., San Mateo. For more
information go to
www.sttimothyschool.org or call
342-6567.
Tech Night in the Millbrae Library.
7 p.m. Millbrae Library, 1 Library Ave.,
Millbrae. Free. This program will focus
on tablets, how they work, strengths,
weaknesses and how to borrow
library e-books. For more information
call 697-7607.
Martins Dream in the Tapestry of
History. 7:30 p.m. Cubberley
Auditorium, Stanford University,
Stanford. Free. For more information
call 725-2650.
Beginner Square Dance Class. 7:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Beresford Rec
Center, 2720 Alameda de las Pulgas,
San Mateo. Free. For more
information go to
www.smroadrunners.org.
NCCO National Tour Kick-Off
Concert. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Center for
Performing Arts, Menlo-Atherton
High School, 555 Middlefield Road,
Atherton. The New Century Chamber
Orchestra will perform from their
tour repertoire. Tickets start at $29.
For more information go to ncco.org.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16
Wednesdays and Fridays from Jan.
14 to April 5. 9 a.m. to noon and 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. Samaritan House, 4031
Pacific Blvd., San Mateo. To make an
appointment or for more
information call 523-0804.
Job Search Review. 10 a.m. to noon.
Silicon Valley Community
Foundation, 1300 S. El Camino Real,
San Mateo. A panel of job search
experts provide job search advice.
Free. For more information go to
phse2careers.org.
NAIFA SF Peninsula Health Care
Expo. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Crowne Plaza
Hotel 1221 Chess Drive, Foster City.
Lunch included. No charge for
members. $25 nonmembers. For
more information and to RSVP call
(925) 935-9691.
Beginning Word Processing. 10:30
a.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda
de las Pulgas, Belmont. Learn the
basics of Microsoft Word 2007. For
more information email
conrad@smcl.org.
Senior Center 26th Anniversary
Celebration: Dancing and a chicken
piccata lunch. San Bruno Senior
Center, 1555 Crystal Springs Road, San
Bruno. Tickets available at the front
desk. For more information call 616-
7150.
A Time to Cast Away Stones: A
Reading and Singing with Elise
Miller. 6 p.m. Stanford Bookstore,
Stanford University, Stanford. Free. For
more information call 329-1217.
Youth and Drug Awareness
Presentation for Parents and
Teachers. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Foster
City Teen Center, 670 Shell Blvd.,
Foster City. The San Mateo County
Narcotics Task Force presents this
workshop intended for teachers,
parents, school administrators and
youth workers. Free. For more
information and to reserve a spot call
286-3395.
THURSDAY, JAN. 17
Storytime. 10:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.The
Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St.,
Menlo Park. Free. Mandarin/English
Storytime with Miss Stephanie at
10:15 a.m. Toddler Storytime with
professional storyteller John Weaver
at 11:15 a.m. Afternoon Preschool
Storytime with John Weaver at 2:15
p.m. For more information go to
www.menloparklibrary.org/children.
html.
San Mateo AARP Chapter 139
Meeting. Social hour 11 a.m. to noon,
meeting starts at noon. Beresford
Recreation Center, 2720 Alameda de
las Pulgas, San Mateo. There will be
Installation of Officers followed by
Scott Holiday performing with a
guitar. Free. For more information call
345-5001.
Estate Planning Basis 101 Lecture.
Noon. San Mateo County Law Library,
710 Hamilton Street, Redwood City.
Learn the basics about living trusts,
wills, powers of attorney, and health
care directives at this lecture. Free. For
more information call 363-4913 or go
to smcll.org.
Screening of the Dreamworks
animated movie Madagascar 3:
Europes Most Wanted. 3:30 p.m.
San Mateo Public Library, Oak Room,
55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo. Free. For
Health, Hope and Healing. 5:30 p.m.
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford
University, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
Free. For more information call 498-
7869.
Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A
Reading and Signing with Greg
Smith. 6 p.m. Stanford Bookstore,
Stanford University, Stanford. Free. For
SMMMASH: Body (Stanford
Multidisciplinary
Multidimensional Meeting of Arts,
Science and Humanities). 7 p.m.
Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford
University, Stanford. Free. For more
information call 725-2650.
An Evening with Author Juliann
Garey. 7 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. Free.
In her rst novel,Too Bright To Hear
Too Loud To See, the author takes
readers inside the restless mind,
ravaged heart and anguished soul of
Greyson Todd, a successful Hollywood
studio executive who leaves his wife
and young daughter to travel the
world for a decade. A reception will
precede the event and a book selling
and signing will follow the event. For
more information contact
conrad@smcl.org.
FRIDAY, JAN. 18
Wednesdays and Fridays from Jan. 14
to April 5. 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. Samaritan House, 4031 Pacic
Blvd., San Mateo. To make an
appointment or for more information
call 523-0804.
Mavericks: Everest of the Seas.
Noon to 5 p.m. Coastal Arts League
Museum, 300 Main St., Half Moon Bay.
Continues through Feb. 24 with
reception on Jan. 26. Museum opens
Thursday through Monday during
same hours. For more information call
726-6335.
Tango! with Quartet San Francisco
and pre-concert lecture. 7 p.m. Fox
Theatre, 2223 Broadway, Redwood
City. Quartet San Francisco, tango
dancers Sandor and Parissa and the
symphony will all perform at 8 p.m.
following the lecture. $40 for general
admission, $35 for seniors and $20 for
youth/students. For more information
and for tickets go to
peninsulasymphony.org.
Teen Open Mic Night. 7 p.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las
Pulgas, Belmont. Its the start of the
Open Mic Nights for 2013! Youve got
up six minutes. to show us what
youve got. All acts welcome!
Refreshments will be provided. For
ages 12 and up. Free. For more
information email conrad@smcl.org.
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Fremont. Self-described as a nerdy
child, Paharia spent hours playing video
games. He got a paper route to pay for
the latest Mac, which didnt really have
games but did allow Paharia to draw and
print those drawings. He attended the
University of California at Berkeley and
Stanford University where he earned his
bachelors and masters degrees in com-
puter science, respectively.
It was while at Stanford that he met
his wife, Laura. She was a teachers
assistant.
I got an A, he said with a laugh.
The two became friends and were
married in 2005.
Bunchball came later. Paharia worked
for a variety of companies but found that
he wanted a new challenge. He called
his former professor, who was then at
IDEO, and asked to interview. He spent
four years there before leaving to create
his family-inspired company. Laura
Paharia was employee number one,
director of everything else, Paharia said.
She left about ve years ago when the
couple welcomed their rst of three
boys. Today, they have a 5-year-old, a 2-
year-old and a 3-month-old.
The company started with the idea of
helping connect people with well-
known games. The idea of gaming for
business hadnt really caught on at the
time. Paharia was a little early with his
idea.
Being early is the same as being
wrong, he said.
Around 2007, the thinking changed.
People wanted games they could play
with their friends online. And the com-
pany switched gears to a gamication
focus a word that wasnt really
coined until a couple of years later.
Gamication uses tools to drive par-
ticipation, engagement and loyalty to
company websites. The tools include
earning badges, trophies or achieve-
ments; creating virtual identities for
self-expression; competing; collabora-
tion and tracking and rewarding online
activity.
Using these sorts of tools really
became possible when people started
living lives online, he explained. Doing
so puts our behavior, likes, dislikes, pur-
chases, whatever, out in the world. Its
about taking that information and using
it to inuence behavior.
Driving behavior started with working
with companies who wanted to engage
with customers. Slowly, companies have
realized the same motivators for people
outside of work can work to encourage
employees. As of last year, the company
spent half its time working to engage
customers and the other internally with
employees. Paharia expects the employ-
ee portion to become larger shortly.
Hes now taken a back seat to the CEO
job, which Paharia is happy about.
Officially the chief product officer,
Paharia spends more time helping with
other projects and creating the part he
likes best. Later this year, Paharias
book about the lessons hes learned
about motivating others will be released.
With three youngsters at home,
Paharias free time is often spent as a
jungle gym. And, despite his ample
knowledge about human behavior, hes
still looking for ways to encourage his
children to brush their teeth.
GAME
Ainsworth.
[The name] gives us roots here, he
said, adding that naming the chocolate
after an endangered species also speaks
to the rarity of the type of European con-
fections that will be in the Mission
Blue line.
Our way of making chocolate is sort
of a dying art, he said.
Quality in the baking aisle
In most grocery stores, the produce
aisle offers a multitude of organic and
local products. In the baked goods aisle,
however, customers rarely see such
options. Crackers, cookies and bread
almost always contain a laundry list of
ingredients that are difficult to pro-
nounce.
Ainsworth is changing all of that with
Pastry Smart.
You look at our labels and theres
less than nine ingredients, he said. We
buy the best ingredients on the planet.
His artisan-bakery-meets-modern-
pastry-factory creates par-baked loaves,
sandwich rolls, cookies dough and
chocolate with high-quality organic
ingredients.
As he watched chefs transfer loaves of
rosemary ciabatta dough onto an oven
conveyor belt, Ainsworth explained that
the highly automated equipment that
lls the factory helps to ensure quality
and consistency of the pastries.
