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Friday
Nov. 18, 2016
XVII, Edition 80
THANKSGIVING GUIDE
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CIVILIANS KILLED INIS ATTACKS IN MOSUL
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A CHEAT SHEET TO TAKE THE MYSTERY OUT OF COOKING
Tesla’s bid tobuy SolarCitygets approval
By Dee-Ann Durbin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tesla Motors got approval frominvestors to combine withSolarCity Corp. in an effort toexpand the market for solar powerand give electric car owners newoptions for solar charging. Shareholders of both companiesbacked the merger by a wide mar-gin Thursday. Tesla said 85 percentof shareholders who votedapproved the deal. The deal, first proposed by TeslaCEO Elon Musk proposed in June,has had more of a mixed reactionon Wall Street. Analysts wonderedwhy Tesla would want to take onSan Mateo-based SolarCity whileit’s building a big battery factoryin Nevada and preparing to launch
Shareholders back merger withSan Mateo-based company
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
More allegations that animals areabused at the Peninsula HumaneSociety, as well as complaints aboutthe high salaries of the nonprofit’s topexecutives, prompted former workersto come forward Thursday.The small group of donors, past vol-unteers and prior employees asked thePHS Board of Directors to makechanges by reallocating funds towardits true mission of caring for the ani-mals under its care.They estimatednearly $1.5 millionis spent each yearon salaries and ben-efits for just six of the nonprofit’sexecutives.PHS officialsvehemently defend-ed their work andquality of care for the variety of ani-mals they’re tasked with rehabilitat-ing, adopting or treating. They alsoemphasized hundreds of employees andvolunteers have signed a petitionpraising the society’s work anddefending against allegations that firstarose last month.A group of current employees andanimal control officers in the midst of labor negotiations initially made alle-gations of impropriety Oct. 24.Thursday’s accusers said they wereinspired to come forward with theirown tales that include kittens being
PHS faces allegations of abuse
Shelter’s president denies impropriety, stands behind compensation
REUTERS FILE PHOTO
Electric car maker Tesla Motors won the backing of shareholders to acquireSan Mateo-based SolarCity Corp., the nation’s largest solar panel installer.
SAMANTHA WEIGEL/DAILY JOURNAL
Jessica Reynolds, right, stands with other former volunteersand donors of the Peninsula Humane Society in front of itsBurlingame facility with allegations regarding animal careand concerns about the nonprofit’s executive pay.
Ken White
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Despite tempting RedwoodCity with nearly $63 million inbenefits, a proposal to constructa massive four-building, seven-story tall office complex at thevacant site of the former MalibuGrand Prix amusement park washalted by the PlanningCommission this week. The Planning Commissionvoted 4-2 Tuesday to deny Jay PaulCompany’s request to begin study-ing the environmental impacts of constructing a campus with nearly1.2 million square feet of officespace at the 27-acre site near theBayfront. The developer wasrequesting to initiate the generalplan amendment process andthough commissioners weren’tasked to approve anything, manyindicated they felt the large-scaleproposal was not consistent withthe public’s wishes for east of Highway 101. Commission Chair NancyRadcliffe noted the community,through two referendums and plan-
No go for Malibu Grand Prix redevelopment
Redwood City planners argue Harbor View office proposal too dense
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Dozens of people attended the Congregational Church of San Mateo on Thursday evening to come togetherfor Transgender Day of Remembrance. San Mateo County’s Transgender Day of Remembrance raises awarenessof the threat of abuse and violence faced by members of the transgender community. Attendees came togetherto light candles for 26 transgender people that lost their lives to violence or took their own life. While not everyperson represented during the remembrance self-identified as transgender — each was a victim of violencebased on bias against transgender people.
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Friday
Nov. 18, 2016
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Google hits Pixel resellers with ‘digital death sentence’
SAN FRANCISCO — Some of Google’s unwitting users are learning aharsh lesson: If you violate the compa-ny’s policies, it may abruptly cut youoff from your Gmail account, onlinephotos and other vital digital services.Several people who recently boughtPixel phones for a New Hampshire deal-er are now suffering that punishment.Google detected their online purchasesand judged they violated its rulesagainst “commercial” resale of thePixel. The consumers received $5 foreach phone they bought for the reseller.One Google user locked out from hisaccount since Monday likened it to a“digital death sentence.”In a Thursday statement, Googledescribed the reselling arrangement as a“scheme,” but promised to restore theaccounts of customers who it believeswere unaware of its Pixel policies.
Composite skeleton of Dodo bird to be auctioned
LONDON — A dodo skeleton is aboutto take flight — at least at an auction.Summers Place Auctions is sellingwhat it describes as a rare compositeskeleton of a dodo bird, a creature oncefound on the island of Mauritius in theIndian Ocean.Sailors hunted the dodo into extinc-tion in the 17th century and it has cometo symbolize the harsh impact man canhave on the world’s ecosystem. Thebird’s name recognition was enhancedby Lewis Carroll, who included a dodoin “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Auction house director Rupert van derWerff says the guide price for the skele-ton to be auctioned Tuesday inBillinghurst is estimated to be between300,000-500,000 pounds ($373,630to $622,780) and that interest is high.
Authorities dig for remains of woman who vanished in 2000
BAKERSFIELD — Authorities havebegun digging in the desert 100 milesnortheast of Los Angeles for theremains of a woman who vanished 16years ago and police believe met withfoul play.Diana Rojas was 27 years old whenshe was last seen at her Long Beachapartment in October 2000. Her daugh-ter was 2 years old when she disap-peared.Crews are excavating Thursday nearRidgecrest in Kern County.Police say an anonymous tip earlierthis year, followed by satellite imageryand the use of cadaver dogs, have nar-rowed down an area where she might beburied.Police don’t have a suspect in the pre-sumed homicide. Although Rojas wasgoing through a divorce, her estrangedhusband isn’t considered a suspect.Relatives on Wednesday asked forpublic help in solving the case.
Appeals court rejects lawsuitagainst California egg law
SAN FRANCISCO — Six stateslacked the legal right to challenge aCalifornia law that prohibits the saleoff eggs from chickens that are notraised in accordance with strict spacerequirements, a federal appeals courtsaid Thursday.The states — Missouri, Nebraska,Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky andIowa — failed to show how the lawwould affect them and not just individ-ual egg farmers, a unanimous three- judge panel of the 9th U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals ruled. The court uphelda lower court decision that dismissedthe lawsuit.California voters approved a ballotinitiative in 2008 that set the spacerequirements for egg-laying hens in thestate. The standards say chickens mustspend most of their day with enoughspace to lie down, stand up, turn aroundand fully extend their limbs.The measure gave farmers until 2015to comply. California egg farmers raised con-cerns that the measure would put them ata competitive disadvantage with theircounterparts in other states. In 2010,California legislators expanded the lawto ban the sale of eggs from any hensthat were not raised in compliance withCalifornia’s animal care standards.
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Actor Owen Wilson is 48.
This Day in HistoryThought for the Day
1966
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops issued aPastoral Statement on Penance andAbstinence, which did away with therule against eating meat on Fridaysoutside of Lent.
“It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.”
— William G. McAdoo, American government official
Comedian KevinNealon is 63. Actor Mike Epps is46.
Birthdays
REUTERS
 The Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft carrying the crew of Peggy Whitson of the U.S., Oleg Novitskiy of Russia and Thomas Pesquet of France blasts off to the International Space Station from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
Friday
: Partly cloudy in the morningthen becoming sunny. Highs in the lower60s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Friday night:
Partly cloudy in theevening then becoming mostly cloudy.Breezy. A chance of rain. Lows in the mid50s. South winds 15 to 20mph...Becoming southeast 20 to 30 mphafter midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Saturday:
Breezy. Rain in the morning...Then rain likelyin the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
Saturday night:
Breezy. Rain likely. Lows in the mid 50s.