Some people look at the state-of-the-
art machinery in the production room
and tell Ainsworth that his bakery is far
from artisan. But he disagrees.
We hand-pack cookies and hand-
shape our bread, he said. In todays
world, we most certainly are [artisan].
Organic and sustainable
Pastry Smart is the only American
Humane certied bakery in the country,
according to Ainsworth, who worked for
Ritz Carlton as a pastry chef. A humane
certication signies that all ingredients
in the products, such as dairy, are pro-
duced from humanely raised animals.
When Ainsworth founded Pastry
Smart in 2006, his goal was to make the
highest-quality product, which led him
to source organic ingredients.
All of milk and butter products used
by Pastry Smart are from the humane
certified Clover Stornetta Farms in
Northern California. Much of the com-
panys our comes from Giustos, an
organic our company in South San
Francisco.
The company also strives to be envi-
ronmentally conscious. Solar panels on
the roof of the bakery provide about one
quarter of the factorys power.
Packaging is engineered to be cost-
effective and recyclable, even down to
the labels, which are printed using soy
inks. Ingredients such as our and oil
are ordered in very large bulk containers
to cut down on the frequencies of deliv-
ery trucks.
Backward business
When asked why he decided to pay
such close attention to the details of his
products, Ainsworth said, its just part
of our culture.
Usually businesses see a market
demand and try to reform their product
so it meets that demand. Ainsworth sees
his company as backward in this way: he
followed his own ideals and found that
there was a demand for his products.
We thought quality would drive the
company, he said.
And the quality certainly has driven
Pastry Smarts success. Whole Foods,
for example, has very specic demands
for its products in terms of organic
ingredients and sustainability.
We were already doing it, he said.
Whole Foods said, where have you
been?
People are drawn to organics as they
become more and more educated about
processed foods, said Ainsworth.
I think the expectations of consumers
have been elevated, he said.
Pastry Smart is expected to begin sup-
plying Costco in the near future.
Production of Mission Blue chocolate
will begin in the next few months.
Pastry Smart is at 1100 S. Amphlett
Blvd. in San Mateo. For more informa-
tion and retail locations visit: www.pas-
trysmart.com.
PASTRY
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Even though your
instincts are usually good, you should rely solely on
your logic today. This is especially true concerning
anything that youre trying to promote or sell.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Unbeknownst to
you, something opportune is developing behind the
scenes that will most likely produce defnite benefts.
However, its full results wont be felt until later.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- An objective that you
previously felt was important could begin to lose its
appeal, due to another aim that is now capturing
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Whether you need to
extricate yourself from a problematical arrangement
or turn a losing situation into a winner, you have the
ability to do either. You just have to believe in yourself.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Dont let your
wonderful gift of being able to grasp facts quickly
and accurately go unused. Mingle with people who
can teach you what you need to know.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- There is no need to be
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is needed. Youll never know how high you can score
if you dont try.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Your frst thoughts
arent always your best ones, so it behooves you not
to jump to conclusions. Take plenty of time to weigh
and balance anything critical or important.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Although you take all of
your duties seriously, you know better than most
that theres always the possibility for error. Mistakes
could arise when working with someone who needs
detailed help.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- A better understanding
can be achieved with someone whom you havent as
yet fgured out. Turn this acquaintance into a close
friend by getting to know each other.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Even if it takes you a
while to get into full gear, once you do, chances are
you will accomplish something of tremendous worth
that will make you and others quite proud.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- It might pay to set
aside your usual agenda and give your mind and
body a rest from all your worldly affairs. Instead, do
something thats frivolous and carefree.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Your fnancial
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try to close the deal, if at all possible.
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18 Chip maker
20 Fleetwood --
21 Have winter fun
22 Jockey -- Cordero Jr.
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29 Draw closer
30 Curved bone
31 Ally opposite
32 Moray
33 Raised railways
34 Long spear
35 Try for a pin
38 Rationed out
39 Cow chow
40 Swab
41 At an angle
44 Rubdown
48 Cake alternative
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51 Miscalculate
52 Crudely
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54 Berlin article
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5 Fishing poles
6 Gourmandized
7 Bedouin leaders
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9 Mean person
10 Ms. Sheehy
12 Cheers!
15 Promising rookie
19 Tip of a pen
21 Hero sandwiches
22 Over again
23 Faint heart -- won . . .
24 Strong wind
25 Ill humor
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28 Sunfower product
30 Depend (on)
34 RC rival
36 That girl
37 Cheap and gaudy
38 Like a damp rock
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22
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Wanted: Independent Contractor to provide deliv-
ery of the Daily Journal six days per week, Mon-
day thru Saturday, early morning. Experience
with newspaper delivery required.
Must have valid license and appropriate insurance
coverage to provide this service in order to be eli-
gible. Papers are available for pickup in San Ma-
teo at 3:00 a.m. or San Francisco earlier.
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to 4pm at The Daily Journal, 800 S. Claremont St
#210, San Mateo.
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LEGAL NOTICES
Fictitious Business Name Statements, Trustee
Sale Notice, Alcohol Beverage License, Name
Change, Probate, Notice of Adoption, Divorce
Summons, Notice of Public Sales, and More.
Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County.
Fax your request to: 650-344-5290
Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com
104 Training
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The San Mateo Daily Journal Classi-
fieds will not be responsible for more
than one incorrect insertion, and its lia-
bility shall be limited to the price of one
insertion. No allowance will be made for
errors not materially affecting the value
of the ad. All error claims must be sub-
mitted within 30 days. For full advertis-
ing conditions, please ask for a Rate
Card.
110 Employment
CAREGIVERS
Mid Peninsula
CNAs needed
Hiring now!
Hourly & Live-ins
Drivers encouraged
Call Mon-Fri 9am 3pm
Reliable Caregivers
415-436-0100
(650)286-0111
HELP WANTED: FOSTER CITY REC-
REATION FACILITY - part-time staff po-
sition open. Evening and weekend shifts
required. Must live locally. For a full job
description, please email:
Rob@themanorassn.com
HOME CARE AIDES
Multiple shifts to meet your needs. Great
pay & benefits, Sign-on bonus, 1yr exp
required.
Matched Caregivers (650)839-2273,
(408)280-7039 or (888)340-2273
HOUSEKEEPERS
NEEDED
on Peninsula
Need 3+ yrs exp. in large
homes, strong
communication, eye for
detail, highly
professional. $25/hr
www.tandcr.com
415-567-0956
HOUSEKEEPING, RETIREMENT com-
munity. Full time, understand, write &
speak English. Experience required
$10/hr + benefits. Apply 201 Chadbourne
Ave., Millbrae.
110 Employment
NEWSPAPER INTERNS
JOURNALISM
The Daily Journal is looking for in-
terns to do entry level reporting, re-
search, updates of our ongoing fea-
tures and interviews. Photo interns al-
so welcome.
We expect a commitment of four to
eight hours a week for at least four
months. The internship is unpaid, but
intelligent, aggressive and talented in-
terns have progressed in time into
paid correspondents and full-time re-
porters.
College students or recent graduates
are encouraged to apply. Newspaper
experience is preferred but not neces-
sarily required.
Please send a cover letter describing
your interest in newspapers, a resume
and three recent clips. Before you ap-
ply, you should familiarize yourself
with our publication. Our Web site:
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Send your information via e-mail to
news@smdailyjournal.com or by reg-
ular mail to 800 S. Claremont St #210,
San Mateo CA 94402.
110 Employment
SALES/MARKETING
INTERNSHIPS
The San Mateo Daily Journal is looking
for ambitious interns who are eager to
jump into the business arena with both
feet and hands. Learn the ins and outs
of the newspaper and media industries.
This position will provide valuable
experience for your bright future.
Email resume
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TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATICA Corporation has the fol-
lowing job opportunities available in Red-
wood City, CA :
Senior Software Engineer (RC13ACH) -
Work closely with architects and product
managers from various product groups.
Professional Services Senior Consultant
(RC14VSH) - Ensure customers are suc-
cessful in deploying Informatica data in-
tegration and analytic platforms. Position
may require travel to various, unantici-
pated locations.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
(RC15TAT) - Participate in the testing ef-
fort of enterprise software.
Technical Delivery Manager (RC16PKO)
- Provide overall project leadership and
direct project teams in delivering high-
quality products within committed time-
frames and budgets. Position may re-
quire travel to various, unanticipated lo-
cations.
Senior Consultant (RC17JAH) - Provide
advanced technical leadership in pre-
sales situations. Position may require
travel to various, unanticipated locations.
Submit resume by mail to: Attn: M/S
KM024, Informatica Corporation, 100
Cardinal Way, Redwood City, CA 94063.
Must reference job title and job code.
120 Child Care Services
AGAPE VILLAGES
Foster Family Agency
Become a Foster Parent!
We Need Loving Homes for
Disadvantaged Children
Entrusted to Our Care.
Monthly Compensation Provided.
Call 1-800-566-2225
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129 Cemetery Plots
CEMETERY PLOT- Skylawn Memorial
Park plot for 2 in beautiful Santo Nino III.
Current value $5500. Will take best offer.
Phone (650) 245-4686.
203 Public Notices
CASE# CIV 518876
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
Ronald Veronda, and Patricia Ivester
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner, Ronald Veronda, and Patricia
Ivester filed a petition with this court for a
decree changing name as follows:
Present name: Matthew(f) Raymond(m)
Goodspeed Veronda(l)
Proposed name: Matthew(f) Raymond
Goodspeed(m) Veronda(l)
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear be-
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
tition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the rea-
sons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing. A HEARING on
the petition shall be held on February 15,
2013 at 9 a.m., Dept. PJ, Room 2J , at
400 County Center, Redwood City, CA
94063. A copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least once
each week for four successive weeks pri-
or to the date set for hearing on the peti-
tion in the following newspaper of gener-
al circulation: Daily Journal
Filed: 01/03/2013
/s/ Robert D. Foiles /
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 01/03/2013
(Published, 01/07/13, 01/14/13,
01/21/13, 01/28/13)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #253580
The following person is doing business
as: Handy Works Home Services, 111
Indio Dr., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
94080 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Christopher Allen Gogna,
same address. The business is conduct-
ed by an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on N/A.
/s/ Christopher Gogna /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 12/12/2012. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/31/12, 01/07/13, 01/14/13, 01/21/13).
203 Public Notices
STATEMENT #253809
as: BZP Property Group, 30 Colorados
Dr., MILLBRAE, CA 94030 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Barry
Wong, same address, Zhong Wang, 606
Pavo Ln., Foster City, CA 94404, Piu
Wong, 15 Heather Pl., MILLBRAE, CA
94030. The business is conducted by a
General Partnership The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on.
/s/ Barry Wong /
/s/ Piu Wong /
/s/ Zhong Wang /
01/12/13, 01/19/13, 01/23/13, 02/02/13).
STATEMENT #253889
as: Wisdom To Heal, 161 W. 25th Ave,
Ste. 205A, SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Bertha Cecilia Marquez, 492 23rd Ave.,
San Mateo, CA 94403. The business is
conducted by an Individual The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on.
/s/ Bertha Cecilia Marquez /
01/14/13, 01/21/13, 01/28/13, 02/04/13).
STATEMENT #253921
as: Apple Bakes, 224 Tamarack Ln.,
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Michelle A. Johnson, 1212-H El Camino
Real, #203, San Bruno, CA 94066. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Michelle A. Johnson /
01/14/13, 01/21/13, 01/28/13, 02/04/13).
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Case No. 122987
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In re the Estate :
CLARA WILLIAMS RODDY, aka
CLARA W. RODDY, and C. W. RODDY,
Deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the cred-
itors and contingent beneficiaries of the
above-named decedent that all persons
having claims against the decedent are
required to file them with the San Mateo
County Superior Court at 400 County
Center, Redwood City, California 94063,
and mail a copy to Michael J. Kallis,
Esq., Attorney for DARNELL ANTONE
RODDY, Successors Trustees of the C.
W. RODDY Trust, dated March 13, 1995,
wherein the decedent, was the Settlor,
within the latter of four months after Jan-
uary 20, 2013, or, if notice is mailed or
personally delivered to you, 30 days after
the date this notice is mailed or personal-
ly delivered to you. A claim form may be
obtained from the court clerk. For your
protection, you are encouraged to file
you claim by certified mail, with return re-
ceipt requested.
203 Public Notices
DATED: January 3, 2013
/s/ Micheal J. Kallis, ESQ. /
Attorney for Successor Trustees
DARNELL ANTONE RODDY
FILED: January 3, 2013
Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal
on January 7, 14, 21, 2013.
210 Lost & Found
FOUND CHIHUAHUA mix Terrier tan
male near West Lake shopping Center in
Daly City CLAIMED!
FOUND- LITTLE tan male chihuahua,
Found on Davit Street in Redwood
Shores Tuesday, August 28th. Please
call (650)533-9942
LOST - Small Love Bird, birght green
with orange breast. Adeline Dr. & Bernal
Ave., Burlingame. Escaped Labor Day
weekend. REWARD! (650)343-6922
LOST CHIHUAHUA/TERRIER mix in
SSF, tan color, 12 lbs., scar on stomach
from being spade, $300. REWARD!
(650)303-2550
LOST DOG-SMALL TERRIER-$5000
REWARD Norfolk Terrier missing from
Woodside Rd near High Rd on Dec 13.
Violet is 11mths, 7lbs, tan, female, no
collar, microchipped. Please help bring
her home! (650)568-9642
LOST RING at Tanforan Shopping Cen-
ter, Dec 13th at the HopNPlay. Reward,
(650)589-2520
LOST: SMALL diamond cross, silver
necklace with VERY sentimental
meaning. Lost in San Mateo 2/6/12
(650)578-0323.
RING FOUND Tue. Oct 23 2012 in Mill-
brae call (650)464-9359
294 Baby Stuff
BABY BASSINET - like new,
music/light/vibrates, $75., (650)342-8436
BABY CAR SEAT AND CARRIER $20
(650)458-8280
BABY CARRIER CAR SEAT COMBO -
like new, $40., (650)342-8436
NURSERY SET - 6 piece nursery set -
$25., (650)341-1861
295 Art
WALL ART, from Pier 1, indoor/outdoor,
$15. Very nice! (650)290-1960
296 Appliances
COIN-OP GAS DRYER - $100.,
(650)948-4895
HAIR DRYER, Salon Master, $10.
(650)854-4109
HUNTER OSCILLATING FAN, excellent
condition. 3 speed. $35. (650)854-4109
WATER HEATER $75, (650)333-4400
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296 Appliances
KENMORE MICROWAVE Oven: Table
top, white, good condition, $40 obo
(650)580-5309
MIROMATIC PRESSURE cooker flash
canner 4qt. $25. 415 333-8540
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
REFRIGERATOR - Whirlpool, side-by-
side, free, needs compressor, (650)726-
1641
ROTISSERIE GE, US Made, IN-door or
out door, Holds large turkey 24 wide,
Like new, $80, OBO (650)344-8549
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
SLICING MACHINE Stainless steel,
electric, almost new, excellent condition,
$50 (650)341-1628
SMALL REFRIGERATOR w/freezer
great for college dorm, $50 obo
(650)315-5902
SMALL SLOW cooker. Used once, $12
(650)368-3037
SUNBEAM TOASTER -Automatic, ex-
cellent condition, $30., (415)346-6038
T.V. 19" Color3000, RCA, w/remote
$25 obo (650)515-2605
TABLE TOP refrigerator 1.8 cubic feet
brown in color, $45, call (650)591-3313
VACUUM CLEANER excellent condition
$45. (650)878-9542
297 Bicycles
BIKE RACK Roof mounted, holds up to
4 bikes, $65 (650)594-1494
298 Collectibles
100 USED European (33) and U.S. (67)
Postage Stamps. Most issued before
World War II. All different and all detach-
ed from envelopes. $6.00, 650-787-
8600
15 HARDCOVERS WWII - new condi-
tion, $80.obo, (650)345-5502
1940 VINTAGE telephone guaranty
bench Salem hardrock maple excellent
condition $75 (650)755-9833
1982 PRINT 'A Tune Off The Top Of My
Head' 82/125 $80 (650) 204-0587
2 FIGURINES - 1 dancing couple, 1
clown face. both $15. (650)364-0902
49ERS MEMORBILIA - superbowl pro-
grams from the 80s, books, sports
cards, game programs, $50. for all, obo,
(650)589-8348
ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pock-
ets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858
BAY MEADOW plate 9/27/61 Native Div-
er horse #7 $60 OBO (650)349-6059
BAY MEADOWS bag - $30.each,
(650)345-1111
BEAUTIFUL RUSTIE doll Winter Bliss w/
stole & muffs, 23, $90. OBO, (650)754-
3597
CASINO CHIP Collection Original Chips
from various casinos $99 obo
(650)315-3240
COLOR PHOTO WW 2 curtis P-40 air-
craft framed 24" by 20" excellent condi-
tion $70 OBO SOLD!
COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters
uncirculated with Holder $15/all,
(408)249-3858
HARD ROCK Cafe collectable guitar pin
collection $50 all (650)589-8348
JOE MONTANA signed authentic retire-
ment book, $39., (650)692-3260
MARK MCGUIRE hats, cards, beanie
babies, all for $98., (650)520-8558
MICHAEL JORDAN POSTER - 1994,
World Cup, $10., (650)365-3987
298 Collectibles
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE unop-
ened 20 boxes of famous hockey stars in
action, sealed boxes, $5.00 per box,
great gift, (650)578-9208
ORIGINAL SMURF FIGURES - 1979-
1981, 18+ mushroom hut, 1 1/2 x 3 1/2,
all $40., (650)518-0813
POSTER - New Kids On The Block
1980s, $12., call Maria, (650)873-8167
SPORTS CARDS - 3200 lots of stars
and rookies, $40. all, (650)365-3987
VINTAGE 1970S Grecian Made Size 6-7
Dresses $35 each, Royal Pink 1980s
Ruffled Dress size 7ish $30, 1880s Re-
production White Lace Gown $150 Size
6-7 Petite, (650)873-8167
VINTAGE HOLLIE HOBBIE LUNCH-
BOX with Thermos, 1980s, $25., Call
Maria 650-873-8167
VINTAGE TEEN BEAT MAGAZINES
(20) 1980s $2 each, Call Maria 650-873-
8167
299 Computers
HP PRINTER Deskjet 970c color printer.