Sunday
: Rain. Highs in the lower 60s.
Sunday night:
Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows inthe lower 50s.
Local Weather Forecast
In 1883
the United States and Canada adopted a system oStandard Time zones.
In 1886
, the 21st president of the United States, ChesterA. Arthur, died in New York.
In 1916
, the World War I Battle of the Somme pittingBritish and French forces against German troops endedinconclusively after 4 1/2 months of bloodshed.
In 1928
, Walt Disney’s first sound-synchronized animatedcartoon, “Steamboat Willie” starring Mickey Mouse, pre-miered in New York.
In 1936
, Germany and Italy recognized the Spanish gov-ernment of Francisco Franco.
In 1942
, “The Skin of Our Teeth,” Thornton Wilder’sPulitzer Prize-winning allegory about the history of humankind, opened on Broadway.
In 1959, 
“Ben-Hur,” the Biblical-era spectacle starringCharlton Heston, had its world premiere in New York.
In 1976
, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish ademocracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
In 1978
, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan, D-Calif., and four otherswere killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of thePeoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by more than 900 cult members.
In 1987
, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issuedtheir final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore“ultimate responsibility” for wrongdoing by his aides.
In other news ...
(Answers tomorrow)BLISS KHAKI FINALE ADVICEYesterday’sJumbles:Answer:When Jill asks her kids for help with dinner,the results are — HALF-BAKEDNow arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek 
Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.
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Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 77. Author-poet Margaret Atwoodis 77. Actress Linda Evans is 74. Actress Susan Sullivan is 74.Country singer Jacky Ward is 70. Actor Jameson Parker is 69.Actress-singer Andrea Marcovicci is 68. Rock musicianHerman Rarebell is 67. Singer Graham Parker is 66. ActorDelroy Lindo is 64. Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbackWarren Moon is 60. Actor Oscar Nunez is 58. ActressElizabeth Perkins is 56. Singer Kim Wilde is 56. Rock musi-cian Kirk Hammett (Metallica) is 54. Rock singer TimDeLaughter is 51. Actor Romany Malco is 48. Actor DanBakkedahl is 48. Singer Duncan Sheik is 47.
Lotto
 The Daily Derby race winners are Lucky Charms,No. 12, in first place; Gorgeous George, No. 8, insecond place; and Hot Shot, No. 3, in third place. The race time was clocked at 1:45.71.
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Friday
Nov. 18, 2016
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LOCAL
CITY GOVERNMENT
• The
Burlingame CityCouncil
will con-sider a proposalrequiring its policeofficers to wearbody cameras mounted to their uniforms. The initiative designed to enhancetransparency and build trust between lawenforcement and local residents is pro-posed in the wake of a
San MateoCounty Civil Grand Jury
reportencouraging local police departments toadopt the technology. The Burlingame City Council meets 7p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, in council cham-bers, 501 Primrose Road.
EDUCATION
• The
Millbrae Elementary SchoolDistrict Board of Trustees
approvedhiring a pollster and community outreachfirm to gauge public support for a poten-tial parcel tax measure. The contracts with
TBWB PublicFinance Strategies and GodbeResearch
worth a combined $37,370were approved by the school board duringa meeting Tuesday, Nov. 15.