Excellent condition. Software & accesso-
ries included. $30. 650-574-3865
300 Toys
FISHER PRICE Musical Chair. 3 activi-
ties learning sound, attached side table,
and lights up, $25., (650)349-6059
KR SKATES arm and knee pads, in box,
$15 (650)515-2605
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85.
(415)565-6719
1920 MAYTAG wringer washer - electric,
gray color, $100., (650)851-0878
ANTIQUE BEVEL MIRROR - framed,
14 x 21, carved top, $45.,
(650)341-7890
ANTIQUE ITALIAN lamp 18 high, $70
(650)387-4002
ANTIQUE WASHING machine, some
rust on legs, rust free drum and ringer.
$45/obo, (650)574-4439
BREADBOX, METAL with shelf and cut-
ting board, $30 (650)365-3987
FISHING POLES (4)- Antiques, $80.
obo, (650)589-8348
J&J HOPKINSON 1890-1900's walnut
piano with daffodil inlay on the front. Ivo-
ries in great condition. Can be played as
is, but will benefit from a good tuning.
$600.00 includes stool. Email
frisz@comcast.net for photos
NTIQUE STOVE, Brown brand, 30", per-
fect condition, $75, (650)834-6075
SANDWICH GRILL vintage Westing
house excellent condition, $30,
(650)365-3987
303 Electronics
3 SHELF SPEAKERS - 8 OM, $15.
each, (650)364-0902
46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
BIG SONY TV 37" - Excellent Condition
Worth $2300 will Sacrifice for only $95.,
(650)878-9542
FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767
HOME THEATRE SYSTEM - 3 speak-
ers, woofer, DVD player, USB connec-
tion, $80., (714)818-8782
LEFT-HAND ERGONOMIC keyboard
with 'A-shape' key layout Num pad, $20
(650)204-0587
PR SONY SHELF SPEAKERS - 7 x 7
x 9, New, never used, $25. pair, SOLD!
303 Electronics
LSI SCSI Ultra320 Controller + (2) 10k
RPM 36GB SCSI II hard drives $40
(650)204-0587
MOTOROLA DROID X2 8gb memory
clean verizon wireless ready for activa-
tion, good condition comes with charger
screen protector, $100 (213)219-8713
SONY HDTV hdmi monitor 23"
flatscreen model # klv-s23a10 loud built
in speakers $100 call (213)219-8713
304 Furniture
1940S MAPLE dressing table with Mir-
ror & Stool. Needs loving and refinishing
to be beautiful again. Best Offer.
Burlingame (650)697-1160
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
2 SOLID wood Antique mirrors 511/2" tall
by 221/2" wide $50 for both
(650)561-3149
3 DRESSERS, BEDROOM SET- excel-
lent condition, $95 (650)589-8348
4 FREE dining room chair with wheels
SOLD!
AFGAN PRAYER rug beautiful original
very ornate $100 SOLD!
ALASKAN SEEN painting 40" high 53"
wide includes matching frame $99 firm
(650)592-2648
ARMOIRE CABINET - $90., Call
(415)375-1617
BASE CABINET - TV, mahogany,
double doors; 24"D, 24"H x 36"W, on
wheels. $30. Call (650)342-7933
BLACK LEATHER love seat $50
(650)692-1618
CHAIR MODERN light wood made in Ita-
ly $99 (415)334-1980
CIRCA 1940 Mahogany office desk six
locking doors 60" by 36" good condition
$99 (650)315-5902
COMPUTER DESK from Ikea, $40
(650)348-5169
COUCH-FREE. OLD world pattern, soft
fabric. Some cat scratch damage-not too
noticeable. 650-303-6002
DINETTE TABLE walnut with chrome
legs. 36x58 with one leaf 11 1/2. $50,
San Mateo (650)341-5347
DINING ROOM SET - table, four chairs,
lighted hutch, $500. all, (650)296-3189
DISPLAY CABINET - mint condition,
brown, 47 in. long/15 in wide/ great for
storage, display, knickknacks, TV, $20.,
(650)578-9208
DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19
inches $30. SOLD!
DRESSER SET - 3 pieces, wood, $50.,
(650)589-8348
DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condi-
tion, nice design, with storage, $45.,
(650)345-1111
END TABLES (2) - One for $5. hand
carved, other table is antique white mar-
ble top with drawer $40., (650)308-6381
END TABLES (2)- Cherry finish, still in
box, need to assemble, 26L x 21W x
21H, $100. for both, (650)592-2648
FOLDING PICNIC table - 8 x 30, 7 fold-
ing, padded chairs, $80. (650)364-0902
FUTON BED, full size, oak. Excellent
condition. No Mattress, $50,
(650)348-5169
FUTON WITH NEW mattress $80 cash
(U haul away) (650)341-2397
GRANDMA ROCKING chair beautiful
white with gold trim $100 (650)755-9833
HAND MADE portable jewelry display
case wood and see through lid $45. 25 x
20 x 4 inches. (650)592-2648.
304 Furniture
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
MODULAR DESK/BOOKCASE/STOR-
AGE unit - Cherry veneer, white lami-
nate, $75., (650)888-0039
OAK ROUND CLAW FOOTED TABLE
Six Matching Oak chairs and Leaf. $350,
Cash Only, (650)851-1045
OFFICE LAMP, small. Black & white with
pen holder and paper holder. Brand new,
in the box. $10 (650)867-2720
PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions
$45. each set, (650)347-8061
PEDESTAL DINETTE 36 Square Table
- $65., (650)347-8061
RATTAN PAPASAN Chair with Brown
cushion excellent shape $45
(650)592-2648
RECLINER CHAIR very comfortable vi-
nyl medium brown $70, (650)368-3037
ROCKING CHAIR - Beautiful light wood
rocking chair, very good condition, $65.,
OBO, (650)952-3063
ROCKING CHAIR - excellent condition,
oak, with pads, $85.obo, (650)369-9762
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
STEREO CABINET walnut w/3 black
shelves 16x 22x42. $30, 650-341-5347
STORAGE TABLE light brown lots of
storage good cond. $45. (650)867-2720
TEA CHEST , Bombay, burgundy, glass
top, perfect cond. $35 (650)345-1111
TRUNDLE BED - Single with wheels,
$40., (650)347-8061
VANITY ETHAN Allen maple w/drawer
and liftup mirror like new SOLD!
VINTAGE UPHOLSTERED wooden
chairs, $25 each or both for $40. nice
set. (650)583-8069
VINTAGE WINGBACK CHAIR $75,
(650)583-8069
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
28" by 15" by 1/4" thick glass shelves,
cost $35 each sell at $15 ea. Five availa-
ble, Call (650)345-5502
8 PLACE setting 40 piece Stoneware
Heartland pattern never used microwave
and oven proof $50 (650)755-9833
BATTERY CHARGER, holds 4 AA/AAA,
Panasonic, $5, (650)595-3933
BEDSPREAD - queen size maroon &
pink bedspread - Fairly new, $50. obo,
(650)834-2583
CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it,
tall, purchased from Brueners, originally
$100., selling for $30.,(650)867-2720
DRIVE MEDICAL design locking elevat-
ed toilet seat. New. $45. (650)343-4461
GEVALIA COFFEEMAKER -10-cup,
many features, Exel, $9., (650)595-3933
GLASS SHELVES 1/2 polished glass
clear, (3) 10x30, $25 ea, (650)315-5902
GLASS SHELVES 1/2 polished glass
clear, (3) 12x36, $25 ea, (650)315-5902
KLASSY CHROME KITCHEN CANIS-
TERS: Set of four. (2--4"x 4"w x 4"h);
(2--4"x 4" x 9"h.). Stackable, sharp.
$20.00 SOLD!
PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including
spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated.
$100. (650) 867-2720
PUSH LAWN mower $25 (650)580-3316
SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack
with turntable $60. (650)592-7483
VINTAGE LAZY susan collectable excel-
lent condition $25 (650)755-9833
307 Jewelry & Clothing
BRACELET - Ladies authentic Murano
glass from Italy, vibrant colors, like new,
$100., (650)991-2353 Daly City
307 Jewelry & Clothing
GALLON SIZE bag of costume jewelry -
various sizes, colors, $100. for bag,
(650)589-2893
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow length-
gloves sz 7.5 $15 New. (650)868-0436
WATCHES (21) - original packaging,
stainless steel, need batteries, $60. all,
(650)365-3987
308 Tools
BOSTITCH 16 gage Finish nailer Model
SB 664FN $99 (650)359-9269
CIRCULAR SAW, Craftsman-brand, 10,
4 long x 20 wide. Comes w/ stand - $70.
(650)678-1018
CRAFTMAN JIG Saw 3.9 amp. with vari-
able speeds $65 (650)359-9269
CRAFTMAN RADIAL SAW, with cabinet
stand, $200 Cash Only, (650)851-1045
CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450
RPM $60 (650)347-5373
CRAFTSMAN ARC-WELDER - 30-250
amp, and accessories, $275., (650)341-
0282
CRAFTSMAN HEAVY DUTY JIGSAW -
extra blades, $35., (650)521-3542
DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power
1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373
FMC TIRE changer Machine, $650
(650)333-4400
LAWN MOWER reel type push with
height adjustments. Just sharpened $45
650-591-2144 San Carlos
TABLE SAW (Sears) 10" belt drive new
1 horse power motor $99 (650)315-5902
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219
309 Office Equipment
DESK - 7 drawer wood desk, 5X2X2.5'
$25., (650)726-9658
ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER Smith Corona
$60. (650)878-9542
310 Misc. For Sale
1 PAIR of matching outdoor planting pots
$20., (650)871-7200
11 4" recessed light kits (will e-mail pho-
to) $80 (650)365-6283
14 PLAYBOY magazines all for $80
(650)592-4529
1941 SAN Francisco News Dec. 22 to 31
Huge fifty pound black bounded book
$80 (650)873-4030
300 HOME LIBRARY BOOKS - $3. or
$5. each obo, World & US History and
American Novel Classic, must see to ap-
preciate, (650)345-5502
4 IN 1 STERO UNIT. CD player broken.
$20., (650)834-4926
40 ADULT VHS Tapes - $100.,
(650)361-1148
6 BASKETS assorted sizes and different
shapes very good condition $13 for all
(650)347-5104
7 UNDERBED STORAGE BINS - Vinyl
with metal frame, 42 X 18 X 6, zipper
closure, $5. ea., (650)364-0902
71/2' ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE
with 700 lights used twice $99 firm,
(650)343-4461
ADULT VIDEOS - (3) DVDs classics fea-
turing older women, $20. each or, 3 for
$50 (650)212-7020
Alkaline GRAVITY WATER SYSTEM - ,
PH Balance water, with anti-oxident
properties, good for home or office,
brand new, $100., (650)619-9203.
ALUMINUM WINDOWS - (10)double
pane, different sizes, $10. each,
(415)819-3835
ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
ARTS & CRAFTS variety, $50
(650)368-3037
ASSORTED CHRISTMAS TREE orna-
ments, bulbs, lights, Best Offer,
(650)315-5902
BABY BJORN potty & toilet trainer, in
perfect cond., $15 each (650)595-3933
ICE CHEST $15 (650)347-8061
310 Misc. For Sale
BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
BLUETOOTH WITH CHARGER - like
new, $20., (415)410-5937
BOOK "LIFETIME" WW1 $12.,
(408)249-3858
BOOK NATIONAL Geographic Nation-
al Air Museums, $15 (408)249-3858
CAMEL BACK antique trunk, wooden
liner $100 (650)580-3316
CARRY ON suitcase, wheels, many
compartments, exel,Only $20,
(650)595-3933
CLEAN CAR SYSTEM - unopened
sealed box, interior/exterior/chrome solu-
tions, cloths, chamois, great gift, $20.,
(650)578-9208
COMFORTER - King size, like new, $30
SSF, (650)871-7200
DISPLAY CART (new) great for patios &
kitchens wood and metal $30
(650)290-1960
DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
total, (650)367-8949
DVD'S TV programs 24 4 seasons $20
ea. (650)952-3466
ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good con-
dition $50., (650)878-9542
EMERIL LAGASSE BOOK unopened,
hard cover, Every Days a Party, Louisia-
na Celebration, ideas , recipes, great gift
$10., (650)578-9208
EVERY DAY'S A PARTY - up-opened,
Emeril Lagasse book of party ideas, cel-
ebrations, recipes, great gift, $10.,
(650)578-9208
EXOTIC EROTIC Ball SF & Mardi gras 2
dvd's $25 ea. (415)971-7555
FOLDING LEG table 6' by 21/2' $25
(415)346-6038
FOOD DEHYDRATOR made by
Damark, 5 trays, works good. $30.00
SOLD!
GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
used $8., (408)249-3858
GEORGE Magazines, 30, all intact
$50/all OBO. (650)574-3229, Foster City
HARDCOVER MYSTERY BOOKS -
Current authors, $2. each (10),
(650)364-7777
HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone, per-
fect condition, $65., (650) 867-2720
HOBBY TABLE for Slot cars, Race cars,
or Trains 10' by 4'. Folds in half $99
(650)341-8342
INFLATED 4'6" in diameter swimming
pool float $12 (415)346-6038
JAMES PATTERSON books 2 Hard
backs at $3 ea. (650)341-1861
JAMES PATTERSON books 5 paper
backs at $1 ea. (650)341-1861
JAPANESE SAKE SET - unused in box,
sake carafe with 2 porcelain sipping,
great gift, $10., (650)578-9208
JONATHAN KELLERMAN - Hardback
books, (5) $3. each, (650)341-1861
KITCHEN FAUCET / single handle with
sprayer (never used) $19, SOLD!
MODERN ART Pictures: 36"X26", $90
for all obo Call (650)345-5502
NELSON DE MILLE -Hardback books 5
@ $3 each, (650)341-1861
NEW CEDAR shake shingles, enough
for a Medium size dog house. $20,
(650)341-8342 San Mateo
NEW CEDAR shake shingles, enough
for a Medium size dog house. $20,
(650)341-8342 San Mateo
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
OBLONG SECURITY mirror 24" by 15"
$75 (650)341-7079
OUTDOOR SCREEN - New 4 Panel
Outdoor Screen, Retail $130 With Metal
Supports, $80/obo. (650)873-8167
24
ACROSS
1 Indian spiced tea
5 Certain PC
laptops
9 Attack baked-on
grease, say
14 Posterior
15 Ding-a-ling
16 On the __: no
charge
17 Hence
18 Worlds longest
river
19 Shucks!
20 Just lookee here
23 Plank in a
playground
24 Exodus actor
Mineo
25 __ you listening
to me?
28 Genies offering
31 Blubbered
33 But it was working
when I left!
36 German eight
38 As I see it, in
email
39 Like a pretentious
museumgoer
40 2000 Mel Gibson
film
45 Transparent
46 Clutter-free
47 __-cone: shaved
ice dessert
48 Christmas cupful
50 1980 Olivia
Newton-
John/ELO hit
55 Information
superhighway
whose
abbreviation
inspired this
puzzles theme
58 Comic Smirnoff
61 Lake bordering
Ohio
62 __Cop: 1987
film
63 Trim whiskers
64 Gullible types
65 Gumbo veggie
66 Down the road
67 Manuscript
editors Leave it
in
68 You may be
ushered to one
DOWN
1 Works on a
licorice stick
2 New staffer
3 Protractor
measure
4 Fan favorites
5 Told you so!
6 Swelter
7 Gangland gal
8 Depicts unfairly,
as data
9 Like kiddie pools
10 Monks hood
11 Piece on ones
head
12 Take advantage
of
13 Blossom buzzer
21 Electric guitar
effect
22 Oregon-to-New
York direction
25 End abruptly
26 Lessors charge
27 On pins and
needles
29 Enjoy a dip
30 Studly dudes
32 Stuff in a muffin
33 Hula Hoop
manufacturer
34 Start of a 55-
Across address
35 Sold-out amount
36 Hole-making
tools
37 Goatees
location
41 Persuade
42 Sign of spoilage
43 Most shiny, as a
car
44 Ever so slightly
49 Sharon of
Cagney &
Lacey
51 Pianist Peter and
a fiddling emperor
52 Came to
53 Messing of Will &
Grace
54 WWII attacker
55 Used a loom
56 Phooey!
57 Use a rag on
58 Pricey handbag
letters
59 Bingo!
60 Kit __: candy bar
By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke
(c)2013 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
01/14/13
01/14/13
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
xwordeditor@aol.com
310 Misc. For Sale
PICTORIAL WORLD History Books
$80/all (650)345-5502
PRINCESS PLANT 6' tall in bloom pot-
ted $15 (415)346-6038
PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY STYLING
STATION - Complete with mirrors, draw-
ers, and styling chair, $99. obo,
(650)315-3240
PUNCH BOWL SET- 10 cup plus one
extra nice white color Motif, $25.,
(650)873-8167
SF GREETING CARDS -(300 with enve-
lopes), factory sealed, $10.
(650)365-3987
SHOWER DOOR custom made 48 x 69
$70 (650)692-3260
SNOW CHAINS never used fits multiple
tire sizes $25 (650)341-1728
SONY EREADER - Model #PRS-500, 6,
$60., (650)294-9652
SPECIAL EDITION 3 DVD Set of The
Freeze. English Subtitles, new $10.
SOLD!