By Keith Burbank 
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
Officials with San FranciscoInternational Airport are highlighting trav-el tips, amenities and the holiday experi-ence as the holiday travel season beginsFriday.Airport officials expect 6.5 million pas-sengers to pass through the airport betweenFriday and Jan. 2. That’s up 5.7 percent from last year. Thebusiest day is expected to be Nov. 27, theSunday after Thanksgiving, as more than160,000 people go through airport gates,according to airport officials. “The holiday travel season is about con-necting people: bringing friends and fami-ly together to celebrate traditions and cre-ate new memories,” airport director IvarSatero said in a statement. “We’re commit-ted to make the airport experience an enjoy-able part of this process.”Airport officials encourage travelers des-tined for international locations to arrivethree hours before departure and thosebound for domestic locations to arrive twohours ahead of time. The amount of liquid or gels that a pas-senger can carry onto a plane is limited to 3ounces per item and all must be placed in aquart-size resealable plastic bag. More information about the latest securi-ty rules can be found at tas.gov.Travelers can save time at security check-points in a number of ways. The CLEARproduct is available at the airport. CLEARoffers a membership program, which pro-vides expedited screenings. More informa-tion can be found at clearme.com.The PreCheck program is also availableat the airport. The PreCheck program isanother membership program that providesan expedited screening process. The enrollment center for PreCheck islocated in the International Terminal nearthe BART station. More information can befound at tsa.gov/tsa-precheck.Airport officials are also recommendingholiday travelers take transit or a ride-booking service to the airport because of the expected high amount of traffic. Travelers who drive are urged to allowextra time for parking or have someonedrop them off. Parking availability onThanksgiving and the day after is expectedto be tight. When traffic is at or near its peak, airportofficials suggest travelers drop off theirloved ones at the Kiss-and-Fly curb at therental car center. From there, passengerscan get aboard the AirTrain and get to theairport in minutes, airport officials said.A free cellphone waiting lot is availableto loved ones picking up passengers. Thelot is adjacent to the long-term parking sur-face lot, which is just five minutes from theterminals. Short-term parking is available for lovedones who want to help their family orfriends collect their baggage. The holidays may be incomplete withouta holiday event at the airport, so this yearairport officials decided again to light upthe airport’s exterior with lights. More than 3.3 million LED lights will beconnected by over 150 miles of wiring. A public lighting ceremony will be heldat 5 p.m. Nov. 29 on the connecting bridgebetween garages A and G. Trained therapy dogs will also be makingthe holidays a little brighter for travelersthis year. The SFO Wag Brigade will bebringing the dogs to terminals and on Dec.5 the first non-canine member of thebrigade will be unveiled.
SFO officials offerholiday travel tips
FOSTER CITY
Suspicious circumstances
. An unknownperson tried to steal a bicycle on Foster CityBoulevard before 7:32 p.m. Friday, Nov.11.
Citation
. A 32-year-old Newark man wascited for driving with a suspended license onState Route 92 and Edgewater Boulevardbefore 6:20 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11.
Arrest.
A 42-year-old Foster City man wasarrested on a $5,000 misdemeanor warrantand taken into custody on East Court Lanebefore 8:55 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11.
Theft
. A bicycle was taken from a parkinggarage on Rock Harbor Lane before 8:29a.m. Friday, Nov. 11.
BELMONT
Suspicious circumstances.
A man waskicking a door on Ralston Avenue before6:17 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Burglary
. A Lexus was broken into andsunglasses and change were stolen on NorthRoad before 10:43 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24.
Disturbance
. Two men were arguing on ElCamino Real before 7:12 p.m. Monday,Oct. 24.
Theft
. Property was taken from a vehicleon Twin Pines Lane before 12:22 p.m.Monday, Oct. 24.
REDWOOD CITY
Disturbance
. Two men were in a verbalaltercation on Whipple Avenue before 6:11p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Reckless driving
. The driver of a blacktruck was tailgating other vehicles and cut-ting them off on Highway 101 before 7:14p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13.
Theft
. A gargoyle statue and a cement catwere taken from a yard on Poplar Avenuebefore 11:25 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 13.
Theft
. A dog stroller and other miscella-neous items were taken from an unlockedvehicle on Edgewood Drive before 9:38a.m. Sunday, Nov. 13.
BURLINGAME
Malicious mischief.
A patient vandal-ized his room before leaving on TrousdaleDrive before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18.
DUI
. An intoxicated driver was seen speed-ing near Sharon and Forest View avenuesbefore 2:52 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Police reports
Couldn’t stand it
A man was seen picking up a newspaperstand and throwing it around on ElCamino Real in Redwood City before12:43 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9.

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