STEP 2 sandbox Large with cover $25
(650)343-4329
TOILET SINK - like new with all of the
accessories ready to be installed, $55.
obo, (650)369-9762
VARIETY OF Christmas lights 10 sets, 2
12" reef frames, 2 1/2 dozen pine cones
all for $40 (650)341-8342
VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the
Holidays, $25., (650) 867-2720
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
W still in box $45., (408)249-3858
VOLVO STATION Wagon car cover $50
650 888-9624
WAHL HAIR trimmer cutting shears
(heavy duty) $25 (650)871-7200
WALKER - brand new, $20., SSF,
(415)410-5937
WALKER - never used, $85.,
(415)239-9063
WALL LIGHT FIXTURE - 2 lamp with
frosted fluted shades, gold metal, never
used, $15., Burl, (650)347-5104
310 Misc. For Sale
WANTED: USED. Tall, garage-type
storage cabinet with locking option,
(650)375-8044
WEATHER STATION, temp., barometer
and humidity, only $10 (650)595-3933
311 Musical Instruments
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $100 each.
(650)376-3762
GULBRANSEN BABY GRAND PIANO -
Appraised @$5450., want $3500 obo,
(650)343-4461
HAMMOND B-3 Organ and 122 Leslie
Speaker. Excellent condition. $8,500. pri-
vate owner, (650)349-1172
HOHNER CUE stick guitar HW 300 G
Handcrafted $75 650 771-8513
PIANO ORGAN, good condition. $110.
(650)376-3762
PIANO ORGAN, good condition. $110.
(650)376-3762
UKULELE: MAKALA Soprano $60,
Like new, Aquila strings (low G) gig bag,
Great tone. (650)342-5004
YAMAHA KEYBOARD with stand $75,
(650)631-8902
312 Pets & Animals
CANARY FOR Sale, $35 Female, $45
Male (650)345-2507
KENNEL - small size, good for small
size dog or cat, 23" long 14" wide &
141/2" high, $25. FIRM (650)871-7200
SMALL DOG wire cage; pink, two doors
with divider $50. SOLD!
TOP PEDIGREE -yellow labs, extreme
hunters as well as loving house dogs
available 11/19/12 see at at www.mega-
nmccarty.com/duckdogs, (650)593-4594
315 Wanted to Buy
GO GREEN!
We Buy GOLD
You Get The
$ Green $
Millbrae Jewelers
Est. 1957
400 Broadway - Millbrae
650-697-2685
316 Clothes
2. WOMEN'S Pink & White Motocycle
Helmet KBC $50 (415)375-1617
A BAG of Summer ties $15 OBO
(650)245-3661
ADIES WINTER coat 3/4 length, rust
color, with fur collar, $30 obo
(650)515-2605
BLACK Leather pants Mrs. size made in
France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975
BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great
condition $99. (650)558-1975
BLOUSES SWEATERS and tops. Many
different styles & colors, med. to lrg., ex-
cellent condition $5 ea., have 20,
(650)592-2648
EUROPEAN STYLE nubek leather la-
dies winter coat - tan colored with green
lapel & hoodie, $100., (650)888-0129
LADIES BOOTS, thigh high, fold down
brown, leather, and beige suede leather
pair, tassels on back excellent, Condition
$40 ea. (650)592-2648
LADIES COAT Medium, dark lavender
$25 (650)368-3037
LADIES DONEGAL design 100% wool
cap from Wicklow, Ireland, $20. Call
(650)341-8342
LADIES FAUX FUR COAT - Satin lining,
size M/L, $100. obo, (650)525-1990
LADIES FUR Jacket (fake) size 12 good
condition $30 (650)692-3260
316 Clothes
LADIES JACKET size 3x 70% wool 30%
nylon never worn $50. (650)592-2648
LEATHER JACKET, mans XL, black, 5
pockets, storm flap, $39 (650)595-3933
LEATHER JACKETS (5) - used but not
abused. Like New, $100 each.
(650)670-2888
MEN'S FLANNEL PAJAMAS - unop-
ened, package, XL, Sierra long sleeves
and legs, dark green, plaid, great gift
$12., (650)578-9208
MEN'S SPORT JACKET. Classic 3-but-
ton. Navy blue, brass buttons, all wool.
Excellent condition. Size 40R $20.00
(650)375-8044
MENS JEANS (8) Brand names verious
sizes 32,33,34 waist 30,32 length $99 for
all (650)347-5104
MENS WRANGLER jeans waist 31
length 36 five pairs $20 each plus bonus
Leonard (650)504-3621
NEW BROWN LEATHER JACKET- XL
$25., 650-364-0902
NIKE PULLOVER mens heavy jacket
Navy Blue & Red (tag on) Reg. price
$200 selling for $59 (650)692-3260
SNOW BOOTS, MEN'S size 12. Brand
New, Thermolite brand,(with zippers),
black, $18. (510) 527-6602
TUXEDOS, FORMAL, 3, Black, White,
Maroon Silk brocade, Like new. Size 36,
$100 All OBO (650)344-8549
317 Building Materials
(1) 2" FAUX WOOD WINDOW BLIND,
with 50" and 71" height, still in box, $50
obo (650)345-5502
(2) 50 lb. bags Ultra Flex/RS, new, rapid
setting tile mortar with polymer, $30.
each, (808)271-3183
DRAIN PIPE - flexible, 3 & 4, approx.
20 of 3, 40 ft. of 4, $25.all, (650)851-
0878
PVC - 1, 100 feet, 20 ft. lengths, $25.,
(650)851-0878
318 Sports Equipment
"EVERLAST FOR HER" Machine to
help lose weight $40., (650)368-3037
4 TENNIS RACKETS- and 2 racketball
rackets(head).$100.(650)368-0748.
BACKPACK - Large for overnight camp-
ing, excellent condition, $65., (650)212-
7020
BASKETBALL RIM, net & backboard
$35/all 650-345-7132 Leave message.
318 Sports Equipment
DARTBOARD - New, regulation 18 di-
meter, Halex brand w/mounting hard-
ware, 6 brass darts, $16., (650)681-7358
DELUXE TABLE tennis with net and
post in box (Martin Kalpatrick) $30 OBO
(650)349-6059
DL1000 BOAT Winch Rope & More,
$50., (650)726-9658
EXERCISE BIKE $20 (650)593-0893
EXERCISE MAT used once, lavender
$12, (650)368-3037
GIRLS BIKE, Princess 16 wheels with
helmet, $50 San Mateo (650)341-5347
GOLF BALLS Many brands 150 total,
$30 Or best offer, (650)341-5347
GOLF CLUB Cleveland Launcher Gold,
22 degrees good condition $19
(650)365-1797
GOLF CLUBS -2 woods, 9 irons, a put-
ter, and a bag with pull cart, $50.,
(650)952-0620
HEAVY PUNCHING bag stand - made
out of steel, retail $200., used, $50.,
(650)589-8348
PING CRAZ-E Putter w/ cover. 35in.
Like New $75 call(650)208-5758
THULE BIKE RACK - Fits rectangular
load bars. Holds bike upright. $100.
(650)594-1494
YAKIMA ROCKETBOX 16 Rooftop
cargo box. Excellent condition. $200
(650)593-5917
319 Firewood
FIREWOOD ALL KINDS- from 4 by 4
inches to 1 by 8. All 12 to 24 in length.
Over 1 cord. $75, (650)368-0748.
322 Garage Sales
GARAGE SALES
ESTATE SALES
Make money, make room!
List your upcoming garage
sale, moving sale, estate
sale, yard sale, rummage
sale, clearance sale, or
whatever sale you have...
in the Daily Journal.
Reach over 76,500 readers
from South San Francisco
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
Call (650)344-5200
340 Camera & Photo Equip.
SONY CYBERSHOT DSC-T-50 - 7.2 MP
digital camera (black) with case, $175.,
(650)208-5598
YASAHICA 108 model 35mm SLR Cam-
era with flash and 2 zoom lenses $99
(415)971-7555
345 Medical Equipment
WHEELCHAIR - Used indoors only, 4
months old, $99., SOLD!
379 Open Houses
OPEN HOUSE
LISTINGS
List your Open House
in the Daily Journal.
Reach over 76,500
potential home buyers &
renters a day,
from South San Francisco
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
Call (650)344-5200
380 Real Estate Services
HOMES & PROPERTIES
The San Mateo Daily Journals
weekly Real Estate Section.
Look for it
every Friday and Weekend
to find information on fine homes
and properties throughout
the local area.
440 Apartments
BELMONT - prime, quiet location, view,
1 bedroom, 2 bedroom, New carpets,
new granite counters, dishwasher, balco-
ny, covered carports, storage, pool, no
pets. (650) 591-4046
470 Rooms
HIP HOUSING
Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
San Mateo County
(650)348-6660
PACIFICA LARGE room for rent, kitch-
en, Washer & Dryer access. Close to
transportaion. $750. (650)359-2572
Rooms For Rent
Travel Inn, San Carlos
$49-59 daily + tax
$294-$322 weekly + tax
Clean Quiet Convenient
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
Microwave and Refrigerator & A/C
950 El Camino Real San Carlos
(650) 593-3136
Mention Daily Journal
620 Automobiles
93 FLEETWOOD Chrome wheels Grey
leather interior 237k miles Sedan $ 1,800
or Trade, Good Condition (650)481-5296
Dont lose money
on a trade-in or
consignment!
Sell your vehicle in the
Daily Journals
Auto Classifieds.
Just $3 per day.
Reach 76,500 drivers
from South SF to
Palo Alto
Call (650)344-5200
ads@smdailyjournal.com
CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car
loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500.
(408)807-6529.
GMC '99 DENALI Low miles. This is
loaded with clean leather interior, nice
stereo too. Just turned 100k miles, new
exaust and tires. Well taken care of. No
low ballers or trades please. Pink in hand
and ready to go to next owner.
(650)759-3222 $8500 Price is firm.
620 Automobiles
MERCEDES 06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy
blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty,
$18,000, (650)455-7461
625 Classic Cars
DATSUN 72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, au-
tomatic, custom, $3,600 or trade.
(415) 412-7030
630 Trucks & SUVs
CHEVY 03 Pickup SS - Fully loaded,
$19000. obo, (650)465-6056
DODGE 06 DAKOTA SLT model, Quad
Cab, 63K miles, Excellent Condtion.
$8500, OBO, Daly City. (650)755-5018
635 Vans
67 INTERNATIONAL Step Van 1500,
need some brake work. $2500, OBO,
(650)364-1374
NISSAN 01 Quest - GLE, leather seats,
sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks
new, $15,500. (650)219-6008
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call
650-995-0003
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
HARLEY DAVIDSON 01 - Softail Blue
and Cream, low mileage, extras, $7,400.,
Call Greg @ (650)574-2012
HARLEY DAVIDSON 83 Shovelhead
special construction, 1340 ccs,
Awesome! $5,950/obo
Rob (415)602-4535.
MOTORCYCLE SADDLEBAG with
brackets $35., (650)670-2888
645 Boats
BANSHEE SAILBOAT - 13 ft. with ex-
tras, $750., (650)343-6563
650 RVs
73 Chevy Model 30 Van, Runs
good, Rebuilt Transmission, Fiber-
glass Bubble Top $1,795. Owner
financing.
Call for appointments. (650)364-1374.
670 Auto Service
MB GARAGE, INC.
Repair Restore Sales
Mercedes-Benz Specialists
2165 Palm Ave.
San Mateo
(650)349-2744
ON TRACK
AUTOMOTIVE
Complete Auto Repair
foreign & domestic
www.ontrackautomotive.com
1129 California Dr.
Burlingame
(650)343-4594
670 Auto Service
SAN CARLOS AUTO
SERVICE & TUNE UP
A Full Service Auto Repair
Facility
760 El Camino Real
San Carlos
(650)593-8085
670 Auto Parts
'91 TOYOTA COROLLA RADIATOR.
Original equipment. Excellent cond. Cop-
per fins. $60. San Bruno, (415)999-4947
1974 OWNERS MANUAL - Mercedes
280, 230 - like new condition, $20., San
Bruno, (650)588-1946
5 HUBCAPS for 1966 Alfa Romeo $50.,
(650)580-3316
CHEVY ASTRO rear door, $95., SOLD!
MAZDA 3 2010 CAR COVER - Cover-
kraft multibond inside & outside cover,
like new, $50., (650)678-3557
SHOP MANUALS 2 1955 Pontiac
manual, 4 1984 Ford/Lincoln manuals, &
1 gray marine diesel manual $40 or B/O
(650)583-5208
670 Auto Parts
TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford,
never used, $100., (650)504-3621
672 Auto Stereos
MONNEY
CAR AUDIO
We Sell, Install and
Repair All Brands of
Car Stereos
iPod & iPhone Wired
to Any Car for Music
Quieter Car Ride
Sound Proof Your Car
31 Years Experience
2001 Middlefield Road
Redwood City
(650)299-9991
680 Autos Wanted
Dont lose money
on a trade-in or
consignment!
Sell your vehicle in the
Daily Journals
Auto Classifieds.
Just $3 per day.
Reach 76,500 drivers
from South SF to
Palo Alto
Call (650)344-5200
DONATE YOUR CAR
Tax Deduction, We do the Paperwork,
Free Pickup, Running or Not - in most
cases. Help yourself and the Polly Klaas
Foundation. Call (800)380-5257.
Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets
Novas, running or not
Parts collection etc.
So clean out that garage
Give me a call
Joe 650 342-2483
ADVERTISE
YOUR SERVICE
in the
HOME & GARDEN SECTION
Offer your services to 76,500 readers a day, from
Palo Alto to South San Francisco
and all points between!
Call (650)344-5200
Cabinetry
Cleaning Construction
650 868 - 8492
PATRICK BRADY PATRICK BRADY
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
ADDITIONS WALL REMOVAL
BATHS KITCHENS AND MORE!
PATBRADY1957@SBCGLOBAL.NET
License # 479385
Frame
Structural
Foundation
Roots & ALL
I make your
life better!
LARGE OR SMALL
I do them all!
Construction Decks & Fences
MARSH FENCE
& DECK CO.
State License #377047
Licensed Insured Bonded
Fences - Gates - Decks
Stairs - Retaining Walls
10-year guarantee
Quality work w/reasonable prices
Call for free estimate
(650)571-1500
Electricians
ALL ELECTRICAL
SERVICE
650-322-9288
for all your electrical needs
ELECTRIC SERVICE GROUP
ELECTRICIAN
For all your
electrical needs
Residential, Commercial,
Troubleshooting,
Wiring & Repairing
Call Ben at (650)685-6617
Lic # 427952
Gutters
O.K.S RAINGUTTER
New Rain Gutters
Down Spouts
Gutter Cleaning & Screening,
Roof & Gutter Repairs
Friendly Service
10% Senior Discount
CA Lic# 794353/Bonded
(650)556-9780
Handy Help
CONTRERAS
HANDYMAN
Fences Decks Patios
Power Washes Concrete
Work Maintenance
Clean Ups Arbors
Free Estimates!
Call us Today!
(650)350-9968
(650)389-3053
contreras1270@yahoo.com
DISCOUNT HANDYMAN
& PLUMBING
Carpentry Plumbing Drain
Cleaning Kitchens Bathrooms
Dry Rot Decks
Priced for You! Call John
(650)296-0568
Free Estimates
Lic.#834170
Hardwood Floors
KO-AM
HARDWOOD FLOORING
Hardwood & Laminate
Installation & Repair
Refinish
High Quality @ Low Prices
Call 24/7 for Free Estimate
800-300-3218
408-979-9665
Lic. #794899
Hauling
CHEAP
HAULING!
Light moving!
Haul Debris!
650-583-6700
HAULING
Low Rates
Residential and Commercial
Free Estimates,
General Clean-Ups, Garage
Clean-Outs, Construction Clean-Ups
& Gardening Services
Call (650)630-0116
or (650)636-6016
26
Hauling Landscaping
Moving
Bay Area
Relocation Services
Specializing in:
Homes, Apts., Storages
Professional, friendly, careful.
Peninsulas Personal Mover
Commercial/Residential
Fully Lic. & Bonded CAL -T190632
Call Armando (650) 630-0424
Painting
BEST RATES
PRO PAINTING
Residential/Commercial
Interior/Exterior, Pressure Washing
Professional/Courteous/Punctual
FREE ESTIMATES
Sean (415)707-9127
seanmcvey@mcveypaint.com
CSL# 752943
CRAIGS PAINTING
Interior & Exterior
Quality Work w/
Reasonable Rates
Free Estimates
(650)553-9653
Lic# 857741
Painting
JON LA MOTTE
PAINTING
Interior & Exterior
Pressure Washing
Free Estimates
(650)368-8861
Lic #514269
MTP
Painting/Waterproofing
Drywall Repair/Tape/Texture
Power Washing-Decks, Fences
No Job Too Big or Small
Lic.# 896174
Call Mike the Painter
(650)271-1320
Plaster/Stucco
DONT PAINT
GO GREEN
Affordable, Natural,
Authentic Wall Finishes
to replace paint
888-391-2479
415-467-7009
www.sanfranciscoplaster.com
info@sanfranciscoplaster.com
Non-toxic/Hypoallergenic
Filters the air absorbing
carbon dioxide and odors
Eliminates mold and fungus
For both residential or commercial
80 selected colors
Please contact us
for custom color matches
Lic# 106426
Plumbing
$89 TO CLEAN
ANY CLOGGED DRAIN!
Installation of
Trenchless Pipes,
Water Heaters & Faucets
(650) 461-0326
Remodeling
CORNERSTONE HOME DESIGN
Complete Kitchen & Bath Resource
Showroom: Countertops Cabinets
Plumbing Fixtures Fine Tile
Open M-F 8:30-5:30 SAT 10-4
168 Marco Way
South San Francisco, 94080
(650)866-3222
www.cornerstoneHD.com
CA License #94260
Home Improvement
CINNABAR HOME
Making Peninsula homes
more beautiful since 1996
* Home furnishings & accessories
* Drapery & window treatments:
blinds & shades
* Free in-home consultation
853 Industrial Rd. Ste E San Carlos
Wed Sat 12:00- 5:30pm, or by appt.
650-388-8836
www.cinnabarhome.com
Tile
CUBIAS TILE
Entryways Kitchens
Decks Bathrooms
Tile Repair Floors
Grout Repair Fireplaces
Call Mario Cubias for Free Estimates
(650)784-3079
Lic.# 955492
Window Coverings
RUDOLPHS INTERIORS
Satisfying customers with world-
class service and products since
1952. Let us help you create the
home of your dreams. Please
phone for an appointment.
(650)227-4882
Window Fashions
247 California Dr
Burlingame 650-348-1268
990 Industrial Rd Ste 106
San Carlos 650-508-8518
www.rebarts.com
BLINDS, SHADES, SHUTTERS, DRAPERIES
Free estimates Free installation
Window Washing
Notices
NOTICE TO READERS:
California law requires that contractors
taking jobs that total $500 or more (labor
or materials) be licensed by the Contrac-
tors State License Board. State law also
requires that contractors include their li-
cense number in their advertising. You
can check the status of your licensed
contractor at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-
321-CSLB. Unlicensed contractors taking
jobs that total less than $500 must state
in their advertisements that they are not
licensed by the Contractors State Li-
cense Board.
Attorneys
Law Office of Jason Honaker
BANKRUPTCY
Chapter 7 &13
Call us for a consultation
650-259-9200
www.honakerlegal.com
Beauty
KAYS
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Facials, Waxing, Fitness
Body Fat Reduction
Pure Organic Facial $48.
1 Hillcrest Blvd, Millbrae
(650)697-6868
Computer
COMPUTER PROBLEMS?
Software, hardware issues,viruses,
updates, upgrades, optimization &
tune-ups. data backup & recovery,
network-troubleshooting & installation
Residential and commerical,
Most consultations free,
NO CHARGE if not fixable.
Microsoft and Cisco certified,
Call Erik (650)678-6591
$45 an hour
Dental Services
DR. SAMIR
NANJAPA DDS
Family Dentistry &
Smile Restoration
UCSF Dentistry Faculty
Cantonese, Mandarin &
Hindi Spoken
650-477-6920
320 N. San Mateo Dr. Ste 2
San Mateo
Dental Services
MILLBRAE SMILE CENTER
Valerie de Leon, DDS
Implant, Cosmetic and
Family Dentistry
Spanish and Tagalog Spoken
(650)697-9000
15 El Camino Real,
MILLBRAE, CA
Food
BROADWAY GRILL
Express Lunch
Special $8.00
1400 Broadway
Burlingame
(650)343-9733
www.bwgrill.com
GOT BEER?
We Do!
Steelhead Brewing Co.
333 California Dr.
Burlingame
(650)344-6050
www.steelheadbrewery.com
JACKS
RESTAURANT
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
1050 Admiral Ct., #A
San Bruno
(650)589-2222
JacksRestaurants.com
Food
NEW ENGLAND
LOBSTER CO.
Market & Eatery
Now Open in Burlingame
824 Cowan Road
newenglandlobster.net
LIve Lobster ,Lobster Tail,
Lobster meat & Dungeness Crab
THE AMERICAN BULL
BAR & GRILL
19 large screen HD TVs
Full Bar & Restaurant
www.theamericanbull.com
1819 El Camino, in
Burlingame Plaza
(650)652-4908
Financial
RELATIONSHIP BANKING
Partnership. Service. Trust.
UNITED AMERICAN BANK
Half Moon Bay, Redwood City,
Sunnyvale
unitedamericanbank.com
San Mateo
(650)579-1500
Fitness
DOJO USA
World Training Center
Martial Arts & Tae Bo Training
www.dojousa.net
731 Kains Ave, San Bruno
(650)589-9148
Fitness
THE COLLEGE of SAN MATEO
OFFERS
EVENING SOCIAL BALLROOM &
SWING DANCE CLASSES at the
BEGINNING & INTERMEDIATE
LEVELS
Starting Jan. 14, 2013
fees average $4.70 per class
go to http://collegeofsanmateo.edu
or call (650) 574-6420 or Email
waltonj@smccd.edu for more info
Furniture
Bedroom Express
Where Dreams Begin
2833 El Camino Real
San Mateo - (650)458-8881
184 El Camino Real
So. S. Francisco -(650)583-2221
www.bedroomexpress.com
WALLBEDS
AND MORE!
$400 off Any Wallbed
www.wallbedsnmore.com
248 Primrose Rd.,
BURLINGAME
(650)888-8131
Health & Medical
BACK, LEG PAIN OR
NUMBNESS?
Non-Surgical
Spinal Decompression
Dr. Thomas Ferrigno D.C.
650-231-4754
177 Bovet Rd. #150 San Mateo
BayAreaBackPain.com
Health & Medical
General Dentistry
for Adults & Children
DR. JENNIFER LEE, DDS
DR. ANNA P. LIVIZ, DDS
324 N. San Mateo Drive, #2
San Mateo 94401
(650)343-5555
Le Juin Day Spa & Clinic
Special Combination Pricing:
Facials, Microdermabrasion,
Waxing , Body Scrubs, Acu-
puncture , Foot & Body Massage
155 E. 5th Avenue
Downtown San Mateo
www.LeJuinDaySpa.com
(650) 347-6668
SLEEP APNEA
We can treat it
without CPAP!
Call for a free
sleep apnea screening
650-583-5880
Millbrae Dental
STRESSED OUT?
IN PAIN?
I CAN HELP YOU
Sessions start from $20
Call 650-235-6761
Will Chen ACUPUNCTURE
12220 6th Ave, Belmont
www. willchenacupuncture.com
Home Care
CALIFORNIA HOARDING
REMEDIATION
Free Estimates
Whole House & Office
Cleanup Too!
Serving SF Bay Area
(650)762-8183
Call Karen Now!
Insurance
AANTHEM BLUE
CROSS
www.ericbarrettinsurance.com
Eric L. Barrett,
CLU, RHU, REBC, CLTC, LUTCF
President
Barrett Insurance Services
(650)513-5690
CA. Insurance License #0737226
INSURANCE BY AN ITALIAN
Have a Policy you cant
Refuse!
DOMINICE INSURANCE
AGENCY
Contractor & Truckers
Commercial Business Specialist
Personal Auto - AARP rep.
401K & IRA, Rollovers & Life
(650)871-6511
Joe Dominice
Since 1964
CA Lic.# 0276301
Jewelers
KUPFER JEWELRY
We Buy
Coins, Jewelry,
Watches, Platinum,
& Diamonds.
Expert fine watch
& jewelry repair.
Deal with experts.
1211 Burlingame Ave.
Burlingame
www.kupferjewelry.com
(650) 347-7007
Legal Services
LEGAL
DOCUMENTS PLUS
Non-Attorney document
preparation: Divorce,
Pre-Nup, Adoption, Living Trust,
Conservatorship, Probate,
Notary Public. Response to
Lawsuits: Credit Card
Issues,Breach of Contract
Jeri Blatt, LDA #11
Registered & Bonded
(650)574-2087
legaldocumentsplus.com
"I am not an attorney. I can only
provide self help services at your
specific direction."
Loans
REVERSE MORTGAGE
Are you age 62+ & own your
home?
Call for a free, easy to read
brochure or quote
650-453-3244
Carol Bertocchini, CPA
Marketing
GROW
YOUR SMALL BUSINESS
Get free help from
The Growth Coach
Go to
www.buildandbalance.com
Sign up for the free newsletter
Massage Therapy
ASIAN MASSAGE
$48 per Hour
New Customers Only
For First 20 Visits
Open 7 days, 10 am -10 pm
633 Veterans Blvd., #C
Redwood City
(650)556-9888
ENJOY THE BEST
ASIAN MASSAGE
$40 for 1/2 hour
Angel Spa
667 El Camino Real, Redwood City
(650)363-8806
7 days a week, 9:30am-9:30pm
GRAND OPENING
$45 ONE HOUR
HEALING MASSAGE
2305-A Carlos Street
Moss Beach
(On Hwy 1 next to Post office)
(650)563-9771
GRAND OPENING
for Aurora Spa
Full Body Massage
10-9:30, 7 days a week
(650)365-1668
1685 Broadway Street
Redwood City
GREAT FULL BODY
MASSAGE
Tranquil Massage
951 Old County Rd. Suite 1,
Belmont
10:00 to 9:30 everyday
(650) 654-2829
RELAXING MASSAGE
THERAPY
Enjoy a premium massage with
essential oils that relieves
stress and fatigue.
Come and pamper yourself.
Please call to book your session.
(408)796-9796 Sophia
SUNFLOWER
MASSAGE
Grand Opening!
$10. Off 1-Hour Session!
1482 Laurel St.
San Carlos
(Behind Trader Joes)
Open 7 Days/Week, 10am-10pm
(650)508-8758
Massage Therapy
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